japan struggles to avert a nuclear meltdown but as attempts to cool reactors had. no immediate success that spirit the scale of the disaster is being played down. the i.a.e.a. has absolutely no ability to deal with this problem any more than the japanese government has the ability to deal with this problem. the head of the u.n. nuclear watchdog finally heads to japan amid criticism the atomic agency has failed to get on top of the crisis. young paulding pushing the disaster could severely damage the image and bank accounts of the u.s. who designed the station india's already rethinking its business dealings with

general electric plus in other news. as more market that he continues to regain control of would be a from the opposition forces for a cease fire resolution in the u.n. security council after. live from our studios here in central moscow this is r.t. with you twenty four hours a day nine pm now in the russian capital and just after three am in japan where the country is struggling to regain control of the overheated reactors at the tsunami damage nuclear plant after a series of blasts and fires forty engineers involved in managing the crisis have reportedly sustained injuries including radiation exposure military helicopters have dropped seawater into the stricken reactors trying to avert a nuclear meltdown three out of six reactors are reported to be in

a critical condition with white scene rising from facility number three radiation levels have risen in the thirty kilometer zone surrounding the station experts say the air is being exposed to a twelve month dose of radiation every six hours. criticize the japanese government suggesting that on the plane the seriousness of the situation that is are the bennett has been to the quake hit regions the first ten people fleeing the area terrified at the threat of meltdown. as she foresaw the tsunami was hard to comprehend until i saw this vehicles in houses it impossible angles it was as if the ground surface had been ripped off. this woman told us they've never experienced such a powerful earthquake before and she feared for her life we weren't allowed out of the car at the coast the police were on high alert and suddenly there was panic the . warnings of

a five metre high wall of water heading our way we sped inland as fast as possible chased by others the last wave took just nine minutes after the earthquake to reach eight kilometers inland we didn't have long this was a false alarm but those already on their knees are bracing themselves for more and the relief center in sendai the newly homeless a given blankets and a cardboard sheet all nineteen floors of this building a full with everyone from infants to the elderly. the night i spent here was basically cold and virtually sleepless some could be here for weeks first an earthquake in the tsunami now radiation roadblocks around fukushima appeared as early as saturday since then the fear has been steadily building just like the kids it took an hour to get past this jan of cars for one thing to fill up here in fuel shortages he may not be visible hysteria in the anxieties fronted essential

stockpiling as the threat escalates more and more leaving i was traveling with his crew from new zealand when we heard there been a fourth explosion a plan quickly changed to an exit strategy that niigata i met a young family from sendai a baby boy was just five days old when the earthquake struck. the only thing i thought about when it happened was i have to save my baby have these feel about the radiation i said. that's why i have left sendai i'm scared for my baby and i don't want him to get ill it can have a very negative impact on him on the train to tokyo it was more of the same this tourist just changed his flight out to the earliest available to get. this. when it comes to radiation the people i've met here aren't sure the government's telling the full story and most aren't willing to wait around to find out either

bennett artsy tokyo. well the death toll from japan's catastrophic quake and tsunami has reached almost five thousand seven hundred over nine thousand others remain unaccounted for and our correspondents are at the center of events and reporting on what's happening around them and you can get their first hand experiences on our twitter page. when it reports on how the normally need on that little shopping areas in the heart of tokyo now in pitch darkness and also along with those developments you can check out his latest updates and today's other news on the developments there in japan that's all available the party under school. well the head of the international atomic energy agency says he's heading to japan almost a week after the nuclear crisis began critics say the watchdog is lagging behind and failing to keep on top of events. has more now from tokyo. i missed reports that radiation levels in the japanese capital could be up to eleven times the norm

people scramble to get away from the invisible killer here in tokyo series do seem to be less visible of the epicenter of the plans nuclear disaster fifty people remain struggling to keep the reactors under control but wait where is the international atomic energy agency the exponents of the peaceful use of nuclear power there here in japan arriving four days after the first explosion at a nuclear plant the i.a.e.a. is a promoter of nuclear power. is not any more efficient at solving this problem . solving hurricane katrina's problems in the u.s. when the trail of proof the proof is in the pudding you can clearly see that the i.a.e.a. has absolutely no ability to deal with this problem any more than the japanese government the very people who should be keeping tabs on the situation seemed to have very little direct involvement in it in fact until now the only source of information was the japanese government for years we are going to zation has been

