but is moscow really that bad? well, we went to investigate. >> reporter: it may boast some of the most recognizable sites in the world, but mont moscow is not popular with globe trotters, it seems. in taxi, valuable for money and hotels, moscow came bottom in a list of 37 urban tourist destination. i'm fairly new to moscow, and i admit that it's a challenge. for one, the alphabet. and then the almost constant diabolical traffic. how are you supposed to get across these roads. the helpfulness of tokyo's residents propelled it to top the chart, new york second and barcelona third. with seemingly supervisor destinations we were surprised to find any foreigners on moscow's red scare at all. there were plenty and by and large they were happy. >> people are very friendly. trying to speak english as much as they can, and we managed to get to the center. >> we stayed outside of the city center, and it was a gray area, really depressing especially with this weather. but if you enter the inner circle it changes. everything

this plan moscow for cracking down on the muslim minority in the backseat and so on. jenna that has also voiced his concern in the eighteenth anniversary of the forcible deputation of cars from creamy and seventy years ago is still the union which resulted in the death of hundreds of thousands of thais and these people might be interested in the state from there it's a tough lad in the margins. the general prosecutor for the crane beach and natalia took on sky and has warned the muslim community that protect our self governing parliament imagine this will be liquidated if it supports extremist activities the announcement followed with the korean prosecutors cited as the school mascot is the key has recently been tense standoff between hundreds of muslim minorities and riot police to teach our community has endured over mystified human eye is banned from entering kind me on the fourth of may probably five years. demonstrations and to give that resulted in the overthrow of president viktor yanukovich versus an extension of creamy and the closely knit community has been

moscow the contrast is no pandemic try is bringing its amit ukraine. washington will apply sanctions placed on demand was repeated by the assistance of the u s secretary of state kicker daniel and speaking in his senatorial committee says test that they cannot recognize false referendum the unsaid convinced that the instability in the present cost the trust of its agents provide such that it is with material aid and weapons and cut in a day actions. nolan also specified that the consensus was that finance energy and defense out to impress on. the new sanctions against russia has caused to the unit being union as well. the president of the european council haven't been on fire he said that the pressure continues just analyzing the situation in ukraine. the soldier looking to his punitive measures in to take an economic bill it is he's going to send experts to kyiv to in a farming disable security haven't the eu and the guests cannot abandon hope for his olympic prices dramatically the council and all i seek insist on the second round of the geneva talks

it depends how the situation plays out and how moscow reacts.is a good sign that he had his first victory speech. moscow seems to be responding with positive noises. there is a serious confrontation on our hands. russia has indicated that they may not like the outcome. we will have to see how this plays out. he has failed to crack down on the separateness. he says he will resolve that situation. they do not want to accept the all of branch. it is going to be very difficult for moscow to topple this fighting is going on. >> you mentioned the series, -- confrontation. what is happening today? >> separateness attempted to take control of the airport. they eventually succeeded in doing so. the ukrainian military responded with airstrikes, driving them out. we do not know what the situation is now in. when this happens is that the fighting has pushed away from the airport. it is further toward the city center. there are reports that one civilian has been killed. we hear reports now that the fighting is moving closer. this is an extremely dangerous si

and whatever she is more bizarre for words pro moscow network life news claimed that found a business card or belonging to the leader of ukraine's are a group from the sector at the scene of a deadly firefight in eastern ukraine last month. parading it is proof the group was behind the attack. the report was so outlandish that the business card became a popular internet me with ukraine's posting photos of it with astronauts on the moon and at the y yelp the conference during the second world war in early march address he reported that thousands of ukrainians were fleeing the country to ration was beaming new authorities and yet retain its use in the broadcast was actually a foreigner crossing between western ukraine and poland russian navy also they've all been in front of a holding center for asylum seekers and illegal immigrants under construction in ukraine a concentration camp exceeding riches pattern of revoking the second world war to drive hysteria. dresses media war has increased the lead spilled across the border in ukraine's east television covers been the target impression

