breaking news here on t there's been a reported suicide attack in the capital of russia's chechen republic the blast in grozny is said to have killed and wounded at least several people. to other top stories here on serious prime minister after defecting as the government allegedly prepares a funnel of salt on rebels in aleppo the country's second city. as the gulf nations plan a meeting next month to discuss ways of curbing protests in the region and more arrests and crackdowns occur in saudi arabia and bahrain. the trial of female punk group pussy riot enters its second week stand accused of

hooliganism and could face up to seven years even prison for the. protests that took place in russia may be joining us for the latest in just a few moments. plus exactly one year since last august destructive riots london a blaze our correspondent investigates whether or thought he could have done enough to avoid a repeat. coming to live from moscow with me rory sushi straight to our breaking news for you this hour a bomb blast in the capital of russia's chechen republic several people reportedly been killed and wounded security officials are saying the attack may have been carried out by a suicide bomber there also looking at the possibility there may have been two attackers right now the latest is bomb sweepers searching the scene to make sure no

more explosive devices are we will be getting hopefully for this live report as soon as we get more details on this attack in crossly. all right now to syria where the prime minister has been sacked after defecting to jordan he reportedly fled along with three other ministers also on monday several people were injured by a bombing inside the state television and radio headquarters in damascus all this coming as the government reportedly masses tens of thousands of troops and columns of tanks are all around the country's second city aleppo and fighting between rebels and loyalists has been raging inside the city activists fearing a massive blitzkrieg style assault by the regime is about to begin at any moment and as both sides suffer losses they are racing to plug the gaps with fresh recruits while some volunteers and conscripts say they're ready to die for the cause others are trying to dodge the draft on

a boycott of homes. and moment of calm between the clashes on the outskirts of damascus pro-government paramilitary also known as should be camped out in what used to be. most a local man who say they quit their regular jobs to defend their homeland only twenty nine prior to the uprising he worked as a t.v. technician and his passion for the small screen is still there while watching this i five blockbuster armageddon scenes of bruce willis saving the planet got him talking these movies always show americans defending lands that don't belong to them not even their own land was the property of indians now they are fighting all around the world are you so how come you deny our brightest and our own land the opposition accuses the shabby her of conducting massacres but this man say they've themselves are often targeted by the rebels some even adopted new come of march to avoid being identified the armistice reliance on the prior military has

a tactical advantage they know the area but it's also out of necessity as the death toll among troops rises more syrians are dodging the draft military service in syria is a year. and how for those who are over eight see him and i not only stands university students can delay or shorten their terms while those with how they should be exempted on medical grounds in the past job dodgers could also attempt to bribe officials to get their names of the list but the controls got much tighter the base going abroad is the only legal option to avoid getting called out that's what is now considering six young men from his town recently returned home in conference and he says for the sake of his family he can't risk being before the grosses in studio. to record all me to go boy. home.

but after the close is. not. to go for me the. syrians love the so i was. told me. the extent of draft dodging is hard to gauge since the syrian government does not comment on its military but in the country's hospitals the reasons for a boy being active duty is all too graphic somebody who is also twenty six was conscripted from hama happy year ago here's what it will take at least three months to heal he says he doesn't regret doing the army. it's normal that appearance would be worried about sending their sons to the army. times like this some of my friends advised me not to go on the contrary wanted me to join the army at the end my parents said i should do it to have these cleared so they could go on. the syrian army sometimes betrayed as a killing machine with many of its members are just in their early twenties and if

anything they're to are the victims the whole war their country has been dragged into the boycott artsy reporting from syria. and are still to come for you in this program but a very regional route that may be brewing in asia pacific china lashes out at washington for criticizing its new military garrison in the disputed waters of the south china sea. this is our two foreign ministers of the six gulf arab nations say they will meet next month to discuss prospects for closer integration the countries most of which are sunni monarchies hope to counter a possible threat coming from the uprisings that hit some of them over the past year saudi arabia may have largely a state the turmoil but it's continuing a crackdown on protesters who are demanding social and political reforms the opposition there has been calling for an end to discrimination since march two thousand and eleven of the six countries brain was hit hardest by. an uprising that

has killed at least eighty six since early last year dozens of demonstrators were arrested and wounded last week after security officers used tear gas and stun grenades to disperse the activists. who are we not mention her location says western countries are more than willing to overlook the human rights violations. the place for activism behind today seems to be prison we have a whole agenda be a legit war both very prominent human rights defender not just them behind him but in the region and then also is in a whole region are all in prison and so it does seem like it doesn't know how to deal with human rights defenders and does view them as a threat to the regime in the country will definitely continue to do what we do which is documenting human rights violations will continue to reach out to the international community it does seem like we are making a little bit of progress since there was a joint statement that was made at the human rights council during the last session signed on by twenty seven different countries of course the united states and the

