this week's top stories plus today's headlines of the week russia's security services reportedly wiretapped one of the suspected boston bombers talking about jihad we look at how politics may have been p. to the f.b.i. from acting on moscow's to. the u.s. and u.k. claim there is evidence syria used chemical weapons against the rebels and amid calls for intervention from lawmakers the u.n. says the allegations have not yet been proved. join the european union no thanks the outcome of this weekend's election in iceland is likely to put an end to the country's pursuit of even membership as a recent poll shows trust in the bloc an all time low. and the official number of guantanamo bay prisoners on hunger strike rises to one hundred with at least twenty of the detainees being force fed and some even hospitalized.

and live from our studios in moscow this is. going to have you with us the f.b.i. says it has received a recording of a boston bombing suspects talking about jihad with his mother russian security services alerted the u.s. back in two thousand and eleven and that one of the sound they have brothers views but the bureau dismissed moscow's early warning after making checks here's our tease you can with commentary on why the f.b.i. might have failed to take proper action. in the wake of the boston bombings it's the f.b.i. now bombarded with questions they let the alleged boston bomber tamerlan and i a go off to work after they ordered multiple times for the last two years russia

want not only the f.b.i. about tamil in sinai as did they drop the ball the f.b.i. . dropped the ball his note for sure but 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 if you don't want to know where the russians right and did the united states ignore their warnings disrespect repeated warnings tom 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 down by some preconception of who would be a possible jihadi that they were not able to see something in front of them they work thinking well if these guys are chechen they hate the russians they don't hate us politics may have been the reason why u.s. authorities failed to connect the dots on tom alonso and i have another possibility is that poor relations we must go now or should devalue the russian report

something that the russian president says has to be fixed if we truly undertake a joint effort we will not suffer these blows and take such losses if one more possible the u.s. 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. was given asylum and now lives in boston. for russians against innocent people is still seen in the west 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 shouldn't 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 but according to a senior government official quote 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 in person training from some expert somewhere in order to accept instructions for making explosives when joe hart and 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 politicize their heinous that doesn't change the fact that there are heartless killings but when federal authorities look at any intel on a potential extremist form a more political rather than purely law enforcement point of view that could be a recipe for future disasters in washington. john glaser an editor at antiwar dot com says that it's no surprise u.s. mideast policies are driving people to violence. the fact that they cite us foreign policy as a motivator in fact for their attack shouldn't be really surprising every attack that wasn't an f.b.i.

hatched sting operation since nine eleven has had that component all of these terrorists that want to attack the united states and commit heinous violence on us have in their mind some motivation of u.s. foreign policy u.s. aggression in the middle east you know in our iraq and afghanistan and pakistan and yemen israel palestine conflict and on and on and on a lot of what obama has done in terms of trying to be less aggressive towards the muslim world it simply has been secret the bush administration is quite open obama has chosen to make all of this covert he's done the drone war which is a secret war that nobody will admit to in pakistan and yemen and somalia a lot of this is still going on and he's still generating fierce hatred from a lot of people who resent u.s. aggression the mother of the boston marathon bombing suspects was put on a federal terror watch list eighteen months before the attack american officials

revealed that detail or she accused police of murdering her older son but only because he was the only one. she claimed the authorities version of events regarding the manhunt for her son's does not stand up to. the u.s. claim they have obtained evidence that assad's government used chemical weapons president obama warned the use of poison gas in the syria would cross a red line that says some american lawmakers are quick to call for intervention in the war torn country the u.n. however says there is no solid proof to back up the allegations as experts say i witness accounts do not tally with the effects of the weapons. that we've seen this before and should be on guard. if you know who all over again we will remember the disaster as an adventurous so you want to some british invasion of iraq in two

thousand and three based on allegations of weapons of mass destruction that proved to be faulty of therefore searching questions for example what was the chain of custody with regard to the samples taken from the vattel field of syria to laboratories in wonder and in washington was there or was there the possibility of contamination while poor hanky panky with the samples and how can you show that jeem the rebels actually use these alleged chemical weapons and since we already know the next six here in divisions within the military is driving the conflict in both syria and iraq how do we know that someone a gate soldier in the syrian military was actually collaborating with the rebels michael weapons so as to provide a rationale for intervention by london and washington these are difficult questions that must be answered native syrians are not the only fighters battling against

