this. is why you should care. in the russian city of volgograd claims. point the finger of blame at the wife of an islamist militant. from an explanation from the u.s. it's revealed the. french citizens that. shocking. are. from. lawmakers are set to vote on new regulations that would outlaw most data transfers to the u.s. a move seen as a response to. revelations. from

a studio in moscow this is r.t. with a day where we start with breaking news story this hour reports say a grenade was detonated on a passenger bus in the russian southern russian city of volgograd killing six people and leaving dozens injured and joins us live now with more details tell us what more do you know happened there today. we do know that the grenade exploded at a bus number twenty nine as it was leaving a bus station in the city of volgograd at about two pm local time at the time reported there were forty people on board most of them a students of a nearby university as it stands winter stand that six people have been killed in that explosion twenty eight have been delivered to hospitals in most of them are in severe condition twenty seven of them have suffered very serious wounds and the

doctors are battling to save their lives as we speak one of those injured is a twenty month old child doctors also trying to save his life at the moment we also know from the investigators that several explosives were found on the site there was several blocks of t.n.t. on two hand grenades it is unclear what exactly which one of those explosives exactly of course the explosion which one went off but this will be more clear as the investigation continues but no the authorities are ruling out any other version but a terrorist attack it is confirmed by eyewitnesses and in fact survivors of the explosion that a female suicide bomber went on into the bus and exploded and set off the explosive device just seconds after it left a bus station the i would to supports i've read online reports of a hell breaking loose at the scene nightmare scenes indeed with mutilated bodies

and blood everywhere we managed to acquire an interview of one of the eyewitnesses the one who was able to witness the aftermath of the explosion let's have a listen. i was driving along the bus routes there was a traffic jam and then i saw a lot of glass on the ground first i thought it was just a traffic accident and i didn't see any calls 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 tell whether she was dead or alive the bus route starts at the city's heart center and also passes near the university so the bus was full of hot patients and students arson.

investigators have also revealed the possible identity of the female suicide bomber this is supposedly. from the druggist on republic a wife of one of the terrorist militants operating in the republic but that of course will be more clear when the investigation brings us results we do know according to several news agencies that blood blood samples from the mother of this reported suicide bomber were already collected by investigators and the d.n.a. the d.n.a. expertise will be completed in the nearest future we're also meanwhile can tell you that one of our crews is on their way to the city off volgograd and we'll have more news from them as they get to the scene of the horrible explosion electee thanks so much for that live update. well alexander dorman he's a doctor of lauren a visiting professor in several u.s. universities he believes the attack should be of international concern. i can

tell you that you know we are dealing with this kind of a terrorist international we cannot divide what's happened in america in boston or in oklahoma city in ninety nine to 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 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 that you went ahead with school and you know with expression one person's terrorist is another person's freedom fighter i can see now that no matter what even somebody is added to it to russia and the russian government would have a terrorist attacks in russia because it's a terrorist attack not just them against the russian people it's against it this is

a terrorist attack against everybody as the investigation into the blast continues we'll bring you the latest on this story you can log on to our twitter feed for the updates there stay with. right the same. first. and i think that you're. gonna read what. france has become the latest country caught up in it would snowden 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 for syria as the details france is certainly not happy with the latest revelations from n.s.a.

whistleblower edward snowden's leaks at 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 and a newspaper it says that between december tenth two thousand and twelve an eighth of january twenty fourth 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 dues for the practices of the first place but also politicians and businessmen and some government officials and the fact that it's reported to be a systematic recording of. very similar reaction that you see coming from another country a high level condemnation 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 felipe calderon in 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 diplomatic roles from happening it

has also spilled over into a business such as the e.u. u.s. trade talks of france certainly not happy 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 e-mail service also to thwart spies but on a broader scale be you with 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 u.s. 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. are still available to get more insight into the new rules that was just mentioned and it's been talked to paul murphy member of the european parliament paul if this regulation was to go through would it prevent foreign intelligence services spying on citizens. and it won't prevent us unfortunately because it's boys want to spy spy even though it already is outside of the law and it will make it more difficult though because what's happened in terms of the mass of spying that's taken place so far that's been facilitated is by major multinational corporations like facebook like google in contravention of any sense of the right to privacy the right to data protection and

