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pm in moscow i match president good to have you with us here on r t our top story it started out as any other normal monday in the belorussian capital minsk but ended in carnage and horror a terrorist bomb blast tore through the metro at the peak of the evening rush hour killing twelve and injuring more than two hundred police say they've put together a fifth of the two suspects two suspects believed to be involved in the attack or he's a cattery groucho reports from minsk. as we arrived in the early hours it was so candles and the piles of flowers laid around the entrance to the activists station of course they'll be more people coming to the side of the tragedy throughout the day to pay their respects to those killed an explosion tore through

a key subways ation in the russian capital of means during evening rush hour dozens of those injured are still in hospital's intensive care units across the singing i reporters who are up at the scene minutes after the blast told us that they saw hardly wounded people being carried out of the the. actual station including those with missing limbs i would miss also told us that seconds after passengers stepped off a train explosion hit the station as the police later reported the bomb was fixed under a banshee on the station's platform we saw a flash everything began to shatter people were lying everywhere some of last arms and legs i was very scared there was smoke all around and i couldn't see anything. given the train shouted people were fooling passengers started to shout don't panic don't panic when i was getting over train i saw people in line of the duras it was really hard and we're moaning i wanted to pull them up stairs but there was no one

to help me because there were just injured people around me. but yes there was a lot of blood the whole floor was covered bloodstreams it was a horrible scene we helped one man to get up stairs it was very dark we were prudence or for kate because of the smoke except his connection station is the busiest one on the means subway system as it has only two metro line send the station as well these two lines intersect obviously it was packed with passengers are now the main version being considered but investigators suspect it was a terrorist attack and now after the last president to hold an emergency meeting will. law enforcement agencies sound. security agents and they. rush for help intense as russia has a past experience in dealing with the after months of similar tragedies and investigates and in an even terrorist attacks it was the first at last it means

show and it fails harris that's out of the country's history. authorities in bellerose say the metro was aimed at undermining peace and stability in the country to an assignment from the british conflict resolution group links of london believes the explosion could be part of a pattern of attacks are cross european capitals clearly. is not immune to these kind of incidents that we've seen then moscow that we've seen in london that we've seen in mother lead and in other places and so this would obviously be a number of alarm bells among the authorities maze a lot of questions because. this is not an obvious target. and i would dismiss the this is somehow connected with in terms of the russian part of the situation because. political situation moves in a different way and we have never seen examples of describing the violence so it

could be that this is something very specific connected with something very specific and this will perhaps emerge in the course of the next days. the explosion ripped through a metro station which is just meters away from president lucas shane those main office and a residence so again stroker in a political analyst from russian newspaper says the attack could be a sign of some people's discontent with authorities. looked like a like early to require place and there was no any out of the operation or there was no any islamic radicals there so nothing to that's a big question who staying behind that i can affirm in that those public discontent which is generated even for what it was and deliver the worst societies i've been on about the controversial december. nineteenth presidential election ten times there were various ways of our fourth manifestation some people of

a political mainstream process but at the same time would contra love that they can be known and why not obscure a group of radicals who just want to press for themselves in such a great and he thinks just three five people you see had basic knowledge of physics chemistry and engineering just to conduct such a theme. commentary from serious stroke on a political analyst from russian commerce newspaper will be bringing you latest developments in minsk throughout the day here on our t.v. and there's plenty more headed your way this hour including this reaching crisis point in your facility has declared a maximum state of alert as radiation continue spreading. and fifty years since mankind first blasted all of the stars the world celebrates your hair and restored out of this world achievement. but first with libyan rebels rejecting an african union peace plan there seems to be no end in sight for the

conflict in the country the opposition still relies on coalition forces to aid its cause but it seems it could prove more of a hinderance in the wall of iran it's been claimed the allies had been using i mean nation containing depleted uranium a substance that can cause cancer and you teach ins in those affected. investigates . these leave young men cheer on top of a tank hit by coalition forces unaware of the silent killer they could be breathing in as they celebrate though the western coalition denies using depleted uranium in bombings in the country others say there is a good chance weapons with the highly poisonous radioactive elements have been used that kind of damage but there's a really good chance that with a new round i'm about a ninety percent sure that was do you around that's really stupid anybody who is on it is getting

