a joy to be able to raise the on the violence of the case we go to the ground in period should the torturously to school until you can a little closer to to see duty to go publicly and understand the kernel was originally as a school retreat. it's not a huge bomb shelters the center of norway's capital all slowed down a team of prime ministers headquarters reports say the blast leaves two dead and at least eight people injured. the leaders agreeing on a second bailout for greece sparked fears now over the union delving deeper into debt with experts predicting it's now up to growing economies to dominate global finances. and skepticism over joining the e.u. in serbia despite officials hope of your arrest or got an outage to just be extradited to the hague shortcut belgrade's road to membership and. also the

scandal is about more than just phone hacking say american small rupert murdoch braces for a legal battle in the us where people feel the case is yet more proof a widespread neglect of rights to privacy. welcome it's eight pm you're watching r t one name is kevin zero in here in moscow with you this hour in our top story a huge bomb has exploded in the very center of norway's capital oslo the seasoning damaging parliamentary buildings including the prime minister's office two deaths have been reported at least eight are injured or witnesses say dozens are lying in the streets covered in blood. is in oslo and she joins us now live with the latest danielle a very good evening to you and the details still coming through a lot of details still sketchy but as you know what is the situation in the city

center now with more here tell us. well i'm actually at the international airport which is the center here police have been searching cars and three people just actually been arrested it is very well be in connection with lotion education has happened in her center of the city the parliament building since the target here where two people have been buried in at least eight heart injured the search is continuing for other people might be trapped inside that building definitely reports of people injured around the city center as well now we're reaching media is saying that it was the prime minister's office targeted he is ok. government here in norway we also hear the oil ministry those who are familiar with this country and its economy is definitely very much a loyal country energy country or oil ministry is currently under fire in the last

couple of minutes you know we studied secretary christian admonitions made a comment he said there are still people in the buildings at the moment. but he also said the situation is the worst his country has see you know i just want to pick up as well you saw that you report of being some arrests of the airports not just one of the current thought correct you when you witness some arrests where you are yes i've seen. airport is extremely busy you've got torrents they're coming around. and around here union from russia of course and other countries around the world this is a bustling airport and there definitely lots of tourists coming home that are just being greeted to this sort of odd certainty but still going on the information they are being presented to the whites in the airport but still a lot of people kia aren't quite sure what's going on like with the police and people being arrested outside definitely something it's been like you see there

lots of people that are out here. now. the talk of people obviously around you there what is the feeling there. the i mean it's just absolute uncertainty i mean you know you come to an airport you like your car you're coming back home and. think you're going to be thinking about this is something that's absolutely rocking the capital rocket country equal that small car agencies to be away from the center at all costs locked up there's no way you're going to be able to get your thoughts howls or anything like that because of course there is an explosion it's just what . you think it asked me and other solution happened well so there is a lot of uncertainty and people are being told absolutely a great. thing for us what you know what kombucha a little bit later if we may thank you very much but just to recap again what we know so far. to be safe according to media reports we heard that

report just no one government official saying it's the worst situation that norway has faced that's a quote from him at the moment we're also hearing that people are trapped in those buildings if you take a look at those pictures i guess it's not surprising scenes of complete devastation there where the discuss the situation further now let's go live to london. where we're joined by robin simcox he's from the geo political research group the henry jackson society mr simcox thanks for being on r.t. international or your organization has got a keen interest hasn't it in issues surrounding terrorism has not been confirmed this is a terrorist attack yet there's been suggestions it is a bomb however now in the past scandinavian countries were traditionally known as peaceful what we all remember of course those two glass in stockholm lost to someone that was low has been hit what is going on here and could there be any connection do you think. well i think the first thing to say is that you're right we don't want to get ahead of the story we don't know that this is for example al qaeda inspired terrorism yet but we do know as you mentioned the islam is inspired

