two in terror attacks hate the russian north caucuses as two possible blasts and they republic of dagestan leave at least twelve dead and over one hundred injured. caution to return to war rhetoric against iran as the u.s. military claims it can destroy terror on its own forces in less than a month. japan is giving out nuclear power for the first time in fifty years shutting down its last working reactor but some say it's only a matter of time before they're switched back on in one of the world's top industrial nations. three days before dmitry medvedev term as russia's president and we'll look at the legacy he leaves for the country.

hello and welcome to r.t. twenty four hour news live from moscow my name is you lash of our timeline story now at least twelve people have been killed and more than one hundred injured after two parcel bomb blasts in russia's republic of dagestan the terrorist attacks took place near a police checkpoint in the capital now she's shown thomas has more. at this point it is being called officially a terrorist attack let me run through the course of events late thursday night car that was stopped at a police checkpoint in the russian republic of dagestan in fact the capital of. detonated itself and then in the ensuing chaos as emergency crews and firefighters came to fight the blaze that ensued a second bomb went off about twenty minutes later it is believed that bomb could have been hidden in a parked car near the same at checkpoint and this is not new to the area in fact this is an ongoing battle in the russian caucuses in the region has been suffering

attacks by islamist terrorist groups international cells that russian officials have at least two groups like al qaeda in fact in mid february group of a terrorist or militants were killed and a gun battle with russian security forces that happened in mid february and then also in the past two months march and april there have been blasts in. as well as doug a stan and in two thousand and eleven a terrorist leader with possible links to al qaeda in fact officials say that he was linked to al qaeda was killed but we know at this point is more than a dozen have been killed and more than one hundred have been injured in this particularly attack and of course we'll keep you updated as more information becomes available terrorism in the north caucasus has long been considered a domestic issue but back in two thousand and ten the u.s. included russia's top terrorist fugitive. on its own most wanted list and dr wanted her as a counterterrorism advisor to the u.s. congress explains why and why did he is now being taken. of all and more

information is coming both the congress and the administration about the connections between those you hire the networks in chechnya dagestan on the one hand and those present in north africa and enemy number two because the evidence we're getting from captured individuals in afghanistan for example or other places where by they do admitted they have worked with the caucus based your highness on the one hand and with what we see on the website that this information is available for all these reasons together they understand decided to put them on the international routes which is a good thing because they're supported for approach now 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. well you know now that you will retreat from washington to rules iran is again being run just ahead of the 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 well she's going to count looks at what these just more tough talk oprah peroration for real. the pentagon says they're just doing some contingency planning in case you're in 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 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 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 or me navy

and marines are boldly positioned in oman and the united arab emirates the sounds of the iran. in 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 at

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 that spends on its military more than the next ten top defense spending countries combined so crushing the 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 know with his son what's ahead for you in the program a long journey to justice seizing all the assets of the founder of file sharing website mega upload is deemed illegal but he still faces extradition to the wise and there's growing concern among some in the us who believe his prosecution is all about a big corporation cashing in on the site's closure. but also noting new pair germany holds atomic power but some voiced concern the green entry which will replace them may not be as friendly

a solution. but later before the u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton has told chinese president hu jintao that relations between their countries are stronger than ever her assurance appears an attempt to patch up the mounting serious differences during her visit as an extremely delicate time between the two beijing accuses the u.s. of meddling in eternal affairs after the american embassy briefly sheltered a chinese dissident activist and it's also annoyed by washington's military buildup in the asia pacific and apparent effort to contain china's growing regional clout dr kahn hannan from the foreign policy in focus think timers alludes to us china corp it's forced of both countries of which it's very bipolar kind of relationship because in many ways not china is 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 one level the

cooperation is kind of forced on us by the fact that we're so into a linked at the same time you get this growing military tension and look chinese are also very uncomfortable about the fact that about eighty percent of their energy suppliers arrive by sea generally through the yellow sea those true to the energy supplies are basically controlling those waters are controlled by the u.s. fifth fleet and the u.s. seventh fleet and that makes the chinese nervous. and we're always eager to know your take on the story and today we're asking you what you think might ruin the u.s. chinese relationship and just talk about yours believe it could be as a major proxy for african natural resources while about a third saying that nothing will tarnish their lives as the country's depend too much on each other so seventeen percent of the opinion that american trade barriers will rule in the relationship and only five percent believe the bone of contention

could turn out to be a breach of human rights in china so please log on to r.t. dot com and cast your vote. the founder of the popular file sharing website mega upload has started to get back his assets in new zealand after a local court ruled the confiscation of his fortune was illegal kim dotcom is currently facing extradition to the us when we face is in charges of money laundering racketeering and corporate infringement american authorities shut down mega upload in january while that dot com and his fellow executives were arrested in new zealand at a u.s. request but voices are growing louder in america that the prosecution of the website and its owners is unlawful and law professor eric goldman argues that the shutdown was simply a gift to the entertainment industry. but 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 a great deal of influence over what the government does and that's part of the reason why. we're wondering if the prosecution it's really the beginning of that 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 as consumers will lose. later today a security scare as of the new timeline on facebook in. crosstalk. 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 location 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. present that if prepares to leave the kremlin has he finishes his term of office on monday handing over to realty move all the credit for liberal views and the push for reforms as well as steering a rest a recess rather in relations with the u.s. and that of the presidency also saw some of the largest protests in modern russian history he's and he says now it takes on the legacy he leaves for russia that easy

. 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 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 our warming in u.s. relations something many argue is his foreign policy legacy the words of the russian president at the time the reset button press and u.s. and russian relations dramatically improved over the next few years by twenty two and 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 u.s.

