and the other example is chechnya and tartarstan where chechnya and tartarstan had sort of equal populations of russian orthodox russians and muslims. and yet when in 1990s chechnya really went up in flames partly because of the diev who was, you know, one of these leaders who stood up ethnic tension. whereas there was a big point of damping down ethnic tensions although he was not above busing people in to sort of -- who were very strong tartar nationalists. he would kind of bus them in to the capital. and as they would sort of demonstrate, um, that they wanted to have tartar separation, tartar nationality, and sort of this would illustrate to the russians that, look, you don't want, you know -- support me, because otherwise you'll get these guys out here. these are our nuts. so that's -- but he very cleverly manipulated all of that and never, ever talked about complete sovereignty, complete autonomy. he talked about sovereignty but never mentioned the word "autonomy." it was never going to be a separate -- >> independence. >> independence. it was never going to be -- whereas chef any yangs

deadly terrorist strikes in russia's republic of chechnya with suicide bombers attacking an army checkpoint while a car bombing claims more than. the most amount is closed up in positive territory today following on probably gave made across the global equity market spite of all prices dropping in the south so now i have a breakdown of the figures are much more intense in the funny business but. it is good to have you with us here on our t.v. today on real research i live in moscow damascus says the syrian prime minister who has fled to jordan has been sacked but it's thought he's not the only recent defection from assad's elite although he is the first from his cabinet on monday several people were injured by a bomb blast inside the headquarters of the state t.v. and radio channel in the capital but the explosion caused considerable damage to the building this despite the government saying it's pushed the rebels from their last stronghold in damascus meantime the syrian army is amassing more troops and artillery near the country's city of aleppo as opposition fighters are readying for a ma

sochi is just 300 miles from chechnya and it's unstable pockets of islamist militants. the brains behind deadly suicide attacks on moscow subway and international airport is still on the loose and has promised more attacks. >> russian security services, of course, that will be their absolute priority, to watch chechnya before olympics, during olympics. >> reporter: still, a world class ski resort is on track. venues have passed international test runs. u.s. olympic champion lindsay vonn gave the downhill a perfect grade. >> the track is amazing and i really like it so should be a fun olympics. >> reporter: as sochi and russia race towards their winter olympics debut on the world stage. jim maceda, nbc news, sochi. >>> we're back in a moment with some of the day's other news, including a couple of pictures that are out of this world. >>> we're back with a view from the surface of mars where as promised the images from the curiosity rover just keep getting better and better. these latest pictures are the first high resolution photos sent back since curiosity landed. the s

and conflicting reports coming from russia's republic of chechnya and a. suicide bombers carried out a terror attack that killed four servicemen in the capital grozny one in a separate incident three servicemen were killed when their military vehicle was blown up. but brings up the date for the moment i'll be back with another update for in about fifteen minutes from now in the meantime our interview with u.s. congressman dana rohrabacher who has some strong opinions on washington's foreign policy especially towards china that in-depth interview next. we're sitting down congressman dana rohrbacher u.s. representative from california forty sixth district also a former official with president reagan's administration congressman thank you so much for sitting down with us i want to focus today on some foreign policy issues so let's start right away with china i know you've been a staunch critic of the way the u.s. relationship with china has evolved how would you rate that relationship today well we're giving our just rewards for having those stupid policy we

conflicting reports coming from russia's republic of chechnya. terror attack that killed four. i was still working to clarify the details of exactly what happened in a separate incident. killed when their military vehicle was. leaping on london streets which bring on the control for almost a week. in the summer the limping along. the sporting headlines in particular the olympics with paul. thank you very much laurie welcome along to the sports headlines here's what's coming up. finish. celebrating russia's a fool's gold at the big games in london. playing you saying ball wins the blue ribbon event of the games in men's one hundred meters the table is a mimic title in the process. and capital punishment pressure mounts on the number of monitors. for an old ali defeat to spot in the premier league rock bottom of the table. but there is obviously no other place to start but at the olympics where team russia have played their fourth gold in london it came in the wrestling elsewhere there was a silver and five bronze medals for the country's athletes on sunday as andre farmer report

