tolkachev lived in moscow at the time. he was too young to go off to war but i think he and all those thousands of people crowding into the subway stations to stay safe ask themselves how did the bombers get through it? moscow was surrounded by 600 large searchlights, 800 anti-aircraft guns but the german bombers got through because what the soviet union really needed was radar. radar was a new invention in the 1930s and he could give early warning of airplanes in flight but the soviet union was way behind in radar. it had only the most primitive kind. it could even tell the speed. they desperately needed better radar and that was all the muscovites under the bombs on the warm summer night in july and august of 1941. the city was up in flames. most of the city of moscow was built out of wood, old buildings just charred. one bomb hit the kremlin. he went through the roof and it landed there on the floor but it was pretty frightening. so tolkachev didn't go to war. he went to school. he went to school to study radar went to

peter sharp reports from moscow. >> reporter: the moscow cathedral mosque, sun splashed in golden marble. they say it's one of the largest mosques in europe. it can hold 10,000 of the faithful as they come to prayers. there are now nearly 2 million muslims in moscow alone. hundreds of spiritual leaders from countries around the world attended the ceremony led by president punt putin. among them recep tayyip erdogan. , russian oil tycoon, also dmaid donated funds. the moscow cathedral mosque took ten years to come to fruition, but the grand mufti has a plan to build another one. low level insurgency against the takstate, represents russia's on efforts to develop muslim education. hopes that monday's ceremony will also resonate in the middle east, the area that the kremlin is anxious to elevate its reputation. >> it is necessary for him because of the situation in the middle east, because of general political situation, global situation. >> appreciation of the cathedral will be just as important in moscow as the regions abroad where the kremlin is anxious to improve its standing. the new m

peter sharp in moscow, there.efense analyst and columnist with a russian newspaper says it won't be easy for moscow to differentiate between the syrian opposition and isil. >> in a recent interview just published president putin said he doesn't know about the position in syria, they are all terrorists, he said, so it could be very much also the assad opposition forces too, especially like those that would be easy to attack at least ideologically, the al-nusra frokt -- front. russia could mostly concentrate in the palmyra region, the only region where right now isil forces are standing against the assad people, so that could be most likely where they would concentrate. and there would be most likely a kind of separation of nations, americans more concentrating on iraq, and russia more on syria. >> well, we're expecting the russian foreign minister to speak at the united nations security council meeting any moment now. earlier world leaders met to discuss the syria war on how to combat isil. russia insists bashar al

from ukraine, where russian backed separatists set off the worst confrontation between moscow and the west. >> romanians and eastern europeans who remember the aggressions are worried about the west's ability and willingness to stop an emboldened president. >> it's a cold war reality. we live in a new cold war, but is in danger for real war. >> not everyone shares the former romanian president's fears that moscow and the west are bound for armed conflict. and yet an escalating military presence on both sides left little room for error. in october. n.a.t.o. scrambled f-16s. when russia launched a number of space. >> nearly 2 dozen russian bombers and fighters swooped over the north sea. the black sea, the gulf of finland and the baltic sea. that intercept was captured here, showing the fighter jet, the fu 34, which travels more than 2500 miles, carrying a pay load of eight tonnes of precision-guided weapons >> essentially what it is, is the cat and mouse game played during the original cold war, where each side probes the offenses of the other the. in order to see how it reacts. that g

peter sharp records from moscow. >> the moscow cathedral mosque, sun splashed in golden marble. they say it's one of the largest in europe. can hold 10,000 of the faithful as they come to prayers. there are now 2 million muslims in moscow aloaner. leaders from around the world attended the ceremony led by president putin, among them mahmoud abbas and recep tayyip erdogan. the grand mufti has plans to build a bigger one outside the capital. pledge allegiance to i.s.i.l. are conducting a low level insurgency against the state. the kremlin hopes the mosque will be a symbol of good, and represents russia's own efforts to develop muslim religious education. resonate in the middle east especially in areas where the kremlin is anxious to improve its standing. >> at the moment, putin wants to do something in arab direction, muslim direction it is necessary for him because of situation in the middle east, because of general political situation, global situation. >> appreciation of the cathedral will be just as important in moscow as it will in the regions abroad where the kremlin is anxi

