but about filling your own r.t. moscow. and let's stay on this now as last week moscow was also treated to a more extreme sports show offering a top prize not just the snowboarding but also freestyle and other stunts before being wrapped up by a special guest singer making my child reports. the garm three of russia gave some of the world's best snowboarders and freestyle riders the chance to get together in the russian capital while the thousands of vegas spectators and compete for the top prize of fifty thousand euros though it wasn't just about the money. lot of course than most of these guys well and we've done snowboarding together so it leaves little room for tough competition we simply enjoy ourselves and feel happy no matter who has performed for the past three rad be able to ride here in moscow i never thought i'd actually come here to do an event i do a day care right here in the city is pretty cause i was so i and the tricks weren't just confined to boards with high adrenalin followed by high octane as russia's bes

fleet r.t. moscow. so for russian football let's turn to the news grabbing the headlines elsewhere in the world of sport. on monday the australian women's cricket team were celebrating at the historic gateway of india in mumbai a day after clinching the world cup title with a one hundred fourteen run victory over the west indies the triumph was the second in five months for the us is after captain joe di fields who also led his side to the world twenty twenty and. the australian team nicknamed the southern stars have now won a record six world cup titles two more and then men's team. then on tuesday football's world governing body feeds are announced goal line technology will be used at the twenty fourteen world cup in brazil high profile mistakes by officials at the last finals and euro two thousand and twelve put fever under increasing pressure to introduce technology to prevent such mistakes happening again and after years of resistance they finally relented last summer and two methods underwent test

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a very warm welcome to you from all of us here at r.t. moscow. with your worldwide. people in your roles are recovering from the shock of the meteo that crashed in the area on friday the space rock exploded in the sky creating a powerful shockwave and damaging hundreds of buildings twelve hundred people have been injured as a result many of them schoolchildren who were in class at the time. dozens of people were taken to hospital following the devastating explosion. going off reports now from the epicenter. thankfully the night passed quietly and without any incidents in shiite instance there were fears that more meteors were going to hit the area nothing of the kind happened but the consequences of friday's meteor are still quite a handful it's not only about shattered glass lots of old buildings were damaged as well like this factory there behind me where parts of the wall and roof just collapsed which is remarkable since we're around one hundred kilometers which is there are sixty miles away from where the media or fell on friday the explosion was so powerful nasa

r.t. from moscow glad to have you with us now the french military assisted by local militia has taken the city of the last major city still controlled by islamist militants meanwhile warplanes have continued striking at the remaining militant hideouts in the far north of the country the french foreign minister has hinted that the operation may be over as early as march but while the advance has been swift the conflict is already taking its toll on the civilians artie's gonzalo reports from the war torn country. that is their money they know what i'm going to look at today in this town and everyone is celebrating the capture of two important islamist leaders one of them is mohammed the head of the. a group which retired to for months particularly violating the rights of women he was. along with bob meadows leader of the movement for unity and jihad in west africa say he was taken north of close to the border with algeria the capture of these two leaders demonstrates what everyone knows this if you go into book to buy havens of security in a dangerous wilderness we were ourselves detained b

r.t. live from moscow with me andrey pharma site to our top story almost a month after the death of a three year old russian boy in texas local police still continuing their investigation russian officials believe maxon koosman was abused by his adoptive american mother but u.s. authorities say they are still waiting for autopsy results. is in the family's hometown. russian officials are outraged at yet another case of the death of a russian child living in an adoptive family in the united states we're standing outside the home of alan and laura shadow parents two three year old max shadow known in russia as mean the three year old boy after suffering severe bruises to his legs head and internal organs had died in january this year just a few weeks after his third birthday right now his parents are not making any statements if you call their voice mail it says if you're a reporter or news agency we have no comment now according to russian officials the investigation that they're conducting they're saying allegedly was the mother of the child that was behind this death they're saying not onl

