blocks nato efforts in afghanistan. major supply route it's apparently in response to the killing of its soldiers by u.s. cross border. alliance denies the claims and has begun its own investigation. the smaller nations are left to empty seats at the close of the un general assembly in new york it raises questions over its ability to tackle global issues the us has been criticized for being. the majority of its media left along with those considered to be the most important speakers. well for many russians the summer of two thousand and ten will be remembered for those scorching heat massive wildfires and suffocating smaug but coming up right now. the country's emergencies minister. on the lessons they've learned. the best. hello minister shake thank you for your time this summer russia faced great forest fires and summer.

russia nato meeting on missile defense and talks on how to deal with iran all this taking place in new york we bring you all the latest just ahead in the program. watching the news channel thanks for being with us with the top story on the tops not true wealth is a source of great temptation for the countries surrounding the icecap billions of barrels of oil lie beneath the sea and the nation. and in some of the finest scientific minds of gathered in moscow to make sure a different kind of cold war doesn't break out. fifty billion tons of oil one thousand trillion cubic feet of gas that's enough to supply the entire world for more than a few years and it's just an estimate of what's hidden in the arctic sea bed. the underwater riches of the north pole are a temptation for the five arctic states russia the us canada norway and denmark but how does one determine who gets the bigger slice of the pie surinam for today we really need a national geography geography that would help us assume the national interests of the territorial dispute tottered on the brink of conflict for years but late

as ambivalence towards russia on the one hand we are a partner but on the other it implies nato's new members should be protected from us. the slump of the american economy has brought a brain drain in reverse of people who came to the country hoping for a better life highly qualified immigrants of indian origin have started returning to their homeland oh she's pretty sure there has been investigating why. ten years ago k.g. saying would have never imagined that he'd be back in india going overseas for higher education was something that the guys who did well in academics that was the first preference there weren't too many jobs in india. in the private sector and so i followed the plan this trend led saying to a ph d. a job at a prestigious research institute and ultimately the skills to start his own company but living the american dream wasn't enough the attraction for the it is only when you're sort of doing. and you're sort of pushing to be on the open for whatever you're doing and that really is synonymous with gotten if you're looking to sort of grow. this is that a place to be

russian nato meeting on missile defense and talks on how to deal with iran all this taking place with you all the latest just ahead where. i'm broadcasting live from the heart of russia's capital. certainly glad to have you with us the arctic's untapped natural wealth is a source of great temptation for the countries surrounding the icecap it's estimated that billions of barrels of oil lie beneath the sea and the arctic nations are keen to secure their share some of the finest scientific minds have gathered in moscow to make sure a different kind of cold war doesn't break out parties reports fifty billion tons of oil one thousand trillion cubic feet of gas that's enough to supply the internal world for more than a few years and it's just an estimate of what's hidden in the arctic seabed. the underwater riches of the north pole are a temptation for the five arctic states russia the us canada norway and denmark but how does one determine who gets the bigger slice of the pie so we're going to today we really need a national geography a geography that would help us pursue our national int

summit in new york nato and russia say they've made real progress towards greater unity the two sides agreed to work together for better security and iran's nuclear program also came under scrutiny with u.n. security council members calling for tehran to return to the negotiating table. more headlines in half an hour but first interview show spotlight talks to the president of iceland to all of our raw. to get his take on the arctic forum currently underway in moscow. it's. grimm's. about the future of the art heads of state. from the northern countries have gathered to discuss the problems. on the show today the president. is here to discuss the arctic the. to join the european union and the other problems faced by his country. the warming climate is melting ice in the arctic and allowing access to areas wants unreachable by vessels these areas could contain billions of tons of oil and gas only countries. claiming the reaches. of them the president. has come to russia to take part in the forum. he's known as an advocate against climate change also iceland was badly hit by the economi

nato says the alliance and russia need each other and should work on missile defense jointly iran is urged by the international community to resume talks we'll bring you all the latest updates from new york the head in the program . you present your own people you must be autistic dr no iranian president mahmoud ahmadinejad gets the cold shoulder. but some americans are questioning the protests and and campaigning against him it's a huge waste of money. the car industry is in the spotlight in the business but it's seen as luxury car sales in russia and to new car plants open in some pieces but lots more in twenty minutes time. you're watching r t well straight to our top story now hundreds of politicians and scientists from across the globe are putting their minds together to decide the future of the resource rich north pole gather that the international arctic forum in moscow which is continuing into its second day of debate. is there for us. under those scalps in the arctic shell fly the world's largest and south energy reserves they were first discovered by a russian expedition ba

