thank you man enjoy the entertainment mannat thank you for your. world watches in horror as an atomic disaster looms over earthquake stricken japan cooling systems up and nuclear power plants have failed i mean here's the radioactive material has already leaked out friday's quake triggered a tsunami that point hundreds of lives with many people missing and feared dead. moscow says it's ready to hold with japan having experience in dealing with the tragic sure normal nuclear disaster. and in other news a colonel gadhafi forces close in on rebel strongholds in libya as well rock obama

says the west is told tightening the noose around the incumbent leader of foreign intervention draws closer as nato warships approach the libyan shores. from our studios in moscow you're watching r t thanks for joining us well the world has been frozen in front of t.v. screens as the disaster in japan unfolds that's following the record eight point nine magnitude earthquake and resulting tsunami well there is now danger of a major atomic disaster radiation levels out the nuclear plants in the northeastern japan are a thousand times above normal levels after a cooling system failed because of the earthquake or if he's correspondents join us joins us from the far east that it is not true of up on the line for us hi there

carter well just give us an update on the latest the situation in japan. while there are of course a number of tests in japan out should be up to the friday quake is now reported to be over four hundred people we're also receiving some unconfirmed reports from several pages. says local agencies in japan that the number of people killed in the disaster could be as many as a thousand and thousands of people are reported as missing there's been also a confirmed ready of the fukushima blonds in japan that is one hundred sixty kilometers north of the capital of tokyo and radiation levels there reach a thousand times normal and a local agency also says radiation has been measured at more than eight times normal at the main gate of the plant thousands of people in that area are now being creepy evacuees it and there are fears that a leak could occur as another plant which is close to focus the much several kilometers from their. rush is over all of course an island sesame pages says and

maybe all stations are closely monitoring the situation and the president of russia says that the country stands ready to assist in any way to cannes in tackling the aftermath of the tragedy all that world in the islands of a submarine is right there in the. neighborhood it is just several miles away in the suburbs the situation on the island what are we hearing right now. of the region the place where we are now is the closest to the epicenter of the tragedy and it is one of the most dangerous area of russia in terms of it's a sneak into t.v. this but local authorities are reporting that the situation here is calm and business goes about as usual from what we are seeing here is that people are residents are constantly minute story here in the capital of the region use no surprise is monitoring weather forecasts there are reports coming from japan and those who live alone but that is just sixty kilometers away from here how quickly

moving inland emergency officials are promising that they will keep residents updated on the latest and they say yvel be enough time to vacate people nasa sciri now as of three pm local time so wait reaching the supply lines. coastline are no more than a meter you know our weather folks are somewhat worrisome for those who live on the few real islands what we've heard from local fisherman they are receiving information from their friends and relatives on the curial our island waves reached two meters on saturday morning and thousands of people eleven thousand people have been evacuated from the cruel islands are already emergency officials will command them to go inland and to shelter about thirty forty meters above the sea level well this region is no stranger to natural disasters what's in its records.

this is not in region is it says a very dangerous place that has one of the but rather worse records as well as in russia and across the world it's the most dangerous birthplace and you could see beauty in russia the region includes the curial islands of. chad. is actually where russia's most disastrous earthquake in a hundred years history happened that was a nine hundred ninety five when over two thousand people were killed it was all the same the northeast and closed and it was all the same power as the recent japan earthquake and also can't come chaka has seen several gruesome quakes in its history the latest was over fifty years ago and again it was of the same magnitude as the recent japan earthquake what we also shouldn't forget that there is also a danger of very severe consequences for the economy of the region the supply line is home to two major all and guess consorts supply didn't want to supply you into

ok well thank you very much for that update to the margaret cho reporting from russia for. well russia says it is ready to help japan in dealing with the aftermath of the earthquake moscow can draw on a wealth of experience in coping with both natural and technological disasters. has more from the capital we're here for just tell us what exactly can a russian offer in this situation. the moment it's hard to even calculate the damage done by this disaster in japan as the whole walled waters these horrific pictures from the country but russia's emergencies ministry has prepared six jets which are really to transport rescuers the doctors medical equipment including a more well hospital to ship out all is needed at the moment is an official request from japanese authorities these jets have been on standby since friday on the

