story the state gratian in charge of olympic construction number. we'd like to do on this side into an open air museum to make it accessible for cultural tourism moral way it's important there will be inside the olympic park which is one of the russians white all territories and it will be visited by people from all over the world as well on smaller findings from the olympic park like these bronze age artifacts from now on to be on display in sochi is historical museum its personnel preparing for the most significant arrival of new items in decades what that clean washed bad they see is the first archaeological project of such a scale in sochi and is the olympic preparations that made this survey possible undoubtedly without ok ologists and sites we could have lost these money wins forever and i can often happens elsewhere. with olympic construction full steam ahead the organizers say they're doing their best to save the region's reach historical heritage. so in two thousand and thirteen which will be celebrated in sochi as the year of museums the s

now is searching power forward to get its twenty fourteen olympics on track the massive construction works also revealing the russian cities past tense polonsky explains right now it's archaeologists not who are racing ahead. it could be a scene from an indiana jones movie archaeologists trying to solve the secrets left behind by architects of an eight century temple these ruins in the mid to low end of the caucasus are considered among the most prized discoveries in the area what do you make on you given the media and you just take a look at how good these pipes are they almost didn't break when they felt it appears that they were embedded in the wall so that the fireplace could be spread around so now we'll be able to put the pieces back together and see how this heating system worked. until last year the old ruins were covered by a thick layer of rubbish they were first discovered by a soviet dark eola just under nine hundred fifty s. and later lost again for more than happy century. lol it was fixed as a construction site for future olympic venues for the sochi winter games in tw

committee says it has been impressed by the preparation being done for the winter olympics due to be held there in two thousand and fourteen and now the city is gearing up for its debut on the formula one circuit a six year deal has been given the green light and russia will host its first ever grand prix also in twenty fourteen reports from the black sea resort. promoted to carlo to malaysia formula one is one of the world's most popular racing competitions and know what's coming to russia. during the actual race did you feel you were one of the germans the right person to meet with prime minister and to secure a six year long deal. it clearly was until recently. duke more than three decades. talks first with so be it and now with the russian leaders to find a suitable venue most do in st petersburg dropped out but the city of sochi in the cell which will also force the winter olympic games in two thousand and fourteen will be the first to checkered flag we are on the beach in the mid to low and which could quite possibly see part of a future formula one race track from here you can

there's more ahead for you this hour here on our to including digging deep literally olympic struction and cold feet under uncover the ruins of an ancient civilization that is sure to fill in some gaps in the city's history. russian security forces have killed four militants in two separate shootouts in the country's north caucuses region in the republic of dagestan two gunmen were cornered in a house during an anti terror operation held in response to a recent attack on police in neighboring english s.e.'s two men with hits were killed after they opened fire when their car was stopped at a security checkpoint despite authorities efforts to crack down on terror russia's north caucasus remains volatile on tuesday militants stormed the chechen part of the mint killing three people all the attackers were shot by security guards. and sixteen minutes past the hour let's take a look at some world news in brief for you suicide bombers have attacked united nations office in western afghanistan a man drove his car packed with explosives into the gates and three other stormed the compound no un

and a russian archaeologists get gold as olympic construction workers stumble upon an ancient temple in the host city of sochi. it was all the latest news for you twenty four seven welcome to the program and now to our top story u.s. commanders in iraq ignored evidence of torture and often failed to investigate the killing of civilians now these are the major findings from the leak of four hundred thousand secret american military files from the whistle blowing web site wiki leaks now the data describes widespread a brutal torture of detainees by iraqi troops but some document showing american authorities often turned a blind eye the fact it was condemned what is. the largest ever leak of classified documents saying it will only serve to help america's enemies the files also reveal that sixty six thousand civilians were killed in iraq since the u.s. invaded even though washington had denied it kept any such record the figure doesn't include scores of deaths during the u.s. to measure offensives on the city of fallujah in two thousand and four its residents are still fighting the seve

archaeologist sought to cover an ancient temple during construction for the twenty fourteen winter olympics. or welcome to you this is r t coming to you live from the russian capital where it's four pm it's eight am in washington and first up this hour online whistleblower wiki leaks has struck washington another massive blow the websites let loose several hundred thousand secret u.s. military documents the largest leak ever while the files detailed the last six years of the american combat mission in iraq according to the reports u.s. forces often turned a blind eye to what's described as war crimes numerous cases of iraqis torturing and killing their countrymen were allegedly ignored simply because the incidents didn't involve coalition troops but analysts say the revelations are likely to have a big impact on next week's congressional elections in the u.s. but that's of little concern to the rockies many of whom are still struggling with the ill effects of the american onslaught you may find some of the images and paul will see a report disturbing. his friends outside and fighting for th

