extradite alleged arms dealers victor boot to the united states following intense pressure from washington russia's foreign ministry has condemned the decision calling it political and says it has committed to doing everything possible to bring him home the russian businessman has been detained in bangkok prison since march two thousand and eight following a u.s. led sting operation. russian engineers are preparing to start up iran's first nuclear power plant on saturday the reactor will be loaded with fuel under the strict control of the un's nuclear watchdog the russian built plant is expected to be fully operational within a month. and the electricity supply is back on in st petersburg after a citywide power cut the outage caused rush hour traffic chaos and meters had to be evacuated from the metro intercity train services were also affected parts of the leningrad region are still without power. with the disastrous consequences of the gulf of mexico oil spill r.t. takes a look at whether black gold is really worth such a high price in our special report coming up next. the explosion of one. of m

case and i can imagine how much it cost american taxpayers so it's a matter of principle for washington. russia is ready to launch iran's first nuclear power plant on saturday saying the joint project will show the tiran is intitled to the peaceful use of nuclear energy the russian built reactor will be loaded with fuel under the strict controls of the un's nuclear watchdog the plant is expected to be fully operational in about a month russia will help to run the facilities supply the fuel and remove the waste that's expected to ease fears of tehran using the spent rods to make nuclear weapons iran is under un sanctions aimed at pressuring toronto abandon its uranium enrichment program on a boycott looks at the construction of a plant. it's been a routine for more than a decade hundreds of russian constructors streaming to their workplace reshift a day six days a week building iran's first nuclear power station. it's been a long wait launched by germans in the nine hundred seventy s. the construction was halted after the revolution when russians to call for the task was to feed a new reactor in

extradite alleged arms dealer victor boot to the united states following intense pressure from washington russia's foreign ministry has condemned the decision calling it a political and says it's committed to doing everything possible to bring him home the russian businessman has been detained in a bangkok prison since march two thousand and eight when the u.s. led sting operation. russian engineers preparing to start up iran's first nuclear power plant saturday the reactor will be loaded with fuel under the strict supervision of the un's nuclear watchdog the russian built plant is expected to be fully operational in about a month. and the power is back up in writing in st petersburg after a citywide power outage but that caused rush hour traffic chaos and meters had to be evacuated from the metro intercity train services also affected parts of the let in grad region remain without power. those are r t headlines up next artie's interview show spotlight this time around host al gore and of talks with french author frederick begg today or about his novel ninety nine francs which became a bible for r

extradite alleged arms dealer viktor booth to the united states following intense pressure from washington russia's foreign ministry has condemned the decision calling it a little and saying it is committed to doing everything possible to bring him back to russia the russian businessman has been detained in bangkok prison since march two thousand and eight after a u.s. led sting operation. russian engineers preparing to start up a wrong first nuclear power plant saturday the reactor will be loaded with fuel under the strict control of the un's nuclear watchdog the russian plant is expected to be fully operational about a month. and electricity is back on in st petersburg after a citywide power cut called the rush hour traffic chaos and commuters had to be evacuated from the metro intercity train services were also affected parts of the leningrad region in the main without power. up next the huge popularity of social networking sites on the internet has raised concerns over personal privacy host peter lavelle asks his guests keep guests to gauge the risks that's coming up on cross talk next. and you

extradite alleged arms dealer viktor boot to the united states following intense pressure from washington russia's foreign ministry has condemned the decision calling it political and saying it's limited to doing everything it can to bring him home to russia. russian engineers prepared a start of iran's first nuclear power plant on saturday the reactor will be loaded with fuel under the strict control of the un's nuclear watchdog. the electricity is back on in st petersburg after a citywide power cut yeah outage caused rush hour traffic chaos and meters had to be evacuated from the metro. up next the alone a show takes a look at whether the u.s. has unleashed a war on terror with special forces involved stay with us for that here at r t. welcome to the ilona show where we get the real headlines with no to the mercy we're coming live out of washington d.c. and today we're going to take an in-depth look at a new way that america wants to fight its wars a documentary released today on the cover up of the pat tillman story highlights the domestic unpopularity of the wars in both iraq and afghanistan s

russia exported over ten million tons of grain to these countries in two thousand and nine and that accounts for almost all of the overall imports but the primary as you've called says. one washington post. russia's grain bank came into effect on sunday list all the hansen says the market is mostly reacting to the weather for cost. the market reaction has been fairly limited it is today we're actually trading on change currently both in chicago and in paris where we're seeing the milling wheat. the to offset the band we are actually seeing weather forecast now which is projecting rain late in the week in the affected areas so that may have an impact already so i do think that the current cost of weight is justified given the large reserves in some countries it's it's it's hard to justify but obviously we had a we come from a situation where we as has been trading at a relatively low prices for a while and the market is probably the hedge funds and so on has been selling into it because they didn't see any prospects for higher prices so there's been a lot of scramble to cover short positions over the last months and but the global stocks are still still pretty high the stock to use