personal order by russia's president the need to be of. the commission and. of course we're ready to help our neighbors in overcoming the effects of the severe earthquake a state of emergency has also been declared on our soil on the coral islands in the subtle region groaner sciri measures must also be taken to prevent damage and loss of life the tsunami has already reached our shores and we must all be consolidated it's time now ordering the emergencies minister to present a plan of assistance to japan. unfortunately russia does have the experience in dealing with such catastrophes both earthquakes if we talk about just the coral islands which are right there in japan's neighborhood located just several miles away from its territories they have been hit by earthquakes previously and russia does have the experience in dealing with a nuclear disaster as well talking about the chernobyl nuclear catastrophe in one

nine hundred eighty six so once again at the moment all is needed for these jets to take off and deliver this help to japan is an official request from the countries authorities thank you very much for that. reporting there from moscow. well our correspondent in ukraine on the other ships you look at the similarities of beacher noble disaster with what's happening right now in japan. they initially may seem very similar incidents but in reality they're pretty much different first of all because what is now happening in japan is indeed an aftermath. a natural disaster the earthquake what happened intern all the quarter of a century ago was one hundred percent manmade disaster and this is of course the essential difference the other difference is the the fact that the reactor in japan is one hundred times more powerful than the one internet and in fact the two

stations the two in the fukushima region. the world's biggest joint amount of energy and this means of course that this reactor which is under threat now is far more powerful than the one in the four nuclear power station which exploded twenty five years ago and also one of the differences is that the security system in japan at the power station is promising that should any nuclear occur at the station i certainly will cover the nuclear power station preventing any leaks into the atmosphere something which is of course missing in the soviet here at the chernobyl station and that's why the whole of the whole continent basically suffered great consequences but at the same time we also heard that. basically the. system something. off to the earthquake of most of the power stations across japan. and nobody knows whether this will be the case whether the security system will work

should any nuclear incident occur the worst case scenario is much more grave that what happened after the fallout according to several experts i've managed to have. already here in ukraine and some interviews on the internet as well basically because as i mentioned earlier the power station in japan is far more powerful than the one. this would lead to a serious contamination to a serious emission of radiation should anything i should any accident any explosion happened i put the. when you clear power station this according to some experts from the russian academy of sciences means that the whole of the russian far east some part of china and to a large extent the korean peninsula may be affected by the possible radiation emission from this reactor in japan so far as we thought of the government is saying that the situation is under control and also we've heard assurances from the american scientists who are saying that right now the wind is blowing westward from

japan so should any accident happen then the whole of the radioactive material will probably find itself in the middle of pacific not in the russian mainland or china or korea or anywhere else but indeed the wind can change any minute and obviously if something happens at the station this could be far far ten times more serious than what happened after chernobyl. nuclear activists harvey wasserman told r.t. that. looks to be a request that could lead the situation to a worst case scenario. they may not have the capability of cooling this reactor they needed it what appears to be the case is that the batteries even a backup generators are not working and if that's the case then they're going to have to flood the reactor core and if they do that it's highly likely they'll be major radiation releases i've seen also and some of the reports indications that

the pressure inside the containment is twice the design capability now that means that the only way they can prevent the containment from blowing is to release radiation outside the stacks that means that the gases are going to go out radiation is going to go out that's why they're evacuating people three thousand people is a lot of people who evacuated especially in a situation where the country is already under extreme stress so this is a serious situation one of the really worrisome things is that the eight point nine shock may have weakened all of the reactors and if they if that's weakened the reactors send us an aftershock or another earthquake could do substantially more damage this point the way it's forty years old it's a very old reactor and it's a double edged sword because number one it means it's weaker structurally and number two there's more radiation inside the reactor because it's accumulated over forty years this is this is about

