the internationally in the very hard. work news and also to this hour a blaze at a psychiatric facility in the moscow region claims the lives of up to thirty eight people with only three surviving id laws on the windows prevented some from escaping in time. and confirmed intelligence from the drugs points to the use of chemical weapons into syria and fuels were triggered washington similar to that scene ahead of the invasion of iraq. the terror chief says hundreds of european volunteers and out fighting in syria and could pose a serious security threat when they return from the radicalized front. on

the wrong the world this is all see with me viewership of all of our hello and welcome to the show for our style breaking news story this hour. the devastating fire at a psychiatric hospital in the moscow region has killed at least thirty eight people leaving only three survivors the blaze reportedly erupted in a wing providing special treatment to patients and for more now let's how cross live to aussies tom barton who's of the scene of the tragedy so how that please what happened and bring us up to date on what's going on there right now bring is the latest. hi there you're yes smoke is still rising from the psychiatric hospital here in the village of roman square far outside moscow where that fire swept through the building in the early hours of the morning six bodies have been recovered out of the thirty eight dead the fire started at

around two am and by the time fire crews arrived the whole one story building was engulfed in flames people were not able to escape in time all except three or nurse who herself saw the fire and tried to extinguish it and then managed to drag out one other patient with her and another and another patient who managed to escape forensics experts and investigators are now going through the wreckage of that hospital to try and find out what exactly did happen. and what more can you say about possible causes of the tragedy and why were there so many casualties after all. this is a developing point and we've heard this develop through police and emergency ministry statements over the past few hours the doors of this hospital were unlocked access was free to the patients there was also earlier reports of balls on

the windows we've since learned from an emergency ministry spokesman he seemed very few windows perhaps only warm with bars on it so access was was not inhibited to those inside which then begs the question were perhaps these patients medicated yes they were ses a emergency ministry spokesman which could have had a lot to do with the fact that they failed to get out of the building in time we also heard from a safety expert earlier on who has his own views of factors that may have contributed to the death toll. here for to start with it would have been impossible for the nurse to organize an evacuation of all patients in facilities like this only two or three people are left overnight to oversee them and they cannot pull all of them out plus the bars on the windows where we have to be absolutely clear that in such facilities just like in jails bars on windows are common agreement the

third thing is their arrival of fire teams which were stationed thirty kilometers away at one hundred twenty kilometers an hour they would have gotten there in fifteen minutes but fifteen minutes is a long time for the fire to engulf the building and it's a guarantee that people inside will die because the flame is spreading and to smoke . it. so that was some of the contributing factors to the death toll inside this psychiatric hospital investigators now focusing on a new possibility that may have caused it it was only one of many possibilities now it's their lead a possible explanation a cigarette on a so for that so for now investigators say at the center of the fire where it all started and it's very likely they say a cigarette was left burning on that sofa which started the fire that now ahead of an explanation that it was a possible electrical short circuit that started that fire though they had ruled

out that possibility either. so where keeping a close eye on that story tom many thanks indeed for that update. and of course this is known before as the blaze in a russian medical facility to claim lives and on the story on this tragic history of hospital fun is. joining me here in the studio. is all this house happened before please bring us to ground level russia unfortunately does have a very long track or track record when it comes to fires it's something that the government isn't proud of now just to walk you through some of the fires that we've seen in recent years in two thousand and nine in russia's republic of call me there was a fired up broke out elderly home the old people's home in fact and there we had twenty three casualties now we know that in two thousand and seven in the city of tula now we have thirty two casualties again that had to do with an old people's home but

there we actually had two hundred forty seven people managed to escape so the situation could have been much worse than it ended up being but this issue really came to light in december two thousand and six following a tragic weekend you know what happened there was in siberia with know that at a mental hospital there were nine people who died out of two hundred fifteen as bad as the situation looked that day twenty four hours prowar prior to that we had even higher death toll in moscow at a drug treatment facility there in fact we know about more than one hundred fifty or one hundred fifty are moving a bit ahead of myself here we know that forty five people were killed but again this raise concerns and raised alarms about the nature of firefight and its rescue efforts when it comes to medical sensors because i asked home he would mention himself what experts are saying is for example how do you rescue patients who might be medicated because of course we know that and they're going to be