bombing that took place in stockholm much here and e-mails to remember the fact that there was also low we suspect has been targeted before in two thousand and nine a cell was arrested coordinated arrests that were arrests also took place in the u.k. and in america about a potential. looking to attack in the east from trees there's a. jew to be indicted in fact in the coming weeks charges so there is a theme we're seeing here called on switch and the moment hasn't been confirmed suspected possibly been used in these attacks outside of also used car bombs before so there are potential trends we're beginning to see with. related attack but i think it's too early to confirm that there will always heavily involved of course in nato military campaigns including afghanistan libya could be any connection there well this is being talked about there's also been reference made to the fact that norway

prince and the mohammed cartoons the danish cartoons these are all of course possible motivation the pope what we have to say is that that doesn't excuse for one second the terrorists niven's i think the house the point where you say we don't care what the root cause is this kind of violence is completely unacceptable and it must be start over recent years it will be very hard to clean the west what do you think the state of alert was in norway because this is mentioned before traditionally this part of the world's been a very kind of peaceful area or what was the state of alert of freedom also think you know of course these arrests at the airport another public place. yeah i think that the european countries are on a level of awareness for al qaeda inspired attacks but norway isn't somewhere that you've regarded has been especially high target for the rest of the place in two thousand and nine were very significant for the fact that norway was almost not on the radar before before two thousand and nine and so i think getting the fact that

the minister said this is the most damaging thing that's happened to norway says it's all this wasn't a country that people regarded as being especially likely to be hit which also just reconfirms that this type of terrorism is indiscriminate and who it's hard gets in and it goes to show that really anywhere is a target for the likes of al qaeda if it's proved who took out this attack which is looking over your shoulder simulators pictures are combing through the disappeared again we can see the scale of destruction immediately apparent there with a camera got the first shots we'll go back to those pictures in just a moment. there have been a number of arrests lately of people linked to al qaeda in norway if you think the country has become a hub for supporters of the extremist organization. it's hard to say it all you would say is that we know there are extremist elements within european countries and those who sympathize with the our criteria ideology even if not all members of the al qaeda group the city i live in london has been

a huge problem for this in the past so i think we have to do is that all european countries have to treat this problem with extreme seriousness because. the security services and law enforcement agencies generally tracking this kind of terrorism only takes one group one individual to be lucky once and if you have the kind of surveillance that we're seeing at the moment all we can do is really talk about the most vigilant approach we possibly can with this kind of terrorist threat because it is so serious problem just across the news was they were talking to more details coming in of course everything very sketchy at the moment no one drawing any any conclusions we do know that norwegian state secretary christian edmonson said there are still people in the buildings there you can see the scale of devastation as it was looking of you shoulder was showing our viewers the latest pictures we've got through your colleague applied to see more about that but he has gone on to say the situation quote is the worst his country has seen such as the

scale of what's unfolding here you mentioned just now the prophet mohammed cartoons that have been reprinted a little while back in norway know again there are conflicting reports about whether this was a car bomb or whether this went off inside a building inside the building that could have been we think the same building that housed the tabloid paper that published those mohammed cartoons anything more to say about that. but nothing really to say the most important thing you have to say is that i think that freedom of press freedom of speech in europe has to be absolutely fundamental to the cartoons perhaps were offensive to some people but of course. don't legislate against causing offense and certainly the idea that buildings that building should be targeted in response for publishing cartoons is barbaric and i thinking like minded people would agree on that so largish may be

something that's cited as a reason why this is being targeted i think the idea of attacking freedom of speech freedom of the press should make us realize what kind of poisonous ideology our kreider and those inspire how this is these are very fundamental freedoms that being attacked when when we journalists and these kind of buildings on the attack in the light and when we must be really steadfast against us all right robin simcox thank you for bringing us up to date with your thoughts the research fellow as you are joining us live from the thank you. because you can follow the latest as well on twitter feed to underscore com as well said look some other news now and major u.s. credit agency says it will downgrade the greek debt to default status as a result of the second bailout for the country the plan agreed by leaders includes both government and private loans toting around one hundred fifty billion euro and moves boosted the single currency for now but critics say it's only plunging the struggling eurozone into an even deeper debt hole in the future occidental

