just after four pm here in the russian capital this is r t and we begin with this being a historic day for western europe's energy supply which is now being bolstered by russian gas directly through a brand new pipeline president dmitri medvedev a chancellor angela merkel and their partners in the project would have a tour of the valve and that's opened the receiving end of the north streamline in germany the ten billion dollar project is the longest subsidy grassroot in the world now provide a steady flow of much needed russian fuel to germany as its neighbors without the need for transit countries let's get the latest details from artie's daniel bushell who's apple c.e.o. of the north stream launch down the always been a major customer of russian gas for many years now but how much further will this pipeline take that partnership. yes european leaders symbolically turned the wheel sending the very first gas there rick to the european union bypassing transit states it will provide long term energy security for europe which had been affected

by previous transit rails with the likes of ukraine and belarus it will also fill a shortfall in gas which is projected to reach some one hundred million homes by twenty thirty now this is a euro project why european leaders say here is because french dutch german companies energy firms have taken stakes in the north stream pipeline that will guarantee supply to homes in those countries for the next fifty years at least the last time of this project there are all plans to send this gas in and then on to the existing european network to countries like the united kingdom as well. like that with russia has always. gone great lengths of it legit if you fulfilling its obligations in the energy sector and we would still say this is still our most important obligation even at times when the economic situation in russia was definitely a. gold rush we endeavored to continue our gas supplies without interruption to

europe and we will continue to do so in the future with our european partners in order to attract investment for the parts of the projects and i'm convinced that such a networked involvement will minimize risks along the entire energy supply. the . russian president dmitry medvedev speaking at the opening ceremony here on the german northern coast of the baltic sea just behind me now this should also provide cheaper gas for homes in europe with no transit fees to be paid for the likes of ukraine and belarus with gas going direct for the first time from russia to the e.u. . well it certainly projects how did it come about in the first place. well they said that they couldn't be built experts are saying it's too long it's too expensive it is the longest subsidy pipeline the gas pipeline in the world but it

took some engineering brilliance just for one example compress the stations which keep the pressure in gas pipelines usually there are several across the route this one just has has one the beginning of the route it's been planned since the nine hundred ninety s. construction did start a few years ago the second line will come on stream next year and we've just spoken to some of the heads of the of the project who say that a third line will be discussed by shareholders very shortly because they expect demand for gas to grow and to keep growing even through this crisis the euro debt crisis that we're seeing to keep growing through the e.u. in the coming years. thanks very much for that artie's of dying a bushel live from the german coastal town of liberty which is on the receiving end of the nord stream gas pipeline. the director of the russia and eurasia program of the german council on foreign relations alexander rar says the northern stream properly risky to a secure a future for european energy. the north korean pipeline is making energy security

better for european union energy import. the european union will be safer no because there is next a pipeline which circumvents the difficult transit countries like ukraine and belarus show where russian gas has disappeared over the past ten fifteen years i think the north korean pipeline is a political project as well but for other reasons critical of the pipelines i think this sort of the energy alliance which is the european union and basically germany is forging was russia we are trying to bring russia closer to europe even integrate europe and russia into a common energy space and therefore this is a space we'll be successful that we can think about creating a common economic space a free trade zone and also politically much closer together so from my point of view the energy alliance which is being symbolized by this pipeline as well will

help us to build a common continental europe more stable than it had been before. the russian president has warned of militarist rhetoric in the middle east and an attack on iran could lead to a catastrophic war in the region dimitri medvedev statements came in during a joint press conference with his german counterpart russia has been voicing strong force against an attack on iran that following statements by israel and a strike is more likely than diplomacy the u.n. atomic watchdog is about to report on iran's nuclear activities and provide evidence that terror ron has built a testing facility and computer models of warheads iran has dismissed all allegations calling them fabricated let's talk more on this with foreign affairs analyst richard hadari and this radar and so this leaked report that is expected to come out officially very soon will it shatter new light on iran's nuclear program as has been reported by the media so far. yeah i think first of all you have to be curious. and speculation to read respected the content and consequences of

