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with our breaking news coverage a huge car bombing in the city in southern russia has killed at least seventeen people a suicide bomber is believed to have carried out the attack that also injured about one hundred r.t.s. correspondent. has the latest. right now we are at the scene of the explosion just over there if you look you can see a building this is the market and a front of this market in logic of a car or suspect filled with explosives they want of explosives eaves approximately forty kilos off t.n.t. they explosion was so powerful that the locals say dead even the back windows in their houses were smashed out when this happened people were crying sjodin of

course calling their family as they were trying to find out what has happened we've talked with some locals and one guy said his wife called him just a couple of minutes after the explosion he could only understand she was crying please do not come to the market there was a bomb here and she was one of their lucky ones. grandmother was killed along with one of her grandchildren my daughter in law went to the market and i still don't know if she's alive she hasn't called me i'm so sorry to lose them i was at home my house is on the street nearby so i heard it i don't know what happened i came here in the told me that everyone died the people who had the fruit stand here the woman who sold greens they have all been killed. slick my friend works here is a jeweler they survived because they entered a shop across the street from the bomb and soon right before the explosion his mother happened to be standing behind

a pillar when the bomb went off she survived the room it was turned into a doorway and this is what we pulled out of his legs. i didn't hear much we were sitting there talking and then we heard some debris fall on the ground that was it we came outside and saw dead bodies on the ground you know i didn't think at the time i think it was around eleven i told you i was in the pavilion i don't know anything else i told you everything it's all i saw this car that was packed at the lower entrance off the market and if you can just look over there. there you would see that investigators are still there they're trying to see what was inside the car the whole area is blocked and the moment the people who are still there they're the ones who want to find out more details they had of necessity or came to the scene and he said the blast was again as in was carried out by a suicide bomb or a criminal case has been launched and the investigators qualified could last as an

act of terror to morrow in what you come across is declared a day of mourning and investigators say there's been significant progress in the search for those behind the bombing after three people were detained r t correspondent sara for if has the latest. well the criminal investigation is underway and suddenly just in the last couple of hours we've seen a marked progress where the investigation's dimity saying they knew who did it and also was to find them and now the latest information we have is for the head of russia's federal security service because the fund that we suspect that is now being detained now he's also used that he doesn't think it will be to go before this investigation is result and hopefully very soon to bring those responsible for this attack to justice now immediately to the explosion happened present to the fate of and met with security ministers and also as they emerge and see with this to provide all in the thirty's the fullest to anyone who was affected by these

places and he also held them over the side of a minute early in the kremlin to honor those who died in this time. but. i would first of all like to say to all the people of north to say that we are mourning the victims innocent victims of this terrible tragedy russia's people with the people of north asensio first priority is to give medical help to those who are injured in front of camp cast must go anywhere it's needed and to offer moral and financial support to victims and their for. now the case is under the control of russia's chief general prosecutor and his officers early we've heard they've been able to establish the owner of the car that carried the explosives and they also knew that the number plates were registered to neighboring and now there are unconfirmed reports the that the owner of that car has actually been forced and

arrested and is being questioned and claims that he that the that the car without you so just get today now there are also you know the preliminary investigations at the scene where the explosion happened that the. explosion was such off by a suicide bomber and there are also claims now that that person with that he stopped half an hour before the explosions happened as they were driving into the republic and that they were actually also provide documents and that those of potentially they provided fake documents and now we know here the government pledged around thirty thousand dollars in compensation that they seized to the families of those who died in the attack and also run ten thousand those conversations here with most severely injured and it's an attack that we've heard prime minister putin say really anxious to divide the most appalled so multi-religious not yet the poor people in russia. russia is

a multi-faith country it is diverse and that is the reason its strong muslims reside all across russia crimes like the ones that were committed today in very kind of cause are aimed at promoting enmity between people we cannot allow doubt and of course muslims must play the decisive role in this struggle just emergencies ministry's played today with the medical equipment and medical staff on board the to land back in moscow the with around twenty people having been lifted those were injured that we know. plenty ten having very serious injuries the political. gains the pairing with. the they could be let's say. the u.s. state department saying militants operating in the north caucasus have links with al qaida that's according to the counterterrorism coordinator at the department the assessment is shared by political analysts dmitri babich who says north korea has

