people have been killed and more than a hundred injured after two powerful bomb blasts in russia's republic of dagestan the terrorist attacks take place near a police checkpoint in the capital so let's now cross live to else he's shown thomas for the latest sean it's great to have you with us now while 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. twin bombs that 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 believed that could have possibly 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 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 dagestan 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 and for russia for

a long time. all right as he's shown thomas reporting there live from moscow sean many thanks indeed. and it's a norm that when i joined live by dr lead for ressa counterterrorism advisor to the u.s. congress dr for as thank you very much indeed for a time so how large a presence do international terrorist groups have in the north caucuses. well what we see right now is the north caucuses she hired a network. basically is why do you say operation first it was traditionally in chechnya and some other parts of around moscow and now they're focusing on what we know from the jihadi international networks based in north africa and somalia and yemen and of course in the back against them pakistan area would be the chairman of the website is that they are in support of that network now do we have evidence that all these goes this is

a big strikes we don't but what we know is that if you're right you know jihadi 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 witnessed the dramatic one doesn't need really outside funding while the jihad you know works have inside. the pentagon which here at the armory is enough to build two car bombs and blast them the bigger funding basically used to smuggle weapons and grew by 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. terrorism in the north caucasus has been considered a domestic issue but last year the u.s. included russia's most. want to terrorise dr morrow on its own most wanted list why

the change of turn and international dimension because the first of all more information is coming both to congress and the administration about the connections between those you hardly that works in just your darkest on the one hand and those present in north africa and in the middle number two because the evidence we're getting from captured individuals in afghanistan for example or other places where by they do admit to be and have worked with the caucus based you harness on the one hand and with what we see on the web site this information is available for all these reasons together the united states decided to put them on the international bits 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 great powers come together against terrorists. since terrorism in the north caucuses is no longer considered russia's own problem will bearing could that

have been how it's tackled. with regard to who operates within the national borders of course russia russian federation is the one in charge inside its own borders so is the case for the united states france china and even the arab countries fighting a lot of search and so he really when there is an operation that is transportational involves elements from garnett's between afghanistan and yemen and some elements are chechen base of dagestan the base that this is where the demand should give you that 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 many thanks indeed. moving on now the war rhetoric from washington towards iran is again being run time 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 all she's going to check out whether it's just more tough talk or preparation for real action. the pentagon 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 position 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 the talk. about the country that spends on its military more than the next ten top defense spending countries combined so crushing new rand is in america's power but most analysts agree it's also in his 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 the chinese activist briefly by the american embassy dominating hillary clinton's visit to the country. also know to germany holds atomic power but some of the boys concerns big 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 that position although credited for liberal views and the push for reforms as well that steering a reset in relations with the u.s. but that his presidency also saw some of the largest protests in modern russian history all she's innocent now and now takes a look at what legacy he leaves for russia. but easy d n a i c's gave you get out see the meet the other door each be the dative one term in the kremlin was it too little time to make a dent in 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 the media and

much of the world community blamed russia destroy. 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 a settler most of them are citizens of the russian federation those responsible for the deaths of our citizens will be punished mr. wright 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 the words the russian president at the time 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. with. chile 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. one the people behind bars. this persecution. 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 changed on high profile cases like mikhail khodorkovsky russia's 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 and 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 the secrecy and surprise of the smart added to the negative sentiment prior to the biggest protests russia has seen hears. in december after claims of vote fraud in the parliamentary election medvedev came back on line and laid out changes but 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 you. he 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 no doubt. it was a. continued on the president bush and all initiatives all the strategist discussed with him here you proved all the things the government was a vehicle to implement all the initiatives put forth by prison for me to be different the good acts aren't convinced debates are buzzing over what medved its legacy will be and how his policies might be implemented with blue chip back in the family but that means with his moves as president would have only seen real results during or even after a second term in office even the price should not be

a problem mark between what we did or did as president what he might do. and he's now a our team. and later today an exclusive peek behind the kremlin walls for you with some fish of a nazi may change 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 news makers you see on t.v. . eat. sleep.

