watching our team now our top story today emergency crews are searching the forests and sather southern sea bears all tyrion as they try to locate the unmanned russian cargo space ship which crashed on wednesday when the progress wessell was ferrying food and fuel to the international space station when it fell back down to earth and let's get the latest from parties peter oliver peter thank you so much for for tracking the story for us now any danger opposed to the people in the region from this wreckage so we're hearing from roscoe's most russian space agency and those carrying out the recovery operation is that there's no immediate danger to the civilian population living in this part of south side bierria however what they are saying is they're asking those local residents not to go out into the woods out into the forest and try and find bits of the wreckage themselves perhaps even is they have to remember that this they say transported this transport module was carrying food as well as fuel to the international space station as well as the buckets there was propelling it they had its own supply you feel they want to make

sure nobody comes to any harm from any contamination from the photos those objects in the chemicals that were on board the recovery operation is underway it has been hampered due to bad weather but helicopters are now flying over the area scouring for pieces over this wreckage that's been spread over a wide wide space the main problem that they may think they'll be looking for is the the so used to still rocket that was propelling the progress module up into space they be hoping that there's no problem and they can finally get all this together and look at see what caused this but there's no problem with the soyuz now the reason for that is the soyuz currently the only method of getting crew up to the international space station not since the scrapping of nasa shuttle program city so you look at a very very important piece of kit not just the roscoe's most of the for the international space station and spade. exploration as

a whole so they'll be wanting to get all that together and find out what caused this problem and peter i have to ask i eventually the spacecraft is carrying supplies to the crew members of the i assess what are the implications for them i mean is anyone going to go hungry and not have the things they needed underscoring the six true old pull the i assess the russia japan on the united states we have to realize these are all highly experienced astronauts many have no serious military backgrounds they are used to they have been trained how to deal with this type of situation they currently have enough food and will to be comfortable with three months there is hopes that they can launch and know the progress rocket or another type of module up there to the two gets to provide them with the supplies that have gone down by september so they may have to face absolutely no real problems but as i say these are professional arsenal they know exactly what to do as soon as they they heard this news that training with the pick did and they'll be ready for all of a trial if he's there so no real risk for them all right their first this is the only

spacecraft failure in russia in a in recent months so how much of a concern is this a light of that well in the past nine months this is currently the full accident we've seen concerning the lol show of the vessels from from russia though in december of last year three knots and suss alights plunged into the pacific that resulted in several lead people into it well suppose most losing their jobs also in february of this year we saw a u.s. military satellites go off line and lose contact and just last week the eighteenth of the oldest a some slight noise from the ocean the baikonur cosmodrome like this progress module was that also was lost in the air that went missing as well so they seem quite worrying signs however the goods coming out of roscoe's most is that they are still committed to providing the international space station with the the food the fuel and the talks needed to keep the space station running for the time. they've

said they are they committed to sending all those parts of this so they would have called the strobe books cause most they could keep on doing the job they said they would all right well a little silver lining there that was our peter all over tracking the story for us . now the founder of the capital science connections innovation agency dr patrick fuller says it is unlikely that the rocket could have actually caused any casualties the launch trajectory of all of these crawl tends to pass over very sparsely populated regions or even over the ocean in the case of the u.s. launches so the risk is really very very remote indeed i think that's that's not something that we need to be overly worried about the provision of a new launch vehicle and a new launch. something that's pretty expensive of course it's all in short or imagine it is in the case of the russian launches it's all insured so the cost is covered but you know it's a pretty costly process i would like to put a figure on it but certainly tens of millions of dollars must be the most sort of

assessment. and that was dr patrick fuller there on the crash after the launch of the un manned russian space ship and. now still ahead for you this hour a security breakthrough in north korea north korea says that it is ready to return to the six party negotiation table as its leader kim jong il says that he'll consider a moratorium on nuclear testing. and it's nice work if you can get it football superstar samuel eto'o signs a deal with the russians and vicious andre much alka find out the eye watering sun has to be paid. well wanted dead or alive are awarded almost two million dollars has been offered to any regime loyalist would have delivers colonel gadhafi to the rebels now he has also been reportedly promised safe passage out of the country if you're announces his leadership. now that offer his whereabouts do remain a mystery although rebels think that he is in or around tripoli the opposition

claims to be in control of most of the capital but there are still reports of resistance by government loyalists and while the battle continues the carve up of libya's vast oil riches is already in full swing artists are first reports on the western problems that are lining up for a piece of the pie. kill to the heart of most modern was and you'll strike oil whether or not the sayings true when it comes to libya will it's going to play a pivotal role in the country's future here we have to fear restrict interest to meet. the western interest to protect the torah. but also to rebel to ordinary. even interest to restart shunning all this it's possible a stranger to the concept of friends with benefits berlusconi's being quick to k.z. up to the need transitional council inviting the public face of the group. to italy . these places you have here an ally in the nato bombing campaign began back in

