see this is r.c. a live from moscow tensions are running high in northern cos they with the break we regions all forty is planning to seize control of two border crossings later on friday nato troops have blocked off one of the checkpoints while cost of in-service use trucks to shut off the roads to the other. called for an emergency un security council meeting to try and prevent violence or escalating. or not follow their decision. the united nations security council gathered behind closed doors for hours to debate and discuss growing tensions in northern kosovo serbian foreign minister and his course of our counterpart flew into new york for this our merchant seen meeting that was called for by serbia and supported by russia now serbia is urging the council to prevent kosovo's ethnic albanian authorities from using force in northern and close of oh that is an area populated by ethnic serbs now kosovo

house and plans to send its custom officials and security forces to the border up to to take it over violence between as nic serbs and albanians erupted there in july that violence killed one person and wounded several others russian ambassador vitaly churkin says kosovar albanians have threatened to use force ambassador churkin says that nato peacekeepers in the area he believes could be cooperating with the hand the plans of the kosovar albanians rather than preventing the danger from breaking out we have serious concerns about where the little this is going and the minister getting made it very clear that the. opposition of european union playing this mediating role in a dialogue between between priest and i and belgrade is maybe put in question so

this sudden departure from the past of dialogue at the moment when it was beginning to show some promise promise in our view is completely unjustified unwarranted and that it injures. now it was back in two thousand and eight when kosovo unilaterally declared its independence with the support of the united states and western european countries this is something that was not approved by the security council in russia was one of the security council members that warned there would be escalating tensions to follow for years once this unilateral decision was made outside the boundaries of the united nations specifically the security council now we see years later that this is coming true and this is something that the international community is clearly has their hands full with and still does not know how to ease tensions but this is this is an international issue that russia

serbia and many other countries believe needs to be addressed now before violence escalates and them further. more european. america's defense shield is to go the last few countries holding you to hate the rest messala radar bases which fortunately says only for their own safety details on that chance given it's also us our. rebel forces in libya claim they're advancing in. one of the last bastions several thousand opposition fighters backed by tanks and heavy weapons have reportedly launched an offensive on the city well they managed to. but were met by rocket fire from gadhafi supporters meanwhile britain's prime minister who

visit the country along with france's president sarkozy's sent a strong message to followers of libya's old regime to give up the fight both leaders warn the mission against the forces will continue as long as they feel it's necessary. to protect civilians. some call the political ground to politicians trying to claim victory. these two leaders have become the first foreign. aid to visit gadhafi freely not surprisingly though these two nato countries have played a prominent a crucial role in the libyan revolution backed by the alliance which eventually led to the for gadhafi and to the end all the almost forty two year long dictatorship here in libya these countries were pushing for in nature action actually for a military operation here leave it a french war plane was the first to fly in. the timing of this very

strange because it looks like. a leader. came to tripoli. to leave here to take parting celebrations of the rebels while fighting is still continuing and people are still dying not only three they still remain pockets of the gadhafi loyalists but here in tripoli in the capital this city looks pretty much divided right now we've seen many people all way of in new flags and carrying banners thank you so causey thank you france think britain forwards what you've done. as a dictatorship but the raw still areas in tripoli where people want ro police support and gadhafi and they say they don't trust the rebels because they don't know them and they see them as those who just want to share. all high. situation even here in tripoli is very complicated that's why some

skeptics say that all these celebration and even this face it by cameron to cause it here to tripoli is a little bit premature. time to lift the u.n. imposed no fly zone in libya which was introduced to save civilians who are activists they maintain that nato role has nothing to do with any humanitarian mission. here come the former colonizers of north africa embraced and welcomed by the empty seat what did france do to algeria what did britain do to egypt what it's really and all these countries do to libya before absolutely nothing has been done about seven sixty five but that is the whole point of this nato aggression on libya it's got nothing to do with the protection of civilians. you know nato is head guy in the in the in the rebel slave council as i call it he said he said in his speech to the green square just the other day that the islamist will never take over and

