probably the metro station. a judge has issued two lines it's the old brisk i love star subway stations where that explosion happened getting news i would use is saying a big crater can be seen as the site of the explosion we gathered. maybe all know underneath an escalator yeah. yes possibly been faces coming through the maybe it's like that it was the last place in the escalates a bank collapsing up i'll take a style your station is in the center of the capital actually located near and to the galleries president alexander lukashenko pace main office added he did numbers of people travelling through that met face to face instead i fifty think. russia and he's number of positive bids as he said the eyewitness accounts of the coming in of the pitches i believe being of little slices each with a you can see some of the injury as he said people think that not to permit me to be very shocked at the end of this week and make clear that this time you know i did backing vocals. i think they are also hearing now the de

again, metro dealing with a budget shortfall. the this time, they are not talking about raising rates, they are talking about cutting service. metro is looking at a 72 million dollar shortfall. if d.c., maryland and virginia can't find the money to close the gap, metro riders will face cuts in service. the operatoring budget takes effect in july to. close the shortfall, each jurisdiction would have to give an additional 72 million. reportedly, they are considering cuts in service like longer waits for trains, less popular bus routes being closed, closures in late night weekend service. board members want to review all options, and many don't want to see service cuts. no cuts can be made without public input, and the changes take effect in september. back to you. >>> new from overnight, a police chase ended in a crash in the district. the chase ended in a crash. police arrested one suspect. and another ran away. >>> police are investigating an overnight shooting, 12:15, a man walked into united medical center with a gun shot wound

met metro. 1.47 million dollar budget closes in july. each jurisdiction would have to give additional money. reportedly, they are considering cuts in service, that they have reviewed before. longer waits for trains, less popular bus routes closed and changes in late night service. no cuts can be made without input here. if they did, they wouldn't take effect until september. >> a police chase in the district. police chased the suspects from an armed robbery into the district. it ended in a crash at bar num place northeast. police arrested one suspect and another got away. >> a shooting that happened at 12:15. a man walked into united medical center with a gun shot wound to the chest. he is currently in stable condition. police say he is being uncooperative with the investigation. >>> good news on how safe you are on the road. a report shows highway deaths fell to the lowest level in 60 years. >> good morning. >> highway deaths are down, way down. a dramatic statistic. highway deaths down to the lowest levels since 1949. when harry truman

station opening and closing it is the entrance to the metro station. promising please do in the best there to get people out as quickly as they can fumes and smoke have been reported in the area we can see it there as well i'm just reading off the news wires we can see it for own eyes for those pictures that we're seeing so just bring you up to date with what you're seeing if you just joined us here at c from moscow there has been a blast at the metro station in minsk about an hour and twenty minutes ago it happened at the. metro station in the belarusian capital minsk the moment we're hearing unofficial figures at least fifty injured two could be dead. the explosion when two trains arrived ok we will bring you more as we get it let's talk now to fred with from the christian science monitor joining us live on the line there fred good to see you very often.

let me update sure what we're talking about if you just joined is there an explosion has rocked a metro station in minsk in the capital of better roads with reports of rising casualties are a correspondent sara first there will be bringing us the latest eyewitnesses say that people have died in an explosion at a metro station tonight in the capital at least seven people have been killed these are all official figures this is the latest pictures we've got released online by some of the eyewitnesses you see the metro station after the blast and people were running away a lot of panic in confusion naturally cause there as a say seven killed a medic splosion at the metro station in minsk earlier on russia six pm at the saving time was there a furphy so you just bring us up to date on the details that you know so far tonight please. well still no official figure is holding the dead or injured from the explosion but is he said the eyewitness accounts of local t.v. news are reporting that at least eighty people have been injured and is those seven people have been killed in that explosion it'l

metro's a pretty busy mayor truesdell is not particularly big. population of some two million but it is one of the largest subway systems in the c.i.s. is now in terms of passenger flow absolutely and of course takes place in couldn't have happened at a worse time it was. five fifty six pm local time so a lot of people were getting five link three that matched the station. at the time so i see each number again see that table style that. is a place that's a station that's actually very. little saying case me this. really could not happen in the worst time and he said these numbers just keep on rising. people traveling to russia i just kind of had high even over the course of this very tragic incident and basically being taken to hospital and treated now for the injury here the metro station. is also a juxtaposition of two lines or the other line there the other station the railway station and we hear that eyewitnesses say that the explosion happened as two trains were coming into the station just as people were getting off ok well thank you sir f

