it's our past hour here in moscow this is r.t. that's caused by the panel where ninety five people reported dead in synonymy and quakes but it hit the north east of the country that figure is almost certain to rise significantly police are reporting that hundreds of sought ne in the founders drowned in the city of sendai capital ships region the same areas

a massive explosion at a crude chemical plant and the entire pacific region is now on alert for the eight point nine magnitude quake off japan's eastern coast on leash the massive ten meter high waves which reached miles inland causing huge damage it's triggered major fires will take your has been all but shut down millions are without power a phenomenal boarding house that is huge across the pacific including russia south america the u.s. and indonesia ways that already hit parts of hawaii but there's not any major danger that. which one has declared a nuclear power emergency after the cooling system failed either plants out of the machine last following the earthquake in the northeast we're now joined by an expert on chemicals. that was the top up about well threat very many parts of being with us here on auntie's and how serious is the danger at this time.

the problem is they're actually very serious because we're talking could be possible destructions of the chemical plants and also the atomic force stations and as to the chemical plant the air didn't clear as we are having in mind the possible calm terminations. of the air and their land is the toxic chemicals which my. clothing to be are going to cultural products and as to the nuclear power station i have to say that the japanese nation became very sensitive to the problem of fear radioactive pollution of the kind beer half their going back to nine hundred forty five when two first american atomic bomb had been exploded all over

hiroshima and nagasaki and hundreds of thousands of people have suffered that time and evidently because of that the japanese population is frightening because of the possible radio active pollution of the environment well as you say them is a bit of a standard pan is very sensitive to any nuclear threat and house prepared forests in the country tells lie in the world may just some ways may ring so is there also any danger to the plant in fukushima that it could explode if not the shocks of falling something that japan machinery also had. i know that immediately after the tsunami the japanese government has decided to shut down there twenty four stations and therefore they didn't. levi's decision because

he had tiny stations are very sensitive to the earthquake and even the possible radioactive contamination of the environment will happen isn't clear another hundreds of thousands of people will be suffering from their countrymen h h well what is the worst case scenario and do you think japan is prepared for this sort of situation. i hope early think is going to be all right because the atomic power stations were shut down but it depends substantially of course on the magnitude of the earthquake and i heard the forecast there'd be earthquake will be continuing for the next several weeks and hopefully the magnitude of the earthquake will be not that severe caver larry

but for the sound an expert on chemical thinking many kinds of speaking to us here on r.t. . well russia's curdle islands that lie just a few kilometers north of the japanese coast are also at high risk of being hit by the tsunami three highways have reportedly already reached one of the islands well let's replace all of this now from our zebras cannot you could it was a situation like on the islands well a state of emergency has been declared in the entire civilian region in russia stories including the crew islands which are right there in japan's neighborhood one of these islands as you see has already been hit by a three metre high wave thankfully no injuries have been reported there and the infrastructure was not damaged as well but authorities say that they've already have evacuated around eleven thousand people in the entire region to higher ground and or on my own. russia's president need to be viewed if he's ordered all the

local authorities and emergency services to be on high alert and we should be get ready for any type of scenario of needing to be defined as also ordered russia's emergency ministry to get ready to help japan in this horrific disaster we all would you know six of the ministries jets are truly on standby waiting for japan's of requests and are ready to do it or rescuers garters even a more well hospitals well mobile hospital treatment if you go to school this fall to the situation is still quite costly good and we'll have to see how this situation develops in the future because at the moment it seems more we are boston . rightly going to skin off many things for our days. well to talk more about the disaster we're now joined live by james jackson

a professor of tectonics activity ingrid university many times have being with us here on our team mr johnson so how large a scale is the disaster well it's a very knowledge or create three scale of the disaster is unfolding now would be earthquake is certainly one of the ten biggest in the last hundred years. and so the death toll we now know that it stands it's a several thousands but it's it's rising steadily hour by hour are we talking hundreds do you think off alison's. thoughts on the hundreds. of innocent wouldn't be surprised if a few thousand it's always very difficult to find out what happened. and if it likely do you think that the off the mouth of the tsunami will wash out the countries that are on the warning list as well throughout the pacific basin. yes

the tsunami will certainly hits other countries around the base and it is really quite easy easy thing to actually forecast now. if this thing on steady ground we know that it's the extension of the so-called pacific ring of fire so why wasn't it ready for this earthquake i think it probably was really i mean japan is probably more ready than any other country in the world certainly prepared in the sense that they were expecting these members to these kinds of things but so the scale of these things is really very difficult to secure to do with. what we know that quakes like this often happen in the series so how do we see the west do you think. well these plate boundaries of the sort which was in japan just now and also in some marker in two thousand and four. through the songs it's so once you have. you have others from them so there's some are. starting two thousand

