when terror attacks kill a decent level in russia's north caucuses the more police say bear the hallmarks of al qaeda suicide bombing. the pentagon draws a game plans for iran boasting it could crush to rand'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 going to become prime minister. and japan be off switch on the final atomic reactor a year after the fukushima disaster to the country to the brink of devastation.

six pm right now here in moscow i'm kevin owen with our top story for you this hour suicide bombers are thought of carried out the two blast that killed at least eleven people and wounded scores of others in russia's southern dagestan 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 republican thursday has already been classified by local authorities as a terror attack so five 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. and drive it was a suicide bomber police important later minutely 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 people trying to help those injured and

this is when the second blast happens killing and injuring even more people than the first one and the scenario 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 in march score the caucasus region in russia self have been suffering attacks by islamist terrorist groups for years and russian officials have linked many of them to international cells like a qaida and this is actually as an ongoing battle on the robertsons from both sides and discussion is continued it's too early to say who is behind this particular tech here and dug a star no one so far claimed any responsibility for that. north caucasus terrorism's war the just a battle for russia with the country's key militants know or watch by the world community the world photos as a come to the congress in washington he explained his while wider approach is vital . paul and more information is coming both to congress and

a good restriction about the connections between those you hardly networks in chechnya dagestan on the one hand and those present in north africa and in the middle number two because the evidence we're getting from captured individuals in afghanistan for example places where by the do it needs to be have worked with the caucus base 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 site and forget if you want to get to the actual bits which is a good thing because at that point it's 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 the great powers come together against terrorists still ahead here on r t with me kevin i know in the old camps for a new generation syrian rebels begin training for the un recognizes a form a terrorist camp and also take a look at what that is and just what they plan to learn there in about five minutes

or so in the program also coming up as well we'll bring you these latest pictures from cairo where mass rallies of turned into violent clashes with security forces we'll talk about it live with an activist from egypt just a little bit later. germany's foreign ministers labeled a rans nuclear energy program an enormous danger adding that an atomic duran will never be accepted despite that berlin's just sold israel a fourth 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 will 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 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 try 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 dana oman and the united arab emirates the sounds of the iran. turkey and israel to the west and afghanistan and pakistan in the east most recently the u.s. air force has this batch the number of f. twenty two raptor strike fighters to a base in the united arab emirates and here it is the brand new penetrating strike

fighter the move has caused backlash from tehran in addition to the hardware u.s. central command says there are about one hundred twenty five thousand u.s. troops in close proximity to iran not to mention new drone bases in undisclosed locations also in the region u.s. officials say an enhanced presence in the gulf is meant to serve as a quote quick reaction contingency force not simply as a prelude to war but the buildup seems to exacerbate the hostile talk which may 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 crushingly iran 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. a correspondent in washington they want to run also featured heavily in hillary clinton's visit to china the secretary of state urged the reluctant beijing to help pressure on iran as well as north korea she called the current side of american relations the strongest they've ever be but their claims already being put to the test with beijing accusing the u.s. of meddling in its internal affairs also feeling tension of course as america's growing military presence in asia is seen as an attempt to contain china's regional influence let's get some perspective on this shall we at least target nations with . a professor of international politics and britain's bristol university find place of the most ok thanks for being on the program in the last few years china has become much more active on the world stage especially in asia why is that when it's be perfectly content to sit comparatively passively for the greater part of the last half century do you think. well i mean. one nation of course the use.

of china the rise of china. and military therefore for rising has increasingly march greater or wider. its operation for example. the americans or so that's obviously. the asia pacific region but also. china has been all the way in the last ten years or so to. greater responsibility. in the international. role. compatible it's right now i think. part of this is because whether china's increasing assertiveness it was like in regional and global affairs . has been in the context of overall norms and

rules rather than breaking them so this is this makes a huge difference we're going to see america go here as we see more and more of this political appetite growing in china that you talking about i guess we're going to see america equally ramping up the pressure on beijing no or yes. in some ways. talking about the american pivoting china nation the most recent kind of strategic move states as we move. in the last twelve months or so i think we need to probably producing a little perspective in the sense that obviously the united states believes that in the last twenty years or so after the nine eleven it has neglected. to a very large extend and therefore its interest probably has been. kind of. the world it affected in some way it wants to come back and play. a role

