in this. week's top stories here on r t five suspected terrorists have been arrested in belo groups following a metro bomb attack in the country's capital the blast killed thirteen would do to over two hundred. nato airstrikes in libya could become a double edged sword for the rebel allies experts say the alliance using a deadly radioactive ammunition. puzzling in justice the publisher of a finland based web site used by one of the world's most wanted terrorists goes on trial but not before extremism. also this week marks the fifteen years of manders.

first flight was celebrated but it's here on earth and in space. we are highlighting the week's headlines here on r.t. welcome to the program this past monday a terror attack on a metro station in the well of russian capital minsk it left thirteen people dead over two hundred were injured in the blast that took place in during the evening rush hour two days after the bombing president lukashenko said that authorities had detained five people in connection with your time one of them described as having unique skills in chemistry suspected of triggering the explosives three of the arrested people have reportedly confessed to the motives for the bombing are still on parties you can read approach over an hour describes the first deadly terror

attack in the country's modern history. five forty nine pm means condor ground a man steps on the platform of a crowded metro station he's hardly 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 asking for help i was bleeding heavily i managed to woman carries me outside into the fresh air the top of my mag and didn't leave me until the ambulance arrived that man and woman might be unaware they saved not only irina but the life of your unborn child as well. on the day i was going to the city from two to five item and it's terrible but i believe i got off not really where people without our eyes were missing legs and hands and six months pregnant all my thoughts were about the baby

. but instantly rina huddled to protect your belly she was lucky people split here in the peak smoke and didn't trample here in the piney. the train was full of panicked and then there was this bang and all of a sudden fire ceiling collapsed lots of people who are lying on the platform older sister to with something and then i saw this was a girl's body. lena was at the very epicenter of the blast and one of the few samir recklessly survive 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 allies of the newest south we intersect and this explains why there was so many commuters cheering this evening rush hour on monday the eyewitnesses say that those hollywood that were carried out onto the street from these answers many of those

waters still remain in critical condition in hospitals across the seas. the news of the attack alert to phone systems being flooded with people desperate to contact their loved ones for some delays in getting through the longest moments of their lives. on the bus with the monks who should call me to say there was a terrorist attack and then the line broke out because when we came to the scene and saw her we were shocked her jacket was all torn apart as if you'd been hit by shotgun pellets almost face hands and clothes were covered in blood but she was trying to ease our shark around you don't cry this is not my blood it here the blood was that of others caught up in the atrocity twelve killed at 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 it hurts terribly people need to understand and value every moment of their lives and remember those who died. i'm sorry but i can't are. exceeding the catch of our t.v. means bellows. meantime conflict resolution of a list somewhat says the minsk retro spoken could be part of a pattern of attacks across european capitals. it will fall into a pattern of similar terrorist attacks that we've seen in different european cities now minsk has not been a target before in this way and is not 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 and in other places and

so this would obviously raise a number of alarm bells. in the russian capital. and while surreals from the attack extremist views find a safe haven in unexpected places. for the promotion of terrorism right underneath their noses with the country's capital harboring a website which openly supports attacks in russia. and the runners and riders of russia's politics we look at what's in store for the two thousand and twelve presidential election. fierce fighting is continuing between pro-government troops and rebels near the city of misrata there are also reports of fresh nato air strikes along the country's coast the aim is to disable colonel gadhafi his forces but the opposition could be suffering just as much u.s. what restaurants warn the coalition has been using a close in this substance and it strikes which causes cancer mutations and may find

some images and brian each count report mr. 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 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. there's a really good chance that with the new around. ninety percent sure there was a deal. to anybody who's on it. i was going to order an engine exposure subaru of all the wind blowing. the rules the particles are in the air. so all these people in those cars and boom expose lisa 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. the burning see how. instead of a cold streak when you've got the player at the bottom that said 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.i. and human rights commission has called for a ban countries who have refused to sign up include 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 brain liver cancer chronicles penetrate your cell tissue this is when you get all kinds of genetic mutations and people in iraq for example gribbin that contaminated air every day and experts say there is no way to fight it in fallujah in iraq where the u.s. dropped thousands of completed uranium rounds after the two thousand and three invasion a quarter of all babies are born with a range of horrendous and normality 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 british military admitted widespread use of depleted uranium in bombing bosnia in one thousand. ninety five for a legacy felt today with cancer and leukemia rates several times higher than normal car trouble medical confirmation all around pollution or rock that the health effects of the radium are there and we see it throughout iraq or saudi arabia

