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a day where we start with breaking news story this hour reports say a grenade was detonated on a passenger bus in the southern russian city of volgograd killing six people and leaving dozens injured. joins us live with more details quite a lot of confusion over what has happened there today tell us more what do you. know from the investigators in the. left. on board. six people have been. killed in this. people were delivered to hospitals and most of them twenty seven in

fact are reported to be in severe condition and they have suffered severe wounds and doctors are battling for their lives basically as we speak also we have it confirmed from the officials that several explosives explosives were found on the scene several blocks of t.n.t. as well as two hand grenades. really early yet to determine which one of them actually led to the explosion there are reports that only one hand grenade exploded the other one was disarmed by the operatives on the ground but no the terrorist attack in this suicide bombing is the main version of the events any other version is being ruled out because i witness says and survivors of this bloss confirm that a suicide bomber detonated the explosives on board the bus just as it left the bus stop in almost essential part of the city of volgograd the eyewitnesses

and their accounts i've read some of them online there are reports that all hell broke broke loose on the site they are bored of nightmare scenes on the ground when the explosion happened we managed to acquire an interview with one of the witnesses who was not a direct eyewitness of what happened but he witnessed the aftermath of the exposes . the rules for i was driving along the bus routes there was a traffic jam and then i saw a lot of glass on the ground at first i thought it was just a traffic accident but i didn't see any cars around and about two hundred meters down the road i saw the bus with no windows they were clearly blown out by an explosion but it didn't look like the explosion triggered a fire of any kind there were many ambulances and police around people getting out of their cars to help they were pulling people out of the bus giving them water sharing their first aid kits. is that there was one woman still inside the bus satele covered in blood and i couldn't. whether she was dead or alive the bus route

starts at the city's heart center passes near the university so the bus was full of hot patients students. the investigators have already revealed the possible identity of the suicide bomber this could be. a . russian citizen from the republic wife of one of the terrorist militants operating in the republic but that would of course be more clear as the investigation continues whether this is so this is yet to be confirmed by the authorities and one of our crews is on their way to. certainly they will have more information as they reach the city of russia thank you very much indeed for that. with the latest on those developments there. several u.s. universities firstly there are suspicions as to who the. suicide bomber was

does that give us any idea of what the motive could have been at this early stage. i had the same feeling today when i first heard about this terrorist attack the same feeling that i had as the end of april when z. boston. massacre happened wednesday when we had those explosions in boston and i had the same feeling but i had in april ninety ninety five i was teaching at the university of iowa at a time when i call home the city bombing happened so i can tell you that you know we're dealing with this kind of a terrorist international we cannot divide what's happened in america in boston or in oklahoma city and then in ninety five well we cannot separate it from what has just happened in volgograd or from what happened in they'd all be just several weeks ago we are in the same boat and this is very unfortunate and we need to deal

with it well. the attack was on a bus in a fairly rural part of russia and it hasn't set in the normal tactics adopted by terrorist from the north caucuses so as you say this does suggest that this is a sort of active global terrorism we see everywhere the question is there's not much you can do about it is that. well that's correct so we always need to be ready even though of course it's very hard to be ready but you remember we had terrorist attacks in moscow we had terrorist attacks in yemen is the moscow metro well as one of the explosion of the metro at the national hotel which is very close to the state duma just several years ago and we can go on and on this is something that you know about happens on a kind of irregular basis this is not the first time this is not the last time but once again way in the same boat and unlike just several years ago went ahead with skill and but you know with expression one person's terrorist is another person's

freedom fighter i can see now that no matter what if somebody is added to it to russia and the russian. the government will have a terrorist attacks in russia this is a terrorist not just that against the russian people it's against this is a terrorist attack against everybody just one interesting observation the alleged attacker set up a social network site asking for money for a serious bone disease now that doesn't sound like someone planning to go on a killing spree how indicate indicative is it that a terrorist can lead a seemingly open life and not be detected. well this is something new that's that's really different from what they heard before and i have been dealing with emergency powers and states of emergency since i began writing my doctorate first in russia this is one thousand nine hundred two and the universe that pennsylvania this is one thousand nine hundred eight but the technology is developing and they're in to remember how facebook it was used during the so-called arab spring so you see this