and the guy grouping people on metro. we'll tell you what happened to him. good evening. i'm jim vance. dor seen off tonight. >>> woman riding metro, she sensed that something definitely was not right, when she felt another rider rub up against her. so she watched the guy for a couple of weeks and noticed it happened again and again to other people. it was on the commute frto the pentagon. darcy spencer is at the station now to explain what happened next. darcy? >> reporter: jim, as you can imagine, this woman is still very shaken up, but she was able to provide a very detailed description of this suspect who metro, as well as to a very popular website, which posted that information and that's what led to his arrest. >> reporter: metro transit police have arrested a man accused of groping women on subway cars. the arrest came after a victim posted his description all the way down to his ralph lauren glasses on a popular blog called, unsuck dc metro.blog spot.com. >> i think that it's disgusting and i i'm glad he got caught. >> reporter: the victim named alley called polic

. >> metro is thinking of cutting back. how new money troubles could have you waiting for a while. >> welcome to news 4 today. >> it is friday, april 1st, it may be spring, it doesn't feel like it in a lot of country this morning. this is near boston. a scene more like february. up to eight inches of snow expected there today. in florida, thunderstorms, heavy winds causing problems there. five tornadoes touched down. that same storm system didn't damage to the shuttle "endeavor." >> here we are, the beginning of april, and it still feels like winter. >> waiting for spring. we have been patient. >> it is dismal. make you feel better? >> we do have low clouds, dismal drizzle that is falling. as we look at the radar, we do have light rain sprinkles. district of columbia, and maybe a few, above freezing. this morning, in the mid to upper 30s. low 40s around the ba and the storm system deepening to the north will whip us with gusts over 30 miles an hour. if you are heading out, i will have the night planner. how is traffic? >> t

and to accommodate the crowd, metro will open at 5:00 a.m. on sunday morning. >>> and if you can't make it down to see the cherry blossoms this weekend, how about taking a stroll along d.c.'s river walk trail? the newest section behind the navy yard opened today. it had been closed to the public for ten years, because of security concerns after 9/11. the 2,300 foot walkway along the river has been described by city officials as a transportation alternative, as well as a tourist attraction. >> something new. your children and grand children, you can show them, have an outing for the kids. >> the navy yard portion of river walk is open monday through friday from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. visitors can also see the display ship and the navy museum. it's expected to be completed by 2014. right now, it's only open from benefitting road to the navy yard. >>> a traffic heads-up, if you live or drive the beltway in alexandria. at 8:00 tonight, the outer loop of the beltway will be narrowed down to one lane between the eisenhower connecter and telegraph r

metro opens at 5:00 a.m. the smithsonian metro station on the blue and orange lines is the closest stop to the start line. >>> a little chilly down there for that. i have done that race before when it was cold, although i'm a baby when it comes to cold. gary mcgrady, is spring ever going to come? >> kind of for the weekend. >> okay. >> kind of, okay? >> what about tonight? >> no. not at all. it's still breezy out there. it's chilly, too. let's go and show you what's happening out there. there's some spotty showers here or there. big area of low pressure is passed by to the east of us. that's kind of brought in some of the cooler air down from the north and west. at least the wind kicked up this afternoon. that's made it feel a little cooler out there. and look up farther to the north and west. we continue to see snow, real, real close to the area. they are going to pick up snow. again, higher elevations out to the west. probably one, two, three inches at the higher elevations. maybe in a couple weeks or so, w

today a congressional delegation reintroduced the national metro safety act of 2011.t calls for the transportation department to establish federal safety guidelines for the nation's rail system including d.c.'s metro system. maryland congresswoman donna edwards led that delegation. she joins us tonight. thanks for being here. >> thank you. >> first why do we need to establish national safety standards for mass transit systems? >> well, it became clear to us even from the tragic accident that happened on metro that according to the national transportation safety board and federal transit administration, we don't have any standards that govern systems like metro in terms of their safety, not in the metropolitan region here or anywhere across the country and it was for lack of those standards and adhering to those standards that contributed significantly to the accidents that have happened on our metro system. >> what are some of the changes or standards that would be implemented if this passes? >> well, standards that are related to crashworthiness and one of the proble

