the iberian peninsula. 33 for lisbon. here's your three-day outlook. >>> lawmakers of japan's governing democratic party will vote to choose their party leader later on tuesday. the race is a close contest between former dpj secretary-general ozawa and prime minister kan. the winner of the election will most likely be the country's prime minister. nhk tells us more. >> reporter: i'm at a hotel in central tokyo. the dpj convention is scheduled to start here at 2:00 p.m. japan time. former secretary-general ozawa and prime minister kan started their campaigns on september 1st. it has been a tough competition. during the campaign, ozawa stressed he has the leadership to implement the needed policies. >> translator: i'll work hard until the last moment. >> reporter: kan, meanwhile, said the party has to do away with old-style money politics and become more transparent. >> translator: i'll do my best to convey my ideas at the party convention. >> reporter: all of the bal otsz will be added up based on a points system. each of

we have rain pushing into london and paris but it stays dry for madrid and lisbon. here is your three-day outlook. >>> and that's all we have for this edition of "newsline." i'm hideshi hara in tokyo. we'll be back in half an hour. thanks for joining us on nhk world. j

still a little hotter as we look to the south, 28 in madrid, 32 degrees for lisbon.lso in greece too athens coming in at 32. a little bit of summer heat lingers today. all right. so that is a look at your weather for now. and here is your three-day outlook. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> that concludes this edition of "newsline." thanks for joining us. i'm catherine kobayashi in tokyo. we'll be back at the top of the next hour.

warmer in the south. 30s for athens, madrid and lisbon. here's your extended forecast. >>> twin giant pandas have been thrown to the media for the first time since they were born at a zoo in western japan. the adventure world zoo introduced the male and female cubs on friday. they were born at the zoo on august 11th. the male has now grown from 158 grams to 725 and the female from 123 grams to 655. according to the zoo, the babiey are already covered with downey black and white fur. during the media debut, the cubs played in an incubator and on a breeder's hand. they later started dozing off. the pandas will make the first public appearance on saturday. >>> that's it for "newsline." thanks for joining us on nhk world. 

elsewhere, we have other torrential downpours from lisbon south and west, generally west of 97, and thisxtends into montgomery county, as all of this action has this tropical connection. west of olney, blinding rains hear as well. this goes down to the beltway here. here's 355 through rockville as you head over toward 270 and 495. so this is coming right through bethesda as well. and we will continue to see on and off showers and storms as we go throughout the afternoon into the evening hours. and we are under a threat of severe weather from the national weather service and the storm prediction center out of norman, oklahoma. bigger picture showing all of this lifting off to the north, but once again it's howard county that we are watching for that potential for that tornado warning from this cell, clarksville, east of glen ells, northwest of columbia. this is going to be out of howard county probably in 20 minutes, but you've got this second line off to the west that we continue to watch as it all builds off to the north at 25 miles per hour. if you are upstairs, get down stairs. if you

the nato summit in lisbon in november will focus on the alliances course of the twenty first century from afghanistan and missile defense to improving relations with russia r.t. spoke to former nato boss george robertson about how he sees the future it's coming your way next here are five. thank you very much for joining us now i'll begin with a general question on wars recently we've been witnessing a lot of guerrilla warfare style where we have poorly trained and you have. armed militants causing a lot of problems that is nato ready to respond to such threats and in what way all of us have to adapt to the changing nature of conflict you know one of two of the berlin wall came down and the cold war was over the number of conflicts in the world when he pursued.

of the nato summit in lisbon in a vampire will focus on the alliance of course for the twenty first century front of ghana stana missile defense to improving relations with russia r.t. has spoken to the former boss george robertson about how he sees its future that's up next. thank you very much for joining us now i'll begin with a joke question on wars recently we've been witnessing a lot of guerrilla warfare we have poorly trained and you have. militants causing a lot of problems is nato ready to respond to such threats and in what way all of us have to adapt to the changing nature of conflict you know after of the berlin wall came down and the cold war was over the number of conflicts in the world went down but he too personally.

