no discipline the entire truth wins if you tell me touch your group the future a good girl would international flood achieve every green laurel for chill in tulsa . tonight on r t the arab league who criticizes strikes in libya as a multinational coalition launches an aerial offensive against gadhafi forces with doesn't support appear. as the international community steps up efforts to stop code government forces the libyan leader is handing out weapons achieve his nation to defend itself and i mean the capital city of tripoli join me in a few moments from all. moscow calls for an end to what it terms an indiscriminate use of force by foreign powers in libya and calls for military action to remain within the parameters of the u.n. resolution. meantime america says its role in the military intervention in libya

will be limited but that's not stop comparisons to the beginning of the two thousand and three iraqi invasion. polls show the majority of americans opposed the u. i think the intervention for more on this join me down in just a few minutes. hello this is r.t. it's eight pm sunday night here in moscow my name is kevin zero in on the top story this hour the arab league criticized international strikes against targets in libya following reports of thousands of civilian deaths the organization was key to gaining international support for the u.n. back no fly zone but now says the military action is gone too far america's says u.s. and allied forces have no hold had an offensive by colonel gadhafi forces against rebels in benghazi but fighting still being reported elsewhere paulus has the

latest from the capital tripoli. we don't there are reports of new airstrikes that are being carried out on the ground we also hear reports of military planes all being loaded with weapons at american bases in used to be and that british planes are on their way to libya now the american army has come through and that it dropped some forty conventional bombs from the two stealth bombers not yet clear what was the exact target of those bombs but certainly amongst there was libyan air fields we're also being told that wasted the coniston satellites off firmly 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 stated 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 an attempt 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 its focus at the moment is to completely destroy all seriousness 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 there on the ground ok the plash as 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 and it's impossible for us to independently verify this we've been trying to reach the city people moving to tweet 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 a massacre was on the go the government's tanks are in the santa of the town and that they completely demolishing it we're 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. and fifty people remain injured some of the questions that are being asked here on the ground a 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 civilian deaths how many more people are going to have to die before the situation here comes to an end gadhafi spoke for about fifteen minutes it wasn't actually his face that we saw but rather the image of a gold dust that was crushing an american fighter jets his tone was incredibly defiant incredibly angry he urged the libyans to defend themselves and the understanding that he will be opening way 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 said that this was an act of terrorism to quote him he said we will not believe we will stay and never ate our country now we're also hearing from the taliban as can be expected 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 about his policy there will moscow's called on coalition forces to refrain from using indiscriminate force in libya marti's paid while he was outside russia's foreign ministries group with. the latest statement that's being released by the russian foreign ministry the ministry says that it's probably acceptable for military force to be used for anything other than the protection of civilians in libya they also called them and what they see is the indiscriminate use of force by the coalition there we can now hear part of that foreign ministry statement. 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 nine hundred seventy three by the security council a passing of which was rather ambiguous two purposes which are obviously beyond its

provisions which were to protect the peaceful population all the same in continue 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 air 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 saturday 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 circular for all of the russian foreign minister is in the region at the moment this is part of a double headed business to do two of libya's 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 mr love at all was initially in those two countries to discuss bilateral trade and other talks between russia and egypt and algeria because 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 this the visits of those two countries peter all of a u.s. cruise missiles are at the leading edge of the offensive in libya despite president obama promising america's role will be limited he also promised no u.s. ground forces will be deployed though some are already pointing similarities with the invasion of iraq in two thousand and three delegates you can as the latest from washington. if you want your american 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 convention 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 professionals here promise it's going to be a fast war and obama said that there will be no u.s. troops on the ground productions military is no match for the capabilities of the coalition forces it took just hours to cripple his air defenses u.s. has launched missiles from east war ships and submarines in the mediterranean targeting add his air defense systems and clearing the sky to make sure khadafi is not able to shoot down any planes of the coalition forces earlier french warplanes that carried out 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 be or will they go beyond that call and what will be the outcome those are the questions everybody is asking the wording of

the u.n. resolution that was passed on thursday is basically all inclusive short of occupation the official purpose of the intervention is protecting civilians from conduct these attacks but what everybody's talking about is the shooting down to the side of 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 egypt's military began shipping arms over the border to lead in rebels and egypt's military knows very much influenced by washington so it's not just by the gadhafi army versus coalition forces but the fear is that it's going to turn into a full fledged civil war and that these arms supplies could even further inflame the situation history shows that. the other side of a conflict usually results in more deaths and destruction the u.s. is very careful not to. well here is the driving force behind the military actions also the fact that president obama did not interrupt his trip to latin america also kind of indicates that he doesn't want to be seen as the nanny in chief of this but we think the leaders of the coalition forces stress again and again is that it's not just western powers going to war in the lead up like that they have the support

of the arab league as well but it was you just heard at the head of the arab league criticized the international strikes because racial feelings they say the military operate our pollutions have gone beyond what the arab league backed what happened differs from the no fly zone objectives and or they're also as they're saying what we want is civilians protection not civilian gets and so you actually before. for western powers for coalition forces it was really very important they wanted very much 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 early belief it would be difficult to count on the arab league further support as a correspondent in washington guardian should should dr who is a political analyst thanks to him and in the u.s. one spring where there's good stuff in the programs and i wouldn't really want to

