don't comb. the chain of explosions rips through a city in eastern ukraine leaving dozens injured in what police say are terrorist attacks. in other news u.s. congress waves through the new cyber security bill that will let internet firms hand over people's personal data to the government president obama has threatened to veto citing privacy concerns. plus a three man crew successfully lands in conflicts tom after six months aboard the international space station we'll bring you more from mission control in russia. and back to the future of france and germany call to resurrect old borders in the e.u. one staunch bureaucrats change sides in a bid to escape voter fury. at

six pm here in moscow five pm in kiev ukraine and the country has been gripped by terror today with a string of bombings that have left at least twenty nine people wounded four successive blast hit public areas in the eastern city of now prepared to throw off causing widespread panic several people suspected of organizing the attacks have reportedly been arrested alive now to the ukrainian capital artie's alexy or joins us with more details tell us more like so what happened in that eastern ukrainian city this morning. well in the third largest ukrainian city in fact we understand according to the interior ministry that four explosions happened with a little short time difference between them about twenty minutes between each explosion where those bombs self-made explosive devices were put in trash bins at

the tramway stops across the central part of the city it's interesting because all of those explosions happened at one particular tramway line so leaves no doubts whatsoever that this was a coordinated attack according to the authorities now we understand that according to eyewitnesses that those explosions those four explosions happened in very crowded areas when people were leaving trams on those train stations i believe we have a chance to listen to what the eyewitnesses had to say. we came to the park and on our way back the blast happened leave swirled off the trees we saw pillars of dust . explained to them and then within five minutes and seven thirty had to seen there was another blast trying inside the fountain it was like a ring that went through the crowd and now this might spread only for the square and not of smites us all my sil there were not because it was recess time he was

sitting on the steps it must have been tough on people who are sitting kind. those attacks happened for ten minutes to midday the first attack happened ten minutes to midday local time but the city of the budget office still gripped in panic when the stand that's many people are still staying in their offices afraid to go home fearing more bloss in the city also we understand that several central streets have been cordoned off by the police in the latest news we received that police has exploded a suspicious bag in the central area it is unclear whether there was any bomb inside but still the authorities are clearly trying to make sure that no loss happened again also we understand that cell phone connection is still being jammed in central part of. a clearly afraid that more blast could happen so that's why they jamming all the cell phone connection. we also understand from the official line that several people have already been detained in connection with these

attacks being suspected of performing this these attacks on the city of chicago for now nobody has claimed responsibility in any case the authorities have no doubts whatsoever given that this looks definitely like a coordinated attack that this was a terrorist attack and a criminal investigation has already been launched on the terrorist attack. ukraine is of course set to host a major football event within weeks there what are the possible implications and even beyond that championship for the country. well there's already been some political implications on that as the crane's parliament has met for an emergency session with opposition deputies in fact pointing the finger at the authorities saying that they will try to impose a state of emergency in the country though this for now has been denounced by the authorities but definitely the biggest implication here is the upcoming football championship the euro twenty twelve football tournament which kicks off in just forty days from now and such

a major attack in one of the biggest cities in ukraine with a population over a million people certainly puts a lot of pressure on the authorities and certainly raises many concerns about the general security during the euro. tournament and it could even jeopardize the whole tournament we are certainly waiting to see from the authorities waiting to hear any news on who claims responsibility for the attacks and why those attacks happened in the city of new bit of. live from the ukrainian capital with the latest on this terror attack is highly likely to believe to be a terror at least in ukraine. well still lined up for you this hour here on r t a real academic uprising running battles in montreal's eighty five more students arrested in the increasingly violent faceoff over a rise in tuition fees. and stealing the revolution from those who needed it most egypt's secular groups boycott the latest cairo protest think they're being

hijacked by power hungry islamists. module carrying two russian cosmonauts and a nasa astronaut has successfully landed in kazakhstan the crew returned back to earth after spending almost six months onboard the international space station r.c.s. sean thomas has been following events from mission control the launch happened in november two thousand and eleven mid november they spent about five and a half months in space as part of that so use it twenty two but also as part of the thirtieth international space station expedition there were some problems with delaying about launch because they were supposed to launch as early as september but as you may remember there was a problem with the progress rocket which delayed this rocket as well but then you're also some problems in that delaying their landing as well they had some problems with the pressurization of the command module so that actually delayed there might be in fact this was the first so use capsule to launch after the

