week's top stories a lot see valerie's comes face to face with the specter of terrorism for the first time five people already been arrested following the metro blast that killed thirty and wounded over two hundred. more harm than good libya's rebels could be in as much danger as colonel gadhafi from nato bombs explode save your lives as poisoning the ground of radioactivity rishon. the man behind an internet mouth piece for russia's most wanted terrorist goes on trial in finland but he's linked to the extremist web site are ignored. but also it's fifty years this week since man stepped into space yuri gagarin's fermenters flight is celebrated both on earth and

in orbit. but a look back at the past week's top stories and the latest developments this is r.t. with twenty four hours a day this past monday a terror attack on a metro station in balad in the russian capital minsk left thirteen people dead over two hundred were injured in the blast that took place during the evening rush hour two days after the bombing present a set of stories of detained five people in connection with the attack one of them described as having unique skills in chemistry suspected of triggering the explosives three of the arrested people of apparent confessed but the motives for the bombing are still unclear. describes the first deadly terror attack in the

country's modern history. five forty nine pm underground a man steps on the platform of a crowded natural station. on the floor and what's the point. several minutes you can see him cold blooded waiting for the right moment trains going in both directions make a still doors open. i started to scream out health problems breathing heavily a manager woman courage we all thought into the fresh air they talked my mad and didn't leave me until the ambulance arrived. that man and woman might be unaware they saved not only is really nothing but the life of your unborn child as well. on the day i was going to the city center to buy vitamins and terrible but i believe i got over not really there were people without armies with missing mags and hounds i'm six months pregnant when my thoughts were about the baby. by insisting to rina

huddled to protect your belly she was lucky people spotted here in the big smoke and didn't trample the power and. the train was full of parents and then there was this bang and all of a sudden fire ceiling collapsed lots of people were lying on the platform older stepped over 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 to me recklessly survive in her carriage again despite the panic others gave her helping hand to escape the carnage from the city's busiest metro station this is where the two allies of the new subway intersect and this explains why there was so many commuters touring this evening rush hour on monday i would miss a save those hollywood it was carried out on to the street from these actions and many of those want to still remain in critical condition in hospitals across the

seas here the news of the attack letter phone systems being lauded with people desperate to contact their loved ones for some delays in getting through the longest moments of bella. i'm his failure on the bus with all my marks you should call me to say there was a terrorist attack and then the line broke out that when we came to the scene and saw her we were shocked the jacket was all torn apart as if she'd been hit by shotgun pellets only lays hands and clothes were covered in blood out of you but she was trying to please i shall go cry you don't cry this is not my blood it yet the blood was that of others caught up in the atrocities 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 chassis. 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 talk. if they did a virtue of what archie means delos. speculation over who was behind the minsk the will has split opinion some say by the reasons dealing with international terrorism others like investigative journalist paula present location because regime was the target. it's quite hard to judge at this point. forward three notions that disaffected people or young extremists or someone with mental illness my suspicion is that it's. because it's only one hundred beaches from these are going to stories and offices and of course he's a very controversial figure in the years ruled the roost for now for i think

nineteen years these. are many of the elections the last elections in december were contested and i think what we see is a rising discontent with these off the rotarian regime. and what is real is from the deadly attack extremist views find a safe haven in an unexpected place finish authorities ignore the promotion of terrorism under their nose in preference capital harboring a website which openly supports tax here in russia that before coming away very soon also still to come. if he says he's going to accept tens of thousands of new refugees from unstable arab countries straining border control walls to the limit. on the others the writers of russia's politics we look at what's in store for the twenty twelve presidential election both stories to come your way here in the next hour. in libya fierce fighting is continuing between pro-government troops and

rebels near the city of misrata there are also reports of fresh nato airstrikes along the country's coast emmis to disable kind of the defense forces that the opposition could be suffering just as much as war veterans wanted coalition has been using a poisonous substance in it strikes which causes cancer patients may find some images and go to church contra port disturbing. 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 element have been used that kind of damage that there's a really good chance that was a day when you were around i'm about a ninety percent sure there was a you around thirty years when he was on it is getting boring it's an exposure

