jumping into the sea to were to escape hiding behind rocks hiding behind trees explosives have been found on the island just before the attack at the youth rally there was a blast here in the center of all slope which blew out windows in the city center over us right now i'm thinking about the cuts from my head and of course it's horrible nice things happen you don't really know what's going on you can assume there's been a bomb because of the serious effect. that it's being linked with the same man who's thought to be a right wing extremist with anti muslim views in 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 thought of posted radical tweets leading up to this attack he's now been charged with both the bombing in the city center here in oslo and the youth come just outside he was a fundamentalist he's a fundamentalist christian and he says multiculturalism has always failed us in his

blog which has been found calls himself a nationalist he's also registered a gun club and around two years ago opened the farm called geo farm which gave him access to industrial fertilizer which is often used by terrorists for warmings like this one so it seems that it's an idea that he's been planning for a long time initially a group including helpers of the global jihad came out and said that they took responsibility for the forming 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 which shots immediately after the blast and roads leading into and trains leading into the capital rules so halted 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. that or vision prime minister said more democracy and openness is the answer to the violence but to hell the us from the region institute of international affairs believes it's the country's policies of multiculturalism that turned the government against his own. behind an increasingly. intense and heated debate about immigration. about what immigration is doing to no beach culture no to culture a list them is really not debate to go forward to marginalize the region so feel their voices are not being heard in the political establishment. in the region people have never been consulted democratically about whether a bump immigration on or not and that the political establishment is

a sort of of the elite that lives in areas which are depicted out they all white and that it's lower cost of each and so who feel that the immigrants are sort of getting into the territories removing them forwarded from the drug smuggling their salaries etc and they have no avail vovo playing the democratic groups i guess. so far seems to be the motivation of this person us well. well that's the sky is the story with david curtis the u.s. based independent blogger mr curtis thanks very much for being on the program now a europe has been for years been proud of its tolerance of democracy and we've heard from be to reach our prime minister open this but now we're seeing national issues turning ugly as we've seen in norway and we have people linked to both islamists and far right movements carrying out these as atrocities or how did it get this bad. well i think. one of the things that we're seeing especially since nine eleven here in america. you're seeing a very concerted movement towards the right arm. i think what we're

looking at is. you've got down. there is a very. strong nationalist movement. we're. you know there is. the. case that they're showing them to quick commit such atrocities this movement towards their ideas here you're mentioning i think so i think so they discover this decidedly i mean he has come out he's very and climates long. he's very right way. he's very nationalist very strong christian party which is the right wing party in norway that. i think what you're seeing not only in you know norway but europe and america is ever since nine eleven and you're seeing you know

. everybody is looking to. the the islamic right wing movement as far as terrorism goes. you know we're everybody's very suspicious of immigrants they're very suspicious of. non-christian religions. such as islamic. you know just disguised yet simple we see this with you see this sentiment coming out despite a lot of tolerance and democracy a talk of that's a do you agree with the norwegian prime minister when he says in fact the assar to such violence would be more democracy and openness do you think this is what will well happen. i don't know if it will happen they agree you know gad i do agree with them i think stripping our individual liberties our civil rights for in the name of security is not the answer

i think what there needs to be is or needs to be more an openness more an understanding towards other cultures other religions i don't think closing our society as a whole is the answer and i think what that does that just breeds more suspicion more intolerance more hatred towards people that. are not like each other. it's it's it's in and human nature and the fact it's in the nature of the animal kingdom as a whole to be trial to have a natural suspicion of. you know one group against another but ok you know i don't think that's he answer as i think what we need to do is is to allow ourselves to have an understanding to put ourselves in nish shoes so to speak of other cultures and try to. you know in my case you know american

occupation. trying to see how other cultures perceive us and try to bridge the gap you know reach out so to speak breed an understanding and. you know go beyond the mistrust of each other. with this guy i don't see that this guy is. he's a. you know it's very similar to timothy mcveigh back in ninety five you know another example of a right wing extremist. a guy who has no problem with chilling. film kotler i'm afraid that so the time we have right now thank you so much for your insight david curtis independent blogger there talking to us from the u.s. well in light of the attacks norway has reimposed the border controls denmark did the same over two weeks ago and this is

a move strongly criticized by other you members while excessively volatile from the a moscow state humanitarian university says there are signs a united europe is falling apart. the european project is collapsing and slowly collapsing you know there are lots of live rounds coming from asia from the north africa and some countries have a cancer rates folded so they have to prove to you that their research and has control over immigration control and that's. only tells us that the european folded like see you know kind of vitality the there right agenda and it should be shared by the people living in the e people house to be ready to actually while those people they have to say no to this coming from a country. the governments all those countries how to put it to the referendum actually talk to the people rather than just saying we are going to bend this plan

