the. welcome you with r.t. live from moscow now there have been cheers and applause at the end of a fierce shootout which saw a man who kept boston on edge for days caught and taken into custody a nineteen year old suspect in monday's deadly marathon bombings was seriously injured in the standoff with police and is now in a critical condition more from artie's and sissy chalk and he was at the scene. after what has been a week that seems to have lasted an eternity f.b.i. officials as well as local law enforcement were finally able to arrest and take into custody nineteen year old sudden nine of the second suspect in the boston bombings case of course on monday afternoon two bombs went off seconds apart from each other at the finishing line of the boston marathon and this entire week there has been a manhunt after the two brothers that were seen as suspects in this case now

this friday night officials were able to find the younger brother who was in hiding in a dry docked boat in the town of watertown just minutes away from boston a local had informed officials that he had seen a man covered in blood and they were able to through a helicopter that had that had heat signature technologies to be able to track down the young man even though he was covered up in the boat standoff between him and the police lasted for several hours and eventually they were able to arrest him and take into custody we do know that he is in serious medical condition and has been taken to a hospital in boston now to talk a little bit more about the identities of the two brothers of course we're talking about twenty six year old and a nineteen year old who have lived in the united states since two thousand and three the older brother twenty six year old to milan died last night in a shootout with police he had a green card the younger brother was

a nationalized citizen they have been living in the united states for the last ten years and their colleagues and friends and former schoolmates acted shocked when they found out that these two brothers were behind the boston tragedy we do know that the f.b.i. in two thousand and eleven upon request of a foreign government had taken the older twenty six year old brother in for questioning trying to establish whether or not he had any links to it stream ist groups r t spoke exclusively with the mother of the two suspects and this is what she had to say. he would. be i like fly by the my. what after what. he was going how could this happen how could be they were conjoined they probably spend their. careers act never ever not my sons are in the united states president of course

barack obama has addressed the nation really thinking cooperation and questioning really the fact that somebody who was brought up in the united states of course the brothers have been here for the last ten years was able to commit such a horrific act and the latest for now is that the younger brother that is now in custody is going to be treated for any kind of injuries that he had there are reports that he had blood on him and officials have confirmed that he was in fact seriously injured so he will be treated now and then the legal part of this case will certainly move forward and. boston massachusetts. well after the revelation that the alleged bombers from russia's north caucuses mosco has been dividing terrorism into domestic and foreign is unacceptable. rudy giuliani has already admitted the u.s. has closed its eyes to terrorism in russia's north caucuses previously the western media labeled chechen militants as freedom fighters but as reports that perception

could change. when news broke of an unexpected north caucasus traced to the boston bombings literally every global media outlet was quick to put the word into their headlines told a source that they fled the russian caucus that. he is an ethnic chechen brothers is that to be ethnic chechens lived in kurdistan and dagestan before coming to the u.s. the two suspects were branded as coming from a russian region close to chechnya indeed many may need reminding of the name and location of republic of the gestapo where the two supposedly came from but the word certainly rings bells probably because of the media headlines in the one thousand nine hundred and at the beginning of the new millennium that's when russia had a military operation in the north caucasus. russian troops deployed in the republic can finally be drawn the rebels fighting for independence all go have been dramatically reduced and of course the churchill fight for independence had no

become the ultimate judgment that conflict often went beyond the borders of the chechen republic let's remember apartment buildings bombed in moscow a theater siege in the russian capital and a school takeover in russia's north thousands of civilians were killed but the man who had blood on their hands were often described as freedom fighters and rebels by the western media at times it even sounded like a romantic image the reality is that in the north caucasus russia has been fighting the same war which america embarked upon after the twin towers were brought down against global terrorism mosco never made a secret that those fighting on the side of the chechen militants were closely tied to al qaeda and were financed from abroad by terrorist organizations worldwide but it's only after nine eleven the transport bombings in madrid and london that understanding the notion that terrorism has no nationality has started to appear in the global media from freedom fighters to armed dangerous terrorists most wanted man in america years have passed media labels have changed the question is whether it change in attitude towards

a common enemy will follow in due course. and it looks like that change is a step closer as both russia and the u.s. have and have agreed to boost their anti terrorism ethic despite a recent killing elations security expert john good excess that washington should first of all abandon its policy of sheltering chechen separatists driven by cold war stereotypes since the collapse of the soviet union december one nine hundred ninety one the united states has continued to deal with russian issues based on its old cold war paradigm and to a large degree u.s. regionally came out in support of the chechen cause for independence it was the enemy of my enemy is my friend paradigm and the russians continue to be perceived as is a hand inherently bad inherently evil if you were going about it in the soviet era and the american perspective was that any group of people trying to rescue their

