dozens are killed and hundreds injured in the syrian capital about to bomb blasts the deadliest attack since the conflict in the country began more than a year ago. only a few hundred metres separate rescue teams from the crash site of a russian and one in indonesia as authorities say it's unlikely any survivors will be found. just too busy says he can join the g eight party next week hosted by the us jew to his demanding work let.

alone on screen this is live from moscow with the twenty four hours a day two massive bomb blasts have ripped through the syrian capital during rush hour killing at least fifty five people and wounding nearly four hundred others the government and the opposition to being quick to blame each other for the attacks and russia says they could be a foreign hand in the bombings. the latest from damascus. well the russian foreign ministers commented on the events today saying the foreign interference in syria is unacceptable now it is widely acknowledged that there are foreign nationals operating in the ground that are terminal this is a big dilemma for the syrian people part of the nation from the un it's a mission here and it's a mask if they went straight to the scene of these two explosions i think it was a huge huge explosion they really shook the entire city everyone here felt it and we've been speaking to people today we've just been down at the blast site as the devastation is cause is just and medals at the moment the cleanup

operations underway and with the people there because there were a lot of civilian homes that were also destroyed a lot of civilian lives have been lost this is the largest of the explosions that have happened in recent times of course you see in this space recently these types of attacks in damascus as it was the capital was launched the view for a long while as having remained relatively sheltered from the ongoing conflict throughout the rest of the country but we've seen these if these types of attacks really cranking up in recent times and a huge amount of damage is being done it will cause the worst so always at these things is the fact that you've had from the beginning of the conflict a very strong rhetoric from both sides playing the blame game and that's where it sort of confused masses because the situation here is much more calm complex than that and people are really feeling very very much like they're caught in the middle of speaking to some people down at the bomb sites and you know this is really a senseless the u.n.

observer mission said to try and bring peace that this could be just the beginning of this type of progress the next you know this is really a major dilemma for the syrians the actions of the regime over the past year and a half have left the country now in a situation that's why they put in this sort of interference to these sort of acts to be carried out and separately i mean there's a huge sense amongst the. people. that if something isn't done you can see it's getting worse and if you're in a certain mission. as the best this country has right now getting debility back in what the usa has been asking for is for people the different sides different groups different factions to give the syrian people a chance to get stability in this country. and not just a crew of the director of the conflicts forum thinks the u.n. peace if it is being undermined by foreign meddling in syria having militarily experienced witnesses on the ground who can tell what is a mortar shell and what is

a burning tar being fired on the top of the roof more than an ordinary journalist can does help but please bring those things and maybe possibly will contribute to stabilizing it of course military observers any sort of observers contrail with a few determined. who wish to infiltrate the country and place explosives from the middle of a time the head of american intelligence assessment james clapper himself said that americans believe that the earlier bombings were done by groups infiltrating from iraq into syria to places who is behind them we are not quite sure but it's most likely those that are sponsoring these groups will be in the gulf states will be gulf states who will be by the funding it or stimulating these sort of attacks i think it's fairly plain the reason why it doesn't take a great deal of investigation to work out. for both sides. the peace process is

not what they're wanting to see they want to see the ball and overthrow of the regime. indonesian rescuers claim there is no hope for survivors after a russian airliner crashed into a mountain the teams are now trying to tackle challenging terrain to reach the wreckage of the sukhoi superjet one hundred which went down on wednesday are reports from jakarta. the authorities have said that there is no sign of any survivors but it's been extremely confusing the search operation because it's taking place thirty miles outside of jakarta in a very mountainous treacherous region. of the passenger is that many of the indonesians on that airplane and informed of the fate of the plane that the plane actually crashed into a mountain where there was a dormant volcano and so obviously there's a lot of. crisis center that's been set up in the airport where the russian jet one hundred took off obviously yesterday everyone was wondering what hop into this

airplane when it disappeared off the radars twenty minutes after. there was talk that perhaps it could have even been hijacked because the emergency beacon that should have gone off if the airplane had crashed into a mountain this plane is equipped with the latest technology it's very high so many people. have some sort of emergency landing somewhere is just was part of. around asia that was meant to promote it i mean it just it just done several tests in kazakhstan pockets done in myanmar and was. on this was the first commercial airplane built in russia after the soviet union in two thousand and seven there have been around one hundred seventy orders placed for this airplane around the world this was

a multibillion dollar project that had many countries involved time will tell. business this will have on the selling of this airplane and many people many pilots that we've spoken to have said that perhaps this was human error off usually the visibility was not that great yesterday there was fog and there was raining we're actually heading to the airport right now we flew. and she speaks to a russian flogger who was supposed to be on the airplane yesterday and did not part on the high in several flights on the russians you place your bridge out in the other locations during this air shout on he's been eased a logger and he's been tweeting pictures from the crash site and also other information regarding the russian sukhoi superjet one hundred so i'll continue to bring you the latest information. and you can get the latest updates on that plane crash in indonesia on our web site r.t.

