six people and living more than one hundred and twenty injured earlier doku umarov has said that he proposes russia a year of blood in two years in case the country for users to abandon its territory is in the north caucasus and these are ideas to establish an independent muslim state that wouldn't see chechnya dagestan in some neighboring regions he sees western countries as enemies over muslims and have been proved to have links to al qaida plus here he also to close a sponsibility for the two deadly blasts down most the underground that's killed forty people left many more injured as well as for the explosion the strain from last did you see this very old and the van for two thousand and nine but you tell your has there been any reaction from the authorities yet to this. election officials have made no common c.s. about this recent a video posted an extremist web site in which still kumari to cool responsibility for the terror attack ad that there would have to airport coworker the terror

attack house revealed some of the overuse slopes in the countries the security system has according to the russian president meet the musicians who go monday held a special meeting with the representatives of the police forces calling for their board their behavior ensuring that terror attack absolutely unprofessional and acceptable he also signed a bill that would fundamentally change the way the law enforcement agencies operate in country and according to the russian president that will significantly improve the security as well as a state of motion lawmakers are holding a meeting behind closed doors on the terror attack at the damage at the airport they will be discussing a multi level alarm system which will allow all law enforcement agencies work in better cooperation there is thinking about introducing a similar multiple larger system that currently exists in the united states. to turn over current but quite. now the founder of wiki leaks would

face a secret trial and the flagrant did not of his rights if he's extradited from the u.k. to sweden so since june a saunders defense team a london court is hearing evidence on whether he should be handed over to stockholm over sex crimes on occasions song she denies any wrongdoing and says the accusations are part of a conspiracy to punish him for running his whistle blowing web site. to supporting the case. this is the second day over two day extradition hearing for today in our songs at the end of which swedish prosecutors will be hoping that they can extradite to sweden to face questioning over allegations of rape molestation and unlawful coercion made by two swedish women back in august of last year and julian assange himself has always maintained that these allegations are politically motivated he says that they directly follow on from wiki leaks release of the us

embassy cables which were deeply embarrassing to washington and say therefore the u.s. will do anything to get its hands on him to the arguments that the defense will be putting forward are focused around us on his human rights they say that his human your rights will be violated if he's extradited to sweden because sweden has in the past extradited people to egypt which is accused of torture they also say that if he goes to sweden there's a risk that the u.s. will seek either his extradition or they will try to apply illegal rendition to him to take him to the u.s. where he may be held in guantanamo bay or a similar detention facility and they also say that he is at risk of being subject to the death penalty if indeed he is extradited on words to america they're also fighting this on the grounds that he hasn't actually been charged with any crime the swedish prosecution wants to question him about these crimes but they haven't charged him yet and they say that the prince. full of extradition law is that

suspicion of having committed a crime is not grounds for extradition you actually have to charge somebody now the swedish prosecutor's office says that. is protected from transfer eventually to the u.s. by strict e.u. rules they say that even if they do get him to go to sweden sweden can't then do what it likes with us are sweden has to ask the u.k. for permission to extradite him onward to the u.s. and they also maintain that political decisions are not involved in the legal process in sweden so any political pressure applied by washington on stockholm would not float in the law courts in sweden however many say that sweden has an incredibly close friendship with the u.s. and say there would be a lot of political pressure to extradite him onward once he gets to stockholm with this is the last day of this particular hearing but we're not really expecting a decision to be made today the judge has already said that he may take several weeks to consider this decision and then will be able to appeal if the decision

goes against him so we'll have to wait to see how it pans out later on this afternoon. but meanwhile douglas international lawyer says there are legal loopholes that the u.s. could exploit to get songs on its soil. there is a provision in the supplemental treaty between sweden and the united states that sweden could agree to quote temporarily transfer mistress on to the us to stand trial in the u.s. on u.s. charges and then at the conclusion of the at her saving that he would be transferred by to sweden based upon mutual agreement of the parties my reading of that provision of the supplemental treaty is that the u.s. could hold on to mr of songs if you use convicted in the u.s. so the charges lodged against them and mr saunders does use jail time in the u.s. which could be significant jail time and then afterwards transfer back.