this report but. well first of all it depends what kind of media you're talking about the more conservative media is really playing up this sort of basis or foundation that really moving towards weaponization of nuclear program. and possibly confrontation if you're on but if you look at the statements by. these mr hainan i think they're not come up with any kind of definitive evidence or any kind of smoking gun that proved consequential in the. game to any kind of program i think we should look at the new. efforts to impose new sanctions against iran and how it could be politicized by western powers. to adopt a more confrontational approach towards iran i think that's. beyond that so you

know just looking at. here just recently there's been reports on syria. and that's despite the fact that it was nothing more. than everything. i think first of all the. provided by western intelligence agency i suppose. or even mossad was involved in providing the data. is questionable but the case of syria. in terms of using it. as a basis for saying that the country. provided

. this. as a basis for. its nuclear program. to have its own nuclear capability is there. well. hundred fifty or two hundred nuclear warheads but i think the difference between. i think iran has been very much. aggressive. territory's but i don't think.

there are differences between the two countries ok so you're. right sorry let's just look at a bit more of the rhetoric i mean if iran was actually developing some sort of nuclear capability did actually be dangerous to be provoking and provoking them in such a way. that is. actually developing a nuclear capability won't it be dangerous to be treading along. those facilities if indeed they're developing nuclear capabilities. well i think. which is very critical of the united states. but i think.

these are spread across the country. and i think. creating a new. because you can see the united states. and united. but. i think.

we develop. thank you. very much. flexes its political muscle over iran a jewish state is hit by a recruitment crisis as a report later this hour young israelis are increasingly unwilling to sign up for military service center fight for their country. the greek leaders are still struggling to agree on a new prime minister as talks over a unity coalition enter their second day the new government is required to push through an bailout package to tackle the country's debt crisis george papandreou will stand down as prime minister once his replacement is announced the interim government will leave the country until elections are expected to be held in february well greece is under pressure to ratify

a one hundred thirty billion euro emergency rescue package and its political crisis that's put the entire euro zone in jeopardy our correspondents are for it's been asking greeks for their take on the situation and the prospects for their embattled country. as the eurozone crisis rumbles on greece is once again found itself the focus of international attention and it seems like everyone's had an opinion about the situation here in the country we decided to come. which is really be me out but it's tell you much of this year the find out what the people of greece have to say about it all. so we. let the people of greece take it away alone we are. well. all the people one. thing. everything else is made money board

actually it's like they're trying to frighten us are something like that hi my name's vicky canadian i've been living in greece for ten years now my grandfather fought for this country and it saddens me that. right now there's a chance you might lose everything that we know in this country and there's really not much we can do and i want to ask something else. if all the european snow but all these dead cannot be paid but. why do they lend his money plus don't they want the money but the thing with the situation right now in greece is that we don't feel real secure about anything but our salaries our health and you know in my aids thing about the team that i'm going to make and that the seasons i have to do from then from now it's really sad because. everybody here things that you know

the things could be better there is something more than that there's something more there there are great because there is a lot of fun employment in greece now. that the people in greece out a very skeptical. i think. it's better we are in euro. of course definitely but there are some serious problems. because a lot of people lost they lost their jobs you don't know what. you can do you can plan your life i'm twenty years old and i don't have a job. i have to leave with my parents i don't have money i can leave i hope for everybody to be calm and. try to get out of the crisis and i really hope everybody can help us to do that is a european country and greece and euro is a greek word

a greek word i hope something can be done so we can save this beautiful country and be able to pass it on to our grandchildren and the children after that he steps up to the mike and had a chance to have a say the question now is whether anyone is going to be ready to listen to the weather decisions again to keep being made behind closed surf. syntagma square and . the italian prime minister his main coalition partner has urged him to step aside ahead of a crucial budget for concerns are growing that italy is on its way to becoming the next victim of europe's financial crisis with debts piling up amid record balwyn costs italian current affairs columnist francesco c. she says the crisis in italy is more political than economic. financially it was not. that bad a situation is in italy has not war syndrome magically in the past months in fact

