bloodstained though deadly bomb blasts wrong pakistan as a country home to smile still in democratic election continuing to violence which has marred the whole campaign. but more ballots than bullets in this historic vote here and caucus on update from islamic bought in just a few moments. forty are killed and many more severely injured in a double car bombing on a town near turkish border with syria with ankara suspending kurdish involvement. and spacestation repairers astronaut's perform an emergency spacewalk to try to fix a leaking cooling system on board people orbiting laboratory.

seven pm in the russian capital your watching r t with me marina josh welcome to the program deadly explosions and gunfire in cities and towns across the nation as pakistan holds a milestone general election marking the country's first power transition through the ballot box polling stations have now closed after voting was extended by an hour to cope with a high turnout but some are paying a high price to exercise their democratic right well at least eleven people have been killed and dozens more injured in a series of bomb blast in karate more people have died in pakistan's biggest province of biloxi stan were explosions and gunmen target of voters outside polling stations well also there are others fell victim to shoot outs between rival and political factions and violence as erupted in pakistan's volatile north as well were to bomb attacks caused further casualties in the city of peshawar. now with an

update on the turbulent vote from pakistan's capital islamabad here's our team is losing confidence. no one has claimed responsibility for the violence that has been reported across the country today there are a number of armed groups who operate in pakistan as well as the taliban which has waged a bloody intimidation campaign in the run up to the vote claiming the lives of more than one hundred thirty people they view these elections as being on islamic and have largely targeted to secular leaning parties but these elections are more about the ballot box than bullets i have to say as millions of pakistanis turned out eagerly eagerly in droves despite the threat of violence there have been some reports of a vote rigging allegations in karate and several parties have withdrawn their candidates in a boycott of the vote but by and large all signs point to a successful a democratic election here in pakistan which is really quite critical for a country that has been ruled by the military for more than half of its existence as an independent state the big question now is of course who will win these

elections what is going to be a few hours before the preliminary results are released but i have to say just from speaking to the voters some of the stations here in islamabad a lot of support for emraan khan the former cricket star turned politician who has really been able to seize on the youth vote here in pakistan he seized his gun the empathy and the sympathy of millions of pakistanis who feel disillusioned with the established political parties that have really run the country for decades and he's been pushing a platform of change anti corruption anti u.s. drone strikes anti western aid of course the kind of candidate that many experts expect to do quite well is not was sharif he has served as prime minister twice before he is running yet again here and he's running on a platform of free market policies he thinks that economic solutions will really help pull papa stan out of its economic nightmare and it really has seen the economic problems under the ruling coalition headed by the pakistan people's party

that is benazir bhutto the late prime minister's party which has been accused of sort of festering an atmosphere of corruption we've seen a massive unemployment power outages still plague that country and of course a growing sectarian violence as well in it as an islamist resurgence here so a lot of problems for whoever wins. now the latest update we've just received from pakistan is that the election commission said it had been unable to carry out free and fair poll in karate and the voting should be rerun in some areas well even had to our website for more on developing pakistan's a chooses its next parliament and the bloodshed that's our t.v. dot com. international security specialist patricia gennaro says the people of pakistan are so fed up with conditions in their country that they're courageous enough to head to the polls despite the danger. these things are very

tough though you know we saw the same thing in afghanistan with the taliban threatening and you know as we're seeing they're very very serious about these threats and and it's difficult for people that don't have a lot of of ability maneuverability around with so many threats going on of around them here goes a long way particularly when you don't know when it's going to happen and you're looking around at every corner but you know people really take risks to get out there and and exercise their right and their voice are becoming victims from an xterm all power and they're becoming victims by their own internal struggles so yeah people become very very tired you know remember when you're so traumatized and and you become absolutely exhausted with this continuous type of reflection in your reality it's sometimes it's hard to to be so courageous what we want to know your

verdict on the outcome of pakistan historic first democratic transition and let's now take a look at the site vote that we are conducting on our web site r t dot com so here's how the results look this hour just over half of those who participated say the ballot won't change a thing and is just a spectacle for the benefit of the west over a quater which twenty eight percent believe the election will trigger a muslim rage across the country now fifteen percent and are convinced the poll will provide a basis for a functional democracy and the rest of you say will only bring more dysfunction in the government well do you want us know your stand on the issue by logging on to our website r t v dot com. download the official. to your cell phone. which stream quality and enjoy your favorites. if you're away from. your