is not about the revolution this is about a terrorist attack and social networks can be used in this kind of situations as well this is something new and once again we need to be ready about it and just finally many tragic incidents like this of course all reported occurring in the north caucasus volgograd though that's a city what is not as large as moscow st petersburg how significant no is it that the city was the scene of such an atrocity today this is one of the a large russian seduce was very good educational institutions with a large factories and plants you know will get out please don't forget that will get out is also a great russian city which was known as studying drug before so well the choice was quite quite. interesting. and my point here is that if something like this can happen it will get it out it can happen everywhere or anywhere so once again we need to be ready but we should

not relax and this kind of things if it happens in volgograd it can happen in moscow or it can happen in new york city and it's on a dime and dr of law thank you very much indeed for joining us live here on r.t. and what as the investigation into the blast continues we'll bring you the latest on the story can log on to our twitter feed for the updates stay with r.t. . right see. first. and i think that you're. gonna read. from has become the latest country caught up in edward snowden's snooping

revelations paris is demanding an explanation from the u.s. authorities over claims the n.s.a. has been spying on millions of french citizens intercepting their phone calls on a sweeping scale syria has the details france is certainly not happy with the latest revelations from n.s.a. whistleblower edward snowden's leaks and the interior minister calling all of this shocking and unacceptable especially the extent to which the spying was happening in a report that was a published in the limo newspaper it says that between december tenth two thousand and twelve an eighth of january twenty third thirteen the n.s.a. recorded some seventy point three million phone calls in france and what has angered authorities even more is the fact that it's allegedly not just terror suspects remember this is the justification for the practice in the first place but also politicians and businessmen and some government officials and the fact that it's reportedly a systematic recording of targets communications a very similar reaction that you see coming from another country

a high level called the nation of the n.s.a.'s actions coming from mexico which alleges that the n.s.a. also had hacked into the e-mail of its of the president for me because there are you know two thousand and ten now we know that the u.s. director for national intelligence has been defending the legality of these practices but certainly it has not stopped these a diplomatic rouse from happening it has also spilled over into a business such as the e.u. u.s. trade talks of france certainly not have. about this having already summoned the u.s. ambassador in paris we've seen a reaction coming from individual entities across europe here and other countries that say for example in germany telecom has been pushing to have all of the data communication just limited to local german servers in order to stop spying from outside specifically the united states and also brazil had planned on having a secure email service also to thwart spies but on a broader scale the e.u. with set to sign a vote on

a new regulation essentially bans any transfer of the data from e.u. member states to the united states in reaction to all of this is the first major move really after the edward snowden leaks and also it would hope to subject a large a us or foreign corporations as well as social media providers to follow laws or say seventy five's numbering in the billions as has been reported so we are seeing backlash from all levels even up to the highest levels here in europe against the n.s.a.'s activities. the repercussions from edward snowden's revelations are affecting not only governments but also journalists in today's cross talk piece of analyses guess whether this so-called war on whistle blows has made investigative journalism a thing of the past and here's a taste of what's to come a little later this hour for you. think that the obama administration is quite hostile to whistleblowers to transparency in government quite the opposite of what candidate obama campaigned on and toward independent journalism and freedom of the

press what it counts for obama's change from candidate to being president right now because you know this is the most secret we i don't know every single president since richard nixon this is the most secretive president presidency we've ever had i mean how much more secret can it get i think obama is has been is the most aggressive of this administration in terms of whistleblowers and journalists in our history that's for sure control of information when by the worst governments historically is what they go at and the first group of people. really squelched in any kind of totalitarian state are the journalists and the information seekers. europe's top utility companies are warning of an energy crisis of subsidies for green power are not scrapped they even believe by financially encouraging the use of renewable sources politicians are undermining europe's overall competitiveness

firms have backed their thoughts with a simple comparison china is among the world's leading energy cost is where businesses pay only seven cents per kilowatt the u.s. is just a few steps behind double that and you've got france where nuclear power holds down the ever growing energy bill but here's europe's main powerhouse germany selling energy at rates five times higher than china or public service companies say this is making businesses bear the burden of governments and. well let's discuss this now would be on he's professor at the copenhagen business school joining us live here on the now utility firms say renewables are bad because their profits are plummeting and this could actually destroy traditional energy companies and supplies but surely the environment is more important money here isn't it well very clearly we do want to fix global warming but you're not take saying it if you end

up paying an enormous amount of money to do very very little good now let's remember most of the subsidies that you're given go to wind and solar panels but we've already controlled that because we have an e.t.s. the european trading system already in place so whenever you buy an extra solar panel whenever you subsidize an extra wind turbine you don't actually cut carbon emissions you simply make it cheaper for someone else to use more coal fired power so in reality we're just paying huge amounts of money to do virtually nothing but that's at the moment shorting in the future has it not been predicted that renewables will be the same price as traditional feel so it's better that europe should invest in that for the future well bill you've actually made the point right there yes a lot of people are saying that women solar is getting cheaper and eventually would be cheaper than fossil fuels what we then should do is not buy it now when it's incredibly expensive but make sure it gets cheaper faster because we want everyone