at moscow's dominator airport for us right now gore is finally here in moscow but it wasn't easy getting him here right. it wasn't easy at all it took three days of negotiations with the ukrainian side for them to give the green light for. for this man to be delivered to moscow to to receive proper medical assistance in fact the even had to land the plane in another ukrainian city before they could finally reach moscow but we are here in the mindset of a airport right now near moscow right next to the airstrip where the plane the special medical evacuation plane that took twenty three year old children. to moscow he's now being rushed to hospital hopefully he's going to be ok he was conscious there was a stressful pause when they were taking him out of the plane it did take some time apparently due to the seriousness of the injuries that he's received the plane is being refueled right now these guys are now going to head off back this company evacuating people from all over the world it's part of his insurance working for artie's a ruptly news agency this man really put his life on the l

what kind of reaction has there been to that moscow? >> ukrainian and russian individuals has been added two more sanctions. one of them a top-level presidential eight. some of these people are believed to be directly involved in the and excision of crimea from ukraine. of crimeaannexation from ukraine. moscow has criticized the latest round of sanctions from brussels , saying that the ee you -- the eu has undermine trust in itself .s a partner moscow is saying that the eu progressionthe separatists in the eastern parts of ukraine and expect to launch a dialogue between kiev and those regions. >> thank you, julia. out to india, where the world's biggest election came to a close monday after the final phase in the marathon five weeks of voting. vote counting is underway but hindered nationalist -- the hindu nationalist opposition leader is expected to become the country's next prime minister. if that turns out to be the case it would end a decade of rule by the indian national congress. more thanturnout with half a billion people casting

moscow may not be the easiest destination for foreigners, but it is improving. and anyway, who said travel was supposed to be easy. al jazeera, moscow. >> well, a volcano in indonesia has erupted spreading volcanic ash up to 1,864 miles away. it has been spewing ash since friday. life throughout the indonesia bali has been canceled, and it could be days before services return to normal. the volcano was one of the many active volcanos in indonesia. now that volcano in indonesia is also causing chaos over the skies in australia. the flights in and out of darwin were canceled due to volcanic ash. hundreds of passengers have been effected but officials say it's unclear when flights will resume locally. >>> police in california have launched an internal investigation into the handling of eliott roger. roger is th wases responsible for the six killings in southern california. earlier today i spoke with richard martinez. his son was among the victims. he told me that this tragedy is proof that better gun laws are needed. >> if you're a farmer or rancher living in wyomi

and moscow solutions for the ukraine. i think that moscow has pursued for different plans. in this includes the eurasia union and this is clearly something that has failed in the commitment to the european perspective. in the kremlin thinks that this is also failed because of the association agreement. >> second of all a divided ukraine with a separate east fully dependent on russia, this has its advantages from moscow but also different costs as i will come to in a few minutes. and windy, which i think is an unstable ukraine unable to qualify for the eu or nato and basically remains in this peripheral position on the edge of europe. i think moscow's objections are clear. first of all the political option. wait until we western innovations of sides were slows down from crimea, including russia's partition of georgia and claiming that the may elections were illegitimate or partly legitimate, seeking a commitment to federalization in the ukrainian constitution which means a divided state with blocks and prevents for making progress towards the eu. it is clearly rejected with

russia expects the results. >> moscow takes a different view from william hague. we heard from sergei lavrov a few minutes ago actually quoting from a statement issued earlier today. a short statement issued by the kremlin basically saying the referendum in donetsk in eyes of moscow represented the will of the people there. moscow noted the high turnout in those votes and made it clear it would respect the votes. wi&=p. kremlin condemned what i described as attempts to sabotage the votes with the use of violence including the use of heavy weaponry against civilians. those are words of kremlin. there was also a call for dialogue between kiev and donetsk and luhansk for the results of referendum and the organization in europe could be part of a dialogue. >> is moscow going to be worried if there are more sanctions from the eu? >> i don't think moscow will like the idea of more sanctions. will it be worried, i don't think so. so far the kremlin hasn't shown it's concerned about the sanctions from the eu or united states. certainly not concerned enough to make it chan