to accommodate the crowd, metro will open at 5:00 a.m. on sunday morning. let's check the road conditions right now. tanya hutchins joins us with the latest. >> we do have an accident in the district, alabama avenue southeast in both directions shut down between 23rd and 24th. let's take a look at 95 in virginia. we have some slow traffic there. it's been slow for a while due to road construction. this is going to be just after lorton to the right of your screen. there you can see the traffic is backed up to the top of your screen is where the road construction is. the two right lanes are blocked, slow from 7100. moving to 395 northbound at the 14th street bridge, that's been slow as well. we have volume there because the left lane is closed midspan. it's going to be slow after route 1. and at the beltway, 495 at georgetown pike we have some volume there but no major delays to report. so that is good news as well. barbara, back to you. >> thank you, tanya. >>> hundreds of thousands of commuters pack our local highways every day, and the good news about thei

otherwise metro an vre are running on time. southbound i-95. south from dale city into triangle a half hour drive. 270 on the northbound side looking okay except here in clarksburg where it is still slow. by the way, maryland drivers, today is the six-month anniversary of putting your cell dense. >> thank you. >>> a local marine who gave a great deal for his country is now getting pay back he never expected. a brand-new house. and it is all paid for thanks to a group known as homes for our troops. the young soldier got to watch them build it today and we caught up with him at the construction site. here is derek mcginty. >> reporter: 25-year-old marine sergeant kenny lyon will move into this single family home in fredericksburg next week. >> it means so much the entire community steps up and come together to build this home. this is what america is and this is why we are great. >> reporter: kenny got the house after applying to homes for our troops. a nonprofit that builds houses for severely wounded vets. inside the 2600 square foot home the d

metro explosion could be part of a pattern of attacks across european capitals. it will fall into a pattern of similar terrorist attacks that we've seen in different european cities so no move skirt has not been a target before in this way and is not perhaps an obvious target for a terrorist attack but clearly those is not immune to these kind of incidents that we've seen in moscow that we've seen in london that we've seen another weirdo and in other places and so this would obviously be a number of alarm bells amongst the authorities and of the russian capital. speculation over who was behind the metro bombing led to a focus on internal politics and but i was investigative journalist a poor lashmar says president look at shank as a regime with a target is quite hard to judge at this point so the k.g.b. books or forward three notions that a group of disaffected people or young extremists or someone with mental illness my suspicion is that it's presently shango because it's only one hundred meters from these ministration offices and of course he's a very controver

at the moscow metro and people here in this city. most of europe a kind of brace for the sort of thing the general public in berlin one very good thought and it's what i'm trying to say is basically you can look for a possible problem when you go on the metro these days anywhere in europe is this the same thing in the general public we all go against potential acts of terror. well as i said russia is a different case russia has an internal conflict and ongoing conflicts the suicide bombers they have. it's an organized group it operates across. north caucasus and they have they haven't made a secret that they are planning attacks on russian infrastructure however we hasn't seen any video messages that are of the leader of the chechen rebel group regularly releases we haven't seen any of the videos where he would make a point about attacking belorussian infrastructure and belarus and russia

now the explosion in the metro was a painful reminder of the terror attack in the russian capital a year ago and authorities of the russian presidential representative on combating terrorism spoke to r.c. about the need to share experience gained through such tragedies.

s metro. congresswoman donna edwards led that delegation. >> governments in our metropolitan area and around the country would have the capacity to monitor those standards and set those standards. when you have a different system in every single state and every single region, it become difficult for the industry to produce it a standard of cars, of railways and systems that will actually enable us to have a set standard across the country. >>> fox 5 monitoring metro 24/7. if you see something you think we should investigate, send us an e-mail. >>> first, the district and now, montgomery county is thinking of a bag tax at grocery stores. it is an extra five cents but it is really meant to cut pollution by reducing the amount of plastic bags that end up in rivers and streams. wisdom martin found out some people are not happy with the proposal. >> reporter: a nickel for a plastic shopping bag may not seem like much but to some shoppers in montgomery county paying five cents per bag every time you

