a very stark message from dmitri medvedev the small and tell us little bit more about what. as in your speech on the initial reaction to it. yes well there's been a there was a lot of it anticipation this morning for that speech and it's still currently ongoing he's meeting with a lot of political analysts ok one of the main points that he had mentioned is the modernization the russia needs to go through he's saying that there's no other way that russia can move forward aside from modernization so that has to happen he also mentioned as he has mentioned in the past that russia should stop depending on just natural resources and moving away from natural resources and innovating is the only way that russia can move forward another interesting point that he put forward is that on the position that russia is taking on iran he's saying the task of a russia is actually to help iran continue to help iran but at the same time ensure that iran is also following or keeping in line with international role and another important discussion actually right now is just as you stepped out th

today but there's only one agenda on the table and this is it's the idea of russian president dmitry medvedev and the proposal drafted last year by russia that was presented to the west that initially this treaty was mixed was greeted with mixed reactions some saying do we really need a new treaty some are saying this might actually be a good idea so this is what is going to be brought to the table of course we will also continue discussions that came out of yesterday's working sessions for terrorism to organized crime to energy security and to climate change but the most important on the table will be the need to rebuild a euro atlantic policy based on collective and legal principles not yesterday we heard some of the speaker saying that there is no point really and just putting fault or finding fault in each other's policies each other system so today they are going to look for the weaknesses in the european security policies but they're also going to try to find solutions and they're going to try to find a ways to strengthen the european policies as a whole now there is an important concep

. >> in contrast, russia's president, dmitry medvedev, is different. there are signs that tension is growing between the two men. >> there are rumors that dmitry medvedev does not want prime minister could to come back. for them, that is a disaster. >> but does the man who has already been president twice already have an appetite for a third 10 -- a third term? he kept us guessing at dinner this week. >> president and you did -- president dmitry medvedev have -- and i have said that what we do will depend on the situation in the country. >> most russian still view vladimir putin as the most powerful men in russia. if he decides he wants to return to the kremlin, that is likely to happen. do not expect mr. putin to reveal his plans anytime sand. bbc news, moscow. >> question for you. what does freddie mercury, and conductors have in common? from other descended zoroastrian my gratitude fled thousands of years ago. life in a relatively close community has its drawbacks. >> of fading of faith. at the teachings of the prophet zoroaster. passed down through

start with the global policy forum in jaroslava which has been hearing from russian president dmitry medvedev he told the u.s. to overcome what he described as jealousy towards moscow's proposed new european security deal and in a speech concentrating on democracy he said those who say russia isn't democratic have bad memories or catherine mcgrath shoebat has been following the discussions. the bottom line and present the bet of speech was that time has come not just to talk not just to criticize each other but time is to find global solutions three main topics dominated today's discussions democracy modernization and efficiency very simple things very simple ideas but how to achieve them there is indeed no consistency on that and the question is whether there should be consistency over that every country should go its own way russia's president russian president dmitry medvedev take on that is that nothing is very straightforward these days and this is what the forum is about as well the central topic democratization and democracy experiences around the world diversified experiences the heat

a very stark message from dmitri medvedev tell us more about what was in his speech and what's been the initial reaction. yes the second day of the global policy forum as was i would anticipate at the speech of the russian president dmitri medvedev he still currently talking to political analysts from around the world and the main point they've been saying is that there's a lot of improvement at russia so when certain people say about the modernization for example still very slow in russia but there's no other alternative for russia to move forward russia must engage in modernization important point that he has made in the past and he made again today is that russia's dependence on raw materials for example on natural resources this is not the way forward for russia to russia will have to find a way to go beyond that dependence in order to move forward he did get into parliamentary democracy how it's probably will not work in a rush i think he gave an example of china taking china into an example of the kind of government that they have or they might not work over here so there's a lot