moscow. online a u.s. drone or a bombing homes more than any other target in pakistan that's according to the latest research by the bureau of investigative journalism for the details do visit r.t. dot com. also their horror story from japan where two pop singers were attacked by a salt wielding man at meet and greet with fans. you know other news here in r t egyptian tighten security on the first day of voting to choose a new president polling stations are now open in the coming three years leader mohamed morsi was ousted by the military last summer and the man who led his removal former army chief sisi is predicted to win the elections and faces an energy crisis and is almost militant violence bass hammered the country's economy. six thousand people have taken to the streets in northern california to protest against police brutality and shootings demonstrators anger by the deaths of three people in as many months at the hands of officers call them authorities and the racial profiling police violence as a

moving towards makeup and not one and only under the sway of moscow. but one that is left alone to get its act together. it's a basket case right now. governance wise financial wise economic and trade wise. it needs to be left alone so i can work on its own problems in its own time and more or less become a stable country that's not to say that others can help it. china and turkey the united states brazil europe. they can get financial and economic assistance and even signed trade deals with us all be done in conjunction with a general appreciation of ukraine's neutrality. we're gonna get out of this without a shooting war that grows ever more larger than causes real problem. well the list mentality that has been a long time dispute over whether nato could go any further east after the end of the cold war. now this there's an increased presence of the western alliance with the russian border and some talk of ukraine joining nato. was rushing to do in a situation like this. i don't blame russia. um i want satan because. i don't see pertinent is the best

luke harding in the guardian's former moscow correspondent says. paying people to post hundreds of abusive comments per day is a well attested phenomenon in russia. on the same topic the atlantic newspaper reprinted this story from the st petersburg times told the story of a woman who is employed in what could be called a common tool in office that employs people to attack opponents of russia in chatrooms and social networks don't comment forms freedom house recently released a report called freedom on the net the annual report showed that bahrain china and russia are among the global leaders in pain commentaries to promote the government's agenda. on the way. saudi arabia's acting health minister. this won't be enough to get placed in contact with camels especially cyclones in the wake of an outbreak of the potentially deadly virus it means to restrict received write posts and nine this can cause fever you money and kidney failure aids kills around that its offer is about three hundred and forty five people have died from it since it was identifie

then on wednesday, there was a change of tone from moscow.fter talks, president putin urged ukrainian rebels to delay a planned re-- secession vote. >> we are requesting that representatives of ukrainian southeast delay the referendum planned for may 11. >> putin also voiced support for presidential elections scheduled for may 25 in ukraine, calling them a step in the right direction. collection -- elections that moscow had previously described as absurd. on the ground, putin's words appeared to make little difference. the rebels said they would go ahead with their vote. >> egypt's army chief appeared on a television show on monday evening as he prepares to run in the country's presidential election. when one of the hosts asked if the brother hood would cease to exist if he became president, the response was swifflet. he acknowledged that there have been human rights violations but said that was inevitable in the fight against terror. if elected he said he'd be his own man. many egyptians hope that he'll bring stability. the elections are jus

what is the reaction to that in moscow? maintains the people in eastern ukraine are very much bying on their own, backed people who feel strongly they don't want an anti-russian government ruling over them in and that they need more control over their destiny. the moscow narrative is they don't have any influence over those in the east, they want to give him courage where they can. they are effectively offering in the end to protect them, but they claim they do not have any influence over them at all. moscow's attitude towards the election in ukraine on may 25? moscow does not think presidential election should go ahead. they say it is not the right climate. it is not really in russia's interests for the presidential elections to go ahead. what they want to do is carry on with this narrative that the people in power in kiev re: military who do -- are a that do not have the support of the people. that narrative coming of the support of the majority of the people in the country who would also have the support of a reasonable

