many groups in western europe to be part of the caravan mir in russia i was with a group called foods man travelling theatre at the time and i wasn't so interested in just coming to russia to perform so when i met with i suggested that maybe we should bring me a caravan starting in moscow of finishing and in western europe we finished in paris at the end of two larry and it developed from there so what happened was we had four groups from the east really today. which is a music group whose chief was. not. osmo going to ne other theater of the day from poland who were exiled. for out in italy and devival who is an opera lascaux from prague along with a company from france. spain and. a nuclear from for a in italy and we put together this tour starting in the park of the red army in moscow and traveling from moscow to leningrad leningrad to gloss over to prague west berlin. copenhagen bar. and we finished in paris is going to five minutes late you mentioned those cities which most of them are capitals this year so we must know more capital you prefer smaller towns this time not this one

prime minister silvio berlusconi so we have a large contingent from asia a large contingent from western europe we are expecting them to sit down with each other and discuss have one on one conversations and we're also expecting them to be briefed on the working sessions that happened yesterday on topics such as terrorism organized crime. security and of course we have representatives from you when you have representatives from nato so again we have gathering some of the most important people in the world and already this conference on its second year has been compared to before and so again we're going to be expecting a lot of big names today so we're looking forward to what they have to say to the participants of this forum. and. that will be discussed today which will illustrate just how important relevant to today's world that this forum is tell us more about . right so yesterday we had four working sessions but today we have one agenda on the table and that is the intersection panel on the treaty of your. securities and european security is going to be at the heart of the discussions today

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now, looking at europe, well, it is going to be kind of messy if you're anywhere in western europe right now. this big complex of storms, anywhere from southern scandinavia down to the central mediterranean is really under the gun for wet weather, potentially severe weather, especially near the alpine parts as well. so stormy here, potentially severe gusts, hail, and lightning also. eastern europe, get ready for it, it is moving your way, but you're dry and fine for now. temperatures look like this on saturday. 22 in warsaw. 23 in kiev. much, much cooler where that rain and wind in paris and london, high only around 16. here is your extended forecast. >>> before we wrap up this newscast, here's an update of the developing story. japan has announced it is going to release a chinese fishing boat captain whose arrest raised tension between the two countries. a plane chartered by the chinese government is on its way to the japanese island where the captain is being held. the plane will arrive at about 1:30 a.m. locale time on saturday. the chinese ambassador to japan is also on his way to th

out west, a new rain band is moving out of the british isles and heading in toward western europe nowso low countries, france, will see those showers move in on wednesday. 18 degrees for london and the same also for paris. rather cool for you. a lot cooler here toward the north, as well, 9 only for your high in moscow and remaining at 12 degrees for stockholm. that's a look at your weather for now. here is your three-day outlook. >>> taking a look at our top stories this hour, again, north korea's state run media say that kim jong-il's third son kim jung u.n. has been named vice chairman of the central military commission of the korean workers party. the announcement suggests that kim jong un has been officially chosen as kim jong-il's successor. the wednesday morning report ys t decisionas made at the conference of the workers party and general meeting of the central commission the leadership body. no images of kim jong un have been made public so far. members of the party's central military commission lead the korean people's army. 19 people, including kim jong-il, have been chosen

western europe, looking nice. calm conditions here. also eastern europe, though really, really calm all week, things are going to change. i'll show you why. look at this cloud here. underneath itti a couple of strg systems. the pesky, low pressure system not moving too much. still bringing hard rain across parts of southern italy. now the storms are shifting their way in towards greece as well. and that stormy weather also affecting parts of austria, hungary, the western baltics. few showers into parts of the baltics and finland. look at more rain into norway, sweden as well. that's coming out a large and windy system in the british isles. plenty of rain for you in london expected on saturday. 19 for the high. 25 in paris. rome, looking at a sunny day. athens sees thunder showers. that's all from me. here's your three-day outlook. >>> and that's all for this edition of "newsline." i'm hideshi hara in tokyo. we'll be back in a half hour. thanks for joining us on nhk world.

twenty full time many in the russian elite pushed by the technological and empty city cheeseman of western europe as time progressed scientific research battle against censorship control. in eight hundred forty eight for example the government made it illegal to attend western universities in such a scientific training to bolshevik government two in nineteen seventeen introduced the censorship should not of the sorest era and throughout the soviet times from close to seventy cities to the space race has salto among the world leaders in scientific discovery in the cold war everything we going to subject of research has kept top secret aside over the centuries the periodic table of elements the monorail and the for example have been invented by russian scientists the closed world it once was now russia is working with dozens of countries around the world on. scientific projects which brings us back to the cademy of sciences there are several conference calls this some of this building here on the risky prospect of various presidents and scientific debate. this. is the state of the art with solar po