you know and he said he said to his rebels do not attack the women and children leave them out of this which is an admission from the m.d.c. it's an admission from mr julio that his rebels have been attacking women and children. as british prime had david cameron visit tripoli to celebrate the end of kidnappings forty year rule bennett looks at how you can. flat out to keep regimes and power. selling weapons could be a moral minefield but not here this is the world's biggest arms fair and a massive earner for the british economy the government's putting its conscience aside as international delegates shop for tanks rocket launchers and missiles so long as business is being done here it doesn't seem to matter who's buying this is guest list includes countries like saudi arabia and bahrain both regimes that violently suppressed pro-democracy demonstrations earlier this year bahrain was

accused of opening fire on its own armed citizens in february saudi arabia scented snatch and guard in to help driving armored vehicles made by be a systems the u.k.'s largest defense company its products on display here would be at home in any bond film this tank can alter its temperature changes infrared appearance but like the british government the company can't change its spots it says there are countries it will sell to but that doesn't include any here if a country's been invited by the british government here it's it's probably going to be on your list of countries who are able to sell to. make sense. do you think it's right to sell to say was regimes like bahrain that have repressed democratic process. that will try because. these protesters from the stop the

arms fair coalition they are angry it's going ahead despite the recent crackdowns in libya in egypt both former customers of britain using their purchases against their own people we're paying the price now in the mediterranean because we showed weapons dinny all the countries that are now experiencing the arab spring i think is short sighted it's bad for this country it doesn't make money it makes wars wife material to get this year's shop. those include fourteen countries branded all thora tarion by human rights groups a fact the government came clean on just one day before trade began i'm sure they're very a barest because of the one factory. david cameron was going to be walking around terrier square proclaiming his belief in human rights and freedom and democracy and the next stop was kuwait and it turned out he was travelling with eight arms tripoli executives but the whole purpose of the trip the strayed one of the big

trade to try to make was weapons straight to the middle east the government says it's tightening restrictions on who can buy weapons that could be used for oppression and it claims an invite here doesn't guarantee an export license but defense is big business for britain it generated twenty two billion pounds for the economy last year and the u.k.'s now the second biggest weapons exporter in the world. with money like that up for grabs turning customers away empty handed may prove difficult after bennett r.t. london now there's also a growing concern that syria's conflict is on the verge of a disastrous escalation of position members get hold of some mysterious weapon shipments itself a discussion assays cross talk at seven thirty g.m.t. here's what's ahead. the syrian government has pointed out that the opposition sudden elements within the opposition have been armed. forces particularly the

united states as well as israel they claim that they have a confession from a former general from syria who defected and he's going to be featured on syrian television are very soon i don't know anyone who believes the syrian government not only the syrians not by the syrian government i don't know any nation in the world who takes over syria's war the syrian the syrian government said if they are telling the truth then allow the media to syria allow the media into the squares allow the myriad media to see the troops moving down innocent people like pacifist people and all roses to soldiers if they don't allow the media because they know they can massacre and torture and brutalize a lot more people if they don't allow the media and nobody believes the syrian government not even in fact the people the syrian government. and. the.

americans and. the europeans picked up the pace and that the last few days a string of agreements with taki remain and pedants all the remaining major obstacles of the troubled kid was almost into doors they gave it to one statement announcing which parts of shield would be deployed in pain and by twenty two he's got it you can have this thing. the police think missile defense agreement signed between the u.s. and poland in two thousand and eight and it's amending protocol of two thousand and ten has come into force this thursday as we speak it in vision is the deployment of a land based some three system in poland and it's part of america's revamped plan to build a missile shield in europe with elements of it deployed in different countries in eastern europe just earlier this week an agreement was signed between in washington between romania and the u. way romania too will host america's land base there some three interceptors on wednesday turkey and the us signed

