russian prime minister vladimir putin visits berlin with a vision of big trade and economic cooperation. and more pressure o europe's single currency as markets ask -- will portugal be next on the bailout list? north korea has warned that joint u.s./south korean military exercises in the yellow sea planned for sunday could put the peninsula "on the brink of war." china, the north's sole major ally, also warned against any military activity, repeatingits opposition to the scheduled war games. p'yongyang has been holding its own war drills with in the south korean island it shelved earlier this week. >> south korean soldiers are on high alert, keeping a close watch on their counterparts across the border. on friday, signs of artillery fire on the northern side spread fears of a fresh attack, attackseoul said no rounds landed on territory. south korea had increased troop numbers after its military was criticized for what some called a weak response to the incident. it has also changed its rules of engagement to allow a more forceful response in future. two south korean soldiers and two civ

prime minister vladimir putin pushing for closer ties between russia and the e.u. with an ultimate goal of a free trade zone during his visit to berlin also tried to court the german vote for russia's bid for the twenty eighteen football world cup the prime minister also expressed confidence in the euro and said russia might form a joint currencies only one day. three crewmembers for any international space station return safely to earth after five and a half months in orbit the crew conducted scientific research and performing maintenance activities during their stay aboard the i s s when astronaut also sent regular twitter updates and posted stunning pictures taken from the eye assets. and cold welcomes russia's recognition of the one nine hundred forty kotkin massacre after the state duma declares the soviet leadership a sponsible for the atrocity the soviet union played by nazis but the massacre of twenty two thousand polish officers were killed on the direct order of joseph stalin. coming up next the alone to show as.

should dramatically increase their economic cooperation the message from russian prime minister vladimir putin to some of the some of germany's top industrialists business form. has been following discussions now joins us live with more details on this hello to you tell us what's been going on at the form itself. well so far it's been quite a busy for one of the discussions is going on as we speak russia's prime minister vladimir putin is currently meeting with germany's business elite and the discussion at the moment has gone a little bit beyond just business. was asked what are the biggest problems in the world that he currently sees right now he said that this is terrorism this is a racial and religious hatred and economic inefficiency says that the last year and two years have shown that some of the decisions made by some of the global business leaders had had a devastating effect on the economy and there should be definitely more economic efficiency in the global economy now previously before that meeting. at the former focusing on the cooperation between russia and the european uni

here in moscow good to have you with us the russian prime minister vladimir putin and german chancellor angela merkel have pledged to strengthen economic ties between their countries they've been addressing the media after talks.

russian prime minister vladimir putin and german chancellor angela merkel have pledged to strengthen economic ties between their countries the announcement came during putin's visit to berlin from where ego to his going off joins me now to go to it seems that russia and germany are keen to cooperate in almost everything from gas to access to the world trade organization. well you're absolutely right judging by what we've heard today in berlin on friday russia and germany are continuing to move closer together any increasing and increasing cooperation which means russia and the european union are moving towards each other as well russia's prime minister vladimir putin and the german chancellor ongoing miracle have been discussing joint ventures and projects in many spears like energy and car making and other sectors joint projects joint investments both in business and inside of science but even talked about the possibility of a. currency union of course that is something which is really far away at the moment hard to imagine right now but both leader both of them have knowledged that

dramatically increase their economic cooperation that's the message from russian prime minister vladimir putin to some of germany's top industrialists at a business forum in but when you've got a piece going off has been following the talks. but you know putting me to. a speech at the forum focusing on the cooperation between russia and the european union calling for more cooperation and more ties in fact he said that if russia and the european union want to stay competitive in the world in the international economy of an it is vital for both to work together he also called european partners not to hamper cooperation between european companies and russian companies once again he talked about creating a free economic zone the free trade zone between russia and the european union from long to avoid us talk and hold the international community was specifically business elites here in germany and the european union to put their efforts together in order to sort of the remaining problems many of which are still quite visible here in europe and in russia as well but let's listen to what was go