from the new center here in moscow this is r.t. with the online on screen twenty four hours a day. i'm not employed frenchman committed suicide by setting himself on fire a job center in the city of nonce the forty three year old has been refused unemployment benefits in a country which is suffering its highest jobless rate for thirteen years and none of reportedly threatened suicide but his cry for help was ignored or has the details said it reports that he had actually set a letter to some journalists saying that he was going to do this this week so the police had said that they had set of surveillance outside that employment agency but they didn't manage to see him he was already on fire they said he had entered through a side street and therefore this tragedy had happened how the man did this after finding out that he is no longer eligible. well for those unemployment benefits and this is not the first time it has happened in france in august we know that a fifty year old jobless man had done the same and this is a worrying sign for france for a country that has seen its unempl

live from the new center here in moscow this is r.t. with the online on screen twenty four hours a day picture this it's eight fifty one in the morning and a mid size city east of the urals in central russia when the sky is lit up by the fall off of a meteorite about to smash into its final resting place here on earth right in the middle of russia well it has got a firsthand account from a man who witnessed the dramatic arrival. big bright like he was shining across the sky you know blinding brighter than the sun and then it was followed by a huge. explosion you know about a minute or so later that broke last and everything on the light fixtures were swaying back and forth and i at that point when looked out the window and i saw this giant streak going across the sky like the tail of the cloud of what what had just happened and i thought at that point i knew it was something that came from the sky immediately called one of my teammates who lives in my building and i you know i couldn't get through to him my phone and work so i was a lit

r.t. live from moscow with me andrey pharma now our top story amid the ongoing french intervention in mali paris has now sent a team of special forces to cameroon to help track down a kidnapped french family seven civilians were seized by militants on choose day and reportedly taken across the border into nigeria paris paris believes in the tourist nigerian islamists is responsible the french foreign minister says that if confirmed it justifies the ongoing fight against terrorist groups in africa like mali cameroon is a former french colony on nigeria is now the top oil producer on the continent some observers say france and its allies are responsible for the rise of extremism in the region and cookies as a pretext to go after african resources former new york colonial powers are once again flexing their muscles and they're starting to reach back into into yugoslavia into iraq. afghanistan into libya and now into west africa if the main product mali for example were mushrooms. there would be no french troops there are in niger but the main export is your aim and that's very important to th

r.t. you're watching around the pub the top stories of the last seven days with me kevin zero in here in moscow r.t. h.q. tonight first of all what a big story it was the world was wide eyed this last week over those dramatic images from central russia that meteor exploding in a blinding flash plunging forward before crashing into the urals early on friday part of it going into a lake now of course it's more hard to imagine the panic that this cause we have a witness is talking about the blinding flash but of course they're also talking about that intense pressure pump so many eyewitnesses said it was almost as if it was almost as if the pressure waves of was felt within their internal organs really scary because of your inside of the time when those windows blew out well that's part of the reason why really a thousand people were injured article piskun off takes up the story. it was like a scene from a scythe or a movie but with one exception it was real first the brilliant flash this big bright like he was shining across the sky you know blinding brighter than the sun the skies were lit up by

r.t. h.q. in moscow tonight first well it was the big story of the week the world was wide died this week over dramatic images from central russia plunging b.t.o. exploding with a blinding flash before crashing in the urals at the start on friday not hard to imagine the shock felt by the region's residents without going on the blinding flash the noise windows being blown in to people while of course to try to work out what exactly was happening somewhere before war broke out ok well across this story now it's eagle piskun office take a look. it was like a scene from a scythe or a movie but with one exception it was real first the brilliant flash this big bright like he was shining across the sky you know blinding brighter than the sun the skies were lit up by a meteor streaking across the skies above the russians. or want to marry half thousand kilometers east of moscow where not just unusual glare on the floor i thought of all lights from a car then we went to the window saw this strange cloud and then.

r.t. live from moscow good to have your company now our top story a three year old russian boy has died in the u.s. allegedly at the hands of his adoptive mother claims a month after a new law came into effect banning american citizens from adopting russian children following similar cases moscow is demanding severe punishments for the death of maxime cruz mean however according to russian diplomats the u.s. state department has so far been reluctant to cooperate with an investigation. as this report that this case unfolded in texas according to officials three year old maxine died on january twenty first at the hands of his adoptive mother the pro conducted by russia's investigative committee reveal that maksim was beaten by his adoptive mother who according to officials also. so fed him strong psychotropic medication and investigator say that the boy allegedly died before medics arrived at the scene but that it was his adoptive mother who had called the medics to begin with an autopsy reportedly show that maksim suffered multiple injuries to his head his abdomen and internal organs prior