russian nato council took place here in new york ahead of us summits being planned for november in lisbon the issues were that were discussed at this meeting were the stepping up of the fight against drug trafficking in afghanistan issues of security in europe as well as missile defense as we know in the last couple of days the secretary general of nato has really been calling for and pushing for the possibility of cooperation and a joint project between russia and nato when it comes to missile defense and so far it however he told the press earlier today that no details have been worked out no specifics have been discussed but this is something that nato hopes can be done in the nearest future in these nearest talks now russian nato continue to disagree on issues of georgia and moldova and as we know of course that russia and nato have had a sort of difficult relationship because of the war back in two thousand and eight and because of the issue of nato eastward expansion but now we're hearing today in new york from the secretary general of nato that he hopes that these ties between the

the nato summit in lisbon in november will focus on the alliances course for the twenty first century for afghanistan and missile defense to improving relations with russia r.t. spoke to former nato boss george robertson about how he sees the future is coming your way in a moment. thank you very much for joining us. with. recently we've been witnessing a lot of guerrilla warfare you have poorly trained and you have. a lot of problems. ready to respond to such threats what way all of us have to doubt. to the changing nature of conflict you know after the berlin wall came down and the cold war was over the number of conflicts in the world went down by percent heathy percent so we live in a much better world today but the nature of conflict has changed there are fewer casualties is that at the same time it's more difficult to deal with you know we didn't have suicide. the cold war we have that now so it's clear to thank you for it so our armed forces have got to be modernized they need to be more flexible they need to be more maneuverable they need to go a long distances here they have t

. >> if there is something in this area for lisbon, i think it'll be in the diplomatic and not military arena. >> i will go back a few years. we have both worked hard to stay engaged and in touch. we've got to the point now where we have a work plan to move forward over the next several years. that does not mean there are not challenges. nato is working to strengthen the relationship between nato and russia. there are a few challenges supported. they have been very supportive. it is given as more flexibility. we are focused on looking at the terrorist threat. it is a huge concern. >> since august 31, the u.s. military has been involved in at least three major operations. the iraqi government still has not reconciled. other than that ceremony, what [inaudible] >> i'm sorry? >> [inaudible] bill >> the mission of our forces had changed. we have always acknowledged that we will continue to partner with the iraqi security forces and counter-terrorism operations. we are now essentially advising the board grades. -- the brigades. our mission is for them to be responsible for security. our prim

head of november's nato summit in lisbon r.t. spoke with former secretary general of the alliance george robertson he says the security challenges are risks the world faces today are different from the past too much of a tie the present moment is taken up with fun sedates we have people in the way still. listen to rush of made it to russia wants to rule the world what katha begin to say you know i can only secure my fun to use by expanding catherine the key is big today. you can watch the full interview with former nato head george roberts in a little more than an hour here on our t.v. . in india thousands of farmers say they're willing to fight to the death to stop the government building a motorway through their land while some fear losing their livelihood others argue the real consequence may be a full blown food crisis artie's charan singh reports. indian farmers took to the capital recently in protest against a government takeover of the land to build a new two billion dollar highway this followed the deaths of three farmers

was a meeting that took place ahead of a big summit that is being planned in november this year in lisbon. well our web site has plenty more for you to explore and here's a taste of what people are watching right now at r.t. dot com a u.s. probe has concluded that israeli commandos committed willful killing and torture in the border to gaza about a full to let in. and an unemployed of muscovites says he's the victim of a three million dollars theft police are on the case to find out how the money was lifted from a safe deposit box for more just had to call. time for more of today's news from around the world japan says it's ready to release a chinese fishing boat captain who was arrested more than two weeks ago he was detained after an apparent collision with two japanese coast guard vessels near taiwan beijing says the detention was illegal and is sending a plane to bring him back the incident cause a diplomatic dispute between china and japan. australia's olympic committee president says awarding because games to new delhi was wrong john coates added that the multinational body behind t

was a meeting that took place ahead of a big summit that is being planned in november this year in lisbon but still ahead in the program a new land of opportunity find out why america's this is brains are looking to india for their career break. stuyvesant traveling but you don't have to pack your bags test join our close up team as we explore the vast and varied regions of russia. and today we continue our journey across russia suckle in region in the country's far east it's not only famous for its stunning beauty and unique wildlife so say one of the most ethnically diverse parts of the country. as well. ati's close up team continues its inside in the cycling region in the russian far east and this time we'll talk about what this region is like in terms of its social structure and now to talk about what this soccer the region is like in terms of its ethnicity and social we joined and used the capital of the region by the professor from the state university mr alexander many thanks for joining us for being us here in the southern region and my first question to you obviously the most gen