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russian capital kills twelve and injures more than one hundred twenty as a powerful blast drops the metro in minutes. turning libya into a radioactive desert claims emerged that coalition forces have been bombing the country to causes cancer patients and then to do noise the allegations. of knocking off a century of space travel we look at how the russian was the first to jump starts. asking around the world twenty four hours a day this is r.t. welcome to the program. it started out as any other normal monday in the bed of russian capital minsk but ended in carnage and horror a terrorist bomb blast ripped through the metro at the peak of the evening rush hour killing twelve and injuring more than one hundred twenty. is in minutes. as we arrived in the early hours of candles and the piles of flowers laid around the entrance to the exhibits connection as. well of course they'll be more people coming to the site of the tragedy throughout the day to pay their respects to those killed and motions and feelings run deep as people here in minsk feel they want to be together on this day many of th

five are suspected terrorists covering the rest of it in a worse following a metro bomb attack in the country's capital a blast killed thirteen and wounded over two hundred. nato airstrikes in libya could become a couple edged sword for the rebel allies experts say the alliance is using deadly radioactive ammunition. puzzling and just as the publisher of a of finland placed a website used by one of the world's most wanted chechen terrorists those on trial but not for extremism. also this week up to fifteen years of manned space exploration going to verse three of your darren's first flight was celebrated both here on earth and if. we are highlighting the week's headlines here on r.t. welcome to the program. well this past monday a terror attack on a metro station russian capital minsk left thirteen people dead over two hundred were injured in the blast that took place during the evening rush hour now two days after the bombings president bush said author already has had detained five people in connection with the attack one of them are described as having a unique skills and chemistry

the week's top stories in here on our team bomb attack on the metro system in the belorussian a capital minsk kills a thirteen and injures over two hundred. poisonous intervention nato's accused of endangered civilians in libya by using depleted uranium shells against gadhafi forces. the man behind an extremist web page that promotes terrorism against russia goes on trial in finland for smuggling the chechens into the country but not because of support moscow's most wanted terrorist. also it was fifty years ago this week since the man first headed to the stars yuri gagarin's momentous flight was celebrated o'connor and in orbit. direct from our studios in central moscow this is are to you or it is just after seven o'clock on a monday morning glad to have you with us our top news story this week a metro bomb blast in the belorussian capital minsk kills thirteen people more than two hundred others were injured in the monday evening rush hour attack authorities have detained five people in connection with the explosion including a man accused of placing the bomb on the platform no one has

this week's top stories here in r.t. a terror attack shakes the capital dello russo as a metro blast kills thirteen and injures hundreds the authorities claim they know who was behind the bombing. has been one based web site slammed for supporting one of the world's most wanted terrorist is again in the spotlight as its editor of goes on trial but not on charges related to extremism. also this hour the russian presidential race for two thousand and twelve draws nearer but not clear at prime minister putin tries to quell the hike over whether he's in the running. and the arab unrest echoes in europe as a massive influx of immigrants sparks a rally in the e.u. after italy offer of tens of thousands of residency permits. this is r.t. coming to you live from moscow i'm marina joshie welcome to the program the week started with tragedy in valorous when a deadly blast struck the metro in the capital minsk thirteen people have now died and over two hundred were injured after an explosive was detonated at a station during the monday evening rush hour two days after the bombing president luka

model specter of terrorism for the first time five people have already been arrested following the metro blast that killed thirteen over two hundred. more harm than good libya's rebels could be in as much dangerous killer gadhafi from nato bombs experts say the alliances poisoning the ground with radioactive ammunition. the internet mail piece for russia's most wanted terrorist goes on trial in finland but his links to the extremist web site are ignored. fifty years this week since man stepped into space yuri gagarin supplementals flight is celebrated close. in orbit. with a look back at the past week's top stories and the latest developments this is r.t. with you twenty four hours a day this past monday a terror attack on a metro station in the belorussian capital minsk thirteen people dead over two hundred were injured in the blast that took place during the evening rush hour two days after the bombing president said authorities had detained five people in connection with the attack one of them described as having unique skills in chemistry suspected triggering the explosives through t

of bomb attack on the metro system in the belorussian capital minsk kills thirteen and injures over two hundred. boys in this intervention that nato is accuse of endangered civilians in libya by using depleted uranium shells against gadhafi forces. the man behind an extremist web page that promotes a terrorism against russia goes on trial in finland for smuggling chechens into the country but not for his support of moscow's most terror. also it is fifty years ago this week since man first traded to the stars period he guarantees that moment as the flight was celebrated both on earth and in orbit. and live from our headquarters in central moscow this is r.t. we're glad to have you with us now to our top story the stories of this week a metro bomb blast in the belorussian capital minsk killed thirteen people more than two hundred others were injured in the monday evening rush hour attack authorities have detained five people in connection with the explosion including a man accused of placing the bomb on the platform no one has claimed responsibility for the attack as of yet and there are

