last stop the boston marathon kill summary and injure more than one hundred fourteen see if there was a time going to u.s. soil since nine eleven and comes despite fears of heightened security measures and surveillance at home. police fired tear gas at supporters of the opposition candidate in venezuela will take to the streets in protest over the now is to wins for the edge of a good shot it's in sunday's presidential election. and sixty five years since its founding but what claims to be a bacon of democracy in the middle east is critics say fall staring into a hardline of religious right when it's. this is all see coming to life from moscow hello and welcome to the program. too

and last said the finish line of the boston marathon have left three dead including a nature old boy well the one hundred sixty are in hospital with larry's injuries many have lost limbs in the bombings no one has claimed responsibility for the tower while the white house says the public traitors will field of full weight of justice as all she is marina fortnight reports now. u.s. president barack obama said that the u.s. does not yet have all the answers as to who is behind. why they did this but obama said the u.s. will find out who did it and will hold him accountable he would not go into detail he said an investigation is ongoing and that. u.s. federal officials will be helping out boston in any way that city needs as they continue searching for clues as to what caused it to to the bombings their work proximately twenty seven thousand people participating in the boston marathon and

tens of thousands on the streets watching the event and also securing the perimeter ironically there were so many police officers on the scene so many emmaus workers this explosion went off and just about ten seconds later a second explosion went off there is some horrific images out there of some of the victims some of whom lost limbs what history has shown is that if the u.s. is attacked washington. and it has retaliated over the course of more than a decade we did have the patriot act in the aftermath of the september eleventh attacks that the department of homeland security was created then the controversial drone program was implemented under the ministration of george w. bush and it was carried out and double down on by president barack obama but what many would argue is that even with all those different measures put in place through war through surveillance that it still doesn't prevent horrific attacks

like the one scene unfolding in boston. and. kimball who witnessed the tragedy and describes the chaos of the terrorists. i was there with my sister she had left work early and she when the first bomb went off there was just a silence that went over the crowd and then immediately scream started happening and she grabbed my hand and said just start running so we started running but the place where we were at where the stage comes out where people run through the finish line and the crowd bottlenecks and it became an immediately very very scary situation where a woman was on her bike and had fallen and people were just on able to get out and at that point the second bomb went off and i that was when i really found to meet up this was something that i could perhaps die from and i think that was when i became more of a this wasn't just an accident or an electrical problem that this was

a definitely an intentional act incident and also historian gerald ford says while washington has made a new focus on foreign threats there are plenty of potential terrorists on the home front. there will be a thorough investigation already there is a very thorough investigation taking place by the local authorities in boston the state authorities and the federal authorities but keep in mind as well there's been a number of disturbing events going on stage in recent weeks a number of prosecutorial that is to say those who try to send accused criminals to jail have been assassinated in the state of texas the head of the prisons in colorado who was assassinated these suspects are ultra writers affiliated with the so-called arion brotherhood of the arion brotherhood of texas so there are a number of suspects to investigate in forty years and want to be very difficult to protect oneself against so-called lone wolf attacks but on the other hand united states has misplaced priorities when it comes to this kind of thing you may know

that there are states treasury department has more officials and bureaucrats investigating those seeking to travel to cuba than those involved the so-called terrorism now obviously that's an absurd waste of resources but that's the way things stand as we speak stay with me for the latest on the boston bombing and of course we've got more details and analysis on that's hot on our web site. and that is at this council caracas police have fires tear gas and plastic bullets to disperse crowds protesting that social results of the presidential election it came after venezuela's electroboy ignored calls for a recount of sunday's vote that saw him get shot this is hard to pick successor win by a razor thin majority and as a cia reports now the new president elect has got a tough task ahead of him. when the results of the presidential election on april fourteenth was announced there were huge celebrations in this district heavily

supporting nicolas maduro the so-called successor. now his supporters tell me the old vote the margin between little and his main opposition in this was very small they say that with this victory the spirit of the. chavez continues to live on in the for a very very big job there's a lot of problems that he has to solve even supporters reiterate the fact that there are a lot of problems that have to be addressed such as food shortages medicine shortages as well as the issue of crime be really wants this addressed because they say they just don't feel safe on the streets of the us also with parroting one of the world's largest oil reserves is a world will be watching on how this is going to be managed moving forward and also model will have a quite a very short grace period improving his ability to unite a very divided country we've seen in the elections it was almost a fifty fifty split between between model and the u.s.

