on the kill three injured more than one hundred and forty it's what's being called the worst attack on u.s. soil since nine eleven. but as well as opposition takes its anger to the streets and into concerns the oil rich nation is at a crossroads following a razor thin election victory for the error of. plus seventy days off of the grueling mass hunger strike and one ton of obey began the number of protesting detainees is on the rise with their indefinite detention plight driving them to the edge. thank you for joining us here on r t today. live in moscow with your twenty four hour global news twin blasts out the finish line of the boston marathon have left

three dead including an eight year old boy and more than one hundred forty year in hospital with various injuries many have lost limbs in the bombings an associate has the latest from the scene of the it's. state of massachusetts holiday turns into a tragedy in the heart of boston just several minutes before three pm local time at the finishing line of the boston marathon two explosions seconds apart from each other killing at least three people according to witnesses who were on the ground during the explosions the situation was extremely chaotic terrifying body parts were seen flying about blood everywhere 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 i immediately screamed started happening and she grabbed my hand and just start running in terms of the measures that local officials had put in place we do know that a no fly zone was imposed over boston for several hours earlier today now flights

are allowed back into the city again cellphone service was shut off for several hours also in fear that further explosions more remote to donations could take place and of course several hotels in the area including the one behind me people were evacuated from those hotels the locals were advised to stay home and not come out into public spaces we do know of course that security is going to be heightened in the hours and days to come here in boston and it has also been beefed up in major cities throughout the united states including of course new york city where two successful terror attacks so-called successful terror attacks had taken place in sixteen plots of verted in the last two years and in terms of what's going on in boston right now we do know the investigation is ongoing the f.b.i. is right now in charge of this case but we're being told that police here on the ground are looking into a surveillance photo of

a man carrying two backpacks but no people have been taken into custody as of yet and one of the major questions that remains to be answered is whether or not this attack was a domestic or foreign one and. boston massachusetts. and vetoes an associate was saying at this point no one's claimed responsibility for the terrorists while the white house though was saying that the perpetrators will feel before justice. is due to. us president barack obama said that the u.s. does not yet have all the answers as to who is behind the attack 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. the 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 two to the bombings their work

proximately twenty seven thousand people participating in the boston marathon in 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 attached washington to brutality 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 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 the current 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 in the meantime iraq war veteran to jail he says the bombing will be used by washington to justify additional security steps as the extensive measures already in place failed to prevent this tragedy even when the peacher attack even with the m d a even with the surveillance states that it's been going on even with the with that with all the wars going on you know in enough gas and in yemen and in pakistan and all the true program is attacked not happen you know i'm not going to speculate on on who did what and whether or not this you know this was caused by a foreign national and it was just it was caused by domestic terrorist one thing is for sure that the government the united states government will use this as an excuse to continue and to try on the trajectory of even more surveillance and even

law our security of even more i mean what's next t.s.a. at at at every marathon t.s.a. in every street foreigner and that's going to be the solutions and that's going to be put forward for the past that basically past decade you know when you when you call some on that terrorist you're basically saying that that is what the government does to terrorists or people accuse of terrorists and if you're ok with that your opinion with them being definitely didn't seem didn't put them get no you're ok with them being spying on you are you are ok with them being assassinated because that then is what peter does government is doing to people suspect is of terrorism. well i do if they're with us or a nazi for the latest on the boston bombing we've got more details of the attack on our website dot com. now in venezuela's capital caracas

police have fired tear gas to disperse crowds protesting the official results of the presidential election that came off to the opposition candidate and the. shooter's opponent of foul play and urged people to take to the streets and venezuela's electoral body rejected calls for a recount of sunday's vote which could see hugo chavez's hand-picked successor when by a razor thin majority his arteries tester or sillier reports continuing with the course is going to prove a tough toss of a new president to lead. when the results of the presidential election on april fourteenth was announced there was a huge celebration in this district heavily supporting nicolas maduro the so-called successor of his supporters tell me that although the margin between mother and his main opposition in this was very small they say that with this victory the spirit of the. 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 he really wants this addressed because they say they just don't feel safe on the streets but there was also a very the one of the world's largest oil reserves as the world will be watching on how this is going to be managed moving forward and also to will have a quite a very short grace period to take his ability to get a very divided country we've seen in the elections it was almost a fifty fifty split between the two model and the u.s. and one more task would be to see the military support you know that will go chavez was was a former army type commander you have the military support and this is something. that model will have to work on the perhaps the biggest challenge for nicolas maduro is filling his predecessor's shoes as many of his supporters have been saying a vote for model is in fact

a vote for who got shot is. reporting there by the independent election observer dr julia buxton she believes the seemingly fair vote could end up sparking major tensions all across the oil rich state it was very it was transparent this is a fully automated voting process obviously this is a very very narrow victory for him with the right but really to call into question the capacity in the technical feasibility of the voting system i think is very very unfortunate my immediate concern now is that if the united states does not recognize the election process here in the picture 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 had to recognise the picture at the moment again i think it's very unfortunate in some way responsible for these countries to be pronouncing so soon and we really need to see the audit of this facing process before we should be making such diplomatic declarations. all right now we're asking you what's next for venezuela and.

