early they're bad for leaving their investigation has already showing that at terror attack could be responsible for a series of the last. blunt fulfill she i am most times a group of people up to four gunmen burst into the long shot to go and set off at least four explosions to all other stations employees have been injured and to have been hospitalized told the officer that the station's the engine room was on fire but under the recent information it was distinguished. information coming out from local authorities electricity supplies in the ration have not been affected following base attack although security measures have been tightened on. all hydro power facilities in the country south following these incidents. ok we'll cover it in a car is in the north caucasus which as we know is

a very volatile region but how big of a threat how big is the threat of terror there at the moment. well we haven't made that this threat is rather big so far the russian southern republics. witness frequent attacks on local officials and politicians so we saw bombings targeting law enforcement bodies and police buildings and ministry of internal affairs as buildings have become quite common seen in the regime with reports of all the incidents happening there cami dollars from the almost daily but divorce thing is that this particular halts all the countries also known as the home to so-called terror schools where maids and have been trained to carry out terror attacks not only within the region but also outside the area for instance those behind this year's deadly mall schoolmaster boming some role so thought to be

prepared in the north caucasus say it's rather serious they stress coming out from this particular rage and statistics are really very bad in june in the republic of kut in the book along at least ten incidents happened with the many sad and injured but as for this particular. recent attack ad the sun on the sun the hydro power plant we have to say that this is the first avar attack on russia's infrastructure i have to say the doc will modify russia's most wanted terrorist has repeatedly threatened attacks on russia's infrastructure so we can see this is the first ever successful one but i'm. wondering how terrorism is a huge problem internationally but how is russia been dealing with this so far. well indeed russian authorities are pretty much concerned about the situation in

the ration and it's trying a number of measures to stop. in north caucasus among major measures i have to point out. and you. know the focus is. columns on direct control of the rabbit and just last week president. has been calling for. terror. for punishment not only for terrorists but also for old people involved in all going to say and carrying out terror attacks ok thanks for standing for bringing us the latest on those blasts. and watching our to live from moscow and coming up there's no such thing as bad publicity that's what a group of in hard to preserve must have saw when they did this to a donkey to find out what sort of trouble it slanted them in.

breakthroughs and protests have been marking the international aids conference in vienna the world health organization says revelations of a new vaginal gel promising to significantly reduce infections have given hope to manny women but human rights activists say the key to curbing the disease is access to universal care thousands marched in the austrian capital camp claiming complaining that medical advances we know nothing if patients cannot get treatment and blame the wealthy nations for not giving enough funds to the cause r.t. sarah first spoke to the executive director of the u.n. aid agency who says money is essential to continue the fight against the scenes. i think for me what is most important to say to the world is that of course we are all moving from the. city of course so we.

are facing a major financial crisis many of these are for you see. to believe for a mess. crisis but that's not enough it is not the plans on to africa lying to scale down is the time to scale up we have been experiencing during the last the ten years big create. a global solidarity we have been more blazing financial resources which are producing the resource we are result we have a five million people today on the man who have been reducing the number of new york and thanks sean by seventeen for something better to four hundred thousand. young people in new and friction in africa so it's not time to stop it's time to pull off what we've got our progress and i am calling for leaders to just so i know they are both right and. responsibility to fix the market to make sure that the economy can work again but they have a more education to not put our budget on those millions of people we're told for i

see millions of people more lives today anger in the balance because they're destroying so for me that is the mistake i will say if we need the economy i just meant with human face you know we've had lots of facts. and now the u.n. a itself in the past and pick sides they are estimating they can say how can the figures now trust i think we made a lot of progress a few years ago we were not being more and more net putting office presented in different parts of the wall and we were having only thirty or twenty five zero quantities were reporting this year we had one why i said more than the one that had the seventy quantities what have been fourteen on the status which is unique we have the best information we could have today for to expose at least despondingly

to the war and i personally feel. the good beach should not be there on the day because for me one lives. and any time we can do something to make sure we improve goes on and form a strong strategic information on how to help this economy to take this is on he will continue to do it. and i was thirty seven first talking to the executive director of the united nations aids agency in vienna russian president dmitry medvedev is continuing a two day visit to finland and today it's down to business the talks what he's finished counterpart tell you hollande will focus on european security trade and economic cooperation corresponding orcus going up as the latest from finland. there is significant business cooperation going on between finland and especially some of the boarding regions of russia like the leaning about region and the republic of criteria and it's going to be discussed at the at this meeting since the trade