it's been submitted to a contest to find the mascot for the sochi two thousand and fourteen olympics all that in a few minutes. now should britain continue its relations with the e.u. what are people's freedom of threat in the u.k. these are the tough questions being raised at the freedom today conference on the sidelines of the conservative party convention parties lore and it has more from being. birmingham place host to the conservative party conference this week their first since forming a coalition government in may top of the agenda will be budget cuts and how they're going to explain them to a population already plagued by unemployment and struggling public services fringe meetings abound and where at the freedom zone an event which focuses on fighting the erosion of civil liberties and freedom of expression in the u.k. one of those threats to liberty is what's perceived by speakers here to be the overarching bureaucracy of the european union and it's hard to imagine a better time for a group of euro skeptics to meet after a summer of relative quiet last week saw a europe wide

between the performance of russian quality in international airborne championship and the recent olympic games. but in the what are you multiple with there are some parallels and something i've been declares as well the main one is the division between olympic sports and not only big sports the two are so separate right now that all of the non limpid forms are dying out on the big sports are better financed by young sportsmen receive a lot of support from the government but for us it's different than average age in our aerobatics team is forty five fifty years old little good you talked a lot about the lack of financing from the government how much does it cost to change the professional aerobatics pilot here. i'm not sure about exact figures but what i do know is that training one aerobatics pilot is definitely less expensive than a training any olympic sportsman just to give you an idea to be in good shape one has to fly at least one hundred hours with one hour flying is one hundred twenty leaders of kerosene one leader costs about thirty dollars so it's pretty easy math but you also h

>>muriel: recurve archery has been an olympic sport since the 1972 olympic games - but world championships have been held since the early 1930's. it is the traditional form of the sport. unlike the compound bow, the recurve bow has no system of pulleys which allows the bow to be relaxed at full draw... which means the archer takes the strain. so how hard can it be to hit the target? >>reporter: well practice makes perfect... and so does funding. but that can be hard to come by. >>hunt: our governing body funds some of the trips for us to represent great britain but not all so as a compound archer i have to fund most things myself. >>reporter: the story is no different in russia where world champion and gold medal winner in the compound bow eventggles to find backers. >>loginova: it's a pity but in russia sponsorship goes to the other sports like football or tennis. actually it is not so much business sponsoring the sport it is the russian federation that provides us with money. >>reporter: finding businesses to sponsor the sport is what its governing body fita is focused on. but archery ca

and the international olympic committee's concerns over the lack of snow in sochi have been addressed as the officials praised pace of preparations for the twenty fourteen winter games. but first the nuclear poisoning of former k.g.b. officer alexander litvinenko is back in the picture his murder in london four years ago caused a deep strain in relations between russia and the u.k. but british foreign secretary william hague is now in moscow seeking to restore ties and catherine those are the now reports despite disagreements the two sides are determined to work together. it doesn't did seem that the two sides have basically agreed to disagree one of the major issues that throws a shadow over relations between moscow and london is of course the case of. a former k.g.b. officer was poisoned by a radioactive substance polonium two ten in london just a few years that britain believes that the main suspect in the case a russian state duma did deputy the bellboy has been refused extradition to britain in order to stand trial despite the numerous evidence that they have presented to russia

introduce it to the masses in russia however this is just the first step towards possible future olympic glory as more drastic measures need to be taken if the country wants to try it at the upcoming winter games established for in talent is said to help russian curtis raise the competition bar in domestic tournaments currently an experimental national team includes three canadian curlers and a coach of the autumn are enough to put canadian athletes an expert is that we've invited will help the progress of russian koalas if they want to become naturalized citizens of this country well it's their right to do so of course we have plenty of talented athletes and coaches here but curling is a new discipline for us and i hope that the elites of curling will help us raise top half i think and coaching talent. despite being a novice and kerning russian has already made an impact on the international circuit winning gold at the domestic world cup this year and the european silver back in two thousand and six. was a part of that team and now she's active in the curling federation as its vice pres

the next big focus is the london 2012 olympics. eight dogs and police handlers had started learning how to spot explosives. >> it is not only athletes to have to prepare for the olympics, these puppies are the police dogs of the future. i imagine they will be controlling crowds two years from now. this is a labrador learning how to sniff out explosives. she and a handler began training this week. >> ti si very tricky. >> the dogs and their handlers will be ready for operational work. by the time of the olympics they will have all the experience they need. it will house the main stadium, aquatics center and a park. up to 250,000 people could be there. security will be tight at airports with thousands of airports flying in. the terrorism threat level will be set at severe, meaning an attack is likely. >> we will have to call upon [unintelligible] we can be sure we have the right number of dogs. >> not every dog will make it. one or two might be judged unsuitable. what they are doing is potentially lifesaving work. clark's -- >> anoth

