, we have pictures, in fact, nick of tony abbott voting. and in terms of apart from what he has achieved so far, what about kevin rudd and his ousting, how much of that has impacted what the voters are thinking. >> julia gillard did enjoy the brief honeymoon period after she was the first australian prime minister in political history. but the mood soured pretty quickly and there was a feeling especially in the state of queensland that kevin rudd was very hard done by. he is a queenslander himself. why that's particularly significant is about 20 marginal parliamentary constituents will decide this race and half of them are in kevin rudd's home state of queensland. so the impacts of it has really hit labor very badly there. and i think also it reinforced this message from tony abbott, that he is the man to turn australia to stable government, the kind of government they saw under john howard, appeared in governance which lasted over 11 years. and this line that he is the man to end this soap opera of labor strife has had some resonance. >> b

>> abbott: critical. >> pelley: abbott's charges are backed up by b.p. internal emails.n 2008, b.p. manager barry duff wrote that the lack of approved drawings could result in "catastrophic operator errors," and "currently, there are hundreds if not thousands of subsea documents that have never been finalized." duff called the practice, "fundamentally wrong." >> abbott: i've never seen this kind of attitude and... where, you know, safety doesn't seem to matter, and when... when you complain of a problem, like barry did and like i did, and try to fix it, you're just criticized and pushed aside. >> pelley: ken abbott was laid off. he took his concerns to a consumer advocacy group called food and water watch. they're asking congress to investigate. >> abbott: the "atlantis" is still pumping away out there 200,000 barrels a day, and it will be four times that in a year or two when they put in all 16 wells. if something happens there, it will make the "deepwater horizon" look like a bubble in the water by comparison. >> pelley: in an email, b.p. told us the "atlantis" crew ha

what they say. >> for many australians, it does not take a great leap of imagination to see tony abbott as prime minister. he has been at the main beneficiary. this has been a bizarre time in australian history, a soap opera, with the intrigue of a murder mystery. the issue was wielding a hockey stick. seven weeks ago, it was a knife. she viciously answered her predecessor when poll numbers started to slump. now, with her campaign in trouble, she has been forced to bring him back. this is their joyless photo opportunity in the shotgun marriage of convenience. >> we had a discussion focused on the role he will play in the campaign, supporting the election of my government. >> australian rules football can be almost as aggressive as australian politics. this was a game in queensland, where there is anger about his abrupt departure. they have violated a sense of australian fair play. >> they can put him wherever they like him. >> kevin played a part in saving australia from recession. but can he help rescue his beleaguered party from the most humiliating and surprising defeat? >>> archaeol

please make welcome prime minister julia gillard and opposition leader tony abbott. >> reporter: at their one and only debate, both leaders set a contentious tone for the campaign, but on issues that have since faded. >> julia gillard can't talk about her record, because things have gone from bad to worse since she took over. there's the boat people fix that got lost somewhere in the timor sea. and there's the climate fix which is just another talkfest. >> i'm an optimist and i believe we can work our way to a community consensus about putting a cap on carbon pollution and designing the market based mechanism that will support that. now we had a consensus in parliament house, and obviously tony became opposition leader and ended that consensus and the rest, as we all know, is history. >> reporter: but it was the ousting of kevin rudd just three weeks before the start of the campaign that has remained as raw for many voters as it was for rudd the day he stepped down. >> what i'm less proud of is the fact that i have now blubbered. no political party has ever politically assassinated a prim

. >> and arch conservative tony abbott was born in london.e is promising to cut immigration, to bolster border protection. >> it is time to end this soap opera and give australia back a grown-up government. >> tony abbott has made a stronger than expected run, but it still requires a leap of imagination for many australians to see him as prime minister. this has been a weird campaign with some stumbling badly. will they regain their footing in time for saturday's election. >> one of the russians who lived in -- arrived in britain last month as part of the biggest spy exchange since the cold war, has spoken about his time in russian prison camps near the arctic circle. he was arrested in 1999 and convicted of passing secrets to the west. he was talking to our correspondent, and explained why, despite his experiences, he is still keen to return to russia. >> this is the russian scientist who ended up being brought to britain as part of a swap for a ring of russian spice based in america. the glamorous anna chapman was one of the 11 russian secr