a load already and she exposed her. the level of the wind blowing. that rules the particles are in the air. all these people in these cars you. know lisa stary served in the u.s. military during the first gulf war in the early ninety nine it's clearing out battlefields in kuwait back then the u.s. dropped more than three hundred fifty tons of depleted uranium over kuwait and iraq pictures of bombings from libya seem all too familiar you see how those touches are red that's the burn and see how it shoots out instead of a cone and you've got the flare at the bottom that's a do you explosion depleted uranium in military terms is highly efficient relatively cheap and powerful enough to penetrate the heaviest armor nato flatly denies its use in libya even though the u.n. human rights commission has called for a day then countries who refused to sign up include the u.s. the u.k.

france and this will the smallest particles of uranium nanoparticles are the most dangerous ones in haled they get into the blood and can spread into any organ including the heart grain liver cancer particles penetrate your cell tissue this is when you get all kinds of kinetic new patients and people in iraq for example being that contaminated air every day and experts say there is no way to fight it in fallujah or in iraq where the u.s. blocked thousands of depleted uranium rounds after the two thousand and three invasion a quarter of all babies are born with a range of horrendous ever normalities higher rates of cancer leukemia and infant mortality have been found here then after the it tomic bombs were dropped on hiroshima and nagasaki the u.s. and the british military admitted widespread use of depleted uranium in bombing bosnia in one thousand nine hundred ninety five

a legacy felt today with cancer and leukemia rates several times higher than normal got told medical confirmation all around pollute. a rock with the help approach of the radium earlier and we see it throughout iraq are a saudi arabia kuwait afghanistan somalia the balkans and again now we're seeing the movement into a libya dr dog rocky who was a leading specialist in the cleanup after the gulf war says there is no way of actually decontaminating affected areas i was going to remember around a lot about the health and environment approach your admission he in south was exposed to depleted uranium almost all of the members of his team are now dead some fear that the suffering of those bombs in areas where there will be no western troops will go unnoticed and i think happens in. libya i suspect just because you spend time to try and. just sort of saying hey look everybody's

here they've got fences. with nations and so forth i don't think anyone listens it pleaded you rhenium has a hof life of four and a house billion years hands it's this corruption by some as the silent killer that will never stop killing. our t. washington d.c. japan has upgraded the severity rating of a paralyzed fukushima nuclear plant to seven hours or only ever previously assigned to the sure noble disaster officials say it's been a raise because high radiation has been recorded in the air ocean and tap water but chapin's nuclear safety agency is still reluctant to compare the dangers of what happened at chernobyl saying the radiation leak is still smaller earlier a powerful aftershock shoki eastern japan has come exactly a month after a devastating earthquake and tsunami hit the country killing more than thirteen thousand people robert jacobs from the hiroshima peace institute believes the

authorities have been keeping the officials are very rating at lower to avoid panic . the danger is extremely severe right now and one of the problems is that the level of danger in syria he is still uncertain unknown we still have three clans in the corps and partial meltdown you have off fourth plant with the spent fuel pool on getting off quite a bit of radiation and at this point there is no clear path towards resolving it ending this situation so. it's remain extremely dangerous because we could end up with a complete meltdown of several of the reactors or we could end up with just an ongoing release of radiation for a few months without any good scenario at this point i think that from the start they are going it's been critical to trying to make it appear as though that since it is smaller than and although. they've kept the evacuation zone two smaller than that of chernobyl they tried to keep enough to lower the net its own i think that

it was largely to do with public perception. but ultimately because the situation was not controllable and events forced the whole two. up to see quite a is that a lot of radiation was entering the environment of the japanese government was no longer able to contain this with public relations efforts i believe that sin tightly public relations reasons that did not raise the level i think that when they raise the level to a five which is equivalent to three mile island accident in the united states it was clearly all but a sudden but by that i mean even raised to call it was an extremely large and that sort of radiation into the environment. commentary there from robert jacobs with the hiroshima peace university discussing the rising radiation levels at the fukushima plant. fifty years ago mankind could hardly imagine we would one day be able to stare down in our planet from above but on april twelfth one thousand nine hundred eighty one here he did garron was propelled not

