most of the diplomatic teams are of the same books lack of friends is now the new the us like the u.k. has always been this is where the operation is a good between you keep us in france because we are doing their policy. so liked of reporting however isn't just limited to france this week there was another glaring example a story about how rebels were caught using a blindfolded prisoner as an unwitting suicide bomber disappears from mainstream airway is the latest in a series of such reports the network quickly shall you can see in the next hour. also we can weeks weighs in on syria with millions of leaked government e-mails while chewing the phone lasts the trans national survey alliance that he says is taking over the developed world. iran's nuclear ambitions have won some powerful backing as one hundred twenty countries

foist their approval of peaceful atomic research in the country this was the key point in a unanimously adopted resolution that wrapped up a nonaligned movement summit and talk rot the u.s. and israel have been left reeling by the success of the gathering as they've been trying to undermine it all along it comes as a new report suggested iran has doubled its nuclear capacity but the document was rejected by attack iran as politically motivated there was another blow for israel and its western allies when un chief ban ki moon appeared at the summit he condemned of their persistent aggressive rhetoric and threats of a strike on iran geo political analyst eric draitser believes the summit clearly indicates the u.s. efforts to isolate iran have been in vain. the iranians first of all they believe that they have the inherent right according to the nuclear nonproliferation treaty that they have the right to have a nuclear program so long as it's for peaceful purposes as is now accepted

international law the united states and israel too to a large extent are terribly embarrassed about the fact that the nonaligned movement summit was gone off as a tremendous sick. yes the. in many ways is part of what the leader in iran called the overt dictatorship of the united nations that is to say that the i.a.e.a. is always led by us produced think tank individuals like eldora di or his predecessors who will inevitably execute the agenda of the western powers regardless of whether that contravenes international law iran plans to return its oil exports to the levels they were before and to live e.u. ban and then achieving that ironic specs help from its asian partners japan india and china have been regular customers of iranian crude despite the current sanctions author and journalist option ratana believes the nonaligned movement summit has shown the world real feelings towards iran the united states and nato

do not want any type of or sovereignty to remain a normal. nations it's a great pity and i hope those capitals as major capitals will get increasingly more frightened by what is happening as the global comes closer together in their attempts at trying to overthrow what is basic western a germany their views regarding any debt of peace in the middle east will hold far more sway than any here imposed views from london washington or brussels and i suppose the way that they react is by not covering it in the mainstream media as much. still ahead for you later this hour she was killed on purpose to be limited to view of a witness to the death of u.s. activist rachel corrie by an israeli army bulldozer despite a court's controversial decision to clear the military from any plane. and

a black hole at the border eight hundred fifty thousand people slip through the nets of u.k. immigration control setting alarm bells ringing that this could be just the tip of the ice for. the british high court has smashed the hopes and reputation of russia's self exiled tycoon bodies but his old ski his high stakes lawsuit against billionaire compatriot armaan abramovich was dismissed in one of the most expensive cases in legal history more on that from ortiz laura smith. the final verdict in this case found against bodies that is old school which means that he won't receive a cent of the more than five point six billion dollars that he was all skiing for for a. run up but i want to promote himself was not in court but his old scheme was he a relieved looking very upbeat saying that he had full confidence in the british legal system but was the verdict was being read he held his head in his hands and

as he was leaving he appears to have lost confidence in the british legal system now this is a case that has opened up for the viewing of the general public the. whole of russia's mega rich and what they got up to back in the nineteen ninety's the wild east as we called it back then we're talking about the history of sums of money off shore bank accounts elicit payments made between people often in massive sums of cash. or of kools five star hotels ski resorts and enormous business deals done only on the strength of a handshake with no documentation which of course has made this case a very difficult one to judge it's cruel to london to school building a billion eggs along with their own two roses megger expensive lawyers and bodyguards who walked around this area in that shades in a menacing way but he spent his of his case says that he was done out of billions

of dollars when he says that promote it intimidated him into selling shares in russian metals and oil companies for a fraction of what they were but abramovich says that in fact him but he's also whenever a business partners that he was making payments to but is also key but they were only for political protection. roof in russian he wanted five point six billion dollars on top of the one point two billion that he received back in two thousand and two from which this is being one of the biggest civil trials ever held in british legal history it's been. hundreds of hours and resulted in millions of dollars worth of legal fees so we've heard the results of this case know when it is going to be this time around we may see more cases of this nature here in london. on news of that mega rich squabble over billions in london might not go down well in crisis hit spain cash hard to come by and one in four is now out of the

