elop ing atomic weapons in its most critical report yet on the country its findings were widely expected and to come days after israel bluntly said that military action against iran is getting closer raising fears the report could be a pretext to an attack going to japan has more on the atomic study. now the u.n. nuclear watchdog found no smoking gun but hyped up fears that iran continues research on nuclear weapons it doesn't say iran is building a weapon but it says it's collecting all the information it would need to do so 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 iran 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 is needed to trigger and you clear weapons 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 of 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 its evidence on iraq's weapons of mass destruction and terrorist activity was as solid as could be satellite images of a base where saddam hussein was believed to train al qaida terrorists evidence of more labs for biological weapons aluminum tubes presented 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 until 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 that could attack saudi arabian oil fields if you really want to see a crisis in the air 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 record as political leverage to try and isolate iran and possibly to put a dandy needs flourishing economic relations with china no one in the international community wants iran to have nuclear weapons but what they fear is a 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 r.t. . political analyst adrian 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 in world war one by britain and the

former soviet union in world war two in one thousand nine hundred one to grab its oil when its democratically elected president mohamed must have a nationalized the iranian oil company which is today british petroleum the cia backed coup got rid of him imposed the shah of percy of popularity until nine hundred seventy nine and when in one nine hundred seventy nine iran recovers its own identity immediately one step down 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 it still depends on tehran's willingness to cooperate while slightly fewer think there will be a military strike only if iran actually admits to having a nuclear bomb at your voice now and vote on our home page at r.t. dot com. 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 sure will tell us in the next hour. washington's enemy is an enemy that doesn't exist we're fighting and in islam make enemy that washington believes is out to kill us because we have elections because we're free because we have women in the workplace is an enemy that doesn't exist or didn't exist when bin ladin was alive it doesn't exist now america is being attacked because of its foreign policy and in the us from the world because of its support

for israel because of its support for the saudi police state because of its presence on the your opponents and until we accept that 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. time's up for the man who has dominated italian politics for the best part of two decades but it is not the mountain of the corruption the lawsuits and sex crime allegations that did it for prime minister silvio berlusconi it's rather italy's one for finances his majority has a family as m.p.'s past italy's twenty ten spending a key vote to decide the next budget cuts which will be. next week italy is europe's next big worry after greece it is borrowing its borrowing costs are at a record high and financial firms are losing faith but claiming berlusconi's

political scalp might not be enough to help the country stay afloat. it's very naive if the entire political debate. sauna 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. one to take to the crisis it's not much about little school and italian people in caves should watch and the side what their replacements should be rather than being done through parliamentary gimmicks i think that should have stepped down at least one year ago and yes been able to survive just because the corruption and the bribery in italian parliament is so widespread that these has been possible but honestly i think that's what is required is serious change and serious change. through going back to the people and asking them. to build

a new school and he should be. eyes 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 a look guards following up her visit to china with a trip to russia with a trip to china where she said europe's debts are making global prospects uncertain and that's asia's not immune live to beijing now and professor liu from the university of international business and economics there professor about chung thank you for joining us. first of all the i.m.f. letter the i.m.f. boss is largely on a revenue raising exercise to help europe which china has been cool on in recent weeks what might this trip actually achieve. now christine lagarde is the now sitting at the chairman of the i.m.f. therefore i think her professional job is really to beef up the mast to

make more productive on a more expensive so the set of merely full coups seen on the us the rest of europe so therefore i think the the initial object to it is really how china can work more closely was on maff. the. finance capacity of my math in the meantime to further justifiable position for china both in terms of the membership also the possible r. and b. as a denominating current state of bihar on the special drawing rights and then certain phones will be funneled to how the europe so that's a second tier of question of the moment particularly in the working man kind of ism between the i.m.f. european central bank and also the european financial stability facility so. now

i think. this idea is very clear channel still wanted to express was through this meaning positive attitude and sincerity china will lend a hand but of course china will also have their own conditions to reciprocate themselves but 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 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. secondly the economic considerations should be the

primary consideration instead of you know the compromising on certain face saving all diplomacy then the investment should be targeted more to the valuable assets to help the industries instead of writing 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 or risk free package is being all for either by the individual country that is facing the problem all by the eurozone as a whole so therefore the chinese government will have to be responsible for this money will have to provide the right answer to the chinese people for their satisfaction right now mr mizell a guard 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've 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 won't really know how the emerging economies mostly into the next quarter and also in terms of the economic. the technological cooperation so yes i think the consensus 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. over a heated economy issue to bias was there international responsibility for all though the emerging economies like china russia they are also facing a number of challenges so therefore the they really need to bond as they are global

responsibility in the meantime i think set a sinner green must be sought this is not really a the euro sun some game so a mutual beneficial and reciprocal way particularly in terms of long time prosperity 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. while what i see is the. the crisis the solution for the crisis the seven deal is really out to greece whether they are going to take it out now after the wave of the referendum shuffle the cabinet i think the there is going to be more certainty in this regard but by the next problem is italy so was now the their prime minister stepping down i think

the. we are going to have a major discussion of how to accept the package and how to work together with the international community but i do have hope for either lee because they still have a strong muscle of their industrial base so therefore the if the can manage well in terms of political governance they are going to solve their own problem by 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 these last week were to have voted and. got to have passed it on the left the choice to do greek citizens would have meant that the greece greek citizens

would have got a veto on fake economic governance within the eurozone which is almost unheard of that is the good thing of this crisis and i said that you see we are clearly moving this direction also because the about these airlines you see the action so you don't really see the losing their jobs as a good side to this crisis. you know what i said. on 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 in the dirt on the martian moon. ground control fixes a post launch glitch. and from a business desk western europe is getting its first gas from russia via north stream pipeline that bypasses the transit countries join me in about ten minutes from now more details on the significance of this part of. the