the nato summit in lisbon in november will focus on the alliances course for the twenty first century from afghanistan missile defense team probing relations with russia and also he spoke to the former nato concern about how he sees the future that's interesting. thank you very much for joining us now i'll begin with a question on wars recently we've been witnessing a lot of guerrilla warfare style where you have poorly trained and you have. armed militants causing a lot of problems that is nato ready to respond to such threats and in what way all of us have to doubt. to the changing nature of conflict you know after the berlin wall came down and the cold war was over the number of conflicts in the world went down by he two percent he three percent so we live in a much better world today but the nature of conflict has changed there are fewer casualties is that at the same time it's more difficult to deal with you know we didn't have suicide. the full war we have that now is so it's clear to thank you for it so our armed forces have got to be modernized they need to be more flexible th

so the conclusion me there by nato secretary general is basically that both nato and russia need. rather and should continue trying to build a stronger relationship now another important meeting that took place was the five permanent members of the security council plus germany meeting to discuss the latest situation the developing situation with iran basically the five permanent members plus germany got together to assess whether or not the existing sanctions have been working and impacting iran's actions at all and the goal there was to find a quick solution to the existing problems with iran and a draft proposal for example has been circulating around the united nations mentioning a lot of other things a proposal which was put on the table back in october to have some of iran's uranium be moved to russia and france and be enriched there but this is something still in the works now the main idea that came out of the five plus one meeting was that the group wants iran to resume talks that the possibility of negotiations is welcomed and wanted and it's interesting that it has hint

>> well, there is a new nato cooperation. i mean, immediately after, there was again the conversations between uh, between russia and nato countries on uh, the joint nato relations, that their relations would continue in a positive and constructive way, and whatnot. so this is something, and this is something that actually can benefit not only nato countries and russia, because, you know, going against nato really doesn't pay off for russia in any way. but also, those countries that uh, that um, that would like to become nato members, maybe with this reset, maybe that russia's screaming hell about ukraine or georgia, joining nato would be less screaming, or maybe they would, whether they would set up some policy and some procedure in which it could be done with less, in a less hysterical manner, which i think is an important part of possible cooperation between the two sides. >> now, i gotta follow up on that and an earlier comment you made, put two things together here. do you think there's ever a possibility that russia and

causing a lot of problems that is nato ready to respond to such threats of in what way all of us have to adapt. to the changing nature of conflict you know after the berlin wall came down and the cold war was over the number of conflicts in the world went down by heated percent heathy percent so we live in a much better world today but the nature of conflict has changed there are fewer casualties is that at the same time it's more difficult to deal with you know we didn't have suicide. in the cold war we have that now so it's the ether. so our own forces have got to be modernized they need to be more flexible they need to be more maneuverable they need to go a long distances here they have to be highly skilled and they have to use the most technologically advanced equipment but instead of both sides both a nato and russia we're investing in the equipment of the cold war huge tax break for missions you know the wrong type of people we wish to tax payers money on the wrong weapons were fated the last war not the next conflict so we've got to adapt nato has to adapt russia has to adapt i

ten nato troops are dead. we have the latest for wjz. >> reporter: ten troops were killed when a nato helicopter killed in this southern region of afghanistan. cbs news reports it was an american black hawk and that nine of the dead are americans, one an afghan soldier. it's the worst helicopter crash for coalition forces in four years. officials don't know yet what brought down the chopper. the taliban claims insurgents shot this down but nato says there were no reports of enemy fire in the area. sources tell cbs news the helicopter was flying a secret special operations mission in a taliban dominated region. these covert operations often take place under the cover of night, targeting insurgent leaders and find drugs and weapons. choppers are crucial for getting around this rugged country. already this year 525 u.s. and nato service members have been killed in afghanistan, making it the deadliest year for international forces since the war began nine years ago. reporting for wjz eyewitness news. >> an america

