here oil in saudi arabia if there was more oil you know the stick the straw in the sand kind of oil why would they do that and i think that what i think really the most the best answer that i use for got war going to your question about car war is that war production can be sustained but it but it's not easily and if they try to increase production from war there's been a number of indications from saudi arabia that they're concerned about damaging what's you know what remains in the war so i think that you know what people don't understand about saudi arabian politics is that saudi arabia has a long history of to rising political power in the world from being able to advance the idea that they are the number one supplier in the world that they control all the spare capacity that they could either crush price by pumping more or really send price skyrocketing by pumping less but the fact is max russia has no live saudi arabia as the number one supplier that's amazing i don't think a lot of people are aware of that let's talk about the big geo political game gamesmanship here for a second

miles away and you look at pictures of this new field that saudi arabia is to correct it looks like an oil sands project like you have an alberta with you know all sorts of processing and steel in the ground you know to process the oil why would saudi arabia build and develop such a field if there was easier oil in saudi arabia if there was more oil you know the stick the straw in the sand kind of oil why would they do that and i think that what i think really the most the best answer that i use forgot we are going to your question about car war is that god of war production can be sustained but it but it's not easily and if they try to increase production from war there's been a number of indications from saudi arabia that they're concerned about damaging what's you know what remains in the war so i think that you know what people don't understand about saudi arabian politics is that saudi arabia has a long history of to rising political power in the world from being able to advance the idea that they are the number one supplier in the world that they control all the spare capacity th

there were reconciliation talks between saudi arabia and syria. that led the way for the libyan prime minister to visit damascus as well, despite his earlier accusations that syria killed his father. his visit to beirut carries that normalization an important step forward. but it is more than just a practical visit. the hezbollah leader has reacted furiously to suggestions that an international tribunal may soon imp -- may soon indict some members.ollah that is why the site of the leaders of those two countries is very reassuring for many lebanese. they hope it will lead to an easing of the tensions currently prevailing here. bbc news, beirut. >> the u.s. senator who is to chair a congressional inquiry into the locker the bomber says he may send investigators to britain. senator robert menendez says he wants to question some witnesses in the uk. the scottish and former british secretary as well as executive tony hayward refused to testify on capitol hill. >> we will be sending individuals and taking those who made the offer on having some trouble

the leaders of syria and saudi arabia have called on lebanon's rival shiite and sunni communities to avoid turning to violence during their visit to the country it's over reports a u.n. tribunal will indict members of the hezbollah movement for the killing of lebanon's former prime minister rafik hariri the shiite group has been our syria's main ally while saudi arabia is deeply involved in the sunni community it's the syrian president's first visit to the country since two thousand and five when beirut blamed damascus for the assassination. what is close up team is often its travels once again taking you to some of russia's most interesting and overlooked regions. becoming a region may be unknown to some but it's just two hundred kilometers away from the russian capital it's a center for scientific research but it's hoping to make a mark in the agriculture industry for years as a fields where the news didn't neglected but now locals have decided belief is the way forward with the help of american cattle breeder's the region hopes to supply the whole country with top quality steaks t

additionally harvard law school has three ak chemmic chairs endowed by money from saudi arabia, a country where being a homosexual is a capital offense. rather than confront the true legislation or take a stance with a country that executes homosexual, miss kaganeroed in on military recruiters for a policy they neither offered nor emphasiz emphasized. in granting a lifetime aye appointment to someone who when it mattered most treated military recruiters like second-class citizens, i urge you to consider this as you consider miss kagan. thank you for the oortunity to address this important topic. >> thank you very much, captain. and thomas moore is a retired colonel and vietnam veteran. he flew 85 combat missions in vietnam and they were over north vet yam where he spent over five years and was released with operation homecoming in 1973. he received his ba from capital university and from the university of notre dame. please go ahead, colonel. >> thank you, chairman leahy and senator sessions and members of the committee for the opportunity to testify before this committee. i would like to

>>reporter: saudi arabia has oil; while china has very valuable rocks. >>this is baiyun obo mongolia; mile upon mile of mineral rich craters - blasted, shovelled, shifted then processed to produce, from here alone, over half of the world's supply of rare earth metals. these elements like lanthanum and dysprosium are light, malleable and have strong electrical and magnetic properties. >>rare earths are essential to modern, tech-driven, urban life - in fact, your mobile phone or laptop could well contain a piece of northern china. >>anwen: as we entered the 21st century, it was clear that rare earth is the treasure of new materials. it's the key hi-tech material - and in many sectors, there is no other metal substitute. >>reporter: and, for now at least, there's virtually no alternative to china - which controls 97 percent of the global rare earth supply chain. >>the us used to dominate the market. but in the mid 1980's, china ramped up production and undercutprices - rendering exploitation of north american reserves unviable. >>reporter: for most of the p

