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a terror raid repelled a group of militants linked to al qaeda have stormed the parliament building in russia's republic of chechnya but was killed in a prompt security operation. speaking agreeing confidentially and uniting globally russian french and german leaders meet in the french resort of the view to talk about visas and security and. glamorous russian agents and a chaplain who gets the pages of a men's magazine as its edition of maxim describes the country's men its national football team and state of the art walking. around the clock around the world this is r.t. here in moscow good to have you with us a group of militants who broke into the parliament to russia's republic of chechnya

have all been killed in a shootout with special forces at least three other people died and seventeen were injured as the gunman stormed into the building in the capital grozny more details now from our correspondent there. we are in front of the parliament that has been attacked by the militants earlier this day the investigators are still working on the scene what we do know is that four militants drove into the parliament spark and so they followed the car of one of the parliament members the militants who are believed to have. opened fire killed a security guard. probe into the building and later on they were blocked in this building are a several security guards who were killed on the tour of the head of the chechen republic says that the operation to counter terrorist operation was short and successful all the militants were killed some of them are believed to be suicide or murders and their bodies are yet to be identified seventeen people have been

injured during this attack six of them are police officers and eleven civilians should not believe the russian interim minister who has been in chechnya at the moment overtax says that the operation was successful and this is how he commented on the situation you're going to go. today at eight forty five am militants made it attempt to get into the parliament building as usual their plans failed police stopped them the militants were killed. there have been conflicting reports about their attack in crossly earlier this day like there was information that one of the militants escaped to casa just but this was later on denied by the interior ministry they have also been reports that these buildings have been mined which is not true and there have been speculations that one of the members of the column and was injured during their tags and we haven't received any confirmation so far are these militants are also believed to be connected to the group that attacked the whole village of credit of the church and president earlier this fall right now

investigators are working on the scene this is curator measures in grozny and throughout all of the borders with other republics have been tightened. there have been a number of successful security operations in southern russia recently which have revealed how militants there have links to al qaeda in the telling of a cover now reports on the impact international terrorism has on russia. kitchen interior ministry blames that south on for same got caught who recently left the group of terrorists headed by doku umarov a double one of is number one on the list of people wanted by the russian security services and the country's authorities as he's the one with duke's their sponsibility for the deadly blast that took place in moskos met show in march this year that one two female suicide bombers exploded themselves at two separate central moscow metro stations killing forty people and leaving and the other eighty eight injured and dooku lot of was named an international terrorists that has

links with al qaida by the u.s. authorities recently and a lot of the terror attacks that have taken place in the washer recently were associated with international terror groups as investigations into them have shown and experts saying that says terrorists across from different countries are in sites corporation across the world what is happening in russia particularly in northern caucasus what is happening in europe because we know that it was a red collar threat a few weeks ago there well that makes us think that this is sort of terrorist funded media in the world and whether this are international whether this is national i think though that is a global global but that may already just several months after the terror attacks in moscow's metro another explosion took place in the city to be divorced when

a car that was parked on one of the streets over the city exploded injuring thirty people luckily no one died in that one but in the other major attack took place just a month after that in the c.d.o. political spots when a suicide bomber drove a car into the city's central markets killing nineteen people and leaving another two hundred injured also russian security forces recently arrested by that. could be just outside moscow was spreading extremist literature among people and he's the head of international terror group that is based in turkey but according to the security forces he was operating in the moscow region so that gives you a scale of the presence of international terror groups in russia still to come this hour here in r.t. divided over a pledge of allegiance. this country defines itself a situation and democratic state but if you ask just about any arab here they'll tell you it's heavy on the jewish and rather light on the democratic. we report on

how a recently adopted bill is straining uneasy israeli palestinian relations even further . but first russia's president dmitry medvedev would have turned the nato summit next month in lisbon welcomed as a major move towards closer ties with the european union the announcement came during talks between the russian french and german leaders in the french resort of deal. is there following the meetings. yes to nato russian president with him in vegas showed relations between his country and the european union are on the mend by agreeing to attend the nato summit in lisbon next month speaking at a joint press conference with angela merkel and nicolas sarkozy the russian leader spoke of a growing need for a greater structure of european security and it seems he's finally being heard. we're happy dmitry medvedev will be taking part in the russian nato summit in

