firstly developments in the boston bombings investigation we're getting it out u.s. law enforcement officials say russia warned the f.b.i. two years ago that one of the suspects was a follower of radical islam more of the snow from a teacher this is going to be a boston and this is a good evening we know you know the area seems so much police action is that over the last forty eight hours or so this new information is coming talking about it for the last two hours or so would it come from and if you put some flesh on the bones of it what more do we know. will come in this information is being confirmed by law enforcement officials here in massachusetts we did hear friday night upon the arrest of the younger and star night of brother dzhokhar on friday night that f.b.i. officials did in fact confirm that they had requests from a foreign government two years ago in two thousand and eleven to look into the identity of the older brother twenty six year old to know not to milan's are naive and today we are hearing confirmations on the ground from two law enforcement

officials that have said that these requests in fact came from russia russia had indicated to the united states that timer lines are nine of the twenty six year old suspect number one in the boston marathon bombings me and fact should be looked into in terms of his possible links to any extremist groups and from what we know the f.b.i. did in fact question him they took him in for questioning they were in fact tracking his social networking sites for quite some time but as we found out and discovered obviously the f.b.i. did not deem necessary at the time to keep following this young man because they did not find anything suspicious in his behavior back in two thousand and eleven we certainly know that now that this information has been confirmed and obviously the arrest of the younger brother took place they're going to try to find out more about this exactly how soon. and what exactly kind of connections the older and the

younger brother might have had to extremist groups possibly outside the united states so we do know that the older brother twenty six year old to milan did in fact travel to the north caucuses back in january two thousand and twelve and he stayed there for about six months and there are certain suspicions that that could have been the time where our kind of his behavior changed and maybe his links to certain extremist groups increase but we're going to be able to confirm this as the investigation unravels here on the ground and then to see what do we do about the younger brother he's in hospital with serious injuries what is his condition the latest tonight. well kevin certainly the younger brother remains in a hospital in the boston area he is being treated last night we heard when he was arrested that he had suffered serious injuries there were certain rumors possibly that he had suffered some kind of spinal injury in the standoff between police that

lasted for about two hours this information there's not too many details as of yet in terms of exactly what kind of medical treatment he's undergoing but we do know of course that after almost over twenty hours of a manhunt that involves thousands of law enforcement officials here in the greater boston area and the two hour standoff we do know that the younger brother had suffered that there was blood and he there were certain blood trails that led locals and then later the law enforcement to being able to track down the younger brother we do know that he's in hospital right now and that all the legal proceedings will in fact kick off as soon as he gets all the medical treatment that's necessary for him to be able to function in this investigation and this is. a region of boston there thank you very much much appreciate it. and some of the most dramatic and memorable pictures from friday's manhunt in boston are available in a website called the news of the terror suspects capture has sent

a wave of public euphoria through the boston area those dramatic images of the special photos section for you we can also see how the standoff unfolded. it in exclusive interview the mother of the two alleged bombers told me that one of his sons had been hounded by the f.b.i. for several years but that there is no way she said either of the brothers could have been involved in any terrorist attack. did a question of travel to dr stone in south russia where the mother now lives to find out more about the family's back story. the investigation into the background of this have knives brothers has brought us here to this part of the capital of dagestan now this is the house where their parents live however as we tried to reach them this morning it turned out that they fled to the neighboring region of chain to their relatives to avoid all the attention meanwhile this morning i managed to speak to the mother of the two brothers and she told me how devastated

she is and that she still can't believe that her son's may have been involved in the bomb inks in our house nobody talked about the terrorism my son. got involved in the early. years ago he was told by a b i like by by you they knew what my. what action what. he was going how could this happen how could they were conjoined. never ever this is not my two sons are in and those neighbors we spoke to are shocks they said that it was a very nice and a very quiet family. i know the brothers very well from the childhood we used to live in chechnya together. then we moved here i know they couldn't have carried out the attack and they couldn't have been involved in it they spent most of them in

the us. they didn't have any links with another. the youngest brother john had on his plate at the social network. this school number one in the high school and one of those places where he used to study however here are very few people remember that saddam lives brother's. family came to darkest on in september two thousand and one with the boys. then they apparently managed to get. believed i could stay on the left in less than a year but they didn't spend a long time here and they didn't grow up in the first answer the school together with their two sisters back in two thousand and one however for a very short period of time in two thousand and two they left to the united states . the mosque award against classing terrorism is either domestic or foreign right after the words of the alleged bombers have links to russia's north caucasus region a new york's former mayor rudy giuliani has already admitted that the u.s.

