it's morning. tempted terrorist attack in manhattan new york a suspect is injured after an explosion rocks a central bus station three other people were also. in the putin visits three middle eastern countries in one day his plane is standing down after you visited a russian base in syria where he announced the withdrawal of troops from the country and they then stopped off in cairo for talks with this gyptian counting on . the israeli prime minister is traveling around europe trying to round support for donald trump's recognition of jerusalem as the capital of israel the e.u.'s foreign policy chief made it clear that europe wouldn't be following suit.

getting to you my name is neil harvey this is r.t. international. the governor of new york says that today's botched terrorist attack was inspired by islamic state the device was detonated at a subway station near times square police have detained a suspect who along with three other people sustained non-life threatening injuries and new york governor earlier said that this is now a new reality. the reality years that we are a target by many who would like to make a statement against democracy against freedom we're going to get your globe ready in our harbor and that makes your target and that. reports from the scene of the attack. well we're here on eighth avenue and the city is breathing a sigh of relief in the aftermath of an explosion in the subways now rush hour in new york city is quite a big deal monday morning people are pouring in crowded subway trains and there

appears to have been a blast and now it's being called a terrorist attack or an attempted terrorist attack the attacker has been identified as a twenty seven year old male details are beginning to surface and at the moment the city is breathing a sigh of relief now eight avenue is now open up for traffic and the incident took place very close to the port authority building now the port authority building is the main bus terminal for manhattan people coming in from new jersey commuter buses as well as buses from around the country coming in on greyhound all come into the port authority building and that building was shut down in the aftermath of the blast there was reports of a stampede in fear people running not knowing what was happening but at the moment it appears that there are no fatalities only injuries in these injuries are non-life threatening so a lot of questions are being asked people are wondering how safe things are in the morning rush hour as you see crowds and crowds of people piled into subway trains

trying to get into manhattan people are asking about safety here in new york city police department is on the scene there helicopters have been flying above there are also a fire department vehicles around we understand that the f.b.i.'s joint terrorism task force is investigating this this is being treated as a terrorist incident here in new york city but at the moment the suspect is in custody and there are no faith talent. here we can see what is believed to be a video of the box attack we can't verify its authenticity as this point we can see is a flash followed by a cloud of white smoke and people fleeing the scene of the smoke clears one person is seen lying on the ground you know you never get in and out of your police have identified the suspects being twenty seven year old occurred or they say that he had bound a low tech explosive device to his body which badly injured him when it went off and remember just over a month ago the city's deadliest attack since nine eleven occurred.

just to say probably been planning this for a number of weeks you did this in the name of isis. bringing security and terrorism expert also assistant professor in political science at northeastern university max abrams joins me next week we've seen a very five video referred to the reports and also statements coming from the officials and from new york's governor what do you make of today's incident. well i mean in a way here it's not that surprising you can have these kinds of. acts or sometimes

it seems like a long war for time and it turns out that the perpetrator was part of the you know bigger network possibly in communication with the organization but you still have these you know smaller attacks away from the main conflicts so. the fact that it happened in new york city really shouldn't be that surprising new york has been a popular tourist or a terrorist target or really since the nineteen sixty's before we really worried about this now must inspire terrorism puerto rican activists nine hundred sixty s. radicals oh and then of course there was in one thousand nine hundred three attacked in two thousand and one it. he attacked just a few weeks ago we need new york on as well some thwarted attacks in new york by one in two thousand and one kid doesn't sixteen in chelsea which ended up wounding he for a team to actually kill anyone in new york has been a comment or

a gift of and furthermore the fact that the terrorists are targeting public transit is unsurprising we've seen attacks like that for example in russia in madrid in london in. oh oh so all of this is very much sort of consistent with their terrorism when. do you think that we can take any comfort from this in the sense that nobody was killed on this occasion and it seems as if they say explosive device they say was was pretty poorly made does that suggest that it is actually still even in this day and age quite difficult to make a homemade explosive. what it suggests is that there is wide variation in the quality of terrorists some terrorists are able to follow instructions maybe they have direct training maybe they spent time for example in libya are we going to risk there or in syria for example. this guy you know clearly