forum and today as he says some vague names are coming and we're expecting russian president dmitri medvedev to be arriving. south korean president lee myung bak and they're also expecting president the president of the head of to be heated on the sidelines also have former japanese prime minister yukio hatoyama as well as italian prime minister silvio berlusconi here actually there's really a sense of anticipation everyone is waiting for of russian president dmitry medvedev speech and it's largely expected that it will be based on his russia article that he had written and also today the agenda that's been set is very specific it's about it's an intersection on be a treaty of european security so here they're talking about a common cooperation coming up with possibly a new framework where european countries at euro atlantic areas would cooperate on issues of security and there are a lot of other topics that came from the working sessions yesterday covering terrorism organized crime even climate change and energy security and a lot of interesting debate and opinions have been coming out here

so there's a lot more if you would about what was in dmitri medvedev speech on what the reaction was to it. well kevin three main things democrats as ation modernization and efficiency this is what the us russian president was grilled on by i think tanks politicians and journalists from some thirty countries today and the main idea the main message he's been sending is that nothing is straightforward as for democracy the main topic of this year's forum global policy for many years but it's a process it's just not a word just not a term because many were asking what democracy is in the first place secondly whether any adjectives can go before the word democracy and yes we heard so many adjectives attributed to this work today well i would like to quote a little bit thrown president medvedev on what he said why attitude in russia towards democracy is really controversial he says it's largely associated with the ninety's for democracy in russia at the time when the leave it to cyprus parity were promised by reformers at that time instead brought forward t.v. but still the presidents dem

well many of the ideas that dmitri medvedev outlined at the forum came from his article go russia written a year ago the article sets out measures to kick out corruption and kick start modernization with the ultimate aim to reduce russia's dependency on its natural resources the president's press secretary natalya to make over told us about its progress. programs that the president gave a detailed and unflattering account of the situation russia is currently in it was not unflattering in the meaning of critical i think previous period and previous achievements no on the contrary they were giving credit but it was stated that the model of development russia had chosen and pursued until now is no longer viable the president named a number of reasons that stand in the way of the country's development corruption was named as a major reason for delay in development it is true that no competition is possible until we have a well built up today judicial system until we combat corruption and have fair unbiased courts an honest and unbiased law. personality in without all this it will be hard for

moscow's long time mayor you were given the sack after nearly two decades in power dmitry medvedev site of a loss of confidence and amir as a reason for his dismissal. could aliens have control over the world's nuclear weapons a group of retired u.s. air force officers thinks so and given sworn affidavits claiming that strange events from ukraine to the u.s. can be explained by looking to the stars. while russian officials are doing all they can to stay on the inflow of drugs from central asia police are also dealing with the problem of amateur chemists making their own they're finding that simple household products are all that's needed to make and only go back. so they have lines here in our time out to take a look what's happening in the world of sports. great to have your company this is sports today i mean these are some of the stories we're covering this hour more of the same please dumps the message spartak moscow monitor fillery car will be drumming into his own beaten side head of their second european cup clash this time against slovakia minnows chile. and eleven million dolla

that you like but in terms of the stars opinions are concerned you know what russian president dmitri medvedev i think said him i think the president was right in fact i've said that he has lost confidence if you lift up his one time order all the way from my end and he said that he will be meeting with all when i arrive back here and we know from reports that the new shop had met with kremlin officials i'm aware he was going back to the holidays and gone to austria about the target for voluntary resignation or just leaving his post now that come back and according to dr law there ways that the federal level of official over between ten loses both one is by seeking for dismissal and the other is by order of the state and in this case we know that it's because of the order of the russian president that it that this club is now lost his post after eighteen years and let's listen to what the president had to say. but. i decided to dismiss the mayor of moscow the decree i signed states that i as president have lost trust in yuri luzhkov and it is a legal reason for his dismissal it's happened for

