if. we are to use travel from moscow and kevin our top story a second explosion could rock japan's fukushima atomic power plant escalating fears of a nuclear meltdown there and emergency alerts also been declared today at another facility in the north east over fifteen hundred people have now been confirmed dead in the devastating earthquake and resulting tsunami but the actual number could top ten found. in libya's state television claims that chemical daffy gains momentum winning back more territory as the world keeps calling for him to step down. and

among other top stories that we've just gone boosting ties now advancing frayed as the u.s. vice president but russia's leaders and opposition here in moscow. the international community continues to debate the role it should take in the libyan unrest next then r.t. talks to russia's envoy to nato dmitri regards into gauge his view. richer of those than is russia's envoy to nato has expressed concern over his plans for military intervention in the country recently which thanks speaking with r.t. do you support nato and e.u. backing for libya's rebels brains like of which they are in principle what usually happens is this in order to start military operations you have to ask someone to invite you so it's not proper to come in uninvited. there should be a side doing inviting for this side to it presentable it has to be legitimized what

is now happening with the libyan opposition is approximately the same thing the problem lies elsewhere no one knows who these people are in reality we know just one person who formerly worked as part of mr gadhafi his entourage and all the others are total strangers and more than that there is no information regarding the degree of consolidation of the libyan opposition the case in point quite likely is different centers in different provinces in our country it must be said incidentally that the latest events in libya indicate that mr gaddafi is not going to surrender quickly there are loyalty problems in his armed forces in the police force but as long as the libyan army retains its positions in libya and wins victories over the libyan opposition it's a mistake to say that the collapse of the gadhafi regime is just around the corner this is why to my mind the west so far has been playing games for its own consumption they hold meetings with all sorts of people trying to invest in their powers but that has nothing to do with the agenda of stabilizing the situation in this north african country of i think no one knows today what's narea is the

optimal one the problem is we don't have the facts or enough information the conflict inside libya has become protracted many arab leaders say as much even though the attitude of mr gadhafi any arab world has always been highly complex and despite the pressure that france the u.k. are bringing to bear on the arab league we cannot say that everyone would be wildly enthusiastic to see a western invasion in libya there is yet another important aspect that arab analysts are warning about they say to mr gadhafi effaced with foreign intervention will immediately become a martyr a victim in the eyes of the whole arab world in a very popular person and no one wants that to happen are you concerned by france's call for aerial of a country. where you think it's a big problem how to do it from a technical military point of view nato doesn't have a clear idea about the level of training and quality of libya's air defenses let's assume that a country which begins military intervention by launching an air attack. well lou several combat aircraft will be

a possesses some sufficiently modern including portable anti-aircraft missile systems who will bear responsibility for the first year casualties no one this is why i believe two processes are currently in progress on the one hand aggressive rhetoric is used in political consultations are held inside a western states and in the un security council work is under way to identify reputable opposition figures but on the other hand military planning is in progress they considers very different options a w.a.c.'s planes are in the air space reconnaissance systems and naval reconnaissance are fully operational as well trying to reveal the real situation in libya the organization strength of the libyan armed forces and the situation within the framework of regional provincial conflicts the info is fed to nato as relevant military structures but its readiness for action is equal to zero and libya is rich in oil is that's why the us is so interested in the country. and i think if libya were just a banana growing country there wouldn't be so much interest in his domestic

situation including in the humanitarians fear 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 shares 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 no one wants to let the conflict become protracted everyone wants it to be over as quickly as possible so as to be reassured about the guarantees of energy supplies to europe i think it's a very important problem aside from that there is yet another factor some major western oil companies have an axe to grind whether concessions in oil development projects in libya are concerned they are quite likely to be pushing certain western countries towards hasty decisions with regard to an intervention in libya they think they'll be able to follow the military industrial unique access louie's oil riches so this factor is also taken into account and discussed. seventies interior minister says nato won't attack libya soon all you reassured by their statements

