sometimes. the. market why not. find out what's really happening to the global economy because the record on market. is on the possible nuclear meltdown as a second explosion threatens to rock japan's fukushima comic northlands it's believed more than ten thousand could have been killed in the devastating earthquake and resulting tsunami. libyan state t.v. reports colonel gadhafi gains momentum winning back more territory as international calls grow for him to surrender power. to duffy's minute advance on eastern libya threatening that very soon the town of big ghazi will score you really need a few moments of formal. also in all the news this week a briefing at times around advancing trade the u.s.

vice president met russia's leaders in opposition in moscow. a very warm welcome to you this is asking live from moscow japan is battling to a version of nuclear crisis amid fears another blow because hip of a plant in the tsunami hit north officials are trying to reduce the risk of a meltdown which could trigger an explosion increasing the danger of a radiation leak small amounts of radiation have been released to reduce pressure in the riyadh it's believed the process poses no health threats on saturday a powerful explosion rocked the facility it was almost good to be caused by a failure in the cooling system while the reacted self with our faces however the area of twenty kilometers around the facility a house in. thank you waited more than thirty people are confirmed to have been

exposed to radiation and one hundred sixty more feared to join the devastating earthquake which has now been measured at nine of the richter scale struck japan two days ago followed by a sonali that washed away inside the edges police fear more than ten thousand people may have died in war japan's prime minister says is the worst hit crisis the country has had since world war two food fuel and water are running out in some with up to towns. where russians homemaking agency says it needs further information about the situation at japan's fukushima nuclear plant and despite so close contact with the japanese crisis center meanwhile emergency services are on high alert and russians are far east are region close to northern japan are in the gulf shore there is in the area. michel's insecure you say that radiation levels remain normal in russia sport is ever since the nuclear power plant in fukushima

was hit by an explosion they've been monitoring levels closely we can even check the radiation levels for ourselves this is the so-called geiger counter this is used in professional since michael wore a trace last emergences ministry and also by other specialized services it measures radiation levels around and the bigger it is showing is jumping between two and three microbes were our this is way less than the average in moscow for example and also as a comparison a passenger flying on a plane from moscow to vladivostok receives as many as twenty two microns per hour which is sampled that we've heard here in the highlands the capital of this region all russian security services are still on high alert as there are confirmed reports from officials in japan that possibility of a nuclear meltdown is very high in fukushima and so experts in russia and on wanted

to measure levels of radiation and not only in russia's but also in the arctic for example they are also saying that even in the worst case scenario the country should be spared any fallout but what we know from independent experts answer is that a lot depends on the weather the good news is that the weans is now going in the direction of the pacific ocean about whether it's changeable and things could also quickly if the worst scenario takes place and if there is an explosion inside a reactor. plant that would mean that radiation would be spreading in waves and these regional russia is the closest would be the closest to the epicenter of the nuclear tragedy. where we are now is only six hundred miles away from fukushima and russia school islands are some two hundred miles now people of course have been. morrison about the latest news and they've been closely monitoring reports on t.v.

in the beginning there were afraid of another natural disaster he's seeing the close. what they are afraid of now is as about a possibility of radiation contamination and they've been calling emergencies ministry of the line is almost always easy and trying to find out what preventive measures could be taken many told me that as they watch news reports they can't believe their eyes that these disaster scene is unfolding so close in such a vicinity to russia's interests in the beginning after shortly after the earthquake and tsunami in japan they were mostly afraid of a natural disaster which could hit the northeastern coast of russia they are afraid of another chernobyl now which could happen close to their homes. now must there is promising to do its best to help take you with the crisis having dealt with the world's worst nuclear disaster russia has like an experience in this area well i.

can crane and peter on a very in moscow. russian emergencies ministry plane is getting ready to head off to japan. rescue workers still help with feeling with the fallout from this disaster the sequence of disasters that have that hates japan over the past eight days they'll be helping rescue is seeking for those trapped under rubble from the from the earthquake and also trying to rescue those that have been caught up in the terrible sea nani's. they took they were triggered by that earthquake now the nuclear disaster to take in place of fukushima is also taking main focus for russia we heard for me to make our children there in russia's far east talking about the what's being done there to make sure that it's all ok well one of the main problems that's come from that's the problem the disaster at the fukushima nuclear reactor is that thirty percent of japan's energy is derived from nuclear power that is

severely depleted at the moment as you can imagine gita the situation with that nuclear reactor as well as the air precautions being taken over other reactors in the country so russia has pledged one hundred fifty thousand tons of liquid gas to help the situation there to get power turned back on certain places they're also going to increase the supply of coal to the country and is even the possibility of providing electricity directly from russia to japan to when the water cable that links the two countries power of course a very important commodity when it comes to japan trying to get itself back on its feet very important to those people who are looking to try and find people trapped under rubble to make sure they can work at night also to make sure that those people seeking medical attention can those hospitals have the power to be able to continue to treat those people now prime minister vladimir putin has said that russia will stand shoulder to shoulder with its neighbor to the east as they face this crisis. we need to continue monitoring the situation in the russian far east