united kingdom the knights not signed on will keep pushing and hopefully will will start getting to a situation where there is more pressure to stop human rights violations and long is the bridge even behind his back by people like saudi arabia i think it's going to be difficult to the regimes in the gulf have longstanding relations with the western countries and as long as they can all mix and q. geopolitical interests come before human rights it's going to be difficult sway them to create pressure or stop human rights violations and we're seeing that in many different examples with the double standards that are being practiced i mean you don't see the same response to the situation in yemen for example the way you do in other countries like for example syria unfortunately it does seem that you know supporting human rights comes in the form of interests they support human rights when it's in their interest to do so and then they will not support human rights when it's not in their interest. watching r.t. now this summer london is reveling in its role as the host of the olympics but it

was rather a different story a year ago when the city was engulfed by a mass street violence and looting riots shook the produce capital for almost a week undermining the authorities who ultimately failed to restore control now it looks at whether lessons have been learned. rioting looting disorder these were the explosive scenes on the streets in towns and cities in england last august shops and warehouses attacked and torched by out of control youths and adults alike a situation the police took days to bring on to control a year and on the surface all is well damaged buildings have been rebuilt or boarded up and people are going about their business again but they go a little deeper and areas like here in tottenham where the riots started are still troubled and the underlying issues which caused the riots remain unresolved

tottenham's m.p. says his community pulled together in the aftermath but it mitt trouble could break out again unemployment is up and it's also true to say that business is on the highroad are still struggling a many of them had very poor pavements under the right damages act that was made to assist them in a double dip recession that hits the poorest communities hardest so you know it's one of those situations where yes we must be positive and hopeful but it's a fraud a fragile situation for us here in the last year new murs studies have been conducted into why the unrest became so intense and so widespread what began with anger over the fatal shooting by police of tottenham on mark duggan became a spark that ignited a powder keg of disadvantage boredom and a dysfunctional relationship with the. police something social justice campaign

elite just says has not been addressed and employment is going up generally. in the country we're seeing closure after closure of youth facilities and services school services are being caught and i think all of that with more aggressive what is called policing which we show monsters zero tolerance policing means that takes only a matter of time and not so much if went in the often mouth of the violence communities banded together to clear up their streets but many accuse the government not only of ignoring the root causes but of making problems worse but working class families oxfam says the poorest ten percent of society will suffer thirteen times more from seeing austerity cuts than the richest tenth and fifty six percent of young black men in britain are unemployed people in riots hit hackney like to think it won't happen again but are aware that it could be months. so that people.

can give something to you. keep them busy and you're. going to get work somehow believe me it will take many to trust the work that way and that picking people up for the benefit of well nothing. i'm back on the board now i'm going to happen again quite the same way but i don't think anything's been addressed now in this area and for these people the fuse is still a light the fear is when and what will trigger the next explosion in their neighborhoods laura smith r.t. london. you're watching r t let's get back to our breaking news story for you this hour four people reportedly been killed in twin bombings in the capital of russia's chechen republic security officials say attacks may have been carried out by. two suicide bombers installed the target may have been

a police checkpoint from the scene right now a bomb sweepers are searching the area to make sure no more explosive devices are there certainly more from grozny as soon as we get it we're also standing by for a live report here on r.t. from one of our correspondents. or isn't it a quarter past the hour moscow time of the trial of the female punk group pussy riot now entering its second week three women are being tried for strange in anti putin stand in the country's main orthodox cathedral in february after outside the court with this report artie's jacob creates. the second week of this trial has now begun and has proven quite lengthy in proceeding so far and that's because we've only just heard from the defense they've only just had the opportunity on friday just to stand there eyewitnesses this is a trial that's been somewhat dominate his so far by the prosecution from their eyewitnesses testimony speak very heartfelt and emotional time nonetheless the defense has been very active throughout proceedings throughout the course of last

week's trial held up some of the proceedings as well they have all six occasions now called for the judge residing over this child to be replaced and asked for a number of reasons ranging from not being able to fully cross-examine the prosecution's eyewitnesses down to the treatment the detention conditions of these three defendants they're being kept in custody those on both sides of the fence have been very vocal when it comes to this chandigarh way before them dating back to when these three defendants were initially taken into custody about five months ago that's one sound why this is cause such outrage deference and where it took place now there had been demonstrations taking place involving the pussy riot group beforehand this one was located in the russian russia's main the docs cathedral christ savior feature this what outraged many offenders we heard from testimony for the course of last week but equally our a should be in those who have called what's

