led war have left the future of kirkuk very much uncertain sebastian meyer care cook for r.t. coming up later this hour russia ranks number one for you prime with authorities left looking for solutions and alternative methods. streets of moscow are flooded with vampires devils and pumpkins as it celebrates halloween and find out more here on r.t. . brazil chooses dilma rousseff to be the country's first female president she will succeed the highly popular outgoing president lula da silva rousseff from the ruling party has campaigned on the success of lula da silva who's credited with lifting millions out of poverty artie's laurel easter reports from sao paulo now where the gap between rich and poor continues to shrink. in brazil there are those who live tucked away behind barbed wire walls. and those who live behind shanty cinderblock ones but in this developing nation in one of the fastest growing major economies in the world where they are pioneering deep water oil research and ethanol production for example signs of human development to marked by a before and after before o

in a few minutes the ethnically diverse iraqi city of kirkuk. we take you on a raid to prevent the site becoming a hotbed for terror attacks. and in brazil the incoming leader takes up the baton to close the gap between rich and poor that's coming up in a few minutes right here on. russia and georgia could be entangled in a spy scandal with reports tbilisi detained twenty people on friday for espionage an anonymous source quoted by reuters said those detained are all georgian and are suspected of being part of a spy network information from moscow the georgian interior ministry has so far refused to comment and says it won't do so until next week russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov said moscow is not aware of any details as there are no diplomatic relations between the two countries experts say tbilisi's invasion shows how authoritarian the country is. when someone is arrested they are entitled to due process that means they can call a lawyer that family members can be contacted therefore arrests are announced and it never happens i can't te

first members of the 1st infantry division enjoying dinner at camp taji near baghdad, on this day in kirkuk also included the presentation of purple hearts. the captain tony smith of minnesota and private first class matthew gray of michigan. >>> as we were reminded this week there are nearly 30,000 u.s. troops in south korea, an outpost for american forces since the korean war began 60 years ago. the "uss george washington" will take part in military exercises off korea next week. this follows tuesday's attack by north korea, which rained artillery fire on an island near the border killing four including two civilians and triggering an international crisis. nbc's ian williams made his way to that island today for a firsthand look. >> reporter: we traveled on one of the first ferries to resume service since tuesday's attack. to the very edge of north korean waters where the rocky island of yeonpyeong sits just a couple of miles from the disputed sea border. the military was on high alert in the sky and patrolling the waters. soldiers checked everybody on the boat. there was vigilance but al

you have an arab population and the kurdish population, you have the friction and you have said, kirkuk is disputes. you have a kurdish family with a deed to a piece of land and it comes down to my father's for centuries. and then you have an arrow that's as i got this deed from those of, government a couple years ago, so we have to work those disputes out. rab then you have an a who says they have a deed from a few years ago from saddam hussein from the same piece of land. the kurds want to be left alone. they have their piece of land in northern iraq. they don't want people flying over them. we did a no-fly zone for years to try to keep saddam was an from having air power into northern iraq. as a result of him guessing men, women, and children. i don't think we were wrong there. if if somebody is guessing women and children on the basis that he does not like the united states, that is not a valid proposition that we are at fault he did the mothers and babies. host: seven minutes left with our guest is duncan hunter, author of "victory in iraq: how america won." now from richardson, te

you have an arab population and the kurdish population, you have the friction and you have said, kirkuk areas the curric and the displaced families. now there is disputes. you have a kurdish family with a deed to a piece of land and it comes down to my father's for centuries. and then you have an arrow that's as i got this deed from those of, government a couple years ago, so we have to work those disputes out. rab then you have an a who says they have a deed from a few years ago from saddam hussein from the same piece of land. the kurds want to be left alone. they have their piece of land in northern iraq. they don't want people flying over them. we did a no-fly zone for years to try to keep saddam was an from having air power into northern iraq. as a result of him guessing men, women, and children. i don't think we were wrong there. if if somebody is guessing women and children on the basis that he does not like the united states, that is not a valid proposition that we are at fault he did the mothers and babies. host: seven minutes left with our guest is duncan hunter, author of "vic