the latest news on the week's top stories here on r.t.e. as u.s. investigators dig further into the details behind the boston blast questions are raised over whether washington's reluctance to consider evidence from moscow prevented the f.b.i. from taking action against suspects. warhawk said there are sites on syria amid the military there have been using chemical weapons while damascus val's its arsenals are under lock and key and calls the charges a bare faced lie. clashes and protests as unemployment records batter the year is ill with even brussels this week sounding the alarm over the cost of it's a strategy. and the official number of one time of a hunger strikers reaches one hundred doubling over the past week as the figure

grows so desperate a cism of the harsh methods being used to force feed those who refuse meals. it is ten am in the russian capital you're watching r t with me marina joshing welcome to the program now u.s. media say russia has given the f.b.i. a tape of an intercepted phone conversation between one of the alleged boston bombers and his mother the recording was made back in two thousand and eleven and reportedly contains vague references to jihad at the time russian authorities notified the u.s. that it was concerned over one of the suspects extremist views get into account reports now and why moscow's warning failed to prevent the tragedy. in the wake of

the boston bombings it's the f.b.i. now bombarded with questions how could they let the alleged boston bomber tamerlan and i have go off the radar after they've been warned about him multiple times over the last two years russia warrant not only f.b.i. about tamerlan son i have did they drop the ball the f.b.i. . dropped the ball his note for sure they dropped the ball here there's no doubt about it she was on the radar and they want to go he's on the russians radar why wasn't he a flannery we don't want to know where the russians right and did the united states ignore their warnings disrespect repeated warnings from our lawns are now i have someone you tube page full of radical content friends driving a car with a license plate that reads their own east the number one all of this was missed it's possible that they were too balanced by some preconception of who would be a possible jihadi that they were not able to see something in front of them maybe they work thinking well if these guys are chechen you know they hate the russians

they don't have politics may have been the reason why u.s. authorities failed to connect the dots on tom along and i have another possibility is that poor relations. between moscow and warship devalued the russian record something that the russian president says has to be fixed if we truly undertake a joint efforts we will not suffer these blows and take such losses if one more possible the us authorities politicized the intelligence given the fact that russia's concerns had been ignored before you yes amada the white head of the internationally recognized chechen terrorists science or was given asylum and now lives in boston. for russia's accuse of heinous crimes against innocent people is still seen in the us as a chechen freedom fighter the odd part of this if anything we've been i'm not going to say sympathetic with them but we've certainly been critical of and how far he's gone in dealing with so if anything they should they should have this anger at the

united states many ask whether tom or lon may have learned about bomb making on his trip to russia but the answer could be much closer to home according to a senior government official quote they got their instructions on how to make bombs from the internet it is newsworthy to know that nobody has to travel anywhere or get any specific person training from some expert somewhere in order to access instructions for making explosives when joe parts are not i woke up this week he reportedly told the authorities that he and his brother were motivated by a desire to defend islam because of the wars in iraq and afghanistan many terrorists have tried to politicise their heinous acts but that doesn't change the fact that they are heartless killing when federal authorities look at intel on a potential extremist from a more political rather than purely law enforcement point of view that could be a recipe for future disasters in washington i'm going to strike a. former u.s.

federal agent coleen rowley believes that u.s. citizens have fallen victim to their government's policy of picking good and bad terrorists. this idea terrorism is such a confusing concept because we have our terrorists and their terrorists it's the definition is supposed to be acts of violence against civilians the political purposes but you see this over and over where there the you us considers that there are good rebels and good freedom fighters at the very least the separatists in other countries are not considered as terrorists we have a whole establishment neo conservative establishment in the us now are heavily involved in propagandizing that there are good rebel groups for instance in iran is the latest example of the mujahideen call that actually was on the u.s. terrorist list but now we have been delisted to become the good rebel fighters

against iran. now we also faces the specter of homegrown terrorism an alarming number of young europeans have joined the uprising against president assad in syria and that sparked fears of bring terrorism back home details are just to have. also nato's top officer criticizes the e.u. for leaving the united states to be there the financial burden of keeping the alliance afloat as defense cuts jeopardize its effectiveness. hawkish politicians in europe and the u.s. are stepping up their game after accusing syria of using chemical weapons against rebels damascus though calls the charges brazen lies are innocent of the build up to the invasion of iraq and its weapons experts who are now asking the questions first off they say witness accounts from an alleged sarin gas attack do not match the actual effects of the gas the origins of soil samples said to be contaminated