moscow october '44, this is the statement by stalin. we have 30 divisions in 19 brigades, but 30 more are needed. actually, this is a little erroneo erroneous. if you look at the classified battle, these are rifle divisions in the text of the conversation. there are 30 rifle divisions and 22 before i investigations in the far east in regard to a lot of other units that will bring that number up much higher in divisional equivalent. i might add in these early deliberations, there is some disagreement over what territories the japanese forces who will the japanese capitulate to and which territory to seize. and that's the way it's worded. it is a point of contention because although we do promise the kureals on a number of occasions, there are also a number of occasions where we waffle a bit. and in 1945 when general order number one is put together, in august, we waffle a little bit and in the end truman accepts that as we'll see. okay. this is basically the period from april 1945 when the soviets renounce their neutrality pact that they

steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. russia have different ideas on the way to deal with the syrian conflict. president putin insists that president assad needs the world's support to fight. the potential impact of today's russian action. >> what is driving mr. putin's erotic move in syria? is it a ploy to save -- what is driving mr. putin's said in move in syria -- sudden move in syria? pressurery least, argued that these airstrikes were requested in writing by the syrian government. beforea has announced fightingparty who was terrorism could send an army in cooperation with the syrian government. >> the question is, what did the russians hit in this destruction? moscow claims these were is facilities. the pentagon says that their information suggested no were present. syrian opposition leaders claimed that their forces and civilians were hit. the kremlin rejected the deliberate distortion. is clear that they named a target nowhere near major is centers in the north. syria is being dangerously crowded with airstrikes. t

. >>> let's take i live to moscow there we have mr. he is attending the reopening of the moscow central mosque, sitting next to him and also attending is the palestine authority president mahmoud a boss, that is the mosque you can see there. are brand-new, built. it was originally built in 1904, also attending is turkey erdog erdogan. it was demolished for a number of reasons, one of the official reasons given was that it was in dire need of repair. but significant real that i mr. putin will be attending this reopening on the eve of eid. peter sharp is in moscow and we spoke to him earlier. >> reporter: it's been described as one of the biggest mosques in europe. it can handle more than 10,000 worshipers. it's taken 10 years to build. there has always been a mosque here but the old mosque was detroit on september 11th, 2012 and the building started shortly after that. it cost $170 million, not from russian state funds, these are funds that were raised by muslim communities right across the world. but it still won't solve the problem of

assault on moscow. there was a mutual fear and to some extent misapprehension, this comprehension, ms. understanding on both sides. a very fragile atmosphere had arisen by the middle of the 1980s. reagan in moscow, president wright and moscow was seen as a warmonger, more or less across the whole range of the soviet political elite. the possibility of this leading to international complications and catastrophe only need to be spelled out. and on the other side gorbachev's reform program was very unclear in many of its essentials. it was always changing. it changed from 1985 through to the end of the soviet union. it was not a fixed reform program. again, the possibilities for argument and for discussion about what was going on were enormous. various stages have to be itemized in the progress towards that piece, that ended the cold war. there was the extraordinary january 1986 nuclear armed aggression of gorbachev, which flummoxed american policymakers to some great extent, certainly caused a great deal

patty is a defense analyst joining us via skype from moscow. thank you >>> israel's defensive minister ruled out coordination with russia over operations with syria, after the russian president expressed concern over israeli air strikes in the syrian territory and called for discussions on the matter. >> translation: israel is a regional power, in a sense, situated in the reason, and we should respect the interests of the state of israel, israel is not indifferent to what is happening in this country. there are some questions causing certain concerns about air strikes at syrian territories. all this is a subject by the experts, and will continue on a bilateral basis without creating structures. >> while world leaders bat out plans to tackle the war in syria and put an end to the global threat of i.s.i.l., refugees continue to arrive in europe in their thousands. 19 countries pledged to donate millions. germany organized an initiative to accept thousands of refugees and asylum seekers from syria. the donors include members of the g seven groups