that every stakeholder has status i in it not just the citizens of the country not just the migrants because you see there is a contradiction break this famous fall he's and he's a lamb he's calls as supposedly to the information shared by the media no wait and at the same time there is an islamized to get his asian that. they have taken responsibility for the fall of the blast in the way that it's all you see those untraditional famous well yes and his line is the halls and at the same time islamist organizations like responsibility neither varies something deeply wrong with the communication. the in our region attacks have sent a shock waves around the world and sparked a passionate debate on what's behind it all on our website r.t. dot com we're asking what's the cornerstone of the norwegian tragedy well so far the majority of you think share fanaticism is to blame and fewer people thirty five percent the say the tensions stem from multiculturalism twenty percent say the reason is global terrorism which penetrates everywhere and the minority says it's

down to the failure of security forces a what's your view on that you can log on to r.t. dot com and have your say. well norway security forces may be a train to thwart terror attacks but they completely failed to predict or prevent this massacre that's the view of danish m.p. morten messerschmidt who says nobody is safe if an individual maniac decides to go on a shooting spree many scandinavians were of the belief that we or police or intelligence service really had the facilities and the measures in order to prevent this from happening we have in numerous cases we have prevented attacks from terrorist groups islamist groups around of course it's much more difficult to prohibit individual lunatics from doing. it if we have as we have seen yesterday but there's

of course once again the question is whether the police whether the intelligence service has the facilities and measures that are adequate to the situation that we're living in today. well once again a reminder of our top story for you the latest we have is that at least eighty five people are now confirmed dead after a shocking a shooting spree at even a region youth camp and that attack came shortly after a powerful blast in downtown also low which claimed at least seven lives now a thirty two year old a region man is being held in connection with both of vents and it is reported that he belongs to a far right movement now a second man was detained by special forces around an area where the victims' relatives had gathered but it's still not clear if he is a suspected second gunman. well our own correspondent daniel bushell is there at the heart of blast rick and also bringing us the very latest as it happens and his firsthand experience is also on our twitter feed well in one of our his latest we see says he witnessed demonstrations of extraordinary bravery

wounded victims of the also blast returned to ground zero to look for people still trapped inside despite the risk of another bomb and of course we'll be keeping you up to speed with the latest developments in norway throughout the day and night and we'll have more expert comment and analysis of the situation right here on r.t. so do stay with us. moving on european leaders to breathe a sigh of relief as greece is provided with a bailout of one hundred ninety billion euros that's despite the threat of athens credit rating plunging into the dreaded default category and critics say this second cash handout isn't nearly enough to get the euro 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. do we believe that i'm not sure that we

do because the eighteen conceivable that the europeans wouldn't step in they 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 there i think they wouldn't really be sufficient in the end if it was a sort of battle between the bond markets and the italian government so without wanting to paint nightmare scenarios i don't think you know we're out of the woods yet. and another debt crisis brews across the atlantic as washington struggles to decide on how to avoid defaulting on its debts in a few minutes artie's very own new york resident laurie harshness asks people in the big apple whether they're ready to pay more tax to save their economy. a little bit how much is a little better. a few percentage points more and that's about it and that's about

it i believe everybody even if it's a dollar fifty everybody should be in a shared sacrifice if you have too much. like in the states it is better government to spend all the money and. so i would be stupid wars and there you don't need to increase. recovery efforts are continuing on russia's volga river following the country's worst ever boating to sastre the sunken a pleasure cruiser the bulgaria is being a total shallow waters and that's before being lifted onto dry land water has to be pumped out of the sunken hall to make the red light enough to lift all experts are eager to examine the ship it to determine exactly why the bulgaria two weeks ago one hundred fourteen people are confirmed dead after the tragedy with eight still

listed as missing the boat's owner is under investigation and two people have already been charged with violating safety regulations. well cautious optimism has welcomed the first meeting in three years of the foreign ministers from north and south korea the unofficial meeting it took place on the sidelines of a regional forum in indonesia the two sides agreed to reduce stalled six party talks over nuclear program however the us secretary of state a set of washington it won't back the negotiations unless north korea first starts dismantling its atomic facilities professor levy from sydney universe. he believes the multiparty talks are not the right way to reach any agreement. the nuclear issue could have been resolved much faster more efficiently as a result of bilateral negotiations first of all between north korea and the united states and washington also have to demonstrate willingness to participate in the six party talks unconditionally not solve korean bilateral negotiations would have