dot com here's what else is there for you right now a stranger to begin suspected nuclear site find out just what iran is up to online . she will not let europe loose nukes build one launch a move she believes could tip the eurozone over the edge into economic do. the sixty seven year anniversary of nazi germany's downfall watch the spectacular victory parade dedicated to the event on you tube channel took place in moscow and while you're there check out the other videos that we have for you. let me put and it's not the g eight summit to take place in the u.s. state of maryland next friday russia's president says he's too busy appointing his new cabinet to me to me even if he's now prime minister will be sent to america to cover for him. has more on this. close to being a very busy week for vladimir putin on monday he was sworn in as president on

tuesday how to deal with the election of a new prime minister in the paula meant until wednesday he was poss of the annual victory day parade here in moscow so the president called harajuku bomber and explained that he couldn't get attend the g eight next week he had to remain in moscow to finalize key cabinet appointments while the two leaders will instead meet next month in mexico the g twenty meeting to each image get of the prime minister who will be attending the g. eight representing russia instead though the white house issued a statement saying that they understood the position of president putin and welcoming prime minister made yet have to camp david so the issue of key cabinet appointments being listed as the reason for britain's nonattendance at the g eight however it has left some wondering if they could be another motive for i'm not going but to me of putin's never really being the biggest fan of the g.

eight in fact he's said that he finds it somewhat outdated much prefer in the g twenty which includes more of the a mooching economies in the world countries like brazil china india that russia does an awful lot of trade with no also the president has said that he is committed to continuing to restart of relations with between russia and the united states that was begun under the presidency of dmitri medvedev during his campaigning for the presidency flooded me a putin was very critical of some aspects of u.s. foreign policy in particular the united states's stance on syria washington's treatment of tehran and the uranium nuclear program as well as the american antti missile defense shield that's proposed to eastern europe. all of the reporting there from central moscow and staying with missiles russia tries to. nail down legal guarantees from the u.s. on its defense system ahead of next week's nato summit.

russia's anti terror committee says it is for the major plot targeting the upcoming winter olympics in sochi russian security forces seized an entire arsenal of weapons in the caucasian country and arrested three militant leaders tom barton has the details a joint operation by abkhazian and russian special forces found numerous caches of weapons in our cars including guns ammunition explosives and portable anti aircraft missiles russia's national antiterrorism committee told the interfax news agency but they believe those weapons were destined for a terrorist attack on the winter olympics in sochi in two thousand and fourteen and the added that the infamous islam ist militant leader darfur maroth was behind the plans don't call maher off has been connected to numerous gun and bomb attacks in russia's north caucasus in previous years but he's so far managed to evade security

services he and his group also claimed responsibility for the bombing of the moscow metro in two thousand and ten and for the bombing of the moscow airport in two thousand and eleven the national antiterrorism committee also save the tomorrow has been in contact with georgian special services they don't say whether that's related to this particular find. political parties in greece are struggling to come up with a power sharing coalition deal sending the crisis hit country into further turmoil general elections on sunday failed to produce an outright winner with leading parties so far failing to form a government without an agreement fresh elections would have to be held on thursday athens is due to receive five point two billion euros in bailout funds but several eurozone countries were reluctant to forward this money because of the political instability as part of the bailout terms athens must pass fourteen point five billion euros worth of austerity measures. but financial chaos is that the public

mistrust of pro sturdy parties financial expert peter green says even if greece ditches the euro it will still be dependent on its european neighbors. will oh it's very difficult to escape if you owe money to people that want them back and basically what is what has happened is that greece's administration so to say the european commission if so it's very hard for greece to escape have two opportunities they can try the way that they have been tried for some two years now and this is what i call economic walk in the desert that they will continue to basically to continue with the budget cuts and try to to save more money and come back to repay their debts that they have agreed no sanity of they can escape the euro and say ok we exit and simply default and i was saying but after that they will still need to have new lending so they will still be dependent on the european

