to. this week's top stories a terror attack shakes the capital. thirteen injuries hundreds the authorities claim they know who's behind the bombing. of finland based websites land for supporting one of the world's most wanted terrorists is again in the spotlight as it added her goes on trial but not on charges related to extremism. also this hour the russian presidential race for twenty hours in the euro but not clear as prime minister gordon tries to quell the hype over whether he's in the running. and the

arab unrest accusation europe as a massive influx of immigrants sparks a rout in the e.u. after italy offers teams of thousands of residents of permits. it is eleven am in the russian capital you're watching r t with me wearing a joshie the week started with tragedy in belarus when a deadly blast struck the metro in the capital minsk thirteen people have now died and over two hundred were injured after an explosive was detonated at a station during the monday evening rush hour two days after the bombing president lukashenko declare the authorities knew who was behind a terror attack five people have been detained including a man who suspected of setting off the explosive three of them have apparently confessed the motives for the bombing are still unclear art is

a country that virtually describes the first shot a fatal terror attack in a country smart history. five forty nine pm means conjure ground and man steps on the platform of a crowded much of station who sees how the back on the floor and walks away for several minutes you can see him cold blooded waiting for the right moment trains going in both directions make a stop doors open. i started to scream for help i was bleeding have any amount into woman karen to be outside in the fresh air i taught my mag and didn't leave me until the ambulance arrived. that's man and woman might be unaware they saved not only your enough but the life of your unborn child as well. on the day i was going to the city center to buy vitamins it's terrible but i believe i got of not really and were people without eyes with

a missing legs and hands i'm six months pregnant so all my thoughts were about the baby. by insisting to rina huddled to protect your belly she was lucky people spotted here in the thick smoke and didn't trample here in the panic. the train was full of bands and then there was this bang and all of a sudden fire ceiling collapsed lots of people lying on the platform. stepped over some of them and then i saw this was a girl's body. alina was at the very epicenter of the blast and one of the few to miraculously survived in her carriage again despite the panic others gave her helping hands to escape the carnage from the city's busiest metro station this is where the two lines of the new subway intercepts and this explains why there was so many commuters during this evening rush hour on monday i witness a say that those hollywood that were carried out onto the street from these actions

and many of those waters still remain in critical condition in hospitals across the city the news of the tackler up the phone systems being flooded with people desperate to contact their loved ones pa some delays in getting through the longest moments of their lives. marks you should call me to say there was a terrorist attack and then the line broke out and when we came to the scene and saw her we were shocked and kept it was all torn apart as if she had been hit by shotgun pellets almost face hands and clothes were covered in blood and she was trying to ease our shock crown you don't cry this is not my blood that here the blood was that of others caught up in the atrocity twelve killed of the scene one more died in hospital as funerals were taking place in minsk and elsewhere people were flocking to the site of the tragedy in their hundreds almost a week after the attack and many are still struggling to come to terms with the

human cost of the trust city. lost lives. it hurts her terribly people need some this stand in value every moment of their lives and remember those who died i'm sorry but i can't. if you know that you are it means. there is some otos of british conflict resolution analysts say as the minsk matter explosion could be part of a pattern of attacks across european capitals it will fall into a pattern of similar acts that we've seen in different european cities. has not been a target before in this way perhaps an obvious target for a terrorist attack but clearly. is not immune to these kind of incidents that we've seen in moscow that we've seen in london that we've seen in other places and so

this would obviously be a number of alarm bells among the authorities and about the russian capital. speculation over who was behind him in metro bombing led to focus on internal politics and valorous investigative journalist polish maher says president bush and his regime was the target. it's quite hard to judge at this point so the k.g.b. . three notions that a group of disaffected people or young extremists or someone with mental illness my suspicion is that it's aimed at president genco because it's only one hundred metres from his or ministration offices and because he's a very controversial figure he has ruled the roost for now for the nineteen years he's rushed over many of the elections the last elections in december contested and i think that what we're not seeing is a rising discontent with its author or

