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breaking news an r.t.s. small group of militants with the ordinary broke into a government building in the capital of russia is the public demonstration and open fire at least four people are dead it's now thought all militants involved in the attack have been killed. meeting of minds the leaders of russia germany and france put their hands together as they try to find a common vision for the future of insecurity. and dancing to a different fifty years since the u.s. imposed one trade embargo on cuba some say the policy isn't working out a major we say is required. here watching r.t. coming to life from. i'm marina joshua welcome to the program and our breaking news

this hour a group of militants who broke into a government building in russia's republic of chechnya have now all reportedly been killed by security forces at least four other people died after the gunman starting shooting inside the building in the city of grozny but we go across live to respond to joe who is following developments for us there. what's going on where you are at the moment what is the latest information that you're hearing. yes one percent information that three or four militants have broken into the bit into an administrative building in gloucester they and it could be either a parliament or agricultural minister we reportedly the building is mind in the mine it should be coming to the scene very soon they have been reports also voted who we find form and that the blast killed several people but we haven't received any confirmation so far we do know that at least four people have been killed they were not yet identified they might be security guards or police offices they have

also been conflicting reports all the special operation that is underway in glaus and they are some sources say that it's over and three militants that are believed to be linked to al qaida have been tilled but there are also information there's also information that one militant is alive and he's still inside the building we've several hostages. and now the information is that thirteen people have been taken to hospital and so they were many people injured these men could be the same group that attacked the whole village of the chechen president runs on to do a girly at least also militants have been very active in the north caucuses and in russia here and these groups linked to those high the one behind the moscow metro flags and we saw bombing in front of the market in bodyguard cars the temper. is that fair way to formation is that fifteen people have been taken to hospital

and we will keep you updated of all the special offer ration thanks for mentioned of course we keep our fingers on the pulse of the situation there in the chechnya and we will be bringing our viewers more on this as we get it for a moment thanks for this update from chechnya. and the shooting in chechnya is just the latest in a series of attacks russia has suffered recently. and we can now talk to our correspondent the tie in navajo is in a moscow for us here well the tell you can you remind us about the other atrocities russia has suffered in the last few years while there has been the raise of terrorist activity in russia in the past couple of years and this case like the others have left many experts to believe that terror to even russia is directly linked with international terror and is ations the number one of the list on the list of wanted terrorists by the russian security forces in russia's doku umarov

who took full responsibility for the two blasts in the moscow's measure that took place in march this year when two female suicide bombers explode themselves at two separate. metro stations in central moscow taking lives of forty people and leaving another eighty eight injured another major terror attack took place in the city of logic the guise of the city's central markets killing nineteen people and leaving another two hundred injures there has been a number of worse smaller tailored terror attacks in russia and in the region in the caucasus region recently and of course they will leave when they raise concerns about where it goes as soon as we started bombers are trained in many link them to al qaida. ok in a time now we call our thanks very much indeed for bringing us of this promise. and you watching our team and still ahead in the program this hour. central drivers are

supposed to go to a driving school and pass a test on a closed course like this one that we're on right now as well as study the different tactics of driving from a written test but that's not exactly how it happens in most cases around moscow. and we look at what's russia on top of the list when it comes to throw down. before that european security is under scrutiny as the leaders of france germany and russia meet in the french resort of devilfish resume viet it was to push his proposal yet again for a new security framework to replace the current system which he says is outdated well you know across live to got to mean as always following the talks and joins us now live from developed it and hello to you so what are we expecting to be said about the future of european security there. well marina as you well know the concept of global european security is something that the russian president had proposed a while ago actually and it was frequently discussed by himself and various european

leaders during meetings one to one meetings and various group meeting such as the g eight in the g twenty and this is definitely something that is going to come up today and. sits down with angle. this is something that they're going to pay quite a lot of attention to and devote quite a lot of their time to because of course the russian president believes that existing security concepts such as for example the nato north atlantic treaty organization is outdated because there is no more soviet union there is no more cold war and of course a new approach to a unified security system in europe needs to be discussed and needs to be in place and that is of course what they're going to be talking about today of course encompassing is also russia's relations with nato itself the upcoming summit of the treaty organization in lisbon is also perhaps going to touch upon this global