consistency over that every country should go its own way russia's president russian president dmitry medvedev take on that is that nothing is very straightforward these days and this is what the forum is about as for the central topic democratization and democracy experiences around the world diversified experiences the heated argument was about what is democracy in the first place and where it can be described with some adjectives and indeed the many like young which were open democracy and democratic institutions are intensively developing and russia and present a better said he personally wouldn't want to live in another country in a country which would have chosen another way. he said listen i strongly disagree with those who say there's no democracy in russia and that there's authoritarian tendencies here it's not true that russia is a democracy beyond any doubt it's young it's immature it's still not perfect and experience but it's a democracy nonetheless there's a way to go but we're ready to work on it in some countries democracy is being imposed but it doesn't work that way and we've

now after serious talks and deals in beijing russian president dmitry medvedev is wrapping up his visit to china on the third day of his trip he is in shanghai where he's already man chinese vice presidency jumping considered the most likely successor of hu jintao or you know across life to respond he said now who is there it's worse now dmitry medvedev has hailed his visit as success so what's been done and what's been going on today in shanghai. well this of course is all about the future and innovation and what better place for that to take place than here at the shanghai expo where dmitry medvedev opened russia day he also had a bilateral meeting with the thing paying who was thought to be the most likely candidate to take over for president hu jintao in twenty twelve so that meeting was seen as a sort of ground laying meeting making a connection with the man who might be leading china in a couple of years to come now the two spent most of the day together they toured the chinese and russians with millions to of the favorites at this year's axwell and to speak more about the russian

came in had worsened but the man is subordinate to the president and not an equal that's why dmitri medvedev had to act to return the situation back to normal. while you're as we now are your english cause has been obvious for almost twenty here is and the attitude towards him has been mixed some people like him some people didn't like him but what was the reaction from moscow vides to the mayor's sacking yesterday. for your stuff it was awful sport for quite some time your. reaction when he said this after different lots of people did like him was a bit like for example i mean you were saying that it was because of the you will scoff that law school became one of the european capitals quite a lot of buildings and new buildings were built was that the. city the new business center built in the cab or want what was done was old other. objects but at the same time many people are criticizing the school for failing to resolve the traffic problem in the city and that a lot of people a lot of buildings be wanting to go through a heritage of the city were destroyed as well and was there is a lot o

after serious talks and deals in beijing russian president dmitry medvedev is wrapping up his visit to china on the third day of his trip he's in shanghai where he's already met chinese vice presidency jinping considered the most likely successor of hu jintao and he's now in reports. today is all about innovation and the future and what better place to do that but at the shanghai expo twenty ten dmitri medvedev open the day of russia giving a speech he also held a bilateral meeting with seething ping who is the deputy chair of president hu jintao also thought to be the most likely candidate to take over in twenty twelve so many people saying this is kind of a ground laying meeting a way to connect ties with the person that might be leaving china in a couple of years to come well the two are going to tour the chinese and russian pavilions they're said to be the favorites this time around they have the most impressive stands the lines for those to put billions are said to be the longest what's on display in the russian pavilion while russia's top tech and energy companies including last

he arrived at city hall to discover dmitry medvedev had sacked him. >> i have lost confidence in the mayor of moscow. according to law, must of confidence means dismissal. this is the first time i have removed some one for this reason. >> relations between the president and the mayor have been strained for weeks, after a war of words. the kremlin went on the offensive. state-controlled russian tv channels accused yuri luzhov of mismanaging the summer smog crisis. they blamed him for gridlock on the roads. there were allegations of corruption, too. yesterday, yuri luzhov said he had no plans to step down. today, the kremlin has issued a statement. >> it was such an unusual revolution. in the past, anybody with him the central authorities were displeased, they would automatically resign. and he said he would not leave on his own accord, which was in itself a challenge. >> as moscow mayor, yuri luzhov loved grand projects. he rebuilt from scratch this destroyed from soviet times. he opened a multi main road. his greatest achievement were so many buildings for the same job. he had a choi