often been a target for islamic militants with al qaeda links. there has been a bug up for terrorist attacks for a long time i would like to remind you of that shot when he was a wife called north a said to russian girl recently in north boxers because i say down south the only ethnic group in the north caucasus besides russians which is predominately also the christian explore the south the mike at the especially invited tough customer very very often used in the past i would remind you of that vial of the war stir a step back in the ninety s. was also an explosion at the market they invited showed them there they use alarmist terrorist in north caucasus had connections to al qaeda they didn't make a secret out of it the western press doesn't report that very often about that page in the wall so here are stories that some way in afghanistan where people were taken prisoner or some there is camp was destroyed people from north caucasus were

also present there unfortunately today's attack is not an isolated incident but part of a concerted campaign of terror in the north caucasus that's the view of. the russian academy of sciences. at this particular issue which is these tragic events have enormous frequency it's not the first time a blast has occurred at the same so we may suggest it's hardly an accident but rather a trend a sudden organization of islamic fanatics is behind it with a system moving soon in a plan to break the organize such attacks. to recap one more time our breaking news story at least seventeen people have been killed in a car bombing at a market in the southern russian city of logic a suicide bomber is believed to have carried out the attack that also injured more than one hundred three suspects have since been detained it's not the first time the market in the capital of russia's volatile republic of north of setia has been targeted by terrorists the first and deadliest attack happened in the central

market a lot of in march one thousand nine hundred nine claimed fifty two lives and left more than one hundred injured a year later a car bombing in the same market killed six terror returned for the next two years although in different places but each time with the same deadly outcome another thirteen people lost their lives and in november two thousand and eight and many bus exploded in markets where outside a movie theater killing twelve and injuring forty one we'll be keeping you updated throughout the day on the latest in the terror attack and the subsequent investigation but now we'll shift our focus to the russian city of jaroslav all for our coverage of the global policy for. some of the best and brightest minds from around the world of gathered in those old russian city for a two day brainstorming session the city is located about two hundred fifty kilometers northeast of moscow in a city that probably boasts unesco world heritage status the city is marking its thousand year anniversary this weekend jaroslav always hosting an event that's

trying to answer some of the toughest questions facing humans in the future how to keep the world safe what makes democracy work how to modernize what's already in existence these are just some of the issues on the table as our teams are catarina grouch over as more from the event. it's a relatively new it's a relatively young for amateur has turned two years these time and it takes place in the u.s. level again but some claim that the forum is only the chances to reach the forum level russia is the host the annual. economic forum but so far each town had a story to put police kill equivalent to that so some claim that the poor could eventually become the equivalent of that now so many common challenges economic and environmental also political and it's very clear that countries like russia with a long cultural intellectual tradition have a lot to offer in terms of trying to understand the problems and trying to find common solutions and i certainly see lots of potential because i think the case of

pavel's makes very clear the international economic and financial debate can be extremely influential battle started off as a small initiative and it's grown into a global fixture and i think he also has the same potential if the focus is on the page i think it's important that we move away from just the criticizing each other or lecturing each other or simply talking at cross purposes and really try and find a common mode and i think debate exchange critical questions and constructive for the contributions is what's needed and i think the format is just wrong in that direction and i look very much forward to seeing how that would unfold in the next two days on this serious forum. criteria of fish and sea and the standards of democracy there are people john the experts coming from more than thirty countries here in the russian city of us love and there are four major sections of discussions want to go to to the state as an instrument of modernization diversify democracy experiences of different countries this is the second section the third

one is about. the concept of international law and finally global security so indeed the program is very intense one could not describe today's discussions as one one way street interaction it was indeed. it was very heated at times you could say was a very enthusiastic marathon well for example it's widely believed that there is there are no adjectives before the word democracy but it turns out to be that here in your islam among the participants there was no consensus about this and we heard so many adjectives before the word democracy and another important another major question was race what comes first democratization or economic diversification. and indeed there is no conclusive answer about this and modernization and democratization is something the russian president has been has spoken out about in

