the arab league criticizes strikes in libya as a multinational force launches an aerial offensive against gadhafi forces with dozens reported killed. as the international community steps up if it's just stopped production in full says if you need it was handing out with friends to his nation to defend itself i'm pointing them in the capital city of tripoli so i mean a few moments from will. go calls for an end to what it is an indiscriminate use of full supply foreign policy in libya and calls for military action to remain within the parameters of the u.n. resolution aimed. at america's says its role in the military intervention in libya will be limited but that's not stop comparisons to the lead up to the iraq war in

two thousand and three. the majority of americans to the polls the polls show the majority of americans oppose the u.s. involvement in the intervention for more on this joining guy nation so again in just a few minutes. six pm in moscow good to have you with us here on our team treasure the arab league has criticized international strikes in targets in libya following reports of dozens of civilian deaths your organization was seen as key to gaining international support for the u.n. back no fly zone america says u.s. and allied forces have now halted an offensive by colonel moammar gadhafi forces against rebels in benghazi but fighting is still reported elsewhere or he's powerless. as the latest from the capital tripoli. we are hearing reports of new

airstrikes that are being carried out on the ground we're also hearing reports that military planes are being loaded with weapons at american bases in issue eight and that which is planes are on their way to libya now the american army has come through and that it dropped some forty comprehension obama's from b. two stealth bombers not yet clear what was the exact target of those bombs hope certainly amongst them was the libyan air fields we're also being told that western coniston satellites are the only keeping an eye on the southern part of the city of set where there are ten tons of mustard gas now the american army has said that the first phase of this operation is complete it says it is well satisfied that a no fly zone is firmly in place that there hasn't been any libyan helicopters or aircraft in the skies indeed that it hasn't even been and the teams to take them out into the skies at this stage there are five countries that are involved the united states britain france canada and it to be the united states remains at the

helm it's a focus of the moment is to completely destroy all surface to air missile defense systems belonging to the gadhafi regime and at that stage it will hand over the reins of power to the coalition forces we are hearing reports that on the ground i'll be heavy clashes intense shelling in the city of misrata which is some two hundred kilometers to the east of the capital tripoli this fighting has been ongoing for at least three days now now it's impossible for us to independently verify this we've been trying to reach the city for moving to weeks but it is in clamp down government forces have prevented any kind of movement in and out but i was on the ground are saying one thing that and massacres on the both the government tanks are in the sense of the town and that they completely demolishing it we are also hearing from state television that the number of civilians who have been killed in these wastin is strikes has not increased from thirty nine to sixty

four and a hug. hundred and fifty people were made injured so some of the questions that are being austin on the ground the number one why is the fighting in misrata being able to continue why is there not more focus by the international community in terms of what is happening there and also the growing tally of civilians it's how many more people are going to have to die if the situation here comes to an end duffy spoke for about fifteen minutes it was actually his face that we saw a lot of the image of a gold dust that was crushing an american i should get his tone was incredibly defiant incredibly angry he moved the libyans to defend ansel's and we understanding that he will be opening we houses to make ammunition and guns and weapons available to the civilian population and that is many as one million libyans could very soon be arming themselves he also says that this was an act of terrorism to quote him he said we will not leave we will stay and liberate our country now we're also hearing from the taliban as compiz pictet they have

condemned this international reaction to what is happening here in libya they have urged the islamic world not to remain neutral but to step up and do something. i mean members of the coalition acting in libya and maybe nato members but it's not the alliance itself that's officially involved yet our europe correspondent in your bushel is in brussels where nato was meeting to decide what its role will be. they threw off to all of the nato meeting here in brussels and the first decision yesterday made was to enforce the no fly zone over libya airspace the next is to prevent the use of radar and air defenses by colonel gadhafi regime and then to stop the eastward advance of gadhafi into the rebel strongholds now this is where the root problems begin because of course colonel gadhafi does not have to just use he can also use ground troops and the escalation. that is really on all fronts something that really america with this iraq experience doesn't want to get into

and only now are they discussing about with the humanitarian issues first of course this was the key idea behind the u.n. resolution authorizing the no fly zone but only now are they talking about humanitarian issues first and that is the reason why there's growing concern here in the e.u. today there was a demonstration and she was demonstration just outside this building really the first signs that public opinion is turning against this war effort in what is seen as really cynical and double standards of both sides as the e.u. sides come together italy is offering its air bases all the countries local gym here neverland's of norway a rule so saying they will take part but there is ambivalence there all splits appearing in the range germany abstained from the u.n. vote authorizing a no fly zone it later came out that chancellor angela merkel said that she does support military intervention is just that germany will be sending any forces but you get a sign here of the growing devoid within the european community over this military intervention british forces joining the action in libya from the very beginning