in such a strong role so obscure and they formed the basis of the accusations of washington long and paris for undaunted demanding action now. syria's chemical weapon stockpiles for historian gerald horne this all sounds very similar it's deja vu all over again we will remember the disaster as an adventurous u.s. and british invasion of iraq in two thousand and three based on allegations weapons of mass destruction that proved to be faulty therefore we must ask some very difficult and searching questions for example what was the chain of custody with regard to the samples taken from the battlefield of syria to leopard stories of london and in washington was there or was there the possibility of contamination or foul play or hanky panky with these samples and how can you show that the regime rather than the rebels actually used these alleged chemical weapons and since we

already know that security divisions within the military is driving the conflict in both syria and iraq how do we know that some renegade soldier in the syrian military was actually collaborating with the rebels watch these chemical weapons so as to provide a rationale for intervention by london and washington these are difficult questions that must be answered. well native syrians are not the only fighters battling the forces of president bashar al assad the u.n. to tara chief has voiced concerns over the number of europeans joining the ranks of the rebels the main concern is that europe could see all these people returning radicalized after the conflict and are just as are still you know reports. if syria's two year old conflict is over he's seen the spillover some neighboring countries but now 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 there were billed for the media coverage on the radicalization young people as recently focused on one specific story that of a father in search of the son of dimitri want to excite him sort 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. kill planes are flying overhead all the time when we are on the streets or inside a building we have a bomb was dropped on us i haven't had a contact with youyou can 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. we don't expect that you will send me to syria i think that's that's clear so that's why i didn't even think was most eager to

go himself he said i want 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 radical list. girlfriend and he didn't he didn't work out and there was some friends who say ok come with us and very slowly started it he was really influenced and really bring to us we grew a beard and. started wearing other clothes created for every five times a day this rupee would have come into contact with the shari'a for belgium a radical islamism group whose leader for. some have been arrested for hate speech and calls justifying the use of violence. there is a judgement day if you're if you're a muslim you'll you'll go to paradise if you're this believer you will go to hell terrorism expert load many cases the rise of radicalized youth is alarming many of

whom are easy prey the first question is why the. usually they don't convert you do. they convert because of a problem that's one moment in their life most of the if new political ideas are the go to food because the fact if they leave. the most you can believe. there could be insect trapped in the people who were there just for creating them and for the convincing them that to be good must mean they want to go to. be to the dogs to. authorities are paying even closer attention with alert levels heightened while worried family members of some of the youth fighting in syria have been polled for a clampdown on radical groups the best they could do is going to syria themselves although that may not be completely out of the question does or says the r.t.

antwerp in belgium a wave of violence swept across iraq this week leaving more than two hundred people dead and stoking fear so the country could cross the brink into civil war between sunni and shia muslims that's coming up later. and a look at the investigation into a moscow region psychiatric ward fire that killed thirty people this week carol is smoking and sedate of drugs are a side of us possible reasons for the high death toll. well it's been a disheartening week for the eurozone with unemployment in spain breaking twenty seven for santa reaching a new high in france figures so grim in fact that they have left brussels questioning the benefits of a sterile the president of the european commission and i meet dr to slash spending has reached its limit that comes amid worrying signs of public unrest fresh

protests have been held across the euro zone with official polls showing distrust toward e.u. institutions as more than double the leader of the u.k. the panel's power. believes that anyone with money invested in the single currency zone is now a driscoll. think investors should be. i've been pondering for years you know what would happen when spain finally went back how would they possibly deal with the sheer scale of the bailout that would be needed which perhaps would be five or six hundred billion euros how could this happen without huge american. help what cyprus has done is give us the template what they will do in future as they went by countries out there. stealing investors' money by taxing people on their property is. to say their holdings of gold i mean this there is absolutely no way that the last forever they may keep it

going for a few more years by invoking ever more extreme measures but ultimately it's going to break up the economics that break it up it may be civil disobedience very large scale that eventually get some of those mediterranean countries out but off the bat i think the big question that is well what is the european union for. now with the euro crisis raging on the clamor to join the union is dying down coming up. after a short break we turn to success story of the opposition is poised to win the general election void by european message. on may the second to be. which is both a cultural contemporary i'm told you logically tory and so join me to moment. on may the second as we bring you the glitz the glamour and the best of the best in

