worried a little bit right now is that what we have seen the russian policy towards poland back five years ago or so we see more and more towards countries such as the romania where the relations between russia and romania today sharply deteriorate so we need to recognize that and russians need to recognize that it's not only and it's not enough to improve relations with poland to have stable and secure relations with the entire european union but with all nations are the relations individually have to be stable in order to have real deep improvement between you and russia and not despite what you said earlier about really tons of an improvement in relations between russia and poland there is also a lingering and russian sentiment among some circles and probably does not even some conspiracies about russian involvement in the reddest relents playing crass do you think that these voices have will power to deal well we'll ations all over again. well yes those roses do exist unfortunately and they do manifest certain certain polish position towards russia over the past five years or so

and the rather cold relationship that russia and poland had with one another than common office he's come out and said that he will try to improve cooperation between the two nations and you have to remember that he is from the same party as donald tusk the prime minister from the civic platform party who has before this once tragedy reached out to russia and tried to improve relations there so over a week we can say that have a platform with president will continue in the same the same direction of improving cooperation between the new two nations well recently we've heard lots of accusations coming from warsaw concerning the investigation of the smolinski tragedy saying that some people in warsaw believe that russia is holding back facts and trying to stall the investigation do you think this investigation is still somewhat still in the warming bit of relations between the two countries the point here is that the investigations can drag on for too long a period and if if there's no final conclusion they can't get over this and continue what prime minister tusk had begun when he and

rather cold relationship that russia and poland had with one another then he's come out and said that he will try to improve cooperation between the two nations you have to remember that. from the same party as donald tusk the prime minister from the civic up from party who has before this was a tragedy reached out to russia to try to improve relations there so over a week we can say that. form with the president will continue in the same the same direction of improving cooperation between the new two nations right thank you so much this was gareth brice from warsaw business journal joining us here live in warsaw watching what's happening with integration and we'll bring you all the latest details from the polish capital. yourselves could there warsaw now the russian president unveil the latest stage of his top to bottom overhaul of the country's police force and this time it's one of the most basic things at a meeting with top security officials to meet them instead of proposed and the moment he's sure. over since the bulls have a group aleutian or a long coursers of the known as the

the better relations with you do you think he's right in saying that would do you think that poland needs russia just as much or well this is actually what almost every polish president after the collapse of communism has been saying that to because it's an old tradition of pope. thinking to consider the country as a kind of bridge between russia and the west but i think that poet needs a good relationship with russia because a bad relationship or bad relations with this country. no good in europe and in fact we can see its position with the team of countries to share a history of of tense relations and say see do you really think that. bad feeling has been swept aside that we can look forward to a more positive future in polish russian relations well poland's grievances toward russia too deep to be swept aside within months so surely it will have we'll see a lot of incidents very unpleasant for both sides like the recent us a creation of the monument to soviet soldiers killed in the twenty first session on a built in poland so i think. such and such problems are not solved within s

it's a big day for poland now that he has been sworn in as the country's new president you know gratian was quite long and begin again in the morning here in. where he took an oath to become the country's new leader then the whole ceremony moved on to one of the central cathedrals in warsaw where a mass was held to mark this fact that he is now the country's new president and then the final stage of the ceremony in the world where all the attributes of the presidential power are being handed over to bring it is expected that the new president of poland will move on to his residence the presidential palace in central warsaw but it is a question of whether he will actually be able to get inside this building as the street around the presidential palace is filled with protesters people who are protesting against the removal of a wooden cross which was put there to commemorate those who died in the tragedy nearby the russian city of smolensk like to remind you of us that in april most of the country's political elite as well as the country's president died in a tragic plane crash in western

another cold relationship russia and poland had one another then. come out and said that he will try to improve corporation between the two nations you have to remember that. from the same parties don't alter the prime minister from the civic up from party who has before this one tragedy reached out to russia and try to improve relations so over a week we can say that. president will continue in the same the same direction of improving cooperation between the new two nations right thank you so much this was go with bruce from warsaw business journal joining us here live in warsaw we're watching what's happening with you know gratian and we'll bring you all the latest details from the polish capital. alexy yourselves reporting there from warsaw so look at some other stories making headlines around the world this hour the pentagon has demanded that wiki leaks remove secret documents on the afghan war from its website tens of thousands of files with information on civilian deaths and other sensitive issues appeared on the site last month when officials