job according to the latest figures from europe stat more on that in a few minutes. also ahead acting in bad faith we explore the reasons behind an unprecedented rise of islamic extremism in russia following a series of assassinations of moderate one player x. . mitt romney officially accepted his nomination as republican candidate presidential candidate this week as he did so he slammed his rival barack obama saying his handling of foreign affairs was poor romney said a much tougher stance must be taken towards some countries including russia but critics have questioned much of what was said going to chicken explains. mitt romney is now officially barack obama's opponent for the white house and he's talking tough throwing rocks well verbal rocks not only the president but also

nations at the republican convention where he accepted his nomination mr romney did not fail to once again highlight his any masorti towards russia he criticized the president for not being hard enough in his view on russia when it comes to missile defense mitt romney says under his administration quote mr putin will see less flexibility and more backbone and of quote and of course that adds up to his earlier statements that russia is america's number one geopolitical anime that they need to reset the reset that's actually what he says on his website as part of mitt romney's foreign policy agenda so yes a lot of tough talk i heard experts say that's how mitt romney makes up for a lack of charisma what's interesting about the backbone comment is that mitt romney himself is often characterized as lacking the backbone as he has flip flopped on so many issues like abortion he was for abortion before he was against it or illegal immigration he was for giving them legal status that he was for

deporting them mitt romney is flip flops have been widely discussed they've become an endless source of inspiration for comedians this is this is from the tonight show with jay leno it says actually mitt romney and hurricane isaac have something in common they can both change directions at any moment and another comedian goes obama is like you can be whatever you want to be while romney is like i can be whatever you want me to be there are tons of jokes about mitt romney and his backbone issues apparently one way of showing some backbone for him is this kind of tough talk full of threats we'll see how far it will take him in this november election. check out our to dot com for more on this and many other stories here's what you can find there right now. and the eleven year old pakistani girl allegedly falls victim to an a mom who's accused of trying to frame her last for me and

a koran burning ok. also online the humorous itchy and scratchy characters from the simpsons lose a cat and mouse game to russian lawmakers find out how. a defeat for justice that's how a u.n. official branded a verdict by an israeli court that cleared the military of any blame for the death of u.s. activist rachel corrie she was run over by an army bulldozer in two thousand and three the twenty three year old was taking part in a protest against the demolition of palestinian homes in gaza but the judge ruled that her death was an accident and that she had brought it on herself the verdict sparked a wave of concern among human rights groups who fear the case will set a dangerous precedent and allow israel to escape responsibility journalist tom dale witnessed cory's death and says he's sure the driver killed her on purpose it's

tremendously just pointing out on the basis of what i saw on that day in two thousand and three it's absolutely not possible to characterize what happened does not exceed and in my view so i told the court and as i told the israeli military before the bulldozer driver had a very long drive up. before he got to rachel jury which time he must have been able to see. the page was visible above the top of the blade just before she was crushed and she was on a mound trying to escape so in my mind there's absolutely no doubt that he would have seen. in israeli military impunity for such crimes and that culture impunity should tell you fortunately sometimes by the courts. attacks against muslim leaders in russia have been on the rise recently prompting fears of a steady growth in radical and some and then for actual shake was killed on tuesday

in dagestan want to a female suicide bomber enter the clerics home disguised as a pilgrim who herself up this comes after a double assault on muslim figures in central russia in july parties if this kind of found out where the roots of extremism are leading. the trip to work that turned to tragedy that our stance had moved he was driving when a series of blasts threw him from his core the man who's been openly against the spread of radical ideas among the lever survived to find out his deputy was shot dead in another part of town investigators still don't know the exact motivation behind the attack but the spotlight is now on to understand most people here are muslim and that gets mentioned more and more when it comes to the spread of radical islam in washington just some of the local muslim communities are financed by arab families from states where work is an official religion or they got the money has to be worked off and they demand their ideology is spread here it's. like

a business is one of the most fundamental branches of islam it's strongly advocated in saudi arabia which backs it up with billions of dollars of support across the muslim world it's forwards often oppose all other religions sometimes even calling for jihad holy war against them but symbolism or any other radical movement of islam of course not part of the official religion here but i've already seen a different ideas often taught in small mosques hidden from the mainstream. like this one form a boiler house rebuilt into a mosque in one of cousins many apartment blocks here aren't it's the mom's denying being radical but admit they do not support their stance of visual branches of islam and many of the we don't divide brother muslims and there are good. b. no radicalism no terrorism these are words only used by prove a curious who want to discredit as. we were told here believers are taught sincerely and equality and there are no longer are held in modern society look at

