good afternoon from moscow when i was kevin zero in vis is r t it's no for moscow time our top story suicide bombers are thought to have carried out the two blasts that killed at least eleven people and wounded scores of others in russia's southern doug a stone republic the terror attacks took place within twenty minutes of each other at a police checkpoint. in the north caucasus and still continuing with what happened in the republic on thursday has already been classified by local authorities as a terror attack so far at least eleven people have been killed and eighteen more injured there were two explosions the first occurred when police stopped the car at one of the checkpoints in the capital city of much cut and drive it was a suicide bomber police important later minutely after the fire began and emergency teams and real and says doctors five brigades have started coming to the scene as well as look all people trying to help those injured and this is when the second blast happened killing and injuring even more people than the first one the

scenario of the attack designed to kill as many people as possible is known in the overall as the rocky one it's not new even to denniston last year to seem like back in september and in march could score the caucasus region in precious self have been suffering attacks by islamist terrorist groups for years and russian officials have linked many of them to international cells like and canada and this is actually as an ongoing battle on the products from both sides in discussion is continued it's too early to say who is behind this particular attack here and dug a star no one so far claimed any responsibility for that north caucasus terrorism is more than just a battle for russia with the countries keep militants now on watch by the world community talk to world fur as is a counterterrorism advisor to congress and washington explains now why a wider approach is vital. first of all more information is coming both to congress and good nutrition about the connections between those you hard networks in

chechnya dagestan on 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 places whereby they do admit to be 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 this is the standard for the international routes which is a good thing because that's the point of progress mom 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 to get terrorists you're watching are to live from moscow still ahead the lawyers lining up to protect an online pirate ship dotcoms mega upload felt the full force of america's copyright crusade but legal experts say the moves against the site's owner a deeply flawed and suspicious just a bit later we explain why. germany's foreign minister has labeled

iran's nuclear energy program enormous danger in that an atomic armed iran will never be accepted despite that berlioz just sold israel a force nuclear missile capable submarine but it discovered a key concern now is whether the submarine could be used in a strike on iran an attack that the pentagon claims would be one in three weeks what he's got and she can reports. 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 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 day in oman and the united arab emirates he sounds . in turkey and israel to the west and afghanistan and pakistan in the east most recently the u.s. air force has this patch 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 iran is in america's power but analysts most analysts agree but 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. correspondent in washington iran also featured heavily in hillary clinton's visit to china the secretary of state urged a reluctant beijing to help pressure on to iran as well as north korea she called

the current sino american relations as the strongest they have a brain but a claim is already being put to the test with budging accused accusing the u.s. of meddling in its internal affairs also feeding tension is america's growing military presence in asia or move seen as an attempt to contain china's regional anything else i call helen and for the foreign policy in focus think tank though believes the two pose have no choice but to cooperate it's very inviting polar kind of relationship because in many ways not china is our number one trade partner. and they hold a 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 in 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 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. we invite you to head to r.t. dot com our web site for more on that story while you're there you might be interested in the to the high rowing tale of a young man rode in an american cell and forgotten he was forced to drink is old urine to survive after being left without food or water five days how did it happen you would read up more on our website our story to put the lump in your throat thankfully this man survived being pierced by an arrow out we have got the details well he was just a few millimeters from that. good

have you with us today the man behind the mega upload file swapping site a thorn in the side of america's online piracy crusade spring given some of his belongings back this property was seized in a swoop to shut down that a tourist website but then it was ruled illegal because police used the wrong warrant kim don't call most he's known seen here on the far right was arrested in january in new zealand washington's request he faces extradition to the states on charges of money laundering bacteria and copyright infringement least for now he gets some of his cash in his car back legal experts in america say it's clear the prosecution of the website and its owner is unlawful and that it has more to do with politicians and media moguls propping each other up. 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 and that's part of the reason why. we're wondering if the megaupload prosecution it's really the beginning of that content industry being able to tell the government to do its dirty work for and so the battle be never happy and content owners will always want more control but the battle without the turn out well for us because we have consumers will lose saying we don't live matt is it may have just been a tweak on the home page but few of facebook's millions of users are rushing to like it and then it's a threat to their privacy and it fifteen thirty g.m.t. today crosstalk latest show us whether uses liberties of being punched. at the end

