russia and germany wrap up what will be known as the oath to put limits as the country's leaders agree to use it as a diplomatic weapon. also this hour the last remaining tons of the american control in iran is transferred to local authorities two hundred mainly and named inmates will remain under u.s. a position. and thirty five years to get a new bunch of ambiguous now and then about three of the joint spaceflight on the saw in cold war relations followed.

hello and welcome to our t twenty four hour news live from moscow i mean you know main story now a growing closeness between russia and the west was on show at a joint russian german summers in the city of yes here in baghdad president dmitry medvedev and chancellor angela merkel jokes about paul the psychic world cup octopus and burgers with barack obama but amid the smiles they got some business done to you with dozens of agreements signed and our correspondent daniel bushell is following this story. in the windy city of all you could get was very much a case of the madrid if and merkel i'm sure if you like is the su country's leaders were all smiles their personal strong relationship really highlights the country's two excellent relationship at the moment historically until it was greeted chatted

with mr medvedev influence russian he with her off to a top local restaurant where they enjoyed off to perth but later promised it was not paul the octopus who predicted that germany would lose in the semifinal over the world cup now there was talk of a trio of world leaders forward looking leaders barack obama to reach madrid if i glow merkel a transatlantic troika if you like moving the world forward on security and defense issues with food as the unifying force let's listen in russian and you might let me draw your attention to the fact that germany is number one on the list of russia's partners we have long time relations which has not been spoiled even by difficult chapters in our history. when it comes to russia and germany's relations with other countries it's not like in school where you have just one friend we can have many

friends germany and russia have their own issues they're completely different in nature to transatlantic problems it's useful for us to be able to discuss them together the room for dialogue doesn't exist to the same degree with president obama as it does between us but the u.s. relationship is still very important and i think president medvedev also would like to read to read that this conference is no way should signalize about relationship with president obama. well we have two options either the three of us going to need some hamburgers or we draw the treat our friend barack obama to some kind of european cuisine could. i think the burger will taste best for me. so after all joy and siemens of germany really takes all of russia's. ation box is today a place to join russia silicon valley a joint new project being built on the outskirts of moscow it will also modernize washes train system it's trains which are outdated and yet crucial to the country really relies on its trains

a lot of parts of the country and thirdly wind turbines they will build wind turbines an eco drive in a country which is also trying to become more environmentally friendly the other big issue was iran of great work concern at the moment as it continues to suggest it's moving towards a nuclear bomb but that if the pressure there are not such an act iran is an active and proven trade partner but it doesn't mean that we are indifferent towards the way the islamic republic is developing its nuclear facilities we are also concerned with some military components of its atomic program like iran should find courage to begin fully cooperating with the international community to iran should do this even if it doesn't like some issues it's currently facing a friendly relationship between the two wrapping up what has been a very successful summit a very successful meeting between the two leaders and also business leaders and political leaders germany and russia really two of the strongest partnerships on

the world stage today and russia will hold its relationship with germany will pave the way for an improvement of ties with the e.u. as a whole and as their pain of cornell is all. right at the battlefront foundation in berlin. at the moment russia and germany. clause especially in political context as we could see in the last two days economic cooperation is good the parts could be improved. i think that current development of the relations very positive and. good german russian cooperation could be transferred. let's move on now the u.s. has handed over the last of iraq's prisons to the country's government authorities

will take control of around one thousand six hundred detainees at camp cropper close to the capital baghdad america is loaded with joran from iraq with a final deadline set for december next year the u.s. will continue to hold two hundred detainees some which were members of saddam hussein's last government though the majority have not been identified and their my colleague kevin owen spoke to andrew gilligan a journalist from dailies telegraph who worked as a reporter in baghdad when the u.s. led invasion was launched in two thousand and three and he says the remaining prisoners are the laws of gaps in the u.s. occupation. they are the last remaining if you like american black hole of detainees we know roughly who's held at guantanamo bay we know who's in custody in afghanistan and we still don't know who these people are conditions in very many of these jails and not not very good conditions in american jails are actually better in some ways than in the iraqi germs. the iraqis have not been particularly

successful custodians of their own prisons one that they have amnesty international has published many critical reports on them. and of course detainee abuse is widespread in iraqi prison so i can't imagine that these detainees will be any better off actually under iraqi custody than american. you know with the come on the program a blast from the paul. paul became so popular that alongside the memorabilia brand of cigarettes was created just to mark the occasion. five years after the historic looks at. some of the merchandise that sport. obliged to remember find out the news and turn from to see it for these visitors in st petersburg. and down being in. the u.s. house of representatives has convened for the third time over the chemical agent