and germany the relations between poland and russia to improve we have moved away from the so-called cold war situation into more working correlations where both poles and russians do recognize the importance of one another and for example there is a new emerging triangle between poland germany and russia working closely to forming some sort of core group initiating closer e.u. russia relations. experts from poland are in moscow to continue investigations into april's plane crash which killed the country's president and ninety other senior officials enveloping the delegation had been travelling to a ceremony to mark seventy years since the massacre of thousands of poles by the soviet secret police that get in the atrocity had been a major historical stumbling block in bilateral relations but april's crash brought the two nations closer but as political analyst and says there are many other areas of common interest beyond a difficult and sad history. my personal feeling is that the small and crush will be a topic discussed for years to come especially if it's not and if the investigat

experts from poland are in moscow to continue investigations into april's plane crash which killed the country's president and ninety other senior officials and relatives the delegation had been travelling to a ceremony to mark the seventy years since the massacre of thousands of poles by the soviet secret police that get in the atrocity had been a major historical stumbling block in bilateral relations but april's crash brought the two nations closer but as political analyst and says there are many other areas of common interest beyond a difficult and sad history my personal feeling is that the small and crush will be a topic discussed for years to come especially if it's not and if the investigations attended by the end of this year but there are surely more global issues and this is first of all the economy because the economy area where the blue sides have most for their mutual benefit and of course the different debates over history which has been discussed recently and will continue to be poland's grievances toward russia too deep to be swept aside with the models so surely it wi

it is expected that the new president of poland will move on to his residence the presidential palace in central warsaw but it is a question whether he will actually be able to get inside this building as the street around the presidential palace is filled with protesters the people who are protesting against the removal of a wooden cross which was put there to commemorate those who died in the tragedy near by the russian city of i'd like to remind you of us that in april most of the country's political elite as well as the country's president died in a tragic plane crash in western russia now. this would be removed and placed in one of the central cathedrals in central warsaw and be replaced with a monument but these people are standing there and trying to protect this cross from removal and these people are supporters of the late president lech kaczynski and his twin brother but obviously coming back to the integration ceremony itself and the fact that he has become the new president and what would it mean for foreign relations of poland we're joined by gareth price from the war so

has been officially sworn in as poland's new president comes just four months after the tragic death of former leader lech kaczynski along with a delegation of polish officials at a plane crash while the inauguration should have signified a new beginning it has been marred by protests hundreds of people gathered outside the presidential palace to boycott them or move all of a memorial the wooden cross was erected in honor of the late leader along with everybody else killed in the crash demonstrators are opposed to it being transferred from state to church grounds but the new president claims the symbol should not remain in front of a government building party's alexei gives us a round up of you know variation from warsaw. it's a big day for poland and now that he has been sworn in as the country's new president you know gratian was quite long to begin again in the morning here in the . where he took an oath to become the country's new leader then the whole ceremony moved on to one of the central cathedrals in warsaw where mass was how to mark this fact that he is now the country's ne

it's a big day for poland now that he has been sworn in as the country's new president you know gratian was quite long to begin again in the morning here in the polish parliament where he took an oath to become the country's new leader then the whole ceremony moved on to one of the central cathedrals in warsaw where a mass was held to mark this fact that he is now the country's new president and then the final stage of the ceremony in the world powers was held where all the attributes of the presidential power were being handed over to bring use of what would it mean for foreign relations of poland we're joined by gareth price from the warsaw business journal many thanks for joining us this hour here in warsaw my first question to you obviously we've been hearing a lot of things about the changes in the foreign backed with the now in office what would this mean for russia for relations between poland and moscow ok well you have to compare this period that's coming up to when he was president and the rather cold relationship that russia and poland had with one another then. come out and