a tear in regime. a president of belarus has often been criticised for his hardline stance and his opposition terrorism expert hilary says the chance has great means his rivals are incapable of such an attack as the one we saw in minsk. the president lukashenko one highly disputed election in december there is a deeply disgruntled opposition but the opposition has never showed any signs of being able to be involved in something like this nor the sophisticated methods that are needed moreover some people have told me that most members of the no no position of either been in jail or under twenty four hour observation from the k.g.b. so they would be able to plan something as complicated and sophisticated as this. while belarus reels from the shock of terror striking its capital elsewhere in europe they are seemingly turning a blind eye to extremist links. later in the program we question why

a man found one behind its caroline's website is on trial for smuggling and not for supporting extremism. russia's prime minister told party colleagues this week that it's too premature to talk of him running for the twenty twelve presidential election but he reported mad members of the country's leading united russia party calling attempts to portray him and president medvedev as rivals actually sean thomas is following what's being said. certainly it has been an interesting week in russian national politics especially when you talk about the two top two positions in the country and arguably the two most dynamic men in russian politics and that of course is dmitri medvedev the president and for the near putin the prime minister now any time these two get together or there's a possibility of there being a differing opinion or who will run the international community becomes very excited and that's what happened this week and it all started head of the brics

summit in china when the chinese media had an interview with president again of them asked him about some of these possible divisions and how these two men think in that interview president medvedev said look there will be differences of opinion in how things should be done but he also talked about in that interview how this is part of a dynamic democratic process and if you don't have to have agreement all the time and that those types of discussions are what allow for a healthy country and a healthy democracy but he also in that interview said that he was not going to rule out running for president this of course the united russia party which blood in your food is the head up to start kind of saying no no no we want our candidate to be in that position as well and kind of hinting towards putin basically allowed putin to go in front of the united party officials and say hey look this is all premature we still have the state duma elections coming up on december fourth and

it is premature to talk about the presidential elections which are in two thousand and twelve when we have the state duma elections this year just coming up in a few months now and again in the international community a lot of people like to put these two together they've been friends for a long time indeed have even said in this interview that he's known that blood in your putin for half of his life in their lives politically they're linked as friends and so if there is a difference in opinion between these two people like to exploit that so a lot of interest in this but of course it's we've put in the prime minister coming up and said you know why. it's time that we focus on the task at hand. as a month's countdown towards russia's presidential election and we've plenty of coverage building up for you dot com so stay abreast of all the twists and turns in russian politics with expert opinion for you to really delve into what's happening check out the twenty twelve section at r.t. dot com. the man behind a web site in finland that for him to an internationally wanted terrorist has been tried in helsinki but it's on charges of smuggling people into the country the

court's decision will be announced in three weeks but the case is raising questions over why he's being held over illegal immigration and not charges of supporting terrorism and he says now he has been following the hearing. he may not look like a supporter of terrorism but mikail stores are founded and runs this website said turk a propaganda mouthpiece for one of the world's most wanted terrorist and declared by the un to have links with al qaida go komarow is responsible for some of russia's most her with recent terror attacks the moscow metro blast and the dome and out of the airport bombing which in total killed almost eighty people and injured nearly three hundred the cycle's doku umarov a president transmits messages about those he views as his enemies and carries ads for books about the life of a mujahideen islamic fighter the situation is that. standard.

and he's associates and they are working for the politicization of islam used to be our spring film about europe they want to make radicals anywhere else stores or is being prosecuted not for aiding terrorism but for illegally smuggling some one hundred individuals into finland people who he calls freedom fighters the way the percent of writes about the situation it's it's a contaminating the finished. writing of a scene with. underworld what are you writing rewriting of it's couric to make terrible terrorist attacks in russia this is the company that houses the web site located right in the center of helsinki meanwhile opponents of islamic extremism or those who speak out against it are being persecuted by fairness authorities for allegedly violating minority rights you home all are e a finnish pastor was defrocked fired from his ministry with no severance pay and

forced to divorce his wife to protect her from the death threats he received these came from a dog more of himself and said the pastor and his loved ones would have their heads cut off the clerk's church decided he was threatening a legitimate website and criminal cases for inciting racial hatred have been launched more there is says he's trying to make something positive out of losing his job because all the time i have been busy with my work but no have. concentrated all subject and spread awareness about a site that has ripped his life apart spreading propaganda about a man who's torn apart the lives of thousands and he's now a r.t. helsinki. always more on that story line following up the plight of a pastor in trouble for speaking out against terrorism the details are at r.t. dot com on the way in a few minutes the french face off against muslims. my friends have simply