a nurse for every single patient that is in the hospital or an old people's home to take care of them so this is something that is definite up what about all the fires not just in russia elsewhere. around the world that claim a lot of people's lives just talking about possible causes what exactly when it comes to walk causes ranges from some people disposing of a cigarettes in an improper way sometimes it actually is the result of silly actions by people themselves just like the cigarette which i mentioned just out in brazil you mentioned other countries so in brazil we know this january there was a band which was performing in a nightclub and then they decided to set off fireworks and after that of course because of the ceilings that ignited the sparks flew and there we had actually casualties around two hundred and forty people and the last person when it was the last casualty was confirmed this march so that's how long people were recovering from their injuries or didn't even manage to so they were in hell and toxic fumes

so again but this a similar situation happened in russia as well back in two thousand and nine ever i can remember the lame horse a nightclub even though the death toll wasn't as high as in the bridge so it's still raised issues and concerns about the safety regulations in the country and so that they are not existing is just that people don't follow the rules after that the russian government instructed officials to make sure they conduct door searches across the country to make sure that everyone is abiding by the regulations. but again in cases like this where are talking about when it comes to medical centers the problem is there aren't enough people to be able to rescue someone if they are and they will to do so themselves silly thing which bed rest of course properly thank you very much marie marie now that. u.s. officials claim to have intelligence pointed 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 has warned a chemical attack in syria could spark a u.s. intervention and some lawmakers now say that red line has been crossed but there's also these not reports. the drama couple will retreat is reminiscent of 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 opposition specifically sarin gas didn't provide any specific facts on when or where the alleged weapons were used that it was not even clear what the freeze 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 bit confusing 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 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 can comprehend investigation into allegations mass this is the use of chemical weapons but the united nations secretary general has previously appointed a 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 that 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 u.s.

invasion of that country in that case intelligence was proved wrong everybody can remember just a decade ago when colin powell said in the chambers of the united nations a city council shaking a vial to try to end. to try to convince the international community to go along with america's invasion into iraq and clearly his claims of iraq having weapons of mass destruction were proven wrong but nonetheless us or so john mccain are already calling for and mccain has said that if the u.s. no lines to intervene in syria it would send the wrong message to other adversaries in the region some experts what is positive or factual here is that the current accusations against the syrian government is similar to the accusations that were made against the iraq government for seeing america's two thousand and three invasion and so many experts believe here that all had a meeting and its western allies to take military action against syria. in place. and it will been closely following the chemical weapons controversy in this one

conflict you can find the full account of those that folded on our web site. rebels themselves opposing player threatens to unleash deadly chemicals on damascus last shared seized a toxin fuck tree and raised fish apparently demonstrating the use of poisonous gas on rabbits that story line to noise available on our website and on the way for you in a just few minutes here on aussie that and back again. a surge of logic volunteers from europe they see one from clients punks fresh fears of a hong grain grown terror threat. pantomime told the notorious pussy riot punk band has helped put a wall hearing us so to russia hoping she'll be set free the details are coming out . wealthy british style sun some time to buy a. car to. market

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this is all she comes here live from moscow welcome back. the terror chief was sounding the alarm over the number of young you're pins going over to the sea where war hundreds of volunteers are already fighting alongside rebels and could pose a serious security threat when they return home according to her called and as. there are reports now you are a prison chris and we warned about the terror threat from with that. syria's two year old conflict is already seen as spillovers in 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 london based international center for the study of radicalisation put the tiger x. hundred. full hearing on tour belcher the leading the radicalization young people

has recently focused on one specific story that of a father in search of the son of dimitri wanted son had enjoyed a radical islamist group that had gone to syria to join the fight father had gone all the way they're hoping to bring this about. planes are flying overhead all the time when we are on the streets or inside a building we hope a bomb was dropped on us i haven't had a contact with a year and we shoot him he's here in aleppo we spoke with dimitris lawyer who's in constant contact with him and he says the father is hell bent on finding his eighteen year old son euan we don't expect that and not be too serious i think that that's clear so that's also why didn't he. was eager to go yourself he said i want to do something for myself a son who started changing about three years ago a problem with to us that at

a certain moment he was influenced by some rediculus to be made contact with some people on the streets and there was also a story about. you know i'm told of. girlfriends and they didn't it didn't work out and there was some frances say ok come with us and very slowly started that he was really influenced and really brainwashed that are the words of my client to grow beards and. started wearing other clothes. it was a little bit awkward for some fifteen sixteen years old so he was really on your influence of radical. of american people this groupie you had come into contact with the issue really for belgium a radical islam is roup news leader followed belka some had been arrested for hate speech and calls justifying the use of violence. there is judgement day if you're if you're a muslim you will go to paradise if you're this believer you will go to hell

