after the revolution, lenin moved russia's capital from st petersburg to moscow.the spectre of communism... is haunting europe", karl marx wrote. in this park, the ghost of lenin is haunting me. wherever i look, he is there. lenin is the red star of this show, it is like a freak show of fallen idols. there are an estimated “1,000 statues of this man in the soviet union, that means that wherever you went in the ussr there was perhaps at least one lenin thinking about you... ..taking care of you... ..orjust watching you. he speaks in russian. close by, there is a lenin museum. a soviet shrine to the russian revolutionary. and look at the wall here, there is a quotation that says, "the october revolution opened a new era in world history." and the signature? lenin. but communism did more than cast statues of him. it preserved his body, and put it on display. "lenin is more alive than the living," declared one soviet slogan. but they had to create a whole scientific institute to maintain the corpse. over the years, it has replaced some of lenin's skin and flesh with p

the suspects were reportedly planning to carry out a suicide attack at the kazan cathedral in st petersburgsaturday. president putin has thanked the us for its help. the bbc‘s david willis has more from washington. he says this isn't the only recent

the suspects were reportedly planning to carry out a suicide attack at the kazan cathedral in st petersburgrday. president putin has thanked the us for its help. the bbc‘s david willis has more from washington. he says this isn't the only recent call between the leaders. it appears to be a telephone conversation, the second between these two leaders in the space ofjust three days, in which vladimir putin thanked donald trump and asked him to convey russia's thanks to the cia and to its intelligence officials for the information that was needed to foil this attempted attack, or alleged attempted attack, on st petersburg, on the cathedral there, an iconic cathedral, and other parts of the city which are known to be of prime interest to tourists from around the world. what's interesting about this is that the two leaders themselves really do appear to be very chummy with each other. i mentioned just last week there was a conversation between them as well. that followed vladimir putin's annual press conference, in which he heaped praise on donald trump's handling of the us economy. and they've

thanks for joining us tonight and we start with news from the russian city of st petersburg where an improvised bomb has exploded in a supermarket but these are the images we can bring you from inside the store itself where the device went off you see them on the screen right now ten people were injured counterterrorist investigators are handling the case so far it's unclear whether the incident is related to the bomb was placed inside the entrance to the supermarket. to get the latest updates. well we keep receiving reports from versus investigative committee which says that an improvised explosive device could have caused such a blast that took place in a local supermarket in the city of st petersburg now according to preliminary information that particular explosive device was filled with specified objects and it means that that device intended to cause as much damage as possible because he also adds that the force of that blast was equal to two hundred t.n.t. and experts say that it is about. the force of a hand grenade now for now it was reported that ten people were injured by

st. petersburg, and st. petersburg is putin's home up to. so i think it's pretty clear, you can read my chapter and see what you think about my theory that the fsb and mr. putin were involved in her murder. now, i talk about other political murders, and i also talk in two chapters about acts of terrorism. so, when i say political murder, i use it badly to include terrorism, because that's been another feature of the russian regime under putin. i talk about the terrorist bombings that happened in russia in september 1999, killing almost -- in four different apartment buildings, killing almost 300 people. i think that was -- this wasn't what i said but other people -- and i agree -- for russians their version of 9/11 because it was just such a terrible shock, and a lot of research after that has shown that the fsb actually was involved in these bombings. it's president complicated story. mr. putin had just been made prime minister by yeltsin in 1999. just been -- he had been head of the fsb. and he -- nobody really knew who he was. yeltsin and

information from the cia helped russian security services stop a terror attack on a cathedral in st petersburg, the kremlin says. plans are revealed to lower the age at which young people are automatically enrolled in workplace pension schemes. also in the next hour, prince harry takes on a new role as a journalist — interviewing the former us president barack obama. if you start using long pauses between answers you're probably going to get this face. let me see the face. the interview was recorded as part of the today programme's guest editor series to be broadcast later this year. and we'll be bringing you the latest from sports personality of the year as 12 contenders wait to find out if they've scooped this year's trophy. good evening and welcome to bbc news. a british embassy worker has been killed in beirut. the body of rebecca dykes was found by the side of a road in the city yesterday. our correspondentjon donnison has been following developments lebanese police have told the bbc that they believe rebecca dykes was murdered on friday night. her body was found on saturday. they believe

