in the meantime there's been little sign of improvement in russia's volatile north caucuses according to president dmitri medvedev he's meeting security forces and local leaders in southern russia to discuss how to bring stability and over is following the visit to keep for us. terrorism cannot be counted singlehandedly to successfully applied terrorism is the task of many this was the main message as the leaders of the north caucuses gathered for a meeting with the russian president dmitry medvedev the talks were devoted to security in this russia's most volatile region they were mostly held behind closed doors the president opened the session with very harsh criticism of the work of russia's police and security services there indeed twenty ton was a very top number of terrorist attacks group fourfold compared to two thousand and nine according to the country's national counter-terrorism committee some sixty terrorist attacks were prevented this year and over three hundred terrorists were destroyed by the russian president said today that to the great people the districts in russia a

i believe it concerns regional officials from north caucuses. did he give you some particular time to get things done a what what else did you talk about when the cameras were switched off of the machine. well let me first comment on the president's words. unrewarding anyway. today. agencies have been actively terrorism and extremism in the north caucasus area. and it's safe to say this work has been a success. with results tangible indeed. in other words we have become stronger. at the same time using only force in addressing terrorism in the. next two employ. and this should be. very important component to be sure dealt with by regional leaders including the heads of federal power structure. attention should be focused on the fact that terrorism is a disease. problem. unfortunately we have to admit that this has accumulated a huge layer of social problems we face and have to address on the one hand it's about very deep poverty and high unemployment. with the background of a very good demographic situation we have an ever growing number of youn

that a new body is being established in the north caucasus area name is a social council of the north caucuses federal district what is it and what authorities are going to have. it's apparent that it's impossible to solve many questions without the close cooperation with the population yourselves in what is this we set ourselves a priority of creating civil society is the. conduit of a dialogue between the populations and the storage fees. so the city council affiliated to that plenipotentiary envoy of the president is a public body including prominent and authoritative figures should also may. a faith. great respect from the people who see. within the. course we discussed. issues. and good ways of solving the mothership. and this is a board which will include representatives from governmental human rights organizations elders peoples youths and journalists scores the. perception including those from free media. it will not be used to i believe the council will be formed very soon and will consist of three major parts. one to be all fourteen representatives from the federal authorities as wel

. >> what's happening here is happening across the north caucuses.adical islam is spreading from the mountains to the cities. the result is a religious war against russia. >> in bagstan's largest mosque, the imams preach tolerance. it is not only religion that is feeding the conflict. this police captain agreed to tell me what he thinks is behind the violence. fearing reprifles, he he asked his i'd did i identity be concealed. >> the authorities leave them no choice but to fight. there are no decent jobs. there is no independent court system. armed confrontation is the only way people can defend their rights. >> moscow blames outside forces for war in these mountains. but russia has its own problems here it needs to solve if there is to be peace in the caucuses. "bbc news," bagistan. >> speculation as to the venue and date of police william's wedding has intensified after his fiancee visited westminster abbey in london on wednesday night. our correspondent is following the story. >> it is not conclusive, but it certainly seems to be pretty close. kat

plotting a christmas campaign of terror in europe are reported to be linked to militants in the north caucuses investigators say they are members of an international terror there it was financing gangs in chechnya. suicide rates among young u.s. war veterans saw to record levels with eighteen people taking their lives daily according to the latest figures unemployment homelessness and neglect by the authorities are believed to be among the reasons for the alarming. south korea confirms that it opened artillery fire before north korea shelled the desired but insists it was part of military drills directed west not north as many countries rushed to accuse the north of provocation russia has called for restraint from both sides to avert full scale war. also from us tonight turning to leakers for truth denmark's military top brass asked whistleblowers to reveal facts of its troops alleged involvement in prisoner abuse in iraq after being denied any information by nato and the u.s. all the stories online twenty four seventh's are to dot com and from the sport there as well but of course no need to

planting a christmas campaign of terror in europe are pushing to be linked to militants in the north caucuses investigators say they're all members of an international terror network that was financing gangs in chechnya. suicide rates among young u.s. remove the water record levels with eighteen people taking their lives daily cording to the latest figures on employment homelessness and neglect. believed to be among the reasons for the alarming increase. south korea can feel that it had to refire before north korea shelled its island but insists it was part of a military drill directed at west a not normal of many countries and roster.

