men who force women to wear burkas would face fines of $43,000. france's parliament overwhelmingly passed the law. they argued that burkas violate the principals of equality. >> the face is a dignity of a person. the faith is your passport. when you refuse me to see you, i am the victim. >> opponents of the ban call it islama-phobic and racist. one woman says she plans to appeal the ban to the european court of rights. she and many others vow to keep covering up despite the law. >> steve jobs finally agreed to a biography. it won't be out until early next year. we know the title. it is called "i steve, the book of jobs." pretty catchy. the biographer has been working on the project for years and has interviewed jobs, his family and his colleagues at apple. this will be the first authorized book about jobs' life. there are several unauthorized titles including one by jeffrey s young and william l simon that jobs was not happy with. >>> if you ever have conference calls or play video games, you probably noticed that all of the voices seem to come fr

of trouble brewing in france has a law banning the burka goes into effect with many accusing the government of discrimination and racism against muslims at least two women wearing veils had already been arrested for taking part in an unauthorized protest against the bad friendship a new poll suggests some people think officials are deliberately stirring up racial tensions. the uprisings across the arab world have raised concerns in europe that a wave of refugees could flood the continent bringing with an islamic extremism but

men who force women to wear burkas would face too fines of $43,000. the parliament overwhelming passed law. some lawmakers say i violates the principle of equality. >> it's your passport so when you refuse me to see you, i have to refuse. >> opponents say that it's race itist. one muslim woman says she plans to appeal the ban to the european court of human right. she and many women vow to keep covering up despite the law. >> in britain, prince william and kate middleton are making a last trip before their wedding. they visited young people where they will open an academy. they are also visiting a country park as part of williams' role to protect open spaces. who is going to the wedding. elton john, david beckham and guy ritchie. president obama and the first lady were not invited but they are not alone. many other international leaders were left off the guest list. >> eric: next at 5:30, waiting for help. free offer that has hundreds of people lining up overnight in oakland. >>> japan is reacting to an intense aftershock. i'm amy hollyfield, i'll have

borders to accept a rising wave of immigration and muslims in france are outraged that the ban of the burka. on next here on pakistan's prime minister talks to us where he explains the war on terror is impossible to win until his country is seen as part of the international solution and not as an enemy that special interview next. parties joined by pakistani prime minister yousaf raza gilani thank you very much for s.n.c. for being with us. for years terrorism has been the major challenge for your country more than thirty five hundred people happened in about four hundred terror attacks in the last four years last march the right house once again accused pakistan of failing to defeat militants how do you respond that. is the global. front street and you were rightly mentioned. circular faces not only in form of the law rather informal economy. and i think. it is. part of solution. not part of problem you are your own clearly struggling fighting a war against terrorism and therefore. have. also feared that we are fighting jointly the. difference cooperation and intelligence cooperation with

of trouble brewing in france has a law banning the burka goes into effect with many accusing the government of discrimination and racism against muslims at least two women wearing veils had already been arrested for taking part in an unauthorized protest against the bad friendship a new poll suggests some people think officials are deliberately stirring up racial tensions. the uprisings across the arab world have raised concerns in europe that a wave of refugees could flood the continent bringing with an islamic extremism but as a belgian foreign minister steven van akker he tells our t.v. an arrest is a quest for democracy and shouldn't be viewed with fear that interview coming up. thank. you project for ministers to fit but i thank you very much for being with us today pleasure so better has a factory been without a garment longer than iraq has actually have all its does this mean that politics has failed but that's not absolutely true because we have a government we have a caretaker government and unlike situation so in other countries where after elections there is no government to do t

and france is slammed for its discrimination policies towards muslims as a law banning the burka goes into effect it's portrayed as a path towards integration but could instead have the opposite effect. across the arab world have raised concerns in the year of better wave of refugees could flood the consummate bringing islamic extremists with it but belgian foreign minister stephen van akker he says the rest of the unarrest is a quest for democracy and shouldn't be viewed with fear he speaks with our sophie shevardnadze. thank. god you're foreign minister silvan but i'm curious thank you very much for being with us today pleasure so governor has effectively been without a garment longer than iraq has actually have a voice because this means that politics of people that's not absolutely true because we have a government we have a caretaker government and unlike situation so in other countries where our through the actions there is no government to do the former government was in place before the elections still thinks the responsibility in a caretaker capacity it is a government that s