system of european security also perhaps talking about russia's potential involvement in the european system of anti-missile defense something also had mentioned is something that the us are busy also believes that russia should be involved in so all those issues are definitely going to top the agenda as the three leaders sit down and talk business. part from the issues that you just mentioned taking center stage they are advil. well we can of course avoid issues that are relevant to the international community not only european matters that are being brought to the table things like situation in the middle east. situations in afghanistan the ongoing era raney and nuclear ambitions all those items are definitely going to be brought up by his colleagues from france and germany we also know. various other aspects such as the.

consequences of the global financial crisis its effect on the european economy on russian economy on the way that they were affected by lateral trade between russia and the european union all those things are definitely making their way on to the agenda ok thanks very much indeed for bringing us the subject from. germany france and russia are meeting. and german president christian wolf is in turkey a while back home of the immigration debate is raging his visit comes just days after chancellor angela merkel admitted multiculturalism has failed in germany next hour we'll bring you an interview with a little over caught one journalist and author from berlin and says the problem of integration stems from religion. as a believer as a muslim you should not learn from an unbeliever you should obey to islam and to the muslims so we have saudi percent of muslims of turkish muslims in germany leaving schools without learning anything they don't have

a diploma or anything because their religion tells them to obey to what the unbelievers tell you this is going to cause conflicts this is going to cause big problems so what i believe is that there is a place for muslims in this world and for their culture and there is a place for european and western culture to live in what i don't believe but. they will live peacefully together. and it's fifty years since the u.s. imposed an economic embargo on cuba prohibiting most trade was the island recently there have been some minor policy changes under the obama administration but the main restrictions are still in place costing the u.s. economy over a billion dollars a year archies got edgecumbe reports on the emergence of new factors which could cause a rethink of the blockade. politics

aside americans miss cuba at this club in washington d.c. they make most of probably the only thing americans can be gleaned court from the communist island the rhythm. while the love for cuba flourishes on the dance floor it goes cold when the revision of the fifty year old embargo is up for discussion where the matter. why should we give them after all these years benefits of trade relationships more tourism everything like that when they basically say they're not going to change their system whatsoever but that doesn't stop the u.s. from dealing with china the same standard that applies for china does not apply to cuba has a communist regime that has a state undynamic model that is is is sort of its very weak engine china has a big economic engine in other words you were represents everything we're against it's a totalitarian repressive communist state but unlike china can't lend us money and

cuba is criticised for violating human rights not without a reason and the harshest criticism comes from a nation that slammed world wide reaching human rights at its one tunnel bay prison which it runs in cuba the embargo was the way the u.s. punished the castro regime for seizing power you know interesting nine. and weak that wiping out the vast share americans had in the cuban economy arguably the idea behind our goal was to let castro's regime wear out and prompt people to revolt against it it's been fifty years and it never happened let's lift the embargo will sell more products there more americans will be able to spread their influence there i think it's our best hope for having influence in cuba when that wonderful day comes when the castro regime falls the embargo has been largely seen as in fact if it's given the castro regime a handy excuse for the failures of its socialist experiment it's hurting the very

cuban people that we claim to be helping cuba now hosts businesses from europe canada latin america and mainly leaders zomby it's beautiful resorts but booming tourism does not seem to make life easier for every day cubans they're set to make four cents of every dollar a foreign company pays that the government takes the rest which q. or has recently taken steps to modernize its economy now over half a million people are allowed to engage in small private enterprises but for the u.s. to lift the embargo there needs to be a prick magic reason ideological ones have proved unsustainable there's a really strong and i think economic interest people are seeing there are markets that can be exploited and if we don't take care of them. or if we don't jump in europe is just going to feel it for us and that's not nor interest and then there's the question of oil and that's a new thing as well moreover russian and spanish companies are queuing up to help