the iranians said amiri was kidnapped last year in saudi arabia, and eventually ended up in detention, under the c.i.a.'s control. amiri repeated that version today. >> ( translated ): i was abducted in the city of medina in front of my hotel by c.i.a. and saudi intelligence agents and then transferred to the u.s. onboard a military plane. within the first two months, i was subjected to fierce mental and psychological torture by agents and interrogators from the u.s. central intelligence agency. >> lehrer: american officials have flatly denied the charge and said amiri left the u.s. of his own free will. they also say his tales of kidnapping and torture were an effort to bolster his credibility back in iran. state department spokesman p.j. crowley said yesterday that amiri came and went as he pleased. >> nobody coerced him to come here and no one coerced him, you know, to leave, but once he gets back to iran, i suspect that he'll have a variety of things to say and my advice would be take what he says with a grain of salt. >> lehrer: indeed amiri has given conflicting versions of his

to be those of syrian saudi arabia called on lebanon's rival factions to avoid turning to violence at a summit in beirut with lebanon's prime minister they pledge solidarity joining a time of heightened tension between the shiites and sunnies communities it's maybe clashes as a u.n. tribunal is reportedly to indict members of the hezbollah movement for the killing of lebanon's former prime minister rafik hariri is the syrian president's first visit to the country since two thousand and five when they reach their damascus for the assassination. brings up state for the moment i'll be back with a look at the headlines in just over ten minutes from now but in the meantime martin andrews takes you on a tour of russia's historical golden ring of ancient cities that's moscow well next on r.t. . hello and welcome to. the capital of the ancient rules tell lies the force of russia it's always there and it's i was as it's one of the closest golden ring cities to moscow it's a popular day trip enjoyed by hundreds of thousands of tourists every here. people have lived in this area of russia over t

the partners are upset arabia, algeria, a saudi arabia, morocco. it becomes a much more complicated relationship to manage. it is all very well that the u.s., u.k., france may share the same perspective, but that is not enough anymore. >> you have a sense of the european counter-terrorism? >> it varies. there are some pretty big gaps in countries outside of england and the dutch and so forth. there is a sense of entitlement, a culture of entitlement in many european countries. it is not only reflected in their social programs and they are having to circle through some dramatic budget cuts because of it, but there is also a sense that they're entitled to a u.s. defense umbrella. we won the cold war in concert with our allies and somehow they expect that to continue. but if you look at the nato allies, they have never lived up to their financial obligations. and they will need more budget cuts in their defense expenditures. europeans should not assume that the u.s. will always be there. as the behavior it continues with this divert sense of entitleme

the pakistani secret intelligence service and of course perhaps that part of the will of saudi arabia who is giving some money to this but in terms of the bodies on the ground people actually doing the work the taliban is part of the will of the afghan people and. the united states and other forces need to recognize and understand that that is part of the afghan people and if you're shooting taliban you are shooting the afghan people this material doesn't paint the behavior of any military group in a nice light there's blood on all sides due to the sauce thank you very much. the state has provided citizens with. its own. self. when the government since tank. like left. right. out of the killing and. going into the future. nobody just received schemes for missing them and landed. on specialises in the streets or steering just the life. you know from. the three d. day. hello . hello hello. hello hello. is. from the russian capital twenty four hours a day this is our top stories this small rings raging forest fires claimed at least twenty eight lives and needs of people when this is cent

nuclear research one of iran's universities claims to have been captured while a pilgrimage to saudi arabia over a year ago on his return to iran on thursday he was given a hero's welcome and was met by his family to rondell waves that mary was abducted a claim strongly denied by washington but with contradictory accounts of what really happened events surrounding the story remain 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 amir himself but is a answer is completely contradict one another in this video a man who says he and miri says he's in tucson arizona and was kidnapped by agents from the cia and saudi arabian intelligence agency he claims he was tortured a few hours later though this video is released a man who looks the same and also says he is sure amiri claims he is here to further his education the u.s. state department seems to agree with that statement he is here of. of own volition that he has chosen to return to iran of his own volition that is how we do things

cargo planes caught fire as it was trying to land at saudi arabia's riyadh airport the pilot and copilot were taken to hospital with minor injuries officials say the plane burst into flames and split into one landing that i haven't been to the incident. people live in what china's young see river of bracing themselves for more flooding as water levels reach the highest mark in thirty years with more rain predicted roads across the region submerged in shops will be relocating to higher ground a landslide caused by downpours in the south of the country is left more than twenty one people twenty one people missing almost a thousand have died since april in what's been the worst flooding in a decade. faith healing breaking spells and fortune telling we have culture is big business here in russia but authorities say among the respected psychics there are too many con artists to not only swindle people out of their money but also jeopardize their health. the allure of the unknown and the showcasing of psychic abilities have become big business in russia while simple entertainment for some othe