in the region now many people have interpreted it as kind of surrounding on circle in china and probably trying to contend china but if you look at just the economic dialogue has been going on the beijing even though. i think these kind of play have to. be balanced against other interests that you know since have. their economic interests be a final quick thought for you in your opinion just how far can both sides afford to push unjustly each other given their economic into dependence i think you're absolutely right i mean one of the key problems that both sides are where else is of course this kind of deeply seated. strategic distrust and that's why we have seen this kind of. military maneuvering. particulars so i think both sides are now trying to kind of. distrust

and this is the most probably formidable challenge in the bilateral relations really that has resulted in the problems that you have just mentioned or i thanks ever so much for your thoughts of ala probe john the professor of him actually. politics of bristol university very. friday mass rallies in cairo of the said into violent clashes with security forces have been showing you the pictures over the last couple of hours egypt's ruling military council refusing protesters demands for the media power hand over to an interim civil government these are the latest live pictures you're seeing there the generals insist that they're going to step down once the president selected now what we stay on these pictures just a moment let's go live to cairo and get some comment there we can talk to revolutionary activist. mr kelly thanks for being on the program we're going to stick with these pictures we're seeing coming through from tahrir square cairo at the moment seeing use throwing stones i'm sure the camera to show the many thousands of people who have appeared to be will be gathered there today almost

monthly to see the same succession of events protests violence deaths a parliamentary elections being held the presidential ones just weeks away who do you think is behind the. patient here. well. you know i don't think our guest actually heard me given that great big long build up so it's kevin owen in moscow taking on these pictures we're seeing from cairo can you can you hear me there in cairo and what you're i hear you're good i just wanted to say let's try and recap what again thanks to be on the program first of all almost monthly we see the same succession of events protests violence death suits behind it all with these elections already coming out what's driving it. so it's clear that. don't want to hand of the power to a civilian government or

a civilian. president who will not give them the safe exit that they are afraid and the people know that they are afraid people in the streets now. safe exit for discount. the whole thing now started by a peaceful protest which and then just a peaceful people who are having a sit in near the ministry of defense. the company the combination of the people now in the ports is a little bit different than before before most of them were just. a civil movements or a secular movement but now more islamists are joining the protests and this will show us how. the alliances of the scared and just after the revolution now are turning turning on them we're going to do is set up the movement where are

we going to be tomorrow and where we go to be in your country two months from now do you think them. two months from now. i don't have a clear vision for. the coming. to the coming events in egypt but. what i can see is the anger against. journalists are raising money and more people are joining the movement more people are joining the protests in tahrir square and obviously a square near the ministry of defense now clashes that just started minutes ago again is between the protesters and the army soldiers. started when the kid now. here is. it's theirs or someone we saw in those pictures argue over your shoulder while you're talking to us will stay with them but it isn't this

violence that we're seeing here today again playing into the hands if you like of the military to help justify their presence here. it's their right of. brought this anyone anyone can protest anywhere peacefully people who are having a peaceful set then any of the ministry of defense. to. themselves and to. be they are. ignored and we were having a second and. we were having a second year but. we're ignoring the people saw the march to the minister of defense and the they were attacked by the army all just because you see extremely peaceful just to bring our viewers up to the what they're seeing of the shoulder there we're hearing thousands are protesting against the military rule

to do troops using water cannons to disperse the demonstrators that's what we can see going on there thanks for taking the time to come on to the progress much appreciated revolutionary social activist on the line live from cairo thanks ever so much thank you. syrian rebels have reportedly begun to undergo guerrilla warfare training in kosovo are alleged to be using the same training camps built for the n.t. serb kosovo liberation army a group previously designated as a terrorist organization by the united states and even the un has put a surge of troops because it's the foreign affairs editor for the u.s. based chronicles magazine who says he sees little good coming from this. well first of all i don't think they can learn much from the kale a bathroom sink. the christians because the charolais was singularly unsuccessful in its rebellion against serbian security forces until them into a bombing and even then they were not engaging in combat they were acting as

marauders quickly glancing non-o. beneath us so the first point is that there is nothing to learn in terms of conduct of fish and sea and in terms of actually organizing a successful guerrilla war i understand there are moderate. syrian opposition leaders who came to the united actually spoke to an a.p. reporter we're here now this should be a huge wakeup call for those syrians who are not supportive of the opposition especially the minorities the syrian rebels around the. means there will be a bloodbath product of the in the fall of assad and there will be no room for anyone the majority group which subscribes to extremist creed whether it is there to greet or old raynier in kosovo all are. muslim brotherhood offshoot syria. we've got more about our story as well on our website r.t.