also reporting that conflicting reports coming from russia's republic of chechnya now say that two suicide bombers carried out a terror attack that killed four servicemen in the capital grozny one of the separate incidents three servicemen were killed when the military vehicle was blown up. but to bring it up to date for the moment i'll be back with another summary in fifteen minutes from now in the meantime interview with u.s. congressman rohrabacher who has some strong opinions on washington's foreign policy especially towards china. we are sitting down congressman dana rohrbacher u.s. representative from california forty sixth district also a former official with president reagan's administration congressman thank you so much for sitting down with us i want to focus today on some foreign policy issues so let's start right away with china i know you've been a staunch critic of the way the u.s. relationship with china has evolved how would you rate that relationship today well we're giving our just rewards for having those stupid policy we have built china into a major economic power with

base two of the men are being investigated for links to terror plots in russia the rest of republic of chechnya and c.n.n. now reports the police in spain have arrested three suspected members carter who they say had amassed explosives and were plotting attacks in europe that's according to the spanish interior ministry of the also said they found enough explosives to quote destroy a boss and he also said that these three men had received training in camps in places like afghanistan and pakistan now one of the men who was arrested on his own they say that he is from turkey and that he's considered the facilitator in this group now the two other men were arrested together while they were planning to make their way to france so these two men were said to have lived in chechnya and as we know what is part of russia's ball of how we should have been north caucasus which over the years have see the waves of violent attacks now well according to officials these attacks have had had the links to al qaida and the men would masterminded them and also received training in places like afghanistan and paki

and conflicting reports coming from russia's republic of chechnya say two suicide bombers carried out a terror attack that killed four servicemen in the capital grozny in a separate incident three servicemen were killed when their military vehicle was blown up. and it is a year after riots and looting on london's streets which police were unable to bring under control for almost a week but locals in this summer's olympic capital are not sure the violence won't make a comeback. interview with u.s. congressman dana rohrabacher who has some strong opinions on washington's foreign policy especially towards china this is art. we are sitting down congressman dana rohrbacher u.s. representative from california forty sixth district also a former official with president reagan's administration congressman thank you so much for sitting down with us i want to focus today on some foreign policy issues so let's start right away with china i know you've been a staunch critic of the way the u.s. relationship with china has evolved how would you rate that relationship today well we're giving our just

and deadly terror strikes in russia's republic of chechnya with suicide bombers attacking an army checkpoint while a car bombing claims more lives our top stories this hour. online on screen international news and comment live from new center here in moscow syrian rebels have threatened to kill iranian pilgrims they kidnapped over the weekend and that's government forces stop their shelling the opposition fighters claim three of the forty eight captured have already died in continued shooting video recently aired by the news channel reportedly shows the prisoner surrounded by government rebels claim the captors were members of the elite iranian revolutionary guard meanwhile and other developments damascus claims the syrian prime minister who's fled to jordan has been sacked it's thought he's not the only recent defection from the elite although he is the first from his cabinet this is the army and rebels gear up for a major battle in aleppo with heavy casualties reported on both sides they're each racing to plug the gaps with new recruits and while some conscripts say they're ready to die fo

while they were planning to make their way to a friend so these two men were said to have lived in chechnya and as we know what is part of russia's volatile region of the north caucuses which over the years have seen the waves of violent attacks now according to officials these attacks and have had the links to. the men who would masterminded them and also received training in places like afghanistan and pakistan now as far as europe is concerned and they've been on high alert for some time now ever since the attacks the nine eleven attacks and the united states spain in particular has arrested dozens of suspected al qaida members over the years and even more so after the two thousand and four train bombing in madrid now they say that these three men be arrested had been under a monitoring of by the authorities for some time now and we can see that and we can expect that authorities here in europe will definitely be even a higher alert after the arrests that were made. the discrimination on the apartheid in south africa has long come to an end but now two decades after the country's long ba

deadly terror strikes in russia's republic of chechnya reports suggest suicide bombers may have a. point. and a year after riots and looting on london's streets. just after five pm on monday here in moscow this is the life with me rule received in damascus says the syrian prime minister has reportedly fled to jordan has been sacked but is thought he's not the only recent defection from assad's elite although he is the first from his cabinet on monday several were injured by a bomb blast inside the headquarters of the state t.v. and radio channel in the capital the explosion caused considerable damage to the building this despite the government saying it's pushed rebels from their stronghold in damascus meanwhile the syrian army is massing more troops and artillery near the country's city of aleppo as opposition fighters are ready for a major battle with casualties reported on both sides to plug the gaps with new recruits and while some conscripts say they're ready to die for the cause others are trying to dodge the draft. report. on the outskirts of damascus. government paramilitar

