retreat one iota from its nuclear program mahmoud ahmadinejad slammed the international nuclear watchdog newly released report suggesting terror run might be close to developing atomic weapons it's five weeks came days after israel bluntly considered military action against iran raising fears the report could be a pretext to want to tack. on has more now 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 test the high explosives needed to trigger and you 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 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 laps 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 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 board 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 and 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 a drastic 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 analysts adrian so good she believes iran has never been the danger it's being portrayed. 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 want to grab its oil when its democratically elected president mohamed must nationalize the iranian oil company which is today british petroleum the cia backed coup got rid of him imposed the shah of percy apocalypse until nine hundred seventy nine and when in one nine hundred seventy nine iran recovers its own identity immediately one set 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. well you want to know how close you think a military strike against iran it now is and so far the majority thinks that attack

is imminent as it runs along with american and israeli interests sixty percent doubt it arguing that no one wants to see a bloodbath in the region ten percent think the whole thing still the bounds of terror as well wouldn't cooperate slightly fewer think there will be a military strike only if iran actually admits having a nuclear bomb i do out your voice now and go out on the home page of our tweet dot com. a former cia officer who once headed the assault of a lot of intelligence units says america's policies of the muslim world that creates enemies rather than security we'll hear some of what michael shear will tell us in the next hour. washington's enemy is an enemy that doesn't exist we're fighting and in this law make enemy that washington believes is out to kill us because we have an election because we're free because we have women in the workplace that's an enemy that doesn't exist in exist when bin laden was alive it doesn't exist now america is being attacked because of the true one policy in the

in the midst of 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. while it's 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 sex crime allegations that did it for prime minister silvio berlusconi it's actually italy's woeful finances here's what's already evaporated as evidence passed italy's twenty ten spending a key vote to decide the next budget cuts which will be voted on that next week italy is europe's next financial worry it's boring. corsa breached seven percent on wednesday the level that put greece portugal and ireland in need of a bailout it's adding fuel to the fears of claiming

a berlusconi's political scalp isn't enough to help the country stay afloat. it's very naive to fall queues the entire political debates. sauna i think the counter is going to a very difficult time and what is required is a say a serious political debate on what's kind of measure. to take to the krises it's not much about little school and italian people in caves should walk down the side what their replacements should be rather than being done through parliamentary gimmicks i think that you should have stepped down at least one year ago and been able to survive just because the court option 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 was. to build

a new school and he should be. there already looking east for the international monetary fund search to shore up cash with the chief warning we face a lost decade because of europe steps well christine legarde swallowing up her fund raising visit to russia with a trip to china where she's expected to beijing's backing for the european bailout economists there are say china is ready to give a helping hand but on its own terms. the initial objective is really how all china work more closely was on math to beef up the. finance capacity of my math and in the meantime to all for the justifiable position for china both in terms of the membership and also the possible be as a denominating car in say a b. han the special drawing rights channel still want to express was that 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 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 as a whole. over the years and currency crisis cross-talk later asked if it's time for brussels to butt out and restore power to national governments well here's what's ahead in twenty minutes. if greece last week were to have voted to notice that

under. it on the left the choice to the greek citizens would have meant greece greek citizens would have got. it can only go from within the euro zone which is almost unheard of that is the good thing of this crisis let's say that you see real clear me moving this sort of action also. so you don't really see a losing their jobs is a good so i do this crisis. because we know of so don't you know there's only because it's on the streets people. and you say there's a good thing to these crises. so i had for you this hour an hour to russia's first interplanetary mission fifteen years we'll tell you why the world wants to dig the dirt on the market who told us what's ground control fixity post-launch. also why india's government believes these people are no longer poor enough to get their help millions of them

still need what. and from our business western europe is getting its first gas from russia via the u.a.e. built north stream pipeline that bypasses transit countries during me about ten minutes from now for more details on the significance of this project. at the un head has voiced concerns over the increased attacks on minority serbs and their property in northern kossovo when people have put part of the blame on the decision of kosovo all being a leadership to extend its control over the serb run area for months now serbs in the region have been barricading and not only against the unwanted authorities but also nato peacekeeping forces are. explains. perhaps in. an old this 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 be that here and does no