to moscow. that's according to the latest research by the bureau of investigative journalism for the details visit our website. for league play it was a little hard to take a. long. while we are back with that break their feelings. please please. please. please please please. please. please the political ticker. now there are fresh calls in washington for the pentagon to come clean about how it's been spending trillions of taxpayers' dollars the department of defense has not audited a single budget in more than twenty years that's despite demands from congress one more make up is now accusing the pentagon of massive overspending is making lopez explains. for thirteen years now these have been the sights and sounds. of war but with every helicopter mission and every damaged humvee to return from the afghan theater there is another sound one congress is increasingly paying attention to after a decade of war lawmakers are tightening their grasp on the purse strings decreasing the minimum defense bu

given these plants, let us look at moscow's options. i think moscow's objective is clear. falls into four options. there is the political option. until western indignation subsides. they can assemble a partition of georgia. they can claim that the may elections in ukraine are illegitimate. seeks a commitment of federalization in ukraine. in effect, that means that it is a divided state. progress toward the eu. has clearlyvernment rejected any kind of referendum or federalization and. it undermines putin's political options. the second option, territorial option. ukraine,rn and eastern it has been promoted by moscow to test division. a dispatch special forces to several regions. has been testing one of two alternatives. creating a split state, much like moldova, in which economists regions block government decision-making, or ukraine's partial sorption by russia. a military takeover and occupation of parts of mainland ukraine would be very costly for moscow. it could deflate the euphoria that we have witnessed among large segments of the population. the annexation of crimea

i have the key to it again the stars and is the day with a large scale military parade in moscow as russia as marking the sixty ninth anniversary of its victory over germany in world war two and ask how can every year the parade is how the red square in moscow russian president. like napoleon made a speech ahead of the term rates praising the veterans in the world or to you and calling them a nine a d and sorrow into them and hide. he also said rememberance have been held across the nation to commemorate the death in war th and this year's event features sixteen the ninth and helicopters but the one hundred and forty nine military depots and over eleven thousand troops making of her brave the largest show of precious millet spray my friends called. and in the end of what clark. russia has had a military parade at moscow's red square on ninth every year apart from four years in the early nineteen nineties. it's a class of soviet union. want to pray would talk earlier to a crisp on top barnum us down take a listen. this is the largest mission parade of its kind of a two day mission parade si

moscow repeated this in mind it is for these according to an odd that the so called people's may yet get to stop them ideal he's already in that time too. this security status of tikrit also reported that all fun and the trees are in a safe place. the upside is apparently taking measures for them in these awful presents. the situation in sundance is very tense and out of government agencies and departments are not operating in the cd. this was reported by connex could do no administration. saturday's captured the buildings are open to look on course to pension funds employment center and tax administration according to the dentist to open title the fact that ukraine and the tyres bring large amounts of explosives to students. they will be stored in administrative buildings such as the departments of the security status the second thistle. this leaves the city council local residents supporting the anti operation informed that the tyres discussed exploding buildings and so unless the ukrainian security officials stopped the attack and that the kissing the authorities of the stuff of t

moscow and russia mocking one of its most cherished. all victory day sixty nine years ago soviet troops crushed the brutal offensive of nazi germany in the great patriotic war more than twenty seven million russians gave their lives in that conflict and it's been yet another impressive victory day parade right here in moscow we hope you have enjoyed our coverage. was live on red square for us here's his report. we have just witnessed one of the biggest ever victory day parades on the red square it started with eleven thousand russian troops marching across these cobbles they were them followed by a military convoy one hundred fifty vehicles that's fifty more than last year including armored personnel carriers tanks right up to those massive missile launches and then we've just had a spectacular fly over involving sixty five sixty nine aircraft commemorating the sixty ninth anniversary of the soviet union defeat of nazi germany during the great patriotic war and the day started with a speech from the russian president vladimir putin in w

