well still to come in the program for you this hour on r.t. . this is a baby box if a mother wanted to leave her child all should have to do would be to pull on the handle and put the child inside it's designed to save infants lives but critics say it's encouraging women to give up their children plus. as russia faces a record heatwave the capital moscow is quite literally smoking pot. a military exercise between the u.s. and south korea is underway off the korean peninsula despite threats of the nuclear response from north korea their four day drills involve around eight thousand troops to one hundred aircraft and twenty ships america currently has twenty eight thousand troops based in south korea and fifty thousand more in japan tensions have been running high in the region after an international commission blamed the north first sinking one of the south's warship back in march that killed forty six sailors so accusation that pyongyang denies the u.s. has also increased unilateral sanctions against the north a lecture on korean studies at sydn

r.t. . it is now twenty minutes past the hour here in the russian capital you are with r.t. now roaring engines and hard rock music are shaking the ukrainian city of sevastopol an annual international biker festival gets into gear thousands of riders and spectators are camping in the city for two days of two wheeled action you see the show is dedicated to the sixty fifth anniversary of victory over nazi germany and features some more time motorbikes a commemoration ceremony will also be held to remember the defenders of several star it's the fourteenth such great the city or the marquee is gathering which attracted some five thousand bikers. ok well the business news is next with daniel stay with us. welcome to business the much anticipated results of the european bank stress tests are out seven of europe's ninety one largest banks failed the exam which was intended to reveal which institutions would not be able to survive a sustained economic downturn or a sovereign debt default the banks which were found wanted including germany's hyper real estate which is now government

this is r.t. from moscow just after eleven pm here in the russian capital i'm kevin zero in with the top stories this hour it's good to have you with us a growing closeness between russia and the west was on show at a joint russian german summit in the city catherine board president dmitry medvedev and chancellor angela merkel indeed shared jokes about paul the psychic world cup octopus and. barack obama but amid all the smiles they got some business done too with dozens of agreements signed our correspondent daniel bushell's been following the story. in the windy city over you could get was very much a case of the madrid if and merkel i'm sure if you like is the su country's leaders rolf's more of their personal strong relationship really highlights the country's two excellent relationship at the moment historically as it was with greeted chatted with mr medvedev influence russian he with her off to a top local restaurant where they enjoyed off to perth but later promised it was not paul the octo

top stories from r.t. . host international aids conference on sunday a group of scientists challenge the conventional view on whether disease comes form they say they don't believe a child is the only cause for instance kills more than two million people every year. much of europe has been gripped by a severe heat wave record breaking temperatures of also being felt in russia threatening crops and forcing people to find new ways to keep cooling of sun. and hours owners tough new immigration laws have been causing fresh debates across the u.s. since could.

good to have you with us this is r.t. coming to live from the russian capital top stories now this hour at this twenty five people have been killed in wildfires across russia as a record breaking heat wave grips the country homes have been destroyed and thousands of fled as far fighters struggle to stop the flames spreading. emergency crews are scanning a river in china for barrels of highly toxic chemicals which could reach russia in two weeks thousands of the containers were swept away during severe flooding chinese authorities said the drums of tightly sealed and don't pose any threat. germany looks forced to scrap a system that keeps some convicts behind bars indefinitely preventive detention aims to stop violent prisoners refunding by keeping them locked up after their official sentence has ended but the european court of human rights say that's illegal. to bring it up to date for the moment more news coming your way with me in about thirty minutes from now in the meantime it's a debate program cross talk and this ti

r.t. . next week. welcome to business the much anticipated results of the european bank stress test are out seven of europe's ninety one largest banks failed the exam which was intended to reveal which institutions would not be able to survive a sustained economic downturn or a sovereign debt default the banks which were found wanted including germany's hyper real estate which is now government owned following a bailout eighty eight bank of greece and full regional spanish lenders a number of other banks only passed the tests now early on they are likely to face more pressure to increase their capitalization the governments in countries with suspect institutions say they're ready to help the braes more money the european markets have not yet had the opportunity to cause their verdict as the result came out of the close of the market. if europe's banks struggles when markets open on monday this is likely to feed through into russia but according to peter westin chief strategist at that's on it may repre