warming ties between moscow nato russia has been invited to take part in their own eyes eight summit in lisbon however as foreign minister sergei lavrov says they align says attitude remains and big years and it's up to the russian president to decide whether his country well accept gave his ease to work a russian. today russia asks several major questions when he gets the answers russia will decide whether or not to attend the first is what attitude will be chosen towards russia the second is how will nato regard it self in relation to international law on the prerogatives of the un security council it's important that nato members called for intensifying cooperation on practical issues on afghanistan the fight against drug trafficking terrorism and missile defense on drug trafficking we're interested in stopping this contagious influx i remind you of our proposal to improve interaction with the collective security treaty organization which is actively dealing with the fight against illegal drug trafficking on afghan borders on missile defense moscow realizes how the agreements between the ru

the nato summit in lisbon in november will focus on the alliances course for the twenty first century from afghanistan missile defense to improving relations with russia you spoke to before my nato boss george robertson about how he sees the future that's next right here on r.t. . thank you very much for joining us now with a general question on recently we've been witnessing a lot of guerrilla warfare have poorly trained. armed militants causing a lot of problems that is nato ready to respond to such threats. all of us have to .

was a meeting that took place ahead of a big summit that is being planned in november this year in lisbon ok thank you very much for that update that was artie's and nice to see a churkin of talking to us from new york. well peace in the middle east has featured heavily at the u.n. summit but there's also been speculation over the possibility of israel and the u.s. bombing iran but some experts say the war is over before it even began as four u.s. banks planned to open graduates in the islamic republic later max cards are gives his view. that as you know on this show i said to tehran if you want to avoid getting bombed this fall by israel's last goldman sachs allow goldman sachs and citibank to open a bank and. therefore they've got a billion or ten or under a billion dollars of loans and you will get bombed hey did you know that world war three started and is and were you aware that by the time you left approaches stand on your way out of the gate world war three started and now it's over. well you can wash a car is a report in just over an hour here on r.t. . martial arts champion who e

out the nato summit in lisbon in the bambara will focus on the alliances course for the twenty first century from afghanistan a missile to fans to improving relations with russia r.t. has spoken to the former nato boss george robertson about how he sees its future that's next. thank you very much for joining us begin with. recently we've been witnessing a lot of guerrilla warfare. poorly trained. armed militants causing a lot of problems is nato ready to respond to such threats and in what way all of us have to act to the changing nature of conflict you know one of two of the berlin wall came down and the cold war was over the number of conflicts in the world. so we live in a much better world today.

plan between russia and nato when they were discussing a possible summit that could take place in lisbon in november and russia has been saying that mechanisms can be worked out but no details have yet been set in place and of course the middle east peace process the middle east peace quartet met and urged israel to extend its freeze on settlement construction in the west bank and gaza so that the direct talks between israel and the palestinians can continue so definitely a lot on the program and the u.n. general debate continues so we're going to have to wait and see what happens next the coverage coming out of courtesy of you in the team there in new york's appreciated thank you. she was so long tonight out. a web site today with the green party you know she wants a presidential candidate for the upcoming election because she's a victim to killing a kid is a child that small thing but do you think that should stop it doing what it wants to do you know maybe let us know the stuff. so what's your take on that story also take a look at this. the frenzy there is a very increase if he shows

nato russia meeting which comes ahead of a planned russian nato summit to possibly take place in lisbon in november this year the issues being talked about there are security of ghana stan and of course missile defense we have been hearing from nato secretary general lately that he thinks it would be a good idea for russia and nato to come up with a joint missile defense program a joint missile defense system so that both the alliance and the russian federation can feel safer and cooperate in that area so that all possible questions of suspicions can be put aside of also one of the things we're expecting to take place today is the meeting of the five permanent members of the security council plus germany on iran now we have been hearing from the u.s. ambassador to the united nations that these talks will be an assessment of how well or not well the sanctions imposed on iran by the security council with this latest fourth round of sanctions imposed back in june has been working and basically the this meeting will look into whether or not any further additional steps should be taken putti