i am glad he is stuck in moscow now of the. >> moscow is too good for him. >> you know somebody will hack it to get back at him. and the cia will have anthony wiener's face on his body in a week. and it will be hysterical. >> i don't know if they can hack his twitter. they are not taking down the account and they said welcome to twitter. >> moscow is too good. he should be in a labor camp in siberia. if you want to be a whistleblower and i agree that what he told us we have a right to know. but if you are a whistleblower you accept the consequences of your actions which he did not do. he scrambled away into the arms of putin. >> who ever accepts their fate, these whistleblowers, who does that? >> they should. that's when you are a hero. that's when you are a martyr. that's what a proper whistleblower does. he is a coward. >> you think he did wrong things, but you say they are good things. i don't understand. >> what he did was i illegal. >> but some of what was exposed in the process, i mean about privacy violations on regular citizens, i think he caused that issue to be looked at cl

nearly 2 million muslims in moscow. in moscow alone.50 half the population of russia will be muslims. the new mosque is really a vehicle for russia that helps russia position itself in the middle east at a time when it's military foot print in syria is growing. now of course this morning it's religious ceremony this afternoon it will be the political agenda as you said the president of turkey and the palestinians are here and will be meeting with vladimir putin. >>> pete are sharp in moscow, thank you very much. and plenty more on our website the address for that is al aljazeera.com. you can get the latest there on the refugees story too. aljazeera.com. this is techknow, a show about innovations that can change lives. >> the science of fighting a wild fire. we're going to explore the intersection of hardware and humanity and we're doing it in a unique way. this is a show about science by scientists. tonight: technkow in search of the great american prarie. >> we're in the prarie state yet ironically, we have such little of it left. >> f

and i'm adrian and 32 syrian civilians killed by government shelling as israel's leader flies to moscowdiscuss israel's role in the war. victory for alexis tsipras as greece faces more belt tightening. >> and the emmy goes to. >> reporter: it's not called t.v.'s biggest night for nothing and we will take a look at the highlights from this year's emmy awards. ♪ amman negotiateed release of six hostages held by houthi rebels in yemen and flown to muskat where u.n. backed talks are held to try to end the conflict and houthis are planning a mass rally in sanaa to celebrate the first anniversary of the capture of the capitol and we report. >> reporter: caught in the cross fire, civilians seek shelters in the central city of thai where fighting has flared over the last few days. government troops backed by coalition forces are on the offensive in the province but progress is slow. >> translator: the terrain is not helpful at all. the houthis have minded most of the fields in this area so we are cautious and yemen's new army has not deployed all its units left. >> reporter: a year after rebels

. >>> in moscow, where one of the biggest mosques has opened after decades of construction work. sure, tv has evolved over the years. it's gotten squarer. brighter. bigger. it's gotten thinner. even curvier. but what's next? for all binge watchers. movie geeks. sports freaks. x1 from xfinity will change the way you experience tv. >>> one of the top stories, jailed journalists have been released from prison from a presidential pardon in egypt. >>> martin wintercorn resigns as the fall-out from the emissions scandal continues. >>> pope francis francis is on his first-ever visit to the united states. he's in washington, d.c., where he has been speaking with president barack obama. >> pope francis is overwhelmingly popular in the united states. that was clear by the welcome that greeted him at the while house. 11,000 invited guests, here to witness all the pageantry. >> he arrived in a fiat. >> your humility, your embrace of simplicity, in the gentleness of your words and the generosity of your spirit, we see a living example of jesus's teachings. a leader whose moral authority comes

was opened ine moscow. thanks for joining us here on ."rance 24 pic the eu has forced through a deal to relocate 120,000 asylum-seekers after a long emergency summit. ,he deal was eventually passed against the wishes of four eastern european countries. the czech republic, slovakia, romania, and hungary. they all voted against this plan, calling it an attack on their national serenity. refugee territories are saying that these measures are not enough. all this comes ahead of an eu leaders summit set to begin later this week on wednesday. here is more with our brussels correspondent. >> one can never predict what goes on behind closed doors, but the fact that france and germany 120%,ck in the deal, means it could fly. bitter speeches were given, blaming eastern european countries for dragging their heels on this issue. in fact, it is a strange deal, or in the words of the slovakian head of state, the most unprecedented deal in eu, european history. despite that, they will still faceto participate or exceptional circumstances for not particip

