well good morning it is a levon am here in the russian capital and lucy kathy nothing here watching our team now emergency crews are searching the forests in southern syria as altay region as i try to locate the unmanned russian cargo space ship which crashed on wednesday the progress that's always ferrying food and fuel to the international space station when fell back down to earth peter all over has the latest but we're hearing from roscoe's most of the 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 period however 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 is transport module was carrying food as well as fuel up to the international space station as well as the rockets they were propelling it they had its own supply you feel they want to make sure that nobody comes to any hall from any contamination

from the photos of those objects in the chemicals that were on board they may think they'll be looking for is the they so used to store there was propelling the the progress module up into space now the reason for that is the soyuz currently the only method of getting crew up to the international space station not so since the scrapping of nasa shuttle program so that we wanting to get all that together and find out what caused this problem but it's going the six true old pulled the i assist of russia japan and the united states they currently have enough food in will to be comfortable three months there is hopes that they can look at the progress rochas or another type of module up there to do gets to provide them with the supplies that have gone down by september but will in the past nine months this is currently the full accident we've seen concerning the law and show of vessels from and from russia though in december of last year three million us so. sleights

plunged into the pacific that resulted in several people and it was cause most losing their jobs also february of this year we saw a military satellite go off light and lose contact just last week the eighteenth of august as some slight noise from the motion of baikonur cosmodrome like this progress module was that went missing as well so they seem quite worrying signs however the view it's coming out of last cosmos is that they are still committed to providing the international space station with the the food the fuel that's needed to keep the space station running for the time that they've said they are they committed to sending all those parts of their so the words are full of confidence that they can keep on doing the job they said they were. well the founder of the capital science connections innovation agency dr patrick fuller says it is unlikely that the rocket could have cost and it has. to launch trajectory of all of these craft 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 pretty expensive of course it's all in short. 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 sort of assessment. and still ahead for you this hour a security breakthrough north korea says that it is ready to return to the six party negotiation table as its leader kim jong il says that he will consider a moratorium on nuclear testing and nice work if you can get it football superstar samuel eto'o signed the deal with russia's ambitious on which the law find out the eye watering sum that he has to be paid. well wanted dead or

alive or award of almost two million dollars has been offered to any regime loyalists delivers colonel gadhafi to the rebels has also reportedly been promised safe passage out of the country if you were announces his citizenship. but off his whereabouts 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 r.t. sarah firth reports on the western powers that are lining up for a piece of that pie. tilted the house 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 restructure interest to meet. western interest to be just want. to rebel

to fight and we. believe in global interest to restart sending all this it's possible to the stranger to the concept to friends with benefits berlusconi being quick to k.z. up to the new transitional council inviting the public face of the group brill to italy. these places to appear an ally in the nato bombing campaign began back in april up to the switch sides and began courting the rebels in the top of the agenda visit is expected to be discussions about. energy contracts with libya the full the wall almost a third of its lease daily energy needs were imported from libya an oil giant any was the largest foreign operated in the country with oil and gas contracts running until two thousand and forty 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 uncertain and there are little guarantee one of the biggest problems to bait. italy and other western countries since the beginning of the war has been the struggle to adequately understand the internal workings of the rebels themselves. among the rebels there are many factions in the midst tunisian people. it's disorganized and chaotic and many chiefs of these groups of rebels are from the politicians that before were 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 he. could just be personally on a number of occasions three business connections 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 berlusconi 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 talking 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 the friends that whilst it may be the final chapter that deathy many conflicts will continue. to say that the end of gadhafi opens up a new phase of the war which is among the rebels and so 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 the

friendship surface. well meanwhile one of america's best known senators believes that it is russia that could be next in line for a libya style uprising former republican presidential candidate john mccain has a lashed out at moscow on the american news channel c.b.s. saying that the spirit of the arab spring is due to spread and in fact could also reach china artie's guy and they can has the details from washington. senator mccain has got a very far far fetched that's what sure he's for 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 people and many libyans are outraged by