r.t. . well we are coming to you live from moscow this is r.t. still ahead for you in the program why britain's parliament dealt a heavy hand to a nonviolent protest on its front lawn also. ukrainian city of sevastopol is decked out in the colors of the russian navy with thousands gathering by the waterfront for a spectacular display all the details coming out. well as the international aids conference in vienna unfolded there was heated debate over the role of large pharmaceutical companies under stop list forms of treatment for hiv and aids a small minority of skeptics challenging conventional thinking on the aids debate gathered ahead of the event but they believe their views are being ignored by the wider scientific community r.t. surfer thousand more on this. right here right now a human rights based approach to hiv prevention and treatment and a coup to the world to continue its fight in the first against. the two thousand and ten conference in vienna unveils cutting edge new treatments and so speakers from frontline workers to x. world lea

recitative journalist and r.t. contributor wayne madsen thinks the idea that the press the wrong fax machine is a poor excuse i think this is part of the carry over from the bush cheney administration where the u.s. basically thumbs its nose at international law and we've seen it time and time again it seems like the reset button doesn't work at the state department fax machines but the idea that there's a bank of buttons that they push it i guess if they push the next one they would have gone to rule rwanda which is next in the alphabetical list so that sounds like a very strange story and i don't think anyone would buy that why didn't they contact the russian embassy or the russian government itself why wasn't justice department to the ministry of justice in moscow you know direct talks between. let's take a look now at some other news stories from around the world it's emerged that a system of the oil rig which exploded in the gulf of mexico was partially disabled on the day of the blast the technician on board

r.t. . well with more on that story conservative author john ramana and human rights activist referent graydon discussed the rise of negative attitudes to illegal immigrants and new strict immigration laws in some parts of the u.s. . the problem is that illegal immigrant workers have taken jobs over the years i mean the problem isn't so much of the farm industries as it's in construction bricklaying in the trades where we're seeing wage depression on a grand scale the issue is what we've got to really understand is that the whole argument is around the issue of scarcity when you got all of these folks on employed all of a sudden you've got to look for a scapegoat for the reason why folks are employed but that's not the reason why folks ought employ the reason folks on employed is because of the way the economic system was structured wasn't regulated fell apart falls and fell apart and us falling apart in europe it's the same kind of scenario now the issue that you need to understand and. sho

hello welcome to the business bulletin hey on r.t. they say all secrets come to light russia's president dmitri medvedev has signed a law preventing infighter trading the new yorker fison defines concepts such as insider information on market manipulation amongst others insider trading is an offense in most financial centers but until now the law has never passed its first hearing in russia and it won't take effect immediately the rules come into force six months after publication. we spoke to a corporate lawyer max good broad from baker and mckenzie he says russia's insider trading nor has much in common with western but. if you look at the little food that's what's more extensive lots of details we're going to have expected. however a couple of. protests in the west which will operate in these situations that is also situations of conflicts of interest between people. in the scene and he deals with inside information does it mean that foreign investors can now rely more on information flow in russia well relying two sides the first

coming up here on r.t. for in just a moment a religious controversy a clash between the church and artistic exhibition leads to accusations of a return to soviet style censorship. but first from the nature of russia germany relations were on show when chancellor angela merkel's visited president medvedev this week the leaders in a light hearted mood seemed keen to push forward the latest trend in international relations berger diplomacy. let me draw your attention to the fact that germany is number one on the list of russia's partners we have long time relations which have not been spoiled even by difficult chapters in our history. when it comes to russia and germany's relations with other countries it's not like in school where you have just one friend we can have many friends germany and russia have their own issues they're completely different in nature to transatlantic problems it's useful for us to be able to discuss them together the room for dialogue doesn't exist in the same degree with president ob

also shared space r.t. looks back at how the relations between you ceasar in the us weren't after their first ever link up in orbit. and u.s. authorities have sat an iranian scientists allegedly abducted by american agents was a spy who supplied them with information shahram amiri who was working as a nuclear research or at a lot of tehran's universities claims to have been captured while on a pilgrimage to saudi arabia over a year ago and on his return to iran on thursday he was given a hero's welcome and was mad by his family to iran believes that a merry was adopted a claim strongly denied by washington but with contradictory accounts of what really happened with the van surrounding the story remains a mystery. the looming question in this case how did the iranian scientists sure rama miri get to the united states one person has already answered that question miri himself but his answers completely contradict one another in this video a man who says he's sure rama miry says he's in tucson arizona and was

