twin terror attacks hate the russian north caucuses as two powerful blast in the republic of dagestan leave at least twelve dead and one hundred injured. washington returns to war rhetoric against iran as the u.s. military claims it can destroy ten runs armed forces in less than a month. and they were sent in a rush a glass for nations the push for reforms and modernization and the rise of the protest movement across the country evolution had been legacy of dmitry medvedev presidency a few stand off his draws to a close. you

saw russia and around the world this is us here with me thanks for joining us feist at least twelve people have been killed and more than one hundred injured after two powerful bomb blasts in russia's republic of dagestan the terrorist attacks took place near a police checkpoint in the capital so let's not cross live to thomas for the latest sean it's great to have you with us now or some of the investigators saying so far . well the latest is this has been ruled a terrorist attack and what we know is that late thursday night. when bombs happened in the capital of the russian republic of dagestan we know that the first bomb went off as a suicide bomber detonated as he was stopped at a police checkpoint in the ensuing chaos as emergency crews arrived and fire crews came to put out the blaze that was caused by the blast a second bomb then went off and it is be. leaves that couldn't possibly have been

in a parked car near the same police checkpoint we do know at this time that more than a dozen have been killed and more than one hundred have been injured in this blast and as i mentioned earlier this has been ruled a terrorist attack in the capital city in the republic of dagestan now this is an ongoing battle in the region in fact the region has been suffering in attacks from terrorists islam is terrorist groups in fact russian officials are linking these groups to terrorist cells international terror cells like al qaeda in fact in mid february a group with ties believed to be linked to al qaeda were killed in an all out gunfight with officials in the region just in mid february also in dhaka sun and in . the same region that there have been bomb blasts within the past two months as well that's in march and in april and we also know that in two thousand and eleven in neighboring chechnya. an official not in the fischel excuse me

a terrorist believed to be linked to al qaeda was killed in the region as well so this is been an ongoing battle in the northern caucuses in for russia for a long time. all right sean thomas reporting there live from moscow sean many thanks indeed. and it's a norm that when i joined live by dr i will lead for arrest a counterterrorism advisor to the u.s. congress a doctor for as a thank you very much indeed for time so how large a presence do international terrorist groups have in the north caucuses. well what we see right now is that the north caucuses she hired a network of cars basically is why do you say operation first it was traditionally in chechnya and some other parts of the round to moscow and now they're focusing on what we know from the jihadi international networks based in northern africa and somalia and yemen and of course in the back again stand back and stand here and be

the chairman of the website is that they are it's a board of that network now do we have evidence that all of those civic its tracks we don't but what we know is that if you have the networks around the region is hosting this training is even funding some of the activities of these you know terrorist in russia right right so how are they financing their. supporting these groups. well first of all this kind of operation the wonder we witness the dramatic one doesn't need really outside funding while the jihad you know works have inside. the bend in which area the armory is enough to build two car bombs and blast the bigger funding basically used to smuggle weapons and to buy information that funding comes from a variety of networks and most likely in the past five to seven years we've seen most of it coming from donors and the goal of the in the early versions of.

terrorism in the north caucasus has been considered a domestic issue but last year the u.s. included russia's most wanted terrorist. on its own most wanted list why the change of turn and international dimension because first of all and more information is coming both. the congress and the administration about the connections between those you hardly networks in chess your darkest on the one hand and those present in north africa and in the middle no good job because the evidence we're getting from captured individuals in afghanistan for example or other places where by they do admit to be have worked with the caucus based your harness on the one hand and what you see on the website this information is available for all these reasons together the united states decided to put them on the international bit which is a good thing because they're supported from between russia and united states we do not see eye to eye on many things but at least on that one it's in the interest of

everybody that great powers come together against terrorists. since terrorism in the north caucasus is no longer considered russia's own problem while bearing could that have been how it's tackled. well with regard to who operates within the national borders of course russia's russian federation is the one in charge inside its own borders so is the case for the united states france india china and even the arab countries fighting a lot of search of saudi arabia when there is an operation that is transformational that involves elements from current between afghanistan and yemen and some elements are chechen baseball bat is the only base that this is where the international community should come together and i would argue that the united nations at one point should also become a tool have an agency to fight terrorism internationally. dr laid for as talking to us there from the u.s. dr for as many thanks indeed there. will be no now the war rhetoric from