reporting from warsaw in poland. turkish police may soon be patrolling germany's streets the aim is to get a grip on crime among the country's largest ethnic minority turkish immigrants are often seen as having failed to integrate into german society and high unemployment is leading to serious problems but critics of the new policing plan say it's just another example of discrimination from barton explains. crystal tank feels like a stranger in her own country daily she enjoys the summer parks and life here in this cologne suburb when not working as a doctor but she feels totally outnumbered death and lies but it all happened very silently without anyone noticing much the german population will delay their children were taken out of the schools and suddenly there are only talks here and there around two million turkish citizens living in germany with many more having the doctor german citizenship special worker recruitment agreements from the one nine hundred sixty s. made germany the destination of choice for turkis

a dam collapsed in western poland.a river in eastern germany burst its banks, rising 3 meters in just three hours, and a flood bore down on the city. and elsewhere, the watats continue to rise. >> let's go now to the managing director of the institute for meteorology at the free university here in berlin. with all due respect, for a meteorologist's caution, when come to instructhe leading unique whether evens, these are the kinds of phenomenon that are predicted by climate scientists, when they talk about the effect of global warming, are they not? >> well, this is exactly the case. these incidents, and they are quite normal in a certain respect, but with climate change, we are expecting that the number and maybe the intensity of some of the events will increase, and this is a main risk of climate change. >> piss so what do we need to be prepared for in the future? >> well it depends on the region you are looking at. for example, models say that we are considering for an estimated climate change, it clearly say there i

the relations between poland and russia improved we have moved away from the so-called cold war situation into more working clearly where both poles and russians were they importance of one another for example there's a new emerging triangle between call and germany and russia working closely to forming some sort of core group in the street in closer e.u. russia relations. polish exports are most going to continue to probe into the plane crash which killed the previous president more than ninety other officials in the travelling to not simply years since the cutting massacre of twenty thousand poles by the soviets in russia's smolinski can cut in the seen as a major historical stumbling block but april's crash appeared to begin to kind of healing process as the two nations mourned together and political analyst anton despond of says there are many other areas of common interest beyond the difficulty street. my personal feeling is that the small and crush will be a topic discussed for years to come especially if it's not and if the investigations attended by the end of this year but there

recognize the importance of one another and for example there is a new emerging triangle between poland germany and russia working closely to forming some sort of core group in the street in closer e.u. russia relations. projects but it's remorse going to continue a probe into the plane crash which killed the previous president more than ninety other officials and trying to mark seventy years of the kind of necessary twenty thousand poles by the soviets in russia's smolensk region because it was seen as a major historical stumbling but april's crash appeared to be going to a kind of healing process as the two nations mourned together and political analysts until this point of says there are many other areas of common interest beyond a difficult history. my personal feeling is that the small and crush will be a topic discussed for years to come especially if it's not and if that's investigations attended by the end of this year but there are surely more global issues and this is first of all the economy because the economy the area where those sides have most for their mutual benefit and

women spottable team continue their preparation for next month's world championships by taking on poland in a friendly concerted but up of the digits. that woman's world championship often just where month well a training camp in the moscow region has been well queen candidates for the national team poland pour invited to join the camp to diversify the russians training and test their young team in some friendly matches in the first game russia beat the polish sixty five fifty five but the home side wanted to prove that a ten point lead is not enough for three time world championship runners up. everson always depends on us yesterday we didn't produce our best game there were lots of errors and misplaced pos as we made mistakes before menow combinations but today was a completely different game we had a winning spirit from the start and everybody before with well. the russian players made an electric start they took total control and didn't give the visitors a chance until the very end dominating every aspect of the game national team captain forster and his team mates did everything the

many think of poland as flooded and heavy storms covered latvia but it's all heading towards russia but luckily the sun phase works for us this time because in streams will take those that cycle and to the north. central russia will be far away from the storms and heavy rains so we should not expect another polar catastrophe but if worst comes to worst and they reach us well people here are saying in russia we never ready for anything sometimes even snow in winter is a natural disaster for us but it's a national feature i guess president did you blamed regional authorities for being irresponsible experts say that millions of rebels worse off safety precautions that could prevent fires were not taken who is responsible and here we go for mccartney's one of course every specialist should be responsible for what they are interested with if for example the mayor of moscow comes back from holidays for the next day after the small over the capitol has dissolved which was the case this time and i think it is unacceptable he should have been here half an hour after the smoke. he is responsible