good about. germany i think is the leader of the group of countries within nato that thinks actions toward libya should be kept to a minimum meaning only the no fly zone and even those actions must be sanctioned by the un security council first of all to germany which has been suffering quite a lot from public protests against its involvement in afghanistan and other wars simply out of the question therefore germany's voice within nato strongly opposes any intervention in libya would you need a lateral invasion by nates so be a war crime. in that area of course any invasion would be be it an initiative of nato as a whole or of any nato member state if an action is not authorized by the un it is an illegal intervention but what i am saying now is not a warning it is just a statement of fact as a matter of fact many people inside nato agree with russia and note the position of the u.s. on the situation in libya washington is being very restrained if not passive here

some are laughing at the overly zealous france in the u.k. saying that those two are running ahead of uncle sam nobody knows why this is happening and whether there are some common scenario in place i think that the u.s. administration would not like to take any hasty actions against libya right now most likely they're monitoring the situation closely and preparations to possible military engagement are perhaps in progress but a new war is dangerous for the u.s. now especially with a presidential elections looming ahead i think there will be many voices telling president obama that the risk is too great and there can be no victorious whiskery in libya will be is a big country and its people are warriors who will not let up easily with a foreign invasion besides we need to remember that a civil conflict we need be and fight libyans is one thing but when a third force appears things become very different when you put in if nato goes into libya could it become another afghanistan or iraq a long drawn out war. there's a look at the offices and it's difficult to compare here. because libya after all

is a north african country its landscape is not as complex as afghanistan where you never know from behind which rock you're going to get shot and livy has no such rocks but it has plenty of underground fortifications firing positions and traps that gadhafi has added time to build over his tenure and therefore it will be no easy stroll for any invasion or other any conditions under which you would support foreign military intervention in libya local folk facts that's all only facts on the table of the un security council saying that weapons were used against peaceful civilians in libya or heavy military machinery was used against humanitarian targets may force the security council to consider measures more substantial than twinkle sanctions against the regime the thing is we don't have any facts we have reports from going to b. c. c.n.n. and other media featuring some machine gun are firing his machine gun in the air at the same time we don't see any aircraft attacking instead we see people applauding the gunner for looking so cool if there were real aircraft attack in progress they want to be applauding the footage we see on american and british channels looks

fake they create an illusion of military action where the aircraft where the bomb raids where is the destruction casualties we hear so much about if all that is true evidence should now be on the table the security council doing that requires carrying out the decisions are already passed by the council including the creation of special committees that establish the facts unless the facts are established the council cannot take the responsibility of judging something that doesn't exist. how all the rebels holding else against regular army all they already being aided by the west. we assume that something is being done by the rebels and by the opposition and other special forces that were used to evacuate citizens of western countries from libya have most likely remain fair there have been instances of the rebels themselves in taking members of special forces combat groups from the west. we are not naive and are well aware that some part of the special operations have long been done in libya on the side of the opposition otherwise gadhafi to whom most of the army and police forces are loyal could long have clamped down on the

opposition since he's not done so yet it is a question of secret and illegal military backing by special forces this is my personal opinion i have no facts yet but i have experience and i can analyze a situation that i knew was the missile defense in an ideal world how integrated with russia's missile defense be with nato. what is missile interception it's to see the attack on you to track it in and to shoot what stage does the cooperation occur at at the stage of exchanging information on transforming the risks and the threats then at the stage of detection by the tracking stations that started a tack thirdly at the stage of identification of a target this attack me across russia towards europe or us bases or across europe on russia so tracking the identification of the targeting is the third task in the fourth task is to destroy the target jointly some nato skeptics tell us that we're russo skeptics rather tell us that nato can't be involved in the outsourcing of security for europe well that's stupid because russia also means europe and russia

not only up to a year olds in a political sense it's as far as the far east therefore i do believe it's our common european cars and we should think strategic wise about the people's but not our own you to stick interest not to dabble in politics but be politicians this kind of a system should be created in such a way that it could equally guarantee security both to russia on the one hand into its partners on the european continent on the other and let me emphasize there is still time for this future goes in russia's envoy to nato thank you for speaking to r.t. . this in. tunis. and the media do radio in day