who will love all the wind blowing. that means the particles are in the air. all these people in cars you. know lisa styria served in the u.s. military during the first gulf war in the early ninety nine 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 seen all too familiar see how those touches of red that's the. see how it. instead of a cone straight up and you get the flare at the bottom that's a new explosion depleted uranium in military terms is highly efficient relatively cheap and powerful enough to can a trait the heaviest armor nato flatly denies its use in libya even though the you want human rights commission has called for

a ban countries who refused to sign up include the u.s. the u.k. france and this will the smallest particles a few rainy i'm nanoparticles are the most dangerous ones inhale they get into a blot and spreading to any organ including the heart brain liver also particles penetrate your cell tissue this is when you get all kinds of kinetic replacements and people in iraq for example we've seen 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 and normality 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 in bombing

bosnia in one thousand nine hundred ninety five for a legacy felt today with can certainly kenia rates several times higher than normal and got toward medical confirmation all around pollute. iraq that the health effects of the radium are there and we see it throughout iraq are saudi arabia kuwait afghanistan somalia the balkans and again now we're seeing the movement into a libya dr doug rockey was a leading specialist in the cleanup after the gulf war says there is no way of actually decontaminating affected areas if i was given a written memoranda lie about the health and environmental protection re-emission he in south was exposed to good pleaded 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 and i think happens in remote villages in libya i suspect just because it is that you can find it has been

a little to start saying hey look everybody is here they will answer and they fit into the mouth of nations and so forth i don't think anyone listens and pleaded you rhenium has a hard 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. . well that strikes can never provide humanitarian help or liberation and says chris annoyed him he's from the stop the war coalition. even aside the question of the legality of the operation everything that we have learned from iraq and from afghanistan tells us and should have told the western governments you cannot contradict democracy or liberation you cannot. you cannot create progress in a country by launching cruise missiles that in fact what you find is the opposite of civilians. very often the current regime becomes strengthened.

it was pledging to continue until it goes but moscow says the coalition is risking thousands of civilian lives in libya by going on the terms of the un resolution of the surface more now on russia's concerns. russian president dmitri medvedev warned at the beginning of the week then libya is a mess it's a full collapse that reiterated russia's position there to be able to restore order countries need to be at thing in strict accordance with international resolutions values the king in china the bric summit with the other india oversell of china of course in south africa. but is and also so that the 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 steps in the resolution doesn't say a word of. it also said at the summit let's go in diplomatic solutions need to exist the military intervention is not a result of the situation that heavy weapons and also made are not the best way to do with this friday. a lover of visiting russian a take home again libya on the agenda he reiterated much of what the president had searched again clarified russia's stance making it clear that it's not the resolution itself the problem it's the way it's being implemented is raising first . first reporting from the train carrying libyan immigrants from italy

president since the introduction of the e.u. trouble free zone hundreds have been halted on the france italy border says the move appears to be illegal in violation of european principles says it will only those immigrants are able to financially support themselves it is going to temporary residence with tens of thousands of people fleeing trouble in the africa some european legislators say the only way to deal with the inflow of refugees is to change border regulations. minister should have made it very clear that these people have no future in europe because by giving them just to just the hope of getting a legal permission to stay in europe he's creating another foot waves so to speak another migration from from libya from egypt from tunisia who find it a possibility it's a country europe reality is really striking here i mean for now ten years my party an equivalence to my eyes 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 the entire idea has failed and therefore we need to step back into into this situation which we had ten years ago where there was actually national poll because it is for the benefit of the national status for the benefit of the populations of europe. also this hour we travel to france where lawmakers are struggling to deal with a large minority community there is a story of course the country brings in a traditional veils a that improving integration critics say the actual effect is very different also. it's like this one will serve as a reminder for future generations of the last person kearney into space but for now there are still those who could sell the story it really got it and that momentous day from memory adding another layer of color to history. their stories told come before the publisher of a finnish based propaganda website the chechen terrorists has gone on trial

although prosecutors in helsinki have overlooked because extremists links instead accusing him of smuggling people into the country and he said he has been following the court proceedings. he may not look like a supporter of terrorism but torture unfounded and runs this website cost 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 know moreover it's responsible for some of russia's most horrific recent terror attacks in moscow metro blast and the dome ahead of the airport bombing which total killed almost eighty people and injured nearly three hundred cycles doku umarov a president transmits messages about those he views as his enemies and carries ads for books about the wife of a mujahideen islamic fighter the situation is that the standard. and he's associated they are working for the politicization of islam used to be our

