three years after return every record more in the arts and business in twenty minutes. it is just after five pm on thursday here in moscow this is r.t. with me rory sushi a major overhaul of a russian space agency has been ordered by prime minister vladimir putin this after an unmanned resupply vehicle was lost in the skies on thursday a search operation is currently underway or those thought the craft may have burned up in the atmosphere however they're still concerned that some toxic materials may have come down on earth as artie's peter all of our reports. the problems occurred for this mission around five minutes after the launch when one of the booster rockets carrying the progress module failed resulted in the whole spacecraft breaking into several pieces and descending that back towards earth they have

cordoned off an area of southern siberia underneath where this incident took place now the cordoned off area is being tested for any toxic elements that could be there the progress module did have on board around one half tons of toxic field now scientists testing the rocks the soil and the water and preliminary results suggest that this being no contamination on the ground for the astronauts on board the international space station who are waiting for the supplies the progress module was supposed to top them up with fuel and food they still have some supplies on board they haue food and water for around three months to be able to russia not out in case of having to go any longer in the worst case scenario and extra so use rockets could be sent up to act as a second escape pod already one soyuz module attached to the international space station a soyuz module though only seat three people or six people on board it would take that extra module being sent up to be able to evacuate everybody from the space

station but that of course is a last resort scenario something that is really being looked into and it is a viable option this incident involving this unmanned module isn't the first in recent times it's in the school that's occurred in the last nine months in december of last year three global positioning satellites that were launched from the russian military plunged into the pacific ocean resulting in several key people several high members of the upper echelons of roscoe's most to lose their jobs and february of this year a military satellite went off line and on the eighteenth of august this year just last week. launched from the same launch pads in baikonur another saucer light was lost now a full investigation has been ordered we have heard in the past that president medvedev wants to see the russian space program updated to bring it right up to the

modern era the soyuz rocket is the only way we have now of getting crews from the earth to the international space station and back down again not that since the the nasa space shuttle program was scrapped earlier this year leaving the so you struck at the only lifeline we have between people on the i.s.a.'s on the ground we could see the soyuz program temporarily grounded until what caused this problem is discovered it's now what we are hearing from roscoe's most though is that they are fully committed to providing every single bit of the supply network which they said they could give to the i.s.a.'s now for more on how this incident occurred and what it means for those on board the international space station we can now hear from my colleague chillan thomas. what we know is that stage three failed to ignite which is the stage that propels it further into space stages one into both you can ignite at the same time at the actual time of launch but then there are sensors that

communicate with the third stage of the rocket which you can see here and it's that third stage which propels the progress craft up out of the earth's atmosphere so that it can then be in orbit and then synchronize with the international space station talking about the international space station itself it is a very large station in fact if you spread it out over a football field an american football field including the end zones it's a pretty big place in livable space there's it's about the size of a five bedroom house and has two bathrooms and it is comprised of sixteen different pressurized modules which they've been putting together over the past few years now it's relatively old in terms of space the. first zarya module was launched in one nine hundred ninety eight but it has been continuously inhabited it for about eleven years in fact in november it will reach its eleven year anniversary there's a crew of six on board right now and what this progress module was about ready to

deliver was food oxygen supplies as well as personal items and hygiene items for that crew of six which are on board right now another function that this progress module was to do was to help boost the space station into a specific orbit there are about six hundred times a year that the space station has to maneuver whether to avoid space debris or if it has to actually adjust its orbit in certain ways so that it can keep from falling out of the sky and this progress rocket has the engines and the fuel to help the space station do that so in terms of what does this mean for the international space station and the crew on board we should note that there is no routine to space flight there is always an inherent danger but there is no immediate threat to the crew on board right now because they have enough supplies right now we are told that they have about three months of regular supplies left as well as an additional emergency thirty day supply of food and water and

necessary items for every crew member on board. thomas wright the well with the manned mission of the shuttle to take place in just two weeks' time the progress along if it has put into question the reliability of the entire space program exposed stress the importance of getting to the bottom of the disaster two of a possible loss of life. this is no use a rocket carrying crew is slightly different but not much that much different than the one that lost progress they're going to want to make sure that anything that is similar they could go wrong on that one you know won't happen you want to make sure that it's a fly so they're probably hold off until they're sure for that for that launch itself i think that there's a general perception that these types of space launches are routine over time they happen all of every every week or so every month but just now in the last week not not just a russian rocket the chinese rocket killed last week as well that's three rocket terriers in seven days. it's

