play a major role coming up here on our report on the organization summit that starts today in kyrgyzstan. and politicians straight with themselves in red white and blue as they call in the french compatriots to buy locally and keep their hard earned money in the country. and the rest of the wall. top headlines are just around the corner here on out. to gold. plates technology innovation called the list of belem inst from around russia we've got the future covered. this immediately below so we leave the people. by the sea potion securely play your party there's a goal. for shoes that no one is asking with the guests that you deserve answers from it's all on politics only on our t.v. . dramas that can't be ignored. stories others refuse to notice. food since changing the world lights never. come full picture of today's leaves my own designs from around the globe. look to. fifty. thanks joining us here on our offer from politicking with larry king for the meantime though the director of intelligence you know in the united states i should say has now said that the wide ranging leaks on the n

now, join holly morris as she continues from the mountains of kyrgyzstan, central asia. [captioning made possible by friends of nci] >> in this episode of "globe trekker around the world," i'm traveling one of the most exotic highways in the world, the ancient silk road, all the way from china behind me, thousands of miles through central asia to the edge of europe. this is gointo bone unbeliable journey. ntral asia is a vast region of mountains, deserts, and plains, stretching from china all the way to the edge of europe. starting my journey in kyrgyzstan near osh, i travel to tashkent, in uzbekistan, and then by train to samarkand and bukhara. moving on to merv in turkmenistan, i fly to baku, in azerbaijan, before heading on to tbilisi, in georgia. flying to konya in turkey, i travel by camel caravan like the old silk road traders, before finally ending my trip in istanbul. hi. yeah, you guys ready for the festival? i'm holly, nice to meet you. hi. since time immemorial, kyrgyz nomads have headed up to the high mountain pastures every summer to graze their herds on hor

cooperation organization which represents more than half of humanity its last meeting today in kyrgyzstan and aside from the usual talk of an ever tighter economic and military alliance syria is featuring heavily. going to filed this report. besides the six constant members of the shanghai cooperation organization which include russia and china its observers are also here including india and iran they're also looking at becoming constant members of the organization in large mint is one of the things that are going to be discussed here as well as joint economic projects and the situation in afghanistan which is also here it's an observer as well but it's syria which is going to be definitely one of the key issues on the table iran is a key player in the region and it's widely agreed including by senior u.n. officials that any diplomatic and peaceful solution of the conflict in syria would not be possible without tehran's involvement iran's stance on the situation has been the similar to russia's and china's saying that only a peaceful solution is possible and warning that any military inte

to play a major role coming up here on a report on the organization's summit starting today in kyrgyzstan. and politicians draping themselves in red white and blue as they call in the french compact to buy local and to keep their money inside the country. for the meantime here on the director of intelligence in the united states has said the wide ranging leaks on the n.s.a. spy program have fueled an important debate on the tradeoff between privacy and national security but he says he's worried there are more revelations still to come from edward snowden. and for kevin mitnick here in our moscow studios while he believes that snowden's secret leaking can be criticized he still feels the revelations were crucial for americans. i have some mixed feelings that he did cross the line when he revealed n.s.a. operations that we have against other countries because as we all know all countries spy on each other i think is a whistleblower you know i don't look at him as a true i'm actually glad that he revealed what the national security agency was doing at least against americans by violating our

to travel the 2,500 miles that i've sped across since leaving kyrgyzstan would have taken months in a silk road caravan. back then, merchants traveled in a group with hundreds of camels, as there was safety in numbers. dr. yavuz and i are content with just four, plus a few horses, and a donkey. what's the hierarchy in the group of animals? >> well, camels do the carrying, they can carry a very large amount of load, so they are indispensable. then, the horses are mostly for the merchants. not every person who's accompanying or who's part of the caravan has a horse. >> you could just walk? >> sure, it was more a higher echelon thing. then, the little donkey, the smallest but the most important, does the leading. >> really? >> because donkeys are very adapted to the geography. he knows which slope to take, which one not to take, which way to go, they're very sensible by nature. so, the pace is the pace of the donkey and the human being walking. >> that's amazing. the donkeys, they just judge the terrain as they go along, and they're actually the brains of the operation. i never knew that

diplomatic peaceful solution would be possible there without it getting involved and this summit here in kyrgyzstan is a great opportunity for tehran to start doing so. thank you very much indeed for that and right out of the break we'll have all the details on the deadly fire that rolled through a psychiatric institution russia's northwest. says the media leave us so we leave the media. pushes secure. your party there's a goal. for shoes that no one is asking with to get that you deserve answers from. politics. wealthy british style. tied to the tireless let's go. to the. market why not. find out what's really happening to the global economy because the reports on our t.v. . critic take three. or four charges three. three. three. three. the old free blog video for your media project a free media r t v dot com. wolf . this is all see coming to life for most co welcome back a blaze in a psychiatric clinic in northwestern russia has claimed a set of seven lives including a nez who died trying to rescue out that is twenty three people manisha escaped the file which witnesses say had been caused by one