lisbon that's because nato has a new strategic concept is aimed at cooperation with other countries including russia i think russia has confirmed that we have to fight against terrorism and nuclear weapons and i think we should tackle these issues together and not be enemies any more. the summit in the french seaside town of deal appears to have bridged more than a few gaps the french german or russian leaders found common ground on creating a new monetary system and maintaining dialogue with iran. but if you're on iran we have confirmed that we will follow the agreements that were reached earlier on one hand we should stick to the sanctions that were imposed on the other hand we should prompt iran to cooperate on all issues. even previously sensitive areas became yet another point of contact like the georgian military aggression south of setia in two thousand and eight. we have to continue diplomatic efforts through the georgian

authorities have to commits to north using force and our russian friends in return have to accept european observers many are viewing this as a turning point of sorts in what has only recently been a difficult relationship it's clear for all the european capitals or real european security can be built up with russia from this point. vis a vis confirmation of the portal role. the fact that they will meet again in just a month almost in tribute to the new direction of their relationship. the french region where the summit was held is famous not only for its wine and cheese but also for its apples apple pie apple cider apple all those things are made here in normandy and it seems to be the perfect backdrop for russia and the european

union to put away their apple of discord and enjoy a much more fruitful relationship. catherine as our. friends. a law forcing prospective israeli citizens who are not jews to pledge allegiance to a jewish state has unleashed a storm among arabs the original version issued last week required only israeli arabs to swear allegiance he's ready government now extending the oath to jews arabs still refuse to swear naughty to a state that they say has persecuted them. now reports. this photograph is all that remains from some family home the house survived for generations but it couldn't survive an israeli demolition two years ago the middle of the. i started to have problems with the circulars ten years ago they wanted to take all of my own land they took one house and then they wanted to take this house since then he started rebuilding. the supreme courts discovered that documents

they changed the name of my grandfather on the papers. but the discovery didn't help him hang on to most of his grandfather's land a family of israeli settlers now on his own property just a mere insists is his and his story only one of many. in the two hours we spend here therefore a wrist and the usual round of tear gas rubber bullets and blame and they are because the union shouldn't complain about anything they should say thank you israel thank you that we are still here. and they'll be saying a lot more than that if the country's foreign minister avigdor lieberman gets his way he wants all one million arab israeli citizens to pledge loyalty to the jewish state the arab world if they want us to give concessions for peace if they want us to give you some sacrifices for peace they should start looking at the us is

legitimate. state so lieberman has his supporters but he's also got his detractors arabs and many israeli jews are up in arms this country defines itself as a jewish and democratic state but if you ask just about any arab here they'll tell you it's heavy on the jewish and rather light on the democratic. angry demonstrators take to the streets claiming the next step transferring arab israelis to a palestinian state but the government is doing its best to accommodate lieberman's demands and recently approved a loyalty bill by a twenty two eight majority on. the government under american pressure to freeze settlement building and needs lieberman support but arab citizens like the windy will never give in all or most of the how that argument i'm a muslim i'm not allowed to swirl the world you two are jewish the word true in the

first word to them what do i think them. with hardly a gun and those jerusalem announces preliminary plans for two hundred thirty eight new secure homes seems like there's so much more likely than arabs pledging allegiance to an israel that keeps them under the thumb policy r t tel aviv. where for more on the controversial citizenship bill are joined by international law professor at the hebrew university in jerusalem. who opposes this and also with us is professor. from the beginning to that center for strategic studies who supports the bill thank you both very much indeed for joining us first to you while many arabs would refuse to pledge allegiance to a state they feel has been persecuting them so surely this bill cannot be justified kelly. first of all your introduction was not correct.