terrorism expert claude many cases the rise of radicalized youth is alarming many of whom are easy prey the first question is why they convert and usually they don't convert because do. they convert because of a problem at one moment in their life most of them have no political idealism to go to fight because the fight. and their goal is to fight if they will. meet mr to convince them. because they're trapped in the net of people they're just waiting them and from convincing them that to be goodness they want to go to decide to commit another terrorist attack. authorities are paying even closer attention with alert levels heightened while worried family members of some youth fighting in syria been calling for

a clampdown on radical groups the best they could do short of going to syria themselves although that may not be completely out of the question does or sylvia r.t. antwerp in belgium the u.k. is thought to be one of europe's main supply as a volunteer fighters to syria the home grown terror threat as well known in britain where three islamic extremists were jailed on thursday for plotting a serial tunks and my colleague mark très i discussed the issue with a contributor afshin rattansi. it's as if the british government only just realised what's going on that there are these jihadi home grown as it were that are leaving after previous call previous battles in libya and moving in to work with the syrian opposition indeed which is name of a name i haven't come across that much in the news even counterterrorism coordinator his comments about homegrown jihadi britain and a host of e.u.

countries although britain makes the most of them according to a recent king's college london survey it's as if the british government only just suddenly realised it would william hague writing a letter to british m.p.'s warning about this and we had of the commons foreign select committee as saying with his presumably signalled intervention of a kind because now the british government can make a case for we have to intervene in syria because we have to stop these militants coming back to being trained by elements of the free syrian army or whatever opposition movement there is in syria and returning to the suspects in the boston marathon bombings all logically products of self radicalization and if i ever claim that they planned the attack alone without any. wars instigated by the west in muslim communities and countries does this mean do you think that the u.s. and european allies should review international policies that we should understand the impact of nato and u.s.

foreign policy and the disastrous consequences unleashed in afghanistan iraq libya mali who knows where next just just say that one understands that as a catalyzing effect on people that we must remember are in these environments where islamophobia is rife in their media where they are being stopped and searched by police forces and so forth just to say one understand that foreign policy may have an impact seemingly is to be accused you get accused in britain and in the united states of being so patriotic and somehow a threat just by expressing that viewpoint governments within europe they have to start making a much better effort at making their muslim populations realize they are part of their societies and not some kind of enemy. after all hearing for a member of the notorious punk band pussy riot is underway in central russia last august in the days that i was sentenced along with two other women to two years in

prison they were found guilty of hooliganism following a stand in the country's main orthodox cathedral that's i'll get more from our ship city. the biggest question of course is whether an idea of 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 defending lawyer 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 of a prison term behind bars already one of the other members of the. band has already been released on parole some would say that the hearing of the other members parole plea will be reviewed 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 for her prison term expires next year because the next time she would be able to file. an appeal the plea for parole if she gets a negative decision today will be only in six months talk crazy the right song started in february twentieth when the band performed a political protest a so-called punk prayer in russia's main cathedral the crisis a procedural in moscow. twenty 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 finding 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 also received support from. idols like madonna rock bands 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 huge interest worldwide and it's interesting to see whether this new twist will bring rather unexpected deliverance in the long run. and our correspondent is at the court he can follow his twitter to get the latest updates from there and to watch live from the here had to our website r.t. dot com. in iraq nearly fifty people have been killed in the northern city of most sought after fierce clashes between gunmen and security forces on top of a one hundred bed since tuesday when troops storming

a city proud as can cause rest to spread quickly is the worst bit of violence since u.s. forces pulled out on december twenty seventh and there are fears this is haitian could get worse deepening political turmoil has left the government deadlocked and its efforts toward a country made up of radically different groups. of who's just returned from iraq gave my colleague her take on the escalating violence. iraq is a country that is divided into three major areas you have example over here this was the sunni provinces over here is the semi autonomous 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 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 they 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 had 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 when essentially largely peaceful demonstrations turning into now violent escalations and expressions of outrage frankly in order for things to essentially deescalate there has to be changes in policy as 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 part 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 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. when we come back in just a couple of moments a breaking the set with.

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