fours over the last last six years three or four ones not quite as big as our first one but going on so how is glory. residents be in the surrounding areas we do know that some waves have already hit how broad we know this is some parts of the american post line are on the lurch of people really panicking here kind of thing but they should really listen to the local authorities who will know exactly what is going on and you can make a pretty clear forecast as to where the tsunamis will arrive in these different countries and get away from those times. faster tectonic activity at cambridge university many thanks for speaking to us. ok evan mchugh a director at the australian seismological center says there's major obstacles to predicting earthquakes. i would be surprised if there was a worse sort of quake in this region certainly other earthquakes critical around

the edge of the pacific we have no information that will allow us to. this is a very serious earthquake and i think it stands alone and. will certainly learn about those quakes we know where they happen we know that there will be larger earthquake around the pacific rim the question is when will an earthquake of a particular size happen and i think we're no closer to that than we were one hundred years ago it could be quite honest and it's probably an intractable question and i think we shouldn't focus on trying. instead we should focus as the japanese americans have done so successfully is designing to withstand a different approach i guess when it's hard for nations to prepare the tragedies on this scale space they're expected after alland think the joint british and russian system where three spacecraft that is the atmosphere from all bits could be ticking

what we're looking for is the signal signatures in the spirit which are precursors to earthquake phenomena and volcanic eruption phenomena the main damage from an earthquake is not the actual earthquake itself it's usually the fires and. that sort of thing that happened after the earthquake and you can prevent a lot of that if you know if you know things like to turn off the gas mains to turn off the electricity to reduce the likelihood of fire and just to prepare people for you know the likelihood of an earthquake so you will save a lot of lives that way and you will reduce the the the impact so we can't prevent earthquakes and we will lose a lot of infrastructure book the local authority in the area would take action and they might have up to ten days notice that there's a very high chance that there's going to be an earthquake in that area. well just to recap our breaking news now ninety five people are reported dead in the tsunami

that hit the northeast of japan about a figure is almost certain to rise and significantly police are reporting that hundreds of bodies have been found drowned in the city of sendai the capital of the worst hit region the same area suffered a massive explosion at a petrochemical plants well the entire pacific region is now on alert the eight point nine magnitude quake off japan's east coast unleashed in the massive ten metre high wave which reach miles inland causing huge damage it is also now triggered major fires or tokyo which lies some four hundred kilometers away from where the earthquake struck has been all but shut down with millions now without power as tsunami warning has been issued across the entire pacific basin including russia america the u.s. and indonesia always have already hit parts of hawaii but there's not to be any

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long story and so many cigarettes a day japan has been devastated by a massive tsunami after the biggest earthquake in the country since records began one hundred unfulfilling years ago found all of the fleets the higher grounds of buildings and ships are washed away at least ninety five people are reported dead the number rising the thai police in japan are reporting that hundreds of bodies found drowned in the city of sendai the capital of the worst hit region the same area suffered a massive explosion at a petrochemical plant pacific region including russia's far east is on tsunami alert as massive waves threaten to wreak havoc beyond the japanese coast. we do

follow that story on our website. for you in just fifteen minutes time right now the latest. thanks for joining us this is sports today i'm going to neal these are some of the stories we're covering this hour. league lift off the longest ever russian football season gets underway on saturday with a firecracker darby between lockable teeth. the pic of the action. it's not me it's you are saying vandar denies any wrongdoing following arsenal's champions league loss against barcelona on choose day stating you a fish should apologize for bad calls made the newcastle. free fall and see what happens when snowboarding meets scheme the home of the next

winter olympic games which is that russian black sea resort of sochi. but it's football where we start great news for followers of the russian game the twenty eleven premier league kickoff is now less than twenty four hours away it's an extended season as well with the country adopting the winter calendar like other european nations meaning it played won't come to an end until may be twenty twelve a long session and a big darby on day one to do each couple outfits a local motif. going head to head phones of both squads haven't had a whole lot to cheer about in recent times with champions league qualification alluding both of them for long periods the day starts done side though with hosting poise f.c. cross no dark finish just a few spots above the relegation zone last season but will hope for a zillion fetter of birth so carlos can further their cause this year the thirty

seven year old defender will become the first world champion ever to play in the russian league elsewhere in southern chicken finished sixth and twenty ten meet. ok today european game or sports not school where the only russian recent us now following thursday's action in the europa league the red white first leg last sixteen when i think specify x. in the netherlands brazilian striker alex with the only goal fifty seven minutes in not such good news for. the army man beaten one though by the luzhniki stadium here in moscow is it needs when time to judge champions f.c. twente a. man with a goal to do after losing streak. elsewhere a five time european champions liverpool. in for. the moment kiev will take a solo lead to true goal advantage to eastlands for their second leg but manchester

city also opening wins for viewer ryall and benfica. rangers could not be separated . arsene wenger has continued to vent his frustration following arsenal's departure from the champions league earlier in the week they're going to manager was charged with improper conduct for allegedly using quotes inappropriate language that referee must after parslow nepeta side three one to move into the quarter finals and it is a shame from you refer to the decision to send you off because it was a. fantastic advice. and the second destroyed. you think people. can be green. all right let's move away from football and to basketball to the n.b.a. where the high flying mof rigs have ended the next three game winning streak pitting