let's get more by skype from moscow. it did not take long for the kremlin to react to events in ukraine this friday. >> that is right. they have called the special operation. if. -- the vladimir putin spokesman said this operation is killed off any hope for the geneva agreement. he also said vladimir putin is receiving all the information on the latest developments in ukraine. putin appears to be following developments closely. they insist they continue to take steps toward escalation of the conflict and work towards the release of the observers held in slaviansk. russia spent the special envoy to the area. he is in the region right now. contact with him has been real established. >> vladimir putin warned of consequences against ukraine for acting against its own citizens. what consequences could flow from today's events? >> that is right. vladimir putin has one of consequences in ukraine. he did not give exact details of what the consequences might entail. the russian foreign ministry said the assault in the region woul

tensions between moscow and washington. >> nothing. can ever break us. >> and the u.s. president opens new york's 9/11 museum, some of the victims families aren't happy. >> tickerdy's government is facing an angry backlash. water cannon and tier gas to break up a protest by trade union. four of the country's biggest unions called for the strike. they say workers lives are being jeopardized. the sense of aingeer and frustration isn't being helped by pictures showing an advisor to the prime minister kicking a demonstrator. he appears to attack the man as he is held on the ground by police. but for the families of the dead, the grief goes on, funerals have been held for dozens with more rescues all but lost. first andrew simmons has this report. >> all over this area, the grief is intensifying. so many young lives lost doing a job that is poorly paid. have encouraged her 25-year-old husband to find work elsewhere, he was only a few weeks away from becoming a sergeant. they married seven months ago, all over there are gathering like this, some of the aingeser subdue add fee

the third point, moscow's solutions for ukraine in order of preference moscow has pursued for different plans. i don't find them as plan a., b. and c.. let's start with a. ukraine integrated with an internationawithininternationaln dominated by russia including the eurasian union and this has failed giving the protest and to the commitment to the majority of the ukrainian population to the european perspective. plan b. the mutual ukraine outside of the western structures. the kremlin believes this has also failed because it is the association agreement. in other words it cannot keep ukraine in the sort of non- block natural no man's land on defense status. a plan number c. decided them outside of the west with a separate east of dependent on russia. this has its advantages from moscow but it is also significant cost as i will come to in a few minutes. and plan d. that is a possibility that russia will pursue is an unstable ukraine unable to qualify for either the eu or in the future for nato. and basically remains with peripheral positions on the edge of europe. now, given the plans. th

it is four pm and moscow you're watching our national armory. bahraini human rights activists in a bill ridge ob is back in the battle for democracy in his country after having served a two year prison term for taking part in mass protests he says the situation in bahrain today is worse than when he went to prison after spending more than six hundred days in jail the forty nine year old campaigner as told for the release of all political prisoners during his trial in two thousand and twelve a job told the court had been abused and mistreated in pretrial detention having been kept in solitary confinement almost naked and sometimes with a dead animal now one of the first things he did after being released was visit the grave of his mother who died during his imprisonment and now let's take a look a closer look at her. how he ended up one of the world's most prominent human rights figures and a criminal in his own country well back in two thousand and in two he founded the bahrain center for human rights and he ran it for nine years defending and p

then on june 24 when he left hong kong and flew to moscow on his way to ecuador and got trapped in moscow by the u.s. government who revoked his passport the very same people who'd accused him of being a chinese spy instantly transformed their smear smear campaign into oh he's obviously

we started are still unknown moscow said the clashes were disgraceful. local authorities had arrested more than a hundred people in the incident and called for residents to remain calm let's move on to other world news afghan officials have given up hope of finding any more survivors following a landslide in the remote northeast. it means an estimated two pence and one hundred people have perished in the catastrophe. the aid effort is now focused on more than four thousand people displaced and is concerned that the un stapled hillside in the typist and province maintain it again tripping hazards of homeless people rescue workers. an entire section of the mountain collapsed burying hundreds of homes under modern rock in the valley below. local authorities confirmed that more than two thousand people were killed in a massive landslide. the mind is ten to thirty meters deep with little hope of finding survivors and rescuers are calling for humanitarian aid great now we can only help the displaced people. it is impossible to do anything for those trapped in

