mong because of the seriously this isn't the start of something it's being linked with the same man who thought to be a right wing extremist with anti muslim views on the seventeenth of july he still to have posted a twitter feed where he has said that one person with a belief is equal to the force of a hundred thousand who have only interests so he thoughts of posted radical tweets leading up to this attack initially a group including helpers of the global jihad came out and said that they took responsibility for the bombing but then they retracted that of course norway is is participating in the libyan and afghanistan war efforts as part of nato and the just last winter there were dozens of islamic militants arrested throughout western europe in connection with with planned bombings police told people to stay out of the city center to avoid using mobile phones the exits to the borders of norway were shot immediately after the blast and roads leading into and trains leading

into the capital rules so hold it now we've we've heard that soldiers are on the streets with machine guns police also and it's being called the worst attack since world war two perhaps the worst shooting spree in history. western unclear whether this was the brutal act of one individual or the work of an organization u.s. based correspondent common snow we may never know what really happened on the island there was ample reason for cells to talk a new way. it's not unusual for a government or an organization to which works with the media systems to control information the way that norway norwegian media does or the norwegian government does to hide the facts something like this until they've decided that they want to tell the truth about what really happened in some cases the public will never learn the truth about what really happened but obviously to keep the public from becoming

too frightened they want to keep the numbers down and we'll have a lot of parents wondering if their children have been killed and so there's a lot of reasons why governments control this kind of information in norway has a huge role in the missions. forces in afghanistan lebanon somalia uganda norway has committed to claims to the bombing in libya and they were previously involved in iraq and it's that that wouldn't be surprising either but. again back to the culture of morton always the fourteenth largest arms importer in the world the highest military expenditures per capita in all of the european countries and yeah it makes a lot of sense that this could be coming back on norway just like you know the chickens come home to roost. from our common history that. highlights always involvement campaigns as a possible catalyst tensions in the area. the most likely explanation is that norway's involvement as a nato member in armed actions flying nato from libya to afghanistan will have

the basis for some backlash now whether the backlash comes from a libyan group or more generally from an islamic group that is hostile to religion nato involvement. is obviously yet to be seen and i have to say you should remember that back in oklahoma city in one thousand nine hundred five one was a huge bomb of the federal. it would be left it must be the work of islamic terrorists and it turned out to work a very christian fundamentalist mission hostile to the u.s. so with the proviso that we should not rule out other possibilities the most likely explanation is obviously there's always political involvement glaum an attack on israel there is perhaps. this trash economic power of an islamic group i might say nowheres are so hot. if you think about it places like london paris. targets of terrorist attacks over the years even made quite dramatic attack on the

prime missile has you can attack on. members of those who caution you couldn't necessarily have such a little perhaps and i'm sure norway listening very peaceful very quiet for a long time if you like much anymore involvement in the regions and violence and also in houses miles away from our own country. dr will mccants from the center for naval analysis says that terrorist groups are trying to recruit people of european appearance because they would raise their suspicion. the statement came out around ten thirty this morning u.s. time. no one challenged it for several hours but then by the afternoon the same person who had posted the claim posted a retraction and apparently it seems that the forum administrator is where he posted the claim had gotten angry for him attributing it to this group helpers of the global jihad so he had to take down the statement and post a retraction the recruitment of people in europe who are not of arab or south asian

background who can blend in with the majority population they've been looking for for for these type of folks for a long time because they fly below the surveillance radar. and he. claims that the scenes witnessed part of a broader issue concerning attitudes towards immigration. i think that in many ways we invited this problem because hand in hand with mass unlimited immigration into prices like britain and also into into places like denmark and sweden and norway not quite as bad as ours but. a large amount of immigration we've actually also had this policy of multiculturalism and i like to draw a distinction if i can between what i call private multiculturalism public state sponsored multiculturalism private multiculturalism where people enjoy their religious and cultural customs in private that's for another problem and i think

you know i went to a hindu wedding recently and i really enjoyed it i really made me welcome on the lovely time problem that we go with public state sponsored multiculturalism and even david cameron mrs merkel president sarkozy they've all now admitted that this is a problem is where we have imported cultural customs into our country which are not appropriate in western liberal advance democracy and instead of being very strong about this and that's not how we do things we were pleased and let these people carry on with things like you know arranged marriages polygamous marriages all of these kind of things and introduce their past and in fact in britain i don't know about it also but in britain we actually have recognition of sharia law for some tribunals so it's got the legal system has already taken a foothold without us and of course this is a road to ruin. a recap of our top story now here in our team but we didn't police at least eighty people had been killed in a shooting spree on the island of nutria at

a youth camp run by the governing labor party because attack is believed to be the worst of its kind of modern history came shortly after a bomb ripped through the heart of the government district of the capital killing at least seven. that have arrested a thirty two year old all ages and in connection with the attacks he reportedly expressed right wing and anti muslim views in the internet earlier reports suggested the terror group there. because of global jihad initially claimed responsibility in response to norway's involvement in afghanistan they took the truck to the statement. so. i am nature and discover it. least a communicate with the want to. test yourself and become free him go. see what nature can give you see. forty two thousand americans die each year

