these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada. before asians rule the day. japan battles to get power back to the fukushima nuclear plant to prevent further explosions. smoke seen rising from reactor number two is in she's basically transferred still to the cooling system. for seeing gains across the board across the markets as well as a weakening down after we saw it strengthen to worrying levels that's in reaction to the g seven nations it's intervene in japan so for us the market more and that's and this is something. also those are in libya bracing for airstrikes from france and the u.k. is the u.n. security council backs a no fly zone to protect civilians. you get need

a moment to be placing if you needed to tell me a ship if the base goes i hate would lead to intervention so we need a few moments from the capital city tripoli before and updates. bringing you news around the clock from around the world i match reza it's one pm in moscow you're watching our team the race is on to restore electricity to japan's stricken fukushima nuclear facility so workers can get their reactor cooling systems back on raw in japan has also increased the severity level of the accident to level five out of seven meaning the consequences a reach wider than the power plants immediate vicinity it's been a week now since the country was rocked by its worst ever post-war disaster that's left thousands of people dead or missing or he's ivor bennett has more. right now they're still trying to reconnect power to the site so they can get those cooling systems up and running and bring the temperature down inside the reactor seems like

the only way they're now going to prevent or could be a real nuclear disaster now focusing on reactor number two because this morning they actually saw smoke rising from the reactor they don't know what the cause was of but they don't think it was an explosion because that wasn't heard clearly the temperature inside is very hot sauce they've already managed to do was to lay a power cable from the main bridge a kilometer long cable to try and restore power but they haven't managed to connect there are yet the radiation is very high still and also the outer casing of the reactor the containment vessel was badly damaged in the explosion that happened earlier this week now in the meantime they are trying everything they can to try and keep the temperature down trying to cool the reactors there. but for the first four actually had explosions since the earthquake for example yesterday at reactor number three they doused in sixty four tons of water from a causes from above and water cannons from below and the early hours of this

morning the tokyo fire department they sent thirty of their fire engines that are throwing everything they got at risk the head of the u.n. nuclear watchdog the international atomic energy agency who's in tokyo right now meeting with the japanese prime minister he came out and said that to prevent this turning into a full scale nuclear disaster they're going to. cooperate with international help according to the japanese nuclear and industrial safety agency what they recorded this morning a kilometer away from the site was two hundred seventy nine one call might receive its per hour down from last night's reading of two hundred ninety two point two it's not a significant drop but it is a drop so clearly on water has helped in some degree but they clearly need to do more now since then the government spokesman at least there is the chief cabinet secretary has come out and said that although there are very high. radiation readings in some places he says and it doesn't pose a direct negative thanks to one's health because in these places it's not coming

into direct human contact however a number of countries actually don't believe this and what we're doing is actually wanting their citizens not to go if he comes is off and you can count on where is the japanese government has imposed an exclusion zone of twenty camps and telling residents within thirty to stay away and yesterday i went up the coast a little bit from the east coast who was from we go i can't see what residence. this is the town of o.-r. i-a around halfway between tokyo and fukushima i'm still a hundred fifty kilometers south of the nuclear power plant but already the radiation levels here over double that of those in tokyo the geiger counter i've got just started beating wildly and shots up to no point five one proceeds per hour it's not harmful to one's health especially just yet but it is certainly a concern so much so that the army has decided to hand out these face masks here

but people are wearing these and they're going to hear their very afraid of the radiation who can do their much vaunted all we can do is follow the media and trust them and is saying. the tsunami did actually come in this far inland but the town escaped both of the damage however since the earthquake they've been without drinking water here in the residence up to come and fill up water they need from points like this in the town have been set up by the army further up the coast it's a similar story we've been travelling along this road for the last ten fifteen kilometers looking for a place to have lunch but none of the restaurant story but. it will take another week until we can loop and we've literally but we can't do anything without water. this is the start of japan's ravaged east coast in the rain like part of their bridges lie strewn all over the place here so walls collapsed over here hell's is of fallen down so. it was the force of the tsunami this is also the polar we're going to turn back because it guided counties reading the highest it has done all

day one point zero for my to see what's plan how. my fear is that i won't be able to live here anymore and this is my home obviously clear for my health for the radiation but it's not just about i'm afraid i will be able to come back here we're only around a hundred and twenty kilometers south of fukushima power plant now if the wind blows this way and even worse if the rain comes in the radiation will shortz arrive to enforce. their report from artie's ivor bennett inside japan at the fukushima nuclear plant the fate of millions now rests in the hands of the few dozen they become known as the face those fifteen teams of workers trying to stop a facility from reaching a devastating point of no return or he's really the loucheux explains how manpower is all that stands between success and disaster. when kinds modern marvels reaching the moon a particle collider it uncover the secrets of creation and trying to master nuclear