cuba exploited supposedly huge offshore oil reserves the opposition over the embargoed here in washington has long been down to this question will trade with cuba make the castro regime stronger or will it eventually help bring them down but some would argue the regime is not the biggest issue here the u.s. deals with china all right one thing that could make the u.s. really care about cuba is what it can get from it salsa wrong cigars and beaches maybe not strong enough oil on the other hand could have a bigger potential going to check on our t. washington d.c. . and check out our website for the latest updates on everything we're covering as well as expert analysis blogs and videos at our team dot com here's a taster of what's on the line right now. party in veils the secrets behind the russian terminator cocktail a tipple to activate your mind of your physical power. and you probably heard of

the red sea and black sea water you know about russia's white sea. and russia's and some as for the bad roads and reckless driving almost thirty thousand people lose their lives in traffic accidents every year and as thomas found out the problems start with the learner drivers bribing their way behind the wheel. welcome to russia where the roads are notoriously bad driver safety seemingly optional and the traffic notorious they were doing it. with very busy traffic which has been poorly organized and which requires improvements interchanges have been made in efficiently traffic lights haven't been working properly and road signs are located in such a way that drivers often can't even see them all this results in numerous accidents

. in two thousand and nine alone there were nearly two hundred four thousand car accidents the human cost was twenty six thousand deaths and more than a quarter of million people seriously injured the international transportation formalists russia as having the most traffic deaths per capita in the world many believe corruption and general lack of knowledge are to blame. do you know the traffic signs. i do what does this one mean. i don't know. i don't know oh isn't this amazing drivers are supposed to go to a driving school and pass a test on a close course like this one that we're on right now as well as study the different tactics of driving from a written test but that's not exactly how it happens in most cases around moscow. there are two problems with fake driving licenses the first is that criminal groups

issue fake licenses of such a high quality that only a specialist can see it's fake. fake license and think it's real the other problem is bribes and driving schools to pass driving tests this girl wishes to remain anonymous but for the purposes of television we will call her like many russian drivers she's purchased her license illegally so how much did it cost her. well the actual amount is eight hundred years dollars but there was that money i think should be from a driving school i was supposed to attend classes and so on but i was living in st petersburg at the time so i couldn't shop at the school. but as country learned learning how to drive properly isn't as essential as having the proper pay off some of my father's the officials would back me only for money and that is why there was no need for me to obtain my license in a traditional way it's easier to buy it he took me to some distant metro station in moscow suburb they are they invited me to a room the issue of my driving license to me into my photograph i was so ashamed i

said i am sorry i will really learn how to drive the answer and it doesn't matter to us. and now even thinks she may be a threat on the road. yes i have a feeling that i'm a threat to pedestrians a few days ago i feel to see a bicycle rider in the dark i think that can serve as just prompting many to call for a complete overhaul of russia's driver's education system that the system won't like it's not enough to fire a bribe to it's necessary to change the entire system as long as there is demand then you'd be supplying we need real changes at the high level in the interior ministry we're probably even at the state management level and hopefully making russia's roads a safer place to be sean thomas or moscow. else i'll take a look at some other stories making headlines around the globe in strikes and france have hit the fuel supply hard forcing some petrol stations to close and airlines to cancel

a large number of flights street action continues as protesters fight the government's plans to raise the retirement age from sixty to sixty two students and workers blockaded schools transport deaf i was an oil refineries doing anything in an attempt to affect the upcoming vote in parliament this wednesday. a passenger bus in mexico has crashed into an industrial trailer truck catching fire and killing nineteen police say all the passengers and both drivers perished in the accident the bus was heading north from mexico city wanted to hit the vehicle transporting industrial waste authorities say may be weeks before all the victims can be identified. a wave of mud and debris have swept through southeastern to roof forcing dozens of families to flee their homes in the middle of the night and here by a river burst its banks unleashing a delusion of muddy water on the unsuspecting residents at least fifty homes have been destroyed by the torrent so far. and now let's go

