twin car bomb attacks in a turkish town near the syrian border claimed the lives of forty three people on car is quick to blame the bloodshed on pro assad sabah tours and says it reserves the right to take every kind of countermeasure. now was a sheriff pakistan's former prime minister is claiming victory in the country's milestone general election that's after the nation was rocked by a series of deadly blasts and gunfire which claimed the lives of more than twenty people making the election the bloodiest in its history. and in search of a better life as immigration in germany reaches its highest levels in years many germans see newcomers as an extra burden on society.

five zero one on a sunday morning here in moscow this is r t i'm sean thomas glad to have you with us at least forty three people have been killed and more than one hundred injured in twin car bomb attacks in a turkish town near the syrian border turkish authorities claim they have evidence that the deadly blasts were carried out by people linked to the syrian intelligence agency the foreign minister says the country reserves the right to take every kind of measure in response the bombings come as prime minister aired one plans to visit washington next week with the conflict in syria being one of the key issues on the agenda artie's middle east correspondent paula sleep here as details. two car bombs have exploded one was in front of the city hall the other was in front of the local post office in the turkish town of re hundred which is not far from the syrian

border now we still don't have anyone on your organization coming forward and claiming responsibility the turkish vice prime minister has gone on record as saying that he feels that that might be the usual aside culprits now it is important to remember that turkey shares a somewhat five hundred mile border with syria and in the past ankara has lent its support to syrian rebels who are backing the syrian presidency of bashar assad and to king has lent the rebels both a staging santa and an area from which they can conduct their logistics so what we're hearing him is that it might in fact the syrian government officials and soldiers retaliating against syria but as i mention no conclusive proof of this it is perhaps important to remember that back in february there was a car bomb in the same in yemen at that stage to the turkish government point of fingers at the assad regime this is an area that does see

a lot of fighting between syrian rebel forces and pro side forces and certainly the syrian turkish border is extremely volatile. dr khan khaled on a contributing editor from the foreign policy in focus believes the turkish government may be premature to blame assad's forces. you have to ask will the onset of government. be stupid enough to pick an open fight with a country on its border that has the second largest army in the in the north atlantic treaty organization i don't see the sense in that i mean it would suggest that the us of that regime has a suicide complex and they haven't demonstrated any any of that in the past the timing is certainly very suspicious hume a couple of weeks ago the syrians were used of using poison gas and then call it a party from the united nations said recently that it appears as if that was the

insurgency didn't use poison gas suddenly the poison gas disappears then this bombing happens car bombs are the particular signature device that are used by a solid fist very extreme and that is slamming rebels in syria so i would be very careful about clinton figures at this point many people want that that this civil war had the potential to spill over into other areas in the middle east that prediction is coming very true. and in libya where tensions continue to rise the u.s. and the u.k. have announced they are withdrawing some staff from their embassies with the pentagon putting its european forces on alert more on that later in the program. now counting is underway in pakistan's general election which will mark the

country's first democratic transition between civilian governments now was a sheriff to prime time a prime minister ousted fourteen years ago in a military coup is claiming victory the election has been the bloodiest in the country's history taking a look at the deadly explosions and shootings have rocked pakistan on the day of voting at least eleven people were killed and dozens injured in the south in a series of bomb blasts in karate more people died in pakistan's biggest province and below just on where explosions and gunmen targeted voters outside polling stations people were also killed in shootouts between rival political factions their violence has erupted in pakistan's volatile north as well where to a bomb attacks caused further casualties in the city of peshawar artie's was he has been following the turbulent vote for us. no one has claimed responsibility for the attacks that took place across pakistan today but we do know that there are numerous armed to political factions the do operate here in pop the son and of

course. the pakistani taliban which has waged a bloody intimidation campaign in the weeks leading up to the vote that has claimed the lives of more than one hundred and thirty people here all across the country now the pakistani taliban regarded these elections as quote islamic and actually they've been targeting with the violence largely secular left leaning parties including for example the m.p. the awami national party which is growing the brunt of the attacks of has been prevented from campaigning openly which is certainly certain to skew the results in some districts we do have to say though if this election was between despair and defiance defiance did win as a record eighty six million pakistanis were eligible to vote people. immense excitement at the polling stations but at the same time there were some accusations of voting irregularities for example in the city of karachi where much of the violence has taken place there were delays in votes and in fact the electoral