washington towards iran is again being run tom just ahead of this second round of high level international talks on the country's nuclear program u.s. military top brass claim they would need just three weeks to defeat iran's armed forces and she's gained much to count whether it's just more tough talk or preparation for real action. the pair. says they're just doing some contingency planning in case you ran attempts to close the strait of hormuz or attacks u.s. ships in the persian gulf but analysts say it's the kind of planning that drives the tensions to a whole new level now it doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out that iran is encircled militarily here is the iran and here are the countries in red where the u.s. has military presence we've tried to put on the map those u.s. bases which have been reported about in the flashing blue here here you have the friendly arab countries right next to qatar bahrain which hosts the u.s. fifth fleet that's forty ships sixteen thousand personnel two huge aircraft

carriers kuwait which right after the drawdown in iraq the u.s. there has increased the size of standby combat force america's air force army navy and marines are boldly positioned dana oman and the united arab emirates the sounds of the iran. turkey and israel to the west and afghanistan and pakistan in the east most recently the u.s. air force has this batch the number of f. twenty two raptor strike fighters to a base in the united arab emirates and here it is the brand new penetrating strike fighter the move has caused backlash from tehran in addition to the hardware u.s. central command says there are about one hundred twenty five thousand u.s. troops in close proximity to iran not to mention new drone bases in undisclosed locations also in the region u.s. officials say an enhanced presence in the gulf is meant to serve as

a quote quick reaction contingency force not simply as a prelude to war but the buildup seems to exacerbate the hostile talk which may one point turn into an all out confrontation the military is of course no match to the american military might after all we're talking about the country. it spends on its military more than the next ten top defense spending countries combined so crushing new rand is in america's power but analysts most analysts agree what's also in its power is producing the kind of instability in the region that would be far worse than what came out of iraq and afghanistan. you're watching archie and here's what's also ahead in the program for you china accuses the us of interfering in its internal affairs in the continuing rout of a chinese activist briefly by the american embassy dominating hillary clinton's visit to the country. also know to new clear germany holds atomic power but some

ways concerns the green energy which will replace it may not be as friendly a solution as it seems. president medvedev prepares to leave the kremlin as he finishes his term of office on monday handing over to vladimir putin although credited for liberal views on the push for reforms as well as steering a reset in relations with the u.s. but that his presidency also saw some of the largest protests in modern russian history our season is in our now takes a look at what legacy he leaves for russia. one term in the kremlin was it too little time to make a dent mr medvedev is going to be remembered as someone who had genuine reform intentions and who was impeded on achieving all of those reforms through the political process through the structure of the political system.

at the dawn of his presidency georgia attacked south is said here by the media and much of the world community blamed russia destroy those in this case that only but he did the actions on the georgian side led to deaths among them a russian peacekeepers children women the elderly a dying in south setting most of them are citizens of the russian federation so those responsible for the deaths of our citizens will be punished mr. right the misconception that russia attacked georgia put serious strain on international ties into an independent council of europe report up held that georgia launched the attack for months madrid of foreign policy was overshadowed by the war but it wasn't long before a warming in u.s. relations something many argue is his foreign policy legacy he was the

russian president at the time of the reset button press and u.s. and russian relations devoutly and for over the next few years by twenty ten medvedev and obama signed a new start and cut both country's nuclear arsenals by a third. as a result of hard work we've created a treaty that fully complies with the interests of both russia and the us back home medvedev wants reforms focusing on the justice system and rule of law you want the less people behind bars. this persecute. business people or just special justified persecution. corruption and i think that he has managed to start some cases jump start the process. but little change from high profile cases like me skip press is former richest man

still serving his sentence for economic crimes madrid has pushed for modernization and diversification could have been a highlight of his presidency and he still has a chance to if he presses on as prime minister. we can be sure that without modernization the russian economy has no future it may be based on vast natural resources but we cannot rely only on them the job swap with putin was the last straw for medvedev supporters who hoped he would run for a second term but the secrecy and surprise of the smart added to the negative sentiment prior to the biggest protests russia has seen hears. her. in december after claims of vote fraud in the parliamentary election medvedev came back on line in laid out changes that his response was too little too late yet but

