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breaking news here on our team at least seventeen people killed in a car bombing at a market in russia's volatile north caucasus region more than one hundred others injured in the attack in the republic of north are said here three suspects have been detained president made better values that those behind the attack will be

found and punished. to the position was this terror act is another case of criminal activity of the thugs with whom we cannot compromise reconcile the. twelve midnight in moscow kicking off our breaking news coverage here on our t.v. our top story a huge car bombing in the city of latter kavkaz in southern russia has killed at least seventeen people a suicide bomber is believed to have carried out the attack that also injured more than one hundred r.t.s. excitedly touch of a who's in cars cars sent us this report. basically to trying hard to get this morning so i was late to work and was hardly putting flowers the same outside but you heard the blast but didn't realize what had happened until a car came crashing down the side. was new good morning kyra phillips. i did and

we're standing close by and it's as if we were speaking the computers were speaking as if it was a dream because when the three d. model didn't really feel that way at the end of the room look a little sparse but it seemed muted at first but you know didn't see anything just hearing the face of the bombing by the bible school i mean not everyone was killed here i heard the explosion from. i don't know. national t.v. were. look this is what they pulled out of the woman's legs people were shot in your view the ambulance and police arrived immediately all the emergency services that we had were instantly citizens of buddy cop cars are very experienced in this set is someone. who paralyzed with panic the team and couldn't move the first saudi militants and they want to kill everyone in the course of then i looked at all car and if it was littered with pieces of flesh and my husband was touching

them i said wait wait because it was really. only now is the time and distance that she was lucky to survive she says she's strong and can cope with anything but the fear isn't letting her go and she stays at the scene as a clue to what is left off her car and flowers this is the second time suicide bombers have children from the market because as the target of this trade there was an act with people is know why it feel to be a strong fear and sorrel the on the injured survivors are praying for the ones who were not so lucky but struggle to find anything that can ease their pain. r.t. from. president medvedev says those responsible for the terror attack will be tracked down and punished three suspects have so far been detained in the investigation is ongoing artie's marine if an ocean is at an airport in the moscow region where those suffering from the worst injuries are expected to arrive shortly

. they had russia's aphis the federal security service is currently in the republic to personally oversee the investigation and his reported that indeed three suspects have been detained so far although we are not giving any details about exactly who are these people earlier the prosecutors have also announced that they've managed to find out who owned the car that exploded near the market in the city over to get across here earlier today and that it was registered in the neighboring republic of here another volatile place in the russian north caucasus president dmitry medvedev has indeed condemned the terror act and people behind the scores of dead and injured called in them fags and saying they're not those to negotiate with but rather those who have to be found and punished as soon as possible. but. i would first of all like to say to all the people of north to set here that we're mourning the victims innocent victims of this terrible tragedy russia's people with

the people of north of setia this terror act is another case of criminal activity of the thugs with whom we cannot compromise or reconcile our first priority is to give medical help to those who are injured and brought a kind of cast mosco or elsewhere it's needed and so for moral and financial support of victims and their family. promise of large measure putin has also harshly condemned the terror act and behind this incident saying then main goal of these people is to spread panic among multi-national multi-religious and multi language population of the russian federation. russia is a multi-faith country it is diverse and that is the reason its strong muslims reside all across russia crimes like the ones that were committed today and logic of cause are aimed at promoting amity between people we cannot allow that and of course muslims must play the decisive role in the struggle. after the tragedy

happened the russian government has said that the families of those who died in the terror act will receive thirty thousand dollars in compensation each while those seriously injured in this catastrophe will also get ten thousand dollars in compensation each as well i'm not standing at the romans came military airport outside most care and indeed we expect very soon that a special plane of the russian minister emergencies to land here this is that very plane which was sent from mosco to political cost to educate those seriously injured the ministry is now reporting the plane carrying eleven people and all of them are in very serious condition the flight is expected to take about two hours it won't be easy for all these people as least five of them have been killed on wrist greatest some of them have been rated so there they see people who need very special treatment that's why they're being transported now to the russian capital but the doctor was saying and there sure enough that special equipment on board

will allow these people to feel safe while b. interest potentate to mosco and as you can see already here in moscow and many many doctor is over the ministry of emergencies and ambulances are waiting for them so they will be transported to the hospitals of the russian capital immediately after they will land here the u.s. state department says militants operating in the north caucuses have ties to al qaida the counterterrorism coordinator at the department also says the u.s. is willing to help russia in its fight against terrorism in the region artie's guy nature to kyon has more from washington. this time russian the u.s. seem to be on the same page the u.s. state department said the terrorist attack in gaza as you mentioned is part of international terrorism and those who are responsible for it are international terrorist and they have connections to al qaida they also said it's a common goal for russia and the u.s. to work together to fight those terrorist groups but washer and the u.s.