conflict in syria is something which is definitely a good knowledge by moscow and this summit here in kyrgyzstan is a good chance to do that you've got to spin off. try to afghanistan now to open up the. bombing of the u.s. consulate in the city of herat sparked an hour long gun battle between militants and security forces one military spokesman says the consulate has now been secured five attackers killed at least three others have been reported. nine injured as well already though quick to claim responsibility the taliban. and outraged crowds filled the streets on thursday as people lashed out of the security forces and accused them of killing a protester they say a young activist was run over by a police car on wednesday the protest movement in bahrain has been pressing the government for more than two years to implement human rights reforms and accuses the rulers of carrying out a crackdown. of this footage right here towering twin waterspouts churning across lake michigan of course in the northern us warm waters combined with very cold air made ideal conditions for the spectacular water fun

issue of syria is also dominating the meeting at the shanghai cooperation organization in kyrgyzstan a group which represents more than half the world's population the summit so iran's new president insists that any possibility of force against syria must be condemned and diverted. as the details the russian president vladimir putin met with the iranian leader for the first time since he was elected and obviously syria was in the spotlight both countries are completely on the same page when it comes to understanding that any foreign military intervention would not only lead to more violence in syria itself but would risk spreading it throughout the whole region also both leaders to welcome to serious decision to sign up for the international convention on chemical weapons which basically bans the use and the fact that it agreed to the proposal to move control over its chemical arsenal to the international community in fact mr rowhani added that the way this proposal's been acting out so for creates real chances for a peaceful solution in the meantime is now widely recognized includin

conflict in syria is something which is definitely a good knowledge by moscow and this summit here in kyrgyzstan is a good chance to do that you've got this going off r.t. if you start. moscow time do stay with us if you can the tough questions on international issues with sophie co that's coming up in just a moment.

conflict in syria is something which is definitely a good knowledged by moscow and this summit here in kyrgyzstan is a good chance to do that you've got to spin off r t b. why to afghanistan now to open up the are. where a bombing at the u.s. consulate in the afghan city of herat sparked an hour long gun battle between militants and security forces one military spokesman says the consulate has now been secured with five attackers killed at least three other people have reported dead nine injured in the attack already quick to claim responsibility that of the taliban. and to bahrain where crowds of filled the capital streets on thursday as people lashed out at security forces a huge and them of killing a protester they say a young activist was run over by a police car on wednesday but the protest movement in bahrain has been pressing the government for more than two years to implement human rights reforms and accuses the rules of carrying out a perpetual state of a crackdown. of a look at a startling footage here tarring twin waterspouts a bit of a surprise that's not on the atlantic or the gulf t

conflict in syria is something which is definitely a good knowledged by moscow and this summit here in kyrgyzstan is a good chance to do that you've got to spin off. your star for help last there moscow time to stay with us if you can the tough questions on the international issues with sophie co that's coming up in just a moment. david silver and president of american atheists initially had his request for a custom license plate with the word atheist on it rejected atheist written with a one as the i was deemed to be just too offensive after some pressure the new jersey motor vehicles commission caved in allowed the plate this is only logical because a properly spelled atheist point had already been in use i look at this two ways one if you're going to give people the freedom of choice of expression then some people are going to express themselves in an offensive way so if you're terrified of offending people then why not just give everyone a random plate with a random number and no one will be offended at all or to if you really believe in freedom of speech and expression all that then allow dr

. >> reporter: and at a summit in kyrgyzstan today, putin met with the new iranian president. amid reports the russians are offering to supply tehran with five ground air missile systems. top aides to the president down play the move by saying it's mostly bluster and note while putin is also offering to build a second reactor for iran's nuclear plant, the u.s. and israel are more concerned about iranian plants in places where more uranium has been enriched. >> we continue to be focused on engaged in the effort to have iran fore sake its nuclear weapon program. >> reporter: the president met today in kuwait, senior officials for the first time privately put a timeline on the chemical weapons talks in geneva saying they want to see progress within a few weeks. >> i shared with the amir my hope that the negotiations that are currently taking place between secretary of state kerry and foreign minister lavrov in geneva bear fruit. >> reporter: senior officials also said they expect a u.n. security council resolution to be the mechanism to ensure syria's chemical weapons are being t