one is kevin zero in our top story suicide bombers the sort of courage of the two blasts that killed at least eleven people wounded scores of others of russia's southern doug a stunned republik the terror attacks took place within twenty minutes of each other at a police checkpoint where if an option is in the north caucasus and so 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 makhachkala and drive it was a suicide bomber police important later medically after that a fire began and emergency teams and real and says doctors five brigades have started coming to the scene as well as look at people trying to help those injured and this is when the second blast happened killing and injuring even more people than the first one this is an area of the attack designed to kill as many people as

possible is known in the war as the iraqi one it's not new even to denniston last year two similar attacks in september and in march could score this region in freshest self have been suffering attacks by islamist terrorist groups for years and russian officials have linked many of them to international cells like and qaida and this is actually as an ongoing battle on the products it's from both sides 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 know watched by the world community though to world photos has a counterterrorism advisor to congress and washington explains why a wider approach is vital. first of all more information is coming both to congress and a good restriction about the connections between those you hardly networks in chechnya dagestan 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 the places where by the do it need to be have worked with the caucus to 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 side of the international bits which is a good thing because they're supported progress 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 give terrorists this is our team from moscow coming up old terra cams for a new generation syrian rebels begin training at what the u.s. recognizes is a former terrorist campaign costs of we look at just what it is and what they plan to learn there in about five minutes time also kim dot com is mike upload felt the full force of america's copyright crusade but legal experts say the moves against the side so on are a deeply flawed and suspicious we explain why. germany's

foreign minister's labeled a rounds nuclear energy program as an enormous danger adding that an atomic rand will never be accepted despite that berlin's just sold israel of force a nuclear missile capable submarine at a discount a key concern now is whether that submarine could be used in a strike on iran an attack that the pentagon claims would be one in three weeks he's going to teach you can report. 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 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 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 the talk. about the country that spends on its military more than the next ten top defense spending countries combined so crushingly iran is in america's power but analysts and also 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 is washington correspondent iran also featured heavily in hillary clinton's visit to china the secretary of state urged the reluctant beijing to help pressure on to run as well as north korea

she called the current son of american relations the strongest they've ever been but claims already been put to the test with beijing accusing the u.s. of meddling in its internal affairs also feeding tension is america's growing military presence in asia or a move seen as an attempt to contain china's regional influence but dr kahn hallinan from the foreign policy in focus think tank leaves the two powers have no choice but to cooperate it's 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 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 two 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. well the stories we're asking about online are what you think about it what's your take on this today we're asking what you think may ruin the u.s. china relationship this is what you're telling us looking at the. system it has almost half of voters believe it's african that for resources which could spark a full scale war between the two countries also looking online you're telling us a third of you at least that america and china depend too much on each other you think there's no possibility of a major conflict between sixty percent and see american trade barriers as a possible bone of contention six percent of you. expecting the exposure of a gross bridge of human rights in china to ruin relations between washington and beijing voted out dot com. syrian rebels have reportedly begun

to undergo guerrilla warfare training in kosovo they're alleged to be using the same training camps built for the anti serb kosovo liberation army a group previously designated as a terrorist organization by the united states and even the un such a terrific of its the foreign affairs editor for the us based chronicles magazine sees little good can come from this. well first of all i don't think they can learn much from the care only about through. because the clearly was singularly unsuccessful in its rebellion against the serbian security forces until them into bombing and even then they were not engaging in can but they were going to give us marauders and quickly cleansing not be any so the first point is that there is nothing to learn in terms of conduct official and in terms of actually organizing a successful guerilla war so i understand that. one of the

syrian opposition leaders who came to push the united actually spoke to an a.p. reporter 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 syrian rebels. from the jail that means there will be a bloodbath product at the end of the fall of assad and there will be no room for anyone but the majority group which should. be its extremist credo whether it is there to greet or all brainier in kosovo all are. muslim brotherhood offshoot syria got more that a lot of r t the what are there as well these stories might interest you to the harrowing tale of a young man thrown in the american cell and forgotten it was for the drugs on you or does a vice after being left without food or water for five days we describe what happened also a story to put a lump in your throat ouch finally this man survived after being pierced by an

arrow that's where it went and got the details of just how he was a few millimeters from death but he survived as i say at r.t. dot com. i'm. a massive liberal drive a reset in russia u.s. relations in a push for internal reforms but also some of the largest protests in russia's modern history as president very proposed to leave the kremlin before vladimir putin takes over and takes a look back at his term at the top. racey's gave you get out see did meet the other two each. 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 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 or said here the media and much of the world community blamed russia. but even the actions on the georgian side led to deaths among them a russian peacekeepers children women the elderly are dying in self-assertive most of them are citizens of the russian federation those responsible for the deaths of our citizens will be punished. 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 a warming in u.s. relations something many argue is his foreign policy legacy the words the russian president the reset button press 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. one the people behind bars. this persecute. business people for justice justified persecution. corruption

and i think that he has managed to start some cases jump start the process. but little change from high profile cases like me. precious 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 but the secrecy and surprise of the smart added to the negative sentiment prior to the biggest protests russia has seen hears.