while they were planning to make their way to a friend of these two men were said to have lived in chechnya and as we know what is part of russia's ball of how we should have been north caucuses which over the years have see the waves of violent attacks now well cording to officials these attacks have had had the links to. the men would masterminded them and also received training in places like afghanistan and pakistan now as far as europe is concerned and they've been on high alert for some time now ever since the attacks the nine eleven attacks and the united states spain in particular has arrested dozens of suspected al qaida members over the years and even more so after the two thousand and four train bombing in madrid now they say that these three men be arrested had been under monitoring a by the authorities for some time now and we can see that and we can expect that authorities here in europe will definitely be in a higher alert after the arrests that were made today. the discrimination of the apartheid in south africa has come to an end but now two decades after the country's long

base so all the men are being investigated for links to terror plots to russia rest of the republic of chechnya. reports. the police in spain have arrested three suspected members of al qaida who they say had amassed explosives and were plotting attacks in europe that's according to the spanish interior ministry of the also said they found enough explosives to quote destroy a boss and he also said that these three men had received training in camps in places like afghanistan and pakistan now one of the men who was arrested on his own they say that he is from turkey and that he's considered the facilitator in this group now the two other men were arrested together while they were planning to make their way to france and these two men were said to have lived in chechnya and as we know what is part of russia's volatile region of the north caucasus which over the years have see the waves of violent attacks now according to officials these attacks have had had the links to al qaida and the men would masterminded them and also received training in places like afghanistan and pakistan now as far as eu

while they were planning to make their way to a friend so these two men were said to have lived in chechnya and as we know what is part of russia's volatile region of the north caucasus which over the years have see the waves of violent attacks according to officials these attacks have had had the links to al qaida and the men would masterminded them and also received training in places like afghanistan and pakistan now as far as europe is concerned and they've been on high alert for some time now ever since the attacks the nine eleven attacks and the united states spain in particular has arrested dozens of suspected al qaida members over the years and even more so after the two thousand and four train bombing in madrid now they say that these three men be arrested today had been under monitoring a by the authorities for some time now and we can see that and we can expect that authorities here in europe will definitely be even higher alert after the arrests that were made today. in just a few minutes here when they get used to rule the roost butt. now the tables have turned while song compl

al qaida two of the men are also suspected of links to terror plots and russia's rest of republic of chechnya artists are selling reports. the police in spain have arrested three suspected members who they say had amassed explosives and were plotting attacks in europe that's according to the spanish interior ministry of the also said they found enough explosives to quote destroy a boss and he also said that these three men had received training in camps in places like afghanistan and pakistan now one of the men who was arrested on his own say that he is from turkey and that he's considered the facilitator in this group now the two other men were arrested together while they were planning to make their way to a friend so these two men are said to have lived in chechnya and as we know what is part of russia's volatile region of the north caucasus which over the years have see the waves of violent attacks now according to officials these attacks have had had the links to al qaida and the men would masterminded them and also received training in places like afghanistan and pakistan now as far as

deadly terror strikes in russia's republic of chechnya conflicting reports suggest suicide bombers may have been attacked and checkpoint while a car bombing claims yet more lives. year after riots and looting on london's streets locals in this summer's olympic capital sure the violence won't make a comeback. coming to you live from moscow city center this is with me will receive shy to moscow says the syrian prime minister who has fled to jordan has been sacked but it's thought though he's not the only recent defection from assad's elite although he is the first from his cabinet on monday several were injured by a bomb blast inside the headquarters of the school of the state t.v. and radio channel in the capital explosion caused considerable damage to the building this despite the government saying it's pushed the rebels from their last stronghold in damascus meanwhile the syrian army is massing more troops and artillery near the country's city of aleppo as opposition fighters are readying for a major battle with casualties being reported on both sides that reach racing to plug the gap

and deadly terrorist strikes in russia's republic of chechnya with suicide bombers attacking an army checkpoint while a car bombing claims more lives our top stories this hour on r.t. . and on screen international news and comment live from our new center here in moscow syrian rebels have threatened to kill iranian pilgrims they kidnapped over the weekend unless government forces stop their shelling the opposition fighters claim three of the forty eight captured have already died in continued shooting video recently aired by the news channel reportedly shows the prisoners surrounded by government rebels claim the captives were members of the elite iranian revolutionary guard meanwhile in other developments damascus claims the syrian prime minister has fled to jordan has been sacked his thought is not the only recent defection from assad's in these well that he is the first from his cabinet this is the army and rebels gear up for a major battle in aleppo with heavy casualties reported on both sides reach racing to plug the gaps with new recruits a mult conscripts say they're ready to