busy with their mission statement to maintain nuclear energy for peaceful means in thousand five and made increase inspections of rain in facilities the organization and its then chairman mohamed el baradei i was awarded a nobel peace prize but by the looks of it concerns over a possible and sanction of nuclear energy by countries like iran seem to have overshadowed the clear and present dangers of already existing nuclear power plants in countries like japan and now if they remain workers who have to battle fire smoke and radiation at what remains of the fukushima power plant there's only fifty people allowed in the plant of the mobs and they work in fifteen minutes shifts which is which is very little and they have to work very many things by hand because remote control installations have gone down. in the mean operator room is not usable because of the radiation levels they're working under extremely

difficult circumstances to try to prevent the worst from the worst. reactors showing signs of instability only fifty people remain faith to be with no problem putting their lives at risk while behind my view three days seem to prefer to watch on from a safe distance in and out. to kill well for more on a sunday we're joined live by ali hannan he's senior fellow at the gulf a sensor for science and international affairs at harvard university and before that he spent twenty seven years with the international atomic energy agency and the last five years deputy director general thanks very much indeed for joining us here on r.t. well as i said you spent a lot of time at the u.n. atomic watchdog it's now been criticized for the time it's taken to send a team of experts to help japan should it have acted sooner. well we will have we have. a day now we can see important for us for

everyone in the national community to provide all the support plus a pull but it certainly is sort of it for these people who are fighting against that these are very infrequently and what sort of support was all in one short sure what sort of court can you physically give though or i should say the atomic agency what physical support can it give right now. i think at this point of time frankly speaking ok maybe something not a common sense than seeing the radiation situation where people thought it. the people who need our technical people react arranging years. isn't this the norm and i would say explains theory that they can build the. proper research at the proper time because they had all the time to select what i would say to be bad and verse to just modify you hear there's more fire there and player in front of us and they

need to set priorities and it's not an easy task what do you make of the situation at the moment do you think there's any chance that this catastrophe that's unfolding it now unfolding at the moment could be averted to from being in even greater catastrophe what do you think of the situation. i don't think i have enough facts to that but you know i think that we still have a potential catastrophe in our hands i hope this goes away the only people which we can solve this are those people all we have said. they are. i hope that they get adequate technical support or they were let me ask you in your capacity as a former member of the atomic agency that it spent a lot of money and time making sure that nuclear materials don't get into the wrong hands such as terrorists and road states many would say that the agencies actually overlooked the safety of nuclear power stations is that a fair charge. i think that you know you have to start it first of all are you is

what it is he's asked the wrong its member states want it to be it's not stronger the second thing is here that is the i legal mandate the mandate in the area of nuclear safety is not actually i know. it's more an advisory role so there's no way that the atomic agency should be taking any responsibility for what's happening at the moment. i think when this thing is or you know there is this is a circular national catastrophe but actually this is catastrophic for every citizen of the road there are fiends there are there are americans they are also subsets of the radiation doesn't recognize polar bears we have a we see a lesson from tara not pull twenty five years ago and i think that we have to start here and think that whether we should have

a kind of international our i don't say sake the security is practical rate but some more work needs to clean down on this area to ensure that the ottoman it's used for so it has some would say if there's any question whatsoever over the safety of nuclear power then it should not be used at all i mean what does this mean for the future of nuclear power we're seeing that china has suspended approval of new nuclear power plants possibly being built there in that country it's not good for the nuclear industry this is it. well in the short term not in a long term i think we need to get it because people still need to see economies need energy if you are by no nuclear energy the other and it's made putting some other things so i think it's now pressure to just to calm down and learn their lesson see how to be happy that they're prepared should the reactors be decided differently should look at the elsewhere where they measure sufi said leader we act

properly did we inform the properly did we inform them neighboring countries properly and then put all of this together and it passed appeared on the international level job that i'm sure we'll invite people to see and then we try to spread these lessons to the other countries or some of the raising serious questions about the actual design of this nuclear power plant we know it's over forty years old but is the criticism concerning the design a fair. i think let's see in our what really has happened there will be once this is over and i hope it goes now to actually even though it looks really dire since situation now but then we go through the process of it's washed up right here in the u.s. after that three mile island accident so the reactors will be open look what was down it's why it was to me it's true that he built it differently it's set there and then we will have the facts and then based on these facts one has to do then

