have been killed two injured after a gunman opened fire on a tourist minibus in the russian republic of korea due to walk area a few hours later a cable tower at a ski resort of terror school of terror school was blown up now hotels in the center of the busy tourist village have been evacuated after a suspected car bomb was discovered artie's catarina as are about has the latest details despite the fact that it is of course located in russia's volatile north caucuses it has been perhaps one of the most calm and stable republics so these events that have unfolded in the last twenty four hours are certainly very stressful what originally started as an ordinary ski trip ended in tragedy when five people were making their way from a mosque out to a resort in the russian republic of korea on their way from the airport to the actual resort.

police in russia southern republic of korea have all the roads after a series of violent attacks on the campus well sources are now saying the situation is under control. brings us the latest from the region and. we're here at the back of the gas station that was attacked early on saturday morning armed gunmen reportedly shot at the station and a deadly blast was prevented only thanks to the fire crews arrived this follows a series of similar militant attacks here in the capital of russia's republic of korea just a few hours earlier that could have resulted in a major bloodshed after twelve people single tenuously attacked several locations including traffic police prose and the office of federal forces but the plans to cause havoc in have clearly failed the no fatalities and just one policeman injured shows that there has been a turnaround from the last week's dramatic events in the dollar child republic on the tire going to rest many of us last saturday left three people dead and two injured further sells a cable tower it is skill leave in a resort was blown up and home tells in the v

one seriously injured after an unknown gunman fired at a van containing tourists in russia's republic of korea they were traveling to a ski resort where a few hours after the deadly incident there was a detonation on the chair left before let's go on to our correspondent. she's following this story because it is not how did this tourist trip turn into a deadly drama. and yes it started out as an ordinary ski trip for a number of russian tourists one of them.

suspected militants is being destroyed in russia's north caucasus republic of korea it's part of a major anti terror effort in the region special forces still searching for suspected militants who opened fire on lord forces overnight the same group is suspected of attacking tourists last weekend went to moscow and stopped a mini fos heading for a ski resort on mount elbrus three tourists were killed and two others injured. time now to update you on some other international news in brief rescuers in new zealand christchurch you continue to try to pull survivors from the rubble tuesday's devastating earthquake seventy five people have so far confirmed dead but nearly three hundred remain missing a national state of emergency has been declared as hundreds of rescue workers including foreign teams have rushed to the city the trauma was the country's deadliest natural disaster in the in a century. at least ten soldiers have been killed in fighting between the forces of the two political rivals in ivory coast some reports suggest the real figure could be as high as forty the violence with some

stepping up the hunt for a gang of militants hiding out in a mountainous area in russia's southern republic of korea it's part of a major and terror effort in the region police sources say weapons and explosives have been found in a hidden militant camp but target a group are suspected of attacking tourists last weekend when two masked gunman stopped and minibus heading for a ski resort on mt bruce three tourists were killed and two others injured. the founder of the controversial whistle blowing web site if we can leaks julian assange will learn if he will be sent to sweden to face sex crime charges a london court is due to deliver its judgment later on thursday on whether stockholm's extradition bid will be successful denies the allegations saying they're part of a conspiracy to hand him over to the u.s. he outraged washington after his website published american secret war logs and diplomatic cables laura amate is following the case. the court's been looking at whether the european arrest warrant for assad's was issued correctly and whether it would be an abuse of justice to send him to sweden fo

suspected militants has been destroyed in russia's north caucasus republic of korea it's part of a major effort in the region special forces are still searching for suspected militants who opened fire on law enforcers overnight the same group is suspected of attacking tourists last weekend when two moscow men stopped a mini. bus heading for a ski resort on mt elbrus three tours were killed and two others injured. ukraine's health ministry is under fire for failing to provide hiv sufferers with vital life prolonging drugs supply cuts are being blamed on government corruption and the country's europe's worst aids epidemic and as artie's alexian a chef he reports many hiv positive ukrainians are resorting to risky medication changes just to keep themselves alive ever since you learned the learned she was a child positive her life has been a nightmare and the last few months have made matters even worse a local aids center which had been providing iliana with medication told her that they no longer had even a logical serum for her three year old son andree also infected with a deadly virus.

