we'll. bring you the latest in science. from. the future coverage of. the crisis quake hit a power plant in japan. as reports say a possible nuclear meltdown is underway. despite japanese authorities claiming the radiation level poses no imminent threat to the health of countries a track record of covering up the past nuclear problems and challenges the official version of events. and. the sleepy i'll be taking the lead from the videos it's nice to meet with him to give him something good and he said the key thing.

right news live from moscow welcome to the program. it is struggling to control the reactors damaged by the disastrous quake as radiation levels continue to rise and a partial meltdown of nuclear fuel is feared in two facilities at the fukushima plant workers were withdrawn after the danger of exposure peak and a lot also so plans to drop water from helicopters abound and all these i didn't know he was in the region says the radioactive threat is causing many people to flee. there's an undercurrent of anxiety and fear and it's a different kind of fear now because when tsunami in the earthquake they can see and hear the threats this the radiation they can't see smell it's visible enemies announce a different kind of threat is this morning i've spoken to a young japanese couple with just a ten day old newly born and they are actually from sendai i know it in sendai when

the earthquake struck they have to move until now this is mother with three we are now led into tokyo's fast as they can and this is just another more evidence that it will you don't trust the government don't trust the. radiation isn't spreading into a greater area outside. this queue people have a kilometer long they're trying to stockpile what food is left in sendai most shelves are empty now the people here are getting ready to hide fearing an invisible killer radiation explosions at the fukushima daiichi power plant but the country on the cusp of nuclear meltdown one damaged reactors outer casing and a final two reactors have now lost cooling capability to radiation levels peaked near the plant at four hundred times the amount normally absorbed in a year if it is it will spread across the country while residents prepared to go to ground for news crews are fleeing this team from the zealand is heading for new gun

point a flight from there to sucker in tokyo are already fully booked for the next two days the exodus has begun here on the west coast the airport has already closed for the night they won't open for another eight hours but people are already turning up to try and get on the next available flight out of the country such as desperation to escape some though have nowhere to run to this was once a village those who lived here are returning to find there's simply nothing left the devastation just goes on on and. more than half a million people have been left homeless their belongings swallowed up and starts out on the tsunami relief workers are searching for survivors all along japan's ravaged coast what's now our sea of debris fifteen thousand already been rescued but it is seven thousand still missing in some parts haven't even been reached yet of the chewed a half thousand relief centers are still packed and will be for several weeks it's

cold and uncomfortable but this is one of the few places these people can get food and shelter huge parts of the country have been completely wiped out under threat of nuclear meltdown means they could still be more to come after bennett artsy week after chip. so why do you think japan is struggling to get the nuclear situation under control you can join the heated debate on our facebook page can the authorities do more than one can to hide a country like japan find a way to cool these reactors and have you know so you know our facebook accounts and so our team uses one word a lot of things for you to see as we can see right now preparations videos analysis and news on the situation as well as all of our top stories that is our. facebook page. the french government has accused the japanese authorities of hiding the true extent of the crisis at the damaged nuclear plant even as the levels of radiation

in tokyo are on the rise but if there were no proscribe who is now in the capital that reports on the country has a long history of silencing nuclear scandals. very nice and. that's brought her to others north of tokyo is about three hundred times the norm in the in the at all itself rate is not what we're about eleven times as high higher or higher than they should be or higher than what it would be except there are four exposed to people that are being told by the government that the current radiation levels are i don't accept about rate that they're not closing. danger to help however this evidence shows as history shows the japanese government has exactly proven it to be always there always always trustworthy and everything that it does say or put forth to the public should actually be checked thoroughly here is reporting that with reactors at the fukushima nuclear power plants having gone up in smoke fears about

a possible meltdown loom large japanese authorities give assurances there is no imminent threat to tokyo residents but past evidence suggests they're not to be trusted completely over many years and you can destry and the regulators in japan but also in every society in every country or preach nuclear power you find consistently that there's a lack of transparency a lack of will. maybe they just think i think we can but that's too much information why should we provide the information in fact just five years ago the plants are greater tokyo electric power company or tepco it's miss it impossible in temperature readings for cooling materials advocacy as early as in one nine hundred eighty five and with the country now facing a major disaster the government will be careful in choosing its words. i think what is going to happen in the job is going to. people they're trying to take

