around the clock around the world this is r.t. here in moscow a major crackdown on terror is in full swing in the north caucasus where security forces say they've killed over forty militants in august alone the home village of the leader of russia's chechen republic has become the latest target of government artie's north caucasus correspondent the has more. a large group of terrorists attacked the home village of the chechen president runs on kaduna early morning on sunday militants set some houses on fire they were attacking the locals the chechen president was on one himself in the village and he had a terrorist operation twelve militants have been killed five security his offices were also killed and many moving to a storage is reports that some locals have also been injured in the operate the chechen authorities say that the militants that were attacking the village with

their arms that have been killed there were also militants who were trying to steal the operation from behind could be the ones who got out and are trying to escape the mountains we've talked with some locals while here in crosby and they say the situation is calm of the moment people are trying to understand what has happened and to locals think that the terrorists chose this particular village only because it was the home village of the chechen president so for them it was attack on their president personally they have been attacks are just a couple of days ago in taga stand in coverage in about caria and several days ago the new tourism i'm going to leave i've got both the must in mind behind the most schoolboy means has been killed between blasts in moscow left forty people dead and many more injured more problems are because when some terrorists killed others to pop and take their places don't go on market in the tourist chechen militant is the

top wanted in russia and he is the one who remains and are to be found. artie's oksana literature over reporting from the capital of russia's chechen republic a string of violent attacks on hispanic immigrants in new york has prompted fears of a new wave of racial hatred the victims say they've been targeted by african-americans who want to clear people from their neighborhoods what is your list to reports now on help frustrate a boiling over. the united states has always been a country of immigrants but they're not always welcome we've seen mexicans targeted in the western state of arizona which passed a tough law targeting undocumented immigrants there's many many people are coming to this country and they go through the proper channels to do the proper thing and and the people that don't do that they're breaking along despite a backlash. now we're seeing more signs this sentiment is making ripples

across the country far from the mexican border in one area of new york city. where. there has been a string of a dozen attacks on hispanic residents in recent months the dims like were helio and victim number nine infidel you can literally find them simply walking through the neighborhood and the suspects unfortunately most of the attacks most recently been by blacks against him which according to these victims they were targeted by teens while minding their own business was registered in the back of my head. and then they hit my our entry point for no other reason than being mexican they were peers to be a divide between the minorities sharing this poor area of new york despite this when you go through these statistics you want education and throwing the bottom the blacks and hispanics and it's a beautiful we have more in common than we don't have in common but here the rift

appears to be growing with the influx of hispanic immigrants city blocks that used to be vacant are now flourishing appearing to leave behind he she a lot of mexicans working you know blacks working here this is the main thoroughfare of this neighborhood it's where many of the mexican shops and markets like this one have popped up it's also where many of the anti mexican attacks have occurred now the police presence across the street as a result is new but residents say the issues are not. he says. when i was in high school i was really getting picked on because i was mexican some argue now blacks are unfairly targeted by all the attention the blacks feel slighted they feel mexican share in the blame too and i hear legally. they commit crimes here as an argument being made from this talk to

a new york town to the streets in arizona so in a country of immigrants does this point to a pecking order that has always been it's not really new and the latest wild always has people go through is the tension among races simply evolving to a new era like the ones you something it was a period now is that was the thing with you and has america always been a melting pot where someone's getting burned we leave. lauren lyster our teeth new york. coming up later in the program the driving force the russian prime minister took time out for his road trip russia's far east to discuss foreign policy. but first police in central russia have detained nine people suspected of leading an attack on a rock festival they say the brawl could have started after a local café on the argued with

a member of the audience up to one hundred young men started beating up the crowd with clubs that tornado festival in the region some eyewitnesses said they even heard gunshots ten people injured two remain in hospital local authorities say poor security at the event could be to blame and the report suggested that members of a nationalist gang but these claims of since being denied some three thousand people at the festival join the attack. more u.s. troops are preparing to leave iraq despite a recent wave of violence in the country. american soldiers are almost at the end of their combat mission after seven years of fighting with her about fifty thousand will remain in iraq to provide training and support for local security forces president obama will give a speech on tuesday that will highlight what administration officials say is his fulfillment of a promise to withdraw the country's forces from iraq for some of those surviving the wars only half the battle and the return home with wounds that can be seen post traumatic stress disorder and such shows spoke about how the war in iraq has