orange it was used by america during the war in vietnam and its effects are still being felt today and you may find some of the images in this report disturbing. i was born without it too late and missing a hand it is because of america's chemical war against her people in the jungles of vietnam that has left tran in these conditions she is a victim of agent orange second generation tran is one of many her story represents millions living in the shadows of a lasting legacy. these kids will never live a normal life their deformities physical signs of human decay and although their parents were not even born until after the vietnam war eighteen million gallons of the toxic herbicide sprayed through the jungles of south vietnam is still penetrating the d.n.a. of those being born today that man a marion said the victim into still. are suffering. in

a space of cancer us the us government has acknowledged agent orange is directly connected to the health ailments and defects that continue to plague the lives of vietnam war veterans for generations to come but the u.s. has worst used to make the same length for the millions of the enemies of war victims whose lives have been devastated as a result of agent orange they say that it has nothing to do with agent orange i think that the u.s. for a minute has the reason to deny it. which is why delegations are here in washington following a report issued by lawmakers scientists and doctors calling on the u.s. government to own up to its agent orange legacy in vietnam today also people then me government records show nearly ninety five percent of all u.s. agent orange related aid is committed to efforts to contain and remove dioxin contamination we asked the justice to all the victims those fighting for justice in

the case of vienna means agent orange victims want the physical and psychological damages to be acknowledged if they at say they have to pay to come to state for maimie instead of people. not only in nam but also in taking it to states and also to the country career like today. news even. the dark legacy left behind by the u.s. in vietnam is one with millions of human faces their struggle three decades in the making will not end with money from the u.s. government but it could ease the pain the u.s. has been ignoring scented dumped a month sent to manufactured agent orange in these jungles jan hoffa's washington d.c. . staying with a stop at respected jonathan or new york attorney who says the victims of agent orange deserve justice. the united states dropped almost eighty million liters of

herbicide laced with the docks and which is the poisonous chemical agent orange over five and a half million acres of vietnam over to for ten years begin then nine hundred sixty one. and the people who have been living under this terrible legacy since that time now are going to the second and third generation of people who are victimized by this terrible chemical by a point with this poison so they're waiting for justice there. it's estimated between two and three million babies who were exposed to agent orange and are likely suffering in some form from that exposure this is part of a prominent russian human rights activist that tellus to mirror has been identified and placed on a wanted list that's according to president dmitri medvedev who outlined because of the investigation after meeting with german chancellor angela merkel as to me or i was kidnapped and murdered in the north caucasus region

a year ago also has made i think of a small. russian authorities are claiming success a year since the murder of a chechen human rights activist in this together to say they know who did it the russian president can fail and they now have a main suspect and he has been put on the international most wanted list now the hunt goes on for those who ordered the murder soon after their daily steamier all skills russia's president said finding those responsible was a metal or not i would miss a say on identified men bundled the fifty year old woman into a car as she left her apartment block her border riddled with gunshots was discovered later that day lying in a wood in the neighboring region of. several more can see that one was obvious to police and stimulus colleagues. we never denied that estimators murder was related to her profession this theory was also voiced by the head of the investigation committee. dog who says to me you're always dealt with the most sensitive issues as

part of human rights work in chechnya officials warry the murder harm the reputation of the republic which is several miles previously a long lasting counterterrorism operation or jim was lifted and life was seen to be getting back to normal. it was a blasphemous challenge an act which sole purpose was to have all the global community turned against the chechen republic to impose a negative perception of the republic people understand that it was backed by the enemies of our republic our government and our country's government as a whole. and this square in the center of the chechen capital is named after journalists who have been killed a year ago was name was added here the place is now calm and quiet unlike year ago when many locals came to say their last good bye to the activist they used to look upon as their last hope colleagues who took up the job in this ticket will

be objective in this response. simple punished time is the only thing that's notice . these days is the artsy in grozny. and more on that as well as all the other stories we cover at our website you don't call him on his which you can find that right now to. find out a team of ukrainian animation is read this like a german to pose with their food bowl for costs they call to predict a precise picture of what happened in the world cup final long before the tournament even began. also we're revealing the russian farmers as strongly against these scorching summer heat which is on course to break new right.