with justice can only be achieved through islam and when someone says islam is the only fair way of life and social order they're called radical or extremist then what's the punishment for stealing the band is chopped off. not the kind of punishment you'd find in russia's criminal court nevertheless surge ideas are reportedly gaining more support among young muslims for some experts it could be partly to blame on how the list of banned extremist literature was thrown together . often in books by classical world famous authors are banned or the some of prophet muhammad saying how can we expect muslims to react and of course the radicals use this to gain influence. of course start their stand is a long way from becoming involved by the war stuff radical islam how the state reacts to the spread of extremism is now key. could only worsen the situation you

go to school of already doesn't understand. they let us down employment figures for the eurozone put it at a record eighteen million in july that's more than ten percent the highest jobless rate since one thousand nine hundred five the worst affected country of spain where a quarter of the population is now out of work journalist and author may go on show more trouble says that current economic policy is a bringing a resolution of the crisis and closer. we haven't really tackle the problem with the euro zone we just have a program of our study to do for all the different countries to reduce the deficit don't certainly not enough is not working he says i feeling growth which is an even worse problem and we are in the midst of a recession certainly here in spain and very soon in many other european countries so unless we have a clear idea of how to reform the euro we are not into good but it's not just the

economic crisis it's also the economic policies spain is. is now performing a very harsh agenda of austerity cuts and that is actually biting in all sectors of its funny economy and the problem is that is not working is not bringing down the deficit which is the main targets and then as i say he's damaging all the aspects of spain's economy well more on the eurozone crisis next hour including an attempt to tap into china as well as german chancellor angela merkel tries to convince bailing to use its billions. in airline euros are. while the politicians are working out a way to keep the single currency afloat back in germany the old daughter smart is proving to have more than just sentimental value. the u.k. is sounding the alarm over illegal immigration promising to take tough measures and create a hostile environment for those who don't have the right to stay but before they

can be deported they have to be found alas what the british legal system is having trouble with authorities sarah firth reports. the black hole in the u.k. immigration system easy to get in the new ones being politically tracking who should be is going out last month chief inspector john vine revealed just how bad things that the border agency were getting when he discovered more than one hundred fifty thousand migrants that have been refused the right remain to. in the k. had simply disappeared some people may have left the country some of them most still be here i think the key fact was that the agency had no idea how many that were actually still in the country and how many had left in the wake of the revelations the government began talking tough immigration minister damian green said warning sent immigrants would reduce the number who were overstaying their visa the government's made a lot of noise about its efforts to cut immigration but at the total seven hundred

billion pound government spending budget just one point nine billion is allocated to the border agency that's just a third of one percent it's an incredibly small amount and historically underfunded and still cripplingly under-resourced the u.k. border agency is now under pressure and the latest revelations that more than one hundred fifty thousand migrants the missing could just be the tip of the iceberg let me explain where one hundred fifty thousand figure came from issues to cut people have applied to extend their leave to remain in the u.k. refused and then go into a much bigger part of a million sounds about what the number of people here about half which are actually in london immigration lawyer tells us this is the buddha agencies to have any hope of reducing the number of missing migrants they need to radically change their approach i think you need to present the store promoting a very tough line because the people who absorb the top flight in the media or of course the markets and sells and they don't come forward if you promote

a transparent and fair lines they will take every case individually. they want to go but these individual groups can stay those people would come forward this hundred fifty nine would go down instantly and then applications could be processed properly instead it seems it will be a need database that will be depended upon to track down those staying in britain illegally expected to launch next month amongst the companies bidding for the tender is g four s. g four s. the company that created a high profile control to see. recently when it's third to deliver enough stuff for the olympic games they're seeking their multi-million pound contract it's a place to aid the cleanup of a catalogue of disasters and mismanagement in the u.k. immigration system served assy london. and epic event of the past has been brought back to life in russia thousands of actors and historic uniform have recreated the battle of but i did not when russian soldiers fought the

invasion of napoleon exactly two centuries ago or to soundgarden has more from the front line. battle is raging here at the field of bora deano to the west of moscow the french and the russians have squared up the cannons are blasting the infantry is squaring up and the cavalry is preparing to charge and the reenactment of the climactic battle of napoleon's invasion of russia two hundred years before cows of people have turned out to see this reenactment and reenact as a combo for russia and all the way from france and germany to take part really all of this on the scale of a hollywood film all the people here getting just a part of the experience of what it was like to be present at that great historical moment polly and marched into russia in one thousand told with what was there a largest army ever assembled he intended to make imperial russia super peace and so become the master of europe but it was here at this point to the west of moscow