stepping up the hunt for a gang of militants hiding out in a mountainous area in russia's southern republic of korea it's part of a major anti terror effort in the region police sources say weapons and explosives have been found in a hidden militant camp the target a group are suspected of attacking tourist last weekend when two masked gunmen stopped the minibus heading for a ski resort on mount bruce three tourists were killed and two others injured. the u.s. says it's ready to start new talks with russia on further nuclear arms cuts earlier this month a key new treaty the new start between the two countries came into force which will see both sides slash their arsenals by a third former u.s. national security adviser brant scowcroft told r.t. that the deal is a way to make sure nuclear weapons are never used. both sides have ratified the new start treaty and that is. a major step forward what it really is is that continue the framework that we've built up really over fifty years of how to talk and how to deal with the military nuclear issue that it continues that process and now we can. look at wa

republic of korea they were traveling to a ski resort where a few hours after the deadly incident there was a detonation on the chair lift for more let's cross live to our she's covering up dark but she is following the story for us how did this tourist trip turn into a deadly drama. it started out as an ordinary ski trip and you saw one of the tourists that was actually responsible for.

and antiterrorist operation has been introduced in parts of russia's southern republic of korea it follows a series of incidents this weekend police to fuse to a car bomb containing the equivalent of seventy kilos of t.n.t. at a hotel in the ski resort of terrorists quote a few hours earlier a cable tower at a nearby ski lift was blown up although luckily no one was hurt before that two masked men opened fire on a tourist minibus further north killing three of all caria is in the volatile north caucasus and police are looking for a connection with islamist terrorists operating in the region. kosovo has marked three years since it unilaterally declare independence from serbia most u.n. member states including russia don't recognize it as a separate nation although its sovereignty is backed by the u.s. and several dozen other countries the anniversary was marred by a recent council of europe report alleging that kosovo's leaders including the current prime minister were involved in crimes during the one nine hundred ninety nine war they include executions abductions and organ trafficking cla

stepping up the hunt for a gang of militants hiding out in a mountainous area in russia's southern republic of korea it's part of a major terror effort in that region police sources say weapons and explosives have been found in a hidden militant camp that targeted groups are suspected of attacking tourists last weekend when two mosques the gunman stopped a minibus heading for a ski resort on mount elbrus three tourists were killed and two others. are now it's just about seventeen minutes past the hour here in moscow you without some of the international headlines now this hour police doing have announced the death toll from the country's devastating earthquake has now risen to ninety eight but there are also fears that one hundred twenty bodies may still be inside one of the worst affected buildings two days after the shock two hundred people are now still accounted for rescue crews are continuing to come through the rubble but many are fearing the worst the country's prime minister warned the toll could rise for a week. in peru and bolivia at the cleared a state of emergency as massive flooding aff

hunt for a gang of militants hiding out in a mountainous area and russia's republican southern republic of korea it's part of a major terror effort in the region police sources say weapons and explosives have been found in a hidden militant camp targeted group suspected of attempting to refer. to the gunman stopped a minibus heading for a ski resort on mount elbrus three tourists were killed and two others were injured . i just took a brief look now at some other international headlines this hour the police in new zealand announced the death toll from tuesday's devastating earthquake has risen now. eight may also fear one hundred twenty bodies may still be inside one building that was leveled in the city of christchurch two hundred people remain unaccounted for following this disaster rescue crews are continuing to comb through the rubble and meantime the country's prime minister warns that the number of fatalities could rise. authorities in peru and bolivia have declared a state of emergency as massive flooding affects both countries. three people died and over seven thousand were left homeless

have you with us here on our team using your headline a series of attacks have hit the russian republic of korea three tourists have been killed in a popular terrorist bomb blast later damaged a ski lift hotels were evacuated after police discovered it later defused a suspected car bomb in the center of the busy resort village. with dozens more people dying in anti-government protests sweeping the u.k. is slammed for selling arms used to quell the unrest. licenses after a court said riot police crackdown on protesters in bahrain reason british media. and cash for convicts former inmates in the us claim big business is responsible for the country having the largest prison population in the planet. up next our special report about the damage oil companies are doing to the amazon rain forest and the indigenous tribes living there stay with us. would you believe the locals were affected by cancer letters letters. hygiene conditions are terrible actually all the drinking water in eastern ecuador is. we have a malicious results that show the water contains excrement residues meaning medic comes from t

this follows a series of similar militant attacks here in the capital of russia's republic of korea just a few hours earlier that could have resulted in a major bloodshed after twelve people similar tenuously attacked several locations including a traffic police post and the office of federal forces but the plans to cause havoc in that actually have clearly failed the fact that there were no fatalities and just long policemen injured shows that there has been a true runs from the last two weeks dramatic events in the volatile republic most of the time on the tourist minibus last saturday left three people dead and two injured further sells a cable tower at a skill wave in a resort was blown out and home tells in the village near vacuum ways and when a car bomb was discovered well the incidents forced pierce story just to impose an anti terror operation on the region in their time and to terrorist forces have already created their babies with their friends supplies and the makeshift explosive devices now but again about our allies in the world of trial north caucasus islamist terrorists e