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time i'll be back with the latest update on the news from japan in fifteen minutes but now let's get across the latest sport with human. if your company this is sports today. these are headlines. off the market champions twice in the past three years routine to secure all the points in the first russian premier league game call of the season. on truck three in a row cricket world cup champions a stream make the last state in the world with a differing sixty one win over kenya. ensemble supremo twee martin becomes only the third german cyclist ever to win the paris nice to.

russia's longest ever premier league season cut on the way over the weekend the competition switching to the winter formats for the first time meaning we had fourteen months of football sunday saw three games first up was in krasnodar with pre-season favorites are one of them roubini came in the store successfully in their quest for a third domestic crown in four years that is on team doing just that swinging away to the press he's only going so i have chipped the first enough to the break before christina boy made sure right up the death of the ecuadorian firing him from the spot suffering flood so i was a judge have been felled in the area to know how it finished. reading russian champions in meets and petersburg also ensure a deal to ensure the top of the table being fresh draws me away lots of which is goal after a quarter of an hour making all the difference dummy laying it on the plate for the serve so you need to take this denying trip manager ridiculous his first win in

russia. just down meanwhile benefited from two goals by defender sure getting a shave it shows this car because there's sure and she called rubbing a handful of. in the area with in shape which rest stop forty four it's in the thirty one year old netting the second time around after his teammates encroached first attempt to free machine which came shortly after halftime with the russian international heading home a bullet to know how did. ok let's talk english football now or a cracker of a tie awaits in the semifinals of the f.a. cup manchester city setting up a loss for blockbuster with cross-town rivals united after a victory over reading on sunday for the out that took care of west ham but to me the winner. but it is the other meeting has the most watering richards the not doing business for city in the seventy four minutes of the slings meaning it's

true guided by weights next when the e.c.u. will host semifinals on april sixteenth the concept. of defending concent or hockey league champions akbar's are on the verge of exiting this year's tournaments think is onside no three nothing john in their best of seven series with will rival sal about. the only teams ever lift the guard cup goings on over time but two pools to one it could all be over then and she's there for them if sol about can't win again on the ice meanwhile regular season top dogs often cars were involved talking closely to tolerate before letting rip in the final third. reply to secure their first win in that series two on the overall. in cricket the quest for number four continues for history as the three time defending world cup winners move on into the last eight a spirited effort by opponents kenya in the group in march up but the aussie still

managed to neeld on a sixty run win a truly ending on three hundred twenty four six with some story. corps has to be said. brad hayden and captain ricky ponting structuring to eighty six runs but hayden did it quite nicely for six here kenny lost three early wickets but tom made mishra as valiant seventy two kept them in the hunt however the champions class shilled in the end they held the africans to two hundred sixty four for six a stroll is still looking somewhat rusty though very much in the chase for yet more world cup success. they will be in world rugby wrapped up on sunday with a new and getting run over scotland following a closely one thing at twickenham in the six nations switch just two minutes play in london came just five points between the teams that crucial next score was to go through the hosts jonny wilkinson taking a penalty to make the score twenty two sixteen first the scots result it means

england are within one victory of their first grand slam crown since two thousand and three martin johnson sides on our dublin in their final match while the only other team who can stop them securing the title wheels to confront spain for a spot still on some. it's been a boring last few years for followers of russian basketball especially fans of the national team after winning their first world title in two thousand and seven the team are expected to push on to similar successes but to little avail ortiz richie from porfiry caught up with team boss david plotz who offered his thoughts on the state of play today. this season hasn't been a kind one for russian people but the country's representatives have a year lease a scar on him to be part of the first hurdle this was to secure surprising for the argument has been one of the continent's powerhouse over the last few years a black believes may have been a marquee and the story is just amazing the amount of injuries and physical