and death olympic sports and there's one such center should be built in every region of the country that's me enough. you know. now go former open champion paul larry and ricardo gonzalez lead the castello masters in valencia after the third day which also saw the return of two of spain's best known players judging maria last of bell back after suffering from a prolonged bad rheumatism and tendonitis his last game was back in july when he missed the cut at the french open and after carving a two over par seventy three he might be going home early in spain to sergio garcia is also back after a two month break and is faring better but the level par round at his home course. but going to zali with a super part here are the men to catch they both carded a sixty four to top the leaderboard one shot ahead of england's david horsey. and finally there's nothing wrong with taking your sport seriously but british boxing is aura says becoming a heavyweight champion is more important than his girlfriend in december who takes on ukraine's lead to make klitschko he's putting his three world title

should be two dogs supporting each other representing the olympic and paralympic games. can be found everywhere in russia and abroad everyone knows the symbol because it's so cincy in pure. the younger ones have their own vision. the handshake symbolizes that one might forenames and it will have to be friendly with all these entries are part of an online contest held by the olympics organizing committee anyone from professional designers to amateur artists may upload their work and have it rated by web users and even though the majority of contest and suffer in russia capital sochi is hoping to catch up the website gallery now features all kinds of ideas from bears to squirrels to squirrels riding bears even the mayor decided to share his own personal top three if they do theme i think it could either be a dolphin on skis or a bin because the bear is the symbol of the great russian people the bear is also on skis could be other creatures fish for instance fish on skis to get on skis or without them it's likely that in the next two or months we'll see some ten thousand or

because the international olympic committee has praised the preparations for the twenty fourteen winter games in the host city of sochi the russian resort will be making a double sporting debut that year as the formula one boss has signed a contract to run one of the world's fastest races there to ortiz dennis but also he brings us a sneak preview of the new track site. promoted to carlo to malaysia formula one is one of the world's most popular racing competitions and know it's coming to russia. bernie ecclestone the president and c.e.o. of formula one management the right in person to meet with prime minister putin and to secure a six year long deal it clearly wasn't a race against time to come more than three decades of talks first with soviet and now with the russian leaders to find a suitable venue the most q. and st petersburg dropped out but the city of sochi in the cell which will also host the winter olympic games in two thousand and fourteen will be the first of the checkered flag we are on the beach in the middle it's a loan with which could quite possibly see part of a futur

a double sporting debut for the russian resort city of sochi it's already set to host the winter olympics but now the formula one boss so signed a contract to run one of the world's fastest races that suit. has been checking out the possible future in the fast lane. promontory carlo to malaysia formula one is one of the world's most popular racing come petitions and know it's coming to russia. bernie ecclestone the president and c.e.o. of formula one management the right in person to meet with prime minister putin and to secure a six year long deal it clearly wasn't a race against time to get more than three decades of talks first with soviet and now with the russian leaders to find a suitable venue more school and seeing petersburg dropped out but the city of sochi in the cell which will also host the winter olympic games in two thousand and fourteen will be the first to the checkered flag we are on the beach in the mid to low lead which could quite possibly see part of a future formula one race track from here you can see where the olympic venues are going to be just a few hundred metre

ice palace the purpose built super circuit will run through the so-called coastal cluster of the olympic park it will be used parts of the existing infrastructure as well as a newly constructed tractor on some of the band use the first races are scheduled for the end of two thousand and fourteen when the olympics will be over giving organizers a chance to arrange a can the dacian and provide logistics former ferrari team member says that building a circuit in russia should be a real crowd pleaser especially with some homegrown talent like the dalai patrol taking part it's one of the leading countries in the world it's it's it's you know . an emerging economy. formula one should be there it would be great for from the long to be there to be great for russia to have a formula one race and in a place like so she. and now with petrol for the russian driver i think that's that's it's it's a nice energy. local administration and sponsors are planning to spend somewhere between one and two hundred. a million dollars on the circuit and be another forty million annually to use the f one brand but

and olympic construction works in sochi help to reveal the russian city's ancient past with the ruins of an eighteenth century temple discovered underground. international news live from moscow this is the with me you know that thanks for joining us a staggering litany of killings summary execution and torture they are they call turns of almost four hundred thousand secret military u.s. files which show a bad the truth of the iraq war whistleblowing website we can leaks has published the largest ever leak of classified american documents along with death toll statistics collated by u.s. officials but wish the country had publicly denied existed also has a lower emmet has more from london for us in the report with pictures you might find disturbing. the files contain evidence of nearly one hundred ten thousand violent deaths that took place in iraq in the years between two thousand and four and two thousand and nine two thirds of them it seems from these foyles that's around sixty six thousand deaths were the deaths of civilians during this combat half of those were killed by the iraqi