do it who would invent this is our land this is our way to stress it. 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 that it's the which splits the town and the serbian and 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 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 off the gold the k. four troops managed to demolish serbs built two piles there are times when the two pro sisters take place similar tenuously 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 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 in 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. 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. closer has seen different hard times even be in my bed turkey ones but series with stewed all heart tests of times and everyone and made sure of it so now it's this land is the cradle of serve 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. looksee russia of ski r.t. reporting from cost of. in kosovo. i russians launch an unmanned probe to one of marx's moon spotted to technical trouble it's to to head to for us to try and on

earth some secrets about our solar system's creation the russian space agency says there is still time to sort the hitches out r.t. said peter all the work and explain more for us peter what exactly is going on is the mission at risk because of that technical failure well the mission itself is only at risk depending on what kind of technical failure it is now the launch of the. ground actually went off pretty much without a hitch it was shortly after that initial launch that problem started arising at six six g.m.t. the russian space agency announced that there was a problem now it all depends what kind of problem is as i said now if it's a problem with the the software on board the probe then that potentially can be fixed however if it is a problem with the hardware the actual probe itself could pose to be well it could prove to be the end of this mission pretty much before it's even got underway so

everybody is hopeful that it turns out that it is a software problem now the russian space agency of set aside two weeks of the race for. to allow them to try and work out what kind of problem it is if it's a problem with the software and try and repair it hopefully they'll be able to do that and the probe will be back on its way off towards the red planet to the moon of focus should everything go ahead a splash and what exactly will the probe hope to prove then well this is a. hugely anticipated scientific mission from the russian space agency it's the first time. russia tried to launch something towards bars since the one nine hundred ninety six not one ended with a failure the launch of the mars ninety six mission actually. and completely wrong in that they didn't getting to the red planet this time they're hoping to get there to the moon a place that's actually been suggested as

a potential future settlement for humans now they'll be taking soil samples from the surface of the moon they'll also be monitoring the make up of the atmosphere of mars looking down on it from one of its major satellites they'll also be looking at the impact that meteorites and the impact meteorites have paul on the surface of the red planet considering that we are of course considering the future of settlements on mars they'll be looking at what actually makes up the surface of the red planet now also quite interestingly they'll be looking at the probe is fitted with microorganisms that will be study to determine the effect of the three your journey there and back three years that will take out a fact that will have on living organisms so that we could see what effect or potential effect the journey to mars and back could have on us sounds like

a lot of work they hope to get done their bit of course this project is just part of russia's bigger push to get to know parse better isn't it well that's right it's in the past week we've seen the completion of the mars five hundred program five hundred project a big party right here in moscow six men spending five hundred twenty days in isolation simulating a mission to mars and back now that we've seen this well it was it was labeled as the stepping stone towards the first stepping stone by the scientists five hundred project so yes there is that push to try and see if we can reach out and explore beyond the earth and beyond our all but we've been on the international space station for a long time now the scientists are hoping and the people in the russian space agency hoping that they can be at the forefront of. reaching out and going towards new planets and exploring them as well said one thousand nine hundred six the last

time that russia try to launch anything into well beyond earth's orbit that one didn't didn't go right that failed that mission so they'll be hoping that the problem with the. probe can be put right something that could be fixed and the probe can go on get about its mission and get some mark get to the moon of mars phobos and retrieve all that data all right well thank you very much indeed for that r.t.s. peter all of our reporting there. well time for more world news for you now starting in thailand where the floodwaters are finally receding cleaning up is now on the way of northern provinces but things are far from over in bangkok where there's a struggle to clear debris that's blocking the capital's drains the floods are taking a huge toll on thailand over five hundred people have been killed and many thousands displaced walking firms such as to go to honda and nestlé have seen production profits drop massively. american presidential hopeful herman cain is