if i propose complex reforms to our political system. i don't discuss that i hear the people who are demanding changes and i understand i can with. the outlined a series of measures including the easy registration for political parties and direct polls for regional leaders maybe it is administration continues to strasse how much work is left as he prepares to step aside as president and take over as prime minister i have. all initiatives all. discussed. hume here you proved all the things the government was a vehicle to implement all the initiatives put forth by by present madrid if the good acts aren't convinced debates are buzzing over what medvedev is like is it will be and how his policies might be implemented with blue chip back in the family

but the fact remains with this move this president would have only seen real results during or even after a second term in office leaving the question of how do you draw the line between what i did or did as president what you might do i mean when you say now wait our cheek up. and later today an exclusive peek behind the kremlin walls for you with some fish of a nazi meeting some of those who do unique and unusual jobs in russia's center of power join me on a journey to the heart of the kremlin to a place is hidden from the tourists you're going to meet some real kremlin insiders although they may not be the usual newsmakers you see on t.v. .

it is. so don't miss it later today but before that the you are sent china struggling to downplay their disagreements as secretary of state hillary clinton continues her troubled visit to beijing it comes at an extremely delicate time in relations between the two where the recent mutual irritation continuing beijing accuses the u.s. of meddling in its internal affairs after the american embassy briefly shouted at chinese dissident activist and also noid by washington's military buildup in the asia pacific in apparent efforts to contain china's growing regional clout and dr concomitant from the foreign policy in focus think tank believes american policy towards china is very close to called the rhetoric. bipolar kind of relationship

because in many ways one of china's our number one trade partner. and a whole trillions of dollars in u.s. bonds we are all kind of locked into an international market so on one level the cooperation is kind of forced on us by the fact that we're so into a link at the same time you get this. growing military tension and chinese are also very uncomfortable about the fact that about eighty percent of their energy supplies are arrive by sea generally through the yellow sea those two to supplies are basically controlled those waters are controlled by the u.s. fifth fleet and the u.s. seventh fleet and that makes a chinese nervous. and the time of timeline i should say of hillary clinton's visit to china is also covered in our website which resulted up home and have got plenty

more in store there for you to make a move again with london deploys missiles and houses ahead of the base year's summer olympics for the first time since the second world war find out why london is a concerned about the mobile. blood sport a lot for aflat so well for some attendee raised with talks of new moves to leave the ban on mario want to play afflatus discover why at all to call. the founder of the popular sharing website mega upload has started to get back his assets in new zealand local court ruled that the confiscation of his fortune was illegal came home is currently facing extradition to the us why he faces charges of money to one train wreck a tearing and copyright infringement american authorities shut down in january. and

his fellow executives were arrest in new zealand that request but voices are grabbing allowed to in america that the prosecution of the website on its own as for so little professor eric goldman is that the shutdown was simply a gift to the into history. there are very tight linkages between the government and the content industry so for example many of the people who are in the government worked in the content industry and many of the people in the government will get jobs in the content industry after they're done as a result they understand each other's issues very well they've been there first and in addition the content industry contributes a significant amount of money to the administration and to other politicians who are decision makers as a result they get a great deal of influence over what the government and that's part of the reason why. we're wondering if the megaupload prosecution it's really the beginning of the

content industry being able to tell the government to do its dirty work for and so the battle be never ending content owners will always want more control but the battle with the turn out well for us because we as consumers will lose at least one if many of those other four. and later to say security scares over the new timeline on facebook in debate show crosstalk. are going to be a lot of unexpected ways in which that information which you're being sort of encouraged to post is then used and it surprises you again new recent story which is that this is actually a russian company i free innovations created called girls around me which is polling publicly available information both from facebook and another company foursquare where you basically posted your locations and created an app called girls around me where if someone was in a neighborhood they suddenly got a map showing them where young women are in bars and restaurants in their

neighborhood right which is a kind of creepy right it's like well. yeah. earthquake and tsunami in japan close to nuclear disaster forcing other nations to look at atomic energy calls germany has since decided to scrap its nuclear plans replacing it with a more sustainable sources and driven by fears some fear beilein may be may have been too quick to unplugging its power as this can offer explains. green energy. in just eight years the german government plans for the nation to generate more than him. and. eighty percent. of. the restructure of the whole energy.