mobile device you can watch r.t. any time anyway. welcome back you're watching r t two nasa astronauts are conducting an emergency spacewalk at the moment out well last six hours they're trying to fix the ammonia leak at the international space station right now though they found some traces of the spill let's not talk about this in more detail and the implications of this was tom barton well tom how serious is this leak and will six hours be enough well the two astronauts we can see in live pictures at the moment. a bit of a funny signal at times but chris cassidy and thomas marshburn have been up there just over two hours now on the outside of the international space station working steadily and i thought it clear through trying to find this leak they still haven't managed to get to the bottom of where this leads coming from what part of the machinery went wrong they've in the process of changing

a pump system which they thought may have been had something to do with it they think it's probably just a precaution changing it at the moment earlier on the commander of the international space station chris hadfield how did conversation with nasa mission control about what exactly was happening we have a. very steady stream of. got out of the material by rotating towards the forward you know as the trust rotating we're just waiting for to rotate there are we getting it if you want to jump so as that space walk continues everyone's eyes now as the time continues looking at what could be behind this locator well two hours i said they've been already trying to fix it inch by inch trying to find the root of all evil let's put it that way to see where that source is right and they have remaining four hours so now the question is what sort of implications might this leak have for other missions and

for the station at the moment yet i mean the crew themselves and nasa down on the ground say that the moment the leak is serious it's very annoying for the. but it's not dangerous it's not looking like it's going to put on you for the crews six crew that their lives in danger but obviously it's something that they really want to try and sort out it affects the power system of the international space station which comes from those solar arrays as it stands they can get power from the seven although working power sources they come shut this one down and it will be ok well as long as it doesn't interfere in a major way where the work of the station is fine so we've got four more hours to look at what we have any there whether the astronauts will manage to fix this problem or not we'll be keeping our viewers updated on this so far tom thanks very much for bringing us this.

morning news today violence is once again set up. these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada. giant corporations rule the day. mounting unrest in libya has prompted the u.s. to put its troops on heightened alert and pull diplomatic staff from its embassy the u.k. has also recalled all non-essential staff from the country armed gunmen have been laying siege to leave us ministries and foreign embassies for over two weeks and saturday an entire militia demonstration in the capital came under a town well his government recently granted the militias demand for could adopt the error of their shells to be banned from senior government roles now they are calling for the country's prime minister to resign international relations professor mark almond says western powers are responsible for the instability and the surge of violence that sweeping the country. we're seeing is deep divisions

among the libyan revolutionaries who britain and other nato countries supported there's a power struggle over who should control the libyan state and particular who control libya's oil and gas if colonel gadhafi had suppressed self-assertion him when it was opened in the streets of last the two thousand level possibly hundreds of people would have died but perhaps as many as thirty thousand died since and the country is in this deep state to disorder uncertainty life for most of us is worse than it was on account of that our articles kind of about his regime was supposed by the western countries to be the bad regime anything must be russia we were told well i'm afraid to say we see that it's not necessarily so clear after all they all mean libya which create a situation where groups came to power and they have local domination and there are of course groups who may be welcoming nato bombers but are in fact quite serious and he wants to move in fundamentalist groups who have now been sending parts also

to syria so they don't we go this is where the continued presence of western embassies the british french all the americans as being wholly something they'd like to see in a liberal to do they would see libya. now so come where the sour action against the bailout slovenia's heinie a package of measures to avert a financial meltdown amid fears about falls cyprus foreign debt in just a moment. we

speak your language as anyone might be or not a new. program says documentaries and spanish what matters to you. it will turn to bangalore stories. here. spanish to find out more visit i to our. welcome back now slovenia is rushing to reform its economy amid mounting concern it's next in line for an e.u. bailout the action plan includes the sale of fifteen state companies tax hikes and public sector wage cuts coming out of a european commission report due at the end of the month and you know nerves over

the situation in slovenia well it's a economy with a g.d.p. of about forty five billion euros and and dead a banking system burdened with about. a seven billion euros of bad loans slovenia is now trying a profit out by transferring the non-performing loans of its largest banks to a new established bad bank meanwhile its credit rating was recently cut to junk by moody's one of the lowest investment grade in the same thing happened to cyprus in twenty twelve a year before it faced punishing bailout terms however slovenia has been insisting it doesn't need help promote a national lander's. over felt from economic trends magazine says that sounds very familiar everybody who has been in trouble in the eurozone in the last years as in the first phase of the crisis always refused to admit that they are only in

trouble and that of course is first of all some kind of psychological game they're trying to play with the markets and with the public at large. but that. being said. also been quite clear that all the countries that came into the danger zone eventually had to ask for help which is something national governments don't like because then obviously to at least a certain degree they have to have answers to do or date to foreign powers be the european central bank the european the european commission the i.m.f. or the treaty together in the famous trachea. and while much of europe worries about the next country in line for a bailout its largest economy is still managing to grow but with that comes the water of immigrants from debt stricken neighbors and other non e.u.