and also reported the deadly terror strikes in russia republic of chechnya with suicide bombers attacking an army checkpoint while a car bombing claims of more lives our top stories this hour. online on screen international news and comment live from our new center here in moscow syrian rebels have threatened to kill iranian pilgrims they kidnapped over the weekend unless government forces stop the shelling the opposition fighters claim three of the forty eight captured have already died in continued shooting the free syrian army claimed the captives were members of the elite iranian revolutionary guard video recently aired by the news channel reportedly showed the prisoner surrounded by government on monday several people were injured by a bomb blast inside the headquarters of the state t.v. and radio channel in the capital this despite the government saying it's push rebels from the last stronghold in damascus meanwhile the syrian prime minister has reportedly fled to jordan has been sacked army troops continue to mass near the country city of aleppo as opposition fighters are readying

and deadly terrorist strikes in russia's republic of chechnya with suicide bombers attacking an army checkpoint what a car bombing claims more lives. online on screen international news and comment live from the new center here in moscow syrian rebels have threatened to kill iranian pilgrims they kidnapped over the weekend unless government forces stop their shelling the opposition fighters claim three of the forty eight captured have already died in continued shooting video recently aired by the news channel reportedly shows that prisoners surrounded by gun rebels claim the captives were members of the elite iranian revolutionary guard meanwhile in how the developments damascus claims the syrian prime minister who's fled to jordan has been sacked it's thought he's not the only recent defection from assad's elite although he is the first from his cabinet this is the army and rebels gear up for a major battle in aleppo with heavy casualties reported on both sides retracing to plug the gaps with new recruits and while some conscripts say they're ready to die for the cause others are tr

., they were from chechnya, from the caucuses. are real mix. >> the international community should worry about the day after a saw false. what happens to these groups. are they likely to impact the west? they are elsewhere. >> if the regional picture is not complicated enough, what about western countries? have the u.s., the u.k., and france played a constructive role internationally? >> now, i think the international community has played a rather negative role in terms of enabling the conflict, supporting the conflict in ways that made it possible to continue to fight and not reach a political solution. >> it is a situation in which there is precious little hope of a resumption of meaningful diplomacy. not least, as kofi annan made clear, because neither the opposition nor the syrian government wants it. the implications of the crisis grow more serious by the week. >> i think the real point at the end of this is kofi annan is no longer in position to talk of a spiritual successor. what could one person meaningfully do now? >> tha

and conflicting reports coming from russia's republic of chechnya now say two suicide bombers carried out a terror attack that killed four servicemen in the capital grozny one of the separate incidents three servicemen were killed when the military vehicle was blown up. with a new team with more on this story and plenty of other news for in half an hour from now in the meantime the u.k. secret nuclear tests are exposed in a special report. during the testing it merrily into the clouds of radioactive dust sucked up by the explosions were carefully tracked until they drifted out to see the clouds from successive explosions past day the much of the continent to the north the east and the southeast marilyn get. the government of the day the menzies government and all governments since that time have done no good but there was any danger or any hazard either to service men all to the people of this country now of course there's an awful lot of policy they had to cite but what we have since found out of course is that there was indeed a very great danger to the servicemen concerned who were

conflicting reports coming from russia's republic of chechnya saying two suicide bombers carried out a terror attack that killed four in the capital grozny. the details of what exactly happened in separate incident three servicemen were killed when their military vehicle was blown up. year after riots and looting on london's streets which police were unable to bring under control for almost a week but locals. are sure the violence. are those are the headlines on our t.v. do stay with us if you can up next. secret nuclear tests. only maralinga snow is the only one you want to see as the last. series has probably lost our family brands we lost our brothers and i think it should happen no more after maryland and. we have a legacy of real trouble in this country because of those british atomic just. can't take care now we see of course you know right. now what do you know. we've got a hundred. dollars the other laws we understand to have a body on the run so in other sleaze nuclear weapons to make it look has been bombed back on our watch. when an atomic bomb explodes it cracks right ele

it's not their first choice, but the longer it goes on, just like in somalia or even chechnya, they'll go from a secular opposition to a religious opposition. and in another year, we're going to see al qaeda all over the place. and al qaeda is just an idea, it's not an actual military force that's going to be coming. it's people are going to be turning to the most extreme forms of islam, especially if they feel abandoned. >> fran, under what -- do you agree with that? that this is a as a result of being abandoned? >> and i think you have to understand, whether it's the palestinian people, when a government, when an institution or international institutions fail a population and they are desperate and abused and tortured, they will turn to whoever can provide them weapons, food, and if that's al qaeda, that's who they'll turn to, if they're on the ground. >> it's interesting, bob, i was on the border, the turkish/syrian border a month or so ago or maybe longer, and the members of the free syrian army, the folks who were actually fighting who i was talking to, they keep saying, we keep h