that the russians decided to stand and fight the result being an enormous long and brutal slogging much of a battle the french guns pounded the russian lines all day rather like this but the russians failed to break they stood their ground the next day they were forced to retire from the field having lost so many men but polian took moscow but he was unable to keep it within two years not only of the poland failed to make imperial russia super peace he was the russian army that was marching into paris. with r.t. i'll be back with a recap of our top stories in a few. welcome

to the weekly i'm karen taraji with your week's top stories turkey's sound at military intervention in syria gets the cold shoulder but the new u.n. peace envoy arguing any such interference would make it ceasefire impossible. a chorus of support for iran's peaceful nuclear program as. the country destroys any notion it's been politically isolated by the u.s. with its hosting of a massive international summit. the war of the wealthy but imo which successfully beats back to legal attempts by a london based buddies because of ski to cut off

a slice of his multibillion dollar fortune. and the republicans freshly nominated presidential candidate mitt romney promises a hard line stance against russia but faces criticism for flip flopping on major and shifts more on the upcoming u.s. presidential election troubles with america's political system as we talk to author andrew levine. we're sitting down with an author professor of philosophy and currently a senior scholar at the institute for policy studies andrew thank you very much for joining back you thought were writing you contributed to a book it's titled hopeless barack obama and the politics of pollution what was the allusion in your opinion and how did it get hopeless well obama of course

campaigned on the idea of hope and the possibility of change but he was skillful in turning himself into something like a rorschach figure which anyone could see whatever they wanted to see the changes were not certainly ruptures with the past. they dashed at the expectations of virtually every constituency that supported them because they envisioned. transformations of american domestic and foreign policy that were far more far reaching than what obama actually even attempted let alone achieved as far as foreign policy you're writing that president obama's wars could come back to bite him even the ones he didn't start but which you argue are his by now he pledged to withdraw from iraq and afghanistan he says that's what he doing

in what way could they bite him well they could all fall apart. if the united states lost both of those wars even before obama assumed office but the imperative that obama faced which was also the imperative that george bush faced in his final years was not to lose face i'd like you to expend a little bit on afghanistan you argue that ghana standing particular certainly into a face saving operation for the president how is he handling that. well to the extent that he can develop a consensus in the political class in the united states to get out as soon as possible which seems to be happening not particularly through his own initiatives he will get out but unless that develops he is going to happen is going to have to be a continued presence there of some sort which is going to continue to wreak murder and mayhem and not to achieve any of the official objectives that the united states put forward in entering into that conflict in the first place if that explodes then

obama will look bad because the united states will look weak and it will look to it will look defeated in that and that's not a recipe for success for someone who has worked on an electoral campaign aside from the wars already on the u.s. plate you wrote that by far the biggest bullet for president obama to dodge is a war against iran do you think it might actually happen i mean experts even in the was government say so crazy idea. well it looks now like obama has dodged that bullet at least until november by basically bye bye bye bye in law for israel with our arms what do you think about the president's approach with regards to iran when he's trying to cater to to everybody in a way to the israelis by saying that he would be ready to go to war and to everybody else by saying that he actually doesn't like the drums of war and there's still a chance for diplomacy to work well i think the result is that although he may be

have succeeded in avoiding the war between now and the election and maybe even afterwards one could hope the rationale for the war remains intact and so the past so the danger that some events could transpire which would lead to which would reignite the danger and maybe even lead to what to look at the eruption of the war remains real and obama hasn't effectively addressed that issue i think this is an instance of a general problem with obama's presidency and it's partly why it's very hard for anyone any of obama's supporters to come up with any reason for. it and for supporting him especially for supporting him enthusiastically in the upcoming election other than that the alternative is so much worse. because whatever he's accomplished that could not on balance be. given up

a plus it's always in cumbered by negatives that are very nearly cancel cancel out the benefits the contenders for the republican nomination they have a pretty scary rhetoric when it comes to foreign affairs everyone minus ron paul they don't seem to have words political solution in there with capillary right and yet you called president obama the most hawkish of the lot why well he's the most hawkish of the lot with. respect to some issues there not with respect to to all issues his position on afghanistan. is at least momentarily probably more hawkish than that of mitt romney they they. they have all of them said that now is the time to get out and obama has the steward of the amp.