four hundred others the government and the opposition to be quick to blame each other for the attacks and russia says there could be a foreign hand in the bombings. the latest from damascus. the nation from the u.n. says mission ahead and. they went straight to the scene of these two explosions it was a huge huge explosion they 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 the devastation is cause is just and. the cleanup operations underway. and with the people there because they were loaded civilian homes that were also destroyed a lot of civilian lives have been lost this is the largest explosions that have happened in recent times because you see in this space recently these types of attacks in damascus as well as the capital was launched for a long while as having remained relatively sheltered from the ongoing conflict

throughout the rest of the country but we've seen these types of attacks really cranking up in recent times and a huge amount of damage has been done so. it's operating in our country conducting terrorist attacks and these acts cannot be carried out without funding and weapons from abroad we have a list of foreign terrorists killed in syria including one french citizen one british citizen and one belgian citizen some arab countries are also supporting these acts of terrorism weapons are being smuggled into the country every day the u.n. security council must act to put an end to all of this. from the beginning of the conflict the very strong rhetoric from both sides playing the blame game and that's where it sort of confused not because the situation here is much more calm complex than that and people really feeling very very much like they're caught in the middle of speaking since the people down at the bomb sites and you know there's really a sense of the u.n. observer mission said to try and bring peace that this could be just the beginning

of this type of progress that you know this is really a major dilemma for the syrians the actions of the regime over the past year and a hard. of have left the country now in the situation that's why they put in to this sort of interference to these sort of acts to be carried out and so really i mean there's a huge sense amongst the people and a huge fear that if something isn't done that you could see this getting worse the russian foreign minister commented on the events today saying that foreign interference in syria is unacceptable now it is widely acknowledged that there are foreign nationals operating in the ground that are coming on. the horse anyone saying the u.n. observer mission is a serious doomed to fail so is only making things worse unfortunately some of our international partners are doing even more than that it's they're taking steps to ignite the situation both figuratively and very directly as the latest explosions demonstrate this year in a certain issue really viewed as the best chance that this country has right now

getting stability back and what the u.n. observers have been asking for is for people the different sides the different groups different factions to give the syrian people a chance to get the bullet in this country. and this to crook the right to the ngo conflicts forum thinks the u.n. peace effort 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 being fired on the top of the roof more than an ordinary journalist can does help but please bring this thing and maybe possibly will contribute to stabilizing it of course military service any sort of a con of a few determined. who wish to infiltrate the country and place explosives in the middle of a time for 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 fun began it all 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 to overthrow the assad regime. indonesian rescuers say there's no hope of finding survivors after a russian 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 well let's now of course live to she's in jakarta tell us what is the latest on this recovery operation. that's right bill it's early morning on

a friday here in jakarta i was just at the to mastic airport where the russians to poison bridge at one hundred took off on wednesday for a thirty minute demonstration flight as part of an asian tour are already done one demonstration flight that day but it went off the radars about twenty minutes into the flight and no one was able to track it down on the last that anyone heard from the plane was that the crew wanted to do and no one was able to hear from that plane for a day and then early this morning many people's worst fears here in jakarta did come true when four helicopters that were filled with indonesian air force found the plane on top of the mountain near a dormant volcano now this region that the airplane actually crashed in is very treacherous it's very it's almost considered a vertical track to go to reach that is this rakic site so

actually no rescue teams have actually been able to make it to this site so while authorities are saying that there are no signs of survivors they actually haven't even the been able to recover any of the bodies yet and there's just been mass chaos here in jakarta many families gathering at the airport hoping for is down word on their loved ones and hoping to find some bodies but this search is really not able to happen at night time so it will resume once again in the morning and many people are hoping that the rescue teams will actually be able to reach the site where the plane crashed. was equipped with a high tech system so what is known about the potential causes all of the crash. at first bill hijacking had not been ruled out because although it was a very mountainous area there was no emergency beacon that one awful are just supposed to go off if a plane were to crash into

a mountain and still many people thought maybe perhaps it went off the radars and was going to take an emergency landing but obviously that turned out to not be the case and the plane obviously was found to have crashed into the mountain and most aviation experts that we've spoken to have said that this is a very treacherous terrain as i pointed out so they're thinking that visibility. rain or probably factors that caused human error. to basically caused the plane to crash into the mountain but obviously you know we have no official word yet we're waiting for crews to get to the scene and for authorities to determine the official cause just. performing a presentation. what does this tragedy mean for the company's future. well i think it's a little bit too early to tell as of right now you know it's a very new plane it was the first commercial plane built by russia since the end of

the soviet union the first plane was built in two thousand and seven and the first test of the plane was in two thousand and eight and the first commercial launch was in two thousand and eleven nothing like this is ever happened before there's already been one hundred seventy orders placed for this plane around the world and that's supposed to be fairly reasonable reasonably play priced at thirty five million dollars per plane internees actually made a deal to buy a three hundred eighty million dollars deal this past august to buy several of the aircraft which is one of the reasons that it was here doing this sort of task to determine its performance here in jakarta so it's a little bit too early to tell at this point how it's going to let that business aspect sukhoi superjet one hundred i think right now most people are. concerned with recovering the bodies and finding out exactly what how to prove thanks very much indeed for that update. by the way you can get the latest developments the

