international in the very heart of moscow. breaking news on aussie this hour a blaze at a psychiatric facility in the moscow region claims the lives of up to thirty eight speedball with only three surviving the tragedy is still falls on the windows prevented some from escaping in time. also the sound unconfirmed intelligence from the u.s. points to the use of chemical weapons in syria and fuels war a trick in washington similar to that still ahead of the invasion of iraq. begins and a terra chief says hundreds of european volunteers and al fighting in syria and could pose a serious security threat when they return from the a radicalized runs that.

international news live from moscow and we start without breaking news this hour a devastating fire at a psychiatric hospital in the moscow region has killed at least thirty eight speedball leaving only three survivors the blaze reportedly erupted in a wing providing special treatment to patients and a small that's not cross live to aussies tom barton who's at the scene of the tragedy that told the so what's going on but what's the latest there. hi there yeah here in the village of ramen square. quite a way out from moscow smoke is still rising from the psychiatric hospital where thirty eight people died in the early hours of this morning when the building caught fire the latest details that we have from emergency ministry and police spokespeople shed some light on what may have happened in those frantic minutes as

the fire spread through the building the doors of the building apparently were unlocked and open easy to get out of if people could have got to them a police spokesman has also said that he only saw one window with bars on it which would run counter to the previous information that people couldn't escape because there were bars on the window which has raised more questions as to whether some of the people inside may have been medicated to that and emergency ministry ministry spokesman said yes perhaps some of the people some of the patients inside who died in the fire were medicated mean that they couldn't get out to save their lives at the moment forensic experts are going through the building recovering as many bodies as they can and collecting whatever genetic material remains to try and identify positively those remains there are also investigators going through to try and work out what may have happened to cause this fire theory one is that an

electrical fault in the wiring caused the fire theory to perhaps that someone broke the smoking regulations there and started a fire that way there has also been rumors of a possible arson attempt though unconfirmed as of yet don can you still tell us more about why there were so many casualties that. yes there have been a number of different theories circulating around at this time it was a psychiatric hospital that is obviously uppermost in in investigators minds at the moment people there have been considered a risk that they may try and escape in the past there has been this. this theory that there were bars on the windows that stopped them from escaping how much of an influence that may have played or not we just don't know because it seems that

there were far fewer windows with bars on than was previously thought we have spoken to a security expert who has some ideas of his own. well unfortunately we are not able to bring you that report of the official tarmac if you can hear me now who or what is thought to be the cause of the fire who's to blame basically at the moment you'll hear that is very much up in the air the fire spread very fast in the early hours of the morning by the time emergency services arrived the whole single story building was ablaze so they're having to really pick through what remains of that building a lot of wood inside it which really helped to feed the fire as i said the the theories possible electrical fault possibly someone smoking there has also been some rumors floating around of arson none of the spokesman we've spoken to have

said anything about that at the moment they remain just rumors but at the moment it's very very wide open possibilities as to what could have caused all of these people to die in such a such a fire of course this is a story and of course well keeping a very close sighted tom barton there reporting from the moscow region tom many thanks indeed for that update. this is not the first blaze in a russian medical facility to claim lives and for more on the tragic history of hospital finds auntie's marina is joining me now here in the studio hello dan marino's a very tragic very very devastating story so this is this is not the first time it's happening here in russia it's been all before so could you bring a small grandel is exactly russia has a long long list a long background of fires in the country and it's certainly something that russia is not proud of if we go back to two thousand and nine for example we know that

a russian republic of call me a fire broke out in an old people's home there we had twenty three lives that were claimed then in two thousand and seven in the city of there we had thirty two people who died when a fire broke out also in a home for elderly care now in that case we actually had people that managed to escape two hundred forty seven of them so the situation could definitely have been much much worse than that but the issue really came to light following a tragic weekend in december of two thousand and six and what happened there was that we had a fire that broke out in a mental hospital in siberia so what happened there was nine people died out of two hundred and fifteen but what's important here is that this actually followed another incident in moscow a drug rehabilitation facility and there the death toll was much higher in fact forty five people were killed and most of them naturally died from smoke inhalation but again the here we have gross safety violations which were to blame but the