still to come stories inside vladimir putin's come into russia. >> and the people of sudan are to choose whether they will start a new country. whether the south breaks away from the arab-dominated north. there are fears it could cause instability. on tuesday, our east africa will ross reported on how the ref ren dumb is being seen in the knot. today he reports from jufea, the main city in the south of sudan. >> the national anthem for a country that does not yet exist. but there's plenty of thought here that a new south sudan is about to be born. >> they want millions who shed their blood for the sake of freedom, justice, liberty and equality. >> for decades, the people of southern sudan with their traditional and christian beliefs fought a war of domination by the knot. it caused millions to die. >> when the war ended just over five years ago, the development began but progress has been show. this is where the tarmac ends on the main town in the south of southern sudan. right across the south of the country there are left than 50 kilometers of tarred road. it's not a question of rebuil

that is according to the russian prime minister vladimir putin.ssued a warning at unprecedented summit aiming to save the animal from extinction. the global tiger summit in st. petersburg is the first-ever meeting of world leaders devoted to saving tigers and has worked out a plan to double the numbers. >> a century ago, an estimated 100,000 tigers still live in the wild. today, as few as 30 two hundred remain. the big cat's dwindling numbers have been the focus of an unprecedented summit in st. petersburg. >> this is not just about the tiger. it is about our understanding as government leaders how important it is to protect nature. >> vladimir putin has announced tougher penalties for poachers and smugglers. russia also plans to partner with china in setting up a protected zone for the animals that spans the two countries' borders. china is one place where the booming trade in illegal tiger parts which are thought to bring good luck or have medicinal properties. >> we have to react, work together, and decide on concrete steps to save the tiger. >

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the former oil magnate attacked prime minister vladimir putin and said his trial was a symbol of government arbitrariness. >> the trial was corrupt from the start, in fact and in law. the prosecution is furious and the evidence were fact. >> he is accused of stealing more than 200 million tons of oil from his own company. international observers think the second indictment is a response to his political ambitions. >> this trial is based on such an obviously absurd foundation. if it ends with a conviction of the accused, that means there is no reliable legal protection in russia. >> the court will announce its ruling in mid december. if found guilty, mikhail khodorkovsky could face another seven years in prison. >> he tried to launch an attack on the politics of vladimir putin. few people in moscow believe the judge is immune to political pressure. this is a test of president medvedev's commitment to the rule of law. >> nato should expand its coopation with china, according to journalist zu guttenberg, now on a visit to berlin -- to beijing. he says the government should work together piracy

russian prime minister vladimir putin came forward with the idea of creating a unified european energy network it must secure fast and easy delivery of natural gas from russia to european consumers and help avoid transit problems in this plan that the south and north trains the new pipelines developed by gazprom along with its european partners will be integrated into the system now what else will it take to fulfill the seven bishop project joining me now is deputy chairman of the gas probably management committee and director general of gas prompt export alexander admits that. russian prime minister vladimir putin has been criticizing europe's idea of implementing the so-called third energy package the europeans want to diversify energy market aimed at creating equal competitive conditions for all oil and gas suppliers but putin says this will deter investors from pumping money into the new gas projects but some critics are saying guess from state of affairs is far from ideal. the monopolies biggest foreign shareholder the german consarn on he's planning to sell his gazprom shares wor

that means that vladimir holds the wbo, and there are others. but, you know, there are only certain ones that are respected. the ibf is another one that he holds. if he held all of those, it would be the undisputed world champion. >> that would be huge. you're watching "bbc world news." still to come on this channel -- a record-breaking yacht trip for a russian crew as they cross the ar it can. -- as they cross the arctic. to look at space, telescopes usually point up towards the sky, of course. but a handful of devices tried to capture particles bombarding the planet. if detected, they could unravel the secrets of how our universe was formed billions of years ago. we visited one such telescope located underwater in the world's deepest and oldest lake , a lake in siberia. >> floating in the deep, dark abyss of the lake, this is one of the most unusual telescopes on the planet. it has to be deep underwater to shield out all but its targeted particles, high-energy neutrons, which come from the most exotic corners of the cosmos. it is brought up on

a possible currency union between russia and the european union russian prime minister vladimir putin pledges closer ties with germany but not all the talk is so serious. i join to understand what you're going to use for his sake you don't develop you need to keep talent what are you going to use for i would. have been had he been able to look tell me the earth for the last five months three astronauts finally have their feet back on it again after returning from the international space station. and stalin gave the order. the us is. responsible for the cancer and which nearly twenty thousand people. around the clock around the world.