updates on the plane crash into these on our website. what else for you right now a strange activity at a suspected nuclear site to find out just what iran is up to. going to. europe loosen its belt what she believes could tip the eurozone into an economic abyss. the sixty seven year anniversary of nazi germany's dum fool. spectacular victory parade dedicated to the event on you tube channel and. the other videos that we have from. russian business to boot he was sentenced to twenty five years behind bars for conspiring to sell weapons and kill americans. has spoken exclusively to r.t. from his new york prison a correspondent and the star spoke to him a little earlier and she joins me live now from new york and the start of this is

certainly a rare opportunity to hear what he had to boot had to say since these recent trial what revelations did he share with you. well bill you know this is the first interview that victor boot gives to an english language t.v. news outlet not just since he was sentenced but also since his extradition two years ago to the united states and this was a rare opportunity like you say to get his personal take on his case that by now has definitely become the torrijos take a listen to what he said. and carry around the world better you know. to your own trial. where you know your mom. and her. friend mark are actually showing. up american truckers and real completion to reach an american spirit comic and probably. very.

well will speaking in one of six languages that victor good speaks fluently in english there we also get a chance to discuss with him what it feels like to be sentenced to an entire quarter of a century whether or not there is something he would do differently if he knew he would be sentenced to twenty five years the answer to which was absolutely not victor boot continues to maintain his innocence and says he has never done anything wrong in his life we also got a chance to listen to his message to the united states president as well as the dea agents that framed him in a sting operation to go listen. well i have a message for you is president if you will keep using these fucks who will have a name of gay drug enforcement agents and they will be in advance of crimes this world not only not help america to really solve the problem with a drug force and where but it's that of going to the

a real problem and solve the real problem they just inventing the crime because look there is no danger for him go to somebody who would not hide provoke do the kind of the dirty tricks and the friends of people instead of going on to solve the real problem. well going to these and other topics our viewers will get a chance to see the film the full interview with victor boot who speaks for the course exclusively from his new york g.l. in the days to come just briefly and finally for those you haven't been following the case give us the background on one of the fairly complex and controversial case . bill boot is a russian businessman air cargo businessman in his forty's who was basically lured in by u.s. agents in thailand in two thousand and eight and later even though thai courts found him not guilty of international arms trafficking twice he would still extradited to the u.s. and the reason this case is controversial in the tory is because many say the

united states basically arm twisted into extraditing and of course he has at this point spent four years behind bars he is serving a twenty five year sentence the man has always maintained his innocence russia has called his extradition to the united states illegally and meanwhile in this operation conducted entirely by drug enforcement agency agents. believes that he is a victim of a political case and continues fighting for his release whether or not that's going to happen we're going to have to wait and see but he's definitely made it clear that he has no plans of giving up certainly interesting to give an interview and started chatting and thanks very much indeed for that reporting live from new york . going to be the g eight summit due 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 be commuted if he's now prime minister will be sent to america to

cover for him. well this 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 parliament and on wednesday he was poss of the annual victory day parade here in moscow so the president called bomber and explained that he couldn't get attend the g eight next week to remain in moscow to finalize key cabinet appointments while the two leaders will instead meet next month in mexico the g twenty meeting dmitri medvedev the prime minister who will be attending the g. eight representing russia instead the white house issued a statement saying that they understood the position of president putin and welcoming prime minister made yet of to camp david so the issue of key cabinet appointments being listed as the reason for putin's nonattendance at the g eight

however it has left some wondering if there could be another motive for i'm not going to me of prudence never really being the biggest fan of the g. eight in fact he's said that he finds it somewhat outdated much prefer the g. twenty which includes more of the a mooching economies in the world countries like brazil china india russia does an awful lot of trade with no old so the president has said that he is committed to continuing the restart of relations 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 and particularly the united states is standing still in syria washington's treatment of tehran and the uranium nuclear program as well as the american missile defense shield that's proposed to eastern europe. training

of the moscow carnegie center says that the g eight inside the main problems between russia and america will be solved by the presents themselves. obama will still be handled by putin you may said medvedev to that diplomatic john barry and i believe that in the future mr putin will be sending the video to a lot of diplomat diplomatic functions around the world where he would not want to go where he could where he could not go for different reasons you can talk about the interests the tensions and the issues and i think that the biggest issue weighing in on the u.s. russian relations in the next couple of years will be the issue of ballistic missile defense in europe if putin and obama find a way that would. leave the united states where the system that is