you all with r.t. live from moscow it's good to have your company today and bear in mind that you can always see more on the stories we're covering online at r.t. dot com let's have a look at what's waiting for you at that web site right now and a woman in georgia claims cats has given birth to a puppy with its mums ears and tail find out what those who want to just start making it all. and discover how russians are less prone to depression than smiley americans that's according to a new study. well roaring engines and hard rock music shaking the ukrainian city of sevastopol where a surprise surprise visit is written in to join in on the action russian prime minister vladimir putin said he enjoyed sharing his passion. thousands of spectators are camping in this city for the next two days the show is dedicated to the sixty fifth anniversary of the victory over nazi germany just featured from time motorbikes a commemoration ceremony will also be held to remember the defenders of sevastopol it is the four

some world news headlines from r.t. tonight first off in switzerland popular tourist trains derailed in the swiss killing one injuring forty two police said six of the injured were in a critical condition but didn't identify who died probes looking at why two carriages at the rear of the train came off the track and then a third tipped over the town of feet. demonstrators clashed with israeli forces in a west bank village during a weekly protest the actions have been taking place. since two thousand and eight in protest over a spring palestinian say was taken by jewish settlers protest to sue stones after their access to the well was blocked by israeli soldiers and border policeman who responded by firing tear gas and stun grenades more world news china is battling to contain its worst oil spill in the country's northern coast authorities fear major long term damage to the environment there and the economy of the region as a knock on effect the accident happened friday after two pipelines exploded triggering an intense

in russia but what's attracting them and is it they hope for the answers coming up very shortly on r.t. . the first part of the stiletto heels of red had a double agent and a chaplain another so-called friend fatah has been seized in the u.s. this time with a bag full of banned rifle sights but the lawyer of the twenty four year old that being born american citizen says the media are simply gone james bond crazy has got to check on. it seems the u.s. can't go without a hot spice story this summer they banished anna chapman now another and a has entered the stage also in her twenty's this time more of a smuggler than a spine and if i'm on of it was arrested in new york for trying to smuggle several state of the art night gunsight devices into russia she says she bought them online for her husband and his friends who happen to be fans of hunting but to most american media she's yet another twenty something russian agent. in the line of this season spy hi everybody should women be here to you mistreat. young maybe a schoolteacher maybe a reporter doesn't matter what you do but the allure

welcome to the business program here on r.t. the people's tony hayward is expected to step down late on monday he's likely to be replaced by robert dudley a b.p. executive who made his name in russia as chief executive of b.p. up to two thousand and eight the decision is expected to come at the b.p. board meeting on monday and ahead of its second quarter results heywood's been widely criticized over the gulf of mexico spill which has cost the company forty percent of its market capitalization but his replacement is no stranger to conflict robert dudley left russia two years ago after a dispute with the russian shareholders of b.p. for analysis i'm joined now by oil and gas analyst alexander nazarov from metropole so dudley was previously head of b.p.'s lucrative russian venture judging from his record here what sort of c.e.o. will he make. i think you'll be an excellent head of b.p. because if you remember the story of mr dollars being you see your fourteen he used to be head of huge company in a very tough conditions that actua

r.t. . the current heat wave across europe may be good for holiday makers but it can also create a significant fire hazard among the most effective tools used for extinguishing some places are russian helicopters and global demand for these choppers is growing rapidly as artie's national reports. it's every year hundreds of thousands of hectares of spanish flies disappear the reason. the combination of the hot dry climate and human negligence often creates an unstoppable force resulting in a national catastrophe. but now it may have met its match. searing on the front line for many years britain five fighting helicopters are among the best and spain has welcomed the arrival. we chose the thirty two because we know it for a long time ago and we know that this is the best for fight fight. for the fighting is very very important market and right now we can tell you that it's the start of the five that we have this particular fire fighting helicopter the russian k. thirty two is capable of carry

r.t. across the. looking ahead now briefly the program we've got coming up cus true cuba's revolutionary leader and former presidents made his full of public appearance in a week for almost four years of almost total six clue should seize to break show cross-talk takes a look at how popular he is these days and his comb and his legacy that he's in cuba and abroad. far as the russians that they kept that feel great either i assume that as this same. shape people who believe that styling was a great leader. castro you know he's you know right you know i think it's very funny it's very funny what you say because you spent the world me excuse me frank you made an accusation i'm going to react to it you're living in a bubble most of the world miners fidel castro for good reasons wrong reasons and you know i'm that's not a debate that we're going to have going the right point is well. i would tell castro is very positive in the world is daughter fact you're manipulating the facts feel. your in the facts rep

