and with our top story for you this hour suicide bombers are sort of curried of the two blast that killed at least eleven people or wounded scores of others in russia's southern duggan stone republic the terror attacks took place within twenty minutes of each other at a police checkpoint. 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 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 medically 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 crying 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 today it is time last year two similar attacks in september then mark 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 and 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 attack here and dug a star no one so far claimed any responsibility for that north caucasus terrorism's war than just a battle for russia with the country's key militants know or watch by the world community that the world follows as a counterterrorism advisor to congress in washington he explained his while wider approach is vital. all 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 they're supported from 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 our team with me kevin zero in the old terror camps for a new generation of syrian rebels begin training for the un recognizes a form a terrorist camp and call supposed to 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 have turned into violent clashes with security forces

we'll talk about it with an activist from egypt just a little bit later. germany's foreign ministers labeled a rounds 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 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 try to put on the map those u.s.

bases which have been reported about flashing blue here here you have the friendly arab countries right next to qatar bahrain which hosts the u.s. fifth fleet that's forty ships sixteen thousand personnel two huge aircraft carriers kuwait which right after the drawdown in iraq the u.s. there has increased the size of standby combat force america's air force or i mean 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 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 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 reluctant beijing to help pressure on to iran as well as north korea she called the current sign american relations the strongest they've ever be but a claim is already being put to the test with beijing accusing the u.s. of meddling in its internal affairs also feeling tension of course is 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 young jang a professor of international politics and britain's bristol university find place of the 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 obviously it's one nation of course. china. chinese. military

therefore for rising has increasingly march greater or why do introduce its operation for example you know. 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 kind of. greater responsibility in international. role. compatible it's right now i think one. part of this is because whether china's increasing assertiveness it was like in regional and global affairs has been played 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 you see more and more 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. suppose you are talking about the american pivoting china pivoting asia the most recent kind of strategic move the united states as we move. in the last four 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 eleven it has neglected. to a very large extent and therefore its interests probably has been. kind of. erode it. in some way therefore it wants to come back and play a leadership role in the region now many people have interpreted that as kind of an surrounding or in circle in china and probably trying to contend china but if you

look at 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 the united states have. their economic interests the a final quick thought for you in your opinion just how far can both sides afford to push in jostle each other given their economic into dependence and i think you're absolutely right i mean one of the key problems that both sides are aware else is of course this kind of deeply seated. strategic distrust and that's why we have seen this kind of. military maneuvering in. particular 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 available on the professor of interaction. 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 see in the general's 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 appears to be will be gathered there today almost monthly we see the same succession of events protests violence death a parliamentary elections being held

a presidential ones just weeks away who do you think is behind the conflict driven impatient here. 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 where we're staying 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 or 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 the scope of. the whole thing now started by a peaceful protest which and then just a peaceful people who are having a certain near the ministry of defense. 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 and the yearly going to do in the cell of the movement where we're going to be tomorrow and where are we going 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 the. generals are raising. 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. the started when the kidnapped and. he was. that is all i saw when we seeing 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 can 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. they are. ignored and we were having a second and. we were having a certain behavior but. we're ignoring the people saw the march to the minister of defense and the they were attacked by the army. just because you see extremely peaceful just to bring our viewers are they really seeing a shoulder where 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 they're alleged to be using the same training camps built for the and he served kosovo liberation army a group previously designated as a terrorist organization by the united states and even the u.n. has put a surge a terrific of which 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 care only about through. the christians because the charolais was singularly unsuccessful in its rebellion against the serbian security forces until them into bombing and even then they were not engaging in combat they were not going to get as many orders and quickly cleansing normal beenie so the first point is that there is nothing to learn in terms of conduct official see and in terms of actually organizing

a successful guerilla war i understand it are moderate. syrian opposition leaders who came to push the in and actually spoke to an a.p. reporter said we are here. now this should be a huge wake up call for those syrians who are not supportive of the opposition especially in the minority it's 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 subscribes to its extremist credo whether it is there to greet or old raynier in costs of all. muslim brotherhood offshoot syria and we've got more about the story as well on our website r.t. dot com while you they might be interested in these get more clicks as well the harrowing tale of the young man who wrote into an american cell and forgotten

fourth brigade so 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 its first conviction a fine now for a problem of gay activists in the sense of the flow of it will help them to get the controversial legislation cancel got the latest on what the party thought kong has been. 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 medvedev prepares to leave the kremlin before vladimir putin takes over this and now it takes a look back at his term at the top. but easy d.m.

racey's gave you did have. to meet the other door each need to get 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 or 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 are dying in south setting most of them are citizens of the russian federation those responsible for the deaths of our citizens will be punished. 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 medvedev 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 the u.s. and russian relations devoutly and for 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. with a year 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 changed on high profile cases like me. russia is 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 swamp 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 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 you. 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 i have loved. says it will continue to under president bush and all

initiatives all the strategist discussed with him here you proved all the things here the government was key mikal to implement all the initiatives that can put forth by the by president committed if the critics aren't convinced debates are buzzing over what made it looks like it will be and how his policies might be implemented with blue chip back in the family but maybe it's because it is 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 my day did as president what he might do i mean he's now a our team. well as the team of putin's return to russia's top job in three days we'll be bringing you our special coverage of the very no gration hope you can join us live at some point for all the spender of that from the kremlin holes that

starts at seven thirty am g.m.t. on monday i'll be here for 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 and it heavily relied on the sauce 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 they have fifty four reactors and they have one of them operating but it will be down for refueling as it is what they're doing is burning a lot of residual oil and the the pact on the price of residual oil has been felt for as far away as whole y. e where the price for electricity now is very very high because of that that decision to shut the nukes 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 it's. money talks never

a true word said let's go straight to our business desk talk about that they say selling made over dimitri go away too 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 of that take even more so over in europe pretty much the same picture we're seeing a foot see the dax one and a half percent yield 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 the light sweet does that declining to less than one hundred dollars per barrel supplies have stabilized

risks have increased on the global scale for them on 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 with the russian ruble this fall into a three week low against the basket of currencies you could see that twenty kopeks even more so i guess for currencies in the rush of 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 drop. forces on the my sixth 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 in luke or a lot 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. 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. they've escaped this inside g.e.

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live from moscow this is our top stories for you today the terror attacks killed at least eleven russia's north caucasus what police say are the hallmarks of al qaeda suicide bomb. the pentagon draws up and game plans for a rat and posting it could crush to run forces in just three weeks. protests against the ruling generals in egypt right now into fierce clashes with security forces in cairo the military council refuses to leave until a new president elected that's what's happening in tahrir square right now we will bring you pictures all afternoon. and three days before to retrieve leaves russia's top post we assess his presidential legacy a look at what's ahead when he becomes prime minister.