defiant about staying in the game despite be increasing sexual harassment claims swirling around him a second woman six now gone public about her alleged assault and she wants all four accusers to come forward cain is a surprise a front runner for the republican nomination to take on president obama at twenty twelve and he denies all the claims. well india says it's now got fewer 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 eight europeans per day or think that romney was worked twelve hours six days a week as

a cop in me 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. these are the benchmark to decide the poverty line is room 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 could someone who earns. 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 below the poverty line

you're poor and if you've got one rupee more than the poverty line you're rich we have to do a lot for them and that's what our strategy is 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 is also not good enough forget about that in a place like that he does know we 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. 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 this business to feed and educate my kids focusing and depending on himself preassure either r.t.

new delhi india. deaths claim another prime minister party's cross-talk discussed as a currency on the critical list all that's after we've had a business update with kareena. her welcome to that's how thanks for joining in western europe scaring us first russian gas fire the newly built direct nor stream pipeline. in germany as the first i write 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 is an e.u. wide project there are german shareholders also french dutch 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 demand for gas in europe has gone up now this was 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 now this route has been planned since the ninety nine to a second law and will come on top next year project leaders have said to the third line troubling capacity of north stream will be discussed very soon by shareholders . vs largest company gas problems 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 buying 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 it cost more than seven billion dollars and leading russian energy consultant believes it will take

a decade to break even the real time off for total this investment will depend on the price of gas in european markets because the tragic stories related to the gas prices. of course it will take only a. very mild. of this money away because you know that for one point was the main hall that all flows through from another point of view with the main supply will gifts and. all girls. will be. looking at the markets now for crude prices are raised early gains light sweet is currently trading under ninety five dollars ninety six dollars per barrel while brant is just a notch below one hundred fifteen dollars. us here in stocks market drop sharply investors are digesting news that italian prime minister silvio berlusconi may resign after parliament approved austerity measures in case footsies down one and

a half percent. h.s.b.c. . here in russia markets continue to trade in the red as lower prices retreat. down over four percent from isaac's is three percent in the red and here's a quick look at some of the shambles of them isaac's energy made raised again with gas from one point two percent in the red electricity producer is also down as we see here at the company's revenues rose twenty percent in the first nine months of the us now losing over three percent and russia's biggest lender is no exception shedding almost four percent of the sell. speer bank is looking at buying a bank in poland as part of the expansion into central and eastern europe polish media is reporting that spare bank is most likely to acquire any or bank which is owned by the italian financial group carlo to sarra out of the suggest it's a good time to make acquisitions cash strapped european banks are selling assets at bargain prices while your bank has both retail and business services with

a credit portfolio of around four billion dollars is where bank recently bought the eastern european bank and else plans to buy into turkey's dennis back. now it looks like the life of a working man in russia has gotten better study conducted by consulting group phoenix but it is a show that the average salary in the country has almost doubled in the last five years now wages have risen to six hundred fifty four dollars a month on average and have outpaced the inflation rate by fifty percent during the period however not all regions in the country have shown the same growth average salaries in hunty muncy region in the euro's rose fifty three percent while workers in doug region in the south saw a one hundred twenty seven percent increase well that's all for me for now but remember you can always find more business stories just log on to our website artie dot com slash.

culture is that so much of a reason the medium exists is never a real mystery and it's not the hero of crisis without end eurozone leaders and national governments continue to be a blogger heads on how to rescue a currency. welcome

back this is our t. live from moscow here's a recap of all our top stories the un the nuclear watchdog reports that iran it could be developing the technology to produce weapons its first public revelation of such claims the findings are raising worries they might become a pretext for the active strikes against terror. the leg the standoff of more than kossovo between serbs and nato back cos of a police finally draws near where attention partly blames push it out for the trouble the locals who don't want to live in self-imposed visit have a kossovo let their barricades into the scenery it's part of everyday life. and as a financial fall of rome looms closer the previously politically bulletproof prime minister finally agrees to go once budget cuts are passed.