un head has voiced concerns over the increased attacks on the minority serbs and their property in northern kosovo ki-moon put part of the blame on the decision of kosovo albanian leadership to extend its control over the serbia run area for months serbs in the region have been barricading in not only against the unwanted authorities but also nato peacekeeping forces explains. perhaps these venue for a wedding with this serbian couple living in northern course will decided to get married at the barricades and. we're going to be here in. this sort of barricades in northern have been standing for several months now for those who built them there just a part of every day not only have the kosovo serbs isolated themselves from the

case. but also from their unwanted neighbors this is the famous bridge. it was called the bridge of friendship it was meant to symbolize that the two can easily live together but the size of the barricades on this. 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 k. four troops managed to demolish stubborn serbs built two piles there are times when the to process is taking place and altering your sleep. and. people 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 in 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 prevented a humanitarian catastrophe or do 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. or the close of all his sin different hard times even being ok my bad turkey ones but terry's with stude all heart tests of times and everyone and make sure the it's so nice this land is the cradle of the serb culture

and statehood. another deadlock in this balkan melting pot continues belgrade is still unwilling to resume negotiations with pristina which could put great to the 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. r.t. reporting from cause of scum either of its are in kosovo. russia launched an unmanned probe or to one of mars moons in the early hours of wednesday but it has hit technical trouble. a series of robotic one 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 the probes are designed

to bring back soil from the martian moon of phobos 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 govern 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. our focus is obtaining a piece of soil for a proper study. so the whole project on the probe has become known as ferber's groomed meaning soil in russian costing around one hundred fifty six million dollars it will become russia's first interplanetary mission since one thousand nine hundred ninety six it will take eleven months for it to reach the martian

orbit and another six months to approach service immediately after touchdown a remotely controlled arm will sink its claws into the unknown. and it 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. four was grown to 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 a capsule 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 and as they were put together by different scientists there's already a lot of joking about which bacteria will survive russian or american. however bats not the end of the mission part of the spacecraft will remain on phobos 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 their 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 mars 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 gary pushed over r.t.

moscow. well as euro debts claim another prime minister artie's cross-talk discusses currency on the critical list that's after we've had a business with korea. twenty four minutes past eleven here in moscow thanks for joining. western europe's getting its first russian gas via the newly built direct north stream pipeline our teasdale bushel wasn't germany that 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 and also eliminates the threat of supply which we've seen in recent years actually leaving some e.u. states out in the cold now this is an e.u. would project there were 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 debt crisis did more for gas

in europe has gone up now this is the pipeline the people said couldn't be built it was too long too expensive some said it was technically 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 nineteen ninety s a second blow will come next year project leaders have said to the third line troubling capacity of north stream will be discussed very soon by shareholders. and gas from has reported an eighty percent believe in profits during the second quarter the gas monopoly earned almost ten billion dollars during that period leaving some forecasts by ten percent market watcher 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 now that the north stream gas network is on line cost more than seven billion dollars and leading russian energy consultants seen enough believe it

will take a decade to breakeven. the real time of return of this investment will depend on the price on the u.s. and european market because the transit fees there related to the gas prices in the european union but of course it will take on the years in the west as they must be not anxious about the thought of this money away because you know that from one point of view i guess bromley is the main shareholder of north korea but from another point of view because probably the main supplier of gas and gas prom gay. all girl three will be like them too. and looking at the markets now oil is heading high 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 possible strategy measures the move is meant to convince investors that italy can curb its record borrowing costs and on board the fate of grace and markets in asia on italian news and chinese data hong kong

stocks are leading a regional rally that's not the china report cooling inflation given the boost to bank and property stocks china overseas london investment bank of china both leaving two percent tokyo listed exporters and banks are also rising and there's been proved risk sentiment. look at role so when markets are trading in the black in morning session the odds against it is up nearly a percent in my zick since trading point eight percent in the black and here's a quick look at some of the share moves on lies that it's gas is all know why supported by strong second quarter results electricity producer russia also all the company rather the company's revenues rose twenty percent in the first nine months to be year and russia's biggest lender is a bear bank is among the main gainers almost two percent of the solver. now burbank is looking at buying a bank in poland as part of its expansion into central and eastern europe polish media is reporting that bank is most likely to acquire any or bank which is owned

by the tell you the financial group carlota sarra suggests it's a good time to make acquisitions and cash strapped european banks are selling assets at bargain prices and your bank has both retail and business services with a credit portfolio of around four billion dollars spread bank recently bought the eastern european arm bank and announced plans to buy into turkey's dennett's bank. well that's all for me for this hour i'll be back with more in about fifteen minutes so i hope you join me that.

culture is that so much of the taxpayers' money i mean when i sit here in the real ministry of the hero of crisis without end eurozone leaders and national governments continue to be a blogger heads on how to rescue a currency. and

broadcasting live direct from our studios and some most of us are to do with us the u.n. nuclear watchdog reports that iran could be developing the technology to produce weapons in its first public revelation of such claims the findings are raising worries of a might become a pretext for preemptive strike against iran. the lengthy standoff in a northern kosovo between serbs and nato back closer than poland's finally draws and one intends. and partly blames pristina for the trouble that said the locals who don't want to live in self-proclaimed independent kosovo blended their barricades into the same room as part of everyday life. and as the financial fall of rome looms closely the previously politically bulletproof prime minister finally agrees to go so if you go braless cohen he will resign only after parliament approves next year's budget cuts which the.