has for a long time turned a blind eye to terrorism in the north caucasus western media's tended to portray the armed groups in the mountainous region is freedom fighters covering that side of the story artie's alexy skinner. 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 their source that they fled the russian caucus to chechnya he is an ethnic chechen brothers this not 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 distance 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 or sco have been dramatic

you reduced it with scores the church of independence could no become the ultimate you can't 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. will you see that in due time what we've put security expert john good excess that washington should first abandon its cold war driven policy of sympathizing with chechen separatists. since the collapse of the soviet union it is summer one thousand nine hundred one the united states has continued to deal with russian issues based on its old cold war paradigm and to a large degree of us originally came out in support of the chechen cause for independence it was then the enemy of my enemy is my friend paradigm and the russians continue to be perceived as it is a hand inherently bad inherently evil if you will going about 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 this all

a significant measure of u.s. government will support even to the extent of providing political asylum to one of the top chechen leaders who was at the time under indictment for terrorism russia well national security something the united states is of course been pouring billions of dollars into since nine eleven but after two young men with let's face it crude homemade bombs money to cause devastation and a public event in boston that investment is now being questioned if explains bill. 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 have cost the country more than two trillion dollars but after the events that unfolded at the bar of 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 drains 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 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 earlier this week u.s. secretary of state john kerry insisted that that america's investment in foreign policy is national security insurance 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 claimed the lives of three people and hospitalized more than one hundred seventy reporting from new york marina port nyah r.t. . well tell us if you would say how you think the boston bombing investigation could fold now it's the vote tonight on our web site out c dot com we'll cover the big stories the day will more than half of you can see the sixty percent think the truth is never going to be revealed the second suspect you think will die in hospital that's up one percent to the south fifty nine last seventy percent think

investigators will prove the brothers were guilty and acted on their own twelve percent of you there believe investigators have yet to find the real mastermind on the blast slightly less eleven percent they say expect that a third suspect is going to surface taking the investigation down a new path head to our web site you can have your say r.t. dot com. it's made up for incoming to midnight fifteen zero here in moscow thank you for being with us supper but with more world news after a brief break. a clear image of iraq after a. twenty day taxi trip through the country. the road. clear evidence from north to.

the root of iraqi tragedy. after the war waiting for peace. like the taxi on our t.v. . well again a first election since u.s.

combat troops pulled out it's been overshadowed by attacks reports of blossom mortified at polling stations amounting at the end of a campaign the seen a spike in violence in recent weeks with more than a dozen candidates assassinated and sectarian tensions rise and when it doesn't look like the new beginning many are hopeful there's a cafe off reports next from baghdad. there's been about a dozen small explosions in northern cities in iraq in three different areas as well as several rounds of mortar fire that have landed in several cities polling stations targeting polling stations south of baghdad we're hearing that there have been injuries but no casualties confirmed as of yet now this comes amid incredibly tight security restrictions here all across iraq even getting to the studios here in baghdad we have to pass multiple checkpoints and what these attacks indicate is that despite these security restrictions determined insurgents are still able to carry out waves of violence and of course this comes on the heel on the heels of

numerous attacks that have rocked iraq in recent months and weeks now what we're hearing from voters here is that the corruption is really the number one concern they feel that of corruption was addressed in these kinds of attacks wouldn't really be taking place so much well most of them have been blamed on the insurgency the revived insurgency of al qaida in iraq there are it's clear by talking to voters that there are plenty of other parties and political interests that are vested in this wave of violence that we do know that elections have been postponed in a third of iraq's provinces including the controversial anbar province where large scale demonstrations have been taking place over the past three months against this government we here at r.t. had a chance to get into a very difficult journey despite the roadblocks despite a ban on journalists to actually enter the area but we want to find out what the people there have to say about these elections and about the situation in iraq today and let's play you that report right now 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 they are more province forces than 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 sectarian sectarian.