back to our breaking news story a group of militants who broke into a government building in russia's republic of chechnya have all been killed by security force. according to reports now there have been conflicting reports of this point about the other fatalities at least three other people police officers among them died after the gunman starting shooting inside a building in the capital grozny and thirteen people have been taken to hospital and there is now some suggestion that the parliament building has been mined well that's all we have for you right now of course more details coming up later from our correspondent in the region for now though let's take a look at what's happening in the world of business us here with us in the studio. hello and a very warm welcome to the business program the russian government has a fifty billion dollars reason to improve the country's investment climate it has an extensive program of privatizations and wants to get to the market but as an

agent verge of reports it's a plan that needs the help of foreign capital. a hundred billion dollars has flowed into the russian economy as foreign investment but it could have been more if not for administrative barriers about access to infrastructure and labor difficulties in the regions it's inadequate training of the workforce number two it's difficult to use for accessing financing number three it's high levels of corruption and number for unfair competition from the grey market the prime minister to nude of the criticism and assured this emblem investors and business people he understood their problems however he was keen to point out the progress that had been made the right to leave that had been slashed the fight against corruption and opening up of the russian market reforms would continue he said pledging that foreign investors could count on getting the same treatment from the offices of state as domestic

companies especially in your position we do make a distinction between russian and foreign business when it comes to protecting the rights of investors it's important for us to create comfortable conditions for those who want to make investments in russia to develop their business to promote their goods and services. the russian government has a strong incentive to quickly improve investor sentiment it has an extensive program of privatization to get away with this many as twenty of the country's biggest state run companies marked for possible sale the finance ministry wants to raise around fifty billion dollars from the assets over the next five years to help cover the budget deficit it's an ambition that will be hard to achieve if elton money's afraid to come here and we've a business r.t. . look at the markets now asian stock markets are high on tuesday the vote in the says gaining more than half a cent sentiment in the markets got a left from wall street's rise helped by citigroup strong earnings and an improved

measure of u.s. home builder confidence in hong kong resource stocks are also high on strong commodity prices. and the russian markets have started today on opposed to connote they are ts in the my six up both collapse to positive. what about putin has approved a plan to give companies working in the game opulence a lot a tax holiday to the government a scheme to encourage gas production in the region which is rich in resources but it's hard to access all the plan includes exemption from the resource extraction texans are export tutti for liquefied natural gas as well as local tax breaks the terms of text holidays will be agreed before the end of the year but will not exceed twelve years. b.p. has agreed to sell assets of them as whale and vietnam to its russian joint venture to m.k. b.p. for one point eight billion dollars the drill includes b.p. stakes in three joint ventures infinites whaler and two gas fields in vietnam the

sale a spot of b.p.'s plan to raise up to thirty billion dollars by the end of twenty eleven to help the company meet its financial obligations after the gulf of mexico oil spill that positions will be financed from tim k b p's own resources and won't require additional debt this is all part of a global expansion plan in cambridge p. . has adopted for itself in a temp to diversify itself out of russia and become become a truly global company. so as a starting point i think the first step towards that goal this road to the modest size of our modestly sized acquisition might be just the right thing. car production and russia has almost doubled in the fast three quarters of the year more than eight hundred thousand feet calls rolled up this something line with the period russia's economic ministry said it expected production to nearly double by

twenty thirteen. and american mobile phone make a motorola is moving russia it will close its offices at the beginning of twenty eleven and will no longer officially market or distribute is handsets in the country the company for us to cave to russia in one thousand nine hundred three and gained a leading position but since two thousand and three its in its market share steadily declined acknowledged consecrate just one percent of mobile phones sold in the country motorola has set out a number of cost cutting measures this year including plans to close offices in africa and eastern europe. and apple has broken its own profit record and analysts forecast within its with its latest results high tech recorded a net income or four point three billion dollars for the fourth quarter seventy percent to me here in the main drive was near as well doubling of i phone sales although sales of the i pad felt sure. i saw

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