oil along with solar power and biofuel five thousand new winter by nearly three thousand miles of power lines are said to be built but the perceived eco friendly future is getting some here the shivers. lives in the village that's right next to where. form field he says the machines are so noisy many locals complain of sleep disorders in even heart problems and property prices have already plummeted between thirty and fifty percent the low frequency sound waves are a big problem some may get a high blood pressure or high points many can sleep one man often drives five to ten kilometers away and sleeps in his car but what's more the turbines track record has energy analysts in a spin you have to have all this backup capacity you have to have her station so you can easily switch on and off when the wind isn't blowing and that usually means

coal fired power stations or gas fired power stations and of course having all that capacity just lying there waiting if the wind drops doesn't mean of course added costs the public appetite for atomic energy nosedived a year ago when japan was taken to the brink of nuclear catastrophe by the week's tragedy with a country still battling to stabilise its reactors germany is investing two hundred billion euros to replace its seventeen nuclear reactors but even some officials there agree counting on renewable energy could be too much of a high voltage risk for the economy with germany being the biggest energy consumer in the european union its renewable energy plans are among the most ambitious projects off the decade as long as the state of the art wind farms don't end up bringing the country's economy to a grinding halt you've got us going to. germany. meanwhile bowing to public pressure japan's government to set to turn off its last working reaction base we

can't powering down its nuclear energy is a decision that's already cost the country a large amount of money and a doctor who would hayden professor at physics of physics at connect can you give our state believes however it's just a matter of time before talkie turns the reactors back on. yes they have fifty four reactors and they have one of them operating but it will be down for refueling as it is what they're doing is burning a lot of residual oil and the the pact on the price of residual oil has been felt so far as far away as hawaii where the price for electricity now is very very high because of that that decision to shut the nukes and but it's costing them very dearly they have gotten early ill enough electricity and they have actually called on some factories to cut back their operations quite a bit it's already been

a problem there been some american manufacturers that were unable to get the products that they wanted from factories in japan. those factories or effectively shut down by the lack of power they will probably go back to nuclear in due time it's because money talks. and time to china what's happening in the wilds of the business was in the arena i then marina's how the method is more pessimistic than after the comments made by the european central bank. well first of all the e.c.b. did say that governments must push for growth but no at the expense of bringing down deficits and they also said that they'll be keeping the interest rate unchanged that one percent initially markets rose after those comments but then that went bad so we'll have been seeing throughout the week and that's a makes performance out of it would take a look i currencies we see that the euro is coming back from its weak low and is

now gaining against the dollar and of course after the city said that the region's economy will be recovering at this year and when it comes to the ruble it lost against both major currencies on thursday i will give you the updated figures for that when the russian markets open which is in about two hours from now on thursday and at the session lower of the hour to put with take a look at the russian markets we're going to be artsy as point six percent of the my stocks lost just under a quarter of her say and it's been everyone's a ball it's all trading session and throughout the day there and of course we're going to get updated picture when the markets open here for moving on to asia which is the only one trading right now when it comes to the nikkei it's closed and that's because japan is celebrating a public holiday but when it comes to that. point seven percent almost this hour and that's after a week of c'mon that's a crisis as well as overnight losses on wall street everyone of course is waiting to hear what will be the figures on the monthly jobs report in the us for the month

of april and of course if they fall below expectations we can expect to see a sea of red cross the boy by the end of today we have other news and that's new details about facebook's in the public offering the company has set the share price between twenty eight dollars and thirty five dollars per share value in the entire company between eighty five to ninety five billion dollars this is of course the to be the largest ever for the internet for even bigger than google spike in two thousand and four and that's all expected to begin on the eighteenth. may. have gone back to russia as of course they're out just days before president elect glad to me afterwards and takes over and there's already talk about who will be the new members in the government present the current president with that of course of course has already set out his goals that he'd like to see achieved in his new role as a prime minister and we spoke to the head of the russian economic school and he outlined

what he thinks should be done in order to make sure that those goals are achieved the recent speech by me was already quite specific instead of saying that we will be doing modernization the innovation this is how many jobs you want to create this is called being the middle class should be this is. the life expectancy should be. this is how much we want to grow the productivity of russian companies so he gave numbers but then the next question the is whether if a ministry or a minister fails to achieve the target will this mean it's going to be. fine and this is exactly where the culture of execution either works or it doesn't so i think in the year or two we'll see how serious maybe it was government. and that's all we have in the business of that this hour about seeing you know our i thank you very much indeed for that update marina looking forward to seeing you next hour and coming up in a few minutes a look at what's hot in the russian capital in moscow out right after i remind our

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