colonel gadhafi is all for an end to military operations in libya is met with skepticism amid reports that the fighting is still going on international preparations for a no fly zone are pressing ahead. confusion reigns in libya where the government is of implementing a cease fire but the international community says it's still going to hit with a no fly zone and join me in a few moments from the libyan capital for more. is in a race against time to prevent a nuclear disaster as a team of workers risked their lives to save the country from a radiation leak and possible meltdown but the paralyzed. and she's desperately trying to restore power to the cooling systems. as the head of the u.n.

nuclear watchdog must stop its equal closely. meanwhile beyond japan shores panic is spreading faster than radiation as people in russia's far east prevented medicines needlessly putting their health at risk. from our studios here in central moscow this is r t with you twenty four hours a day just past eight pm here in the russian capital and seven pm in libya where colonel gadhafi says he's declared an immediate cease fire and ordered military operations to stop but still there are reports that fighting is continuing france the u.k. and other countries are pressing ahead with preparations to enforce a no fly zone over libya after receiving u.n. security council backing but also has the latest now from the capital tripoli.

certainly hearing that rebels feel it's a little more than a contradiction they simply do not believe the gadhafi regime they say that they will not heed the ceasefire call they point to the fact that clashes still continue in the east of the west of the country we know that in the town of misrata which is some two hundred kilometers from benghazi which is the rebel stronghold there were receiving reports of people who have been killed among them children there was passionate also continuing in the town of ajdabiya which is a little bit closer to benghazi and just a short time ago we've heard unconfirmed reports that there had been two explosions outside the capital city of tripoli now the foreign minister certainly surprised the international community mr moose the coup so when he did that libya would be implementing a cease fire immediately he said it would be this is a station of all military activities he said that the government had a responsibility to protect humanitarian assistance to provide humanitarian assistance to protect human life to provide protection for foreign assets and foreign citizens we also called

a full open dialogue now the international community particularly the e.u. is struggling to make sense of what it will be and foreign minister meant and what the position of the gadhafi government is you need to remember that it is less than twenty four hours ago that gadhafi sons say part islam say that all of this would be over within forty eight hours and he said he was alluding to move violence and more protests and more military action on the ground we're hearing from france that they are remaining we hearing from london that gadhafi needs to be judged by his actions and not by his words and we're hearing from the u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton that the international community is still going to go ahead with increase implementing this no fly zone but she too saying that only even can gadhafi be judged in terms of what his real motives are the rebels here really do support the call for a no fly zone but even they are particularly cautious and they are against that no fly zone being enlarged to mean something more the question being asked is if a no fly zone does not work if indeed

a no fly. it is not able to stop the gadhafi regime from punting from continuing with these military activities what will be the next step and expose has been banned in the face of when exactly what is no fly zone be implemented we still have no timeframe how long will it continue for while it all libya who exactly will be involved and who will have the chain of command now we are hearing parallels being made with the situation in the operations in iraq and afghanistan here to be cool is a piece of video to be taken care of but as we saw in iraq in afghanistan a lot of innocent people died and as we've heard from germany which was one of the countries to abstain from voting on this u.n. resolution they say it carries considerable dangers and risks the same caution was voiced by the russian ambassador to the united nations russia of course another country who abstained from that u.n. resolution. in essence

a whole range of questions raised by the russian federation and other security council members remain questions which were both concrete and legitimate questions regarding how the no fly zone would be enforced well the rules of engagement would be and limits to the use of force provisions were introduced into the text potentially opening the door to a large scale military intervention responsibility for the inevitable humanitarian consequences of the excessive use of outside force in libya will fall fair and square on the shoulders and might undertake such actions if this happens then not only the civilian population of libya but also the cause of holding peace and security throughout the whole region of north africa and the middle east there's a need to avoid such destabilizing developments. so that does raise the concerns back to the question of where exactly will this no fly zone and many unanswered questions many fears a lot of concern and certainly a feeling of uncertainty here in the. well there for more of this let's now talk to marcus roberts who's