coming to you live from moscow this is r.t. and the month long heat wave being experienced in russia has just caused destructive forest fires that have buttoned down hundreds of homes in central parts of the country have been reports of casualties in several regions as well prime minister vladimir putin and the head of the emergencies ministry is sort of a showing in the region of the. one of the worst hit areas specialist aircraft have been deployed there to battle the wildfires strong winds have been fanning the flames forcing villagers summer camps and hospitals to be evacuated over six hundred hectares of forest fire across the country this week and that is likely to increase. well look at later people of l. and his guests discuss whether global warming has anything to do with the sweltering heat that is spreading disaster across russia. oh this is climate and we need to do what we need to cut out industry we need to cut the hopes of millions of people in the developing world take away their or their hope of our fossil futu

reporting journalist dimitri babich from russia profile magazine told r.t. the chinese industrial incidents like this one are affecting the country's relations with russia. obviously there is a lot of discontent in russia and russian government. environmental disasters that spiel into russian territory from china it's not the first such a cure and so we've had similar situations before and every time that it was a brawl with information chinese government is very unwilling to share information with its own citizens and with russian authorities also let's hope that the problem will be resolved and the chinese government will share with our small appropriate information the same thing happened three years ago when again it was a river waste that was spilled into russia had enormous problems with that so the nature of chinese state that cannot be changed in a few years. and that was journalist to me babbage from russia magazine speaking a little earlier to. well coming away this hour is all report on the dangers of the heat wave that's taking over the whole of

if you hear on r.t. the power of magic psychics could be put out of business already has vowed to crack down on con artists promising to cure everything from diseases to cheaters. while two russian cosmonauts from the international space station have concluded their near seven hour space walk they successfully completed the installation of a new laboratory the i s s. also released a video camera used in monitoring the supply ship filming those amazing shots of earth from orbit that you see the cosmonauts also had the chance to test walk their new smart space suits which integrated computer systems and digital screens the rest of the crew stayed safely inside mitchell everything went according to plan. tony hayward will step down after the company posted a seventeen billion dollars second quarter loss for us in eighteen years old with much of the blame for the poor handling of the oil spill in the gulf of mexico the british companies already confirmed that bob dudley one of its american executives will ta

from the russian branch of the world wide fund for nature well coming up later this hour here in r.t. beefing up colors could transform russia's region of kaluga you can find out why and what locals have in store for them all the details coming up from our close up team is they're back on another adventure revealing the country's most fascinating little known areas. in germany their affairs dangerous convicts could soon be living freely in the community it comes as the country looks forced to scrap its practice of preventive detention prisoners likely to re-offend can be kept under lock and key even when their official jail sentence ends but the european court of human rights says that is illegal reports. shifty glances a nervous stares that's all we manage to see walter h a murderer and sex offender now living in the german city of sabra he's guarded all day every day by at least four policemen but he's escaped from his minders before and locals are worried he'll do it again but i think it is very dangerous for the. here and in the area because they don't know that such people. such

r.t. prague. one of their a scorcher outside the studio in moscow today a city struggling with the hottest day since records began a hundred thirty years ago and there's no end in sight and scorching weather has been playing in russians either way here as the president heat wave sizzles on foul smelling small from burning pate bogs is spreading all over moscow as emergency teams struggle to bring the flames like under control and i spoke to r.t. jacob greaves he's brave the sweltering streets of the capital for. people all over the world let's face it love to moan about the weather is too hot is too cold just how bad is it maybe. well i might be the first in my enemy i much rather be in your icy air conditioned studio than out here braving the he actually said but is cool down slightly at the moment but yeah today was you said it was a record breaking day the hottest day in moscow ever suffered. really a record breaking month in july with temps just soaring into the high seas they just had problem

