three people were killed by following the explosion but the official line the statement by the interior ministry says that he so far hasn't any confirmation of any became he always a tribe or of that car was severely injured and is now taken to hospital also we heard from the authorities that they are now trying to establish whether this was an explosion caused by some romper or a problem probably a terrorist attack or some gas explosion or anything of the sort so we all be waiting for more details coming from the. you know we will be updating you would believe that we get. reports of three people killed not confirmed yet after this car bomb in the moldovan capital of sanaa thank you very much for that let's get to some other international news now we're covering this hour here on r.t. and syria's minister is promising a strong response after reports that one hundred twenty policemen were killed in a gun battle in the north of the country state t.v. reports the officers came under attack in a town near the turkish border while responding to residents calls for protection from armed groups govern

taliban have been able to mount these attacks on major government buildings, ministry interior, police, ministry of prisons, serena hotel, other hotels. this is not uncommon. kabul has been relatively safe over the last several years. then there is a spectacular attack like this which makes everybody say, well, taliban can do this. they operate more or less at will when they do this. >> you're saying this is status quo. this is how it's always been? >> i don't think this is -- they've done these things before. it's embarrassing when we are talking about transferring control to the afghan government. that is the point they are trying to make. that is something they have a vote in. >> thisdo comes at a time when e u.s. admitted to being in talks with the taliban. is this a clear sign the taliban is not committed to peace in afghanistan? >> this is a little bit of a signal that talks are going to take a while. >> okay. how much pressure is this going to put on nato to get more involved? >> nato made its decision. most important member of nato which is the united states has said we are goi

the italian interior ministry said 94.6% were against domestic nuclear power generation after 95% of all the votes were counted. >> translator: today is the historic day for italy. >> translator: the nuclear accident at fukushima convinced us that nuclear power generation is an outdated technology. >> even before the result was announced, berlusconi expressed his intention to cancel the plan to build new nuclear power plants. >> translator: once the italian people have spoken we will probably have to give up nuclear power. >> he also said the country will promote renewable energy sources. germany and switzerland have already decided to close their nuclear power stations after the accident at fukushima daiichi's nuclear power plant. italy is the first country to hold a refer dumb on its energy policy. >>> three months after the crisis at the fukushima daiichi nuclear power plant an nhk poll shows nearly half of the japanese people want fewer plants. 1,685 voters were randomly selected for the weekend poll. they were asked about their attitudes about nuclear power generation. 66% respo

their shares in businesses to members of saakashvili as party the prosecutor's office and the interior ministry kept a close eye on the deals this. pent up discontent funny erupted into a mass rally in november two thousand and seven according to various estimates fifty to one hundred thousand opposition supporters came to the house of parliament in tbilisi. for several days they kept around the top vigil on nov seventh police barlinnie dispersed the peaceful rally hundreds of demonstrators were injured police and. police beat up people lying on the ground with battens. the only remaining independent t.v. channel showed these events in tbilisi to a nationwide audience it was late shut down while it was on the air with a regular news bulletin. d.d. made the most of the meeting with seems by closing the channel that the government is violating the constitution this means that this is a dictatorship regime ots missed the news coming into the studio i want to say thank you i hear shots in the control room you know which i hope our employees won't be injured here are our guests. the independent jour

authorities fired tear gas and rubber bullets after thugs attacked the interior ministry. one doctor says at least 52 people have been injured, some quite seriously. >>> now to new mexico where the wildfire threatening a nuclear weapons lab is growing. flames reached within 50 feet of the los alamos national laboratory. the lab is the historic birthplace of the atomic bomb and houses radioactive material. scientists are sampling the air for chemicals and radiological chemicals. the fire is fueling the fire which is now about 70,000 acres. >> i'd seriously believe it could go to 100,000 acres. i hope not. but there is unburnt fuel throughout. >> all 12,000 people of the town of los alamos fled town yesterday under a mandatory evacuation order. that fire started sunday. the cause is unknown. >>> new information has an expert changing his mind about what caused last september's san bruno pipeline explosion. pg&e releasing some documents last week that show the pipeline had operated under a wide range of pressures over several decades. remember the state panel that investigate