future if. immigrant it's not about israeli arabs who are citizens of israel we're talking about every new york immigrant who is over the. pledge of allegiance like it's accepted in many countries in the world like even the united states every child every morning take the pledge of allegiance thought i don't see anything wrong with. new immigrants are not jewish coming to the state and taking a. pledge of allegiance this is a jewish state it's the only jewish state in the world ok well let's say what i had to say about that it's a fair point isn't it most other countries ask prospective citizens to swear allegiance to the state so what's the problem this is a fair affair. in this moment result in a new law every person who wants to become citizens of israel is to pledge

allegiance to the state of israel the changes in law is this edition of the state of israel as a jewish and democratic state and of course full non jews it's very difficult to take this kind of. pledge because it has particularly stick and religious element and the only aim of this proposed bill is to provoke a population and to put and there's a shared all of them being this disloyal to the state of israel so do you perhaps think there could be a compromise then if. mr let go ahead please respond please respond this might have been might have been mr lieberman. purpose but this is not the purpose of the government the purpose of the government is just from now on to take the pledge of allegiance there are a lot of new immigrants coming. many of them from. different countries of the world that many of them are also. very very early. and if there

is. we have their pledge of allegiance the indigents and this is what. i don't think the divine is not to provoke. a war both of events of the very very. jewish religion is not jewish and just pause every moment it's a sad response please can we allow our response please that. ok there is no advantage in eddings this term jewish and. democratic it's enough to have a pledge of allegiance to the state of israel putting into this. jewish state makes a difference in other religions you mentioned the united states to then the united states does not mention any particularly stick element in its pledge of allegiance sold. to other countries so this is

a. very minor amount of god which i see. ok but this is not a goal if one is going to regard a christian god i'm almost all muslim good ok so what is it because you like to say so if i want to go after all i'm. here with the final third of the jewish state and that's why we won the pledge of allegiance. and. demanded from there with them again i see them in a nation with no other religion. can i just ask about the timing of this. is a nation let's say we can talk a lot about the reasons i wonder what the actual oath is about whether it's about religion or nationality but what about the timing of this why is it necessary when we see clearly tensions between israelis and palestinians there growing as israel restarts a building on the west bank i mean this is provocative is going to cause even more tension. well the timing is interesting because it's interesting

why the. jewish state and i think that's so crucial. very suspicious is why twenty two arabs and not one. very interesting and it's very interesting to. find it very difficult because of the one. nation one for poor nations they don't agree. or. more what would you like to say about that. it's clear is that it's a brutal creation and it's meant to be. and it's a shame that the israeli government is supporting. in this initiative it's only

purpose is to bring to school still it's interim all to students between arabs and jews within the state of israel where it will leave the last where we do thank you very much indeed. from jerusalem and also that's all we have time for but we really do appreciate your time here thanks very much for that that debate here that discussion here live on r.t. we appreciate time thank you. all immigrants in germany should actively integrate into society the german president said in an address to the turkish parliament christian wolf. is the first german president to visit the country in over ten years his statement and reiterate chancellor angela merkel's comments last week that multiculturalism had totally failed and as it grapples with integrating its three and a half million mostly turkish muslims german identity is in the spotlight for now i'm joined in london by keith best and he's a former british m.p. and chief executive of the foundation for care of victims of torture thank you very

much indeed mr best for joining us here on r.t. . how do you read the situation how has chancellor merkel actually concluded that multiculturalism has failed and and who's to blame for all of this well i think first of all you have to try to define what people mean by integration and it means different things to different people which is unfortunate i do not think people mean by integration that everybody should look the same they should all wear the same clothes they should all the same cuisine but they do mean that people should live in harmony with one another one of the problems that one faces and most countries now have very mixed populations that's the result of globalisation of much greater ease for people to migrate from one country to another not necessarily permanently just for temporary reasons but you've got to remember of course germany really set the trend a long time ago by bringing in the gas star biter from turkey i mean these were people who were invited in by the german state just as indeed britain invited many

people in from the caribbean in order to help rebuild britain and to do some of the jobs which british people were not necessarily prepared to do themselves but there is an interesting point here and that is that at the same meeting the various regional leaders said the christian democrat party is actually committed to a dominant german culture and opposed to a multicultural one i mean they saying then that germany simply only for germans. well i don't think any country should be a prisoner of its history but i think it should be mindful of it so those kind of comments i think of particularly unfortunate so while it was in germany exactly so why are we getting those sort of comments now from german politicians i think a lot of these things and germany is not alone political parties are banding around these sort of thing they're very populist is usually a political party that in some desperate straits with the polls and wants to gain some more support it's a very disingenuous and i think disgraceful thing to do to play on that kind of