and one more test would be to see the military support we know that will go chavez was was a former army commander you have the military support of this is something that model will have to work on look perhaps the biggest challenge for nicolas maduro is filling his predecessor shoes as many of his supporters have been saying a vote for model is in fact a vote for who got charges. and independent election observer dr judy buxton believes these seemingly vote could spark major tensions around the oil rich state . it's a very slim margin but the races are observed yesterday was one that was fair it was transparent this is a fully automated voting process obviously this was a very very narrow victory for madore but really to call into question the capacity in the technical feasibility of the voting system i think is very very unfortunate i think the way that this should be presented is actually to the see any which the should then investigate rather than this been something which is used as a mechanism to generate publicity so i think we really need to wait for the results of the see any investigation before we can comment on that my immediate concern now

is that if the united states does not recognize the election process here in the victory of majority this is going to once again put venezuela and the united states on a very very strong bilateral clash is going to be even more problems going forward in that relationship spain i believe has come out and said that it's not prepared to recognize the picture at the moment again i think it's very unfortunate somewhat irresponsible for these countries to be pronouncing so soon and we really need to see in the order to this voting process before we should be making such diplomatic declarations. meanwhile then as well as vod was being watched closely by the international community as the country sits on some of the biggest crude oil reserves in the world and early business analyst talks to my colleagues who are so shy about what's at stake that. that as well is actually a very juicy morsel what it comes to oil and gas especially oil it has a whopping two hundred ninety seven billion barrels of oil reserves comparable only to saudi arabia and actually even higher than saudi arabia which is the world's leading or energy exporter now when it comes to

exporting oil it's actually ninety five percent of its export revenues come from energy so that really makes russia's energy dependency pale in comparison so essentially it's a dime in the rough relatively low production levels but a huge potential there huge potential there we just need to. get our spirits of the labor working there and also the infrastructure to get the oil out from underneath the ground regardless natasha of who actually takes the top job in venezuelan politics how could that affect the energy policy that well the fact could actually be dramatic would do it's more or less clear a lot of policy continuity and of course we're probably going to see the left as governments in latin america continue to receive support now with caprice as it's not as clear we could see a complete about face when it comes to energy policies but even if. we see that at the moment that. everything stays as it is it's really

a signal that the previous has a lot of support not only with it as well but also outside of the country and of course you know u.s. energy companies cannot wait to get back into the country after being kicked out of there where you talk about u.s. companies or as you were saying earlier with venezuela having such a huge reserve of oil for the world there must be some major global players who are keeping an extraordinarily close watch on venezuela right well essentially it's a fight between russia and the united states with china also being a major player they are not market u.s. companies as i mentioned were kicked out starting in the seventy's when the oil and gas sector was nationalized but really that policy was cemented during charges ironically it's still the biggest consumer of venezuelan oil but it's really trying to get back into the country now russia has a major presence there all of the country's oil and gas companies have long term contracts in venezuela and of course china is a huge investor just several years ago china's state owned bank agreed to lend

venezuela a whopping forty billion dollars against future crude sales so there you go interesting stuff indeed we'll have to see of this port all pans out of your business analyst. a pleasure thanks for coming on today. of course we're asking you what's next for. nicolas maduro and hear what you're saying so far right now over both of you predict chaos in the oil rich states saying the u.s. will interfere because it's not satisfied with the result around a quarter of you believe that this is plan will succeed and twenty first century socialism will be established and also fifteen percent of you the south don't believe madeira steam will be able to handle the job and the call to me well stagnate and the minority just nine percent of the things the country will see more protests over the narrow vote ok also dot com is where you can tell us your choosing.

wrong celebrations may be over north korea but they're reclusive nation is not toning down it's more likely a trick the communist state issued more threats of action on monday as it marks the best day of its founder kim il sung young gave little hints german festivities that its latest missile test launches imminent with people gathering in squares with flowers to pay tribute to their leaders yet both washington and seoul's military forces are still in god in the pacific watching north korea's every move some experts claim the huge sums of money spent by the u.s.

annually to see what it calls maintaining peace on the peninsula is exactly what's provoking pyongyang is how the rectory and it turns out that from the institute for policy studies believes there is room for progress in negotiations on the nuclear question but only if america softens its stance there have been a number of initiatives coming from the obama administration some meetings in the past over the in the first term even though the official policy was of course strategic patience in other words basically ignoring north korea as long as possible china of course is very interested in seeing negotiations go forward south korea under its new leadership park and has proposed discussions with the north so all signs point toward negotiations on the other hand the united states has also said look there might be some preconditions here and preconditions in the past of basically scotched any attempt to have any negotiations so i think of the united