produces and how to go about it and i think that like today we heard that this government has decided to sold out some of the projects it. is pretty certain assets meant prophecies to israel i think many of the countries have taken it seriously but the important thing is to get this information from japan so that people can paper but mr bush talking to you live in washington here in r.t. thanks very much molly senior fellow for center for science and international affairs thank you. well events of the fukushima power plant as the people beyond japan's border wondering whether they're in harm's way in russia's far east just across the water from japan they're worried about the threat of exposure but as our teams are trying to patrol over who's in reports fear is sometimes more dangerous than reality. we see the nuclear catastrophe in japan but

we are closing nuclear plants the away from these kind of sort of. it's hard not to be gripped by panic when the world's high and mighty are sounding the alarm the closer you are typical shima the bigger your chances of peaking out the panic virus which is spreading more so you are not a physicist or a doctor people in russia story is divided from japan by a strip of water four hundred miles across where the quickest to react. my friend called me and said if she is leaving the city i haven't been gripped by such panic but i'm already taking the marine just in case but radiation levels remain completely normal and doctors are forced into sounding a different kind of a long list with the president is that if anything really serious happens there things like consuming large amounts of oil going all red warning people often say they're going to do such things will help or the reverse they may seriously damage

their health because i don't function water and it may well happen and probably will as well everything in japan goes back to normal many of our people will have problems with a glance. everyone wants to be on top of official reports preparing for the unknown and many go even further buying personal radiation meters geiger counters price is no object. in the last three days we sold out our monthly stock of geiger counters we now have to turn to our suppliers for an additional shipment of taking reasonable precautions there's no but think at all unless panic threatens to become worse than the catastrophe itself that was the case with the outbreak of the h one n one swine flu virus which helped drugs companies earn billions today in russia sport is the transport companies and pharmacies are cashing in on the pike but at stake is the region's largest business fishing. it accounts for eighty percent of

little stocks a corner me russia's largest city on the pacific ocean local restaurants offering fresh seafood from the waters off japan are already losing clients customers are afraid of radioactive fish either histeria continues or sailfish markets could be next to suffer meaning no silver lining to a radioactive cloud that may never arrive exit integrator r.t.e. are stuck. with a crisis in a focus shima plant has led to criticism over the make up of the nuclear reactors designed by american general electric back in the one hundred seventy s. the company's unlikely to be held liable however major customers like india are not rushing to sign a new contract. from new delhi on the indian reaction to japan's disaster. reaction here in india has been mixed especially considering that the chairman of

g.e. jeffrey immelt was actually in india this week promoting his company's interest in investing millions of dollars into india's nuclear program which is awesome is to be worth around one hundred fifty billion dollars he announced that he plans to spend five million dollars here within the next five years but obviously many indians are worried about what they're seeing over in japan g.e. did design those nuclear reactors that have caused so much damage and destruction in fukushima and according to japanese law she will not be held liable for any of god which could save them potentially tens to hundreds of billions of dollars now this comes on top of a huge scandal that's rocking india today wiki leaks the whistle blowing web site actually released thousands of cables showing that americans knew about bribes to indian politicians to make them sign that the u.s. indo nuclear deal back in two thousand and eight so that's clearly not helping

american image here in the subcontinent right now india is planning on increasing its nuclear tomic generation thirteen times by twenty thirty s there are several american companies not just g.e. that are very keen on trying to get a stake in that but as of right now india doesn't want to have another potential disaster like what they're seeing over in japan happening here especially given the fact that g.e. isn't really being held responsible or accountable for what's happening over there so only time will tell but as you've seen since the days following that is that g.e. stocks have been tumbling so we're going to have to wait and see what effect that has on its future plans to build nuclear reactors around the world and here in india as well. well keeping you up to date with events and your facebook account you can join the debate and share your thoughts on the situation there she has the latest videos news and analysis on this and other top stories.