turnover this year alone has already surpassed the five billion us dollars market which means that trade is already grown by over twenty percent compared to last year when the economic crisis was in full swing like i said this there is a lot of joint project between the two countries but other issues are on the table as well as you would be in security and the ecology of the baltic sea both leaders of bruce lee said that that's quite an important topic for both countries in fact later on wednesday the two leaders are going to go on a boat ride into the baltic sea going to visit an island and there's a scientific station which monitors the seas ecology the possible lift off the visa regime between russia and the e.u. that's a topic which has been discussed at dia latest russia you summit and it's expected that it's going to be touched upon here in finland as well and other topics like innovation and modernization and that's also an issue being discussed within the

framework of the russian e.u. dialogue in general and finland is no exception of course which would so much business cooperation the two leaders are also set to discuss ways to use innovative and hired technologies in so many joint business project. you know if it's going off and on there and so we got here in our team taking out freedom of speech as a nonviolent protest cam gets affected by a wand and police questions are raised about the u.k. government tolerance for criticism. how police in southern russia are looking for employees of his leisure firm which forced a donkey to parasail over the sea food showing the terrified animal being launched into the sky spread around the world prompting the anger of animal rights activists officials have launched an animal cruelty probe into the incident that is the last he has more. this case already cost products animal rights activists here in

southern russia a group of entrepreneurs in the coastal town of two men who decided to advertise their small business by launching dunking to the air they tied the parachute to a boat on the animal was flying in the air above the sea about the beach for more than half an hour but the effect of such brutal advertising technique was the opposite to what these people probably expected because children who saw all that were crying most of the adults demanded to put the animal down immediately but people who were doing that refused to do so but even that was not all on the boat stopped the animal fell into the water desperately trying to get out was tied to the parachute so the brutal show lasted for another ten minutes i witnessed the say although many objected no one reported the case and only after the video appeared in the media local animal rights activists decided to file a lawsuit against the business owners and that actually may put them away for up to two years since under russian law there's

a brutal act against animals enough that right now we've established a group of persons who are implicated in this incident the preaching to officer is taking measures to establish their whereabouts and carry out questioning about the incident the committed act qualifies under article two four five two of the criminal code. this is a cruel treatment of an animal which is punishable by eighty thousand rubles fine up to two years in prison there are hundreds of thousands of tourists who sell them for summer vacation and it's a very busy time of year here on the black sea coast business owners try different ways to attract customers but it's hard to say why someone big such a terrible form of advertisement and what could be bill expect from the small business resort that promotes itself the way i just bought a can report and they're coming out of the program yes we can and that's one of the i'm going to present the saying about setting things right in the country why do

they are against themselves to find out just a few minutes. the u.k. government is being criticized for its disregard for freedom of speech after protesters were forcibly removed from outside the houses of parliament and london on tuesday bailey civic to the peace camp set up by demonstrators at westminster by campaigners calling for an end to the war in afghanistan say they are determined to return arches lore and reports. democracy but only on our terms that seems to be the message coming from the powers that be in the u.k. capital as a peace camp is finally removed from the government's doorstep as dozens of bailiffs and police sweeps to clear out the campaign as london's mayor said the demonstrators were making a mess and stopping the public from enjoying parliament square but the protesters insist their crucial message is being muted i would like to see the federal government. primarily i would like to see the corrosive foreign policy

its government has been pursuing over the book for such a long till going back through many governments and i would look to see. sobering studies. for any reason they've been resident in this focal spot in westminster since just before may's general election mainly calling for an end to the war in afghanistan but adopting other peace causes along the way it also became a magnet for all sorts of people including anna a teacher who gave up her job and her apartment to join the demonstration that i'm here mostly because i met something. about the rules of war which covers all rules and it showed me how evil rules are within the law and expose to me how unlawful the government is and and then that trickles into almost every other aspect of life and into how we educate our children how much we're conditioned former m.p.

