other countries' dispute what canada's is saying. they say the passage should be freely accessible to international shipping. the meeting this week is supposed to hammer that out. in remote areas like this, they're becoming under scrutiny like never before. >> norway does not want to be left out. it has moved its military headquarters inside the arctic circle. this is highly symbolic that they have moved this military base. >> yes, it is not exactly that norway is a highly militarized country. next to russia's 142 million or so, across the border, and the norwegians could hardly seem threatening by moving their headquarters here inside the arctic circle. remember, norway and russia are big competitors in the field of gas exploration and gas supply in europe. these are two of the leading countries in the world for exploiting military resources and selling them abroad. it's not surprising that there's a huge amount of competition between them. what norway is saying by moving its base up north -- they're saying, we are here, we are stro

i'll ask you to find out logistics' of how this relates to the issue in canada. i will ask something that you're not going to be able to answer which is they should shut down in cnada. what i would say is that this seems like an easy reach for someone in the united states for someone to take advantage of. it looks like he would like to say how something. >> as i indicated, there are some legal issues. >> we have been meetingn canada. the officers that are leading the exploitation endeavors. at this point, they have different nsiderations, they are a sovereign nation. they don't believe that it is appropriate for the u.s. policy to dictate what this should be but we are actively engaged in those discussions with canada. >> let me finish on this note. the have a contract between craigslist and the canadian government? >> know. >> hugh you are a private business. my understanding is that a private business sells what they want to sell. i don't understand the legal oversight that canada has to tell a private business that i will not provideou because we have heard th

geoffrey canada and david guggenheim. then later in the week, james ellroy, and robert reich would join us with seal. we also will have nancy brinker. tonight, we kick off the week with harold for junior. the former tennessee congressman is now the chairman of the democratic leadership council, dlc, and and he has a new book, "more davids than goliaths." >> everyone should see that. what guggenheim and canada have done, it is inspiring. i hope people see it. >> it is a moving film. one thing i am sure that geoffrey and davis and i i am sure will talk about is that it is anti-union. what do you make of that? >> whether we are finding greater success in one model or the other. i think probably one of the most poignant thing that has been said is it seems our education system that of to benefit adults where it should be squarely and comprehensively how to fix kid'' problems and how to answer the challenges they faced a today, so i love the debates. i am a charter school guy. i am not an anti-union guy. geoffrey, we should sc

for many countries apart from russia and canada other states are also keen to stablish themselves in the octaves and they include the united states denmark and norway according to some analysts this me lead to some type of all over conflict because this is the stakes are really high because of these extremely large reserves of natural resources and this me lead to some sort of problem an international problem on the other hand other analysts this thing from back to this issue will be resolved peacefully in fact just now during the meeting in moscow the foreign minister is off russia and canada have pledged to resolve the stage or dispute strictly diplomatically and scientifically and there is already an example of how such a dispute could be resolved peacefully just recently russia and norway resolved a decades along a territorial dispute on their borders in the bar and sea and now we've agreed first of all to establish the border and also to share the natural resources which are held in that area so hopefully that will be done in the in the case of russia and canada as well. if you

russia and canada are in dispute over a share of the arctic's rich resources although was challenging moscow's claims to a portion of the polar sea bed russia says the dispute should be resolved in accordance with scientific evidence you've got to get off has more on the i.c. dispute. both russia and canada remained firm at their stances claiming that the arctic seabed known as the a woman also fridge belongs to bear territory's moscow says that its claims are based on scientific fact and according to the russian foreign minister said russia will continue sending expeditions to this area for the limo and also the loam and also bridge was discovered by russian explorers but today we want to prove scientifically that it's a continuation of our marine life in providing our data to the un as is canada and now denmark is also thinking about lng clean to the loneliness of ridge but any such claim must be based upon scientific data provided to the un commission and he have the last word in any case in two thousand and seven a group of russian scientists a d send it down to be a woman also fr