australia's first female prime minister is facing a fight to the finish with tony abbott. some believe labor will just about hold on for a second term, and both leaders have embarked on a final day of campaigning. >> what is it causing the sides to be so close together? is it the platforms they are on, that sort of thing, or is it all to do with the former prime minister commo, kevin rudd. >> they are concerned about a possible protest against the way mr. budd was -- mr. rudd was dumped from office, despite concerns gillard would leave the country to victory. labor is worried that voters would be unhappy with the way kevin rudd was dumped a couple months ago. also at play are big issues like the economy and asylum-seekers, and in a way they have a difficult choice. labour says its multibillion- dollar stimulus package they say helped save australia from recession proves labor is a sound economic manager. on the other hand, you have opposition claiming such spending was not necessary and is accusing the government of being incompetent, so the big issue is the state of the a

prime minister julia gillard and the opposition leader tony abbott are both trying to form a coalitionwe have this from sydney. >> they have been dubbed the three amigos. they hold the balance of power after the inconclusive election. >> we admit we have developed a request for information, call for papers or information in seven key areas which we think are important for us to consider. >> it is not good well -- good will to slide by their party members. if they cannot look at the future in terms of longevity in terms of the power itself, from one government or another, there is a third option. we will establish very quickly whether they are serious about governing for the next three years or governing until the polls -- until the polls indicate they can govern by dissolving the house. >> there has been certain -- something madcap about this campaign. >> he was very popular. >> news of another australian death in afghanistan. >> the mission in afghanistan continues. the loss of 21 soldiers. it goes without saying, it is dangerous and difficult work. dangerous and difficult work, but i

: given all the stuff that you guys cannot see when you are working on a movie like this, the way abbotte way "avatar" was made, how do you know that is going to be something special, that is going to be something big? it is not like you can look at the daily shooting and decide it is working. how do you know over a number of years that you are onto something? >> it starts with a script. then we took a big leap of faith after the casting process. we were thrilled with are casting. but we waited almost three years into the process to see almost -- to see our first shot back on digital. tavis: how you wait three years to wait weather is good or not? >> the first scene we saw was when she first seascape with the bow. it was exactly what we wanted it to be. then we realized we had five shots and 2000 more to go. by hiring the right people around us we believe in them. we thought that they could deliver what we were asking. tavis: when you do something this monumental, in the end, -- you tell me, does it really matter whether you got picture of the year? >> no, and it did not matter on "titan

saturday's inconclusive election both candidates labor leader to the leader of the liberals tony abbott are talking with independents to try to form a government get out of knowledge that with most of the votes counted in neither party can now when the seventy six seats needed an outright majority she will remain as leader until a new government is formed a process that could take greek. about childless couples off looking to a place near lake by col in siberia considered by many to be sacred they believe in the powers of a goddess of wisdom who is a patron for mothers after a visit many who had been declared infertile claim to have been able to have children. thomas met some of the lucky parents. many seeker wisdom but she never utters a word hundreds come to be blessed with children but she doesn't work in any clinic yet here near the shores of lake by call lies the sacred place that's home to the powers of the goddess eon jima and it's not just the local people who are drawn in . i was here last year and i always keep remembering the god this year i came to play with my sister and a

tony abbott says it's clear the ruling party has lost both its majority and the just b.c. . thousands of taking to the streets or trying to go in kashmir protesting against the arrest of about twenty people for throwing stones early demonstrations department for used to disperse the crowd chanted and indecent sixty demonstrators have died in clashes with police over the past two my. fourteen year old has set sail in a bid to become the youngest person to cruise around the world for the project from a portuguese port on route to spain's canary islands. a boat is expected to last a year attempt has been criticized by the dutch child protection agency as being too dangerous. new york city's iconic taxis are on the road to extinction with the economic recession pushing forward to introduce new fuel efficient cars the production of the star vehicle will soon be stopped nor mr has been finding out many on the streets of the big apple feel that losing a jewel in the city's crown. in a city that never sleeps the flow of taxis never stops for very long. the line for cabs is tough tak