police in russell's southern republic of korea have defused a massive car bomb at a hotel in a ski resort and anti terror operation has been launched in parts of the republic police suspect a connection with islamist terrorists operating in the region earlier a cable tower at a local ski lift was blown up and a minibus carrying tourist was fired at by masked men who killed three people virginia all khari allies in russia volatile north caucuses region. president of bella ruth says opposition will be quote bashed on the head unless it stops destabilizing the country alexander lukashenko warning comes just days after the first person involved in last year's mass protest in men was sentenced to four years behind bars thousands of opposition activists took to the capital streets and polls closed in december presidential election over six hundred protesters were arrested and more than forty now face trial including several presidential candidates the editor in chief of the magazine russia in global affairs told us that although the opposition in valorous is weak it's still making the nervous o

police in russia's southern republic of korea have you fuse a massive car bomb at a hotel in a ski resort and anti terror operation has been launched in parts of the republic police suspected connection with islamic terrorists operating in the region earlier a cable tower at a local ski lift was blown up and a minibus carrying taurus was fired at by masked men three people were killed converging of all korea allies in russia a volatile north caucasus region. kosovo has marked three years of self-proclaimed independence from serbia the region's unilateral move was backed by the us and seventy five other countries but most un member states including russia have not recognized it as a separate nation the anniversary was marred by a recent council of europe report the document claims kosovo's leaders including the current prime minister were responsible for serious crimes during the war in one thousand nine hundred nine these include executions abductions and organ trafficking claims which serbia wants the un to investigate peace campaigner marco gases says the u.s. and e.u. don't want their

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security in the region in the republic of korea as well especially with unconfirmed reports that a chairlift in the location where those attack tourists were actually heading to was. blasted with a detonating device as a result apparently there have been no injuries this is of course still unconfirmed reports but there have been no injuries but the chair lift has been severely damaged with over thirty of the lifts he sells falling down onto the ground local authorities have so far said that this has been to do to a bad weather conditions but that is still debatable many of course media services reporting that it was indeed a potential terrorist attack so security has been stepped up in the region with a local law enforcement and a mobile force me here in moscow both mccain and doing everything they can to find those responsible for and we will continue to keep track of this developing story argues couldn't azara live from moscow. well fred we are from the christian science monitor says it's common practice for terrorists to target tourist resorts . it fits a pattern all over the world where

on moscow's them idea the airport authorities have stepped up security in the region in the republic of korea as well especially with unconfirmed reports that a chairlift in the location where those attack tourists were actually heading to was. blasted with a detonating device left has been a severely damaged the most already have so far said that this has been to ju-ju a bad weather conditions but that is still debatable many of course media services reporting that it was indeed a potential terrorist attack catherine is out of the reporting there with the latest that we know fred wearies from the christian science monitor he says it's common practice for a terrorist to target to restrain. it fits a pattern all over the world where people terrorists who want to damage a country's economy they attack tourists because the when the word of that spreads of people stop coming hotels closed all those service all those all that money that comes in with tourism stops that that's an amazing amount of damage that they can do president medvedev recently did announce. a multi-billion dollar project to bu

moscow's main international airport last month there were arrested in russel's north caucasus republic of korea and are believed to be closely linked to the suicide bomber suspect let's get the latest on this development from our teams together in back to washington joins us live together you know who exactly are these people and what are they being accused of. all two of the detained people i believe to be reported to be a brother and the sister of the suicide bomber how well the security forces have taken the blood tests should be off to the attack after they had preliminary information on who had carried out that attack and now that they've got the tests it appears to be that d.n.a. is identical of these two people handle the suicide bomber now these relatives are suspected of having known about the blind attack but they did not report to the police at the house all but these two people police bomb security forces found parts of explosives similar to the ones used at them i did that in them i did the ball me now as well the third person detained by police in the republic will be in which he'

breaking news story this symbol tennis attacks of rocks the city of nazi can russia's southern republic of korea up to twelve people reported have been injured after an f.s.b. security services building was shelled with a grenade launcher this comes just days after three tours were killed in the same region after militants attacked and minibus heading to a ski resort. and we'll bring you more on that developing story as soon as we get it julia stiles is preparing for battle to overturn a london court's decision to extradite him to sweden that we can leaks founder insisted there is no truth to the sex crime allegations against him and that there was not enough evidence to justify the court's decision of his killing ford looks now at the case is a mystery and intrigue. when julian assange emerged less than a year ago with this video. showing u.s. troops getting down unarmed civilians into reuters journalist video games he was murdered as a hero of transparency. in anti war ally a human rights defender r.t. america interview decides on the day of collateral murders release what keeps people going m