of trouble brewing in france as a law banning the burka goes into effect with many accusing the government of discrimination and racism against muslims. for pm in moscow as a very good to have you with us here on r t our top story russia and poland are marking one year since a plane crash killed the polish president and most of the country's political elite a memorial ceremonies are underway in western russia at the site of the tragedy where ninety six people died last april our correspondent alice hebert joins us there live from the site as that crash has been described as poland's worst tragedy since world war two what events have been taking place there at the site of the accident. will the president. today to commemorate a year since the plane crash that killed the polish president lech kaczynski it was of course one year ago on the tenth all day for all of about flight took. off from warsaw. lens and crashed in the trees just behind me a two hundred niece's short the smith airfield to which it was aiming and to make matters even more poignant the purpose we were stuff like was taking

of trouble brewing in france says a lot of bending the burka goes into effect with many accusing the government of discrimination of racism against muslims. six pm in moscow i match reza very good to have you with us here on r t our top story russia and poland are marking one year since a plane crash that killed the polish president and most of the country's political leadership a member in ceremonies are underway in western russia at the site of the tragedy where ninety six people died last april our correspondent alex hebert joins us live with more or oh alice so how are russia encoded in commemorating the accident that's been dubbed poland's worst tragedy since the second world war. well the presidents of both russia and poland to meet that image head of bronislaw komorowski are in smolinski today to pay their respects to the victims of that fatal plane crash that killed the polish president lech kaczynski a year ago yesterday sunday april tenth that marks one year exactly to the day that that people of one five four crashed in the trees just behind me killing all ninety six on bo

and unveiling the burka a new ban in france is forcing women to integrate into society but it's revealing more than their face that. it's monday april eleventh eight pm in washington d.c. i'm christine freeze out there watching our team and we're following developing news lots of questions this evening after a deadly blast the subway station in minsk fell over as you can see here is the capital of bellary in eastern europe so far reports say it's killed eleven people and injured more than one hundred others and this happened just before the height of the evening rush hour about six pm there this is people were rushing to catch two trains arriving in the station a criminal investigation has been launched as to who or what caused the blast. well starting today in france women are officially banned from wearing full face veils in public the controversial law now in effect after many government officials there say well they just wanted to help muslims a doubt better to local community critics accuse president sarkozy of persecuting as long to win back votes from the right but in a country wit

unveiling the burka a new ban in france is forcing women to integrate into society but it's revealing more in women's faces. it's monday april eleventh five pm in washington d.c. i'm christine frizz now you're watching our t.v. well we are following some developing news a lot of questions this evening after a deadly blast at a subway station in minsk. as you can see here minsk is the capital of bel roof in eastern europe so far reports say the blast has killed at least eleven people injuring more than one hundred others this happened just before the height of the evening rush hour just as people were rushing to catch two trains arriving at the station a criminal investigation has been launched as to who or what caused the blasts we will stay on the story and continue to update you throughout the evening. switching gears to the two thousand and ten human rights report published by the u.s. state department it came out friday and this is an annual report but one that comes three months into a year marked by dramatic changes across the middle east and north africa the governments of some

integration in the french society, we must take some measures against this extreme behavior like wearing a burka in the street in public places. this cannot be accepted. it is rejected by the majority of the french population. >> muslims are a growing minority here, changing the face of europe. now, france is insisting that face be visible in public. muslims worry other european parliaments may try to pass similar laws. meanwhile, the french police unit is saying tonight they're not sure they can enforce the new law that rounding up the women may end up in public unrest. >> interesting story. george lewis with us from paris. >>> when we come back tonight, who has the highest speed limit in the country? and where it might be about to go even higher. >>> here in new york, investigators on long island now say they have found what they believe to be the remains of ten people, all thought to be the victims of a serial killer. more than 125 police officers, firefighters, and medical examiners, volunteers, now searching a huge and expanded area along the coast for any other potential victims. four of t

immigration from violence in our of countries and france is facing a muslim backlash over its ban on the burka. and the publisher of a finlander based website used by one of the world's most wanted chechen terrorists goes on trial for smuggling extremism as follows the defrocking and the questioning of a priest who criticized at the same site for being a mouthpiece. for next hour we'll look at what might trigger a new a star wars a space race and what the consequences could be stay with nazi. cut. comes. from him come up. on. russia look we want the u.s.s.r. it was that the world's first earth back to life what if one. of. the cold war launched the space race that would capture our imagination and feed our dreams of cosmic exploration for decades to come. but crossing the fun tear the understeer into space would also revolutionize life on earth. out of sight hundreds of kilometers above our heads a fragile network of satellites manages are interconnected society. of the one thousand satellites in orbit today almost half belong to the united states not only making the united states the most adv