kuwait afghanistan somalia the balkans and again now we're seeing the movement into a libya dr doc rocky was a leading specialist in the cleanup after the gulf war says there is no way of actually decontaminating affected areas if i was going to remember around a lot about health and environmental protection or a mission 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 bombed in areas where there will be no western troops will go unnoticed happens in. i suspect just because you stand there and find it and. just saying hey look everybody here they were offensive. enough with nations and so forth i don't think anyone would listen they pleaded you rhenium has a hoff life of four and a house billion years hence it's the scription by some as the silent killer that

will never stop killing. our t. washington d.c. quote i was pledging to continue until colonel gadhafi goes but moscow says the coalition is risking a thousands of civilian lives in libya by going beyond the limits of a un resolution that seems has more on russia's concerns. on friday russia's foreign minister sergey lavrov visiting berlin for russia may take home friends again libya on the agenda he clarified russia's starts making it clear that it's not the resolution itself the problem it's the way it's being implemented is raising funds. today we witnessed that some nato actions in libya are exceeding the framework to find by the security council it's already being discussed that resolution one hundred seventy three could also be used for ground operations resolution does not provide for such actions and does not approve them nor does the

u.n. deal support regime change in libya. they also said at the summit the let's go and diplomatic solutions they take this military intervention to resolve the situation but heavy weapons and ultimatums are not the best way to do with this. point i think we have plenty more coming your way this hour here on r.t. in a clearing muslims are in an uproar and from this country in a traditional way it's aimed at improving integration critics say that what effect is very different. a new world order is in the making at the forefront world's top five leading economies like the brics leaders gathered in china to talk business it became apparent that if your political and economic system power isn't progress. you're with us here live from moscow now the

publisher of the first trial and he have overlooked kayal structures extremist links and start accusing him of smuggling people into the country and he has been following core perceive things. he may not look like a supporter of terrorism but stores are founded and runs this website center a propaganda mouthpiece for one of the world's most wanted terrorists and declared by the un to have links with al qaeda don't call mara is responsible for some of russia's most horrific recent terror attacks the moscow metro blast and the domodedovo airport bombing which in total killed almost eighty people and injured nearly three hundred cycles doku umarov a president transmits messages about those he views as enemies and carries ads for books about the life of a mujahideen islamic fighter situation is that the congress standard.

and he's associated they are working for the politicization of islam used to be aspirational about europe they want to make radicals anywhere else thor's or is being prosecuted not for aiding terrorism but for illegally smuggling some one hundred individuals into fame and people who he calls freedom fighters the way that the focus and the writes about the situation. contaminating the finished media. slower and slower writing of the same way. underworld what are you writing railroad because it's. correct to make territories that are this is the company that houses the website located right in the center of how simply meanwhile opponents of islamic extremism or those who speak out against it are being persecuted by finisterre parties for allegedly violating minority rights you can

morey a finnish pastor was defrocked fired from his ministry with no severance pay and forced to divorce his wife to protect her from death threats he received these came from joe kumar himself who 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 although he says he's trying to make something positive out of losing his job because all the guy might have been busy with my work but no have. people subject and spread awareness about a site that has ripped his wife for cart reading propaganda about a man who is torn apart the lives of thousands and he said now r.t. helsinki. this week russia's president and prime minister cool media attempts to portray them as rivals they are seen as the two major candidates for the

presidential election in two thousand and twelve but they say it's too early to speculate about the upcoming price transformers expects. 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 bloodier 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 and summit in china when the chinese media had an interview with president medvedev and they asked him about some of these possible divisions and how least to many 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 that you don't have to have agreement all the time

and 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. is the head of to start kind of saying no no no we want our candidate to be in opposition 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 human 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 i'm glad you're putting me for half of his life there are links politically they're linked as friends and so there is a difference in opinion between these two people like to exploit that so

a lot of interest in this but of course this week putin the prime minister coming up and said you know what it's time that we focus on the task at hand. and as the months count down towards russia's presidential election we've got all that full coverage for you all about the build up to as well to the regular action in front of politics dot com you can i stay abreast of the twists and turns in russian politics with expert opinion and our need to really delve into what's happening check out the two thousand and twelve section on our web site. also witnesses who say that aliens have been to earth share their experiences explore how one russian city has become something of a hotspot for you all of those sightings that and so much more about our secret car . our controversial burqa ban has come into force in france it prohibits women from wearing a full face veil in public places france has become the first country to introduce

the measures that other e.u. nations are thinking about following suit and that is it daniel bushell reports it could well backfire and stir interracial tensions even further. just become a criminal 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 it's had the opposite effect. my friends have simply stopped going out and all the new rulings made some scared to speak out. not to change the way they dress and move on the mind is what the french republic stands for says business men he pledges to pay the hundred and fifty euro fine for anyone who continues to wear a veil and is taking the speed further that also we are seeing france in the european court of human rights it's about freedom of expression.