president assad that use anti-terrorist chief has warned that europeans traveling to syria to join the rebels could pose a threat back home after their return fears are growing throughout europe and that its young muslims are good get in touch with islam most factions among the opposition as are silly reports. syria's two year old conflict is already seen 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 fighting against bashar al assad london based international center for the study the vatican has ation with a tall figure at six hundred. well here and there were built for the egypt coverage on the radicalization young people has recently focused on the wants pacific story that of a father. in search of the son dimitri want excitement for the radical islamism

group that had gone to syria to join the fight father had gone all the way there hoping to bring his son bad. deal planes are flying overhead all the time when we are on the street or inside a building we had a bomb was dropped on us i haven't had a contact with a year and we should. we spoke with dimitris lawyer who's a constant pontac with him and he says the father is hell bent on finding his eighteen year old son. we don't expect that he will send me to syria i think that's that's clear so that's also why didn't he. was eager to go to do something for myself a son who started changing about three years ago a problem with to us that certain moment he was influenced by some radical list. girlfriend and it didn't work out you know some forensic work of the same very slowly started it he was really influenced and really brave to us he grew

a beard and. started wearing other clothes. preaching for. this group who had come into contact with the shari'a for belgium a radical islam is a group whose leader followed belka some have been arrested for hate each and calls justifying the use of violence over there is judgement day if you're if you're a muslim you will go to paradise if you are this believer of the old you will go to hell terrorism expert gload many cases the rise of radicalized us is alarming many of whom are easy prey the first. question is why convert. and usually they don't convert because. they convert because of a pretty. woman by most of the if new political ideas and they go to fight because the fact if they were you didn't meet its mission to convince them. the insects can do that to people they're just talking to them and for the

convincing them that to be good in the scene they want to go to so you have to sign or took a beating that the terrorist attack you. authorities are paying even closer attention with alert levels heightened while worried family members of some the youth fighting in syria 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. some drawing parallels between the pre iraq invasion rhetoric and the current allegations of chemical weapons use in syria r t a look at how a decade after the start of the war in iraq baghdad is still struggling to end of the sectarian violence in the country as more than two hundred killed in clashes that says still to come later in the program. the greek parliament has approved an emergency bill that will see over fifteen thousand public sector workers laid off

by thousand and fourteen that's amid another troubled week for the eurozone with fresh anti austerity demonstrations taking place in spain portugal and again in grace almost thirty people were injured in clashes with this for a thousand people staged a protest in madrid they were left by fear left furious rather by their country's jobless rate which reached an all time high of over twenty seven percent that's as the government says it two years longer than expected to cut the deficit this all comes as official numbers show the trust in e.u. institutions has reached record lows the leader of the u.k. independence party told us that anyone with money invested in little currency money is. i've been pondering for years what would happen when spain finally went back how would they possibly deal with the sheer scale of the bailout that would need it. would be five or six hundred billion. after this happened without huge american. help what cyprus has done is

give us the template what they will do in future is they went by all countries out there. a little do it by stealing investors' money by taxing people. and by forcing central banks into their holdings of gold i mean this is a. situation my advice to people is if you own property if you've got money in bank account in the eurozone get your money out before you have to be clear that is. quite a story that. these countries that have been troubled would be you know is a mistake to be given to democracy and how they did i was. very arrogant troika. is going to break up. the economics that break it up it may be civil disobedience very large scale but eventually get some of those mediterranean countries out. of the big question what is the european union for. financial crisis

still running hot iceland is getting cold feet over joining and we come back we report on the island nation that bounced back about voters have turned. we can. choose to use the consensus here to. choose the opinions that. choose to stories that impact your life choose. to.

