doesn't and six within a few months he was married getting regular work as a translator and he's lived here ever since so what would you say some of your favorite things are about the city it just the russian art should take this over the house and i will show you some of them and you will visit one of the director of monuments right now in the crable this huge stone citadel was built from fifteen hundred to fifteen eleven but most of its original buildings were destroyed during the soviet union nowadays it houses news news local government but it's still an imposing place to walk right in the heart of the city. these monuments and architecture have earned a place on eunice caus one hundred cities of the world of great cultural and historical value and secret had one more striking example for me. please have a look at this beautiful old building it was built in the nineteenth century and it

was the house of. tradesmen rise to the successful true regional museum what do you think visitors to news the north court can expect. they can expect. a very friendly. with much. sides. and that hospitality also applies to one of ms knees most cutting edge attractions. so finally i could back up corner and turn with complete precision and that meant i was ready to head to a brand new just the landmark. think we've probably got the worst conditions you could possibly have for driving it's a day to be inside or at the very least walk but here in this new road there is a place where you can burn rubber. whatever the weather. you're looking

for me and i think. i meant let's take this place and. i feel ok. so he works at the end ring the country's only f.i.f.a. approved motor sport circuit. all right james you're at the major model sports event here in russia entering the start as a ring yeah so you've got your eyes in fact how they're all right here to the riot building the main building so there's going to be a lot of people then yes some of. our opening though and you've still got things to build some wintry techniques. ok and now while they're after practicing here they were driving away safer on the roads and this sort of thing you'll you'll be teaching me a few tricks as well as. rates. were. the

first term is the most challenging one of the biggest number of precious understand that really this place could. barely could barely see a thing that was looping going just be able to get a feel for the bus again was able to give me a few good tips because those are going here and you try to slow the shortest possible distance. here you're going to break a little this little bit less a bit more the next lap you'll just do a straight guess refused my lap time down which was useful because i had a different type of challenge ahead of you you know apex right mate so if you can do it the way that's right you. want to rest of them i think we do. know.

we decided to find i was getting the better of things on the streets of those still proving tricky. points to draw. like an old. safe and secure james holmes attended to. wasn't going to win me any races so i had the accelerator. to focus on squeeze post on this. number coming over to take the chicken. ok i'm probably not going to make the championships but if i ever get into a wintry cart chase i'm source it's. my need for speed was still unfulfilled fortunately down by the banks of the volga there's plenty more where that came from now over the chance to try out some pretty false

machines on discovering russia but here in the region they've created a monster piece of maritime design and she's a record breaker. these are a crown a plane it's a cross between a ship and an airplane and they're the fastest commercial amphibious vehicle on the planet. they're designed to effectively fly on a cushion of air just above the water's surface and were originally developed under a cloak of secrecy in the one nine hundred sixty s. but after the soviet union collapsed so did the project and it's only recently that small of versions have been built here in the news new region by rubin and his company and the aqua glowing five is their pride and joy motion picture of a star in. the body of the place and see how light this is going to be. the aggregate takes

a five engine runs on petrol and she's designed as an art market water taxi. so here we have it a fully functional i could glide five because. the fact that this river is frozen won't matter a jot we're still going to be able to fly. and he can see he even looks like a plane cockpit inside here as well so i think for a change i'm going to take a break from driving and just relax for this one. once my pilot was in it was time to sit back enjoy the ride and wait for the speedometer to reach the magic number. so we just crossed the one hundred kilometer an hour barrier and now we have liftoff. literally flying across the ice now. and that was just the start we moved post one hundred seventy kilometers an hour

and despite the speed it was still an incredibly smooth trip if you do happen to have a spare half million dollars lying around when highly recommend. called believe i was already flying just a couple of centimeters above this river. that is a pretty special taxi ride sadly i was going to have to hit the roads again if i wanted to get back to moscow. but i still wanted to pick up some authentic new psni souvenirs and for those there's really only one place to go. sadly i haven't been elevated to the aristocracy but i think the grandest gift shop that i've ever seen because this region is the birthplace of one of russia's most famous and lavish painting styles and it has souvenir is fit for a king. this is whole folk arts it was developed here in the seventeenth century and almost four hundred years old the industry is still thriving. the style takes

