well russian authorities say he stabilizing the country was the main objective of the terrorist attack on the capital subway that killed twelve and injured more than two hundred. probable blots rocks the macho here and meets all the latest details and reaction polling monday's bloody valentine coming up in just a few moments also tonight warnings of cancer and physical mutations in libya as war veterans accuse allied forces of using poisonous depleted uranium in the military. plus he traveled to space and landed in the pages of history russia

celebrates fifty years since yuri gagarin became the first man to journey to the start. this is our team from moscow it's eight pm tuesday night and i welcome my name is kevin zero in on the top story says the security and stability of belarus was the main target of the attack that killed twelve people left over two hundred injured a photo fit of the main suspect behind the explosions been released now by authorities three suspects are being detained he is a captured a good show over talk to those who witnessed the bloodbath in the very heart of. it is a day to remember solemnly here in minsk the morning after the tragedy you can see piles of flowers candles and icons later rounds of the entrance to that campus commercial station hit by the explosion during evening rush hours on monday all

obviously emotions and feelings are running high as people want to be together on the stand many before going to work make a stop over here to observe a minute of silence my dear to the feeling this morning after the blast terrible feelings i couldn't expect anything like that happening in this country it's such a crime it's not just thinking that i have to pay tribute to those who died and wish a speedy recovery to those who are currently in hospital among those who remember solemnly on the stay or also witnesses of the attack some of them how those injured the first minutes after the tragedy by those one of them. who do you give first aid how many. there were a lot i hope one person to get up stairs three others joined him but person was seriously wounded it was all covered with blood it was also

a man who up for people to get out there was blood all around and i still have it on my. witnesses say minutes after the blast they saw hardly wounded people being carried out of these natural station including those with missing limbs those injured remain many of them remain in intensive care units in hospitals across the city and to give you an idea this blast happened during evening rush hours where there were so many commuters on the mattresses so this metro station is the busiest in the capital of means this is where two natural lines intersect so this is why those so many passengers during this evening rush hour also it's only one hundred meters from the republican palace where a lot of state ceremonies take place and from the central square of means an hour after the after these last president alexander lukashenko suffered a terrorist attack was the maid version being considered he also served and he

would turn to russia for a helping hand with all that russia has a huge experience and healing would be after months of similar tragedies apart from russia he's well and the u.k. will be also assisting belarus in investigating into the causes of this bore me well it's the first bloss to hit the means camacho and it's also the first fatal terrorist attack in the country's more than history. journalist paul our choice is the president has shown her his policies with the ultimate target of terrorists. the k.g.b. have put forward three notions that our group of disaffected people or young extremists or someone with mental illness my suspicion is that it's aimed at president you shango because it's only one hundred meters from these ministration offices and of course he's a very controversial figure he's a he is ruled the roost for now for the nineteen years he's brushed over many of

the elections the last elections in december were contested and i think that what we might be seeing is a rising discontent with these authoritarian regime well if you keep a tight grip on the country for a long period of time great pressure the only people who rebel against it become more and more extreme in their manifestation i think that's where you know you see now and i think that unless president lukashenko takes these on board and actually moves towards a more democratic and with proper supervised elections that are seen to be fair and transparent i think unfortunately they see more of this. so five moscow time this is r t and still ahead in the pile on high alert the country's raise the severity rating of its nuclear crisis to the highest level putting the emergency on par with the chernobyl disaster we go to all coming up for you. first though military experts are accusing coalition forces in libya of using depleted uranium when there

are strikes a deadly substance can cause cancer and physical mutations of those who come into close contact with it the claims are surfacing as the ongoing nato led campaign is being stepped up with no clear end in sight that is going to trigger kind investigates you may find some reason which is coming up disturbing to. these libyan men cheer on top of a tank hit by coalition forces unaware of a 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 element have been used that kind of damage that there's a really good chance that was the thing you wrote about in the nine percent or there was do you know that there's only one who's on it is getting low level radiation exposure. the level of the wind blowing. that rules the

particles are in the air. so all these people would use cars you. know lisa serious served in the u.s. military during the first gulf war in the early ninety nine clearing out battle fields 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 there's touches of red that's the burning see how it shoots out instead of the cones and you've got a flare at the bottom that's a new 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 ban countries who refused to sign up including the u.s. the u.k.