it's full of 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 just the first election since americans have left from the country in december of twenty eleven the government has postponed elections in several sunni provinces the anbar province where we're located right now as well as the provinces 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 political gatherings have been targeted on thursday

a car bomb took place in baghdad in a 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 and closer to healing the wounds of the divisions that have been unleashed during that occupation . a lot it is a closer look at what life in iraq has been like since the american troops left revelations from across the spectrum a program called baghdad taxi that's coming up again here at twenty two thirty g.m.t. . and as sunday's formula one grand prix in bahrain heads for the start line the pro-democracy protests are revving up to tens of thousands of turned out in recent days accusing the event of racing on their blood they blocked roads with burning tires and hurled petrol bombs at riot police who responded with tear gas the bahraini regime is also getting tough on foreign journalists to try to cover the

crackdown on british t.v. crews the latest to be deported from the country there's been no more than two years of protests going on in bahrain often ending up in violence with police with more than seventy killed so far and both sides the country's most famous human rights activists now bill radke observing a jail sentence for posting anti-government messages on twitter i spoke to activist mohamed el sufi he told me why the protesters are so furious about the formula one race being hosted in bahrain. this government they're like the grand prix this is they were and have been all. this systematic torture and they have faced discrimination against that but we are a majority of the people so this really interests me on sanctions it should not be awarded it meant that the gram agree or any other and they talk about using it to get rid of what's happening now has not been the group or it is what's happening now there's bring in the past media in this spirit and we're now living again in an

intense security situation just because. they want to put their. where they don't make mistakes by doing more mistakes oh i'm presuming or peaceful activists like me roger which it will all be the situation worse than back pain and we want you to to head to our web site our to dot com to see our special section on bahrain with all the latest on the run up to the grand prix race stay with us as we provide full coverage over the weekend as the events unfold. there are several states expected to announce one hundred thirty million dollars in normally slayed to the syrian rebels the ongoing friends of syria meeting in istanbul of eleven allied states is potentially a turning point them for the rebels who expect their international backers to turn promises now into action they want their western and arab allies to provide the arms they need to topple the regime of bashar assad but the meeting comes against

a backdrop of mounting concerns over extremist groups within the rebel ranks as me for national found. the meeting in turkey comes when the situation around syria is heating up dramatically and the countries will decide to go are losing patience and while the gender is unclear the right indicators of a military solution could be discussed at istanbul just ahead of the seventeen nation group conference britain and france informed the un that they have credible evidence that syria used chemical weapons at least once while the u.n. investigation over the issue is told 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 homes and damascus it hasn't been specified which sites 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 sent to jordan's border with syria to boast of jordan's training and defense capabilities as one jordanian minister later commented they have also been confirmed reports that the u.s. agreed to deploy to pay for missile batteries at the border he responds to detaining authorities and syrian opposition requests in another significant twist the judge had a looser front of 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 the head of the syrian national coalition them rela uniting political and military opposition groups and recognized by the majority of the friends of syria group referred to and most are 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 its hopes common sense will prevail rich national chain from middle east the three top

stories in brief a powerful. quite measuring six point six in magnitude struck in the southwest and six one of it's left over a hundred fifty dead thousands of others are injured almost ten thousand homes have been flattened there are the units of being deployed to the stricken area to search for survivors. hundreds of people in new delhi have been protesting after a five year old girl was allegedly raped tortured and kept in captivity for nearly forty hours place the rest of the man over the attack goes in stable condition but medics food she will need surgery because of the severity of the original three months of angry protests over the mistreatment with more generally in india since the fatal gang rape of a young woman on a bus in the capital last december. but the star's former leader pervez musharraf will remain in judicial custody for two weeks after being arrested on friday it's unclear whether he will be placed under house arrest police custody or in jail

until his next court appearance on the fourth of may the sheriff's accused of illegally detaining judges and suspended the constitution after imposing mergence rule back in two thousand and seven. terror attacks on u.s. soil the green light for the controversial cybersecurity bill out for discussion next to the latest edition of breaking the set right after this break. oh no who a 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 already 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 naive there's always. has been and will always be censorship but the swear 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 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. because there are 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 sweeping 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.

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a minute cause they don't want to quote to good use never seen anything like this. i'm telling. you guys i'm having martin in this break in the set and the chaos that's been easy to overlook this week marks two important anniversary events that still live in the minds of millions of americans and they were one thousand nine hundred ninety three seventy six people died in waco texas when u.s. armed forces seized a compound housing the religious group the branch davidian started off with an intent to carry out a search warrant based on a tip of the group having a stockpile of illegal weapons as into a fifty one day standoff eventually federal agents used tanks to bust holes of the compound and pump and tear gas shortly after a mysterious fire in the food on the building leading.