let's see how you're voting with. still though over. saying it's going to will ultimately predict rich chaos in the state and also america is going to try and undermine the election because it's not satisfied with the result a distant second saying well ultimately socialism will. in venezuela a very distant third saying economic stagnation will continue is something that socialism cannot find a cure for just down barely barely ten percent just on protests and opposition riots will continue. over the results of what will follow the money victory was still taking your pulse some might say he called still to come for you way here on the program. greece secures the next tranche of bailout funds from its international lenders all in exchange for slashing thousands of jobs takes a look at what the economic strain has done to the country's industrial sector.

the sixty fifth anniversary of its founding but it's still plagued by security issues while occupying palestinian land and more on that. conflict. has changed. islamic nation. and a peaceful one stone islam is first to secure the last second. function. in place. and go. to. still. mando cannot go on the catwalk in his.

republican country. see. this is he the us military has confirmed the number of hunger striking detainees at guantanamo bay has gone up again now it stands at forty five but still around three times less than the figure claimed by the lawyers of the captives as the protest now in is the middle of it month. desperation has been growing its security guards

firing non-lethal rounds over the weekend when several inmates resisted being put into a single cells or the military says its force feeding thirteen of the captives to prevent them from dying from starvation you know all the ministration officials in washington is still committed to shutting down the facility and despite legal hurdles preventing its closure or even the repatriation of detainees cleared for release years ago the u.s. state department's up patrick ventrell was grilled on the issue by an a.p. journalist. we still have staff will continue to work on this account is it not the administration's position that you're that it's completely had been made to be hamstrung by congress and tried to relocate these people so be essential you legal right i think i did i said i know i know but so why did the expression of arkansas know that people wasting their time on this if it can't be done legally again the president's commitment to closing it continues and so while we have closed a special i was office we do have staff to continue to explore but why do they need

to explore it if they can't if they can't be done if it can't be done without changing the law i mean are they working on it by trying to convince lawmakers to lift some of the restrictions let me check in with our legal advisor steph overnight see if we can get you update if there are specific cases that we are able to work on given the restrictions on what we do as far as i could i mean at least from this podium which from this room over the last thing the last progress that was on this was you denying the russians permission to see the russian detained he . again so i just unclear to me i have it exactly the staff is working on if it's illegal to transfer them under law let me check with our experts on this matter and see if i can get back if there are specific cases. we are closely following of a hunger strike i want on of my by you can i just have to automate dot com for a full timeline of the events of the facility. for now off to paying tribute to its fall in on memorial day on monday in israel washington celebrations

for a sixty fifth anniversary festivities commas and iran rhetoric reaches fever pitch and the palestinian issue remains an open wound with a peace a new should know where on the horizon paula slim filed this report. 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 states twice and 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's style of religion holds sway and there is a sizeable and noticeable upsurge in the song white religious minority in this country that is both small and does have a very vocal representation that 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 foreign soldiers as well as victims of terror there were a number of alternative memorials that were held these call 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 is 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 more 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 while 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. well national celebrations in north korea are seeing more warlike rhetoric off the mark in the birthday of its founder kim il sung on monday the reclusive states army has demanded an apology from the south for hostile acts towards it and its threatened to retaliate at any moment gave little hint during festivities that the test firing of his latest missile is imminent and people gathering in squares with flowers to pay tribute to their leader is what america south korea and japan said the country appears ready to launch a medium range rocket despite u.n. sanctions barring such actions that washington spends huge sums of money in the meantime what it calls maintaining peace on the peninsula but critics warn us exactly what's provoking pyongyang in all china says the u.s.