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list and the accusations of large scale tax fraud against him will now be examined by russia's interior ministry parties are going to spin off explains what that could mean. william browder is the c.e.o. of the over a large for investment fund the hermitage capital a group and he was personally suspected of being part of this huge massive tax evasion scheme into the officials cost of the the state billions off rubles we're talking about tens of millions of dollars which the authorities were saying i should have been paid to the state budget but now william broad has name has been taken off the wanted list in russia and in this case has been taken from the group of the investigators who've been working on it seems to thousand and seven to eight higher police authority you know there are several several reasons possibly for that the first one is that this case is it nearing its expiration date so we can be closed in the near future secondly there is speculation that this way the authorities want to provide a more thorough and objective investigation but there's also an unofficial version which act

police in riot gear have deployed around the interior ministry and using tear gas to keep protestorsnder control. some of the demonstrators have been responding with rocks as well as firebombs. >>> and some more intense protests in europe where a crucial vote is set for today in financially troubled greece. we have live pictures. police are cracking down on protestors in athens. you can see large groups right there. today parliament will decide whether to adopt more austerity measures so the country can receive another bailout. the bill is aimed to prevent default. >>> the incoming head of the international monetary fund will have to deal with this european debt crisis when she takes over next week. french finance minister christine lagarde will be the first woman to head the imf. she will serving five terms. her predecessor dominique strauss-kahn resigned after being charged with sexual assault. >>> the pope is going digital with his prayers. pope benedict xvi launched the vatican's new web portal. he tweeted, dear friends i just launched news.va. he just learned how to publish mess

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the interior ministry says 21 people died in the siege that began with suicide bombers storming the hotelad include two afghan national police, ten civilians and owl the attackers. the taliban claimeded responsibility but the afghan government blames a warlord determined to destabilize karzai's government. the interior minister says all nine attackers came from pakistan. journalist aaron cunningham was at the hotel intercontinental as the siege wore on. she's with us from kabul. erin, any new details about how the attackers got through the compound? >> reporter: right now, there has been nothing confirmed about how the attackers have entered the compound. the taliban are claiming they were able to infiltrate through shrubbery and bushes on one of the hills on the side of the hotel and were able to enter the east gates of the hotel because a wedding party was going on and they were able to slip in without being checked by security. that's unconfirmed now. that's what the taliban are saying about how they were able to enter the hotel. >> what's interesting about the hotel, erin, it's one th

iraq's interior of ministry also telling cnn, at least 17 people were also killed.not it was the same attack, but the clarification is that people were killed in a series of other explosions that took place across iraq today. >>> also, just into cnn, former international monetary fund chief, dominique strauss-kahn arriving at court for his arraignment. there is the picture that we just got. he's expected to enter a formal not guilty plea on sexual assault charges. he is accused of trying to rape a hotel maid in new york city last month. >>> and high winds blowing a massive wildfire across northern arizona right now. the wallow fire has already burned more than 180,000 acres. containment is still at zero. 2,200 people have been chased from their homes. it's proving to be a very, very difficult and treacherous fire to fight for those who are on the ground trying to fight it. >> a lot of heat, no water, and high winds. reynolds wolf is in the extreme weather center for us right now. any relief in sight for them, that will give them a hand from the weather side, at leas

the interior ministry spokesmen said four suicide bombers either blew themselves up or were killed in attacks. a u.s. government spokesperson said initial reports say there were no americans at the hotel, however, there is word that some afghan provincial governors were staying at the hotel. >>> the man seening confronting bryan stow on the night he was attacked is speaking out. he paints stow as the instigator, and as patrick healey tells us, that's an accusation that has stow's family outraged. >> reporter: bryan stow's family now confirms he is the seated fab who is being cursed at in this cell phone video. it was published by tmz reported it was taken at dodger stadium opening day before the postgame parking lot attack by others who nearly killed stow. at the beginning of the video before the cell phone is rotated, a man wearing a 23 jersey can be seen pointing his finger at stow's face while cursing him. john stow told the ap the person who took the video has spoken to the family. she said the guy was coming in and trying to instigate a fight with his cousin. bryan put his hands