care of but also they're accountable to other countries another ball which starts in two thousand to a government disclosed that at least twenty nine pieces of damage to the reactor had been swept under the carpet that incident because presidents and some senior officials to quit in scandal in two thousand and three seventeen tepco operated plants were ordered to be shut down again because the operator lied about what was happening at these sites so when the japanese officials put on a somber face but give assurances that everything's fine not everyone's convinced particularly when the country's already got enough other problems to deal with if you don't have the emergency resources if your employer structure has been destroyed and the further you go away from the reactor the more difficult the more diverse the population settlements are the more difficult it is going back or you

don't want to panic or probably to get them to sell for evacuate and maybe on within report themselves in harm's way but when thousands of lives are on the line such a policy can easily be counterproductive there is a growing distrust among people in japan that the information that we're receiving is not informing us to the extent that we would like it's i mean it doesn't reduce anik it just makes it all the more uncertain when he can't trust the information. as it stands japan appears to be balancing on the brink of a nuclear meltdown and though the official version of events implores everyone to stay calm history shows not all of their words could be taken at face value in tokyo it goes r.t. so i mean time professor keith ross from the university of some food in the u.k. says that although flooding has hampered efforts at the plant there are other methods that can be employed. the problems of insult water out of the us chris the

difficulty is remember that. there are good movie opportunities for bringing in road transport stop and see they have had some power and that they must be the ones on such a ready and they have problems with these accounts and so forth it's into being the successions of problems true to their standard equipment having to trust. you don't want to get in you need oil this is surprising to me i hear are dropping more from helicopters apparently being abandoned i don't know why that. would seem to be a way of getting water through the fuel. and the russian president dmitri medvedev has made his input he says that although incidents in japan have caused concerns of a nuclear energy and show that atomic power is safe if handled properly to just now there is a great deal of attention to the newly built nuclear power stations in the wake of the colossal disaster that japan is facing now and everyone is asking

a simple question can you clear energy be safer than what the answer is obvious that nuclear energy can be and is safe but it's necessary to adopt the right location for the planet rights project and the right operator if he's going to share net nuclear energy is absolutely safe and useful for humanity. but all the latest on the economic aftermath of the earthquake and the nuclear crisis in japan is coming up in our business program that's about fifteen minutes away but for now let's cross live over to the business desk and so a little dimitri hello so what you have for us in store well it seemed for a while that there was a sign of an economic recovery both in japan and on global markets but now that the e.u. commission is sent the situation is pretty much out of control with the reactors north of tokyo and that catastrophic events could occur with the next hour that's what he said markets drop to one and a half percent in the u.s. and pretty much world wide so everyone is still really cautious rory we'll have

more on those around fifteen minutes. from now in russia all eyes are on the country so far east in connection with the nuclear crisis at the fukushima power plant the region borders japan and some fear it could be affected by a radioactive cloud i don't know wealth or he's a sure the threat is nonexistent at the moment a growing number of people are taking serious precautions as a tease to the question of discovery. the cost of tray should already in russia spark remains normal that's according to russia's main why their agency now there is no immediate threats to the pause of russia first of all because of favorable weather conditions. ready have to. go straight out into the pacific ocean away from russia that is if the wind doesn't change direction offshore radiation levels. at seventeen our weather stations

across russia have been constantly carrying out checks we're now in the studio that is russia's largest four city on the pacific ocean this city's only part hundred seventy miles away from local residents are taking no chances. of official reports are also. radiation levels on the road to current situation many to go ahead and take their safety in their own hands that's why i'm going to discount to watch. today's edition of the largest local newspaper also or. has gripped russia's far is just fortune tellers and kids are in high demand. for the latter we left. on wednesday morning and there was a light reading for most shortly after about it was over books by some hostages which. also is the paper records. your diet has been

sold out at pharmacies across the city of lady of the cheapest geiger counter it costs as much as seven hundred dollars but especially say it's not enough to just was that you also need to be taught how to use it properly. this device to do the next research it's also has an additional radiation detector the biggest problem in japan right now is the radiation in the air with. radiation on your clothes when you come from the scene i'm clean right now. we have also managed to get our hands on a. geiger counter here it is the one of which for example russia's emergence as a ministry of cars and stations where it's believed has been the city of live in the city slicker radiation levels stand between twelve to thirteen microns per hour within a louse. area. some thirty five mile per hour or so not yet critical but still

the reading is higher than that on the island for example. experiences from russia's far east on our twitter account. underscore calm. and whole families are fleeing from homes where they have you can find all of this information on the twitter page you can follow her first time coverage from the closest russian region. underscore. the nuclear physicist and associate fellow with chatham house believes the crisis at the fukushima power plant will have long lasting effects for the global nuclear industry its interview is coming your way next hour but here's a preview. there's a substantial body of opinion in your plan including a small interests building nuclear plants anywhere. japan is not

