the. long. history. of your. call. the u.n. nuclear watchdog reports that iran could be working on atomic weapons are raising worries its findings might be a pretext for preemptive strike against tehran. and as the financial fall of rome looms closer than previously politically bullet proof premier berlusconi finally agrees to go but not yet. the standoff in northern coast between the serbs and nato back to closer than police finally draws a view on the tension while the locals blend barricades into the scenery as part of everyday life.

broadcasting live and direct from our studios in central moscow this is our team have you with us the international nuclear agency says iran might be working on developing atomic weapons in its most critical report yet on the country its findings were widely expected and days after israel bluntly said military action against iran is getting closer raising fears of the report could be a pretext to an attack kind of shit you can has more on the atomic study. right now with the u.n. nuclear watchdog found no smoking gun but hyped up fears that you rank continues research on nuclear weapons it doesn't say iran is building a weapon but it says it's collecting all the information if it moves into the south and has a lot of technology and the international atomic energy agency claims to have iranian computer models of nuclear warheads which the watchtower views as a possible indication that you ran plans to build an atomic bomb among other

evidence as satellite image of a steel container that might be used to secretly cast the high explosives needed to trigger a new clear weapon i would be very skeptical about this report that's coming out from the international atomic energy agency because the i.a.e.a. doesn't really have any intelligence capabilities of its own and if it's relying on reports that are coming from other people i would rather suspect those reports are coming from the united states and israel the president if u.s. intelligence presenting false evidence to build a case for the war in iraq raises alarm bells us to the accuracy of the atomic agency's latest report on iran you may have a piece of evidence of some kind but that piece of evidence is subject to your interpretation as to what it means when they saw aerial photographs in iraq showing certain things they interpreted those photographs to mean something which which was it was not correct back in two thousand and three the u.s. was adamant it's evidence on iraq's weapons of mass destruction and carries it to

vittie was as solid as could be satellite images of a base where saddam hussein was believed to train al qaida terrorists evidence of more laps for biological weapons illumine him to present it as components of centrifuges to enrich uranium all of the above proved to be a hoax. and yet it was enough to start a war that would last eight plus years and kill more than a hundred thousand civilians israel is considering military action to take out iran's nuclear facilities preemptively the question many now ask is could the un's atomic watchdog group ford serve as a justification to start a war with iran security experts say the consequences for such action would be catastrophic we would most likely see new kinds of attacks probably on israel from hezbollah or other groups we'd see attacks on american troops perhaps in iraq and

afghanistan even more than what we've seen so far iran i mean could retaliate in conventional terms of credit attacking saudi arabian oil fields if you really want to see a crisis in being here in the international economy despite tough rhetoric coming from both israel and the u.s. many agree that washington and tel aviv are most likely to use the report as political leverage to try and isolate iran and possibly to put advantage needs flourishing economic relations with china no one in the international community wants iran to have nuclear weapons but what they hear is aggressed take unilateral action by israel with the backing of the united states that could set the region on fire at a time when it is as on stable as it gets millions of lives could be in danger if policymakers in washington or tel aviv decide to jump the gun and start a war on grounds which are far from being transparent i'm going to check our reporting from washington our team. political analyst. believes iran has never been

the danger it's being portrayed. over the past hundred years iran has invaded and attacked nobody it has however been invaded by britain world war one by britain and the former soviet union in world war two in one thousand forty one to grab its oil when it's democratically elected president mohamed must have big nationalized the iranian oil company which is a british petroleum the us cia backed coup got rid of him imposed the shah of personal popularity until nine hundred seventy nine and when in one nine hundred seventy nine iran recovers its own identity immediately once saddam hussein i think we all remember him was in the service of the united states britain and israel with chemical weapons of mass destruction provided by the united states to lead an eight year war of attrition against iran so if anything one has to ask who is the danger in the region the united states britain france and israel or iran who has invaded

and attacked nobody in a century and we want to know how close you think a military strike against iran is so far the majority think an attack is imminent as it runs along with american and israeli interests sixteen percent doubt it arguing that no one wants to see a bloodbath in the region ten percent think the whole thing still depends on tehran's willingness to cooperate slightly fewer think there will be a military strike only if iran actually admits to having a nuclear bomb after voice now and vote on our home page. a former cia officer who once headed the osama bin laden intelligence unit says america's policies on the muslim world create enemies rather than security here's some of what michael shore will tell us in the next hour. washington's enemy is an enemy that doesn't exist we're fighting and an islam economy that washington believes is out to kill us because we have elections because we're free because we