moscow always has had a critical shortage of mosques.nd as you rightly say, this can hold 10,000 worshippers. it's still not enough, though. there are nearly -- get this -- nearly 2 million muslims in moscow alone. it's the biggest muslim country in europe and they estimate that by the year 2050, half of the population will be muonlim. that's important. they are asking now for another mosque, too. it's also important for the message the kremlin hopes it sends out to other regions, notesbly dagastan and engsheti those are suffering from jihadist insurgency. they hope this news and these pictures will go some way to winning hearts and minds down there. 20 stow now, t hundreds have recently gone out to serve with isil, and, also, it will be in the middle east, they hope, a vehicle for change, a vehicle that will allow them to reposition their situation in syria as the military football extends. so really, the effect and the impression that they are get from this is not just moscow. it's regional, too. >> okay. peter sharp, thank you very mu

president bashir al assad asked for help and welcomes moscow's decision. the kremlin says the military operation is limited to air strikes. the u.s. says those air strikes have already started. the move is likely to increase tensions between rush wra and the west. the international community chris sized president putin for increasing military presence in syria. moscow insists that no ground troops whim be deployed. >> translator: we are talking about syria specifically and not about the pursuit of some political ghouls or ambitions, which we are regularly accused of by our western partners. >> peter, parliament's vote rubber stamped russian involvement in syria, involvement which the u.s. says has already started. >> yes. the vote marks the start of involvement in the syrian conflict after a month-long military buildup. from washington a government official there from the state department said that they'd been given one hour's advance notice of russia's intention to attack targets and said there are raids carried out near the town of homs. over the last fe

victory for alexis tsipras as they face more belt tightening, israel's prime minister flows to moscowtalk about the role in syria's war. >> and the emmy goes to. >> reporter: not called t.v.'s biggest night for nothing and we will look at last night's emmy awards. ♪ a man negotiated the release of six hostages held by houthi rebels and flown where u.n.-backed talks are being held to try to end the conflict and houthis say they are planning a mass rally in sanaa to celebrate the first capture in the capitol and we report. >> reporter: caught in the cross fire, civilians seek safe shelters in the central city of thai where fighting has been over the last few days and groups backed by coalition forces on the offensive but the progress is slow. >> translator: the terrain is not helpful at all, the houthis have minded most of the fields in this area so we are cautious and yemen's new army has not deployed all its units yet. >> reporter: a year after houthi rebels took over the capitol sanaa their leader remains defiant. >> translator: we are confident we will ultimately prevail, our people

pete are sharp live for us in moscow.nwhile, israel's defense minister has ruled out any coordination with russia over its operations in syria. that after at russian president expressed concern over israeli airstrikes in syria and called for discussions over the matter. >> translator: israel a regional power in a sense that's situated in this region. and, of course we should respect the interests of the state of israel. israel is not indifferent to what and "america tonight" happening in this country. and at the same time, there are some questions that cause certain concerns about airstrikes at syrian territories. all this should be subject to discussion by the experts and that will continues on a bilateral basis without creating any kind of instructs trues. >>> now to africa and the u.n. human rights chief says the latest wave of fighting in the central african republic could prove catastrophic. gun battles between u.n. peacekeepers and armed groups have killed at least 37 people. owe coalition of mainly muslim armed gro

. >> well, lots more to come on the al jazeera news hour, including, we're in moscow. one of the biggest mosques in europe is finally open after decades of construction work. and the latest from saudi arabia where over 2 million muslim pilgrims have gathered on the ninth day of hajj. >> it's not over until it's over. >> the life of the catcher who was just as well-known for his catchphrases. >> now a reminder of the top stories. >> e.u. leaders meet in brussels to address refugee problems. >>> and ceo martin winterkorn resign. >>> a surprised trip to cuba to discuss peace talks with leaders of the farc. they're meeting to conclude talks into ending long-running conflict between government forces and farc fighters. the meeting follows pope francis' visit to the cuban island where he urged both sides to end the tension. >>> we're joined live from bogota. what is in this deal? >> well, we are expecting for the deal to be resolved in this meeting, and that will happen any time really now between the government peace negotiators into the representative of the farc, and also