where prime minister vladimir putin also raised a few locks.don't understand what you're going to use for he see you don't develop your new. use firewood. having only been able to look down on the earth for the last five months three astronauts finally have their feet back on again after returning from the international space station. and stalin gave the order. the u.s.s.r. leadership was responsible for the captain massacre in which nearly twenty thousand potest people look.

energy efficiency advice coming from vladimir putin during a business trip to germany stay with us forthe details. but first people in switzerland have voted in a proposal to expel foreigners convicted of serious crimes from the country the nationwide ballot was initiated by the same right wing party behind last year's vote to ban the building of minarets and in a country famous for its democracy the proposals have been criticized as an attack on immigrants artie's test has more from zurich. so today in a referendum the swiss people have decided in favor of a new law making it mandatory for foreign criminals convicted of serious crimes such as murder and rape to be kicked out of the country now this has been a very controversial issue since the proposal was initially passed and today the decision has been made the swiss are in favor of this. change of mentality. what the population wants and become stricter towards criminals it doesn't have anything to do with nationalism. hundreds of thousands comes a few hundred because they are criminals that doesn't have anything to do with me. jus

on the sidelines of the summit russian prime minister vladimir putin will be meeting among others with rose up and by a president of kyrgyzstan the country that has been so through so much as makes tribes recently and it has gone through seemingly successful democratic elections and it is now coming to terms with the new directions of the country and today we expect the russian prime minister to refer russia's desire to see peace and stability in this struggling country. has really. for bringing us this update live from the capital to trickle down. and watching r.t. live from moscow americans are in their giving mode as they celebrate turkey day but not everyone is thankful traditionally one of america's busiest travel periods the holidays software testers gather at airports to rally against what they call invasive security checks are going to solve ski has more. here's another case of outrage over t.s.a. pat downs the fury over the pat downs not exactly dying down it's the t.s.a. versus t.n.a. skaters are turning the tables now men can be judged by their package according to the media

have dramatically increased their economic cooperation plus the message from russian prime minister vladimir putin to some of germany's top industrialists business forum in birdland that you're going to spin off is following the discussions russia's prime minister of idea put in is currently meeting with germany's business elite and the discussion has gone a little bit beyond just business. was asked what are the biggest problems in the world that he currently sees right now if you said that this is terrorism this is a racial and religious hatred and economic inefficiency and before that pushing me to. teach at the former focusing on the cooperation between russia and the european union calling for more cooperation and more ties in fact he said that if russia and the european union want to stay competitive in the world in the international economy than it is vital for both to work together he also called european partners not to hamper cooperation between european companies and russian companies once again he talked about creating a free economic zone a free trade zone between russia and the

between russia and the european union is a vision for the future that's a message from prime minister vladimirputin and german chancellor angela merkel they've pledged to strengthen economic ties after talking business cooperation in berlin or has more. russia and germany are continuing to move closer together an increasing and increasing cooperation which means russia and the european union are moving towards each other as well russia's prime minister vladimir putin and the german chancellor on go america will have been discussing joint ventures and projects in many spears like energy and car making and other sectors and even talked about the possibility of you know its currency union halls of course and that is something which is really far away at the moment hard to imagine right now but both of them having good knowledged that this is something inevitable which would happen if they continue moving forward with the each other a fifth of a litmus test for the currency union we all realize that it's a derivative of putting the economies together and it depends on the level of the economies de