an explosion rocks a supermarket in the russian city of st petersburg injuring ten people investigators say the blast was caused by an improvised bomb packed with ball bearings. german authorities identify a large network of women spreading islamic states ideology online with officials warning the wives of killed. more effective at spreading the group's message of hate. and thousands of documents relating to controversial says in business. history have gone missing with the national archives claiming civil servants simply misplaced them. international life. with me and david welcome to the program an improvised bomb has exploded in a supermarket in the russian city of st petersburg these are images from inside the store where the device went off injuring ten people counterterrorist investigators are handling the case but it's so far unclear whether the incident is terror lighted the bomb was placed inside and at the entrance to the supermarket in the course on the scene. or. the area around the supermarket is no longer eight no x. is old but no one is allowed to go inside where clearly

st. petersburg come to thee, sire, to seek defense. we have become beggars. >> one quarter of a million people stand before the winter palace, but the czar, in fact, is not there, nor is it his will that the petition be received. instead said the czarn, nichola ii. "my autocracy will remain unchanged." >> said the priest "we no longer have a czar. long live the fight for freedom." >> the bearded young man is v.i. ulyanav, party name, lenin. >> long live the revolutionary proletari proletariat, say we. >> the czar doesn't even look the part and he's busy. busy with elaborate ceremonials that no longer interest hungry people. busy with his family, including his son, a hemophiliac who nears death whenever he cuts himself and is kept alive, according to his mother, by the powers of gregory rasputin. rasputin is a holy man -- he says so himself. world war i may be hell in the west, it is pure hell ten times over for the russians. for then, no glamour, no airplanes, divisions without artillery, companies without rifles, rifles without bullet

in the moscow a story in the st petersburg metro of course there was also an improvised explosive device there it was on a train in back then sixteen people fell victim to it so of course waiting for more updates and official news from police from the investigators will be on top of that didn't thoughts of course with those people that have been taken to hospital that so the injuries aren't fatal i'm sure we'll be keeping you updated on that. on that said petersburg blast. now the german security services have identified a female terror network aggressively spreading is the most ideology online but if a national reports on eisel recruitment in europe. that's not for the first on what we see women actively involved in promoting jihadist fuz we have been hearing reports about isis female recruiters since of police twenty fourteen those are a wives of killed islamic state fighters who decided after the death of their husbands to somehow continue that fight but now germany says that their number is on a constant dramatic rise in women and promotes the men have realized that women could work

holiday season security is heightened all across the country and it is definitely being felt here in st petersburg and everyone is really waiting for the suspect to be found and arrested. or to discuss us in petersburg attack further i'm now joined by. an expert in preventing terrorism terry said we thank you for joining us i mean let's look at the attack then let's not me it's a pleasure let's have a look at the timing of the attack just a few days before new year particularly big here in russia i mean do you think that there's any coincidence in the timing. to me there is no coincidence we should remember those just a few weeks ago the american president did have a discussion with the russian president about possible who you know attacks on individuals who are arrested because they had their car their places so no doubt in my mind that this was coming to one of the two should be grateful for is the for. the security service is working really hard people with this particular go without anybody being killed moving forward with. our lights on individuals who are likely to be involved in discussion

the russian president vladimir putin has said an explosion that ripped through a supermarket in st petersburg on wednesday was a terrorist attack fourteen people were injured in the blast. but you will get yesterday there was a terror attack in some petersburg and just recently security services prevented another terror attempt. these are images from inside the shop where the bomb went off most of the counters and shelves were destroyed we spoke to several eyewitnesses. of. the blast happened as my mother was painted that still i was totally disorientated a part of the ceiling was hanging above me. i started to look for my mom coat caught fire. to go in i couldn't see anything everything was black i couldn't understand where i was then i close my eyes and opened them again and there was my son close to me. supermarket security cameras filming this man entering the building and leaving his backpack in a locker where the bomb detonated he's believed to be the perpetrator artie's a are trying to travel to the scene as soon as the place left of the cordon. there's still blood on the stairs outsid