poland has prepared a lavish ceremony to swear in its new president but on this stuff. but the events are being overshadowed by a protesting for the removal of a wooden cross iraq had in the memory of potence former president. reports for. now the former speaker of polish parliament bernice the committal ski is due to be inaugurated as poland's new president after gaining a victory with a narrow margin on july the fourth in the second round of the polish presidential election over the brother of the twin brother of the late polish president lech kaczynski it was love now we understand the ceremony will kick off at ten o'clock local time in the polish parliament where the new proposed president will will take an oath becoming the country's new leader and then the ceremony will move on to one of the central cathedrals in warsaw where mass will be held to mark the fact that but he said he has become the country's new president and then the whole soul in ceremony will move on to the royal fossil where the final stage where the all the regular easily tributes of the presiden

poland's new president bronislaw komorowski sworn in for a five year term he succeeds lech kaczynski who was killed in a tragic plane crash in russia in april comaroff sees poland's fourth democratically elected president since the fall of communism twenty years ago meanwhile protests have broken out over a plan to move morial across dedicated to the former president from the presidential palace grounds. russian president dmitry medvedev calls for further reforms of the country's law enforcement bodies he also suggested the name change since the lead see it known as the believes he has since one thousand nine hundred seventeen he's proposed a turtle return to the use of the term police force according to the president the new legislature easy legislation rather is needed to reflect public demand for a limit on police powers trust in the force has been marred by recent high level corruption cases of rogue officers involved in shooting sprees. up next his guess if the world is drifting into a clash of civilizations and whether culture has surpassed ideology as a source of conflict that

. >>> italy may be the home of the pizza, but poland wants to have a finger in that pie.esidents in krakow are trying to break the world record for the longest pizza. their pie measured over 1,000 yards. more than twice as long as the record. however there's no official word yet on where poland's made the cut. >>> here's a contest you can really get fired up about. the national fireworks competition in japan has marked the end of summer for a century. japan's top producers compete in two categories, traditional pyrotechnics and creative fireworks. bursting into various colors and shapes. in all, over 18,000 fireworks were used to light up the night sky. >>> a seventh generation high wire walker has pulled off a pair of stunts trying to break his own world records in the bahamas. he biked more than 100 feet across a wire from over 260 feet up without a net. then he walked 2,000 feet from a height of 250 feet over the marine habitat teaming with sharks, barracudas and piranhas. that's not a way to go work without a net. especially with the. >> ron: -- pran, a. >> no, there'

second and other step towards its goal of becoming a parent eastern european competition clubs from poland finland and by the roots have been added to the roster as the draw was announced here in moscow. and minsk two thousand and six join the league in its second season ensuring it will expand to twelve teams from eight countries along with the question of korean lot within a store near the clubs were drawn into round robin groups the group winners and runners up will play for the title and prize money in the final four in april remember. the defending champions. and staying on the hardwood the russian women's basketball team continue their preparations for next month's world championships in poland in a friendly is consenting but. that woman's world championship pulled off in just a word month well a training camp in the most courageous has been welcoming candidates for the national t o important way to join the camp to diversify the russians training and test their young team in some friendly matches in the first game russia beat the polish sixty five fifty five but the home side wanted

and brahma the model he has been sworn in as poland's new leader but found in warsaw are protesting his decision to remove a memorial crawl's dedicated to the former president who was killed in a plane crash in. more details on all those stories at three pm on time up next all the sports highlights with anger. hello there welcome to the sport and this is what is coming up over the next few minutes siberian express have been made the europa league playoffs after beating limits so on away gold. plus the spending spree continues is there any sign rubin captain sergei seem. anti get in trouble at the world golf championship with his number one ranking under threat. but we start with a football where the european dream continues to russian side sabir they may be bottom of the russian premier league but have made it to the europa league playoffs beating women so on away you go with the siberian side that won the first leg and even though they lost to one last night in cyprus it meant a tie finish to two and i could persevere making the pay off stage on the away goals rule. with the vital stri

