as the investigation continues security forces know what you say they know who is behind this attack for. just a few seconds. also a point of display an iraq american also has turned his bike into a huge taunt to depicting every life lost since the start of iraq's occupation in two thousand and three a war he says is being forgotten by the media. of course of those acts prime minister faces a retrial he paid a murder and torture charges against search the yugoslav prime minister who made the you go to war crimes tribunal abandons the original trial run the show tonight two years ago due to lack of evidence but how can i move that witnesses were intimidated.

international news live from moscow this is all see with me thanks for joining us now two security guards have been killed and several generators damaged in a gun and bomb a time on a hydroelectric power plant in russia's southern republic of korea that time has detonated several explosions inside the station apparently trying to breach the down in a disease of on is that the scene. this is the hydroelectric plant main gate so it all actually started here police say that a group of unidentified gunmen broke through this gates having killed two policemen who were actually sitting here after that they proceeded through the to the administration building which you can probably see behind me allegedly the gunman tied of the staff and started to torture them with knives trying to fight our delegation of the control switches police say that after about the gunmen pulled to the generator room when detonated the bombs destroyed two generators three the one

which you can probably see behind me we do survived later when security and police arrived at the scene they found an explosive device and defused did now the plant is still blocked police forensic team and gaiters are still working on the ground searching every inch of the area looking for evidence about who might be behind the attack despite the explosions paralyzing the plant the region's promised supply wasn't affected in the meantime security has been increased on all the hydroelectric plants across the russia's north caucasus region following that attack and while no terrorist organizations have admitted responsibility investigators say they already know who is behind the explosions nor if an ocean is following developments for us in moscow. the initial investigation has classified what happened at the bus hydroelectric power plant and rushed about to north korea north caucasus as a terror attack but later on they rejected this version saying that was sabotage

and a criminal investigation has been launched on the following articles sabotage first illegal arms production and possessing stealing weapons and attacking law enforcement officers although terror has been the least of the articles later national and to terror committee has confirmed that it's been carried out by militants all public or private in a book already they're saying that all the people been involved in this attack those who carried it out and the economics of this attack have all been identified although officially no name has yet been given so far the russian media has already suggested that amir abdul ought to be behind this attack this man is known as the leader all worked out in a boat carrying militants he became number one in the republic just a while ago and since then know the number of deadly incidents in the republicans well as in the region as a whole has increased dramatically and analysts say that now they smile and is

trying to gain some popularity and to get some respect from militants in the most likely the main message the main goal of this particular recent attack on the plunging debatable car was to attract their attention and to show to demonstrate how powerful is here and to demonstrate to strengthen his position as the leader of the militants in the republic with as mentioned the investigation is see you undergoing as to be confirmed exactly who is behind this attack. we regularly carry out anti terror training and russian regions this is necessary to issue to seize work together if you turn companies whose turn we have questions for the managers of the plant about security and the real. garth's investigation will show you whether this facility was well guarded. russia's most wanted terrorist dock or moderate has been repeatedly threatening attacks on other

country's infrastructure and looking at this recent attack on the plant uncomfortable career would you say that this could be the first abba successful attack on the country's infrastructure less now listen to what the analysts say it seems to me there can be very dangerous slowing of for the swedish. kronor guerrillas war where not only representatives of forethought it is huge and the prices. are becoming targets for. much more complicated. it's time to think it. through. through its social political economic modernization of the region but we have to admit that the terrorist threat coming out from this particular part of the country remains rather high with reports about the incident deadly incidents happening in the

region almost daily russian sources of it must be uncertain about that it's trying and number of measures to stop violence escalation in the region but as far as we still reporting information like this recent about this recent attack we. made that these measures are maybe not enough. if an option reporting there. and the wrong american whose brother was killed in iraq is having a unique talk to crater his bunk with a design to noting all who have died since the u.s. led occupation began in two thousand and three he says the u.s. media has forgotten the war being more interested in scandal and sensational news marina put no means the man who wants to use body art to raise awareness of a conflict among americans being carried out on their. seeing. a roll call