a similar agreement but that won't was about deployment of of an early warning radar or keep the shield will be unfolding fairly close to russian borders needless to say there's always been an irritant in the relations between washington and moscow the worry of words on missile defense has been going on for quite some time now with washington saying we need powerful missile interceptors against a possible attack from some dangerous they usually namely ran in north korea and moscow saying why would you need interceptors for weapons that those rogue states don't like russia does and russia views america's missile defense plans as an attempt to breach that very precious parity principle that was said by the start treaty russians have been quite persistent for years you know saying it ok if it's not against us this be together this believe missile shield in europe together and the response they get is always a no you know they say they will cooperate but not on equal terms now russia manned spacecraft and learns in town bringing three members of the international

space station crew back to earth during that five mission they took well and what's been one of the ten times in the history. of a. mission control that about so glad to be back to his why it's been such a tricky mission. well it was quite an eventful mission as i speak they're actually being taken out of the soyuz t.m.a. twenty one capsule in kazakhstan was he looking very tired after six months in space and then having to go through the landing process but yes. you have a body and ron garment of nasa have arrived back on earth after what's been a whirlwind of a mission that in the time they've been up there they've taken part in the fiftieth anniversary celebrations of months i was on the twelfth of april known as you reason night celebrating of course the day that eureka guarin became the first man

to go into space now they've also been on board the i.s.a.'s forward the the last ever docking of the. space station so plenty going. on with the space station so plenty going on for them you can see on your screen right now the emergency crews around there making sure that they're ok after they've they've had this is certainly an ordeal of plummeting back into the atmosphere from the international space station certainly being quite tense here at mission control the family members and people who work on the. here at mission control making sure that they're monitoring every movement of the module as it makes its way through the atmosphere and back down to earth huge sighs of relief as you see that the parachute come out then a round of applause as it hits the ground now those astronauts and cosmonauts and astronauts will be flowing off to moscow where they'll be given their full briefing

at star safety and to make sure that they've had suffered no ill effects from the space travel but as i say they conducted a lot of experiments while they were up there they were part of a lot of interesting topics as well to space flights with partaken by the crew. took part in space flights were. well they were on board. and they were also up there for the last month on the at the end of august with the progress supply module that was heading up towards them containing food water and other supplies were not crunched on the way so they'll have plenty of certainly plenty of tales to tell from the six months they've spent. in space on the international space station and i'm sure they'll be looking forward to getting back to their families and their friends and getting back to used to life in gravity on earth as they say lots of tells us how. in the moscow region many thanks for that.

ok online right now at r.t. dot com here are some of the stories that you can discover russia's parliament to raise then shall some to wait for the scalp is being claimed are sound and vicious billionaire's party people are passed after he failed to get his own way. and the diamond design the report from the thief he swallowed his sixteen and a half thousand dollar gemstone. from a woman. now imagine a community where you want. such didn't exist in a remote russian. more it's not even a base within russia's borders it's actually a norwegian archipelago called spitsbergen and ones in body the soviet dream

a system without money but where everyone's needs were provided for in a series of special reports for aussie was on a visit what was meant to be communism's example of a bright future. it's one of the busiest colonies in the arctic. the brits called the island in search of food for their young noisy and disorderly like old big families seagulls are the last reminder of the one family atmosphere that once permeated this arctic island becky eighty sounds coming from this building were just as yours as they are today only instead of cries there are children streaks and laughter this apartment block was built specifically to house families and while adults were out working kids to their own devices running down hallways and banging doors local residents usually referred to this building as the

crazy house across the street was a female dormitory nicknamed paris given russian women's undying infatuation with everything french it further away was a male dormitory also known as london supposedly for the gentle manners of its inhabitants during its best here is the settlement house more than a thousand people today it's a ghost town with a spirit of communism is lurking in that band and buildings. this settlement was called fire a myth because of the cube like mountains surrounding it thirty years ago it had the highest living standards soviet people could dream all salaries two to three times higher than in the mainland free food around why bring social life in many ways it was a task for the brighter future that soviet people were trying to build. the rights northernmost statue of lenin they still peering into the nearby glacier. most of

