will go with the same revolutions to ensure that there are no independent players in the world anymore. ah, the main suspect in the terror attacks that took the life of the prominent russian journalist awaits her 1st court hearing in moscow falling and explosion in saint petersburg. a warning you may find the following footage distressing with hughley released, but it shows the immediate aftermath of the detonation as survivors of the attack are seen running away from the sea covered in flood and collaborating with ices for profit french intelligence services are use of funding terrorists to enable for to continue operations in syria. that's according to the company's former ceo.

jerusalem sees and emerging religious prices as palestinian persons say. they are increasingly subjected to hate crimes that are forcing them out of this city. our correspondence speaks to a local orthodox breed freely and dangerous. many people, christians are leaving the country, leaving good with them. and we don't want to come to the place as a museum. we want to keep it the like. ah, good afternoon for moscow. this is our can or national with the latest news i'm bureau, isabel. it's great to have you with we continue coverage of the terror attack that took place in a cafe in saint petersburg. on sunday, russian war corresponded, blood lent a tar sky was killed in a bomb blast, which the russian investigative committee blames on ukrainian special forces. the main suspect has been detained and taken to moscow for court hearings. a warning

you may find the following footage distressing. the this video shows the immediate aftermath of the destination survivors of the attack are seen running away from the cafe many covered in blood as passer by. try to assist those who have been severely injured. the main suspect it'd be attack can also be seen leaving the cafe after the blast party. here's footage of the suspected attacker presenting to tar steve with the conceal bomb. before seemingly attempting to leave the premises, the journalists invited her to join him up at the front of the crowd, which she reluctantly does well much before the blast. the suspect is shown, holding out her arms defensively as the victim handles the statue. according to his friends, the woman accused of carrying out the attack was reportedly acquainted with the victim. the russian investigative committee has blamed ukrainian special services

for the terror attack. however, kiev has denied any involvement in the block that made suspect 26 year old daria triple valve was taken in for questioning, where he had made it to bring him the statue containing the bob to the cafe r t is donald quarter, takes us to the scene of the black on a sunday evening like any other russian war correspondent, bloodline to tar sky was hosting an event centered around war zone journalism. here at this cafe, it was opened admission. anyone could have attended. and starsky told his audience of his stories of war around 6 15 pm, his life came to a sudden end after an explosion reduced the cafes interior to rubble. ah,

terrorist attack has just happened yet. well, lead lent li intended for to tarkey rushes. investigative committee said it was looking and the police were on a man hunt to find the woman in question. media reports began to suggest that the main suspect in the case was a woman by the name of daria trap of a, someone who had been arrested before at anti government demonstrations, and had transferred money to an extremist organization called the anti corruption foundation. around 700 police officers were deployed across the city in search of trap of the police showed up at her door with automatic weapons and even rated the residence of her mother and sister. for the time being though she was nowhere to be found. the next day, the authorities found daria trip of a. at a 4 rental ministry released a video confession, in which doria trip of a. do you understand why you have been detained? i am detained for being at the scene of flatland petoskey, killing. what have you done?

i paused sachi that exploded. who gave it to you? can i tell you later? russia's anti terrorism committee has determined that this was a terrorist attack organized by key of with the help of agents from the aforementioned extremist organization. the anti corruption foundation here for its part has denied any involvement in this attack. as it did a year ago, when there was overwhelming evidence to suggest that key halves agents had killed another high profile russian journalist. daria do gonna, with these civilian assassinations piling up and the west, turning a blind eye to key halves roland them. it looks like the people who risked their lives to show the world. the truth are going to have to sleep with one eye open until this conflict is over. donald quarter r t st. petersburg rushes envoy to the un has condemned the absence of an international reaction to the murder of a prominent russian journalist. saying international journalist associations

demonstrate a certain selective ness. his words came as the un secretary general's office, expressed is concern over blood lead to turkey's death to get more on the story and get the latest updates on the st. petersburg explosion. visit our website at r t dot com. the former ceo of lafarge, a syrian based french construction materials company, has revealed french intelligence service, infiltrated the firm to continue activities in syria, and collaborated with terrorist groups like isis in order to do so. we learned that there was a special relationship between the french states its services and urged us at least to maintain our activities in syria. so the world's most brutal terrorist groups are operating all around it. this particular french company was miraculously able to continue a french air force had been bombing since 2014 and who the french state had

