in kosovo. and still ahead for you this hour russia's first interplanetary mission in fifteen years. we'll tell you why this probe wants to dig to the dirt on the martian the moon of phobos once ground control fixes a post launch which. also why india as a government believes these people are no longer poor enough to get the help of millions of them still believe. and western europe is getting its first gas from russia via the newly built north stream pipeline that bypasses trials of countries to route is designed to bring cheaper gas to homes and businesses in the join me in ten minutes more about the significance of this project of the. times before the man who's dominated italian politics for the best part of two decades prime minister silvio berlusconi's been seemingly indestructible facing a mountain of corruption lawsuits and sex crime allegations italy's while finances which i've finally led him to agree to quit his majority of operated as parliament passed italy's twenty ten a key vote t

remains extremely high in north in kosovo. that night as the native by k four try to dismantle the barricades the serbs came out today defense tear gas was used there were injuries as well as we drove around the serbian part of kosovo you know does it have barricades are not being dismantled and in fact some have told us that more are going to be put up they're being manned and if people here are going to carry on manning them as an act of defiance now what you may see there is barricades you may say well that's just a pile of rubble but to the people living here they're an extremely important symbol and also they have important practical implications the local minority field and their rights have been eroded kosovo which is majority old baby and populated has been recognized by many countries in the international community ten percent who are serbs are sane of their rights are not being respected they're not a part of this new so-called say they still say that they're living in serbia and they do not recognize this kosovo so

and the people of kosovo are fighting for themselves the e.u. keeps making new demands first handing over milosevic then cut out which then mullard it but they will never be satisfied meanwhile the situation for serbs in kosovo is getting worse that we have because this is footage of the latest clashes on the barricades which have been happening almost daily recently but despite the toll of simmering violence when we visit the barricades on a quite a night there is all of course where serbs remains firm over because this will because this is our homeland we will not leave it and we will defend it regardless of what anyone else tells us to do. here opinion union most of the leaders in belgrade and albanian cost of us of all brushed off the idea of an independent serbian kosovo but until a compromise of some sort of phone for the serb minority living here a destructive standoff will continue indefinitely either of iraq now of. course of a. twenty minutes past the hour here in the russian capital of the supreme court of south a city has ruled the r

reporting from costas commute in kosovo. it's the end of an era for italy as prime minister silvio berlusconi declares he's throwing in the towel after a scandal ridden decade in power he's promised resignation comes with a precondition however that parliament passes a series of budget cuts to keep its sinking economy afloat a correspondent sarah firth has more on what they saw waves that for the embattled country. we've seen a lot of concern today that it's least the latest usa in country to be sucked into a death spiral from which there might be navy turn now we saw today it's these borrowing costs past that seven percent threshold that's extremely significant because that was the trigger point at which we saw countries searches ireland portugal and greece when they passed it have to then ask for emergency bell assistance from the usa and the i.m.f. now is to say significant because it's the point at which investors have their risk threshold and start to look at countries such as this really with a very large debt and ask

in kosovo. the time to update you on some other stories from across the world in our world update syrian security forces reportedly killed twenty six people across the country in a fresh wave of crackdowns on government protesters this comes as the leader of russia's orthodox church patriarch kirill begins a peace making peace making a visit to syria for talks with president assad he called on syrians to build an open peaceful society and reinforce national unity to avoid civil war because it follows the arab league's decision to suspend the country until a peace plan is brought here and move angered thousands of pro-government supporters in syria who rallied and storm several foreign embassies in response. a powerful explosion has killed six people in northwest pakistan the bomb was placed in a car left unattended in the khyber province near the afghan border no one is so far claimed responsibility but officials have blamed previous violence in the area on taliban and is missed an innocence thi

