a national day of mourning people gather diverse airport to commemorate the thirty five killed in monday's terror attack more details are just ahead. terrorism is expected to grab the spotlight at the economic forum where russian president dmitry medvedev and his due to give the opening speech. was delayed by the last. parliament you know let's move. the nuclear production deal with the u.s. but we'll see.

worldwide news twenty four seven this is. state flags are. all across the region thirty five victims of monday's suicide bomb attack at russia's busiest airport people have been gathering at the site of the blast to pay tribute to those who died. people commemorating this tragic event what have you seen so far. i have to say that we have seen a lot of people coming to a makeshift memorial near the arrivals hall where the blast occurred on monday people have been laying flowers to standing there taking their moments to pray and just to remember those who died on monday's plus there was of course the lots of people not just the passengers who are arriving or departing from the airport in fact workers of various airlines and. have been stopping by just passers by and happen to be. so that among them were members of the american embassy

including the american ambassador john byerly who had this to say in response to a settlement some statements made by the western media who accuse russians of becoming rigid and cold hearted and continuing to go on as if nothing happened. i think to the best response that we can give to the kind of people who are capable of carrying out an attack like this is to show them that they're not going to change our lives but of course we're going to be more vigilant we're going to have better security but we're not going to stop living. we're not going to become like they are. and there was also a moral service held by a priest over at that that makeshift memorial at the airports and as it happened so it's be a russia is a multinational a multi confessional country so of course memorial services were being held not just at the un general but also in churches all across the country and we're not

talking just about russian orthodox churches we're talking about synagogues and mosques so nation truly coming together and among those who shot but to those memorial services were of course the first the first people of the country the president of bennett was also to do that and memorial service at a church and most of the regions are really tragic and a somber mood in the moscow and all over the country a nation truly united book by grief as people all over the country have been attending these services and paying their respects to the victims of monday's bus that's right here in a way if you would just from our interest to be off the noon of monday last monday at four thirty two pm and remind us of the horrific events which took place. well the blast occurred at four thirty two pm at their rivals whole of the domodedovo airport at that point about thirty aircraft were landing so really a very busy time and the impact could have been a lot bigger but still of course we have to remember that thirty five. people have

died when we got here the havoc that was breaking loose here in the moments following the disaster was already subsided more or less but of course there was immense police presence there were sniffer dogs there were were presented itself the federal security service on the spot but people also investigating whether or not there were any additional explosives possibly in the building and of course immediately talk began about the breach of security at the dollar airports russia's president to vet if his show has shown me that he's incredibly unhappy with the way the security services and the police have dealt with this situation as in they allowed it to happen and they were ready for officials from the interior minister who have been fired just today and russian president said that this will continue as before security gets better now more on what transpired following the tragic blast on monday afternoon here's michael vick sara first with the details. the

harrowing scenes from the moment the blast hits for those who witnessed the attack it's a memory that wayne's fate fust came running. for shortest was. absent from. the blast hits at peak time is around thirty flights who cheats who lands the bomb at st time to cool max and then devastation i'm going to. do something more serious just call thirty dollars to start supporting proper. rules for players who was achieving the transfer to be a part time to a degree. yet less than twenty four hours later and the and put is again fully operational it's a resilience that many people feel is a. and right at the russian people trying to get on with. this exact.

nature dr situation as many people are now left fighting for their lives in hospitals around moscow people have rarely seen eighteen blood and ensuring the victims and their families receive all the help they need. it's a good thing that the ambulances work very professionally hospital treatment is also very high level doctors nurses and aides are helping a great deal everyone has done everything possible a very big thanks to the doctors thank you. so the doctors immediately provided their help and devoted great attention when i asked if i could go home the doctor told me wait a bit don't be in a hurry not today have some rest take the meds and calm down they appear to be really professional and calm. president medvedev found in no uncertain terms that those responsible will be held accountable as investigators now work to establish

exactly who is behind the attack the finger of blame his loose a feeling only and transport if there is as you can imagine security measures. to take always mandatory they are and there are serious questions being asked. being implemented see the some feel that when it comes to terrorism the main weapon is the refusal to be intimidated put operations may have returned to normal but people come too late for an act of remembrances and a mark of respect for those who lost their lives in the attack so. well phil reeves says and i would winning journalist and author of terrorism he thinks the blame for the tragedy lies with north caucasus terrorists with links to al qaeda. i think a finger almost certainly points to the caucasus emirate the islamist group