to russia's prime minister has been thrill seeking again we'll look at vladimir putin's latest extreme hobby. but first to iraq where the war has arrived at the economy with estimates suggesting that a quarter of the population lives below the poverty line many resort to illegal means to make ends meet smuggling spirits into neighboring iran where drinking is bad r.t. sebastian meyer follows the blues trail. in northern iraq kurdish smugglers load their horses with hundreds of boxes of booze they're taking into a brain. although alcohol is forbidden in islam a public much of tehran's bourgeoisie can't resist a drink and these smugglers provide them with an extraordinary selection we hear in a smuggler storm in a mountainous area of northern iraq that borders around absolute funky teachers here mr chavez risky black and white. back here we have johnny walker black label we have johnny walker red label over here and we even have over four different kinds of smear not. responsive will cost a smuggler one hundred five dollars in iraq he will sell it into iran for over four hundred miles of

currency union between russia and the european union is a possibility russian prime minister vladimir putin and german chancellor angela merkel have now admitted the statement was made during putin's visit to germany on friday the russian premier said the euro is much more reliable than the dollar despite current difficulties in the region putin also said he no longer sees any obstacles to russia's accession to the world trade organization russia and germany agreed to clear the path to increase business links and to develop science and technology together and in a meeting with german businessmen the russian prime minister managed to lighten the serious mood over energy supply. so the german community doesn't know nuclear power i do want to make any comments i. don't understand what you're going to use for heating. he don't develop new nuclear power what are you going to use he would. have to get them to. thank for you all with r.t. it's good to have you with us today still ahead for you this hour from the basin of life to the hotbed. after decades of mismanagement the water is in one

yes i confirm it was me vladimir fyodor of who wrote the letter there was indeed bad treatment towards me. exactly what do you mean that your mouth of the food for instance it's always the same why can't we what we want we always have to be what they serve the would be children hate vegetables but the regulations say i have to give them four hundred grams a day as a passports they are allowed to taken any time they need to if any they explain why they need it and yes centers and work in the kitchen those who want to and we pay them off rate. that the head of the house galina plea manic of it doesn't feel upset with the allegations but on the contrary sees them as a measure of success horizons are showing maturity while talking about their rights freedoms and choice that the youth when you're young you want to rebel you seek revelations this is their opinion their desire they want to behead these a normal human needs and our children also have that as despite the disability they have but what these children seem not to have is a real live with the real challenges they face outside. of w

union between russia and the european union is a possibility that's the message from prime minister vladimir putin and german chancellor angela merkel they pledged to strengthen economic ties after talking business cooperation in berlin are going of has more now from the german capital. judging by what we've heard today in berlin on friday russia and germany are continuing to move closer together any increasing and increasing cooperation which means russia and the european union are moving towards each other as well russia's prime minister vladimir putin and the german chancellor on go america will have been discussing joint ventures and projects in many spheres like energy and car making and other sectors joint projects joint investments both in business and science but even talked about the possibility of. currency union of course and that is something which is really far away at the moment hard to imagine right now but both of them have knowledge that this is something inevitable which would happen if they continue moving closer or further let's listen to what was going to post and i have

our prime minister vladimir putin is probably the most important person to do bigger and to discuss our stream i think that some thought the meetings between gazprom and bulgarians i will follow ok so in the past has been pairs of non-cooperation between garia and russia do you think that all of today's visit will be full steam ahead. in terms of south stream construction probably not the point is that there is a. competition project there to book a gas pipeline and bulgaria is crucial country for both of these projects so probably bulgaria. keep up waiting to make a final decision to make. actually to make this decision to preference out from project. export is likely to give a discount to book area. to discount the price of gas for bulgaria by five to seven percent next to three years now if south stream does go ahead this will mean that the gas transit through ukraine will fall by haps by as much as fifty percent so one of the consequences likely to be. well everybody understands that if south stream will be built no modernization of ukrainian gas system all of that so i think it is

energy efficiency advice coming from vladimir putin during a visit business visit to germany stay with us for details on that story coming up a little and. the people of switzerland have approved a proposed law to expel foreign criminals from the country the nationwide ban it was initiated by a right wing party and measures and raise questions over whether the swiss are discriminating against immigrants. is in zurich for us. so today in a referendum the swiss people have decided in favor of a new law making it mandatory for foreign criminals convicted of serious crimes such as murder and rape to be kicked out of the country now this has been a very controversial issue since the proposal was initially passed and today the decision has been made the swiss are in favor of this. change of mentality. what the population wants and become stricter towards criminals it doesn't have anything to do with nationalism. hundreds of thousands of columns and a few hundred because they are criminals that doesn't have anything to do with. just to give you a bit of a background this was first passed by t