a tough business and it's unforgiving. with r.t. it's good to have your company today so ahead for you this hour here a major coup for russian. caucuses football club put itself on the sporting map by signing a new super star striker and breaking the bank in the process all the details shortly. italy has promised libya's opposition it will transfer over millions of dollars in frozen gadhafi assets promised silvio berlusconi made the pledge at a meeting with the rebels leader also for discussion of lucrative oil contracts for the future sara furthur ports from milan. half a billion dollars in frozen assets expected to be released from islay a big question mark actually remains eva exactly he's the money belongs to a lot of analysts i've been speaking to the past couple of days is that it's very hard to gauge libya's got a lot of business dealings in italy and it's very unclear exactly which one is

libyan money a exactly which money belongs to the family question now a lot of people want to know is whether the libyan rebels are going to be honoring these extremely lucrative contracts that italy had libya those were signed and they get that the regime is a mutually beneficial situation because as we see in they've come here wanting to find out about these oil and energy contracts and libya getting a huge amount of money now in frozen for them always has the russian foreign ministry today now they said that any. wall settlement should be happily exclusively under the supervision of the u.n. we've had an announcement that there's going to be a meeting taking place in september control going to the nato a coalition russia has not been invited to that and they say essentially what's happening here is testament to the future of libya being handed over to a very small indeed and that's certainly going to be a concern a russia doesn't actually recognize the national transitional council yet they're

saying they're waiting until there's legitimate reasons to recognize this as a governing body that can legitimately control the future of libya and have a government there and that's what a lot of people have been saying from the ground in libya we've heard that the rebel groups themselves as we've seen over the last week with some of the events it's a very disorganized group the libyan people are still burying their dead and there remains a big question mark over whether the nato missions justification of humanitarian reasons really stands up to scrutiny now but what you're probably going to see over the coming weeks is that as this is potential now for the libyan of those to open up to the european majors they could be fierce competition of banks not only the companies themselves but of course the governments who support the and that's certainly been something that we've been talking about i've been looking at him about that. chill to the heart of most modern walls and you'll strike oil whether or not that sayings true when it comes to libya well it's going to play

a pivotal role in the country's future here we have two very strong interest me. western interest to the torah. and to rebel to ordinary. even government interest to restore sanity morris possible to the stranger to the concept of friends with benefits gagne's being quick to casey up to the new transitional council inviting the public face of the group that made djibril to italy for talks was gadhafi is closest european allies in the native bombing campaign began back in april rima put up the switch sides and began courting the rebels in the full the wall almost a third of italy's daily energy needs were imported from libya an oil giant any was the largest foreign operator in the country the government here have been doing all they can to safeguard these contracts but the if they will be able to maintain

these previously close business ties is by no means a given in a post gadhafi libya the future likely extremely uncertain and there are little guarantee one of the biggest problems italy and other western countries since the beginning of the war has been a struggle to adequately understand the internal workings of the rebels themselves . amongst the rebels there are many factions islamist tunisian people. it's just organized and chaotic and many of these groups of rebels are from the politicians that before were with gadhafi and then they completely changed their face they went with the wind as they say and you to me i think corrupt politicians. of all met gadhafi personally on a number of occasions three business connections less than a month ago she returned from a fact finding. to libya with a handwritten letter she says was written by gadhafi to palace gain a in it he allegedly says he was surprised by

a decision to join the coalition against libya especially after we signed a friendship and cooperation treaty between the two sides the cittie he's referring to he was signed just two months before the libyan uprising the letter gaze on to ask why did you join our enemies without any diplomatic dialogue or investigation berlusconi now seems to be making me friends but whilst it may be the final chapter the death the many fear the conflict will continue i would dare to see this kind of stuff you can talk to you for but she's among the rebels so there is no such. sense of. no consensus call for me to be an internal. meeting. you actually have a person to talk to. who will be neutral with her foreign media now is silly along with many in the west could well find that previous lucrative relations may turn out to be just as big as the rainfall the french surf.