now the former speaker of polish parliament bernice the committal ski is due to be inaugurated as poland's new president after gaining a victory with a narrow margin on july the fourth in the second round of the polish presidential election over the brother of the twin brother of the late polish president lech kaczynski it also now we understand the ceremony will kick off at ten o'clock local time in the polish parliament where the new proposed president will will take an oath becoming the country's new leader and then the ceremony will move on to one of the central cathedrals in warsaw where a mass will be held to mark the fact that but he supposedly has become the country's new president and then the whole soul in ceremony will move on to the royal house where the final stage where you see all the regular easily attributes of the presidential power will be handed over to the coming of steve then he will move on to his new residence the presidential palace here in warsaw but the fact is the question is whether he will be able to make it inside the presidential palace here as protesters ar

has taken another step towards its goal of becoming a pan eastern european competition clubs from poland finland and deloris ratted on the roster as a draw was announced here in moscow pak on hong kong minsk two thousand and six has joined the lake in its second season and showing it will expand to twelve teams from eight countries along with russia ukraine to colombia with you am i understand here the clubs are drawn into round robin groups the group when it's and one is up for play for the title prize money in the final four in april. the defending champions and staying on the hardwood the russian women's basketball team continue their preparations for next month's while championships by taking on poland in a friendly constantine but off has more. that woman's world championship often just a worry month well the training camp in the moscow region has been woken candidates put in a show t. ball and were invited to join the camp to diversify the russian strains and tears their young team in some friendly matches in the first game russia beat the polish sixty five fifty five but the home

relationship between russia and as you've sat younger members of the european union for instance poland take place my last tragedy which is huge. ships had been there passed before that could you say that maybe this tragedy fortunately or unfortunately it brought us together i think actually also it's one of the results of the small things that. both science have become more willing to take another look at the charter. and kind of started the relationship mr putin was more than forthcoming in helping and you know attending the needs and i think you know the poles do appreciate that maybe not each and every one of them but many of them and that is certainly a reflection of the changed tone between the two governments. and that is i guess the one of the good things that has emerged from something that. everyone has been saying in the west that russia needs to get away from its. it's an oil and gas now for the past two years me that's it has been saying that as well that russian economy should be depending on that what should russia do to really move away from its economic dependence from

of new president runs love to murder all skiis sworn in poland the late leader and to escape comes back into the picture with hundreds protesting against the moving of his memorial. over the ground and that may seem like the end of the well ok in russia experts say the survey was significantly damaged the economy join us in business in about twenty minutes time. and warm welcome to you live from our studios in central moscow this is our team with me a nice in that way it's four pm at doma dead of an airport and two pm in warsaw poland now with the summer heat wave now fueling wildfires in twenty two regions across russia the death toll has risen to fifty two more than three and a half thousand people have been left homeless meanwhile the capital is shrouded in dense mob the worst the city's ever experienced safety vivants has more. this is the thickest the smog has been since the fires have started and it's disrupting air travel the small just really has come in and has blanketed the capital have blanketed. moscow actually and the doctors are taking people to take telling people take he

you're watching live from moscow and poland's new leader has been sworn in at a ceremony in warsaw run as he was elected in june after the former president and other senior officials were killed in a plane crash in russia and as a look for yourself give reports calls to keep a memorial cross dedicated to the late leader are overshadowing nor curation. we expect the country's new president to move on to his new residence inside the presidential palace in central war so the question is whether going to come out of steel would be able to get inside this presidential palace because now this whole area around the presidential palace essentially warsaw is filled with protesters we saw several dozen people gathered there and front of the presidential palace near that wouldn't cross which was mounted there off to the country lost its president and most of the country's political elite in april to commemorate the dead and these people are protesting and defending the cross from removal we know that he wants to remove this cross and put it into one of the central cathedrals in central warsaw and

poland's new president bronislaw komorowski is sworn in for a five year term he succeeds lech kaczynski who was killed in a plane crash in the russia in april he's poland's fourth democratically elected president since the fall of communism twenty years ago while the protests are broken out over a plan to move a memorial was dedicated to the former president. russian president dmitry medvedev calls for a further reforms to the country's law enforcement bodies is also suggested a name change known as the lead c.s. and one hundred seventeen he's proposed a return to the use of the term police force according to the president new legislation is needed to reflect public demand for a limit on police power trust in the force has been marred by recent high level corruption cases and a rogue officer is involved in shooting sprees. in march of this year georgian state media aired a story appearing to show fresh hostilities between georgia and russia the program led to panic across georgia and outrage in russia find out who and what was behind the broadcast up next here on r t. insisted on tellin