based formally groups but also now spread to the neighboring republics there so you know they were it was two women from dagestan which is to the east of here who were responsible for the bombing of the moscow metro in march of last year so i think for sure the think it will be pointing towards the back group if you look at the sort of legends that established al qaeda it was built up in the war against the soviet union in afghanistan in one nine hundred eighty s. so for sure there is a great sense of inspiration from islamist groups around the world various franchises from i'll probably do you know what i need. just a little bit earlier here in our two we spoke to matthew clements a terrorism expert with jane's defense group in london he says that although airport security was flawed it's hard to make any transport completely safe if you look at the kind of sheer scale of some of the transport networks in moscow itself the size of major train stations of airports it's very difficult to enact security

that can really be hundred percent foolproof the thing is even the most advanced western countries such as the united states there's always going to be weak links in the transport section in the areas where public people gather and there's always going to be opportunity for terrorists to strike it's impossible to safeguard against terrorist attacks although clearly they do seem security measures in place port weren't quite as they should be in the run up to this attack. well coming your way in just a few minutes here on our. business to. find out if. president visit to the economic. treaty between russia and the u.s. no to start ratified by russia federation council the deal would slash both country's nuclear arsenals by around a third now approved by both houses of russia's parliament the treaty must be

signed by president. has more on the story. everything happened really quickly just on tuesday they stay duma ratified the treaty now the federation council has unanimously voted for the ratification of the treaty which means that both chambers also poland have now supported it it's also backed by both president who's sitting now he can now sign the treaty and president barack obama lead in both personally monitoring the way ratification has been going in fact on tuesday barack obama praised. decision to ratify the deal previously were able to speak to the chairman of the federation council's committee for international affairs who also took part in the long running negotiations may come out of the elephant he says that this is a significant step forward in the relations between moscow and washington we managed to pass successfully through the u.s.

senate. so-called wanted three agreement on the russian american cup ration in the nuclear field i mean the peaceful part of it. that is concerned we also moving forward on the russians w t o accession america is very supportive we are moving relatively fast and i think that two thousand and eleven will be the year of russia's w t o accession after that partners will have to do their part of their work repealing the so-called jackson very commandment which is one of the dinosaurs of. the time of the cold war. but it's not enough we have to have more time as we have to have more docking mechanisms we have to have more bridges the more dependent we are the better it is for our future it's the third such agreement between the two countries the first

two were signed back in one thousand nine hundred one and in one thousand nine hundred three with this late. one is meant to reduce the number of strategic weapons on both sides by over one third so it's significant for global security russian deputies did make some special statements or recommendations first of all securing moscow's right to step out of the treaty if you threaten by u.s. missile defense plans in europe and secondly that similar recommendations made previously by the u.s. congress are none binding needing the will do not really washington from its obligations previously the u.s. congress has secured washington's rights to modernize the remaining arms and has also claimed that the treaty should not obstruct america's missile defense plans but these statements on both sides are non binding meaning they will not affect the actual implementation of the agreement. putting them meantime kingston

reef director at the center for arms control and nonproliferation says there's no doubt the start treaty will last its entire ten year term. the treaty is so overwhelmingly in the national security interests of both the u.s. and russia because of the predictability transparency and stability that the provisions in the treaty are going to bring to the relationship that i see no way in which either the u.s. or russia would pull out of the tree and just to go back for a very brief second on the missile defense issue there's been a lot of consternation among some observers that the russians have said that it's that they could withdraw from the treaty if the u.s. builds up its missile defense programs but the russians have been very clear from the beginning that the only only circumstance under which they would consider withdrawing from the treaty because of missile defense is if the missile defenses posed a threat to their strategic nuclear deterrent and the u.s. has made it abundantly clear that he has no intention or desire to threaten