for instance in greek banks all day a lot of money to frank and german banks italian exposure to greece was very limited however the markets didn't trust the italian government does the crucial issue and when that de marcus started not to trust the government to tell and government didn't come up with real strong measures that boosted him we will see what will come out with these political crises i think for italy is a little bit different than from greece i mean this situation in italy is more a political crisis than their financial crisis and everything you know way hinges on the opposition claims that he will surely be defeated he claims he will not be defeated by security countries a huge back to italy needs a prime minister who can get the confidence of the markets whom the markets trust to start to do recovery and change necessary for italy to cope with the with the

present crisis all at a time when israel is threatening iran with military action and confidence in the strength of the jewish state's army is crucial with every year less and less israelis are signing up to the armed forces choosing instead to defend themselves rather than their country artist policy reports some wire young generation is turning its back on military service. for years it's been the cornerstone of the country's security but these days there's a real risk the israeli defense forces could be left defenseless conscription is at an all time you know about fifty percent of. jewish males. serve in the military twenty khana spent most of the year and a half he was in the army trying to convince his superiors to release him on medical grounds they eventually did but only after he'd wasted months searching around he says doing nothing while in uniform get drafted for a. because of this feeling that i would be sorry if i wouldn't and

later i realized that i just couldn't take. nothing to do with defense other than my name and a growing number of israelis agree with him mr friedman made sure she scored low on her army entrance tests so instead of serving as a soldier she's now doing civil service working as an art instructor in a center for the mentally disabled i have our fans in the army and they saw. how they were when they first came to them in how they are now and it's a lot of brainwashing actually and they just keep you down from your identity and make you a basically a soldier ten years ago they refusenik movement started in israel youngsters refusing to serve in the army on political grounds add to that the nearly fifteen percent of potential draftees who don't serve because of religious reasons and a recent series of scandals also so public trust in the military decline state

about just. this video posted on you tube says a true israeli doesn't evade the truth in other words a true israeli avoids conscription fifteen or twenty years ago an advert like this would have been unthinkable in those days not serving in the army was something shameful but now young's. does have role models like activia nodded a copy former girlfriend israeli model bar refaeli who evaded service and gave it to richard timoci violations of human rights. carried out by israel's absolute disrespect of international law it's crystal clear there's no question about that study showed that by twenty twenty the number of military age jewish israelis who will not be serving will be the highest ever the growing trend has the military why we did it won't have all the troops it needs especially now as the region heats up

and the army needs all the soldiers it can get to be our team television. well members of the mars five hundred experimental simulated round trip to the red planet we spent over seventeen months in isolation are enjoying their first few days back on earth while for first time insight into the mission we're now joined by one of the participants of the project thanks very much for being with us here on the program what first of all i think what everyone wants to know is how do you feel i feel great i feel great because seeing the world no more the world again these are just so different and it's so nice i'm rediscovering everything yeah the world has changed a lot hasn't it since you were in there when you came out it does it feel like it's a whole new world it's different from what you knew one of the last couple of days inside the milieu we're thinking about that time difference between your world world relate to one you know who is members similar to or the one we come in right now but. never that's a good. seeing the sun rising seeing that small things that make the every day

normal and foremost to seize me to need special for me so what about inside what was normal what became your new normal for all that time in there more and i knew no more was just to have a world which was two hundred meter square big and only five person that they could meet the road of getting insane or depressed or something like no no not not afraid of what we don't know what would happen to us because nothing that was ever tried but i mean from the beginning of the head together very well i was confident that we would be able to go through these streets and we didn't talk about the authenticity this is of course simulated so when we say back from mars you know it sounds so dramatic but inside when when they were measuring b.b. heartbeats when you're doing that experiment in mars did it feel really real to you