so if these regulations go through and i think they likely will the transfer of european data to other authorities such as the u.s. authorities terry country authorities will be made illegal will be made subject to a very serious fine of between two percent and five percent of the annual turnover of ration that doesn't mean it won't still happen on the try and cover it up but at least it gives an extra weapon to be able to use be used against us when as you said it was thought this was spying has been going on for a long time all of a sudden you politicians you something that all thanks to snowden or perhaps you've done something about it before because you did know about it didn't you. certainly politicians sort of them something about this a long long time ago and to be honest they should be doing something more serious than this right at the moment certainly the left has come pains strongly for a strong data protection regulation for a strong right to privacy to be established it was the left and the greens who were

in favor two years ago over including this provision in this data protection regulation stress and then information couldn't be shared with third country authorities that was blocked by the biggest groups inside the parliament under the impact of major law brings lobbying from the u.s. government and from u.s. corporations it's the impact of the snowden revelations and then the pressure of the public as a result of snowden revelations that has pushed the situation on that has put pressure on the establishment groups inside the parliament right you talk about the right to privacy but isn't there a right to. security is one of the whole point that these surveillance operations would continue is because in the interests of personal and indeed national security so where do you reach the balance of a. i don't believe these spying operations are taking place in my interests in other people's interests in art and or across europe or across the world and i think what's happening it's there's a whipping all of

a hysteria an attempt to use that histeria to undermine the rights of people to prevent see the rights of people to have their data protected i think those are extremely important rights that people have fought for and warn the extent although we haven't actually ever really had them respected properly and there's an attempt to use the scenario proposed september the eleventh to push back on those rights we shouldn't accept this and we shouldn't accept you know the the use of the threat of terrorism to to to force us to accept it and just finally you're an m.e.p. represents people that you represent people's concerns do you honestly believe so many people every day people all concerned about this surveillance is there an element of apathy in people just accept that is what happens these days is it really a concern to the population. i think it is the issue what i've

been an m.e.p. the sole of the biggest mobilization of people around you know an issue going through the european parliament was the question of act and act it was about undermining people's right to freedom of the international right to privacy on the internet and it mobilized with millions of people signed petitions tens of thousands of people protested this is something that people are rightly concerned about they're even more concerned about it know with the revelations of you know five hundred million pieces of information taken from germany alone in one month by u.s. authorities and so i think there is an interest in this the point is that a lot of pressure needs to be built and the peace needs to be built on institutions in order to ensure that in any way people's rights to privacy are vindicated for example things that are needed should happen is that the swift agreement which transfers information about bank information at the bank accounts of people between the e.u. and the us that should be suspended the e.u. u.s. free trade talks ongoing at the moment should be suspended all of those things

until we have clarity on some sort of certainty about that level of spying and invasion of peoples for privacy won't happen again paul thank you very much really interesting to talk to you on this paul murphy member of the european parliament live from france but we appreciate your time thank you. well the repercussions from that would snowden's revelations affecting not only governments but also journalists in today's cross to guess whether the so-called war on whistleblowers it made investigative journalism a thing of the past well here's a taste of what's to come at seven pm g.m.t. . i do 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 is 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 that obama is has been is the most aggressive of this administration in terms of whistleblowers and journalists in our history that's for sure and troll of information when by the worst governments historically is what they go at and the first group of people that really squelched in any kind of totalitarian state are the journalists and the information seekers. at second way to late to hear a naughty coming up later. not to be trusted a recent poll shows how little faith british people have and those running their country the details for you after the break along with plenty of other stories.

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video for your media. free media gogarty dot com. news continues here on r.t. europe's top utility companies are warning of an energy crisis of subsidies for green power not scrapped they believe by financially encouraging the use of renewable sources politicians are undermining europe's overall competitiveness when the firms have back to their thoughts with simple comparison here china is among the world's leading energy low cost as we have businesses pay only seven cents per kilowatt the u.s. is just a few steps behind that 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 setting energy rates five times higher than china now public service companies say this is making businesses burn the burden of government's ambitions well professor bjorn lomborg of the copenhagen business school believes the timing for transfer to

green energy has been poorly chosen. 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 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 deep 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 sort of this winter or next winter or to avoid that shortfall in the

u.k. is planning twenty six billion dollars into building the first european nuclear plant since the for a disaster of two thousand and eleven former advisor to the government to david king believes green energy is insufficient to keep the lights on in britain once solar energy solar electricity is cheaper than coal fired electricity we are beginning then to be able to solve the problem without even a carbon price i think one has to be ruefully. worried about the scaremongering that goes wrong about near to the image of nuclear energy per kilowatt hour of electricity produced is by far the safest energy historically that we have used to produce electricity as we of course know the risks associated with nuclear energy but knowing the risks you can then manage them down to a very tiny proportion. and you can go online for more stories. including

