listed his country won't retreat one iota from its nuclear program mahmoud ahmadinejad slammed the international nuclear watchdog newly released report suggesting tehran might be closer to developing atomic weapons its findings came days after israel bluntly considered military action against iran raising fears the report could be a pretext to an attack on a chicken has more on the atomic study. now 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 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 watch star views as a possible indication that iran plans to build an atomic bomb among other evidence a 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 it you ran 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 folk 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 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 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 report 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 addressed unilateral action by israel with the backing of the united states that could set that we gen 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 is being portrayed us. 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 nine hundred one to grab it soil when its democratically elected president mohamed. nationalize the iranian oil company which is today british petroleum the cia backed coup got rid of him imposed the shah of percy apocalypse he 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. of course 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 while slightly fewer think there will be a military strike only if you run actually admits having a nuclear bomb at your voice now in vote on our home page of our team dot com. a former cia officer who once headed to be 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 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 didn't 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 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's dominated italian politics for the best part of two decades but it's not the mountain of corruption lawsuits and the sex crime allegations that did it for prime minister silvio berlusconi it's woeful finances his majority has evaporated as m.p.'s passed italy's two thousand and ten spending a key vote to decide to the next budget cuts which will be voted on next week italy is europe's next big worry after greece bar it is its borrowing costs are at 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 to fall q.s. the entire political debates. that are sauna i think the counter is going to have a very difficult time and what is required is a safe serious political debate on what's kind of measure. one to take to the krises a it's not so much about middle school and italian people in caves should war ten decide what their replacements should be rather than being down through parliamentary gimmicks i think that should have stayed. down at least one year of ghoul and yes i mean able to sort of arrive 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 just

through going back to the people and asking them what their school and he should be. as are already heading east for the international monetary fund's search to shore up with its chief warning that we face a lost decade because of europe's debts christine lagarde following up her fundraising visit to russia with a trip to china where she is expecting to woo beijing's bank backing for the european bailout economists say china is ready to give a helping hand but on its own terms. the initial object they have is really how all china can work more closely was on maff told the. finance capacity of my math in the mean time to call for the justifiable position for china on both same terms of the membership also the possible be as a denominating car in say a b.

han the special drawing rights channel still wanted to express was through this meeting positive attitude and sincerity china will lend a hand but of course china will also have their own conditions to reciprocate themselves but 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 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 is that a proper return all risk of free package as being all for either by the individual country that is facing the problem all by the eurozone or the whole 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 later today. if greece last week were to have voted. for it on the left the choice to the greek citizens would have meant that the greece greek citizens would have got a veto on fact it can only go from this within the euro zone which is almost unheard of that is the good thing of this crisis and i say that you see real clear to be moving this direction also because the about these airlines you see the action so you don't really see it losing their jobs is a good so i to this crisis. that is still going to be no i said don't you know that and there's only because it's on the streets people we know and you say there's a good thing to these crises. still ahead for you this hour russia's first interplanetary mission in fifteen years. we'll tell you why this probe wants to dig the dirt on the martian moon phobos once

a ground control fixes the post launch glitch. and why india's government believes these people are no longer poor enough to get the help of millions of them still need. and from our business desk western europe is getting its first gas from russia vibing newly built in north stream pipeline that bypasses transit countries joining me about ten minutes from now for more details on the significance of this project now that. the un head has voiced concerns over the increased attacks on minority serbs and their property in northern kosovo bonn ki-moon to put part of the blame on the decision of the kosovo albanian leadership to extend its control over the serb run area for months serbs in the region have been barricading in and not only against the unwanted authorities but also nato peacekeeping forces. explains. that. perhaps not an old vs venue for

a wedding but this serbian couple living in northern ca civil decided to get married at the barricades and. to cool off we're going to together here and. dance this is our land and this is where distress it is serving 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 kosovo serbs isolated themselves from the case for troops but also from their unwanted neighbors this is the famous bridge in the which splits the town and in an albanian parts 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 the serbian part tells the whole story of how subs 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 off the gold the k.