an improvised bomb has exploded in a supermarket in the russian city of st petersburg these images that you see now from from inside the store where the device went off injuring ten people counterterrorist investigators are handling the case but it's so far unclear whether the incident is terror lated the bomb was placed inside a locker near the entrance to the supermarket our correspondent reports from the scene. the area around the supermarket is no longer no x. is old but no one is allowed to go inside where clearly work is our doorway because everyone wants to get the answers from the investigators was it terrorists or dots it is surely authorities worse say that it's very likely that the blast had nothing to do with terrorism but then we found out that it was as powerful as the dead today should of two hundred grams of t.n.t. plus what the authorities are calling it explosive device was stuffed with balls apparently for more damage and that may change everything mentionable i saw a woman come out of the supermarket with a jacket and gloves on her face and the man limping there was

st. petersburg, home of the tsars and birth place of putin. the day of national protest has arrived and the potential for conflict is real. it all begins with a show of force from one of vladimir putin's most unusual allies, an ultranationalist, anti-western, anti-gay and allegedly violent biker gang called the night wolves. the group is led by a man known as the surgeon. alexander zoldostano. he's a personal friend of the president. >> how did this motorcycle club develop such a strong relationship with the leader of this country? >> funding of this group is not part of a propaganda effort? >> propaganda -- >> despite his denials, the gang does get funding from the kremlin they're not just some show piece. during russia's invasion of ukraine. this gang was accused of taking part. >> the u.s. government has sanctioned you and your group accusing you of committing criminal acts in ukraine, is there any truth to that? [ speaking russian ] >> if the protesters show up anywhere near here tonight, what will happen? [ speaking russian ] >> the oppos

our correspondent yury were chateau met a young woman in st petersburg who shared her very personal story of what it was like to come out as a lesbian to her parents. in that she knew they could afford it they ran around shouting stupid lesbian and told me to drop dead boards they attacked me out of sheer hate. while dancing i met people with whom i felt comfortable with it. but since the war most of them are either bisexual or lesbian that gives me a feeling of freedom. or the. moment when i told my mother she cried a lot block a little longer not look at the bushel. it was a shock he just looked at them which honestly i even felt a certain physical aversion. to the machine should lose my god my daughter's a freak a monster. or something unpleasant at any rate you. and what should i tell other people. there are a few who must never find out not under any circumstances yet these are i can see she wants to understand me but can't her generation was raised in the soviet era. with a lot of physicists and that is one time we were on holiday in greece there were some pilgrims by a monastery su

st. petersburg come here to stek defense.ecome beggars. >> one quarter of a million people are here and they not ask that the petition be received, instead, said the czar, nicolas the ii, my us a -- autocracy will remain unchanged. >> we no longer have a czar, fight for freedom. >> the bearded man, party name, ahlin non. >> long live the revolutionary. >> the czar will never be a success as a ruthless autocrat. he doesn't even look the part. and he's busy. busy with elaborate ceremonials that no longer interest the people, busy with his family, including his son, a hemophiliac, nears death when ever he cuts himself and kept alive by the powers of a holy man. he says so himself. >> it may be hell on the rest, it is pure hell, 10 times over for the russians. for them, no glamour, no airplanes, divisions without artillery. companies without rifles, rifles without bullets. the russian casualties exceed the total casualties of the germans. they defeat the organization and lonely death. at home, starvation and poverty exceeding eve

now an improvised explosive device has blown up in a supermarket in the russian city of st petersburg these are images from inside the store where the device went off you can see them on your screen now ten people were injured in the incident counterterrorist investigators are handling the case so far unclear whether the incident is terror related the bomb was placed inside a entrance to the supermarket auntie's but you know a caution about. the latest details well we keep receiving reports from versus investigative committee which says that an improvised explosive device could have caused such a blast that took place in a local supermarket in the city of st petersburg now according to preliminary information that particular explosive device was filled with unspecified objects and it means that that device intended to cause as much damage as possible because he also adds that the force of that blast was equal to two hundred t.n.t. and experts say that it is. the same as the forests a hand grenade now for now it was reported that ten people were injured by that very blast and all of th