of a. bit of an area of privacy being taken from us and to be honest i think about privacy taken from me in the bars and restaurants of london i have on facebook. and you explained i started oh yeah but to be on a studio with my credit card has been cloned twice in london and that was involved to get no one's ever stolen my identity on facebook perhaps i'm just not desirable enough i don't know. syrian rebels have reportedly begun undergoing the real or warfare training in kosovo they're alleged to be using the same training camps built for the anti serve kosovo liberation army a group previously designated as a terrorist organization by the united states and even the un as to where this was on the face of the of the u.s. based chronicles magazine is joining us on the line from this issue of coverage hi there just might the syrian opposition at these camps these days do you think. well

first of all i don't think they can learn much from the carol a bathroom sink turned on at the christians because the charolais was singularly unsuccessful in its rebellion against the serbian security forces until nato bombing they started their terrorist ambushes in ninety seven they intensified their team it is in ninety eight but all along it was atrocity management that they want one instance such though the famous case of rupture where the comment to the teams were presented that as innocent civilian deaths by the serbs but even during the bombing was serbian forces maintained full control over all of the population centers and even the roads are open it's only then the jailing came in after the serbs started drawing under the terms of the cease fire with nato and even then

they were not engaging in common but they were acting as marauders quickly cleansing non-o. beenie so the first point is that there is nothing to learn in terms of conduct efficiency and in terms of actually organizing a successful were real words though that have been associated with the k.l.a. assassinations terror bombings is that really the kind of thing that the syrian opposition wants to be associated with you think will it seems that they don't care because they don't care because i understand it are moderate. one of the syrian opposition leaders who came to the united actually spoke to an a.p. reporter said we are here to alert now this should be a huge wake up call for those syrians who are not supportive of the opposition especially the minorities the alawite the. christians either orthodox or traveling. the shiites the kurds the and also the moderate sunni muslims

should remember that if the syrian rebels learn from the caylee that means there will be a bloodbath part of the of the fall of assad and there will be little room for anyone but the majority group which should describe. its extremist credo whether it is there to greet her old brain you know in kosovo or on. brotherhood offshoot syria and also looking back in the recent history books and trying to refer to today and whether anything can be learned of me looking back at kosovo a lot of people say it showed the dealing with thousands of men trained as we've been talking about a guerrilla warfare to fight authorities then turns into a peace time night where i mean one of the ten kosovo in the regional crime center the same thing happened in syria. well first of all caso is well positioned to be the crime send for the whole of europe which is the main distribution point erin it

is the main point from which he has networks of people smugglers. rings and so on and reach out to italy to germany to great britain and even across the atlantic ocean syria probably will not become that syria will become a hotbed of islamist six phoebe's because let's face it after all the talk about beautiful things that the new democratic syria will turn into it will actually turn into another of those. we're. all of the yuppies front or rear square of the sapir and the muslim brotherhood emerged as by far the most popular and the most group but i would also add that what is happening in prishtina with the syrian rebels and the caylee getting together and the auspices of the united states should be a wake up wake up call for third countries such as russia because it is obvious

that the united states remains fell back on talking to us even though it hasn't received even an. authorization to try to be on security council now we see that the security council with russia and china is the opponents of the intervention are being bypassed by. the american intelligence services which are obviously behind the arrangements that are being to pay at the cost of. affairs editor of the us space chronicles magazine thanks ever so much taking the time to be today. a massive liberal drive a reset in russia u.s. relations and a push for internal reforms but also some of the largest protests in russia's modern history as president of bennett prepares to leave the kremlin before vladimir putin takes over and he's innocent now it takes a look back at his term at the top but easy it really sees given europe's

you dimitri anatolyevich me did 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 is said here by the media and much of the world community blamed russia. who was 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 missed. them 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 he was the russian president at the time the reset button press the u.s. and russia relations dramatically improved 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. but the year 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 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 ski presses 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 had seen in years. in december after claims of vote fraud in the parliamentary election medvedev came back on line 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. 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. to continue. all initiatives