independence from russia therefore must be good and you saw a significant measure of u.s. government will support even to the extent of providing political asylum to one of the church and leaders who was at the time under indictment for terrorism in russia on national security is something washington has been pouring billions of dollars into the since in the tourist nine eleven attacks but is artie's marine a port i reports in the wake of the boston bombings the effectiveness of this massive spending is now being questioned. in a post nine eleven america washington has taken wide reaching measures and defense friend spending has hit unprecedented levels because officials say that's what was needed to keep america safe the department of homeland security was created along with many other law enforcement agencies the patriot act was passed sent up a very complex and far reaching surveillance system which includes c.c.t.v.

cameras in major cities facial recognition iris scanning cyber surveillance and officials say this was all to keep americans safe as was the passage of the national defense authorization act in addition to all the measures that have been taken domestically over the past twelve years america has waged two wars overseas that across the country more than two trillion dollars but after the events that unfolded about boston marathon bombings many critics believe that washington has spent a large amount of money and wasted a lot of resources and at the end of the day it has not kept americans any safer. this illusion that technology is going to save us that filling our skies with drones and covering our buildings with surveillance cameras and treating every airport airline passenger as a potential terrorist is going to save us is to use an incredible delusion i mean

that causes that dead are possible here range incredible inequality in our society the promotion of violence in our society the idea that we're going to continue on the course we're on in these terms and then save ourselves through technology is an incredibly misguided delusion it's just not going to happen earlier this week u.s. secretary of state john kerry insisted that that america's investment in front policy is national security insurance. and by making the right small investments upfront kerry insisted that costly conflicts can be avoided in the future but as this past week has shown the cost of pressure cookers does not amount to a lot of money and washington's investment wasn't enough to prevent a deadly terrorist attack in boston that cleaned the lives of three people and hospitalized more than one hundred seventy reporting from new york. r.t.

the suspected terrorists came to the u.s. about a decade ago when the both granted asylum more on why controversial refugees are able to find safe havens in the united states and some of its key allies such as britain is r.t. sarah for many high profile cases hit it being an immigration. headache the u.k. see it we have a case with the political leader he fled to the u.k. in two thousand and. nine he's wanted by russia all that terrorism to. kidnap and murder and he's been continually refused extradition by the u.k. now that is the one high profile case another dimension is that of a kid's father who was once described as a solid bin laden's right hand man in europe prison a huge immigration and asylum nightmare for the really and i think cases such as

these sort of being on going where you have people coming in on the side and seeking asylum and being granted asylum but with very questionable backgrounds and then of course who actually then they go to play the system a very successfully is going to raise a lot of questions and certainly as i said this debate is going to be once again sparked by the recent events. the first elections after nearly a decade of u.s. occupation begin in iraq on saturday but with a slew of candidates assassinated more than one hundred barred from ballots in a wave of violence terrorizing voters it may not be the new beginning many hoping for tens of thousands of troops have turned baghdad into a virtual fortress with authorities anticipating major disruption but even so only two thirds of iraq's regions will be voting in provincial election with the rest

either teuton by violence all beyond the government's control artie's losing catherine of now reports from one search area that was also a former bastion of al qaeda. this is rather a dangerous area for me that's why i'm dressed like this i'm trying to not attract as much attention foreign journalists have been banned from covering these protests from entering the anbar province altogether and al qaeda elements are still here in fact among the crowd you'll see from black flags later on when we go into to the crowd which have been associated with al qaeda groups the protesters have been demanding more equality they feel like they've been discriminated by the shiite led government of nouri al maliki they want a change in power in politics they want more rights they want more quality they also want a different political system now the amber province course has been the heart of the insurgency and the war now it's the heart of the anti-government protest perhaps a fault line of sorts that threatens to divide iraq let's go and talk to some of

the people. who don't believe in this election we don't believe in it because it's sick tarion sectarian sectarian. the government the system is unjust which is why we are promising here we are demanding change to the constitution and this government. these people will not be turning out to vote for saturday's provincial elections that's the first election since americans have left from the country in december of twenty eleven the government has postponed elections and several sunni provinces the anbar province where we're located right now as well as the province the government says this is because of security and indeed attacks have been escalating over the past weeks and months but most of the iraqis that you speak to here say that this is not the case it's politically motivated of course the recent weeks have proven just that