coming up arundhati not so neutral switzerland comes back to any other european country the swiss some wondering if it's time to under say they will talk. to his absence makes the heart grow fonder take a look at how america has chosen to remember when the president ronald reagan. egypt's new cabinet says increasing pay in pensions for public sector workers and an attempt to quell two weeks of aggressed protests to sawston refusing to back down until president hosni mubarak quits and while the country's vice president who is leading talks to create a new government has been quoted by the u.s. with washington consider the quest to mediate as ots put to sleep reports. it's important to support the transition process announced by the egyptian government

actually headed by now vice president. omar so i'm on hardly the words of a neutral burka and worse far removed from the people heard ministration cames to be listening to you just don't have it just against him because he is just in boston water government just in that game people have already had three military leaders we want to know more military only civilian leaders now. talk to meg heads of human rights organization that teaches each option is about democracy he says he don't like solomon for the very reason americans do almost any man is part of the solution we consider american people. don't. want to. live mubarak who was still. in power in those sort of things started last year by the u.k.'s telegraph as the

most powerful spook in the region so the man is suave sophisticated and through intern english but the former head of egypt's intelligence service worked for years as the cia's men in cairo for us so. extraordinary. solomon is accused of having been personally involved in torturing suspects this is the problem now in egypt is this a struggle between not between mubarak and the people but because between the american cia covert operators of u.s. power around the world and the people are having to try to get mubarak replaced with somebody else it's. hard to ignore the fact that the very abuses that drove hundreds of thousands of people into the streets had some assistance from the united states people have collected almost with pride these empty tear gas

cylinders that have the words made in the usa written on them and so so much for a regime change so a man was as much made in america as the dictator who appointed him and who is now being thrown out by the egyptian people wiki leaks cables show the us administration was grooming him for years as far back as two thousand and seven it had already identified him as a possible successor to president mubarak. many of her contacts believe that solely because of his military background would the least have to figure in any succession scenario. here. and. perhaps he would leave the transitional period and if successful he would be very happy and so when obama goes on record and says he gyptian is must choose for themselves it is not the world any other country to

determine egypt's leaders only the egyptian people can do that people here lost because the secretary of state is admitting to something different but we have to do is to set a consistent message supporting the orderly transition that has the. urging. transparent is here very concrete but many egyptians are afraid of men and think he's more it dictated a mr mubarak which leaves the united states out in the cold when it has to explain why it's backing him policy r.t. kyra. the spite it's neutral and peaceful image switzerland has a strong military tradition it has europe's highest per capita rate of gun ownership every male citizen under fifty years old is a reserve soldier but many question why a country that hasn't been involved in any military conflict for two hundred years should have an army tour. has more. training for combat preparing

for war except these soldiers are from neutral switzerland and are unlikely to ever experience wartime combat. more and more the centuries old swiss militia is being challenged in february the long standing tradition of keeping a government issued weapon at home as part of military obligations will be put to a vote on whether they should go on keeping their guns at home or store them in public arsenals but that's just one of the arguments local activists like to stuff by has been pushing for a complete abolition of the armed forces as normal cold war we totally surrounded by the european union which is. militarily speaking totally friendly so we have the war in the me so the army has no reason of being no enemy just a tradition do you think that's what someone should have an army. for. certainly not a joke. make fun you know. just play

a big war against but we don't. we don't need. a nine hundred eighty nine referendum on the issue revealed that more than a third of the swiss are in favor of dissolution a figure significant enough to pressure the government to take some action to rein in military activity the size of the army and its budget while still a substantial four point five billion dollars have been cut and the option of joining the civil service instead was introduced it's not enough there is a political clout which means that the parliament is made moves a lot of rich people. i mean people for a moment. feel because they feel insecure there's still about two hundred thousand army personnel with compulsory military service for swiss males and private gun ownership for all conscripts living up to a local saying switzerland does not have an army it is an army not