comes across as a novice oh man so yeah so some people are simply more capable than others at carrying out terrible atrocities by all indications this was on a low chair crude pipe bomb it may not have been detonated at the rate he didn't kill anybody it's one person who seems to be seriously harms is the perpetrator himself oh we've seen attacks like that before for example who was one in germany i recall or it was a suicide attacker own in most of the women it was against him in a mode of operation most of them the people who don't and so i would definitely chalk this up as a as a botched attack oh and so i will be extra still but you know he will be islamic state custis so you know a big cloud of this kind of an attack they want to claim credit for a war is somewhat embarrassing not only because the guy didn't kill anybody but

also because he himself didn't dark and it's believed that islamic state prefers to claim credit when the guy actually murders him solve this guy on the other hand very unceremoniously is in u.s. custody. i'm just wondering to what extent are people getting used to this up for example i was on holiday recently a gunshot was fired on the base and people were fleeing in panic the first thought people had was terrorism but it seems like on the streets of new york today people have returned to the daily routines very very quickly. are we still horrified by this or we have we become desensitized. i do think i agree with the premise of your question i do think that people become a nerd if you will to a lot of the violence perpetrated by terrorists which reinforces the larger of their using you know bigger and bigger attack but with the same amount of terror you know becomes a clan stone are going away it ceases to arise at the same level of and so that's

why the terrorists constant we watch are a real part of their methods but i agree with you. for example after the attack recently on hold of i know that new yorkers are continued to participate in harlem being that evening i am in so i do think that more and more americans are or accepting the reality that there may be accused but we use certain level of insecurity which i think is to back up the words of the new york governor many thanks for joining us some fascinating insights i think now from our guest terrorism expert max sabers thank you for. now the russian president is currently on a middle east taught today so in visit three countries syria egypt and finally turkey their story is now and earlier on he addressed the media about donald trump's decision to recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel. i would like to

say that both russia and turkey believe that. the decision of the us administration to recognize jerusalem as a capital reserves and to relocate its embassy to that city is not helping to resolve the problem. in the middle east and this could be on the contrary destabilizes a very complicated situation. in fact it can. swipe of all the positive developments on that track. earlier in the day the russian president made a stop in cairo where he met with this egyptian counterpart with details of that visit his artie's trying to. like one of lattimer putin suddenly showed up in syria a little earlier his cairo trip was planned in advance but what kind of timing this is to squeeze in talks with both the president of egypt and turkey in cairo and ankara and here we're talking about

a timeframe of just several hours while donald trump's jerusalem move really continues to send shock waves across the entire middle east and as abdel fatah c.c. and vladimir putin were addressing the journalists here at the presidential palace in cairo we heard more condemnation of that move as a c.e.o. we were discussing the palestinian issue and especially the situation after the u.s. they decided to recognize jerusalem as the israeli capital and to move the u.s. embassy from tel aviv to there this reckless and provocative decision will have consequences that will influence the resolution of the conflict and the stability of the situation egypt and russia support israel and palestine resuming talks over all disputed issues they have including the status of jerusalem the solid agreement that takes into account the interests of both sides should be reached we consider any action that anticipates the outcome of peace talks between israel and palestine

counterproductive again this was being said in cairo the egyptian capital where it looks like the arab league is ready to convene and come up with a united official response which will basically mean that it's a response from the entire region but even before this week a lot has been said in front of the microphones and in the streets they cannot oppose people's feelings and beliefs this is a new type of adventurism and global arrogance of the u.s. . the kingdom of jordan refuses the recognition by the united states so jerusalem is the capital of israel the decision by the united states in its context gives legitimacy. recognition for occupation and the allowance of the de facto status using force indeed right now it is fair to say that not all the arab world but a broader islamic community is ready to stand up for the palestinians so far the president of turkey tiber daughter turned out to be the most outspoken and here's

what that led to. this really is the streets of tara. who. will not abandon true slim to the mercy of a state that kills children are not used to receiving. lectures about morality from a leader who bombs kurdish villagers in his native. who dreams dreams. hopes you're on. international sanctions and there's. a wave of protests sparked by donald trump's decision to recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel has now even reached belgium pro palestinian activists took to the streets of brussels to show the discontent demonstration you see here came the israeli prime minister's visit to the capital.

