several dozen people were killed in that attack and six out of those killed were foreign citizens in a message though poor lot of claims that military is that schools all over will take place in russia and that the country was in for a year old blood and tears what is remarkable about that particular video is that indeed he was sitting next to a man who would be asked to resemble the very idea of the suicide bomber from the investigative could meet you would know he was a twenty year old man from one of russia's north caucasus republics now is a double lot of himself he was not only the most wanted man but after speak is also on the international we stop terrorists here seeing started qaida and have claimed responsibility for similar terrorist attacks in the past the other two is you said bombings on the mall so match our system and twenty to one forty people were killed and he is also believed to have orchestrated that two thousand nine for me not express train coming from moscow to stop because we know that russian security

forces have refused to call manned on the most recent address of the whole model but meanwhile we also know that security has been tightened all across the country and apparently the suicide bombing at the idea of a hazara village gaping holes in security on public transport ways to see a man two months introduced to the existing and to terror law on monday present bit of khalid amazing with a senior police officials of russia where he kashi criticize the world and he said that the way security was open eyes don about russia's easiest transport hubs was just unacceptable and should be changed we're now witnessing that police of russia are undergoing a major overhaul under a by presidential order and the president hopes that these changes in the work of believe will also improve security in the country in general. well investigative journalist a lecturer at london's pernelle university paul wash where says the attack on doma

dead of the airport sealed oros notoriety as a member of an international terrorist organizations. these groups move more fiercely around the world around you know their own down to leach engines operating in parts of afghanistan and people from you know foreign fighters coming in to assist the chechens the important thing is that this is really the first time we've heard him emerge in you know as a major player in terms of international terrorism i mean he's known for his involvement in the back but also in chechnya but he's not known on the international stage for operating you know terrorist operations like what we've just seen at the moscow airport when back really is the sort of step up the hated it's obviously not the first time the militants are about engaged in acts of terrorism against the russian studies but this is this guy seems to be coming into the frame and taken up some of the space that's been left by people who have been killed or captured. investigative journalist and lecturer at london base for now

university of their last march. now the founder of wiki leaks would face a secret trial and a flagrant denial of his rights if he's extradited from the u.k. to sweden so says julian assange just defense team a london court is hearing evidence on whether he should be handed over to stockholm over sex crime allegations as launched a knife any wrongdoing and says the accusations are part of a conspiracy to punish him for running his whistle blowing website r.t. is laura and it is following the case. this is the second day over today extradition hearing for today in our songs at the end of which swedish prosecutors will be hoping that they can extradite songs 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 there is a directly follow on from wiki leaks release of the us embassy cables which were

deeply embarrassing to washington and say therefore the us will do anything to get its hands on him a black box has been applied to my life. and on the outside of the black box. has been written the word wrote and i hope over the next. we will see the book is in for. the arguments that the defense will be pushing forward focused around us are just human rights they say that his human your rights will be violated if he's extradited to sweden 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 principle of extradition law is that suspicion of having committed a crime is not grounds for extradition you actually have to charge somebody 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 you know what 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. well douglas make now an international lawyer says there are wiggle loopholes that the u.s. quote exploit to get julian assange 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. to the u.s. to stand trial in the u.s. on u.s. charges and then at the conclusion of the proceeding that he would be transferred to sweden based upon mutual agreement of the parties my reading of that provision of the supplemental treaty that the u.s. could hold on to mr of songs if you use convicted in the u.s. so that the charges lodged against him that mr shawn should does use jail time in the u.s. which could be significant jail time and then afterwards transfer back to sweden. coming out here unarmed teen not so neutral switzerland with more guns or any any other european country many swiss are wondering if it's time to finally say a farewell to arms. and especially farmed animals like rabbits are making their

contribution towards the treatment of diabetes and cancer that's coming up. but first two weeks into their street campaign protesters in egypt are still refusing to back down until president mubarak quits thousands are in cairo's to hear square but their lines are being pushed back by the army to get traffic moving banks and some businesses are opening both schools remain closed and the curfew is still in force the government has announced concessions on a pay rise for six million public sector workers meanwhile the country's vice president is being courted by the u.s. to replace mubarak but washington is considered to be a questionable mediator. it's important to support the transition process announced by the egyptian government actually headed by now vice president suleiman. omar. hardly the words of

a neutral burka and worse far removed from the people heard ministration claims to be listening to. dr meg d. below all heads of human rights organization their teachers each option is about democracy he says egyptians don't like solomon for the very reason americans do almost human is part of the solution we consider american people american president zuma. won't. let mubarak who was still in. power in those thirty touted last year by the u.k.'s telegraph is the most powerful spook in the region solomon is suave sophisticated and fluent in english but the former head of egypt's intelligence service worked for years as the cia's men in cairo.