a pleasant prospect for young draftees like adrian feller who just don't see the point. to shoot. this will more. or. in my opinion annoy me to some kind of false security you say well i saw what the army can do and they do anything against terrorism they can't do anything to social problems and disorder so why should we every year about five billion of swiss francs for something to help us solve the problems we have the arguments are there give the swiss majority still cannot imagine a nation without their man in uniform. not only the political left supporting i believe we're still a minority in this country it's hard to convince the population because it's really a tradition that is deeply rooted in the swiss psyche plus there's the rise of

populism and demagoguery it worries me. that many swiss feel that abolishing the armed forces is a kid to letting go of a tradition of losing that sense of security real or imagined so does a neutral country with no enemies really need an army while support for abolition is elusive the question has been asked and the debate is about to continue just or so you're r.t. switzerland. switzerland is on me i may not have any adverse rays but we have a story online about one that swiss rights activists with certainly like to bring to justice before a u.s. president george w. bush has called off his trip to switzerland to concerns a pretty. that's true but spock wrote that stories on our website. on thirteen karats is competing for the top of the sochi winter olympics must have been revealed. about them but feel a great head to our web site auntie dot. on

the anniversary of what's would have been former us president ronald reagan's one hundredth birthday the american media has spoken glowingly of his legacy but are they reporting more about the myth than the man or tease christine for zero has this report from washington. it was a celebration fit for a king. and even though the u.s. government never had a monarchy if they did this man thank you just may have been the king we give ourselves a little pat on the back for having made republican a proud word once again. ronald reagan the fortieth president of the united states may be gone but his one hundredth birthday saw the mainstream media elevate him to sainthood he stuck to his principles he was authentic which is i think one of the reasons why he is so admired after all of these years but he knew when he needed to compromise this sunday a president ronald wilson reagan would have turned one hundred years old the reagan

presidential library is concerts a giant birthday cake and the opening of a new museum roundtable discussions on his significance from a historical perspective he knew when to hold them he knew wonderful them he was a gordon early five negotiator he had learned all that as the head of the screen actors guild well he's. the most significant republican probably since one of the best things about a president who's dead and gone is it's ok to have a selective memory about what he actually did while in office under reagan the number of employees in the federal government grew from two point eight million to three million national debt grew from seven hundred billion to three trillion during his time in office and he may have lowered taxes but he also raised taxes still here sarah palin president reagan said you can be for big government big

taxes and big bureaucracy and still be for the little guy perhaps that simply because reagan wasn't always for the little guy in one thousand nine hundred one he fired more than eleven thousand air traffic control workers who had gone on strike again what you probably didn't see during the reagan. media love if they do not report for work within forty eight hours they have for sort of their jobs and will be terminated scenes like this all but forgotten from reagan's pre-presidential days. instead he is remembered as the man who rode in on horseback to rescue america it's an image republicans and the tea party in particular have so successfully resurrected that the mainstream media has forfeited its responsibility to critically assess his legacy in washington christine for our take. every flipping out some other world headlines britain's former labor government has come under fire after

a report revealed they did when they could to secure the lockerbie bomber is release. on the run he was the only person convicted of the aircraft explosion in one thousand nine hundred eight that killed two hundred seventy people he was sentenced to life in prison but returned to the two thousand and nine on compassionate grounds paul says the new case commercial interests in the country are the driving force behind the deal. the two koreas are set to sit down for military talks on months of when tensions on the peninsula killing young and sole broke contact last september when the north responded to or to refine it a territory by shelling a south korean island it's the talks to take place near the border will lead to higher level dialogue between both countries defense ministers. firefighters battling to bushfires there perth on australia's west coast brought the blaze under control before as destroyed sixty homes and dozens more damaged officials haven't

cleared the situation safe yet they're warning residents to be vigilant meanwhile the cities on the country's east coast continue to struggle with flooding the minister to get you know it was moved to tears while delivering attributing parliament to thirty five people who died with what's. been sued dawn is set to become the world's newest nation results in the pope to split from the north to confirm. it to show that nearly one hundred percent were in favor of succession the results triggered seems of also the question in the south and i'm sixty two the. president said except to come up with two more hours before. goats sheep and rabbits and making their contribution to modern meds and then more scope these animals are helping pharmaceutical companies produce drugs to treat diabetes and cancer it's a groundbreaking science there's no news transgenic funding was artie's discovered