mailing of years without one that comes through medical centers in particular staff members also have to deal with the fact that certain patients are heavily sedated so that's one that makes it really difficult in terms of the rescue efforts right and actually right now we can listen to one of the officials have to say. cheery was going to announce it but so we couldn't play at that time but now we can . you heard that. it would have been impossible for the nurse to organize an evacuation of patients in facilities like deuce only two or three people are left overnight to ever see them and they cannot pull all of them out plus the bars on the windows have to be absolutely clear that in such facilities just like in jails bars on windows are common the third thing is their arrival of fire teamsters which were stationed thirty kilometers away at one hundred twenty kilometers an hour they

would have gotten there in fifteen minutes with fifteen minutes is a long time to fire in gulf building and it's a guarantee that people inside will die because the flame is spreading and the smoke or even after the lame horse incident maybe who managed to get out died later due to smoke inhalation that is an excerpt or an approach or just some comments. but hopefully we'll hear more from our sources from officials that marino what about other fires here in russia that claim. of lying yes yes well exactly we just heard him mention in the lame horse like club incident which actually took place in two thousand and nine and that claimed the lives of more than one hundred fifty people and as he said mainly because of smoke inhalation some people actually died after they managed to escape the like club but again that's what i'm stepping but this is very reminiscent of another instance we saw happen in this year and brazil in january when there was

a bad performing and they set off fireworks inside inside this club and there we had around two hundred and forty people who were killed when it comes to russia after that incident happened at the lame horse nightclub officials of course ordered that there was a thorough search carried out like clubs across moscow to make sure that these clubs abide by safety regulations and needless to say setting off fireworks indoors as obviously and clearly. illegal but again as that man about what he was mentioned at the hardest thing is also the fact that you have people who are heavily sedated and there are not enough staff members to look after them be able to show that they are. all the same problems all the time just unfortunately also it has come to address them properly sand concert a lot of people and let them. find safety regulations as well so it definitely has to be addressed and also don't forget in their lack of staff because we know that there is a demographic problem in the country so we are lacking nurses we are lacking

knocked ours so this is something that definitely has to be addressed we can talk about it. talk and talk and talk with the problem has to be addressed decorously of course marina thank you very much indeed for bringing us up to date. let's move on now u.s. officials claim to have intelligence pointing to the small scale use of chemical weapons by the regime in syria the data is said to be sketchy and difficult to verify washington husband a chemical attack in syria could spark a u.s. intervention and some lawmakers now say that red line has been crossed but as now reports the drumming up a wall right trick is reminiscent of a previous invasion. the u.s. defense secretary chuck hagel said at the white house and has informed members of congress that intelligence officials believe with some degree of varying confidence that syrian president bashar al assad's government has used chemical weapons against members of the efficiency specifically sarin gas didn't provide any

specific facts on when or where the alleged weapons were used and it was not even clear what the phrase with some degree of varying confidence even means does that mean that one intelligence official is confident that this is taking place and one is not confident clearly that that language is either convoluted or a bit confusing now secretary hagel said that assad's use of chemical weapons violates every convention of warfare but what's interesting is that on tuesday israel's intelligence officials claim that syria the syrian government had used lethal lethal chemical weapons against rebels and at that time secretary hagel expressed his doubts about those findings now the u.s. is currently pressing for the united nations to conduct a comprehensive investigation into allegations of damascus use of chemical weapons but the united nations secretary general has previously appointed its team of experts but the syrian government has been accused of blocking the team from doing its work now u.s.