standoff in northern kosovo between serbs and nato back to kosovo police finally draws un attention while the locals are blended into the scenery as part of everyday life. here in moscow russia's capital this is. and these are top stories the international nuclear agency says iran might be working on developing atomic weapons in its most critical report yet on the country its findings or widely expected and comes days after israel bluntly said military action against iran is getting closer and raising fears the report could be a pretext to an attack on a church and has more on the islamic study. 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 and the international atomic energy agency claims to have the rainy and computer models of nuclear warheads which the watchtower views as a possible indication that you ran plans to build an atomic bomb among other evidence a satellite image of a

see reporting from courses commutative it's in kosovo. russia has a launched an unmanned probe into one of mars moons but it has hit technical trouble it's heading into phobos to try and on earth some secrets about our solar systems creation space agency officials say there is still time to sort the missions which is out or tease peter all over can explain it more for us now peter how serious are the launch problems currently well it all started so well launch you know from the baikonur cosmodrome on board is there any rockets the focus group probe seem to be going well and tail the second stage of the launch vehicle was due to detach now this is when problems with attempted a emergency went round at six ten g.m.t. that said that there was a problem now what that problem is the still hoping to be able to establish their all hopes that it is a problem with the software of the probe that's supposed to head off to the moon one of the moons of mars and pick up soil samples if it is a problem with the software this is something that can be cor

and this resistance in kosovo fresh clashes result in death and injury. those stories still to come but first in italy the race is on to form a new caretaker government to pull the country back from the financial abyss this follows the resignation of silvio berlusconi who stepped down on saturday having ruled the country's prime minister for a total of ten years in three separate terms former commissioner mario monti is considered the main contender to replace. first reports now from rome. continuing this evening on the possible nation of a caretaker government president the politan it's been meeting with political leaders today to discuss that and to discuss he could take the top spot there are some differences of opinion the even amongst these political quips about what should happen and indeed. should maybe be the next to lead to take a government task force to happen now the person here who a lot of people think is take the top spot is a form of the commission that mary muncie is a very well respected economist here in the country. you know it's a sys

in kosovo. technical difficulties are threatening the russian space probe heading to a martian move just out was into its mission the country space agency says they'll just have a window of a few days to try and fix the problems they're encountering now the mission was hoping to shed light on how the solar system was created bring us up to date on this one tonight peter all of. well the mission itself is only at risk depending on what kind of technical failure it is now the launch of the the full grown and actually went off pretty much without a hitch it was shortly after that initial launch that problem started arising now it all depends what kind of problem is now if it's a problem with the the software on board then that potentially can be fixed however if it is a problem with the hardware the actual probe itself well it could prove to be the end of this mission pretty much before it's even got underway well this is a. hugely anticipated scientific mission from the russian space agency it's t

and the people of kosovo are fighting for themselves the e.u. keeps making new demands first handing over milosevic then could outage or not it should but they will never be satisfied meanwhile the situation for serbs in kosovo is getting worse that we have because this is footage of the latest clashes on the barricades which have been happening almost daily recently with the spider toll of simmering violence one revisited barricades on a quite a night it was all of course were served remains firm. this will because this is a whole month we will not leave it and we will defend it regardless of what anyone else tells us to do. here opinion union most of the leaders in belgrade an albanian cause a loss of all brushed off the idea of an independent survey in kosovo put until called the mind of some sort of stone for say a minority living here a destructive standoff will continue indefinitely. oh i see. it is nearly time for the business with kareena but for now let's check out some other news making headlines around the world of the world update no

in kosovo. russia launched an unmanned probe into one of marxism moons in the early hours of wednesday but had has hit technical trouble. a series of robotic maneuvers should have taken place after the probe separated from its booster rocket that has not happened and federal space agency officials say they have three days to sort the problem out the probes designed to bring back soil from the martian moon phobos which should on earth some secrets about our solar systems creation also on board is china's first mars satellite which will be put into observation orbit around the red planet. and more world news now starting in thailand where the floodwaters are finally receding. cleaning up is it now underway in northern provinces but things are far from over in bangkok where there is a struggle to create debris that's blocking the capital's dreams the floods are taking a huge toll on thailand over five hundred people have been killed and many thousands displaced while key firms such as toyota honda