a bloody backdrop to the elections numerous attacks all across the country have killed scores of civilians there's been political assassinations of candidates running for office blue. nicol gatherings have been targeted on thursday a car bomb took place in baghdad in the largely sunni area in a cafe internet shop where a lot of young people tended to go out it's a situation that's reflective of the state of iraq today a country that has been torn apart by war but doesn't seem to be any closer to healing the wounds in the divisions that have been on the least during that occupation. coming up in the next few minutes countries supporting the opposition in syria gather for talks on how to get rid of president assad this image mounting pressure from rebel groups to be supplied with guns and ammunition that's coming up in just a minute. and the winds of change missed the world's most oil rich nation this time around and his wireless weighs in hugo chavez's successor in the face of stark

divisions all report from caracas just that.

the international airport in the very heart of moscow. tensions are high and by. rain ahead of sunday's formula one grand prix but not in anticipation of a dramatic race tens of thousands of private phone protesters across the country a furious at the government hosting a major sports event despite the kingdom's poor human rights record demonstrators burn tires to block main roads and hold bombs at riot police who responded with tear gas protesters also demanded the f one management should cancel the bahrain

stage the grand prix although there is little hope this will happen if the organizers believe the young rest doesn't pose a threat to the event security human rights activists g hand explains the opposition is almost powerless to influence the situation in the kingdom. being of human rights activists unfortunately we don't have that much power to improve the situation what we can do is just to document the cases deliver to human rights organizations and spread the awareness of being peaceful in the process actually during the urgency security emergency law before two years very jeem was arresting every person who was trying to talk and expose the region violations by sunni report came up with with this saying that the government should rehab elate torture victims they did not take

a step and this so we as bravo to habitation organization tried to rehab relate the torture victims unfortunately the government is keeping pressure on us not to continue our job. market fueling flames of the arrest and activist position gridlocked nobody's asian who is involved with the right to be seen to be credible . when the bill roger is a. formula for controversy burning rubber on the streets of bahrain. like sheep weekend on art. rebel forces in syria say they hope western and arab countries meeting on saturday will grant them the arms they need to get rid of president assad u.s. secretary of defense chuck hagel has already put american boots on the ground in neighboring jordan as a first step to preventing chemical weapons from getting into the wrong hands it's also recently emerged france and the u.k.

have presented evidence to the. gas in syria. by u.s. intelligence agencies but a u.n. investigation into the store with damascus and the international body wrangling over which areas investigators should be able to visit. and report ahead of the friends of syria meeting. the meeting in turkey comes when the situation around syria is heating up dramatically and the country's willingness to go are losing patience and while the gender is unclear the raw indicators that a military solution could be discussed in istanbul just ahead of the seventeen nation group conference britain and france informed the un but they have credible evidence that syria used chemical weapons at least once while the u.n. investigation over the issue is stalled two major european powers have stated that soil samples witness interviews and opposition sources prove nerve agents were used in and around the cities of aleppo homs and damascus it hasn't been specified which

side did it but president obama had earlier made it clear no matter who is going to utilize chemical weapons once it happens it will be a red line and while u.s. officials have stressed the deterrent effect of such remarks many have taken it as a clear signal of a possible military intervention the mission in turkey also comes just days after america's defense secretary said around two hundred u.s. troops will be a sense of jordan's border with syria to bolster jordan's training and defense capabilities as one jordanian minister later commented they have also been unconfirmed reports but the u.s. agreed to deploy to pay for missile batteries at the border he. in sudan and authorities and syrian opposition requests in another significant twist the job front to the most attractive force fighting to topple assad recently confirmed it had links to al qaida something america claimed months before blacklist in the group as a terrorist organization but even after these revelations they had of the syrian national coalition them rela united political and military opposition groups and

recognized by the majority of the friends of syria group referred to as brothers russia has warned the meeting in istanbul could have a negative effect in promoting dollars between the sides of the conflict and in it hopes common sense will prevail written off not seen from middle east. nicolas maduro now heads the world's most oil rich nation venezuela for an official swearing in ceremony but the victory of hugo chavez his successor came with a slim margin so slim in fact that the country's top electoral body has embarked on a partial audit of the cost. is in caracas. you know that the order of the field position has been asking for it was agreed upon by the electoral council they say that they will conduct an audit on the forty six percent of the votes which have not been ordered to get the opposition was asking for a full vote recount but the supreme court had already said that this just wasn't possible citing the in one thousand nine hundred constitution and also everything