countries something the locals are not so happy about a report on that in just a few minutes. foreign troops are set to leave afghanistan next year but it won't be the end of the road for america's armed forces the u.s. says it will keep nine military bases open while thousands of private security contractors are also staying on middle east and you want to shoot activists phyllis bennis believes that because of get us in strategic location allows washington to keep a foothold in the region we know that the agreement signed between the u.s. and afghanistan allows for some number of u.s. troops to remain after the end of two thousand and fourteen the numbers have varied there's been estimates of as low as eight thousand and as many as twenty two thousand that the obama administration would like to keep in afghanistan after the the withdrawal of so-called combat troops this has everything to do with the neighborhood where afghanistan is located afghanistan doesn't have or along its own but it has a large territory in the midst of a very crucial neighborhood in terms of oil and in terms of the expansion of power

the u.s. wanted for example to keep permanent bases in iraq that it could use as a base from which it could attack iran the iraqis said no the afghans will be asked the same thing will they allow those bases even if it's only nine of them to be used potentially to attack other countries in the neighborhood that's one of the things the u.s. is very eager for on a permanent basis it's not so much about the immediacy of the taliban everyone knows that the presence of u.s. troops in afghanistan is making it much more difficult not easier for there to be serious peace negotiations between the various factions in afghanistan whether it be the taliban whether it be the afghan government whether it be a whole. other factions that are all competing for power and energy are called we find out how the world's biggest hacker group is fighting fire with fire the u.s. government is taking a page on cyber activist book and its relentless balance against online attacks.

planned and another quake away on artie's you tube channel windows are blown out and cars battered check police released c.c.t.v. footage of the gas explosion that ripped open an office building in the heart of prague. where the e.u. looking down the barrel of yet another year of recession the blocks powerhouse germany is doing relatively well it's the only member state that's managing to encounter growth and as a result it's attracting more and more people escaping financial troubles in debt stricken southern europe and outside the e.u. a trans are all over now reports becoming frustrating for manning germans those coming to germany in search of a new life might find one of the biggest challenges in the shape of the german people a bertelsmann foundation poll shows two suits of people here a few new comers as a society one of those is called schmidt he says he knows families who come from outside of the u.

as many as five children who live off the state presently. the main performance which you have to bring to stay in germany you have to make children if you have no drop in germany and normal social flat if a hundred square meters is five children you get another three thousand euros that month social eight call runs a motor scooter hire company in berlin and claims to represent many upset at what they see as a free ride given to migrants. if i would live in africa and i hear that when i see that my a friend of mine of the relative of mine is already in bali and. facebook how he is living then i would say oh well i go to bernie and as soon as possible immigration here is a twenty year high with a further two million expected to arrive within the next three years along with

traditional settlers from turkey the bulk of that number will come from with in sight the e.u. as the jobless countries like spain and greece look for better opportunities in the much wealthier north as the mediterranean situation worsens wealthier countries like germany are a magnet to provide work for their fellow e.u. citizens but even those who weren't even born in germany worry about the influx. i came here in one thousand nine hundred four but now there are so many immigrants in germany who are not working not doing anything this leads to problems they live better than those who weren't. but those in the turkish community insist it's not easy. sometimes having immigrant status is not stickle to get a good job which leads to a lack of prospects and in some cases people turn to crime but this is not the majority how to handle surging immigration numbers or even the perception that

they're draining society is going to prove harder for leaders to avoid there's a general election here just five months peter all of a r.t. . now russia and the u.k. and agree to a new limited cooperation between their security services after a seven year old all but the main focus of talks between president putin prime minister cameron in the russian resort of sochi was the ask allaying crisis in syria while the two leaders stressed they still differ on how to bring about peace they did cement agreement on common goals both moscow and london won the bloodshed and at a unified syrian people to choose their new government while being free from violent extremism an international conference in syria is expected later this month but there was no mention during a such meeting of britain's strong support for the rebels or its intention to start directly arming them political writer john white says the west is desperate to to push its own interest in the conflict zone you know in the city