r.t. live from moscow now our top story the adoptive mother of a three year old russian boy who died in the u.s. exactly a month ago says maxine cousens death was an accident russia has demanded justice suspecting the toddler was abused however local police are claiming it is too early to draw any conclusions artes and to see it is in texas twenty russian children in the last seventeen years died in their adoptive american families most recently here in texas much mean known to locals as max shadow just what i heard on the news was just the kid had some scratches. that's all i know three year old mark sam and his younger brother keel lived in this house with their adoptive parents in a rather secluded neighborhood it was from here that on the afternoon of january twenty first the boy was taken away by an ambulance never to come back the boy had severe bruises on his legs head and internal organs can get into there because it would be speculative. for the results to come by russian authorities didn't hear about the case for almost a month. even unfortunately it's usually months after a russi

from the new center here in moscow this is r.t. with you twenty four hours a day with international news and comment. in tunisia police have clashed with protesters and fired tear gas after angry mobs attacked the offices of the ruling islam is party thousands of taking to the streets across the country to protest against the government the public fury followed the assassination of the leading opposition figure chokri belaid with some holding the power elite responsible the opposition has called for a general strike and four parties are suspending their membership in the country's lawmaking body international relations professor mark almond says that the government will be hard pressed to survive until the upcoming elections in june. tension between the opposition the ruling. has been growing more elections in a few months time in the two years since the revolution the economy and unity has taken a nosedive i was there in january and in addition to the tourist businesses being dramatically cut hotels empty until you have factories

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r.t. live from moscow with more stories for you now president obama's nominee for the country's next defense secretary has gone out of his way to persuade the senate he's fully committed to preventing iran from developing nuclear weapons and the confirmation hearing positions on the majority of issues were in the white house well she's going to has been listening to the session which turned into deflection of rather than just defense. chuck hagel bent backwards to show how mainstream his views are the senators kept accusing him of not being mainstream enough and they kept using the word mainstream over and over again during this hearing chuck hagel has walked back on a number of positions he had taken earlier he kept apologizing again and again and chuck hagel went to great lengths to show that he is in no way going to challenge washington's core foreign policy beliefs as one of the senators put it it was quite an exhausting hearing considering the senators were asking almost the same questions and roughly eighty percent of them had to do with chuck hagel previous statements on israel and ir

r.t. international from moscow i'm kevin when well our top story there as you just heard russia now demanding answers as to why that three year old boy allegedly died at the hands of his adoptive mother in the united states might seem cosmin adds to the grim statistic twenty russian children have died so far after being adopted by americans course only a few weeks ago that new law came into effect in russia banning u.s. citizens from bringing russian children into their families because of the potential maybe of abuse across developments this warring story artie's maria for national now maria this story broke twenty four hours ago it was on shift here then the details were coming through so sad so sad you see his picture there absolutely a full creators of a short life what do we know about what what about what happened bring us up to date more details have been coming through today and we know that makes him was the eldest of two brothers born in russia's western. small town. and not far from the border with this torn in both he and his younger sibling whose name is real were adopted by the

r.t. live from moscow not a discuss the issue of the e.u. the eurozone stuttering economies and people ultimately taking their lives when it all becomes a bit too much to bear we were reporting earlier on r.t. about a frenchman who set himself on fire outside a job center in the town of north let's get some more on this now for most sociology and philosophy lecturer at the university of the panagiotis sorted us now joining us live here on our duty as you were hearing me say just a moment ago so thanks for coming on but i was talking about this poor frenchman who set himself on fire now we understand that the unemployment rates in france are currently a thirteen year high is it is the man's actions symbolic of the frustration the people there are feeling what it is symbolic of the situation all over the euro zone and things that people in europe are realizing that what has been happening in the european south and especially greece in the past two or three years has not been an exception it is going to be the route all over europe. greek's a tr

