the cool of u.k. foreign policy in an r.t. interview the ambassador to russia insisted she pressed moscow over issues like the murder of alexander litvinenko and britain's refusal to extradite boris berezovsky even if you damages trade between the two states issues around a murder case extradition issues and they're well set out in you know the position so we do not change our water down our position on issues like that for political or commercial expedia nancy and that remains the position which the foreign secretary has also clearly said russia's leader dmitry medvedev says he wants more western investors but sweeteners such as tax breaks and equal access to infrastructure so far remains on the ground the new bush business r.t. . measure up they can always find more stories on our website. if. if you knew about someone from funniest impressions. for instance on t.v. . wealthy british style stock. markets why not. find out what's really happening to the global economy with max cause or for a no holds barred look at the global

and iraq can wise to the challenge is still yet to be seen. r.t. baghdad. turning to our top story with blogging on the rise anyone these days can try their hand at investigative journalism publishing stories that might otherwise be ignored by the mainstream media these reports on the internet can quickly find an audience and possibly go global artie's catarina as our reports on how russian bloggers are helping stop crime corruption and even bullying. oh. the parents and students said this man had bully children on more than one occasion because he was the head of the local administration people were afraid to speak out what desktops laptops phones and p.t.a.'s internet in russia is becoming much more available and much more than just meant for many it has become a virtual speaker's corner where their voice will not only be heard but is guaranteed to echo across the country within hours this particular video which brought about his dismissal is a clear example of how the move has transformed russia. russia biddies and there's an orphan a master chess player

the quote ultimate reality show. well ahead of november's a nato summit in lisbon r.t. spoke to the former secretary general of the alliance george robertson he says the security challenges on the risks the world faces today are different from the past . too much of a tie at the present moment ticket are worth scientific three and we have people in the we're still still russia. russia. russia wants to rule the world what catherine the great you know i can only secure my frontiers by expanding catherine the game is being quoted today more sad to say. and you can watch the full interview with our former nato head george robertson next hour right here on r.t. . well in india thousands of farmers say they're willing to fight to the death to stop the government building a motorway through their land while some fear losing their livelihood others argue the real consequence will be a full blown food crisis counseling investigates. indian farmers took to their capital recently in protest against a government takeover of their land to build a new two billion dollar highway this f

for the first russian fleet was born. col r.t. goes to the area which holds top position in oil and gas resources coast where the biggest russian salmon cammy are processing factories located. and where unique species of flora and fauna can be found. welcome to the cycling region. should close up on our t.v. . more news today violence has once again flared up the film these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada. china operations are today. sexual minorities in georgia say they're still suffering deep seated persecution from the government and the orthodox church which is keeping prejudice among their fellow georgians as artie's explains a mix of old fashioned thinking and political manipulation is leaving them out in the cold. need to spend five years of working in georgia's police force and got fired for being a woman. neither is transgender and says he is not accepted for wanting to live in a man's body he claims gays lesbians and transsexuals are considered perverts by most georgians should. they sa

the cross-talk debate coming your way in an hour here on r.t. . in india thousands of farmers say they're willing to fight to the death to keep the government from building a motorway through their land while some fear losing their livelihood others argue the real consequence may be a full blown food crisis artie's charan singh reports. indian farmers took to the capital recently in protest against a government takeover of their land to build a new two billion dollar highway this followed the death of three farmers who were killed after police opened fire on protesters in the state of the top of the. will not give learned for development to turn in price at any price at any price we are ready to die and will not allow anyone to step in our learned. these protests have stalled the government efforts to acquire farm land for industrial in india which means developers have been forced to put the roads refineries and power plants on hold the major tenant is the land acquisition if the land acquisition is going to production or even pick over the order