had in always being on the same page like that for years russia tormented by a number of horrible attacks had been saying it's a common danger of these guys are international terrorists and we need help to find them to fight them but a while ago the common understanding of the common wisdom among many in the west was that those attacks are just part of separatist movements in russian caucuses and russia kept saying those terrorists are getting funding from abroad and a number of them were trained abroad but internationally it had been treated like some sort of a domestic fight against insurgents while now things seem to be changing the u.s. has acknowledged that groups operating in russia have for international ties few months ago shortly after deadly suicide bombings in the moscow metro the u.s. state department included the person who claimed responsibility for the attacks its name. it into its list of most wanted terrorists and that was probably the first

time that they did this sort of thing forty people died then in that attack or modify also claimed responsibility for the attack on on the train traveling from same piece of work to moscow that was in november of last year well the russian security services would give a lot to have this man behind bars and now they seem to have some help from the united states in that in that fight political analyst dimitri babbage says north has often been a target for as long as militants with links to international terror groups. said there has been a terrorist attacks for a long time i would like to remind you of that. when he was alive old martha said to russian good recent book this because i say the only ethnic group in the north caucasus besides russians which is predominately also the explosion so the market especially invited us about a very very often used in the past i would remind you that the last dollar is that

tax in the ninety s. was also an explosion of the market the logic of costs certainly they use alarmist terrorist in this book as those had connections to al qaeda they didn't make a secret out of it the western press doesn't report it very well from the cage in the wall so we hear stories that sound way in afghanistan. to people they couldn't reason no or some terrorist camp was destroyed people from north caucasus were also present their own fortunes and. we'll keep you updated on all the latest breaking news in this terror attack here on our t.v. but first our focus shifts to the russian city of yaroslavl for our coverage of the global policy for. some of the best and brightest from around the world have gathered in this ancient russian city for a two day brainstorming session in the city's located about two hundred fifty kilometers northeast of moscow a place that probably boasts unesco world heritage satis marking its thousand year

anniversary this weekend jaroslava was hosting an event that's trying to answer some of the toughest questions facing mankind how to keep the world safe what makes a democracy work and how to modernize the institutions that already exist these are some of the issues on the table as artie's a catarina gretsch over reports. it's a relatively new it's a relatively young for amateur has turned two years this time and it takes place in the u.s. level again but some claim that the forum has only the chances to reach the davos forum level russia is the host of the annual economic forum but so far it hasn't had a sort of political equivalent to that so some claim that the u.s. level of course could eventually become the equivalent now so many common challenges economic environmental also political and it's very clear about countries like russia with a long cultural intellectual tradition have a lot to offer in terms of trying to understand the problems and trying to find

common solutions i certainly see a lot of potential because i think the case of babbles makes very clear that international economic and financial debate can be extremely influential devil started off as a small initiative and has grown into a global fixture and i think of as the same potential if the focus is on the great i think it's important that we move away from just our to criticizing each other or lecturing each other or simply talking across purposes and really try and find the common mode and i think debate exchange critical questions and constructive contributions is what's needed and i think the former is just wrong in that direction and i look very much forward to seeing how that would unfold next to. all this year's forums twelve. criteria of standards of democracy there are people. to experts coming from more than thirty countries here in the russian city of. there are four major sections of discussions want to go to to this state as an instrument of modernization versified democracy experiences of