transpired politically motivated trial based think at least people shouldn't be facing time in prison that it's just an administrative crime if anything that should be replaced by a fine or something else and when it comes to those we've got human rights organizations international musicians who've been increasingly as spoken on this issue most lately though someone who's spoken out has been about i'm a push and russia's president and he called for some degree of leniency when it comes to this trial that's indeed in reference past when the most controversial points of this. so far because what we're trying to find out at the moment is whether or not what they did back in february the so-called punk prayer was a criminal offense more than that whether or not it deserves the charge of hooliganism which could mean they face up to seven years in prison and it's good to have you with us here in our to today china has hit back at the u.s. for criticizing its new military garrison in the south china sea the sun shark base

created just two weeks ago it's in an area where competing territorial claims pit beijing against the philippines and against vietnam among many others as well trying to set up the outpost to administer thousands of square miles of water that it says are within its sovereignty washington believes it's an attempt to occupy the entire south china sea which is rich in natural resources the u.s. has tens of thousands of military personnel in the asia pacific and views itself as a stabilizing influence in the region especially to be also as america will likely continue trying to china of. the americas have overwhelming. especially at sea so. chances of china actually engaging. with any of the other contesting. the sea is unlikely. to have the strength of the important part of that of their lives is the economic.

and. military alliance in. northeast asia weeks ago when there was a chance. through jand of the alliance from the. tweens are. in charge of. india's not really go way too much. and so it was also the start you don't see the one year. whether how old your knowledge is real contest. between. this country is in the region so it is a solution if if you want to. know if you want to build up the minuses and if you want a chinese. it's so that's what was very. well us china relations i was just one area discussed when we spoke to u.s.

congressman dana rohrabacher about about washington's foreign policy in a rather candid conversation he gave us his take on the u.s. presence ongoing in afghanistan and about just over an hour you can watch the full interview for now a quick preview. karzai is a stooge of the pakistanis all right he is their boy in afghanistan and by the way our state department. just kisses up the pakistanis and has been doing so for the last thirty years which is one of the major reasons we've had problems down there who wants to be in afghanistan i mean why should anybody the russians should understand how that that is a rotten place for people to station their foreign troops. and they're not going to make any friends in the afghans traditionally when they open their eyes when they see foreign troops around them they say i don't like them and i don't want them here in my country we should get our butts out of afghanistan as quickly as we can

. you're watching r t let's get back to our breaking news story for you this hour reports of a suicide attack in russia's republic of chechnya artie's tom barton now standing by to give us the latest on this tom good to have you want to quickly what do we know at this at this point at the moment rory we know that there have been most probably two explosions in the capital of russia's chechen republic grozny four people are currently reported to have been killed security officials say that the both of the explosions happened close to a police checkpoint and they suspect that there may have been a suicide bomber or two suicide bombers that attacked that police checkpoint search teams are currently looking at the site for any evidence of more explosives there it has also been noted that attacks of this kind with more than one bomb detonated

near police checkpoints in russia's north caucasus is a noted tactic of suicide bombers in the region. already it is a tumble in there many many thanks indeed we'll talk to you a bit later. or let's get to the r.t. world out there now and some other global news for you and briefer we'll start with the ivory coast where at least five soldiers were killed and many injured in three separate attacks there are groups of gunmen stormed two police stations in the commercial capital b. john on sunday morning and the third attacker was at a military base in the east officials blame the supporters of convicted of former president long by bo was currently facing charges of crimes against humanity at the international criminal court. islamic resistance movement hamas denying responsibility for an attack on an egyptian security checkpoint at the border with gaza masked gunmen ambushed egyptian troops while they were breaking their ramadan fast killing sixteen soldiers and injuring at least seven of the

attackers did manage to see to armored trucks i want to split it as it flowed into israel the second was hit by an airstrike. israel claims it had been informed about a plot to kidnap one of its soldiers. just. marking sixty seven years since the us dropped an atomic bomb on the city in the world's first atomic. tens of thousands gathered at the peace memorial near the epicenter of the blast that leveled the city and killed more than one hundred forty thousand people the ceremony was attended by representatives of over seventy countries including the u.s. ambassador. in the near future will see katie with the business but for now is the most sophisticated mars rover ever has started sending its first pictures and tweets back from the red planet after successfully touching down on the surface it will spend just under two years there to examine the planet and determine whether it has conditions suitable for humans to survive their craft boasts

