golden rice monarchy. breaking news an aussie international an explosion has ripped through the main railway station on this side of the russian city of volgograd eighteen people have been killed. this is asking to national coming to live from moscow for us to the tragedy that emerged just over an hour ago in southern russia at least eighteen people and to have died and dozens injured in a suspected suicide bombing at the main a railway station in the city of volgograd live. there you see we know about the blasts well authorities say that the blast took place right at the

entrance to the social train station in volgograd right near the metal detectors usually this is where lots of people gather in the queue. for the latest reports it is believed that thirteen people have been killed and dozens of others have been injured in this explosion the national anti terror committee says that most likely the blast was caused by a female suicide bomber the whole train station has been blocked right now investigation is taking place in force we'll be bringing you the latest there as we get them. of course and it's just two days after another explosion in southern russia isn't please tell us more about the previous one and this iteration in the region in general all right just a few days ago a car exploded in the city of. killing three people and actually in the same city or just in october. female suicide bomber detonated

her. inside a bus killing six including herself and injuring over thirty others so sadly russia is still showing to be quite a volatile region where unfortunately these sort of attacks do take place very often and are becoming unfortunately a common event. live from central moscow you go thank you very much indeed for that time date and we were able to speak to one eyewitness who arrived at the scene shortly after the tragedy took place and. it almost goes there all the windows are blown out on both floors of the train station police cordoned off the area nobody is allowed on the premises there's a heavy police presence emergency ministry officials bomb squad so it's understandable that people are free but there aren't any screams or panicking. and

of course we'll bring you updates on the deadly explosion as we get them and you can also get the latest and. by following us on twitter. turning now to the main stories or someone out of the news this week turkey needs to handle is deepening corruption scandal with more transparency according to concerned european officials the probe that forced the arrest of twenty four people including the sound of two ministers and a massive government reshuffle is seen as a prime minister at a once biggest challenge since coming to power more than a decade ago then while some four thousand people gathered again in ankara demanding that the pm steps down south africa has been following the crash test for us. it's not an uncommon sight solaced stumble streets in a year that's been marked by widespread protests but this time the rallies taking

place in the wake of a corruption crackdown that's rocked the government the threats to prime minister erdogan and now comes not just from the streets but from within his own party the turnout for the demonstration was significantly smaller than that seen this summer none the less ugly clashes broke out between police and protesters the other day has been in power for such a long time that it has maintained control a lot of people said on a lot of good things third the country right now the way it was actually it has become very very poor protest. in this image is very slogan of the regime there is no democracy and very little to stop this speaking publicly after the protests the prime minister remains defiant and continued to blame the corruption probe well of foreign conspiracy. a second wave of detentions may still be possible if the tide being a deadlock for mainz with the police the prosecutor publicly accused the law

enforcement being in the government's pocket by refusing a court decision to carry out more raids on government officials and their families as that political drama continues. well followed up here please the biggest test now facing the embattled prime minister still lies ahead of him. taskforce mr rob. strewn across europe and van we can see. the rabbit. rabbit rabbit the future of that country but if. i have a paper from bad maybe very difficult time. and it could well be that when days like the elections take place that the full impact of the corruption scandal really felt so fast they stumble.

and international relations professor here saying bunching told us that the corruption scandal is not going to just block. it is the biggest political corruption in our history and if it is the case it is more than one hundred billion euros. some sources say i think the turkish government is having difficulties to. cover the prime minister is very harmed by this and i think the internal reactions and from the broad there will be more strong accusations and the turkish government. will somehow try to discern. a lot of credit in the eyes of turkish trade and also in the international public opinion. a reminder now the breaking news and also international from southern russia at least eighteen people have died and dozens more wounded and explosion at the main railway station in the city of volgograd police suspect that