labelled as savages. but as you can see from this map, the plants location meant that despite most of the staff being evacuated, its strategic importance remained. the french giants factory continued its operation in syria, despite extremist groups taking over large swathes of the country until finally shutting down its factory in columbia, aleppo in september 2014. insidious shall padlocks. out paradoxes, situation had a reason explained beyond dusky app called on the one hand, the factory continued to operate by accommodating belligerents who had settled around it, including dice. at the same time, as the embassies had closed and the french intelligence services were not present there at that time, found french intelligence, lac informants. of course, everything has a cost and avoiding the mediaeval brutality of the islamic state doesn't come for free. so how exactly does a european multinational manage to sit pretty in the middle of the most brutal wars

and decades? well, as usual, it's all about the money. it was our partner in syria. it was through him that amounts were paid to ensure the safe transport of our employees and materials to pass through. we discovered that he also works for the french intelligence for renumeration. he explained that he collected intelligence through his contacts. each time he crossed roadblocks, checkpoints set by armed groups on the roads. it appears that the state was perfectly aware to pass roadblocks you had to pay. hence my question, how was the money that lafarge paid him used? what pockets did they fly into the court? never answered that question. so the grimy nexus between french corporate interests and their intelligence community is essentially laid bare. the hypocrisy is hard to ignore and for many victims of the islamic state, it's hard to stomach with lafarge, a security chief revealing in great detail how he himself had gathered information and passed it directly to french intelligence. soon as i had the information about

these people, i would pass it on to the services i was sending them ron formation. i do not filter the information. i was passing it to intelligence services. i told them everything. remarkably, these e mails also revealed that in 2014, the french government had even asked the united states not to bomb the fires plant close to the ice, a stronghold in rocca lobbying the americans to ensure the plant was put on what was chilly. you referred to as the appropriate list. this french investment should be protected. this is to confirm that the site mentioned by your interlocutor was mentioned by our military to the u. s. colleagues and is now registered on the appropriate list. unfortunately, the grim reality is that the cash paid to isis during this period of bizarre collaboration could have potentially funded the massacres of innocent french civilians and paris. another conveniently ignored truth,

is that why willing to levy a $778000000.00 fine on the french company. the u. s. department of justice makes no mention of the group b, involvement of the french secret services. but like i said, it's all about the money state sponsored terrorism, that's how orthodox month then you have describe being physically entrapped in the law for a monastery as unidentified individuals put locks on the buildings gate with police looking on. but that is the end of us. we're not talking to you at all. it's a crime. if you are the representatives of the police, now they are holding somebody in sight. we don't have facilities right now to release them. just tell me you're here all the time. you saw who did this close this building, one of the people in martin, we didn't see the understand this people are that as hostages. this is terrorism. it was a state sponsored terrorism. your witnesses,

police do what is necessary heavily. this what it shows the law that was placed on a door at the monastery, according to local media and ambulance was dispatched to the scene. as one disabled monk subsequently fell ill. the holy men were allegedly locked up by working people in the area. reports on the persecution of the orthodox clergy have recently intensified in ukraine authority. the attempt to cut national ties with russia earlier. the head of the purchase law was confined to house to rest for 60 days and was transferred to a court hearing in spite of poor health conditions. we spoke with deputy chairman of this, i know department for church relations who is upset with the silence from human rights organizations. ukrainian authorities are now trying to destroy your grain, you know those church and they didn't. they don't even try to hide

their geniune intentions. and openly say that a ukrainian also church should disappear from grain. and these declarations are totally barberick from any point of view from the point of christian well use from the point of religious freedom from the point of well, simple humanitarian with they are ready to go for just freight take, you know, all the congregations, all the church they just keep that being a brief overview, creating all those church someplace you will disappear, that nobody knows where they are. so this is total, i don't to repression. so the,

or the craig and church and beat these all is done with a feeling of total, a forty's, elimination of the like, spiritual institution like a place where, where long sleeve is. i were a big step, were a big just action towards elimination or was a tricia as a whole. and the soil is done without any reaction from the national human rights protecting bodies thought those silos, no support for the ordinary. believe us over the great nozzle church. meanwhile, in the middle east, the christian community is also reportedly seeing growing oppression. being at the heart of 3 major religions, jerusalem is seeing an emerging crisis with christians reporting a rise in the number of hate crimes arches. maria, for notion,

our reports from the city. oh jerusalem, heart of the holy land where jesus is believed to have been born and preached without christians. that's a gloomy still far away. but likely scenario. the greek orthodox patrick he has warned, ah, are reportedly rising number of hate crimes at incitement against followers of jesus is pushing them further way. despite the efforts of the church or 3 and insurers, many people christians are leaving the country leaving good jerusalem. and we don't want to camp the place as a museum. we wanted to keep it alive, and they're called the christians community in beth, i'm or in jerusalem, or in any part of the holy land. i call them the living stores. so they are the livings. another storm by themselves, father isa, and palestinian orthodox priest told me he was more than once. spat on by young jewish salaries on the streets of the old city of jerusalem, just were wearing cross the patriot. he believes that the violent youth have