a good idea my personal feeling is that building nuclear plants anywhere is not a good idea for basically economic reasons they are very expensive they tend to be unreliable they are a kind of electricity which is very inflexible and difficult for an electricity system to use because you could lose a thousand megawatts in two minutes and in recent years of course that has been the major controversy about nuclear power investment all over the world private investors do not want to spend money on nuclear plants for quite understandable reasons they don't think to get their money back but now the safety issue has come back again and that will complicate things even further. and if you're coming your way next hour here on c but for now let's turn our attention to libya where forces loyal to colonel gadhafi closing in on the rebel stronghold of benghazi it's as if major world powers are trying to reach an

agreement on imposing a no fly zone over libya to prevent strikes against the opposition forces presence paula so we have reports from tripoli even if they do reach a decision it could be too little too late. the situation on the ground is very much turning into duffy's favor his troops on our financing towards the rebel stronghold of benghazi to make east the government to say that it will have a victory they will in days and gadhafi himself again appeared on state television saying that if this is a foreign parts we will crush it if it is a mistake but we will crush its resistance inside bin ghazi head on the way he flipped to the egyptian border and those are holed up in their homes fearing a massive onslaught by gadhafi forces here in tripoli government officials have confirmed that the town of as jumpier which is some one hundred sixty kilometers away from being darsie it is the last major rebel stronghold including donzy officials here saying that this town to meet in the hands of the toughest game on

the international stage the second day of a united nations troops come meeting is being held to discuss what to do with libya they are debating a hard decision which is essentially we're being told just paragraph by paragraph but now the response will be sufficient has been put forward by even on it is because painting the every bit as induces a no fly zone should be pushing case to what is the pixie council members exactly everybody who says they must be no foreign intervention and at the same time every country has come forward to the challenge of such a mission the second part of the resolution is being opposed by pushing and france if you look for the sanctions to be slapped on the gadhafi regime and this seems to have a lot of people sitting more people from the international community than the idea of a no fly zone essentially is asking for individuals and entities to have to travel there and post on them and also be assets frozen increasingly it does seem as if

there is a schism in the international community with france being the first to officially recognize the opposition as the official voice of libya the question is being asked whether or not other countries will follow. if it's fake. if we. see the sign of the first. second and even scott. i say we see. this just for kicks so if you just say it's simple if you have sixty. games to run. it's like to take place. on his policy report right that time for. the us to find themselves in the hot water over the hasty decision to do an else. so i sense mark almond who's a visiting professor of international relations i'm bill can university and sucky.

i mean. i'm very good no. bearing. on the other herm pushing ahead with military operations the reasons we were forced to use without actually knowing when you're on the ground what kind of regime systems and take place where we are in total through the system for people who support the bow included and who rest and also since we're very risky and. three werman psychological pressures are programs. are not one. of the decisive factor you can have one mistake and listen to another one your overcoat were put it where it was the orders and. nobody would have normally done it in terms of the world economy from. the colonel gadhafi regime is facing. it's really a problem isn't of the particular. case number and. we

could say you can only as were perhaps a continuing. meanwhile the rest is spreading in the arab world at least six people have been killed and hundreds wounded as riot police attacked antigovernment protesters who are calling for political reforms and equal rights for the majority shiites. declared a three month state of emergency to deal with protests which of rock the country for over thirty days the forces from saudi arabia and the united arab emirates have been enlisted to help counter the protests by coming away about some of this time here are. some people available to pay the prospects of a democratic middle east and the possible regional role of the international community. people are free to pick whatever form of government they want you know muslims or islam is going to have that kind of government and objectively speaking that seems fair but that's why i'm saying the west needs to understand that if

people get what they want which as the others were saying would be a caliphate these things are very much at odds with the ok with the concept of the united nations for example let me go ahead jump in i know i disagree first of form but the everybody in tunisia in egypt and in the media have not been dishonest and they don't have any an islamist nature they are the majority of the arabs and muslims are their view since have nothing islamists i agree with that by the way i truly i would not. say we have been largely on the level of the our it is what is it ok to go here in london i think the. people in the west face is simply to say look it is not because there is intolerable well the lesson is to keep out of things that support for the last thirty years they are in no position western governments i know position to try to tell the muslim world what you have.