russia's strategic nuclear deterrent and to add to that it will not even have the technology to do so even if it wanted to within the actual life of the treaty. with all of you live from moscow where it's now about a quarter past the hour here and russian president dmitry medvedev the first to promote investment in russia at the annual economic forum in davos switzerland the president's visit will be shorter than planned due to the attack on moscow's main airport on monday even so it's the first time the country has been represented at the forum by its president to use the lore and who's in davos explains why. well this is a key moment for both medvedev and for russia and what it really does is put russia at the center of what has become the most important meeting of world business leaders and governments if you looked at the program of course just sort of ten to fifteen years ago it was really exclusive to western leaders in fact it started off

as a european business forum but there's been a trend in recent years and it's carried on this year whereby there are schools of indians chinese people and russians there are more than sixty important business leaders and government ministers from russia in davos this year and in fact fewer and fewer western europeans and that's what we see as a balance of power shifts to these emerging markets these bric countries and moves towards what we call this new world order where these growing economies these emerging markets are developing so fast. biggest speech and his appearance here at davos will also show that russia is open for business despite what happens and i'm of course referring to monday's a bomb blast at port this does cause medvedev to perspire on his arrival but he's going to deliver this opening speech but before that he'll be taking part in the international business council which is a meeting of what the world economic forum calls one hundred concerned uncommitted

business leaders it's all to promote russia as an investment destination and an economy knowledge of russia to show how they have made economic and legislative steps forward in recent years and to try and attract investment medvedev said that he won't be brushing aside floors and difficulties in russia and of course one of those current difficulties is this terror attack i asked some of the foreign delegates how they thought this bomb blast would affect the perception of russia as an investment destination here's what they told me they don't think we look for. perception as a this nation a forty vestment it's more i think they need to understand. the countries is in control i cover america and we certainly have had terrorist attacks so there are unfortunately as well and it's very unfortunate but we keep going life keeps going business keeps going and i think i say will be true. that was our reporting

from davos switzerland and head of our forum to me treatment here the explain why he thinks that involvement in davos is so important for russia you can watch the full interview in just under fifteen minutes time but for the meanwhile here's a quick preview. i first went there when i worked in the government i did like it because the atmosphere at the forum was very good you don't even need to wear a tie at the same time you can easily run into a major or not so major businessman a president or prime minister grab them by the sleeve ask about things. is to promote awareness of russia's capacity its economic and legislative strength and capacities by talking openly about the. right now let's check out some other major headlines from around the world in brief this hour opposition groups in egypt are calling for a second day of inspired rallies following a government decree banning protests police used tear gas and beat demonstrators in an effort to disperse yesterday's unprecedented rallies against the government the

unrest comes against a backdrop of growing anger over food shortages and unemployment nearly half over gyptian is a live below the international poverty line earning less than two u.s. dollars a day. and in the annual state of the union address barack obama looked some of the divisions between the democrats and republicans in the congress the president called for a massive spending freeze to help revive the country's struggling economy he also emphasized innovation and investment in infrastructure is key to a successful future speech is seen as a move to the center by obama following a midterm election losses last year. the new has boller back to prime minister of lebanon has begun to form his cabinet following two days of widespread protests thousands of sunni muslims poured onto the streets burning tires throwing rocks and accusing the militant group of a coup. the new prime minister has

a valid to unify evidence of society. and its allies ousted the previous western backed government two weeks ago when they put the cabinet. has led on works to restore order peter lavelle and his guests on cross talk discuss just what a hezbollah ruled government might mean for both the fragmented country and for the fractured region is a brief glimpse of what's ahead in just a few hours. this government is much more representative than its predecessor it is an alliance of half the christian community with hezbollah which represents forty percent of lebanon's population as. look there hasn't been a census since nine hundred thirty two but most people would say the figure is close to forty percent so with half the christians with other druze the way over the fifty five percent well you say not true not true what you'll see again is

total nonsense and you know it's like. you're saying there's the fact i think the numbers there are all the numbers that does affect the. fact twenty nine percent and if anything the sunnis have a miniscule edge over them and you know this patrick you know it's really the demographic that is. the fact is tony you don't want to accept. crosspost coming your way in just a few hours but for the meantime time for the business news now with me. welcome to the program it's good to have your company emerging economies are considered the main growth driver in twenty eleven and that's reflected in the turnout for the world economic forum a record number of executives from emerging markets in our correspondent daniel