the fact that foreign powers of essentially made those choices for them and looking back at egyptians who don't seem to have achieved what they were fighting for so as far as democracy is concerned in those countries there's 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 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 export 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 and a lot of states have seen massive protests about. but their voices have been largely ignored following mccain's logic though does that mean that americans too would have to take to the streets and rebel in group alt not clear really so 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. well 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 but russia and china are opposed to the plan with moscow saying the country should be encouraging dialogue with syria not punishing it now with reports from the country scares and also difficult to verify the way that it is perceived from the outside is decidedly one sided as reports. began around four o'clock in the morning this is how the world has been dressed in syria through mobile phone cameras and with the food from the was stricken country has flooded international news or rather blooded killings an execution supposedly at the hands of president assad's military coup 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 an eyewitness account is not credible i can 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 no u.n. mission has crossed the syrian border hyundai's a correspondent with saudi arabia based at rb international news channel in syria he says the government should claim itself for the country's image and the real it might like he'd be banned foreign journalists in fact finding missions from coming in and they don't allow us to work can i 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 for the lack of access to information many people have used their cell phones to film 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 pee on screen hide in the truth about himself it's tries to reveal the truth of another kind. for mention about what's going on. there are some armed forces on the ground that are purely civilian while. the security forces are killing. unarmed. civilians and. broached the. muslim isn't afraid of being thrown in jail has been there three times already. his 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 sorry. but you have brought this and the reserve were arrested syrian state t.v. brings their evidence to support their leader. for the better so what i did they should be cheerful mother crying over her body apparently dead they said that was in the homes but here it is same picture indeed that was made in the reich in two thousand and nine they condemn the sad but they just play one of the most oppressive regimes in the world food and all the press has never been serious strong point because this is all we ask all we are 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 to who

does live to be among the readers goals and this conflict the press is not just a ball of coverage it's a rule as in every rule they go is to we refuse to damascus syria. now as always if you want more information on any of the stories we've covered this hour and to check out some other stories that we haven't really had on the air just at our website it's r t dot com here's a taste of for you a little bit of what's on line for you right now or wrong i filed a lawsuit against russia in the international court over moscow's refusal to supply its best three hundred air defense defense missiles to tehran plus today's earthquake in the u.s. causes panic taking two reactors at a nuclear power plant outside of washington d.c. offline all those details and more at r.t. dot com. all right well north korea says that it is ready to return to the six

party talks on its nuclear program without preconditions it does follow talks between the reclusive leader kim jong il as well as russia's president. syberia pyongyang says it will also consider suspending atomic tests and let's get some analysis on the story right now with the ridges airframes he's a professor of east asian economy and society at the university of vienna professor thanks for taking the time to chat with us so it looks of the development here is north korea is ready willing to return to the negotiating table but it does seem like the u.s. in the south has have set up some preconditions a including that north korea halt its nuclear activities in richmond are these obstacles going to be too big for the parties to actually sit down for these talks . to go to the resumption of utah. just. before

talks can resume. they will expect an apology from north korea for the long island shelling and the sinking or so because of the new preconditions it is not actually what the other side has has wanted for over a year well and even if these talks do resume do you think that the north will be willing to give up its nuclear capability until there's an actual peace treaty signed with the south i mean you've mentioned how the south wants an apology but it seems like they're also due to make some concessions here to get this process started i think it goes even beyond the peace treaty the nuclear program serves a number of purposes for north korea includes domestic purposes they give prestige to the current government it's a means of defense also it's the only reason why you and i are actually talking. gives them a lot of international attention and as long as they cannot find any alternative for all those reasons i think it's very unlikely that they ruled them through your program now we've seen a lot of rhetoric from the u.s.

president from from officials in the u.s. about they're encouraging a return to talks but at the same time we've seen u.s. troops in the area military bases in south korea sort of a situation where it seems like the rhetoric isn't matching the action in your view how much does the united states actually want stability there. well i do believe that the u.s. wants to do to the question is how do they define stability and who do they look out i think it's pretty obvious that north korea the proxy the real problem from the u.s. perspective in the region is of course china it's not so easy to say it all to a lot of them publicly and to strongly so i think north korea is actually pretty useful for explaining a pretty strong u.s. military presence in the region now it does also see if there's been some development in the relations there we've seen in july in north korean and avoid actually went for talks the united states we've seen the countries visit a leader has visited russia of course why do you think the time is. now why is the

state reaching out right now for more cooperations with the countries. from a general perspective has taken a stance on the increasingly international cooperation especially india cannot be good for you but the cooperation i'm. supposed to open the gates to agree to a prosperous country which means a success still waiting for signs of this to happen so there is a quite a lot of pressure on the shoulders of the north koreans. from a long term perspective calling you go and you know you have so much of the goods on some positive signs some opening up and then on the other hand you have some negative side and some military clashes so this is more or less like you like it then this you know you know the steps you know the rhythm and if you don't know just what you know that takes place again well it's a diplomatic waltz of sorts i'm sure you'll be keeping tabs on the situation for us thank you so much for weighing in with with your thoughts that was what is our