of names thank you many more years of the score for each one hundred thousand dots represent the iraqis casualty of war and it had to drawing attention to that i live in a very difficult situation i live. to can trees i belong to there at war aggression . from one country to the motherland control and of course there is a huge amount of anger anger that will follow channeled into art in march the rocky american turned his back into canvas for an ongoing project called and counting. observers watch as the law is scored with a borderless map of iraq surrounding the city's dots representing the deaths of iraqi civilians and american soldiers dots only seen under a black light and the reason to have it and then invisible things is

to call attention to how they are is gone and marked a death count which includes his younger brother. how old was your. think that was before he about twenty maybe before he. it was two thousand and four in the laws hometown city of kufa haji and fellow iraqi civilians were demonstrating against u.s. occupation when a u.s. predator drone dropped a missile i felt compelled to engage people in some. to be to use raney's awareness about what is going on says the media is not paying any attention. but last month the u.s. media did temporarily turn their attention toward the other war and the scandalous

mudslinging politics surrounding let's let's stick with spelling of course bill for a moment he has apologized for the comments that he made general mcchrystal has been ordered home to the white house to answer questions about his comments in this article in a rolling stone article in which america's top commander in afghanistan publicly ridiculed the obama administration the four star general his resignation according to the pew research center mcchrystal drama filled twenty five percent of the u.s. mainstream news cycle how can the president let him get away with this the second most talked about story in june third was the rocky u.s. economy. while ironically the war costing america more than seven billion dollars each month yielded minimum coverage. leaving those like responsible for drawing a spotlight on party that run deep seven years and counting.

r t. u.s. president barack obama has signed into law with sweeping new measures to clean up wall street federal authorities will have new powers to regulate mortgages and loans and to seize control of struggling banks to prevent future financial chaos but it. believes the reform success will depend however on who the government puts in charge of enforcement. the president can't go out and talk about it's recovery summer the economy's getting better this is a great wall street bill when the reality of people's lives is different and shows them much differently in the fight that's going on today behind the scenes as i and others are pushing for a woman named elizabeth warren to head the consumer protection agency created by this bill she is by far the most qualified candidate and a strong passionate supporter of consumer the bank robber is against and

there are rumors which i personally believe that treasury secretary geithner a friend of the bank lobby is against her so let's see if the president does the right thing which i am urging them to do and many of the democrats are urging them to do and names to the strongest consumer advocate elizabeth warren if he does the bill suddenly becomes powerful because they've powerful voices representing consumers if he gives in to the banking lobby and the lobbyists and the lawyers and the bank c.e.o.'s and doesn't name them and they can defeat their own regulator then the delusion continues and this bill will turn out to be a big disappointment so it's with a name to these jobs that's the most important thing but watch the debate about elizabeth warren and the consumer agency it's going to come to a head in a minute if the good guys win that's me that's warren that's a powerful thing that helps people if the banks win and they defeat her in obama's white house forget it. you're watching r t here in the russian capital good to have

you with us still ahead because stuff suffering at the aids conference in vienna a human rights groups he took out at pharmaceutical companies and government they say keep drug prices high need treatment only for those who can afford it. the yugoslav war crimes tribunal in the hague has ordered a retrial for former kosovo prime minister run wish cannot deny over murder and torture charges against serbs it falls that witnesses at his original trial have been intimidated around wish her rajan i previous trial to gaz ago was abandoned ji to lack of evidence of the tribe you know has now ruled that witnesses were interfered with. the most senior member of the kosovo liberation army to be indicted over the bloody war in the late ninety's accused of war crimes against serbs and political expert on the balkans got rid of its things that the former prime minister has enjoyed protection from the hague whilst doing america's dirty

work. we do for you the conflicts in which this whole thing is taking place mr hardin are you was a commander of the course of a liberation army i mean dependent on me using terrorist methods he was also supported by the united states and nato the doing effectively dirty work for them to enable them to bomb themselves into kosovo and take control of that region was required the largest military base of the united states in europe has been built in kosovo since then so mr hardin i clearly enjoyed protection of the hague but i don't regard the hague simply as very few when we talk for you know i mean it is many people regard it as a washington tribunal there are now questions as to why you assess this three trial is taking place well some of it is very dry really. it was if you like absolved of any guilt because as you said no evidence but the reason is