bush who has been looking at the guest list. no he calls it fact cats in the snow nonetheless bono is here today along with a record number of v.i.p.'s behind me as you can see it's a very packed hall today on the opening day that was in fashion again after three years of global meltdown and bankers are once again coming to the fore last year when the head of barclays bank told me he gets people's anger at the bankers and the banking system but this year he says the time for saying story is over but it might be too late anyway because the chinese are coming china's economy soared ten percent last year through the global collapse compare that with barely one percent for many drugs emerged economies and this is really reflected in today's four and we've now got a true track system forced growing emerging states with corus the reserves like

china russia are on the one hand and on the other you've got sluggish growers with north to levels of debt for example the european union and the united states the slogan for this year's shared norms for the new reality tries to find common ground between the two sides and the first four sessions today all try to learn from the experience of those upstart the first four sessions of dedicated to emerging markets that china russia india and also brazil in particular president medvedev of russia goes on to give a speech where the priority is expected to be welcoming investors and promising them their shareholdings all entirely safe of course that comes on the background of the holocaust trial at the moment and other issues which are of raise some doubts in the west over the safety of investments in russia which really had a full say that in order to transform russia to a knowledge based economy over the coming years from a resource based one it really needs foreign expertise and for that it needs to

guarantee foreign to foreign investments. then you will the reporting from davos in switzerland where as we've heard president better will be speaking tonight well in just a matter of four hours well in nashua verner capital believes he has good reason to deliver an upbeat message about russia i think for the first time a russian leader is going to davos with a lot of positive material behind him so when president medvedev gets up and speaks of battles it will be on the back of the pepsi deal at the end of last year three point eight billion dollars the b.p. rosneft deal at the beginning of this year opening the first pipeline into china only on the first of january there's a lot of really good material that he should be i would emphasize the opportunities that exist for investing into russia and that gives him a great platform to go out there deliver a strong message about why the west should be investing into russia. devils will also hold lessons for russia another lawyer from alpha bank says there's

a chance to assess the global risks to growth the first question i think is how sustainable is the current recall of the global commodity prices because unfortunately russia is still a very big oil play and we have just to you know to take this into account i think the second question is that from the how sustainable the moniker coppery in the u.s. and europe and also i think now we have all perform certain saval this sustainability of the that servicing the very first and it will have to remember the flush is the whole goal of the large central bank reserves so the phone you know one of the strategic interests freshest on stand what would you say european countries and with us fred to dream so the scene is there said that the legation. as i learned over the from alpha back it's a costly affair to shape the future of the global economy new york times is calculated just to get the invitation for the devils for one has to cough up an annual membership fee of roughly fifty thousand dollars

a ticket for the forum costs nineteen thousand dollars and to take part in the closed session with a person has to be an associate member of the form which means another fee of one hundred thirty seven thousand dollars it's no surprise that the devils forum is a money spinner generating one hundred eighty five million dollars a year. secular the markets now european markets are higher taking their lead from asia president obama has called for a freeze in the u.s. on domestic discretionary spending on a lower corporate tax rates carmakers shares were in focus in frankfurt after porsche reported higher sales as shares jumped over free percent inspiring other automakers volkswagen rises to three percent of the gains and b.m.w. are rising around two percent each. here in moscow a steady recovery from monday's decline and tuesday's flat finish well and gas companies are minors are showing the biggest gains while telecoms up will barely

moving up. more details of the stocks energy shares are leading the gains as we heard a gasp probably rallied three percent. close behind her back continue this winning streak its shares are up more than one and a half percent. sales by russia's largest car maker after a jump forty eight percent last year just over five hundred thousand cars production recovered from the collapse of the previous year to stand eighty five percent higher be company says it wants to boost sales by a third this year shares are up more than a percent. and inflation is unlikely to fall within the russian government's target range of six to seven percent this year but prices could moderates in the near future according to the president of d.t.b. twenty four retail. main reasons for not only for prices. started last autumn but also.

in terms of. russian monopolists but fiscal consolidation and tough monetary policy after maybe march april being called for russian government called to cut a new rate of inflation from let's say ten to. eight eight point five percent and that's up from the business team for now but we'll be back in one hour's time with an update to join us.

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