play. well into the future what makes you pewters these days so super is the russian research have got a few ideas cognitive computing a reality what about the process of radical new architecture the promise is unparalleled power design for the stars is that got you all hot under the collar don't worry because. you know the top supercomputers. here on. the cover. welcome back in iraq more than two hundred people have been killed in sectarian bloodshed over the last week on tuesday the military raided a sunni anti-government protest camp that resulted in around fifty civilian deaths

in a gun battle their government blocked from operating in the country including. al jazeera the broadcasters were accused of misleading and ethical coverage that stoked the religious violence with no sign of the ruling shia communities iraq's prime minister warns that the state is dragging its. war. from iraq believes it's. driving people to violence. after ten years of occupation because we consider distil an occupation there is still no basic services people are randomly arrested they are locked up without charges they are or church women children and men are being raped that's why the protest started by the way and so this talk about sick darian is this is is totally wrong that these are not sectarian protests these are protests against

a situation that is untenable for forty iraqi people. that there is poverty there is unemployment there is no health care that it there is good education system has collapsed the media has been very weak until now in covering these protests have we seen images on television about the millions who were in the street in the phone who just go to. mosul no we haven't because this acute the force is didn't want them to go to these places. are ceaselessly cafe mom has just come back from iraq and is keeping an eye on the developments there you can get the latest in the minute details by following her twitter. euro skepticism takes over in iceland on saturday opposition parties are known for their anti e.u. stance a woman joining us in the country's parliamentary election victory of the center right is likely to result in iceland calling off its plans to join the troubled bloc the country has been steadily recovering from the two thousand and one

thousand crisis and many say it is because reykjavik is not a part of the euro zone that it is done so well robert director of the bruges group think tank believes other debt ridden nations would only benefit from exiting the single currency there was a bit of a wobble in terms of icelandic public opinion of the two thousand and eight financial crisis where of course icelandic banks one after the other felt like dominoes but of course since then because he's outside of the. we you it's a common see it's not in the u.s. of course it then walk. on its own economy as it saw fit and he's recovered it's still problems the economy's growing and unemployment is falling which he's full of a move from the situation in southern europe but in his own way unemployment he's continuing to rise and the economies are continually continually contracting so we want to spend a wonderful example to those countries such as soy. eastleigh fell so i think that

exciting the single common see can actually help the euro and he's come in structure is not working and there needs to be a change of course the little old austin can do it other countries can do though. of course we have a more international news on our web site r.t. dot com including a possible major breakthrough in the fight against hiv danish scientists say they are on the brink of develop vaccine that could kill the violence and for all by boosting the body's immune system all the details are online plus. losing their heads police and staff of a mental health clinic engage in fierce clashes during protests against the demolition of the building find out what is behind stand off on our website or to dot com. one tom obey prison officials have acknowledged that one hundred inmates are now on hunger strike the figure has doubled since the military conducted a violent raid in the facility here's

a look at some of the official figures from the government inmates who are refusing food are being put in solitary confinement and guards imposed a lockdown two weeks ago but the number is still far lower than some of the detainees attorneys claim they believe as many as one hundred thirty people are taking part in the protest against mistreatment and indefinite detention either way it's more than half of the one hundred sixty six prisoners currently being held at the detention center here's a look at the breakdown what's more twenty people are being a force. fed strapped to a chair with tubes down their nose and throat and five inmates have been hospitalized although prison authorities say that their conditions are not life threatening calls warner a federal public defender who's representing a guantanamo prisoner says his client tells a very different story. he's in terrible condition i talked to him on friday by telephone he indicated that they are using a large tube in his nose a size ten instead of a size eight anyone who has been tube fed is and who's lost at this to them

or more of his body weight is in a very dire position you have the military advisor in the press saying that there are going to be multiple deaths because of this and that's just that's the fact that's what happens when you have hopelessness and that's when what happens when you have this terrible situation that's being aggravated by the military now the military is not has fault here they need to negotiate and end it not just try to exert their will on these hopeless men but ultimately the moves have to happen in washington it is you here is with the president again president obama pick up the ball and this right the military has come around and it's a meeting that they can't get a full scale strike duration and scope of which we've never seen the president has to intervene yesterday that the correspondents dinner making jokes while men are dying in one's optimal we asked that he has some attention. now let's take a look at some other world news in brief for you this hour in bangladesh

a fire has broken out amid the debris of the building that collapsed in dhaka three rescue workers were injured in a trampoline who emergency crews were initially optimistic of saving died a fire was ignited by sparks from the cutting equipment used to search for survivors at least two hundred seventy seven people were killed when the building first came down and already led to the arrest of one of the owners of the complex. two policemen have been shot outside the italian prime minister's office in rome one is in serious condition in the hospital the suspect in the attack or it was arrested at the scene of the incident occurred as the new prime minister and we go left and his cabinet worth being sworn in at the presidential palace interior minister called the shooting a tragic. criminal gesture by an unemployed man. an apartment block has collapsed in northern france leaving at least three people dead and over a dozen injured the blast that brought most of the four story building down was