>> well, moments ago, when i spoke to the afghan interior ministry, who are leading the investigationthey still haven't made any arrests, but they insisted that investigation was very much under way, clearly in the aftermath of an attack like this, there are huge amounts of forensic information which they can gather from the scene. of course, they'll be sifting through mobile phone records, anything recovered from the scene to try and work out who these nine people were, who they were talking to immediately before the attack. nato sources here in the afghan capital, they also believe that these nine men carried out an attack which had the hallmarks of the hakani group, deliberately going to the roof of the bidding, at least five of the gunmen made their way to the roof so they could shoot from the roof to try to stop afghan security forces from making their way into the building to eventually try and flush them out. this attack was particularly audacious and complicated. partly because of its nature that security officials here believe, as you say, it was carried out by people loyal t

germany's interior and justice ministries have agreed that the measures will only remain in force for a limited period of time. the justice minister has voiced concerns about the broad range of power is given. german lawmakers are looking to get more people on the organ donor list in an attempt to tackle a chronic organ shortage. under a new proposal, people wod be asked directly whether they would like to become a potential donors. currently, a person has to come forward to volunteer and assign a special donor card. other is a proof of an opt out system, where people would be considered donors unless they specifically reject it. we will have more on the shortage of organ donors coming up later on the show. there is some sports news in switzerland. roger federer has suffered a loss in the quarterfinals at wimbledon. the other now and advances to the semifinals. this is the first time he has suffered a grand slam lost after being two sets up, and in britain, murray is also threw for the seventh time in his career, facing rafael nadal. and in soccer, at the women's wod cup in terminal,

further, according to the indictment, members of the army and the ministry of interior and the serbian unit called the scorpians committed acts of murder between the 11th of july of 1995 and the fifth of november, 1995. counts seven and eight. deportation and inhumane acts as crimes against humanity. the indictment alleges between march of 1992, serb forces and bod anyian serb political and governmental organs forcibly displaced bosnian muslims and bosnian croats from areas in the aforementioned 23 municipalities. counts nine and ten are violations of the laws and customs of war. the indictment alleges that armed hostilities broke out in sarajevo about the time that it was recognized as an independent state on the 6th of april, 19d 1992. at the same time, the city was subjected to blockades, bombardment, and sniper attacks. between april of 1992 and november of 1995, members of the joint enterprise related to sarajevo implemented a strategy that produced sniping and shelling to kill, maim, wound, and terrorize the civilian inhabitants of sarajevo. this resulted in the injury and death

>> just so i'm hearing you, you're hearing from interior ministry, 63 members of al qaeda. an american audience, obviously this is news that no one wants to hear but particularly in yemen where we have counterterrorism measures in place, this is horrible news. >> terrible news. not just for yemen niece but americans as well. whether or not al qaeda will try to take advantage of all of the spl political strife, we've heard expressions of concern from yemeni officials because towns have been seized by al qaeda related militants and clashes going on in certain provinces. many people have wondered if because there is a power vacuum, that they could try to take advantage of that. that does not mean that large squauths of the country are being taken over but the concern is how much can al qaeda exploit it. analysts say that there is only 700 al qaeda members in yemen. that's the most active string of the al qaeda network. they have been trying to launch attacks. what might they try to do now? brooke? >> it's very concerning. thank you so much for that. 63 members of al qaeda out.

iraqi's -- iraq's interior ministry said two suspected militants were also dead, apparently killed when one of their own rockets exploded prematurely. while u.s. troops are supposed to be in a support and training mission in iraq, they're obviously still in harm's way. the base has come under frequent mortar attack and in danger of being targeted by roadside bombs whenever they move around the country, 46,000 u.s. troops are still in iraq. they're scheduled to come home under the current policy at the end of this year, although there's a possibility the u.s. and iraqi governments could amend their current agreement and the troops could stay for a while longer. this is the deadliest day for americans in iraq since may of 2009, when five americans were also killed. six were killed the month before, in april of '09. meantime, iraqis are also falling victim to the continued violence in their country. there was a suicide bombing in tikrit today that killed at least 13 people, according to reuters, 15 others were wounded in that attack, a car bomb attack, meantime, in baghdad, a roadside bomb