only to the stars but also to global fame when he became the first man in space or he says are still you visited the place where history was made. i'm here in baikonur where many significant events of space history had taken place not least of which was the first successful manned space flight well it all began here because on this day fifty years ago cosmonaut yuri good got aboard his bus took one capsule and blasted off into space all that launch pad where he had taken off from is now called the good god in start it's the very same launch pad used by the a so used to make twenty one crew when they left for space on april five going to the international space station they were of course in a spacecraft that much of you to go got into mark this anniversary well since then a lot of there's a long list of achievements in terms of space exploration what's different countries have done in back field well we have been speaking to the astronauts and for them one of the biggest progress they've seen really is the

a cooperation among countries now of course there are a lot of celebrations flying to to a mark the anniversary here in baikonur famous personalities are expected to be here in a naso he will be holding one of big yuri's night party where you got it made that flight in one nine hundred sixty one he made a name not just in russia but all over the world. as character accomplishment by one brave soviet cause minutes commemorated at the united nations fifty years later get in the first man in space for digs a vision unveiled to a crowd of roughly one hundred guests among them americans honoring a cold war era flow whose achievements in becoming the first man in orbit delivered a huge space research victory to the u.s.s.r. i thought it was fantastic and i thought it was about and i was very jealous because his showcase were soviet science and technology and it's nice. from the russian perspective. that the russians opened up space for the rest of the world

still images and film document yuri gagarin's preparation for the first flight the world fame of harm his return and the. for further soviet victories that followed over the next three decades it was the first cosmonaut is russian the first person to go into space is ours the first is ours so there really are things to be proud it is this is an instance. of guernsey's monumental achievement is now officially marked worldwide the u.n. general assembly has adopted a resolution declaring april the twelfth the international day of human spaceflight just south of the international stage. and new york is hosting a yuri's night game dance party to mark the anniversary american fans clad in costumes. guerin go lactic dream think he is seen as a hero because what he did with something nobody had ever done before nobody knew

what would happen whether he would come back in one hundred in eight minutes the twenty seven year old orbiting the planet and return to earth as an international hero in the nation's capital now officials attending a gathering at the russian embassy spoke of inspirational feat now as a result we have become incredible partners on the international space station i think you know when he started we now try to finish with the international space station and then subsequently will will explore beyond low earth orbit together it was such a gigantic achievement for all humanity and of course we're very proud of their role in this ad and having him be the first person here you garlands courage and curiosity blaze the path for cars menards around the globe while outer space odyssey may seem like something of a common occurrence today five decades ago the world was rejoicing as

a soviet legend went where no man and before were in a corner artsy new york. mitri medvedev is reaching out to the stars on the ultimate long distance phone call the russian president has congratulated the crew of the international space station for continuing what good garron started century ago teleconference was held at star city mission control center near moscow president as bad it was there to see for himself a specialist work that goes on there the president also awarded a number of russian and foreign cosmonauts and astronauts for a marginal achievement in the industry but the. victor garber soviet pilot who trained with could go in and was among the first cosmonauts he gave r.t. an insight into those pioneering days of space travel and into the character of the first man in orbit. we put you through it was the sort of man that would not let you down in battle or renewable line he had a talent for organization good he had more experience than us in life he had been

through school or college the aviation club and the academy before he even started serving in the northern battalion one of his positive qualities was that his superiors his friends and he supported disliked him that was important he had a strong sense of juicy suit he stayed home for his fights that his goal was for every pilot who came with him to fly into space but he did his tests to make that happen every pundit from the group of twelve who would not eliminated due to poor health you could call it discipline the old coach to make this space flight. stay with us after our main news that full interview is coming your way in about ten minutes. you can get more of a good garden on our website r.t. dot com and see the results of what are out of this world competition to design images of his achievement this amazing entry is actually created from the original newspaper story no surprise that it's run there were many more entries from all

across the world everything from collages of charcoal sketches in oil paintings exclusive pictures made by you our t.v. or god and how to look for yourself r t v dot com. turning now to some other stories that are making headlines across the globe in ivory coast an internationally recognized leader on a ouattara has urged peace after his rival was finally captured the rotten have been refusing to cede power since last november's elections lunging the country into a conflict that claimed almost a thousand lives and caused around a million to flee the violence a criminal investigation will be opened on boggo his wife and their entourage has promised them fair trials the president is now facing the huge task of reuniting the country. in peru the presidential election will go to

a second around pitting a left wing former army officer against the daughter of a jailed former president orlando who model who are who won the first round but didn't get fifty per cent needed for a right victory will take a run off now to take place on june fifth. two women wearing muslim veils have been arrested in paris after taking part in an authorized protest against the ban on wearing a garment in public controversy a law came into force on monday anybody floating the rule could be fined up to or hundred fifty euros and sent to attend special citizenship classes critics say the move by presidents are cozies to win over voters from the right. we're back with a recap of our top stories in a few minutes but first the latest business news with.