simple items then paints them to give them an appearance of great value and my going oksana was ready to show me how it was done. so this is as me would involve made to look like clay but then it has the special oil applied to it which shines it up and then the ladies here it's on this album in name and then almost ready to be fired. but first it goes through one process. this. base metal had to go. is a serious business the factory employs nearly sixteen hundred people and customers will pay a high price for their work and there's almost no limit to what they'll paint. it's a great custom jobs that goes well i think i'd be afraid to click that one of damage if i wasn't in the market for a laptop but i did want something original to take home so it's on offer to help me

in a little d.i.y. project. some. tips i was working with the traditional colors of red and black but i don't really go in for broad strokes here . delicate lines and then suddenly it just all came together. and see this news amazing how your artistic abilities can develop just a little concentration. pointer to the region had been a roller coaster roy's modern business is historical monuments and tried my hand at the delicate and. just plain dangerous secret was right whether you're a culture buff an adrenaline junkie or just passing through. will welcome you in

with open arms.

chinese government uses its main news paper to accuse the us and its allies of pushing the opposition in syria to fight a prolonged civil war. israel's allies warned against an attack on iran and urge a diplomatic solution and response to international pressure on its nuclear program with an oil embargo on britain and france. and fresh from agreeing deep austerity cuts greece's prime minister of lies to brussels hoping that eurozone ministers might finally hand over the billions of euros needed to pay its debts.

let us news on headlines from around the globe you're with our team karen tyrol the u.s. and its allies are pushing syria into civil war by backing the armed opposition there the view put forward in china's top newspaper which is close to the government the article follows a visit by want to beijing's top diplomats to damascus in the latest attempt to mediate peace talks china has joined to russia's efforts to bring about a political settlement in the crisis torn country serious a been ravaged by violence for nearly a year now with the number of dead estimated at more than seven thousand it's hard to know for sure due to restrictions on the activity of foreign media but artie's maria is in the midst of the conflict zone and sent this report. which is northwest of damascus. lebanon just over the border once

a relaxed luxury mountain resort the town has recently been the scene of brutal clashes between assad's forces and anti-government groups there was a lull in the fighting and as we approached the city we're not sure who's in control at the checkpoint they are happy to see a russian television crew a solid hint about who is in charge here russia is among the few countries still talking to assad and calling for others to have dialogue with the regime along with china it to be towed to the years security council's resolution and voted against another one at the general assembly which put pressure on assad to leave russia will come they tell us this town nobody home to around twenty thousand people looks abandoned the reminders of recent turbulence tell their own tale of what happened here on these walls you can see the story of the conflict how it was developing

here in the city of there by danny initially there were some graffiti here about president bashar al assad then when the armed groups operating in this area took control over this town knew griffith is a period of course and to government one of the army regain control of his adani they destroyed them or they tried to destroy them all at least but some still remain. when we are in town we can hear sounds of shelling some turn a deaf ear to it. all is fine shooting i don't know those who agreed to talk don't want to show their face. the army intervene and it's killing us they're showing random houses searching arresting people there's f.s.a. in armor groups on the ground too few. but not everyone here says the situation in the same way as when armed people came here we asked the army to stand up for us now they are controlling the city at the dulles shop is an area where much of the

fight in took place. i was away when i arrived the army told me there had been a big battle here says the army is now here there's no groups anymore no tensions of the daniel the clashes between security forces and the armed opposition groups here near the town of the dunny have been very severe how they all stopped the locals tell us that their town has a unique story when the violence started the residents decided to intervene and there has allegedly been an agreement between the army and the opposition that both of them leave the town although the military officer we have been able to speak to didn't confirm that and we can still see many military and machinery inside the city. we had a look around and counted at least thirteen tanks but able to tell as they were wrongly used as protection on the way back through the checkpoint an officer keeps washington everyone suspicious in this violence locked nation may for nationality.