commission has extended the voting in some areas saying that free and fair elections did not take place at certain polling centers there but that is not likely to affect the overall outcome of the results and by and large we can say that this was a successful democratic election across the country this is significant of course for a country has been ruled by the military for more than half of its history as an independent state we do have preliminary results and based on the outcome so far it looks like the p.l.o. and party which is led by former prime minister nawaz sharif is in significant leave it does put mr sharif on the road to being prime minister for a third time in his career and in fact. to the stage before his jubilant supporters in lahore to announce an electoral victory for his party saying that the party thanks all of for it for the opportunity to serve pakistan again now quite significant here is the turnout that we're seeing the at least according to

preliminary results for imran khan the cricket star turned politician has seen a large turnout largely among young voters and is poised to become pocket stones second largest party which is quite significant also for the pops on people's party which has formed the outgoing government it shows a mandate for change that shows that pakistanis do want differences in their electoral outcome and it certainly shows that the large problems that the outgoing government has had to deal with unemployment economic problems the rising threat of violence they have not been addressed significantly so pakistanis with their ballots are saying that they do want change. international security specialist patricia de janeiro says the people of pakistan are so disillusioned with conditions that they headed to the polls despite threats of violence 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 and maneuverability around with so many threats going on around that affair 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 who really take risks to get out there and and exercise their right and their voice are becoming victims from an ex tunnel 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 well as always we want to hear from you on our web site r.t. dot com we're asking what's your take on pakistan's historic first democratic

transition this is what you guys are saying so far the numbers have been jumping around through the night the biggest portion fifty five percent in fact in this big blue slice say that this will really change nothing it is just a vote for show next group down twenty six percent in pink say that this will plunge the country into further violence thirteen percent say that this will provide the basis for a working democracy making things more functional and stable in the country and the rest of you small sliver just six percent in green so this will bring further does function to the pakistani government of course you can head to our to dot com and cast your vote. more news today violence has once again flared up. these are the images cobol has been seeing from the streets of canada. giant corporations are ruled today.

well still ahead keeping a presence the u.s. will keep nine of military bases open in afghanistan even after the planned troop withdraw in two thousand and fourteen we have expert opinion on why the u.s. is not ready to give up its presence in the region just yet one that after a short break right here. real damage and complexity of this oil spill was not something you can grasp just by looking at dirty birds we have between four to five million people in this directly affected area of the coast and it's pretty clear why it's not being reported because b.p. can't afford to have a reported all along the gulf coast are clean they are safe and they're open for business if b.p. is the single largest oil contributor to the pentagon the u.s.

war machine and their oil this is a huge step backwards for the marker see it's a step forward. carex it is toxic as it looked like spraying and. it was it was not a picture that either the government or b.p. really wanted to have out there i don't want dispersants to be the agent. of this. mission three cretaceous three days four judges free. range month. free. free. free. free. free.

care without. the consent. to. choose to still. choose. to. welcome back you're watching our team now one of the newest members slovenia is set to implement a package of tough economic reforms in order to avoid needing a bailout themselves the measures include the sale of fifteen state companies tax hikes and public sector wage cuts slovenia is a relatively tiny economy with a g.d.p. of about forty five billion euros and indebted banking system burdened with around seven billion euros of bad loans slovenia's now trying to prop itself up by transferring of the non-performing loans of its largest banks to

a newly established bad bank meanwhile its credit rating was recently cut to junk status one of the lowest investment grades possible the same thing happened to cyprus in two thousand and twelve a year before it faced punishing the bailout terms however slovenia's government is trying to persuade everyone it's better off without brussels money johan van overtveldt from the economic trends magazine says it is a familiar story. 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 really 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. it has also been quite clear that all the countries that came into the danger zone eventually had to ask for elp which is

something national governments don't light because then obviously to at least a certain degree death to hansard to and to or bait to foreign powers be the european central bank to europe the european commission the i.m.f. or the treaty together in the famous trachea. as always there's more news online and. killer. whales are online. the first chinese unmanned drone is reportedly ready. to.