much update with a foul but you can always find more stories on our website r.t. dot com flashback us. every month we give you the future we help you understand how we'll get there and what tomorrow brings the best in science and technology from across russia and around the world. join us for technology update on our g. wealthy british style site. that's not on. the. market why not come to. find out what's really happening to the global economy with my next concert for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune into cars a report. hello this is r t the headlines for you down there is no end in sight for russia's exceptional heatwave which is seen the hottest month on record the screeching heat continues to claim lives an increasingly threatened country's farming industry. the international space station marks ten years since it first became habitable commandant the structure of the space became possible after russian module launch support systems don't with the will to. the concept of baby books is gaining popularity in eastern europe mothers wh

well we're always interested in your opinions on the stories we're covering log onto r.t. dot com and have your say now today we're asking how you keep cool in scorching temperatures just over half of voters fifty one percent appear to be walking around in just their underwear twenty nine percent of less provocative preferring to turn on the air conditioner well thirteen percent are stocking up on ice cubes of course and the rest claim to stick their heads in the fridge what's your opinion you can cast your heat wave vote at r.t. dot com in our top story section. despite threats of a nuclear response from north korea a joint navy drill between the u.s. and south korea is underway off the region's peninsula the exercise involving about eight thousand troops with last until wednesday tensions have been running high after an international commission blamed the north the sinking of the south korean ship back in march long and denies any involvement america currently has twenty eight thousand troops based in south korea and fifty thousand more in japan and then it petroff lectu

r.t. . with just a week left until the u.s. state of arizona implements a controversial new immigration law the american government has launched an eleventh hour court challenge to halt the measures new police powers allowing officers stop and search people simply on suspicion of their immigration status are being criticized as racist the rouse provoking a furious debate by the radically opposing views of u.s. radio host tony katz and rights activist reverend grillin hagler. well i think that one of the things is that obviously there are calls for boycotts of arizona particularly over this issue because one of the things that we need to do is obviously deal with the people the zation of places that that are not opening that are not welcoming that do not advocate public policy in a humane way and that's not what that's one of the things our concern is always about every conversation about the law not being humane is a red herring it should not be discussed it's an embarrassment as b ten seventy is federal law and all the state o

r.t. across the. now some other news making headlines around the world this hour under fire in a hotel in northern iraq has killed at least twenty nine people including foreigners more than a forty have been injured the fire which began over five story building thursday night has been spawned by an electrical fault. for the u.s. senate has passed wall street reforms imposing the strictest regulations on banks since the great depression it's aimed at preventing a repeat of financial meltdown almost two thousand and eight you're going to provide the new powers to. threaten the economy and create a federal agency to monitor. the banks will be able to invest more than three percent of their capital in hedge funds and private equity buying. women in russia becoming escorts to make the money of being caught up in a business which can turn ugly the lucky ones find glamour and high society of sexual abuse and violence. as out of a talk to some of them. single and in need of beautiful company events you need t

r.t. . new york is considering plans to build a mosque at ground zero the site where the twin towers once stood but it's left many asking if this is a fitting spot for a muslim religious center sees very own big apple resident gauge the mood on the streets. the city of new york is considering a proposal for the construction of an islamic center and mosque at ground zero do you think this is an appropriate site for a mosque this week let's talk about that i think it's a good idea to build a mosque there go by the idea florida. why why. why there's a big problem when people equally it islam with nine eleven going after the oklahoma city bombing happened we don't equate you know christianity with that i don't think it's the qur'an teaches peace and nonviolence. if the mosque up holds the traditions of the qur'an i don't have any problem with it i have a problem with anybody blowing up buildings i'm all for it so why do you think some people get so emotional and say it's the wrong thing to do be

r.t. . the international aids conference held in vienna this week has raised heated debate about treatment for h.i.v. and aid and the role of large pharmaceutical companies skeptics challenging conventional thinking on aids over the head of the event to make heard their views which they claim of being ignored by the scientific community. right here right now a human rights based approach to h.l.v. prevention treatments and a coup to the world to continue its fight in the bus again states the tea thousand and ten conference in vienna unveils cutting edge new treatments and so speakers from frontline workers to x. world leaders joining forces with both cause zero new infections siri deaths and zero discrimination was says they never heard it was clear that they were there outside their voice. but not everyone felt they got the chance to speak. now opinions at a separate conference. heard a few days before the official event was a clique raising questions some of which challenge the fundamental

