r.t.e. news channel i'm kevin and it's just after ten pm this thursday night now here in the capital our top story the g. twenty leaders are in south korea all trying to get their countries back into good financial health but each keeping an eye on the currency war that threatens to overshadow the summit the heads of the world's biggest economies are keen to start nations using their exchange rates to keep their own countries afloat.

r.t.e. news channel it's kevin owen here tonight with a headline update for you working with nato to prevent a new arms race and forging closer ties with fallen partners there the top priorities outlined in dimitri would be the presidential address to the federal assembly. it's barack obama's big test as he tries to break republican opposition and use his final chance this year to push past congress an arms reduction treaty with russia. british students take to the streets in their thousands to protest against new deficit cutting measures that may make it tougher for them to get an education. and that is the law school russia is among those preparing their final big presentations to host the twenty eighteen football world cup the winner is said to be announced in two days' time. a u.n. conference now underway in mexico climate change is the main question on the table the copenhagen agreement signed in january sets a goal of limiting global warming but many countries are unhappy with that document we talked about russia's position with me to advance its advisor on ecology issues and also the