russia has its sights on reaching an arctic agreement with canada on the heels of signing a deal. with norway. the u.k.'s elite special forces unit the s.a.'s. from the government. should be sitting behind bars in just a few minutes. global news twenty four this is. now one of russia's most wanted terror suspects. despite the country's threat. a rival. to be attending an international chechen congress. he lives in britain where he has political asylum. following the latest developments on our joins us live. that we've seen this before we. have troubles abroad despite having an arrest warrant chasing him if you think it's realistic to think the polish authorities are really going to detain him. already it's a very good question a very complicated question because of course right now and nobody knows even if he is in poland or whether he's planning. on arriving in poland that is information that so far has only been published by one source polish t.v. channel t.v. and twenty four and they're citing unnamed sources as. basically backing up this information but even if he is in poland

and russia has its sights on reaching an arctic agreement with canada on the heels of signing a demarcation pact with norway. it's one am in moscow and this is r t coming to you live with me a nice and now way first up this hour a key u.s. senate panel has approved the start treaty with russia in a decision warmly greeted by president obama the nuclear arms reduction deal is now clear to go to the upper house for a full ratification vote russia said it's ready to sign off the document agreed by both presidents but wants to do so at the same time as the u.s. . has more from washington. senators do have concerns they expressed them in a resolution that they passed today but as john kerry the chairman of the senate foreign relations committee said they managed to address most of the issues in the course of these five months and today's decision is sort of a bipartisan success let's listen what to what he says. we hope to. get to the full senate as rapidly as possible are our work is not done the full united states senate has to now debate this and ratify it. and it's our hope that they're goin

and russia has its sights on reaching an arctic agreement with canada hot on the heels of signing a few more patient pacts with norway. the u.s. senate panel is set to vote on the start treaty if the nuclear constable is passed it will head to the full opera house for approval. or welcome to you live from our headquarters in central moscow this is archie it's eight pm here in the russian capital and six pm in warsaw one of russia's most wanted terrorist suspects is said to have entered poland despite the country's threat to arrest him upon arrival are commands are is thought to be attending an international chechen congress near the polish capital he currently lives in britain where he has political asylum considering the of zoravar is following the latest developments. at the moment it's all very confusing and very unclear because even the information regarding this was acquired whereabouts specifically his arrival in poland is so far being a brought to us only by one news source that's a television channel a polish t.v. channel and they're citing unnamed sources so even his whereabout

both russia and canada remained firm at their stances claiming that the arctic seabed known as the a woman also fridge belongs to bear territory's moscow says that its claims are based on scientific fact and according to the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov russia will continue sending expeditions to this area of the limo and also the woman also bridge was discovered by russian explorers but today we want to prove scientifically that it's a continuation of our main line in providing our data to the un as does canada and now denmark is also thinking about lean clean to the woman also of ridge but any such claim must be based upon scientific data provided to the un commission and do you have the last word in any case in two thousand and seven a group of russian scientists to descend a dawn to be alone also fridge study of it and found concrete conclusions that it is a continuation of the russian landmass they've been planted a russian flag there meanwhile canada has also filed claims on the states are you saying back to the a woman also for h. is port off the canadian stage or ye

russia has its sights on reaching an arctic agreement with canada hot on the heels of signing a demarcation pact with norway. more welcome to you live from our studios in central moscow this is our to you with me nice and now away it's midnight here in the russian capital four pm in washington where u.s. senate panel has given the go ahead to the start treaty with russia the nuclear arms reduction deal will now face the full upper house before it can be ratified russia says it's ready to sign off the document but wants to do it at the same time as the u.s. can has more from washington senators who have concerns they expressed them in a resolution that they passed today but as john kerry the chairman of the senate foreign relations committee said they managed to address most of the issues in the course of these five months and today's decision is sort of a boy partisan success let's listen what to what he says. we hope. to get to the full senate as rapidly as possible for our work is not done the full united states senate has to now debate this and ratify it. it's our hope that they're going

account for it because for me for it with all of these aerials russia and canada both the need to be they have their its responsibility to protect their borders and protect cyril it's suits that goals along their borders and of course will do with take will take practical steps to ensure security in the arctic was that we as the. us and the last question please which you didn't use your very liberal you know that when you. have a question to the russian minister of western mass media reporter just say not enough but i'd like you. when you know that the nato invited russian leaders to take part in a nato summit that will take place in lisbon. to the russian part receive such an invitation and is it interested in such a trip to consider and i did hear about these reports in the media but it is often happens that the media are it had of awful channels we haven't received anything through official channels yet thank you you've just heard russian foreign minister sergey lavrov and his canadian counterpart lawrence cannon speaking live at a news conference here in moscow the main topic of

