The countrys interior ministry. When. I have a store near the site of the glass when the car blew up i fell to the ground my brother was injured i took him to hospital it was already overwhelmed so i put a bandage on my brothers wound and took him to another facility which. Suffered lots of shopkeepers who were wounded and killed the attack was devastating i saw peoples limbs lying on the ground said todays bombing in kabul is the deadliest terror atrocity in afghanistan since the truck blast in may last year which claimed one hundred fifty lives and this comes as part of a recent upturn in violence thats caused to much bloodshed on wednesday armed militants attacked a save the Children Office in the city of jalalabad moments later a car bomb exploded outside the premises six people were reportedly killed and dozens more injured i still claim to responsibility for this. In france Prison Guards whove been striking over conditions have agreed with the justice ministers plan for improving security in jails some of the demands made by the prison staff have now been accepted such as housing one thousand five hundred radicalized inmates in special units the nationwide two weeks trying began after an increase in Violent Attacks by inmates on staff one of the hot spots in the in the protest is there fleury. Jail near paris is the largest in europe and holds almost four thousand people its all. Well used to monitor potential or suspected terrorists among them is sol a up there salaam who faces trial over the twenty fifteen paris terror attacks and a star walked out in protest to clashes erupted with Police Outside of the prison. We continue because today there is nothing a few things that have been announced by the chancery trade unions to stand project time with blocking everything with blocking the prison larry we will block all affronts in terms of security we want concrete things including materials that allow prison staff to work in safety dont you its dangerous for us to be around the inmates because for them we are everything they hate for them we are enemies by definition. The protests were triggered by a scissors and razor blade attack by an inmate which left three Prison Guards injured a string of other incidents followed the latest of which left two guards needing hospital treatment some of the attacks were reportedly carried out by radicalized prisoners. A number of islamic extremists in southEastern Europe is being under reported by the German Government based on classified documents obtained by Germanys Left Party and reported in the press this week piece all of a half the story. Theres a growing threat from islamic extremism in europe based in the balkans and the German Government is keeping it to itself and thats according to a highly classified report thats being seen by some left party m. P. s the media. The German Federal government cannot discount the basic threat posed by individuals and splinter groups in the islamist scene in Bosnia Herzegovina the hush hush document goes as far as to claim that theres a direct link between radical islamic groups in Bosnia Herzegovina and people in germany the true nature of what these heavily classified report says hasnt come out parts of it were redacted from the copy that was shown to the left party the federal government has been trying to downplay the growing islamist threat in public for the more its entirely unacceptable that the government continues to cover up the role of the gulf states my colleague charlotta been ski travel to Bosnia Herzegovina back in december she witnessed firsthand the situation on the ground there regarding islamic radicalization the local and mom is telling me that some of the residents have joined Islamic State and this one lord of the road and there are people who went to syria and forty on the side of i still but we tried to stop them and. It looks like an ordinary sleepy feel its a few houses nestled between the hills not how you might imagine a cradle of terror. A look at the mom says he fears for his life after speaking out against those who joined i still really would these radical elements are always unpredictable these people prayed with me the aid at the same table as me and they want to shoot me this has been edited version of the report issued by the government raises a lot of questions over what exactly germany knows about islamic radicalization in the balkans and how bad the situation actually is as we see in the answer to our parliamentarian question the German Government gives the extra time its expertize that it doesnt explicitly in the gate the possibility that single persons or groups be longing to islamistic seen or bosnia or else they go in there could be a threat to germany and europe but in the same time the government indicts to speak about it Financial Transactions that are provided for example by the govt states or turkey to the bike and states as well as the sending of the moms. In contrary to the german secret service. The German Government tries to hide the fact of growing danger coming from islam is the groups from the Public National position demonstrators headed by alexina valley take to the streets in a number of russian fifty eighth and a protest of the upcoming president ial election without that and other stories of the week after this short break stay with us. Would you do one hundred thirty shes using a restoration but as i said i would. Exchange so many sway there is still. A lady in this case said to see that. Weve done just shoot up. What politicians do sometimes. They put themselves on