city correspondent and this is his chicken and joins me live now and i know to see that you were following that meeting tell us all about it. well let me all trump's decision on jerusalem is clearly continuing to stir up trouble especially as israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu comes now to visit europe first for talks with the french president michael as well as for talks with his e.u. colleagues pacifically e.u. foreign policy chief morgan renia as well as european foreign ministers now he was met by protesters in belgium and in france yet netanyahu expected it seems his european counterparts to follow in trump's footsteps he did expect some kind of support when it comes to this issue even having thrown around the word hypocrisy but we have seen that the e.u. foreign policy chief among greeny has basically indicated that netanyahu should hold his horses when it comes to the issue of jerusalem saying that quote here he should keep his expectations for others we've seen quite

a similar story unravel in paris with the french president michael ware. and so now who did talk about peace however it was quite clear that their vision of the path towards this peace is completely different. it's always been a couple in jerusalem it's never been the couple of any other people so i think the sooner the problem students come to grips with this reality the sooner we will move towards peace and this is why i think president from samoa was stored and so important for peace she and i expressed to prime minister netanyahu my disappointment of the u.s. presence declaration and explained the france as a country international and as dangerous for peace because it doesn't seem so sure because of security for israel and for the israelis themselves well look to be clear netanyahu has not really received a lot of support on this issue from other leaders in europe along that of course

german chancellor angela merkel here in the u.k. british prime minister to resign may has also. i made it quite clear that this is not an idea that is very popular here and that both merkel of course and me have made it clear that they don't think this announcement is going to be good in terms of a decades long attempts to try to come to some kind of viable solution to these really palestinian question now here in london we've also seen the metropolitan police as well as emergency services coincidentally conduct some kind of training for the first time in a foreign embassy and this was an israeli embassy they were they were basically training and preparation for a chemical attack they were saying that this was has nothing to do with the latest developments when it comes to jerusalem but still was seen as quite coincidental and also in europe really passions have been flying when it comes to this issue and left and right there been several instances for one we've seen in sweden

a couple hundred protesters come out on the streets with anti israeli messages we've seen in another land an attack took place at a jerusalem. excuse me at an israeli restaurant by a man carrying a palestinian flag really other examples as well so it's clear that this is an issue and this announcement from trump has so far really just stirred a lot of trouble you know clearly a lot of politicians live in a different reality to the one of donald trump but even the new and indeed nikki haley but i think some situation with that duct. also on monday president putin ordered the start of the withdrawal of russian forces from syria now this was just several days after he announced the entire defeat of islamic state in the country. earlier spoke to my colleague kate partridge about this. also in many will view it that way kate especially from a military point of view this of course was

a surprise visit as you mentioned earlier to declaim airbase in latakia is part of putin's middle eastern visit he is off to egypt next to visit the president there abdel fattah el-sisi who will discuss the issue with alongside news about his negotiations with. the turkish president as well he has made it clear though that while of bulk of the troops is withdrawing as early as today in fact the first pilots flying back to russia we understand. the military forces will be quick to return if the terrorists include his own words rear their heads once again let's take a listen to his statement. about it on the air to the defense minister and the head of the general staff would have started to draw all of the russian forces to their permanent legacy if the terrorists dare to raise their heads again and we will strike back with the strength they have never seen before now of course the base in tartus in attack here will remain although the bunk of the bulk of troops is going home over the last two years the russian troops have played a very important role in backing the syrian army in regaining territory ever again

around ninety percent of the country russian troops were closely involved in liberation of aleppo palmira twice in fact of duties all on the euphrates river bank as well. take a look back now at the rise and the fall of islamic state. islamic state a group whose name has become a synonym for bombings kidnappings beheadings and tara.

was. the group emerged in the early to thousands in iraq as a solid jihadist militant group and came to prominence in two thousand and three after the american invasion however back then the organization was too weak to terrorize the world but by two thousand and fourteen eisel had grown strong enough to proclaim itself a caliphate a terrorist state with its own currency normal's past terrorists both in syria and in iraq that's when the us pledged to crush it so i can announce that america will lead a broad coalition to roll back this terrorist threat. our ject it is clear we will degrade and ultimately destroy. the small syrian town of kabbani was the first major loss for eisel.

i still fought back and managed to make further territorial gains but ones not quite as significant as in the early days in september two thousand and fifteen russia joined the fight rolling out it's a. large scale anti terror campaign in syria. six months after the start the russian campaign another major symbolic loss for i saw the liberation of pound myra the city where the terrorists filmed one of their most horrific executions. russian as strikes destroyed oil trucks and tankers draining the terrorists' cash source and while i suppose money was burning the u.s.

led coalition together with the iraqis and the kurds attacked isis biggest city mosul the battle for mosul turned out to be a long one waged over nine months and victory came a tremendous cost turning a city with two million inhabitants into rubble. after the liberation of mosul the coalition shifted its focus on syria backing its kurdish allies in their push against isis self-proclaimed capital raca in october two thousand and seventeen the city was completely liberated was when.

