thank. you. when terror attacks in the russian north caucuses is two powerful blast in the republic of dagestan leave at least eleven dead and over eighty injured we've got the latest for you live this. washington returns to the rhetoric against a rather as the u.s. military claims it can destroy iran's armed forces in less than a month. japan is giving up 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 the switch back on the world's dust real nation report on. three days before the meter preventive term is russia's president as we look at the legacy for the country.

hello and welcome this is r.t. it's two pm right now here in moscow i'm kevin zero in with our top story for you this hour and first at least eleven people have been killed and more than eighty injured after two powerful bomb blasts in russia's republic of dagestan the terrorist attacks took place near a police checkpoint in the capital. is there this culture live very good afternoon to you and i was investigation going on so. what will happen here in the republic of dagestan has already been confirmed by thier source of the republic as the terror attack there were indeed two blasts one happened one day the police stopped the car at one of the numerous checkpoints in d.c. chief. the capital of the republic. but most likely that was. the

driver of this car and he did. that and after that shortly after that the fire started and emergency teams started to gather the scene and people were gathering to try to help those injured and this is when the second blast happened and this is the scenario that's already been used here doug a song by terrorists last march of last september a similar terror attack and this is the scenario we use to kill as much people as possible so far as far as we know at least eleven people have been killed more than eighty have been injured more than thirty of them have been taken to the hospitals and now. doctors. hospitals are taken care of that no one can say for sure who is behind this

particular terror attack but we know that. together with a number of the public here in the caucasus have become one of the most troubled area here in the russia's south. they've been many many attacks stereotypes here recently and some of them have been connected with. al qaida and these links have been discovered lately so maybe this time we again have terror attacks. or good night with international terror organizations been involved but it's too early to say is continuing right now thanks for motion of thanks for bringing so much with the public and we should. all terrorism in the north caucasus has long been considered a domestic issue but back in twenty ten the u.s. included russia's top terrorist fugitive doco more often its most wanted list talk to well as far as a counterterrorism advisor to the u.s.

congress explains why a wider view is now being taken. most of all and more information is coming both to 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 in the middle east number two because the evidence we're getting from captured individuals in afghanistan for example or other places whereby they do admitted they have worked with the caucus based your highness on the one hand and with what you 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 from approach not 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. now in egypt thousands are descending on central cairo again protesting against the country's military rulers as take a look at these live pictures from the egyptian capital as you can see

a huge mass of people mass their protests take place regularly in the country each friday as the first presidential vote since the ousting of the mubarak me is of course but this week's rallies are not just about politics alone they're also focusing on political violence too that we witnessed as demonstrators a couple show their anger over wednesday's clashes that left at least seven and possibly as many as twenty people dead the death sound when a group of unknown assailants attacked israel as protesters staging a sit in the defense ministry over the banning of one of their candidates from the election supporters of the islamist factions the muslim brotherhood and the salafist movement of believe to make a majority of the demonstrators he's saying it besides cairo protests are also being expected to be held in the mediterranean city of alexandria this what you looking at now in egypt thousand in cairo central square there protesting against the country's military rulers as the presidential vote rules live pictures for you

here on. the war rhetoric from washington towards iran is being ramped up again just ahead of the second round of high level international talks about the country's nuclear program u.s. military top brass claim they would need just three weeks to defeat iran's armed forces out is going to teach you can looks at whether it's just more tough talk or preparation for reelection. the pentagon says they're just doing some contingency planning in case you were 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 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 day 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 the 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 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. going to check on our washington correspondent this is our t. saw a lot still ahead for you than in this half hour of news a long journey to justice the seizing of the assets of the founder of file sharing website mega upload is deemed illegal but he still faces extradition to the u.s.

there's growing concern among some in the u.s. who believe his prosecution is all about big corporations cashing in on the sides closure. also noted nuclear germany holds atomic power but some voiced concerns of the green energy which will replace it may not be as friendly a solution as they see the former. u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton's told chinese president hu jintao their relations between the countries a stronger than ever reassurance appears to be an attempt to patch over mounting serious differences during a visit in an extremely delicate time between the two beijing accuses the u.s. of meddling in its internal affairs after the american embassy briefly sheltered chinese dissident that of it is also annoyed by washington's military buildup in the asia pacific in an apparent effort to contain china's growing up in a cloud of dr khan hallinan from a foreign policy in focus think tank believes the u.s. china corporation is force quote country which is its very bipolar kind of

relationship because in many ways not china is their number one trade partner. and they hold 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 interlinked 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 supplies arrive by sea generally through the yellow sea those truth that the energy 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. it's one of big stories of the day again rosie get to know what you think about those stories today we're asking

what you think might ruin the u.s. chinese relationship on our website is what you're telling us just under half tell me she believe it could be a major proxy war for africa natural resources forty eight percent this hour the third if you think that nothing will tarnish their alliances the country's depends so much on the other seventy percent of you as you can see the of the opinion that american trade barriers will ruin the relationship five percent this hour tell us that you believe a bone of contention could turn out to be a breach of human rights in china tell us what you think about the story that our tito complicated time the past few weeks. founder of the popular file sharing website maker upload has started to get back its assets in new zealand after a local court ruled the confiscation of his fortune was illegal kim dotcom is currently facing extradition to the united states where he faces charges of money laundering racketeering and copyright infringement american authorities shut down mega upload in january while dot com and his fellow executives were arrested in new zealand the

u.s. request but voices are growing louder in america the prosecution of the website and its own is unlawful law professor goldman argues that the shutdown was simply a gift to be entertainment industry. there are very tightly in kitchens between the government and the content industry so for example many of the people who were 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 mega upload 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 have consumers will lose. so as well so to speak next security scares over the new timeline on facebook people of debate show cross talk. there's 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 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 well actually that you. guys really migrated to.