a worst case scenario well kevin cancel specialists and nuclear waste beyond nuclear says that the situation is a ticking bomb and japanese authorities have little time left. it could lead to a catastrophic release of radioactivity at this point it seems like it's a controlled so-called release of radioactivity but the indications are that things are not under control and they're simply venting radioactive steam into the environment to prevent an even greater catastrophe of the containment building rupturing breaching the cooling is not happening in the reactor core and the longer that goes on the figure i've heard is just over ten hours perhaps to melt down at that reactor they need to restore cooling to the core and again the pools are another concern pools and you can cool it within a day or two they also could go away all the cooling water and then decades of waste in those pools could catch on fire and that is a massive amount of radioactivity even more than is in the core of cancers that

would be caused by the exposure to this radioactivity may take years or even decades to develop but those latent cancer fatalities are very much. possible and would be caused by the radioactive exposure. we'll keep you up to date on the developing situation in japan here on our team will be talking to our correspondents interviewing guests throughout the day so if you stay with us for that and for articles and much more you can head to our web site that is r t v dot com you'll find all the stories we're talking about as well as blogs some talk radio's and a lot more. now let's turn our attention to a libya where rebels and a pro-government forces are continuing their battle for power as government troops the momentum and supporters celebrate some feel that their victory could be hollow with a country now abandoned by the nations that were once its friends artie's policy or went to the western part of the country where people are celebrating colonel gadhafi is victory that's despite warnings of premature joy and fears of

a civil war. this is as the we are the scene of some of the fiercest clashes between pro and anti government forces here in libya the city is now firmly in the hands of guitar and everywhere you go it's kind of the japanese flag and his nature is present it's almost festive with parents and young children looking around everyone congratulating each other people in the international community are taking us the last. ones because you got. this catch. that last one you just said. based on. last night's speech we had here on the ground. all summer european leaders have expressed a clear support for the opposition but many libyans fear the western countries are more worried about money than their safety or the balance of power constantly

shifting from the opposition to the government there's a lot of confusion and chaos are seeing sex on a boy who is in the rebel stronghold of benghazi where people are losing hope and they feel that by the time help arrives it might be too late. he's the man and a dashed in the uprising in eastern libya is like most of its power to suppress young impulsive and irreverent to the regime these twenty two year old who had never how they've gone before but a long used it just doesn't look that my father showed me how to use it a few weeks ago i'm ready to die for my country and many in bin ghazi proclaim their readiness to sacrifice their lives for their liberation struggle now these heroic rhetoric is becoming a real prospect as the pro-government forces adds closer a bloodbath seems old with an avoidable international deliberations and what you do not believe in uprising had been going on for so long that many people in gaza he

no longer hold that now he will come and say that they're killing to alan our last hope as they get out the forces are closing in on the battlefield friday prayers in gaza you were the most passionate so far city residents turned their palms to the skies that many hold would have been declared and no fly zone by now. has more coffins arrived from the front line high spirits have given way to a sense of abandonment to several weeks of encouraging statements from western capitals many here feel deceived i'm sorry to see that photo of mr obama we expect. the democratic and the liberty looking for liberty for the peoples you look for running first the government first. a little libyan people kill every day on this everywhere he knew while in the cities arches and mobilizing

their best resources to boost morale the song has become a non-official him of the rebellious youth. yes. that's what. the. the preying upon his people is just one of many themes that local caricaturist have adopted for their visual or fanciful interest to exhibit like this one and now on display in almost every rebel controlled c.g. believe a leader has unexpectedly unleashed unprecedented creativity in his people. as you have there in your science of people leaving the guys the partially because i really finding themselves in a catch twenty two situation living now may be seen as betraying the opposition staying for too long may lead to persecution later on it's very hard to say what

the balance of forces is how many people are for. how many are against him and indeed whether that situation is changing many people within libya have. these government because they feel that it's a repressive government turning now following the examples in tunis here in egypt to seeking freedom of speech for me freedom of organization and wanting a democratic form of government. ironically it wasn't been gazi that more margaret duffy began his quest for power forty two years ago a young revolutionary he overthrew the king in a bloodless coup with calls for liberation and an end to tyranny those who oppose him now even younger and demanding the same things but that's where many fear historic parallels my dand. r.t. been guys' the. rising pressure for