see those that were there for twelve years since the conflict that divide of kosovo the politicians and the great have repeated of the area is an integral part of serbia but under the presidency of western oriented but it's heritage joining the european union has become a bigger priority to satisfy either man's heritage has recently called for the barricades to be dismantled and branded bad offenders extremists. that are public it will grow has abandoned possible and the people of kosovo are fighting for themselves but the e.u. keeps making new demands first handing over milosevic to encourage the nottage but they will never be satisfied meanwhile the situation for serbs in kosovo is getting worse that we have because this is footage of the latest clashes on the barricades which have been happening almost daily recently but despite the toll of simmering violence when we visited barricades on a quite a night it was all of course where serbs remains firm oliver because this was this is our homeland we will not leave it and we will defend it regardless of what anyone else tells us to do wi

northern kosovo between. police finally draws. blame for the trouble. don't want to live in self-proclaimed independent kosovo. into syria part of everyday life. financial fall of. the previously political prime minister for.

fee hikes nato peacekeepers have used tear gas to take over serbian barricade erected in northern kosovo as the long lasting standoff in the region between careful forces and local serbs continues for many who live there the roadblocks already started to blend into the scenery. and the leaning tower of death collapses on its knees pm berlusconi has promised resignation sparking fresh market panic in sitting rooms borrowing costs soaring. tempi and wednesday night are moscow welcome my name is kevin now in our top story and i'll tell you this iran won't back down from its nuclear program in 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

in kosovo. the republic of south of setia has taken to the polls in its first presidential election since again to international recognition in two thousand and eight however no winner has been determined in the first round of the vote two candidates will now go through a runoff vote the current emergencies minister on a b.b. live and former education minister all the joy of a they both gained around twenty four percent of the poll the next round is scheduled to take place in two weeks time. now to some other stories from across the world a powerful explosion has killed six people in northwest pakistan the bomb was placed in a cart left unattended in the khyber province near the afghan border no one has so far claimed responsibility but officials have blamed previous violence in the area on taliban and islamised militants this comes just a day after a dozen people died during a gunfight and a mortar attack in the same region. in portland police have arrested at least fifty occupy protesters in a

on the rise this resistance to kosovo fresh clashes result in. injury. story still to come but first in italy the race is on to form a new caretaker government to pull the country but from a financial abyss this follows the resignation of silvio berlusconi who stepped out on saturday having ruled the country's prime minister for seventeen years former e.u. commissioner mario monti is considered a top contender to replace him skinny let's talk. rome. has been quite a week in politics isn't it we've got a scan his resignation on saturday what is the situation. continuing in the evening on the possible combination of they can take a government presence in the politan h.b. meeting with political leaders today to discuss to discuss who could take the top spot because there are some differences of opinion the name in amongst those political groups about what should happen and indeed. it may be the next to lead that can take a government that's what's to happen now can see a lot of people think that top spot isn't for me you can marry a month he's a very worst

in kosovo. coming up next as a programs continue an in-depth look at america's mideast policy right now michael shows a former cia officer whose responsibility is included in the past dealing with al qaeda he shares his views on this very matter here on this channel. we're sitting down with michael scheuer the man who had served in the cia for more than twenty years up until two thousand and four at one time he was the chief of the cia bin laden unit then he went and exposed how counter affective washington's methods were in the fight against terror he looked at the u.s. through its enemies eyes in fact it's the title of one of his books called through our enemy's eyes so i'm very pleased to have the chance to thank enjoy or i'm glad to be here bin laden is gone who is washington's number one enemy now washington's enemy is an enemy that doesn't exist we're fighting and in islam make enemy that washington believes is out to kill us because we have elections because we are free because we have wo