which marquee to national life from moscow with memory and joshing on the ukrainian army has launched an air assault on the international airport near the city of donetsk the heart of the proton m a revolt against the airport was stormed by local self-defense forces overnight all roads leading to it are now blocked by the military and there are reports of one person killed in fighting at a railway station nearby well of these are the latest images we're getting from our video agency ruptly t.v. and you can see how copters opening fire there and self defense forces say people are being evacuated from the area they're also getting reports of a depot on fire near the runway and of one missile landing on the grounds of a local machinery plant which is more of a national is following the situation and the airport. the situation here is turning very dramatic and what we witness is a very dangerous escalation of the situation with the dinette city airport that early monday was seized by a group of gunmen identifying themselves as representatives of the self-proclaimed people's dinette script

moscow came bottom in trip advisers' list of 37. i'm new to moscow, and i admit there are challenges. for one, the alphabet. then there is the almost constant diabolical traffic. how are you supposed to get across these roads, any way. the helplessness of tokyo's residents helped it to the top of the chart. new york was second and barcelona came third. with so many seemingly superior destinations we were surprised to find any foreigners on moscow's red scare at all put but there were plenty and despite a few grips by and large they were happy. >> people have been friendly and manage to speak english as much as they can. >> we stayed outside of the city center, and it was really depressing, especially with this weather, but if you enter the inner circle, everything is nicely polished. you see people cleaning and it's beautiful here. >> reporter: soviet communism is suspicious of outsiders, and russia has 74 years of it. that's a difficult legacy to overcome. but new projects like revamped park are making moscow's urban landscape more

a move described by moscow as punitive, what's happening there. past hour, officials in the giant mining and industrial area around donetsk say pro russian separatists have taken control of this center for the areas railways. effectively stopping all train services in that area. sarah is there in donetsk. i asked her if this is a potentially ominous development. >> reporter: difficult to know what to read into it for the moment. it comes after a number of insulations here, key buildings, local governments, prosecutor's office, other buildings in donetsk itself taken over by pro russian groups. so this is the latest in that sense. it also comes after the interior minister in kiev put out a statement can which n which he did say trains in the region would be stopped by the ukrainian government imminently, he said. the terrorist operation was underway, as he described it, he said the railways would be shut down. difficult to know what to make of it. another line of key buildings and key places in the control of pro russian forces. >> sarah, what abou

everything depends on the money landing in the account on moscow -- in moscow on monday, and possible negotiations in brussels later in the day. >> thank you very much. thailand's coup leader ruled out elections for at least a year. in a televised address, general prayuth chan-ocha outlined plans to restore democracy. >> the first phase would focus on reconciliation between divided political factions, followed by political reforms. finally, when the political reforms are in place, and election will take place. the army took control of thailand last month after months of antigovernment protests. officials in the northern indian state of uttar pradesh have fire to police officers for ignoring the disappearance of two girls who were gang raped and murdered. >> the teenage cousins were found hanging from a tree early on a. the families accuse the police of failing to take action when they reported their daughter's missing. the latest in a series of rape that have made international headlines and trigger backlash around the country. >> outrage and anger at the rape and murder of two teenag

it's a different moscow every time i come here.st conspicuous consumption see who can spend the most money disco-techno thing i encountered when i first came here in 2001, it's still going strong. in fact, these days moscow has one of the highest concentrations of billionaires in the world. but as never before, it's imperial russia now, a one-man rule. all power emanates, every decision must consider this guy. ♪ russia is full of characters with murky pasts and shadowy connections. one of them i've called a friend for more than a decade. >> tony! wow. >> i guess i'm switching to vodka. zamir. how are you, brother? >> now, my concern is back in the day, this place was famous for all of the rooms were bugged. >> not anymore, i'm sorry. >> oh, really? i'm really sorry about that. >> times change. >> poor zamir, my long-time crony. he tries to be at least diplomatic about these things. i mean, he's got to live here, right? he doesn't want prussic acid on his blintzes. >> given the forward-thinking russia, they've removed the surveillan