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aviation authority which oversees all civil flights begins to shutdown the critics say that it's unlikely for a solution taxes or spending cuts. in the streets of the go to gauge public opinion on taxation. would you be willing to pay more in taxes to save your government from bankruptcy this week let's talk about that. definitely with. spending. so do you trust your government to spend it correctly i don't trust any of the country a little bit how much is a little but. few percentage points and that's about it that's about it since fifty percent of the american public. i would have

a problem i believe everybody even if it's a dollar fifty everybody should be in this shared sacrifice how much work you know if. you know why they want to wait for me when people you know. you know you just spend a lot more money in taxes so that more people have more service. should you have to pay for people who aren't working as hard as you yeah yeah. yeah ok with. yeah i think everybody should have it ok so i think it's ok because if you pay too much taxes you know you think people who want to work so much. like in the states government they spend all the money and. so i would say first.

and then you don't need a tax increase no matter how you feel about taxes the bottom line is you're probably always going to have to pay them but it's up to your government to use those funds well. the e.u. has announced a new one hundred sixty billion euro bailout for greece you know credit rating drops into the dreaded default to european leaders however. to pull out of its debt cost but critics want to bring that cash injection was necessary for now maintain that it's not any enough to get back on its feet. president sarkozy has been saying in brussels you know greece is a special case it's received this special support from the europeans and other countries won't receive that but of course it's do we believe that i'm not sure that we do because it's inconceivable that the europeans wouldn't step in very and

it's also i think inconceivable that even the resources now available to the financial stability fund the sort of nascent european monetary fund i think they wouldn't really be sufficient in the end it was a sort of battle between the bond markets and the italian government so without wanting to paint nightmare scenario i don't think we're out of the woods yet. russia hasn't escaped the european economic slump with high inflation recorded this year the rise has many corrupt officials the other cost of a bribe. of ten thousand dollars. the skies over moscow say for these arrested a man suspected of blinding pilots a powerful laser gun. although stores normally used on

a website. mission free accreditation three times for charges free arrangement free. free. free. free broadcast quality video for your media projects and free video down to r.t. dot com. the volga river tragedy recovery operation is set to resume on saturday experts will put the finishing touches into putting the song. from the river. part of the vessel has already been lifted to the surface right to the pump tiled making the ship's hull easy to move experts are eager to examine the wreckage to determine why exactly the boat sank two weeks ago. fourteen people have been confirmed dead in the tragedy eight are still listed as missing. the ship is under

investigation and two people have already been charged with violating some regulations. media experts in the us say that mainstream outlets are sacrificing because of their choice of content they say it's become a trend to show the viewer with a flurry of sensationalism rather than important news and artie's or in this to reports us big business and politicians could be directing the shift in style now to talk about some of today's biggest political story it's the story behind the story whoa the editorial mission driving the mainstream news cycle and i just kind of sat back i was like wow this is it this is the speech played by the rules instructions coming straight from the top he said i was just in washington and people in washington tell me that they're concerned about your tone recently departed m.-s. n.b.c. anchor jank ugur describes the talking to he alleges came from the head of the cable news network the talking to did drove him to leave the station and he said i

love to be an outsider outsiders are cool but we're not we're insiders. we are those former insiders and analysts we interviewed say it's this way of thinking in the mainstream t.v. media that leads to a twenty four hour news cycle filled largely with a c n n a the woman accused of killing her two year old little girl you would know if this is your underpants now learn maria demanded he move has been following us but perhaps coverage that an m.s.m. defector says it's cost stations their literate audience and credibility a lot of mainstream television news in particular is in the gutter they're just wasting your time with casey anthony stories with anthony weiner's wiener it's become a national joke a national joke that protects ad revenue and political currency unlike more hard hitting stories they would be stories that offend big corporations and big political power and that's why they're not covered it could explain why more

reporters haven't covered for example a secret prison in somalia run by the cia journalist jeremy scahill exposed its secrets and says several other american reporters know about it too instead this was the response to his story in the case of c.n.n. didn't even mention my report and just basically reprinted a press release from the cia saying that you know they were just assisting the somali government they could explain why networks aren't redoubling their efforts to cover hard hitting stories instead fresh off the successful ratings of the casey anthony trial you have a network like a.b.c. hiring former kidnapping victim elizabeth smart to cover missing children stories i mean they basically came out and said we need to do more missing children or missing people stories and so that's what they're going to do and that is going to be a cost to other stories taking away from stories that affect people on a greater scale from jobs to inequality poverty wars and police brutality.