the line they get accepted or rejected. So when you want to be president im sure. Most somewhat want to. Have to go right to the press this is what the four three in the morning cant be good. Im interested always in the wives in the house. Welcome back now more than three thousand supporters of russian opposition figure alexina volley have been gathering in a number of cities theyve been protesting against the upcoming president ial election because donna has the details. Around a thousand people have been gathering here in moscow calling for the boycott of the upcoming this march president ial election theyre saying that the vote is illegitimate since their candidate alexina valley has not been allowed to run this because hes still serving a five year long suspended criminal sentence after he had been found guilty of embezzlement and a person like that cannot hold Public Office in russia now the location of this demonstration has not been approved by the authorities they had no problem with the protest itself but they offered a different place for a but the valley supporters decided to carry on with this place with this location literally hundreds of meters away from the kremlin now alexina valley himself as the you were going to of the event has been arrested has been detained on his way here as long as a bunch of his other supporters to try to prevent his detention. Now the offices of his anticorruption found have been raided by the police here in moscow as well but in terms of troubles with the law here in the russian capital that has been it also this action is not just aimed in moscow do it demonstrations have been held in various russian cities we know some people or some protesters have been detained there as well we dont have the exact figures yet but in general very peaceful people have gathered they have voiced their discontent and they have seemingly dispersed. Families in the west african nation of mali thinking all for that a french as strike which has claimed killed eleven local folders its been more than two months since the bombing raid and officials from both sides have given conflicting versions of what happened r. T. Spoke with the relatives of one of the soldiers. My nephew was taken prisoner during the attack on the no power security post there were people dead people wounded and people missing. I ask for anyone who can help us get out of here dont leave us in this place. He saw the french intervened to destroy a jihadi camp during this intervention eleven million soldiers lost their lives. The operations are good so that saras Training Camp and the notes on was the presence of mali soldiers established. That there were eleven hostages found on this site and all of them died during this operation one day they tell us that the hostages were there during the bombing and the next day they tell us otherwise. Certain media wanted to say that their levon mali and hostages that were at this site had joined the Jihadi Movement we consider that to be an insult to the memory of these men who lost their lives in the service of the nation. They were indeed hostages of terrorists and there should not be any ambiguity between our friends friends and. Bow because superior phoned me saying that after checking they found no evidence as to whether boubacar is dead or alive while waiting to receive news regarding our son. France launched its intervention in mali back in twenty fourteen after islamist militants seized parts of the country around four thousand french troops are involved in the anti terror operation which is still ongoing and just a few weeks ago the u. K. Agreed to bolster their campaign with attack helicopters. If someone asks where are you from would you be offended on that very question has stirred debate about racism after a social Media Campaign was launched in sweden and he set the explains. Well a year from it sounds like an innocent enough question doesnt it but it could land you in trouble his way. To explain that so i first need to tell you about an online Campaign Launched in sweden to help expose racism hash tag no stranger we hope to raise Awareness Regarding the extensive issue of racism that actually does exist in sweden although many want to believe that we live in the worlds most tolerant country they are terrorists shakespearean says of being subjected to racism and ten cells asking why are you from rep some people up the wrong way even though i was born here people always ask me where im from i hate it when they do that nobody put are you decide where my home is where i come from doesnt concern you and it shouldnt matter i say shouldnt we ever ask people about their country of origin to be on the safe side. Well heres some advice from a man behind the hash tag no stranger campaign you can also question just make sure you do it right its ok to wonder about someones country of origin but it should not be the very first thing to ask a stranger about. 