essentially intimidation numerous people have been killed in kosovo as a result of this i think they now want to show that some kind of justice exists and that is why we are having that trial i've seen the nato countries dropping the equivalent to a free year oshima bombs you know seventy eight days of war of aggression against programme for the republic of yugoslavia this is twisting for their own and it is coming essential it from nato countries i don't think that so be it seeing as being guilty in russia or china at least two countries that still respect the charter of the united nations and a great many other countries especially nominal lying to us but let's come back to this you have to bear in mind that many of the things of which mr hardee ny has been accused of have taken place in kosovo when it was part of the federal republic of yugoslavia and up serbia since then during its trial a number of executions of taking place and one possibility is to show that now that

this is taking place under essentially may talk your patient and under crossover administration they actually want to show that this is not all right washington will impose new sanctions on north korea in the latest bid to halt its nuclear ambitions u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton made the announcement after talks with south korean defense officials and saw hillary clinton said the new measures would target north korea's arms sales and other ventures he used to fund its atomic program in recent days a joint u.s. and south korean military exercise has been held to demonstrate to pyongyang readiness against any potential at a time the north denies accusations that have sunk a south korean warship in march killing forty six historian and korea expert jim hoard believes the new sanctions a will however hate north korea's people and there's no place leadership. the problem with sanction. north korea's been sanctions of one sort or another on north

korea since one nine hundred fifty fifty one since the outbreak of the korean war. they have not had much noticeable effect over the years the new measures repeat those measures that have been imposed since two thousand and six by the united nations following the two nuclear tests that north korea conducted the current sets of sanctions which are very similar to what she said today are aimed goods aimed at us now in theory that means that the people aren't affected but if you reduce the amount of funds coming into the country the top leadership is going to carry that it will be ordinary people. for more on all the stories we're covering our web site home and he is a snapshot of what's online right. russia's traffic police say over a billion dollars yeah it could be saved if traffic jams are properly but they're

going to and i'm talking places for thirty percent of vehicles it's a huge challenge to fix. and a british woman suffering from having cash in hand something which doesn't trouble everybody find out why she can't even hold no took rings at. the international aids conference in vienna has been hearing about breakthroughs and treatment but there's also been division centered on access to treatment scientists have unveiled a new and to hiv jail claiming it could give new hope to women but human rights groups say. curbing the disease is a universal access to cable sufferance complaint has been with us at the united nations on behalf of nineteen organizations they claim that president obama's policies favor the multinational pharmaceutical companies and make treatment more expensive and he rejected by the white house. is one of those pressing.

unfortunately the obama administration is continuing some bush era policies that said in fact that they were going to threaten countries with trade sanctions for simply trying to make medicines more affordable to their people including in medicines what happens is that the obama administration and the bush administration before them continue to threaten countries and what it does is it drives up the price of the drugs because unlike you know like generic drugs brand name drugs cost thousands and thousands of dollars per patient per year if we restrict countries ability to make those generic drugs and make them available to their people especially if we strictly ability to actually make those drugs which is ninety two percent of the drugs come from india if we're trying to push against them. versions of these drugs in order for drug companies to profit that's a violation of human rights we can in fact prevent and treat and actually if we work at it but we have to reach universal access to treatment and that means the prices of drugs have to come down so on the one hand we've got this administration

huge supporters of pepfar and doing a lot on aids but on the other hand trying to restrict countries abilities to actually make those drugs affordable we have to reconcile those two policies that have aids and why it's actually missed. to some other stories now from around the world british prime minister david cameron has rejected calls by u.s. senators for an inquiry into whether b.p. influenced the release of the ball last year the statement was made during his first white house meeting with the us president barack obama said his believe. only release may may have followed for the oil giant two hundred seventy died when a passenger jet flying from london to new york was blown up over this cultish village of nineteen eighty eight. the worst flooding in more than a decade has left over seven hundred dead and low and three hundred missing in china china's vice minister of water resources says the disaster has affected tens

of millions of people with roads and rail lines remaining blocked due to landslides water levels along. the journey the river has now reached second heights rains out for close to continue until the end of august with predictions of even why is it down paul still to come. scientists in romania have done what's believed to be the borders of former rumanian dictator. and his wife their children want to confirm they were actually buried at this point in bucharest officials took samples from the corpses before were burying the coffins. for twenty five years before being executed in an anti communist revolt. parasailing donkey this week but now it's a fly did they all slip into the headlines despite having his house on he's back sydney out space at nearly two hundred to win the war the snail racing championship