give. birth. if you're away from. your mobile device you can watch on t.v. anytime anywhere. foreign troops are set to leave afghanistan next year but it won't be the end of the road for america's armed forces there the u.s. says it will keep nine military bases open while thousands of private security contractors are also staying on the middle east and u.n. issues activist phyllis bennis believes that because afghanistan's 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 on 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 host of other factions that are all competing for power. to be martin examine the american presence in afghanistan beyond two thousand and fourteen in her show breaking the set war correspondent eric margolis who's covered fourteen different on the conflicts compared u.s. military operations there to the british colonial forces in the nineteenth century here's a quick preview of their discussion. you've written article titled all colonial wars are alike where you state that the us has reconfigured its army for colonial forces and warfare how did they do this the pentagon has had to train its troops for guerilla warfare the cold counterinsurgency it's got a more helicopters less heavy equipment less tanks with heavy artillery and it has to develop all kinds of or a reconnaissance techniques and tactics doctrine they call it in the military how

to use this think to hunt small groups of lightly armed combatants but the quick question that bothers me is the british army in the late eighteenth hundreds was similarly trained and equipped to fight its colonial wars on the northwest frontier of india plays in zulu wars when the british ran into real soldiers at the some in in one thousand nine hundred fourteen sixteen in the in the western front the britons were horribly massacred because they were trained from our war of the united states is now announced that it's pivoting towards asia and u.s. military development will have to take china into account how do you do that with an army trained to fight drugs and on the northwest frontier.

well you can watch the full edition of breaking news set on our website r.t. dot com. both of the u.s. and if you care of announced they are withdrawing some of their non-essential staff from embassies in libya the pentagon has also put its european forces on alert both the u.s. and of u.k. made the move citing the deteriorating security situation in libya at the end of the month last month militia men besieged two ministries within the country's capital tripoli demanding gadhafi era officials be banned from taking posts in the government while on friday explosions hit two police stations in the city of benghazi professor mark almond of bill kent university thinks the violence is a result of divisions within the ranks of former revolutionaries. 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 control libya's or

written gas if colonel gadhafi had suppressed still positions him when it was opened in the streets of loss of two thousand live and also be hundreds of people would regard but perhaps as many as thirty thousand have died since and the country is in a state to disorder uncertain to life for most libyans is worse than it was under commodore her of course kind of though his regime was supposed are the western countries to be a second bad regime anything must be russia we were told well i'm afraid so we see that it's not necessarily so clear after all they all mean libya helped create situations armed groups came to power and so they have local nomination and there are of course. groups who may have been welcoming nato bombers but aren't quite serious and he western muslim fundamentalist groups who are sending parts also to syria so they don't regard this is sort of a continued presence of western embassies the british french all the americans as

well as the holy something about seeing a liberal to do as they would see libya. and now to some other world news in brief for you this hour more than thirty miners have been killed in two separate accidents in southwestern china the first blast caused by a gas leak killed twelve meanwhile state media later reported another explosion had taken the lives of over two dozen china's mines have the worst safety record in the world with poor regulation and corruption often bland. in new jersey a standoff between police and an armed man holding hostages has now entered its second day officials are trying to negotiate with the assailant holed up in a two story building it is unclear how many hostages he has with him early reports said that the man allegedly killed his wife and one of his children and had two or three other children at gunpoint. in mexico city hundreds have taken to the

streets demanding the government investigate disappearances of their loved ones a recent report by human rights watch says that almost two hundred fifty people have vanished since two thousand and eleven seven excuse me when the government started a war on drug cartels however on official accounts state that over twenty five thousand people have disappeared with many relatives unhappy with the authorities response to the case. and despite further recession predicted within the european union in two thousand and thirteen germany is showing signs of growth with the blocs the largest economy be an attractive option for immigrants searching for work but many germans are not happy with the influx of newcomers saying it puts a strain on the country's infrastructure peter all over now reports. those coming to germany in search of a new life might find one of their biggest challenges in the shape of the german people a bertelsmann foundation poll shows two surge of people here a few new comers as

a burden on society one of those is college schmidt he says he knows families who come from outside of the e.u. as many as five children who live on 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 flats 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 of set 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 friend of my of of mind is already in bali and shows me via 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 and the much wealthy in 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 and 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. well for all moms in the united states including my own preference for their special day happy mother's day but now coming up a psychiatric hospital in st petersburg helps patients develop their creative potential after a short break right here in our. world

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