an explosion rocks a supermarket in the russian city of st petersburg injuring ten people investigators say the blast killed by an improvised bomb packed with ball bearings . german authorities identify a large network of women threatening islamic states idea of the warning that the wives of killed eisel with officials warning that the wives of killed eisel fighters are now more effective at spreading the group's message of hate. and thousands of documents relating to controversial episodes in british history have gone missing with the national archives claiming that civil servants simply misplaced them. international live from moscow studio with me in a day or two to welcome to the program an improvised bomb has exploded in a supermarket in the russian city of st petersburg these are images from inside the store where the device went off injuring ten people counterterrorist investigators are handling the case but it's so far unclear whether the incident is terror related the bomb was placed inside a locker near the entrance of the supermarket later in the program we'll get more on the

and the main suspect in this week's terrorist attack in st petersburg which left more than a dozen injured is arrested. broadcasting live from our studios in moscow this is r.t. international i'm john thomas glad to have you with us now a new report by human rights watch claims that fighters from the minority kidnapped and executed fifty two iraqi civilians in june witnesses claim the forces killed men women and children who were fleeing fighting between islamic state and government backed forces the victims were from two tribes that had reportedly sheltered and helped i saw militants will from human rights watch told us that anyone in these tribes has now become a target. but there are two tribes these are sunni arab tribes one called into it the other jaish these are famous tribes from the area of say enjoy the historical homeland of the according to the izzy these two specific tribes were complicit with isis and the day that isis arrived in the area these tribes helped isis to round up his east turn women into sex slaves and to massacre other members of the z.t. community since then i h

to thank the cia for vital intelligence which helped prevent a series of terrorist attacks in st petersburg r.t. jaclyn there joined me in the studio earlier with more details. into both the white house and the kremlin are to part from the cia allowed russian authorities to arrest a number of people in st petersburg over the weekend who are planning a series of terrorist attacks throughout the city the white house also released a statement on the situation calling an example of how there can be positive cooperation between the two countries let's take a listen. but he told me information the united states provided russian authorities were able to capture the terrorists just prior to an attack that could have killed large numbers of people no russian lives were lost in the terrorist attack as well course and now incarcerated so quick and called to extend his thanks and congratulations to the cia and its director mike pump a.o. and trump in turn passed on that appreciation complimenting the entire intelligence community in the u.s. and that warning from the cia led to a series of arrests happ

breaking news this hour an explosion rocks a supermarket in the russian city of st petersburg. say they suspect the blast was caused by an improvised bomb. also this hour german authorities identify a large network of women wearing islamic states ideology online officials warning that the wives of killed us all fighters are now more effective in the group's message of hate. and thousands of documents relating to controversial episodes in british history have gone missing country's national archives claim that civil servants simply misplaced them. thanks for joining us live from moscow watching all of the international. through the program this hour all the top of the headlines is breaking news from the russian city of st petersburg security services say an improvised explosive device may have caused the explosion at a local supermarket the force of the blast as thought of an equivalent to about two hundred grams of t.n.t. the device was apparently filled with objects aimed at causing as much damage as possible emergency services say ten people have been taken to hospital rushes

president putin has acknowledged the help of the cia in preventing terror attacks in st petersburg. preparing blasts in kazan cathedral and other public places in the city. now on bbc news, dateline london.

not a mere poussin confirms an explosion at a supermarket in the russian city of st petersburg was a terrorist attack the identity of the attacker is still unknown. we speak with former islamic state slaves from a kurdish minority in iraq who escaped terrorist captivity but half of those abducted remain missing. i was pregnant but i was so terrified that i lost my child my husband and my family were captured i was left alone with the mother so we took the boys and i decided it was better to die. on facebook reveals it has a unit to assist politicians in that campaign was boasting that it helps the scottish national party and its landslide victory in twenty fifty. four welcome you're watching r.t. international with me thank you aaron good to have you with us this hour now our top story a lot of mere pittance says an explosion that ripped through a supermarket in the russian city of some petersburg on wednesday was a terrorist attack fourteen people were injured in the blast. yesterday there was a terrorist strike in some pieces but just recently security services prevented. all these