april up to the switch sides began courting the rebels the top of the agenda three visit is expected to be discussions about. energy contracts with libya before the wall almost a third of its daily energy needs were imported from libya an oil giant any was the largest foreign operator in the country with oil and gas contracts running until two thousand and two and two thousand and seven the government had been doing all they can to safeguard these contracts but the if they will be able to maintain these previously close business cars is by no means a given and opposed to libya the future looks extremely. and there a little guarantee one of the biggest problems italy and the west and. country since the beginning of the war has been a struggle to adequately understand the internal workings of the rebels themselves

. among the rebels there are many factions in the midst of tunisia and people. if disorganized and chaotic and many of these groups of rebels are from the politicians with gadhafi and then they completely change their face they went with the wind as they send it to me i think that corrupt politician to. be personally on a number of occasions business lections less than a month ago she returned from a fact finding trip to libya with a handwritten letter she says was written by gadhafi to bella's gaining in it he allegedly says he was surprised by your decision to join the coalition against libya especially after we signed the friendship and cooperation treaty between our two sides the treaty he's referring to he was time just two months before the libyan uprising the letter goes on to ask why did you join our enemies or that any diplomatic dialogue or investigation berlusconi now seems to be making me friends

but was that maybe the final chapter that deathy many conflicts will continue. i would dare to say that the end of gadhafi opens up a new phase of the war which is among the rebels and there is no consensus both in italy and in general in the up and coming meeting on who the person to talk to be the future reference points in the new libya i'm afraid this is because even the rebels themselves don't know and this is probably the biggest question mark of the transition now italy along with many in the west could well find that previous lucrative relations may turn out to be just as fickle as the rainfall the friendship surface. while fighting between loyalist forces and the rebels continues to rage leading to fears of a prolonged civil war a us government advisor on terrorism dr walid faras says a crawling khadafi could still mount a counter offensive and warns that the rebels have serious political political

issues ahead of them. the khadafi supporters the remnant of his army cannot at this point in time strategically because they are surrounded and isolated cannot revert back the entire conflict and take back but at the same time he has many supporters in his birthplace and many supporters in the south if gadhafi has left the tripoli area to the south he was well in unleashing a new insurgency so his regime would go but we would become the new rebels and the current rebels now would become the new regime so we are still far away from a complete stable libya you have you know weapons of mass destruction or conventional weapons that are across libya and that has to be secured for a lot of issues have to be addressed really before only focusing on qaddafi or even thinking of the contracts the oil contracts to come if gadhafi would have left

tripoli before that invasion on saturday sunday then most likely he would be in the shower or in areas where the supporters are still in control if he didn't leave tripoli that day that he's somewhere inside tripoli but that would be a negative thing for me for him because he would be shot if he had left tripoli it's going to be very difficult for the rebels future government to find him in the desert. now meanwhile one of america's best known senators believes that it is russia that could be next in line for a libya style uprising for the republican presidential candidate john mccain has a lashed out at moscow on the american c.b.s. news channel saying that the spirit of the arab spring is due to spread and in fact it also reached china that's according to john mccain now our teams guy and they can has the details from washington. senator mccain has got a very far far fetched that's for sure he's sure that the so-called arab spring will rage on and will make it to countries like china russia which according to

mccain need democracy just like libya does by the way at some point even said libya has already achieved a democracy which judging by the situation on the ground is really far from reality because even as the transitional national council takes over in tripoli that's not the government that was chosen by the levy the people of many libyans are outraged by the fact that foreign powers of essentially made those choices for them and looking back at egyptians to don't seem to have achieved what they were fighting for so as far as democracy is concerned in those countries there are still lots of questions but according to mccain it's all great and the fire of uprisings should move on to other countries first stop syria according to the senator right after could alfy he said it's bashar assad who is next to a fault but too many mccain's statements are not surprising really because he is seen as a mouthpiece to those forces in washington who have this hawkish mentality and would want to see some countries go upside down especially rich nations or

strategically important ones it's quite interesting that senator mccain is pointing at some of the world's richest countries russia that sitting on vast natural resources and china which is developing the extremely rapidly it's america's biggest creditor it's the world's number one exporter of goods as we know the senator is basically calling for revolutions in those countries presuming that their livelihood is soledad that they need to rebel immediately poll showed that most americans are not happy with where their economy is going also they're not happy with their president is approval rating is below forty percent the nation's fourteen plus trillion dollar debt continues to rise the economy is not generating enough jobs and unemployment remains above nine percent as we know you know we're talking about millions of people jobless the rights of unions that were supposed to protect employees were slashed a lot of states have seen massive protests. about it but their voices have been largely ignored following mccain's logic though does that mean that americans to have to take to the streets and rebel and revolve not clear really someone i want