men fifth -- president dmitry medvedev and i have an agreement. but we do in 2011 and 2012 will depend on the situation in the country. it is too near to talk about this. >> if he decides to months to return your to the kremlin, that is likely to happen. but the next election is a year- and-a-half away, said the not expect mr. clinton to reveal his plans -- so do not expect mr. pelton to reveal his plans anytime soon. >> a question for you. what does freddie mercury and a conductor have in common? they are descended from the zoroastrian migrants that fled their country years ago. life in this close community has its drawbacks. >> of fading fay. the teachings of the profit zoroaster. now this religious group fights to keep the tradition alive. young priests are taught special ceremonies. the ceremony is closed to non- parsis. [unintelligible] even 10,000 going down in one year, it is a big number. thrivingndia's financial capital. a city the parsis helped build. this in and helped found ndf's contemporary -- this man helped found ndf's contemporary

relations between mayor and president dmitry medvedev have been strained for some time. the president could fired the mayor at any moment. the president could fire a number of regional leaders. if the moscow mayor is sacked or steps aside, that could be seen as a political victory for the president. >> that from moscow. we tend to connect pollution and global warming with heavy industry. but what about pollution inside the helm? the u.s. secretary of state has announced the campaigns you, that these -- the campaign to combat the scourge of cooking smoke. >> cooking smoke may keep the flies down, but it harms the eyes and lungs of those exposed to it, namely women and children. the black smoke also ushers climate change. the aim is to bring clean- burning stoves to 100 million homes by 2020. the cleanest of all the stoves are those like this in a project i highlighted in india a few years ago. this uses the same principle that a young boy uses to burn all zero in a piece of paper with the magnifying glass. how hot is it? well, the answer is in the newspaper. that is how h

the maritime collision, even after japan released all the crew members. >> russia's president, dmitry medvedev is planning to be visit russia-held islands north of hokkaido claimed by japan. sources of the sakhalin prevention authorities told nhk that medvedev could arrive as early as wednesday. it would be the first-ever visit to disputed islands by a russian or former soviet leader. but sources in moscow familiar with japan/russia relations say there's no information on medvedev's plan. the president is currently visiting china. on monday, medvedev and chinese president, hu jintao issued a joint statement to mark the 65th anniversary of their country's victory over japan. in july, the medvedev administration designated september 2nd as the end of world war ii day. it was on that date that japan signed a surrender document in 1945. medvedev's visit will be seen as reinforcing russia's position that the islands becam russian territory as a rult ofor waii. >>> and that wraps up this edition of "newsline." i'm katherine kobayashi in tokyo, thanks very much for joining us. we'll be back at the to

and russian president dmitry medvedev has been playing host to his chinese counterpart hu jintao in the russian pavilion at the world expo in shanghai the state visit has been dominated by business and trade at the expo the russian delegation took the opportunity to promote the country's high tech credentials make poor parts. showing off what modern russia can do the latest and safest in nuclear technologies a three dimensional display of the two thousand and fourteen winter olympics in sochi and dmitri medvedev pet project innovation center in skolkovo which is open to high tech companies all over the world including china but the head of russian nanotechnologies says there's a lot to be learned from china in terms of its technological development get their powered watches china carried so it's a very successful program of bringing back chinese scientists from abroad everywhere in shanghai i met scientists who had just come back from harvard mit stanford these are people who came back to their own country to develop science and production is that the way the project is organized is ver

russian president dmitry medvedev has vetoed the shipment of s. three hundred missiles and other weapons to iran the measure was put in place after the recent u.n. general assembly session experts say russia was not the blinds to impose these sanctions as the u.n. has accepted there is nothing about air defense systems in the resolution now they run may review the position of allowing moscow to enrich uranium for its nuclear program some analysts say criticism from moscow is especially harmful for run as it has always seen russians as allies but in this aspect russia is still less vigorous than the united states the e.u. and some other countries which impose stricter sanctions. thank you very much for coming to. the u.n. resolution in full imposing sanctions on iran's past if i'm not mistaken in g nine so. and i think juneau russia has suspended the arms contracts only now why what happened in the meantime what made russia. tighten its stance on iran well first i would disagree with your previous description that russia has made a u. turn in its a