in other news now for you this hour in libya forces have made significant gains in their offensive against the rebels they've been shelling the last opposition held city in the west also airstrikes targeting an airport just ten kilometers from the eastern stronghold of benghazi. continues the u.n. security council is expected to vote on a no fly zone resolution. it's necessary to prevent civilian casualties but russia says imposing the resolution could lead to military detention and is pushing for a cease fire. following developments for us. along with the international community a russia has strongly criticized a lot of actions in libya in fact just a few days ago president dmitry medvedev has called. the meaning that he is on the walk i'm here in the country and. is his fellow also from conducting any financial operations in the country and according to russia's foreign minister

silvio off to school to the recent meeting of the g eight foreign ministers in the clearest he says when it comes to this no fly resolution there are several stumbling points the first one is that even though it was supported by the arab league we haven't needed a concrete detailed proposal on health resolution should be no fly zone resolution should be conducted in russia strongly strongly stand against any foreign military intervention in libya more to do that he continues to regain control of the libyan teacher is from the opposition so it's not clear if this resolution will be relevant anymore. well as good as his forces are closing in on the opposition the libyan leader himself but he's a situation on the ground is different to what people are seeing in the media will shrug it off or we will go to the outcome for we are dealing with something about

portals from abroad i mean al qaeda terrorists leadership began to tell the world about protests in libya about shooting of thousands killed and he sent there are points to the news agencies and all of the sudden we found out of the whole world was against libya what would we have had no protests how could news agencies reports not statements the number of victims is one hundred fifty to two hundred so how could one speak about thousands how can the un security council on the whole world decide based on media reports and it's now difficult to change one opinion and perception of what's going on look at it with. a lot of back with the headlines in just over ten minutes from now in the meantime we have the business news with the mitri that's after a short break stay with us live here in moscow and i think. if

. russia would be so much brighter if you knew all about song from first impression of this. scum. but a warm welcome to business starting with me division of the japan's economic aftershock has led to concerns over the possible drop in demand for energy for the worlds of third largest economies nuclear energy has come under question as well with japan's plants on the verge of collapse meanwhile oil and gas futures have risen on first

though with light sweet moving just under one hundred and one dollars per barrel once again christine to scoring or they go. forwards in london says gas producers are set to enjoy a spell of rising gas prices. oil is being driven by effects in the middle east not so much by the japanese situation natural gas prices on the other hand are being impacted by the japanese problems and it's going to be posix for the natural gas markets because prices have been depressed there we have a lot of all the supply of l.n.g. and natural gas so hopefully abuse will firm things are a little bit more instead of having natural gas market price for the next you know three four years now it might only be for about a year and a half which is good for natural gas producers like aspirin. the japanese yen did hit its highest level against the us dollar since the end of world war two it

climbed as high as seventy six and a quarter in u.s. trading on wednesday but since then it's fallen back to trading at around seventy nine dollars market watchers blame the stronger yet on the repatriation of assets in foreign currency by japanese insurance but meanwhile g seven finance ministers are planning an emergency meeting to discuss how to deal with the global markets when the sailors and the expect ministers to give japan the go ahead to intervene and currency markets and steady yet earlier this week japan's central bank injected two hundred eighty four billion dollars in order to stabilize the country's financial markets which are going to hit by a massive selloff now let's look at that in more detail the nikkei raised some of the great gains that saw on wednesday and closed down one point four percent on first day hong kong's hang seng closed almost two percent down now tepco says it seemingly succeeded in delivering water to cool down reactor number three at the fukushima plant this is fueling hopes

a catastrophe could be averted therefore in the u.s. markets are up there also boosted by a drop of jobless claims for the third week in the last war which will divide investor confidence here in russia view of the us and my six hundred thursday session on a positive note while investors are keeping a close watch on updates on japan's post quake radiation prices high oil prices were providing support to the markets therefore biggest gain as some of the oil companies ross left and luke who are one point nine and almost three percent respectively also as burbank up four percent the biggest gainer of the session let's now get a recap of the day from when i was the mother. i think this is a lot of uncertainty in the market and that's what's really affecting markets it's of course the terrible events that have happened in japan and there's also a lot of concern about what's happening on the inflation front because. in the background you are still having a surge in commodity prices led by oil prices and the real concern is that to give

ok recovery is just too for this point of time to be able to withstand all these pressures coming through and that's what's really driving markets going sound at this point in time. mother job from h.s.b.c. one of us is the biggest industrial agricultural holdings recycler says it's planning to hold national public offering on the london stock exchange it's book run a race and capital has value the company a bank point eight billion dollars now that's higher than last year's road show when the company was valued in a range of one point two to one point five billion the agriculture firm anxious to get a nice three hundred million in order to finance a potential acquisition. so finale back next hour with an update bills actually the headlines to stabilizing. the.

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