as closely as possible you are just. in the region the situation there is no. oh from the point of view of people's housing and radioactivity. the situation must be closely monitored on the ground. the authorities closely monitoring the situation in russia he's been here a moscow to see outpourings of grief and sympathy for all those people of the people of cuba who have been caught up in a series of disasters we've seen and i'll talk memorial being established outside of the japanese embassy where people have been turning up and laying flowers to show their support for the people of japan at this time last in tesco seems when i think here now i don't see russia has a wealth of experience doesn't. make disease so how can experience. to help in this situation. well so far as the comparison between the chernobyl accident and the situation unraveling in japan has been more or less figurative in

fact the experts have been saying that the situations are completely different the reactors on both power stations are different the the aftermath the immediate aftermath of the disaster is different and definitely the security means that both stations are very much different but indeed should the russian assistance be needed in japan of course moscow would offer a great deal of experience because chernobyl did which disaster to this day remains history's biggest manmade nuclear disaster and of course tens of thousands of people from all across the soviet union back then were used in the cleanup operation the people who are called liquidators now it is yet unclear whether any of those liquidators could be taking part in an operation in japan trying to assist the japanese rescuers on the site but indeed if they will of course that will be a very significant but your noble indeed left a legacy for textbooks and all the methods of fighting such nuclear incidents

worked out by the soviet union still remain as the main obviously the main line for behaving in. situations as it has been happening in japan and we've already seen the first signs that the japanese government has been using the experience gained internal for instance i just to give you example of what i mean the people from twenty kilometer radius zone around the nuclear plant in fukushima were evacuated almost immediately after the news broke out of a nuclear accident at the station something which of course did not happen twenty five years ago and should not will and people from a nearby town of god had to wait for more than a day to be evacuated this was caused by both the negligence of the authorities and the attempts to organize a proper evacuation early i did a report with a short recap of what exactly happened twenty five years ago in soviet a crane spare no effort in getting the job done this typical molto for construction projects in the soviet union also applied to the chernobyl nuclear power plant when

construction kicked off in the nine hundred seventy s. it was intended to be a dream project for soviet ukraine. the birth rate in prepared was higher than all of ukraine people were given homes and there was a great demand for a work force in chernobyl so everyone worked and lighted there with this happy existence came to an abrupt end on april the twenty six nine hundred eighty six with the explosion of a reactor at the power station the very same otto used for building the plants where no effort was known to be used in the clear up of the world's worst ever manmade nuclear disasters the blazing reactor was bombarded with sand and lead measures which at first seemed pretty driven with which related deemed highly effective by the international atomic energy agency this action helped to contain the radiation and enable construction of the circle for good structure built around

the reactor to seal it well for several months after the catastrophe the lessons of chernobyl have been low. and by experts worldwide since the catastrophe and will have been of assistance to those battling the latest serious nuclear accident in japan threatening contamination with large numbers of people being evacuated because of the radiation threat something which didn't happen twenty five years ago in soviet ukraine the chernobyl fallout was caused by a massive human error mistakes made by the authorities in the first hours after the blast also cost many lives but the events of twenty five years ago in what is now a sovereign ukraine proved to be an invaluable lesson for mankind. see reporting from kiev ukraine out of power have declared an emergency at another nuclear power plant in. northeastern japan high radiation levels there proportionately been detected. currently investigating their source says first it

was reported they could have been blown from the focus. from the roster of pieces and she says that if that's the case the twenty kilometer exclusion zone around the thugs she. may not be enough. the claims of the japanese government at this point is that the radiation they want to our reactor are not coming from that rig the reactors at that site but are actually from fukushima number one from the explosion at fukushima number one so this is worrying as well because if this is true this would indicate that the radiation from fukushima has reached quite a distance from the plant itself the claims are that the radiation levels were high peripherally and then went down and this would correspond to the timing of the explosion in fukushima but as i say seeing as how the evacuation area has been ten fifteen twenty kilometers away if in the next prefecture if radiate measurable

radiation was present then obviously radiation is spreading beyond the it actually that area it is on the other side of the day from sendai it's north of sendai where is that. site is south of sendai so that would be quite a distance that would certainly indicate that if it did travel that far that it was about to open measurable radiation in sendai city itself i think that there's a very conflicting reports coming out on one hand you have the japanese government claiming that there was some melting of the fuel in the number three reactor at fukushima number one site and then you say you also have reports that they are they were in error when they said that any of the fuel had melted i don't there's two possibilities obviously one is that dire information is being withheld in an effort to make a situation seem better than it is and also to avoid panic but the other perhaps more likely scenario is that the government is not quite certain of the state of affairs in the reactors and so you're finding conflicting reports coming out from