from our studio center in moscow this is r.t. international with the twenty four hours a day ukraine's eastern dennett's region has declared itself a sovereign state it follows a referendum on the status of the area which has seen massive antigovernment protests in recent months you know what was made by the interim head of the self-proclaimed the nets people's republic. then you is going to go to school from now on the people's republic of did netsky is a sovereign state the supremes body of the republic is the supremes council full by the republican government and security council based on the will of the people of the nets and to restore historical justice we asked the russian federation to consider making with the new republic a part of the russian federation. the region has followed suit in declaring itself a sovereign state just after announcing the results of its referendum overwhelming majority of people who took part in the votes in both eastern ukrainian regions voted in favor of self determination. has been following t

it's a different moscow every time i come here.he most discotheque know thing i encountered in 2001, it's still going strong. in fact, these days, moscow has one of the highest concentrations of billionaires in the world. but never before, it's imperial russia now. a one-man rule. all power imnates. every decision must consider this guy. >> russia is full of characters with murky pasts and schad -- shadowy connections. but one of them, i've called a friend for more than a decade. >> tony. wow. >> my concern is back in the day, this place is famous for all the rooms were bugged. >> not anymore. i'm sorry. >> my long-time crony, he tries to be diplomatic about these things. he has to live here, right? >> given the new and lightened, liberalized, forward-thinking russia, they removed the listening desprieps. >> tell me a week from now, zamir, now i understand stereotypes sometimes send a bad message about russia. >> i have an open mind. it's great. >> listen, why don't we just taste awesome. >> oh, thank you. >> welcome to russia. >>

the train was on route from moscow to the capital. let's go to moscow.following the news for us. what details are coming in? >> we've seen the first pictures from the scene. what appears to have happened the train started to derail from the 16 wagons that came off the rails. at that point the train from moscow to the capital, a long distance train with passing and derailed wagons have ripped off the sides of two passenger trains carriages. the casualty figures are unconfirmed at the moment. there are reports of three or four dead and 15 injured. the passenger train seems to have stayed on the line. the problem is the train has torn through the side of the train. it's all happened near a town which is southwest of moscow. about 50 to 60 kilometers to the southwest of moss cow. emergency vehicles are on the way to the scene and the first of the emergency teams have arrive there had. >> daniel, when we get more information, we'll come back to you. thanks very much. >>> thailand's head of the military says it will remain in place until peace and order have b

with a hint of mixed messages out of moscow. we fly into perth on wednesday saying that to be the twenty fifth. president elect was a step in the right direction in addition the halls before any referendum in eastern ukraine this coming sunday. we've seen since the response we talked about in part one of the center is saying they're going full steam ahead with this talk about it. your mind an activist on the ground marsh. she is a member of the commission for the presidential actions the twenty fifth. and the terrible be taking place to be too many choices so from monday and he is the bureau chief for the boys up from my shop there to begin again teaches international relations at the french political science institutes gospel and to all and yet still was herbert just back from eastern ukraine. he was a phone conversation this thursday between the russian foreign minister and his french counterpart sergei lavrov as saying that. basically contradicting one from improvements in the day before said to me twenty fifth is so fine din

about 16 hours ago, i departed moscow, where moscow, where i traveled to interview edward snowden. he is widely referred to these days as the most wanted man in the world, the interview was months in the making and cloaked in the secrecy of his life as a fugitive living in exile overseas. our conversation went on for several hours and we're still going through it all and just starting the process of seeking comment from all those people and entities he discussed. we are going to air snowden's comments next week on the other side of the three-day memorial day weekend and in prime time on wednesday night at 10:00, 9:00 central, you'll be able to see him and hear him tell his story, including a lot we have not heard before and as you will see and hear, edward snowden has a lot more to say. >>> now, to dial back to our lead story tonight. we've been covering a dangerous situation unfolding in arizona. a massive wildfire exploding in size today, ten times larger than it was at this time yesterday. tonight hundreds of firefighters are struggling there to contain it as thousands are on no