in england ok the thirty centimeter under some of the opposition in under four minutes and after leaving the rest of the field trailing with a blistering pace of five meters in our own the said sydney is really what it would be a leave of. and we're back with headlines in ten minutes time dunnit american nortel's why she's taking on big corporations and powerful american politicians that's in a moment here in our city. attorney

and author charlotte janet 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 with. 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 it domestic law the constitution why have you not given up on this because the administration of george w. bush was particularly lawless i don't think there's ever been

a time in american history when we had the highest officials in government so flagrantly break the law and show no respect at all for the rule of law they just created laws just out of whole cloth they created laws in secret behind closed doors that were in them a cold to american democracy. and shameful to our international image some of those laws for instance redefined torture so that it made it ok for the c.i. a to brutalize prisoners and detainees. supposedly even doing it legally for instance allowing waterboarding to be done legally one in fact it is a violation of international law and u.s. law but it didn't matter provided that they did these laws in secret do you realistically with all due respect think you're going to be successful. i take the

long view i think that to do nothing is a travesty because of the damage that's been done to our country and to our reputation around the world u.s. president barack obama has said several times this is an era of looking forward and not looking backwards barack obama said when he got elected he said it's not just up to me it's up to you so i'm taking him up on that challenge i realize that there are very powerful people who are telling him to move forward and not look backward because really what that's become is the code word for i will not prosecute but the fact of the matter is there was enough public pressure so that his own attorney general finally had to appoint a special prosecutor. last summer to look into some of the worst criminal alleged criminal behavior by cia interrogators not even i when i was running for attorney general insisting on the prosecution of bush did i realize that we would have

a special prosecutor that soon afterwards in other countries a man who ordered nuclear bombing or oversaw the vietnam war would arguably be seen as a villain would essentially be taken to task why is it in the united states that presidents are never prosecuted the whole notion the president is accountable once he leaves office is new to the american people strangely enough one of the things i argue is that you can prosecute any president once he leaves office for a crime look at what happened with nixon he was pardoned if nixon our previous president had not been pardoned then he could have been prosecuted for the crimes that he committed while in the white house but you know americans have a short term memory to say and need to be reminded i would also say the role of the media. is a factor here that is the quote unquote mainstream media the corporate media.

doesn't deal with this issue at all i have not been on one television show other than this one for instance and doesn't surprise me he recently wrote an article called the battle for justice heats up in which you say that the united states needs to look at argentina as an example and explain why because argentina has finally had its day in court so to speak at least the mothers of the disappeared the families of all those people who several decades ago lost their loved ones during a very brutal dictatorship and the last of the dictators has been sentenced to prison for the crimes that he committed during that. period and that brings us hope it shows once again that in impunity will not stand and i frankly believe that bush cheney rumsfeld and the rest of them they're not they're not very comfortable about traveling

a book abroad because we have international law on our side and the doctrine of your star in the doctrine of universal jurisdiction so when it comes to committing war crimes war criminals have to watch their step this is just the beginning of a whole new hour and international law as far as i'm concerned so moving forward how do you plan on rallying up the crowd we're calling it the accountability movement it was strongest right before obama got elected and it was comprised primarily of impeachment activists who had become very frustrated with their own party the democratic party which at every turn made it very clear that they did not want to impeach and for whatever reason that was suggested it kind of boiled down to political expediency first they wanted to win over control over congress in two thousand for and and then they wanted to eventually two thousand and six and

then they wanted to win the white house and well they did win the white house but there's still a lot of accounting for that has to go on and so the people who want from impeachment and never got their wish then went to prosecution because they really do feel that accountability is an important issue so you will be hearing more from us very soon and we're going to be putting out a declaration on accountability we're going to break it down into all the different areas where there needs to be accountability whether it's a lector all we need media accountability political legal. environmental in other words we've got a. rise to the top look down at what's happening and more and more people are realizing that our country is just. going to the to the birds and we've got to step forward because if we don't the right wing is and then well i don't know what

i'll do in that case i live close to care about the how. much for saying that in speaking with thank you. say let's call it canary due to its high pitched. this only communicate. what's it like to say. i'm coming to mind which. says. hello again this is all seek.