well in what's being dubbed as the most sweeping rewrite a wall street rule says the great depression the u.s. senate has approved a bill out of the whole of the running america's financial hot wire signed into law by president obama is hosting new regulations will provide greater protection for consumers and give regulators more power to dismantle troubled funds as well as limiting a range of risky trading activities chief economist from john thomas financial explains more from new york. the bill could have been stronger but as i said it's i think it's necessary for a long time now the financial sector has been operating totally unregulated unfettered without any real controls we've seen the development of this huge amounts of added risk and very little added value to the real economy and in fact we saw what happened with this totally deregulated approach it nearly brought down

the entire global economy so we needed to do something this is a step in the right direction it'll impose limits on the abilities of banks to trade with taxpayer backed funds limit the amount of speculation in food and fuel which is one of the reasons why we saw oil prices run up to one hundred fifty dollars a barrel a couple of years ago so these things are good the problem is now is for the regulatory authorities and the rule makers who are going to be involved really crafting the nitty gritty details of this these days space exploration is a joint international effort but it began as a raise between the soviet union and the u.s. and said to five years ago today there was a breakthrough when the two countries launched the first ever joint mission apollo say you country and i thought about reflect the anniversary. it was a turning point the launch the keenly fought called war space race into new heights

two rockets blasting off half a world away from each other would bring the soviet union and the united states into the same orbit when so use nineteen and the apollo craft docked it ushered a whole new chapter in space exploration the first ever joint project between two better rivals it was a giant leap for the men on board two likely he was the second pilot in a say you screw. with apollo it was one of the most significant moments in history of russia and the u.s. before everything was secret all the details of our space programs every detail he was a pool of project we could finally passed a barrier if you believe he still remembers all the details of that flight from the technical to the happy banter between them and the american astronauts. who were showing the guys different cities and places in russia and when we were flying over the us brand was showing us florida i remember he said this is where all the

attention has go to live thirty five years on most of these men will once again get the chance to meet and share memories of their historic link up with my brother alex of the sea was commander is in the united states for the big day. the launch was during the height of the cold war so this project wasn't of just technical and scientific importance but was also a great step towards cooperation between russia and the u.s. there were no losers there are plans for alex and his apollo counterpart thomas stafford to meet president obama but not until the friends have had a chance to catch up with each other it was a are meaningful symbol to the people of the world when we open the hatch. that alexa and i show can steal it showed to the world that in a way the space race had that ended in a way. the joint space project had

a huge impact on both sides of the atlantic a time when rocket launches captured millions of imaginations worldwide media conceived watch to see news reach into the sky and vividly remembers every emotion it stirred. i was in the fourth grade and it was a huge celebration not just for the school but the entire city we got handed balloons flags and went to meet the cosmonauts and then leave we were all outside again to watch the actual launch i remember my dad who worked on the launch but he told me that this was the most important event of the century. thirty five years on and this a usable a project still fires people's feelings some are even banking on it the scenes apollo became so popular that alongside the memorabilia special brand of cigarettes was created just to mark the occasion back in the day these were incredibly popular and were almost impossible to find on the thirty fifth anniversary of the docking they are once again missing from the city's store's katherine as are the artsy last

. ten lies were literally left hanging by a sewer at the one of extreme three a ride on a rocket like attraction almost ended in tragedy and these visitors to one of st petersburg amusement parks got a nasty shock as a cable snapped on the ride leaving them suspended in mid-air seventy meters above the ground luckily rescue teams made it to this point just in time to free the stranded passengers and this isn't the first save this cat had them used in part two years ago a twelve year old girl suffered serious injuries after a trampoline accident also involving a snap cable. and let's take a look at some other stories making news around the world at least twenty one people have been killed and over one hundred injured in two suicide bomb blasts in southeast iran the explosions took place outside the main mosque in the provincial capitals ahead and striking a crowd of cher worshippers a sunni rebel group has reportedly claimed responsibility for that. the piece has

a new cap top all all leaking from big damage dwell in the gulf of mexico they're now testing the integrity of the new seal both president obama and the company were cautiously optimistic but stressed that it was still a temporary fix it's the first time the flow has been stopped since the explosion destroyed the deepwater horizon rig nearly three months ago. single men have been shot to death in northern mexico they were found blindfolded with their hands tied behind their backs police believe they are the victims of a turf war between rival drug gangs then a chihuahua the nephew of the governor elect has been killed during a botched kidnapping now here in medina was shot in the back as he tried to flee more than twenty three thousand have died in the country since the two thousand and six crackdown on the drug cartels. workers at the side

of the world trade center in new york have made a surprise discovery and they take an interest ship and it's thought that the vessel was used as line will. lower manhattan it was extended into hudson great that archaeologists are now racing to excavate the one hundred meter long boat so it can be. now with titles like the day of the jackal and be a desktop file under his belt who better to speak about the latest surprise count up next our interview with writer frederick forsyth coming up next.