r.t. today i'm live in moscow with your world wide use. russia has heavily criticized the u.s. for blocking a u.n. security council statement condemning a string of bomb attacks in the syrian capital and the blasts took the lives of at least fifty three people and wounded hundreds while also damaging the russian embassy and moscow says it's unacceptable for washington to seek excuses for what it calls terrorists especially after u.s. diplomatic missions have been targeted in other countries and the deadliest car bomb explosion struck a busy neighborhood of damascus where the headquarters of president assad's ruling party is located and there's also a school near the epicenter of the blast and many children are believed to be among the victims middle east expert tariq ali says the scale of the apparent acts of terrorism yet again indicates the urgent need for a political solution. it was a very clear response to those who are arguing right now it's. well for now those the bay should be a political settlement that this ugly stalemate should not be allowed to continue. any longer

live from our new center here in moscow this is r.t. with you twenty four hours a day french military forces have stepped up their offensive on rebel bases in northern mali with troops moving into the city of the last bastion of islamist insurgents around one thousand nine hundred soldiers from chad a also joint operation meanwhile two senior islamic leaders have been captured fleeing airstrikes on the border with algeria reports now from the country. euler see that is their money because they know what i'm going to look at today in this town and everyone is celebrating the capture of two important islamic leaders one of them is mohammed the head of the demon a group which retired will continue to for months particularly violating the rights of women he was captured along with the leader of the movement for unity and jihad in west africa say he was taken north of keep close to the border with algeria the capture of these two leaders demonstrates what everyone knows the city of go into book to buy havens of security in a dangerous wilder

i'm sure you're going to be keeping on the story long as well as all of our team over in our to moscow r.t. international correspondent lindsey france thank you so much for weighing in on this topic. you know when it comes to meteors astronomy and anything to do with space really for many people the first thing that comes to mind is u.f.o.'s and even aliens part of that could be caused by a sense of wonder and curiosity when it comes to things that we simply don't have only answers to another part of very large part could actually be caused by hollywood's depictions of u.f.o.'s and extraterrestrial life whatever the case some people have even depicted their lives dedicated their lives to setting us follow including scientists within why spy are to correspondent on a stasi a chuckin it takes a closer look at this business. we may or may not believe you expect me to believe . that a flying saucer came down and took your friend away but courtesy of hollywood us folks have been landing in the us for many years we've all seen them on the silver screen in your head. but at this point if the hund

r.t. live from moscow is kevin owen here with me at nine pm moscow time first the news you just heard the developing news story this military will supply bradley manning has pleaded guilty to ten out of twenty two charges against him he admitted to leaking the u.s. state secrets to wiki leaks but denied aiding the enemy the charge that could lead him to life in jail escaped speed on this with his report by the marina i don't know whether there was a lot of surprise about this today but what could these admissions now from him mean he's already put in prison of course for a thousand days of. he sure has what many are thinking is that bradley manning had pled guilty to these ten counts against him in hopes that he would face a sentence of twenty years to life instead of twenty years maximum instead of a life sentence which the u.s. government was going for now as you told our audience the u.s. government has charged bradley manning with twenty two counts he has pleaded guilty to ten counts and this is the first time the twenty five year old has formally admitted guilt since being arrested m

r.t. h.q. in moscow with our top stories of the last seven days and of course the big story as we can see on the screen the worldwide died this last week over those dramatic images from central russia plunging meteor exploding with a blinding flash before crashing in the urals early on friday what a wake up call that was for the local inhabitants of chelyabinsk wasn't it they went out of bed by nine twenty five that morning they certainly were after that i want to shocking thing to happen as well first they described that intense bright light the best a lot of people could describe it as was big like a nuclear bomb going off maybe there was a lot of worry then came the bang the whoosh the pressure blew they said they could feel it inside shocking and in the last hour as well a development two scientists now looking for traces of the space visitor one report suggesting that a an expedition of academy of sciences might have found some of them and that will be interesting as well they'll be taking that back

moscow. is he. he continues here in r.t. one out of every four greeks including over half the country's young people out of work that's according to the country's notice unemployment figures with the jobless rate more than double the european average well for morning some joined by a former agree completely of the center left panhellenic socialist movement kaley eva thanks very much indeed for joining us over sixty percent of greek youth are unemployed what could be the long term effects of that and is there any sign of things getting better while it seems that it's getting worse not better this is the famous rescue of greece from the european union well we said a few dime several times before the elections that this memorandum didn't seem to work it was a plan that had the wrong recipe although we had to make reforms and we had to try harder to follow the law and we i think we had the wrong plan and it doesn't seem to work out so really they say that we'll reach thirty percent of on the fly home and it means that while thou