r.t. . by the way you can find more stories and analysis on our web site is our dot com that's available to you whenever you want it here's some of what can be found there right now online an iraqi american turned his own skin into a canvas for the memories of a forgotten war is determined to draw attention to those killed in iraq anyone can . post on our web site an impressive forces gathering in ukraine seaside resort of service to pull as bikers from around the world to show off their metal steeds for more head to r.t. dot com. the russian president has ordered security stepped up at all critical facilities in the north caucuses on wednesday a group of gunmen stormed a hydroelectric station in comedy about caria leaving two guards dead and destroying two power generators which medvedev promised anyone responsible for failing to ensure safety and kill infrastructure sites will be dealt with. this isn't a sporadic event this is a case of criminal activity related negligence law enforcement

than it started a last hope in an economy still in peril reporting in washington christine for south r.t. filmmaker. believes that thousands are simply rejected by president obama's mortgage aid program by the banks have too much say who qualifies in the first place. i was in atlanta with the naacp. for closure effort to try to help people and all twenty five thousand people showed up there they've been showing up around the country precisely because the government programs are not working something like five hundred thousand people have been thrown off the government program because they don't meet various criteria as a consequence only a small relatively small percentage of those facing foreclosure are being helped at all and when we say helped means that their mortgages are modified either the interest level is reduced or the in some way the terms of payment are made more affordable for people but by and large the services the so-called mortgage servicers who work with the banks are really controlling the process the government is not imposing rules here they're not really offering de

r.t. . and some other stories for around the world this hour venezuela has broken excuse me diplomatic relations with colombia after bogota accused of harboring leftist guerrillas the venezuelan president has given colombian ambassadors through days to leave the country he's ordered the military to be on high alert as he says the neighboring lead it could provoke war between the two nations the colombian adventure and evidence of rebel arms presented to the organization of american states in washington sparked a furious reaction peter travers says the evidence is bogus. relief teams working on the oil spill in the gulf of mexico have been ordered to evacuate the area due to a storm threat tropical storm bonnie that hit the bahamas there and rooting towards the gulf and could reach it by saturday officials say the evacuation might did they get rid of the well for good few days. now in remote areas of india health care can be hard to come by but thanks to the country's rivers some medical help

r.t. well conservative author john romano and human rights scientists reverend degraded have crossed. washington there's nothing if they need strict immigration norris justifying. the whole argument is around the issue of scarcity when you got all of these folks on employed all of a sudden you've got to look for a scapegoat for the reason why folks on employed but that's not the reason why folks ought employ the reason folks on employed is because of the way the economic system was structured wasn't regulated fell apart now the issue that you need to understand is that there's always been this country because of the capitalist system a race to try to produce more for less but it's always been the case so what happens is that you ended up basically outsourcing it's not that folks took jobs we gave away jobs we gave away jobs right there on the mexican border when we passed nafta and we passed all the free trade agreements it was so that people of corporations based in the united states coul

of a reporting from the afghan capital and one afghan member of parliament told r.t. that the first thing the west needs to scale back on is the help it's given to heroin production. i think it's true that afghanistan produces a lot of opium but when you talk about the heroin the international community for gets the fact that the you know to turn opium to heroin you require chemical precursors that come from huge pharmaceutical companies from europe and far east in other countries so big that never talk about that bad there's a enough money made in bringing precursors to this country to turn our poppies into heroin and if you don't attack that angle of this problem just producing opium for a farmer who wants to buy a plastic pair of shoes for his son once a year is not going to solve the problem in this country for example one thousand tons of opium last year in afghanistan required thirteen thousand pounds of chemical tons of chemical precursors that came from a major force of pharmaceutical producers in the world afghans are producing it to survive and i'm not condo

r.t. applies here. we bring up to date some top board news stories this friday evening from the fire in a hotel in iraq has killed at least twenty eight people half of them foreigners more than forty have been injured there the fire began in the five story building on thursday night it took seven hours to put it out it's thought to have been caused by an electrical fault. the u.s. senate has passed wall street reforms imposing the stiffest regulations on banks since the great depression is aimed at preventing a repeat of the financial meltdown of two thousand and eight the law provides new powers to liquidate banks which threaten the economy and create a new federal agency to monitor consumer lending the banks will be able to invest no more than three percent of their capital in hedge funds and private equity banks . turkish police have detained twenty nine people suspected links to al qaeda the arrests took place during a pre-dawn swoop across the country the latest in a string of raids against al qaed