a political analyst joining me live from london thanks very much for joining us here on r t you know gadhafi unexpectedly announced a ceasefire was this a clever trick to run for the likes of france and britain and has it succeeded. it's a trick i don't think it's particularly clever one after all this is the said self-same colonel gadhafi who at the start of this declared his support for the protests declared that these protesters and the later rebels of the green square were people who were protesting in his favor and who all along has denied actually outright that he's committing any kind of crimes against his own population whereas we no clear proof of fact that he is indeed doing so good for anyone at all well the u.n. security council has agreed on a no fly zone and also supports military action what does that actually mean. what was crucial about this resolutions that was passed under chapter seven of the u.n. charter that allows the use of military support of force in support of international

peace and security now what this is going to mean is not just the importance of the no fly zone trade embargo an arms embargo on the fraiser freezing of libyan government assets but also and this is part i think of the americans military gain for the effort certainly as indicated by hill briefings last night but that in no drive zone is going to be established in the days to come around benghazi and that means perhaps introductory bombing of get out of his forces that look like they're going to be threatening being guards your rebel positions in that area and i think that that's one of the most important elements of this this is all military intervention from the air do you think there should be military intervention with foreign boots on the ground in libya. no i think it's very important actually that that is not the case the deaf ears forces are numbered perhaps in the region of ten to twenty thousand actual troops is very reliant upon paid mercenaries from other

neighboring african nations and i feel that with the air support and with the degree of materiel support on the ground which is probably happening more indirect clear at this time to the rebellion they'll be able to deliver the ground controller troublous and it should be up to western allies to try and deliver the air cover it's needed and as i say the introductory botany that will support that effort yes you talk about bombing talk about air support this is in effect military intervention as we've seen in afghanistan and iraq but that sort of intervention does lead to civilian casualties as well is this not perhaps the chance of we are seeing more casualties as a result of this no fly zone and aerial intervention. we will certainly see civilian casualties and that's actually a real tragedy i don't think that anyone takes the commitment of military force lightly not least of all the united nations security council which is why this resolution was so long or careful in the coming but we must be very careful to not equate apples with oranges in this instance what i mean by that is that on the one

hand you were faced with the prospect of massive civilian casualties you could after you were allowed to continue on that but those would be a diversion those would be deliberate casualties caused by without them said other handle so you have got a lot sorry just so just because they thought on the other hand we'd be faced with the prospect of intervening of a limited number of civilian casualties which are tragic but this and action is needed in order to prevent that greater evil of those mass to liberate casualties caused by colonel gadhafi brutal regime right you're mentioning allowing gadhafi to continue so in effect this no fly zone is it really about protecting civilians or actually getting rid of gadhafi. in the short term it's about protecting the civilian population i think resolution very clear about that also the resolution specifically says that it does not authorize the occupation of libya by foreign forces however i think what we're also seeing in this is what might be called course of diplomacy because a lot of effort by the international community western allies to force some of

those that surround colonel gadhafi and some of his more military commanders to actually do the push on could that be himself if that happens i think everyone including especially the libyan people will be delighted and so that's why this isn't an actual full scale war but the objectives of the western allies are certainly greater than just the no fly zone just finally and very briefly please many will say this looks like one rule for one and one rule for the other why isn't the u.n. the international community concerned about what's going on in bahrain and yemen at the moment. certainly and i think there are four tests that need to be passed before any kind of intervention takes place one it's going to be clear by elation of human rights to the operation as to the military do it militarily do all three you need clear legal authority for the action and for you need to have regional support in the case of libya all four of these tests are being passed with the u.n. mandate colonel gadhafi is actions and the support of the gulf cooperation council

the arab league in the case of bahrain and yemen we're still waiting for some of those tests three passed until they are i think we're right to watch matters carefully and let them develop in due course marcus roberts good to talk to you thanks very much indeed for joining us live in london author and political and thank you you thank. well protecting libyan civilians appears to become a priority for the international community including the u.s. a matter we've just been discussing there but the weeks long unrest in bahrain as we've just been discussing as well isn't receiving the equal attention of authorities there is severely crackdown on recent anti-government protests reportedly even preventing demonstrators from receiving medical help both loyalist or explores the difference in attitude you may find some of the images in this report disturbing. god is great. the final words of this imported peaceful protesters in bahrain. before he appears to be shot allegedly by behind me security forces since martial law was declared this