to have to ask him that question because there's a lot of discontent in mccain's home country but to senator mccain obviously you know haley is other people as one wise french writer said. now the united states and some countries are calling for an arms embargo as well as wider sanctions to be imposed against syria following the crackdown there russia and china are opposed to the plans with bosco saying that country should be encouraging dialogue in syria not punishing it from the country with reports from the country completely scares at the moment it is difficult to verify the way that it is perceived from outside is decidedly one sided as mary often ocean reports. began around four o'clock in the morning this is how the world has been dressed in syria through mobile phone cameras and i want to food from the was stricken country has flooded international news or rather blooded killings and executioners supposedly

at the hands of president assad's military and cell phones have become a trademark of the regime syrian officials those who used to see a staged the you tube is not credible and eye witness account is not credible could become requests now and shout help they're killing us next door. these are not credible ways to assess a situation the u.n. has condemned over the violence against his people the damascus emphasizes from a far until recently low here on mission has crossed the syrian border hyundai's a correspondent with saudi arabia based at ib international news channel in syria he says the government should blame itself for the country's image and the real he is a banned foreign journalist in fact finding missions from coming in and they don't allow us to work they cannot just take a camera and go filming even here in the mask and you should and i would never wait till the government made a statement there are ten million reporters in the country everyone has

a phone why should they wait with the lack of access to information many people have used their cell phones to fail what's been happening and to share it with the rest of the world. but this is what went against censorship is a double edged sword while mobile home video can give anyone and perhaps help save lives it can just as well be used to transform the truth and that could come at the cost of people's lives. not his real name is the man behind the camera is a freelance journalist currently working for a western media outlet he cannot tell more and he doesn't want his face to play on screen hide in the truth about himself its rise to reveal the truth of another kind . of. information about what's going on. there are some armed forces on the ground that are going to billions while the. source is the security forces are killing.

unarmed. civilians and. broached the perceived freedom. wasn't afraid of being thrown in jail has been there three times already. he's afraid of being killed or friends in the room where you go. during the process because he was filming it was the only one who was certain but you have brought this and the reserve were arrested syrian state t.v. brings their evidence to support their leader. it was what i did they should be cheerful mother crying over her body apparently dead they said that was in the homes but here at the same picture indeed it was made in the iraq in two thousand and nine they condemn the sad but they just play one of the most oppressive regimes in the world freedom of the press has never been serious strongpoint because this

is all we ask all we ask is for the truth to come out the birth sides of the story to be told not just one side all the time the fact that not as many foreign journalists are allowed in. the western world once does not give the right to the western world to grab any story. and put it as true but that doesn't move to be among the leaders goals and this conflict the press is not just of all the coverage it's a war and as in every war they go is to we refuse to damascus syria. now as always if you want to get any more information on the stories you've seen here today or more just go to our website r t v dot com here's a taste of what is what else is online for you online right now now iran files a lawsuit against russia in the international court over moscow's refusal to supply its s. three hundred air defense missiles to tehran plus tuesday's earthquake in the u.s.

causes panic taken to reactors at a nuclear power plant outside of washington d.c. offline all those details and more at artesia. right well north korea says that it is ready to return to six party talks on its nuclear program without preconditions it follows discussions between its reclusive leader kim jong il as well as russia's president to dimitri made a bit of syberia the pyongyang says that it will also consider suspending atomic tests ericsson wrote in from the national campaign to end the korean war believes that it is south korea as well as its ally the u.s. who aren't really willing to negotiate. there's nothing to stop any party from sitting down at the table now you have the opportunity to stop the production of nuclear material you have the ability to discuss such issues you have the ability to begin to develop a peace process that could lead to demilitarisation and lowered tensions

in the region so will they do it will the south koreans and the united states sit down it remains to be seen at this point i think not without the international pressure on the united states and south korea i don't think that will necessarily see it they're talking about the precondition wait you must stop production on a certain date before the talks not on the day of the talks those types of arguments seem to imply that someone doesn't want to speak we have more than twenty eight thousand troops stationed in south korea and close to one hundred bases and posts in a tiny country is this really to defend against the north no i would contend that it's relates to china and the desire by the united states to maintain its military presence in korea. well on now to some of the other international news stories making headlines this hour steve jobs