of them. >> reporter: there are few monuments to the war in afghanistan, just one in the hole of moscowose who lost loved ones in the conflict don't need reminders. her cousin was shot down in his helicopter. >> translator: he died a slow death and the boys who got out of the helicopter were tortured and his death was a great sorrow oa and why i'm against the deployment, very much against and this is going to be a second afghanistan. >> reporter: critics of the president says putin miss judged the mood of many in the country as he ups military support for the syrian army. >> translator: soviet union was totalitarian state and our president is copying soviet ways and makes decisions personally or with a small number of advisors so there is a high probability of deployment of russian troops. >> reporter: after his meeting with president obama putin ruled out involvement of russian troops on the ground but says he is considering possible air strikes. as high-level weapons continue to pour into syria from russia, its critics here are worried that another afghanistan adventure is not lying f

he went to moscow. by 1996, he'd begun his rise in the kremlin and was soon in a position to help his mentor. back in st. petersburg, anatoly sobchak had a problem. he'd just lost the election and was the subject of yet another corruption investigation. >> (translated): in 1996, when sobchak stopped being mayor, as is often the case in the russian elite, a lot of people immediately turned their backs on him. vladimir putin was nearly the only one that didn't do that. >> narrator: this time, sobchak was questioned by prosecutors. but suddenly, he had a heart attack and was rushed to the hospital. >> (translated): so when my husband had the heart attack and it was hard to get him treatment because people were calling the chief cardiologist of the city who was treating him, telling him, "don't treat sobchak, let him die," that's when i decided to take him overseas for treatment. >> narrator: it was an orchestrated escape. sobchak took off on a national holiday weekend aboard a private plane apparently arra

it's thought moscow has positioned tanks at a syrian air base. it's been sending two cargo flights a day within the past week. peter sharp has more from moscow. >> president putin has confirmed that he'll continue to offer military support to president assad. the fight has been stepped up now. he says the military equipment will be used to fight isil. talk to the kremlin and you'll see there is no willingness for an invasion of syria. they remember what happened in afghanistan, it took them so long to get out. they also say that putin's got no intention of turning his back on president assad. he has real support in the assad government, and his country has several bases there that they would lose if assad was toppled from power. in the meantime, putin is trying to put together a diplomatic offensive that would encourage the west to support a joint operation by syrian opposition groups and the syrian military against a common enemy. obviously that common enemy is isil and at the upcoming u.n. talks later this month, this will be a hopefully for pu

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marshall opposed the use of the bomb and suggested informing moscow about it.fic opinion was mixed, with a strong segment opposed to its use. nevertheless, the interim committee determined two bonds would be available by early august. for thethe july tests plutonium device. the committee recommended and truman agreed the bombs should be used against japan without warning and without informing the soviet union in advance. from this point, in my view, the atomic bomb secretly played a central role in truman's plan. the decision to use the bombs had been made while harry hopkins was in moscow, may 26, june 6. his mission was first and foremost to smooth over the growing postwar european disputes, especially over poland. obtain stalin's agreement for a meeting of the big three and confirm arrangements for soviet entry into the war against japan. his commitmentd to join the war against japan but added a new condition. that condition was china would have to sign a treaty legalizing the yalta accords before the soviets would go into war against japan. stalin evidently

certainly a new regime in damascus would not be friendly to moscow.'t know if it would be friendly to us either, or i.s.i.s. or el nusra. we overthrow libya we end up with chaos, the idea of pressing ahead with what we set out years ago as the only possible outcome is staring us in the face with failure. and i think in a way we would be much better off looking at the russian action not as a win-lose for us but as well a win for them and maybe if we rethought some of our priorities maybe not a bad thing for us either. >> anna when you put it that way, i'm wondering if at the state department a few blocks away from where we're sitting here in washington, is it a shadow of a russian win that makes us as a country less reluctant to rethink syria? >> i wouldn't agree with that. look at the situation, putin is coming to new york to speak at the u.n. at the end of the month. focusing on global terrorism. he has been speaking for several weeks now of forming a coalition to fight terrorism. however, that is not his ultimate gain. what he's trying to do is defl

it comes as moscow deals up its military force. peter sharp is live in moscow. this decision - does that mean we'll see direct russian involved in syria? >> i think we are going to see russian involved. vladimir putin's meeting raved the possibility of -- raised the possibility of russia carrying out air strikes, and it was rubber stamp by the perimeter. russia sent six of sits advanced fighter bombers, su 34 to bases near latakia. they'll be crewed by russian pilots and crew. the syrian pilots are not familiar with the aircraft. we are expecting. this has been raised by russian people in the u.n., that these strikes could come quicker than you'd expect. but both vladimir putin and the russian parliament spokesman said these would be air strikes, and we wouldn't see boots on the ground in syria. >> you have the russian naval exercises starting off the coast of syria that has a lot in the west worried. >> that's right. the fleet - the black sea fleet has been deploying over the last few days, led by the flag ship of the russian navy, and will have a couple of cru