week the bahraini government has crackdown on pro-democracy protesters clearing them out of pearl square where they've been demonstrating. and viral videos though the details can't be confirmed have been surfacing on the internet appearing to show police shooting protesters. point blank it's reminiscent of another uprising against an autocratic i want to address the situation in libya when images in reports of violence against protesters that could dockery's hands in libya reached the u.s. we saw the president take a stand. i think has lost legitimacy to lead. early on president obama called for plans for a no fly zone over libya now here at the united nations the security council has since taken the lead on that but meanwhile the united states has already sent warships along with humanitarian aid in libya's direction it's tough economic

sanctions on the country essentially freezing it out of the u.s. banking system and reports suggest the u.s. has also played a more cofer role in the north african conflict an opposition that the cia. for thirty years is right now. according to people in direct contact with activists on the ground in bahrain they too are begging for help from the u.s. . the u.s. has a military base in the island country the navy's powerful fifth fleet and six thousand troops are stationed there. and in response to the brutal crackdown the u.s. president has wielded his authority to pick up the phone and call it king of bahrain the president expressed his deep concern over the violence in bahrain and stressed

the need for maximum restraint words the forces on the ground now backed by one thousand saudi arabian troops and don't appear to be listening to critics say the talk doesn't amount to any help for the bahraini people it amounts to this absolutely there's a double standard in the way the u.s. deals with friend versus flow and michael libya the brain is a strong u.s. ally in the oil rich persian gulf it's all about oil it's also all about geo political military strategy u.s. has a lot of military assets in the persian gulf right now we want to make sure they stay there u.s. interests coming at the cost of people's lives and if it cost at the values of human rights and democracy the u.s. claims to care so much about all of ukraine blood is worthless and the libyan blood is more important it's just a critical stand. because it gives everything we believe in and that's the secret

you're looking at american or. gunships you know which are protesters in the gulf and over and that is where the united states stands on the issue tacitly behind autocrats. or against depending on the threat to u.s. interests not to lives or in mr r.t. new york. to japan and other countries raise the emergency level of the crippled fukushima nuclear facility on a seven stage international scale it's now at five means experts are worried the consequences could reach far beyond the plants vicinity of these other bennett as the latest evidence from that. 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 racks but it seems like the only way they're now going to prevent what could be a real nuclear disaster they're now focusing on reactor number two because this morning that they actually saw smoke rising from the reactor they don't know what

the cause was about 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 that up 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 to keep the temperature down trying to cool the reactors there off of the first four actually have explosions since the earthquake for example yesterday at reactor number three they doused in sixty four tons of water from a copper from above and water cannons from below and the early hours of this morning that fire department they sent thirty of their fire engines that are throwing everything they've got at this 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 have to cooperate with international help the government spokesman 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 effect 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 they're doing is actually wanting their citizens not to go with the cancer's of a nuclear power plant whereas the japanese government has imposed an exclusion zone of twenty kilometers tell. residents were in thirty to stay away yesterday. because a little bit from took you up the east coast who was who she met with the guy counter to see what residents there. 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 plants but already the

radiation levels here over double that of those in tokyo the geiger counter i've got just started beating wildly and shot up to north point five month receive it's 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 started to handle these face masks here but people are wearing them they're going to hear they're very afraid of the radiation but who can do very much vaunted all we can do is follow the media and trust the government as seen. the tsunami did actually come in this far inland but the town escaped most of the damage however since the earthquake they've been without drinking water here and the residents have to come and fill up the water they need from points like this in the town that 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 restaurants are open. to 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 and irene like part of their bridges lie strewn all over the place here so walls collapsed over here houses of fallen down such as the force of the tsunami now this is also the point where we're going to turn back because the guy you count is reading the highest it has done all day one point zero four and they might receive its plan how are things on my fear is that i won't be able to live here anymore and this is my home obviously ikea for my health with the radiation but it's not just about that i'm afraid i won't 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 inforce. ortiz by the bennetts reporting there russia may be willing to help japanese citizens who have been left without employment falling all sweet

earthquake and tsunami present between events as they could be considered for job vacancies in russian's far east he got his in our hands the details. the president has offered a wider range of assistance to japan which includes saying medical aid food and water supplies to country also specialists in nuclear technology to help deal with the crisis around the fukushima nuclear power plant to mediate if also said that those in need and willing will be able to undergo rehabilitation courses at centers across russia and also said that some of those who lost their jobs because of this catastrophe which happened exactly one week ago the may be able to find jobs also here in the country. we have to think about the labor potential of our neighbors if need be especially in the sparsely populated areas of siberia and the far east