four troops managed to demolish serbs built two piles there are times when the two pro says take place in. an hour. 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 the call civil servants 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 used to improvise. and finding a way out we've built alternative routes through the mountains so now we can again receive supplies we've 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. kosovo has seen different hard times even being occupied by turkey ones but a series with stude all heart tests of times and everyone and make sure of it so knows this land is the cradle of 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. see reporting from courses commutative it's in kosovo. russia has

a launched an unmanned probe into one of mars moons but it has hit technical trouble it's heading into phobos to try and on earth some secrets about our solar systems creation space agency officials say there is still time to sort the missions which is out or tease peter all over can explain it more for us now peter how serious are the launch problems currently well it all started so well launch you know from the baikonur cosmodrome on board is there any rockets the focus group probe seem to be going well and tail the second stage of the launch vehicle was due to detach now this is when problems with attempted a emergency went round at six ten g.m.t. that said that there was a problem now what that problem is the still hoping to be able to establish their all hopes that it is a problem with the software of the probe that's supposed to head off to the moon one of the moons of mars and pick up soil samples if it is

a problem with the software this is something that can be corrected from hopefully food is grown will be able to eventually get on its way off the bit of a delay to head off to towards the red planet on the moon to phobos now. the head of the federal space agency though did say that it was a bad day for them last night well the federal space agency of course has seen problems before when it comes to launching missions to probes to mars in one thousand nine hundred six the last time russia try to launch at a thing outside of the orbits of the earth that also resulted in a failure from the launch pad so they were hoping for better things from the focus couldn't mission hopefully they will be able to to reconcile any problems put right any problems that have gone wrong with the with the probe itself and get it back on its way now they all trucking it through so. different means satellites of course

can pick it up the radar can also detect it in certain areas during its orbit around the earth which is why so i should say it is now being tracked into orbit of back around planet earth and they hope to be able to ship it on out to all its miles now the russian space agency is calling on. astronomers around the world to try and help them out with this of course they've got all the technology they have a little to them but every pair of eyes can help so if you are an amateur astronomer and you want to try and track the. module then you can do that and send your findings to the russian space agency and we'll put a link to their website where you can contact them on call if you want to help them out well here i'll get right on that as soon as i get off air bud with z. this week seen the end of the mars simulation mission and also the probe being launched just today russia is really on a big push right now to get to know mars better isn't it well that's right there is actually a lot of important signs that was hoped to be carried out by by this probe i hope

it's still hope that it will be carried out by this probe the. focus group growing to be in the the russian word for soil was supposed to go to the moon to focus on and well pick up soil samples before returning to earth now it also had several other. things that it wanted to carry out during this mission was supposed to monitor the atmosphere of mars from this the satellites orbiting around the red planet and also to study the origins of the models we have seen in the recent times that the mars five hundred project finishing the possibility of setting up a human settlement on mars something that's been taken gradually more and more seriously and if we're going to set up home there we might as well know exactly what makes up the planets that we wanting to settle on now the other thing that's important that they're wanting to come. out with this is to study the effects of the three year journey it will take two to get to the red planet what that will

have on some microorganisms that's the focus group probe is carrying so all of this very exciting science very important things for mankind future hopes of exploring the red planet further we'll be hoping that the focus group can get back on track all right thanks a lot peter oliver reporting live for us keeping across space innovations here in russia thanks for joining us. on to india now where they say they have a few poor people but the numbers don't tell the whole story the government there now thinks that less than a dollar a day is enough to get by explains. in india's capital city the sights and sounds of one of the world's fastest growing economies are everywhere. but intermingled with the new malls and shopping developments slums like this one are still home to about forty million people many of the people who live here however don't even count as being poor thanks to

a new definition that has moved india's poverty line to thirty per day or think that romney was worked twelve hours six days a week as a cobbler and can make up to two dollars per day he sends most of his money back to his village to support the wife and three children he left behind the fact that his country doesn't classify him as poor is shocking to him but the. benchmark to decide the poverty line is wrong because one cannot do anything with that amount someone like me who makes three thousand rupees per month finds it hard to survive here how can someone who are only thirty two rupees survive the people behind the nation say that it's simply an adjustment based on the current economic climate according to them the new definition actually means that there are a lot less people living in poverty in india than twenty years ago when almost half of all indians were living below the poverty line they also claim it has no impact on who can access government welfare services many people above the poverty line or