elections in almost fifty years the governing labor party's julia gillard is battling it out against tony abbott of the center right coalition ahead of the vote opinion polls suggest that the two were neck and neck they walked horns over the economy and the handling of the financial crisis during the election campaign the vote will decide the make up of the one hundred fifty seat lower. house and half of the seventy six seats out. later you can join martin anderson a tour of ancient cities that make up russia's gold ring he continues his trip to delving deep into its history and visiting attractions that aren't for the faint hearted. the museum of myths and superstitions already looks spooky to me this museum opened ten years ago it has a law as display of items and models of character sets of lived in lakes forests and houses both good and evil this one here is of domovoi is like a house elf. and dr martin endures in about ten minutes here on r t but before that let's take a look at what's happening in business with charlotte. hungry for the feel we've got. the biggest issues get voice face to

days before a result is night that still hopes to the next government the opposition leader tony abbott says it's clear the room party had lost both its majority and the g.c.c. . thousands of taking to the streets in kashmir protesting against the arrest of about twenty people for throwing stones at demonstrations. for use tear gas to disperse the country and industry will be sixty dollars phrases have died in clashes with police over the past two months. new york city's iconic yellow taxis are on the road to extinction with the economic recession pushing forward to introduce new fuel efficient cars the production of the sedan star vehicle will soon be stopped but as long this has been finding out many on the streets of the big apple feel that losing the jewel in the city's crown. in a city that never sleeps the flow of taxis never stops for very long. the line for cabs is tough taking the pounding in the city twenty two hours twenty four hours a day but for cabbies it's even tougher. so if you don't hustle for cash during peak hours. and for drivers like this one time banker. life on m

in almost fifty years the governing labor party's julia guillard is battling it out against tony abbott a center right coalition ahead of the vote opinion polls suggest that the two words neck and neck a walk horns over the economy and the handling of the financial crisis during the election campaign vote will decide. the make up of the one hundred fifty seat lower house and half of the seventy six seats. what you have to live from moscow later you can join martin anders on a tour of the ancient cities that make up russia's golden ring he continues his trip to glitch telling deep into its history and visiting attractions that aren't for the faint hearted. the museum of myths and sophistication and already looks spooky to me this museum opened ten years ago it has a law as display of items and models of cards is sort of lived in lakes forests and houses both good and evil this one here is of domovoi is like a house elf. and john martin anderson about ten minutes here on our t.v. before that as let's get the latest business news was shot. hello welcome to the business program with me char

she was up against tony abbott said pollution.readers and there are ten chased by this story hotel taking thirty guests hostage after three hours the gunman surrendered the girl the captives were freed on home for the shootout between the set. fifty suspected drug gang members were very soon and the fired one gang member was killed while seven others were injured . in china almost one hundred thousand people have been forced to flee the northeastern city gunboat off of rain swollen river overflowed four people were killed by the floodwaters all to the city called off region is the latest to be hit in the country's worst flood season and decade. i'll be back soon with our main with the headlines do stay with us. from. penn extracting black gold and dangerous. world wide demand pushes the limits to catastrophe. is the price tomorrow night. is it possible to prevent such disasters. and can be off to must be dealt with quickly come defectively.

be days before result is known but still hopes to form the next government opposition leader tony abbott said it's clear the ruling party had lost both its majority and the legitimacy of. a rare world war two era dive bomber has seen the light of day after spending sixty five years of the bottom of a california reservoir two anglers spotted the outline of the curtis helldiver on their sonar fish finder the plane crashed in one thousand nine hundred five with both the pilot and done her ejecting and swimming to shore it will now be taken to the national naval aviation museum for restoration and display. hundred fifty animal rights activists have launched an unusual protest against bullfighting in the spanish city of bilbao the half naked demonstrators laid down to form the shape of a bowl outside the guggenheim museum some more smeared in a red paint to represent people's blood in july have aloni a ban bullfighting leading many activists to believe a nationwide ban would be possible. new york city's iconic yellow taxis are on the road workstation with the economic recession pushing forwar