only a tax on the belorussian and metro back tragic similarities to the terrible things on metro one yet and yet then the responsibility for the attack was taken by the russians waste one tenth friction with the book model told us the former of the russian presidential representative on combating terrorism code ought to experience again such tragedies must be shared because it comes out of such a high cost. you've. i think this is a phone a thank you for being with us today do you believe that if a stat says unfortunately we don't presently have any official confirmation as i know the required medical examinations and other procedures are finalized yet however according to various implicit data he's likely to be alive. without many people thoughts prematurely that perhaps still konar discount that doesn't i lay should've atari's kang's lead i mean elimination of action organization as well but in principle it does it's not by chance and the entire international community is focused on the leaders of the us decision regarding the list of the taliban and al qaeda leaders particularly a

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because you cannot have a metro or a highway just ending there.that has got to have a connection into the city, into the urban centres. similarly if you're going to havea metro just end at a dead end without connecting any kind connection with road, it's not going toserve the purpose. >>friedman: how has the delhi-metro changed the lives of ordinary people? >>nath : there are people who were not mobile before, people who couldn't go to work. they could get a job but they couldn't go to work because it would take them 2.5-3 hours and it would cost them so much money. now, because of the mobility, businesses are able to get people, people are able to get jobs, the economic activity has had a huge impact so the metro just doesn't provide urban transportation. it generates a huge amount of economic activity. >>friedman: natural disasters like the tsunami and earthquake in japan or other events that we're seeing in the middle east been in your view damaging to india's growth or might there be repercussions >>nath : of course japan being such a huge eco

explosion ripped through a metro station which is just meters away from. the main office and residence alexander negaunee a political expert from a russian newspaper says it appears to be an attempt to oust the authorities. i think it's north korea's external groups which is trying to when you peel a domestic situation in belarus of course it's not very clear. who these people are in reality but in my view this is a radical extremist group who are thinking of. imposing a new law. has a very strong security system and within maybe several weeks they will find out their major sources of this terrorist attack. and accordingly that political experts from the russian state as of course will be following developments in school to bring you the latest updates throughout the day and spent about the story today in this hour including making crisis plans. next mistake of mediation continues to spread. and i think. this will not stop the stop the world celebrates unity of god's historic out of this world achievement. with the libyan rebels rejecting an african union

metro system. and. many in critical condition are still are in hospitals across the city or means and the number of casualties as we know there. the explosive was stopped with shrapnel this is actually a typical style open in terrorist attack something what we saw in moscow back in twenty when twins who said bombing took place in the moscow metro system injuring so many people dozens of people now reporters at the scene shortly after the tragedy where the first to arrive at the side of the these sort of bombing told us that they were so many injured people being carried out of the metro station and including those with missing limbs now several witnesses also told us that the explosion hit the station seconds after passengers stepped off the train and it's still not clear whether the explosive the bomb hit the carriage of the train or whether it hit a mass collator when elders and ask. a collapsed shortly after the blast injuring causing more injuries and one witness also told us that at least part of t

week's top stories here on r t five suspected terrorists have been arrested in belo groups following a metro bomb attack in the country's capital the blast killed thirteen would do to over two hundred. nato airstrikes in libya could become a double edged sword for the rebel allies experts say the alliance using a deadly radioactive ammunition. puzzling in justice the publisher of a finland based web site used by one of the world's most wanted terrorists goes on trial but not before extremism. also this week marks the fifteen years of manders. first flight was celebrated but it's here on earth and in space. we are highlighting the week's headlines here on r.t. welcome to the program this past monday a terror attack on a metro station in the well of russian capital minsk it left thirteen people dead over two hundred were injured in the blast that took place in during the evening rush hour two days after the bombing president lukashenko said that authorities had detained five people in connection with your time one of them described as having unique skills in chemistry suspected of triggering t

subway system as it has only two metro line sometimes the station is where these two lines intersect obviously it was packed with passengers they can sour now them a version being considered by investigators suspect it was a terrorist attack and now after the blast the president on sunday will caution to harden and margins and meeting with the law enforcement agencies and. security agencies. russia are helping hands as russia has a past experience in dealing with the after months of similar tragedies and investigating in and stick it in terrorist attacks where a man who was hit twice march last year and sort of being on a bus and matches this and then these attacks on the country's largest airport that my idea. now as we understand it up for russia though he also is well and u.k. assisting in. the tragedy it was lost in the news show and it's fatal terrorist attack in the country's history. authorities in by the who say the metro blast was aimed at undermining peace and stability in the country then this summit from the british conflict resolution group of links of london says an exp