where the first russian fleet was born. on r.t. goes to the area which holds top position in oil and gas resources. where the biggest russian salmon caviar processing factories located. and where unique species of foreign fauna can be found. come to the sun clean region. should close up. as the u.s. remembers the victims opened on eleven attacks. emergency aid offer the tragedies say the government has turned its back on them nine years on the hundreds of first responders saying there is room in the school nation. people across europe all to protest against excessive. forty's and he says it's saying big brother there's more to be true don't see them take the. rushers republic of north for sectarians pairing eleven of the victims of the suicide bombing in the city of london. but are you watching r t broadcasting live from moscow on carriage alston the day america will never forget as the us mourns the victims of the nine eleven attack those who gave first aid straight off to this tragic event saw feeling abandoned they say their own

nine pm in the russian capital thanks for being with us here on r.t. we start with a global policy forum in jaroslava which has been hearing from the russian president dmitri medvedev told the u.s. to overcome what he described as jealousy towards moscow's proposed new european security deal and in a speech concentrating on democracy he said that those who say russia isn't democratic have bad memories or he. has been following the discussions. the bosun line on to present the bed of speech was that time has come not just to talk not just to criticize each other but time to find global solutions three main topics dominated today's disk. sions democracy modernization and efficiency very simple things very simple ideas but how to achieve them there is indeed no consistency on that and the question is whether there should be consistency over that every country should go its own way russia's president russian president dmitry medvedev take on that is that nothing is very straightforward these days and this is what the forum is about as for the central topic

money was lifted from a safe deposit box you're funny about more about that one take a look at r.t. . the u.k.'s intelligence service was given the green light by a former government government minister to interrogate terror suspects in countries known for using torture tactics that comes from information released by security sources involving david miliband who was britain's foreign secretary into a few months ago critics say his actions amount to sanctioning torture that's something miliband denies let's talk more about this with tim cook creep which is a prisoners' rights group itself thanks for being with us could these documents actually at the end of the day be able to prove mr miliband sanctioned torture. well good evening and thanks for having me on the first thing to say is that we don't actually know the exact content of these documents but nor of the documents the most important story here what what the important thing is to recognize that whilst the u.k. has a very strong commitment to human rights and a very strong track record of mental torture what we're talking about here

business r.t. . the russian active markets finished up in what will stay with the r.t.s. and then my six closing more than half a percent in the black box that the my six harvard by county two feet finishing around one percent higher energy majors also some support apart from down one percent at. russia's top silver mine a poly metal has reported a five fold rise in first half net profit to ninety five million dollars the company benefited from higher prices for. methyl and increased sales volumes but the results fell below analysts for costs and shares in party metal were down around five percent on the my six. russia's national ally an ara float is to start its own budget carrier its part of the company's fifteen year development strategy it concentrates on increasing its domestic business while cutting the number of international flights are afloat to set itself a target of quadrupling passenger revenues by twenty twenty five. ten k. b.p. and petro vietnam have signed a contract on expiry blends crude deliveries so sing from november to cave b.p. will supply at least o

national security a revised edition has since been published and earlier the author anthony shafir told r.t. the first version of the memoirs was banned when information backing up his claims emerged. we actually worked with the army the organization i do belong to as a reservist to work to vet the book reading being going through it being very careful to not reveal anything in the way of secrets which would be detrimental effect our troops our operations or the our allies within the region that process took about eight months the books been in work for two years and that process was collaborative things were taken out they were completely taken our me ask i did and that process in january of this year at that point through my lawyer mark zaid the manuscript was passed to the publisher and the funny thing is that all through this entire time between january and today there was total public awareness of the book late in the summer when the book was ready to be released you know three guys in black suits and sunglasses shows up at the publisher and basically says hey we've got really got a lot of

what's it called the threats to america's national security earlier the author anthony shafir told r.t. the memoirs were banned when information backing up his claims emerged. late in the summer when the book was ready to be released you know three guys in black suits and sunglasses shows up with a publisher and basically says hey we've got really good a lot of problems in this book and if you publish it the world's going to fall the whole issue became what do you didn't did and did not like in the book and obviously we've worked on that issue for the past month it resulted in the book you see today two major events happened which changed the atmosphere regarding my book surest it was like it's means something but no one can really make out what it really means it was all this stuff just kind of thrown out there and second thing that happens from a crystal spiral i was publicly commented after i was in favor of president obama retaining him for any number of reasons those two events changed the the very fabric of the pentagon and their concerns all of a sudden there's a lot of information a