just formed a person that could take over a week she was up against tony abbott the center right coalition in. rio de janeiro ten armed men being chased by police stormed the luxor hotel taking thirty guests hostage of the three hours the gunman surrendered the captives free unharmed for instance would gather to shoot up the police and fifteen suspected drug gang members from the nearby scam one gang member was killed and seven others injured. in china almost one hundred thousand people have been forced to flee the northeastern city of then don't offer rain swollen river overflowed four people were killed by the floodwaters in parts of the city caught off the region is the latest to be hit in the country's worst flood season in decades. but ignore is a find or stories and much more of course on our website that's our team dot com all about that with our main weekend headline still to stay with us. the united states of america is waging war within its own army. jono advantage is on no one sign. and human losses aren't quite significant. is it possible to win the war against sexual assault i

be days before result is known but still hopes to form the next government opposition leader tony abbott says it's clear the ruling party has lost both its majority and legitimacy. in a rare world war two dive bomber has seen the light of day after spending sixty five years at the bottom of a california reservoir to anglers spotted the yellow line of the curtis helldiver on there or so on or fishfinder the plane crashed in one thousand nine hundred five both the pilot and gunner bailed out and swam to shore now the aircraft will be taken to the national naval aviation museum for restoration and display. and a hundred fifty animal rights activists have launched an unusual protest against bullfighting in the spanish city of bilbao semi-naked demonstrators laid down in the form of the four to form the shape of a bowl outside the guggenheim museum somewhere smeared in the red paint to represent the bowls in july had a loney of banned bullfighting leading many activists to believe a nationwide bad is possible. new york city's iconic yellow taxis are on the road to extinction with the economic

and almost fifty years the governing labor party's julia guillard is battling it out against tony abbott in the center right coalition have a vote opinion poll suggesting the two words neck and neck warrants over the economy and the handling of the financial crisis during the washing campaign the vote will decide the makeup of the one hundred fifty seat lower house and they have seventy six seats out. but you know if you live from moscow later you can join martin anders on a tour of the ancient cities that make up russia's gold ring he continues his trip to delving deep into its history and visiting attractions that aren't for the faint hearted. the museum of myths and superstitions already looks spooky to me this museum opened ten years ago it has a law as display of items and models of cards is said to have lived in lakes forests the houses both good and evil this one here is of domovoi he's like a house elf. and can join martin and his next hour here on r.t.e. and a few minutes we examine the impact of the disastrous oil spill in the gulf of mexico but first i will take a look at what

minister bayliss had taken the his on a process that would take over the week he was up against tony abbott the center right coalition. only rio de janeiro ten gunmen being chased by police stormed the luxury hotel taking thirteen guests hostage after three hours the gunman surrendered and all the captives were freed on them from the shootout between police and fifty suspected gang members. that fight back here held seven others were injured. but you know our stories are much more on our website at sauti dot com i'll be back soon with the main that we cannot stay with us. wealthy british style. is not on the type of. card. market why not come to. find out what's really happening to the global economy with max cons or for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune into kinds a report on our. more news today violence was once.

regime for emergency workers he and hundreds like him would flood to russia to quash the flames were abbott's r.-t. essex. dr fred goldberg a climate analyst from the royal institute of technology in stockholm believes there is nothing abnormal about the high temperatures in russia this summer. now on the very heavy high pressure locates itself in various positions. in two thousand and three it happened off the coast of france and it's heavy with high pressure pushed up a lot of hot air from. such a creating at the loss of many lives in france and central europe you know it's not a change of climate is a weather phenomenon so my point is that this year you had this heavy high pressure over central asia bringing out there from the tropics to your area it has always been this auster so all the time but we didn't have television fifty years ago so we never heard about it in the same way we are hearing about it today. russia's unprecedented heat hasn't just brought misery it's bearing fruit as well literally in the central russian city of far the locals are enjoying an unprecedented harvest of tr