have women in the workplace it's an ending. that doesn't exist and exist when bin laden was alive it doesn't exist now america is being attacked because of its foreign policy in the muslim world because of its support for israel because of its support for the saudi police state because of its presence on europe and until we accept there until americans can say to each other whether you support aid to israel or not our relationship with israel is causing this war we are not going to be able to defeat this enemy. but time's up before the man who has dominated italian politics with the best part of two decades but it is not the mountain of corruption the lawsuits and sex crime allegations that did it for prime minister silvio berlusconi it's rather italy's one for financials is majority has evaporated as m.p.'s have passed at least twenty

times spending a key vote to decide the next budget cuts which will be voted on next week italy is europe's next big worry after greece it is borrowing its borrowing costs are have a record high and financial firms are losing faith but claiming berlusconi's political scrap might not be enough to help the country stay afloat. it's very naive the entire political debates. i think the counter is going to have a very difficult time and what is required is a say a serious political debate on what kind of measure it's one to take to the cries and say it's not so much about risk or any of that and people in caves should decide what their replacements should be rather than being run through parliamentary gimmicks i think that should have stepped down at least one year ago and yes i mean able to survive just because the corruption and bribery in italian

parliament is so widespread that these has been possible but honestly i think that's why these requests. it is serious change and serious change chazz through going back to the people and asking them what. school and he should be. are already heading east for the international monetary fund's search to shore up cash with its chief warning that we face a lost decade christine regards following up her visit to china with a trip to russia with a trip to china where she said europe's deaths are making global prospects uncertain and asia's not immune to beijing now and professor liu from the university of international business and economics. professor thank you for joining us. first of all the i.m.f. the letter of the i.m.f. boss is largely on a revenue raising exercise to help europe which china has been called on in recent weeks what might this trip actually achieve. now.

christine lagarde is the now sitting of the chairman of the i.m.f. therefore i think her professional job is really to beef up the mast and to make m have more productive on a more expensive so he said oh merely focusing on the us the rescue package of europe so therefore i think the the initial our objective is really how china can work more closely was on math. the. finance capacity of my math and in the meantime to all for the justifiable position for china goes in terms of the membership. also the possible r. and b. as a denominating currency to be high on the special drawing rights and then certain phones will be funneled to how the europe so that's

a second tier question of the moment particularly in the working man kind is and between the i.m.f. european central bank and also the european financial stability facility so now i think china's idea is very clear is that china will still want to express was through this meeting positive attitude and sincerity china will lend a hand but i don't cross china will also have their own conditions to reciprocate themselves where you mentioned china has its own conditions and it obviously has its own issues to spend its own money on how can it convince its people that it is a good idea to throw the country's money at a swath of rich g seven nations. that's a very good question because i can see that there has been growing concern in china over you know how the money is going to be spent and i think the government

will have to gave the right answer to the chinese people because because it's their tax dollars so therefore so china should view this as a matter of the investment instead of a financial aid and secondly the economic considerations should be the primary consideration instead of you know the compromising on certain face saving or diplomacy then the investment for be targeted more to the valuable assets to help the industries instead overriding a bland check to buy the bonds which is now rather sticky and there has not been the reasonable or for that a proper return risk a free package is being offered either by the individual country that is facing the problem oh by the eurozone or the hope so therefore they do the chinese government will house to be responsible for this money to provide the right answer to the

chinese people for their satisfaction right now mr gard wants countries to act together in the face of the european debt crisis suggesting that asia will be dragged down as well is that a valid worry for china. well i have i think now there has been an increase in consensus on her visit is trying to enhance this message that the world is getting more and more interdependent a sluggish europe want really how the emerging economies both in terms of the export and also in times of economic. the technological cooperation so yes i think we can sense this is there already the body is matter of how the. emerging economies have their own problem the how to balance the domestic say for example inflation issue employment issue. economy issue two

bias was there international responsibility for all those the emerging economies like china russia they are also facing a number of challenges so therefore the rate they really need to balance their global responsibility and in the meantime i think set a center game must be sought this is not really a the euro's on some game so a mutually beneficial i reciprocal way particularly in terms of long time prosperity if needs to be sought after so it is not really you give me the money it's how we work together to make a bigger cake to solve the problem on a long term basis and really briefly as we're running out of time with every passing summit or solution suggestion ending the eurozone crisis appears more out of reach what is the view from where you are. well what i see is that the. the crisis the solution for the price is a certain deal is really up to greece whether they're going to take it out now

