hello and a very warm welcome from all of us here in moscow this is r.t. with me you lash of our thanks for joining us and our top story tonight eight people including an eleven year old girl were killed by a powerful bomb in russia's southern republic of dagestan a police officers have been severely injured and are now in hospital they explodes it was planted in a car parked at a road crossing in the central district he's a nice and now it has the details. well it has officially been confirmed that eight people were killed in this blast seven of them civilians an eleven year old girl and we're just hearing from law enforcers in the area that an entire family was killed in fact they were driving by this parked car word fact the explosives were planted and set off automatically in their car was a husband his wife and their three daughters so that's the latest we're hearing six police officers were injured one of those victims who is dead is a police officer in fact and obviously a criminal investigation has been launched this housing had been casa fight as an act of terror what has been launched as

a criminal investigation and the charges there an attempt on the life of a police officer and the even legal use of explosives the caucus is known for its volatility and terrorism is still a very major threat there in fact just last week we saw double blasts in the capital of dagestan hodge carline sixty one people were injured there are no deaths but it's certainly something that officials there in the whole country is still very much dealing with the threat of terror but this so far again i want to i just underline has not been confirmed or possible as to not just take us out of the entire region really and this is something that moscow very much understands and in fact we're hearing just recently from the prosecutor general's office that they believe that law enforcers there and leaders are not doing it in fish enough job of dealing with terrorism an effort to provide situations that we've seen over the past year just recently. last week in the hospital on again this hasn't been classified as an act of terror but certainly that is going to be looked into and

this is this is one of russia's i think it's fair to say top issues the issue of terrorism and terrorism that comes out of the caucuses and we've been seeing a lot of activity lately justin in dagestan itself. european spokes is heading for greece to find out if austerity measures are being implemented as quickly as they could be and they also look out for more ways to cut budgets and raise taxes that's ahead of a crucial german averred which could see a full forward increase to the eurozone rescue fund that could also write off a part of greece's debt south is in athens for. all eyes are going to be on berlin to see the outcome of that is very uncertain the moment exactly what's going to happen as he said the contributions from germany as well as other usa members would increase were that face to be a preview we know that there has been some problems especially amongst the german public is pretty extremely unpopular and we've seen the greek prime minister jewish

passenger on a visit just the other day met with the german chancellor merkel that was seen as a move to try to maybe garner a bit more support for greece and we heard some very positive rhetoric coming from the both of them greece is part promising to deliver saying they think they can find their way out of the crisis it really is crucial that you know is a need to still have made it clear whether or not they're going to be providing that next tranche of money the eight billion euros is still that certain will go ahead because as we've seen from some of the other statements that have come out recently very much the opinion and the thought is that greece has to stay within the year within the eurozone where it's live we've heard that anyone could leave early and that could see the end of the entire union all together there's a lot of disappointment from the people here about the way the situation's played out i mentioned how the german public were feeling about having said the possibility of providing more contributions towards that bailout while here in

greece to be honest the said the feelings very similar they don't particularly like the idea of the euro is a new leaders coming to the rescue what they see is news that is simply untenable for them because they want to ride out this quite is but the austerity measures that have been put in place them have been very very strict indeed property tax and i was fated three last night by the parliament and we saw the situation here on sometimes mr square where the protesters clashed with riot police that escalated again at the very unhappy with this measure is that property tax is going to add even more. to the tax bills that these people are having to pay and the public has said that it's not even a case anymore of whether they want to pay they simply don't have that money the situation here really is a stream the crucial points and moving forward now people are going to be looking at t.v. stations like tomorrow in berlin to see exactly where the usa need as a gang leader whether they're going to be taking decisive action that again to help

people out the situation same eating food all eyes will certainly be on balance my and the outcome of that. band of germany's parliament a ways out the pros and cons of beefing up european financial stability professor marcus curtis says the whole idea of bailing out failed economies is corrupt and destructive. eighty five percent of the germ population opposed to any further paid out money so we are in for a very very strong better than additionally there is the chose against a joke law to shave in the european court of justice he faces a challenge by our group that he has at the used european central bank to buy to put chase joe bonds from italy spain greece ireland and portugal never ever before the split has been greater than today and later the

project as such it is going to have to to lose the support the popular support it has always had in germany till know that the fundamental problem of greece the eurozone is divergence of competitiveness by putting more debt and moving more bailout money into these countries you don't increase the competitiveness of these two countries of the country you keep them in the same month requestion they are monetary really imprisoned in the euro. after having consumed st paul is not for you it's cheap money for more than ten years so alice you give them the freedom to leave the eurozone they will look be able to catch up with other competitive countries. and in a few minutes here on r.t. as palestine bids as zero builds we'll hear from the palestinians in the un envoy for his insight into the talks and timing surrounding his membership mission at the global body. of free speech it does