thanks marc this is our business update thanks for joining us they dropped us a prime minister has decided to step down as chairman of the country all major ross net is the first to follow the presidential order that top officials should leave the doors of state companies to honor of course not and they're also not. because of his role as deputy prime minister igor searchin has had to step down from the board of last left no this was because of a presidential really really meant no senior government officials could be on the boards of major companies now just how this will affect the major dealy sixteen billion dollars share swap deal between rosneft and b.p. remains to be seen section was one of the key architect of that deal he'll now be replaced by thirty ish ition who's the senior vice president at v.t. bank it's now mr shushan job to try and make sure that deal goes through but this is the only news coming out of the ross left a b p saga today we've also heard the t.n.

k b p b p's official partner here in russia that they are looking to sue p.p. for tale of billion dollars should this deal go ahead. and of course came from nor councils has the time log announcement could not have been more perfect. is one of the companies which were announced for their position this year old next year and the timing extremely well for us in the of before they're pretty sure there will be easing program in the states but there are a lot of cash in the market the could be more sold for four in buyers for four for me of baggage is going to be sold through therefore it has to get done very quickly and i think this is a very timely action. russia's economic development minister of the euro now the owner and presidential aide our colleagues were called which have removed themselves from the list of candidates for the supervisory board it's very bank

that's according to the bank's president haven't read the board might now consider one other kinds of sense of presence sixteen have already been approved for that seventeen seed. and in other news the russian currency is slightly down against the dollar. after rising to its highest level in more than two years the previous day to discuss whether ruble goes from here and i joined live by can't believe b.c. is fine. thank you very much indeed for the time thanks for joining us at the ruble has made some significant gains this year but what's been driving the rally. i think the message we're getting from the market is very clear. inflationary environment where. it's the pure demand supply factors we have a geopolitical problems as well as. a huge amount of liquidity flow flowing into the financial system and that's why i think the appreciation in russian ruble in line with the commodity prices do not you circled reflect the previous correlation

we had in the late ninety's and early. twenty first century do you think it will continue and was the peak absolutely i think. we have different environment then a crisis in two thousand and eight i think there is much upside being commodities. and that will reflect also a russian nobel prize but there will be inflection point sometimes in the second half of all of our two thousand and eleven and then at that point i think money will go back to the u.s. dollar denominated assets thus there will be increasing u.s. dollar and we have a correction in russian or russian to see hasn't appreciated as much as it could have given the high oil prices or is that and i think the reason is that we're leaving inflationary environment and besides higher commodity prices we have. felt there was a lot like not work on objects which is very specific for russia and that just you know gives

a global investors another view on the russian ruble. can the turkish relate from the spine to thank you very much indeed for it was served. to the markets right now japanese stocks have closed in the negative with fresh concerns that will pose great recovery recent significant jump shocks on the news of the fire at the fukushima plant sure the top japanese also have a good toyota one point four percent stops were pulled but the company than to us deal is a quote significantly impacted for the summer shares of hong kong bonds has been down for the city's managerial sorceries that it will step up monitoring of the business plans and funding and strategies for the rest of the game as credit was surging as a much faster rate than big rise in deposits and the european markets are also down the sound european stocks dropped after japan raised the severity level of its nuclear crisis commodity related stocks are coming under the heaviest pressure is all around metal prices to the right. here in moscow the markets are extending

yesterday's losses because the r.c.a.'s on the my success shutting around one point two percent a negative news from a broader. board plights. let's take a look at some individual shivers and she may just move significant closes with andros not down to around two percent the south banking stocks are also in the red with burbank losing over one point five percent on the buy six. that's the business news for now it's a little launch of outside but she recalls lushness. the .

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