days before results is known but still hopes to form the next government the opposition leader tony abbott said it's clear the ruling party has lost both its majority and it's. a rare world war two dive bomber has seen the light of day after spending sixty five years at the bottom of a californian reservoir to anglers spot of the outline of the curtis helldiver on the so no fish find the plane crashed in one hundred forty five but both the partners on the gun a bailed out and swam to shore has now been taken to the national naval aviation museum for restoration and display. nine hundred fifty animal rights activists of protest against bullfighting in the spanish city of bilbo something they could demonstrate as laid down to form the shape of a born outside the guggenheim museum. someone smeared in red paint to represent the bull's blood in july catalonia burned bullfighting leading many activists to believe a nationwide ban is possible. the york city's iconic yellow taxis are on the road to extinction with the economic recession pushing forward to introduce new fuel efficient cars the prod

days before the result is known but still hopes to form the next government opposition leader tony abbott says it's clear that the ruling party had lost both its majority and legitimacy. forest fires are raging in bolivia with strong winds and dry conditions hampering fire fighting efforts claims of also affected airports delaying many flights and forcing several to close down trees president declared a state of emergency on friday and called for the help of neighboring brazil and argentina. where world war two dive bomber has seen the light of day after spending sixty five years at the bottom of a california reservoir to fisherman spotted the outline of the curtis helldiver on their sonar fishfinder the plane crashed in one thousand nine hundred five both the pilot and gunner bailed out and swam to shore the craft will now be taken to the national naval aviation museum for restoration and display. new york's iconic yellow taxis are on the road to extinction with the economic recession pushing forward to introduce new fuel efficient vehicles the production of the sedan style vehicle will

in almost fifty years the governing labor party's julia guillard is battling it out against tony abbott of the center right coalition a lot horns over the economy and they have a wing of the economic crisis during the election campaign opinion polls gave no clear indication as to who would take the most seats and one hundred fifty member of parliament. u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton says israel and the palestinians have agreed to resume peace talks for the first time in almost two years they aim to reach an agreement that would lead to to solve and states gyptian president and jordan's king will also attend the session due to their critical role in the peace effort and president barack obama. well we'll hold one on one meetings with each of the leaders beginning early next month in washington. tens of thousands of kashmiri muslims have taken to the streets of kashmir as main city srinagar they're protesting the killing of two men by police authorities have admitted one death was the result of an unprovoked attack at least sixty two people have died in the last two months mostly

place tony abbott told the center one patient.readers are nearer ten gunmen are being chased by police stormed a luxury hotel taking thirteen guests hostage for three hours the gunman surrendered a group of captors were freed unharmed that followed a shootout between police and fifty suspected drug gang members from nearby school and would not fight one member was killed seven others were injured. and forest fires are raging in bolivia with strong winds and dry conditions hampering firefighting efforts the flames have also affected airports forcing several to close the country's president declared a state of emergency on friday and called for the help of neighboring brazil argentina. now after winning the right to host the winter olympics in two thousand and fourteen in sochi russia is bidding for another major sporting event this time the football world cup before inspectors went for days in the country assessing its capability to host the tournament in two thousand and thirteen two thousand and twenty two among other bidders of

before the result is known but she still hopes to form the next government opposition leader tony abbott said it's clear the ruling party had lost both its legitimacy and its majority. one woman has been killed in a gun battle between brazilian police and suspected drug traffickers in rio de janeiro shooting broke out when officers patrolling a shanty town came across armed men and tried to apprehend them around thirty people were taken hostage when a gunman took cover inside a luxury hotel nine people were wounded during the shoot out before all of the hostages were released unharmed. forest fires are raging in bolivia with strong winds and dry conditions hampering firefighting efforts flames have also affected airports delaying many flights and forcing several to close the country's president has declared a state of emergency on friday and called for the help of neighboring brazil and argentina. where world war check that one hundred fifty animal rights activists have launched an unusual protest against bullfighting in the spanish city of bilbao semi-naked demonstrators lay down in the