now the leaders of syria and saudi arabia have arrived in beirut headed for the reported indictment of hezbollah members over the murder of former lebanese prime minister rafik hariri the two leaders fear new clashes between lebanon's shiite and sunni communities could break out if the international tribunal implicates members of the shia islamic group in her wrist death is the first visit of syria's president to lebanon since two thousand and five when damascus was accused of the assassination by beirut. a mexican drug lord is being killed in a raid by military forces in the western city of guadalajara ignacio nacho coronel was known as the king of christophe for his control over the production and smuggling of drugs to the u.s. the raid is being seen as a rare a major victory for mexican or thirty's the battle against drug cartels in the country has claimed almost seven thousand lives this year alone. more than three hundred people are being killed in pakistan over the last three days during floods triggered by monsoon rains thousands were left stranded as emergency services struggle

needs to do right now it's to work with china work with the regional powers such as iran with saudi arabia and in trying to come up with. you know preparing itself for afghanistan which is you know after us basically and you know how they're going to pick up the pieces and make it work then well you're close to my heart because that's been my theme for a very long time now if i go back to washington. again there are people saying that you know the root of all of this problem the safe havens the money gets into pakistan the training is there you know you can go hit in the or back in hide i mean that really annoys the united states i mean because you know if you want victory in afghanistan as americans understand it or the mcchrystal like could betray us like you know then give us the tools and we have to go in there and do it and again that is where we you can't go i mean it's hopeless unless you can go in there and go to those safe havens and start wiping it out of course you did kill a lot of civilians and the drones and everything else i mean you know isn't that what the military is goin

leaders of syria and saudi arabia have arrived in beirut ahead of the reported indictment of hezbollah members over the murder of the former lebanese prime minister rafiq hariri a concerned new clashes could break up between lebanon's shiite and sunni communities if the international tribunal implicates members of the shia islamist group in harry's death it's the first time syria's president has visited lebanon since two thousand and five when beirut blamed damascus for the assassination. well time now to head off russia's beaten path with our close up team. because the region may be unknown to some but it's just two hundred kilometers away from the russian capital it's a center for scientific research but it's hoping to make a mark in the agricultural industry for years ten years of fields well unused and neglected but now locals have decided beef is the way forward with the help of american cattle breeders the region hopes to supply the whole country with top quality stakes to the country and river has more. for tourists so you are going to escape the crowd and wander off the beaten

who says he and miri says he's in tucson arizona and was kidnapped by agents from the cia and saudi arabia. an intelligence agency he claims he was tortured a few hours later though this video is released a man who looks the same and also says he is sure amiri claims he is here to further his education the u.s. state department seems to agree with that statement he is here of his own volition that he has chosen to return to iran of his own volition that is how we do things here in the united states we didn't we didn't seize him and bring him here they were not preventing him from returning to iraq this building is the pakistani embassies office representing iranian interests the old iranian embassy in washington sits empty because there's no longer a diplomatic relationship between the united states and iran according to reports coming out of iran for amiri arrived here monday night he told those inside he was quote brought here by his captors and demanded an immediate return to iran but i was told that if i would confess they could swap me for three american spies who had been detained at

for sort of world update this hour the leaders of syria and saudi arabia have called on lebanon's revival factions to i should say rival factions to avoid turning to violence at a summit in beirut with lebanon's prime minister they pledged solidarity during a time of heightened tension between shiite and sunni communities it's feared there may be clashes as a u.n. tribunal is reportedly the members of the hezbollah movement for the killing of lebanon's former prime minister rafik hariri it's the syrian president's first visit to the country since two thousand and five when beirut damascus for the assassination. close up team is off on its travels once again and taking you to some of russia's most interesting and overlooked regions. the color of the region may be unknown to some but it's just two hundred kilometers away from the russian capital it's a center for scientific research but it's hoping to make a mark in the agriculture industry and for years the fields where the news and neglected but now locals have decided beef is the way forward with the help of american cattle breeder's the

the leaders of syria and saudi arabia have called on lebanon's rival religious factions to avoid violence at a summit in beirut with the lebanese prime minister they pledged solidarity during a time of heightened tension between the shiite and sunni communities and tension has risen as a u.n. tribunal is reportedly due to indict members of the hezbollah movement for killing lebanon's former prime minister rafik hariri in two thousand and five. to the country since then when they were blamed damascus for their destination. and back with the headlines at about ten minutes time but first it's time for a special edition of moscow where martin anders escapes from heat of the city to explore some historical sites in the golden ring. hello are welcome to bloody hear. the capital of the ancient rules here lies the force of russia it's or is it and it's i was as it's one of the closest golden ring cities to moscow it's a popular day trip enjoyed by hundreds of thousands of tourists every here. people have lived in this area of russia five or twenty five thousand years the city was founded in eleve