france and this will the smallest particles if you are a new nano particles are the most dangerous ones inhale they get into her blood and transcribing to any organ including the heart brain liver lungs the particles penetrate your cell tissue this is when you get all kinds of genetic mutations and people in iraq for example grieve mean that contaminated air every day and experts say there's no way to fight it in fallujah or in iraq where the u.s. dropped 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 of being 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 bosnia in one thousand nine hundred five for a legacy felt today with cancer and leukemia rates several times higher than normal

and got trouble medical confirmation all round pollute. iraq but the health effects of the radio we see you throughout iraq or saudi arabia kuwait afghanistan somalia the balkans. again now we're seeing a movement in two world libya dr doc rocking 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 environmental protection re-emission he himself was exposed to depleted uranium almost all of the members of his team are now dead some theory that the suffering of those bombed in areas where there will be no western troops will go unnoticed happens in. i suspect just because it is. and. everybody here.

with nations and so i don't think anyone depleted uranium has a half life of four and a house billion years hence it's description by some as the silent killer that will never stop killing. our t. washington d.c. well for more on these worrying accusations of depleted uranium being used by coalition forces in libya let's get some comment on it cross to berkeley california we're joined there by journalist kohn hell of a cold time spent on the program speciated know the u.s. to noise doesn't using to peace geranium in libya and yet we just heard war veterans in that report there claim that there is evidence showing his use by coalition forces in airstrikes what extent do you think these accusations are true then tonight oh not certain if they're true for instance the eight chan which is low level standard attack plane that in ny state uses a only

a c one thirty which is the large large airplane that fires twenty five millimeter and thirty million. initially those are all depleted uranium ammunition i mean you know they don't make non depleted uranium addition for those of course they're using depleted uranium the other thing is if you look at some of the damages in the tanks you'll notice that there is like a single hole in the tank that is a classic entrance point for depleted uranium munitions quickly a thirty millimeter shell you know for non-scientists you know you have a you're a new me immediately think of just how dangerous are these defeated ukrainian bombs . well it depends what happens to the new dangerous situations it's not that they're terribly radioactive but when they explode they explode into a fireball about ten thousand degrees fahrenheit right that produces about seventy percent of the show to

a powder it's the powder that's the danger it's not so much that you get it on your skin or something it's that you breathe it in or you ingest it and you can do that either as you radium but it's also because you bring in is a toxic metals you very dangerous heavy metal so it gets into the water table and it does the image to the kidneys and the liver is very very highly dangerous the world health organization has warned against you see it and the u.s. army theoretically has a number of requirements for dealing with it that involve not contaminating i'm calling really sinister side to this if it's a long term effects isn't it that it builds up this does last as long as yours has been around this is four point four billion years that's about the that's about the length of the of the earth so this is forever essentially and the danger to it is this because it's very anti uranium is strictly having it sinks down low into the ground and it gets into the water people so the problem would be that twenty thirty

forty years from now you're going to be have the steady leakage of both toxic metals and your am into the water tables of these not a lot of the things are are take a long time to develop cancers take a long time to go so we're not going to know exactly cause i want to know the answer to this sometimes but again since a few other things want to ask you an f. inspire you and some committing a banned the use of the plays uranium i think it's a thousand or two a veto to the crime by france the u.k. and the u.s. what do you think these countries are willing to move it out if these consequences you you telling us about. well the thing about you've completed your main ammunition is that it's spectacularly effective i mean it's essentially turns four inches of hardened armor into marjorie's it just goes right through it to do it centrally is no defense against it depleted uranium shells so course if you're a war you want to have depleted uranium munitions and the united states is now

trading and selling depleted uranium munitions to a large number of its nato allies and not on nato allies but twenty five countries across the world there are some countries that have refused to use it germany italy refused to use it and belgium is the first country to actually began its use of the latin american parliament has also voted to declare a moratorium on the use of depleted uranium check now on the topic of the coalition's ongoing campaign in libya today france and the u.k. criticize made his involvement in the libyan assault said that nato isn't doing enough to destroy the weaponry used by moammar gadhafi forces but he was on that. well what's happened is you original u.n. resolution one thousand nine hundred three call for no fly zone did not call for taking part at one side in the civil war it certainly did not call for attacking