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welcome back you're watching r t coming to you live from the russian capital now the same party as there were so iceland's economic collapse in two thousand and eight are now poised for a spectacular return to power euro skeptic independence party has won the most votes at is now expected to form a ruling coalition the opposition's victory though is likely to put an end to talks in iceland session talks with it you are peon union and the island nation was desperate to join in the aftermath of its financial collapse but enthusiasm has since wayne reykjavik is seen widely as a textbook example of efficient recovery at all happens without any major stary cuts well let's get now more perspective a country's financial footing editor of popular economics dot com green is

a reason thanks so much for us here on r t so how have they how have the people who oversaw iceland's financial collapse in two thousand and eight managed to come to power now i believe it's because they are against joining the euro and i believe that's what the icelanders are voting for now is not to get into the euro which is which the socialists were doing they were negotiating there was some state employees but i think the icelanders just said they don't want to join the euro they're doing quite fine with their own are well the result is being also called a no vote on e.u. membership so do you see this as the key issue in this election. i think right now they get almost all the benefits of belonging to the european union i think they belong there they're already there there are trade unions so they have all those benefits and they keep their own currency i would say that the main problem is is that they need to keep their own currency to recover it just as all that is doing

now in fact the last year. right now is not a good time to join the euro right. well certainly europe is now coming to terms with the worst financial crisis ever but you know some call i saw a story a success story and it's largely attributed to the country's tourism and fishing however the financial sector is still weak there so is it a bit premature to call it a success story now. i'm sure it's premature it takes a long time to recover from the such a serious recession some call it depression for ireland but the fact that they did allow their banks that was to fail their three largest banks meaning they didn't pay off their bond holders you know how exporters of g.d.p. growth i think two and a half percent something like that tourism is back in fact they have quite appreciable inflation now because

a consumer has incomes are rising and they allow that to happen because of all these issues they are on a path to to recovery but it certainly does not get there yes across and what about other countries in your i mean could they follow iceland's example i absolutely i think it greece could have the should have reset on better they probably were sort of dropped out of the you know also they should have gone back to the drachma i know it's a difficult choice why no longer you're i think icelanders have an advantage and they're a bit off the coast aren't they and they have fighting well they're very very adventuresome and because of that they're willing to take the chance of. keeping their own independence and quite frankly that's what this vote was all about maintaining their independence. and they did a well harlan green added there of popular konami dot com thank you so much for joining here in r.t. and giving us your insight. you're quite welcome. now

one hundred guantanamo bay detainees are officially on hunger strike and that's the latest number recognized by the u.s. military and it's almost doubled over the past week but the figure is still far lower than that side by that they believe as many as one hundred thirty people are taking part in the protests and that's out of one hundred sixty six prisoners held at the detention center well as you can see on this chart twenty people are now being force fed nasal tube which is said to be an extremely painful procedure and five have been hospitalized although according to prison authorities their conditions are not life threatening the strike began in fabry to protest against intrusive searches and the mishandling of prisoners korans clive stafford smith a lawyer for one of the trainees describes the abuse the prisoners have to face when a prisoner doesn't do exactly what they're told the six being dressed up you notice

if they're in their outfits come and basically be to not to make them do it pen them to the floor and check to describes how this one guy who's three hundred pounds who sits on the. stomach and i've seen the bruises on him from this process every time i'm there and this comes up to the admiral in charge of the general image i've never yet got a reply from him in the best one can do is complain about me and tell the world when you get out what you see in the hopes that this shames them because unfortunately the federal judge is charging things through just last week that he has no jurisdiction to avoid the military to behave better in the. now more than two hundred people have been killed us here week in a series of bloody sectarian attacks one of the deadliest to place in which near the northern city of kirkuk on tuesday when an intense firefight broke out