capable against radio and missiles and yet assuredly harmless toward the russian in the continental ballistic missiles that all have a deal and then we'll have. a brighter future for their relationship if that deal for whatever reason is not reached and i think we can expect a period of progress of alienation and money between moscow and washington the u.s. has tested a rocket in hawaii intended to nato use future missile defense shield in europe is holding a summit in chicago later this month expected to give the green light for interceptor missiles in poland but as 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 the 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. european alliance if you. wish. to make russia's position clear the defense ministry organized a special conference in moscow visualizing its warriors in a graphical ip 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 used that it would have no objections to the will of the us to strengthen security in europe but it cannot be done at the expense of our security and 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 dearest trying. to. scare. me ashurst just. here in. tampa street. 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 border ready to act against america's a.m.d. ambitions even preemptively sujoy them just the resume issue 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. as 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 the system will never be used against russia something moscow has been demanding for the past several years. reporting from moscow. political parties in greece are struggling to come up with a power sharing coalition deal sending the crisis hit country into further. general

elections on sunday failed to produce an outright winner with leading parties so far failing to form a government where without an agreement fresh elections would have to be held then 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 was past fourteen and a half billion euros worth of a sturdy measures in june but financial chaos is left of public mistrust of security products economic analyst michael ross told me earlier that the eurozone has to break up in order to survive this crisis. what we see is a program to crisis it's very sad to see these things developing but it was more or less planned within the your because so different different countries like greece and germany are not fitting into one currency and if they end of the day you will have this what we have now people go to the street there's more

violence more political insecurity. that the country also becomes impossible to govern the euro never could work everybody who. looks at it on an economical way knows that the eurozone just was not right the whole problem that we have in the eurozone cannot be solved by rescue packages cannot be solved by more debts cannot be solved anywhere it can only be solved by a break up of the euro that means that germany pulls all the rest of the countries in the use in the within the euro zone will devalue ate their money. well the economic and financial turmoil has not stopped the greeks from honoring their as we reported they now the flame for the twenty twelve games as. the olympics event took place in front of the temple of here next to the ancient

stadium professional. herald put on a display symbolize the athletic strength the flame will be taking to the u.k. a week's time for seventy they relay around the country. and other news in the world update an airstrike in yemen has killed five al qaeda militants in the country south the attack leveled a house in the town where the man was staying she has been held by al qaida 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 clear this girl and left the body suggested they were victims of a gang mexican drug cartels often dismember their victims and place them in the hills around fifty thousand people have been killed in drug related violence since president felipe calderon came to power in two thousand and six.

exactly twenty five minutes past the hour in the russian capital times a business that is daniel daniel a fresh spending scandal has just broken out in brussels tell us all the billions of dollars of the twenty ten e.u. budget we're misspent or unaccounted for today one of the e.u. parliaments biggest groupings the european conservatives and reformists refused to sign off on those accounts calling the situation a force it palls pressure on the e.u.'s bid for a seven percent budget roys next year all while taxpayers are cutting back in the current crisis more pain for the e.u. member to portugal the vatican's hold talks with the government over these decision to suspend two religious holidays portugal says the euro crisis is so bad people call take that time off but traders say even this won't help more than hall for investors think at least one member will quit the single currency this year according to a new poll out today. of the attempt to form a coalition in greece a failed so the eurozone rescue fund says it will transfer four billion euro to

greece on thursday as part of its rescue package but that's one billion less than. the markets in europe trouble solve her bosses greece portugal spain are all heavily in this year on like the foot which had another good day madrid is a joint eighteen percent last january the euro's had a horrific run where it hit near three months lows it's just off that at the moment and the storm clouds really are gathering on the single currency project u.s. government claims down but so. america's trade deficit jumps again in march that's left new york struggling for direction here among the most six wins over fourteen hundred today a first day of gains in seven investors like the central bank call to keep the financing rates unchanged this is a major move on the more i say it's almost double digit growth. as the gold price but it's a day after a terrible twenty twelve for the gold price back in december business. rates will fall the c.e.o. probably could come to

a twenty eleven profit co-producer mitchell also announcing that growth they say the super jets accident won't damage sales as long as the investigation is quick and transparent playmaker wants to sell eight hundred units by twenty twenty nine taking fifteen percent of the global regional jet market they have to create this. could be that it was pilot error could have been a new number of other factors. which means there's no reason to believe something going wrong with this product it's all about perception it's all about how the marketplace perceives. quality so they can clear it up i don't think. as long as there's any question any over you know there's going to be a problem. today all the latest news is on

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if you're just joining us a very warm welcome this is. twenty four hours a day top stories now dozens are killed and hundreds injured in the syrian capital . the deadliest attack since the conflict in the country more than a year ago. by foreign forces in order to destabilize syria and undermine the u.n. observer mission. and a few hundred metres separate rescue teams from the crash site of a russian in indonesia as authorities say it's unlikely any survivors will be found the plane crashed into the side of a mountain on wednesday with forty five people on board. just too busy. joining the g eight party next week hosted by the us. demanding workload.