problems here but we hope to have a couple of guests from the states in the next few minutes here on r.t. one now time to explore some of the many treasures of russia as we take a tour around the country bringing you a snapshot of its most interesting places. well this time we travel to the kaluga region founded in the fourteenth century and it's just two hundred kilometers away from moscow famous for its space exploration and scientific research it's responsible for a number of high tech advances in engineering and electronics in recent years because it has also become one of the centers of the russian automotive industry attracting a number of major foreign countries and companies i should say what is country to coach over went to meet some ex-pats to find out just why the region's such a good place for business. we're not in maybe afraid of horses but she's not afraid of horse power every day she handles one hundred forty and has been her own drives just as many the to work up the full tree and were among the first expanse to settle down in ca logan the only brazilian calder everywher

hello welcome to the sports news here from r.t. in moscow and these are the headlines. winning start c.b.s. beat him assault one male to take a first leg advantage in the europa league qualifier. while bitter exit maradona says he feels betrayed after losing the job as argentina coach. and basketball blow russian let's go to next month's world championships without the man who helped him clinch the european crown three years ago. but we can go with football where russian side sudan made a good start in their first taste of european football as they beat apple on limits all won them in siberia in the third qualifying round of the europa league and like saying that it's the winner in the seventy fourth minute a severe claim to hiding when he with a cypriot side the return leg is that limb or so on thursday the fifth of august. meanwhile the said qualifying round of the champions league is proving to be rather tricky for the big names off as it were frustrated in remaining on choose day celtic i.x. and fenerbahce all struggled on wednesday i aks of being crowned european c

national council for jewish question misstate and thank you very much for joining us here on r.t. earlier this year you said that in principle when there is a war on terror you conducted without principles you simply fighters in light of this how do you assess the current defense strategy of the american president barack obama obama failed from the very beginning that. by dialogue let's say iran is a able to. wean iran by dialogue i say no they are running in a cheating game all the time now we's facing in an understanding that iran is the pushing there or pushing with hizbullah pushing their or with hamas pushing. in iraq the shia in iraq is in practice today a tool in the end of the iranian i would say that we are facing. when the americans will leave iraq we are facing that iran through the shia of iraq will win maybe we will dominate at least part of iraq some people say that today there is some. agreement between iran and peggy that the turkish will dominate there no than the part of iraq. including the colds and the iranian the south part of iraq included but that what do yo

there from the washington institute for policy policy studies now come up in a few moments here at r.t. one slattery it was the fastest growing european economy now and many people there have to rely on charities for the been assessed if he's got reports coming up. first fresh sanctions against iran have come under fire from moscow russia's foreign ministry has said that the move falls outside the scope of the latest u.n. restrictions and undermines collective efforts to resolve the iranian nuclear issue or monday the e.u. adopted tougher sanctions against to energy sector in an attempt to prevent the islamic republic from acquiring nuclear weapons the measures include a ban on the sale of equipment and technology iran denies western fears it's trying to build an atomic bomb some around watchers say the new sanctions are not likely to make the country cooperate on its nuclear program. but. is there really any need for unilateral sanctions like those adopted by the us in the e.u. when they are already un restrictions russia has been warning against unilateral moves if these can only fur

right there welcome if you shortly right here on the program on r.t. an option for mothers who abandon their babies that's dividing child care professionals. this is a baby box if a mother wanted to leave her child all she'd have to do would be to pull on the handle and put the child inside the fact that aims to save infants lives but some say women to give up their children plus. as russia faces a record heat wave the capital moscow is quite literally smelting plant for more join the race nationally in just a couple of minutes. but u.s. and south korea are holding joint navy drills despite threats of a nuclear response from north korea exercise involves twenty ships two hundred aircraft and some eight thousand troops if you will to last until wednesday tensions have been running high on the korean peninsula after the north was accused of sinking a south korean ship in march young denies any involvement now to discuss this live i'm joined by val let's check off the rector of the international center for korean studies here in moscow and hello to you si