is destabilizing the asia pacific by sending more troops ships and planes to the area. from the institute for policy studies believes things could change only though if america softens it stands. there have been a number of initiatives coming from the obama administration some meetings in the past over the first term even though the official policy was of course strategic patience in other words basically ignoring north korea's long as possible china of course is very interested in seeing negotiations go forward south korea under its new leadership are going to have a 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 that 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 if you're a north korea news junkie it's head to our website. for you there right now including you'll find out why one of britain's top universities is furious with the b.b.c. using its students as an undercover trip to pyongyang just look away for now also. ball of fire lit up the sky above the spanish capital madrid a. mysterious object the details online say. the afghan economy is expected to shrink the country's most notorious industry poppy cultivation reportedly set to hit a record high this year those details also on the website. speak to language. programs and documentaries in arabic it's we'll

hear. from the world talks about six of the interviews intriguing stories for you. in troy. visit. pleasure to have you with us here on r.t. colds are being made in britain to reassess the way the country's broadcasters bring news to the public and initiative aims to free them from their legal duty to up hold in patiala t.v. coverage reflect the opinions of. 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 often 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 or a 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 tools 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 is regulated right now is an outdated media and you're saying news web sites that more and more like the channel that the channels have their news websites it's all converged is that impartiality or sport for us to compete york city to not entirely

know we firmly advocate that the public service broadcasters in this country should be sr the exactly the same way as they do not they provide the benchmark the measure of impartiality how achievable is impartiality i know that right now there is the impartiality clause but nevertheless we have received biases from all these journals that exists right now doesn't personality exist at all well it's a very slippery concepts you quite right to 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 going to. right way but what impartiality does do is the kind of political proselytizing that you're quite right in saying you find quite a number of newspapers and in certain news providers from outside dodgers stiction if commercial and given free rein to do what they might what about barbara well i

mean the crucial point here is that in a world well i p t v is going to be the norm but relatively soon all this stuff is going to be streamed into into into people's houses if they want to watch it and that's the big question is will people want to watch there are some very basic rules that surround that very very basic and shows the matter is that's what the future's going to look like so it's all very well us being very pious here but the short answer is it's not going to stop it already you can get stuff off the internet from these other countries providing with extremely partial news thank you very much for your comment thank you very much for taking. our become of you live from moscow syria's president bashar al assad a sign of the creek slashing prison terms by three quarters for some of the rebels labeled as terrorists also one of the move which comes ahead of a national holiday and a death sentences have been commuted to a life sentence of hard labor and all turbo last year the syrian regime also decreed an amnesty is part of the u.n. brokered temporary cease fire but reduced sentences for the rebels that turned

themselves in the law for those that called terrorists it's unlikely the move will soften the nation's main opposition coalition mr mons one hundred and sixty thousand prisoners be freed and for president assad to step down the syrian army has been fighting militias for more than two years with rebel ranks now crawling with islamic extremists tied to al qaida. greece has managed to secure the next tranche of bailout funds worth eight point eight billion euros from the european union after agreeing to cuts that include slashing four thousand public sector jobs almost three times more that number now of jobs are expected to be cut next year the plan to later employ younger staff on much smaller wages as the country struggles to get back on its feet it's being hampered by an industrial sector literally falling to pieces some bottom reports. cobwebs

outside rain falls on the still and silent it's attack it's plastic piping from tree infested lawn icky more than grease 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 old course did meet the end just wants up to that he and ninety five of the staff seven million euros in wages with a look at the after short talk i had to force myself to leave so i wouldn't hurt. 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. it is. very unequal across the industrial northern greece the story is repeated this fertilizer factory used to be a center of northern greek industry nowadays though by economics federal file 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 would all of the it's criminal that a profitable industry was shut down till an industry that produced high quality material and we will the new man 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 at them us in the path of those who have this the unemployment rate here is thirty percent or 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 would move the court the 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 of course has

been unemployed for three years and he's off skiing in switzerland tom otten. and i next there are three weeks for the russian republic of chechnya and our special. all and know how lazy bureaucratic and trivial censorship strikes again but this time. in russia a bill has been signed into law that will put fines on individuals and legal entities for using vulgar in the media one major flaw of many with this is that they really don't know which words are going to be considered vulgar i guess these words are so awful that they cannot even write them down i'm not naïve there has

always been and will always be censorship but this where word list is just silly there is a common expression on the russian internet that russian mainstream media conducts more and eyes ation of society russian t.v. does have all the bloody violent action movies as well as scandalous talk shows which are kind of more like freak shows and plenty of reality t.v. where young people pretty much act like subhuman animals in a cage they've got all that so the government is basically saying that if some guy on t.v. comes down twenty people blooded limbs flying that that is totally ok for television unless they come out for bid swear while doing it you can show brainless materialistic dimwits sleeping and fighting with everything that moves on a reality show but if they say that one magic three letter russian word then it is over the line this is not a logical way to conduct censorship but that's just my opinion.

we can with. some. choose to. choose to still. choose to access. the capital of the chechen republic. the city had been reduced to ruins by years of war. two military operations to curb separatist militants and danger from terrorist groups in the region.