a female suicide bomber detonated a device near the metal detectors of the station entrance the terminal one has been evacuated and the police are at the scene right now is the same sushi which suffered terrorism in october when a female suicide bomber blew herself up on a bus in the same city killing seven and injuring thirty seven others and of course we'll bring you more details on the developments at the bridal railway station when we get out was just a few days left of twenty thirteen we're looking back at the bones which the yet. the person who arguably generated more global headlines and any other was a previously unknown i.c. wire from the united states while on the job at the cia he didn't like what he saw so edward snowden went public telling the world just how far and wide america's electronic surveillance really went but the truth had consequences which account

reports now on how the n.s.a. whistleblower joined a long list of those persecuted for exposing government secrets edward snowden says george orwell's fictitious big brother is no match for the u.s. national security agency types of collection the book microphone and video t.v. that watches are nothing compared to what we have today snowden revealed that a secret court rubber stamps warrants for telecommunication companies to hand out the data of millions of their customers they also leave to the programs that the government uses to track virtually anything anybody does on the internet and also store that information. and he showed how the u.s. government had lie about mass surveillance does the n.s.a. collect any type of data at all on millions or hundreds of millions of americans. no sir while most americans think to edward snowden the u.s.

government tech them as a spy and a traitor the united states government classified its evidence of its own criminal misconduct its its violations of the bill of rights what we're doing is said to caving to tell a tarion procedures which is gathering information about all the individuals in the world. the former intelligence contractor is now in exile knowing for certain that he'd go to jail should he return to the u.s. like bradley and now chelsea manning who was sentenced to thirty five years in jail this august so we could leaks manning released many thousands of diplomatic cables and video proof of u.s. involvement and not find. another man who found himself in jail this year was john key the first u.s. official to confirm the government's use of waterboarding to interrogate suspects i caught up with him shortly before he went to have served his two and a half years sentence i have never believed that my case was about

a leak i have always believed that my case is about torture in the hunt for whistleblowers journalists have been targeted as well u.s. authorities secretly tapped the phones of dozens of associated press journalists the partner of glenn greenwald who broke the story about in the states the valence was detained in london while carrying materials from edward snowden to british authorities so closely cooperate with washington now accuse him of quote kerry's. aaron swartz was neither a whistleblower nor a journalist well it was a champion of the free internet fighting against censorship he fills in advocating the online please. as much information as possible on the government on january eleventh the twenty six year old committed suicide. prosecutors wanted to put him in jail for up to thirty five years for downloading academic articles from a subscription based research website at his university with the intent to make

them available to the public this was somebody who was pushed to the edge by what i think of as a kind of bullying by our government our government treated him as if he were nine eleven terrorists edward snowden's revelations showed with the kind of surveillance that governments are doing by missy's out the window but this year will also learn what happens to those who embrace this new age of openness and accessibility of information showed that while governments in the u.s. government first and foremost won their populations to be open and transparent they themselves become increasingly secretive in washington i'm going to check on our team. let's return to the tragedy in southern russia at least eighteen people dead and dozens more injured in a suspected suicide bombing at the main railway station in the city of volgograd. for more details what's known about the blast that well now the latest information

is that emergencies ministry is on standby there ready to deploy aircraft to evacuate some of the injured from will get out to bring him to moscow for those who do need sophisticated medical assistance we also heard of hearing from the saudis that up to fifty people may have been injured in this explosion or in fact the numbers of both the injured and killed there are rising so rapidly that. they may be different. every second the last time i checked it was eighteen people were killed now this blast took place at the entrance to the central train station in volgograd. the metal detector. this is where usually there's a queue of passengers waiting for their things to be checked by the police and they're all to report that a policeman may have been killed in this blast who was jacking the luggage. the latest also is that he eighty terra committee said this blast is most likely it was

told or was caused by a female suicide bomber just to remind you in october in the same city of volgograd a female suicide bomber detonated an explosive inside a bus killing five others along with herself and injuring over thirty three so right now the train station is still closed and investigation is under way here. that's right and of course you can all live from central moscow you are thank you very much indeed and of course we'll be talking to you later again and we were able to speak to one eyewitness who arrived at the scene shortly after they tried to take two place that's now this. little more thorough very well the windows are blown out on both floors of the train station police cordoned off the area nobody is allowed on the premises there's a heavy police presence emergency ministry officials bomb squad so it's

understandable that people are free but there aren't any screams or panicking or. and of course we'll bring updates on that deadly explosion of on the ground as we get them and you can also get the latest at home by following us on twitter and to we'll be back with more news after the break. berland social science center just published a study suggesting that two thirds of muslims in western europe hold their religious rules the laws of the countries that they believe if you read the bible if you if you go into christianity you find the sentence that you should obey god more than. that means religious schools more important and more convincing those of the students of the very same thing that is now referred to the muslims.