populism but people do tend to be parochial they do tend to want to blame somebody for heels that they face themselves and that very often is foreigners which is a great shame we see that this throughout europe in fact the reality of course is quite the opposite it's usually the foreigners who've come in who've helped to bring in new cultures to change the culture sometimes in very beneficial ways in britain now it's famous that national cuisine is a curry and that's as a result of the legacy of empire and commonwealth show and a very large number of people coming into the live in britain we have more than three hundred languages speakers spoken in london alone sure consider the amount of turks are in germany but in fact a survey from sociologist suggested that many turks come there simply to enjoy the benefits of germany don't actually integrate takes take something out of germany put don't put anything back and actually regard turkey as their main homeland so and also don't learn the language the german language so despite the fact you

saying yes immigrants can provide for and support a country they can actually take a lot of away can't they're not contribute well it certainly takes two to tango there's no doubt about that and so integration has to come from both sides there has to be a degree of reception from the point of view of the host community to show a welcoming welcoming attitude towards people but yes of course new immigrants. a country need to learn the language i mean most of the people i meet in britain are desperately keen to learn english because they know that's the only way they can really carry on in this country and i'm sure the same is true in germany so there's usually a willing this by most migrants but you know a lot of things that divide communities are not actually along the racist or linguistic lines they are the usual traditional lines like poverty and access to the labor market and things like that i mean we have in the u.k. a pakistani population that has not integrated nearly as well for example say the

indian population but a lot of that is because these people tend to be at the lower end of the social spectrum they're very often without work they're in poor housing so relief of poverty is a major contribution trying to achieve social cohesion ok keith thank you very much indeed joining us live from london great to hear what you have to say we appreciate your input thank you very much thank you and by the way if you're interested in hearing more on that story you can catch artie's interview with the german journalist and author of cartoon about ten minutes from now. other news now the glamorous russian agent anna chapman is in the headlines again this time she took part in an erotic photo shoot for a moscow based men's magazine. paid a visit to the publications headquarters believe this news is that the redhead or also known as the russian james bond girl is about to hit the pages of the most

popular men's magazine in the country and the preview video is already in the internet and shopmen is posing in front of cameras in a rather intimate atmosphere and previously i spoke with the editorial director of the months in russia magazine and he said very he has no doubts. she's not only a russian celebrity she's a worldwide celebrity she's more than. that she's like a brand almost sees as famous as a kalashnikov machine gun a russian ballet these days seems to hold this spy scandal would be a good very excited about this deal getting i know not to cover me seriously enough we turned out to be in the right place and the right time when we have found the right words and just waited on it to do it with us which were very proud of what made the shoot that august. when it's extremely smooth and well because only sixteen talented she learned to be a great moment in no time. i believe it was one of the best shows we have a make

a lot of controversial controversial ideas about a bunch or in the west media but i do believe that in russia she did she did more for exciting petra tease my. russian males than our soccer team and all of our work at combine you know she's really a national hero and she's a beautiful gorgeous sexy russian hero and i'm sure that if she decides to go to politics they will be a lot of followers who will vote for from no doubt. it's next now she'll bring you all the latest from the well the business stay with us. we've got to. get voice to face with the news maker.

and i welcome to the business program with me charlotte i was folly russian at railways plans to raise about five billion dollars by selling subsidiaries and assets over the next two years the programs that it's tearing through selling thirty five percent. and ten percent of trans credit bank to raise six hundred million dollars that's. raising additional six hundred million this year by selling sixty three thousand carriages and by anything that's in total. forty eight six thousand and twelve. the russian government has a fifty billion dollars reason to improve the country's investment climate it has

an extensive program of privatizations it wants to get the markets but the united mcveigh to the reports is a plan and needs the help of foreign capital. hundred billion dollars has flowed into the russian economy as foreign investment but it could have been more if not for administrative barriers access to infrastructure and labor difficulties in the regions it's inadequate training of the workforce number two its difficulties for accessing financing number three its high levels of corruptions and number for unfair competition from the grey market the prime minister to new to the criticism and assured this symbol and investors and business people he understood their problems however he was keen to point out the progress that had been made the red tape that had been slashed the fight against corruption and the opening up of the russian market reforms would continue he said pledging that foreign investors could count on.