and london merril candidates lembit opaque believes that while parliament sitting people should be allowed to make their protest heard within earshot of their m.p.'s cricketers all about free speech over time we fight wars over free speech and then we start a battle in parliament square against people who are expressing free speech that to me is a total contradiction it's anti-democratic but as democracy village is replaced by one. the hoff me to metal fences the demonstrations that adamant it's no barriers to getting hurt every time citizens of a country step outside the. authorized parameters approaches and they take radical nonviolent action. in this power the key affects people in all positions of to sought see that you can achieve just about anything you want all you need is a bit of courage. to see it but it won't for now come is restored to parliament

square and the protesters dispersed but they're determined people and vow to gather again elsewhere it took sixty day some four hours to clear out the ten thousand the people there were they spat on along with the process does when the right to free speech according to some they say the government's sending a message to democracy keep off the grass your enemies out see. and for more on all the stories we're covering here for you an r.t.s. of all videos blogs and interviews you can always log on to our web site r.t.l. com but here's a taste of what's the line right now. driving jams in the russian capital are not just annoying and time consuming but they're really expensive as well costing the city over one billion dollars annually. plus if you saw the russian u.s. spy saw there was over think again so-called fonso tower the whole operation center

posing for playboy and dishing all the secrets in a tell all book all the details on our website r t dot com. afghan president hamid karzai says he's ready to fire the taliban with less help from. nato forces at an international conference in kabul seventeen nations agree that power in the country will be handed back to afghans by two thousand and fourteen president karzai also secured more international funding for his government argues military analyst of yanni herself however says the deadline to hand over power may be too far away for a man he afghans the international conference that took place this time in kabul has been yet another smashing success for president karzai charming offensive

of the international community mr karzai his proved that his skills to bumbles will and to hypnotize the international participants and observers of the occupation in afghanistan he's totally unprecedented however this conference has also smashed to pieces the high expectations of people i wouldn't be surprised if after this conference the general mood across the whole population will intensify american feelings and might in the mid-term provoke. american backwash reach could or could not result into yet another revolution in afghanistan that could open up opportunities for the afghan people to take finally their responsibility for their country into their own hands are just military alliance again of course of their with his analysis the u.s.

secretary of state hillary clinton says washington will impose new sanctions on north korea over its nuclear program she made a statement during a visit to south korea with defense secretary robert gates comes days before a joint military exercise aimed at the turn potential attacks from pyongyang and international reporters found north korea responsible for the sinking of a south korean warship in march that accusation denies. u.s. senators are calling for an inquiry into the release of the lockerbie bomber u.k. prime minister david cameron refuses to conduct a probe he also denies reports that oil giant b.p. was involved in the release b.p. has been accused of lobbying for ali i'll macgraw you to be free to secure an energy deal gras you was freed last year on the grounds he was terminally ill two hundred seventy people mostly americans were killed as a plane was blown up over scotland's lockerby. and other tropical storm is intensifying and heading towards the south of china adding to the weather woes that have afflicted millions in the country it comes as officials announce the death

toll of seven hundred in china so far this year from floods caused by tarantula rains millions have been forced to flee their homes and hundreds remain missing as the bad weather rages on most of the casualties are dumont's lights and landslides resulting from the heavy downpours. and it's time now for a business of date wasn't touching don't go away. it's twenty one minutes past noon in the russian capital welcome to the business program straight to our top story b.p. has agreed to sell assets in north america canada and egypt for a total of seven billion dollars to corp the british oil giant had planned to sell some ten billion dollars worth of assets within one year to help pay for damages related to the gulf of mexico oil spill the deal with the u.s. oil exploration firm would cover more than

a third of the two twenty billion dollars escrow fund b.p. has set up to pay for spill damage claims the deals are expected to be closed in the third quarter. the russian car market is recovering after the crisis auditing firm price waterhouse coopers says the cash for clunkers program gave a sizable boost to the sector the other strong performing segment is the luxury end of the market to discuss the report and details i'm joined by stanley root an automotive expert at price house russia so stanley how well is the car market recovering in russia so far. well two thousand and nine was a really tough year for the russian kamarck it sales dropped to about fifty percent by comparison with prior year first six months of this year we're beginning to see some signs of recovery particularly since they could ation program the scrappage