most in western europe.t of them living at home with a spouse. >> in fact, the authors of this report talk about thempact of alzheimer's on caregivers, something they can't put a price tag on. tracie potts, nbc news, washington. >>> the report says it costs more than $60,000 to care for a person with alzheimer's. >>> t food and drug administration is trying to figure out if the fish should be sold for human consumption. studies have already proven the process to be safe. >> the appearance, the taste, the texture and the biology the salmon is the same. >> new research showed cardiovascular and neurological benefits to eating salmon put a demand on the fish. if approved it would be the first genically engineered animal. >>> the longest recession since world war ii ended. that annoced yesterday by the national bureau of economic research. the bureau says the recession actually ended in june 2009. it lasted 18 months. a meeting at the federal reserve are trying to figure out if tashl stops are needed to strength

the best interests as seen by those who are in power in washington and in the major capitals of western europe ok if i could go back to denver nader if if let's say in imaginary world really imaginary that all of these these dictatorships that are so close to the united states and vice versa of their united states goes on if we had open free unshredded elections do you think radical islamic movements would come to power instantly across the greater middle east. i'm not radical i think many of the mainstream political islamist movements would come to power in the early elections but over time if your hypothetical scenario were to take place i think over time. muslims within the broader muslim world will have the opportunity to engage in a debate that is largely denied to them right now about the type of society that they want to live in what form of religion how much religion they want in their government. and so i think you know one has to understand the question of democracy as a long term historical process there is this myth that somehow democracy can be achieved in a fortnight. and so ther

looking at plenty of sunshine across central and western europe.erlin coming in at 19 degrees, 21 in vienna, moderate temperature here but it will be much, much milder towards the west for places like paris, 28 degrees with sunshine. here's your extended forecast now. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> that's all for this edition of "newsline." i'm catherine kobayashi in tokyo. thanks very much for joining us.

stalin did that is clear though he wanted to make it clear to the victors who had walked across western europe and returns to russia just keep in mind guys that you were not the main heroes after you come back to a poverty stricken country from western countries don't think much about his. and many countries in eastern europe specifically but many countries in the so-called west and now try to. basically rewrite history and change the way that their governments and therefore their populations view the second world war russia's role in it and the historical consequences of that why do you think that is and what could be done to stop this. well. you know it's difficult for me to answer this question there's only one history but there are quite a few interpretations the twentieth century saw several serious attempts to rewrite history at first everything that had happened before nine hundred seventeen was portrayed as horrible and terrible then as film director stanislav governor looking showed in his famous film a russia that we've lost everything became wonderful and remarkable sadly this has l

in western europe, the eiffel tower is evacuated. intelligence officials intercept a possible plot. now details of the european plans to crack down on countries that do not live within their means. how are they going to do that? >> big fines could be the order of the day. the european commission will unveil plans shortly to help avoid another greek style that crisis. countries will be punished to repeatedly over spent or leather countries get out of control. -- or let their countries get out of control. finds seem to be the order of the day. we're still awaiting the press conference. what can you tell us about how they will do these fines? how much will they have to pay? >> they will be split up into two types. the first time will be the countries that consistently borrow more than 60% of their gdp. or, their national debt is more than 60% of their gdp. it will be asked to deposit 0.2% in a non-interest bearing account. if they continually have national debt above 60%, that deposit will be taken away from them and turned into a fine. i think this is more interesting. there will be a

various reports of numerous gangster wars and shootings and fascinations both in russia and in western europe as well. in switzerland or spain when the bodies are found to off people suspected of being connected to a virus or about gang or criminal group in russia. president obama is pushing forward plans to double the country's exports in the next five years the move could generate two million jobs and it comes amid hopes that the country is finally pulling out of the depths of recession but with the number of americans facing poverty at a fifty year high millions are still fighting for survival. but. welcome to silk city. this once was what the industrial revolution looked like in the united states. now this is what poverty looks like in this town more than twenty percent are poor more than seventeen percent unemployed it means for many here ninety m. is a time to go to work. just to find down it's time to head to the food pantry for charity . they are low income roves some of them have been unemployed for almost two years is what we're seeing but on average it's the underemployed. there ar

locking up more children than anywhere else in western europe. kowtowing to the banks. a foreign policy forged in george bush's white house. the invasion of iraq. and then, on top of all that they brought the country to the brink of bankruptcy. writing cheques, even in the final days of their government that they knew would bounce. this country could not have borne five more years of labour. has anyone else lost track of the books labour people keep publishing? never in the field of political memoirs, has so much been written by so few about so little. [laughter] [applause] they went from nationalisation to serialisation. from the third way to a third off at the book shop. and the next generation is still fighting the same backstabbing battles instead of talking about the future for britain. we held a public consultation about the spending review. we had 100,000 ideas from members of the public about how to cut waste and do things more effectively. and not a single idea from the labour party. they have the economic strategy of an ostrich. i want to say something to whoe

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and the time in the russian elite was slated but it's illogical and i'm too stupid cheeseman as western europe as time progressed scientific research battle against censorship and control in russia in eight hundred forty eight for example the government made it illegal for your missions to attend western universities and searched. scientific training. government. introduced censorship. throughout the time from. the space race. scientific discovery. which has kept top secret. the periodic table of elements. is working with dozens of. scientific projects which brings us back to the cademy of science there are several. key prospects very. unscientific. with solar power and it always amazes me. and this is called the golden hole. two hundred eager and excited scientists. and while i travel to my next scientific location let's take a look at this week's entertainment news. moscow house of photography has organized a display dedicated to one of the most famous before slaughter pollution and. pollution is a clown who shows especially the production called slow show proving hits around the world the e