syria washington and europe are calling on president assad to step down while urging rebels to fight on against him and that's a recipe for disaster for the syrian people and the view of middle east blogger karl cheryl. assume assad were to step down tomorrow who is actually the legitimate this intimate political opposition to take control and when the west talks about supporting or the gulf states this side or the outside who are actually in the group so you would go to and finance or give support to so within the vacuum who would step in you would have people returning from iraq that has kind of the weapons or the experience and i think what we really need to be aware of is this highly erratic nature of western policy in particular u.s. policy towards all the countries in the region but particularly now towards syria that is kind of becoming provocative the west really needs to step back and try to

cool things down before the escalate out of control so i had for you this hour national security in prime focus. just a couple of weeks left in the presidential race out of it peter and his vision for the feature of russia is the fourth is going to have all the details on that coming up shortly for you. the u.s. and britain have warned israel not to attack iran's nuclear facilities urging diplomacy instead attack iran currently being visited by u.n. inspectors denies accusations it's developing atomic weapons saying its program is peaceful but as artie's it in a goal scorer ports from tel aviv israel could now be on an all star have a two military strike. israel's leaders are actively drumming up the military rhetoric. home this is really government will continue to work hand in hand with the local security forces against such acts of terror and will continue to act

against them forcefully systematically and calmly against international terror originating from iran. goob a potential israeli rocket clash looks more likely than ever there is speculation a preemptive strike against iran's nuclear sites could happen as early as spring or summer although that's not causing undue concern in israel i think possibly people you know they make their plans for a vacation you know pass or a vacation summer vacation possibly people are beginning to wonder well is there going to be a war is something going to mess it up or i think they're probably going ahead with it with sort of a thought we're back tomorrow it would be nice if we could get a flight that we could cancel you know you know is that sort of thing israel has previous experience when it comes to putting an end to new them bishan swished pose a potential threat in one thousand nine hundred one is just wiped out reactors in iraq they struck again in two thousand and seven hitting sites in syria but with

iran's nuclear program things may not be so simple if if israel attacks iran it will not stop iran forever from getting nuclear weapons the only postpone it for a relatively brief amount of time the. installations are too diverse and far flung to destroy a fact of lee israel does not have us poor white house secretary adviser was in tel aviv over the weekend warning against a move on iran saying it was better to wait for tougher sanctions to take effect in the coming months but mines may already be made up i think one of the things that create this aura of inevitability is to shut them up to shut up opposition at home and of course to convince the united states and europe that this is an inevitability it's going to happen don't oppose it in fact why don't you help us out there is a question mark however over whether israel has what it takes to carry out the mission i doubt with the we have the capability. of creating damage is to

the extent of the mediating the program and even if israel's military prowess will allow it to carry out a strike on underground facilities in iran located some sixteen hundred miles away chances are it won't and if there were as you know saddam hussein and bashar assad by the time they knew what was happening was over and could just you know grumble without having to fight back you imagine iran sitting still you know all day day after day day after day well you're right it is hitting troops are going to hit back i think any any sane person realizes that there will almost guaranteed be missiles falling on israel. and considering iran for one of the twentieth century's longest wars against iraq in the one nine hundred eighty s. the consequences could be far reaching and destructive. israel has been suffering some bad weather as of late but it's likely that even the strongest winds will blow

the country's foreign policy off its course and when it comes to israel's forecast for iran the storm clouds seem to be growing ever darker in tel aviv r.t. . iran has halted oil sales to britain and france in response to e.u. sanctions on iranian crude imports set to start this july let's find out what impact that's had on the markets from our business desk. that's right oil prices reach a nine month high on monday after iran decided to halt exports to the countries you just mentioned meanwhile taronga also planning to stop using the euro and the dollar one paying for imported goods from its trading partners however experts don't really see this driving oil prices much higher why i find out in the business bulletin ten minutes. with pressure intensified on around find out all mine are to dot com how the islamic state is preparing for the worst by playing war. with iran holds military exercises with its alit forces simulating

a defensive response to a foreign attack are. also on our website the next in line the euro zone's austerity drive hit spain as thousands of workers walk out to protest recently approved of labor reforms. greece is waiting for the e.u. to decide whether it has done enough to qualify for the one hundred thirty billion euro handout that's been dangling for months the government's approval of a three billion euros in cuts to public spending led to violence on the streets about phones and as artie's jacob grieves reports of the rage within disinherited greek society is growing stronger with every measure the government takes. voting