in missile defense together to try to come up with a joint project the relationship between nato and russia has gone through some rough patches ever since the georgian the setting in conflict back in the year two thousand and eight and of course the possibility and nato's eastward expansion but the secretary general of nato gave a press conference where he said that it's very important for russia and nato to continue building a stronger and warmer and more trusting relationship the joint review of the twenty first century common security challenges. call peroration on afghanistan. more practical cooperation in try to cherish all piracy hopefully from my point of view as star controllers corporation jerry. defense today corporation with russia in addressing these challenges is no longer just an opportunity to build a better relationship with russia it has become a necessity if we want to be effective in preserving our common security now another important meeting was the five permanent members of the security council plus germany meeting to discuss the latest situation the developing

nato says the alliance and russia need each other and should work on missile defense jointly iran is by the international community to resume talks we'll bring you all the latest updates from new york the head in the program. people. right know iranian president mahmoud ahmadinejad's arrived in new york is marred by protests while some are pulling out all the stops to portray him as the enemy others are questioning the costs of the campaign. eleven am here in moscow broadcasting worldwide this is a welcome to the program now hundreds of politicians and scientists from across the globe putting them minds together to decide the future of the resource rich pool they've gathered at the international arctic forum in moscow which is continuing into its second day of debate ortiz. is there with a. under those ice caps in the arctic shelf lie the world's largest and south energy reserves they were first discovered by a russian expedition back in two thousand and seven when the expedition set up a flag down the loss of ridge claiming the country's right to develop those resources but of cours

risks with regards to future strategy it's necessary to understand the basis of our interaction nato strategic concept is being worked out now the recommendations in it include plenty of ideas which we think reflect modern day realities and needs from the point of view of using nato resources to tackle global problems but at the same time they contain quite ambiguous phrases including nato as ambivalence towards russia on the one hand we are a partner but on the other it implies nato's new members should be protected from us. the sound of the american economy has brought a brain drain in reverse of people who came to the country hoping for a better life highly qualified immigrants of indian origin have started returning to their homeland assays preassure that has been investigating why. ten years ago k.j. saying would have never imagined that he'd be back in india going overseas for higher education. the guys who did well in academics that was the first preference there weren't too many jobs in india. in the private sector and so i had followed the. this trend led sing to a ph d. a j

nato says the alliance and russia need each other and should work on missile defense jointly iran is urged by the international community to resume talks we'll bring you all the latest updates from new york ahead in the program. you don't want people. to drive you know iranian president mahmoud ahmadinejad's arrival in new york is marred by protests but while some are pulling out all the stops to portray him as the enemy others are questioning the costs of the campaign . twenty four hours a day watching r.t. good to have you with us today well straight to our top story now hundreds of politicians and scientists from across the globe are putting their minds together to decide the future of the resource rich north pole they've gathered that the international arctic for me which is continuing into its second day of debate. another caper is there with the latest. under those ice caps la is the world's largest untapped energy reserves and back in two thousand and seven russian expedition descendant down to the lawman also of ridge putting a russian flag there and claiming that right to de

in the last couple of days we have been hearing a lot from nato secretary general saying he believes the best idea would be for russia and the north atlantic treaty organization to cooperate to try to come up with some sort of joint project to work in missile defense together the areas that nato and russia still disagree on are georgia moldova as we know of course ties between russia and nato started getting somewhat shaky because of the conflicts between georgia and south that sets you back in two thousand and eight and needles eastward expansion so these issues still remain a but the nato secretary general giving a press conference earlier today said he believes russia and nato can find mutually mutual positive steps for both sides if the cooperate more especially in missile defense take a listen to what he had to say. the joint review of the twenty first century common security challenges. more call peroration on afghanistan. more practical cooperation in try to cherish from all piracy hopefully from my point of view a star controller's corporation cherry tauriel defense today cor