it would make sense for us and could be a way out for those affected by the disaster this is a disaster affected the entire region russia's far east is still on high alert especially that some of the sports like the coral islands for example are right there in japan's neighborhood and the russian president has once again ordered a local of gordie's to continue monitoring the situation and informing the locals of all of the developments there is also stressed that there is currently no threat to their wives and called on everybody to remain calm but as already found out the fears of nuclear contamination have spread beyond japan's shores the news arriving from japan is very worrying but we are closing nuclear plants the day missions of from disaster and difficulties it's hard not to be gripped by panic when the world's high and mighty are sounding the alarm the closer you are to focus

shima the baby your chances of peeking out the panic virus which is spreading more so if you are not a physicist or a doctor people in russia's far is divided from japan by a strip of water four hundred miles across what a quick to react. my friend called me and said that she's leaving the city i'm not in session panic 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 the president has if anything really serious happens there things like consuming large amounts of i don't in all red wine that's what people often say they're going to do such things won't help quite the reverse they may seriously damage their health because i don't blocks for a road function and it may well happen and probably will a while everything in japan goes back to normal many of our people will have

problems with their thought plans. 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 and 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 shouldn't. taking reasonable precautions is no but i think that all unless panic threatens to become worse than because sas trophy 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 party but at stake is the region's largest business fishing it accounts for eighty percent of liver 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 even histeria continues wholesale fish markets could be next to suffer meaning no silver lining to a radioactive clouds that may never arrive it's even a virtual r.t.e. goodie of our stock through trade joins me next with the business update and i'll be back with a summary of our revenue stories about six minutes from now so. hello and welcome to business as ministers from the g seven group of the world's richest nations have agreed to step in to manage currency markets and try to control japan's volatile currency is the first time in a decade that the g seven members have jointly intervened in the money markets on wednesday the yen hit its highest level against the dollar since world war two strengthening to seventy six and a quarter in u.s.

trading but it fell back in later sessions currently trading under eighty one dollars analysts say a coordinated effort by the world's biggest economies would have a bigger impact than the japanese central bank acting and he while the baggage acted another thirty seven billion dollars into the market on friday to try and shore up confidence and ensure liquids you know injected funds amount to nearly seven hundred billion dollars. secular how asia's market reacted to that g.'s of an intervention to guard against all japanese shares jumped nearly three percent while the currency itself tumbled investors were also showing some optimism that further radiation leakage could be contained at the fukushima hong kong's hang saying closed slightly up on friday u.s. markets are up for a third straight session as tensions in libya also seem to be cooling down there's a broad positive movement sports industrial companies are some of the biggest gainers this hour with caterpillar general electric putting on more than two

percent in europe markets are also on the rise of verses appreciating improvements in the world's stock and commodity markets utilities and miners and leading the way in london world dynamo and b.m.w. are up more than three percent on the decks here in russia because the r.t.s. allies expanded this is a very volatile week on a positive note the eve of buying similar to those seen in the europe and the u.s. so we'll get some of the individual stocks in banks were the best performers of the day so a bank is up one another. half a percent at the close lukoil is also up one point two one six percent gazprom was bucking the trend down point three percent this is as crude prices are retreating from earlier gains trading in the red so far this is as libya's foreign minister declared a ceasefire said the government would stop military operations situation japan is also in the spotlight as the reconstruction the quake hit country is likely to boost oil demand given the extent of damages energy analyst wanted peg says the uk

with strange especially for light sweet crude is likely to keep its base. there's going to be of course more demand to account for the loss of lead for sweet crude oil the amount of crude oil that is produced in the world is already maxed out saw some of the beneficiaries are going to be west africa who produces very high quality oil as well as well as. in that siberian light for instance will we receive some of the op side that is caused by the loss and libya but it's not like people have turned off sweet crude oil production for years so what is going to happen is just that we actually in the price of the sweet crude that's all for now i'll be back within the one hour's time with an update bill is next from headlines to stay with.

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