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evacuated and the police are at the scene right now is the same six which suffered towers in october when a female suicide bomber blew herself up on a boss in the same city killing seven people and injuring fifty seven others will bring you more details on the developments out of all the way station. well forget them. the world's youngest country is on the brink of collapse just two years after it had peered on the mob or began as a power struggle in south sudan between the president and his son vice president this week is just sended towards civil war control over key cities swished bike and forth between the sides the government claims that thousands of pro rebel youths are now marching on a strategic provincial capital currently controlled by a pro president forces fighting in the oil rich state has already claimed over a thousand lives this month promise leader looks now into the core of the conflict for. it is the boots newest country but it is south sudan who will be on the brink

of its own a full blown divisive conflict you know dealing with a civil war that knows no but in terms of how long that's would last of course it has no determination as to how many people lose their lives not to mention those who will be displaced and the latest coup the vice president forced out which exclaimed ignited his loyalists into a deadly rebellion yet just two and a half years ago the world rushed to recognize south sudan which washington among the loudest supporter is south sudan has mining reason reserves and it also has massive oil reserves those are the biggest interests land for oil mining and agricultural production the agents of power that have put in place the government of self occur the agent that supported the south sudan sudan people's liberation army would be the government of uganda and powerful factions from the united states including corporate executives from the oil companies to the oil companies have served their interests have been served by bringing deescalate to power which they

did and they succeeded in creating a separate independent state called south sudan now though a key oil producing area has fallen into when it gave forces a huge blow to a government that relies on the industry for just about all of its money well i'm afraid it's going to affect each and every one of us worldwide you will see the tail pull back in terms of production levels from the south sudan which would impinge on global world prices of oil and alternately we would fill it out the pumps in respect of where you are in the world where you go to fill up so prices would go up there would be panic in the markets cause ultimately the biggest losers would be the south sudanese people foreign fuel systems all pulling stuff out and in many cases winding production down to zero last weekend for american service personnel who did as the military aircraft came under fire during an attempt to evacuate u.s. civilians to safe. president obama warns that he may take further action to keep

americans safe and in south sudan was never a country that had proper infrastructure and the may complain from from the people is where is the money going why are most south sudanese on the edge of survival and you know the new government is already driving their set a stance and building these huge houses this fledgling nation born out of decades of civil rule is facing the toughest test of a chalta existence but the population weary of feinstein and feeling has fallen down the priority list of those championing the moves to get south sudan put on the map. r.t. . and are returning to the tragedy in southern russia right now at least eighteen people are dead and dozens more were injured in a suspected suicide bombing at the main railway station in the city of volgograd. a year or so what do we know about this tragedy at this point where we now know that

a representative of the president is on his way now to volgograd to control the investigation process and we've heard from the emergencies ministry that they're ready to deploy aircraft to evacuate some of the injured to moscow or those who do who need sophisticated medical attention the latest is that eighteen people have been killed in this blast. up to fifty others may have been injured or so presumably a policeman has been killed in the explosion as explosion as well the national entity committee says it's most likely. most likely it was a female suicide bomber you could probably see the pictures of the explosion on your screen is right now. the entrance to the train station near the metal detector is this is where usually there is a queue of people of passengers waiting to get in and waiting for their luggage to be checked by the police. while the train station has been shut down temporarily

going since an investigation is underway. you are thank you very much indeed. and of course. be talking to you again later but right now when i joined live from volgograd by eyewitness alexander coldly called xander can you hear as well do you see that. i can hear you not approach to see you know. there were. people killed lying on the ground there around the train station police and rescuers working at the site ambulances police i think the blast was very powerful. to six mores of the building were affected by people like that i mean who are the worst true enough.