technology but those advances can come to nothing when nature strikes and atomic energy are some power becomes hard to contain days after the fukushima plants first explosion japan's leaders implore everyone just in a car helicopters and water cannons deployed to call the reactors yet the situation remains critical the japanese government has insisted that only a ten kilometer radius was necessary for evacuation was the status quo when the earthquake hit and so were already we were already way behind or so reach and evacuating and issuing iraqi asian orders also there is very very little environmental monitoring provided correct information to people i think the japanese government is trying to protect the japanese people but you cannot protect them from the reality in one thousand nine hundred six the soviet union mobilized

thousands of people to battle the nuclear disaster at chernobyl then now has the faceless fifty in a must workers putting themselves up against radiation to keep the reactors from nuclear meltdown but often crisis can be averted. the radiation exposure is are so high and say that i don't think human beings can get into the areas that need to be accessed in order to put the fire or put fires out and also to get water into locations where the heat is the highest. order and its citizens to sacrifice their lives to radiation and that when the chernobyl the aftermath japan is a democratic state so the workers are meaningless because she more are doing so willingly i mean question is will the efforts prove to be enough to give the situation from thinking. turn for worse you know the amount of radiation being released now and the amount of variation good will be released and the carbon pollution is so great that actually the whole or global birth edited. out of the

disaster chernobyl were all you got to go with it was a third to it you know this really cover the whole globe so the magnitude of the moon disaster. predicted but definitely is going to be one of the worst nuclear disasters and world history can or do you have the head nasty habit of turning against humans and when that happens the equipment doesn't yet exist to the machines in keeping things right in the end it takes human risk and sacrifice to prevent a technological tragedy from becoming a large scale it has to be in tokyo in a close call r.t. . filmmaker tony barrow who spent years darkie made in japan says the country has a history of covering up nuclear accidents and he told us this should serve as a wake up call to look for alternative energy sources. heard reports that the prime minister and these ministers have been rather annoyed not kidding enough

information coming from the this side of the catastrophe so i didn't think the rest of us can feel too confident about condit information we get one of the things that's going to happen in japan could be wrong about this is that people with their greasing their dependence electricity but one thing that worries some people abroad is the trans decision to enjoy the crew truly excited the question is now does japan really require so much plutonium fuel and if so what is it going to do with it because it can possibly use the tool we all know what could turn it could be used for its modified it could be used for nuclear weapons i know that you clear is not so economic everybody likes elaine saying nor is it as clean and as we can see with. japanese authorities are

getting a grim estimate of the number of people who've died they're expecting it to triple from the current number that stands at around six and a half thousand many more people are missing more than ten thousand remain unaccounted for archy's correspondents are in the region you can follow them step by step you can keep abreast of what they're discovering with constant updates on our twitter stream there also across other developments in japan right now to us at r t underscore dot com. fear of radiation contamination is spreading well beyond japanese shores people and russia's far east are stocking up on preventative medicines but often without seeking a proper medical advice first as artie's academy graduate reports this could prove barbara damaging to both their health and the local economy. we see the nuclear catastrophe in japan but here 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 picking up the panic virus which is spreading more so if you're not a physicist or a doctor people in russia's far is divided from japan by a strip of water four hundred miles across where the quickest to react. but my friend called me and said she's leaving the city i'm not in session chronic yet but i'm already taking iodine just in case. but radiation levels remain completely normal and doctors are forced into sounding a different kind of alarm is the president is that if anything really serious happens there things like consuming large amounts of oil going all red wine that's what people often say they're going to do such things won't help the reverse they may seriously damage their health because i'm going blocks function and it may well happen and probably will as well everything into parent goes back to normal many of

our people will have problems with their following plans. everyone wants to be on top of official reports preparing for the unknown 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 spar is the transport companies and pharmacies are cashing in on the pilot but at stake is the region's largest business fishing. it accounts for eighty percent of little 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 even histeria continues wholesale fish markets could be next to suffer meaning no silver lining to radioactive clouds that may never a right exit in the direction of r r t. russia says it standing by to send help to japan including protection measures for people against radiation in the next hour your words he's minister tells us about the challenges facing the japanese. the japanese government's main priority right now as the evacuation of the affected areas this will be a challenging task as i have already said she will do all this carol to help the most pressing issue is that of nuclear safety and what it entails such as the evacuation of the population and how to feed them where to house the second problem

even the extremely high casualty numbers is the danger of an epidemic that's the second most pressing issue of and from what we can see on the ground it's being worked on isn't dealt with yet third major problem is out of drinking water and considering that five hundred thousand people have been left homeless it's extremely urgent. widespread media coverage of japan is being watched by millions around the world high tech images from the country have been taking global audiences to the horror of the disaster zone as the catastrophic events unfold it is our he's got a cheeky and reports when the cameras aren't around the story can be different. images that shook the world tragedy live twenty four seventh's leading news outlets deployed their best journalists to cover the disaster in japan and the hearts of billions of viewers world right have gone out to those japanese who fell victim to the earthquake and deadly tsunami which makes great television images