many predict heavy rains and storms to replace fires in washington years teacher in russia ready for that. but fuel nothing of the problem of us we are used to is streams going from west to east like i said before. many think of poland as flooded and heavy storms covered latvia but it's all heading towards russia but luckily the sun phase works for us this time because in streams will take those that cycle and to the north. central russia will be far away from the storms and heavy rains so we should not expect another polar catastrophe but if worst comes to worst and they reach us when people here are saying in russia we never ready for anything sometimes even snow in winter is a natural disaster for us but it's a national feature i guess. blamed regional authorities for being irresponsible experts say that millions of rubbles safety precautions that could prevent fires were not taken who's responsible and beautiful macartney's one of course every specialist should be responsible for what they are interested with if for example the mayor of moscow comes back from holidays the next da

many predict heavy rains and storms during place fires in washington years teacher in russia ready for that we should not expect another polar catastrophe but if worst comes to worst and they reach us well people here are saying in russia we're never ready for anything sometimes even snow in winter is a natural disaster for us it's a national feature i guess the president did you blamed regional authorities for being irresponsible experts say that millions of rubbles worth of safety precautions that could prevent fires were not taken he was responsible and he. will of course every specialist should be responsible for what they are interested with if for example the mayor of moscow comes back from holidays the next day after the small go over the capital has dissolved which was the case this time i think it is unacceptable he should have been here half an hour after the smoke he is responsible for life in the city and he didn't manage to prevent or stop the suffering then it is his fault maybe judicial or maybe administrative. but of course it's not up to meteorologists like me to decid

continues from washington with >> announcer: "nightline" continues from washington with terry moran. >> the pictures from russiaht are astonishing. moscow, ringed by wildfires, is choked by a blanket of thick, heavy smog. warned to stay >> the pictures from russia tonight are astonishing. moscow, ringed by wildfires, is choked by a blanket of thick, heavy smog. warned to stay indoors, those brave enough to venture outside brave the polluted air and the heat wave there. now a top secret nuclear installation is threatened. by the fires. alex marquardt reports from moscow. >> reporter: onion domes shrouded in smoke. the kremlin just peeking through the haze. moscow awoke to an apocalyptic sight, a toxic blanket of smog covering the city. some of the worst the russian capital has ever seen. poor visibility caused planes to be diverted from moscow's main airports. despite the suffocating, acrid smog, tourists tried to go about business as usual. "it's awful," said this woman. "i have tickles in my throat. it's very unpleasant." air pollution levels spiked. health officials have made repeated warnings to stay inside

will be footing the bill as the washington post reports it is also vague what purpose this shield can serve after what seemed to be a diplomatic compromise between russia and the united states moscow said that washington started the rocket deployment unilaterally information published in the washington post cannot be considered and timely truthful as it came from an anonymous source but that recent initiative from the pentagon to invest two million us dollars into building a radio station in the czech republic has only added to the claims so now experts are left to wonder what about ike obama really did change the initial plan of his previous us. let's see russia ski r.t. reporting from warsaw in poland. turkish police may soon be patrolling germany's streets the aim is to get a grip on crime among the country's largest ethnic minority turkish immigrants are often seen as having failed to integrate into german society and high unemployment is leading to serious problems but critics of the new policing plan say it's just another example of discrimination from barton explains. crystal tank feels like a stranger in her own country daily she enjoys the sum

russia being very critical of iran naught really following all the procedures of international atomic agency still does not agree on whatever is said in washington and london or paris or berlin as far as iran is concerned because russia has its own agenda with iran which is somewhat sometimes different and sometimes not related to nuclear energy at all russia and iran. of difficult history of relationship at the same time they have quite a while agenda. economic agenda including. the development of the riches of the caspian sea we have some common strategic interests since for as international terrorism is concerned in iran is very. the us is. an ally in certain aspects of food publicist's fighting terrorism so we have some interests in common we of course in russia north supportive of your rainy and nuclear military program at the same time there are also though it's whether iran is really up to a bomb. or just a capability which of course is a big difference. say germany or japan countries with nuclear weapons capabilities they just do not have any bombs and that is their choice so as far as i read the situation iran is not in a suicidal mood

and now way it's six pm here in the russian capital ten am in washington first this hour forest fires which are spreading through central russia have claimed more than forty lives the president and heat wave that sparked the blazes has left moscow suffocating under a blanket of heavy smog. is in the heart of the capital and peter all over is been looking into the fire at a military air base. well we have heard from the military and they've confirmed that there was a fire however saying that this fire took place not with the. equipment was worth so much money where these airplanes were put in a place where decommissioned hardware in vehicles were being stored over the stands at the moment no journalist being able to get in to actually to see what has been destroyed by those fires all around russia many places that people just can't go to try and find out what is happening because the by as are so severe also in central russia in the south of region there's an ongoing military firefighting operation to try and make sure that the flames don't get too close to a major new chiller facility in that area most a state of emergency has