mates it is an illusion to try to make new agreements it would be better to fold it will cost a fortune for europe but for greece there will come more green shorts in a faster way if they default and exit the euro. the u.s. has tested a rocket in hawaii intended to arm nato's future missile defense shield in europe he announces holding a summit in chicago later in may there is expected to give the green light for interceptor missiles in poland but as and the reports washington's reluctance to cooperate could force moscow to take action scared distrustful and even hostile these are only some of the labels moscow has received in the west for expressing concerns over washington's controversial european anti-missile shield plans that u.s. wants to build european support for this missile defense system the russians on the other hand are very mistrustful of the u.s. global agenda and want to use this issue to disrupt the u.s.

you know why it's there if you. wish to respond. to make russia's position clear the defense ministry organized a special conference in moscow visualizing its warriors in a graphic clip experts say that by the year twenty twenty when the final phase of the shield will be ready nato bases in europe will be able to shoot down russian intercontinental missiles this moscow says violates the principles of nuclear containment and would dramatically shift the balance of global power. that it would have no objections to the will of the u.s. to strengthen security in europe but it cannot be done at the expense of our security security cannot be divided and that's one of the principles of the start treaty signed between moscow and washington that the u.s. delegation again played down talks of a possible threat to russia now do you understand. after russia's

actions here. would be interest to do so it would be very. chatty streak. but words do not match actions according to moscow with washington unwilling to rubber stamp those promises in a legal document until it does russia defense ministry says it will continue to grow military potential on its borders ready to act against america's a.m.d. ambitions even brienne tivoli secured them just a breeze you wish you could taking into account the destabilizing nature of the missile defense system and in particular creating an illusion of an on punishable strike the decision about a preemptive use of force will be made in a period of heightened tension the deployment of new offensive on is in the southern and north western russia including its kind of missiles in the callinan grab region provides for the destruction of the european missile defense infrastructure. the border this scenario is clearly seen as

a last resort however moscow is standing strong in its position sending the ball firmly into washington's court. conference happened just two weeks before the nato summit in chicago where the alliance is expected to officially launch the first phase of the year m d and while nobody has any doubts that the points made here will not change the summits agenda they may eventually urge washington to provide legal guarantees that this system will never be used against russia something moscow has been demanding for the past several years. reporting from moscow now time to have a quick look at some other stories from around the world in our world update an air strike in yemen has killed five all kind of militants in the country south the attack leveled a house in the town where the members staying is being held by al-qaeda militants for the past year the u.s. has been using drones to strike insurgents in yemen although it remains unclear who was behind the attack. police in mexico found eighteen mutilated bodies dumped into

cars in the western state of jalisco and left with the body suggested they were victims of a gang killing mexican drug cartels often dismember their victims and place them in vehicles around fifty thousand people have been killed in drug related violence since president felipe calderon came to power in two thousand and six. the flame for the twenty twelve games has been lit in the birthplace of the lympics the event took place in a limpia in front of the temple of next to the ancient stadium professional actors stage the entire ceremony. is done and the men dressed as heralds put on a display symbolizing athletics the flame will be taken to the u.k. in a week's time for a seventy day relay around the country. is reported to resume southern neighbor from the violating international demands to cease the violence between the two countries culture has repeatedly denied its carrying out

a bombing campaign over southern territory claiming it's the victim of aggression from its southern neighbor a decades long civil war between two states resulted in south sudan proclaiming independence last july of a one of the half million people have died in the conflict. turkey has shop increased its oil imports from iran according to turkish statistical institute the country imported well over a million tonnes of iranian crude this march the highest monthly purchase since last july however new u.s. sanctions are now harming relations between iran but political analyst chris bambery says the u.s. should actually focus their energy on lessening sanctions when it comes to iran. the problem is they are incapable of getting india china russia to jump to jump when the show and it was so and therefore the sanctions to be don't seem to be working and the iranian foreign minister made the point today that the sheer quality of around the crude oil means that countries want to buy it is you know it

