only on our team. explosions rocked the lebanese capital beirut just give me your brain am a bit sick killing at least twenty three. i ask obama to bring my dad back to life. as this civil and stole from us drone strikes in yemen months the managers to reach one remote village to see the effects first time and. this is all that remains from a u.s. predator drone strike right here in yemen that killed two suspected members of al qaeda but also civilians is the loss of innocent lives justified in the fight against al qaeda stay with us as we report from one of the front lines in the war on terror. moscow's optimistic about the upcoming nuclear talks with iran saying there's a real chance of hammering out

a deal despite staunch opposition from france and israel. international news and comment live from moscow this is with me. and welcome to the program in lebanon two explosions rocked the capital beirut just meters from the iranian embassy it was in an area known to be a hezbollah stronghold according to the house minister at least twenty three people were killed and over one hundred forty hurt many of the victims are civilians but some reports suggest embassy security guards are among the dead the rainy and cultural attache has been have alluded security sources say the first explosion or the suicide blast followed minutes later by a car bomb which used over one hundred kilograms of explosives the explosions were the latest in

a string of bomb attacks in lebanon which has fallen prey to shout sunni sectarian violence links to the truth in the harvey a conflict in syria we'll have more on the story as and when we get it. yemen is one of the hardest hit targets of america's deadly drone campaign but despite president obama's promise of more transparency relatively little is known about who's actually being killed there. was able to reach one yemeni village where a community has been devastated by the effects. it says no faith for the one who has no trust but both are now in short supply in this part of yemen for months the class has been without its mouth teacher and this pupil without his father this is the big show about a charity i didn't know. his name is still on the staff schedule but i leave hasn't been here since signing out of class on january twenty third the last of the the

final to be the father of three was killed by a u.s. drone alongside his twenty year old cousin salim a college student who drove them in a borrowed to yoda they picked up two strangers who turned out to be suspected al qaeda militants witnesses reported a whirring sound in the sky and missiles struck their car. the smell of death was everywhere some of the bodies were burned beyond recognition the rest were ripped to shreds and scattered all around. i found a part of saline inside the car the rest was outside but we only recognised him by a piece of his trousers. you couldn't tell who was who if they were even human it was sickening. one drone change the sleepy farming village for ever less than an hour's drive from yemen's capital lawn is far removed from al qaeda operations but without warning it was thrust into the war on terror. salim's mother shows me where

her son used to sleep she can't bear to get rid of his things although she knows never return home. can't help us i didn't understand until the next day that an american drone killed my son why tell me may allah deprive them of their souls like they robbed us of our son he was the only one providing for this family all we have left now is our tears we only target al qaeda and its associated force and even then the use of drones is heavily can strike before any strike is taken. there must be near certainty that no civilians will be killed or injured the highest standard we can set. out. except there was a deadly failure yemen's interior ministry confirms the cousins had no links to terrorism in a country where tribal ties surmount all the loss was felt far beyond the family

the white house has never acknowledged the deaths let alone the strike but mohamed shows me the evidence this is what kills them what's thought to be a fragment of a hellfire missile launched from a drone. the u.s. believes this is its best weapon against al qaeda although not officially out war in yemen the covert drone campaign has been dramatically ramped up here under president obama. yemen's al qaeda threat is real it's plotted attacks on international airliners and caused hundreds of deaths the cia described it as the most dangerous and active branch of the terrorist network. the defense is that drone strikes have seriously damaged his ability to plan attacks but critics here say it's doing the exact opposite it does not. contain the ghosts of the facts that may have contributed to the growth and expansion of the. at some point when i get off powerful enough to be able to

inflict serious damage the u.s. war on terror has no borders often waved remotely with cruise missiles and drones it's an undeclared global battlefield in which yemen is just one of the front lines of fight against groups like al qaida in which ordinary civilians also end up paying a price. i ask obama to bring my dad back to life. all the kids at school have their fathers but we don't reporting income on in yemen and lucy catherine of. a delegation from yemen is due to meet u.s. lawmakers to push for an end to that families of drones trying to victims also avoids the pain of their losses at an international conference in washington over the weekend actually was for that as well calling for more transparency and accountability with some declaring america's campaign a form of terrorism it was heartbreaking to hear these stories of people who