of me appear to say is an explosion there ripped through a supermarket in the russian city of st petersburg on wednesday was a terrorist attack fourteen people were injured in the blast. would you yesterday there was a terrorist strike in some pieces but just recently security services prevented. sure but these are images from inside the shop where the explosion took place most of the counters and shelves have been destroyed we spoke to eyewitnesses who were in the supermarket at the time of the. week of. the blast happened as my mother was still totally disorientated of the ceiling was hanging above me a fall us. to look for my mom coach call for you. to go see him i couldn't see anything everything was black i couldn't understand why i was then i close my eyes and open them again and there was my son close to me . supermarket security cameras filmed this man entering the building and leaving his backpack in a locker where the bomb went off reports say police believe he was the perpetrator of the attack or trying to travel to the scene as soon as police lifted the cordon . there's still bl

information from the cia helped russian security services stop a terror attack on a cathedral in st petersburge kremlin says. also in the next hour. prince harry takes on a new role as a journalist — interviewing the former us president barack obama. if there are long pauses between the answers, you will probably get the face. let me see the face. the interview was recorded as part of the today programme's guest editor series to be broadcast later this year. in half an hour here on bbc news — bbc sport will have a round—up of all the day's sports events with sportsday. good evening and welcome to bbc news. a british embassy worker has been killed in beirut. the body of rebecca dykes was found by the side of a road in the city yesterday. what we know? lebanese police believe rebecca dykes was murdered on friday night. her body was found on friday night. her body was found on saturday. they believe she was strangled. they carried out a postmortem but due to do a second. rebecca dykes worked at the embassy in beirutand rebecca dykes worked at the embassy in beirut and had done so since the beginn

st. petersburg, russia.wn intel said meddled in the i lection and the at this time's attorney said the russia probe will soon end. for more on this, let's bring in cnn's nick robertson. what can you tell us about this phone call and who initiated what? >> president putin initiated the call and he called him to thank him for assistance to the russian intelligence services which he said stopped an attack yesterday. the attack would have been on saturday. the attack was planned we are told from

story now an improvised improvised bomb has exploded at a supermarket and the russian city of st petersburg we will be trying to cross live to our correspondent who is there at the scene at the moment but first we will talk about what we discussed about the incident in st petersburg with a political scientist max abrams what i've been hearing about this this case that it was indeed not some kind of in the landscape of arcturus an individual or a group that attacked a supermarket clearly a civilian target and yet we can't really know yet whether it's terrorism because we don't know what the motive is it political or is it perhaps a few go on a moment. which which would not be terrorism and so we don't really know the motive yet and so that reason we don't know whether or not it's terrorists but for the average person on the street that distinction may be you know very academic regardless of what the motive there when you have bombs going off in civilian areas especially as the holidays approach that does generate terror. and that was political scientist max abrams talking about our top story

st. petersburg. we have an incredible team of reporters for us to break all of this down with, of course, the latest developments. nbc's geoff bennett is at the white house. i'll start with you. what more can you tell us about this phone call between putin and trump? >> reporter: good afternoon. we know that vladimir putin initiated this phone call and he's making it public. we know he called president trump, who's spending the weekend at camp david to thank him for a tip that came from the cia that helped the russian government thwart an apparent terror attack that was planned in st. petersburg. now, white house secretary sarah huckabee sanders has confirmed that the call happened. we're still waiting for the official readout, the official characterization from the trump white house about, you know, how that call went. but at the moment what we know is that the two talked. we also know that vladimir putin pledged cooperation with the u.s., saying that russian agents would then hand over any tips abo

counterpart to thank him for a cia to help file a series of suspected i saw a tax on st petersburg the can is underway in chile presidential runoff election with a close race expected between the two candidates. south africa's ruling party the african national congress has begun the process to choose who will succeed president jacob zuma as the two front runners this new deputy president. and zuma is exwife. may have been formally nominated as the time that the a.n.c. is decision is expected on monday the battle for power has exposed deep divisions within a posse that's led south africa since the end of apartheid twenty three years ago it has been shopping losing public support. well the a.n.c. says four thousand seven hundred seventy six delegates will vote in the secret ballot in the past vote buying and intimidation are acknowledged to have swayed leadership contest after years of seumas rule soaring unemployment and government corruption have left millions of poor black south africans restricted with the a.n.c. the candidates then to replace them are as we said deputy president cyr