sergei lavrov met his japanese count part fumio kishida in moscow. lavrov suggested russia, then the soviet union, made japan's northern territory its territory as a consequence of world war ii. russia controls the four islands. japan claims them. japan maintains the islands are an inherent part of its territory. it says they were illegally occupied after the war. the two agreed to resume vice ministerial level talks on a peace treaty on october 8. >> translator: japan would like to resolve the territorial issue with the four islands and we'd like to keep negotiating to find a solution that can satisfy both sides under basic policy which is a conclusion of the peace treaty. >> lavrov referred to kishida's use of the term "northern territories." >> translator: first of all, as far as the russian delegation is concerned, we did not discuss the northern territories. neither the northern territories of japan nor those of russia are the subject of our dialogue. >> lavrov says the issue under discussion was the signing of a peace treaty. on the economic fr

the various muslim leaders, present at the reopening of the moscow central mosque. this event really one of significance. as you can see there, alongside vladimir putin, also attending is turkey's president recep tayyip erdogan, including the palestinian authority president mahmoud abbas. many people talking of the number of discussions taking place on the sideline of this event in moscow. so the reopening of the central mosque that was demolished in 2011. finally opening on the eve of the muslim religious holiday of eid. >> do stay with us here on al jazeera. coming up on the program, the business opportunities at home that are inspiring more and more ethiopians living abroad to return. also, i'm lee wellings at the high court in london where the game of bridge is trying to be legally recognised as a sport, which opens the debate - what is a sport. great time for a shiny floor wax, no? not if you just put the finishing touches on your latest masterpiece. timing's important. comcast business knows that. that's why you can schedule an installation at a time that work

now let's cross to the russian museums and the moscow all over the city. bringing more than 70 artists together over 30 countries. here is a look. >> above all, movement. that is the guiding principle of bianaear's be an ollie -- li. artists have not come to exhibit their works so much as make them, under the watchful eyes of visitors. this is a belgian artist who lives and works in wexford in southern ireland. >> getaway, getaway. a bit more, a bit more. >> her local beach provides the driftwood with which she sculpts a giant skull. have the eyes, the nose, and the mouth. this represents us, the people. the smile. sometimes we suffer. there is a mix of different emotions that i have created. >> how to gather. artists have 10 days to answer the question. fled azerbaijan because he is gay. he now centers his work around his experiences. 8úxúÑ÷p÷999Ñówççño

. >>> the russian president, vladimir putin says moscow will continue to provide military support tohe syrian regime and has urged other countries to join in. the u.s. says russia's involvement will only worsen the situation. it has also been sending two cargo flights a day over the past week. peter sharp has more now from moscow. >> reporter: president putin has confirmed that he'll continue to offer military support to president assad, the flights have been stepped up now and this is -- this is for military equipment that he says will be used solely in the fight against isil. talk to analysts of the kremlin and they say there is no intention for an invasion of syria, but they also say putin has no intention of turning his back on president assad. he has real support in the assad government, and his country has several bases there that they would lose if -- if assad was toppled from power. in the meantime, putin is trying to put together a diplomatic offensive, that could encourage the west to support a joint bracing by syrian opposition groups and the syrian military against a comm

matisses don't exist in moscow. charlie: and this is picasso.ikhail: this is the best picasso we have. t's on the level of -- charlie: you can see the onnection. 1908. mikhail: 1908. charlie: but you can still see, can't you, some of the sense of the painting at the museum of modern art. mikhail: yes, it's the same period. the same way of showing the forms and stuff. charlie: every one of these rooms has natural light. mikhail: yes. every one of these rooms. most of them have the natural life. and this play between the modern forms and classical. charlie: and light floors. mikhail: you see it is a historical building, we can do only some things here. there are a lot of places where we show how historic it was. this is the famous sisters. charlie: tell me about the paintings. mikhail: this is one of the great picasso paintings, the sisters. it's a lot of stories, two sisters meeting in hospital, two sisters meeting in prison, it's mary and elizabeth. charlie: how long has this been in the russian collection? mikhail: it is from the beginning of t