u.k. submarines and fighter jets carried out multiple strikes against gadhafi forces we have more on this from our correspondent in london hello laura so what's been the public reaction to the in britain to the government's decision when gauging military operations in north africa. i think what we heard before this started and what has actually happened now there's quite a big difference both in what actually happened and in in the perception of that a new fly zone sounds to your mind on the street like a relatively low key thing it just sounds like people won't be allowed to take it take off planes but of course i think people didn't fully understand was that in order to stop planes taking off from actually have to shoot them down and certainly what we've seen so far in this military intervention and we should remember this is only just the beginning is over one hundred cruise missiles the u.s. have dropped forty conventional bombs on libya the u.k. alone they have fired missiles launched from submarines which are currently

stationed off the coast of libya and we've also seen bombing from the sky from tornado jets which were flown all the way from the u.k. in what are being called the longest range bombing missions since the second since the falklands war sorry and the libyan government is already coming out and saying that there are sixty civilian casualties sustained during those attacks and there have been a range of reactions in the u.k. because of that obviously we've seen the usual suspects come out and stop the war coalition says that the tomahawk missiles which have been used on not in fact precision guided weapons and they'll cause a lot of civilian casualties they also say that they're very critical of the u.n. resolution they say that it's because as it will continue with full scale military assault on the libyan people and that the end result will be not the freedom of the libyan people and the democracy but in fact bearing slave meant by the western world as a result of this c.n.d. to come pain for nuclear disarmament has also come out and said it deeply regrets

the government's decision to get involved military and libya says that the last ten years of interventionist wars in that very region have taught the u.k. government nothing at all and in general i think people are saying on the street why are we going to libya when we're not going to other places that is seeing large scale civilian casualties caused by gulf. in the civil war we're seeing a lot of casualties thousands of casualties in the ivory coast where of course their main export is not for oil but in fact cocoa and they're all there's also been an extremely serious situation going on in some years in somalia and the situation continues that very volatile again no intervention from from the u.k. or from the u.s. and of course given the general economic backdrop that we see here people are talking a lot about the cost of war they have their government saying repeatedly over a series of months we have got no money we've got no money for pensions we've got no money for public sector wages for higher education the cost of which is going up by by three fold and yet the government has seemed to be willing to get involved in

yet another war seemingly at the drop of the hops in even off the defense cuts have been made in the u.k. william hague the foreign minister has come out and said that there will still be the how the u.k. will still have the full scale exists military capability in the world also the u.k. population of very worried about mission creep what has it's become we've seen it in iraq and afghanistan of course two wars that the but u.k. troops are still involved in and have been involved in for roughly the last ten years the goal there again was to establish stability much as much as this is here to ensure the equal distribution of power and that still hasn't happened in those two countries so there is definitely a worry that we will go to libya and start military intervention there and just not not be able to leave for a period of years david cameron the prime minister is very anxious to assure people that this will be nothing like iraq he's calling this action necessary legal and rights and the defense secretary liam fox has also come out and said that this was

a very successful operation that was carried out on saturday but in what might prove to be the first split in the coalition we've heard president obama repeatedly saying that he won't be sending ground troops but chancellor george osborne here in the u.k. has said. they're not planning to send ground troops at the moment so it remains to be seen what comes of that other cracks of course we've already heard that the arab league which supported a no fly zone is now coming out and saying that it's already displeased that this is not in a flight and in fact this is a bombardment of civilians. there is certainly a fear here in the u.k. that this is just the beginning of this intervention and again there will be an antiwar demonstration here in london outside downing street on sunday afternoon so people are certainly coming out and saying that they're worried about this all right argues laura and live for us in london thanks for that report. moscow has called on coalition forces to refrain from using indiscriminate force in libya

we've got more on the reaction from moscow from marcie's peter all of her live outside the foreign ministry. hello peter so tell us more about this statement from the foreign ministry. well the latest statement it's be released by the russian foreign ministry the ministry says that it's unacceptable for military force to be used for anything other than the protection of civilians in libya they also called them what they see is the indiscriminate use of force by coalition we can now hear part of the statements. we strongly call on the relevant states to stop the indiscriminate use of force we believe it is unacceptable to use the mandate laid out in resolution one hundred seventy three by the security council the passing of which was rather ambiguous. which are obviously beyond its provisions to protect the peaceful population.