or it's an hour quarter past the hour here in the russian capital you with odds here the u.s. and the e.u. are pushing for more sanctions against syria's government with an embargo on oil sales likely by the end of the week russia and china oppose the move but have called for an end to violence and for damascus to start social reforms over two thousand people are believed to have been killed in syria since march but its authors more information are reports what's really going on there is hard to verify but began to run for quote in the morning so this is how the world has been watching them dressed in syria through mobile phone cameras and to footage from the was stricken country has flaw that international news or other bloggers. killings and executions supposedly at the hands of president arsons military filmed on cell phones have become a trademark of the regime syrian officials though insists the scenes are staged the you tube is not credible and i witness account is not credible after become

requests now and shout help they're killing us next door. these are not credible ways to assess a situation the un has condemned over the violence against his people but 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 blame itself for the country's image and the real. ban foreign journalists and fact finding missions from coming in and they don't allow us to work cannot just take a camera and go filming even here in damascus and you should and i would never wait all 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 film what's been happening and to share it with the rest of the world. but this is what going against censorship is

a double edged sword while mobile 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 martin not his real name is the man behind the camera has a freelance journalist currently working for a western media outlet he cannot tell more and he doesn't want his face to appear on screen hiding the truth about himself its rise to reveal the truth of another kind. of. information about what's going to. there are some forces on that we're all going to believe is wild. in most of the cities that security forces are shooting and killing. unarmed. civilians and went out to broach the man even more christian freedom.

muslim isn'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 he got shot out during the process because he was filming it was the only one who was targeted but you have brought this and others are very arrested syrian state t.v. brings their evidence to support their leader. 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 iraq in two thousand and nine they condemn the sad but they just play one of the most oppressive regimes in the world food on 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 rights to the western world to grab any story. and put it as to but that doesn't look to be among the media's goals and this conflict the press is not just about coverage it's a war and as in every war they go to we refuel. damascus syria. just a few minutes now away from the business news with marina but for now the world update here on r.t. is really a military aircraft struck a number of targets in gaza overnight with four deaths confirmed by the palestinian side twenty others were also wounded despite a two day old cease fire that comes after palestinian militants fired over a dozen rockets into israel on wednesday the latest round of violence broke out last week when gunmen reportedly from garza bush to cars and buses at near and yet leaving eight people dead. former bosnian serb commander choose to appear in

court for a procedural hearing at the international tribunal for the former yugoslavia faces a trial over the alleged killing of almost eight thousand bosnians at seven it's in one thousand nine hundred five the hearing comes a day after. there was time leader of the rebels serbs in croatia pleaded not guilty to crimes against humanity. steve jobs the founder of electronics giant apple has stepped down as the company's c.e.o. after a long battle with illness he'll be replaced by chief operating officer tim cook jobs who fought and survived a rare form of pancreatic cancer returned from medical leave in march to unveil the latest version of the i pad he will however stay on at the world's largest technology company as chairman of the port. while a superstar football striker has arrived in russia to join the north caucasus club and. eto'o a camera native and four time african player of the year has agreed to

a reported salary of ten million euros per season for details now we're joined live by our visa or one of my deal the question of are you know the wait is finally over and she's new superstar has arrived here in russia. indeed the latest news over the transfer of the interim millon striker sam alito is really capturing the imagination of the world of football according to the latest information sam alito has a right to moscow just several hours ago he underwent a magical examination and signed a contract to become an on g.m. player on wednesday and many waited for some kind of a commons from his sides on his arrival and during the press conference that he explained why he made such a decision and why he decided to join the club. but i see that i'm very glad to be here the most important thing in life is to be happy and i'm happy to be here i'm starting from scratch says of all the trophies

possible in europe as a player and here i can start a new plus i've played little bridge across before and he told me a lot about russian football and i do look forward to joining the team. also he added that he hopes he will be given a chance to join the team next saturday for tons of fifteen minutes on the field meanwhile of this latest move makes some alito of the highest paid a footballer in russia a son g. will pay overturned a million euros per season let alone win and gold one assist. the first star by who else will be keeping eto'o cover. that's right in the wake of the few months of the biggest sunday football club has made headlines all across the world by buying leading international football stars the team has already legendary brazilian and the fans out of a crowd of us as well as the silver and