stopped going on and on it's now to the niqab a ban for the burqa as the french government gets accused of the ring into hardline policies to rule the far right plus. what it's like this one will serve as a reminder for future generations of man's first journey into space but for now there are still those who can tell the story of you to go got it and that momentous day from memory adding another layer of color to history. as it becomes more apparent out of the allied strikes in libya are aimed at helping the rebels topple gadhafi the russian president's underlined that nato must keep within the resolution that allowed the airstrikes in march but is a u.n. resolution must be fulfilled in accordance with the wording and meaning and not with free interpretations of some states because we voted for a no fly zone just stop the escalation of the conflict so that we could separate

the two sides but what we having now is a military operation it may not be on the ground yet but it's certainly going on up above a number of countries who are taking part and then nato stepped in with a resolution doesn't say you would have balance it. moscow also use an opportunity to express its concerns at a russian nato council meeting in berlin a foreign minister sergey lavrov told his counterparts that discussions of standings around operations can't take place because the u.n. resolution doesn't allow it it comes after leaders. till. russia abstained from voting on the no fly zone resolution last month but didn't use its veto to block it. nato is facing accusations of using depleted uranium an air strikes on libya a deadly substance causes cancers and other illnesses and physical abnormalities in babies born in areas where it's been used and weapons by western forces such as the

balkans and iraq are guided to account investigates please be advised that some you are may find the images and this report disturbing. these libyan 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 declared you really mean 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. is a really good since it was a day when you were. in the ninety percent sure that was. used to anybody who was on the. it's going to roll over into exposure who will have all the wind blowing. the rules the particles are in the air. so all these people in those cars would

expose melissa stary 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 those touches of red that's the burning see how it. instead of a cold streak 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 ban countries who have refused to sign out including the u.s. the u.k. france and this will the smallest particles of uranium nano particles are the most dangerous ones inhaled they get into the blood and can spread into any organ

including the heart grain liver once the particles penetrate your cell tissue this is when you get all kinds of genetic me patients and people in iraq for example gribbin that contaminated air every day and experts say there is 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 have been found here then after the it tommy bombs were dropped on hiroshima and nagasaki the u.s. and the british military admitted widespread use of depleted uranium involving bosnia in nineteen. ninety five for a legacy felt today with cancer and leukemia rates several times higher than normal we've got trouble medical confirmation all round pollution or rock but the health

effects of the radio and we see it throughout iraq or saudi arabia kuwait afghanistan somalia the balkans. again now we're moving into a libya dr dog rocky was a leading specialist in the cleanup after the gulf war says there is no way of actually decontaminating affected areas are probably going to remember around a lot about the health and environmental protection are a mission he unself was exposed to depleted uranium almost all of the members of his team are now dead some fear that the suffering of those bombed in areas where there will be no western troops will go unnoticed. i suspect just because you don't find it and people just sort of saying hey look everybody is here with fences. with nations and so forth i don't think anyone depleted uranium has the hoff life of four and a house dealing in years hands is this production by some as the silent killer that

will never stop killing. our t. washington d.c. . find out more on this story on our website that's r.t. dot com well our bloggers have plenty to say about what's happening in the troubled country and they look at how the u.s. is blowing billions on state of the art weapons for our new dads it's a sledgehammer to crack i want us. to check out how our cartoon satirist are seeing the world this week and there are lined up at our key dot com. t.v. . france has become the first european country to ban wearing full face veils in

public places the car version a law came into force this week meeting with defiance from some muslims and leading other e.u. countries to consider following suit but as artie's daniel bushell reports it could all backfire and stir into racial tensions even further. just become a criminal from today a new french law bans covering your face in public is designed to make muslim women integrate in society but the softly spoken single mom says he's had the opposite effect. my friends have simpler stuff going on and all the new rulings made some scared to speak out and many not to change the way they dress and move on their minds what the french republic stands for says this businessman he pledges to pay the hundred and fifty euro fine for anyone who continues to wear a veil and is taking the speed further. we are soon france in the european court of human rights it's about freedom of expression. was fired as