full of tons of cargo planes caught fire as it was trying to land in a saudi arabia's riyadh airport the pilot and copilot were taken to hospital with light injuries officials say the plane burst into flames and split into one landing but they haven't given any reason for the incident. people living by china's yancey river bracing themselves for more flooding as water levels reach the highest mark in thirty years with more rain predicted roads across the region of submerged in shops or relocating to higher ground a landslide caused by downpours in the south of the country is left more than twenty missing almost a thousand have died since april in what's been the worst flooding in decades. two russian cosmonauts from the international space station of completed a near seven hour space walk they successfully installed a new lab module the international space station could achieve kidney and. replaced a video camera used to monitor the docking of supply ships and film those amazing shots of the earth or more with that we're so used to seeing the cosmos and also the chance to test walk t

the pakistani secret intelligence service and of course perhaps they're part of the will of saudi arabiawho is giving some money to this but in terms of the bodies on the ground people actually doing the work the taliban is part of the will of the afghan people and. the united states and other forces need to recognize any understanding that that is part of the afghan people and if you're shooting taliban you were shooting the afghan people this material doesn't paint the behavior of any military group in a nice light i mean there's blood on that on all sides judy thank you very much. comes of you should. just repeat. scenes from a cinema and landed in your living room shot on special senses streaming street your stereo display to life no glasses no problem gentians three d. one to me i'm dangerous here on. the contrary. wealthy british style it's a small town to the split. market why not. find out what's really happening to the global economy cause a report on. one of the key elements of democracy. which is so uncomfortable for me authority. who pays for the news. how dependent use this

cargo plane caught fire and crash landed in saudi arabia. the pilot and copilot taken to hospital with minor injuries officials say the plane burst into flames and split into landing but they haven't released any and. in recent years fortune tellers and psychics have become increasingly popular here in russia some turned to magic to give the love life a little boost others see queues for terminal diseases but authorities say the trends attracting con artists not only swindle people out of money but also jeopardize their health the same time as the sean thomas reports now on the government's battle against fake magic. the allure of the unknown and the showcasing of psychic abilities have become big business in russia while simple entertainment for some others turned to these self-proclaimed mystics for healing and the promise of answers to the problems of everyday life says good manners of national seem you put a slant six years ago trouble came to our family my son was lured into a relationship by a woman who use some witchcraft as a mother

a cargo plane has caught fire as it was trying to land in the saudi arabia's riyadh airport the pilotand the copilot were taken to hospital with light injuries officials say the plane split into two while landing but haven't given any reason for the incident. people living by china's yangtze river are bracing themselves for more flooding as water levels reached the highest mark in thirty years with more rain predicted roads across the region are submerged with shops relocating to higher ground a landslide caused by downpours in the south of the country has left more than twenty people missing almost a thousand people have died since april and what's being called the worst flooding in a decade. well in recent years fortune tellers and psychics have become increasingly popular in russia some turn to magic to give their love life a little boost others seek cures for life threatening diseases for thora he say the trends attracting con artists who not only swindle people out of money but also jeopardize their health sean thomas reports on the government's battle against fake magic. the all

the pakistani secret intelligence service and of course perhaps they're part of the will of saudi arabiawho is giving some money to this but in terms of the bodies on the ground people actually doing the work the taliban is part of the will of the afghan people and. the united states and other forces need to recognize any understanding that that is part of the afghan people and if you're shooting taliban you are shooting the afghan people this material doesn't paint the behavior of any military group in a nice light and there's blood on all sides judy thank you very much. wealthy british style it's a small town to the right let's go to. the. market. to find out what's really happening to the global economy for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines. comes a report on our team. this is all c. coming to life from moscow to help. small drinks somebody raging forest fires claim at least twenty eight lives and leaves thousands of people homeless as central russia suffers its worst way but over a hundred kids. talks a countdown the water supplies in russia's far east on the t

indilable here, include mango tango in india, coconut grove in colombia, and saffron escapade in saudi arabia. in london, even dogs get a taste saffron escapade in sa the flavors include a dog saffron escapade in sa the flavors include a dog uck.uit crunch and a sort of obbins has not announced its five n baskin-robbins has not yet announced its five new flavors, but hopefully pork sorbet is not announced its five new flavors, but hopefully pork sorbet is not among them. john berman, abc news, new york. >>> have a delicious night. we'll see you here tomorrow. >>> a sidewalk confrontation over shooting death of a bart passenger. tonight a rally in support of the officer who killed him. >> the suspect in an east bay freeway shootout had enough fire power kill dozens of people. why police believe he was planning to do just that. >> how would you like to live near the country's busiest fire station? some people are noied but it's neighborhood swap. >>> a car dealer is forced to close doors but some of the customers are still out thousands of dollars. the investigation is just ahead. >> good eveni