different countries this is the second section the third one is about. the concept of international law and finally global security so indeed the program is very intense one could not describe today's discussions as one one of ways. the interaction it was indeed it does it was very heated at times you could say was a very enthusiastic marathon well for example it's widely believed that there is there are no adjectives before the word democracy but it turns out to be a hearing us lobby among the participants there was no consensus about this and we heard so many adjectives before the word democracy and another important another major question was race what comes first a democrat ization or economic diversification. and indeed there is no conclusive answer about this and modernization and democratization is something the

russian president has been has spoken out about in very concrete terms he's taken that has been that democracies a process it's not just. global security is going to be one of the major topics during the you are sol before and after the event you spoke with economic historian robert skidelsky he says the should consider russia's proposal for a new european security treaty. to become a much more effective part of the european security system and not be outside. because the european actually european military is very very weak. they have the military in europe the french and the british the rest have to do anything really but this small and there's no unity. sort of no agreement to create something with russia has a has it has good military forces and they're becoming increasingly modernize and

specialized to the kind of work. that military forces have to do today which isn't a huge war but to be part of the counterinsurgency operations peacekeeping operations and so on so russia could be a great asset for european security system and president medvedev has suggested a new security concept that would include russia and we should we should take that and really see well what we can do with it because after all russia is part of europe it shouldn't be outside it. you can watch a full version of this interview in a half hour here on r t a lot more live coverage from the global policy forum on friday as soon as the second day of discussion starts. when the new season. when something really crucial what you want to get down to. the

special coverage. this time the latest news from the. sea floor line broadcasts special guests discussions on the stakes in providing security and stability of the present day world. question. turning now to other stories we're covering here on our t.v. the pilots who managed to land a crippled russian airliner are back in moscow all eighty one people aboard miraculously survived after a mid-air failure of all major electrical systems ortiz tom barton reports. the pilots an engineer just returned to save new cover airport in moscow they'll now go and talk to some psychologists for some deep breathes and counseling for any stress they may have undergone and what was a very tense monday they've also been helping investigators at the site trying to work out what happened and that's what investigators will be doing in the next week

to ten days trying to get to the root of this search engine that tickle failure they currently say in a preliminary statement that they think that three out of four of the plane's electrical generators failed but for the full story on this remarkable crash landing will go to my report. the heroes of the tiger these are the men the managed to land a crippled jetliner in the middle of the forest and not injure a soul the passengers thankful to be in line were seated in a pool so willingly and the streets and ended up in the woods the majesty crews arrived to try to wait everything was organized very fast this time the fleet week it was not for the professionalism of the crew we would not be standing here. the tupolev one five four was flying at ten thousand meters on its way to moscow from russia's far east when there was a massive electrical failure the plane lost all automatic navigation and communication its fuel supply and wing flaps were crippled meaning i had to learn

quickly and at higher than normal speeds even the lights in the cabin and cockpit went out by sight alone the pilots found an abandoned their strip in the depths of the forest and managed to land on the third attempt. by plane was designed to land on a concrete airstrip and at first we chose a restaurant in decided to land there but during the maneuver by miracle we cut a glimpse of a concrete strip and all the shorter it would be much safer when we overshot the strip there were bushes but no trees and at that point we knew for sure that we're going to be safe despite overshooting and plowing through. two hundred metres of woodland before stopping all eighty one people on board were evacuated to safety rather mia which can is a former pilot and actually trained the heroes in question he says he's very proud of his form across a jays. up in the clothes they couldn't even tell their how to cheat or where they were they only had enough fuel for ten minutes of flight in managing to land that

plane he practically did the impossible task of the plane itself investigators are poring over interviews with the crew and witnesses black box recordings and evidence at the site that question what caused such a massive electrical failure providing that do believe one fifty four is not quite the brand you have a craft and i'm sure that that car was manufactured probably at least twenty years ago the way you would more. i believe there is a chance that the we plant was just a war of. our russell airlines which owns the plane says it wasn't aware of any issues before takeoff but added it would never fly together investigators are focusing on mechanical failure rather than pilot error or weather conditions but everyone is expecting the playlets to receive medals they're achieved. in time the technical details of this plane's malfunction will join all of the others maybe ation history but one thing will always stand out courage and resourcefulness of