developed just because they never made it into the international spotlight the geopolitical my business r.t. . the italian industrial firm finmeccanica is to open a joint helicopter plant in russia the company's representative has exclusive it told r.t. about the planned venture. plant itself will be around thirty million so the thirty million euros to be realized that but then it has to grow its course you know already a double eagle plant if the market for the helicopters so we have been bringing all the technology and such so it would be assembly line of the helicopter search and it would be a gradual technology transfer at the very beginning will be just the assembling already got the best and then they may be more and more parts of the helicopter itself would be built in russia. let's have a look at the markets in russia the r.t.s. and the my six are losing the south pole of the most of the major blue chips are gaining but air flight and m.t.'s that both bucking the trend and are down about one percent. and european stocks are rising push time for oil firms banks and mine is gold prices conti

dmitri protocol of president of the political center told r.t. that terrorism is no longer the number one problem for the international community as it was following nine eleven. i dk to me any decade is a good time to well to make some of the results and the thing is that today significant efforts of the international community and of the leading nations of the special services has actually saw the. war's progress of fighting terrorism terrorism is becoming number as five or six on the global agenda it's no longer the most though the core to stopping al-qaeda is slightly disappearing from the global agenda i mean if you look at the number of terrorists that they're in the recent years that has diminished and i think a significant work has been down to over who in the grassroots also guy that there are still some foreign mercenaries in the food so they know the porpoises those people for but trading in their own kind of camps all over the world and somehow in afghanistan and some other countries. generally the nature of terrorism and other offices

and iraq can rise to the challenge is too good to be seen. r.t. baghdad. now to some other stories making headlines around the world north korean state media to get the country's ruling party will hold its first conference in thirty years next week with daughter ailing leader kim jong il will they his successor which is likely to be one of his sons the meeting has been delayed several times are hard hitting to him is health problems fishel said as the country dealing with deadly. floods of the time from. the colombian army says it killed a senior militant commander major raid on the country's border ecuador last week six to. twenty seven. it was also want to mess with. this kind of attack on these weaken the border town of san miguel which killed eight offices in a series of militant strikes on police since columbia elected its new president didn't list. one of the main separatist leaders in kashmir says protests against india continue to bless his demands are met saeed the shock of danny once the withdrawal of indian security forces into the current curfew

the u.s. military declined an interview with r.t. but did give us this statement. whereas a small group of people in okinawa vocalized they're not happy with the bases many people there on mainland japan fully support u.s. forces in okinawa and to japan the realize the vital role the play and the defense of japan and for regional stability and security but getting the u.s. out isn't as easy as a vote by the people japan's surrender at the end of the war limits the country to having only a security defense force as part of the treaty the united states officially acts as japan's military in case a conflict should arise that affects the country but now there is a small but vocal movement suggesting that it is time to review old policies that just aren't needed anymore. the situation in egypt has called there are no conflicts here any conflicts that existed or in western iraq and not here the people in okinawa think that the strategic value of these bases is the minister for the u.s. . but with china growing stronger as a geo political force in the region and the instab

the same pole. catherine as our r.t. moscow. but there's much at stake in the uk today and as we've seen the energy though isn't the only thing on the agenda at the forum is it. well law of course not the arctic is the region badly affected by the global warming slowly flooding the five counties of the arctic so of course it is also a major concern for all the participants of this forum as well as the endangered species that live there and wildlife representatives so it's not just about gas. and how the countries closest to north pole that including russia getting along with each other in terms of ultimately trying to reap the riches of. well when russia first descended to the moment also a very good ship putting its flag there it's proved that the bridge was a continuation of russia's mainland but the un commission has said that russia needs to present more proof on dads in order to get the right to develop the natural resources that lie there in the recently cad of the claim that the reach was in fact barred over its country so