are among the solomon is accused of having been personally involved in torturing suspects which 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 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 u.s. administration was grooming him for years. as far back as two thousand and seven it

had a radio identified him as a possible successor to president mubarak. and many of our contacts believe that solely because of his military background the least have to figure in any succession scenario 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 to people he lost because the secretary of state is admitting to something different but we have to do is to set a consistent message this morning the orderly transition has been. urging not only transparency is here very free but many egyptians are afraid of men and think he's more a dictator the mr mubarak which leaves the united states out in the cold when it has to explain why it's backing him policy r t. despite its

neutral and peaceful limits switzerland has a strong military tradition and has europe's highest per capita rate of gun ownership and every male citizen under fifty years old is a reserve soldier but many question why a country that hasn't been seriously involved in any military conflict for two hundred years should have an army at all because our sylvia 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 suicide militia is being showered in february the longstanding 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 bobbie 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 no 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. it makes 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 know me. because they feel insecure they're 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. in my opinion. for security. well i saw two army can do. anything against. anything. so why should we. or swiss francs for

something to help solve the problems we have the arguments are there give the serious majority still cannot imagine a nation without their men in uniform. only the political left support evolution 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 of the last there's the rise of populism and demagoguery it worries me. 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 are still here r.t. switzerland. switzerland are in the may not have any adversaries but we have a story online about one man that's what rights activists would certainly like to bring to justice the former u.s. president george w.

bush has called off his trip to switzerland due to concerns over protests. it might spark more on the story on the web site. than thirteen characters competing for the title of the sochi winter olympics mascot have been revealed to find out more about him and vote for your favorite head to our website our dot com or are you to page. is. the official.

video. here with archie live from moscow the russian foreign ministry is looking into claims from a british newspaper reporter that he was denied entry into russia the guardian's correspondent luke harding says he was held in a cell for forty five minutes after he arrived at the airport the newspaper added that his passport was returned to him only after boarding the plane back to london the guardian says harding had a valid visa which was an old. but take a look now at some other stories making headlines around the world a lawyer for the former leader of liberia charles taylor has stormed out of his trial in the hague it came after prosecutors refused to accept

a written summary of his defense case taylor stands accused of arming rebels and neighboring sierra leone in exchange for so-called blood diamonds the trial has lasted more than three and a half years with a verdict expected later this year if convicted taylor will serve his sentence in the u.k. . britain's former labor government has come under fire after a report revealed they did all they could to secure the lockerbie bombers release. he was the only person convicted of the aircraft explosion in one nine hundred eighty eight that killed two hundred seventy people he was sentenced to life in prison but returned to libya in two thousand and nine on compassionate grounds a report just released by the present government says the u.k.'s commercial interests in the country are the driving force behind the deal. military officers from the two koreas have sat down for talks following months of high tensions on the peninsula gang and seoul broke contacts late last year when the

north responded to our turn to refire near their territory by shelling a south korean island it's hoped the talks which took place in the town inside the demilitarized zone will lead to higher level dialogue between both countries defense ministers. go cheap and rabbits are making their contribution to modern medicine your moscow the animals are helping pharmaceutical companies produce drugs to treat diabetes and cancer it's a groundbreaking science known as transgenic farming star first discovered more. just how do you milk rabbit more importantly why would you want to. use the genetically modified rivets produce a very valuable drug in the milk which is used in treating cancer. here to scientific research center on the outskirts of moscow these animals are aging scientists and cutting edge research welcome to the pioneering new world of farming