masters with messiah syndrome behind them, including from those close to the news, railey government, as new minister, as have come from parties with an alter nationalist and religious conservative ideology. this moves, assuming i go and the let those local groups do whatever they want. i mean, well, you see young people 50 and insincere soul than the google sort of thing to them. they have their masters behind those law, the refund, the arrest them. but then loosen the end of the men, the hippa law, while christians are under pressure and leaving the holy land are mass, israel extremist groups are responsible, father isa says the israeli radical groups or try to feel or to take over the cushion areas and to kick actually the cushions from this area and to

keep it for all the visuals we need father isa, near the imperial hotel, at the entrance to the old cities, christian quarter staffs, away from iconic jaffa gate. there faulty room, 1800 square meter majestic building, belonged to greek orthodox church since the end of the 19th century, and was always a symbol of the christian presence. here, however, a cover deal almost 20 years ago. so their property sold to these rarely zionist group who has worked to establish, had jewish majority in and around jerusalem for a paltry sum of $1250000.00. the man who signed the paper from the churches side has been on the ran ever since wilder than patrick, who gave him power was dismissed shortly after the controversial sale that launched a year's long legal battle over its ownership and identity. the most recent high court decision rejected their trial beads from the church. now their hotels palestinian tenant is facing eviction. this is abu in

a while he de shaney and muslim by birth whose family rendered this place from the greek orthodox church since 1949. it was long before israel seized the old city, 1967 and, and next later in a move that has never been recognized by most of the international community. he points to air force, 1000 pages caught document to deal with saying the battle for the building is far from just the proper to dispute. and the matter is political at heart. the final, both maria is to keep in 2 days and say the old city and devote the christians and muslims from the will ship. and once these people will dominate, and we'll talk over to certain or do i have a legal contract for another 3 generation? i don't see any more questions living inside the old city. the greek orthodox is the largest and wealthiest church and the hell the land has controls. massive real

estate holdings, dating back hundreds of years. is there really a reason to worry? they pay tricky and johnny say yes. as draping water hallows out town. they think god is dead. protege, god give them the land. god, give them the land of funny and let the people go to well, they don't care, is god the real estate man. would he is there to give lance, everybody and this is in the back of them. i think they came back to jerusalem after 2000 years. it's erica honey whose executive director i interviewed, is behind a big number of property deals in and around old city, including the imperial hotel. its mission is to strengthen jewish roots and materialize a dream of jewish people who wanted to come back to jerusalem for 2000 years. it's never been the capital of any other country, any other so called nation. we are the pete, this is our country. this is, we are the indigenous people here and so it will remain for eternity. years of

activity of a terika, her name has turned whole quarter into predominantly jewish neighborhoods which poses 0 threat to other face. the director says, i think too much as they made out of the concept of christians. the greek orthodox church owns lots of property. they buy and so property all the time the christians aren't losing it all. in fact nothing. the christians are any winning because of both christians muslims, and jews will be able to have beautiful hotels one day that they'll be out with the same. and that is exactly what christian and muslim communities find hard to believe. there are some has historically been a town of 3 religions. it's old city where i am now has christian moved them and jewish quarters for now. he is, are that if things continue developing the way they currently are? this center is old status quo. we'll see a radical change roshana archie from jerusalem. at the least developed countries conference. it had tar. the president of the central

african republic gave a scathing speech toward the west. this treatment of his country. the central african republic has been subjected since his independence to systematic looting facilitated by the political instability maintained by certain western countries or the companies which finance arm, terrorist groups whose main leaders are foreign mercenaries. the conference took place and march and covered many topics with a diverse pool of guests from state leaders and industry leaders to representatives of the un which organized the conference for the 5th time. the african states president accusing the west of losing his country and being responsible for terrorist activity to get more on the african liter speech. and the latest on the central african republic. we have an exclusive interview with the republics presidential spokesperson in money. was lou. unfortunately was to some countries driven us into poverty in his statement prison to our darrow, wanted to condemn just that the forward to facing the central african republic

hasn't gone anywhere, was to live in unsafe conditions. with all this crisis, insurgents and armed formations, as our president noted, due to these factors remaining, our country continues to live in poverty. this is what president adara wanted to emphasize in his statement. sticky is a good deal, what i can say, and all central african republic citizens. now this, well, is that since effort against independence for more than 60 years, we've lived through one crisis after another. all the decisions offered never helped us was still face armed formations, insurgencies and rebels. the cd defeat president todd darrow decided to request assistance from a number of friendly countries who were ready to help us deal with the armed formations and rebels. he asked for help from russian federation, and russia came to the rescue as well as rhonda, which was also addressed by the president. they came to aid us. they held, the central african republic armed forces repelled the armed formations and drive