. just how d. rabbit more importantly why would you want to. risk the genetically modified rivets produce a very billable drug in their milk which is used in treating cancer. care to scientific research center on the outskirts of moscow these animals are aging scientists cutting edge research welcome to the pioneering new world of farming pharmaceuticals. this is where the alamo. these one's ordinary rabbits but if we gave three into the next three and you got the transgenic or genetically modified ones these guys that are proving so vital in the discovery and development of new treatments for diseases. most it might sound strange the milk of transgenic animals has already been used to successfully treat patients it's not just rabbits around the world dition of farming now morphing into by

a farming pharmaceutical companies are now turning to other domestic animals in new ways to produce drugs it's a breakthrough in fairness you know we want to get to the point where we could have . reduced to the same drug in their milk. at the moment this research center doesn't have the funding to produce more than a few of the genetically modified species that rabbits remain the main source of research regulation bodies in the e.u. and the u.s. is slowly starting to allow drugs produced by transgenic animals onto the market but it's slow progress russia especially lack of guidelines and solid regulation in this area when it remains a controversial issue. playing with genes could be dangerous for when people haven't fully studied all the erected to remake from cheap to resource provided by farming continues to grow these guys produce seem very well end up in

your medicine cabinet. they're. going. printer is here now with all the business so it was gold and silver critical we hear the process for these precious metals have taken a bit of a fall reset well it's been the worst start to the year for the precious metals but analysts say there are still reason to be bullish i'll tell you why in just a moment. i welcome to business thanks for joining me it's been the worst start to the year for precious metals for two decades but analysts say there's still reason to be

bullish a survey by bloomberg of the most accurate forecast for the last two years shows they believe both gold and silver could rise twenty percent this year the demand for precious metals is predicted to remain strong as an investment asset for industry backups with elin says industrial demand for silver could be the strongest since at least the ninety's the bank also expects hedge funds to continue to hold bullish positions on gold while the world's central banks will add to their reserves for the third year in a row. now and have a look at how the market's up performing asian stocks the trading makes now japan's nikkei two point four percent market pleasantville better than expected earnings reports from u.s. and japanese companies exhilarating a shift of money out of the merging markets and into development hong kong she has moved between positive and negative as property developers and owners remain undecided. is their own half

a percent down at the moment. and western markets managed a last minute recovery in monday's session indices traded mostly in the red all session long to find some buying incentive after the u.s. positive u.s. opening the mines it's close like the all while the r.t. has gained a third of a percent. now it's been a tough start to the week for russia's equity markets fears over inflation undermining sentiment as to monday for much financial corporation explains. at the fronts of most investors' minds now is inflation especially after we saw john reason for ation numbers coming out at the end of last week it's very difficult for the market to believe that inflation is not going to be a big problem this year for russian equities and at the high levels of inflation on one side here in paris at the margins of victory of russian miners russia still names. on the other side that the government's reaction to high levels of inflation

is going to imply a stronger ruble which is going to impact the earnings of exports as western banks have seen the volume of household deposits grow by a third last year that's according to central bank data the total amount of all the positive vibes from banks as we get three hundred thirty four billion dollars over the ruble deposit interest rate in some banks are lower than last year's inflation rate of eight point eight percent most russians prefer to save money in their national currency however the central bank sees the deposit growth as negative people are certainly not spending the money. and that's all for now but you can always find most always just log on to our website.

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here with r t a recap of our top stories now russia's most wanted man model that takes responsibility for the moscow airport bombings that killed thirty six people in a video address published on an extremist website attention the world says he said suicide bomber who blew himself up a bit of a criminal to. do in a saunders noirs one of the wiki leaks found the face of by a stronger flagrant in other justice if extradited to sweden stockholm once in a trial on sex assault charges which songs do you miss. the u.s. lens its support for egypt's vice president to take the nation out of the crisis an

important. but they will fail sweeping present isn't about iraq or some but is the country could be leaping out of fright and into the fire. if you ania takes its toll and heading that way and eyes ation for security and cooperation in europe we talked to the country's foreign minister about the challenges ahead spotlight is up next. we'll. bring you the latest in science and technology from around plus. we've got the future covered.