spring. they want to make radicals betrayal 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 wave of poor percent the writes about the situation. contaminating the finished. writing of the scene with. underworld what are you writing rewriting of it's correct to make 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 finnish authorities 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 dog kumar himself who said the pastor and his loved ones would have their heads cut off at the clerk's church decided he was threatening a legitimate website and criminal cases for inciting racial hatred have been launched all there is said 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 burning propaganda about a man who's torn apart the lives of thousands and he said now r.t. how thinking. this week russia's president and prime minister called media attempts to portray them as rivals seen as the two major candidates for the upcoming presidential election in twenty twelve but say it's too early to speculate about the upcoming races sure thomas explains. 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 bloody mir 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 it all started a head of the bricks 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 the dynamic democratic process and if you don't have to have agreement all the time in 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 promptly the united russia party which blood in there putin 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 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 blog and importantly for half of his life they're going to 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 this week putting the prime minister coming up and said you know what it's time that we focus on the task at hand. so as the

months come down towards russia's presidential election we've got full coverage for you the build out at our web site it's on t.v. dot com online tell the truth instead first of all the twists and turns in russian politics with expert opinion really delve into what's happening there you can check out the twenty twelve section. of their online witnesses who say aliens have been to perth share their experiences school how one russian city has become something of a hotspot for u.f.o. sightings all that and plenty more for you and on t.v. dot com. a controversial book 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 but other nations are thinking about following suit but as artie's daniel bushell reports it could well backfire and stir into racial tensions even further. in just become a criminal

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 simplist 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 this man he pledges the pay the hundred and fifty euro fine for anyone who continues to wear a veil and is taking the dispute 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 after criticizing the president's approach he now calls on french muslims to wear a star 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 his agency is deliberately 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 group whether it is a distinct possibility especially when the domestic. decisions and events in foreign decisions and events come together those already events have also reached partners in europe joining blames from these illegal roma it's called. libya. we've built consulting allies and the north african refugees back to

instantly in the fields of international angola and listeria france could no longer lecture regimes like you're wrong when it picks on its own ethnic minorities but cracks up for me the french government over its hardline policies civil court approval of politicians in the ruling party last week quit and more are expected to do the same in the coming days only bush will see this coming up in the next hour for you we've got more on europe's immigration problems and this time in the u.k. . why don't we in britain decide ourselves how many people come in every year. we talk to an m.e.p. who says the european union is tying great britain's hands in its attempts to tackle a massive life or an influx of. that story in the next hour here in our team now

exactly fifty years ago this week europe again made history when he became the first man to go into space it was a monumental achievement marking the beginning of a new age the age of manned space exploration that is to say i met some of the people who knew the legend in person. i've been feeling alright ready for launch. to them than i have the honor of taking the cost of a great spacecraft into space first i was very happy to have found out 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 last chilly course my school but for this man it was also the day his name shot to thing you heard it is not paris didn't

know where i was serving they only knew i graduated from planets academy and that the facility was working it was top secret when they heard that you regarded being sent into space they soon it was me janice came to our house to interview with parents but they knew nothing i think they could have had a heart attack. one of us like this will serve as a reminder for future generations of man's first journey into space but for now there are still those open tell the story of eureka got it and that momentous day from memory adding another layer of color to history. that could toss kayo was a doctor who prepared the garden for his first flight she recalls that very day fifty years ago. when we examine the garden looked more pale than usual he was unsociable and quiet which was not like him and i know 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 would you want him up and hunt and i sound yuri everything will

be fine and he nodded back. think as soon as he got in return to 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. leave notes that read what we were playing volleyball in the garden and a little guy approached us we all moved away and dearest it was very surprised and said what song or spirit are those who played against him were giving way to govern noticed this and was offended he said it was play fair ok but. it is 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 cosmonaut but also for his demeanor and signature smile certainly not a bad reputation to be associated with for this you got it this or celia artie. come up to twenty eight minutes past the hour here in the russian capital i'll be

back with a recap of this week's top stories in a couple of minutes for you stay with us life here in the sky. from.

space is about the more secure there is no substance and there is no. military comes in space. bombs on target time element. that's one of. those. true space ship lands she can better. company. down the field must come. down to the book and we must. be. so full. of investment in the peaceful uses of body space. obviously incredible investment from the united states and from the european union canada other countries like business all this stuff.