the week's top stories here one hot seat and a terror attack shakes the capital of the metro blast killed thirteen and injures hundreds at the authorities claim they know who's behind the bombing. of a federal on the base the web site supporting one of the world's most wanted terrorists is again in the spotlight as editor goes on trial but not on charges related to extremes. also this hour rushing the presidential race for two thousand and twelve draw nearer but not clear a promise a person tries to quell the hype or whether he is in the running. in the arab world and it will be on the rest of my foes across europe as a massive influx of immigrants spots around the e.u. off to italy offers tens of thousands of residency permits. just after three pm here in the russian capital you with r.t. we are highlighting the top stories of the week now we are all started with tragedy . when i last struck the metro in the capital minutes thirteen people have now died and over two hundred were injured after an explosive was detonated out of station during the monday evening rush hour two days after the

and attack on the metro system in the belorussian capital minks minsk kills thirteen injures over two hundred. poisonous intervention laitos accused of endangering civilians in libya by using depleted uranium shells against gadhafi forces. the man behind an extremist web page that promotes terrorism against russia goes on trial in finland for smuggling jet streams into the country but not for his the ford of moscow's most wanted. so it's been fifteen years since this week since a good man first head of the stars you're against momentous light was celebrated both on earth and in order. to broadcasting live from moscow this is r.t. bringing you the top news from around the world our top story this week a metro bomb blast in the belorussian capital minsk kills thirteen people more than two hundred others were injured in the monday evening rush hour attack authorities have detained a five people in connection with the explosion including a man accused of placing a block bomb on the platform no one has claimed responsibility for the attack and there are no clear motives or husic up you kno

many of those who make their way home on monday evening shortly after the blast hit the metro system and start at the start of the tragedy to observe a minute of silence an explosion tore through a key with its asian in the russian capsule it means during late evening rush hour dozens of those injured are still in hospitals intensive care units across the city reporters who ran to the scene minutes after the blast told us that they saw hardly wounded people being carried out of the the. patrol station including those with missing limbs i witness has also told us that seconds of the passengers stepped off a train explosion hit the station it was not immediately immediately clear whether it be explosive device was inside a carriage or under an escalator as the escalator collapsed as a result of the blast which resulted in even more injuries but as the police release the reported the the bomb was fixed and were bantering on the station's platform. but we saw a flash everything began to shatter people were lying everywhere some had lost arms and legs i was very scared there was smoke all

five forty nine pm means conjured around a man steps on the platform of a crowded metro station he's hardly got on the floor and walks away for several minutes you can see him cold blooded waiting for the right moment trains going in both directions make a stop doors open. i started to scream asking for help out of the reason you have any amount of women coming to me on fighting to the fresh the top of my neck and in these me until the ambulance arrived. that's a man and woman might be unaware they saved not only as we know but the life of your unborn child as well. come on the day i was going to the city center to buy vitamins it's terrible but i believe i got off not really there were people without armies with missing legs and hands on six months pregnant when my thoughts were about the baby. by insisting to rina huddled to protect your belly she was lucky people splotches during the big smoke and didn't trample over in the right. the tree was full of panicked and then there was this bang and all of a sudden fire ceiling collapsed and a lot of people were lying on the platform old

a terrorist attack wreaks havoc on the metro in the center of the belorussian capital the powerful bomb blast killed twelve and injured more than two hundred people. a radioactive wasteland in libya claims emerged that allied forces have been bombing the country with depleted uranium a poison that can cause cancer and mutations nato denies the allegations. and celebrating half a century of manned space exploration exactly fifty years ago russian cosmonaut made his name a legend becoming the first man to reach out to the stars. two pm in moscow i match president good to have you with us here on r t our top story it started out as any other normal monday in the belorussian capital minsk but ended in carnage and horror a terrorist bomb blast tore through the metro at the peak of the evening rush hour killing twelve and injuring more than two hundred police say they've put together a fifth of the two suspects two suspects believed to be involved in the attack or he's a cattery groucho reports from minsk. as we arrived in the early hours it was so candles and the piles of flowers laid around