the two men who brought it safely to tamasin r.t. possible. serbia's dropping a challenge to kosovo's independence at the united nations belgrade remove the section of a u.n. resolution that calls kosovo as a session unacceptable european official proclaim it to be a useful compromise but that a johnstone has a different perspective. the present tax that i have seen and i have here is not really a compromise i would call it an unconditional surrender to the european union this was not a compromise because from what i've understood the european union did not. in exchange for this they gave nothing as usual and they'll just be asking for more as they have been for many years serbia is now really very much in the position of france underpaid it's not quite an occupied country but it's surrounded and sort of

occupied and any leader or policy party which would really openly take into consideration serbia's interests is condemned by the western media as nationalists look what they have a look at haven't always lived close to it which the united city use had already get rid of milosevic but when he showed that he was still interested in his country's welfare he's known brand as an extreme nationalist and sidelined. take a look now at some other stories making headlines across the globe investigators in the philippines say police could be responsible for some of the deaths during a botched hostage rescue a tourist from hong kong were killed after a displaced x. policeman hijacked their bus in manila two weeks ago ballistics testing disputes police claims that all the deaths were the result of close range fire a hearing into the hijacking concludes today. north korea

marks its sixty second anniversary as details of a conference to name leader kim jong il successor remains shrouded in mystery thousands celebrated founding day by placing flowers at the base of a statue of founding leader kim jong un is littered with posters announcing the workers' party meeting the exact details are sketchy it's expected that congenial as youngest son kim jong un will be appointed to a key party position paving the way for his eventual succession. hundreds of afghans have demonstrated against plans by an american pastor to burn copies of a car around in the september of the nine eleven attacks protesters set fire to flags and changing death to america there's been widespread anger from many muslim countries u.s. president barack obama has called on reverend terry jones to cancel the event saying the act would be a recruitment bonanza for al qaeda the florida vent has been criticized by political leaders worldwide. and the u.s.

navy has delayed its plans to move more than eight thousand u.s. marines from their military base on the japanese island of okinawa the u.s. presence there is a bone of contention with some locals after a number of high profile incidents as artie's sean thomas reports. since the end of world war two the united states has had a military presence in japan in which some people living in okinawa are finding a nuisance i don't hate people but sometimes we have a talk with them because of the. song something extra doesn't for. america. you know there was a huge problem. around eighteen percent of okinawa's main island is occupied by u.s. military forces here really we can hear the noise of the airplanes which interrupt the citizens and they're all have been maybe some x.

dance or crimes not only with this base but with their bases but. as we know it's also. they also helped me and the people from now or into bases or depend on the bases leading some to believe that in order to provide a more stable future there needs to be less reliance on the bases we must. look on the direction and make more business and we need to be independent in kind in the station and i do need to market represents okinawa in japan's house of representatives and is looking to bring about change. it has been sixty years since world war two seventy percent of u.s. bases in japan are now can now we know that there are security measures in programs in place in asian countries we want the u.s. to reduce their bases games aside from. noise pollution and space concerns that one

of the arguments against u.s. military bases on okinawa is a crime according to the treaty american citizens attached to the base can't be tried under japanese law now most of the crimes about ninety percent involve drinking and driving or are traffic related but there are a few high profile crimes which include rape and murder which have put a strain on japanese u.s. relations see them with us and his crimes do happen the japanese security cannot deal with them directly they must go through the u.s. military base command and then you have to simply trust them and it becomes very difficult for the u.s. military declined an interview with r.t. but did give us this statement. whereas a small group of people in okinawa vocalized that they are not happy with the bases many people there on mainland japan fully support u.s. forces in okinawa and to japan the realize the vital role the play in the defense of japan and for regional stability and security but getting the u.s.

out isn't as easy as a vote by the people japan's surrender at the end of the war limits the country to having only a security defense force as part of the treaty the united states officially acts as japan's military in case a conflict should arise that affects the country but now there is a small but vocal movement suggesting that it is time to review old policies that just aren't needed anymore. the situation in egypt has calmed there are no conflicts here any conflicts that exist or in western iraq and not here the people in okinawa think that the strategic value of these bases has diminished but the u.s. . but with china growing stronger as a geo political force in the region and the instability of north korea still a concern it is likely that the united states won't be leaving okinawa any time soon john thomas r.t. okinawa japan. i'll be back with a recap of our main story in a couple of the. stay with us here on r.t.

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