both russia and canada remained firm at their stances claiming that part of the arctic seabed known as the a woman also fridge belongs to bear territory's moscow says that its claims are based on scientific fact and according to the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov russia will continue sending expeditions to this area in order to gather enough scientific proof for the international community to recognize the best of the russian land mass so you could have the limo and also the loam and also a bridge was discovered by russian explorers but today we want to prove scientifically that it's a continuation of our marine life in providing our data to the un as does canada and now denmark is also thinking about lng clinging to the luminous of ridge but any such claim must be based upon scientific data provided to the un commission and do you have the last word in any case in two thousand and seven a group of russian scientists did you send it down to the woman also fridge studied it and found concrete conclusions that it is a continuation of the russian landmass they've been planted a ru

artie's oksana boyko reporting there now russia and canada are in dispute over a share of the arctic's rich resources is a challenging moscow's claims to a portion of the polar sea bed russia says the dispute should be resolved in accordance with scientific evidence you got a piece going off has more on the i.c. dispute. both russia and canada remained firm at their stances claiming that part of the arctic seabed known as the a woman also fridge belongs to bear territory's moscow says that its claims are based on scientific fact and according to the russian foreign minister said russia will continue sending expeditions to this area because of the limo and also the loam and also bridge was discovered by russian explorers but today we want to prove scientifically that it's a continuation of our marine life in providing our data to the un as is canada and now denmark is also thinking about lng cleam to the loneliness of ridge but any such claim must be based upon scientific data provided to the un commission and the have the last word in any case in two thousand and seven a group of russi

and russia has its sights on reaching an arctic agreement with canada not only healed of signing demarcation pact with norway. it's eleven pm in moscow and this is archie coming to you live with me a new son now wife first up this hour a u.s. senate panel has given the go head to the start treaty with russia nuclear arms reduction deal will now face the full upper house before it can be ratified russia said it's ready to sign off on the document but wants to do it at the same time as the u.s. let's get more from our washington correspondent guy who joins us now hi there guy now so it looks like the committee's given the green light on the treaty does this mean all concerns have now been laid to rest well and he said out quite a senator still do have concerns they expressed them in a resolution that they passed today but as john kerry the chairman of the senate foreign relations committee said they managed to address most of the issues in the course of these five months and today's decision is sort of a boy partisan success let's listen what to what he says. we hope this can get to the full s

russia and canada are neck and neck in a race for the arctic's rich resources on why it's challenging moscow's claims to a portion of the polar sea bed but russia says it won't give up your position though it has more on the north and. both russia and canada remained firm at their stances claiming that part of the arctic seabed known as the a woman also for age belongs to bear territory's moscow says that its claims are based on scientific fact and according to the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov russia will continue sending expeditions to this area with the limo and also the loam and also bridge was discovered by russian explorers but today we want to prove scientifically that it's a continuation of the mainland in providing our data to the un as is canada and now denmark is also thinking about lean clean to the woman also of ridge but any such claim must be based upon scientific data provided to the un commission and do you have the last word in any case in two thousand and seven a group of russian scientists or do you send a dawn to be a woman also fridge study of it and fou

russia and canada say the wall back down from territorial claims on a disputed part of the seabed thought to be rich with natural resources. as the u.k. tightens its budget belt defense spending is in the firing line with the elite special forces unit the s.a.'s set to be hit the hardest experts warn the creation of a second rate military could be a disaster for national security. from boom to bust americans are waiting for the economy to snap back two years after the biggest bankruptcy in u.s. history which sent the finances of spiraling out of control. at another former yugoslav republic of skies to join the south stream gas project that and more in our business program in twenty past the hour. and find out why russian communists to have been stung by a sting now want to see the former police front man singing from behind bars. worldwide news from the heart of moscow this is our welcome to the program where the race for the arctic is on and a canada has thrown down the gauntlet to russia moscow says it will prove its right to an area of the arctic seabed in international waters a claim