affected those who serve there. and the situation. as a soldier who reacted like. oh if if he speak about that situation i'm sure there's a lot of pics that went on some soldiers were proud of that comes with the job of responsibility should be the front of the tree so just so you know yeah i expect there was a lot of cursing function. and i. was approached by stress shooters how the soldiers cry when they come back with the realization of one in my opinion that was illegal. how do you cope with that when we come back in a new york you've got a medal for war that is now we look more like a state on the countries. or something that many people are proud to say that they have been a bit of. remember you can check out our website for more stories any time you want

and here's a taste of what's online right now on the line and on t.v. dot com immigrants in germany are told they've stayed there welcome but they're afraid of what awaits them back in kosovo. also on the website a spectacle of speed of luxury world's latest cars attract international motor show in the russian capital that and plenty more lots of other stories and features for you dawtie dot com. u.s. president barack obama seems sincere in his desire to improve relations with moscow but u.s. policy could be telling the opposite that's a view of russia's prime minister vladimir putin who gave an interview to the newspaper in unusual circumstances he was driving at the time in the country's far east for more and that his. a very interesting interview these time around is that it's extremely rare these days for journalists to get a chance to chaffetz vladimir putin one of why and this interview was very unusual

not only in a way too was conducted with dodgy new putin sitting at the wheel of a car driving through russia as far as but also in the questions in the questions that he was asked now a trickle last week of committee sonthe reporter who was sitting at a passenger seat is known for his sort of tongue in cheek style and many of the questions he asked for it posed in a joking way but at the same time they were very very serious for example he asked his logic which in a box by their own not he believed in be used in time chanst to reset relations with russia and he said that personally he would very much like to believe but he also sad that the actions of the current administration were inconsistent with some of its declarations and he mentioned for example years continues africa to arm georgia and the regime of me feels like it's really also sad that if the united

states wasn't sounding bobbins to georgia they were a bit south as to chair in two thousand and eight where they have happened he also mentioned use continues plans. sad at its missile defense system in europe as another store in this so to speak at moscow's side but at the same time he mansion that personally speaking if you thought that barack obama's. first sincere ingenue but at the same time keep these say that the white house was not doing what it preaches many years political parties and political opposition in russia have been accusing largely or put it off stifling political freedoms and denying about the right to gather peacefully both in moscow and in ha the russian cities but to me it wouldn't brushed off these criticisms saying that. everybody is free to i gather as long as they have sanctions from the local authorities he deep

sidestep the fact that it was extremely difficult for political opposition to gather any sort of a free station from local authorities just and he defended having handed police actions to just burst these protesters in fact he said that. as long as they have their mission it was ok but if they go out without permission they'll take the bait and do they have a very straightforward isn't it and i was speaking about one of the most prominent opposition figures in russia me trail for the post you first heard. santa is still serving his sentence on tax evasion charges he's sad that he's personally if i didn't put in. had nothing against what are called that he was surprised to hear that prosecutors opened the second case against him that many critics say you opened on the very same charges that he was already serving his sentence on but he

did say that as soon as. mikhail khodorkovsky settles his problems with the lawyer he will be able to work as a free man. and the boy can reporting from mosca and you can find more of what the i mean person had to say by simply looking into the website that's auntie dot com. afghan president hamid karzai has renewed his criticism of coalition forces he said the counter terror operation in the region was ineffective and only cause civilian deaths on the natalis he's military analyst believes the afghan leader is trying to block u.s. efforts to beat corruption and drug production in the standoff between desired and general betray us. president has scored again. in his incipient battle against the american anti-corruption efforts first time his eyes scored when he completely blocked and stalled

they investigation all he's chief of national security council and the second time just recently when he can sell it they did he has the momentum again the american anti-corruption drive in afghanistan and he not only if voided the american pressure but in a way he should go to the americans in afghanistan and instead of reversing his decision against the handed. corrupt officials instead he fired one of the senior prosecutors in afghanistan demonstrating to afghans to americans and to the whole world that he is in charge not only of drug production but corruption as well right now this standoff is coming to a head again it's opened up an opportunity to brush off an old idea which i erred one year ago that is to regain the initiative and momentum fighting the corruption