now of our breaking news this hour from st petersburg security services have confirmed an improvised explosive device may have caused the explosion at a local supermarket the force of the blast is thought to have been equivalent to about two hundred grams of t.n.t. the device was apparently filled with objects causing maximum damage emergency services say ten people have been taken to hospitals the surrounding area has been put on lockdown and the building was immediately evacuated russia's investigative committee says it's considering all possible causes of the blast. all for myself on the team here at r.t. for this hour would you join us again. time for more global headlines. and where in north kensington location of the ground. this is going underground of the day u.k. opposition leader jeremy corbyn introduces him run the jewels at this year's glastonbury festival in the southwest of england coming up in the show. whether only the army on the streets. and police with guns. britain british foreign policy and the next terror attack. has evacuated. one of the poorest communities in

an explosion rocks a supermarket in the russian city of st petersburg injuring ten people and investigators say the blast was caused by an improvised bomb packed with ball bearings. german authorities identify a large network of women spreading islamic states ideology online with officials warning that the wives of killed i still find to the now more effective at spreading the group's message of hate. and thousands of documents relating to controversial episodes in british history have gone missing with the national archives claiming that civil servants simply misplaced the. international line from our moscow studio with meaning to welcome to the program an improvised bomb has exploded in a supermarket in the russian city of st petersburg these are images from inside the store where the device went off injuring ten people counterterrorist investigators are handing the case but it's so far unclear whether the incident is terror. related the bomb was placed inside a locker near the entrance of the supermarket my colleague. discuss the story with medina here in the studio. while we keep receiv

st. petersburg that came in just a short time ago.ity service says seven terror suspects were arrested. explosives and weapons were also seized. joining me now, retired fbi agent manny gomez. was this just routine sharing of critical cia intelligence, or would it be unusual to have that level of cooperation with russia? >> well, russia and the united states have been working and collaborating together to try to thwart future terrorist acts. terrorism is global now. they helped us out or at least they gave us information regarding the boston bombers. and obviously, we helped them out in this situation. i think it's great that we cooperate with other people, other countries in the world to try to stop these global terrorist attacks. as long as we don't give up the tradecraft. if we don't give up the way we got the information, that's the key. the techniques as to how we get these supersensitive types of intelligence information is the key to protecting our national security. so i believe in cooperating. and it should be reciprocal, but

st. petersburg. it was in the storage area where they store shopping bags.he device contained 7 ounces of explosive and it was rigged with shrapnel to cause more damage. again, just this morning, president vladimir putin calling that an act of terror. back to you. >>> thanks, chris. our news partners at wtop say charlottesville has a new police chief. retired. a report found serious police failures after the white nationalist unite the right rally. dupuis was hired after ten years of chief of the chesterfield county police department. >>> d.c. water is trying to find ways to lower customers' bills by getting into the invention business. a team of researchers works on finding ways to solve problems and create new ideas for d.c. water to test and use. now, the utility is going the extra step to try to market and sell those technologies and services to other water systems and eventually private customers. d.c. water holds about a dozen patents. >> what we are doing at d.c. water is very aggressive. doesn't generate much revenue. but the potential future is pret

st. petersburg.in first released information about the phone call between the two leaders where putin expressed his gratitude. nbc's lucy kavanof has more for us this morning. lucy, good morning. what more do we know about this playoff? >> reporter: good morning, philip. according to the kremlin the cia helped with an attack against an orthodox christian church. the fsb security said in a statement friday it obtained seven members of supporters and seized a significant amount of explosives, weapons, as well as extremist literature. this attack was described as imminent. it was set to be planned for saturday just a day after those first arrests were made, although it is not clear when the cia provided the tip. now, we don't have any details on what info the cia sent to the russians. it wasn't immediately clear where the plot originated or how the cia learned of it. the agencies consider themselves to be something of adversaries, but they cooperate on counterterrorism issues. in 2011 the fsb warned the