russia has its sights on reaching an arctic agreement with canada hot on the heels of signing a demarcation pact with norway. the start treaty faces its toughest test as a u.s. senate panel prepares to submit the nuclear deal to the full senate for final approval. on the russian communists a sting should be singing from behind bars find out why in just a few minutes. plus the first major projects of the two thousand and fourteen sochi winter olympics goes operational or in twenty minutes. well why news live from moscow you are with auti well one of russia's most wanted terror suspects is said to have entered poland despite the country's threat to a rest him upon arrival. is thought to be attending an international chechen congress near warsaw and we currently lives in britain where he has political asylum that he is following the latest developments now and joins us live for more details hello to cassio so we've spent of deja vu we've seen this before haven't we have travels abroad despite having an arrest warrant chasing him do you think that would. realistic to think that the postal autho

both russia and canada remained firm at their stances claiming that part of the arctic seabed known as the a woman also fridge belongs to bear to authorities moscow says that its claims are based on scientific fact and according to the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov russia will continue sending expeditions to this area in order to gather enough scientific proof for the international community to recognize the best of the russian land mass. because of the limo and also the loam and also a bridge was discovered by russian explorers but today we want to prove scientifically that it's a continuation of our marine life in providing our data to the un as does canada and now denmark is also thinking about lng clinging to the luminous of ridge but any such claim must be based upon scientific data provided to the un commission and the have the last word in any case in two thousand and seven a group of russian scientists a descendant done to be alone also fridge study of it and found concrete conclusions that it is a continuation of the russian landmass they've been planted a russian fla

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i would just add to that that canada's position. has always been clear on this specific issue we've called for direct peace talks as well as the two state solution two sovereign nations living side by side and we're extremely pleased to see that these discuss these discussions these talks have begun. prime minister harper has reiterated this on human as occasions but particularly following the g eight summit that was held in muskoka we we encourage each of course the parties to pursue and to continue their discussions quite frankly it's much more important to have the parties seated in front of each other than to be the separate. ones going to doubters with the names. whose uncle was wrong the day director. was i want to. clearly less or do they do. you know quote unquote done our money let the saudis ink it. pulis that he televisual some to it and some visual concedes that now gary in new sweater focusing on up to support three years gave us. a bigot's if. so about people could a tould c.d.c. . postal. i think i can ask is it an op

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and what a week it's been for canada. not only is he one of the stars of the new documentary, "waiting for superman, " about problems in our public school system. he even gave the movie its title. >> one of the saddest days of my life was when my mother told me, "superman did not exist." because even in the depths of the ghetto, you just thought he was coming, i just don't know when because he always shows up and he saves up all the good people. she thought i was crying because it's like santa claus is not real. i was crying because no one was coming with enough power to save us. >> reporter: canada grew up in the south bronx, raised by a single mother who struggled. >> it was one of the toughest places to grow up in america. most of my friends never made it out of the south bronx as healthy and productive citizens. >> reporter: he's still haunted by their memory. >> one of the things that really disturbed me growing up is i felt that the adults around us just let kids perish, they didn't do anything to step in. >> report

relatively cool across central and western canada and down in the south. still dealing with lots of showers and lots of heavy rain in place across mexico after hurricane karl made landfall of friday. remnants causing havoc on. 25 degrees in mexico city today with heavy rain, stays hot in houston. 33. 31 up in chicago. it will be quite cool in winnipeg and vancouver. that's what's going on just now. here is your extended forecast now. >>> that's all for this edition of "newsline." i'm catherine kobayashi in tokyo. thanks for joining us. 

geoffrey canada, educator extraordinaire. there is none greater in the country better than geoffrey canada. i am happy to have you on the program. if you see one documentary this year, make it "waiting for superman." that visit our show for tonight. until next time, keep the faith. tavis: join me next time for a conversation with the award winning crime novelist james conroy. that is next time. we will see you then. >> all i know is his name is james and he needs extra help with his reading. >> i am james. >> yes. >> to everyone making a difference, thank you. you help us all live better. >> nationwide insurance support tavis smiley. nationwide is happy to join him in fighting literacy. nationwide is on your side. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you.