many are from chechnya, part of a group calling itself the chechen base. there are also fighters, however, from al qaeda from iraq, algeria, pakistan, and saudi arabia. in addition to the ones in the border area, we've also been told there is another group of al qaeda fighters living in a tented camp just outside of aleppo waiting to help the fighters from the rebels in aleppo who are by now almost completely out of ammunition. this is a very dangerous development and rebel leaders we have spoken to are worried that al qaeda is trying to piggy back off the syrian war and could bring a foreign agenda. in fact, some rebel leaders said they would even welcome american help to eliminate al qaeda from syria. other rebel leaders, however, say that al qaeda fighters are welcome as long as they focus on fighting bashar al assad and the syrian president today was seen for the first time in two weeks on syrian state television trying to show that he is still in charge of syria. brian? >> richard engel along the syria/turkey border for us tonight. richard, thanks. >>

five mill last week have got back to winning ways telegraphing taken care of vulgar to yell at home in chechnya. a den coach in a brace with a strike in h.r. tara and now at the fifth to face a tough four weeks i had dinner. and then eat up coming challenges. well in the mean time on british soil two of the premier league's top sides chelsea and manchester city were in action on sunday in their community shield clash a five goal thriller finished in favor of manchester city the english premier league champions of course three to the finals pool that's their first trophy of the new season. meanwhile and a tennis rashard cascade will have to overcome novak djokovic in the final of the rogers cup if he is to claim his seventh career singles title the frenchman beat big american john is not in straight sets in the semi's seven six six three was the final school it's the second time the twenty six year old has reached the final in toronto having lost to roger federer in two thousand and six world number one that's federer olympic champion andy murray and spaniard rafael nadal who pulled out of the t

home in chechnya to go lebanon co not your brace with a strike in charge of terror now up to face to face a tough week ahead the number. will be and then eat their upcoming challenges. in the meantime on british soil two of the premier league's top sides are going head to head chelsea against manchester city in action right now in the community shield that currently midway through the first half and it is our goal is. so with all the excitement going on it seems in london one could be forgiven for forgetting that there's a massive go for events happening across the atlantic remarked lauren veejay singh the leaders at the final major of the season as the p.g.a. championship with round three suspended on saturday because of bad weather there were three men at the top heading into the weekend cold patterson and tiger words are no longer at the summit words with a dressing start to the day now sitting at three over through seven holes saying though is still one of the players to catch the big six under after another solid outing though he too had to return to the clubhouse after seven ho

got back to winning ways turkey brawls need to prepare a vulcan nation no growth to nil at home in chechnya. not in a brace with a strike in each off now the fifth but face a tough four weeks ahead moscow spartak moscow would have been some petersburg. with all the excitement going on in london one could be for. given for forgetting there's a massive gulf event happening across the atlantic remark a royal saying the leader shot the final major of the season the p.g.a. championship with run three suspended on saturday because of bad weather there were three men at the top heading into the weekend but cole peterson tiger woods are no longer someone with a dreadful start of the day at kiawah island sitting three over through seven holes seeing though is still one of the players to catch the big. for another solid diving though he too had to return to the clubhouse after seven holes at stormy conditions and with an irishman like a roy is also at the top last year's u.s. open winner putting five of the nine holes he managed to play before the weather halted proceedings. you know the way i'm look

horse five no last week have got back to winning ways to wreck grozny picking curve to nail at home in chechnya. notching a brace with a strike in a child's terek now up to fifty but face a tough four weeks ahead. rubin and zinni are coming. with all the excitement going on in london one could be forgiven for forgetting there's a massive gulf of end happening across the atlantic rory mcilroy is saying the leaders of the final major of the season the p.g.a. championship with roy in three suspended on saturday because of bad weather there were three men at the top heading into the weekend but carl pettersson and tiger woods are no longer at the summit but it started the day at island setting three over through seven holes saying though is still one of the players to catch the big for g. and six after another solid outing though he too had returned to the clubhouse after seven holes to stop fissions northern irishman mark arroyo is also at the top last year's u.s. open winner hurting five of the nine holes he managed to play before the weather halted this. is how your sport looks this hour i'll be