>> nato expansion is absolutely antiquated thinking. nato expansion does not add the security. what we want for your atlantic space is equal security for all countries irrespective of whether they are members of nato or they are members of organization of collective security treaty. and indwizability of security and the principle that no country should expand in security at the expense of the security of others. those were the principles pronounced at the top level in organization of security and cooperation in europe and in meetings between nato and russia in the' 9 90s. it didn't work. it didn't work in the former yugoslavia, it didn't work in georgia two years ago. so we suggested that this statement, statement of principle that securities in divisible and no one should expand security at the expense of security of others be made legally binding, that's the essence of president medvedev's initiative which is being discussed. >> and... >> rose: and you see a rens sans in the u.s./russia relationship. that was the word you used. >> yes, it's a rens sans in the sense of an enti

in missile defense together to try to come up with a joint project the relationship between nato and russia has gone through some rough patches ever since the georgian a setting in conflict back in the year two thousand and eight and of course the possibility and nato's eastward expansion but the secretary general of nato gave a press conference where he said that it's very important for russia and nato to continue building a stronger and warmer and more trusting relationship let's take a listen to what he had to see the joint review of the twenty first century common security challenges. call peroration on afghanistan. practical cooperation in try to cherish all piracy hopefully from my point of view as star control which corporation cherry tauriel defense today corporation with russia in addressing these challenges is no longer just an opportunity to build a better relationship with russia it has become a necessity if we want to be effective in preserving our common security now another important meeting that took place today was the five permanent members of the security council p

nato says the alliance and russia need each other and should work on missile defense jointly iran is orange by the international community to resume talks we'll bring you all the latest updates from new york the head in the program . dr no. iranian president mahmoud ahmadinejad's arrival in new york is marred by protests while some are pulling out all the stops to betray the enemy questioning the costs of the campaign. and the car industry is in the spotlight in the business bulletin as luxury car sales in russia and two new car plants open. and more in twenty minutes. you're watching our welcome to the program carrie the top story now hundreds of politicians and scientists from across the globe are putting their minds together to decide the future of the resource rich north pole they've gathered at the international forum in moscow which is continuing into its second day of debate. over is there with the very day. for most of us the north pole really means ice caps and that's about it really but there's a lot more to it than that. well of course there is carey under those ice caps i

afghanistan and missile defense to improving relations with russia are two spoke to former nato boss george robertson about how he sees the future is coming your way in a moment stay with us. thank you very much for joining us now with. we've been witnessing a lot of guerrilla warfare you have poorly trained you have. a lot of problems. ready to respond to such threats what way all of us have to adapt. to the changing nature of conflict you know after the berlin wall came down and the cold war was over the number of conflicts in the world went down by he two percent he three percent so we live in a much better world today but the nature of conflict has changed there are fewer casualties is that at the same time it's more difficult to deal with you know we didn't have suicide. in the cold war we have that now so it's created. so our armed forces have got to be modernized they need to be more flexible they need to be more maneuverable they need to go a long distances here they have to be highly skilled and they have to use the most technologically advanced equipment but instead of both

nato says the alliance and russia need each other and should work on missile defense jointly iran is urged by the international community to resume talks we'll bring you all the latest updates from new york ahead in the program. and of why the martial arts fighter with extremist news is seeking political asylum in norway after escaping from a russian psychiatric facility last month. and coming up in all the latest market news we've been looking at one point being that it. goes on going on in about twenty. here watching r t coming to you live from the russian capital good to have you with us now first in the program it may be one of the world's most inhospitable places but it's also among the most keenly sought after now that's why several nations including russia canada and the united states are in the race for the billions of tons of oil and gas which lie beneath the arctic leading science. and politicians are in moscow to ensure cutthroat competition does not destroy conservation now let's get more from a cut that even over this covering the event alive for us now all the nations i

as part of the warming ties between moscow nato russia has been invited to take part in their own eyes eight summit in lisbon however as foreign minister sergei lavrov says they align says attitude remains and big years and it's up to the russian president to decide whether his country well accept gave his ease to work a russian. today russia asks several major questions when he gets the answers russia will decide whether or not to attend the first is what attitude will be chosen towards russia the second is how will nato regard it self in relation to international law on the prerogatives of the un security council it's important that nato members called for intensifying cooperation on practical issues on afghanistan the fight against drug trafficking terrorism and missile defense on drug trafficking we're interested in stopping this contagious influx i remind you of our proposal to improve interaction with the collective security treaty organization which is actively dealing with the fight against illegal drug trafficking on afghan borders on missile defense moscow realizes how the ag