in afghanistan general petraeus has to be appointed as a governor general again a stand. so he could introduce the martial law and to disband their presidential institution in a ghana stand once and for all and to call for the loya jirgah to postpone the constitution and to disband the presidential institution altogether so he could exit q would the palace coup and to appoint himself as a governor general this is the only way to rest the runaway flagrant corruption that threatens to implode the whole social fabric of afghanistan corruption and drug production in afghanistan of the two parts off of buying or a weapon that threatens to implode the ever going to society and totally and

completely discredit any notion of democracy. the it's a nursing home in central russia has killed nine people and the two injured is thought the blaze was started by elderly residents who committed suicide by setting himself alone and emergency crews managed to evacuate almost five hundred people from the home. bivins reports now from the divan region. early morning panic strikes the central russian nursing home as firing golfs a third floor apartment killing nine and sending hundreds more on a dash to safety rationality we woke up and heard somebody screaming we're in fire at first i didn't even believe it but then i saw smoke coming into our room i started to cough i opened the door to the corridor and because of the smoke i couldn't see anything there. i followed the smell of smoke it was spreading down the corridor and i heard the residents groan i opened the door and saw the

whole room on fire i was instantly surrounded by smoke a man was lying on the floor all charred and he was burning like a torch i attempted to grab him but there was nothing to get hold of he was burning all over the alleged arsonist was nicholai due to an eighty six year old world war two veteran and a resident of the home it's believed that he was trying to set themselves on fire in an attempt to commit suicide if that was a he succeeded he died in the blaze but so too did two of his physically disabled roommates the flames were confined to the apartment but the toxic fumes were not six others died due to smoke inhalation the motivation behind didn't the parent actions are not known for initial reports indicated anger over having to wait for government housing may have affected him but a social worker affiliated with the home says didn't have no plans to move described as a man of difficult character didn't call this third floor apartment home for four

years however during that time it's reported that he made no friends and was a stranger his family still despite his social struggles monday's death and destruction come as a surprise. is to deny the medical nurse on duty made the round of all the wards and everything was normal if someone heard anything amiss she would have been given additional attention for us it's unexpected. russia has had several high profile nursing home fires in recent years and march two thousand and seven more than sixty elderly residents died when they could not escape the flames and the smoke in a facility with a record of substandard safety procedures meanwhile twenty people were killed by a fire in january of last year and a home in the country's northwest the common denominator and both incidents with poor fire safety planning and slow emergency response last year's deaths pushed president medvedev to call for sweeping reforms and for the firing of all regional nursing home officers the difference between then and the now was in preparation

and response that's according to fire investigators this home past a march safety inspection and firefighters arrived to the scene three minutes after they got the call rescuing four hundred eighty people officials believe the handling of this incident shows signs of visible progress compared to previous cases even so investigators will continue to see if yet more improvements are needed stacy that r t. some other news in brief. a random fall in the streets of slovakia's capital bratislava killing at least seven people and injuring dozens including a three year old child off of the attack the fifty year old man committed suicide when he was surrounded by police it's believed six of the victims were members. of a new sources claim to talk to was a drug addict who was only fifteen years old. in chile thirty three miners have been trapped in

a collapsed shop for over three weeks have had their first telephone contact with relatives reported to have boosted the spirits of the men on the ground one of them even decided to marry his long term girlfriend the latest phase of the rescue effort is expected to take months and is due to begin shortly the plan is to drill a hole wide enough to pull the trapped miners to the surface. pakistani emergency officials say water levels there are beginning to recede but that the danger of further flooding remains high to ensure rains over the weekend submerged a number of towns but most residents managed to flee in time the worst of the flooding in the country's affected about seventeen million people and left more than one thousand six hundred dead and will have more on this in about ten minutes from now well that's an interview with the un's deputy envoy to pakistan. for that so let's get the latest business news with you that's coming our way in just a moment. for the feel we've gone to. the biggest issues get voice face to face with the news makers.