strategists discussed. him here he proved all the things here the government was key mikal to implement all the initiatives that are put forth by the by prison for me to be different but could exist aren't convinced debates are buzzing over what made the display gets a good beat and how his policies might be implemented with blue chip back in the camera but the fact remains betrayed it's moved as president would have only seen real results during or even after a second term in office if the question of how to trump the my between what they did as president what he might do i mean he's now a hard to keep and does not even approach in returns to russia's top job in just three days time we will be bringing you our special coverage of his inauguration over can join me kevin zero in on the rest of the team for the live broadcast from

the splendor of the criminals after seven thirty am g.m.t. on monday. japan is set to turn off its last working nuclear reactor leaving one of the world's largest industrial powers without atomic power for the first time in forty years it heavily relied on the source but the government bowed to immense public pressure in the wake of the fukushima disaster physics professor dr howard hayden

though thinks it's just a matter of time before tokyo goes nuclear again. 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 air packed 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 sand 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 there will probably go back to nuclear in due time it's because money talks. and we'll take you through some other international news in brief now and

egypt's ruling military council is refusing protesters for an immediate power and they want to interim civil government is the latest picture to go through the general's assistant will step down once the president's elected these pictures there from tahrir square tens of thousands of demonstrating in tahrir square these are now live shots ringing out. this demonstration happening as i say today in tahrir square just days after several people died in the military clashes today's mass rally you witnessing there is believed to be mostly supporters of islam is political forces who dominate the recently elected parliament a live event for you live pictures with people today for the afternoon other news making the headlines now this friday afternoon a suicide attack on a pakistani markets left at least twenty dead including one who received a brave real fighting islam is militants most of the other victims had by standards as the bomb bomber blew himself up as people were heading to work or to the school on thursday the u.s.

released letters for some of bin laden in time which showed he fretted about the level of civilian deaths at the hands of al qaeda. more news twenty four seven on our website r.t. dot com whenever you're not near your t.v. . speed now with the friday evening late afternoon early evening we have want to call it business dimitris or the business desk hi there dimitri good to see russian markets just keep on fall and down this week bring us up to date well first of all there are external factors such as the problems in europe of course and where we're waiting the payrolls data coming out in the us and second of all we're in the holiday season and therefore we're seeing right now on the russian market is a steep fall of more than two and a half percent now this week only started trading only started on wednesday next week you'll only start on first day so therefore what we have right now is traders rather than investors regulating and bringing the market down because nobody wants to move into long positions when you can't react to what's going on in europe or

the u.s. you know monday through wednesday and look at what's moving the of my sake of course financial shares are taking a beating but burbank is looking better than the market down one point three percent and gas problem lou poor losing two percent of course on lower energy shares oil prices are not providing their family any support they've dropped to three month low one and a half dollars per barrel for light sweet crude because of stabilization of supplies of the same time you're saying world prices are rather high and of course the worries of what's going on in the u.s. and in europe speaking of which in europe we are seeing also another day of losses for footsie declining point six percent the dax half a percent as i mentioned the european and u.s. investors are course awaiting a key jobs report coming up for the month of april it's due in around four minutes time. and in the currency market we are seeing the euro continuing its decline for

out the small weak yet again it's falling against the dollar. as the ruble is falling against currencies since it's not getting much money when. new government will take office next week after the you know duration of business r.t. caught up with the current presidential way that it got a chorus of talk about the challenges and what needs to be done to maintain economic growth that we've seen in the past couple of years. the main challenge is to continue diversification modernization of the russian economy 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 same pace also we'll have to reform health sector education sector pension i says and finally complete and protection of property rights creating a comfortable investment climate. or the top of the gender make sure

not to miss the full interview with our because we've got a. c. on monday and that's all i have for you given this hour ali thanks for that in a few minutes we explore what russian capital's got to offer for a family used to make moscow their home that's interesting brome kono shortly after the next headline update here on r.t. just a minute and a half away. he

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a report on r.t. . for here in moscow you watch a hot seat coming up top stories when terror attacks killed at least eleven in russia's north caucuses and what police say all walks of al qaeda suicide bombing. plant a good draws or bad game plans for a rand bosio could crush to rand's forces in just three weeks. three days before to me to be vetted leads russia's top post we assess his presidential legacy and look at what's ahead when he becomes prime minister. and japan flicks the off switch on his last atomic reactor a year after the fukushima disaster took the country to the brink of devastation. now as promised we discover what it's like for an expert family to bring up a baby here in the russian capital.