to transition and of course when it's cheaper yes it will actually help everyone but as long as it's much more expensive which it is right now it's both hampering europe but it's also hampering us the energy giants pointed out the can traditional energy providers because solar and wind are desperately dependent on fossil fuels because what do we do when the windows and blower when the sun doesn't shine we use those fossil fuel power plants to make up for the shortfall. if they can't make their credit limit if they're not actually profitable they won't be there that's what britain is now contending with that are looking very likely to get a blackout this some of this winter or next winter but just how damaging is this to the environment and indeed the the world's future if we carry on exporting fossil fuels i'm not go away from them as quick as possible what damage done and it's too little too late or the sooner we go into renewables that would reduce the threat to

the future of the planet no they definitely has a problem with global warming but i'm pointing out and i think that's exactly what the tenor of their criticism is as well you're not actually solving it by throwing a huge amount of money at cutting very very little you're actually not dealing with the problem so you're both wasting money and you're also not. what you need to do is to spend money on getting smarter technologies for the future so that eventually everyone including china which is right now almost entirely dependent on coal if we could make green energy cheaper than fossil fuels of course china would switch but as long as it's not europe can spend way to feel good but they're not actually going to manage to do very much good except of course wasting a lot of money what does nuclear power fit into all of this and beyond i mean it's clearly a highly efficient way of producing energy but of course the focus shima disaster and countries like germany backing away from it where does nuclear power sit here

why i actually think the fukushima disaster showed that nuclear power is not that dangerous because it is the worst thing you could possibly throw at it and yet we're asked to maybe not very many people are going to die i remember about three hundred thousand people die each year globally from coal fired power plants just because of the air pollution so there are definitely damage choose to all energy suppliers but what we have to recognize is that nuclear power plants when you take into consideration the huge cost of decommissioning they're still much more expensive than fossil fuel so definitely you should keep the undoing power plants running it was silly for germany to cut them back but when you're talking about making a new pot of plants we actually also need research to make a nuclear cheaper if we only really good to talk here on this thank you so much thanks for being with us live here on our take well more news including a look at why the british are losing faith in those running that country that's

coming your way after the break. the british. market. find out what's really happening to the global economy. headlines kaiser reports. mission.

critical three. three. three. three. three. three blog video for your media project. news continues her naughty things politicians ready to tell the truth and likely to if they make mistakes a recent poll shows a politician is now the most mistrusted profession in the u.k. or smith hit the streets of london to find out more. cash for questions selling access to the prime minister and of course m.p.'s abusing their expense accounts the story that just keeps on giving all of these scandals and more have come together to undermine the moral capital of politicians and the amount of trust the

able to command with the public a poll done earlier this year said britain's thing politicians tell the truth less than all real estate agents don't to nicholas allen co-author of a new book on ethics and politics says this creeping loss of trust goes right to the heart of the legitimacy of all governments and there is a perception i think that politicians have. become less less onerous less ethical in the way they conduct basically politics if people perceive politicians to be generally immoral and dishonest the politicians are going to lose a certain amount of moral authority politicians governments need moral authority if they're going to lead the public lead society down quite difficult policy parts the times we live in demona difficult policy poets raising the pension age are paying taxes to pay off the deficits everything to do with. they all require

a real moral authority something politicians arguably just don't have as i found out outside their offices over there in port house politicians and lawyers i mean the girls are the ones who would be there with food for the but i think it's a group of people away from the barman. for us to be. paying this became something on how i come across or how i say i suspect in general i know very much the government is trying to do something about it focusing on greater transparency with money how politicians spend misspend cash but don't. on stony ground rather touchingly old people in the u.k. really what it is to know that when a politician says he or she will do something they'll do it and that could be the hardest thing of all for the political class. go along for more stories including

underground runaway. out of a train to his death leaving a dozen packed carriages hurtling on to the next station with no one at the controls. the doctors in england who've been getting regular financial bonuses for putting patients on. national health service a story for you right now and. with economic uncertainty prevailing in large parts of the western world the brics group of emerging economies are turning to each other for stability the indian prime minister is in the russian capital to further cement relations between moscow and delhi and china will be his next stop on tuesday they discussed this with ortiz early in the going to. we're talking about the possibility of moving away from this so-called auld world order enough of the cold war rhetoric are saying