was a meeting that took place ahead of a big summit that is being planned in november this year in lisbon. so ahead for you in the program as the year again is that the current summit staying in ball is off he finds out what the baltic state is ready for that. these so you spacecraft which was due to undock from the international space station has been delayed due to technical problems russian is that xander spoke softly and we have. tracy dyson from the u.s. were to undock from the i says friday and touched down in kurdistan and cut us time rather that around remember i am local time the trio have been in space for more than six months and carried out for space walks as part of the team of expedition twenty four and on wednesday at xander scott saw hundred command oldies station over to. a martial arts champion her escape from a russian psychiatric hospital has turned up a norway where he's pleading to be allowed to stay extreme nationalists just love does sick has a history of violence and was armed when he showed up to me gratian officials southwest takes up the story. he ran it decide

the nato summit in lisbon in november will focus on the alliances course for the twenty first centuryfrom afghanistan missile defense to improving relations with russia spoken to the former nato boss george robertson about how he sees its future and that is coming up next. thank you very much for joining us now i'll begin with a general question on wars though recently we've been witnessing a lot of guerrilla warfare style where you have poorly trained militants in you have. armed militants causing a lot of problems that is nato ready to respond to such threats and in what way all of us have to adapt.

was a meeting that took place ahead of a big summit that is being planned in november this year in lisbon and still ahead of the program a new land of opportunity find out what america is this is brains are flocking to india for their career break. and now it's time for a song traveling but you don't have to pack your bags just join a close of team as we explore the vast and varied regions of russia. today we continue our journey across russia the region in the country's far east it's not only famous for its stunning beauty and unique wildlife it's also one of the most ethnically diverse parts of the country alexei watershed ski reports. artie's close up team continues its inside in the cycling region in the russian far east and this time we'll talk about what this region is like in terms of its social structure now this region has more than half a million residents predominantly russian more than eighty four percent of the people living in the circle in ireland and everywhere around the region are ethnic russians also we have less than six percent of ethnic koreans the diaspora which was

was a meeting that took place ahead of a big summit that is being planned in november this year in lisbon. and still ahead in the program meet the former top flight football or getting his skates song in time for the olympics played for the world cup and now he's hoping to score big in the song games but still finds time along the way to. follow artie's close up team on a journey that explores the diversity of the summer with russia's far east. now after years of losing its bright young minds to america it seems carmel may be returning the favor to india with opportunities shrinking at home u.s. students are now flocking to india to kickstart their american dreams yet the financial perks come with pitfalls struggle with a huge culture shock artie's preassure to want to see whether the grass really is greener on the other side. it's thursday morning in bangalore india. in the morning bustle is just beginning. but beyond the bustle on the other side of bangalore a different kind of morning is underway a quiet morning at the center of what's being called india's boom there's definitely a sen

their relationship and this meeting came summit being discussed to be held possibly in november in lisbon however we are hearing that the kremlin has not yet received an official invitation to that summit oh all right thank you for that that's our teens honest to see it sure could not talking to us from new york help peace in the middle east has featured heavily at the u.n. summit but there's also been speculation over the possibility of israel and the u.s. bombing iran but some experts say the war is over before it even began as four u.s. banks plan to open branches in the islamic republic later mark's kaiser gives his view. as you know on this show i said do if you want to avoid getting beyond this fall by israel's last goldman sachs allow goldman sachs and citibank to open a bank and into a room and therefore they've got a billion or ten or under a billion dollars of loans and you will get bombed that you know that world war three started and is and were you aware that well it's on you love the process and i knew where the gate world war three started and now it's over. well you can wa

know that the nato invited russian leaders to take part in a nato summit that will take place in lisbon. to the russian part receive such an invitation and is it interested in such a trip to consider and i did hear about these reports in the media but it is often happens that the media are it had of awful channels we haven't received anything through official channels yet thank you you've just heard russian foreign minister sergey lavrov and his canadian counterpart lawrence cannon speaking live at a news conference here in moscow the main topic of discussion of the arctic ocean where russia and canada are hoping to claim large territories of the seabed which are believed to contain vast amounts of untapped natural resources. going to some other stories now that we're covering here on our t.v. as the u.s. deals with bankruptcies and foreclosures americans are looking at who's to blame for the current state of the economy some are pointing the finger squarely a failed investment bank lehman brothers and say its demise drove the country into debt artie's out of stasia churkin explores the