well the stamen continued to say that the foreign ministry here in moscow has received reports that dozens of civilians were killed in schools wounded in those attacks from the and from boats from ships stationed in the mediterranean they also said that they've received information that no military targets have been hit in these attacks on sunday night these include a medical facility as well as roads and bridges now russia has been against the use of force by foreign powers in in the libya situation is repeatedly called for dialogue and not military intervention no early on on sunday they released a statement saying that they deeply regretted the use of force by the foreign policy against libya. the russian foreign minister is on a visit to north africa how long a shadow will be will libya and the situation there cast over the talks. that's

right circular for all of the russian foreign minister is in the region at the moment this is part of a a double headed visits to to two of libya is very close neighbors to egypt and then to algeria well of course the it's inevitable that the situation in libya will play a part in not miss the love of all was initially in those two countries to discuss bilateral trade and other talks between russia and egypt and algeria course the with them bordering libya the situation in that country will be watched very very closely and inevitably as they say play a part in visits to those two countries all right our computer our live for us outside the foreign ministry thanks for that update. u.s. cruise missiles are at the leading edge of coalition operations in libya despite president obama promising america's role would be limited he also promised no u.s. ground forces will be will be deployed though some are already pointing to

similarities with the invasion of iraq in two thousand and three for more on this we turn to our he's got a live for us in washington today so the nation is exhausted by two major military and military campaigns one iraq iran afghanistan now the possibility of a third major military interaction by the u.s. how are people reacting to that possibility. well if you want your merican television you get the impression that america's involvement is a really good thing and that there was no other option but intervention but if you look at the polls the majority of americans of polls the u.s. involvement in the intervention fox news sixty five percent they're already unhappy that their government is spending their tax dollars in inconclusive wars in iraq and afghanistan and adding one more hot spot is the last thing they want to fishel here promise it's going to be a fast war obama said that there will be no u.s. troops on the ground could happen military is no match for the capabilities of the

coalition forces it could just hours to cripple his air defense u.s. has launched missiles from its war ships and submarines in the mediterranean targeting added his air defense systems and clearing the sky to make sure khadafi is not able to shoot down any planes that the coalition forces earlier french warplanes had carried out conducting ground forces there have been reports of civilian casualties there by those attacks there are lots of questions as to how long the operation is going to last also as to the limits of the intervention will be will it be enough for the coalition forces to just bizarre him could alfy or will they go beyond that call and what will be the outcome those are the questions everybody is asking and the wording of the you like resolution that was passed on thursday is basically all inclusive of occupation the official purpose of the intervention is protecting civilians from khadafi attacks but what everybody is talking about is shooting down throughout these five bombers and attacking other military assets is one thing it was authorized by the resolution but arming the

rebels for example is something very different egyptian military began shipping arms over the border to levy levels and egypt's military knows very much influenced by launching so it's not just of the qaddafi army vs evolution forces but if your is that it's going to turn into a full fledged civil war and that these arms supplies can further inflame the situation is. arming the other side of a conflict usually result in more deaths and destruction. washington is currently leading the campaign are they going to stay in this role. well the u.s. was very careful not to appear as the driving force behind the military actions also the fact that he president obama did not interrupt his latin america his trip to latin america also kind of indicates that he doesn't want to be seen as the nanny in chief of this whole thing and to paris and this meeting of the leaders of the coalition forces on saturday he said hillary clinton did not call himself although all the other members of the group you can see on a photo op where heads of state because the moment he would appear in that picture

it would be clear what kind of a coalition that is so it was a very calculated decision what they also stressed again and again is that it's not just western powers going to war in libya but that they have the support of the arab league as well but it was we just heard at the head of the arab league criticized the international strikes because they will civilians they say the military operate our operations have gone beyond what the arab league backed what happened differs from the no fly zone objectives and they're also saying saying what we want is civilians protection not civilian deaths so you actually before. oath or western powerful coalition forces it was really very important very much in arab countries assistance so that it doesn't appear as if it's just the west cracking down on yet another arab nation but with this criticism coming from the arab league it's really kind of how it would be quite difficult to count on the arab league's further support charge he's going to cheat on live for

us in washington thanks for that update. the coalition decision to take military action in a live news being made under the premise of a humanitarian mission globalization analyst and skeptic michel chossudovsky says the use of heavy artillery suggests a different agenda. it has no humanitarian operation it is dead police all what you were seeing was military material and just say that this is to save the lives of civilians since when do these fighter bombers and save the lives of civilians. which. jets of publishing change this impulse was no mention of the security council resolution prime minister. and i'm following the canadian responses has stated that the objective of this operation is to unseat

capacity. so that the whole humanitarian underpinnings of this war becoming entirely clear aspect is that in fact this military coalition is already imply awaited. the resolution which they themselves have holes . will international community article nineteen zero zero zero zero the resolution of the united nations security council resolution says to which it involved go on all weapons on to. libya but in fact what are they doing then bringing in weapons and because they're supplying the opposition forces with weapons truthfully of this war is horrible. for. united states canada over there with the intent of the interests of corporate or the oil corporations and the extension of the influence. to into africa this is not