leader until the new government formed a process that could take over a week she was up against tony abbottof the center right coalition. and rio de janeiro ten armed men being chased by police stormed a luxury hotel taking thirty gassed hostage after three hours the gunmen surrendered and all the captives were freed on harmed the incident began with a shootout between police and fifty suspected drug gang members from a nearby slum gang member was killed and seven others injured. in china almost one hundred thousand people have been forced to flee the northeastern city of dome after a rain swollen river overflowed four people were killed by the floodwaters. parts of the city are now cut off the region is the latest to be hit in the country's worst flood season in over a decade. that's why the news books this hour here on r t coming up shortly we have a special report we investigate the sexual assault of women in the u.s. army for that though i'll be back with the headlines after a short break. the united states of america is waging war within its own army. jono advantage is on no one side.

leader until a new government is formed a process that could take over a week she was up against tony abbottthe center right coalition. in rio de janeiro town armed men being chased by police stormed a luxury hotel taking thirty gas hostage after three hours the gunman surrendered and all the captives were freed on harmed the incident began with a shootout between police and fifty suspected drug gang members from a nearby swamp one gang member was killed and seven others injured. in china almost one hundred thousand people have been forced to flee the north eastern city of daraa after a rain swollen river overflowed four people were killed by the floodwaters and parts of the city are called off the region is the latest to be hit in the country's worst flood season in over a decade. you can always find all our stories and much more on our website r t dot com i'll be back soon with our main weekly headlines after a short break stay with us. every month we give you the future we help you understand how to get there and what tomorrow's to bring the best in science and technology from across russ

regime for emergency workers he and hundreds like him would floods to russia to quash the flames were abbott's essex. now the worst drought in fifty years in russia has forced the government to introduce an export ban on wheat the agriculture ministry says this year's harvest is up to sixty five million tonnes just enough to meet domestic needs both already you say it could be october before russia's stance exporting again after the harvest figures are in with russia and the world's third largest wheat exporter last year global prices for the grain it went up after the announcement now to discuss the ban i'm joined by apple reza secretary of the intergovernmental group on grains for the food and agriculture organization of the united nations. so mr ambassador in what other ways can the russian government tackle the grain shortage in your in your view here. well it might i must say that at the beginning it wasn't that clear there would be a green shortage i sincerely hope it is still not a case where we will have a green shortage but there is certainly a very severe situation in terms of supply

as caretaker leave it until you come in this form process the title for the week up against tony abbott center right coalition. in rio de janeiro ten gunmen are being chased by police stormed the truth and tell taking thirteen guests hostage after three hours the gunman surrendered in the attempt is for free and it's one of the shootout between police and fifty suspected drug gang members going to smell and that fight among gang members killed seven others were injured. and in china almost one hundred thousand people have been forced to flee the northeastern city hall after a rain swollen river and the flow four people were killed by the floodwaters in parts of the. cut off region is that they tend to be hit country's worst flood season over a decade. but in a few minutes we examine the impact of the disastrous oil spill in the gulf of mexico now the back cover the headline stems. from. extracting black gold and dangerous. but worldwide demand pushes the limits to catastrophe. is the price cheap. is it possible to prevent such disasters. and can the aftermath be dealt with quickly am de

rivals the pitcher ended up becoming great friends and did baseball shows and they were like baseball abbottello going around the country. there are rumors thompson may have stole signs. and that is never been confirmed. today, he talked about his old friend. >> great american. a good patriot. and you know, he had a great sense of values we became friends because we had a lot in common. you know? we had pretty much the same values. so there is a bit of a shock. to hear that its over and he's gone. so... unfortunately that is life. >> and that current giants opened a crucial three-game series tonight. giants and phillies came in in a virtual tie for the wild card. pat burrell receive aid standing ovation in philly, then, he does this. >> high drive. left field. out of here! well clumz welcome back. >> takes roy os wald deep in the first. and gave him a-0 lead. and barry zito was proven until the 5th. jimmy raulens scores a compare, then more problems in the sixth with nobody out flying hawaiian reaches out. two more score. bruce bocci giving zito the hoof. here it comes. there it goes. jose g