lot of big name security have been stepped up of course we are expecting a russian president dmitri medvedev you're also expecting. president the former prime minister. and of course italian prime minister silvio berlusconi so we have a large contingent from asia a large contingent from western europe we are expecting them to sit down with each other and discuss have one on one conversations and we're also expecting them to be briefed on the working sessions that happened yesterday on topics such as terrorism organized crime. security and of course we have representatives from you when you have representatives from nato so again we have gathering some of the most important people in the world and already this conference on its second year has been compared to before and so again we're going to be expecting a lot of big names today so we're looking forward to what they have to say to the participants of this forum. and. that will be discussed today which will illustrate just how important relevant to today's world that this forum is tell us more about . right so yesterday we had four working

most important and the biggest topic of these years political forum is modernization ever since dmitri medvedev vowed to move the country away from natural resources from dependence on natural resources to diversify the economy and to more not important now more on that i'm now joined by one of the participants of this year's political for many years and also the president of the political foundation. ellen thank you very much for joining us mr in the up we recently just about so we could go during the discussion club which is you know between you and me is known as the as. these event is dubbed as the bettas party what's the difference between these two major events well first of all why wouldn't the difference to the truth. for the way different participants different agendas. different settings even the weather is different this forum is warmer. bald guy is in need of russia specialist. yaroslav is in need of global specials it's not about russia and suppose the world where we are economically politically in terms of democracy building all around the world. amount of people is a feast for ti

dmitri medvedev open the day of russia giving a speech he also held a bilateral meeting with seething ping who is the deputy chair of president hu jintao also bought to be the most likely candidate to take over in twenty twelve so many people saying this is kind of a ground laying meeting a way to connect ties with the person that might be leaving china in a couple of years to come now the two spent most of the day together they toward the chinese and russian pavilions two of the favorites at this year's x. well what's on display in the russian pavilion well russia's top tech and energy companies including los nano which obviously is a nanotechnology corporation and that's part of a bigger project which is plans to build a silicon valley like tech village just outside moscow to bring together the greatest russian minds to work on future innovations for the president praised the russian pavilion as being a success he certainly like what you saw there and what better place to start pushing for modernization in russia and here in china. and he said now i write that and we do have lots mo

and time for action in his speech to the forum russia's president dmitry medvedev called on the u.s. to step up efforts to form a new world security structure. the modernization of russia must continue no matter who runs the country or even what political system is used to govern it president medvedev. is a determination to root out corruption and to promote a more diverse economy she's been speaking to our. exclusive interview coming up right now. a year ago president reagan published his vision for the future of russia to fill us in on what progress has been made i'm not we're joined by his press secretary not that it's a makeover that ali thank you very much for joining me. but is there in his article a go russia published last year the president named corruption as one of the biggest problems slowing down the country's development according to some figures it's volume which is around half of the u.v. g.d.p. what's changed since then that is that no one. did a year ago in his article go to russia president medvedev gave a detailed and unflattering account of the situation russia i

launched and investigators call fiberglass as an act of terrorism so now the russian president dmitry medvedev just called it to emergencies and tells me to try to provide all intrinsically to necessarily aid and the injured and the families all that we can get compensation from the. pictures all so far but we'll keep you updated. talk to correspond on our last show but we plan to get a live report from a live update and in the coming minutes i witness accounts are coming in from the city and here's what some of the locals off saying about this attack. but you could show i didn't hear much we were sitting there talking and then we heard some debris fall of the ground that was it became outside and saw dead bodies on the ground you know i didn't look at the time i think it was around eleven i told you i was in the pavilion i don't know anything else i told you everything it's all i saw was coming grandmother was killed along with one of her grandchildren my daughter in law went to the market and i still don't know if she is alive she hasn't called me i'm so sorry to lose them i was at home my h