a humanitarian operation it is a war of conquest and it will have devastating consequences or not only our own all the people of libya but most generally. so here's a reminder of the latest developments in libya washington says u.s. and allied forces have effectively established a no fly zone over the country harping the advance of moammar gadhafi troops against rebels in benghazi the u.s. france and britain targeted the libyan leader's forces with airstrikes and dozens of cruise missiles the operation followed a summit in paris where twenty two nations agreed to do everything necessary. to un security council resolution demanding a cease fire in libya and would turn a long war against the international coalition has now promised to all of these people by opening up weapons depots libyan t.v. paid to the armed forces command say forty eight people have been killed one hundred fifty wounded in the allied assault campaign marks the biggest military

intervention in the arab world since the invasion in iraq eight years ago. say up to date with events unfolding in libya on our twitter feed and facebook pages check our regular updates and links to all the latest videos. but. is he. the official ulti allocation. called touch from the top story. on the go. below. all keys mine old goals.

and r.s.s. feeds now in the palm of your. call to japan at the fukushima nuclear plant crews have managed to attach power cables to two of the damage reactors it could be an important breakthrough and efforts to prevent a catastrophe and tsunami have facility archy's ivor bennett has the latest. even though they have attached power cables to two reactors reactors one and two there's no guarantee because systems will actually work because they feel the electronics inside those cooling ponds may have been damaged in the earth and are all the in sealing explosions at those reactors and so what they're doing is not just turning on extra t. just yet because they feel if they do it could mouth unction even more in the plants and they say living very wary of for starting a power suppose because they really need those pumps to work and that's the only realistic way they're going to get the situation under control and the temperatures

inside the reactors down what they're doing in the meantime they're still spraying water into the reactors so go by the department for thirteen hours two thousand tons of water into reactor number three but there's only so much that can do because already this evening we've heard that pressure inside reactor number three is increasing again so they're going to have to vent it which means a controlled release of steam but with that release of steam escape or radiate radioactive substances as well now as for the radiation in the regions around we now know that there have been traces the radioactive substances radioactive iodine in fact found in the water systems in a five neighboring prefectures including in tokyo even says traces of radioactive iodine it's not considered harmful if ingested just yet but what's more wiring is that it's there it wasn't there before this disaster happened in focus shima the radiation levels inside the water are considered to be harmful what's more it's also spread to food products from the region to taiwan it's just reported that some

imported farther beans from japan do contain trace the radiation as well so it's a bit of a wiring development there and the anxiety now is regarding this radiation is now spreading to anger on the streets because today five hundred and two nuclear protesters joined the demonstration and your antiwar demonstrations in tokyo demonstrating against new. they're holding blackguards calling for the end of nuclear power in japan they're unlikely to have that demand met at the fukushima plant once the situation is under control certainly nikos because it's been rendered useless now following you said the string of what's inside the reactor it's it's a rescue operation is still ongoing but it's more of a salvage operation a search operation now because they know obviously the chances of finding people alive are pretty slim that's a nine days since the earthquake and tsunami struck how they said though they've had boats being dumped a miracle today an eight year old woman and

a sixteen year old boy were found a lie amongst the rubble in a town in the reality three picture called ishinomaki which was one of the worst hit areas so at least two people have been found alive in camp a miracle because normally with these sort of things the search and rescue operations following natural disasters like this incident after seven stew hours pretty unlikely to find the life five percent survival rate after ninety six hours he's able survive for more than double that amount and that was even unseasonably wintry conditions and he said that though the death toll has been steadily rising it's now eight thousand one hundred thirty three and the number of missing is still over twelve thousand why did your pound failed to predict the sheer size of the most powerful earthquake in its history before it happened already as you're going to or gotten from the physics of the earth institute. so who are several negative fighters co-incided first the japanese are perhaps best equipped

in the world against earthquakes is their living on a continuous seismic. they predicted an earthquake with nobody expected a magnitude of nine which is unique normally magnitude eight is poor caused the difference between eight and nine is a logarithmic scale each digit increment means a ten time increase of energy so nature played a mean joke with them before the eleventh march quake a quake on the ninth of march in the same zone was considerably weaker only seven point seven which is still big. they decided the forecast had been fulfilled and they relaxed a much stronger quake occurred soon afterwards. find out what other devastating surprises nature could have it had had in store and for the years ahead the full interview with if any were goshen coming up in a few minutes stay with us here on r.t. .

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