in april, he signed a new nuclear disarmament treaty with russia and hosted a nuclear security summit of world leaders in washington. we shouldn't forget the persistent effort by people in hiroshima and nagasaki, especially those exposed to radiation. they have been very active in telling the world about the devastation that the bombs can cause. >> ban ki-moon is from asia. what kind of attention does that cau cause? >> well, it's giving the survivors hope that their voices will be heard in south korea and beyond. i met with one of them. >> reporter: this man traveled to hiroshima to listen to secretary general ban ki-moon. he's one of the survivors of the atomic bomb attack. when the bomb was struck on hiroshima on august 1945, an estimated 50,000 koreans was exposed to the bomb. 20,000 of them died. the korean peninsula and from 1910. many came to work from in japan. some voluntarily, some forcibly. the memorial for korean victims in hiroshima's peace memorial park, a day before the ceremony, hur joined koreans who live in japan at the ceremony commemorating the victims. his parents came to japan in the 1920s to

thai court ruled he be extradited to the us a decision condemned by russia as political a lower court had initially rejected washington's extradition bit who. it is now expected to be sent to the us within three months he was arrested in bangkok more than two years ago and kept in custody ever since u.s. accused of terrorism and conspiracy to supply arms to colombian rebels charges he denies. and this is going to boot has a lot of information about shady u.s. dealings in africa and latin america and that's why he's regarded as such a threat and washington. victor boot is a walking intelligence treasure trove has a phenomenal phenomenal photographic memory and there are several results why u.s. intelligence community or so keen on getting him to the united states first they try to recruit him to be cia made several approaches to recruit him refused him all of the logistics of legal and illegal arms supplies all around the world him knows a lot of the cia front companies that are involved in smuggling and providing the cover up for both smuggling in drug trafficking in afghanistan and in latin america and he knows about a

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russia. and. remember the hundreds killed in the war with george. washington. brings you up to date for the moment the news continues in less than half an hour from now here on r t one next murder spies in voting lies is the story of a man who was commissioned to create vote rigging software that many believe helped george w. bush win the election in two thousand and four a special report next on r.t. . mr curtis if you would come forward. i would ask the court reporter to swear the witness. mr curtis would you please state your full name for the record i name is clinton eugene curtis and what is your profession i'm a computer programmer mr curtis are there programs that can be used to secretly fix elections yes how do you know that the be the case because in october of two thousand i wrote a prototype for president congressman tom feeney at the company i work for you know veto florida that did just that it would really going to watch and it would flip the vote fifty one forty ninth's whoever you wanted to go to and whichever ray she wanted to went to ever you

of russia's biggest in my drawer electric plant in siberia seventy five people died when the turbine hall was flooded the investigation into the devastating accident is still ongoing. and washington is divided over that afghan withdrawal deadline set by president obama for meds twenty eleven the new nato troop commander says the date my be too early while the u.s. defense secretary insist it's set in stone. wrapper weikel of john's bid for the presidency of haiti made headlines last week so. i went to meet his fellow u.s. rapper immortal technique to ask if the music industry can offer a more than just empty words to haiti. you took the incentive to help raise money for haitian so many hundreds of thousands that are still in need why did you feel that you actually had to fly over to haiti to see the disbursement of the funds well i went there at the request of hip hop for haiti and always around haiti. there's a club s.o.b.'s in downtown new york that was gracious enough to involve themselves personally in the cause to support the haitian people. and when i heard about the what was going on i said you know whatever you guys need from me and they said we want you to get the word o

russia and around the world join knowledge on our jeep. welcome back to the guys report time now to go to washington d.c. to talk to my guest paul mcclary senior editor of defense technology international magazine paul maclean i welcome the kaiser report. thanks so much paula claire you recently wrote a blog post and titled arctic arms race while the world is focused on the conflicts in the middle east tell us about the race to secure the arctic who are the players what are their motives well the arctic due to global warming and the richard of the ice pack all the arctic eight nations all the nations with with territory in arctic have made some noise over the past few years about increasing the defense posture in the arctic regions united states canada russia denmark iceland sweden norway and finland of all the past two or three years actually written in their latest defense papers about the need to secure the arctic territories all right so we're talking about the arctic eight the a eight this is a new a new group not to be confused with the g twenty the g seven the g two or any of the other big groups

well russia says it will launch iran's first nuclear power plant next week the washington state corporation which is building the bouchet plant announced the reactance a would be loaded with new. goods the twenty first welcome one is now from. the opening of the new clear up what will be a big day for runway to the event that's been delayed sir for all times now so have russia and around settled the issues over the palms. alice it does seem that all the details have been hammered out of course the start date of the bush air power plant iran's first nuclear power plant has already been delayed a number of times the construction originally began in one nine hundred seventy s. it was under done by the german side but after the rainy and revolution construction was halted and then picked up by russia in the one nine hundred ninety s. originally the launch date was planned for around the year two thousand and seven but iran ran into a few financial difficulties not being able to pay its bills in full and therefore the launch date was delayed of course now russian nuclear agency is saying that th