whitewashed five nil last week i got back to winning ways turk grozny taking her vulva to millet home in chechnya. notching a place with a striking turn now to fifth but face a tough four weeks ahead now in moscow spartak rubina meets in petersburg are upcoming challenges. with all the excitement going on in london one could be forgiven for forgetting there's a massive gulf a vent happening across the atlantic beach is seeing the leaders at the final major of the season the p.g.a. championship rowing three suspended on saturday because of bad weather there were three men at the top heading into the weekend but card patterson and tiger woods are no longer at the summit woods with a dreadful store to the day at kiawah island sitting three over through seven holes singo is still one of the players to catch that big fijians six under after another solid outing in south carolina though he too has returned to the club price after seven holes through the stormy conditions on northern irishman marco roy's also at the top last year's u.s. open winner putting five of the nine holes he managed to storm off

base two of the men are being investigated for links to terror plots in russia the rest of republic of chechnya his tests are safe and the reports. the police in spain have arrested three suspected members who they say had amassed explosives and were plotting attacks in europe that's according to the spanish interior ministry of the also said they found enough explosives to quote destroy. and he also said that these three men had received training in camps in places like afghanistan and pakistan now one of the men who was arrested on his own say that he is from turkey and that he's considered the facilitator in this group now the two other men were arrested together while they were planning to make their way to france and these two men were said to have lived and as we know what is part of russia's volatile region of the north caucuses which over the years have see the waves of violent attacks according to officials attacks and have had the links to. the men who would masterminded them and also received training in places like afghanistan and pakistan now as far as europe is concerned and they'

and its supporters but when you have a hide and seek operation taking place as you have witnessed in chechnya and other places around the russia it's fairly easy for a group of rebels that are being held and financed from abroad to operates under guerrilla warfare to strike here and there and then disappear it's very crucial that we mention here that the meeting and that was that that is aiming to expel the syrian regime comes on the heels of another defeat for the syrian opposition and i let go they were supposed to have held their meeting for foreign ministers and two days ago but that was postponed. and wait for what was going to happen and i love and of course the opposition forces and i love after having said that that bottle was supposed to be the decisive one to win over syria while they fled before a handful of banks and a few thousand soldiers the syrian army did not even have to throw all of its way into the bottle so i think go ahead. slightly running out of town a few thing. i want to ask you there are also reports that the u.s. and other western states are seeking to build more d

together while they were planning to make their way to france so these two men were said to have lived in chechnya and as we know which is part of russia's volatile region of the north caucasus which over the years have see the waves of violent attacks now according to officials these attacks have had had the links to al qaida and the men would masterminded them and also received training in places like afghanistan and pakistan now as far as europe is concerned and they've been on high alert for some time now ever since the attacks the nine eleven attacks and the united states spain in particular has arrested dozens of suspected al qaida members over the years and even more so after the two thousand and four train bombing in madrid now they say that these three men be arrested today had been under monitoring a by the authorities for some time now and we can see that and we can expect that authorities here in europe will definitely be an even higher alert after the arrests that were made today. the mother of we can make said it's a jewel and assume she was alone being a door to grant him asylum say

has been actively involved in the humanitarian operations after the conflicts in chechnya and also in south or said here which is the southern borders of russia are you still involved there is there still work to be done for your humanitarian mission on the ground one of the problem is that in most of the conflict the conflict might end now we know that then long lasting consequences give you two examples also suggest yes we are the only international you made an organization still in south ossetia and we are helping more than half of the population not of issues there poverty but also direct consequences of conflict north caucasus yes we are still north caucasus we are in one cheek we are in grozny were in dagestan one of the reason is there are some direct problems still links with this region don't know about the missing for example from the former conflict we need to be able to follow that very closely with the people and to understand their needs on the spot we are the i.c.c. we are the red cross what we do is we are closer to people we are trying to. stand there needs and their

but a criminal case has been opened to the nearby republic of chechnya where a suicide bomber carried out an attack killing at least six policeman in the blast struck a group of officers arrived at the funeral of their colleague who was shot dead in an assault on saturday and they were offering their condolences when an attack or end of the courtyard of a private home and exploded over a dozen locals wounded in the blast. while the geo political faceoff between china and america and asia pacific is causing well causing widespread tension in the region the u.s. is concerned with china's increasing influence so is developing military ties with its neighbors. explains why the obama administration is paying special attention to nations which have territorial disputes with china. they are courting each other at official meetings but it's a different story under the table with the u.s. employing a return to asia policy ties between washington and beijing are getting tense. becoming. the u.s. . is having you along. because the u.s. is in march. they are coming to the region. trying to. find