was to close the suspects linked to the terrorist attack on the capital metro system the confessed twelve people were killed in the blast of two hundred or injured days been declared an official day of mourning. an explosion in the russian metro was a painful reminder indeed of the terror attack in the russian capital a year ago and it's only some front office the russian presidential representative on combating terrorism spoke to r.t. about the need to share experience gained through such tragedy. i'm not going to suffer want to 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 duncombe are of his dead unfortunately we don't presently have any official confirmation as i know require medical examinations and other procedures are finalized yet however according to various implicit data he's likely to be a lot of. people thought prematurely that perhaps dockyard was killed but doesn't i ration a terrorist gangs leader actually mean elimination of the actual organization as well i don't think that in princi

now the explosion in the metro was a painful reminder of the terror attack in the russian capital a year ago and authorities of the russian presidential representative on combating terrorism spoke to r.c. about the need to share experience gained through such tragedies. i'm not 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 doku umarov is dead unfortunately we don't presently have any official confirmation as i know there are medical examinations and other procedures aren't finalized yet however according to various implicit data he's likely to be alive right out of many people thought prematurely that perhaps tucker mark was killed but doesn't my ration of a terrorist gangs leader actually mean elimination of the actual organization as well i mean in principle it does it's not by chance and the entire international community is focused on the leaders the u.s. decision regarding the lists of the taliban and al qaeda leaders is particularly about names or the key bearers or implemen

well no i think if you are right in the muslim metros i do. very often almost every day. it's almost impossible to lock this huge sprawling system down in the same goes for pell risk if you can. you know that it's vulnerable in same way. although we don't know for sure that it wasn't some sort of accidental blast. capel destruction has occurred does remind of a liberal well that's for sure. and it's one more example illustration of really how much we are all. to a few crazy terrorists with an agenda. for coming on this very early stage of what's happening here give me. a comment especially can as you say it's very early days difficult draw any conclusions at the moment fred ware from the christian science monitor thank you. eight thirty three pm moscow time our programs continue will bring you up to date on the latest from in school shortly but right now the uprisings across the arab world raise concerns in europe that a wave of refugees could flood the continent making streamers with it but as belgian foreign ministers say even carry told r.t. the unrest is a quest for t

two people suspected of carrying out the minsk metro will most on monday to take better rooms on the ones the twelve people killed with. the world's fastest growing economies come together to have their say on the most serviceable globalist needs. brazil russia india china and south africa but a united front as they strive to take an even greater slice of the world economy join me for the details in a few moments. and as the u.s. defense budget escapes and start stop the analysis series of sweeping cards and social programs that the drugs. are welcome and to you this is asking why from moscow with me eyes have it first this hour two suspects have been arrested by police in bellary slowing monday's metro bomb attack on a day of mornings being observed to minsk the twelve people killed in the atrocity in the new graduate joins us live now a look i mean are two days off the earth or she's made the arrest what more do we know. well we know the belorussian police have arrested two suspects talk of monday's deadly blast the busiest man shows station here in the capital and the country's de

mourns the victims of monday's terrible loss that tore through the capital's metro killing twelve and injuring more than two hundred people. says it's not just colonel gadhafi and the rebels who are to blame for the situation that the coalition forces are also sending the country spiraling out of control. and the russian president puts the next is great for the kremlin in an interview ahead of his visit to china all the details coming up. plus american taxpayers are forced to stump up more than any other country in the world beyond washington's ever growing military campaigns health care and education are on the chopping block . and living commodity prices have done a lot to support russia's not gets in the first cool so they get some more join all cs business in about twenty minutes time. you're watching our t.v. well live from moscow straight to our top story now but mourning the victims of monday's terror attack the city's metro killing twelve people and injuring almost two hundred the first funerals were taking place throughout the day. has been meeting some of those affected by t

thirty's and the metro blast was aimed at undermining peace and stability in the country.from the british conflict resolution group of london believes the explosion could be part of a pattern of attacks across european capitals. clearly those is not immune to these kind of incidents that we've seen in moscow that we've seen in london but we've seen in mother weird and in other places and so this would obviously be a number of alarm bells among the authorities it would raise a lot of questions because. there's not an obvious target. and i would dismiss that this is somehow connected with internal belorussian political situation because diversion political situation moves in a different way and we have never seen examples of this kind of violence so it could be that this is something very specific connected with something very specific and this will perhaps emerge in the course of the next days here explosion tore through a metro station i was just meters away from president lucas shakos main office in residence alexander nego and he a political expert from the russian newsp