a lot of political analysts out there and as well as leaders of the brics countries what are these countries well let's look at the letters centrally standing for brazil russia india china and south africa and these countries are covering more than one quarter of the planet's land coverage and people living in these countries comprise almost half of the world's population it's forty four and a half percent so definitely countries and people to be contended with and to listen to so the members of these countries came together and said hey finally it's about time we stepped away from the germany of the united states and the old europe they have already decided that they should be doing business in local currencies as most people know many certainly that india is a surging economy in the world one of the biggest importers of oil just showing the effect of that economy but when it comes to today's meeting though can you give us a broader scope what's india's role here india's role should not be underestimated

in fact just recently there has been reported by transparency international which said that out of all brics countries as a matter of fact india has placed at the top as the most open country when it comes to corruption and actually business dealings so that is one thing to keep in mind another thing to keep in mind is china which is also india's neighbor it is just a centrally issued a very large statement when it comes to de americas of americanization of the world essentially what beijing is saying is that the dollar isn't helping the economy the currency in fact is dragging the world economy down and it's time to step away from it and look for other options as the ministers get together here and those from india and of course with their russian counterparts here and in the capital economic speech discuss but of course politicking as well now absolutely you are there we cannot get around that of course and if you look at the map you look at india and then you see other. countries next and we're talking about afghanistan and pakistan so obviously the two issues which are on the table is fighting

terrorism and of course about drug trafficking that is something that moscow and new delhi will put their heads together on and hopefully come up with a huge solutions in that regard as well. and in some other world news the middle school in the u.s. state of nevada has been rocked by shooting today there's been no immediate information on casualties although local media source reported a twelve year old boy was injured the suspected shooter has reportedly been detained police cordoned off the area and transferred students to another school. and the government of open fire at a christian wedding ceremony in egypt killing up to four people including an eight year old girl seventeen more wounded in the incident we're talking just outside car as people were leaving a church is a missive increasingly targeted egypt's coptic christians since the overthrow of president morsi accusing them of backing the military coup. thousands of protesters have taken to the streets of the bahraini capital once again this time over the death of an opposition activist protestors claim hussein

mahdi habib who'd been sentenced to fifteen years in prison for speaking out against the ruling market was shot dead by regime forces has been experiencing unrest since february two thousand and eleven with the authorities responding with a massive crackdown on protesters and off the surface of a nazi discuss the human rights situation in the country with prominent bahraini activist. has a brief preview. of what is anarchy i mean a for looking at the situation right now where we have a crackdown almost on a daily basis where we have people getting arbitrarily arrested from their homes during night raids where we have children being picked off the streets where we have people attacked with tear gas inside their homes or torture it's rampant is that not in itself a form of anarchy we don't really have a system that is you know governed by a legal system there are no laws basically the police are free to do what they want government officials are free to do what they want in my opinion that is anarchy in

itself. coming your way a little later here and that's the way it is at the moment about with the news team with more in just over half an hour from now in the meantime as promised earlier this cross talk with people about after the break. it seems like politicians can get away with anything nowadays but not all of them the former mayor of failed detroit has been sentenced to twenty years in prison after being found guilty of committing record tiering conspiracy fraud extortion and tax crimes while the mayor the prosecutors say he funneled millions of dollars

to himself and family members all while detroit moved headstrong towards the bankrupt state it is in today this is big news not because some mayor took bribes but because he got punished the judge who convicted him stated why this is such an important case she said at the very least a significant sentence will send a message that this kind of conduct will not be tolerated yes sending a message you see corrupt officials are usually cowards and they do what they do because they feel they can get away with it when you start to put the fear of god into them they start to behave much better so the question is will the mainstream media grab the story and really use the conviction of detroit's former mayor as an example probably not but it would really help the country if they would but that's just my opinion.

hello and welcome to crossfire for all things are considered on peter lavelle is real journalism a thing of the past and much of the western world in the name of security challenging the official media message of the elites is often met with serious threats and reprisals whistleblowers are damned and made to feel severe consequences what we mains is a deafening echo chamber warning all to get in line or else. if you cross out the state of journalism i'm joined by david swanson in charlottesville he is an author and radio host who works for roots action dot org and in san francisco we cross to robert rosenthal he is the executive director of the center for investigative reporting all right gentlemen crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want robert if i can go to you first in san francisco what is the stay.