moscow said it was targeting isil fighters in and around the city. president vladimir putin said he was committed to help his country's long-time ally to defeat the group. >> we'll support the syrian army only in legitimate fights. secondly the support will be from the air without participation in ground operations. and third, such support will be limited in time as long as the syrian army is on offensive. >> the airstrikes started just one day after leaders agreed to hold deconflicts talks. but instead of talks, the u.s. got a verbal notice one hour before the russian jets took off. the defense secretary was not pleased. >> fighting isil without pursu pursuing a parallel political transition only risks escalat ing the civil war in syria. with it, the very extremism and instability that moscow claims to be concerned about and aspire to fighting. so this approach, that approach is tantamount, as i said then, to pouring gasoline on the fire. >> but carter said he was not surprised given the russians' recent build up of helicopters, fighter jets and tro

who eventually beat moscow in putting a man on the moon.re may be a legacy of cold war tensions, but here in the west these achievements were later eclipsed by nasa's lunar landing. but there is one clear winner, the soviet union. >> they landed the first probe on the moon, and the first to land on another planet. those are incredible scientific achievements. the lunar landing is very sexy and has all of the pr, but all of these other things are just as important scientifically. >> reporter: with the space race long over, tensions have been replaced by cooperation and joint missions. after the u.s. grounded its shutter fleet in 2011, it now pays russia $63 million per astronaut, per trip. this charts man's early cosmic achievements from the spacecraft to the space toilet, meaningful moments in humanity's journey into the unknown. neave barker, al jazeera, at london's science museum. >>> stay with the news stunning images of pluto taken by nasa's new horizon's spacecraft have been released. they show a sunset view of the planet. new horizons

. >>> the russian president, vladimir putin, said moscow will continue to provide military support to syrian regime, and has urged other countries to join in. the u.s. says russia's involvement will only worsen the situation. here is peter sharp, our correspondent in moscow. >> reporter: as concern in the west grows at russia's involvement in syria, president putin made it clear it will continue to supply damascus with military equipment. >> translator: we have supported the syrian government. we have provided and will provide all of the necessary military and technical support, and we call on other countries to join us. >> reporter: and putin had another reason to back syria's war against isil. >> translator: the ranks of the islamic state fighters from other countries undergo idealogical indoctrination and training, also unfortunately from european countries, the russian federation, and former republicans, and we're worried with the possibility of them returning to our territory. >> reporter: but the view from washington from the president down is russirussia's continued support of

in 2005, he was denied reentry into moscow after living there for a decade.y 2007, the house that bill built started to crumble. the russian interior ministry raided the funds moscow offices and charged hermitage capital with tax fraud. most fled cents for his tax attorney, sergey manifski, taken from his home and jailed for almost 400 days and then things turned tragic. >> they chained him to the bed and eight riot guards came into that cell and beat him until he died. >> you can watch ali velshi "on target" at 10:30 eastern here on al jazeera america. there is a new startup company some are chauling the uber of the skies and like uber, the company faces legal hurdle did. in this case, the battle is with the agency that protects air safety. jacob ward reports from san francisco. >> as a college student, matt vaska who flew planes in illinois spotted what he considered a wasted resource. >> look at the number of airports that commercial planes fly to. it's about 500 in the united states. if you are looking at general aviation, you are going to 5,000. so, it's

moscow is saying it is targeting the isil position. in 2012 presidential campaign mitt romney warned that russia and putin could be our geopolitical problem. today mitt romney is speaking about the threat that russia poses. jon roberts is live with more. jon? >> reporter: good afternoon. mitt romney spoke in and first time he spoke publicly since he spoke with megyn kelliy. he didn't say i told you so, but was critical with the president, saying he had a better chance to teal with it three years ago and there are not operations now especially will with russia and putin doing in syria and call for the war planes. president putten outgained president obama yet again. >> the president consistently painted himself in a corner and then said what would you do? and you paint yourself in that kind of corner options are limited. the president is a foreign policy disaster. >> reporter: mitt romney weighed in on the 2016 election and critical of trump. and said the republican party will go mainstream. and rid cowled what trump said about isis. >>