bushnell's got the details from brussels for you. they're putting a brave face on it question remains how much can we believe what they're saying the germans have come out jungle medical same is a significant step this. is very good for you or as a whole and good for germany and that is. a historic duty she said to greece now world we've seen the. merkel being convinced that europe will emerge stronger from this crisis. there was closely. to this and it will take successive difficult and different steps of the crisis the european stock markets have rallied on the news that is the usual reaction it is the last around the week before. fitch is played as you say to work to bring greece is the level to default is the strengthening here for a new european credit rating agency into the real problem of course is that it

doesn't tackle the issue of the unsustainable some call it that. eurozone states so greece people protesting against the really very painful cuts that are being imposed on it just last week it's really very difficult to package which has been met with fury by the italian people who are threatening all sorts of very difficult very initial reaction from them and portugal from is that the quit when he unveiled the proposals which were rejected by that country's parliament and there are fears the spain will be next so a lot of concerns around europe but the experts here are stressing that the rest of the world continue to go on and countries like india china even latin america will continue perhaps to take the growth of the world economy on its own shoulders and really help to compensate for the problems here in europe something that is really

being stressed increasingly by analysts here in brussels. but you don't know bushel or for poor discussion of the state of the european economy we're joined live now from germany by william and the author of gods and money william could have you on the program so another bailout for greece then but it's still far from the woods yet isn't it i mean what do you think the outcomes when you get a beer at the end of the day will it be to fold. well that this whole question of default as you know is a very technical one i think the american rating agencies really are making fools out of themselves for rushing to declare a credit default situation fitch is and yet is a big way because they didn't show much confidence in what they're trying to do in europe well there's a second problem they are not the ones who declare credit default the eye of the international swap he was association is the body that trusted with that responsibility and they haven't declared any such thing so i think what we're witnessing here and the hedge funds attacks about

a week ago on the italian banks the downgrading of greece at critical moments over the past year and a half is really in effect a large scale currency war between the two contending currencies for world reserve currency status the euro and of course now the dollar is the world's reserve currency has been since bretton woods in one thousand forty four and that is is really beginning to teeter and so i think you have really a very complex scenario here the european solutions are not in the long term lasting solutions the politicians in europe really i think have been largely naive about what they're up against with the combined might of what i call the gods of money they wall street mega banks and the rating agencies that lock into them as well as u.s. treasury and the fed so this is this is a turf war that's going to be fought out of bloody and brutal battle plain over the coming months i think. brings into focus on all the grease is

a bit arrest by brings into focus spade it's only a political now thoughts about that now facing similar problems it's any maybe how do we avoid the viral spread of this that disease. well i think the main problem is that the the european banks have to in some way or another become recapitalized and on a more solid foundation and until the politicians really address that and they've been dragging their feet to it over the last year and a half two years and really recognizing how serious some of the some of the banks are in the european space. until that happens i think it's always going to be over the next months vulnerable to new speculative attacks and that's certainly what the people on the other side of the atlantic are or something licking their chops over so it's difficult to know is know what the future's going to bring and things change and by the by the day but the broad picture lot of people looking ahead to the future is saying that if the european economy does fail it could open the way

for managing economies like china and india to spread their influence further is that a fair assumption. i don't see the european economy. sinking if that's what you said. i think he compared with the american economy the european economy is a picture of health i mean we still see industry infrastructure a state of the art modern rail links across europe and the steel industry automobile or tronics and so forth the situation on the real economy in europe is vastly healthier than it is in the united states what europe needs is the markets of eurasia from from eastern europe to russia. to central asia china the middle east northern africa and that's really the economic future of europe as the stronger those ties become the more stable the currency will be the i think the real problem is in the medium term is going to be the american dollar and the debt . the astronomical rate of increase of the of the public debt in the united states