a no fly zone to be imposed over libya will draw western countries into a conflict that they don't want to be involved in well that's the view of our military contributor cordelia's getting. militarily speaking. there were very gates case against a no fly zone doesn't hold water don't get me wrong i'm not trying to go the united states into the no fly zone operation over leave here but i have to point out that for the u.s. air force navy riders to impose a no fly zone over the country or state area all along they leave and coastline would be just a piece of cake and every military professional especially u.s. air force veterans know it better than anybody else and the most important to reason beach ideas robert gates will explain away in his forthcoming memoirs why it was against the no fly zone that he didn't want the united states to step into the

trap the cia played against the soviet union in afghanistan when the short term regime change operation conducted by the soviet union later evolved into the full scale counterinsurgency for almost ten years anybody who knows anything about the law of unintended consequences and especially in the context of the cold war see a most successful operation against this so each union in afghanistan it is him robert gates as the former chief of central intelligence agency. all the way in an hour's time r.t. takes an in-depth look at the struggle between jews and muslims living side by side in hebron where the city is the largest of the west back at home to over one hundred sixty thousand palestinians and five hundred israeli settlers our special report focuses on the old quarter where palestinians lives are heavily restricted

and many are being driven from their homes. we hear it because our country outs that. time is the visibility belongs to. will if they are still going to be thinking. going chosen people would not believe the real state. is for you guys and this is as. the word you are this is the word. recent more than the.

of the united nations security council has included russia as a militant leader russian militant leader that is modeled on its terrorist list well the chechen warlord with links to al qaida is responsible for many deadly attacks across the country and is russia's most wanted terrorist of has been listed alongside the world's most dangerous men after years of resistance by the un and the international community are to say and check out has the details from washington d.c. . the u.s. state department has previously put the man on their list of most wanted care is the now the u.n. has acknowledged that he's one of the most dangerous terrorists in the wall than those threats to the whole of the international community let me give you a better sense of who this man is go kumar is the leader of the al qaeda linked islamic caucuses emirates as a terrorist group that operates in russia he took credit for the deadly suicide bombing of the domodedovo airport in moscow in january this year at the attack

killed thirty seven people and wounded scores more and then also valves to kill more civilians he he released a video just days ago saying that he also claimed responsibility for the moscow's metro suicide bombings last march in the attack on the passenger train a little bit over a year ago dozens of people were killed as a result of those attacks so the u.n. has now included marfin to the list of the you when al qaida and taliban sanctions committee know what that means the sanctions in visit asset freeze travel ban and farms in bargo for individuals and entities associated with the taliban and al qaida and the market is now one of them just a few days ago on march the ninth a blast took off near the academy of russia's security services the after as in moscow no casualties have been reported and just days later at this friday we heard about these two explosions in a residential area in moscow again no casualties reported a group of militants posted a video claiming responsibility for the attack on march the ninth and saying that

they acted upon the order of door kumar investigators suspect that he was involved in those leaders two explosions in moscow as well many security services executed acts for it's believed that terrorist groups operating in russia get funding from abroad some of the members are known to have the brains of rocks and if you take the deadly bombing at the airport bill stars of attack the busiest international airport in russia but there's clearly knew that not only russian nationals were going to suffer we had french a towel. the international two were caught up in this in the attack of the perpetrators didn't seem to care about nationality there and that really underscores the international dimension that these tragic attacks have over the last year and a health russia has seen a number of her relatives terrorist attacks but only recently has the last in the west in general started to see it as part of international terrorism not just russia's domestic issues but the rhetoric doesn't always been like this for a long time the west would see the terrible things that paris that done in russia as part of some rebel separatist movement but now it's very much clear to everyone

that those thugs are a threat to the whole of the international community a washington correspondent reporting there on the u.n. security council's decision to put the chechen warlord models on its international terrorist list. it's i will be back with a recap of our top stories in a few minutes and stay with us. all.

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