r t w s meanwhile president dmitri medvedev said those responsible for today's terror attack will be punished three suspects have so far been detained as part of our ongoing investigation and our correspondent maria friend ocean has the story from the airport in the moscow region where those severely injured in that time every day. investigation over the tire acting. on the guy we know they had a vicious aphis the federal security service is currently in the republic to personally morning to the cetacean to personally oversee the investigation and he has reported that three suspects have been detained so far although we are not given any detail exactly who are these people earlier the prosecutors have also knows that they've managed to find out who opened the call that exploded in the city over the. on thursday morning and they've also told us that it was registered in their neighbor nepal they call in it's another volatile place in the riches north caucasus russian president dmitri medvedev has indeed condemned to terrorize call the people responsible for this course of. thoughts an

day visit to china the first stop of the three cities it was in formerly known as port arthur dmitri medvedev laid down flowers on put a wreath the memorial to the soviet civilians and soldiers who died in china during both world wars and in the once you know full russo-japanese war later in the day russia's president moves to beijing head of monday's talks with the county's top officials. while u.s. census figures show that america's poverty level is at its highest for one hundred years wars in iraq and afghanistan along with the term all of the financial crisis blame for the grim statistic he's a resident asks people on the streets of new york how bad they think the situation really is. the u.s. census bureau released a report indicating that about forty four million americans or one in seven live below the poverty level that's the highest it's been in over half of that jury what or who's to blame for this this week let's talk about that is that the prising not consider in obama's policy you know the thing he's to blame for where we're at right now well he's partially to blame he's put the

president dmitry medvedev his idea he was also saying that the u.s. should take a more active role in this. with president obama and some sort of. idea and here's what he had to say. we need to create an institution that will bring together nato and nato members and other structures u.s. counterpart president barack obama. never avoids discussing this issue he does not say that is harmful or unnecessary but i would suggest that among our american partners a certain jealousy exists with regard to this idea however it is necessary to rise over this josee and try to look the truth in without the creation of the system the world will not be able to survive we can help each other here. all the speaking of security one of the. topics again raised was iran of course and president medvedev said that the role of russia in relation to iran is to continue to help them but also to make sure that they are in line with international law so he's not ostracizing that he will see he said russia will continue to help iran as long as it's along the lines of global secur

sessions will be attended by the russian president dmitry medvedev who is expected to arrive tomorrow and attend some of the working sessions of the summit there are also informal aspects to the event where not only the participants can talk to themselves but they also have time to talk to journalists to share their ideas on what needs to be done to improve the summit of course it's still a very young format this is only its second year but many here are already hoping that this will continue to be an annual event and they were called to it will continue to offer its input into developing the international community into a safer and more stable arena for international cooperation of course the press secretary to the russian president that it's an awkward to mco told us a little bit more details about why this summit is important and what is expected of this year's event. of. this forum is taking place only for the second time but it has already attracted a lot of interest from our foreign partners as well as political circles aside from the russian president italy's prime minister sil

and news just in russian president dmitry medvedev has signed a decree file. airing of moscow where your english coffee after almost two decades the kremlin says it is due to a loss of confidence in the city's top official r.t. looks at his legacy. the constant feature of the moscow mayor he's a legendary cab has been the subject of amusement throughout his eighteen years in power selling his custom made silver cap it's an auction of kindly granted a moscow nursery home the one million u.s. dollars. he's made or shipped meanwhile needs more than just one cap to cover the bald spots of his career he started making his fortune on the economic crisis of the late ninety's rumors of money laundering have haunted many of his multi-million dollar construction projects across the capital there's lots of problems in the city namely there is no affordable housing for the most collides there is a problem of people cheated by the construction pyramids these two and others have to be dealt with before any question about future employment of them to be discussed while the c

visited by president dmitry medvedev a man with chinese vice president putin. to be next to. hello and welcome to our. life. story now off to rating as they may have more for almost two decades you were to school has been signed by president dmitri medvedev the decision comes as the company's controversial top official refused to resign as demanded by the kremlin. the story. right now there has been no reaction. he is leaving russia ruling party now this is of course on top of the. president so we can see the. political career and we also know that before this is happening there's already been a lot of controversy talk about the possibility of this very thing happening prior to today has met.