their base stop the inflow of new recruits and that requires solving a wide range of issues from our burka how can it be achieved in fact just seeing exactly what the president represents in north caucasus aleksandr cropland says the problem is not that there are a thousand militants fighting their ranks how do you break this vicious cycle but. this is a more complex task that requires a systemic comprehensive approach of terrorism is it close. phenomenon it is not limited to our republic or our region and methods to fight it a well known first of all we need to change the social and economic situation in the republic we must restore the economy create new jobs and get the youth involved in normal life we need to give them education and jobs they are busy and if they have good prospects they are unlikely to engage in criminal activities are doing the militants that's the most important thing. that say we can favorable social situation it feeds the militantly thousand. yes exactly this is exactly what is feeding the movement the extremist ideology are exploiting the problems we are currentl

for the burka that's the french government gets accused of veering into hardline policies told with the far right. what it's like this one will serve as a reminder for future generations that person journey into space but for now there are still those who can tell the story of beauty and that momentous day from memory adding another layer of color to history. he with are to live from moscow now as it becomes more apparent that the allied strikes in libya are aimed at helping the rebels topple gadhafi the russian president underlined that nato must keep within the resolution of the strikes and much. it is a u.n. resolution must be filled in accordance with the wording and meaning and not with free interpretations of some states because we voted for a no fly zone to stop the escalation of the conflict so that we could separate the two sides but what we having now is a military operation it may not be on the ground yet but it's certainly going on up above a number of countries who are taking part and then nato stepped in with the resolution doesn't say a good about it. moscow has also used

and grants a slammed for its discrimination policies towards muslims as in the burka comes into effect is being portrayed as a path towards integration could instead having the opposite effect. fifty years ago the guardian became the first man to shoot for the stars next week take a look at the remarkable flights that catapulted mankind into space. march twenty seventh one thousand nine hundred sixty eight. drone of aircraft in the skies over moscow region. rescuers look for a training jet did it disappeared from radar screens. as soon as they spotted the crash site it was clear nobody could have survived. the aircraft was piloted by flight instructor blood unicity ogun enjoyed you've got it defers to ever man in space. seven years prior twenty people twelve thousand nine hundred sixty one rescue helicopters flew over the plane around the city of sirte on top of one thousand kilometers from moscow they were looking for this right where you get got him and successfully landed after his first space mission. that trip took an average soviet pilot to international fame. the flight into pla

many are calling the law the burka ban because it will outban the wearing of the full body outfit worn by the islam women. the government says it's important for security. opponents claim it targets muslim women. >>> after a wildfire at this moment there are more than 100 fires burning in north texas. one fire spread through 60,000 acres today destroys 20 homes in its path. making matters more difficult, wind gusts of up to 50 miles per hour have kept air tankers grounded. people from 40 states are now assisting. >>> in tonight's special report what's being done to protect us and our food supplies. >>> and looking to avoid traffic? the one highway you might want to skip. >>> avoiding an infestation. intense efforts are on the way from keeping a small insect from creating huge problems. >> reporter: customs agents are looking for dangers entering the united states. but it's not always what you might think. tonight agents showed us this warehouse they use to look for pests. this month inspectors found live larva of a beatle. this pests shown here could mean real trouble for the food supp

still to come the battle of the burka find out of the latest developments in a friend's house good government facing accusations of stirring up racial tensions . and turning first to libya where an african union delegation is trying to convince the rebels to embrace a cease fire and start negotiating with moammar gadhafi state representatives are now in the opposition held city of benghazi after holding talks with the libyan leader in tripoli and off he has agreed to the unions proposal of a truce and says he's prepared to negotiate a peaceful solution with the rebels but the insurgents maintain they won't accept any deal that would see the colonel and his family hold onto power meanwhile nato has stepped up its assault on against gadhafi on sunday destroying more than a dozen tanks in the largest air strike in weeks libya has been ravaged by civil war since february with hundreds of reported casualties has gone all has more from the rubble headquarters in gaza. pilot hasn't spoken with his wife winnie in the two months she is in misrata that it's now in the west surrounded by gadhafi forces

finley veiled racism slammed for its discrimination policies towards muslims as a law banning the burka goes into effect. two pm in moscow i mattress was very good to have you with us here on our t. our top story it's been a year since the polish president was killed in a plane crash in western russia both country's leaders will meet today to mourn the victims of the disaster dozens of poland's political elite also perished in the accident remember and ceremonies have been held to commemorate what's been described as poland's worst tragedy since the second world war was hibbert at the site of the crash. president. arrived here in his presidential plane landing just behind me on the on the f.b.o. this is of course the very same f.b.i. . plane that crashed one year ago today a polish president komorowski instead used to drive from moscow and of course to attend a special commemoration ceremonies now sunday april tenth that did mark the one year on the streets of the day that led kitchens he died on board that you called one five fulfill our people who sent you to moscow together with all