after the wave of the referendum for the cabinet i think the there is going to be more certainty in this regard but by the next the problem is easily so worse now the their prime minister is stepping down i think we are going to have a major discussion of how to accept the package and how to work there with the international community but i do have hope for either only because they still have a strong muscle of their industrial base so therefore the if he can manage it well in terms of political governance they are going to solve their own problem. by two thousand and thirteen all right thank you very much very interesting perspective from where you are professor chang from beijing based university of international business and economics. thank you. and with the eurozone in currency crisis cross-talk later asks if it's time for brussels to butt out and

restore power to national governments here's what's ahead in about fifteen minutes time. if east last week were to have voted tonight if it and the world are going to have passed and i left the choice to be breach citizens it would have meant it greece greek citizens would have got a veto on fact on economic governance within the euro zone we just almost unheard of that is the good thing of this crisis if you see we are clearly moving this election also the reason is about these are the i.c.c. the action so you can only see the losing their jobs is it good so i to this crisis . i don't understand only you know so don't people there and there's only so in the streets people. and you say there's a good thing to these crises. and still ahead for you this hour russia has a first interplanetary mission in fifteen years. we'll tell you why this probe wants to dig through the dirt on the martian moon of those once ground control

fixes a postmark glitch. and from our business desk western europe is getting its first gas from russia vibing you really build north stream pipeline that bypasses the transit countries journey about ten minutes from now for more details on the significance of this project is. the u.n. head has voiced concerns over the increased attacks on minority serbs and their property in northern kosovo came over and put part of the blame on the decision of kosovo albanian leadership to extend its control over the serb or run area for months serbs in the region have been barricaded in and not only against the unwanted authorities but also nato peacekeeping forces alexey archons explains. perhaps north and northeast venue for a wedding with this serbian couple living in northern course will decided to get married at the barricades in itself but we get it together here and there were two

for when dance this is going well and we've just received. this sort of barricades in northern kosovo have been standing for several months now for those who built them they're just a part of everyday life not only have the course of the service isolated themselves from the case for troops but also from their unwanted neighbors this is the famous bridge in which splits the town and being an albanian parts it was called the bridge of friendship and was meant to symbolize that can easily live together but the size of the barricades on the. part tells the whole story of how serbs are unwilling to be part of the self-proclaimed state while the cemented barricades in the middle of it so have become the town's main gathering spot tensions are still running high just a few kilometers. for every sand obstacle the case for troops managed to demolish stubborn serbs built two piles there are times when the two fold sisters

take place simultaneously. and. like you see. the. serbs say they have no choice but to continue barricading themselves in they believe albanians would not hesitate to wipe them off their land forcefully help they believe by k. four troops despite constant clashes with a nato contingent and political pressure from belgrade because of the serbs have become accustomed to living this cage they have built for themselves. it was hard at first when we run out of food and petrol but we serbs are people who are used to improvising and finding a way out we've built alternative routes through the mountains so now we can again receive supplies we've given to the humanitarian catastrophe or to the orthodox priest of the town's brand new temple sat he has never been busier with all the

people flocking in lately to pray for the well being of their families is a story a closer look has seen different hard times even being up at my good turkey one's. series we've stewed all heart tests of times and everyone and nature of it so nice this land is the cradle of serve culture and statehood. another deadlock in this balkan melting pot continues well great is still unwilling to resume negotiations with pristina which could put great to this standoff but while politicians clash this sort of family has little trust in diplomacy their kids may be too young to realize what it's all about and why they are being shown the barriers but there is little doubt what views they will inherit once they grow up. let's see rochelle ski artsy reporting from corsets commutative it's in kosovo. russia launched an unmanned probe into one of mars is moons in the early hours of wednesday but it has hit technical trouble.

a series of robotic when overs it should have taken place after the probe separated from its booster rocket that has not happened however and federal space agency officials say they have three days to sort the problem out or probes the designs to bring back soil from the martian moon of photos which should on earth some secrets about our solar system's creation also on board is china's first mars satellite which will be put in observation orbit around the red planet diapers cover explains the mission is ambition. ever since galileo galilei first pointed his telescope at mass people couldn't help but wonder is there life on the red planet the question is still in the air now russian scientists have decided to study mass in one of its two moons phobos in a single ambitious mission. with our focus is obtaining a piece of food was soil for a proper study. so the whole project and the probe have become known as food was