the parents residents worked at a coal mine it was never very profitable it maintained for the sake of keeping the soviet presence at the strategically placed archipelago not only an outpost this westernmost soviet settlement was also an ideological show window for the capitalists rivals and no resources for spirit to cut a dash a concert hall a library a rock band and even this size olympic pool people here reliving the true salvi a dream you have the best hopes the almost overnight when the soviet union fell apart all of a sudden people of realized the perfect life was just that a geopolitical parliament based on faulty economy and shaky ideology and if you your is the former paradise turned into a desperate hole people who are used to eating caviar for breakfast have to turn to hunting to put food on the table. one of the families packed and laughed

abandoning parra made in all its grandstanding glory this pillar was erected here with much pomp on the settlements thirtieth or fortieth anniversary only to become with the gravestone decades later when the last batch of coal was extracted from the local mine workers just laughed and here it was their way of raking over the coals for the life that always seemed too good to be true kind of like our sea pirate myth springs bergen archipelago. ok time to check on the walls of the main news right now because elected female prime minister helen thought of thing schmidt's campaign primarily focused on the country's struggling a colony which stirred public anger at the previous government's policy blunders but it was a close victory and she now faces the difficult task of forming an effective government with only a very slim majority of. palestinians in the

human rights activists have held a rally in new york gathering in times square marching towards the u.n. headquarters it was to go on a support for the recognition of a palestinian state in the months general assembly vote the demonstration follows the u.s. officially announcing it will veto any security council decision to recognize palestine. as collided with a bus under cement mixer truck three arjen time capital wounding dozens of people none of the injuries are life threatening and is don't yet know how the crash happened when it comes just two days after eleven people died and hundreds were hurt after a bus crash into two trains that village of happened as the bus driver tried to to rush through a railway crossing. or if you're looking to sleep on the cheap on a visit to. the why did the energy few minutes just be well we'll follow the money to stay with you at the business desk.

hello and a very warm welcome to the business program russia's next to lympics family is gunning for gold in the race to secure foreign funds the tenth international investment forum is underway in sochi with thirty five countries looking to put money into russia archie is there. unlike the previous years of the international investment forum when the main topic was looking for factors of growth coming out of the global financial crisis this year it's all about risk assessment it's become a tradition for putin to inaugurate the main day of the forum with his speech is expected to shed some light on the macroeconomic state of affairs in russia and that's where the ruble is going to go how inflation will be tackled and how the country's going to be covering its budget deficit it's also going to provide some ideas on minimizing the impact of the sovereign debt crises in europe and the

united states we're expecting a lot of deals to be signed a major one we're waiting for is the signing of the shareholder agreement between gazprom and european partners on the south stream pipeline project which will be delivering gas from russia and in the black sea to bulgaria and then eventually to italy and to austria now gazprom will be getting a fifty percent plus one share stake a controlling stake in the project if things anymore get twenty percent france's e.d.f. and germany's winters hole will get fifteen percent each and of course one of the main topics of the day is transforming which will be hosting the winter olympics in twenty four team into a major investment destination to provide opportunities for growth in the whole region in the long run. that's a look at the markets now oil is on the rise and easing concerns about the european debt how well the disappointing jobs data from the u.s. is limiting to gains from flanges close. two one hundred thirteen dollars per

barrel while doubly tonight is trading at around ninety dollars. and asian stocks are trading strongly in the plot because several central banks have decided to boost don liquidity in europe move is used some fears of another growth crunch as europe struggles to contain its already debt crisis exposure stock trading in force of charge three with toyota more than one and a half percent in tokyo financials also edging higher with mitsui financial group pop round the cent. and just to always ahead of the upcoming vote here in moscow and russian equities saw a big jump on thursday after many futures expired they are just rows of the two percent while the mises gained almost one point five percent and you could drive the dial and believes the markets will see some correction on friday but not too much. after very strong yesterday. the day i expect some weakness there's definitely some stocks went up just simply technically

so i would expect some profit taking today and said but don't expect the drop are actually i think we're coming closer to twenty twenty first of september when investors expect something very positive from fred so you for they know some kind of new stimulus measures for american economy and the situation can change dramatically and they can go shopping up so we will prevail probably some correction but it's won't be deep. that wraps up the business bulletin what stories you can log on to a website or to dot com slash business. the

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