come at it because even in the land of the free much loved american celebrities like karuna tony bennett find they can't always speak their mind. roadblocks that's still in place in the ethnic serbian north of kosovo as nato reinforces its presence on the contested kosovo border this came a day after at least eleven people were injured in clashes throughout the area violence flared again on tuesday as alliance forces used bulldozers to dismantle barricades put up by ethnic serbs they blocked roads to prevent kosovo and police who are albanian from taking control of crossing posts and in forcing a ban on cross border trade during the dispute rubber bullets and tear gas we used by alliance forces to disperse the crowd seven hospital officials say some of the injured were shot with live rounds and around a thousand ethnic serbs gathered in the northern part of course of on wednesday to protest against the actions of nato forces russia's foreign ministry has called on

peacekeepers in the area to stay neutral with the russian envoy to nato demitra goes in saying the alliance taking sides can only lead to further conflict in the region. it seems my new colleagues don't have a clue what the consequences of their involvement in the conflict could be instead of taking a neutral position in accordance with the un security council resolution they took the side of constable albania but basically nato is blocking the only road of life between the cost of an serbs and serbia it's the international peacekeepers who are involved in the civil conflict in the north of the region according to our sources there are badly wounded people among the cause of incidents those wounds are not from rubber bullets or from stones real bullets fired at these people these are refuses to answer the question it's another mistake that neither was making and provoked another conflict in the balkans. and turducken political acts that narco gas which told r.t. that western countries have their own interest in supporting costs of earth are

issues and keeping a military presence and every. i do hope that the international criminal court will will have a look at least since the international criminal court claims to be very interested in the way civilians are treated i hope that they won't make an exception for western powers in the way they treat civilians they've decided who they want to sponsor they want to sponsor the greater albanian project through which they see their own interest they see camp bondsteel the biggest military base in the world having a permanent presence in the heart of europe strategically located completing the encirclement of russia which was always one of the serious aspects of their game plan that's what they're about they're about controlling the flow of oil controlling the security of energy supplies through this part of the region they're about control nato is about control of territory and control of resources that's why they can stay on the side of those whose country it was not they will reward the organ steamers and the great albanian terrorists with a country because then the albanian maffia over them big time that's the nato plan

. the u.n. security council has taken the first official stab and considering the palestinian bid for statehood by forwarding that location to the admissions committee that ministrations leader mahmoud abbas formally presented the submission to the un in new york last week israel and the united states are strongly opposed to the bid which america has vowed to veto ati's merino britain eyes following developments from new. the process takes no longer than thirty five days the standing committee will assess and review the application for palestinian un membership and statehood the standing committee will hold its first meeting on friday the application that the palestinian leader mahmoud abbas handed in calls for recognition of palestinian state in the west bank gaza strip and east jerusalem as its capital so far there is about a six security council members on the record that have thrown their support behind

the palestinian bid a total of nine out of the fifteen countries need to support the application and there has to be no vetoes none of the veto wielding members of the security council should cast a veto as we know the united states a staunch ally of israel has vowed to veto palestinian bid for u.n. membership if it house to israel's very much opposed to this the us president barack obama said the only way that there can be independent palestinian state is if the palestinians and the israelis get back to the negotiation table and discuss middle east peace plan that comes to fruition so at this point some critics say the palestinian campaign for a year number ship is doomed to hell but the palestinians are very appreciative that security council is moving so quickly and at the very least this is bringing to it bringing attention to a problem that has lasted for decades and has not yet been solved there has been condemnation coming from the international community against israel's plan to

expand its settlements russia has said it's deeply concerned with the plan and hopes that it would be revised the united states and european union also voiced criticism of this plan and some critics say that this settlement expansion is actually a violation of international law and if anything israel's actions can be seen as. provoking and already sensitive circumstance not helping to reach. ultimate peace agreement in any sort of way now the prime minister of israel benjamin netanyahu says that israel has a right to build and the people in israel some say have view this settlement expansion as a gift for the jewish new year the palestinian authority say that israel clearly with this move is not serious about peace whatsoever and we can imagine that a lot of diplomatic negotiations will continue taking place to make sure that maybe

israel will will take back its plan on expanding settlements because if those settlements do expand the palestinian president said there will be no kind of business as usual and no direct talks with the israelis. that riyadh demand soup palestinian envoy to the u.n. commented on israel's plans to expand settlements in east jerusalem saying they simply demonstrates that tel aviv isn't inclined to negotiate for peace. this illegal action is that are you the government the occupying power or. responding to the international community and to the quartet which i have been asking the. obligations under international law. which called for the freeze of settlement the. announcing. these days this illegal. is an indication that they are not interested in what is proposing or the