back to our breaking news story for you this hour reports of a suicide attack in russia's republic of chechnya artie's tom barton now standing by to give us the latest on this tom good to have you want to quickly what do we know at this at this point at the moment rory we know that there have been most probably two explosions in the capital of russia's chechen republic grozny four people are currently reported to have been killed security officials say that the both of the explosions happened close to a police checkpoint and they suspect that there may have been a suicide bomber or two suicide bombers that attacked that police checkpoint search teams are currently looking at the site for any evidence of more explosives there it has also been noted that attacks of this kind with more than one bomb detonated near police checkpoints in russia's north caucasus is a noted tactic of suicide bombers in the region. already it is a tumble in there many many thanks indeed we'll talk to you a bit later. or let's get to the r.t. world out there now and some other global news for you and briefer we'll star

together while they were planning to make their way to france and these two men are said to have lived in chechnya and as we know is part of russia's volatile region of the north caucasus which over the years have seen the waves of violent attacks now we're quoting to officials these attacks and have had the links to al qaida and the men would masterminded them and also received training in places like afghanistan and pakistan now as far as europe is concerned and they've been on high alert for some time now ever since the attacks the nine eleven attacks in the united states spain in particular has arrested dozens of suspected al qaeda members over the years and even more so after the two thousand and four train bombing in madrid now they say that these three men be arrested today had been under monitoring a by the authorities for some time now and we can see that and we can expect that authorities here in europe will definitely be even higher alert after the arrests that were made today. in europe more of the world's top news stories brief egypt sworn in its first government since hosni mubarak t

authorities world we are going hard time but you know this is just years inspired in a job so say in chechnya in south a city or would you say that you are arguing hard to authorities or authorities are getting a deal where how is that where our point of departure goes it's never it's never like perfectly aberrational isn't known but the point of departure is not to give hard time or not to some people are point of departure is read the needs of the people right and some of the needs are very basic but some of the needs are maybe more difficult to express and let's take an example missing person we have in the region people especially in a conflict which disappear it's difficult and we are the only one to come again and really to insist on the fact that this family they need to receive a response of course these are not very happy to have people knocking on their door remembering them that you need to do that it's not only true in in russia or in caucuses it's true in cost of all it's true in afghanistan it's true not of places but we need to be able to do that same element to gain something

together while they were planning to make their way to france and these two men were said to have lived in chechnya and as we know is part of russia's volatile region of the north caucasus which over the years have seen the waves of violent attacks now well cording to officials these attacks and have had the links to al qaida and the men would masterminded them and also received training in places like afghanistan and pakistan and we know for example one of the a chechen militants. one of russia's most wanted man he had also been put on the united states list of the most wanted terrorist in the past russia and the u.s. of issued this statement a several times a day agreed to further cooperate in fighting al qaeda and the threats of global terrorism now as far as europe is concerned they've been on high alert for some time now ever since the attacks of nine eleven attacks in the united states. spain in particular has arrested dozens of suspected al qaeda members over the years and even more so after the two thousand and four train bombing in madrid now they say that the three man be arrested today h

police investigating possible terror attacks that killed four servicemen in russia's republic of chechnya now say they may have died in a mine clearance operation. president assad's prime minister is sacked after fleeing to jordan with more defections reported. is set for syria's second city. gulf state seeking closer ties its crackdown on protesters gather for dozens injured and detained by. the year after riots and looting on the streets of london locals in this summer's olympic capital aren't sure the violence won't make a comeback. worldwide news live from the heart of moscow this is r t with me rule research. police in russia's volatile chechen republic now say four servicemen killed earlier today died in a mine clearance operation and not in terror attacks as initially thought is here giving us the latest now on the developing story at this point now what exactly are police. will to be honest the situation there the moment is a little confusing we've been getting conflicting reports about what may or may not have happened down there the latest that we know is that the interior minis

and deadly terrorist strikes in russia's republic of chechnya with the suicide bombers attacking the checkpoint while a car bombing claims more lives. about the news team with more in half an hour from now in the meantime peter the guest discussed america's middle class stay with r.t. crosstalk is next. please. continue. to. follow in the welcome to cross talk i'm neutral about rethinking the welfare state while attempting to save the struggling middle class as the eurozone grapples with its debt crisis and the u.s. faces the specter of long term sluggish growth is it finally time to reconsider an economic regime but any socialism for the rich and only capitalism for everyone else. if you. start. to cross out the gloomy prospects of the middle class i'm joined by jason vieaux in philadelphia he's an assistant professor of rhetoric and public advocacy at temple university and author of rhetoric for radicals a handbook for twenty first century activists and in paris we have rachel mars and she is a political communications strategist and syndicated columnist all right folks cross talk