different spokespeople but either either scenario certainly suggests the situation is far from under control. do stay with you throughout the day for the latest developments in japan log on to our web site www dot com. ok so other news now of forces loyal to colonel gadhafi gaining momentum in the east and made international calls for him to step down libyan media reports three rebel groups have been driven out of several key oil town. in the region. libyan state television is reporting that forces loyal to the libyan leader moammar gadhafi have now retaken the oil town of brega in the east of the country according to state television this town has been to quote them clear as to other armed gangs gregor is the site of a major oil terminal and throughout the day sunday they have been hitting clashes happening there but we haven't as of yet been able to independently verify these state television reports in the past state television has been faulty in its

reporting and based very often preempting this excesses of gadhafi isn't in it for the actually happen but we can compete and that could happen in our edwardson eastwards they are encountering increasingly loosely organized rebel groups they do not have enough equipment and they lack leadership and until now what really has been a unifying factor which is enthusiasm is slowly starting to the way people are asking the question the how much longer can that enthusiasm hold out at the same time in the oil rich pool to our rest of the latest reports this a case of the town is in the hands of her death these men we've been hearing from able groups that they have the numbers but they do not have the equipment to take on his soldiers rebel groups to have well come to the court on the arab league for a no fly zone to be implemented over libya the scorpion saturday when the foreign ministers of the arab league meet in cairo they have now called on the united nations security council to implement a no fly over the country but they've made the point that this mess not illegal and

must not be confused with foreign military intervention they say they could duffy has lost the legitimacy to rule as you can well expect gadhafi and his regime have criticized this call from the arab league so be on the ground as good as his forces make advances they are losing the war on the international front very much the feeling that they are being abandoned by the former friends but at the same time the rebel groups themselves are also feeling increasingly hopeless there is chaos happening here it is not very clear where. front line is if they often shifts from one point to the other the groups fear that any kind of foreign involvement whether in the form of a no fly zone or in any kind of humanitarian assistance or anything else will be motivated by self interest obvious knighted states and the european union that they will not really be acting in the interests of libyan people not concerned about the safety of the rebel groups and themselves because he still remains the stronghold

of the rebel groups we are hearing from gadhafi is men that they are making their way there and when going benghazi force to quote him any kind of disruptions and all the kinds of fighting that we've witnessed over the past month will come to an end here in tripoli the situation remains calm and quiet people here have accused the international community and the foreign media there feeds it of being alarmist they say that they had exaggerated the situation let's take a look there's a lot more happening on the international stage of the merits of intervention and a no fly zone and the bargaining taking place in downtown tripoli market shops here close only nowadays people are afraid and many of the africans who used to work here have fled the country but the argument that libya is on the ground of civil war so foreign intervention is needed still seems to ring a little hollow there have been several hundred people killed but that's not a huge level of violence it certainly isn't a global level of violence that would normally merit intervention gadhafi has

offered access to foreign media but only if the kremlin says stayed well away from any of the opposition but it's a similar picture in the opposition strongholds dr ramadan break he was forced to close the bin guys the office of his newspaper because of pressure from liberals you have to print a version of events he says or nothing that the media. it's going to the hot places and hold these cities are controlled by the british and then given that we will go for. the new was what they think and what they believe and many gadhafi supporters fear the law he may be winning the war with the rebels he's losing the information we're not hearing john zoo outside tripoli with schoolgirl nowness issues hustled and angry by reports of mercenaries with cheating people in her town .

and so he seems harm on the streets. this tweet of civil war in libya except that it's coming from outside the french do you think that they will be civil. everything is normal right now and in the future it may be ok we move normally as for conflicts elsewhere with the account is climbing it's a little media coverage and even less foreign interest to intervene there are events unfolding right now in ivory coast where there is also a conflict an armed conflict between rebels and the government but nobody seems to be thinking of that it's only because fashionable attention is focused on libya the only reason is that. your oil you think we'd be in iraq if their major export there was broccoli so as leaders meet in brussels to discuss the fate of the country hundreds of miles away many libyans are saying it's a mess and they'll clean it out policy r.t.d.