today the sun shows the businessman from moscow and is white. vacation condo worth eleven point five million us dollars. questions like vacationing in miami during the winter to escape the harsh moscow wet. and because they are direct flights to moscow. yes the wind. will i'm so nice to me. well the russians had been eager to invest. it's often said that it can build and ten million dollar condo here. you won't have any trouble selling. that was fine for the media flee. it is something that they would fight back and probably the single. also that they live in a new employee that end. what about the time. i don't like that. the past couple of years. more stores have begun selling food and other items from russia the supermarket is called the truth. so why in the art of pastries fill the shelves the employee and he also has a store that sells books and magazines from the home the day. you can also hear rustling being spoken here and there. in fact some people call this area of miami little moscow the locals are surprised by the transformation site

it's a different moscow every time i come here.st conspicuous consumption see who can spend the most money disco-techno thing that i saw when i first came here in 2001, it's still going strong. in fact, these days, moscow has one of the highest concentrations of billionaires in the world. but as never before, its imperial russia now, a one-man rule. all power emanates, every decision must consider this guy. ♪ russia is full of characters with murky pasts and shadowy connections. one of them i' called a friend for more than a decade. >> tony! wow. >> zamir. now, my concern is back in the day, this place was famous for all of the rooms were bugged. >> not anymore, i'm sorry. >> oh, really? >> i'm really sorry about that. times change. >> my long-time crony tries at least to be diplomatic about these things. i mean, he's got to live here, right? he doesn't want problems with his blintzes. >> the forward-thinking russia, they removed the surveillance devices? >> listen, as a born moscowite, i'm trying to be a good patron. i really want

international here in moscow my name is kevin owen and breaking news coming in grim news coming in this morning from ukraine to start wearing a truck carrying injured self-defense fighters is reportedly been a hit from a grenade launcher outside donetsk in eastern ukraine we think it's killed up to thirty five people the wounded are being transported from the city's airport which had earlier come under an army air assault this latest information is coming from the so-called people's governor of the region vies facebook page. in the area for our troops. no less than half a kilometer away from donetsk c.t. airports you can see behind me one two week. not get any closer because it is simply dangerous you see black smoke everywhere we hear firing and from time to time the ukrainian army's. and helicopters appear here over fly in this area and firing at different targets on the ground and we hear and see someone from the ground fire in back so you can see the military operation to free the strategic location is now undergoing and in full swing just to remind you very early on monday this is

moscow says it respects the results to be implemented in a civilized manner.rah has this report from donetsk. >> reporter: the morning after the referendum, sloviansk gives a strong hold. there were clashes with government troops overnight on the outskirts. now there's an uneasy calm. across the region, they've been collecting the the votes. they claim a record turnout. this was no ordinary ballot held along side the armed men now in control here. the rebels say this region has spoken now, that its destiny is decided. away from the barricade, i found people divided, even among russian speakers. one told me the referendum was a fake. >> there are lots of nationnati. they are not just russian. >> i want to join russia. so far that response has had little impact here on the ground. >> these attempts of referendum have zero credibility in the eyes of the world. they are illegal by anybody's standar standards. they don't meet any standards of being properly conducted. >> events are moving fast. >> reporter: the rebels are talking of a parallel government, even a mi

and this with snowden in moscow. you've worked there, and reported from moscow.is a very challenging time. >> well, there's no question that putin does view this very much in "we win, you lose" terms. he's a zero sum kind of a guy. i think he's enjoyed the opportunity to poke the eye of the united states with the ukraine crisis, and the west. that being said, it's also an existential threat for vladimir putin. you have to remember, staying in power is his only job at that level. he has viewed a turn in ukraine towards the west as potentially an existential threat to his regime in russia. i think that's why we saw this aggressive move. but remember, obama imposed sanctions along with other european leaders. we've more or less accepted the forcible annexation of crimea, of ukraine. really the talk now is to make sure we contain that damage and that putin doesn't do more. but in effect, everybody is throwing up their hands and saying, it's true, putin's taking crimea and we're not getting it back. >> susan, thank you so much. and gene robinson. and of course, colone