i think they were last it was a very powerful load of people who were there. would be exposed to. said that the. people standing around there were killed in. the garden of people who were about to board the train. please make a skill all right what exactly did you notice anything suspicious before the blast and found. no. very common people answering the station and leaving was walking around with children it was just a normal day how busy was the railway station bearing in mind it's holiday time now.

i think there were over two hundred people. in and around the station maybe two or three hundred people. what happened after the explosion right after the explosion you just said. what i was going to do yes there was a panic people were running out to. immediately after two or three minutes. ambulances and police cars arrived and started taking people out of the building. since it was just two months since the boston bombing would have the atmosphere been like in volgograd. the first we have to look at bus explosion people here were quite fearful you're going to. be considering that it's holiday season i think people are

relaxed. unfortunately. this is another terrorist attack coming. eyewitness to the volgograd tragedy because ana thank you very much indeed for bringing us up to date on what happened in logan ront stay with us for more developments on the deadly tragedy at the grand railway station which has killed eighteen people and you can also get the latest at home by following us on twitter to stay with us up next it's walls a part of it acts like. summer break a time when all students rejoice and most importantly relax but in russia summer

break for male students could change dramatically and involve lots of guns currently male russian citizens have to put a year into the armed forces but the ministry of defense thinks that they can make things easier by having students spend their summer breaks in the military this training would tie in with their future professions such as engineering students being put into military engineering position now the question is does your summer break belong to you or another words to the government have the right to tell you what to do and make you serve in the army even if just for three summers during your college years i think the answer this really depends on your culture in places which haven't been invaded countless times or have a strong individual ism streak any form of conscription sounds barbaric and oppressive but if you come from a country that is less individualistic and has been attacked invaded by pretty much every country that possibly could like russia then having a draft makes more sense i think this program could work and if i was in college i would be pumped to spend my summer vacation with some heavy artillery but this is definitely not a universal idea for all countries i don't think liberals or libertarians in

america would take too kindly to it and rightly so but that's just my opinion. that was two thousand and thirteen and what is needed memorable we ask in this edition of crossfire week seldon's who disappointed us with stories captured our attention because a post or two to dispair. hello and welcome to worlds apart in addition to its religious significance christmas is also the most celebrated secular holiday of the year of reflecting to a very peculiar place that religion plays somewhat in daily life what is the

current state of affairs between big church and the state well to discuss that i'm now joined by dr gatwick probert a member of the international consortium for law and religious studies dr roberts thank you very much for your time we are having this conversation in a country that has a very complex i would even say a love hate relationship with religion about a century ago churches and mosques were actively. blown now by the authorities nowadays at the state actively supports their construction but i think one thing that these two historic grounds have in common is that both have been led by the state and i wonder what does it really tell us that religion is to this date or rather. not separated as we would like to believe well i believe that the religion very own specific and i would not speak in terms of strength.

i would rather speak of what kind of tasks. and what kind of. religion there are differences there are overlapping fields also and one just has to see whether state and religion do fulfill the tossed probably well at least when it comes to russia leaders here make no secret that they believe that the tasks of this and the church clearly over a lab a wonderful age and to. the moral void that was created with the collapse of the soviet union and the dissolution of communist ideology as well as the broader national identity is so. i think that smacks a little bit of social engineering but isn't that ultimately the surest and probably quickest way for the state to ensure some sort of social harmony. i think it's a good task to fulfill for religion to see to. home on years to fruitful

peaceful society there is a lot of society building wisdom in religions. and i think it's not wrong but the secular state does give room for this community building force of religion when we talk about separation of church and state historically we've been talking about limiting the authority of the church and keeping the church from influencing state affairs but i think if you look around the world these days in most cases we have the opposite very strong states is the power of the states seems to be much stronger than the power of organized religions and. i think if you look at that from a so-so sociological point of view there are many advantages to. recruiting a religion so to say because.