was fired this nicolas sarkozy's integration advisor last month criticizing the president's approach he now calls on french muslims to wear a similar to the one forced on jews by the nazis. these government should learn how to negotiate opinion polls show record low approval ratings for the french government with his asians this could lead. to 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 come together those foreign events have also reached partners in europe joining us from illegal to call titian a room of. move beyond all every we've built consulting allies and send the north african refugees back to italy in the food the international anger and listen here france can no longer lecture regimes like iran when it picks on its own ethnic minorities but critics of forming the french government over its hardline policies simple point true for politicians in the ruling huish people of the last week quit and all are expected to do the same in the coming days the new bushell i would see paris. and in britain the coalition government has clashed over how to deal with the flood of immigrants into the country prime minister david cameron has pledged to cut immigration down to tens of thousands nigel farage leader of the u.k.

independence party says that cameron can't tackle the problem while the u.k. is a member of the e.u. . if you have huge mass immigration that happens rapidly into an area that if people don't speak the same language then what you get is the ghettoization in cities and towns and you get a dislocated society so no i mean full marks to david cameron for at least starting that debate the difficulty david cameron has got is he will now have raised expectations within this country but he has a prime minister is actually not just going to talk about all these going to walk the war he's going to deliver on the point that i'm making is he can't do that because we're members of the you because we have open borders we have total free movement of peoples within that union now since two thousand and four since poland lithuania latvia and now bulgaria and romania and join the union they are very much poorer countries and we've had a huge number of people from those countries and the argument that i would put to

mr cameron is yes let's have this debate but let's not have the e.u. having open borders and free movement of peoples why don't we in britain decide ourselves how many people come in every year. you would r.t. live from moscow a new world order is in the making at the forefront the worlds of premier developing economies these five countries dubbed the brics met in china this week to talk business and push forward their vision for the future r.t. it's a really good now reports from the center of the economic and geo political shift. brazil russia china india and this year's new kid on the block south africa have gathered on the island of high nine forming a united front against the old world financial establishment. the world strongly needs reform of global financial architecture the new multi-polar and dynamic development a new centers of economic and political influence though political issues were

present in a discussion economy overall the day after all the organization is well placed to call the shots in the financial world arena let the numbers do the talking of five countries accounted for eighteen percent of the world's economy in two thousand and ten they comprise almost half of the world's population so after the form it became apparent bricks is a force to be reckoned with it's out with the dollar and with something else one of the main messages relayed during the summit and strongly supported by some of the world's leading economists and the dollar has been very unstable. understandable given the difficulties you might say of american economy or you know our performance was not a stellar job our reserve currency system contributes to inequality actually contributes to a weak global economy because if countries are setting aside literally hundreds of billions of dollars might save

a cautionary savings no naming names but it seems obvious that brics is not happy with the way the world's financial system has been run by the usual powerhouses the u.s. and europe so should they see the organization as a threat it seems to be quite the contrary i mean today you know the brits are just really important for the survival of the united states partially it's actually very interesting and i would say a positive thing that the bric countries are talking about no protectionism open up let's have more trade. and the u.s. has been. yes we women should be aggressive in that arena the u.s. and europe may still be struggling with the economic crisis and pumping their funds into questionable military campaigns and though they try to hold on to the reins as the movers of the world's economy brics seems to be laying a foundation for an entirely new structure of finance politics alike from senior

china it involves coati. exactly fifty years ago this week yuri gagarin that made history when he became with the first man to go into space it was a monumental achievement well the beginning of a new age the age of manners exploration artists are slowly i went out and read some of the people who knew the legend and pass. 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 few celebrated across the globe. it was incredible it was hard to believe that this actually happened the national course lysine but for this man it

was also the day his name shakti thing you know i didn't. care if didn't know where i was serving they only knew i graduated from pilots academy and at the facility as work it was top secret only heard that you regard being sent into space a c.v. it was me journalist came to our house to interview my parents when they knew nothing i think they could have had a heart attack while i was like this so it 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 adequate of scale was a doctor who prepared the garden for his first flight she recalls that very day fifty years ago. when would gary look more pale than usual he was unsociable and quiet which was not like him and now he would answer by nodding or a short yes to all questions sometimes he would start humming some tunes this was

a different guy in gear to month and hugged and i sat yuri everything will be fine and he nodded back in with you think as soon as i got in return for worth he was a superstar a hero for his compatriots those who knew him admit they weren't quite sure how to act around him. and we were playing volleyball on the bar and little guy approached us we all moved away and dearest he was very surprised he said what's up was pretty good or those who played against him were giving away the gov listeners and it was a founder he said let's play fair ok if. he'd be hard pressed to find someone he knew who got it and has a bad word to say after all he was chosen not just for his abilities as a cosmonaut but also for his demeanor and signature smile certainly not a bad reputation to be associated with or this he got in this are silly our party.

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