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A lot of welcome to worlds apart in the twenty five years since the oath the process was launched it remains one of the most fruitful rounds of talks on the Israeli Palestinian issue not only because of the formal accords it produced but also because it managed to put the protagonist in one room and have them talk to one another and some believe these direct exchange was only possible because there merrick and spun out there as you can now the u. S. Administration tries to mediate between the israelis and the palestinians how big of a problem is the mediation itself well to discuss that im now joined by guest in boston founder and cochairman of the israel palestine creative riginal Initiative Mr buskin thank you very much for your time its great to have you on the show thank you now i know that youve advised many Israeli PalestinianInternational Leaders on the middle east Peace Process and now that. The u. S. Vice president mike pants has arrived to the region trying to restart this negotiating process once again i wonder if there is any advise that you would give him. Advice i would do for Vice President pence and in fact i wrote to President Trump on the first day of his ministration is that after so many years of negotiations the israelis and the palestinians need to know the three need to resolve this problem themselves they need to sit in the room by themselves and how shouter an agreement the United States needs to inform the israelis and the palestinians that they will be there to help their free choir to provide bridging proposals to reduce International Support and finance for a Peace Process. But if the israelis and the palestinians are going to be dependent on a third Party Mediator it is unlikely that were going to find a mediator who is going to be able to bring the parties into the room and work out an agreement this is what weve seen over two decades already but mr barak and i think the end notable change over the past year is that its true i know it please that you believe that the americans were never an unbiased mediator but at least they went to great pains to come across as such breach had a certain restraining influence on all sides the trumpet mission couldnt care less about it and im sure you know that in the in this speech before. Mr pans didnt make a single nod to the palestinians he didnt mention that world the word settlements even once and i think it was quite clear that the his administration is positioning itself not as a mediator or pretend mediator but as a fully fledged backer of one side how does it change the negotiating dynamic overall well there are no negotiations there havent been negotiations for more than four years so i dont think it really changes anything to be fair to Vice President he did refer to keeping the status quo at the religious sites in jerusalem he called the temple mount to her almost surely from referring to that as being a place where muslims he did say that the israelis and the palestinians would need to agree on the borders and the sovereignty. In jerusalem and you did say that the United States would support a two state solution if the two parties agreed on that so i think that there was room there but i dont believe that the trumpet ministration can be an impartial mediator or bring the parties into the room at this time to meet mr bascomb in. Fact if we compare it to the kind of overtures that he made israel for example telling the knesset that hes administration is going to expedite the whole process of moving American Embassy to jerusalem i think it certainly doesnt feel like. Much ever and extended hand to the to the palestinians i know that back in december you didnt read much into these. Embassy moving proposal but now that the administration seems to be following through with that the standing ovation that it received in knesset as well as the netanyahu government overall efforts to get the most out of the Trumps Administration do you feel concerned im very concerned not because the americans are going to move their embassy to jerusalem theyre going to move their embassy to west jerusalem and drew some has been the top of the of israel for seventy years now its not recognised by the International Community because the International Community has believed that the drop some issue needs to be resolved in a negotiated agreement between the jews and the arabs the israelis and the palestinians but i dont think the american move or their embassy is really going to change anything on the ground didnt mind what it does is it pushes up the urgency of reaching an agreement because the jerusalem issue is so sensitive and so much a core of the Israeli Palestinian relationship that we need to resolve the issue of jerusalem even in the knesset yesterday the arab palestinian arab members of knesset held up a sign which in in english said jerusalem is the capital of palestine but in arabic and East Jerusalem they were very quickly whisked out of that room into which mr pamphlett sad that he believed that that was a sign of democracy believe it or not that those people were forcibly taken out of their own out of their room dont you think that they trumpet mr issue which is very unabashed and unashamed about its own tendencies is going to bring out the worst from the israeli Political Class i dont have any expectations that the trumpet ministration can play the role of mediator we dont know if the trumpet ministration is going to present some kind of peace plan the ultimate deal the deal of the century that hes been talking about i think its very unlikely that hes going to put something on the table that both the. When the palestinians can agree to it is likely to be like prior american proposals much more bill are used to the israeli position than the palestinian position in which case there wont be agreement and the israelis and the palestinians wont be able to reach a negotiation that will enable them to sign on the bottom line and find a solution for jerusalem and the two state solution the issue of borders the issue of settlements the issue of refugees the security relationship the. Ownership and the management of the Water