live from the new center here in moscow this is r.t. with the screen twenty four hours a day picture this it's eight fifty one in the morning in a mid-sized city east of the urals in central russia when the sky is lit up by the far path of a meteorite about to smash into its final resting place here on earth right in the middle of russia well r.t. has got a firsthand account from a man who witnessed the dramatic arrival. big bright like he was shining across the sky you know blinding brighter than the sun and then it was followed by a huge. explosion you know what a minute or so later that broke glass and everything the late fixtures were swaying back and forth and i don't point to when looked out the window when i saw this giant street going across the sky like the tail of the cloud of what would have just happened. at that point i knew it was something that came from the sky immediately called one of my teammates who lives in my building and i you know i couldn't get through to him my phone and work so i was a little bit scared at tha

r.t. is granted exclusive access to members of the secretive group. from the new center in moscow this is r.t. with your line on screen twenty four hours a day. the un security council has issued a stern rebuke to north korea over its third nuclear test as it held an emergency meeting in response to the test in defiance of international regulations. saying it plans to beef up the sanctions already in place for the previous atomic exercises let's get more on this now from. is in new york what exactly came out of this emergency meeting and one of the likely next step for the international community. well the u.n. security council as you mentioned unanimously condemned north korea's latest nuclear test there called it a defiant act and a clear threat to international peace and security a press statement approved at an emergency meeting hours after pyongyang's latest underground test called the atomic blast a grave violation of three un resolutions of banning north korea from conducting nuclear or missile tests now the council also pledged further action calling peelings latest defian

r.t. has granted exclusive access to members of the secretive group. live from the new center here in moscow this is r.t. with the online screen twenty four hours a day. the u.n. security council is usually as issued a stern rebuke to north korea over its third nuclear test as it held an emergency meeting in response to the test which was in defiance of international regulations it says it plans to beef up the sanctions already in place for the country's previous atomic exercises. as more. well the u.n. security council unanimously condemned north korea's latest nuclear test there called it a defiant act and a clear threat to international peace and security her statement approved at an emergency meeting hours after being on yang's latest underground test called the atomic blast a grave violation of three un resolutions of banning north korea from conducting nuclear or missile tests now the council also pledged further action calling peelings latest defiant a clear threat to international peace the security council also strengthen sanctions in response to. a missile test back in december and

following a very good evening to futures joins us just after eleven pm here in moscow my name's kevin know in this is r.t. international first russia demanding answers tonight as to why that three year old boy died allegedly at the hands of his adoptive mother in the united states is such a sad story maxime could mean adds to the grim statistic of twenty russian children who have died after being adopted by americans only a few weeks ago a new law came into effect in russia banning u.s. citizens from bringing russian children into their families because of the worries about this very kind of abuse earlier if a national gave me the latest developments as they've come through today. although they seem died almost a month ago now investigation is still continuing in syria to say exactly what happened and i mean weeks what were the circumstances for two we're already hearing from american investigators that the body of that scene was coverage with crashes and. allegedly he was beaten and he suffered that's what we're hearing from american doctors multiple injuries prior to his death it's also reported that m

r.t. dot com plus. moscow's self-styled devil has been hunted down by police following two years of posting his reckless driving in the capital on the web online he was eventually apprehended. the syrian capital damascus this weeks or some of the heaviest fighting in months as rebels advanced on government strongholds latest battles were over control of a key highway leading north korea cut off by opposition forces and also seize several army checkpoints moving to within a mile of the heart of the capital rebels saying they are preparing for a decisive assault on damascus a satisfactory result is unlikely to push succeeds in topping the president into the highway from syria tribune news website oh this is just i mean it's just like. mine and the father will be nicer ones different than it is now and it's not really have if he cannot actually and we try even when the you know it's listed. that's it on its black list the with not. defending it because they know they can accomplish the coalition will only be able t

