lucretius's answer was that there's a swer in the atoms, and that means -- that causes the atoms to bang into each other, and it's the banging into each other that initiates the constant experimentation of nature. the idea of the swerve in the atom was regarded as ridiculous until quantum physics, but it served for lucretius as an explanation for why there was freedom in the world, why everything wasn't simply lockstep. for me the term is important, nearby gesturing toward that, toward the things that fascinates me maybe most which is why don't cultures go in a straight line? why don't they reproduce themselves over and over and over again? especially if they've worked things out reasonably well. why do they swerve? >> rose: right.and this book ist perhaps thereatest swerve in our culture, in western culture, which is the thing we call the renaissance. >> rose: right.so this was for e quintessential -- the story is the story of, in a nutshell, of how this happened, how the renaissance occurred that led to the place that we'ret now, to the world that we've inherited from them. >> rose: wh

could be working on atomic weapons raising. findings might be a pretext for a preemptive strike against tehran a. standoff in northern kosovo between serbs and nato backed police finally draws that u.n. attention while the locals. into the scenery as part of everyday life. as the financial fall of. a previously politically bulletproof the premier berlusconi finally agrees to go but not yet. broadcasting live from our studios in central moscow this is what have you with us let's get right to our top story. the international nuclear agency says iran might be working on developing atomic weapons in its most critical report yet on the country its findings were widely expected in coming days after israel bluntly said military action against iran is getting closer raising fears the report could be a pretext to an attack has more on the atomic study. now the u.n. nuclear watchdog found no smoking gun but hyped up fears that iran continue some research on nuclear weapons it doesn't say iran is building a weapon and it says it's collect

nuclear watchdog reports that iran could be working on atomic weapons are raising worries its findings might be a pretext for preemptive strike against tehran. and as the financial fall of rome looms closer than previously politically bullet proof premier berlusconi finally agrees to go but not yet. the standoff in northern coast between the serbs and nato back to closer than police finally draws a view on the tension while the locals blend barricades into the scenery as part of everyday life. broadcasting live and direct from our studios in central moscow this is our team have you with us the international nuclear agency says iran might be working on developing atomic weapons in its most critical report yet on the country its findings were widely expected and days after israel bluntly said military action against iran is getting closer raising fears of the report could be a pretext to an attack kind of shit you can has more on the atomic study. right now with the u.n. nuclear watchdog found no smoking gun but hyped up fears that you rank continues research on nuclear weapons it doesn'

about the atomic bomb. nagasaki and hiroshima have been at the forefront of an international ngo called mayors for peace. more than 5,000 member cities plan to put on stimulus exhibitions next summer to demonstrate the horrors of these weapons. >> a powerful message and a powerful story, thank you, nana. >>> mai shoji is up next with weather. >>> hi there and welcome back time to talk about our weather. starting off with asia, a high pressure will be dominant in mog goalia and eastern china. this is where we're going to be seeing strong winds. northwesterly winds impacting much of northern japan and talking about snow in hokkaido and this region with strong winds to come. and a few showers will be disturbing the rest of japan with strong winds to come. rather than snow here in the korean peninsula we'll see rain and sleet. rain precipitation will taper off in central portions of china as this descends down into the south. still, scattered showers will be remaining in much of the philippines as well as malay

you wonder if there was reports that iran could be working on atomic weapons raising worries its findings might be a pretext for a preemptive strike against iran. and as the financial fall of rome weakens closer the previously politically bulletproof premier berlusconi finally agrees to go well it's not yet. a lengthy sound off and more than possible between serbs and nato about possible police finally draws the un attention the locals lead their barricades into the scenery part of everyday life. t.p.m. here in the russian capital this is our top story and a major public speech iran's president insisted his country won't retreat one iota from its nuclear program mahmoud ahmadinejad's lambie international nuclear watchdog newly released report suggesting the terror around might be close to developing atomic weapons let's findings came days after israel bluntly considered military action against iran raising fears the report could be a pretext to an attack artie's going to check out has more of the atomic study. now the u.n. nuclear watchdog found no smoking gun but hyped up fears that iran