months ago dmitry medvedev was in poland to attend dave president of the -- attended the funeral of the late president. they may find there is not enough evidence to send him in moscow's direction. he may be a free man once again. that is for the courts to decide. >> a businessman who is the imam of a large mosque has come up with a new idea to help muslims too busy to pray. he thinks he has hit on a winner. >> is the ultimate gadget for the bitter -- busied modern lifestyle. it is the mosque in a box. it folds out to recreate the perfect environment for prayer. >> prayer is norris meant for the soul. you have to be in the right -- nourishment for the soul. we cannot always drop things in an instant to go pray. >> the three panels decorated with the arabic script [unintelligible] is positioned in the direction of mecca and particularly good for women who are faced with a new law that will soon bandy -- soon ban the burqa. up to 600 models for the super deluxe version. with the country of a growing population of muslims, you might be praying for a tidy profit. >> this next story is one t

. >> dmitry medvedev visited china and the two countries signed a number of wide-ranging agreements including energy cooperation deals. that will feed china's massive growing energy needs. russia will provide anything from coal to renewable energy. medvedev and his chinese counterpart also celebrated the completion of a new pipeline which will carry oil directly from russia into china. >> the first oil pipeline from russia into china is now complete. workers have made the final weld's between the two stretches of pipeline at the border. it is important for russia especially, which is trying to reduce its dependence on european energy customers. >> this project? the partnership between our nations and our corporation much stronger. it is looking into the future. it is mutually beneficial. i am sure it will be of great use to both our countries. >> russia can now ship up to 100 million barrels a year from siberia to china. gas from would like to sell natural gas to -- gazprom would like to sell natural gas to china as well after the trouble it has had with transit companies in europe. >> it mak

banca dmitry medvedev has vowed to destroy those behind thursday's suicide bombing in the north caucuses which left 17 people dead. they are observing a day of mourning one day after a bomber blew himself up in a busy marketplace. more than one half the people were wounded. the attack came as a leading islamic -- more than 100 people were wounded. >>> at least one person is reported missing after a mudslide flooded a tiny village on italy's coast. emergency services were called in in the middle of the night after the mud slide ripped through the village, overturning cars and gushing into homes. it was unleashed by heavy rains that caused rivers to burst their banks. the rainfall let up friday, but more is expected in the coming days. >>> formula one, an impressive performance, topping the times after the first day of practice for the italian grand prix. the red bull driver and world cup hopeful age the competition and is the favorite to win it. the ferraris came in second and third. >>> for muslims around the world, it is a time of celebration. the fasting month of ramadan has and it --

now off to raiding as the mayor of moscow for almost two decades has been signed by president dmitry medvedev the decision comes as the competent top official refused to resign as demanded by the kremlin. this story right now there has been no reaction. that. he is leaving the. ruling party now this is of course on top of the. by the president so we can see that these are really major blows through his a political career and we also know that before this is happening there's already been a lot of controversy talk about the possibility of this very thing happening prior to today.

. >>> russian president dmitry medvedev has arrived at the far eastern peninsula of kamchatka.his is after changing his plan to visit the four disputed islands off hokkaido. the islands are claimed by japan. medvedev had been scheduled to visit the islands on wednesday in the first tour by a russian or soviet leader. but russian government sources say the president will now attend a ceremony for the energy industry and meet local officials in kamchatka. the council visit had been seen as reinforcing russia's position on the sovereignty of the islands, which were occupied by soviet forces in the confusion at the end of world war ii. a forecast of bad weather appears to be the reason for the itinerary change. medvedev has sacked veteran moscow mayor yuri luzhkov. the 74-year-old mayor ran the capital for 18 years and was the last of the powerful officials. medvedev told reporters during his visit to shanghai on tuesday that he lost trust in luzhkov. russia's presidential office said it asked luzhkov to voluntarily resign amid recent corruption charges, but it says he refused and