dot com while you they might be interested in these getting more clicks as well got a harrowing tale of young man who was thrown into an american cell and forgotten forced to drink you saw during his advice after being left without food or water for five days how did it happen you can find out on our web site also russia's anti-gay propaganda law gets his first conviction a fine now for a prominent gay activist who says his sentence however will help him to get the controversial legislation cancelled got the latest. response. 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 medvedev pays to leave the kremlin before vladimir

putin takes over this and now it takes a look back at his term at the top but is it. really sees. you. 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 has said here the media and much of the world community blamed russia. 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. 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 of 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 u.s.

back home medvedev wants reforms focusing on the justice system and rule of law you wanted less people behind bars. this persecution. business people. just especially 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. russia's former richest man still serving his sentence for economic crimes madrid has pushed for modernization and diversification could have been a highlight of his presidency and he still has a chance to if he presses on as prime minister and we can be sure that without modernization the russian economy has no future it may be based on vast natural

resources but we cannot rely only on them the job swap with putin was the last straw for medvedev supporters who hoped he would run for a second term the secrecy and surprise of the smart added to the negative sentiment prior to the biggest protests russia has seen in years. in december after claims of vote fraud in the parliamentary election madrid it came back on line and laid out changes that 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 having. failed to continue on the present. initiatives. discussed. hume here you proved all the things the government was key we called to implement all the initiatives put forward by the by president medvedev but critics aren't convinced debates are buzzing over what mitt it's like it would be and how his policies might be implemented with putin back in the family. made it tedious move this president would have only seen real results during or even after a second term in office if the price will not be a problem my between what they did as president what he might do i'm. just now a r t. well as look to me putin's return to russia's top job in three days

we'll be bringing you our special coverage of the very know gratian how we can join us live at some point for all the spender of that from the kremlin halls that starts at seven thirty am g.m.t. on monday i'll be here with the rest of the team to keep you posted. japan is set 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 is heavily relied on the source but the government bowed to immense public protests in the wake of the fukushima disaster physics professor dr howard hayden told us he thinks it's just a matter of time the before tokyo goes back to nuclear again. yes they have fifty four reactors and they have one of them operating but it will be down for refueling as it is what they're doing is burning a lot of residual oil and the the pact on the price of residual oil has been felt 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. money talks never a true word said let's go straight to our business desk talk about that they say sell it may delay dmitri and go away true so far this year right so far yes we're only in the fourth of the month but the free sessions that we have seen this month have all been full of pessimism and it's pretty justify that traders are selling because even the latest data in the u.s. which has come out is showing that the jobs market has expanded slower than expected one third slower than expected actually hundred fifteen thousand new jobs added and therefore the depression in the in the markets the dow is down almost one percent that have taken even more so over in europe pretty much the same picture we're seeing a foot sea and the dax one and a half percent in gold this is all couple of course with its own problems here in the euro zone with the spade of course far from coming out of the recession let's take

a look at what's going on in the commodities markets with light sweet is the declining to less than one hundred dollars per barrel supplies of stabilized risks have increased on the global scale for the man or the picture we see on the currencies market we are seeing the euro and the dollar pretty much on par with the euro now we gave you against against the greenback but the russian ruble is fallen to three week low against the basket of currencies you can see that twenty kopeks even more so i guess for currencies and russia the markets close to the end of the trading day and it's looking really bad here almost four percent as you can see the drug war both forces on m i six take a look at what's driving the losses financials are taking a beating with b.c.b. down more than four percent burbank is holding on down just two you can say that and gazprom and lukoil of course down on those low oil prices. so it's

looking like a very bad day on the market so it is thanks for that to me two things just couple of minutes looking ahead we've got in store for you we explore what the russian capital's got to offer for the families make moscow their home after i've updated the headlines two minutes from now. all.

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