this week in france a ban on the burka came into force the new law prohibits women from wearing a full face veil in public places bushell reports on the possible racial repercussions. in just become a criminal in new french law bans covering your face in public is designed to make moves to integrate in society but the softly spoken single mom says it's had the opposite effect. my friends have simpler starts going out and all the new rulings made some just good to speak out. not to change the way they dress the move on the morning is what the french republic stones for says this business when he plays dissipative a hundred and fifty euro fine for anyone who continues to we're a very real and is taking with this speed further. we are seeing france in the european court of human rights it's about freedom of expression. that was fired this nicolas sarkozy's integration advisor last month the criticizing the president's approach to what he calls on french muslims staus similar to the one forced on jews for the nazis big. loss these government should learn how to negotiate opinion polls show

crew of my friends have simply stopped going on at all it's known to the niqab and banned for the burka as the french government gets accused of veering into hardline policies to the far right plus. not like this one will serve as a reminder for future generations of mass person journey into space but for now there are still those who could tell the story of you to go got it and that momentous day from memory adding another layer of color to history. as the operation. libya closes on its first month coalition members are pledging to push further until colonel gadhafi goes that's even though the no fly resolution which allowed military maneuvers in the first place was only to secure humanitarian protection thirty sarah first reports from moscow that's making many countries increasingly uneasy. russian president dmitry medvedev warns at the beginning of the week the new libya is a bit of place to collapse and be iterated but its position that enable to restore order a country's need to be at seeing its tricks accordance with international resolution russia and china of course they have th

the event of racism france slammed for its discrimination policies towards muslims as a law banning burkas comes into effect. on we have reports he's preparing to bring out its russian partners in t.n. kagin p i that alone together with studies on drugs snaps and will seek a russian government's approval to join us in more about twenty minutes time. three pm in moscow match reza very good to have you with us here on r t our top story it's been a year since the polish president was killed in a plane crash in western russia both countries leaders are meeting today to mourn the victims of the disaster dozens of poland's political elite also lost their lives in the accident remember and ceremonies have been held to commemorate what's been described as poland's worst tragedy since the second world war alice hibbert is at the site of the crash site. president. arrives here and smolinski presidential plane landing just behind me on the in the f.b.o. this is of course the very same f. the. plane that crashed one year ago today the polish president komorowski instead used to drive from moscow and b

of trouble brewing in france has a law banning the burka comes into effect with many accusing the governmentof discrimination and racism against muslims at least two women wearing veils have been arrested for taking part in an authorized protest against the ban the french opinion polls suggest some people think officials are deliberately stirring up racial tension. over the sports desk now arcade partridge joins us with the rest. hello and welcome to the sports news thank you for joining me here are the top stories. every setback defending champions in each could be ducked the points after breaking selection rules in sunday's draw to sky. hitting out at long last officials are going to nail down in their current cup final series against all odds . on the fourteenth. so when is the u.s. masters after a long time leader will remarkable belts on the final day. in the gulf and ice which is a convert first of all way of defending russian champions and it's could face a three mil technical defeat the seven thousand dollars fine after breaking selection rules in sunday's one all draw at home to his

well a controversial burka brand has now come into force in france it prohibits women from wearing a full face veil in public places france has become the first country to introduce these measures but other e.u. nations are thinking about following suit but it's not easy daniel bushell reports it could well backfire and stir into racial tensions even further. just become a criminal new french law and covering your face in public is designed to make integrates in society but the softly spoken single mom says he's had the opposite effect. my friends have simply started going out and all the new rulings made some scared to speak out many valid not to change the way they dress and move on their minds what the fridge for public stands for says base business when he pledges to pay the hundred fifty euro fine for anyone who continues to wear a veil and is taking it further than we are so france in the european court of human rights it's about freedom of expression. that man was fired as nicolas sarkozy's integration advisor last month of the criticizing the president's approach he now calls