reporting from cause of scum either of its are in kosovo. russia launched an unmanned probe or to one of mars moons in the early hours of wednesday but it has hit technical trouble. a series of robotic one overs it should have taken place after the probe separated from its booster rocket that has not happened however and federal space agency officials say they have three days to sort the problem out the probes are designed to bring back soil from the martian moon of phobos which should on earth some secrets about our solar system's creation also on board is china's first mars satellite which will be put in observation orbit around the red planet diapers govern explains the mission is ambition. ever since galileo galilei first pointed his telescope at mass people couldn't help but wonder is there life on the red planet the question is still in the air now russian scientists have decided to study mass in one of its two moons phobos in a single ambitious mission. our focus is obtaining a piece of soil for a proper study. so the whole project on

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 collecting all the information it would need to do so and has a lot of technology in the international atomic energy agency claims to have iranian computer models of

in kosovo and still ahead for you this hour russia's first interplanetary mission fifteen years. we'll tell you why this probe wants to dig the dirt on martian moon . once ground control fixes a post launch glitch. also why india's government believes these people are no longer poor enough to get the help millions of them still need. and western europe is getting the first gas from russia via the newly built north stream pipeline that bypasses transit countries the route is meant to bring cheaper gas to homes and businesses joining me in about ten minutes or more on that on the significance of that project a number. of times up before the man who has dominated italian politics for the best part of two decades but it's not the mountain of corruption lawsuits and sex crime allegations that did it for prime minister silvio berlusconi it's italy's it will finance its his majority evaporated. italy's twenty ten spending a key vote to decide the next budget cuts which will be voted on next week italy is europe's next big worry after greece it's a brawling costs are at a record high and

have got the details from kosovo last slide caused here in northern kosovo without violence but does not mean that the source of tension has disappeared two nights ago on the twenty third nato back a force tried to remove a barricade that has been put up by the ethnic servin minority here it was word was stiff resistance tear gas was used more than twenty people were injured and the operation by the capel had to be abandoned. now yesterday we drove around the area and these barricades which have been up here for around four months still are manned by people and people are saying that they're not going to abandon them and find planning to put up even more of them now that untrained eye these road blocks these barricades just seem like piles of rubble amateur actually constructed and nobody would think that would be a cause of such a bitter conflict but in order to understand why they appear we need to go back to july as we know the serbian people here the ethnic serbs are in a minority they only constitute about ten percent of the population of course of oh since the kosovo has been r

like the standoff in the northern kosovo between serbs and a nato backed kosovan police finally draws u.n. attention while the locals lend their barricades into the scenery as part of everyday life. and as the financial fall of rome looms closer the previously politically bulletproof premier berlusconi finally agrees to go but not get. and welcome back you're watching our team glad to have you with us let's get right to the top stories the international nuclear agency says iran it might be working on developing atomic weapons and its most critical report yet on the country and its findings were widely expected and to come days after israel bluntly said military action against iran is getting closer raising fears the report could be a pretext to an attack going to such a camp has more on the atomic study. right 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 a team south and has a lot of technology and the internatio

in kosovo. now at twenty five minutes past the hour here in moscow to remember that you can see that story all of our stories online as well as much much more. independence day. by dozens hundreds arrested you can see how it happened on our website. find out how russia's black sea coast is making a name for it so. i'm going to taste of that. dog. with you live from moscow now a technical failure affecting russia's first interplanetary mission in fifteen years has dealt a huge blow to hopes of getting a better understanding of how the universe evolved there are now fears that the ten ton. probe will crash back to earth having never reached its goal. reports from the launch station. hopes were high when the phobos rocket was launched from the cosmodrome here in baikonur in kazakstan it was the first interplanetary mission russia had launched in fifteen years and there was great hopes that it would help to reveal secrets about the red planet and about how life evolved those hopes out of synch turne