the greatest and most successful defense ryans of the world has ever know nato. and it has been it has been useful but it had survived and thrived because it wasn't just a military organization it was an alliance of values a belief in democracy a belief in people choosing their own government of freedom before the war of good neighborly relations good internal relations all of these things these are value kids you need to together share of these fall but show needs to be part of that community of values sure that we know what will defend that's what that's what to do these conflicts and what today's world is about it's defending the all of the states against this order of world and bringing stability to these parts of the world as well but one of the country that sort of creating a bit of instability in that at least in the minds of western countries would be iran now to two years ago at the pentagon has has been reportedly developing plans of attacking iran how realistic is that when i think everyone goes. quiet from the lowest to highest level you know that's t

nato says the alliance and russia need each other and should work on missile defense jointly iran is orange by the international community to resume talks we'll bring you all the latest updates from new york the head in the program. people you must be autistic dr no iranian president mahmoud ahmadinejad gets the cold shoulder in new york but some americans are questioning the protests and campaign against him calling it a huge waste of money. it's one pm here in the russian capital this is our top story now hundreds of politicians and scientists from across the globe are putting their minds together to decide the future of the results which north pole got of the international form in moscow which is in the middle of its second day of debate a correspondent. will be with us in a couple minutes to tell a small that. well the world's biggest political forum is underway in new york tackling poverty and hunger among the globe's other most pressing problems but as we'll see in a couple of minutes it's the world leaders that america loves to hate such as the rain president who are stealing

risks with regards to future strategy it's necessary to understand the basis of our interaction nato strategic concept is being worked out now the recommendations in it include plenty of ideas which we think reflect modern day realities and needs from the point of view of using nato resources to tackle global problems but at the same time they contain quite ambiguous phrases including nato as ambivalence toward russia on the one hand we are a partner but on the other it implies nato's new members should be protected from us. the slump in the american economy has brought a brain drain of people who came to the country hoping for a better life highly qualified immigrants of age in origin have started returning to their homeland preassure has been investigating why. ten years ago k.j. saying would have never imagined that he'd be back in india going overseas for higher education was something that the guys who did well in academics that was the first preference there were too many jobs in india. in the private sector and so i followed the trend this trend led saying to a ph d. a job at

earlier today a meeting of russian nato council took place here in new york ahead of us summits being planned for november in lisbon the issues were that were discussed at this meeting were the stepping up of the fight against drug trafficking in afghanistan issues of security in europe as well as missile defense as we know in the last couple of days the secretary general of nato has really been calling for and pushing for the possibility of cooperation on a joint project between russia and nato when it comes to missile defense and so far it however he told the press earlier today that no details have been worked out no specifics have been discussed but this is something that nato hopes can be done in the near future in these nearest talks now russia need to continue to disagree on the issues of georgia and moldova and as we know of course that russia and nato have had a sort of difficult relationship because of the war back in two thousand and eight and because of the issue of nato eastward expansion but now we're hearing today in new york from the secretary general of nato that he h

nato but we have never had any military forces of our own so we have not been a part of the nato military corp apart from the fact that the americans had a base in ice on which they closed on the three years ago so for three years now we have not had to any military activity in my country so i don't think there is side the war situation with respect to nato or the european union. well back in two thousand and eight i have the night from asia here the president of iceland has surprised the russian ambassador by inviting russia to use the careful i think every base in iceland what did happen what do you have in mind well what made you to make such as a political is this this is not a true story really although the us at the time of extortion is a vertical friend of mine i actually met him last night when i came to moscow but this was a story that came out in the newspapers and didn't really have any basis . what was perhaps these the the small part of this story was as i mentioned before for over half a century the american military base national and then to the bush administration decided