the atomic bomb fell on nagasaki more than 30 years later. more than 70,000 people lost their lives. the cathedral stood 500 meters from the epicenter. it was destroyed. this man's house stood next to the church. it, too, was destroyed. his brother and three sisters were killed. he is 80 years old. he attended mass at the cathedral since he was young. >> translator: i think it is porp to pray for people who lost their lives to the atomic bomb. i do it every day. >> reporter: he can pray, but he wouldn't talk about his experiences, even with his own family. >> reporter: these ars facts tell the story of what happened. they opened a permanent intercept exhibit to commemorate the atomic bombs. many visitors stopped in front of the burned statue of an angel from the cathedral. the cathedral and city of nagasaki donated the statue. donors hoped it would serve as a symbol of the nuclear tragedy for europeans, many of whom are devout christians. he felt inspired after seeing the angel. finally he decided to share his story. he recounted his experien

elop ing atomic weapons in its most critical report yet on the country its findings were widely expected and to come days after israel bluntly said that military action against iran is getting closer raising fears the report could be a pretext to an attack going to japan has more on the atomic study. now the u.n. nuclear watchdog found no smoking gun but hyped up fears that iran continues research on nuclear weapons it doesn't say iran is building a weapon but it says it's collecting all the information it would need to do so and has a lot of technology and the international atomic energy agency claims to have iranian computer models of nuclear warheads which the watchtower views as a possible indication that iran plans to build an atomic bomb among other evidence as satellite image of a steel container that might be used to secretly cast the high explosives is needed to trigger and you clear weapons i would be very skeptical about this report that's coming out from the international atomic energy agency because the i.a.e.a. doesn't really have any intelligence capabilities of its own an

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well after much anticipation and speculation the international atomic energy agency has released its latest report on iran's nuclear capabilities and it there's new information about the development of new technology relevant to the production of nuclear weapons could suggest perhaps iran may be working on developing nuclear weapons and this has been several years of gathering information intelligence from ten member states interviews and satellite imagery now some are reading this as evidence that many of the activities associated with a nuclear weapons program were supposed to stop in two thousand and three have in fact continued but officials in tehran continue to deny all of these charges going really or claims that it is simply seeking peaceful use of nuclear energy but this was the most comprehensive and critical report yet and as artie's going to chicken reports it's raising fears it could be a pretext for a future attack on iran. right now will be you my nuclear watchdog found no smoking gun but hyped up fears that your brain continues research on nuclear weapons it doesn't s

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in the face of any new sanctions so says the country's president tehran denied it was developing atomic weapons suggested a recorder by the international nuclear watchdog a few days ago israel spoke of potential military action against iran raising fears the findings could be a pretext to attack our looked into the case. now the u.n. nuclear watchdog found no smoking gun but hyped up fears that you rank continues research on nuclear weapons it doesn't say iran is building a weapon but it says it's collecting all the information it needs to sell and has a lot of technology in the international atomic energy agency claims to have the rainy and computer models of the new you were heads which the watchtower views as a possible indication that iran plans to build an atomic bomb among other evidence as satellite image of a steel container that might be used to secretly cast the high explosives needed to trigger and you're clear right i would be very skeptical about this report that's coming out from the international atomic energy agency because the i.a.e.a. doesn't really have any intelligen

nuclear warheads which the watch star views as a possible indication that iran plans to build an atomic bomb among other evidence as satellite image of a steel container that might be used to secretly cast the high explosives needed to trigger and you clear weapon i would be very skip. nicol about this report that's coming out from the international atomic energy agency because the i.a.e.a. doesn't really have any intelligence capabilities of its own and if it's relying on reports that are coming from other people i would rather suspect those reports are coming from the united states and israel the president of u.s. intelligence presenting false evidence to build a case for the war in iraq raises alarm bells us to the accuracy of the atomic agency's latest report on it you ran it back in two thousand and three the u.s. was adamant it's evidence on iraq's weapons of mass destruction and terrorist activity was as solid as could be satellite images of a base where saddam hussein was believed to train al qaida terrorists evidence of more laps for biological weapons aluminum tubes presented