states really wants to see some negotiations moving forward it's going to have to go to the table without any preconditions. and staying with north korea the b.b.c.'s under fire for pushing the boundaries of ethics for a good story the london school of economics believes the broadcaster use the trip by its students as a cover to shoot a documentary about the secretive state without the universities for consent the general secretary of the l's l.c.s. students' union alex peters de explains why the situation is causing such anger at the group which just told that one journalist would be a print journalist only it wasn't until they actually arrived in north korea did they find out that they'll be a document to which they're be appearing on it wasn't until they arrived in beijing to fly over to north korea that they were joined by the journalist when we're talking about a trip like this where the risks are involved i think it's so important shouldn't it have been briefed all stages and would be made aware and they just went in this case the b.b.c. deliberately mis held information from them i mean they could have been detained

a couple of years ago and to an american journalist were found to have been doing undercover journalism in north korea sentenced to nine years of hard labor obviously right now as we've just heard the climate north korea is even more heightened than it was back then but shouldn't should have the right to make that decision for themself whether or not they're going to face danger and the problem for us is that the b.b.c. made that decision for them and students after returning home they received threatening letters from the north korean government and now we're in a situation where not only is the welfare of our students at risk but also elysees work i couldn't work in researching places like north korea and other political sense of areas which is so important and that's been jeopardized because alice is now associated with undercover illegal activities. with students' lives and i think that's not ok and for the b.b.c. to go out publicly and say deceit is ok and that and the length they will get their thirty minute documentary i think i send such a negative message especially at this time when the b.b.c.'s reputation isn't perfect and i think they should make sure they have enough trust in their viewers.

and they say in the program we'll. see in britain that's how those calls a raise in the u.k. to less known public broadcasters ditch the impartiality clause and present that coverage in a way that reflects company's views and opinions the details of how they are. after paying tribute to its fallen on memorial day on monday should in celebrations for its sixty fifth anniversary but since the nation was founded back in the one nine hundred forty eight it's already had the chance to live in peace with its neighbors want to see explains why. the country celebrates its sixty fifth birthday but it comes against the backdrop of settlement expansion continuing it also ignores the existence of a huge palestinian population of which israel cannot control these kind of steps threaten many are warning in effect in fact we see this in many editorials they

threatening to turn israel into a non democratic country where doc style of religion holds sway and there is a sizable and noticeable upsurge in the song white religious minority in this country that although small does have a very vocal representation and this is why many are saying sixty five years on the country claims to be the only democracy in this region but there are real concerns over just how much power the religious have on monday the country held its national memorial day it is a day for israel's fallen soldiers as well as victims of terror there were a number of alternative memorials that were held these calls for attention to be paid to palestinian victims that they received very little attention in the mainstream media the criticism by and large is that it will commemorate all its wars as having had the higher moral ground when in fact there are very big questions over whether or not many of the wars were in fact the war such as the

fifty six sinai campaign the eighty two war in lebanon and the two palestinian intifada these are wars that are controversial but they are not presented like that in the general israeli discourse although there are widespread celebrations throughout the country there are a lot of person and important and critical questions that are being asked the situation between israel and its bordering countries is unclear the situation between israel and the palestinian territories is ambiguous and the future status over jerusalem is also unresolved many are saying that in fact the situation between israel and its neighbors remains fragile and unstable which is why many are asking what exactly is there to cheer about sixty five years on. the u.s. military has confirmed the number of hunger striking detainees at guantanamo bay has gone up again and now stands at forty five that's still around three times less than they figure claimed by the lawyers of the captives as they approach us news the middle of it said months the tiny disparate has been growing with security

guards firing non-lethal rounds over the weekend when several inmates resisted being put into a single cells the military says its force feeding thirteen of the concepts to prevent them from dying from starvation and while administration officials claim washington still committed to shutting down the facility despite legal hurdles preventing its closure even the reporter ational detainees cleared for release years ago. you can head to our website. www dot com to get more comprehensive coverage of today's top news stories from around the world so police arrested associates seven until weapon x. of its downside the naval base in scotland housing the u.k.'s nuclear deterrent is submarine mounted trident missiles so get the details on a plot. as they are going to connolly is expected to bring the country's most notorious illegal industry poppy cultivation is reportedly set to hit

a record high this year at the details out of all. calls are being made in britain to reassess the way the country's broadcasters bring news to the public and a shift aims to free them from their legal duty to uphold impartiality and love their coverage reflect the opinions of their own oh she's bought a boycott reports. the way that newspapers and news channels are regulated in the u.k. is stossel any different so newspapers and online news portals they still regulate themselves that means that they can be as politically biased as they please the example being the guardian on the left in the u.k. or the london times on the right but for news channels it's a whole different story they're legally bound by office to be impartial and if they're deemed not to be they can be fined or even have their license revoked but in a day and age when the media is converging and news portals are looking more like television