a national army enjoying some significant success in the last few weeks in thinking back. of the country and i think this is did you think actually in washington and london which is why do the companies in so keen to fly to russia i mean if you get into the conflict is not we they were hoping to destroy the assad regime or do we need to think of the axis of resistance in the region comprising city. and iran and selling not working and not only because politically of russia's political opposition to western military intervention but let's be clear the west is already intervening. through. the quick talk you see. in jordan funneling weapons funneling money into the rebels but even so the city in the national army is managing to me in control of significant parts of the country and

i'm going to enjoy some success he's on the ground there's no doubt that despite the propaganda campaign being waged against this still enjoys significance a pool with inside it itself and that is key. now take a look at some of the stories making news round the world and forty people have been killed and dozens injured in a double car bomb attack near turkey's border with syria reports say turkey has arrested five people including three syrian nationals in connection with the explosions well so far however no one has claimed responsibility for the attack. what amounts former dictator has been sentenced to eight years in prison for the genocide of seventeen hundred indigenous minds during his one year rule in the eighty's. eighty six year old if it's mon started his military career is a minor cia coup in a nine hundred fifty s. and built close ties with the reagan administration the verdict seen as a landmark for which is wrestling with the trauma of the decades long civil war

which has killed more than two hundred thousand people. and in just a few minutes abby martin looks at the american presence in afghanistan beyond two thousand and fourteen and breaking the day with us. and yet another step along the pointless anti gender crusade activists in sweden are pushing to promote a new gender neutral pronoun these activists want the term then to replace the pronouns han and haun which mean he and she respectively i think the logic of these bizarre gender neutral movements in the e.u. is that they really feel that it's awful to force someone into a role that doesn't fit what i was a boy in school and with me there was

a kid what kind of only female friends and i certainly wasn't the sport's a toy trucks kind of kid if you understand what i mean you know i could see this guy having all those stereotypes shoved down his throat you know made his life at school really and. pleasant but the wacko liberal answer to some tiny amount of people being pushed into gender roles they don't like is to force everyone else into a genderless world they don't like fan stick i guess gender neutrality advocates can speak swedish how they like and they're free to use this word hen but don't force everyone in the country to do things your way the overwhelming majority of the world is very happy with its gender thank you very much but that's just my opinion. look. look look look look look look. look. look look look.

you live on one hundred thirty three bucks a month for food i should try it because you know how fabulous and lucky i got so many i mean. i know you guys i'm. really messed up. and we're all very closely. the second. worst super glued to the white house of a. radio guy in four minutes from a quick fix what's broken or about to produce never seen anything like this until. you guys i'm at a martin and this is breaking the set so i'm sure you've heard by now about the horror stories in the possible frankenfish but if you heard of frank in apple's app they could be coming to

a grocery store near you again it can modify apple's design by the canadian company okanagan specialty fruits of summerland so what does this miracle miracle apple do give you a daily shot of vitamins withstand extreme. temperature's no it just doesn't brown that's right a process called r.n.a. interface ensures that your apple won't brown once you bite into it how convenient because if there's one thing that i've been stressing out lately so much is that my out those brown too quickly thanks canada well despite the fact that this non aging apple will be cheaper than an organic apple at the grocery store let me give you a few good reasons why you shouldn't buy it first of all it's stupid fruit is meant to brown and if it doesn't then it probably means they are probably in a plastic centerpiece plus this new apple called arctic apple will have talks in pesticide residue and surprise surprise won't be tested by the f.d.a. and of course thanks to america's exceptionalism to food labeling we won't even know that it's been genetically modified isn't that comforting no testing to make

sure what you put in your body is safe thanks america and from what to keep our apples from turning brown think about it is that what we should be wasting our time and money on right now food that is loaded was so much stuff that doesn't even age naturally at the thought of your fruits being fake bugs you as much as it does me then join me and let's break this up. for a never seen anything like that. today marks the eleventh the years seventh month and third day of the u.s. military occupation of afghanistan and no i'm not highlighting some special anniversary i am simply reminding you how absurdly long this war has been now the white house has set withdrawal for two hundred fourteen this week press secretary jay carney said that the u.s.

would keep a presence in the country quote only at the request of the afghan government sounds a little odd then that on the same day afghan president hamid karzai said that the u.s. has requested to keep bases in the country beyond two thousand and fourteen same quote we are giving the nine bases they want from afghanistan yes nine huge military bases scattered across the country will remain in for u.s. operation following the two thousand and fourteen withdrawal and there's very little information as to how many troops remaining that will translate to indeed it seems that the longer this war draws out the more afghanistan is looking like just another american colony in fact my next guest has made the argument that occupying armies quickly transform themselves into colonial forces three expand on that notion is a marvelous correspondents report on the ground from fourteen different conflicts and.