international community or why didn't the obligation international law and therefore they are not interested in negotiating fleece or war they say they want to negotiate peace without conditions they are imposing all these conditions and that speaks louder. announcement of their desire to negotiate peace. that could support a compromise draft resolution on syria that would united russia and european propositions positions right on the conflict and this comes after hours of talks at the security council as to veto welding members russia and china rejected a more rigorous initial european plan the new draft doesn't call for immediate sanctions against the assad regime but the chairs they could be implemented if the violence doesn't stop russia remains that resolute in the view that sanctions don't work and only how the population pressures and avoid to the un set a compromise could be found of the rest of the security council is united in their

commitment to ending anding violence in a while fighting in syria continues with the army is supported by tanks and helicopters now looked in street battles indicate a rebel city of ras. if china's tend to stake a claim on the stars as it launches the unmanned space laboratory tiangong one says they also heavily palisade will test the water for beijing's and mission to boost its extraterrestrial presence the editor of space dot com tariq malik says that if the beginning of china's full scale space program huge step for china's manned space program the general module is their prototype for a full blown space station module it's a about the size of a bus that weighs about nine times and what they're hoping with this other mobile is that it's going to be a foundation or a. reusable destination in space for china after this flight

goes up if it's sensible it will send up another unmanned spacecraft to dock with it in november if that is successful that sets the stage for a minute and light to do that laboratory so it would be a toehold for china in space its space program has a big visible example of its progress as well it's a major prestigious. emblem for the country and of course the you know it is trying to grow as it wants to be a technological a powerhouse and worlds to demonstrate your your expertise what is one of the hardest things for people to do flying at humans into space. in america everyone to have the right to speak their mind about that can carry a high price and pleased to have faith parents of some high profile figures of lose their jobs or reputations after voicing that he's especially when it comes to sensitive subjects as gannett check out reports from washington. an american

icon legendary singer world war two veteran and pacifist tony bennett has come under fire for speaking his mind on a radio talk show he said america's actions of broad of provokes terror with the terrorists are with the terrorists or are they the terrorists well two wrongs don't make a right they're the ones who started with the plane flying into the world trade center what do you know i don't know about tony bennett was attacked afterwards with stinging criticism from some quarters then he went to great lengths to apologize to those his remarks may have offended i'd like to say that i am sorry if my state statements suggested anything other than an expression of my love for my country america calls itself the land of the free but some are asking why our living legend like tony bennett has to apologize for his thoughts there's no tolerance really for any deviation from the official line even though here in america we're very proud

of our freedom of speech and the right to speak his skin siddur holy except if you say the wrong things you can get in trouble and artists have musicians have now tony bennett to speak question freedom of speech proved no defense in protecting the jobs of a number of public figures in america sacked after comments that appeared to challenge conventional u.s. establishment views journalist helen thomas who'd been a white house reporter for over half a century was forced to resign after she said he's really should leave land they taken from palestinians everybody has been fired for what they say these days you can you but not if you say anything about the president of the united states you can call him anything in the book but you can't say anything about israel. that automatically makes you any systematic c.n.n.'s former senior editor of middle east affairs davian nasr was sacked a year ago because of

a tweet she wrote about her respect for a lebanese cleric who had one time had been seen as the spiritual leader of the hezbollah but had later broken ties with them nasr also apologized but was promptly pushed out of the u.s. mainstream media it's all about consequences social and economic just pressure rather than real censorship politicians expressing ideas against the establishment if you come under fire too like congressman ron paul who is running for president osama bin ladin and i don't think i have been a christian. they have been explicit and they wrote. that we attacked we attacked america because you had bases on our holy land in saudi arabia you do not give palestinians a fair treatment and you have been bombing. i didn't say that i'm trying to get through to understand what the motive was behind the bombing at the same time we have been bombing and killing hundreds of thousands of iraqis or to your nearest

would you be annoyed if you're not annoyed by going there some problem booed and labeled unpatriotic by some just like tony bennett was when he spoke his mind it's not so much about what these people said that led to them being booed or even being fired from their jobs but rather about the fact that in a country that prides itself on freedom of speech that freedom often comes at a hefty price i'm going to check out reporting from washington our team. and has no chance as a for they sound up next here on out with the and other western nations still very much involved in the libyan conflict one of britain's a leading newspaper columnist tells us why some countries and feel free to pick and choose when to distribute humanitarian help.