the final nail in the caliphates coffin was the liberation of dairies all the syrian city which i saw besieged for three years. after. of the loss of their resort there was not much of a state left for eisel they suffered defeat after defeat being pushed from all sides and all parties u.s. and russian airstrikes sads and iraqi forces kurdish militias and hezbollah are author and writer one thinks america should now join russia in withdrawing its forces from syria. well actually it is that the celebrations for russia and its allies in the middle east i believe it is actually a huge achievement and president bush is not only visiting syria he is going to pay another visit to egypt after that he will conclude that i have to visit. to

meet the president. of turkey to say that we have to look to the altar they are actually coming after the victory against isis and mean to make a permanent peace in syria. peace on the middle east u.s. troops in syria was illegal and now a view will be more illegal i think this is a clear message to the american administration that the should actually pull our troops from syria not only from syria but also from iraq so there is no need for them to be there unless they're american i would like some of the water in the middle east. british newspaper the times says thrown some accusations at this network regarding our coverage of the u.k.'s growth tower tragedy and its article the times accuses r.t. of attempting to ignite

a class war in britain with its coverage of the tragic event also accused the channel of mis reporting that ten million pounds have been spent on cladding so as to make the building less of an eyesore for rich residents nearby on top of that the times says that we should have made clear that one of our guests lisa mackenzie a research fellow at the london school of economics is also an activist for the anarchist group class war and finally r.t. host as she returns in a monk's kaiser are accused of being too critical of the authorities or covering the ground for tragedy as well as of indulging in conspiracy theories the grenfell tower fire occurred in june of this year it claimed the lives of seventy one people the building a big. on five to sixty hours before it was extinguished the tragedy sparked widespread outrage. that many people angry at the see failings by local authorities early respect anti sporting house form a petition thing george galloway he called the article in the times and paris. the

very idea the disaster in which seventy one at least seventy one poor people men women and children were burned to death as a result of the failure of the landlord which is the richest bar in england the royal bara of kensington and chelsea failing to make proper safety provision for them and clouding the building in arsenic i'm not making that up the cladding was made of arsenic which poisoned those who are not actually burned to death the idea that british and this is the responsibility of our city and the russians is beyond our fence it is obscene and i live work in the

area around ground felt our i have to look at every day i can still smell it every day i'm a school governor in a school there are children who have still not been really house six months after this in found on the idea that we're all angry because the russians told us to be angry is i see beyond. that is positively obscene. to appreciate you chiming in to alter international this evening we're going to be back in time a see that with the latest news. is

making history again this time in the middle east russia has banned from the two thousand and eighteen winter olympics is this politics on steroids and do neo-cons and saakashvili have no shame. time after time say we're going underground as today a u.k. judge speaks to britain about one of the world's worst fires in history grunfeld coming up in the show to get about u.s. government shutdown threats in the rush or investigation what is donald trump done

just special relationships from britain to korea we speak to the u.s. a former ambassador to the united nations bill richardson and u.k. authorities just going vital potential evidence that could prove your innocence for a crime you did not commit we are the city of london police forensics director and the former chair of britain's science and technology committee how to raise it means austerity cuts could send you to prison all this and more coming up on today's going underground but let's go first to today's procedural hearing in london into the grand felt our tragedy the deadly fire occurred in the royal bar of kensington and chelsea home to prince harry and his fiance meghan markle at the taxpayers' expense grenfell claimed the lives of what is widely considered to be unknown numbers of people in june this year according to jeremy call been shot a chance for john mcdonnell the massive loss of life was emblematic of the policies of austerity political decisions were made which resulted in the deaths of these people that's already not to what some martin mall because the chair of today's

grunfeld meeting appears to believe here he is the judge appointed by a battle of minority u.k. government needed tourism a on bootleg footage from the rather mia daily mail addressing grunfeld survivors. and. if i come because you have some. well. yes judge moore back hasn't been too popular with most of the bereaved of grunfeld nor with even blairite members of the policy now odds on favorite to win the next general election he is a white upper middle class man who i suspect has never ever visited a tabloid housing estate and certainly hasn't slept so nights on the twentieth floor so why was he chosen he has a record of being overruled by the current president of the u.k. supreme court he had judge did find a move a six single mother unable to pay rent.