and what a week it's been for canada. not only is he one of the stars of the new documentary, "waiting for superman," he inspired the title. >> one of the saddest days of my life was when my mother told me, "superman did not exist." because even in the depths of the ghetto, you just thought he was coming, i just don't know when because he always shows up and he saves up all the good people. she thought i was crying because it's like santa claus is not real. i was crying because no one was coming with enough power to save us. >> reporter: canada grew up in the south bronx, raised by a single mother who struggled. >> it was one of the toughest places to grow up in america. most of my friends never made it out of the south bronx as healthy and productive citizens. >> reporter: he's still haunted by their memory. >> one of the things that really disturbed me growing up is i felt that the adults around us just let kids perish, they didn't do anything to step in. >> reporter: but he steps in every day, proving that the system c

these are the images cobol has been seeing from the streets of canada. trying to corporations to rule the day. welcome back to cross talk i'm peter lavelle remind you we're talking about arctic resource. but before let's see what russians think about the region what treasures lie beneath the arctic ice the polar region is thought to contain up to a quarter of the world's untapped oil and gas reserves and as the ice cap melts lucrative new shipping lanes reveal themselves to cargo cameras yet as arctic stakeholders trust the responsibility that comes with arctic authority and indeed all lining up to exploit the promised sources the russian public opinion research center also citizens if arctic exploration and development is important to russia seventy percent of the respondents said it is and only fifteen percent believe it's not it seems the first pages in the new arctic history are only just being written back to peter ok pursuit if i can go to you you live in alaska right now yes but you're from. outside of denver in colorado right where you know thirt

and what it felt like to be in that place in canada and in other opportunities to be in that land in ireland. i wonder if you can reflect and margaret as well, what were the physical experiences you were having and what was the importance ever going to the place by way of informing your story? >> i don't know if anybody seen there is a series on now on called african-american lives? >> yeah. >> and it remindses me so much of my experience and some of the things that were said that rang through for me are things like, if we don't know where we come from we don't know that we are somebody. it's like, the effects of colonization when -- when our story is taken from us. in when our language is taken and we are disoriented and we come to a new country, we are not literate, it's a way to keep people oppressed. so, part of reclaiming ourselves as irish americans and having the biggest life possible means knowing everything there is to know about ourselves and our people. >> i will talk briefly about the going to saint john i set that trip up and 911 happened. and so i endsed up going on thi

. >> earl tocÓ tierra en canadÁ causando inundaciones y dejando a miles sin electricidad. >> descubren en las costas de finlandia lo que podrÍa ser las cervezas mÁs antiguas del mundo. >> este es el noticiero univisiÓn a fin de semana. >> buenas noches y gracias por su sintonÍa. identifican las rutas de los coyotes, el anuncio fue dado a conocer al mismo tiempo que continÚa creando recelo el hecho de que ahora se habla de mÁs sobrevivientes en la masacre de tamaulipas. javier muÑoz tiene el reporte. >> hay mexicanos que buscan las autoridades del grupo de en documentales,72 de los cuales fueron masacrados, la procuradurÍa de la repÚblica revelÓ que son 77 las personas que iban en los camiones que la semana pasada secuestraron los zetas, dos de ellos serÁn mexicanos, y eran chÓferes, yo nomÁs que era mexicano y no estÁ identificado. esto contrasta con las declaraciones del ecuatoriano que sobreviviÓ. >> 76... >> despuÉs de las innumerables crÍticas de grupos civiles al gobierno de mÉxico por dejar en el desamparo, el secretario de gobernaciÓn anunciÓ la participació