. i mean they're not it's not as if you know if you're. poor and if you got one rupee more than the rich have to do a lot. but new data also suggests those living in poverty should get by on the equivalent of two dollars per month for their health and education sparking outrage across india where do you feed your family where do you look after your kids where do you send them for education how is not that anywhere close to the poverty line. thirty thirty rupees per hour what is also not good enough forget about that in a place like that he does know when you can survive into it for now as the debate over the poverty line is meaningless in his life he just wants to be able to support his family. i'm going to tell that my only wish for my future is that i continue doing this work of mine without any hindrance from anyone or anything as

long as the government doesn't interfere continue doing his business to feed and educate my kids focusing and depending on himself preassure either r.t. new delhi india. and in a few minutes discover an incredible russian landscape where arctic and african wildlife lives side by side before then will get the business slowdown with kareena . welcome to. western europe's getting his first russian gas via the newly built direct north stream pipeline. wasn't germany as the first delivering a right. 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 threat of supply cuts which we've seen in recent years actually leaving some e.u. states out in the cold now this isn't easy you would project there were german

shareholders also french dutch as part of the skull 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 dimona for gas in europe has gone up now this is the pipeline that 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 and now this really has been planned since the ninety ninety second blow and will come on top next year project leaders have said that the third line troubling capacity of north stream will be discussed very soon by shareholders. russia's largest company gazprom has reported an eighty percent leap in profits during the second quarter the gas monopoly earned almost ten billion dollars during that period beating some forecasts by ten percent the bottom line was given a lift by increased output and stronger prices to liveries to europe jumped twenty percent this year and set for

a further boost now that gas network has outlined it cost more than seven billion dollars leading russian energy consultant because i can see when that believes it will take a decade to break even. the real time off for total this investment will be depends on the price you get from european market because the transit fees they are related to read the gas prices in the european union but of course it will take only as. they must be. told of this money away because you know that from one point of view is the main shock hold little flows through it but from another point of view the main supply will guest and go sprawl gave all girl cheese three will be. looking at the markets now first oil crude prices they raised earlier games light sweet is currently trading at ninety six dollars per barrel while brant is just a notch below one hundred fifteen dollars per barrel and here is europe where stocks are off in early trading session investors i digesting news that italian

prime minister silvio berlusconi may resign after parliament approves a starting measure is running in banking stocks are posting the footsie xstrata and rio tinto are gaining over two percent here in russia markets gave up earlier gains and have slid into the red as oil prices retreats r.t.s. and my vix are down one point eight percent and here's a quick look at some shamrocks on the line six energy mage's raise gains with gazprom point four percent in the red electricity producer russia is also down the company's revenues rose twenty percent in the first nine months of the year bucking the trend though is russia's biggest lenders bareback just a knowledge of the stuff. it's very bad is looking at buying a bank in poland as part of an expansion into central and eastern europe polish media is reporting that spare bank is most likely to acquire a bank which is owned by the italian financial group carlo to sarra suggest it's a good time to make acquisitions as kastrup european banks are selling assets and

bargain prices at the bank has both retail and business services with a credit portfolio of around four billion dollars the bank recently bought the east european arm of fox bank and announced plans to buy into turkey's debt. that's all for me for this hour but remember you can always find more stories just log on to a website a dot com. discovery

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live from moscow this is our t.v. . headlines. 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 that they might become a pretext for preemptive strikes against iran. the lengthy standoff in northern kosovo between serbs and nato back closer than police finally draws u.n. attention and partly blame for the trouble that's as the locals who don't want to live in. kosovo blend into the scenery as part of everyday life. and as the financial fall of rome looms closer the previously politically bulletproof prime minister finally agree.