russian nato meeting on missile defense and talks on how to deal with iran all this taking place in new york we'll bring you all the latest just ahead in the program. hello this is r.t. it's ten pm here in moscow now i'm kevin zero in with the top stories for you. and first the arctic some tops of natural wealth is a source of great some taishan for the countries surrounding the cup millions of barrels of oil lie beneath the sea in the arctic nations are keen to secure their share indeed some of the finest scientific minds of now gathered in moscow than to make sure of a different kind of cold war that doesn't break out he's. fifty billion tons of oil one thousand trillion cubic feet of gas that's enough to supply the internal world for more than a few years and it's just an estimate of what's hidden in the arctic seabed. the underwater riches of the north pole are a temptation for the five arctic states russia the us canada norway and denmark but how does one determine who gets the bigger slice of the pie so we're going to today we really need a national geography a geography that woul

nato says the alliance and russia need each other and should work on missile defense jointly iran is urged by the international community to resume talks we bring you all the latest updates from new york ahead in the program. the young. people in moscow it is to drive. a very young president mahmoud ahmadinejad gets the cold shoulder in new york but some americans are questioning the protests and ad campaign against him calling it a huge waste of money. gold price hits a new all time high we look at the drivers behind the rally lots more coming up in the business but if. you're watching our team coming to you live from the russian capital welcome to the program now let's go to our top story hundreds of politicians and scientists from across the globe are putting their minds together to decide the future of the resource rich north pole they've gathered at the international arctic forum in moscow which is in the middle of its second day of debate artie's you've got to know god is there the latest there are you got to be you know now there's been a lot of talk in the media about who win

had the greatest and most successful defense ryans of the world has ever know nato. and it has been it has been useful but it did survived and thrived because it wasn't just a military organization it was an alliance of values a belief in democracy a belief in people choosing their own government of freedom before the war of good neighborly relations good internal relations all of these things these are values kept you need to together know russia share of these fall but show needs to be part of that community of values sure that we know what will defend that's what that's what to do these conflicts and what today's world is about it's defending the all of the states against this order of world and bringing stability to these parts of the world as well but one of the country that sort of creating a bit of instability in that we saw in the minds of us in countries would be iran now to two years ago at the pentagon has has been reportedly developing plans of attacking iran how realistic is that when i think everyone goes in option planning from the lowest to highest bu

or off nato but we have never had any military forces over own so we have not been a part of the nato military corp apart from the fact that the americans had a base in ice on which they closed on the three years ago so for three years now we have not tied to any military activity in my country so i don't think there is side the war situation with respect to nato while the european union well back in two thousand and eight i have the night from asia here the president of iceland has surprised the russian ambassador by inviting russia to use the careful i think every base in iceland what did happen what do you have in mind well what made you to make such as a political is this this is not a true story really although the us at the time of extortion is a vertical friend of mine i actually met him last night when i came to moscow but this was a story that came out in the newspapers and didn't really have any basis . what was perhaps. these the the small part of this story was as i mentioned before for over half a century the american military base in iceland and the bush administration d

is definitely not as cold as it was in the last couple of years that russia and nato are not adverse to raise any more and he's actually proposing that russia and nato when discussing the issue of cooperating in the area of missile defense consider building a joint project having a joint project so that russia has its security ensured and so does nato among other things that are happening today is the meeting of the five permanent members of the security council plus germany on iran now we have been hearing that the u.s. ambassador to the united nations has been saying that at this meeting what is going to be discussed is how exactly what kind of an impact the existing sanctions of the first round of sanctions that were imposed in june by the security council have had on iran whether more pressure should be put on iran or not putting aside diplomacy they're going to be considering exactly what kind of additional steps they can take when it comes to iran continuing to not follow the recommendations of the international community and of course they do earlier we had russian foreign min

and nato as war effort in afghanistan is facing another obstacle pakistan has closed an important supply route for the coalition one hundred fuel tankers and trucks haven't been allowed into afghanistan it's seen as a retaliation to a nato helicopter raid into the territory of pakistan in which three local soldiers were killed and three more wounded the alliance says the incident is now under investigation and promised pakistan sovereignty would be respected recently the number of missile strikes in helicopter raids against suspected militants hiding in pakistan's tribal zone has been on the rise pakistani officials say the attacks are violating international law and should be stopped. for more on this now i'm joined live from washington by ivan eland defense analyst from the independent institute a u.s. think tank thanks for joining me so pakistan is a top u.s. ally in the region it but it's been vocal against these strikes on this territory but if they are a strong ally then why not have some kind of cooperation in terms of these raids in terms of allowing nato troops to follow suspect