president barack obama has previously said the use of chemical weapons by the syrian government would be a game changer in the u.s. position on intervening in the two year old civil war in a letter sent to two u.s. senators a white house legal official did write that the assessment of likely chemical weapons use in syria will not automatically trigger action including military intervention but the official also referred to a bad intelligence about weapons of mass destruction in iraq that led to the invasion the us invasion of that country in that case the intelligence was proved wrong everybody can remember just a decade ago when colin powell sat in the chambers of the united nations security council shaking a vial to try to to try to convince the international community to go along. with america's invasion into iraq and a clearly his claims of having weapons of mass destruction were proven wrong but nonetheless u.s. senators like john mccain are already calling for action mccain has said that if the u.s. now declines to intervene in syria it would send the wrong message in the region

working to some experts what is proving positive or factual here is that the current accusations against the syrian government is eerily similar to the accusations that were made against the iraq government proceeding america's two thousand and three invasion and so many experts believe here that all this talk can be leading the u.s. and its western allies to take military action against syria possibly without all the correct facts in place. under we've been closely following the chemical weapons controversy in the sewer and conflict and you can find the full account of events of the unfolded on our web site call. the rebels themselves puppet of the. deadly chemicals on damascus last year they seized the talks in fact tree and released footage apparently demonstrating they do so with poisonous gas on rabbits that story and it's available on our website and on the

way in a few minutes here on out here as well and back again a set of volunteers from europe to the frontlines fears of a homegrown terror threat. these are live pictures right now from a courtroom in central russia where a member of the notorious pussy riot punk band at. all the details are coming. to the. limits computers these days so is it the memory for that russian research have got a few ideas that could make cognitive computing a reality what about the process or got a radical new architecture that promises unparalleled power design for the stars has that got you all hot under the collar don't worry because the latest cooling

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over the numbering europeans going off to the syrian war hundreds of volunteers are already fighting alongside rebels and could pose a serious security threat when they return home according to call and see reports now europe is increasingly worried about the terror threat from within. if syria's two year old conflict is over he's seen the spillover some neighboring countries but now it is extended far beyond that it's estimated that hundreds of europeans from fourteen countries mostly young men have joined the rebels in syria in fighting against bashar al assad a london based international center for the study of radicalization but the tall figure at six hundred. will hear an outward build for the media coverage of the radicalization young people has recently focused on one specific story that of a father in search of the son dimitriy want to stop him short of radical islam is

a group that had gone to syria to join the fight father had gone all the way they're hoping to bring this somebody. built planes are flying overhead all the time when they're on the streets or inside a building we had a bomb was dropped on us i haven't had a contact with a year and we shoot him he's here in aleppo i we spoke to dimitri's lawyer who's in constant contact with him and he says the father is hell bent on finding his eighteen year old son you and we don't expect that you will send me to syria i think that's that's clear so that's also why didn't he. was eager to go himself he said i want to do something for myself a son who started changing about three years ago the problem with to us that at a certain moment he was influenced by some radical list he made contact with some people on the streets and there was also

a story about. told love you had a girlfriend and he didn't you didn't work out and there were some friends who say ok come with us and very slowly started it he was really influenced and really brave to us to that are the words of my client to grow beards and. started wearing . you know they're close. richard for every five times a day things like that so it was a little bit awkward for some a fifteen sixteen years old so you was really under influence of radical of radical people this groupie you had come into contact with shari'a for belgium radical islamism group whose leader followed belka some have been arrested for hate speech and calls justifying the use of violence or there is a judgement day if you're if you're a muslim you know you will go to paradise if you're this believer you will go to hell terrorism expert gload many cases the rise of radicalized g.'s is alarming

many of whom are easy prey the first. question is why they convert and usually don't convert because due to make they convert because of a problem at one moment in their life most of them have no clear political ideas and they go to fight because the fact and their goal is to fight if there were they don't meet its mission to convince them. they could be in a sect they could have trapped in the net of people who have just talked writing them and for convincing them that to get goodness thing they want to go to so you have to sign no to commit another terrorist attack. authorities are paying even closer attention with alert levels heightened while worried family members of some the youth fighting in syria have been polled for a clampdown on radical groups the best they can do short of going to syria themselves although that may not be completely out of the question does our sylvia

r.t. antwerp in belgium. and remember you can always check out all of our new stories online by heading to r.c. dot com here's more stuff for you right now. massive protests turned violent in spain where the unemployment level which was a record of law of twenty seven percent watched the footage online. damage boston marathon bombers were reportedly planning to carry out a terrorist attack in new york's times square it's all the updates on our website. about all hearing for a member of the notorious punk band pussy riot is underway in central russia last august in the dish that about was sentenced along with two other women to two years in prison they were found guilty of hooliganism following a stunt in the country's main orthodox cathedral that's now get more from autism