a famous russians would blare you should call for meanwhile this all happened when the biggest money football club was bought by the locally born in a businessman and also one of the richest men in russia as to the monkey money and now he is basically spending millions of euros in a bid to make this football club which is situated here in russia's north caucasus known all across the world and sometimes it's really seems that he's possibly gathering some kind of a dream team on the russian soil and meanwhile maniacs for his believe that signing and so will bring the dog a stunning football club into a new level in the international world of football. or world so a brazilian newcomer really you know the russian team will have to see how they enjoy the russian winters here within a coach of a lot from the north caucasus thank you. i want to get more news and videos of the latest updates on our web site r.t. dot com here's a water line for you right now iran launches a legal missiles against moscow by filing

a lawsuit in the international court tehran says the russian rockets it wants don't fall under the u.n. security council resolution. a group of topless and fearless ukrainian activists protest for freedom in the country by tearing up the lawn in front of a government building. a mysterious cabin identical to the famous hut on chicken legs from a notorious slavic fairytale pit in a forest in latvia locals are puzzled tourists are flocking there. will be doing a recap of our top story shortly that's right after the business news with marina next right here not.

hello and welcome to business here on i'd say we start with gold of course which has suffered the biggest drop since late two thousand and eight and that was after hitting a record peak of nineteen hundred dollars earlier this week the precious metal lost some shine as the comex exchange rates traded margins by the most in over two and a half years to curb volatility but from gold says losing two hundred dollars and forty eight hours doesn't mean the fundamentals have to. people have to realize that you know prices of any assets they go up they go down things don't go up and up forever and that includes gold we've had a huge rally in the gold price in the past week and so it's only natural that there's some correction. so clearly i think what you're seeing is just the trading activity the noise as you call it in the market but the fundamental case for gold hasn't changed at all in the past couple days and so i think we're going to see continuation of what we've seen for the past ten years which is the ever increasing gold price. but of america has lowered its forecast for russia's annual g.d.p.

growth to four percent and that's so the slowing global economy during the second quarter the rate of growth in russia fell zero point six percent on the decline in oil price thoughts and analysts believe things will get slightly better in the second half the bank expects an increase in corporate profits to spur investment demand in the country while lower unemployment and inflation should support consumption. let's take a look at the latest figures now for precious metals. there they are gold has slumped to seventeen hundred thirty four dollars and seventy five cents dropping almost one and a half percent and that's after dropping about five percent yesterday. all prices i harp on the pins by the crisis in oil rich libya investors are looking ahead to the speech of the head of the federal reserve on for a day and all eyes are now on whether ben bernanke you will announce another round

of money plaisance a prop up the u.s. economy. let's take a look at what's happening in europe shares their trade the mix this hour the footsie is losing just the north while the dax is adding point two percent this hour. here in the wall skull stocks have slipped into negative territory after a brief gains the r.t.s. is losing point three percent of all my sex is losing half a percent. given the current market uncertainty from troika dialog says big cap stocks are the best bet in the short term. my recommendation for short term is to be very liquid stocks so we can see moving to about ten fifteen percent just during one we just during and even a few days doing so in short term we definitely should be in liquid stocks but at some point when the volatility in the markets will go down you should look at some more fundamental stories and growth stories like consumer sector in russia maybe

even some stocks seen also to russia. i think that's also be going to be the case. next five retell group rushes leading supermarket chain by sales has post that second quarter net profits of seventy three million dollars that's almost two hundred more than in the same period last year but still slightly below adolescent forecasts. last wilden seem join in the northeastern gas pipeline to the european network in germany is now completes the direct line from the russian reserves in siberia as more than twelve hundred kilometers in length and goes via the baltic sea the company operating the connection pipeline group says it's ready for the gas to flow it expects commission in the first of the north and twenty pipelines to start in the fourth quarter of twenty eleven. that's all the business is for now

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that were five thirty pm here in the russian capital you with the headlines now recovery operation is underway in siberia for an unmanned resupply craft that never reach the international space station the russian space agency faces a major overhaul now off with a progress vehicle broke into pieces just five minutes off the launch on wednesday . italy is set to transfer millions of dollars of frozen libyan assets to the rebel government even as russia argues the new leadership is yet to prove its legitimacy. western states call for tougher sanctions against the syrian regime but journalists on the ground say footage used as evidence of the government crackdown is hard to verify. and super star struck.