sean told us that now still to come on r.t. the datasource summer school. the first day of school in moscow brings i think greater diversity i have details coming up. president barack obama has made a televised address to americans marking the official end of combat operations in iraq he said the war is now a closed chapter and praised the u.s. military for helping to give iraq back to its people although combat soldiers have left over fifty thousand u.s. troops remain there to train the forces in a speech obama read to rate of his pledge for food every time the surge will free up money to aid economic recovery losses will also be diverted to afghanistan will be returns of cooperation is against al qaida but obama added that with one of the two course journalist already be changing the name of the mission to help iraqis in their everyday struggle. there is some sort of political system in iraq it's flawed it's dysfunctional to a great degree because of what the u.s. itself brought into the country in two thousand and three however there was an election that

the u.s. military declined an interview with r.t. but did give us this statement where i was a small group of people in okinawa vocalized that they are not happy with the bases many people there and on mainland japan fully support u.s. forces in okinawa and to japan the realize the vital rule of the play and the defense of japan and for regional stability and security but getting the u.s. out isn't as easy as a vote by the people japan's surrender at the end of the war limits the country to having only a security defense force as part of the treaty the united states officially actions japan's military in case of conflict should arise that affects the country but now there is a small but vocal movement suggesting that it is time to review old policies that just aren't needed anymore. bisset you.

well there's a giant raid on video pirates in thirteen countries but top hollywood executive tells r.t. the must fight the world's worst offender russia which is bootlegging across the globe thank you bush for parts. nine in ten d.v.d.'s are fake and the problems only gets even worse the industry warns the nation's ballooning into an exporter of piracy russia has become an increasing problem and concern for us because many titles are first came for it in russia and then distributed worldwide in the film industry it's about an eighteen billion dollars a year problem in the halls of moscow you can openly boy on phones before the official release and three d. book posters for two you wrote a fifth of the recommended price. telling. the. world we know. the truth or it is a launching a must count to strike on. day night investigators seized forty nine huge servers across europe hosting copyrighted material for free office is also the most h.q. of korean electronics giant l g which used unlicensed versions of photoshop and coral draw business starts he's obtained this new forty nine page white li

well that's where the news folks this hour from r.t. and ten minutes from now we'll hear from a harvard university professor an expert on russia and prospects for the start treaty but before that let's get the latest business news with you here. hello and a very warm welcome to the business news business leaders from around the world are arriving in sort of the twenty four thousand olympics r.t.s. nicholas bull is that is there. the newly refurbished sochi airport is open it's the first of the olympic projects to become operational at a cost of just two hundred million dollars it represents just a fraction of the board of work going on for the olympics the company behind the development is basal aero. pass because basic element group which is involved in a number of other projects here as well including waste disposal a new seaport in the olympic village the airport is coming on time and on budget that is off the base of the arrow explains the project had a number of advantages over all the sites in and around sochi first of all we didn'

the american economy. just joined us at one am here now i'm kevin owen with a top story from r.t. how the three space crew who had to spend an extra day stuck in orbit have returned safely to earth they were held up by a glitch which prevented this soyuz craft docking with the space station but they will be replaced by another team which is already at the baikonur cosmodrome preparing for next month's flight sean thomas has been following the story for r.t. in moscow. the preliminary tests say that the flight crew is nominal meaning that they are in good health and in good condition after six months in space and a trying to days in fact the t.m.a. eighteen crew consisting of alexander sort of. the ankle and tracy caldwell dyson they did launch back in april and spent six months in space but the past two days let me give you a little bit of a rundown they were supposed to come back on friday they were in their capsules ready to go and then the latches would not release it from the actual soyuz spacecraft or from the international space station so they had to do some checking make su