that make the viewer sympathize and feel the tragedy of the people caught up in a natural disaster but when there is a lack of such images streaming live from all screams the sorrow of millions can go almost unnoticed let's look back at the both earthquake in pakistan it killed more than seventy five thousand people in two thousand and five while the world's media did know is that tragedy the coverage was nothing as intense as we're seeing now in japan some in the business say japan being a high tech country means coverage is assured whereas less developed nations like pakistan get much less media attention the world probably got less of the story in some of those other countries because they don't have they didn't have the technology they didn't have the cameras that were right there like they were in japan from different hunt build dozens of different angles and saw the waves coming

in which is the kind of footage in our business unfortunately that is the dream to be able to get that kind of footage and you don't get that in some of the other third world countries and you see the aftermath the shots of the aftermath of a psych loan that hit mine mars three years ago or horrifying more than one hundred thirty eight thousand people were killed the government of mine more limited access to foreign journalists and there were no live pictures from the disaster zone and as it happens in the news business very quickly the story died down if there is a disaster in the middle of africa and said. aaron africa it's always it you won't have the same kind of images that you have subject that where he is at twenty four seven operation that's why this bed is so huge in terms of course worldwide coverage because there are cameras absolutely everywhere in japan if this was a china i would say western china for instance you have probably one parents of the

culprits because the images are not there the earthquake in this issue one province in china they killed around sixty eight thousand people and again the coverage was limited and so therefore was where all the interest in the disaster their human tragedy whether in japan or china or in chile deserves sympathy but more often than not the attention span of the world news channels depends on which tragedy makes that a television or i'm going to check on reporting from washington our team. other news we're covering r t france and the u.k. have declared that a military operation against libyan leader moammar gadhafi regime may start within hours the warning comes after the u.n. security council back a no fly zone over libya archy's parsley or has more from tripoli. well in theory this no fly zone could go into action today friday we are hearing from the french government that it will act swiftly the british cabinet is meeting and from both

these governments we hearing that they ready to take action within hours but there are still many unknowns questions like when exactly will this no fly zone begin who will be involved who will have the chain of command and what will be the involvement of arab countries both europe and the united states have made it quite clear that they do not want this to be a surly european american response to a not a muslim country that needs to be military assistance given from the arab world the libyan air space has been closed will be hearing reports of clashes in the country's third largest city of misrata and we've been told that dozens of people have been injured several of them have already been killed to the question of the whole not no fly zone the u.n. chief banking moves say that he needs to be immediate action realistically speaking it seems as if this no fly zone could only be implemented possibly tomorrow possibly sunday even as far from now as monday now the need a moment that he has threatened though that if the international community intervenes he says to quote him that he will retaliate immediately having said that

though the mood on the ground particularly in the city of benghazi the last stronghold remains defiant when word of that resolution came through people erupted in cheers it was fireworks throughout the night into the early hours of this morning people were firing a k forty seven in celebration we did hear from the gadhafi regime hours before that resolution was passed at that stage they pretend that they were planning a massive attack on benghazi since then and since the word of the passing of this resolution filtered through we hearing what seems to be a change of tactics possibly in response to the resolution the latest word now is that they will not attack bengazi but rather that the forces will encircled the city were coming out from the gadhafi regime that they don't want to attack the city but they simply want to bring it back into their control people are asking the question what exactly does a no. sligh is so mean if you look at the resolution it talks about they weren't necessary measures to be taken she could take civilians so many are asking what all

this is so we can measure as you need to remember that five countries did at same including russia we also now are hearing from turkey they all against the european countries not to vote in the favor also to abstain of course was germany the russian ambassador to the united nations had this to say in terms of a lot of the concerns by many in the international community. in the desert in essence a whole range of questions raised by the russian federation and other security council members. questions which were both concrete and legitimate questions regarding how the no fly zone would be enforced would the rules of engagement would be and limits to the use of force provisions were introduced into the text potentially opening the door to large scale military intervention responsibility for the inevitable humanitarian consequences of the excessive use of outside force and libya will fall fair and square on the shoulders of those who might undertake such actions if this happens then not only the civilian population of libya.