you're with r.t. live from moscow is an hour just about twenty two minutes past the hour it's been a welcome home for three space travelers who have just completed that five month stint in orbit the soyuz spacecraft successfully landed in the snowy steps of kazakhstan for two russian cosmonauts and the nasa astronauts back to the international space station the landing was closely monitored by search and rescue services and was the first of a new generation so you ascribe equipped with a digital navigation system three others are still. due to return to earth three months time a fresh crew will to launch in. time out of the business update dimitri. thanks for all the japanese stocks did rebound sharply on wednesday after three

days of heavy losses more on that in just a moment however other sectors of japanese economy continue to suffer in the aftermath of the disaster consumers in japan i am seeing store shelves in fear of a lack of distribution of food water and other goods many companies still have production of this plant live as power supply remains critical in the country e.u. commission has just announced that japan's fukushima damaged reactors are out of control and could lead to catastrophic events in the hours said quote you will japan's nuclear crisis a strike from concerns on safety of similar objects around the world germany has temporarily shut down seven of its all this nuclear plant adding it should abandon nuclear power sooner than foreseen where it's switzerland has suspended the approval process for free new nuclear power stations and. freezing nuclear programs for example in germany may in fact nuclear fuel supply from other countries including russia and a possible refusal from bulgaria and the czech republic to build new nuclear

stations will lead russia to losing potential construction markets but the current decisions have been influenced by public opinion and countries will primarily be concentrating on safety measures and existing power plants. turkey has yet to give russia permission to start construction of the south stream gas pipeline project over its territory that's according to the deputy prime minister a good station so his delegation headed by turkish prime minister just stepped out of the ground visited moscow on wednesday to discuss a range of bilateral issues but key energy matters including the south stream. no oil pipeline failed to make any headway the russian government however did say it aims to boost bilateral trade with turkey up to one hundred billion dollars annually trade between the two countries already increased by almost thirty percent last year with russia becoming the second largest trade partner for turkey. we're going to knock it's now we stops with a japanese shares did rebound sharply after two consecutive days off the line with

the make and it's going to five point seven percent in the black bank of japan helped still confidence by pumping another forty three billion dollars into the financial markets of the cash injection of three days prior to pan central bank entered with already allocated two hundred eighty four billion dollars to the crisis from kong's hang sang with tens of percent opt outs and back from a bit as china may suffer from japanese economic downturn easing. u.s. markets are shrugging off statements from the e.u. energy commission or the situation that damaged nuclear reactors north of tokyo is out of control and that possible catastrophic events may occur within the next hour as the nasdaq one hundred percent. the knock on effect on the e.u. market simple things will slow down one point two percent back some one point six percent on these nuclear worries worldwide and in russia markets the finnish trading still in positive territory though much more moderate the beginning of the

session when the price of something i see a short one and the hard percent nice except for just twenty three percent aussie at home just because some individual stocks is very very who was the leader of the session in the beginning of the trading session it was up for more than two. but the giving actually ended down point six percent worse now after the new coil because well without the on the still middle east concern is really the start of war between sad news coming from japan. turmoil in the middle east which is sort of pushing oil prices down largely if you care about those crazy investment firm wraps up invest in something that's. what we are seeing today is that the markets are not pricing in the worst case scenario of the development of france and japan clearly japan is just making up for some of the losses which we've seen in the last couple of days there hasn't been any positive evidence for an upturn in the situation we think that in the medium term japan will have to reduce the usage of the nuclear sources of energy and this is positive for the gas production for russia as well

for both reduction as well the flip side of the coin is that the grain your prices have literally collapsed over the last couple of days this might be short lived as well however we know that's the consumption of uranium is likely to decrease going forward. russia's government has a reconfirmed has plans to sell a part of its controlling stake in the country's largest land as burbank authorities hope to sell a seven point six percent stake and back in the second half of twenty eleven however the minister of economic development says the privatisation of a state run bank was quote i'm likely to happen before you get so right the first to be prime minister reiterated the government's commitment to sell off it's taken twenty eleven should market conditions been favorable the. if market conditions are favorable this year we could offer investors. we will not rush the sale and we'll try to do it as efficiently as we did in the case of the t v the stocks will be sold once the market environment is encouraging but we will do our best not to

delay this process you look at the russians finance minister says oil prices may two hundred dollars per barrel and the near future that's against the backdrop of a political turmoil in the middle east on the crisis in japan he noted that speculation could also push the traces but in the medium to end there will be no sustainability to such high prices on wednesday convinced that the price of modern fifteen dollars per barrel would help the russian budget to break even a face so i think. that's all for now rory's next with their headlights after this short break.

wealthy british scientists i'm told so it's now time to rise. up and stand up for the. markets why not scandals. find out what's really happening to the global economy in these kinds of reports on r.t. . to get. more news today violence is once again flared up to.