we are running down the top stories of today and this week here on r.t. welcome to the program sweden is holding general elections with the ruling coalition expected to win most seats in the parliament but a controversial far right party is so far winning most of the headlines the sweden democrats party demands a shop immigration cuts saying it will ease the pressure on the country's welfare system and with a real chance of them winning seats some of the candidates have been attacked and others denied their right to free speech. investigates from the city of mt. it's one of europe's oldest democracies but the lead up to the election in sweden has been anything but democratic candidates from the right wing sweetened democrats have been harassed and allegedly by young people from going. there have been several cases which passed with a notice but now it's starting to become known we're a big party is getting more attention it's horrible that it should happen during an election campaign it's a threat to swedish democracy. this weekend democrats are controvers

russia in connection with atrocities in the north caucasus but currently has political asylum in the u.k. r.t. is covering the us out of a brings us the latest developments. to tell the polish authorities polish police detained that that guy is on the morning of friday the seventeenth of september they are now. holding that questioning him waiting for documents to arrive from the russian prosecution the russian side of moore saying that they will do everything to make sure that the exhibition and the process should take place will be taking place in accordance with all the standards of the international law. as a polish prosecutor general has said the polish sides will act in accordance with international obligations it is taken upon itself mr sherman saturday quote our actions will not be based on political factors model letter of the law russia's prosecutor general yury cheika said that in the event of the extradition to russia his rise will be observed and he will stand a fact trial in court so the russian side is very much our hoping that the polish side with their favor but of course bot

are demolished before they're even completed all that and more coming your way in the kaiser report in a moment here on r.t. . time now once again for the times reporter with me by surprise or stacy herbert markets finance scandals oh we've got all the scandals there are so many scandals so you see her tell us more tell us more tell us more here's the first headline hans rudolph merits bunar fly fly fish lock and fall blue. oh yeah. ok and it's the finance minister first switzerland and he's speaking before parliament a very banal subject of import dried beef and whether it's flavored before.

the cool of u.k. foreign policy in an r.t. interview the ambassador to russia insisted she pressed moscow a rich shoes like the murder of alexander litvinenko and britain's refusal to extradite boris berezovsky even if you damages trade between the two states is around a murder case extradition issues and they're well said you know the position so we do not change or watered down our position on issues like that for political or commercial x. media elsie and that remains the position which the foreign secretary has also clearly set out russia's leader dmitry medvedev says he wants more western investors but sweeteners such as tax breaks and equal access to infrastructure so far remain thin on the ground business r.t. mash up if you can always find more stories on our website r.t. to call slash business. some. come. from. the uk. new mums. the enemy. this history still keeps its secrets but now it's time to reveal the truth from the soviet finance house on the embankment and on t.v. . news today violence is once again flared up.

you can watch the debate in full hair and r.t. in an hour's time. ith all the latest business news. hello and a very warm welcome to the program russia's largest private commercial bank is reporting record three hundred million dollar profits for the first half of the year it has been outstrips the annual profits which alpha banks ever made during its twenty years of business the search comes after its trail. banks fresh very broad to a hefty one hundred eighty eight million dollars but loans fell by half to twelve percent allowing the bank to decrease its reserves. the budget deficit this year may be at least twenty eight billion dollars lower than forecast it's currently stands at two point three percent for the first eight months of the year if the trend does change significantly will help save money from the government's reserve fund and this is a link in the new positive outlook on the budget having been based on crisis level expectations but the situation's been improving since the worst of the decline and . tighter regulation may be coming for

all the latest in the world of business coming your way next with kareena melican stay with us here on r.t. . hello welcome to business good to have you with us they head of russia's technology corporation was not only has called for a shake up of the legal and tax system here speaking during a visit he was not a vibrant minister put in was that the value of russia's now duction could ultimately when it's the equivalent of thirty billion dollars corporation has so far pulled eighty two project ahead of us nine zero and twenty two weiss says there's little hope for an efficient high tech sector on the current conditions. if you will you forgive the cannot really efficient venture funds as well as other infrastructure to build nanotechnology is almost impossible the current legislation if you like an official legal framework for venture funds investing in for example startups existing legislation is completely outdated for such forms of business with our tax system also means we have to change we have prepared some proposals and we want to push them forward. now russia's state duma has adopt