groomed meaning soil in russian costing around one hundred fifty six million dollars it will become russia's first interplanetary mission since one nine hundred ninety six it will take eleven months for it to reach the martian orbit and another six months to approach sobers immediately after touchdown a remotely controlled arm will sink its call into the unknown. you will nobody knows how hard the surface is going to be but will be able to collect it whether it is sand or rock. the return rocket will make its way back to earth straight away with a fair stab a sample from a martian moon on board this mission is one of the most complicated ever planned what you see here is two parts of four was ground the whole structure weighs over thirteen thousand kilos but only seven kilos placed right on the top of the return rocket will make it back to earth all this just four hundred grams of precious

extraterrestrial soil however the rocket will also carry some unusual passengers russian and u.s. scientists are sending caps you with terrestrial micro-organisms on the three year round trip with a manned mission to mars high on the world's wish list but still impossible the bacteria will act as test subjects those will be able to see which spores will survive the severe radiation of an interplanetary flight but as they were put together by different scientists there's already a lot of joking about which bacteria will survive russian or american. however that's not the end of the mission part of this spacecraft will remain on food was to continue experiments with a whole array of instruments put together by various countries with a project promising a rich scientific harvest china france and germany among other countries have made sure that part of the enterprise. after all the main thing is that we understand better the forming of the solar system and maybe it will help us to figure out if

we can be a reserve planet for mankind. and with so many people across the globe eager for this mission to succeed the hopes are it will turn towards being the impossible into reality kerry or bush r.t. moscow or as euro that's claim another prime minister already has crossed out discusses currency on the critical list that's after we've had a business up there with korea. has twenty four minutes past eleven here in moscow thanks for western europe's getting its first russian gas fired or newly built a wrecked north stream pipeline bushell wasn't ready supplies. this new route should bring cheaper gas for homes and businesses in the european union for the first time there are no transit fees to be paid to countries like ukraine and belarus it also eliminates the threats of supply cuts which we've seen in recent

years actually leaving so many e.u. states out in the cold now this is an e.u. word project there are german shareholders also french as part of this goes from the project and it will guarantee supply to citizens of those countries for the next fifty years or so even through this year's euro to crosses did more for gas in europe has gone up you know this was the point when the people said couldn't be built that it was too long too expensive something that was take making impossible for example there's only one compressor station along the route once again you said there were several needed to make it happen no this really has been planned since the noise you know in just a second blow will come next year project leaders have said to the third line tripling capacity of north stream will be discussed very soon by shareholders and gas from has reported an eighty percent leap in profit stream the second quarter caste monopoly earned almost ten billion dollars during that period even some forecasts by ten percent market russia said a strong bottom line is being driven by increased output and stronger prices

deliveries to europe jumped twenty percent this year and are set for a further boost nordstrom gas network is on line cost more than seven billion dollars and leading russian energy consultants constantine seen enough believe it will take a decade to break even. the real time off for total this investment it will be depends on the price of u.s. and european market because the transit fees related to be gas prices in the european union but of course it will take on the as. they must be not anxious about the thought of this money right because you know that for one point we'll just brought me is the main circle that will flow through but from another point of you guessed wrong with the main supply route and just gave all grown trees a bit more three wood below them. and looking at the markets now heading higher on speculation that iran's nuclear plants could threaten stability in the middle east another who's come from italy where prime minister silvio berlusconi said he may

step down if parliament passed austerity measures the movement bends investors that italy can curb its record growing costs and employed the fate of crates and markets in asia on italian news and chinese data hong kong stocks are leading a regional rally that proper china report cooling inflation given the boost to banks and property stocks china overseas lead an investment bank of china both leaving two percent tokyo listed exporters and banks are also rising and then he proved risks that. tell us look at were also when markets are trading in the black in morning session at the arts gas is up nearly a percent from isaac since trading point eight percent in the black and here's a quick look at some of the share more some of my state's gas problem is although why supported by strong second quarter results electricity producer the on rochelle also of the company rather the company's revenues rose twenty percent in the first time most of the year and russia's biggest lender is their bank is among the main

gainers almost two percent of the south. now looking at buying a bank in poland as part of its expansion and central and eastern europe polish media is reporting that their bank is most likely to acquire any or bank which is owned by the italian financial group carlo to. suggest it's a good time to make acquisitions and. stop european banks are selling assets of bargain prices and your bank has both retail and business services with a credit portfolio of around four billion dollars spread back recently about the eastern european arm of false bank and announced plans to buy into turkey. well that's all from me for this hour i'll be back with more in about fifteen minutes.

or so is that so much to me recently i mean even exist in the real meaning of the euro crisis without any eurozone leaders and national governments continue to be a longer head and how to rescue a currency.