shuttle program has retired on one hand there were airplanes fourteen helicopters twenty two land vehicles and over two hundred personnel ready to make sure that these three spacemen these valiant heroes got to earth safely and that is that is exactly what happened. soon americans may find every private email they write could be opened copied and inspected by government snoopers the latest cybersecurity bill called cispa has passed the house of representatives president barack obama has threatened to veto the paper going to chew cannon washington explains what alarms internet freedom fighters. cisco would make it legal for service providers like google microsoft facebook to funnel private communications and other user related information to u.s. authorities it would provide the government with unhindered access to private correspondence of every american and mind you it's not just the americans using their services we're talking about internet users from all over the world so that

would be done in the name of cyber security they called it cyber intelligence sharing and protection act critics argue who does protect is those providers the likes of microsoft google and others and they are strongly lobbying for the law because analysts say it's not like the companies are not sharing information with u.s. authorities already and your correspondents cannot be monitored it can but under existing laws the companies can still be liable for sharing private information of their customers so experts say the companies want legal protection for what they're already doing that's what the proposed law is about sopa was a different story for them service providers heavily lobbied against it because it would hit their businesses it would easily allow to shut down you tube for example they hold tons of copyrighted material anyway so paul was killed in congress largely because of the huge awareness campaign launched by even as service providers but from consumer's point of view whether it's sold or cispa it's seen as a blatant encroachments on privacy and freedoms so who would have given

unprecedented tools to shut down websites cisco would allow to effectively legalize the big brother on the web again it's not as if private correspondence is not being monitored already but would cispa americans would be stripped of their last legal means to protect their privacy on the web. now we're always keen to get your take on our stories today are to dot com i asked how far you think the suspect will get so far most voters nearly forty percent think cisco will eventually spread its influence beyond the u.s. with other states adopting similar vos a further saying washington will adopt a bill only after the president. election in november the rest are almost equally divided between thinking that obama will veto said sponsor the sunday vote or that a toned down version will take the facts we're going to argue dot com and cast your vote. secular political powers in egypt have

refused to take part in friday's scheduled demonstration against the military rulers called by the country's islamist parties the religious groups are accused of using the protest as a p.r. tool and monopolizing power and sarah firth reports the ongoing political wrangling is pushing democracy in egypt into the sidelines. the protests nation after the revolution toppled president barack egyptians have continued to use people power as a way to force change the sights and sounds of protestors on cairo's tahrir square has become a familiar one more than a gift since president back without the from power with presidential elections just around the corner and the activities here have once again taken center stage but if the last years taught us anything is a revolution alone is not a democracy make this why the upcoming elections appraising so important. as a discussion group focused on a paced arab spring egypt we met

a former member of mubarak's regime now a prominent speaker here in egypt the revolution was a must and it's a great action but unfortunately after we have a lot of problems and the challenges we have to the stairs and do we have to reach a vision for. the not everyone will say positive one man asked the panel how they'd feel about the outcome if they'd been one of the young revolutionaries there's an awkward pause but he's not given a clear answer. on forces and the. administration . after. they get. in their lives in february twenty seventh. we will we will give the people what you will give you. freedom we'll give you

a democracy he told us of the frustration of many people who turned out to tahrir but now feel they've been left represented with a new struggle for power including many of the regimes old guard which is a democracy is the. source of course is a common complaint. an equally common answer. but the revolutionary made with tolls can last indefinitely i can see a second wave of lucia but we will expect to know waves of. people against certain actions we should have a different way more realistic to understand that there is this region it's almost only slogans or shoutings it's the economy the culture and the politics overestimating all thirty and underestimating people has seen regimes across the arab world full with the announcement of the list of candidates attention turns to

the policies of these he might become the next president but they'll need to be careful not to allow power to drag out the voices of days who are determined that this time they'll be heard surf city kyra. a hundred and sixty protests within just two months and canada student uprising continues unabated new clashes on thursday night the standoff tuitions over tuition free hikes is turning increasingly violent centering on the country's second largest city of montreal clashes resumed after talks collapsed between student leaders and authorities and officers charged mace and maced and detained dozens of protesters while the police chief publicly complained that his forces were worn out the students are incensed over to receive free rides which the government says is necessary but journalist but the sign your heavy handed policing will only