. >> ad ireports nearly half of those with dementia are upper income, most in western europe and north america and most live at home with a spouse. >>> in fact the authors of the report talk about the impact of alzheimer's on care givers. something they can't put a price tag on. tracie potts, nbc news, washington. >> hard for those folks. we top the take a look at what's coming up and we turn to brent in the newsroom. good morning. >> i will be along in a moment. the report on high risk pipelines shows one runs under the premier college. we will go to campitous see how people are feeling. this is video and we will grill on why they cannot seem to balance their checkbook like you and i. the giants are in first place and you can buy tickets today. how and how much they might cost in a few minutes on today in the bay. >> i can't wait to go to the game. new this morning, police are on the hunt for a man who sexually assaulted women getting in and out of cars. later today, we may get a better look at the suspect. christie smith is live where the attacks took place. good morning. >> reporter

the previous years let's say ten or fifteen years ago the united states certain countries in western europe tried to blame russia for having this coup if your issue is run on bushehr there's potential. contribution to the iranian. military nuclear program this is not the case in technical terms the bushehr reactor is a so-called light water reactor you can not use waste from the reactor in order to produce to enrich uranium to produce nuclear weapons you need to have a completely different type of reactors heavy water reactors which is not the case we will share this is absolutely clear for any expert and this is no good enough clear for. united states for four for nato countries for is anybody else nobody creates any problem of out of russian kookery russian the region called on will share further on may probably we will have another contracts because iran or same type of nuclear reactors and they are acknowledged there recognized by. eight as absolutely compatible with the nonproliferation regime. in other quotes i've noticed that you don't really like what the rain in defense minister sa

there have been various reports of gangster shootings and assassinations both in russia and in western europe including switzerland spain and greece police found dead bodies of men suspected of being members of this or that gang operating in russia or the c.i.s. but there's still no evidence grandpaw son is in any way connected. everyone knew all capone was they got far though the mafia nevertheless he was jailed for tax evasion the crime which can't even be compared to the horrible things he was involved in proven grandpas sans criminal activities is just as difficult. just a gangster movies with shootouts in excess emissions have become cinema classics but as investigators now try to find the hitman and the organizers of thursday's attack the hollywood story lines of those times are still just those moments. you got this going off r.t. moscow. and i'll be back with the headlines in just a moment. every month we give you the future we hope you understand how we'll get there and what tomorrow brings the best in science and technology from across russia and around the world. join us for techno

that for decades, the last two or three, there has been a lot of speculation that the future of western europe'serity, with its diminishing birthrate in its ever rising public debt with sweetheart deals, public employees, early retirement ages are by american standards with rather comfortable working hours. so the moment when we, who have usually been lecturing the europeans about that, are expanding. the europeans are finally coming to grips with it. i think in britain's case, i do not know the business pelchat. i think is more nostalgic for the idea that austerity, if properly deployed and endured, does lead to recovery. >> i do not believe so myself. i have been watching this phenomenon since the 1950's of the time when we were more civil, we were more closer to each other. we have less but the was more community life. i do not think it exists in other european countries. it is an english phenomenon that now they're doing programs on the television in england of people making cakes without eggs and all of these austerity things from the second world war. but i think it is purely nostalgia. mo

in russia and in western europe as well in switzerland or spring when bodies or people suspected of being connected to a. gang or criminal group in russia. reporting there it's just now past the hour here on the russian capital that this is r.t. and you can always find more news on our website that is r.t. dot com as well as all the best videos blogs and expert opinions here's what's waiting for you there right now russian helicopters may soon be seen in the skies of afghanistan as nato forces are keen to use them in the fight against the taliban . and find out why a communist group. wants to put a british. behind bars. u.s. president obama is pushing forward plans to double the country's exports in the next five years the move could generate a million jobs comes amid hopes that the country is finally pulling out of the depths of recession but with the number of americans facing poverty at a fifty year high millions are still fighting for survival. welcome to silk city. this once was what the industrial revolution looked like in the united states . now this is what poverty looks like in t

amount will triple along russia among other things diversified supply markets overweight from western europe. have these alliances not without reservations over the recent years russia scaled back its weapon sales to china due to concerns that beijing may copy the designs and later on to. other foreign military markets. for example and then produce those. by itself so of course it's all for reduces the boredom of military trade between russia and china but there's also something that russia would like to borrow from china back in the fifty's the soviet union spared no means to industrialize its communist neighbor but now it seems the tables have turned the russian officials now are preoccupied when they hear from a different station very much like to copy china's economic miracle. in the recent decades. and a major breakthrough in the hunt acknowledge easy and cold ration in this field is neatly beneficial for those countries nowadays we both have some ideas and experience to share with each other so we have a great respect is in the heart attack little notion that two thirds of the cabinet