year when the course of albanians decided to impose a trade embargo on the serbs living in northern kosovo and they set up security checkpoints at the border crossings the serbs reacted with indignation they blocked these border crossings putting their own main made barricades made of sand as best those and of course themselves protecting this part not letting anybody to come inside the normal course of war including the nato contingent have been several cases of clashes already several times people were injured and brought into hospitals the tension is clearly very high in this region while i've been there recently and i've talked to the serbs there have been telling me that they will not step down they will continue holding their barricades no matter what they are not expecting any help from belgrade who is now trying to negotiate the accession to the e.u. at the same time when to stand out on diplomatic level belgrade has suspended all negotiations with pristina following this conflict in northern kosovo. to yourself you're right but i mean to have a political analyst alexander says tha

in kosovo. now if you remember that you can see that all of our stories on line as well as so much oakwood glimpse now of what else you'll find in our dot com celebrations that turned into a school rap poland's independence day party was marred by dozens of people wounded hundreds arrested and see more of how it all went down on our web site and our you tube channel. is the black sea coast find out how fine wine and a fabulous food are putting a russian region on the map of cuisine it takes a back darting to count. right you're watching the weekly here on r.t. top headlines of today out of the week the republic of south ossetia is taking to the polls in its first presidential election since it gained international recognition now the new leader will have his hands full with a country still recovering from a devastating war to secure independence from georgia three years ago now archie is somebody no question about reports. this is the first election for a decade not to feature the current leader

plenty more from kosovo on our website r.t. dot com including pictures and video from the clashes here's what's also a click away right now a brand new weapon of mass destruction dutch scientists create of virus that could potentially kill the house of humanity check it out at. last middle east spy games heat up as iran announces the arrest of twelve alleged cia operatives said to be tasked with cyber ties and sabotaging the country's nuclear program all the details and more i don't dot com. that has become and is the creation of the of the food system the global food system is not created to feed the people of the world it's created to maximize the profits. you're not trading the actual physical grain you're trading promises for grain to be delivered a month or six months or twelve months or eighteen months in the future. for reasons moderate like silver or gold that can be negotiated in order to some degree . to place. the water. possibly it's not traded now but it could be in the future of wealthy british style the sunday. t

a lengthy standoff in northern kosovo between serbs and nato backed kosovo and police finally draws you in attention and partly blames pristina for the trouble that's as the locals who don't want to live in self-proclaimed independent kosovo blend of their barricades into the scenery as part of everyday life. and as the financial fall of rome looms closer the previously politically bulletproof prime minister finally agrees to go silvio berlusconi will resign only after parliament approves next year's budget crunch which you require. more on all of those stories coming up after the sports update with. hello there welcome to sports on day to ninety thanks for joining us now to stories that stop. one win away from the a.t.p. world finals joel for god and thomas but it's not only to win the third round matches saying. joining your strongest more from our series featuring can shell parts this song so walk inside love is in the spotlight. preparing for a big clash between gracious arrives in turkey to give peace leaving snakebites for a place in europe's twenty top. it's been confirmed that t

the lengthy standoff in northern kosovo between serbs and nato back to kosovo police finally draws un attention and probably blames of christina for the trouble that's as the locals who don't want to live in the self-proclaimed independent kosovo blend their barricades into the scenery as part of everyday life. and as the financial fall of rome looms closer the previously politically bulletproof prime minister finally agrees to go on silvio berlusconi will resign only after parliament approves of next year's budget cuts which he requires. sports is next with to me free. kind of they're welcome to our dates and our tickets have a company again this coming up in the bulls. running away from the a.t.p. world. and thomas but it's now late so in the third round matches in paris. joining europe's strongest and more promo series featuring catchall clubs this sonce about korean side is in the spotlight. and preparing for a big clash team gracious arrives in eight city to sitting to man a fight for a place in the euro train to its well. as brink of a second stage of the longest ever russian pr