it is it's kind of the only self-sufficient really three power nato. so if you create a try force of the european union. the united states and russia you could have regular songs and regular discussions about sort of this terry cancelations russian nato council for the office told us if it could possibly work. here we've got a huge problem. because once we create something like this the e.u. of the states and russia. this is chinese factor which counterbalances that people in china who think that such an alliance of russia with the west is and the chinese knowledge of these will show that that these are privatization of security which could be parts of this of this framework it's a very long conversation but i basically agree with president regift and this maybe is not the word which i would repeat. but i think the time has come for america not to be. so happy about the things as they are makes doesn't work anymore you've got to create something new that's what this part of all thank you very much for that so again i did the main thing for today is the

the greatest and most successful defense ryans of the world has ever know nato. and. it has been it has been useful but it had survived and thrived because it wasn't just a military organization it was an alliance of values a belief in democracy a belief in people choosing their own government the freedom before the law of good neighborly relations good internal relations all of these things these are values kids you need to together know russia share of these fall but show needs to be part of that community of values so that we know what will defend that's what that's what to do these conflicts and what today's world is about it's defending the all the states against this order of world and bringing stability to these parts of the world as well but one of the country that sort of creating a bit of instability in that at least in the minds of western countries would be iran now to two years ago at the pentagon has has been reportedly developing plans of attacking iran how realistic is that but i think everyone goes in option climate from the lowest to highest level yo

the view of the nato secretary general who on the sidelines of the u.n. summit in new york said he was encouraged by the progress made so far later we hear from alliances former had george robertson who believes russia and nato should work together as they share a common goal. is instability of this fits the people who are in the insurgent since it's all of that sector of the city with russia's economy is here we're not talking about nato being russia's enemy or all russia being paid enemies the fact is that we've got to deal with these problems needs to be part of our community of values so that we knew what we would defend. what's our full interview with former nato had george roberts in about fifteen minutes time here in r.t.e. now thousands of farmers in india are opposing government plans to build a new highway on their land with two thirds of country's population dependent on agriculture land acquisition is a sensitive an explosive issue as artie's current saying reports. indian farmers took to the capital recently in protest against a government ta

and they have to use the most technologically advanced equipment but instead on both sides both the nato and russia we're investing in the equipment of the cold war huge time is big for missions you know the wrong type of people we stick taxpayers money on the wrong weapons were fated in the last war not the next conflict so we've got to adapt nato has to adapt russia has to adapt in order to be able to confront those new challenges of the threats to our security i talking about more modern weapons versus that's when the guerrilla we're talking a guerrilla warfare they're not using very highly advanced weapons themselves well there's nothing more primitive than a suicide bomber an individual who strap some explosive device to to themselves and blows themselves up themselves up as well as others and their company or this is you know this is all this new it has happened in the past but never on this on this scale so we we've got to be innovative in the we we think about these things to as a political say to this others a military side of this so that means adaptation innovation cooperation

nato says the alliance and russia need each other and should work on missile defense jointly iran is urged by the international community to resume talks we bring you all the latest updates from new york ahead in the program. young. people not just the dr no rain young president mahmoud ahmadinejad gets the cold shoulder in new york but some americans are questioning the protests and ad campaign against him calling it a huge waste of money. you're watching r t coming to you live from the russian capital welcome to the program and now to work top story hundreds of politicians and scientists from across the globe are putting their minds together to decide the future of the resource rich north pole they've gathered at the international arctic forum in moscow which is in the middle of its second day of debate and. is their latest there you've got thirty nine now there's been a lot of talk in being media about who will win the race for the arctic but according to prime minister putin cooperation is now the watchword. right. ration of course one can not survive and be out. on its own so to

russia nato meeting on missile defense and talks on how to deal with iran all this taking place in new york we'll bring you all the latest just ahead on the program. hello very good evening from moscow this is r.t. it's just after nine pm here and i'm kevin zero in with the top stories this hour and first the arctic sun taps natural wealth is a source of great temptation for the countries surrounding the billions of barrels of oil lie beneath the sea in the arctic nations are keen to secure their share now some of the finest scientific minds gathered in moscow today to make sure a different kind of cold war doesn't break out. all of the countries that have an interest in the stake in the arctic namely russia the united states canada and two scandinavian states all of them have a very big interest and of course all want a bigger piece of the pie that is the untapped seabed full of natural resources or oil gas and various minerals so the arctic is a very tempting piece but so far all of the sides that have a stake and have a potential claim to all of their resources have agreed to work o