nicolas sarkozy's integration advisor last month of the criticizing the president's approach he now calls on french muslims staus similar to the one forced on jews by the nazis take. these government should learn how to negotiate opinion polls show record low approval ratings for the french government with bank is asians this story into racial tension friday prayers in paris muslims are forced to worship on the street the government looks the building of basic public prayer rooms more discrimination say worshippers against the muslim population from the scene of the riots in recent years against government policies there are signs of more brewing whether it is a distinct possibility especially when the domestic. decisions and events

in foreign decisions and events coming together those already events have also reached partners in europe blames france's illegal deported. of exporting of libya and or every consulting allies and send the north african refugees back to its in the in a free for international ngo fear from longer lecture regimes like the room when it picks on its own ethnic minorities but critics of. the french government over its hardline policies simple point proof of politicians and the people of the last week quit more expected to do the same in the coming days only bush will see paris the issue of integrating muslims into european societies gaining momentum in light of a huge and flux of immigrants from violence to an arab countries italy which is

bearing the brunt of the exodus and now it's this week it would grand and of thousands of people something that's angering other e.u. states while i am in pain told us that the situation shows the blocks war control system desperately needs reform. minister should have made it very clear that these people have no future in europe because by giving them just do just the hope of getting a legal permission to stay in he's creating another foot waves so to speak you know other migration from from libya or from egypt from tunisia who find it a possibility to come to europe reality is really striking here i mean for now ten years my party and equivalence to my you have been crying out loud against the open borders because it's treated so many problems with illegal migration with with international crime and so on which the average population of europe is on a daily basis suffering on now because of this flood of migrants we have a pressing situation which is stretching out the necessity for national border

patrol the entire shining like us and therefore we need to step back into into this situation which we had ten years ago where there was actually national border control because it is for the benefit of the national states for the benefit of the populations of europe we need to realize that and i think snowie the leaves the bureaucrats of e.u. is realizing these facts follow the story line of dot com with more comments and expert analysis including how other european countries plan to deal with the delusion of immigrants. and british euro m.p. tells r.t. that despite promises from you case prime minister the country has no real mechanism in place to tackle the problem while the e.u. allows freedom of movement here what he says and tell us what you think at r.t. dot com. it's now half a century since mankind pushed into the final frontier cosmos he regards why it was less than two hours but it took him outside the earth's atmosphere heralding the

era of manned space exploration are his test are still you have met some of those who witnessed history in the making. i'm feeling all right ready for launch. and i have the honor of taking the cost of a great spacecraft into space first i was very happy to have it was only the beginning of april twelve one thousand nine hundred sixty one the day utica got in blasted off into space orbited the earth and made history. a feat celebrated across the globe. it was incredible it was hard to believe that this actually happened the national course nice but for this man it was also the day his name shutter thing you noted in your. parish didn't know where i was serving they only knew i graduated from pilots academy and that the facility was working it was top secret when they heard that you regard being sent into space

this soon it was me journalist came to our house that interview my parents but they knew nothing i think they could have had a heart attack while i was like this one will serve as a reminder for future generations of the last person journey into space but for now there are still those who can tell the story of eureka got a member that momentous day from memory adding another layer of color to history other cutoffs they all was a doctor who prepared the garden for his first flight she recalls that very day fifty years ago when. gary looked more pale than usual he was unsociable and quiet which was not like him and how he would answer by nodding or a short yes to all questions sometimes he would start humming some tunes this was a different guy or in four years him up and hugged and i sound yury everything will be fine and he nodded back with think as soon as he got in return to earth he was

a superstar a hero for his compatriots those who knew him admit they weren't quite sure how to act around. him knew he would outlive me it's not really what we were playing volleyball on the garden and little guy approached us we all moved away embarrassed it was very surprised he said what song was played again to those who played against they were giving way to govern noticed this and was offended he said it was play fair ok for me. he'd be hard pressed to find someone he knew got it and has a bad word to say after all he was chosen not just for his abilities as a cause or not but also for his demeanor and signature smile certainly not a bad reputation to be associated with for this huge ego got it that's our silly r r t i'll be back with a recap of this week's top stories shortly. thank

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