damascus out of clarksburg and north to mount airy and play on thesville you will get in on this and lisbonunty and in the mountains of west virginia a heavy shower we are watching. no lightning or thunder but a good downpour here. paw paw green spring, give this 20 to 30 minutes and this will be up to you with a heavy downpour. today at the bus stop, the momslikeme.com bus stop forecast, you want to be prepared for some showers. not everyone is seeing them but we have heavy ones the next couple of hours. sun is up in 15 minutes by 9:00 a lingering shower. 80ish or soar or upper 70s by noon. some break of sunshine and partly sunny for the drive home. little breezy and 81. highs today low 80s. possibly 85 with enough sun. 50s and 60s on the. pretty kentucky. tomorrow morning starts okay but clouds thicken up and even a shower before dark. highs of 75. east winds at five to ten. we have low 70s now from dc, southeast and 72 easton and cambridge and 60s in the shenandoah valley to 50s in oakland. culpeper 66. orange 68 and manassas is 70. national is 73. southeast winds at ten and dew.s in the

they are about to meet in lisbon. they are trying to define how to win in afghanistan. i would argue that nato needs to define their role in the war on terror. to are we fighting and how you play in that war? what are you willing to do? because it is more than just about afghanistan. change your capabilities. to be relevant in the war on terror. i am not worried about russian tanks coming through the gap. i am worried about international terrorism. so should naida have morto havee unmanned vehicles? startd the nato and aneu talking to each other? the eu provides the nation building capacity and nato provides the armed services capacity, and 21 nations are members of the votes and there really is no discussion between the two organizations. -- and 21 nations are members of both and they're really is no discussion between the two organizations. and national caveats that have crippled the mission need be replaced by a nato war fighting caveats. if you are now willing to go to war with a war fighting mentality, do not go. we are not trying to convict the taliban and al qaed

we hope that during the lisbon summit and our next regular meeting in brussels in october, next october, it will be possible to establish things that will make it possible to save lots of money on the operational -- the operation of nato, at the compression of several thousand positions in the headquarters but also within the agencies. these will enable us to find further resources to fund the capability of the alliance. the last topic i would like to broached before i answer questions -- of course we have couched or corporations in terms of defense. i remind secretary gates that i have been doing since 2007 -- reminding him that the united states are in the world as the advocates of free competition, transparent competition, and opening borders for a world trade organization that is as free as possible. that can be done in both ways. the european military budget has to welcome american military programs and equipment, since we take into account it could be vice versa, so european equipment could equip the american forces. with robert gates, we have also talked about equipping the frenc

they are about to meet in lisbon. they are trying to define how to win in afghanistan. i would argue that nato needs to define their role in the war on terror. to are we fighting and how you play in that war? what are you willing to do? because it is more than just about afghanistan. change your capabilities. to be relevant in the war on terror. i am not worried about russian tanks coming through the gap. i am worried about international terrorism. so should naida have morto havee unmanned vehicles? startd the nato and aneu talking to each other? the eu provides the nation building capacity and nato provides the armed services capacity, and 21 nations are members of the votes and there really is no discussion between the two organizations. -- and 21 nations are members of both and they're really is no discussion between the two organizations. and national caveats that have crippled the mission need to be replaced by a nato war fighting caveats. if you are now willing to go to war with a war fighting mentality, do not go. we are not trying to convict the taliban and al q

i have reached out to strengthen both our bilateral and multilateralities in europe and the post lisbon. u. is developing an expanded global role and our relationship is growing and changing as a result. now, the will be some challengessals we adjust to influential new players, such as the e.u. parliament, but these are debates among friends that will always be secondary to the fundamental interests andalues we share. and there is no doubt that a stronger e.u. is good for america, and good for the world. and of course, nato remains the world's most successful alliance. together, with our allies, including new nato members in central and eastern europe, we are crafting a new strategic concept, that will help us meet not only traditional threats, but also emerging ones, like cybersecurity and nuclear proliferation. just yesterday, president obama and i discussed these issues, with nato secretary-general rasmussen. after the united states was attacked on 9-11, our allies invoked article 5 of the nato charter for the first tile. they joined us in the fight against al qaeda and the taliban.