is in demand in terms of that and we've seen the european union lessening the sanctions ten european states when told we can have economic relationships around and i think you'll start to question why the sanctions still in place there are no talks going on over the whole of the iranian nuclear program iran is bending over backwards as far as i can see to make to go along with those talks therefore there are negotiations and this isn't a precise time and rather trying to increase sanctions on iran maybe there should be westing sanctions are sure of good faith going to go see asians. more than two and a half million houses in the united states have been repossessed by banks since the economic crisis struck the country in two thousand and eight but the impact isn't only financial many forced out of their homes are taking drastic measures with some even choosing to take their own lives when faced with an action or he's ready in a culture of i reports. dozens of police and swat teams sworn in on the small

central california town not what you'd expect for what was supposed to be a routine for closure at this point we believe the suspect is barricaded inside of the apartment complex we don't know anything about him we don't know what the motive is behind this shooting all we know is that we have two people dead apparently forty five year all jim richardson of rare e.o. had his motives he was losing his condominium because of her fifteen thousand dollars home equity loan he could no longer afford to pay the condo was sold to the auction for a knock down price and ferrero was handed end of the action notice it proved to be the last straw for the former security guard who barricaded himself inside his home and refused to walk out alive and worryingly such an extreme act it hasn't been an isolated incident in this area public safety as a whole has been affected by the economy just like everybody else live there isn't anybody in the community that hasn't been affected by this economy last year the

town's foreclosure rate was the third highest in the country with a one in average nineteen properties reposed by the banks the entire region is ravished by unemployment and budget cuts and it's a story being repeated nationwide with a quickly bloody consequences in phoenix a man opened fire on police when he refused to leave his house in ohio an old married couple killed themselves when the faced with a vacation while in florida and then was gunned down by police after he said his recently for close time house on fire these doubts by foreclosure killings have been going on quietly around the country average since the financial crisis threaten to pull the rock from those only surviving on credit i think people get desperate and they don't see. the light at the end of the tunnel that you know it's ok if i lose my home and i moved somewhere that i can afford and i can rent and

i just think we really get attached. and are very reluctant to give it up and i think it brings on. desperation when you win. was no sign of any recovery in california's economy and stubborn unemployment it means the body count looks set to only grow in the months ahead x. prayed for because the huge surge in home foreclosures this year while the threat of a shadow inventory of soon to be foreclosed homes continues to hound housing markets there is a question how many more depressed people forced from their own homes and with nowhere else to go are pushed to the very edge determined to do anything it takes to stand by their property till the bitter end most of the question are t.v. reporting from california. time now for the business and daniels there are you looking at the financial implications of that. crash in indonesia aviation

analyst richard aboulafia says the accident in indonesia's mountains won't damage sales as long as the investigation is quick and clear the plane maker wants to sell a hundred units by twenty twenty nine taking fifteen percent of the regional jet market worldwide. could it be that it was could have been any number of other factors. which means there's no reason we. were wrong it's all about perception it's all about how the market proceeds. in quality so we're thinking clearer no i don't think. this is any question any over. ten on the markets the l.t.s. hit almost fifteen hundred today a first day of gains in seven investors like the central bank called to keep the

refinancing rates unchanged let's see major movers on the my six almost double digit growth of the gold price group today after a terrible twenty twelve back in december business altie for cross gold rates will fall this year and try to make a chemist's one to twenty eleven profit co-producer mitchell also announced that the profits group washington says jobless claims fell a little bit america's trade deficit jumped again in march and all that's left wall street struggling for directions but more pain for portugal the vatican has held talks with its government over lisbon's decision to suspend the corpus christi and all saints day holidays portugal says the euro crisis is so bad people can't afford to take that break but traders say even that won't help mold and hold for investors think at least one member will quit the single currency this year according to a new poll out today. and all attempts to form a coalition in greece a failed so far the eurozone rescue fund says it will transfer four billion euros

to greece on thursday as part of its rescue package but that's one billion less than planned and struggling southern europe members portugal greece and spain all this year's. markets madrid saw a big c. is down eighteen percent since january on the exchange rates the euro's shedding further against the dollar it's now only a three month. slows and the ruble is retreating to the main chorus is today when the low sweet is edging back up to one hundred dollars after a bad morning but brant has gone back to hold near one hundred thirteen dollars a barrel bill and that's the business you're up to date now daniel thanks very much indeed more from you later daniel bushell lawal like coming up. into europe we also get an american economic pundit if there is a way out that will be after the headlines stay with us live this is r.t. in moscow.

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