likely caused by a gas leak about one hundred rescue workers have been deployed to search for survivors built in the nine hundred sixty s. the local authorities maintain that the building was kept in good condition. in the libyan capital tripoli have seized control of the interior ministry and blocked access to the foreign ministry they've also forced employees out of the state run t.v. channel which led to the cancellation of all live shows the prime minister called the security situation in the country perilous following the attacks of two hundred heavily armed militants they are demanding that the government ban khadafi era officials from taking up any public post. china has bitten back over america's global audit of inequality high crime and human rights violations the annual report highlights shortcomings in china so beijing has issued a report of its own. as the story for us. after years of swallowing accusations of

violating human rights beijing is fighting back after last year the us published its scalding human rights practices report now china held a mirror back to washington and its role of international human rights judge let's take a look at where the two clash the u.s. again accuse china of limiting internet freedoms the so-called great firewall of china where beijing has long being under scrutiny for blocking many western websites such as facebook google and you tube but those criticizing china are no saints sounding people and cispa bills to control internet data have made waves across the atlantic lately and the u.s. government approved interception of private text messages and e-mails for security needs are hardly contributing to online freedom china's single party political system and lack of democratic elections also came under fire the chinese report made its wife back at america's multi-party system saying that in what seems to be a democratic process it's really not the people but the amount of money spent on combines which really decides the winner is the largest part of the us report was

dedicated to human rights as they are today from harsh labor conditions to poor salaries indeed china's status of being the world's factory is nothing new and the cheap labor force concept has long been debated beijing hit back with a scathing claim that in the country where racism and discrimination officially do not exist after american and hispanic employees earn forty percent less than the white population in the united states and that's through the glass ceiling for women who earn a twenty percent smaller salary than men the us report also lashed out at the treatment of prisoners and members of opposition in china contrast that with a country which runs notorious guantanamo prison and the allegations of multiple human rights abuses within its walls with china highlighting full statistics on all deaths in u.s. prisons and the use of brutal force against peaceful demonstrators in twenty twelve it is no secret that china has a checkered human rights record but by countering the claims of those who it believes should get its own house in order it is quite clear that beijing no longer

wants to see a monopoly in the market of examining human rights. an hour's time meanwhile let's take a glimpse into the world of morrow and technology that's coming up in just a couple minutes. and mavis that going to be a big money in t.v. it to see which is both a cultural contemporary i don't know logically sevi auditorium so join me tomorrow must say honored c m a the second as we bring you the glitz the glamour and the best of the best in the performing not trying to add marines to.

hello and welcome to technology update living in our computerized world everything is driven by the push to be both smaller and faster at the same time nowhere is this more evident than with the crim dollar crim or supercomputers if you like the world's fastest from just a decade ago wouldn't even crack the top five hundred today super computers are actually a part of our everyday lives even if we aren't aware of it for example at places like russia's main media or logical center these powerful machines are put to the test every day to crunch unthinkable amounts of data in order to give us a better glimpse of what weather awaits us they can be used for planning flights more efficiently and for getting a jump on potentially dangerous storms before they're obvious in the skies above the performance of such complex calculators as measured in flops or floating operations per second the most recent addition to rose hydra metz arsenal here is

capable of up to thirty five teraflops or thirty five trillion calculations per second with the no. datapoints constantly on the rise researchers are in constant need of more processing punch. every two years new systems appear that have the same form factor that is they take up the same amount of space and most importantly they use the same amount of energy but have twenty to thirty times more processing power than previous generation. computers as we know them got their start in one thousand nine hundred one to say c three that was followed by the a.b.c. computer which employed vacuum tubes to implement the switches over computers didn't become super until nine hundred sixty five with the c.d.c. sixty six hundred it's a slippery definition but its ability to perform tasks ten times faster than anything before it led many to label it the first super computer at the same time so the engine is put the finishing touches on the p.c.'s i'm six armed with

a forty eight bit processor and hertz clock speed it turned out.