very concrete terms he's taken that has been that democracies a process it's not just a word. global security is going to be one of the major topics during the forum at of the event r.t. spoke with economic historian robert skidelsky he says the e.u. should consider russia's proposal for a new european security treaty. russia should become a much more effective part of the european security system and not be outside because the european actually european military is very very weak the key to military power in europe the french and the british the rest have to do anything really but this small and there's no unity. sort of no agreement to create something larger and russia has a has it has has good military forces and they're becoming increasingly modernize and specialized to the kind of work. that military forces have to do today which

isn't a huge rule but to the top of the counterinsurgency operations peacekeeping operations and so on so russia could be a great asset for european security system and president medvedev has suggested a new security concept that would include russia and we should we should take him up on that and really see we'll walk we can do with it because all through russia is part of europe it shouldn't be outside it. and you can find the full version of that interview coming your way in half an hour here on our team the founding director of the asia society australia richard was caught says the european security initiative could be a step towards better global security. and centrism did you introduce this. lead to business legion security arrangements and. the atlantic

and he did this in germany. two thousand and eight and again the first time and this quote incident is known for from news to kid from russia he'll say. launch this idea of the need for an asia pacific community and security issues in june two thousand and eight so this is i think it's important to particularly both these concepts move forward and then you can. bring the region and the good will security that's a good thing because rules. will have more live coverage from the global policy forum on friday as soon as the second day of discussions begins. or when the new season. when it's something really crucial when you want to get down to the. special coverage. this time the latest news from the global policy forum

line broadcasts special guests discussions on the stakes in providing security and stability of the present day world. question mole. turning now to the other news of the day pilots who managed to land a crippled russian airliner are back in moscow all eighty one people aboard miraculously survived after a mid-air failure major electrical systems artie's tom barton as the details. the pilot's engineer just returned to his suv new cover airport in moscow will now go and talk to some psychologists for some deep breathes and counseling for any stress they may have undergone and what was a very tense landing they've also been helping investigators at the site trying to work out what happened and that's what investigators will be doing in the next week to ten days trying to get to the root of this such huge electrical failure they

currently say in a preliminary statement that they think that three out of four of the plane's electrical generators failed but for the full story on this remarkable crash landing will go to my report. the heroes of the tiger these are the men the managed to land a crippled jetliner in the middle of the forest and not injure a soul the passengers a thankful to be airline will see even the most willingly ever in history and ended up in the woods imagistic crews arrived to find two weeks everything was organized very fast asleep new people if not for the professionalism of the crew we would not be standing here. at the tupolev one five four was flying at ten thousand meters on its way to moscow from russia's far east when there was a massive electrical failure the plane lost all automatic navigation and communication its fuel supply and wing flaps were crippled meaning i had to learn quickly and at higher than normal speeds even the lights in the cabin and cockpit

went out by sight alone the pilots found an abandoned their strip in the depths of the forest and managed to land on the third attempt. by plane was designed to land on a concrete airstrip at first we chose a restaurant in decided to land there but during the maneuver by a miracle we caught a glimpse of a concrete strip and all the shorter it would be much safer when we overshot the strip there were bushes but no trees and at that point we knew for sure that we're going to be safe despite overshooting and plowing through. two hundred meters of woodland before stopping all eighty one people on board were evacuated to safety right in the rich can is a former pilot and actually trained the heroes in question he says he's very proud of his form across a jays. up in the clothes they couldn't even tell their altitude or where they were they only had enough fuel for ten minutes of flight in managing to land that plane

he practically did the impossible as with the plane itself investigators are poring over interviews with the crew and witnesses black box recordings and evidence at the site that question what caused such a massive electrical failure providing that double what fifty four is not quite the brende you have craft and i'm sure that that craft was manufactured probably at least twenty years ago when you were more. i believe there is a chance that they could we plant was just more of. a russell airlines which owns the plane says it wasn't aware of any issues before takeoff but added it would never fly again investigators are focusing on mechanical failure rather than pilot error or weather conditions but everyone is expecting the playlets to receive medals their achievement. in time the technical details of those planes malfunction will join all of the others maybe ation history the one thing will always stand out courage and resourcefulness of the two men who brought it safely to thomas and