>> i say emulate canada. canada has cut its government spending. its corporate tax rate is now down to 18%. ours is 35%. by the way, canada shrunk the size of its government, and it has an 8. unemployment rate, and we have 9.5. they're winning. >> susie: you would like to see some movement on taxes. >> absolutely. >> susie: we're going to have to leave it there, brian. thanks a lot. have a great weekend. >> you, too, susie. >> susie: we've been speak with brian wesburg, chief economist. >> tom: september is a good month to remember, so far. let's get to tonight's "market focus." the major indices have been climbing since the month began on wednesday, closing close to three-week highs. the dow gained almost 3% this week, with buying continuing since the big rally wednesday. the nasdaq was up 3.7% over the past five sessions, and the s&p 500 added 3.8% this week, ending with the best three-day rally since may. stocks today were able to build on the buying, with financial stocks leading the way. the financial select e.t.f. cludes banks, insurance and

i'll ask you to find out logistics' of how this relates to the issue in canada. i will ask something that you're not going to be able to answer which is they should shut down in canada. what i would say is that this seems like an easy reach for someone in the united states for someone to take advantage of. it looks like he would like to say how something. >> as i indicated, there are some legal issues. >> we have been meeting in canada. the officers that are leading the exploitation endeavors. at this point, they have different considerations, they are a sovereign nation. they don't believe that it is appropriate for the u.s. policy to dictate what this should be but we are actively engaged in those discussions with canada. >> let me finish on this note. the have a contract between craigslist and the canadian government? >> know. >> hugh you are a private business. my understanding is that a private business sells what they want to sell. i don't understand the legal oversight that canada has to tell a private business that i will not provide you because we have h

ensure the arctic doesn't turn into a battle for the mineral resources several nations including russia canada and the rest are in the race for the business of tons of old gas worried in the region. world leaders toppled global poverty middle east peace and world security at the un the us summit in the new york on the sidelines of russia and nato met to discuss cooperation on missile defense and aunts limits in europe. and a russian martial arts fighter with a history of violence and extremism is seeking political asylum in norway richest while the dot sick escaped from a psychiatric facility last month. and up next iceland's president gives his state all the moscow arctic for and spotlight. hello again and welcome to spotlights the interview on r.t. i'll bring all of it in today my guest on the show is all of that are not grooms. is hosting a big international forum about the future of the art heads of state and politicians from the northern countries have gathered in moscow to discuss the problems of their reach my guest star on the show today the president. is here to discuss the arctic the

canada is a big player in the craigslist. the challenge that you have a disagreement that i have with you is that we are in a fluid and fairly mobile society. i disagree that it being on canada with no restrictions poses an insignificant problem. i am really going to ask the question for you to take back to the owners and leadership, and certainly the idea of cooperation -- this looks like a treaty issue or a diplomatic question for canada because they are a sovereign nation. but the fact that craigslist has these services in canada, that just means that i get on and i am able to read this. if i am able to read it, i move around. that is my neighbor. i am going to ask you to find out the logistics of how it relates to this issue in canada and respond back to this committee, because i am going to ask is to answer something you cannot, which is that they should shut down in canada. that is something inaccessible, easy reach for some of the united states to take advantage of. you are pointing to your attorney. it looks like you

i think you also hear when politicians are talking to their own constituents and we've heard it in canada we've heard it in sweden and elsewhere that they talk in a different way and they seem to have to adopt this kind of muscular approach that sovereignty is very important so you know yes it's very high stakes i would say morris if i can go to you is interesting before we came to the studio here i was reading in our bed in from canada one of the national newspapers there it was a lot tougher in its rhetoric than what we hear in the conference here in moscow about cooperation they're basically saying you know the russians are moving in there they may have a big footprint right now they got that flag on the bottom of the of the north pole i mean again politicians can be a lot more diplomatic in talking about this but there's a lot of tough decisions ahead about what's going to happen with the arctic and we're talking about decades i think it's. all politicians has a need to be tough on the home scene to show to the people that they care for them and want to give them their rights and reso

i think you also hear when politicians are talking to their own constituents and we've heard it in canada we've heard it in sweden and elsewhere that they talk in a different way and they seem to have to adopt this kind of muscular approach that sovereignty is very important so you know yes it's very high stakes i would say lars if i can go to you is interesting before we came to the studio here i was reading in our bed in from canada one of the national newspapers there it was a lot tougher in its rhetoric than what we hear in the conference here in moscow about cooperation they're basically saying you know the russians are moving in there they may have a big footprint right now they got that flag on the bottom of the of the north pole i mean again politicians can be a lot more diplomatic in talking about this but there's a lot of tough decisions ahead about what's going to happen with the arctic and we're talking about decades i think it's. all politicians has a need to be tough on the home scene to show to the people that they care for them and want to give them the rights and resource