vago: what are things moscow would have to do? granted, you are trying to respond in the exercises and preparatorory thinkining for a h of challenges, whether it is a migrant issue, a cyberssue, any number of threats the liance faces. when it comes to russia, what are things moscow has to do to reset itss relationship with the alliance so it is not regarded as a pential thrt? k know, thisros: you isis a high polilitical debate. some would say reestablishing some links at the military level could help to reduce tension. is not myto, this personal job, but nato is ready to do that. we are open for discussion. we are open to make sure we can prevent any kind of esculin torry -- escalade torry posture -- escalatoryostures. anything nato has planned is transparent with all the exercises we run. are taking a lot of security measures to make sure we don't jeopardizehe users of the airspace and so on and so forth. you will never see a nato pilot or aircraftwitching its identification mode, for instance. , theis following the rul useention

those -- that agent communicated them apparently to moscow. moscow then sent it to the council general because the japanese were maintaining the charade that manchuria was an independent country and had diplomatic relations. the subjects have diplomatic -- they hand over to the japanese the intelligence reports that they generated and the operational plans. this is a rather startling piece of information. >> matter of fact, the friend in australia sent me that article, sitting next to my desk now. having seen these -- having looked through the gru and kgb volumes, nothing surprises me. their intelligence was superb. they had folks everywhere telling everything. and so when people say, this is post home, forget it, with the russians, it wasn't. it brings to mind when the cold war ended and friends of mine went into the stuff in germany -- they had stuff -- they knew more stuff than we ever imagined. it was all irrelevant. because they fell for utter reasons entirely. shows you that you can have the best intelligence in the world and it doesn't

but in a 50-minute phone call just hours after moscow ai moss moscow air landed in syria. it includes four planes comparable to f-15s. some versions are not only ai air-to-air combat but ai air-to-ground bombs. four mi 25 gunships attack helicopters, which also carry up to eight ground troops and are armed with guns, rockets and sometimes even bombs. the state department said that the u.s.-russia talks are limited to what it calls deacon friction. translation, the usa wants to know what russia is up to so neither side mistakenly attacks the other. >> you know, we want to see it move in a much more operational level in that space. >> it would seem to validate a pentagon assessment earlier this week, that russian president vladimir putin is more interested in helping bashar al-assad instead of fighting isil. >> i think assad's regime has been under greater threat in the last several months. >> chairman john mccain said it's another example of putin outmaneuvering the u.s. >> this vacuum steps out vladimir putin as he is seen weakness and he's taking advantage. >> the big que

we have the update from moscow. >> reporter: this was the first opposition rally head in moscow in the last six months when 30,000 people gathered to remember the murdered opposition politician. only a fraction of those have turned out. there really isn't much to celebrate. only a week ago the russians went to the regional polls. more than 85 different stricts v voted across russia. they called in 95% of the vote. they becamed biased state media concerted smear cam sxin and physical intimidation for the vote for pro-putin supporters. today that feeling of disappointment is reflected in the turnout here in central moscow. >> ahead of the u.s. nuclear watch dog, they have arrived in tehran. this visit is part of an agreement between iran and the iaea to work more closely. at the same time iran signed an agreet with six word powers for the nuclear program in exchange for an easy of sanctions. >>> in the united states one of the men hoping to see the republican candidate for president has suggested that muslims are unfit for the top. ben carson was answering a question on the tv network nb

its deputy foreign minister made the comments at a news conference in moscow.while both countries want a political solution, president bashar al-assad must be part of any solution. >> translator: tehran and moscow intend to use all of their potential together with syria to help it come out of this crisis. iran and russia be will continue their contacts with the syria government. >>> it is now a year since the u.s.-lead coalition entered syrias war with the ultimate aim of destroying isil. france is expected to launch air strikes in the coming weeks. syrian government forces with russian backing have also been hitting isil from the air. and isil is not only dealing with a barrage of bombs, it battling ground troops. our correspondent sent this report. >> reporter: in the 12 months since air strikes over syria began, the u.s. says 17,000 square kilometers of territory has been taken back from the islamic state of iraq and the levant. central command gives the credit to what it calls anti-isil fighters including kurds and sunny arabs. but they wouldn't have been a