worth son took three it's ancient ghosts of ancient conflicts and people here talking about nato and some common you know possible need to act fantasy he is a fantasy and we have people in the way still see russia. russia russia wants to rule the world look at what catherine the great said you know i can only secure my thirty years by expanding catherine the good his big court is today more fun to see and hear if you go to talk to people in the streets they say we're worried about migration we're worried the bird was the piracy on the high seas we're worried about our jobs our pensions because of economic instability we've got to focus where people work with and start working together to deal with these problems well it's interesting that you bring up the different problems of your sense of who is nato's enemy because international terrorism first doesn't sound very convincing as you rightly brought up there are other issues that people are concerned with so who is nato's enemy vader's enemy is instability that's what will tell of this it's the people who are on the insurgents it's i

been a part of the nato military corp apart from the fact that the. basin ice on which they closed on the three years ago so for three years now we have not tired to any military activity in my country so i don't think there is side the war situation with respect to nato or the european union well back in two thousand and eight i have the night from asian here the president of iceland surprised the russian ambassador by inviting russia to use the think every base in iceland what did happen what do you have in mind well what made you make such as a political is this this is not a true story really although the us at the time of extortion is a vertical friend of mine i actually met him last night when i came to moscow but this was a story that came out in the norwegian newspapers and didn't really have any basis. what was perhaps. these the the small part of this story was as i mentioned before for over half a century the american military base in iceland and the bush administration decided to close the base down so now we have out the former base area

the greatest and most successful defense ryans of the world has ever know nato. and it has been it has been useful but it did survived and thrived because it wasn't just a military organization it was an alliance of values a belief in democracy a belief in people choosing their own government of freedom before the war of good neighborly relations good internal relations all of these things these are values kids you need to together know russia share of these fall but needs to be part of that community of values sure that we know what will defend that's what that's what to do these conflicts and what today's world is about it's defending the all of the states against this order of world and bringing stability to these parts of the world as well one of the country that sort of creating a bit of instability in that at least in the minds of us in countries would be iran and now to two years ago at the pentagon has has been reportedly developing plans of attacking iran how realistic is that but i think everyone goes in option quantity from the lowest to highest you kn

and they have to use the most technologically advanced equipment but instead of both sides both the nato and russia we're investing in the equipment of the cold war huge time is big for missions you know the wrong type of people we're wasting taxpayers' money on the wrong weapons were fated in the last war not the next conflict so we've got to adapt nato has to adapt russia has to adapt in order to be able to confront those new challenges of the threats to our security by talking about more modern weapons versus that's when the guerrilla we're talking a guerrilla warfare they're not using very highly advanced weapons themselves whether they are more primitive than a suicide bomber an individual who strap some explosive device to to themselves and blows themselves up themselves up as well as others of the company or this is you know this is all this new it has happened in the past but never on this on this scale so we we've got to be innovative in the we we think about these things as a political side to this. a military side of this so that means adaptation innovation cooperation and it

and nato forces in afghanistan, after a disputed nato attack along the border. >> suarez: and to hari sreenivasan, in our newsroom, for what's on the "newshour" online. hari? >> sreenivasan: we have more on the authors given asylum in pittsburgh. you can watch videos of them reading their work. see political editor david chalian's interview with texas senator john cornyn. as chair of the senate republican campaign committee, cornyn says that if the g.o.p. takes control in november, they'll move quickly to repeal the health care and financial reform laws. plus on "art beat," jeff talks with bestselling author jonathan franzen about his latest book, "freedom." all that and more is on our web site, newshour.pbs.org. jeff? >> brown: and that's the "newshour" for tonight. i'm jeffrey brown. >> suarez: and i'm ray suarez. we'll see you on-line and again here tomorrow evening with mark shields and michael gerson sitting in for david brooks, among others. thank you and good night. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: and with the ongoing support of these institutions and f