had not even heard about the united states didn't know why these missiles were coming down and attacking them you know people who have committed suicide because of the mental pressure of having these drones hover overhead twenty four hours a day in my mind having missiles come out of the sky from out of nowhere and attacking families is a form of terrorism. so i don't know how you can determine that somebody is a terrorist without presenting evidence against them and that's what the geneva conventions call for so you know these drone strikes violate many many tenets of the geneva conventions they violate the sovereignty of the foreign countries that we're attacking the drone attacks are not only you know not effective but they're actually counter effective because absolutely we are creating more enemies with every innocent person that we kill. and coming out later this hour here in r.c. the business of spying. a special that scans my space it

recognizes that i'm female and age between thirty and forty by then it sends that information back to advertisers. so i learn how facial recognition systems are being deployed to how big companies sell their products to unsuspecting conceives. that's later but now u.s. secretary of state john kerry played down the israeli prime minister's fears that a possible nuclear deal with iran will threaten israel security while france and says sanctions would be lifted on leave to iran gives up its nuclear program entirely but russia which will also take part in the latest round of talks on wednesday things there is still a hope or an agreement as scott now reports. on monday at the initiative of russian president vladimir putin he and his iranian counterpart hassen rouhani had a phone conversation after which the russian president was quoted as saying that he

believes there is now a real chance that iran and the international community can come to an agreement over the country's nuclear program an agreement that would eventually seeing the easing of sanctions on the country now the storm just opposition to that move is coming from israel who has strong support from france france of course are in the negotiating group in fact french president francois hollande has been in israel prior to those talks in geneva on wednesday but despite the documented differences after the first round of talks a lot of optimism is shed by russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov you're the residual three speculations of the positive shift we now see in negotiations over iran's nuclear program has only become possible because of pressure coming from sanctions against it i suggest we leave it to historians to decide we as diplomats simply can't afford to be dragged into these meaningless discussions we now have a real chance to sign a solid deal if we let speculation lead us astray we could lose this chance there

are many who won't be very upset if the talks collapse once again which of also went on to say that tehran has agreed to two stipulations specified specified by france at those talks that is to stop enriching uranium to twenty percent all together and to limit the amount of uranium enriched to three and a half percent so it does seem that ahead of wednesday's talks there is a real sense of optimism that there could be a breakthrough which could end this decade long standoff. and we've also spoken to jamal abdi policy director at the national iranian american council and ted baillieu's israeli prime minister netanyahu is against any deal with iran on principle even if it favors his own people. this is actually very concerning for for israelis to see their prime minister going out lobbying against a deal that would actually be in the interests of everybody in the region who

doesn't want to see you on potentially have the ability to build a nuclear weapon that's what this deal does and what i think the problem here is is that benjamin netanyahu was never in favor of getting a deal he's more concerned with keeping iran isolated with advancing his own you know geostrategic ambitions and that's the same case for the saudis so now they see that there's actually a deal on the table that would achieve the stated goal of putting measures in place so that we can verifiably assure the world that iran does not have a nuclear weapons program they're trying to undermine it. the value of bitcoin skyrocketed to a new record of nine hundred dollars today the price of the additional currency has now tripled since last month and this latest surge came from thanks to some high powered support from within the u. as that's now discuss this more with. them and she joins us now here in the studio i have a case of. bitcoin is going from strength to strength and it is

a misnomer i've been looking at my desk my thinking is and it's just crazy how much it is surging say as you say it's loitering around that nine hundred market and whatever your opinion is whether you're a fan of the big cuomo do you think it's free from central bank manipulation or whether you think that it's to do with money laundering the the numbers speak for themselves i think today that that's sure to say and when you look back over time we can see how much quien has really gone up in bodies in twenty eleven it was valued at two dollars thirty eight twenty twelve eleven eighty now as you say nine hundred so if we count. we're going to be kicking ourselves in a minute because twenty eleven if you invested a thousand dollars into the bit coy now have three hundred eighty thousand u.s. dollars join the way if we go back a year a thousand dollars you would have seventy six thousand dollars in your bank account so those people that did criticize a bit coy today i should imagine there's lots of human cells going on underneath

those. people believe. go china i wanted to mention actually because we know that there's an issue going on with the senate and a lot of that is to do with the legitimizing the big right and that see that surge as well but the fact that china is a big fan of the big corps and for a number of reasons recently we've had it used in real estate transactions and if you consider second biggest economy in the world the most populous for sure and the fact that generally traditionally chinese people are savers and they see this as a safe way to park their money evidently. it's a good day for the big car and just watching the numbers you just watching that. is absolutely and of course china is a very big player. absolutely from china all right katie folk who are much indeed her that her appreciated. so bitcoin success forced the u.s. senate to hold a special hearing on the implications of digital currency is