that's simply vereen out of control and that's going to become the focus of the markets in the next few months you have a lot more to come on that certainly of the next few weeks of your help as well thank you and so that was good to have in the program with a man down there author of gobs of money joining us to frankfurt germany tonight. i was eager to know what you think about all the stories we cover today actually we're asking how do you think will win most of the euro crisis right now this is what you've been telling us opinions divide it seems the majority of you still sure it will be george soros and his financial cronies who will reap the rewards of the troubles a quarter of you believe china will cash in by buying up a very just the cheap assets. increase in the last hour or so in those if you believe in the u.s. will benefit most with demand for its bonds climbing higher than ever you know this our only one percent think the european debt is themselves will come out on top it's not a good for the companies is it as they can now get away with paying less you think give us your thoughts are t. dot com of your say. media mogul rupert murdoch seems to have come through the u.k.

parliamentary hearings. on the phone hacking scandal relatively unscathed but he now faces legal challenges in the u.s. with a frenzy over his employees unethical behavior is taking a different many americans say the embattled media empires they are nothing more than reflect national attitudes that no longer valued people's privacy but is going to teach a campus that the story. ok as the scandal over phone hacking by the murdoch media empire rages on the public and political theory has mainly focused on ruthless tabloids out of control prepared to invade people's private lives and even the dad to get the story but some say in this day and age the whole concept of privacy is falling apart and in the u.s. more rapidly than elsewhere every time you tap on your cell or click on google or use your mail service everybody's sort of just clicks through that you agree to our terms and conditions well those terms and conditions are very very heavily weighted

against you and your privacy interests and we see breaches of privacy happening. all across america all across the world really and every sector surveillance is rampant but really this is all a microcosm biggest surveyor of all which is to say there's little americans can do with the state having sweeping access to their private information access that followed the nine eleven terrorist attacks under a new law known as the patriot act haasan a law his privacy was taken away from him in two thousand and two when he was the attained by the f.b.i. for absolutely no reason he says and scrutinized for months without charge he's response for nine years he has voluntarily documented nearly every waking hour of his life on the web he has subsequently even turned it into a form of art seal the toilet i've used so you know that over here for example you know that on sunday november twenty fourth two thousand and seven i use this photo

i went grocery shopping at safeway over there were seventeen i got gas over here he posts copies of every debit card transaction so you can see what he bought where and when a g.p.s. device in his pocket reports his realtime physical location on a map and this is the shot he took on his way to our studio which was immediately out floated on his web site his. john says his extraordinary abandonment of his own privacy stems from the ignorance of the authorities in the fear they decided well that looks a little different so he must be arab and if he's arab then he must have explosives everyone knows that that's a logical operation when we realize how ridiculous that logic sounds but when your country in your own country takes that on as the basis for national policy. ignorance as the basis of national policy is a pretty scary situation and that's how i got caught up for ha son privacy has

become a rally of the past and he says he's not surprised they journeyed list or anyone else really would use the same surveillance techniques as the state indecisiveness it might be of no surprise that the chief architect of the putrid act the lawyer who put it together happens to be one of murdoch's hand-picked used for board directors you served as assistant attorney general in the bush administration and was described by some as the purveyor of the most sweeping curtailment of freedom in the us system mccarthy era at a time when corporations and the government can easily hack into people's private lives it doesn't come as a surprise when for example social networks if your personal information and companies or when other industries leave are reaching people by the state in the u.s. it's so widespread and people have gotten so used to it that rupert murdoch seems to be perfect part of the system rather than some special bill and was corporation has been undertaking some unique all lawful practices because here in america we're

not so unique i'm going to check our reporting from washington r.t. . serbia's lost war crimes suspect go ahead it has been extradited to the hague officials are belgrade his capture and extradition will clear the way to your membership results you serve first reports now the politicians desire for your acceptance is not shared by the average man on the street. the last of the war crime suspects wanted by the un is heading for the hay it's seen by many as the last obstacle to serbia now gaining membership but some is skeptical that. placed once again the government. fulfilling new demands are coming from brussels because people are not feeling any benefits from it. actually feeling that things are becoming worse as a result. support for e.u.