frank the chair of east asian economy the society at the university of vienna. well now to some other international news stories this hour steve jobs the founder of the electronics giant apple has resigned as c.e.o. following health problems he'll be replaced by chief operating officer tim cook jobs who under vent 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 after being shaken by tuesday as earthquake the east coast of the united states is bracing itself to be hit by hurricane irene and heavy rain and winds earlier better parts of the caribbean sweeping through cuba as well as the dominican republic it is expected to become a category four hurricane as it passes over the northwestern bahamas and route to the eastern u.s. east coast are no deaths or injuries have been reported the best. and mass student

protests continue to shake chile as demonstrators demand free education and changes to school funding now thirty six people were injured as rioters burned barricades and clash with police officers three hundred fifty people were detained in the capital protests in the country started three months ago after president proposed sweeping education reforms. and the four time african player of the year samuel eto'o has agreed to a deal with the russian team. for a record salary of get this thirty million dollars a year now the arrival of the superstar striker is a massive coup for russia's premier league and once the family on the map as one of the most ambitious ambitious clubs now r.t.s. but you know 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 millon 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 for ballplayer in the world as will pay over thirteen million dollars yeah and in the three years contract he will receive over nineteen million dollars lots of loan when and gold bonuses in 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 with the silva and also a famous russian

a football player calls meanwhile all that happened after the 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 want to have done so for sports commentator we managed to talk to he believes that the was a really good investment. the owners believe. is one which you 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 came from poverty 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. all right well it's time to check all the latest of business news with the yuliya today watching our team. thanks liz that's right time to delve into the world of business and what price isn't particularly volatile recently and this recent turbulence in the market has cast a shadow over russia's hopes for a sustainable high oil price crude last six percent in around two weeks and after a short response it's continuing to lose ground that's when expectations libya will resume exports whether alexandria fifty five zero from the should be capital believes russia's economy should be able to withstand a low oil price. this time around compared to two thousand and eight russia is more immune to 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 isn't the downgraded the united states and the all the market sold off 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 oil prices continue. the ruble will take most of their most of the heat and the economy will be more protected from external negative external shocks . time to have a check on those figures oil prices a flat with investors looking ahead to the speech at the head of the federal reserve on friday all eyes are now on whether ben bernanke will announce another round of money printing to prop up the u.s. economy. gold has slumped to one thousand seven hundred forty three dollars per ounce losing of a nine percent off to hitting another record of nine hundred dollars earlier this week market watchers say masters are taking profits off to the metal fails to conquer the nineteen hundred dollar. level.

and across asia stocks the gaming shopper here has manufacturing data helped support the view that the u.s. economy is slowing but not falling off a cliff. european shares a seeing a pulse just start today on the back of a strong performance in the u.s. market both it's in the tech soft climbing up around one percent and finally here in moscow after dropping slightly in the past ten minutes of a straight the r.t.s. is gaining ground up almost one percent to my six is seeing even stronger again it's gaining one point two percent time to have a look at some of the individual share moves on the my six banking stocks are among the main game is this hour as vrba. one cent meanwhile a mining firm only metal is in the red on wicked gold and another much to my not an l m k is up supported by strong second quarter results for the company has boosted its net profit by fifty percent reaching five hundred eighty seven million dollars

and another bunch of second will to result russia's leading supermarket chain by sale its five retail group has posted its second quarter net profit of seventy three million dollars that's most two hundred percent more than the save period last year but slightly below and costs. russian foreign direct investment almost tripled in the top of the year around eighty eight billion dollars have crossed the border with manufacturers and financial industry receiving the most capital meanwhile around eighty two billion dollars have fled the country making a net foreign and direct investment about six billion dollars. that wraps up the business bulletin you can always get more stories on our website r.t. dot com slash business or join me for another business update in one hour.

well thanks for watching r t it has happened last eleven in the russian capital let's take a look at some of the top stories this hour. failure after launch emergency crews are searching for the unmanned russian space freighter which crashed on a wednesday and syberia the soyuz rocket was supposed to ferry food and fuel to the international space station but if held back to earth and rebels in the libya promise a bounty of two million dollars for colonel gadhafi dead or alive that's as western nations wasted no time in jostling for a slice of the country's oil pipe under the new government and the u.s. and e.u. are pushing for more sanctions against syria after the crackdown there against protesters meanwhile journalists are on the ground are warning that there's a lot of objective cover.