a trick and has the details for us. from us live foresman officials we heard about all the bad things related to virtual money we heard that cyber criminals love it drug dealers use it terrorists are looking into it child pornography is bought and sold with virtual money to direct the treasury department's financial crimes in force my network even suggested that the stateless currency may have been created to facilitate illegal activity because it bypasses central banks and government regulations here's what the u.s. secret service said. while digital currencies may provide potential benefits they present real risks for the criminal and terrorist organizations trying to conceal their list of activity as such digital currencies challenge law enforcement's ability to carry out our responsibilities to enforce the law and suppress criminal activity the chairman of the homeland security and governmental affairs committee asked what congress can do to help the agency's crackdown on what they described in

such dark colors the lying force one official said they're good with the existing laws including the patriot act the language of which is broad enough to allow the agencies to go after the new players in the world of virtual money but they did say they expected the big corners and others providing money exchange services online to report to the u.s. treasury and generally to comply with existing regulations like getting a money transmitter license and so on following the officials testifying in congress where the gentleman from the big foundation the chairman of the committee senator carper questioned them and at the end quote it albert einstein's wife mrs einstein who approach quite brilliant in her own right. if she understood her husband's theory of relativity and she allegedly responded i understand the words but not the sentences so with regard to virtual currency it is fair to say the us congress understands the words but not sentences which is true for the public in

general bitcoin users are not exactly the average consumer for now in washington i'm going to check out. and patrick mudd a trial counsel for the bitcoin foundation believes the government should know a badge and the digital currency with new regulations if you are operating a big queen service company most likely you fall into an existing regulatory framework if you're building securities around big claims then most likely that use of the protocol will have you regulated by the securities and exchange commission if you're using it as a money service then most likely your money service business those are highly regulated businesses and industries today so there's not a need for new regulation in the space it's just a matter of the service industry around being built up and integrating that into the traditional system so let's see how things turn out whether it's a currency or a payment network or both let's see how it shapes out

a little over time before we rush to create new laws or regulations around this this is still ahead for you this hour terrifying b.g. out of a buying seventy three seventy nine i was diving to i think donna raises more questions i supply data recorders that deliver the most that bond out of. this immediately but also we need to meet. the same motions your. party there's a. shoes that no one is asking with to get that you deserve answers from. politics

only the market. dramas that try to ignore a two. story others to use in the. third since changing the world right. to picture a. former student. dr. alexander says the welcome back the flight data recorders from boeing passenger jet which crashed near the russian city have been killing all fifty on board have been delivered to moscow investigators hope they will help shed light on what caused the

plane to nose dive into the ground and he's a group risk on offer ports now from the site of the tragedy. the final traumatic moments of a flight that had almost completed its journey forty four passengers six crew members everyone on board gone. such a good boy healthy and handsome he had a good family his son is only three years old he made many plans for the future a tragedy that meant family friends and colleagues in the arrivals hall waiting to welcome their friends and loved ones home or instead grieving the loss. of was meeting his two associates yana from moscow and donna from cameras in england one of the two foreigners on board that moscow took us on flight they were on their way to take part in a business master class for local students. we all knew what happened but many kept hoping until the very last moment that their relative sense survived the horrific

picture many became hysterical community doctors helped because some lost consciousness others had to lean on walls. just are close at hand to ready for the victim's relatives whenever they were needed ambulances are also on standby for when the shock is too much to bear was because the complications we're going to pick asian in the early began gathering tonight samples there nobody's only fragments the force and speed of the impact means there are few clues right now the flight recorders have been taken to moscow since they were badly damaged but could reveal what was said in the final few minutes in the cockpit and whether the plane was functioning normally twenty four hours after sunday's plane crash flights have resumed international airport but it's not business as usual scores of people have been coming in bringing flowers to show their respects to the victims while instead of new evidence giving answers the latest footage of the crash is only raising further questions you've got this kind of artsy republic. and have got all the

latest information on the tragic flight at common our live updates section. while the world's largest retailers british supermarket chain task o. is planning to install facial recognition technology to improve its advertising strategery privacy campaigners are concerned about the program which identifies customers to targeting them with customized ads based on their age and gender is lawrence murphy explains. so you say it's thursday morning i will kid to a shop it is all the usual stuff plus a special camera that scans my face it recognizes that i'm female and aged between thirty and forty thought i then says that information back to advertisers who collects it to establish a pattern of who goes into the shop from now on on thursday mornings customers will