at least ten people dead in the last few days the flooding that struck an area near the borders of poland germany and the czech republic hail storms strong winds and torrential rains have destroyed bridges damaged buildings and ruined crops thousands have had to be evacuated from the worst affected areas helicopters are plucking people to safety from the roofs of their homes state of emergency has been declared in a number of cities meteorologists warn the rains will continue all sunday. well south of here is in mourning as it remembers the victims of the war with georgia two years ago hundreds were killed when tbilisi attacked its breakaway republic in august two thousand and eight r.t. correspondent natalia novikov was following the commemorations in the south of thirteen capital. several sorry monies have been help their publics president who are quite delayed grief stole the places that have become symbols that were pulled was two thousand and eight here and he involved one of those places was a local school number six nearby which a lot of people have been killed and it has become wh

or so poland is still recovering from massive flooding in spring which left more than twenty people dead in southern kashmir rainfall has killed more than one hundred rescue teams are trying to save people trapped under rubble dozens of other dozens others are still missing across parts of china the worst flooding in more than a decade destroyed houses and left millions of fact the lights and downpours. efforts continue to rescue at least thirty four miners trapped after a mine collapse in chile and there's been no contact as yet relatives and rescuers hope the miners were able to take refuge in an underground shelter which contains oxygen and water mining accidents are rare in the country due to thai government controls. the arctic is becoming. an international bone of contention is russia the u.s. and canada search for evidence to support their territorial claims and that's because a fourth of the world's oil and gas reserves are thought to lie near the north pole and climate change in melting ice is likely to tempt nations to tempt nations closest to the region to start drilling

but on this love the was officially sworn in as poland's new president on friday he comes four months after the previous leader contin ski died in a plane crash in russia integration was in order to get a smooth as one of the new president's presses to sponsor protests in mosul hundreds gathered outside the presidential palace to boycott his decision to move a memorial to the crash victims the wooden cross with the wrecked in the central square shortly after the accident in which more than ninety died the new president wants to move the memorial to church grounds but off the protests the transfer has been postponed. the well famous flying beach don't keep. rescued by british tabloid and current enjoying all the trappings of a newfound celebrity status could be an imposter that's according to a russian newspaper the report claims a local former tricked the son into buying and that a similar looking animal for an over inflated price whereas the don't even actually took to the skies it's called money and it's still in by the organizer of the parasailing stunt he says he has no intention

time now for business update with the charlotte she joins us and she has news that poland may pull the plug on gas supplies from russia that's right also is yet to sign off from gas problem and it seems poland's premier don't know task is instead eyeing other sources we'll have the details later in the program but first this hour the ruble is enjoying a resurgence against the dollar on the back of the rising oil price which is currently close to a two month high the russian currency now holding below the psychologically important level of thirty to the dollar. reports. the russian ruble is a three month high versus the greenback and analysts say the rising price is not the only reason for the rally since this started we. do need these instruments just because of. the central bank and because of market perception to risk appetite everyone was looking for high yields and assets. was one of them in a minute there and instruments evillest pleats on the rubles longer term prospect some are predicting the ruble will fall significantly next year as investors buy into the dollar which is seen

dead and several others missing in the last few days the flooding struck an area near the borders of poland germany and the czech republic hailstorm strong winds and torrential rain of damaged bridges destroyed buildings and ruined crops thousands of had to be evacuated from the worst affected areas helicopters plucked people to safety from the roofs of their homes states of emergency have been declared in a number of cities so if a set is in mourning as they remember the victims of the war with georgia two years ago hundreds were killed when tbilisi attacked its breakaway republic in august two thousand and eight r.t. correspondents are following universe following the anniversary on both sides of the conflict. several sorry monies have been help their publics president who are quite delayed grief stole the places that have become symbols that were polled as two thousand and eight here in spain vaal one of those places was a local school number six nearby which a lot of people have been killed and it has become involved has become one of the places where reefs are laid annually in a small