a security forces raided a sunni anti-government protest camp the clashes stoked anger between sunni and shia muslims that alice warned could drag the country to civil war president's no real knowledge he said on saturday the violence in neighboring syria is fueling religious tensions political analyst dan laser says the wave of while it's comes as a direct result of the occupation of iraq i think what we need to understand what we're seeing here in iraq is we're seeing the fruits of this policy that was adopted about six years ago by the u.s. and saudi arabia particular look the way that the occupiers have behaved ever since two thousand and three since the start of the iraqi occupation they've done everything it's the most of all to try and foment sectarian is in the constitution introduced was completely based on confessional identity not on national citizenship sunni militias were to be equipped financed and armed saudi arabia and qatar not to wage basically sectarian war against shia muslims and we know that

these two powers see it saudi arabia and qatar at the forefront of representing imperial u.s. and british interests in the region so nothing gets done without a say so of these other powers. neda's top officer has called for more financial help from the e.u. in order to keep the alliance afloat has accused the bloc of get a free ride with washington very early for the majority of the fans spanning all nato has already has suffered cuts amounting to forty five billion dollars which equals germany's military but the western alliance has popularity among european soldiers also nosediving as their number of blog has plummeted on aid of survival now depends almost entirely on the us spending which makes up almost seventy five percent of its budget but r.t. contributor of tons he says the alliance is global of tiffany's actually do you more harm than good journalism all over the world seem to be covering the

straight lines of nato is this complex system of fine military generals and military when of course every time a goes into a country it ends up in either disaster or blowback disaster as it has been in libya which is given power to however many militias and of course when we have to look at afghanistan to see what it's done there not many people actually covering the aftermath of the war in yugoslavia to see where the costs of always better off now that perhaps the worst fears would be that the nato drone attacks that killed so little killed by border regions and so forth will result in profound blowback the streak of fire broke out in a psychiatric ward outside moscow killing thirty eight patients and staff only three people made it out alive are going off was looking at the possible causes of the tragedy. it was around half past one in the morning when a nurse at that tiny psychiatric hospital in the millage located around eighty

miles away from moscow noticed smoke in one of the hallways she trying putting out the fires self but the flames were spreading too quickly and then of course we saw the front entrance catch fire we dashed forward and broke the door we saw one man line and cautiously we try to help others but there was too much smoke and we had to run away one view local saw was happening some of them rushed to the hospital to try to help with the fire was already too powerful for them to handle only two patients and that nurse made it out alive while dozens of others didn't and a psychiatric hospital and patients are given investigators say that could be one of the reasons why so few people made it out alive they say that most of the others very likely simply were not able to wake up when the fire started due to the heavy medication another problem is that the nearest fire station is located around thirty miles away from here that combined with bad roads were the reasons why it

took over an hour for the first rescue teams to arrive investigators say that some of the patients died from smoke inhalation but most simply burned to death in their beds. the nurse who worked that night is in stable condition in hospital but she is obviously shocked by this terrible painful experience experts were already able to investigate the building where the fire took place and they see it's most likely that it started in the sofa bammers that one of the patients left a lit cigarette on it we're not allowed to smoke there. probably someone lives a cigarette in bed and it caught fire obviously right now many questions need answering there's lots of uncertain information and contradicting information as well but hopefully the ongoing investigation will help shed some light on the reasons behind one of the worst hospital fires in russia in years you've got this

going off our moscow region. and it brings us up to date here in our t.n. stay with us for our special report on the republic of texas and going. to the movie world war z z being first. which stars brad pitt as one hundred seventy five million dollar budget has been a request by term of executives not because probably yet another stupid violent zombie movie but because the chinese might get offended according to the wrap dot com china was supposed to take the blame for starting the evil zombie apocalypse this time but china becoming the largest foreign market for american movies made artistic integrity fly out the window to protect the bottom dollar as is tradition in hollywood this is not the first time there has been pro-choice censorship in

hollywood the remake of red dawn which was originally a cold war era a minstrel show against russians was supposed to show a chinese invasion of america this time however they have changed it to north koreans who can't even defeat the u.s. military in south korea let alone at an away game in the usa the thing that is interesting is not the censorship is the fact that they will censor movies for whoever's got a lot of cash coaches the big markets won't be offended but countries with small markets will this is a complete prostitute mentality show that love to any guy who's got bills in his palm you know i was always pretty sure there were a lot of prostitutes working in hollywood i didn't know they actually started making the movies but that's just my opinion.

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