the direction seems to be heading ever further in the direction of sensational. and tabloid which if rupert murdoch's news corps scandal is any indication could backfire ultimately that you're going to lose ratings you're going to lose viewers and you know ultimately you may be you may find yourself under investigation networks that pledge to lean forward or claim to be fair and balanced or they call themselves the most trusted name in news c defectors leaving to find an independent outlet if they want to try to live up to those mottos laura mr r. t. washington d.c. . the motivation behind sensationalist rather than fact based journalism maybe the pursuit of the highest profits that's according to spy and that member of the young turks the broom movement the overall goal for the media right now is to profit i mean they're constantly worried about ratings why are they worried about ratings

because in the advertising department or in the sales department those ratings need to be presented to advertisers and if you are cut they think that if you cover stories that are important stories on libya stories on the economy that americans are going to buy they want the sensationalism they're going to focus on the sensationalism there is an audience out there for it but it's discouraging because people are getting informed on the issues that are that are important to vet the issues that actually affect them on a daily basis and if they think that's going to bring in the money in the ratings then that's what they're going to cover and i think that that's discouraging and i think they're wrong i think they're wrong on that point. well some of the international nice stories in brief for you now islamist militants in somalia say this still banning most foreign aid agencies from working in the famine struck country militants deny u.n. reports that somalia is in a state of disaster when the statements propaganda so severe drought has struck the region rendering millions in dire need of food and the u.n.

estimates tens of thousands have already died from shortages. foreign ministers from north and south korea have broken the three year suspension of high level bilateral meetings non-official talks took place in his body venue for the eighteenth regional forum meeting is thought to be a positive step possible future negotiations on the issue of nuclear weapons in the korean peninsula north korea which the original talks a back in two thousand and seven. nato has carried out fresh bombing runs on the libyan capital on saturday colonel gadhafi is headquartered whereabouts remain unknown on friday a crowd around it in tripoli in support of the colonel in libya has been ravaged by civil war since february until that mission beginning here strikes march parties military contributors says there's a growing credibility gap me and once the intervention. there is been

a lot of talk about. the u.s. policy or the lack of faith or regarding pakistan and afghanistan no less has been said about the nato operation or actually aerial intervention and bombing in libya take a close a look at how the nato aerial bombing in libya is related to american tribes in afghanistan and pakistan on a technical basis yes they and nato intervention and indiscriminate bombing and libya could be both the united states and nato operation but technicalities aside it is not just a two and a half wars for the united states in reality if not on the ground at least in the air over a levy at the bombing is one hundred percent a nato operation the timing of nato operation against libya demonstrated

not on the lack of trust between the united states and pakistan and afghan leadership it is also indicative of a huge credibility gap between the genuine united states of america and its european nato partners. well the headlines in just a couple of minutes herriot a state in. feel . if. you.

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this is the main international headline the worst single shooting spree in modern history at least eighty four people killed and youth camp in norway a bomb ripped through the heart of the government district of the capital killing at least seven the prime minister's office was hit the leader was not in the building at the time of the last. thirty two year old norwegian man has been arrested and charged with committing both attacks help as a global jihad initially claimed responsibility response to moisten bold enough down a start but they took

a trip to the statement. program spotlight is up next this time of talk to alexis crow from the royal institute of international affairs to find out whether the revolutions and north africa could lead to greater security threats in the future. exact nature and discovery. communicate with the why don't. test yourself and become free. see what nature can give you on on the.

move. to the. probable again of the world come to spotlight the interview show on r t i'm now going all of them today my guest in the studio is alex's crop last year russia and the united states were discussing the new start treaty they argued whether or not it would protect europe from potential building in this but very soon a different threat than mary's revolution said the warfare spread throughout north africa and the middle east toppling regimes and bringing instability to the region so what are the biggest threats to european and a global security today here's an expert on international security at the royal institute of international affairs alex this crowd. last year russia and the united states strengthen ties by signing the new song to solomon.