and france slammed for its discrimination policies towards muslims as a law banning the burka goes into effect it's being portrayed as a path toward integration but could instead have the opposite effect. next peter lavelle and his guest on cross talk to scott's whether foreign intervention in libya will pave the way for al qaeda to take root in the country that's coming your way next. can. stand. alone welcome to cross talk i'm peter lavelle opening the door to tear the al qaeda franchise has been largely absent from the arab awakening in north africa people appear to be embracing democracy and not radical islam however this may change the military intervention in libya and the violence in yemen could be an opportunity for al qaida. can. still be. discussed in the arab world today i'm joined by and he's in washington he's a senior political scientist at the rand corporation also in washington we have got him rami he is a human and civil rights program director at the muslim american society freedom and in austin we go to derrick crow he is the political director at the brave new founda

draining its borders to accept a rising wave of immigration and muslims in from celebrates the fun of the burka and. also reporting that the man behind an internet mouthpiece for russia's most wanted terrorist goes on trial in finland and he seems to be extremist website or ignored it follows the the fucking and question of a priest to criticize the same site for terror propaganda. leading russian expert on international crime gives us his view on the underlying nature of terrorism. and most notorious for it is that in our interview next. i think i'm a very simple enough thank you for being with us today once again rumors about the death of russia's most wanted have been flying around do you believe that duck omar is dead unfortunately we don't presently have any official confirmation as i know medical examinations and other procedures are finalized yet however according to various implicit data he's likely to be alive without many people thought prematurely that perhaps dark omar was killed but doesn't i ration of a terrorist gangs leader actually mean elimination of the actual organization as

it's official in france the full face veils are now officially banned in public which include muslim burkas and i was contentious law was described by government officials as a way to help muslims adapt to their local communities the critics say this law is just a way of persecuting those who follow islam and keep in mind france does have the largest muslim population in all of europe so will this new law spread to other european countries as well archie's daniel bushell has more. here just become a criminal from today a new french law bans covering your face in public is designed to make muslim women integrate in society but the softly spoken single mom says he's had the opposite effect. my friends have simply stopped going out at all with new rulings made some scared to speak out but many valid not to change the way they dress the move on their minds what the french republic stands for says. he pledges to pay the hundred fifty point for anyone who continues to wear a veil and is taken at this point. we are soon france in the european court of human rights it's about freedom of expression.

trouble brewing in france as a law banning the burka goes into effect with many accusing the government of discrimination and racism against muslims at least two women wearing veils have been arrested for taking part in an authorised protest against the bad french opinion polls suggest some people think officials will deliberately trying to stir up tensions in. the next peter lavelle and cross talk guest discussed whether foreign intervention in libya may pave the way for al qaeda it's take root in the country stay with us what's coming up next. can. stand. alone and welcome to cross talk i'm peter a little opening the door to tear the al qaeda franchise has been largely absent from the arab awakening in north africa people appear to be embracing democracy and not radical islam however this may change the military intervention in libya and the violence in yemen could be an opportunity for al qaida. can. start. discussing al qaeda in the arab world today i'm joined by an old abbas like he's in washington he's a senior political scientist at the rand corporation also in washington we have

when he was a pashtun come he was so proud when his mother and his sisters got to take off their burkas after the taliban left. so to have to asked me to wear a burqa was a tough thing for him but it was june 2006 and we're driving to kandahar, and the situation was bad. so i said fine, farouk. taking up a burqa. he throws one at me and i put it on and the back of it, those of you who know afghanistan know how wrong this is. the front of it hit me about your and the back of hit me back here. so in other words, i was basically walking around wearing the equivalent of a miniskirt in kandahar. every elder i met said it's really great you were wearing that, you are trying to observe our culture, but it is very short. is that the south in kabul now? [laughter] so i think i'm in short i would just try, i would just try to wear what made people comfortable. but when we went to parties in kabul, i'm not going to begin like i was going to staff its. i would wear those outfits over what i were there but then i would wear normal clothes, western close to inside parties. all right, next question. >

. >>> today in france, a new law takes effect, making it illegal to wear full-faced veils or burkas inublic. already today, several women protested this new law they appeared with their veils in front of paris's notre notre dame casino. two of the women were detabe. critics call it discriminatory, while supporters say it's a matter of public safety. >>> 8:18. just days after a -- after averting a government shutdown, president obama is picking another budget fight with republicans. as alison burns reports from our washington, d.c. newsroom, he will announce his plan this week to reduce the federal deficit. >> reporter: tori, it's going to get a little confusing this week. first, congress needs to wrap up the dramatic battle over this year's budget. the house and senate are expected to vote midweek on the compromise deal that alerted a compromise -- a shutdown. we'll learn what's included in the nearly $40 billion in spending cuts that democrats -- in spending cuts that democrats reluctantly agreed to. >> for the last two months we've had to bring this president to the table kicking and