i think you also hear when politicians are talking to their own constituents and we've heard it in canada we've heard it in sweden and elsewhere that they talk in a different way and they seem to have to adopt this kind of muscular approach that sovereignty is very important so you know yes it's very high stakes i would say morris if i can go to you is interesting before we came to the studio here i was reading an op-ed in from canada one of the national newspapers there and it was a lot tougher in its rhetoric than what we hear in the conference here in moscow about cooperation they're basically saying you know the russians are moving in there they make they have a big footprint right now they got that flag on the bottom of the of the north pole i mean again politicians can be a lot more diplomatic in talking about this but there's a lot of tough decisions ahead about what's going to happen with the arctic and we're talking about decades i think it's. all politicians has a need to be tough on the home scene to show to the people that they care for them and want to give them the rights an

i think you also hear when politicians are talking to their own constituents and we've heard it in canada we've heard it in sweden and elsewhere that they talk in a different way and they seem to have to adopt this kind of muscular approach that sovereignty is very important so you know yes it's very high stakes i would say to you is interesting before we came to the studio here i was reading in our bed in from canada one of the national newspapers there and it was a lot tougher in its rhetoric than what we hear in the conference here in moscow about cooperation they're basically saying you know the russians are moving in there they may have a big footprint right now they got that flag on the bottom of the of the north pole i mean again politicians can be a lot more diplomatic in talking about this but there's a lot of tough decisions ahead about what's going to happen with the arctic and we're talking about decades i think it's. all politicians has a need to be tough on the home scene to show to the people that they care for them and want to give them the rights and resources etc so wher

other countries' dispute what canada is saying. they say the northwest passage should be free to shipping. there are some disagreements. it has a sense of the gold rush about it. remote areas like this are coming under scrutiny like never before. bbc news, in the hudson bay, in canada. >> on this day 30 years ago, iraq invaded its neighbor iran and started a bitter eight-year war, which devastated both countries and destabilize the area. the conflict started over a border dispute, but there was a longstanding rivalry. >> the desert of northern iran, one of the points for the incursion into iran of saddam hussein in 1980. 22 years after the war ended, i have come back to the region where most of the fighting took place between the neighbors. this was one of the areas constantly under indian fire. -- constantly under fire. >> iranian and iraqi soldiers. i do not know. how they survived. and, believe me, i have difficulty to believe. >> this man was 19 when he was called to join the iraqi army. he was sent straight to the front line.

meanwhile russia and canada this week were also looking to break the ice over their argument about another disputed part of the arctic on thursday the two countries foreign ministers held talks in moscow after otto a said it's prepared to challenge russia in a race for the arctic's rich resources but canadian analyst michel chossudovsky says the u.s. is simply using canada and other arctic countries to extend its military grip on the area the main players in this game today on account of the well let's start with the most important the united states which is pulling the strings can the dependable and norway on one side and russia own the and these four countries which old members of the two zero in the process of building. seeking to claim sovereignty over the take extending it beyond the territories thereby competing with russian claims and as i mentioned the united states is using canada but also to some extent also the other two countries denmark and norway as it means to extend its military into the office of beyond the seventy fifth the power level. to afghanistan now where at least f

is simply using canada and other arctic countries to extend its military military grip on the area. the main players in this game today oh no the well let's start with the most important the united states which is pulling the strings can the then tomorrow and norway on one side russia. and these four countries which although it was a day to oh the process of building. seeking to. sovereignty over the whole take extending it beyond the immediate territories thereby competing with russian claims and as i mentioned the united states is using canada but also to some extent also the other two countries denmark and norway as it means to extend its military grip into the off secure of beyond the seventy fifth the parallel. your with r t still to come this hour the price of freedom as iraq pays out four hundred million dollars to american goal for victims. also this week the israeli and palestinian leaders met for two days in sharm el sheikh and jerusalem for another round of middle east peace talks the meeting was overshadowed by israeli war planes attacking gaza twice in response to pales