i'm joined by simon jenkins author and journalist who now writes for the guardian newspaper simon thanks for speaking to r.t. now you've written extensively criticizing the way the intervention in libya has been handled what was wrong with it was it wrong to begin with of course during the process you know using wrong with the way it was handled i just didn't you should have taken place in the first place. i do not believe that sovereign states have a legal right or an obligation or a duty to interfere in other sovereign states is written into the united nations charter this is not

a country that threaten britain didn't threaten any of its neighbors and invaded in a neighbor it was going about his own business which is not a revolution it was. all teary motives things like leaks to oil contracts that are now being fought over there are more important then than say preventing loss of human life well i would if we were going to go in wherever there's a possible loss of human life we're going to go invading countries all over the world all the time i'm assuming more than a cynic i think i know there are mixed motives in all these interventions we tend to intervene in countries where we think we might win you know moral attitude we tend to really be interested in countries where we have some interest in this case or that we tend to intervene where we think i think there's almost quit glory to be had as was the case i think in iraq and. was the case here there are always mixed motives. we always need to examine almost as an office of the simple question are we going to do good rather than harm in this case it seems we've done good. that was by no means guaranteed the fact of the matter was it was not our country the

mission creep was seeing here was it planted do you think or is it just an inevitable unavoidable consequence of intervention i think it's a very difficult question mission creep. invariably when it happens in the great cases it was in because in polls now people say at the beginning we we won't let this happen we are only going into a humanitarian relief would have been might be in this case who knew going in to save the citizens of benghazi from what was going to be a huge mazurka there would have been a pretty unpleasant things no question about that. but at the back of everyone's mind the reason why the army was so reluctant is the knowledge that mission creep always happens you cannot control the situation on the ground you don't know what's going to happen you've got to be prepared for the worst because the worst is what usually happens now in this case it was looking a real mess and all the very end the very end you got special forces surrounding tripoli. didn't just get lucky even though they used may fourth of using

helicopters they were using british weapons to bash through walls and everything in the end we did what we probably should go to the beginning which is make sure we not going to lose what about gadhafi david cameron since we washing his hands of that is she saying his fate is in the hands of the m.t.c. is that shirking responsibility i'm assuming that vision french forces are not trying to find gadhafi and certainly i mean i can't see the point of not finishing the job you know we claim just the assad regime no fly zone was a joke. i just it just seems to me that if you're going to attack a country in this way you must at least finish it and then you end the country and the really difficult thing is to transfer power from yourself as the powerful authority to the local people and i think we're going to find it very difficult how different is this really from iraq. can i stand the previous interventions i mean they say they've learned their lessons have well and the only lesson i draw from any of these is don't do it they haven't learned that lesson they're clearly going

to start looking for another one i mean i imagine there's going to be some trouble in syria i don't know what they're going to do with them in iran as you do not invade iran and this year out of your mind it's a huge country iraq is a pretty big country and we found that very difficult afghanistan at least a small but we're getting a bloody nose that. i mean i guess the lesson of libya is it's a really small country might get away with it. applauding themselves this is the model of a successful intervention why is this not happening in syria and yemen and places like that i think the reason is that they thought it would be a good idea and it worked. it was easy to do you could run it from a few areas and bases in the mediterranean so it was a doable enterprise you could put in special forces quite easily without too many people noticing. i just think it was it if it came along at the time i was couldn't realise why they didn't do burma when the famine was on the very good example of where you could have intervened and you had you had total forces available which

would have been to do it in that occasion. i mean i think these things are completely random now it's difficult to see how you orchestrate a foreign policy based upon these random interventions as for nature and what is it to do with nature and it is. alliance against the russians it's i repeat it's like a mercenary force roaming the world looking for things to do completely stuck in afghanistan it may yet get stuck in libya can intervention work that principle it works if it works. if it topple saddam hussein. punish the taliban topple gadhafi works how should they said being hand house would lead me to think i just a little we've left syria or. we've left let yemen or the. why libya what does this mean now for the arab spring does this intervention reinforce it or undermine it i did it means for what is the arab spring i mean the arab spring was

was was a number of rebellions most of which were suppressed. to north korea which would go away we didn't it was going to mean egypt yet we don't know what spring means. could well be that morocco and bahrain a better role for a few not having toppled by governments but having four government reform than the one to topple the government i just all i know is not my responsibility there is no british empire anymore you know we are not charged by the electorate or by the world or girl around invading other people's countries we don't like their regimes it's just not our job simon jenkins thank you. twenty years ago largest country. seem to.

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is. the headlines. people in creating an eleven year old girl have been killed by. a policeman who was severely injured and explodes it was planted and it compacts at a road crossing in the central district. in greece is bracing for more clashes ahead of a crucial vote in germany over the next the bailout it could see. the eurozone rescue package increase of four fold and half of greece's debt to regional. nato sends in more troops to reinforce those contested border crossing between serbia and breakaway cos of our after fresh violence due wales tools between the two sides russia's foreign ministry rules peacekeeping forces to remain neutral and stick to the un reza.