heard. in december after claims of vote fraud in the parliamentary election madrid it 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. 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 loved. that forcefield continue to under president bush and all initiatives all the strategist discussed with him here he proved all the things here the government was a key vehicle to implement all the initiatives put forth by the by prison for me to

be different but good acts are convinced debates are buzzing over what made the display get sick will be and how his policies might be implemented with blue chip back in the family. made smith made its move this president would have only seen real results during or even after a second term in office if the press should not be troubled by between what might they did as president what he might do. he's now a hard to keep and as with him approaching returns to russia's top job in three days we'll bring you your special coverage of his inauguration open join me and the rest of the team live from the splendor of the kremlin halls after arrest seven thirty am g.m.t. on monday.

the man behind the mega upload file swapping site a thorn in the side of america's online piracy crusades would give him some of his belongings back his property was seized in a swoop to shut down the notorious website but it was ruled illegal because police used the wrong warrant conduct as he's known seen here on the far right was arrested with january and he's even that washington's request he faces extradition to the states on charges of money laundering racketeering and copyright infringement at least for now he gets some of his cash back. legal experts in

america say it's clear though the prosecution of the website is full 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 on 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 that 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 ending and content owners will always want more control

but the battle without the turns out well for us because we have consumers will lose. it may just put a tweak on the home page perfume of facebook's millions of users are rushing to like it for their timeline is a threat to their privacy and it fifteen thirty g.m.t. today crosstalk asked whether users liberties are being zucker punched. at the end of the day we're all open to a bit of an area of privacy been taken from us and to be honest i think of it more privacy taken from me in the bars and restaurants of london i have on earth facebook. being true to me i state yeah but to be honest you know my credit card has been cloned twice in london and that was in bars up to get no one's ever stolen my identity on facebook perhaps i'm just not desirable enough i don't know. japan is said to turn off its last working nuclear reactor leaving one of the world's largest industrial powers without atomic energy for the first time in over

forty years it heavily relied on was source but the government bowed to immense public protests in the wake of the fukushima disaster physics professor dr howard hayden thinks is just a matter of time though 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 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 there will probably go back to nuclear in due time it's because money

talks to pads not alone in mothballing its nuclear sites germany is rushing to replace its react as and get back to nature billions of dollars are being invested in sustainable alternatives but as it appears can offer ports next they may be eco friendly but the fall from agreeable for those living in the shadow. 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. 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 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 past haitians 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 weak

tragedy for the 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. moree 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 this kind of germany more world news in briefs now egypt's ruling military council is refusing protesters demands for an immediate end to an interim civil government the generals insist the step down once a president selected tens of thousands of demonstrators right now in tahrir square just days after several people died in military clashes today's mass rallies believed to be mostly supporters of is witnessed political forces who dominate the

recently elected parliament. a suicide attack on a pakistani markets left at least twenty dead including one who received a bravery award for fighting is the list militants most of the other victims were bystanders as the bomber blew himself up while people were heading to work or on a school run on thursday the u.s. release letters from a solvent lobby which showing fretted about the level of civilian deaths at the hands of al qaida. argentina's nationalize the country's main oil company edging out its spanish shareholders it wants to control y.p.s. to guarantee argentina's energy self-sufficiency spade's fear is the tail shipments of bio diesel and threatens more retaliation y.p.s. for state over decades until it was privatized in the ninety's. to be true say next the business has catch up with him hi there once again the us jobs market failing to impress pretty well the non-farm payroll sector added one hundred fifteen thousand jobs well value of one hundred sixty three thousand was expected in even

though the fact that we have the unemployment rate in the us going down to eight point one percent we are seeing of course a negative reaction because of these this report falling short of expectations there false take a look at what's going on in europe. negative movement has. taken momentum. now losing more than one percent over on the commodities market we're also seeing a similar picture with the oil dropping more than two dollars a barrel for light sweet and one half dollars per barrel for brant in the currency markets therefore nothing much actually has changed we're still seeing the euro dropping versus the dollar but it's recovering some walks and now that now that the dollar is losing because of because of this the distance of the jobs market and the ruble continues to drop against both currencies also this drop is going. over in russia for the first time this year the markets have descended below the opening

levels of this year so the obvious an m i six now losing more than three percent all together you know today down around one percent for my sex all right moving in the stock market because energy shares. you can see their gas problem was three percent lower on this lower oil price and burbank is doing a bit better than the market yet still dropping one and a half percent of most liquid stocks on the market. right next week a new government will take office after the inauguration of business r.t. caught up with the current presidential. i asked him about the challenges ahead of the new government and what needs to be done to maintain current economic growth rates the main challenge. modernization of the russian economy this challenge is under threat given unstable demographic station we were able to

achieve 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 and protection of property rights creation comfortable investment climate. or the top of the agenda. and you can catch the full interview with atika you've got a chorus on artsy on monday that's all the business for now thanks for much for that i just had a few minutes we get inside the scene took power in russia for a unique look at the kremlin is in a working great program coming up after i've brought you up to date on headlines next. the book.

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this is our five year now in the russian capital these are our top stories today terror attacks killed at least eleven in russia's north caucasus and what police say bears the hallmarks of al qaida suicide bombings. the pentagon plans for iran boasting it could crush to iran's forces in just three weeks. three days before dmitri medvedev leaves russia's top post we assess his presidential legacy and look at what's ahead when he becomes prime minister. fix the off switch on its last atomic reactor a year after the fukushima disaster took the country to the brink of devastation. next artie's sophie shevardnadze guides us through parts of the kremlin the public don't get to see and meets those who's a visible effort to keep the wheels.