personnel or artillery eccentric united states and france and britain simply added that on so right now the problem is is that we're supporting one side in a civil war which now appears to be a stalemate we thought it was going to be over quickly it's not going to be over quickly and here we are stuck in libya i really don't know how this is going to come out in the long run the african union had a successful meeting with qaddafi the rebels have rejected the results of it i really don't know where this is going in the long term this was a very ill thought out war call howden phone surveillance program good to hear your thoughts and what you think about these events in iran are they. one of the big story today japan's race the nuclear alert level equated fukushima plant to the maximum of seven it puts the crisis on par indeed then with the chernobyl disaster the decision was based on new data showing the war radiation have leaked from the damaged plant than previously thought but officials say that the upgrade doesn't

mean the situation is becoming more critical the operator of the fukushima plant appears however to be no closer to restoring cooling systems at the reactors and another powerful aftershock across eastern japan forced the operators were evacuated stuff again it came a month after that massive earthquake and tsunami hit the country leaving over thirteen thousand people dead. jacobs from the have ashima peace instant she says there is no clear path towards resolving the situation. the danger is extremely severe right now and one of the problems is that the level of danger insecurity is still uncertain unknown you still have three plants in the cores and partial meltdown you've. spent fuel them. off quite a bit. and at this point there is no clear end or resolving it and in this situation so. it's really only dangerous because we could end up with

a complete meltdown of several reactors or we could end up with just an ongoing release of radiation for a few months that area at this point i think that from the start that we're going to try to make it appear as though that since it is smaller the proposal. they kept the evacuation zone to smaller than normal they tried it in a lower than their own i think it is largely due to good public perceptions but ultimately because the situation was not controllable events forced. to. to see quite a lot of radiation was entering into the japanese don't want. to contain this republic relations are. sit tight with public relations reasons that did not raise the level i think there when they raised the level to have all of which is one of the three mile island accident in the united states it was clearly or better starting it but i think even raised the call it was an extremely large instance of

radiation into the environment if cheema. follow the latest to a course on one and that was a rapid jacobs there from the hiroshima peace institute talking to us from japan. well do you know if it is tuesday night nato is not doing enough to destroy heavy weaponry used by moammar gadhafi forces in libya that's according to the french and british foreign ministers they called on colonel gadhafi to step down and said that civilians remain at risk despite nato as actions rebels opposing gadhafi have been pushed back despite the fall in bombing raids the country's been ravaged by civil war since february with thousands dead and injured. the palestinian authority is no largely ready to govern a state to the united nations report on it the findings will be submitted to a palestinian donation meeting on wednesday in brussels and that report warns that it would be difficult for the palestinian authority to make any additional progress while the israeli occupation continued and paste also may still dialogue between

the two sides has been on hold since last year over the issue jewish settlements in the west bank. in ivory coast internationally recognized leader a list somewhere taras peace to his rival was finally captured. refusing to step down since last november's elections leading to a conflict which has claimed almost a thousand lives a criminal investigation will be opened into the actions of his wife and their own to the president faced with the task of reuniting with country first. fifty years ago today mankind opened the grand new chapter of its history by ushering in the manned exploration. sprague's people across the globe are marking the anniversary of your regards pioneering flight. reports now from a cosmodrome a proposal the first into space i'm here in baikonur where many significant events in 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 you to go got aboard and his boss took one capsule and blasted off into space well that launch pad where he had taken off from is now called the good god start it's the very same launch pad used by b.s. so used to i'm a twenty one crew when they left for space on april five going to be a international space station they were of course in a spacecraft that had the image of god and to 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 died about feel or have been speaking to the astronauts and for them one of the biggest progress they've seen really is the ration among countries now of course there are a lot of celebrations splines a two hour mark the anniversary here in baikonur famous personalities are expected to be here in the not so he will be holding one of the big yuri's night party that where you got it made that flight nine hundred sixty one he made

a name not just in russia but all over the world. i still work accomplishment by one brief sylvia cardinal commemorated at the united nations fifty years later get in first man in space for the exhibit unveiled to a crowd apparently one hundred yes among them americans honoring a cold war era for whose achievements in becoming the first man in orbit delivered a huge piece recent victory to the u.s.s.r. i thought it was fantastic and i thought it was about town and i was very jealous of this is a showcase for soviet science and technology and it's nice. in the russian perspective absolutely. the russians opened up space for the rest of the world still images and film documents yuri gagarin's preparation for the first flight the world honey his return and the trail for further soviet victories followed over the next three decades because the first cosmonaut is russian first person to go into