be bombarded with. shampoo and fashion magazine. if you think about something out of a futuristic movie think again it's what's happening now tesco the u.k.'s biggest supermarket chain is planning to introduce facial scanning technology in its petrol stations with a view to targeting advertising at the demographic that uses the shop most times of day even the c.e.o. of the company that makes the technology says it's like something out of minority reports seemingly not realizing that comparing something to a film about the negative effects of having technology in media everywhere is a bad thing but tesco defends the practice saying it's not new technology and isn't capable of facial recognition all in the name of advertising customers permission will be sought and privacy campaign is worried it could be the tip of the iceberg

with technology improving all the time how long before you are being tracked identify why you pay for your groceries. trillions and trillions of count kill ations every second that's exactly what china's most powerful supercomputer is capable of leaving its closest u.s. rival way behind it could find out how wide the margin is on our website as well as what it's used for. and also that will kind of managed. in a kuwaiti jail one local activists just one twitter post was enough for a five year sentence for details on that case at the dot com. and a quick reminder of our top story this hour for you in lebanon two explosions have rocked the capital beirut just meters from the iranian embassy it was an area known to be a hezbollah stronghold according to the health minister at least twenty three people

were killed and over one hundred forty hurt many of the victims are civilians but some reports suggest embassy security guards are among the dead the green cultural attache or has been having a wounded security sources say the first explosion was a suicide blast followed minutes later by a car bomb with one hundred kilograms of explosives explosions were the latest in a string of bomb attacks in lebanon which has fallen prey to shout sunni sectarian violence linked to the two and a half year conflict in syria our correspondent will give you all the details on the story interesting over thirty minutes time. of course in st peter's by a holding more green peace hearings after some members of the group were granted bail on monday a total of thirty campaigners were arrested two months ago in the arctic while trying to board an oil rig. russian investigators have applied to court here in st petersburg to prolong the pretrial detention for all so

called arctic thirty. saying they need more time at least three more months to complete their probe this week marks two months since thirty men and women from nineteen different countries mostly greenpeace activists but also the arctic sunrise icebreaker crew and two journalists were detained on monday the first hearing started and the judges already decided to keep in the russia's jail one till february one activist from australia while released on bail to the three other participants of russian citizen ship but there are a total of thirty applications and all of them have to be started and examined by the judges this is why we will see definitely more hearings and more court rulings this week the rest of these people has already sparked worldwide criticism with people in more than forty countries taking to the streets to express their solidarity to protest against this decision over russia's court these people were

arrested in september when they arrived to russia's northern pick shura c. close to put as long now offshore all drilling in the arctic it's owned by russia's energy giant gazprom and they tried to organize a protest against drilling in this area and course the investigations to continues and. to be. clarified exactly what happened and how it should be classified but of course it is a very controversial case. now some more news from around the world this hour at least fourteen people have been killed after the italian island of sardinia was hit by severe storms and heavy flooding according to local officials a number of off others are missing after rivers burst their banks flooded homes and brought down bridges hundreds of people across the island have been evacuated from the. manhunt is underway for

a gunman in france was shot and critically injured a photographer with a hunting rifle at a newspaper's head office or the main media offices in paris and i'll be heavily guarded by police the target escaped from the scene caught forcing the driver to take him to that shuns only say police confirmed if the same on hard times are twenty four hour t.v. news channel on friday no shots were fired then but he did threaten not to miss next time. launched an aspiration as are expected in the egyptian capital tomorrow the second anniversary of mass protests against the military which turned violent and saw the loss of forty two lives security forces are now on high alert across cairo supporters of ousted president mohamed morsi and the muslim brotherhood are also planning to demonstrate. coming up next new orleans and its rampant gun epidemic to stay with us.

there is now an all new form of humanitarian aid for the twenty first century created by members of the occupy movement this is nothing to do with hunger or homelessness but a different key problem in the so-called first world debt the rolling jubilee project has already bought around fifteen million dollars in personal debt for americans around the country most of the financial obligations that they bought were for medical bills and now the people who had to pay these bills are free from their burdens the group claims that the secondary debt market is very cheap and they are able to buy the nearly fifteen million dollars in debt for only four hundred thousand dollars the secondary market exists because banks try to sell consistently unpaid debt to third parties for less than a nickel on the dollar right now i would be begging the rolling jubilee project to

get rid of my college loans but alas this is always purchased anonymously so it's all pure luck who gets their debt purchased the important thing about this project is that they're actually doing something against an evil system instead of just blogging about it and although fifteen million dollars is a tiny tiny drop in the debt bucket it may have really saved the financial lives of many americans but that's just my opinion. oh my god. ok you don't have to give me.