a set of cutting edge devices including a russian hydrogen and water detector which should help answer that very question a long journey which began in november last year finished on show jewel and cost nasa a total of two point five billion dollars. from the russian academy of space travel science told us the achievement is a breakthrough but there's still an awful lot of work to be done. through the for us all from a technician which will conduct a complex research of mars you have to understand the city is a very complex machines it can see so hundred different systems including dozens of highly sophisticated instruments and. he'll. be a program manager hundred percent of the all of this system so activated the whole of the. order. to move an inch

from the place where it is now and all the old things of systems and into. big from weeks to several months so. expect to get anything from the new york city anytime soon then we move the next two or three weeks. or let's give you another quick update here on our breaking news story on r t four people reportedly killed in twin bombings in the capital of russia's chechen republic security officials saying that attacks may have been carried out by a pair of suicide bombers it's thought the target may have been a police checkpoint right now their bomb sweepers are searching the scene to make sure no more explosive devices are there are certainly more information from grozny as soon as we get it with this breaking news on our t.v. . order time for hourly because of it is critical being good to see you loved ones buzzing but not exactly with shoppers know exactly no and that's what they were

really hoping for investors had hoped to make a quick buck or two from bustling to her wrists in the locals as well you know getting excited about the olympics but it wasn't quite worked out that way and it's also the traffic i've driven in london many times myself i know it could be a little bit stressful so more about that later let me get stuck in some markets and see what's happening just now and i would go european markets they are indeed rising they're extending of the want the high now that's off to greece and its creditors a good read the need to strengthen policy efforts to support grows investors really are feeding on that sentiment right now there's also whispers once again on the trading floor that the european central bank is going to take steps to intervene let's have a look at how the european currency is responding to all of this just now out with his it certainly not convinced by that it's down just a fraction one twenty three sixty three as for the russian ruble it remains gave ng against both the bosky occurrences this hour sufferings on the ets not his here in

moscow and they all managing to stay above the waterline so for some healthy again this is that as we can see that the r.t.s. maybe two percent of the my sex around one i hope is that in positive territory so the mirroring what's happening really and if you are paid and the asian markets you're on as well that's despite oil taking a little bit of a nosedive to get to that and just a second let's talk about the emerging markets themselves who got more optimism for russia and that first of all so orientated firms have taken a u. turn capital outflow they suffered for the last fifteen weeks studies about one point five billion dollars was invested in emerging markets and about two hundred million was actually in russia now that's the maximum amount since february and the second inflow for the last fifteen wakes now why us is signing the emerging market said to involve the world because it will be expected is. that's going to be happening in europe and the u.s. so i mentioned oil let's have a look at see what's happening just now than i would this is such

a time to just service a slightly this hour but it's not affecting the fact is in russia is not correlated to much the solved today and as we can see they are indeed dropping the likes we are there in ninety one dollars per barrel in the breadth over one hundred eight did mention beer lympics now learn to do as they are working from home apart and that is also avoid the traffic not as many as one of hall's million of them that is now while it makes traveling easier of course we all panic and because the british capital is turning it's a bit of a ghost town. before the olympics began many traders thought that these games would give them a timely boost in trading but unfortunately many have found themselves lagging behind there has been a drop in custom and there are two main reasons people believe firstly the number of tourists that have come to london is lower than expected and secondly around one and a half million people have decided to work from home alleys because they wanted to avoid any traffic chaos in the middle of london well this is affecting traders like

anybody here who runs a sandwich shop he's been running one for the last two years but there's been a distinct lack of custom during lunchtime periods what have you noticed during the olympics during the olympics before we would be really busy but actually it's gone down like twenty five percent not many people are. in after us around all staying in stratford and a lot of people walking from that's why it really affected us i had to get rid of one of my staff because it's not that busy. i certainly did and what about fellow traders are they all saying a similar thing exactly the same all my neighbors i talk to them and they are complaining that it is really quiet at the moment is there anything that can be done i mean i know david cameron now is urging people perhaps to come into the city center to what can be done but. we're just hoping the olympics will finish by the next week so we get back to normal ok well thank you for your time and let's hope things pick up so it has to be said the lympics isn't entirely bad news seven

billion pounds worth of business related contracts were generated by these games but just like the lympics in sport itself it appears that winners and losers have been created in the economy that we go over i did about you but i was just focused on those big soft edges and the roles i looked at perhaps it's time for lunch getting possibly the later. part just about what are we getting to a special documentary on how washington should perhaps consider its economic policies on how to save the middle class and that will be after a recap of our breaking news here on out.

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