Resources all these issues need to be negotiated between the israelis and the palestinians and its unlikely that the trumpet ministration is going to pull the the rabbit out of the hat and find an agreement for all of these issues i dont have those expectations now i heard you say before that the american mediation historically allowed to both these rallies and the palestinians talking to the americans rather than one another and if the americans are sidelined for one reason or another and at least for now the palestinians are refusing to talk to the americans could that facilitate a more direct exchange between Data Protection if ease of if of course theres talk of a command perhaps but i dont think theres much of a chance of talks partly taking place between the israelis and the palestinians before we have changes of leadership in israel and palestine it seems that not to know Binyamin Netanyahu is moving closer and closer toward an indictment interest hes going to be challenged by the israeli legal system in the israeli public of whether or not he can remain Prime Minister and i think we all recognize that president abbas with all due respect to him is in the twelfth year of a four year term and lux little legitimacy on the streets of palestine even though he is the president and the leader most palestinians want new elections they want to be able to choose their new leader i dont see the dynamic where not in you know in abbas under any circumstances will come back into the room but we also have to face another reality these two people are here they exist side by side there is communication going back at different fronts. Technical levels electricity water taxes movement of Goods Movement of people there is always going to be some relationship taking place between the parties and we have the occupation which continues in israeli settlement building and palestinian threats of use of violence its not a good situation we need to find a way to talk i dont see where the entry point is yet you said its not a good situation and it hasnt been good for many many decades and i think you would agree with me but this conflict has long needed some sort of a shake up that would just hold the two sides out of their complacency could be chump administration with all its controversial and very divisive decisions be that agent of change that would hasten the Expiration Date for the status quo i wish its unlikely but trump could surprise us as i said his team his son in law. And Jason Greenblatt and other people in the in the administration are working on a plan i think that from what we understand their plan is going to be based on a wider circle of Regional Cooperation with jordan and egypt in the saudis and the emirates and the kuwaitis and other states in the region and certainly bringing in more players into the states in putting more goods on to the table could create opportunities for both israel and palestine but the core of this is israel and palestine the core is ending the Israeli Occupation the chorus two capitals in jerusalem and a two state solution that has to be resolved and then supported from the outside i think that other International Players such as russia and the European Union the United Nations also have a played a role a role to play here and they could make a contribution as well well let me ask you specifically about the European Union because instead of meeting with fans Mahmoud Abbas the Palestinian Authority president traveled to brussels and its clear that the europeans who also happen to be the most generous donors to the palestinian territory. Quite in sanford with what they see as trumps recklessness but they are also being that true self in a sense of being very slow very careful about what they say and what they do you do you think they will ever have enough in themselves to mosques or that courage to recognize the state of palestine as abbas has been pleading with them it seems that they wont be able to do that the European Union is a complex body of twenty different twenty eight different sovereign countries we will see a process of individual countries perhaps recognizing palestine there are talks that slovenia might recognize palestine soon sweden has already done it certainly some Eastern EuropeEuropean Countries have done it in the past before they were members of the European Union there are parliaments in the European Union countries that have called on their governments to recognise public. I think this would be a positive development but i dont see it happening very quickly i ask you speaking here on russia today would would russia recognize the state of palestine would russia declare use troops on the capital of palestine well im pretty sure that russia will not be the first power to do that and thats precisely because of whats happening across israels border in syria because for russia the greatest stakes are there and risking the relationship they have at the moment of Prime Minister netanyahu hole for nor clear benefit geopolitical benefit our geopolitical certainty at this point of time i think russia would deem that as extremely risky thats why im asking actually about the European Union because the European Union is not involved in syria or in libya to such an extent so perhaps they have some leverage with all parties that they could employ deploy rather its too difficult for the European Union representing so many countries to be able to make a decision which is so controversial so i think that we will see european policy makers encouraging individual countries to take steps to