many will remember that earlier this year and april another terrorist attack did take place in st petersburg and there metro and that killed over that killed fourteen people and wounded over forty more and that was one of the most deadly terrorist attacks to have taken place in that city but of course it actually could have been in fact worse because there was a second device that just did not explode and was diffused in time. russia has had a very busy year in two thousand and seventeen if you were to believe the mainstream media especially when it comes to sowing discord and interfering in elections worldwide russia's foreign minister had a few words to say about that in his latest interview take a look. we . talk. about the bubble. so did you hear that russia's foreign minister actually admitted to meddling in elections around the world i don't. know. what do you think do you think that that actually i mean are you surprised by that that he would admit to actually meddling in the u.s. election absolutely i think it definitely changed everything that the public was seeing right now and of

trump for help in preventing a terrorist attack which was planned to take place in the city of st petersburg on saturday now he also added that the russian security services would always also share information with their colleagues and the united states eaves and when they need data concerning possible planned attacks on u.s. soil now the russian president said that the data that was provided by the u.s. security services was enough to track down and detain members of the terrorists out and in total russian security services detained seven suspects and it was also revealed that the attack was planned for saturday with one location believed to be the cathedral which is situated right in the center of the city and is quite a popular tourist a landmark now during the raid a large amount blows if. an ammunition was seized and it was also reported that the extremists were planning a serious of attacks including as suicide bombing however a lot. of them happened thanks to this most recent example of a successful anti terror cooperation between russia and the united states. british lawmakers how di

russia and the united states say a terrorist plot in st petersburg has been foiled thanks to informations the attack was planned for saturday. president putin called president trump to thank him for the tip—off. sir mo farah has won the 2017 bbc sports personality of the year award. sir mo, who's the most successful british track athlete in modern 0lympic history, said he wasn't expecting to win this year. that story is popular on bbc.com. let's ta ke let's take a look at some front pages from around the world. china daily leads on an optimistic view of the nation's economic future featured in an international report. it says china's pursuit of high quality, economic development, will shift the nation towards a more sustainable economy that will contribute towards greater prosperity. the straits times features a huge protest march in indonesia against us president trump's decision to recognisejerusalem as the capital of israel. we can take a look at that. the paper says around 80,000 people marched throuthakarta ahead of a rally at the national monument. finally, the japan times reports

our correspondent you're able chateau met a young woman in st petersburg who shared her very personalstory of what it was like to come out as a lesbian to her parents. in that you knew they could afford it they ran around shouting stupid lesbian and told me to drop dead boards they attacked me out of sheer hate. while dancing i met people with whom i felt comfortable with it. but since the war most of them are either bisexual or lesbian that gives me a feeling of freedom. or the. moment when i told my mother she cried a lot although block a little longer no look at the bushel. it was a shock he just looked at them which honestly i even felt a certain physical aversion. to the machine should lose my god my daughter's a freak a monster. or something unpleasant at any rate. and what should i tell other people. there are a few who must never find out not under any circumstances yet these are still not god i can see she wants to understand me but can't her generation was raised in the soviet era. with physicists and but it's one time we were on holiday in greece there were some pilgrims by

leader for sharing intelligence that helped to foil terrorist attacks in st petersburg. what a group q. source or one of them or putin knows he knows of the handle. of cooperation between the u.s. and russia and pointed out that u.s. forces and russian forces had recently collaborated and actually prevented a terrorist attack in st petersburg this is donald trump they were able to apprehend these terrorists before the event. with no loss of life and that's a great thing and the way it's supposed to work that is the way it's supposed to work important to be clear james clapper is not opposed to cooperation between the usa and russia in order to fight terrorism and such however if he said that this is a one way street and said that russia never returns the favor and cooperates with the united states well the record seems to indicate things to the contrary now when james clapper was director of the national security agency there were instances where russian authorities approached u.s. authorities about one of the design of brothers one of the people who perpetrated the bomb