a founder of the electronics giant apple has resigned as its c.e.o. following health problems he'll be replaced by chief operating officer tom cook jobs who underwent a liver transplant following pancreatic cancer so that he could no longer handle his duties the fifty five year old has been on medical leave for an undisclosed condition since mid january. and med student protests continue to shake chile as demonstrators demand free education as well as changes to school funding thirty six people were injured as rioters burned fabricates and clashed with police officers three hundred fifty people were detained in the capital protests in the country started three months ago after president pinera oppose sweeping education reforms. another four time african player of the year samuel eto'o has agreed to a deal with the russian team. for a record salary get this thirty million dollars a year now the arrival of the superstar striker is a massive coup for russia's premier league and puts the family on the map of some

of the world's most ambitious clubs r t is maria nova has the details. the latest news coming from of the football club is really capturing the imagination of the world of football and it really seems that we are witnessing possibly a new dream team gathering on the russian soil as we can now officially say that a long awaited transfer of the interim millan's striker atto has been completed the negotiations took more than a week but on wednesday so signed a contract and became an. player the cameron international under one's magical examination and will start training with his a new team today meanwhile of this move makes him the highest paid football player in the world will pay over thirty million dollars yeah and in the three years contract he will receive over nineteen million dollars lots of loan when an goal

bonuses of the space of a few months the dentist any football club has made had lies all across the world by buying leading international football players the team has already legendary brazilian roberto carlos the team has already signed contract. and also a famous russian a football player you these are cool meanwhile all that happened after the biggest any football club was bought by a locally born and businessman and also one of the richest men in russia kitty muff and now he's spending millions of dollars in a bid to make this club which is situated here in russia's north caucasus known all across the world you would have done so for a sports commentator we managed to talk to he believes that the was a really good investment. the owners believe that. is one way to create a normal atmosphere in darkest we can say it's a new direction to a new examples for young people that it's not cool to see when your turn to school

to. become some you want to if you came from poverty another thirty million dollars a year many experts believe that signing atto a well will move for the development of the football club into a new level of development in the international world of football. well now on to business with yulia. hello and a very warm welcome to the business program there were some turbulence in the market has cost a shadow over russia's hopes for a sustainable high oil price current lost six percent in a row in two weeks and after a short responded it's continuing to lose ground and expectations libya will resume exports how would that look some drift from d.c.b. capital believes russia's economy should be able to withstand a lower oil price. this time around compared to two thousand and eight russia is

more immune to a decline in oil prices and the key reason for this is a flexible ruble policy because what we've seen in the beginning of august when there is an p. downgrade in the united states and the all the market sold all the ruble depreciated and the central bank allowed it to depreciate so the central bank protected local interest rates local banking sector by flexible exchange rate so we think that if parties continue. the ruble will take most of their most of the heat and the economy will be more protected from external negative external shocks. which brings us to the markets kurt is also flat with investors looking ahead to this be true of the head of the federal reserve on friday all eyes are now on whether ben bernanke who will announce another round of money printing to prop up the u.s. economy. gold is trading flat to negative off plunging almost six percent of

wednesday the biggest one day drop since two thousand and eight market watchers say investors are talking profits off to the yellow metal fails to concur in line two hundred dollars per ounce level and here across asia stocks again the shop leave us but it's actually day to help support the view that the u.s. economy is slowing but not falling off a cliff. finally here in moscow the r.t.s. has opened in the right as you can see it's currently losing points three percent and on wednesday both are just in the my. six at every one center because of the my something can see on the screen are of wednesday's closure. actually investors are looking for a catalyst to make some big moves but currently the only spark is the news from the u.s. that investors are eyeing we spoke to an analyst from troika dalek and he says the market is basically unpredictable now as it's not been troubled by fundamentals he is really unpredictable what's interesting to markets are driven by purely by

sentiments right now no one actually looking at any fundamental is just or anything but i think the market's definitely expecting in your meeting with some investors to expect. three or other stimulus. but i think in short term. very difficult really to predict it's a said it's doing them purely by sentiment which is changing just from very negative to very positive change can happen in one or two hours to. by russia's breasts if north caucasus region could be about to set up its own silicon valley the blueprint suggested by local authorities involves establishing a high tech cop making silicon parts for solar power systems for cars that the one billion dollar project could break even into just seven years with the cost split between investors and the state officials say a silicon valley in the region would help attract investment and develop alternative energy sources but the project still needs to be approved by the

russian government. it's always time for neuer more news and else time.

well of course you're watching our t.n.s. half past and in the russian capital let's take a look at some of the stories making news this hour a failure to watch after emergency crews are searching for the on the mantel russian space raider which crashed on wednesday in syberia a soyuz rocket was ferrying food and fuel to the international space station when it fell back to earth. and rebels in libya promised a bounty of true million dollars for all the dopy dead or alive that's as western nations waste no time in jostling for a slice of the country's oil pipe under the new government. and the u.s. and the e.u. are pushing for more sanctions against syria after the block down there against protesters meanwhile journalists on the ground say that there is a.