back home medvedev wants reforms focusing on the justice system and rule of law you want the less people behind bars. less persecution. businesspeople or just special justified persecution. less 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 his former richest man still serving his sentence for economic crimes made his push 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 but the secrecy and surprise of the smart added to the negative sentiment prior to the biggest protests russia has seen hears. her yet in december after claims of vote fraud in the parliamentary election made video came back online in 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. 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. discussed. with hume here you proved all the things the government was a key vehicle to implement all the initiatives to put forward by the by president need to be different but good acts aren't convinced debates are buzzing over what might that it's like it will be and how his policies might be implemented with putin back in the kremlin but the fact remains betrayed if moved as president would have only seen real results during or even after a second term in office even the question are you troubled by what my day did as president what you might want to. use now a r t. and as well the reporting returns to russia stop job in the three days' time we'll be bringing you our special coverage of his inauguration john is for the live

broadcast from this blend of the kremlin halls after seven thirty am g.m.t. on monday. japan is set to turn off its last working reactor this weekend leaving one of the world's largest industrial powers without a source of nuclear power for the first time in almost fifty years the government has bowed to public pressure following last year's disaster the fisherman react

after the catastrophic earthquake and tsunami and dr hold hayden professor of physics at the university of connecticut believes however it's just a matter of time before talk it turns their reactors back on. 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 one of 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 haven't got nearly enough electricity and they have actually called on some factories to cut back their operations quite a bit they will probably go back to nuclear in due time it's because money

talks and in the wake of japan's crisis germany decided to scrap its atomic plans replacing them with north stable and green energy sources but the rush to scale back new planet she has had consequences to this kind of explains. green energy or bust in just eight years the german government plans for the nation to generate more than a third of its energy from renewable sources and powering up at least eighty percent in forty years. and. energy to make less. oil along with solar power and biofuel five thousand new winter bines and nearly three thousand miles of power lines are said to be built but the perceived eco friendly future is giving some here the shivers. up lives in a village that's right next to wind farm 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 of 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. 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 tragedy with a country still battling to stabilize its volatile 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 can see. in the european union its renewable energy plans are among the most ambitious projects of the decade as long as the state of the art when storms don't end up bringing the country's economy to a grinding halt you've got risk of germany. let's now take a quick look at some other stories from around the world this hour at least sixteen people are dead in northwestern pakistan after a suicide bomber to police checkpoint that type in the budget our tribal region of beside a crowded street market one of the officers killed in the blast had received a presidential award for fighting the taliban no group has admitted responsibility the islamist militants battling for control of the hour good border region are suspected. violent clashes between doctors medical students and rival police

have been going to believe you protests over the past month have demanded the resignation of the country's health minister has brought in longer working hours demonstrations in the past blocked traffic with police firing tear gas and rubber bullets to clear demonstrate. and prosecutors of former liberian president charles taylor suggest he should get eighty years in prison for war crimes during this year only on civil war lawyers at the hague international court which found him guilty last month say the extreme market chewed of the offenses weren't such a long sentence taylor back to really all rebels were killed tens of thousands of people in return for diamonds and he was also convicted of rape and murder and will be sentenced this. you're to daytime not to check what's happening in the world of business with marina so it still it feel read over that marina yes it is everyone is the printing of their losses if we start with europe and take

a look at what's happening there first of all the main focus today for all investors is the jobs report that will come out from the u.s. that it will have to do with the month of april we've heard analysts say that they're expecting those figures to be below expectations so it's probably why we see the markets plunge the fed to the right when it comes to europe the situation is not as bad as it is for example an age old or russia which will get in the moment but as you can see the footsie and the facts are setting over half a percent there now if we move on to russia they are extending the thursday's losses in the deep into the red both the artist and the my section is in over one and a half percent and of course the russian economy is also severely affected by oil prices and since are heading south that's our have and the fact on the market and talking about oil the russian government introduce new stimulus measures to boost the country's oil production and in particular it's introducing tanks breaks to companies to extracting energy from hard to reach the poles it's in western siberia

now these this callus will be from fifty percent to one hundred percent depending on the difficulty of the deposit and after years of production western siberia is still rich in oil but the companies are not rushing to develop it because of the high cost the government expects that these new benefits to help produce up to one hundred million tons of oil more a year which is around a fifth of the country's current production levels and this move comes after experts are warning that russia could face at the climb in oil production in several years if companies do not invest in the production of new hard to get the process. for let's continue and look at some other international markets asia there the nikkei. it's close because japan is of course celebrating a public holiday but we do have the hanging sign and it's still dropping the point is seven to seven percent this hour and that's after main week or commodity prices

and investors are affected by the losses on the wall street that we saw overnight now when it comes to the currencies the euro has bounced back from a two week low although this hour we see that it's moves in against the dollar and that's mainly after the european central bank did say that it's likely that the euro zone's you call them you will recover this year and when it comes to the ruble it's news in the against of both major currencies now in other news we have new details about facebook's initial public offering the company has set the share price between twenty eight and thirty five dollars per share value in the entire company between eighty five to ninety five billion dollars this i.p.o. is of course to be the largest ever for an internet forum even bigger than google's back in two thousand and four and it's all expected to begin on the eighteenth of may. also the united arab emirates has completed a new pipelines of palm oil bypassing the corniest strait of hormuz the new routes

will be able to supply around two thirds of the country's crude output and currently almost all of the u.a.e. is or oil and twenty percent of global deliveries transported through the straits of hormuz which is of course controlled by iran and earlier the country is right since a blockade as a reaction to sanctions from western countries over its nuclear program. all of that's what i have for you this hour back to you know many thanks indeed for that tom de marie not and in a few minutes we'll explore the whole it's possible the russian capital and moscow that's after a wrap up a lot of headlines stay with us for that here. leaves

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