space as ours. is ours there really are things to be introduced as indian students along with those. guernsey monumental achievement is now officially marked worldwide the u.n. general assembly has adopted a resolution declaring april twelfth the international day of human spaceflight just south of the international stage. new york is hosting a yuri's night game dance party to mark the anniversary american fans clad in costumes. i think erin elastic 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 eight minutes the twenty seven year old orbited the planet and birch her turf as an international hero in the nation's capital now officials attending a gathering at the russian embassy spoke of darren's inspirational feat now as

a result we have become incredible partners on the international space station i think you know what he started. to finish with the international space station and then subsequently we will explore beyond low earth orbit together it was a gigantic achievement for all humanity and the records of course we're very proud of their role in this and having him be the first person yuri gagarin's courage and curiosity blaze the path for cosman arts around the globe while outer space odyssey may seem like something of a common occurrence today five decades ago the world. what's rejoicing as a soviet legend went where no man went before her in a fortnight artsy new york i love you stay with are two going to be covering the fiftieth anniversary of your garden first flight throughout the day of course but a test for a city will bill you more on that in an hour from now five she's been looking into

the story of the man behind the legend so stay with us if you can find or want to go it was really like from those three new investor class with the story of the man that mistaken for your e.q. garant stay with me here the front door opens of the countries where it's agreed the war well that too in an hour's time on this channel r.t. from moscow. writes exactly a twenty four minutes past eight o'clock no moscow time is just twenty minutes away from the latest tuesday night sports round the russian hockey finals next much more the tally of course our business news and it's created when it comes here. for a welcome to our business update here on r t thanks for joining me deputy prime minister igor session has decided to step down as chairman of the country's state run oil major ross next he's the first to follow the presidential order the top official should leave the boards of state companies are all over reports headquarters in moscow. he go to such an announce to ross next shareholders that he will step down

as the head of the company well this is due to a presidential ruling here in russia that says that no government official can also hold a position on the board of a major company amidst the such it is also the deputy prime minister here which means he has to step down from that position as the head of loss next now although they have no and that this was going to happen it was expected presidential ruling only came in around two weeks ago so it hasn't given much time to you to settle in for russian if this they've got it could cause some uncertainty surrounding the sixteen billion dollars share swap deal between next and be paid now this deal hasn't had many many snags in the past t n k p p p p's russian partners at the moment to try to oppose it at every turn and they've even suggested that's. day ten of billion dollar lawsuit could be filed by t n k b p against b.p.

at a loss of earnings that they could make from the exploration of fields b.p.'s russian partners were widely expected to hold an extraordinary meeting on wednesday to try to resolve their differences by tanking b.p. is now saying that meeting will not be taking place that dispute is also causing a headache for the government that has a strong interest in the exploration of the arctic laura and i for a believes there's also a silver lining for russia. i think the point that been missed in western circles as this is actually great news for russia and great news for the legal system because. you have a great example here of where the policy is how to contracts in the course of said you've got a contracts you must obey is. the fact that you have a common you're trying to do something with but by the russian government is irrelevant the reality is you have a contract we have a rule of law russia so actually i think this is a point that western media has of missed i think it's

a great day for the russian system now top officials are leaving the boards of other big state companies economic development instead of even if you will in the end presidential aide are quoted her colleagues will be stepping down from burbank supervisory council there's still a number of state companies will talk with their shells on their boards among them right after this to be done to do so and as you minister with a gas pump. now taking a look at the markets now stocks in the u.s. are lower after alcoa kicked off earnings with lackluster sales that's up at the time a measure of the severity of its nuclear crisis the highest level alcoa said late on monday if we turn to the first quarter profit but said revenue grew just five point nine six billion dollars instead of the six point sixteen billion dollars that analysts expected. in europe markets british today lower in mining stocks dragged you case forty below the six thousand level on tuesday travel stocks and drug makers were the strong performers commodity related stocks were under pressure

on lower oil and metal prices because a mess was the biggest decline on a foot say dropping four and a half percent. and here in moscow the markets finished in the red bow fiance has them as it's lost nearly two and a half percent on negative news from abroad and lower oil prices now let's take a look at some individual share moves by energy majors to meet significant losses with coke else palma and roll snap chatting over three percent banking stocks were also in the red but spared bank losing nearly three percent part in my success. and that's our business all of that put us out of the bag with more and less than one hour from.

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