scheme payment and so the past few months have shown some improvement. it looks like the cash for clunkers program has played a major role in this recovery but the program was coming to an end of the end of this year what do you think this sector prospects really look like without it. if indeed the cash for clunkers program has been very successful the first program was for two hundred thousand cars they quickly went through that in the first few months in orders and they've extended the program to another two hundred thousand cars four hundred thousand in total that means the scheme will probably get into next year they simply can't produce that many cars in the period what happens beyond that is not clear clearly it's played a strong role in increasing sales we've seen sales of russian browns up by about twenty percent in the first half of the year so clearly it's doing a good job at the moment it will continue to have an e put it front to the end of the year what happens beyond that is

a question of whether it will be continued to all. and i think that's a big subject to debate at the moment. and general where does russia stand compared to other emerging markets. well it's a different picture across the world in brazil the market was it was fairly badly impacted by the crisis they implemented their own cash for clunkers scheme which is over now and the market too is beginning to stabilize interest rates are lower there so it's a bit easier. but of course the big story in developing markets is china and china has just been forging ahead increasing in size for the last several years it brushed off the crisis almost without noticing it and continues to increase china's really needs in the way that. one interesting thing that you report suggests is that sales of more expensive cars are actually growing at a faster rate where does that leave local manufacturers like often was. it's an

interesting story that there's a kind of u. shape in the markets with the the cheaper end to the market after viruses is working. pretty well actually they they've increased their sales helped obviously by the scrappage scheme but at the other end the expensive brands like b.m.w. and mercedes benz that doing really well at the moment that the toughest segment is in the middle of a kind of middle class segment and there are a number of manufacturers who is still struggling to sell the cars so probably the toughest segment to be in is a middle class segment as opposed to the cheaper end of the market where the stabilization scheme it's helping a lot. thanks for joining us that was a stanley root an automotive industry expert at pricewaterhouse coopers and russia . and it's now time to check out the equity markets in asia they have been trading

mixed on the ones they announced despite wall street's late session rally on tuesday steel stocks did white wall across the region after their u.s. peers again tech stocks also again notably it posted a seventy eight percent increase in the second quarter net profits japan's nikkei has the last about a quarter of a percent the hang saying is all almost three quarters of a percent. european shares of rallying on wednesday thanks to strong corporate results and earnings forecast in the states overnight namely apple as i already mentioned but it also guided the markets to higher than expected future earnings later in the day all eyes will be on morgan stanley walls fargo and an auction site e bay they're expected to report this wall. here and also go the equities are quite upbeat at noon of the r.t.s. and the mindset stargazing more than one percent each rush is second biggest bank

the t.v. is up performing the market by far it's gaining more than three percent on the news that the bank will place your bonds in singapore dollars but despite the apparent optimism some analysts expect negative trends to prevail on the market especially in light of the euro big european banks stress tests that may pressure on the stocks. russia may have found a partner for its project of using more energy from renewable sources germany's biggest engineering companies siemens is planning to sell its wind turbine technology russia plans to install wind power systems with a total capacity of around five thousand megawatts by twenty twenty siemens alone wants to install at least one thousand two hundred fifty megawatts of capacity by two thousand and fifteen siemens have agreed to form a partnership with russian hydro power utility rules hydro and state holding farm

of russian technologies that deal came at a meeting of german chancellor angela merkel and president dmitry medvedev was tweak. and outsold latest from the business team i'll be back with an update in about an hour i'll see about. hungry for the fall we've got. the biggest issues get the human voice face to face

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welcome back you're watching r.t. live from moscow here's a look at the main stories explosions rock a higher power plant in russia southern republic of carnival car you in what's thought to be a terror attack two security guards were shot dead when these sailors burst into the plant in late several bombs. respect patients rides aids activists demand more funds and universal access to care insisting the financial crisis shouldn't jeopardize the progress made as scientists need to discuss fighting the disease activists say advances in medicine and technology mean nothing if the patients can get treatment. campaigners accuse u.k. government of being anti-democratic after the year kicked out of

a peace camp next to parliament the demonstrators have vowed to combat and fight against what they see as the country's aggressive foreign policy. those are the top stories here in r.t. will next was speak to charlotte data an american attorney who says she's embarked on a campaign to force big corporations and high ranking us politicians to take responsibility for their actions. attorney and author charlotte dennett joins me now to talk about her current book the people first bush and the possible aura of impunity that surrounds american presidents thank you very much for sitting down to speak. mr that you have been on and on relentless campaign to prosecute george w. bush members of his administration for what you call violations of international law domestic law the.