in the face of any new sanctions so says the country's president to iran denied it was developing atomic weapons as suggested in the leaked report by the international nuclear watchdog well a few days ago israel spoke of potential military action against iran raising fears the findings could be a pretext to an attack large he's going to japan is following developments for us and she joins us live now what do the report's findings bring for iran. well the u.s. and france have called for a meeting of the u.n. security council to discuss the possibility of imposing a new round of sanctions on iran washington and some european leaders ideally would want to impose crippling economic sanctions that would further isolate iran but two of the permanent members of the u.n. security council russia and china have made it clear in the past that they don't want to cripple the rainy an economy which would be hard on the iranian people in the first place and they say further isolating iran would be counterproductive instead russia put forward an offer which is still on the table and that is for iran to

the face of any new sanctions so says the country's president surrounded night it was developing atomic weapons as suggested in the latest report by the international nuclear watchdog a few days ago israel spoke of potential military action against iran raising fears the findings could be a pretext to an attack artie's garnishee camps following developments as catch up with life carney good evening the reporter sent strong ripples in across the international community. kevin it did the u.s. and france called for a meeting of the u.n. security council to discuss the possibility of imposing a new round of sanctions on iran washington and european some european leaders would ideally want to impose crippling economic sanctions that would further isolate iran but we know that two of the permanent members of the u.n. security council that is russia and china have made it clear that they don't want to cripple the uranium economy and that they say further isolating iran would be counterproductive for example russia so for a deputy foreign minister said eighty additional sanctions on iran would.

the call about this report that's coming out from the international atomic energy agency because the i.a.e.a. doesn't really have any intelligence capabilities of its own and if it's relying on reports that are coming from other people i would rather suspect those reports are coming from the united states and israel the precedent of u.s. intelligence presenting false evidence to build a case for the war in iraq raises alarm bells us to the accuracy of the atomic agency's latest report on e.u. ran back in two thousand and three the us was adamant its evidence on iraq's weapons of mass destruction and terrorist activity was as solid as could be satellite images of the base where saddam hussein was believed to train al qaida terrorists evidence of more vile lapse folk why a logical weapon is aluminum tubes presented as components of centrifuges to enrich uranium all of the above proved to be a hoax. and yet it was enough to start a war that would last eight plus years and kill more than one hundred thousand civilians israel is considering military action to take out iran's nuclear facil

the atomic tolls or. this atomic reactors now thirty four years old it's had a whole string of near misses with major disasters there was a three mile island meltdown precursor eighteen months before three mile island had its meltdown there was a steam generator in i mean at this davis basically no identical design to three mile island same exact. accident scenario began fortunately an operator had enough experience to recognize what was going on the one problem was they never communicated it to three mile island so eighteen months later the three mile island didn't know how to stop it is a mystery but they did that it started to got stopped they came very close to pave especially fortunately somebody caught it in time before it melted down like happened at three mile island there's been a whole string of these incidents most recently in two thousand and two a major corrosion hole in the lid of the cave especially reactor the closest thing to a disaster since three mile island more recently than that just

the reporting there and russia's state atomic company right. satam is considering building new power generating units for iran's bushehr nuclear plant this comes just after the i.a.e.a.'s latest report said it couldn't disprove iran is attempting to build atomic weapons we spoke to the corporation spokes person who said if the project does go ahead it will be on full display for the agency to observe the first show nuclear power plant is a unique international project because so lots of countries including western countries are involved in to prevent patients of this project and all the jobs which was done by russian special use was done under the full control of a. possible implementation of the possible construction of next units will be as well implemented under the full international control off united nations watchdog experts it will be absolutely transparent for international society we have great abyss mechanism of nuclear fuel supply where you say that we are ready to provide a new nuclear power plant to have nuclear fuel for all the li

summer that's according to reports citing british intelligence sources off of the findings of the un's atomic watchdog stalk fresh concern over to ron's nuclear program our top stories this hour. international news and comment line from moscow this is r.t. with you twenty four hours a day good to have you with us this so russia has been finally granted access to the world trade organization after almost twenty years of thought in a go she asians and commission in geneva has finalized overall terms for the long awaited membership which will happen now in december lottie's norse myths in. there's a document in circulation which is all the terms and conditions it weighs three and a half kilos and it amounts to some seven hundred pages now i haven't had time to read the whole thing and i doubt that i'm in the minority there but you can only imagine that it is full chockablock painstakingly negotiated compromises which have taken place over all that amount of time but in fact what the significance is is a question that the chief russian negotiator maksim says that he has been asked repeatedly over