and russia's prime minister has been thrill seeking again we look at vladimir putin's latest extreme. but first midterm elections in the u.s. dealt a serious blow to president obama's administration republicans wrote a wave of public frustration with the pace of the economic recovery to win a majority in the house of representatives but experts say it's not the regular voters but big business money that's determine the outcome. this was a special election year in the us for the first time corporations were allowed to funnel as much money as they wanted into political campaigns and they definitely did not miss out on the chance to buy influence on capitol hill we've come to take our government and by big businesses pumped hundreds of millions of dollars into the pockets of the republican party that's now in charge of the house of representatives so what was at stake what they're hoping to do is bend the laws and regulations or prevent new laws and regulations from being approved they'll cut in their bottom lines the problem is that a lot of these rules and regulations exist for a purpo

is yes i confirm it was me vladimir fyodor of who wrote the letter there was indeed bad treatment towards me yeah. exactly what do you mean it that your mouth of the food for instance it's always the same you know why can't we what we want we always have to be what they serve well look at the new bit of children hate vegetables but the regulations say i have to give them four hundred grams a day as a passports they are allowed to taken any time they need to if any they explain why they need it and yes sentient and work in the kitchen those who want to and we pay them often rate but what these children seem not to have is a real life with a real challenges they face outside. of who suffered from genetic paralysis from childhood left this house almost thirty years ago and knows how long flows from both sides of the pans. such institutions are always following the regulations and it makes life here artificial like an ordinary people eat fried potato yet these have been here for instance this is what they feel what i used to feel they want to be or feel normal and live real lives you re says

very popular sport also vladimir putin has been leaving the starting line and just in the last few days he hopped into work a rare no one car and went up to two hundred forty kilometers an hour on roads near lending grads in the leningrad region near st petersburg this year vitaly petrov has become russia's first born driver so there's also lots of news about this russia seems to really taken this bull by the horns and with their form being the third most popular sport in the world now after football world cups. and the olympics it seems that it really wants to try and get itself into top gear and to try and get that interest whips up. and i'm sure you'd love to get behind the with one of those cars as well tom tom burton there for us thanks very much indeed. now in a few moments. of business stay with us. this is more region is economically and socially one of russia's better developed provinces the region has a significant scientific and industrial capacity to realize its full potential after the construction of the. park can tell you as he has completed the id parkhouse r. and d. pro

energy efficiency advice coming from vladimir putin during a business visit to germany stay with us for the details. twenty six suspected terrorists with alleged links to al qaeda were arrested in europe this week eleven of them are suspected of being part of a chechen islamist network planning to commit attacks in belgium group is also thought to be raising money for terrorism in russia's volatile north caucasus region those were detained in connection with a separate probe targeting an extremist group recruiting jihadi fighters from iraq and afghanistan british security analyst peter power says once it's lost clear that russia and the west are fighting a common enemy the potential for cooperation is vast let's not fool ourselves that al qaida is somehow great regiments of uniformed soldiers marching over the horizon it is in fact much more a franchise yes there's a strong power base in the foothills between afghanistan and pakistan and it's clearly. a strong cobol now operating in yemen but we're now seeing this creeping out under this broad term of al-qaeda but it doesn't necessarily

russian prime minister vladimir putin may be looking to become the world's fastest moving politicianon four wheels he might have achieved his goal when he hit the race track in st petersburg. the world when there's no space in my old soviet car. that if they have been a little cramped the premier was still able to hit two hundred and forty kilometers per hour and he's a formula one car peyton seems to like yellow cars l.a. this year he tested a new russian highway in a canary colored lager but cars may no been out for the prime yet he's also been known to take the controls of fighter jets bikes and combine harvesters. that's all the news for now more headlines shortly. culture is that so much harder to go for you if you are profitable is the taliban bad guys republican party to make itself felt in washington how will this impact u.s. trade policy in the ongoing war in afghanistan. the moment when the world has changed forever. thousands passed to nothing. it's our sons. linda. nursed her hand to suffer to the end. it was the first but probably not the last military uses of this weapo