pharmaceuticals this is where the alamo heads these worms ordinary rabbits but if we gaze into the next three and you've got the transgenic or genetically modified ones these guys that are proving so vital in the discovery and development of new treatments for diseases. whilst it might sound strange the milk of transgenic animals has already been used to successfully treat patients and it's not just rabbits around the world traditional farming is now morphing into by a farming fantasy tool 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 can have goals and goals producing 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 us slowly starting to allow drugs produced by transgenic animals onto the market but it's slow progress rush especially a lack of guidelines and solid regulation in this area mean it remains a controversial issue. we feel that playing with genes could be dangerous variables when people haven't fully studied all the erected to remake needs from cheap to resource providers by farming continues to grow these guys produce seem very well end up in your medicine cabinet there for r.t. . if your members here are a team x. kaiser will be giving us his unique take on the world of finance but first let's take a look at the latest business news with korea. hello

and welcome to our latest business of go straight to our top story russian energy major gas promise reportedly in talks with world outsell to why their global alliance sources close to go see a show cited on bloomberg say europe's biggest oil company they offer gas pump assets in asia in return shell wants to expand the liquefied gas plant of the twenty two billion dollars to help. project to win markets in china and india it may also gain access to new offshore oil fields to supply the blog currently shell holes twenty seven percent and fifty percent of sa into it now calls for five percent of global production of energy. now it's been the worst start to the year for precious metals for two decades but analysts say there are still reasons to be bullish even bank of switzerland says the dust will demand for silver could be the strongest since the ninety's the bank expects hedge funds to continue buying gold all the while central bank will add to their bullion reserves for the third year in

a row. to. vocal gold says he's tell policy. the thing about gold this very hard to put your thumb on is that it's really not a commodity it's money it's basically a medium a transaction in a way of storing wealth in absolute terms to give you an idea of the what's been happening in the past two months china's import over two hundred tons of gold so basically take the entire production of russia china is consumed in two months it's norma's figure it's all private individuals not mentioning you know national banks . so china is bringing in money in the of course is a huge tradition of buyer of gold. basically for the first time in many many years central banks have been buyers of gold in two thousand and ten. so you know it's really all about the marginal buyer and it's right now what we have is gold production is more or less flat or declining it has been declining for the past fifteen years. and so it's really a question of how many people are willing to hold their savings in u.s.

treasuries for example or another a fixed income instruments or they want to hold an absolute store of wealth and buy gold so it's really hard to put a price target on it but i can tell you that it's very unlikely it's going to go down more than go up. look at the markets european markets are mixed and trading with the footsie trading in the red and the positive territory it was bank u.b.s. also that profit of seven point two billion francs for two thousand and ten first full year profits and actual crisis marks and spencers topping the list gaining two point four percent and this mining group xstrata one of the jumpers for your profit thanks to stronger commodity prices. russian markets are trading in the red as he's losing half a percent. is down nearly a percent known as chemical is adding to monday's sharp losses the day after it suspended a stock buyback of a shareholder dispute meanwhile the weak crude prices the energy sector with one

point. three days. four consecutive days of losses. russian banks saw the volume of household deposits grow by a third last year the total amount of all deposits in russian banks reached three hundred thirty four billion dollars despite ruble interest rates in some banks being lower than the rate of inflation most russians still prefer to save money in the national comes. and that's all for now which you may be doing or less than one else formal business news here are not.

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for us to. the guys who are coming out here. to look at today's top stories. takes responsibility for the moscow airport. published on an extremist web site. and warlord says he sent the suicide bomber blew himself up in the middle of a crowd. julian assange his lawyers more about the wiki leaks founder would face a bias trial and a flagrant two mile of justice handed over to sweden stockholm insist on his extradition for sex assault charges which just launched in lines. and the u.s.

plans its support for egypt's vice president to take the nation out of the crisis in an orderly manner but people fear swapping president hosni mubarak for a war for the moment could see the contrail out of the frying pan and into the fire . well next financial analyst max kaiser examines how unrest in the middle east could have food prices closer to home. and this is the kaiser report you probably haven't thought much about eating plastic chickens eating plastic eggs or showing down on some plastic rice we're going to be talking about that shortly but first let's bring in the state you see her skies there below hey you know what the biggest story of course is this revolution sweep.