smaller findings from the olympic park like these bronze age artifacts from now until be on display in sochi is historical museum its personnel preparing for the most significant arrival of new items and decades what that bad they see is the first archaeological project of such a scale in sochi and is the olympic preparations that made this survey possible undoubtedly without archaeologists and sites we could have lost these one even square ever and i can't open it happens elsewhere with a limp construction pool steam ahead the organizers say they're doing their best to save the region's reach historical heritage. so in two thousand and thirteen which will be celebrated and thought she has the year of museums the seeding may see not only the ground opening of stadiums ice rinks but also newly discovered landmarks like this christian sanctuary in the bay to all of those boards are sochi all of these of course a lot more as well on our home page or t. dot com we'll check that today for the weekend business edition to charlotte coming away just a moment here on r.t. . we've got. the bigge

following the old adage of if you want something done do it yourself the president of the russian olympic committee turned his home to coming this weekend to boost interest in the sport as the country such as for talent had his next winter olympics in sochi around closer as reports. in countries like canada sweden and norway curling has been a national sport for hundreds of years attracting thousands to stay tuned and gluing millions to their t.v. sets therefore it's not a surprise that those nations are leaders in the big medals count according to a poll conducted by the russian curling federation ninety percent of the population in the biggest country on earth are not even a familiar with this winter discipline as statistic which is in desperate need of alteration especially ahead of the twenty fourteen olympic winter games in russia's black sea resort of sochi. during its ordeal curling is five hundred years old while in russia it was established only twenty years ago thanks to enthusiastic it's still alive here today the new calling federation said two goals for the near future first

such a where limpid construction is progressing in leaps and bounds that's the view international olympic committee we follow them on their latest progress toward change two thousand and fourteen winter games. worming its way to cram in the ip reception how one russian government can fund expected dining . the first civilian trial of a contango detainees has begun in the us the decision to try the terror suspect in my right to enjoy a fierce media backlash the new yorkers concerned about security and heightened emotions that could cause. us to see explains things on a remarkably quiet. but the main problem isn't security name problem on the head no no how many intelligence secrets will we surrender during this process they were terrorists or on us soil that's not the point we'll get to spew all kinds of anti american propaganda because that's what's going to happen well i'm an oracle a shockingly relaxed atmosphere outside the federal courthouse in lower manhattan especially when a case of such significance is going on this please has seen some of the most publicized scandals of the last

sochi is archaeologists stumble of an ancient temple construction work for me twenty fourteen winter olympics this is r.t. live from moscow it's eight pm saturday evening here now welcome i'm kevin owen with a top story and online whistleblower wiki leaks has struck washington another massive blow their websites let loose several hundred thousand secret u.s. military documents since the largest leak ever. reports tonight from london. the files contain evidence of nearly one hundred ten thousand violent deaths that took place in iraq in the years between two thousand and four and two thousand and nine two thirds of them it seems from these files that's around sixty six thousand deaths were the deaths of civilians during this combat half of those were killed by the iraqi insurgency and hoff it seems from the documents were killed by troops that military action the u.s. always said they do which is what's interesting about this that it wasn't keeping the red coat of civilian deaths but in fact it turns out from these files that the u.s. military was keeping a very detailed record of what was goi

sochi as archaeologists stumble mentioned temple during construction of the twenty fourteen winter olympics. hello this is the r t news channel from moscow it's eleven pm saturday night here now i'm kevin zero in with a top story in the online whistleblower wiki leaks has struck washington another massive blow the website's let loose several hundred thousand secret u.s. military documents it is the largest leak ever. has the details must warn you you may find some of the images coming up in a report tonight disturbing. the files contain evidence of nearly one hundred ten thousand violent deaths that took place in iraq in the years between two thousand and four and two thousand and nine two thirds of them it seems from these files that's around sixty six thousand deaths were the deaths of civilians during this combat hoff of those were killed by the iraqi insurgency and half it seems from the documents were killed by troops in military action the u.s. always said today for the week which is what's interesting about this that it wasn't keeping a record of civilian deaths but in fact it turns

and sing petersburg dropped out but the city of sochi in the cell which will also host the winter olympic games in two thousand and fourteen will be the first to the checkered flag we are on the beach in the media to lola which could quite possibly see part of a future formula one race track from here you can see where the olympic venues are going to be just a few hundred meters away and right over there the big ice palace the purpose built super circuit will run through the so-called coastal cluster of the olympic park it will be used parts of the existing infrastructure as well as a newly constructed track or on some of the venues the first races are scheduled for the end of two thousand and fourteen when the olympics will be over giving organizers a chance to arrange a can the dacian and provide logistics former ferrari team members says that building a circuit in russia should be a real crowd pleaser especially with some homegrown talent like the dalai pitt group taking part it's one of the leading countries in the world it's it's it's you know. an emerging economy. formula one should