most of all so i thank you so much for talking to r.t. today now this seems to have been a very lengthy process in which no actual secrets were passed on. do you think that these particular spies would ever have produced information that would have been of any value well it's difficult to say what they would eventually. manage to get hold of certainly what they were doing when they were discovered building very quiet suburban lives it does from that appear that they had not penetrated any major institution like cia. or f.b.i. or the pentagon or some nuclear facility that and any of that they might have been used as mia good between but one doesn't think that as the primary information

source they were nowhere near as end of the material and these kind of deep sleep i mean what kind of person would do that it seems to be quite a special type of scale it is to to to leave your homeland to go to somebody else's and really it's completely sink in this society to such a degree that you can puff for one of them that is exceptional skill it takes years of practice the idea that they just arrived with no training is nonsense they would have been years in a like an all-american village somewhere person the urals becoming americans over an extended period and then to arrive in a no you may never see a homeland again that it's a win for most people terrific sacrifice to make but it's very very unusual most straight as for example spies who spied against russia or the u.s.s.r. in during the cold war were themselves russians or ukrainians or you know and

traders in the west were british or americans. very rare to find someone who can pass. for me gordon lowndes dale who was the must of mind of what we call the portland bill spy ring many years ago was indeed colonel. of the k.g.b. but he was gordon lums early canadian businessman. and he was asleep but it's very unusual it's the most unusual. form in which espionage takes place and this is talk of it's actually still ongoing just this week we had the arrest of another yet another spy in the united states only twenty three years old which seems extraordinary young what kind of training do you think he would have had at such a young age well i don't know what i don't know how he was able if he was indeed able to process of the thing about america it's an easier side to penetrate that in british society because i mean america is an ethic melting pot and you can say hey you know i'm a bomb a polish immigrant i love america polish american and i have

a name like cobol skeet it doesn't matter it would be totally american with a name like of also because it's harder to say i am. hoping to go my instances go back three hundred years in britain when you're not. these things can be checked so you have to have what's called a legend that's going to be very very perfect takes years of working on and usually as it with gordon lonsdale there was once a golden globe still as canadian boy who died and his entire life story was taken over by the k.g.b. . who created a new one around their own their own man that's i was usually done to take over someone who died but who whose ancestors could be proved. that sides don't do you think that the rest of these people at that time was politically most of a sense i don't know i it's all because i'm. it's. it came just.

prime as a president medvedev was. sort of sharing a hamburger with the american president so maybe the american president barack obama wasn't very pleased that it would be at that moment. it could be a decision that the director of the f.b.i. said we delay perhaps he thought they might fly the coop if they didn't do something quickly but anyway they were there was one shot of the two heads of government cheerily sharing a hamburger about three days later. this is a humiliating story for for for moscow this is a thing that was sold very quickly more quickly than it would have been for example during the cold war why why do you think that was what was behind the solving of it i think the reason. the original arrests the trial all the arrangements were streaming quick and the decision to swap them was very quick. from america's point of view i think derives the fact that they were they realize they actually weren't

sort of top top top level people. they were environment to moscow. they were almost a joke to the american media who couldn't take them seriously i mean guy you can say what have you done in ten years when you've penetrated the golf club you know it's it's not actually kitchen floor. i think that was behind the let's get that out of here. and it's also behind the muscovite let's get them back quickly and cover this rather embarrassing episode up as best we can that's what they're doing benefits at the most from this hastily arranged swap over the usa usa it was a propaganda coup. it reminded i mean the watching world that spying isn't over still goes all and both sides are at it and they know they are we all know they are but perhaps we need reminding because it's been twenty years since

the end of the cold war many of us for maybe their lives spy anymore or know where they do and so do we. question was the same i understand maliana is always a woman on the balcony of new fires in the market as well as bad health castro's appearance on cuban television for years again puts into focus of honest. russia would be so much brighter if you knew about someone from phones to impressions. whose friends starts on t.v. dot com. hungry for the full story we've got it first hand the big.