exceed our shores. then idea of the according to the member of the pussy riot band will be able to walk free following this hearing her defending lois points to the fact that first of all her behavior since the conviction well she's been spending her prison time here in central russia has been relatively good there have been no complaints about her behavior also one of the facts pointed by the defining law is that she has a five year old child and also she has already received several job offers while being in detention while being in prison which from the legal point of view makes her eligible for parole especially given the fact that she's already spent half of her conviction half our prison term behind bars already one of the other members of the. band has already been released on parole some would say which the hearing of the other members. later in may of course now the whole attention is on whether the ideas will get a positive decision here which nobody can rule out of course it is the last attempt

of an idea of the newcomer to walk free before her prison term expires next year because the next time she would be able to file. appeal i believe for parole if she gets a negative decision today will be only in six months told crazy people she writes saga started in february twentieth when the band performed a political protest so-called public prayer in russia's main cathedral the crisis a view cathedral in moscow. later that he went to twelve they were convicted to two years in prison for hooliganism ever since this story has been making huge ways both in russia domestically and internationally with many of those saying in the streets that these women do differ in fact deserve their prison term for offending religious views of many in russia and violating the law while many others have been protecting them defending them saying that such a long prison sentence was completely unjustified the band all received support

from idols like madonna rod. burns like red hot chili peppers worldwide so it's been definitely causing huge media attention as well in this court building which i'm standing right now here almost three hundred journalists have crammed in despite that it's only able to feed about one hundred people so this all shows that this saga is definitely causing a huge interest worldwide and it's interesting to see whether this new twist will bring rather unexpected deliverance in the long run our correspondent in excess of ski's a because follows the trial and you can follow his twitter feed to get the latest updates from there and to watch live footage from the hearing had to our website. in iraq nearly fifty people have been killed in the northern city of mosul after fierce clashes between government and security forces that's on top of over one hundred deaths since tuesday when troops storming a sunni protest can cause and rest to spread quickly is the worst spate of violence

since u.s. forces pulled out in december twentieth and there are fears the situation could get worse deepening political turmoil has led the government deadlocked in its effort to rule a country made up of radically different groups auntie's this economy has just returned from iraq gave my colleague mark tries a take on the escalating violence. iraq is a country that is divided into three major areas you have for example over here this is the largely sunni provinces over here is the some economists kurdish region below which are certain disputed areas and this is the largely shia area of iraq now the incidents the latest wave of violence really began new york your kook this is close to the town of who we are where demonstrators have been camped out for several months now on tuesday things came to a bloody boiling point when the government forces had raided the area the government says that the protesters had opened fire the demonstrators meanwhile say

that these security officials are the ones who opened fire first the result of which was at least fifty people killed and hundreds wounded now why the protesters were in here in all these areas to sunni areas and sit back down now they've basically been protesting against the government based say that the policies of prime minister nuri al maliki this is the shiite led government has resulted in their oppression this is what they say and news of the attacks there in the region have spread very quickly and that's what's behind this latest spate of violence we saw attacks and those will in other areas north of baghdad in the anbar province and people feel that this was perhaps retribution perhaps basically just the straw that broke the camel's back with essentially largely peaceful demonstrations turning into now violent escalations and expressions of outrage in order for things to essentially deescalate there has to be changes in policies that we were in fallujah talking to the protesters they feel that the very structure of

the government this is a sectarian government this is part of the constitution that has been written in large with the help of the u.s. that divides iraq i mean it divides iraq constitutionally and these protesters say that unless there's a change in policies they're not going to stop coming out they're not going to go back to their homes and stop these demonstrations and be the impetus for this violence right now has been the physical clashes that took place and i don't really see a situation where the protesters will just say ok we're done we're going to go home now they want massive change. and coming your way would delve into the world of gadgets and gizmos and technology day.

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