cross talk with you soon but for the present though president propose to leave the kremlin as he finishes his tip of office on monday i think over to vladimir putin although credited for liberal views of the push for reforms as well the steering a reset in relations with the u.s. but what is presidency also a source of the largest protests in modern russian history and this is no it takes a look at what legacy he leaves for russia but he. really sees. you. 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 are said here by 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 of setting it most of them are citizens of the russian federation those responsible for the deaths of our citizens will be punished. because i'm right in 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 on u.s.

and russian relations devoutly and for over the next two 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 in one less people behind bars. this persecution. business people. just 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 me. rush his 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 and 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 in years. in december after claims of vote fraud in the parliamentary election madrid it 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 it can. be 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 loved. all initiatives. discussed. hume here you put all the things the government was mikal to implement all the initiatives that are put forward by the by president medvedev but critics aren't convinced debates are buzzing over what made it it's like it will be and how his policies might be implemented with putin back in the kremlin but the fact made

smith made its move this president would have only seen real results during or even after a second term in office even the question of problem my between what my day did as president what he might do. and he's now a our team. and does not appear pushy returns to russia's top job in three days that will be bringing you special coverage of his inauguration i hope you can join me and the rest of the team for a live broadcast from the splendor of the kremlin holes after seven thirty am g.m.t. on monday. japan

is set to turn off its last working reactor this coming weekend leaving one of the world's largest industrial powers now without a source of nuclear power for the first time in almost fifty years the government bowed to public pressure after last year's disaster at the fukushima reactor and the catastrophic earthquake and tsunami before it dr howard hayden professor of physics at the university of connecticut told us he believes however it's just a matter of time before tokyo turns those 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 awful as far away as whole y.

e 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 got nearly ill 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. in the wake of japan's crisis germany decided to scrap its atomic plans replacing them with more sustainable and greener energy sources but the rush to scale back nuclear energy has had its consequences to r.t.c. got peskin off except the story. 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 germany. and. energy

to make. all 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. 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 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

car 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 the country still battling to stabilize its volatile reactors germany is investing too high. hundred billion euros to replace 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 it's renewable energy plans are truly 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 off r.t. germany. returning to egypt now where this friday's demonstration against the

country's military rulers is gaining momentum we take a look here at live pictures from kurds terry square now this week's rallies come just days after the country saw its worst violence in months when she's left at least seven and possibly as many as twenty people dead. when a group of unknown assailants attacked islam is protesters who are staging a sit in the defense ministry over the banning of one of their candidates for the election supporters of the islamist factions the muslim brotherhood and salafist movement are believed to make up the majority of the demonstrators egypt's ruling military council system it's committed to handing over power to civilian rule by the end of next month he said international monitors from forty five countries will be invited to the presidential elections you're seeing these live events here live pictures coming to you from terri a square thousands massing as you can see. to check it was only world business now it's coming up to twenty five minutes past to

the afternoon business to bring the culture of a high russian markets are taking a bit of a beating are they bringing us up today this late lunchtime in moscow the more you got for us have a more we have a number of factors affecting the markets worldwide not just the russian ones and first of all we have investors wherry ahead of the elections in france and greece and then we have the u.s. jobs data that's due to come out later today and as for the month of april some analysts are very saying that with myself and very low expectations and also a particularly when it comes to russia decline in oil prices our boys never opposed the sideboard bass's as we can see. and then my stats are slowly approaching three percent in the red that's similar picture in europe although not such significant losses there but still. there as well and also what we have there is that yeah my they have a point that came out today and. in fact i. analysts suggest that the data shows

that the eurozone might shrink the g.d.p. there might shrink by zero point five percent in the second quarter we can see that what the what the end of the acts are seven point eight zero zero point eight percent this hour now moving on to currencies and they've been that has bounced back from a two week low it's the moves in against the dollar when it comes to the rule it's losing against both of them in fact and of the euro and other news of russia and japan are in talks to build an underwater gas pipeline from one country and the other in fact since the tsunami cast a shadow on its nuclear power japan has increased purchases of liquefied gas from russia and the pipeline could be a cheaper way to ship gas bots it would mean less flexibility due to long term contracts castro has recently completed a pipeline from suckling to blood will stop this far east and analysts suggest it could be extended so the link surfaces in japan. now as we've been reporting

a new governments will take office in russia and that's following the end i do ration of lattimer putin on monday of course all business r.t. caught up with the current presidential aide. to first of all discuss the challenges ahead as well as a watch should be done in order to maintain the current economic growth rates that we've been seen in recent years. the main challenge is to continue diversification and modernization of the russian economy so this challenge is under threat given unstable demographic station we were able to achieve our goal to stabilize relations last year we need to continue the same pace also we'll have to reform health sector education sector pension system and finally compete in and protection for property rights create an investment climate. or the top of the journal. and you can watch out for answer where that guy did our coverage on monday of course here on r.t.

often now that's it here from the business that's back to you kevin in the studio all right thanks very much for that now a few minutes wrote about to go to moscow with our tease marty dandridge that screwed up after a wrap up of our news headlines with me kevin next on r.t. .

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