everyone welcome time for the business news russia is planning to increase the imports tariffs on foreign made cars the texas currently obsessor percent one of the highest in the world it's not clear how much it will be raised prime minister vladimir putin said the decision would encourage one comic this invest in production in russia a decision whether that could prove to be another stumbling block in russia's bid

to join the world trade organization which said it expects russia to decrease the tariff to fifteen percent within seven years of accession. russian finance minister says there is no need for russia's central bank to take action to control inflation at the moment he says price rises up being driven by the poor harvest caused by the drought and changing monetary policy won't help instead he says public spending is kept under control the economy will gradually come back into balance the government is now warning that inflation is likely to hit seven and a half percent this year higher than previously forecast. russia is the world's biggest producer of oil botched despite having the resources it doesn't work in eyes the market nor does it possess a greater was considered to be a close. michael christian investigative illustrated and why russia is finding it difficult to establish its own market. oil is usually priced in barrels the

measurement itself originates from the eight hundred sixty s. when the early pennsylvania oil field produces were forced to store oil in barrels usually meant for be altered in time. the cost of a barrel which is equal to one hundred fifty nine liters is dependent on a number of factors supply and demand and speculation but it's also determined by the quality of the air with certain blends commanding a premium over others who have different discounts and premium soft one brand to another that really depends upon multiples of factors starting we have the cost of transportation quality of corn itself to the specific so for a finding of this or that crude and also to the demand and the so that trenchant where this quote can go most oil traded usually uses two main benchmarks west texas intermediate and brant blend both of which are considered among the sweetest crudes

this is despite the fact that there are more than two hundred blends in the world many of these however have high sulfur content making them salad blends and therefore harder to refine. but with the north sea oil fields reaching the end of their life and with it the brain standard new of lens such as russia blend well the e.s.p.n. pipeline blends are increasingly becoming the standard by which others adjudged russia has become the world's biggest oil exporter and many believe the time has come for the country to establish its own international trading platform rather than leaving it to the u.s. the u.k. and singapore yes there may be a there if we had our own stock exchange where we can trade or oil or i think that we can trade not only in u.s. dollars but also in rubles especially c.i.s. countries amount of them i mean we are talking about the possibility of the rule becoming a major trading currency or even a reserve currency and with this can only be done if the ruble is fixed to serious

material resources such as gold oil and gas. the urals blend currently trades at a two dollar discount to brant yet many believe this is an unfounded discount one which could be raised through the establishment oil exchange but for now russia is still happy to trade through the existing channels analysts agree that both the market regulators and oil industry players here still need to learn from the oil trading heavyweights in london and new york before attempting to shift the balance of trading power in. the business. let's take a look at the russian markets both the r.t.s. and the mite since gained more than a third of a percent why the close but most damaging measures shares were trucking with dad never played more than seventy percent. machines company russia's biggest power engineering manufacturer has posted first top profits of ninety eight

million dollars the company's profits rose eighty four percent year on hear how whether revenue changed marginally to seven hundred twenty eight million dollars. to siberia and co energy company or has returned to profit in the facts top of twenty ten russia's largest producer of fuel for power stations said net income was one hundred fifty five million dollars compared with a loss of six million a year so a credit as strong a demand and prices for the improve performance. prime minister vladimir putin says the standoff between two main shareholders elected him and let him at the time and is damaging for the company but he stressed that the government only has a limited capacity to resolve the conflict meanwhile neurochemicals. is more concerned about the company's future performance he revealed some of the company's plans to business ati. but you know that we are planning to sell our non core assets first

of all including our goal in the war and so-called none sulfide assets will offer both mines and processing facilities of costs and probably the black swan in australia although the final decision will be taken in september and the rest is still under consideration but of course the honeymoon well which is the largest deposit and requires a complex approach will not be offered for sale we'll use it for further development and capitalization of the company. ok that's the latest from the world of business but you can always find stories on our website r.t. dot com slash business.

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from here live from the russian capital today for us day this is all too good to have you with us top stories now this hour security forces have claimed a number of victories in russia's troubled north caucuses can never forty minutes in since august alone the home village of the leader of the chechen republic has become the latest target of come. a series of attacks on hispanic immigrants has raised fresh racial fears in new york victims say they've been targeted by african americans. far to central russia nursing homes killed nine people enough to severely injured investigators say could have been started by a man who set himself on lights to commit suicide. brings up today for the moment i'll be back in fifteen minutes from now when.