r.t. live here in moscow in a couple minutes from now we bring you the first part of a feature length documentary on the occupy movement the effects of which are still being felt across america our be back with the news team with more news in just over half an hour from now. secretary of state hillary clinton recently testified to congress in regards to the attack on the us consulate was killed an american ambassador in benghazi libya during the testimony couldn't rather calmly said things like that the revolutions that sprang up during the arab spring like in libya where the events in bali have created instability and safe havens for terrorists and she made it clear that there is no doubt that the algerian terrorists had weapons from libya so the us secretary has basically admitted that the actions of the usa and nato have caused a mass instability that has allowed the seeds of terrorism to grow when the justification for most of the actions in the muslim world is to stop evil dictators who harbor terrorists or spread shouting to mock recy if libya would have been left alone algerian terrorists

there broadcasting live from our studios here in moscow this is r.t. . egypt has plunged into a fresh outbreak of street violence as protesters vent their fury against president mersina clouds of tear gas fired by police in gulf demonstrators who had pelted the presidential palace with petrol bombs these rallies come just days after hardline muslim clerics justified sexual assaults on women protesters and sanction the killing of opposition leaders as artie's true now reports after months of public demonstrations the chaos in the country and looks to be deepening. there were violent scenes out front of the presidential palace the groups attempted to storm the building with the moment talks were actually taken asked by the security forces who also finds a rule to come into them however the clashes have really been more violent outside of the capital we've had reports also clashes with security forces and anti-government protesters in alexandria. shake with a possible death the income for sake of about yet to be confirmed as people are really feeling quite

r.t. live here in moscow with you twenty four hours a day violent clashes in the caro have killed one person and injured at least fifty rioting opponents of the morsy regime reach the presidential palace for the first time in over a week attacking it with petrol bombs police responded with tear gas and water cannons reported bell true witnessed the mayhem. i personally witnessed a lot of police brutality there's been a criticism of the police in the ministry of interior i'm off the footage was broadcast all the proof of a protester. beaten and trying to cross the tarmac i saw this with my own eyes it could just but i this balcony the man who did not picture any resistance or any threats towards the police caught his trousers by his ankles was dragged face down and then a hit with truncheons before being taken off in a vehicle and later i also saw police come down an employee of a restaurant just off the front line the man was trying to get home he said before the police officer with but shocked shocked him he fell to the ground a mistake taken by an ambulance this comes off protest is three

r.t. live here in moscow we turn now to our breaking news story artie's arabic sister channel reports that forty five people earlier taken hostage by an armed group in syria have been freed the majority of those released are said to be women and children who are traveling on a bus from the rest of province to syria's capital damascus will follow developments on this and of course keep you up to date. a week after shocking revelations of needless deaths in a british hospital there are still no signs of action the family and friends of hundreds of patients who died due to neglect according for criminal action to be taken against those responsible and the former chief of another hospital says he was paid half a million pounds not to talk about a similar situation elsewhere on the set of furthest been following the scandal. but in the latest twist we've seen an n.h.s. whistleblower come out and say that he was forced to quit after he'd raise concerns about issues that he said endangered patient safety but this latest revelation comes on the back of the francis report that we saw last week now

news and commentary live from moscow this is r.t. glad to have you with us. now russia has accused of us of attempting to justify terrorism in syria moscow criticized washington for blocking a u.n. security council statement condemning a string of bomb attacks in the syrian capital there are conflicting reports about the number of killed syrian authorities say the blasts took the lives of fifty three people with human rights groups putting that figure at more than eighty moscow says it is unacceptable to make excuses for terror especially after u.s. diplomatic missions have been targeted in other countries this as the conflict in syria could well spill into neighboring lebanon the rebel free syrian army threatened to attack hezbollah bases demanding that it stops shelling insurgent held areas in syria there has been no response yet to that deadline which expired on thursday activist and journalist chandan believes that foreign powers backing the rebels were behind this show of mind. is the western states particularly. really trying to get the americans to arm