but preparations in place for a possible escalation of violence in northern kosovo local serbs say nato backed forces broke earlier agreements by trying to tear down a border barricade that's a move that's led to fierce clashes two. nine pm friday night here in moscow this is r t thanks for being with us our top story than cairo's tahrir square is packed with people gathered for friday prayers with the threat of continued violence hanging in the air two recent clashes have seen more than forty people killed since saturday as angry protesters are calling for the military authorities to hand over power to a civilian government polis lee has got the latest from cairo. the situation can still tense and still very unpredictable i've been walking around the strait for hundreds of people they all died today last chance friday but there's a difference of opinion difference in opinions in terms of how today will pan out some of the protests up in talking to say that they're very fearful that they will in violence tonight that the whole situation will the same into an alky and chaos but on the ot

and preparations are in place for a possible escalation of violence in northern kosovo local serbs say nato bug forces broke earlier agreements by trying to tear down a border barricade that's a move it's led to fierce clashes. hello ten pm friday night here in moscow you're watching r t my name is kevin zero in our top story cairo's tahrir square is packed with people gathered for friday prayers these are the latest live pictures coming through from from there now get a look at but the threat of continued violence still hangs in the air recent clashes have seen more than forty people killed since saturday as angry protesters call for the military authorities to hand over power to civilian government culture fall asleep she's live in cairo for us paula as we can see that darkness is now falling car over hands of thousands again as we can see remain out there in the square behind you give us a sense of the atmosphere now and what's next in the. well as you can see behind me it is now docked here and as you say tens of thousands of protesters a far cry from the million that the organizer

and preparations in place for a possible escalation of violence in northern kosovo local serbs say nato back forces grow girly or agreements by trying to tear down a border barricade a move that led to fierce clashes. six pm in moscow why not try as i did to have you with us here on our t.v. our top story cairo's tahrir square jam packed with people gathered for friday prayers with a threat of continued violence lingering in the air recent clashes have seen more than forty people killed since saturday as angry protesters call for the military authorities to hand over power to a civilian government or his policy or has more from cairo. the situation gets still tense and still very unpredictable i've been walking around the spray exposing to people they all drive to today the last chance friday that they have a difference of opinion difference in opinions in terms of how today will pan out some of the protests i've been talking to say that they very fearful that they will be financed tonight and that the whole situation will the same into an arche and chaos that on the other hand they jus

peacekeepers accused of stirring things up while in clashes along the serbia kosovo border after nato forces move in to tear down a protester roadblock despite promising to keep away. but just a week left till voters go to the polls to decide on the country's next. time they'll that vision for the future. but first russia's president sent a strong warning to nato countries this week over their play and european missile shield dmitri medvedev said if it goes ahead without guarantees of russia's safety moscow would deploy its own missiles as peter all over explains one casualty could be russia any united states is much vaunted nuclear cuts. hope on hold of the use of talks surrounding the united states proposed missile shield in eastern europe russia says the u.s. still won't give adequate assurances over who will be targeted from woods from president made yet of. other measures are insufficient russia will deploy a contemporary strike systems in the west in order to prevent further damage from u.s. missile systems deployed in europe the deployment of the is going to missile system in t

reporting from cause of commuters in kosovo. now at twenty five minutes past the hour here in moscow well do you remember that you can see that story all of our stories online as well as much more a quick glimpse now of what else you'll find on the dot com other celebrations that turned into a scrap. of independence day he was marred by fighting dozens wounded hundreds of arrested and you can see more how it happened on our web site and trying. the recipe for success find out how russia's black sea coast is making a name for itself in the world of gold making signing i get a taste of that at all it's he talks. with us here live from moscow to technical failure affecting russia's first interplanetary mission in fifteen years i felt a huge blow to hopes of getting a better understanding of how the universe evolved there are now fears that the ten ton. probe will crash back to earth but it never reached its goal now it is time bottom now reports from the baikonur launch station. hopes were high when the phobos rocket was launched f