as authentic why was that the result you know physically it was very exciting. very intense and the most period was definitely the highlight trip. even though we knew it was a serious show and it was not told like your real mouse which would be like ten thousand times bigger and more exciting it was it was very different. and we felt like being on the front place maybe not during most but it was very different ok just very briefly since you've experienced all of this when you go on an actual trip to mars as you well wouldn't have the chance to get out if you wanted to. yes if i was too good to was a real mess i would sign up directly you're not scared. and that we went through that i would say but. we are in good hands you are happy crew together and i wouldn't think that if you do it all right well welcome back to earth again thank you very much eggs very much for

a participant of the mars five hundred a simulated project there. right now where now more world news for you this hour well let's go to india first or at least twenty people have been killed and dozens injured after a stampede broke out during a religious ceremony in the north of the country now the incident happened when tens of thousands of tents all girls rushed towards the holy site to offer their prayers and some of them stripped and fell behind and. right now in syria opposition has reportedly appealed for international presence of the central city of homs were activists say at least eleven people were killed on monday this was after damascus accuse the u.s. of being called in the violence and asked the arab league for issue support on the issue now the u.n. claims at least thirty five hundred people have been killed in the crowd down since our government protests started in march. michael jackson's doctor

conrad murray has been convicted of involuntary manslaughter in an l.a. court he was found guilty of administering a lethal dose of the powerful anesthetic propofol which killed jackson of two thousand and nine murray could receive a maximum prison sentence of four years and lose his medical license which jury took two days to reach its decision. that's all for now the business news is next with kareena. how welcome to our business update the south thanks for joining me as we've been reporting russia has started pumping gas to europe through the newly built north stream pipeline here with me from the national energy security fund to discuss the new energy link thank you constantine for coming to the program thanks so much has north stream changed the face of. european energy security hole it's the. project which will come back to russia with europe directly so

we sold in the trays of concerts like ukraine will be able russia so we fail reliable supply a reliable. no storage states that is why i single it's a very good project because you know that i still insist on why poor they have company or russia we all are the possible suppliers of gas except made in the wheat so why be you russia is the most reliable partner for europe you can compare russia has to clean. your rock i was reading so and also will be very simple so that is why you have the direct connection between the russian europe is much greater if you increase your energy security all the question but do you expect it to lessen europe's reliability or if it is you are going to be more enthusiastic or less enthusiastic about alternative energy at this point i was told by

a whole that if you will be most sought to music about shale gas and other so-called different sources so guess why because you know that we speak a lot about sylvia so i have a lot of things to say about it but you know it's very interesting that we have several part was european partners in those three projects a german the first of all france and nuance so all these counters there are not so optimistic about shale gas for example for. he would give the structure and. get a fraction of a simple symbol to produce shale gas but who is them when dr shale gas production that you will cause them we will of the most and cause against those three so that is why i think as it passes by now because poland will start there will be another project. that is why i absolutely assure the such countries as pool and they will still insist on shale gas but let's see because we. know

we i mean pooling as a success in production of shale gas there are little can we say sure there are a lot of conferences there are lots of species there are a lot of presentations but there are so many. things yes. it was a reality you can see this but the cost of the pipeline is quite high it's over seven million dollars of i'm not mistaken so it's sort of the so how long will it take to make every turn on this project you know all this investment it depends on the gas prices because the transit. correlated with the gas price in the europe and. you know that all serious infrastructure projects you know that grows it's out of question and that is why you know that is why it's very interesting the situation was so wide because you were up you sink in that. soon there will be independent in the west who invests money to new pipes gas pipes and it's and this is a question if it's

a long term business who will invest money you that are no guarantees you were speaking about the situation is the more clear because you know the. problem. is not only the whole the. supply of gas and that is why i guess broom gave all the room to you so that this pipe will be empty so that is why. this blizzard. thank you very much we have several questions but we don't have much time thank you very much for coming to the program. and that's it for now but we'll be back with more in fifteen minutes.

live from moscow his top stories. moscow ushers in a new security for western europe as a landmark pipeline begins pumping russian gas straight to germany. the new supply of. transit countries which had previously left consumers russian gas. issues another strong warning against israeli military action against iran as president dmitri medvedev says it could spell catastrophe for the middle east meanwhile the u.n. atomic.