the level of business which passes between them that was the message from russian prime minister vladimir putin as he addressed some of germany's top industrialists high powered economic business for. you go to prison office now following the discussions and joins us live to give us the latest on all of this. can you just give us the key points of what putin had to say what exactly is he actually proposing. well we did hear some strong words from the russian prime minister vladimir putin was talking about the global economic crisis how it affected both russia's economy and the european economy as well and he talked about how there was a different approach in russia and in europe to businesses both sides for example of what you would approach and said that if during the crisis during the peak of the crisis european business is present in russia were helped absolutely in the same way as russian businesses were by russian authorities according to our situation here in europe was different he said that some russian businesses were simply. help also talked about at the moment. there's some typ

. >>> coming up, from russia with love, vladimir putin has a new cause.e'll tell you all about it. >> vladimir putin has convened a conference in st. petersburg with the goal of saving the world's endangered tiger population. >> that vlad loves tigers. was given a cub for his 56th birthday. >>> last month president obama traveled to five countries from south korea to portugal. the question now being asked is whether that's a fury driving formulations or a series of individual transactions with regional powers. joining me in the arena ian bremmer president of the u racha group and author of "the end of the free market who wins the war." the question is, is there a foreign policy or merely a series of discreet transactions and does it matter? >> there's no doctrine. despite a nobel prize and despite incredibly articulate articulation of u.s. policy country by country there's no overarching vision for what the u.s. wants its role in a very rapidly evolving world to be. i think it does matter and it matters because your constituents, whether dples particular

well, tuesday we showed you russian prime minister vladimir putin cuddling with his new sheep dog puppy. now he has asked russians to help him come up with a name for that puppy. former president george w. bush, who owns a scottish terror barny, of course, seen on the left wrote in his memoir about meeting putin's other dog saying, quote, a big black labrador came charging across the lawn with a twinkle in his eye vladimir said bigger, stronger, faster than barney. bush says he later told the story to the canadian prime minister who later replied, quote, you are lucky he only showed you his dog. the breaking news we have been covering in the show. the verdict in the trial of the man accused of bombing two american embassies during the clinton administration. we'll talk about how it all could effect the administration plans going forward with the fox all stars next. >> bret: just moments ago ahmed ghailani, the first guantanamo detainee to face a civilian trial in federal court in new york was acquitted of most of the charges. in fact, cleared of 284 other counts. he was found guilty wed

russian prime minister vladimir putin visits berlin with a vision of big trade and economic cooperation. and more pressure on europe's single currency as markets ask -- will portugal be next on the bailout list? north korea has warned that joint u.s./south korean military exercises in the yellow sea planned for sunday could put the peninsula "on the brink of war." china, the north's sole major ally, also warned against any military activity, repeating its opposition to the scheduled war games. p'yongyang has been holding its own war drills with in the south korean island it shelved earlier this week. >> south korean soldiers are on high alert, keeping a close watch on their counterparts across the border. on friday, signs of artillery fire on the northern side spread fears of a fresh attack, attackseoul said no rounds landed on territory. south korea had increased troop numbers after its military was criticized for what some called a weak response to the incident. it has also changed its rules of engagement to allow a more forceful response in future. two south korean soldiers and two c

half billion people iran india pakistan and mongolia the associate members russia's prime minister vladimir putin came to discuss ways to smooth economic relations keep the massive borders of its members secure the participants in the summit also focus on developing agricultural trade and humanitarian cooperation as well as fighting the consequences of the global financial crisis while the c.e.o. is not a military ally and its top priority is the regional security of its member states . so let's go to some other stories now right here on r.t. and south korea's defense minister resigned in the aftermath of a firefight with the north korea on tuesday to south koreans killed during the exchange of fire has been returned to the mainland china has publicly called for calm from both sides while the u.s. condemned the actions sending an aircraft carrier to the region tensions are still high on the peninsula with sold anything up its defenses and pyongyang threatening to retaliate against any provocation. iraqi president jalal talabani has given the country's prime minister the green light to form