conflicting reports coming from russia's republic of chechnya say two suicide bombers carried out a terror attack that killed four servicemen in the capital grozny this while in a separate incident three servicemen were killed when their military vehicle was blown up. in half an hour from now they were. on america's middle class to stay with us for crossed. please. you can. stay. low in the welcome to cross talk i'm neutral about rethinking the welfare state while attempting to save the struggling middle class as the eurozone grapples with its dead crisis and the u.s. faces the specter of long term sluggish growth is it finally time to reconsider an economic regime that ends socialism for the rich and only capitalism for everyone else. and you can. start. to cross talk the gloomy prospects of the middle class i'm joined by jason vieaux in philadelphia he's an assistant professor of rhetoric and public advocacy at temple university and author of rhetoric for radicals a handbook for twenty first century activists and in paris we have rachel mars and she is a political communications strategi

watching our breaking news for you this hour four people have reportedly been killed by two blasts in chechnya security sources say the attack in grozny could have been carried out by a pair of suicide bombers and more on this as we get it the breaking news here on. the syrian premier has been sacked after he defected to jordan reportedly with three other ministers and a bomb blast of the state media headquarters in damascus comes as a massive government military forces allegedly preparing a final assault on rebels in the city of aleppo. as the gulf nations plan a meeting next month to discuss ways of coping protests in the region more arrests and crackdowns occur in saudi arabia and bahrain demonstrators have been demanding social reforms and freedoms from their monarchy. and the trial of a female punk group pussy riot now entering its second week with the defense expected to continue making its case the three women are facing up to seven years in prison after pulling in and see putin stunt in russia's main cathedral. by those the headlines on our t.v. next peter lavelle and his guests zierin

it's ironic because i think what he did in chechnya may be hooliganism. what they did in dancing singing and protest may not be hooliganism. they got two years for that, and it's what happens when music meets politics. man is it happening here in america as well. now there is a rage against mitt romney because paul ryan we learned in a "new york times" profile, the running mate of mitt romney, his favorite band is rage against the machine. which is really nice, and it's interesting, too, because paul ryan is a big fan of free markets and family has interest in oil leases, and the songs that rage against the machine sings about are against free market and oil. they're so supportive of the occupy movement, it's unbelievable. the leader singer of the range against the machine said this he, paul ryan, is the emboydment of the machine that we've been ranging against for two decades. he said, ryan has a lot of rage in him. a rage against women. a rage against immigrants, a rage against workers a rage against the gays, a rage against the poor, a rage against the

punish the state, the british state in this case through revenge for the deaths of muslims in iraq, chechnya up legal afghanistan, palestine, whatever it might be in the forefront of their mind. people say that the policy of multiculturalism, come and lived here and bring your own religion and culture and way of life and get those in maryland and other cities. and it is produced, and the culture they belong to. it was exacerbated by youth unemployment, the search for purpose and it is true to some extent as well. it is true that radical done in english-speaking imams have been allowed to come to our country and preach in mosques and free to preach hate, largely unobserved when most people don't speak english and people didn't know what they're doing until recently and until the damage had been done. none of those explanations seemed to be wholly satisfactory or to fully explain the phenomenon. i have written two novels about such people. the first was written a couple years after 9/11. was published the year before 7-7. was called at risk. it was before we had seen the development of these h

but there are those who say look, al qaeda is involved here or jihadist groups, people from chechnya or bang will desh or libya are going there on what they call a jihad. you see that as a result of not having it more international -- intervention earlier on? >> the way i look at it now, islam is a default. when they get hungry and desperate, they turn to the koran. it's not their first choice. they'll go from a secular opposition to a religious opposition. we're going to sequel all over the place. it's just an idea. it's not an actual military force. the most extreme forms of islam. >> i think you have to understand whether it's the palestinian people, when a government or institution international institution fails a population and they are desperate and abused and tortured, they will turn to whoever can provide them weapons and food. if that's al qaeda, that's who they'll turn to on the ground. >> i was on the syrian border a month or so ago, maybe longer. and the members of the free syrian aerp, the folks who were actually fighting, they keep saying, we keep hearing about communi