is dropping so there is a growing gap between the voting in the borders and the government that stands and it will probably continue to an official government poll just out shows support for even among certain at its lowest ever it's nice surprise that when you go it's really in many ways announced struggling for the people here no longer believe that the. problems all show. and. things are. besides. all patients. but even. this is a disillusionment in serbia in the government apparent willingness to bend the back with the easy to. see what could be next on the east list but another major

sticking point is who to be serbia is failure to recognize breakaway cost of a belgrade vows that will never happen despite many member states pushing for exactly that president but it's surgery is moral and legal obligations have now. the song remains the same as words. i mean it hasn't changed hasn't it. this is the one of the projects. you best buy and. it's great then this. is the. thirtieth there is it that is part. of the now. let me bring you up to date if you will on the developing news that a huge bomb has exploded in the very center of norway's capital oslo earlier this evening damaging parliamentary buildings including the prime minister's office so

far police are saying two deaths have been confirmed at least fifteen people are injured so far witnesses say dozens of people have been lying in the streets covered in blood the details still coming through the prime minister. is said to be safe tonight government officials reporting that there are still people trapped in the burning buildings at the blast sites just a little bit earlier in the last hour state secretary christian amundsen said that this situation is quote the worst his country has ever seen political reports suggest a car bomb blast was so powerful it blew windows up to a one kilometer radius witnesses say the live boy oil ministry building has also called fire with thick smoke seen rising from it well now reports that two other devices have been found that have failed to go off police for a vacuum and people from the city center also reports tonight of arrests at oslo those nearby airport well our correspondent has got the very latest from the heart

of the blast stricken city she's there now you can find her first thoughts by logging onto our twitter feed just now she's treated the people have been deprived of information obviously it's early days details still coming through even passengers arriving at the airport and not being told of the events in the big city nearby communication is failing as emergency service is a struggling to bring this crisis they're under control stay with us for the latest from me as i get the details in from her on twitter and artsy underscore cause. or let's catch up with the latest business now. welcome to business r.t. rupert murdoch's news corp has sold its seventy nine percent stake in russia's biggest outdoor advertiser use out or sells advertising on billboards public transport and other services in nineteen russian cities and investor management by

a deal said to be worth three hundred fifty million dollars experts say the real value is close to two hundred and seventy two company debt news corp has had a stake up for sale for five years after the company decided to pull out of the russian archives new owners say they plan an i.p.o. to recoup their investments and very quick look at the markets now crude is up as investors hope for growing demand the middle commision of europe and the us will deal with the debt crises also the international energy agency says it won't extend the release of oil supplies u.s. markets now with a a mix of that was disappointed by caterpillar second quarter result the stock is six percent. european stocks are trading in the black at the close of friday's session supported by the greek deal the new bailout help cut the country's debt by six leaders of the e.u. empowered that four hundred billion euro rescue fund to buy debt of stressed euro nations that's intended to prevent the crisis from spreading to other members also made to tell provisions for limiting the damage if credit rating agencies the greek default and this is the closing picture for the russian markets both mixed and flat

the obvious a point two percent let's take a look at the main movers and energy shares we're feeling better than the market obviously on still higher oil prices rosneft up one point nine percent financials were not as good down two percent not overtax managed to gain one point eight percent at the close on reports it's in talks on the purchase of a twenty five percent stake in germany's third largest gas. or story positive open today basically on the back of their. eurozone package fresh aid package for greece approved yesterday and today we've seen a range bound trading within our fortran but now in the last the market currently is looking at the resolution of their u.s. debt limit crisis situation which could calm as early as this weekend and that will certainly give the markets more.