and surgeons from the republic territory. this alliance, as i would call it, with russian. rwanda allowed our armed forces to gain control of the most of the countries territory. because there was a time when armed formations were almost everywhere, with the help from our friends, from russia and rhonda, our army controls most of the land, who must gain control of the areas where mining operations are taking place, where the armed formations are active. now, in order to take control of her country's development to morrow, mid to could be our so our cooperation with what was than the ussr was fruitful in russia. they trained doctors, engineers, and teachers. we want to revive that system because all this crisis rebellions, wars have created massive setbacks and human resource development are working great in universities, facilities of higher education, high schools dispenser is hospitals, infrastructure. everything concerning the c, a r's development. we're counting on cooperation with russia a lot in the field of universities. this includes preparing our teachers lectures by russian professors and now universities. it also includes training of our

doctors and courses for students here. it also involves the training of engineers and insistence and building infrastructure that is worth of being called infrastructure. so we have the means to satisfy basic needs of for population. news, i don't, i think like we county isn't acknowledged. it would allow us to use our natural reaches. we're glad to have you ever recons understand very well this c a r with president fust an arc and he had to our dera as his leader is ready to be open to the world and work from a position of good will with all countries that are ready for mutually beneficial corporation? i have the resources you have that acknowledges. let us sit at the table and negotiate how we can move forward together. whereas ends and bower continued to expand their cultural ties within you. monuments celebrating the soviet victory in world war 2 to be built near a museum in the african countries capital. zimbabwe is set to build a monument honoring russia's victory in the world war 2. and the african museum

currently being constructed right here behind me in the capitol already visible, government is trying to maintain it strong relationship with moscow as one of his greatest allies. both russia and zimbabwe are under international sanctions. the unique aspect aboard the museum of african to partition is about telling and preserving the story of how african countries good barely barry shing from colonization. yes, we have seen a number of museum or all over and they tell different stories and different narratives, but ours is unique in that it took, it talks about how people got deliberation, hoke, different countries, good, their independence from colonial masters. so ours used to tell the story and preserve the narrative of how african countries or the algebra editions. zimbabwe is known for its close relationship with russia. the southern africans,

nations liberation war, heroes have described. the move is another step towards strengthening the diplomatic ties between the 2 countries. the relationship between russians and bob where has helped me out 1st and foremost as, as in bob when, citizen and it has helped me because i haven't managed to understand the impact of our countries that are not necessarily on the continent in being able to assist us so our liberation came through from, ah, assistance that was derived from countries outside of the continent, a of which russia was also one of the key players in assisting us. so as, as in bob, when i benefited from assistants, militarily, i'm to gain independence monument to be a significant addition to the african museum. and it's expected to attract visitors

from all over the world. and that's where up on the, our coming up. rush enter, kias relationship has been a fine balance of managing grievances, add mutual interest, and that could potentially help make the world safer. the discussion next on worlds apart with ah, ah ah

ah ah, the me, the me a loan welcome to worlds of pars whenever the russians discuss their historical or contemporary relations with turkey, the suggestion of keeping your friends close and your enemies closer,

almost invariably makes its way into the discussion. moscow and anchor, i haven't didn't quite sophisticated in managing both that driven system. the neutral interest, dell this approach make the world if not the better than at least a slight me safer place. while to discuss that i'm now joined. wrong is stumble by how, you know, professor of political science and international relations as multiplan university professor. you know, it's a great pleasure, great honor for me to talk to you. thank you very much for your time. that's my pleasure. thank you. now we live in such an fascinatingly confusing world where you have, suppose it allies that are pretty open and stubborn about undermining each other's security concerns. and you also have suppose its opponents, the thing to treat each other with respect and certain understanding. and i think the rational turkish relationship is quite that quintessence of,

of dad. do you think this relationship would have been just as vibrant or as sophisticated as it is right now? if it weren't for the help of your western allies, the problem is turkey is experiencing or has experienced over the last decades or so. and particularly since the end of the cold war, but also during the cold war, maybe part of the problem. yes, turkey is posture on, on the russia in the united states sometimes change. and then sometimes basically keep us closer to rush closer to the gate at western world. well actually it's, it's been a reliable member of the, of the west. no alliance nieto. i mean, since 1952, it's been 70 plus years. so there's no question about that, but what it is is, and there are certain times at which time,

turnkey feels closer to russia in the sense that.