provoke the students for. there were relatively minor incidents or windows broken and some very close but i realised by the police is using that as a pretext to conduct mass repression and usually the ones who will break your window or another once you get. the police closed out the run faster than the police the ones who get caught there are peaceful protesters and people are becoming infuriated by the behavior of the police to words peaceful protests always fueling the fire it definitely is well know it's this is profoundly wrong that fixations people are very unhappy about the way their political elites are behaving and the fuel that the government is not serving the people at all it's only serving big financial interests this is all those are all very repressive and it's only going to fuel more and more and more people are going to join this

eventually. still to come this hour the toxic truth. the road to the mud rules and the rest the father of russia's former security officer alexander litvinenko says he knows who poisoned and killed his son and it's not scotland yard's main suspect in the murder. but first the euro zone's fourth largest economy has now been stripped of its prestigious a credit rating the mark of a top economy becomes a spain's unemployment rate soars to almost twenty five percent figure dreaded by economists the rating agency behind the move standard and poor's warned that according to its figures things look set to get even worse for the bent madrid the e.u. itself is calling for a new approach to resolving the euro crisis the president of the european parliament even said the collapse of the union is for the first time ever a realistic scenario are his tests are silly and now reports on the source of the

cracks snaking through the once formidable bloc. they say it's better to travel than to arrive but for european unity the ride has been bumpy to say the least and where could it be headed. the u. . is and will implode a considerable number of economists admit as well the french of four and that the eurozone is already dead it will collapse. so says the candidate who surprised france by securing almost a fifth of the votes in round one of their presidential race all the other candidates without exception regard the european union as part of the solution or as the main solution as she has identified in the campaign the fact that it's actually the cause of the problems much of the french press but also completely wedded to the euro project they cannot conceive of a foreign policy or domestic policy which is deeply. rooted

in the whole european project one that finds itself in ever more shaky ground the should get agreement one of european integration sacred cows allowing border free travel across the e.u. is under fire. germany and france want member states to have the option to bring back those internal borders for thirty day period if there's a threat to security and public order there's a danger and more and more people are also going to start attacking all the good us but europe and divisions within the union don't and there amnesty international's recent report documents examples of prejudice in the block against muslims in education and employment i d's it was once very much on the fringe of the sort of political support from some on the whole being really mainstream in the right so to me it was sort of sort and so when the left would come and see that people are more

racist so to me not to but there has been some sort of for reuther or wiser or fortunate you know for people to express to hate and to or to for human behavior so where does that leave europe even the people who are against this kind of europe another against the europe in an idea that say they want a different kind of europe the e.u. may be trying to save the paths to achieve its vision and version of europe the obstacles are getting bigger from voters rallying behind that to brussels candidates to proposal supported by the border controls some e.u. leaders have dismissed them as populist threats but the question is are they merely still threats or is this growing resistance already the tip of an iceberg tell us are still here r t brussels. but always more on our website including all the latest stories video analysis and much more here's with on line for you today from

leading the country leading the party russia's outgoing president accepts the reins of the ruling united russia party replacing him or put him in the post. and a teenage cancer sufferers forced to pay for illness survived chemotherapy and having a leg room. but one russian airline for better from flying and finds her for being an inconvenience they mean she could die during the flight that much more but are. the father of russia's executed officer alexander litvinenko poisoned in london six years ago claims that he knows who killed his son he says the u.k.'s prime suspect russian deputy under the look of war has nothing to do with the murder that belief has also been backed by the result of a british led polygraph test article that even has more on the revelations. polonium can poison a man and relations between two countries in two thousand and six former russian

spy and fierce kremlin critic aleksandr litvinenko was poisoned with polonium in a top london hotel britain accuses russian state duma deputy andrey lugovoy of being behind the moder and wants him extradited six years after his son was killed seventy three year old while the litvinenko says it's time to speak out why should be used as a witness alexander died in my arms he wrote important information on the tissue as he died because. do you understand through my gesture the room was bugged he didn't want anybody to hear and what was on the tissue when the plane he wrote to the murder was and the rest there are reveal it only in court as up with a plan that will do you k. like the truth. it will live the court is objective.