them one hundred twenty seven to one zero nine at home carmelo anthony sinking of his eighteen points you're putting your seven all pearly in the opening quarter but dallas sees the lead a few minutes later shaun morey in with i don't close the long way to making a twenty four team the mavs setting a season high four points in a quarter with forty one in the second opening up a hefty seventy two fifty one lead the big break and easy all tell us after that dallas holding on with ease to eventually finish eighteen points to get. elsewhere the nuggets finally cooled down the suns denver earning their first win in our zone in through tries miami meanwhile snapped a five game losing skid against three time really champions until this lakers got a turban chris bosch delivering a team high twenty four points south are demanding the ball more through the media greenway two other twenty points in south also glad to taste victory after

a series of close losses. you know it feels good when you get when a game where you lose a game you know we knew it was going to come down in you know just like the last couple games that we've lost your home especially we had to figure out a way and found a way and we did it you know we made plays to win the game and that's what feel good about a nose is just a way to get back on track and you know we move on to. proceed as planned well as well and i found the united states most watch sport meanwhile are keeping their fingers crossed for n.f.l. football next year that clears union un team owners continuing their labor dispute to seek to divide nine billion dollars of the american football league's profits the new deadline for their current collective bargaining agreement well it's later today but very strong differences still remain. i've said it many times if both sides have an equal commitment to getting this deal done it will get done i don't

know. you you. what i've heard as well with all due respect when someone wants to stand up and say that he questions or doubts one party's commitment to the negotiation process all i would ask all of you everybody has an obligation to the people who love this game of the players who dig this game everybody who reports it is here have an obligation to speak to the facts. let's the state side but move to florida where the start of the cadillac championship was delayed for over two hours on thursday morning to stormy weather at the golf course even after the play had to be stop. light with only eleven players having completed a full eighteen holes is the man to catch up to the early action he said seven under par but he just had ten holes grit after that the american started on the back nine with four straight birdies and out into three more before the close of play a man lying to stroke the head of

a group of six including world of the one martin kaymer who birdie four holes off of his first five for a share of second spots with luke donald should be calmer in the final than last picture last week i go woods is also there and although the former world's best struggled early on finally moving into a car after fifteen it's. going right back to russia now where three riding has developed over the past forty years or so from a high octane pastime to a professional world tour a sports on the latest offense has taken place up a black sea resort of sochi attracting the best the slopes has to offer constantine for top off now reports. the history of free writing starts in the one hundred seventy s. and he was characterized as being steep slopes in welterweight since there nothing has really changed for the writing still needs untracked powder snow speak to kill it cleve jones created wind choices and the best experienced riders to fulfill all

that different right world tour was created in two thousand and seven as a joint competition for skiers and snowboarders and it's the most significant advance for the sport clear writing is a great tool for traveling for traveling the world for having nice expenditures for pushing yourself for being scared sometimes you know it's a great way to get to know yourself rosa khutor is an exotic location just be fickle interest from the black sea but it's also becoming a mecca for free rider a square searching for the best mountains around the world to see rain is very good the snow is very good and now the infrastructure with the resorts like. it's perfect. i'm convinced there's a big future for reading this is a brand new resort with facilities to suit all skill levels and will be a venue for alpine ski runs at the twenty fourteen olympics but despite its infancy

the writers already feel comfortable here because of the terrain and fresh powder out in the mountains and i think that process has always been a great place for free riding however there had been no facilities but after skill leaves were built it's much easier to get to a slope nevertheless i think there are more prospects for free right here than for classical olympic disciplines because there is a lot of snow here and the weather is very unpredictable free riders are becoming trendsetters in winter sports as more and more break critical i'm higher up the mountains to get lots of snow and lots of adrenaline the number of total bans is increasing as well as the amount of equipment being sold. in russia true rioting is still like an elite club but is becoming more popular thanks to growth of the sports world white nevertheless the development of russian writers is obvious with the reasons given up in the volume while at the recent social stage of the world

tour and with this sort of to rain on their doorstep they will have every chance to progress however it's not only about the sport it's about the lifestyle and if you are a true writing is is having fun with some friends. in the fresh air. close to nature . travelling. and stands progress in. the physical but also on the on the mental aspects it may be hard to explain and understand but when you get to the moon and witness it with your rice no words and nearly. thirty years. finally a four hundred year tradition makes for literally the largest football game in the world no need to worry about formations here though with the entire top showing up on the pitch the side football must played on a field nearly five kilometers long and two kilometers wide the operates diners

located north and side of the head more river and daub are sure and went quite a lot of action to get through before even sniffing a scoring chance though the player is attempting to score a goal in each other's villages by tapping the ball against the platform three times said that the first of these life size matches took place in the sixteenth century during the reign of elizabeth the first time looking to face the yearly custom doesn't look like slowing down any time soon. and that is where we leave the sport weather's coming up in just a technicality said. question is that so much of an oldish musician doesn't find the mark with the new middle east in the making has the west gotten past its focus on security over democracy in the region and as.

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