russia's republic of chechnya it's been seen as a tradition among some muslim communities of the north caucuses but religious leaders and officials say it's deeply wrong and must be stopped what's on a list of reports on the practice which is tearing families apart. it is a moment of family stand upright a church in brighton happening here remains a ritual rather than the man simply chooses the woman he wants and forcibly takes her but the kidnapping of one young girl called him on one terribly wrong. i knew she went shopping. we had a good outside and saw her being kidnapped yes she was shouting we saw. the kidnapper and his accomplice grabbed him on jumped into a car and sped away but a short way down the road to question to be. a young girl. when we were driving. in the. northwest it was an awful tragedy the car was just a piece of metal you couldn't tell what car it was. some say kidnap and brights ones and the cook asian blood religious leaders and churches strongly disapprove and no laws have been brought in to corrupt the practice the. chechens never had such as this is. every friday i s

plotting a christmas campaign a terror in europe or porches to be linked to militants in the north caucuses investigators say they're members of an international terror network that was financing the games in chechnya. suicide rates among young u.s. war veteran stillwater record levels with eighteen people take mines daily according to latest fake is on employment business on neglect forty's it needs to be among the reasons the alarming increase. in south korea confirms that is open doll tillery fabo full north korea shelled is.

successfully applied terrorism is the task of many this was the main message as the leaders of the north caucuses gathered for a meeting with the russian president dmitry medvedev the talks were devoted to security in this russia's most volatile region they were mostly held behind closed doors the president opened the session with very harsh criticism of the work of russia's police and security services there indeed twenty turn was a very tough year the number of terrorist attacks group four fold compared to two thousand and nine according to the country's national counterterrorism kmita some sixty terrorist attacks were prevented this year and over three hundred terrorists were destroyed by the russian president said today to the great districts in russia are not something he would fully trust just. statistics so often misleading there's no trust in them i want to once again draw the attention of rural forces to this fact there is no trust in the statistics that often just a lowly including interior ministry reports police this in the works now will make it possible to make the statistics exact.

neighboring chechen republic a soldier on a search mission was killed by an explosion russia's north caucuses has recently been facing an increase in the number of recent attacks despite efforts by the authorities to crack down terrorist groups. health officials in haiti have confirmed the first death from cholera in the capital aid groups are setting up treatment centers to help contain the disease which is already killed more than five hundred outside the prince hold on a section increased when nothing caused by hurricane thomas over a million people are living in makeshift camps so the homeless devastating earthquake jeffrey. a tugboat has begun turning to shore a cruise ship which caught fire and was stranded off the coast of mexico the carnival splendor with about four thousand five hundred people aboard was south of san diego when the blaze broke out in the engine room with navy helicopters and aircraft carrier very surprised the stricken vessel which is expected to reach port by thursday. the u.s. government says it was not behind the don'ts of a mistry missile the scene of the pacific

plotting a christmas campaign of terror and europe of course it's been linked to militants in the north caucuses investigators say that members of an international terror that wag that was find out think tanks in chechnya. suicide rates among younger us will bestir in soldier record levels with eighteen people taking the men lines daily according to the nascence figures unemployment heinousness on neglect of the believed to be among the reasons belonging in creates. south korea confirms that a doll to refire both told north korea shelled it finally and that in fifteen it was part of military drills directed west not north as many countries rush to accuse the normal for publication russia house call for restraint from both sides to have budged.

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invested over a billion dollars in hopes that a similar model could be also introduced in the north caucuses they're considering creating a special economic zone there but so far no great success the region still remains very tense with a growing number of analysts welcome this shift in stalin's. policy but say they're facing a very tough. all right thank you very much it was our correspondent. reporting . now moscow says it wants a fair trial for a russian businessman to victor boot the president's aide says russia will continue to provide boots with consular assistance but has made no judgment over whether or not he's guilty boots is accused by the u.s. of arms trafficking and terrorism charges he denies after being extradited from thailand earlier this week he's now in solitary confinement in a new york jail booth could face life behind bars guilty his trial is set for january next year. well remember you can check out more stories on our website our team dot com it helps keep you up to date and here's what it's all online right now down about lighting up a new survey reveals russia has m

north caucasus spotlights. try to find out . hi there well not caucuses is often identified in people's mind in the place of terror and tense situation in the region let's try to find out what has this place became a breeding ground for extremism but one thing there's a number of issues it has to do with history religion economy etc there are many problems in the area. well the region has a long history of underground extremist islamic groups this experience of the past serves as a good ground for extremists. people from that region have always been unpredictable . i think it is in the blood of people who live in that region who are always conflicts there doesn't keep in so i think it has something to do with the nationality of the people who live there however i also think that there is somebody behind those conflicts these conflicts are a result of. the album does it get a question. i think it's inference from abroad and result of special services work what do you think needs to. excessive. that's what you just speak to. that gentleman i must have seen