on the ground runaway a scare in the moscow metro as a driver falls out of a train leaving a dozen carriages. with no one at the controls. the doctors in england getting regular financial bonuses for putting patients on this. story. the british public things politicians rarely tell the truth and unlikely to own up if they make mistakes a recent poll shows a politician is now the most mistrusted profession in the u.k. 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 a 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 president think politicians tell the truth less than bank it's all real estate agents don't tell nicholas allen co-author of a new book on ethics and politics. the trust goes right to the heart of the just mystery of all governments and there is a perception i think that politicians have. become less and less onerous less ethical in the way they conduct both state 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 a moral authority if they're going to lead the public lead society down quite difficult policy parts the times we live in dimona difficult policy poets raising the pension age paying taxes to pay off the deficits everything to do with. they

all require 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 girls otherwise it wouldn't be that we've missed you for the more i think it's a group of people away from the barman like a rabid frost in the breeze the stuff between these big brains of thing on how would 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 the greatest transparency with money how politicians spend and misspent cash but don't tear alan's findings show those efforts for laying on stony ground rather touchingly old people in the u.k. really wants 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. in some other world news now

in our world out there a middle school in the u.s. state of nevada has been rocked by a shooting today according to local police two people including the attacker are confirmed dead two more children were transferred to a hospital in critical condition police cordoned off the area and transferred students to another school. unknown gunman who opened fire at a christian wedding ceremony in egypt killing up to four people including an eight year old girl seventeen more were wounded in the incident the attack occurred just outside car as people were leaving a church islam is increasingly targeted egypt's coptic christians since the overthrow of president morsi accusing them of backing the military coup. with economic uncertainty prevailing in large parts of the western world members of the brics group of emerging economies are turning to each other for stability the indian prime minister has met with president putin today in moscow and china will be his next stop on tuesday according to research i discussed this with. 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 the 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 really 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 is just a centrally issued a very large statement when it comes to deal america's 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 there 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 to it and we're talking about of dallas san and pakistan so obviously the two issues which are on the table is fighting terrorism and of course that lange drug trafficking that is something that moscow and new delhi will put their heads together on and hopefully come up with a few solutions in that regard as well so that brings up to date for the moment about the news too with wolf in just a hoffa now from now in the meantime it is the week sports on nights with partridge after the break. wealthy british style it's time to let guys go to. the. market. find out what's really happening to the global economy for a no holds barred look at the global financial headline news. to report on our t.v.

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welcome to the r t sports show i'm kate partridge and coming up is hope and out of the week's top sport from russia on the cross the globe and here are the headlines . bound for brazil russia draw one one with azerbaijan to win group and reach their first world cup finals in twelve years. plus red square stars richelle against a target for the a.t.p. tour finals and simona halep that makes it title number five with victories at the kremlin cup. and new kids rookie side measure shot to lose a thriller at dinamo moscow but still talk of the playoffs on a roller coaster first year in the k h l. but let's kick off with football as russia have qualified for their first world cup finals in twelve years despite being held to a light one one draw by azerbaijan in baquba russia opened after sixty minutes threw it among should all come off then were held back as the hosts dug in but with

fifteen minutes to go azerbaijan had maxi medvedev sent off yet fabio capello's men couldn't capitalize and faggy jugaad off snatched a last minute equaliser to send the home crowd wild one one of the russia still claims the points they needed to finish one clear of portugal book their place in brazil. so disappointment for part of ben to his madness portugal were left to the perils of the playoffs despite winning three millet home to rock bottom luxembourg the host mr spending rael madrid cristiana rinaldo and pepe but the visitors had out early and walking to sent off after twenty eight minutes and so vest swiftly fired home nanny quickly doubled portugal's lead and with ten minutes to go well their push to get deathly racked up the three nil win. while bosnia and herzegovina one group g.

on goal difference from greece to reach their first ever world cup finals as an independent nation with a tough one zero victory in the few wavier the visitors have finally opened after sixty eight minutes edin jack-o. finding very bad piece of each and held on for the vital when the greeks are in the playoffs despite winning two nil a total exchanged nine. so after all that the nine teams that are qualified for the twenty fourteen world cup finals in brazil are russia and bosnia herzegovina along with four time winners italy three time runners up the netherlands belgium and switzerland plus three time winners germany as well as england and defending world and european champions spain while the eight teams in the playoffs are croatia under a new manager. so either skipper buys latin ybor him of each remaining are who edged out turkey iceland yet to reach any major finals cristiana or now those portugal former european chair.