the whole system is automated so we're going to have is an audit now my daughter it was still inaugurated so he is the new president of venezuela the first one after fourteen years of legal charges but let's not forget that he won this on a very small margin while the far works were going all supporting we heard some of those up pots and pans banging in the background those are supporters of the protests and also there was a bit of a confusion that happened during the inaugural speech there was a guy a young guy who went on stage and tried to push off stage and tried to speak into the microphone we were watching the transmission it was momentarily caused all you was caught and then everything wishing to normal so that was there was a bit of a drama there in his inaugural speech but the end of the day he is the new president of venezuela we're still going to have to wait for the results of the audit and what the next move of the opposition will be the country is really split i mean after the initial announcement of the vote these polls we saw that he had gone violent emotions were running high and the government said that eight people died and hundreds of were arrested and then it took a turn a different turn

a different kind of protest every night at eight pm you would see fireworks in the sky and you would hear clanging of pots and pans so versus the this and this shows a very divided nation now already people watching the stability the future the future stability of venezuela are sort of doubtful seeing that how divided the nation is we saw that s. and p. had downgraded the country from a stable to a negative outlook this just shows you that investors are probably jittery and also you know this country sitting on one of the world's largest oil reserves people we're watching how this will move forward but of course most importantly for people here is becoming united and moving forward because they have a lot. the problems that the president has to solve this month or in his inaugural speech has acknowledged that crime security is the number one problem that you have food shortages medicine shortages lighting a divided population the military the government it's a long list and so he's starting off with a weak mandate a divided nation and he has a lot to prove again he's the first president after which obviously has very big

shoes to fill. a quick look at some other international news a huge earthquake in the southwestern chinese province has left some seventy people dead many hundreds injured two thousand soldiers have reportedly been deployed to the region to search for survivors a massive earthquake in the same region back in two thousand and ninety killed nearly ninety thousand people. more than eighty people have been injured in egypt when supporters and opponents of the current government clashed in the capital cairo those loyal to president mohamed morsi demanded major reshuffles in the country's history by trying to pull loyal to the former government of blocking moves these policies while the opposition fears the ruling party just wants to gain more influence over the course. protestors rally against a proposed lower to give gay people the right to marry and adopt children have clashed with police in paris is the fourth such protest have taken place this week a mass demonstration is planned for sunday before the new bill goes before

parliament for a final vote on tuesday. you're watching r.t. coming up the latest kaiser. iraqi cardiologist dr omar our claims that the war in iraq destroyed iraq's environment even worse than dropping the bomb on hiroshima did dr e.c. puts the data that the number of press cancer cases has grown in the country from fifteen to thirty times cases of congenital heart disease have become fifteen times more frequent case of leukemia have increased thirty fold the doctor puts the blame on the weapons used in the one thousand nine hundred one and two thousand and three

invasions of iraq it which nato forces used white phosphorus depleted uranium rounds and other toxic gases and poisonous substances human rights watch and the world health organization have measured radiation levels in iraq and consider many places in iraq even some very far from the fighting to be contaminated naturally radiation is not racist and foreign soldiers in iraq are not immune usa today even published research results that found that depleted uranium was indeed in the lungs and other organs of navy vets who filed for health compensation claims yet you know saddam hussein seemed like a pretty bad guy but there are always ways to get around the confines of a dictatorship but there is no way to escape from radiation it is truly the present so for the invasions of iraq and good for the iraqis well it doesn't seem to be doing too good for their physical health but that's just my opinion.

internationally and in the very heart of moscow. welcome to the kaiser report imax kaiser this year we get the feeling that nobody actually knows what they're talking about that politicians central bankers and unelected bureaucrats are just talking out of the bottle it appears you're right

they've just been making it all stays max when you look out across the world and we've had this financial collapse one thing you've noticed the response that unifies all our western nations is austerity make the people pay for their sovereign debt crimes that were not sovereign debt crimes first but were financial debt crimes second person of all so there's been a big little loops this week reinhart and rogoff yes we made a microsoft excel blunder in our debt study and it makes a notable difference so this is kind reinhart and ken rogoff and they wrote a book which is now basically the policy template before there was a cyprus template there was the reinhart and rogoff template the book is called this time is different and they said.