been helpful tool but bringing together six different parties which traditionally belong to course tile security blocs we've different security agendas and competing trade interests is not very promising while solve career remains as curity ally of the united states not what it demands to be anything like designing from south korea but north korea must disarm unilaterally and pyongyang believes it's not fair so does moscow and beijing so that's why i believe i strongly believe that the only way to resolve the tensions ease to stage a number of bilateral negotiations. in the volatile form of the is going to be solved much faster without much trouble. and now a brief look at some other international headlines this hour a train has derailed and caught fire in central syria the driver has been killed and several passengers injured state television blamed governments of

a terrorist for the attack but failed to suggest any real evidence against those they say are behind the assault the area in central syria has been at the heart of the uprising that started in march with protesters demanding the ousting of president bashar al assad. rainier that media is reporting one of the country's nuclear scientists has been shot dead in the capital tehran thirty five year old. was targeted outside his home by a gunmen on a motorbike it's not the first murder of a nuclear physicist in iran last year another was killed by a remotely detonated bomb in the capital of blamed israel secret service masada for the killing. nato was carried out fresh air strikes on the libyan capital hitting colonel gadhafi as headquarters on friday a crowd rallied in tripoli in support of the colonel whose whereabouts remain unknown libya has been ravaged by civil war since february with the nato led

coalition that launching air strikes in march parties military contributors says there's a growing credibility gap within the alliance over the intervention. there is been a lot of talk about. the u.s. policy or the lack of faith the 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 leave it is related to american try vies in afghanistan and pakistan on a technical basis yes they nato intervention and indiscriminate bombing in libya could be both the united states and nato operation but technicalities aside it is not just a tune 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 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 genuine united states of america and its european nato partners. well you can always follow your getting through shelves a video blog and of course many others on our website are to dot com and among the stories you'll find there today georgian photographers convicted of spying for russia are released their colleagues convinced their confessions were coerced we'll find out why the local opposition believes the case had nothing to do with justice from the start. and a foreign skeptic said it was ridiculous but

a russian military innovation has bounced back and might just become a significant asset well experts sing the praises and benefits of the so-called rubber on me at r.t. dot com. the u.s. has moved a step closer to defaulting on its debts the latest round of talks to raise the country's debt ceiling collapse when a republican opposition leader stormed out of negotiations with president obama the government has to allow more borrowing on top of its existing limits of fourteen point three trillion dollars but the opposing parties can't agree on how to achieve that democrats propose higher taxes on the wealthy while republicans want spending cuts or if a decision is made by august the second the u.s.

will be unable to pay its bills and have to default and the effects are already being felt as the u.s. federal aviation authority which oversees several flights of the country begins a partial shutdown artie's new york resident very hard for this trip to the streets of the big apple to gauge public opinion on more taxation. would you be willing to pay more in taxes just save your government from bankruptcy this week let's talk about that you know definitely would pay more if i knew it was spending. billions rather spend it on defense. 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. a few percentage points more and that's about it and that's about it since fifty percent of the american public does not pay a nickel i would have

a problem i believe everybody even if it's a dollar fifty everybody should be in this shared sacrifice all the pain so how much work you bring to life if you know if i'm working hard and i make you my good . you know why do i want to get taken away from me when people you know don't. you know you just spend a lot more money in taxes. so that more people have more service says should you have to pay for people who aren't working as hard as you go. to yeah ok with that well yeah i think everybody should have it ok so things are going to go to pay too much taxes you know you to get energy from people who want to work so if you there's too much texas you have a better government like in the states that are better government to spend all the money and praise your wars in iraq in a. so i would say first published the war and there 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. overall have a full news bulletin at the top of the hour but i'll be back with a recap of our main stories in just a couple of minutes to stay with us. please

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all come back past eight here in moscow here's a recap of the top stories on our t.v. norway's nightmare at least ninety four are now confirmed dead after two violent attacks and the country a gun that and police uniform killed eighty seven in the shooting spree at a youth camp hours after a car glass shattered in the center of all slope claiming seven lives. police have arrested a thirty two year old norwegian suspected of being a behind the attacks he's said to have links with a far right movement and a second bad has been detained in connection with the atrocities in the last few

hours. that he cannot make troubles just keep on plaguing europe and the u.s. greece's credit rating is under threat following new agreeing on a fresh bailout for athens meanwhile america moves closer to defaulting on its massive debts after lawmakers failed to agree on raising the debt ceiling. it will keep you updated on developments in norway throughout the day and night but for now a change of tone that was we bring you the latest edition of this weekend's moscow out.

welcome to the pride. of the city of brides. it's celebrating its one hundred forty. and with a whole range. from film festivals to exhibitions it's still all happening in the. teams was to drive the journey which takes around five. you can also take an overnight train from. some of the. revolution of ninety five took place in one of the official meetings with supposedly took place here. in the middle of the nineteenth century.