artie hospital. serbia's dropping a challenge to kosovo's independence at the united nations belgrade to remove a section of a un resolution that called kosovo's a session unacceptable european officials proclaim it to be a useful compromise author diana johnston though has a different point of view the present text that i have seen and i have here it's not really a compromise i would call it an unconditional surrender to the european union this was not a compromise because from what i've understood the european union did not. in exchange for this they gave nothing as usual and they'll just be asking for more as they have been for many years serbia is now really very much in the position of france. it's not quite an occupied country but it's surrounded and it's sort of occupied and any leader or policy party which would really openly

take into consideration serbia's interests is condemned by the western media as nationalists look what they heard look what happened because live close to me it's a which the united city used to go to get rid of milosevic but when he showed that he was still interested in his country's welfare he's known brand as an extreme nationalist and sidelined. take a look now at some other stories making headlines across the globe investigators in the philippines say police could be responsible for some of the deaths during a botched hostage rescue a tourist from hong kong were killed after a disgraced former police men hijacked their bus in manila two weeks ago ballistics tests dispute police claims that all the deaths were the result of close range fire a hearing into the hijacking concludes today. north korea has marked its sixty second anniversary as the details of a conference to name leader kim jong il successor remains shrouded in mystery

thousand celebrated founding day by placing flowers at the base of founding leader kim il sung pyongyang is littered with posters announcing the workers' party meeting the exact details are sketchy it's expected that kim's youngest son will be appointed to a key part of position paving the way for his eventual successor succession. hundreds of afghans have demonstrated against plans by an american pastor to burn the koran on the anniversary of the september eleventh attacks protesters burn flags and chanted death to america there is widespread anger from many muslim countries u.s. president barack obama has called on reverend terry jones to cancel the event saying the act would be a recruitment bonanza for al qaida the florida vent has been criticized by police criticized by political leaders worldwide finally in this news block the u.s. navy has delayed plans to move more than eight thousand marines from their military base on the japanese island of okinawa the american presence there is

a bone of contention with locals after a number of high profile incidents as artie's sean thomas reports. since the end of world war two the united states has had a military presence in japan which some people living in okinawa are finding a nuisance i don't hate people but sometimes we have a talk with them because of the. song something extra doesn't for. america. you know there was a huge problem. around eighteen percent of okinawa's main island is occupied by u.s. military forces here a week we can hear the noise of the airplanes which interrupt the citizens and there are have been maybe some accidents or primes not only with this base but with other bases but. as we know it's also. they also help the

economy and the people from now or into bases or depend on the basis leading some to believe that in order to provide a more stable future there needs to be less reliance on the basis we must. look on the direction and make more business and we need to be independent in kind of the station dinny to market represents okinawa in japan's house of representatives and is looking to bring about change. it has been sixty years since world war two seventy percent of u.s. bases in japan are in okinawa now that there are security measures and programs in place in asian countries we want the u.s. to reduce their bases. aside from noise pollution and space concerns one of the arguments against us military bases on okinawa is crime according to the treaty american citizens attached to the base can't be tried under japanese law now most

of the crimes about ninety percent involve drinking and driving or traffic related but there are a few high profile crimes which include rape and murder which have put a strain on japanese us relations see them with us and his crimes do happen the japanese security cannot deal with them directly they must go through the u.s. military base command then you have to simply trust them it becomes very difficult . the u.s. military declined an interview with r.t. but did give us this statement. whereas a small group of people in okinawa vocalized that they are not happy with the bases many people there and on mainland japan fully support u.s. forces in okinawa and to japan the realize the vital rule the play in the defense of japan and for regional stability and security but getting the u.s. out isn't as easy as a vote by the people japan's surrender at the end of the war limits the country to

having only a security defense force as part of the treaty the united states officially acts as japan's military in case a conflict should arise that affects the country but now there is a small but vocal movement suggesting that it is time to review old policies that just aren't needed anymore. the situation in asia has calmed there are no conflicts here in the conflicts that exist or in western iraq and not here the people in okinawa think that the strategic value of these bases has diminished for the u.s. . but with china growing stronger as a geo political force in the region and the instability of north korea still a concern it is likely that the united states won't be leaving okinawa anytime soon john thomas r.t. okinawa japan. i'll be back with a recap of our top story in just a moment stay with us here on our.