where the first russian fleet was born. our r.t. goes to the area which holds top position in oil and gas resources. where the biggest russian salmon can be our processing factories know cape. town where unique species of foreign fauna can be found welcome to the sun coming region. should close up on our teeth. would be soon which brightened a few pounds sound from finest impressionists. who flew stunts on t.v. don't come. hello and welcome to you covering the global policy forum taking place and let's take a look now at our main news stories. president medvedev says no one should be jealous about a new security agreement between russia and europe which would help everyone also at the global policy forum in europe the russian leader with the pace of development in the country accusations of tallia terry that some are simply a sign of form them. and another news russia's republic of north mourns the victims of yesterday's car bomb attack in its capital central market the blast killed seventeen of the more than one hundred injured. als

the r.t. goes to the area which holds top position in oil and gas resources. where the biggest russian salmon caviar processing factories located. and where unique species of farm fauna can be found. welcome to the cycling region. should close up on our t.v. . discover a. test yourself and. give you. the elite. one of russia's most wanted man has been detained in poland russian authorities are now transferring documents to make sure that those extradited for trial to russia. their russia u.s. strategic arms reduction treaty gets the green light from american foreign policy legislators paving the way for a crucial final vote from the full senate. a man believed to be one of the top russian mafia bosses in the shop in the center of moscow is to escape with his life investigators point out a blood feud a turf war it's possible motives behind the attack. and a new plan is announced to revive the troubled u.s. economy and made claims the country is recovering from the global crisis despite new measures millions of unemployed americans are still struggling to get. o

the headlines here on r.t. the mayor of moscow is fired off to eighteen years in power the president says he no longer has confidence in the capital city. a group of international activists on a jewish organized aid mission to blockaded gaza is forced to end its journey by israeli warships. the russian president ends a trip to china by meeting the man widely predicted to be the next leader of the people's republic. secretive north korean leader kim jong il promotes his son general and a possible first step towards a hereditary transfer of power. for the sporting news with azure. hello there welcome to the sport and this is what is coming. spartak moscow target top spot in the champions league as they prepare to host slovak minnow schillinger . plus chelsea believe they'll return to winning ways against french champions marsay. and ice an easy week catch up with circuit for daughter of as the russian hockey legend starts his second season in the k h l. spartak moscow will be seeking to make it two wins out of two in

the commission on u.s. policy towards russia this sunday here on r.t. . suspected a russian criminal mastermind has survived an assassination attempt in central moscow it was sajjan better known as grandpa haasan is being treated for gunshot wounds in the hospital r.t.c. or piskun office at the scene of the crime he joins us live. hello you're going to so give us the details of this latest assassination attempt. well it happened that around eight pm on thursday evening in the very center of moscow when the site also known as ground zero was thought to be a major criminal or a. in russia he arrives to clear skies and reportedly to visit his son who lives at an apartment in one of the local buildings as the criminal lord and his bodyguard were the approaching the entrance to the building several floors shots were fired first hitting the bodyguard and then injuring. himself the driver called an ambulance and as afterwards came to the scene of the incident the investigators found a suspicious looking window in open window in one of the buildings nearby when th

where the first russian fleet was born. r.t. goes to the area which holds tom position in oil and gas resources. where the biggest russian salmon can be our processing factories located. and where unique species of foreign fauna can be found. welcome to the suckling region. should close up on our teeth. let's. say. wealthy british style holds that the. markets finance scandal find out what's really happening to the global economy for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines for june in two cars a report on r.t. . if you. would be soon which brightened if you knew about song from phones to impressions. please phones totty dot com. they faced it this is not a provocation but more of. a force it and we should just step aside you should disapprove retraced because they have no idea about the hardships to face. one it's the says it all took two minutes and for any army the life of the usaf is the most precious thing in the world. is of self-sacrifice and heroism with those who understand it fully but you have to live a

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