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 with 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 annoyed by washington's military buildup in the asia pacific in apparent efforts to contain china's growing regional clout and stopped a concomitant from the foreign policy in focus think tank believes american policy towards china is very close to cold call rhetoric. by polar kind of relationship because in many ways one of china's our number one trade partner. and they hold

trillions of dollars in u.s. bonds we are all kind of locked into international markets so on the 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 suppliers are arrive by sea generally through the yellow sea those true to the supplies are basically controlled those waters are controlled by the u.s. fifth fleet and the u.s. seventh fleet and that makes the chinese nervous. the timeline of timeline i should say of hillary clinton's visit to china is also covered in our website which is not a dot com and of got plenty more in store there for you to make a move again london deploys missiles and houses ahead of this year's summer olympics for the first time since the second world war find out why london is

a concerned about the obama. spotlight for affleck well for some attendee raised with talks of new moves to leave the ban on mar you want to go after leeds discover why at r.t. dot com. the founder of the popular file sharing website mega upload has started to get back his assets in new zealand for local court ruled the confiscation of his fortune was illegal came dot com is currently facing extradition to the uighurs wade faces charges of money laundering record hearing and copyright infringement american authorities shut down mega are plowed in january wired dot com and his fellow executives were arrested in new zealand that he wants to request but horses are

growing longer louder in america that the prosecution of the website and its owners are no longer for so law professor eric goldman argues that the shutdown was simply a gift to the into tame and to industry. 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 firsthand 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 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 it and so the battle be never ending content owners will always want more control but the battle without the turn out well for us because we have consumers will lose in at least one if many of those other fora. and later to say security scares over the new timeline on facebook in debate show crosstalk. there seem to be a lot of unexpected ways in which that information which are 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 post 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. a regular.

earthquake and tsunami in japan close to nuclear disaster forcing other nations to look at their atomic energy calls germany has since decided to scrap its nuclear plans replacing it with more sustainable sources and driven by fears some fear beilein may be may have been too quick to unplugging its power as r.t.c. corbis can offer explains. green energy. plans for the nation to generate more than. eighty percent in. germany. and restructure the whole energy. oil along with solar power and biofuel five thousand new winter bines nearly three

thousand miles of power lines are said to be built but the perceived eco friendly future is giving some here the shivers. lives in the village that's right next to when. form fueled 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 get the low frequency sound waves are a big problem some may get a high blood pressure or high points many can sleep one night and often drives five to ten kilometers away and sleeps in his car. 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 swish all in 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 does 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 weak tragedy for the country still battling to stabilize 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 reactor based we can't powering down its nuclear energy is a decision that's already cost the country large amounts of money and a doctor who would hey don't profess said physics of physics at kinetic new device

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 for 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 have 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 wild of the business was in the arena high then marina how the method more optimistic today after the comments made by the european central bank. hi you know 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 at one percent and initially markets rose after those comments but then that went bad some have been seen throughout the week and that's a makes performance out of it was like oh look i currencies we see that the euro is coming back from week low and is now again and against the dollar and that's of course after the city said that the region's economy will be recovering at the scene 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 that the session lowered to put to take a look at the russian markets we're going to be artsy as point six percent of the my stocks lost just on the border over her side and it's been one of them all it's all trading session and throughout the day and of course we're going to get updated picture when the markets open the car moving on to asia which is the only one trading right now when it comes to the nikkei it's close and i was because japan is celebrating a public holiday but when it comes to that hindsight and point is seven percent almost this hour and that's out there we could come on that surprises as well as over that 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 board by the end of today while 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 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's back 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 of the government present the current president with a with a difficult 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 very some speech by me was already quite specific instead of saying that

we will be doing modernization the innovation this is how many jobs who want to create this is how big 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 is whether if a ministry or a minister fails to achieve the target will this minister be. fired and this is exactly where the culture of physique you show 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 back there 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 and most clout right after i remind our top stories and.

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you're watching archies great to have you with us the headlines. twin towers hogshead the russian north caucuses as two powerful blasts in the republic of dagestan leave at least thirteen dead and over one hundred injured as a side bomber detonated a bomb in his car at a police checkpoint with a second explosion going off when rescue teams arrived. in washington returns to war rhetoric against iran as the u.s. military claims it could destroy terror on its own two says in less than a month this comes as the u.s. continues to build up its military presence in the region. and japan is set to shut down its final prating nuclear reactor the last of the country's fifty such facilities the government's move comes after public opposition to need to and into .