live from the new center here in moscow this is r.t. with the on line on the screen twenty four hours a day picture this it's eight fifty one in the morning in a mid-sized city east of the urals when the sky is lit up by the fiery path of a meteorite about to smash in to its final resting place here on earth in this case it happens to be the middle of russia now we've got as you can see spectacular firsthand footage from those who witnessed this dramatic arrival and we've got plenty more for you a little later here on our team now you go to our correspondent has managed to get out to the region today he joins us now live from the affected city tennis clearly a terrifying experience for the people there what exactly happened today what did they see. just imagine it was about the scene the time when most of the people who work with children were in school. and all the suddenly see this extremely bright flash right over the city one man told me it was so bright it hurts even looking at it. really quickly. without any noise whatsoever leavi

live from the new center here in moscow this is r.t. with the online on screen twenty four hours a day. people in russia's urals are recovering from the shock of the meteor that crashed in the area on friday the space rock exploded in the sky creating a powerful shock wave and damaging hundreds of buildings including schools. twelve hundred people have been injured as a result of the devastating explosion many of them children what is your piskun of reports now from the affected region. thankfully the night passed quietly and without any incidents intially out instance there were fears that more meteors were going to hit the area nothing of the kind happened but the consequences of friday's meteor are still quite a handful it's not only about shattered go out lots of old buildings were damaged as well like this factory there behind me where parts of the wall and roof just collapsed which is remarkable since we're around one hundred kilometers which is there are sixty miles away from where the media or fell on friday the explosion was so

from the new center here in moscow this is r.t. with you twenty four hours a day the president has confirmed that french troops have been guarding one of his country's biggest uranium mines in a bid to avoid a repetition of last month's hostage crisis in neighboring algeria well earlier r.t. shaun thomas spoke to my colleague. the mine in question is the olive facility a location in which the french company a river has a large stake now it's important to know that this is the second mission in africa completely separate from france's mission in mali which has been going on for nearly a month as neighbors mali and the situation there continues to remain unstable the french government is making it clear that they are ready and willing to protect their assets in the region and on the african continent as a whole protecting assets in the region many know the gets most of its energy from nuclear power hence the uranium is very very important indeed so massive economic concerns are indeed but as you also mention that we've called the fre

there are live from our studios here in moscow you're watching r.t. . russia is demanding answers as to why a three year old boy died and actually at the hands of his adoptive mother in the united states. men adds to the grim statistic of twenty russian children who died after being adopted by americans with only a few weeks ago a new law came into effect in russia banning u.s. citizens from bringing russian children into their families because of abuse in the case of maxime there's little help forthcoming from the u.s. state department as maria portnoy explains they are from new york. that this case unfolded in texas according to officials three year old maxime died on january twenty first at the hands of his adoptive mother the conducted by russia's investigative committee revealed that maksim was beaten by his adoptive mother who according to officials also fed him strong psychotropic medication and investigators say that the boy allegedly died before medics arrived at the scene but that it was his adoptive mother who had called the medics to begin w

live from the new center here in moscow this is r.t. with the on line on the screen twenty four hours a day picture this it's eight fifty one in the morning in a mid sized city east of the urals when the sky is lit up by the fiery part of a meteorite about to smash in to its final resting place here on earth in this case it happens to be the middle of russia now we've got as you can see spectacular firsthand footage from those who witnessed this dramatic arrival and we've got plenty more for you a little later here on our team you go to our correspondent has managed to get out to the region today he joins us now live from the affected city tennis clearly a terrifying experience for the people there what exactly happened today what did they see. well just imagine it was about the same the time when most of the people were already at work the children were in schools or in kindergartens and all of the suddenly see this extremely bright flash of light and right over the city one man told me it was so bright it hurts even looking at it then

live from our studios here in moscow this is r.t. on carried on. and we start with news just in from syria where a series of explosions have shaken damascus i witnessed reports enormous damage and several bodies at the site of the strongest blast which also damaged the russian embassy in downtown damascus where to go live now to artie's middle east correspondent paula slayer for more on this paula what else is known about these blasts. well what we can tell you is that a car bomb has exploded near the headquarters of the ruling baath party in central damascus it happened in front of a battery away regular troops are stationed this is also not song from the russian embassy according to eyewitnesses there was a gunfire off to the blast that seemed to come from the vicinity of the russian embassy compound and the building there now both government and opposition forces all confirming that this boston fact did take place but we offering from opposition fighters and opposition sources and activists that they were at least two so more tenuous explosions