of our six international locations for our maritime cargo is scanning technology was in the republic of korea. we will get information to you. >> second, watching what happened down in louisiana with the bp incident, how safe are our rigs? give me an assessment on, for example, our loop, which supplies a lot of stuff for the rest of the country. looking at how long it would take to get it back up or stop the flow, how safe are our rig that is are off the coast of all the gulf states? >> i have been on the loop and met with those individuals and there arextensive security precautions taken around that area. so, there are no guarantees in this business. i think the director and i would both agree on that. do i think they are taking all reasonable security precautions? i think they are. >> thanyou. i yield back the remainder of my time. >> thank you. thank you. congressman davis. >> thank you very much. >> you are recogzed. >> thank you very much. mr. chairman, madam secretary, mr. leiter. thank you for being here. as new member of the committee, let me just ask if you would quickly help me shar

for the situation is returning to normal in russia's republic of coverage noble korea after a series of coordinated gun attacks on the capital after four groups of militants opened fire at security post and official buildings here on friday one person was injured but we say the attacks world well were up to twelve militants two cars and then a tear operation is now under way last week militants attacked in the republic killing three and injuring two others. demonstrations in the u.s. state of wisconsin have answered a second week with hundreds of thousands turning out to protest plans to weaken workers' unions this week the president asks new yorkers how do you feel when they are asked to make sacrifices that the super rich don't have to. people across the u.s. are protesting proposed legislation intended to slash benefits for the middle class i think really protesting the fact that every day people are being asked to make sacrifices while the last three years continue to profit even more this week let's talk about that i'm a member of the squeezed middle class and we say. we work for

fired at a tourist minibus in russia's republic of covered you know ball korea a few hours later a bomb reportedly exploded blowing up a cable tower at a ski lift in the resort town of in recent development hotels in the resort have been evacuated after a suspected car bomb was discovered in the center of the tourist packed town bomb disposal experts are now checking the vehicle artie's catarina as are about has the latest details despite the fact that it is of course located in russia's volatile north caucuses it has been perhaps one of the most calm and stable republics so these either.

caucasus has been in the spotlight all week as a spike in the militant activity raged in the republic of congo not all korea and group of up to twelve minutes of simple taney asli attacked several locations in the republicans capital now on friday a few hours later several government shelled a gas station but an explosion was averted thanks to the fiacre it's quick arrival the incident caused some damage but no fatalities it's a turnaround from last week's dramatic attack on a tourist bus that left three people dead local authorities said the plots were an attempt to distract and see the terror forces from special operations in the mountains of the republic they now say the situation is fully under control. so i was have a look at some of the major headlines from around the world and the confirmed death toll from the earthquake in new zealand has now risen to one hundred forty seven of those still three hundred missing residents across the country have said prayers for those still not found emergency services in christ church are working to clear records from the city as officials in the many buildings may

live from moscow this week russia's republic of congo did you know about korea was in the spotlight after a number of militant attacks in the region a group of up to twelve men carried out similar ten years attacks in several locations in the rubble republic's capital of null check on friday a few hours later shouldered gas station earth an explosion was averted thanks to the quick response by local firemen the incident has caused some damage with no fatalities and this is upon transfer last week three three were killed in an attack on a tourist bus heading to a resort where a few hours later a ski lift was blown up local authorities say the militants are going trying to interfere with anti terror operations in the mountains of the republic. well there's always a plenty of other news and features on our website that's our thought qabalistic a brief look right now is what is our wedding. and future force find out about a plan to upgrade the country's military and the equally impressive price tag it's . also. a very different going to equally powerful weapon discover an exhibit which explor

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of our six international locations for our maritime cargo is scanning technology was in the republic of korea. we will get information to you. >> second, watching what happened down in louisiana with the bp incident, how safe are our rigs? give me an assessment on, for example, our loop, which supplies a lot of stuff for the rest of the country. looking at how long it would take to get it back up or stop the flow, how safe are our rig that is are off the coast of all the gulf states? >> i have been on the loop and met with those individuals and there are extensive security precautions taken around that area. so, there are no guarantees in this business. i think the director and i would both agree on that. do i think they are taking all reasonable security precautions? i think they are. >> thank you. i yield back the remainder of my time. >> thank you. thank you. congressman davis. >> thank you very much. >> you are recognized. >> thank you very much. mr. chairman, madam secretary, mr. leiter. thank you for being here. as new member of the committee, let me just ask if you would quickly help m