channels and television channels have their own websites is this regulation surely distinction fair and does it make sense well the lords communication committee have come out with a report recommending that the government removes the impartiality rules from known public broadcasting i'm joined by lord richard inglewood who's the chairman of the lords communication committee to talk about this so if the way that the industry's regulated right now is outdated is that impartiality or sport cost a complete york city to not entirely know we firmly advocate that the public service broadcasters in this country should be assisted the exactly the same way as they do not doesn't personality exist at all well it's a very slippery concept as you quite rightly say but one of the advantages of a plural media landscape is that different people will approach the question of. impartiality from slightly different perspectives i don't think you can say impartiality means that there is one way of doing it which is the only right way

but what impartiality does do is cut out the kind of political proselytizing but you're quite right in saying you find it quite a number of newspapers and in certain news providers from outside our jurisdiction already you can get stuff off the internet from these other companies providing with extremely partial use at the end of the day in the world of the internet if you really want to you're always going to be able to find anything lord richard inglewood thank you very much for your comment well thank you very much for taking part. greece has managed to secure a bailout package worth eight point eight billion euros from the european union after agreeing to cuts that include slashing four thousand public sector jobs and as the country struggles to get back on its feet it's been humbled by an industrial sector literally crumbling to pieces all his time battle has a steiner. cobwebs outside rain falls on the still and silent bits attack his plastic piping factory confess along nicky northern greece inside

the machines have been unused since banks stopped investing and the owner of the oldest puts attackers fled in two thousand and ten one of his workers also be or course did meet them and just wants off to that he and ninety five other staff are owed seven million euro as in wages with a look at the after short talk i had to force myself to leave so i wouldn't hurt him workers see that they are being made to bear the cost of greece's economic woes this is that the story and of course the. pain is. very unequal across industrial northern greece the story is repeated this fertilizer factory used to be a center of northern greek industry nowadays though by economics feral fowl it's a ghost factory and the only fertilizer coming in here is imported from elsewhere in europe it produced specialised fertilizers until one day the workers were called

together and told by the owners that the know how for their products had been sold off and that operations would be stopped they are all. it's criminal that a profitable industry has shut down an industry that produced high quality material in the. human workers now see the cruel irony that since the factories closing fertilizer prices have tripled but it's a wider fear that one skilled workforce is a laid off it's all too hard to bring them back. in the path of those who have this the unemployment rate here is thirty percent by the years and it could be over thirty eight with no fish and policy the situation is out of control yes he said he them other workers across northern greece are desperate desperate to keep their jobs to get back into jobs and to be paid for their work it doesn't help ease their concerns when they're in positions like you and courses have been unemployed for three years and he's off skiing in switzerland to martin.

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hello and welcome to the r t sports show called an hour of talk shows from russia and around the world with me to take part rich and famous for some of what's to come. title race defending champions an eight narrow the gap to lead to success got to six points with six games to go in the russian premier league. but i mean march eleventh to scott beach county in both the rationing highly matches to take a commanding two male lead in their best of five series in the euro league playoffs . and need to speed as she feels up to high school we know one next

year plus goes also set the stage for big races this season on four wheels two. but let's kick off with the russian premier league where defending champions the need to narrow the gap at the top to six points after winning one nil of luck and one safe but say scott still lead the way which is on poor feet reports. since coming top spot dropping points for the first time in sick. munches after being held to a goal of straw in the moscow dharma the nominee of the messiah having a late winner decided for of side to and three defending champions any number of the gap at the top six points after one know when that will come on t.v. we devised a net seeing up to sixty minutes which on his abilities men rant about four straight victory in the league to i for one she won the first

game since the winter break were free no victory ten men volga let me spark it showboating the scoring on thirty four minutes and i seen a priority would double their lead six minutes later there were reduced to ten men after adrian roper time was sent off and villian wrapped up a morale boosting victory with his first league over his new club proceedings men still fertile and on course for the europa league again next season to i the spotlight when full for the first wayne in four matches pulling it to no winner at home time probably eclipse scoring his first goal of the season to put red and white in front of twenty minutes when you're almost to cyrano to his first team for the season ticket sponsored in the race for europa league spots to and through. rabiner in fifth offer an equaliser from goal conquered in the knees and then a one one draw oregon thrust all of the visitors took the lead for dimitri palos

the first goal that rubin keepers of had conceded in the league in just over seven and a half hours of football however cut at the knees levelled on sixty one minutes because i'm side extend their own beat and run to five. s. diff. who've been kept alive their hopes of securing a rope place after twice coming from behind to snatch a late two two draw at terry. would see if putting the home side in front just before the hour mark would go. level things up were well work go to the lead from a penalty spots as a chill and do so a sending the keeper of wrong way so that was a drama as evil in popoff secured the points as he scored two minutes from time. to us to find. the at ease very elegant fears were free no victory it crossed into the visitors getting off to the best possible.