for morse there is something dubbed by greece's caretaker prime minister has a moment of historic responsibility a notion some especially the greek population feel has been lost on eurozone leaders i feel disappointed and sad because these measures were imposed on us by foreigners and we didn't have a say as a greek people. there is a wise old greek proverb that the person who borrows and borrows becomes the slave of who he borrows from because. yes after passing more unpopular cuts greek politicians are told that brussels amber lynn her spoke in the decision on another bailout that and questions over greece is place in the euro led the country's finance minister to talk they were toying with the nation's future this is by no means the first set of austerity measures to be imposed on greece but with a significant amount of coalition m.p.'s choosing to say no it does mark a shift in thinking among governing politicians. share the grievances of the public

and offer them an alternative if the greek economy is not restart just if it doesn't go down the alley of development eventually greece we at some point. in that case what will happen is that all of the assets of these countries will actually pass in the hands of the. all the funders in total forty three m.p.'s in the ruling coalition chose to say no to morris their take but even among those in favor may remain hostile to the euro zone's message and how it's being delivered i think is such type of message is brussels are helping to european forces in greece. and all of us that the measures don't solve the problem they make it worse we need development we need development for the survivor the greek economy the growing fear among both the greek public and the politicians has to be that eurozone leaders aren't all that good about their well being there's more people as

we say very live victims of this situation because it's rewarding greece cover way to the way they're really since last sunday's mass demonstrations and continuing uproar i sent a message to those in athens and brussels though voting through austerity may have been an historic moment as one online key to put the nation's problems to bed meaning rather than being resigned to the past scenes of anger are likely to be part of greece's future. to greece r.c. athens. short of saving it from a financial our best investment adviser patrick young as one of those who thinks greece is supposed salvation at the hands of the e.u. well leave it more or less powerless what we have here is basically that great scene in the hollywood adventure movie were someone has tripped and fallen over the edge of the cliff and he's being held on to by one arm by the person who we're not

sure whether he's the beauty or the bad data easy going to let them go and let them fall to a terrible death or is he going to hang on to them and gradually bring them up and that's where we are with three from the european union because actually what is being said behind closed doors and even to a degree in public is we've got someone like those going short of learning the german finance minister basically saying he doesn't trust the greeks to manage to hold on to the agreements that they've made and tragically the greens track record of actually doing their bit in terms of what they're supposed to do in the past has been a huge deal so therefore we now have a situation where the greeks have said we'll do anything you want whatever you want we'll do it personally i think what's going to happen is that the finance ministers will probably agree to give greece some money and greece is going to find itself in a dreadful situation were like a nine year old child every friday it's going to have to go to daddy so it's done untold work so it's been a good boy and overall trying to please have next week's pocket money in order to

pay it civil servants and that's a horrible loss of sovereignty but the metaphor ten is preaching safety first for russia saying its armed forces should be battle ready to face any threat that's the latest pre-election message from the prime minister as he prepares to take part in the presidential election in just under two weeks time let's get the latest details from our correspondent sara furthur now sara why is putin concentrating on the military now. well this is the latest article is number six in a series that have been written by the prime minister that have been published on mondays in the main nice papers in the country and other previous articles have focused oh no wide range of subjects from the economy to democracy and this late start to cool focusing on national security and talks about the upgrade of the armed services know the priorities that it lays out clear weapons and miss sile

defense intelligence had an upgrade as well as the navy the air force and the all the now this takes will enable holes to close hundreds of billions of dollars and we know there has been some concerns from some russian lawmakers over the amount of money that it will take to modernize the armed services that the prime minister stressing in the article that it's not trying to pick a week who mentions that this is in some ways a response to the rise of local and regional conflicts some of which is that you know straight over russia's food is that it also touches on the perceived threat of the nato missile defense shield in europe now some of this modernization and has actually ready gotten underway some of the postering of the missiles we know that ever she's deployed the newly developed elicit missile the pull of that's designed to carry nuclear warheads and russia says that that can break through any.