holding peace and security throughout the whole region of north africa and the middle east and suffer as indeed to avoid such destabilizing developments people very concerned if the no fly zone is not enough what exactly will be the states and what exactly will be demands that the international community will go to protect civilians concerns that this will lead to foreign intervention to put soldiers on libyan soil again we hearing from the gadhafi regime to quote them that we will not allow anyone to interfere with our if it is. turned out of some other stories making headlines across the globe shells have been fired during a series of street battles ivory coast killing at least thirty people there were a lot from a military police base in a district in the capital held by fighters opposed to president but he's clean power despite calls for reform go after losing a deeply just. the election four months ago the u.n. says three hundred seventy thousand people fled the escalating clashes. more than

two hundred rioters of set buildings on fire while trying to escape a crowded immigration detention center on australia's christmas island this follows a week of protests over delays in processing asylum applications australia is struggling to cope with increasing numbers of applicants from afghanistan iraq and sri lanka one hundred strong police squad fired non-lethal rounds and used tear gas tour again control the center which is located a thousand kilometers east of australia's mainland. european airplane maker airbus is facing manslaughter charges over the air france crash in two thousand and nine all two hundred twenty eight people aboard died when the airbus a three thirty plunged into the atlantic during an intense thunderstorm well and route from paris to rio it's not known exactly what brought the plane down but a new multimillion dollar search will start next week to find the flight data recorders. and keep our t.v. close hand by joining us on facebook it's your chance to get feedback and give feedback on what you're watching as events unfold was cross the world we've added

links to our video coverage of japan and libya and today's other top stories you can find it by searching party news on facebook. tessa joins us next with all the latest business news stay with us here on our city. welcome to the business update now finance ministers from the g. seven group of the world's richest nations have agreed to step into currency markets to try and control japan's volatile currency well it's the first time in more than a decade that the g seven have jointly intervened in the money markets on wednesday began to hit its highest level against the dollar since the second world war strengthening to seventy six and a quarter in the u.s. trading but it fell back later sessions it's currently trading at around eighty two dollars analysts say a quarter of a good effort by the world's biggest economies would have a bigger impact than the japanese central back acting alone but meanwhile the bank of japan injected another thirty seven billion dollars into the markets on friday

best to try and shore up confidence and ensure liquidity to paris central bank has already injected nearly seven hundred billion dollars into the country's financial sector. let's now see how the markets are performing in reaction to the g seven intervention to curb the yen so japanese shares jumped nearly three percent while the currency itself tumbled investors were also showing some halted as a bit further radiation leak it could be contained at the fukushima nuclear plant stock markets elsewhere in asia also rose of the g seven bid to stabilize global markets hong kong's hang seng closed slightly up on friday and in your of the markets are also on the rise with investors appreciating improvements in the world's stock and commodities markets but that's on the back of the g seven meeting at slightly calming news coming from japan both footsie and the dax are up about half a percent this hour. and here in russia the stock markets are slightly retreating

from early morning gains however both the r.t.s. and of my sex are currently in the black or related stocks are leading the outboard friend as commodity prices continue to grow. let's look at some of the individual share of moves right now banks are. also my good name where there's our roots are back almost a half a percent higher oil is also rising as serato percent out of my sex and bucking the trend gazprom was down zero point three percent on the r.t.s. . well crude prices are trading in the black at this session both brands and light sweet are showing gains of over a dollar this hour after the u.n. approved a no fly zone over libya and sparking fears about all supplies from the war torn nation all of it other factors under investor spotlight is the situation in japan a lot of us expect reconstruction in the quake hit contrary to boost oil demand given the extent of damages at least in the media the term. thinks continue the way

they are will probably see these remains for about four five months we'll probably end up with crude oil prices hundred one hundred two dollars a barrel for beef year probably one hundred five for next year i mean it all depends on what happens in libya oh boy least being driven by effects indymedia leaves not so much by the japanese situation my perspective is that. crude oil prices will probably stay at around one hundred and the situation in the middle east east and the future wage. if the need kept under control we could actually see crude prices go down again to the ninety. well russia's state owned companies will compile their financial reports in line with international standards from twenty thirteen let's hope it will help investors get a clearer picture of the firm's full state of affairs with a central guys definitely chairman explains how this will impact the banking sector pensions. substantial number of russian banks already issued internationally

accepted financial statements and i think that in order to fully transfer to international financial reporting standards a lot needs to be done for both banks and the regulator the procedures would be more difficult for medium and small banks however the regulator will also have to do a lot in order to efficiently monitor the market as at the moment we are only using russian accounting standards board and russia's also making it easier for investors to set up business in the country special economic zones by streamlining the process well there are twenty four such as zones across the country were for intended to develop manufacturing the high tech sector tourism and logistics companies already enjoy a special tax regime and the head of the special economic zones says the project is already bringing in new foreign money. currently the overall volume of investment companies have committed to investing mean especially konami designs ten billion dollars leasing canvassers investments in the industrial

innovation to restore logistics and we expect a substantial amount of the sum to be invested here for example in april japan his company you know how much is a period of time planned the total investment of around four hundred million dollars that's all the business news for now thanks for watching.