runs on. well washington based. story and appoints the mallets police there's absolutely no justification for any country and meddle in libya. this is reminding me every day more of bosnia in the early one nine hundred ninety s. when a clear cut case for intervention couldn't be made and the public was not very much in a mood for war so one had to be sort of created gradually by gradual involvement and it started with the you know humanitarian of the agents and observers and scouting missions and it continued through the no fly zone and it ended up being full blown war several years later right now i mean walking the responsibility to protect doctrine is basically going to make it obvious to the entire world that this is a license to meddle doctrine there is absolutely normal possible justification for the united states or even the e.u. to get involved in libya there's just nothing in their charters or just did there's

nothing that would justify this. well to meet the goals and russia's then boy to naysay says certain countries are pushing to get involved in libya because they're reliant on its oil resources. i think if libya were just to been in a growing country there wouldn't be so much interest in his domestic situation including in the humanitarian sphere of course libya is a big enough energy supplier to europe certain countries like italy for example are heavily dependent on libyan deliveries others are not so much dependent but either way libya's share is considerable we know that nato for example puts energy security matters at the top of its main agenda for this reason i think that this factor has a most direct bearing on the speed of the west decision making regarding libya. and you can see the full interview with russia's envoy to nato in an hour's time. now the u.s. vice president was in moscow this week to trade and encourage the further the set

of relations between the two countries while seventy things were discussed including libya so biden said he was keen to correct the previous administration's mistakes in economic ties with russia we've been made better of joined with by what he hopes the u.s. president won't be russia's a world trade organization membership until the end of his career probably as his personal support for inclusion for charles captured a political expert from the u.s. council on foreign relations says russia and the u.s. are going through a new phase then proving time. and i think in many respects what we're seeing here is the closing of phase one and the opening of phase two of this so-called reset phase one was all about security and high politics it was about the new start treaty missile defense iran afghanistan i met really came to a close when the russian parliament and the u.s. senate ratified start now i think what we're looking at is more societal contact.

cross vestment who crosses the border as people traveling more between the two countries trying to build the confidence that the vice president just talked to security is obviously going to be there both in north africa and trying to get us russian cooperation on missile defense but i think we're now seeing the relationship broaden out in deeper in its social roots. now let's get some more on other international news making the headlines this hour israel will build several hundred homes the jewish settlers in the occupied west bank the official announcement comes a day our israeli settlers were killed in the sleep two children and a baby were among the starved to death that suspected promised to be militants responsible customers have refused to negotiate with israel on school construction has halted in that is to tell a tree. tens of thousands have joined

a rally of the lebanese capital beirut to protest the weapons arsenal held by hezbollah fundamentalists the crowds of supporters of prime minister hariri who stepped down last month after his units of government collapsed hezbollah and its allies the house of the cabinet and the un back tribunals which is like these indicators members of the killing the countries playing with. fifteen people have died in a tour bus accidents in grew up with another ten seriously injured the coach was carrying out these lessons one house just flipped over slid on its side and hit a pole pole then that sliced the bus in hard tearing the roof top of the off the vehicle the driver told investigators he swerved to avoid a tractor trailer which spread away a vehicle was returning from a casino house like a sexy. earlier this week russia's republic of chechnya hosted an all star march

widely seen as a major step forward for the region and a team of brazilian football veterans arrived for a charity game against a team captain by chechen leader ransom could hear of arsons tom gardner explores how a former marine at the military conflicts is even its bloody past behind in favor of sports. it must rank as one of the more curious fixtures in football history but a press conference late the night before church's leader ramzan kadyrov spoke of his excitement at the arrival of the opposition it's a real holiday for all our fans who have been waiting for this event for such a long time it's an exciting day and i know that many of those who left the republic years ago coming back to enjoy the match but many reporters there doubted a team of brazilian veterans would really come to play in chechnya the next day he repeated at the airport by a sea shepherd bar a style clear off places shouting supporters. walking into this cult like scene in

the presidency looking a little bit mused the chechens however with static. i can't believe this is happening we couldn't even dream of an event like this happening before i've come to grozny especially for this mine and i think it will raise this sad memories of the past and everything will be great over. five years ago this match would have been unthinkable and he was in ruins after two military campaigns from the mid one nine hundred ninety s. following an insurgency it was in this very stadium that rams and coveralls father was blown up a decade before the area is still subject to high levels of security as the threat of terrorism as it moved towards normality after years of conflict situation caused me has come a long way at the very good things change every day we see new facilities being built and people understand that they have to get past and move on to come kick off time the stadium was bursting see i was ill scored an easy first goal followed by

repeated attempts by the chechens to get one back. who knows what was said in the changing room but dear of that made sure he was the center of attention. despite missing two penalties he eventually managed to get himself as crucial a game ended six four to brazil. look there's more to this additional just thought it was a very disappointing score but not can we do a game is it going if we wanted to win but we lost the brazilians have shown again you are busy and team is the strongest in the world today as it is for a little dog they were came to stress they were only charity their visits or chechnya make world headlines again but this time the sport conflict. it'll take more than just a football must chase the specter of war and terrorism away from chechnya and the north caucasus but for now the spirit of friendly competition everyone here agrees it's a step or kick in the right direction tom watson r.t.

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