this is r.t. from moscow kevin owens here this hour the top stories for you in damage control and a manhunt in washington after the league's us military reports of the afghan war reveal civilian deaths for american soldiers say the country should focus on examining its questionable warfare methods not to expose them some claimed to have received orders to kill everyone in sight if threat. was booming there going bust latvians living off charity slammed the government for doing nothing to help with country recover from the financial meltdown leaving many to fend for themselves that they used to be the fastest growing european economy but suffered more than other member states from the recession. and magical deception russian authorities give psychics a reading of their own going to crack down on swindlers preying on people's misfortunes trying to enforce a ban on ads from professional psychics measure they say will reduce combs and tax evasion. eight thirty one moscow time next artie's murder port

the families affected get more work this food will only be a temporary comfort not a cure tom barton r.t. now. coming up mysticism under question russian speakers get a reality check as authorities push for proof of their abilities before allowing them to make any predictions. or news before that the u.k. courts blocked the extradition of former bosnian president say again h. to serbia where he's wanted on war crimes charges that again it is accused of ordering the deaths of more than forty yugoslav soldiers and seven gave at the start of the bosnian war in one thousand nine hundred two he was seized at london's heathrow airport in march after serbia issued an international arrest warrant denies being responsible for the atrocities. of it shaped political expert in the balkans told me the former leader should stand trial in his own country it would be best if. a court tried mr garniture because this after all occurred on the territory of bosnia and herzegovina and in fact it should be of the responsibility of the bosnian government and the bosnian institutions to try mr garment or if not

r.t. moscow. some scientists believe there could soon be a breakthrough in treating h.i.v.'s recent suggest that stimulating the immune system can get rid of the virus. i can tell you there just last year there is a professor from japan professor yamamoto published a paper published in the prestigious journal of medical viola gee there was trading there hiv infection can be eradicated the south toward the view was there and this has been published by stimulating the immune system so this means even the creation of a chevy fraction of science of h i mean faction and so if these will be confirmed on larger clinical scale clinical trials because that was just as a model a scale a clinical trial then yes i can tell you that hiv infection can be eradicated restimulating by properly stimulating the immune system is not so easy but yes we can say that there could be a tentative cures that have already been published there and we are just confirming with our data those results and that was a marker from florence university in italy. corporal punishment in schools may seem like an ou

the romanovs on the tragedy and also its mark on the country's history our special interview next on r.t. . today i'm in oxford with helen rappaport she's an expert on the russian imperial family particularly the last days of that arm on us who were assassinated in a cattery boat during the bolshevik revolution helen rappaport thanks very much for talking to r.t. now you focus on the last thirteen days of that are moneths lives in your pattern but why did you choose that period well when i looked at the stories of. the end of the dentistry i suddenly realized that although we knew the broad span of nicholas's reign in the overall story no one had looked at any great detail in those final few days particularly new culture in berg and the main reason for that was because until the collapse of communism there was no access to some of the important eyewitness testimonies by the guards and your coffee or ski who was in charge of the party of so we didn't have enough evidence to look at that really closely and when i did start looking at it closely i found it absolutely fascinating and grippin

r.t. . conservative writer john ramana says illegal immigrants courts trouble and cost american taxpayers billions of dollars every year. corporations and the individual folks that are breaking our laws say you know to the reverend i want to say there are plenty of people who have been killed by illegal immigrants in the country in there are thousands of people have had their social security number stolen it's the illegals themselves who cause trouble as well as the businesses i mean business is not innocent here businesses as cost the american taxpayer billions of dollars through skirting labor laws it's the word illegal it doesn't count if you're breaking the law you know there is such a thing as illegal immigration the left is doing everything they can to change the fight from illegal immigrant to immigrant this isn't about racial profiling we can't have this discussion and then mix it with every other discussion and problem in the united states we're talking about illegal immigrant worke

well there coming our way here in r.t. as our report on the dangers of the record breaking temperatures of this summer here in russia is all the tip experts on how to stay cool in the countries what it's month on record. the first arizona's governor plans to appeal against a federal ruling that skirt the state's controversial new immigration law the decision to revoke parts of the legislation came just hours before it came into force well for more on this here's. from arizona. moment what we were seeing just a few hours ago were a lot of protesters on the street there were a lot of what they were doing was practicing something called civil disobedience where they were basically getting arrested on purpose in order to get their message heard now what happened yesterday was the judge ruled that certain controversial provisions in ballot law would not be enacted today so it was just a small victory for the hispanic community but they said that they have a long fight ahead of them now critics of the law say that those provisio