difficulties that they've had this year i don't know how you. how you can combat that how you can fight against that you know them losing the main players the pain of that they've missed throughout the whole year particularly i'm talking of i think you. were two of my guys from the national team you know it was just difficult to replace those guys and the other hand you got to recognize that your skull was an eight final fours and something that's never been done i will forever will be done and you got to maybe give them a break. however there have been a few crosspoint us and russian leaders one of the twenty stickers paid in yes' and looks like serious cause you don't mince maybe finally challenged his season as well seen a reduction in the number of foreign players primate trade in the country which is certainly good news for russia's head coach but one thing about the league this year is that there's less force is less emphasis on the foreigners more russian players are getting minutes and time to show themselves in and improving and for me

as the russian national coach that's a good thing. no wonder some old problems still remain point guard being the key one jail holderness filled russia's present position with distinction for a number of years the pittsburgh native is not faithful and can be relied on for much longer than black believes it's up to the country's coaches to try and find a solution to this problem point guard position is the most problematic situation in russia and has been for many years. and this is something that needs to be not all discussed but needs to be addressed from the teaching and educational standpoint first at the lowest levels and then as. work up into the higher levels in order to improve the looks of didn't hold until i'm going to show off a family trying to provide a solution of point government how other than no way need to be in the same class as someone like cold and flu like dimitris demented is a ricky rubio who have a conscience type songs and not as they should i'm glad billy's

a country still has some way to go to that can produce play is a piece counted i've got some interesting theories on this by the way why there are not natural point guards in russia some of them are. educational and some of them are. cultural some of them are geographical just to give you a small example you know ball handling and freedom of play usually is developed on playgrounds and i don't know how many people are playing outside in the playgrounds in minus twenty five degrees so you know that's a geographical reason is very difficult to find kids who are just out there playing with the bowl and playing free and developing the kind of imagination and openness for the game that you find when in war there are countries where guys just out in the streets play it all the time you know it seems like a little thing but it's a big thing that maybe one of the reasons we don't see a lot of natural point guards it's pretty lean year for russian basket bowl and

that will continue to have to make to get a few resources he has a disposal well it's unlikely the american israeli will find a curator's problem position ahead of the upcoming european championships and if you win you and me is ongoing search will continue which of them both you don't see . ok that brings us on to cycling were two hundred oregon martin has become only the third german ever to win the course nice events the twenty five year old never threatened during the final stage with a sixteen place finish good enough to see a little for him martin proving over the course of the race that he's worthy of a nickname which means armored car in german rider is played it safe in the rain but valor paid off for the day's stage winner thomas voeckler the local favorite becoming the first frenchman to win two porousness stages since one thousand nine hundred seventy he finished twenty first overall and sharing the podium with compacted under his clothing who want to roll back in two thousand and twelve three

time olympic gold medalist bradley wiggins was. and finally the winter sports season may be beginning to draw to a close but super g. veteran didio cushier has shown he's still got plenty left in his time the thirty six year old swiss winning sunday's event in norway rising to the top of the overall standings with just one race to go they decorated. all f.a.'s world cup title every year since two thousand and seven no surprise really when you witness them in action she's going around the lithium bucking course in just over a minute thirty three seconds two austrians were giving chase close call on a rock in. the cell for the lower rungs. she will have a chance to take you for all cry next week in his native switch. thousands of spectators following the signs as they gathered to attend the twenty ninth annual us you can snowball in championships those crowds in vermont got to witness winning our world champion wasn't here to kuku defend his title the japanese star pulling

out a ray of moves including a rare ten eighty melon grab the overall effort and now for the twenty three year old to retain his. veldt is a rock that's all your sports know i'll see you soon were weather's coming up in just that. we'll. bring you the latest in science and technology from around. we've got the future covered if. if.

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