and russia. even more. the only accusation up to now from alexander litvinenko was that putin ordered the poisoning when you will and this statement revealed after he died it never existed until the very last moment i was there and sasha believed he would recover also he hardly spoke any english and the letter was written in impeccable poetic english someone did it for him before now vulture was in line with the victims close circle all point the finger at former f.s.b. officer. saying he poured polonium in the victim's t. look avoid didn't kill my son to kill with polonium you need two to three grains it fits in a thimble but large quantities were scattered everywhere it was done on purpose and lugovoy was used as a fall guy are you ready to say this to directly if you call him right now your money i will happily. and they

give me for all the bad things that i said about you i hope you can forgive me you realize of course what sort of people with dealing with here can you explain to our viewers what exactly you are apologizing for for the slander is not guilty these guys have nothing to do with this they were in danger too because the polonium was scattered on them as well. and your lawyer must meet me do you understand in person. thank you i'm ready to bring walter to court new hearings in london stanton several months important secret documents will have to be revealed by m i six and m i five around the court with her revelations and walter is doing the same they have no choice soon there'll be no more secrets left and the ultra promises to reveal more secrets in court and makes it clear his son's

once close circle of friends won't like many of them. but you re why didn't you disclose the information to them because if i had to do you really be sitting here talking to you you could see democrats sure are t.v. monday matter channel eataly. twenty three minutes past the hour a look now at more of friday's world news an apparent suicide bomb attack in the syrian capital has killed five people left twenty others wounded the blast happened outside a major mosque in damascus there have been a string of suicide blasts in syria which have mostly targeted government forces and supporters the attacks have drawn wide confirmation with the opposition saying those using such violence must face justice no matter which side they're on. the man who was a major security alert in central london over the past few hours has just been arrested he's stormed the building of a truck driving training ferment took some workers hostage the area was evacuated

after he threw computers from an upper window in tottenham or a court road and threatened to explode gas canisters strapped to his body the man was identified by staff as having repeatedly failed his driving test and demanded his money back. well more mud is being thrown at the u.s. secret service with the prostitute scandal reaching across new borders el salvador has become the latest venue where the behavior of its agents have been brought into question but the very rapidly snowballing with high level congressional and internal investigations now underway we're just on board barton joins us live now to give us to see details on some misdeeds by american agents right here in the russian capital so tom what exactly were they getting up to here in moscow. but i mean this is new our street in the center of moscow it's famed for its entertainment venues its bars and nightclubs but there is

a warm nightclub that achieve rather much more notoriety than others it was called the hungry dog and it's now being dragged into the scandal surrounding u.s. secret service agents a little street journal the u.s. newspaper has quoted informed sources are saying that in june two thousand head of the trip by then president bill clinton u.s. secret service agents attended the notoriously this nightclub it was famous for its wild parties including its ladies' nights with warm reported to have a strip tease by nine hundred twenty women this all feeds into the control of a seat in columbia twelve agents there suspended after reports that they used prostitutes hungry dog nightclub closed in two thousand and nine after many problems with your forty's but these revelations probably close down this story will do nothing to calm this scandal surrounding the u.s.

secret service. all right our team is tom barton dishing it out for us in central moscow thanks tom. let's get over to the business sas katie has the latest for us market opening and how are traders responding to those g.d.p. figures well they're not very happy until last. it's a negative at the moment and that's because despite g.d.p. still managing to grow two point two percent that signifies a soft patch for the recovery of the us because between october and december last year we saw a growth of three percent so it has slowed down slightly investors are showing their own person safe at the moment during their first hour of trade ok moving on to russian business we're going to talk about gas problems and it is good news that she rushes that gas export the gas pump has beaten expectations with its full year results they managed to earn forty five billion dollars in twenty eleven it with a gain of thirty five percent thanks to high prices and growing production the

company increased its market share in europe its key market to twenty seven percent from twenty four percent a year before but it was thought that over the last because the government plans to raise taxes on gas problem classes prospects of greater competition as the u.s. becomes the world's top gas producer due to the shale gas boom ok let's get over to the markets and see how the russian markets are set to close up that the closing up in just under ten minutes time for the arts yes there eight tenths of a percent on the my six percent in positive territory if we take a look at the russian ruble we'll see how that performs in today's session and it's losing versus the bark on the common currency there with the euro dollar up on the screen one third to forty six below sentiments spain was the in the spotlight actually after they had their credit rating reduced to triple b. plus by standard course they also cited negative growth in the future if we look at the dax on the footsie we see how traders were responding to that and also those

g.d.p. figures coming from the u.s. as well because of that see that around point seven percent up in the data point eight percent imposed here territory so they were very optimistic about the markets for now any saprykin about fifteen minutes with the latest update looking forward to it kate is. back in an hour thanks for that update now we bring you the latest on our guide saw you can see and do in the russian capital moscow out is coming your way after a wrap up of our top stories stay with r.t. .

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