get your take on it's some stock of the situation tonight as you saw it the arab league says that the military campaign of libya is now gone beyond what causing civilian casualties do you think that coalition forces will tell you this is them and review the operation. i doubted the last hour of callers and you know the arab league is that it is not very credible for decades that they represent that spots arab governments so their words it's not really worth a lot among the arab and you bill is maybe worth a lot in the un and the western powers but not in the arab streets however a has a credibility within the egyptian people as you know is a presidential candidate for the presidency of egypt and his comments should be taken very seriously because he said they are going way beyond that nine hundred seventy three un resolution i agree with the statement go way beyond the one thousand seven hundred thirty you and ur situation but of course the other side of

this nato is already fighting a war in afghanistan the americans also tied up in iraq still is an economic hardship in europe from the us from the coalition forces actually afford to be involved in another conflict if this drags on well obviously there they have decided they don't afford it and the consequences that would be another of the large stress on the us economy definitely and the western economy how long that will go on as you know it's really difficult but there that will determine whether they can afford it probably does the reason why president obama says this is going to be days rather than weeks and months so i am very concerned that this will last much longer than the white house is portraying for idea of reason because they have to now merge together then we can change when they say

he has to leave and the limited you have a resolution where it clearly states what the actual of this if you have forces an occupational force that will get their fee is vowing a long war in libya how do you think it will play out. it's very difficult really to predict we have to wait and see in days and weeks. because it will depend depend on what extent gadhafi will go or in his war with the u.n. resolution and the western powers who are supporting it and how much of the rebels will be able to move forward because it really the whole of the u.n. resolution and the western powers is for the rebels to take on and the pose in all or part of his medical you would turn on him and because of that doesn't happen short of that i think the war was likely no one can predict hundred percent it will last much longer than

a few days or few weeks the coalition of course keeps saying it wants the libyan people to decide their own future show though can they be tonight that the majority of libyans do want gadhafi out isn't there a danger if i go again like this they'll turn some of the libyans back into power fees favor. i think you're right that this is the risk they have taken that is when there is foreign intervention people normally everywhere in the world they sort of gather in support of their own government is bearing down on bell but rather than somebody from the outside so that is that it is their daily that we have to remember. is that. as killed many of his people and has squandered its economy so he is not an angel it's a lot hanging fruit and that's why the western bars. were encouraged to have to. go into military intervention and it's really unfortunate i have

written many times against military intervention because the consequences. and destroying the infrastructure of any country is there a worry as well that what we're seeing here taking everything you said before about the cost of it the timing of it all the huge negative implications of it all but is there is there a lot of that this could be duplicated in other i'm thinking boil rich countries. i doubt it has a mouth but i think the current policy especially the u.s. policy is to accommodate the bahrain understood the yemenis if you wish if there is not a part of going and saving the people of bahrain and yemen and saudi arabia from there on does part as you as you well know these countries it does parts are no less evil than could obviously be doing ok i'm sure modocs political analyst based in maryland in the u.s. like something on the i'm just much appreciated thank you for having well british forces join the action in libya too from the very beginning it's submarines and

fighter jets carried out multiple air strikes against gadhafi forces our correspondent covering that angle to the story lore and that reports next on what the u.k. public think about being involved in yet another conflict. what we heard before this started and what has actually happened now there's quite a big difference both in what's actually happened and in in the perception of a no fly zone sounds to your mind on the street like a relative you know you key thing it just sounds like people won't be allowed to take the take of things but of course i think what people didn't fully understand was that in order to stop it out these planes taking off one would 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 from the u.s. have dropped. 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 going from the sky from

tornado jets which was flown all the way from the u.k. people are staying on the street why are we going to libya when we're not going to other places that are seeing large scale civilian casualties caused by governments and 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. and there are 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 heard 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 and yes you know the war seemingly at the heart even after defense cuts have been

made in the u.k. william hague the foreign minister has come out and said that there will still be a will still have the fourth largest military capability in the world and the british people are also worried about what's become known as mission creep happen. in iraq it happened in afghanistan two wars in which british troops were involved over a long period of time and again it was agreed that what would happen was that it would go in to establish stability and to ensure the equal distribution of power and arguably that hasn't happened yet in either of those countries there will be an anti war demonstration here in london outside downing street so there is definitely a worry that we will go to libya and start military intervention i'm just not not be able to leave for a period of years there is certainly a fear here in the u.k. that this is just the beginning of this intervention. the main members of the coalition acting in libya and maybe nato members but the alliances so it is not officially involved as yet europe correspondent daniel bushels in brussels for us

where nato has meeting to decide what its role will be. we're in day two off two of the nato meeting here in brussels and the first decision yesterday made was to enforce a 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 group begin because of course colonel gadhafi does not have to just use he can also use ground troops and risk escalation. that is really all fronts something that really american with this iraq experience doesn't want to get into and only now are they discussing about putting humanitarian issues first of course this was the key idea behind the u.n. resolution authorizing a 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 will 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 on both sides as the e.u. sides come together italy is offering its air bases other countries local gym here neverland's and norway all 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 it's just the germany won't be sending any forces but you get a sign here of the growing voids within the european community over this military intervention. authorities don't know bushell europe correspondent in brussels a reminder one of the latest developments in libya today washington saying u.s. and allied forces affectively established a no fly zone over libya it's also claiming the offensive by come with the duffys troops against rebels in benghazi has been halted however fighting is reportedly

continuing around other cities in the country the u.s. france and britain targeted the libyan leader from the skies and was ships stationed in the mediterranean the operation from a summit in paris where twenty two nations agreed to quote do everything necessary to make a daffy respect the u.n. security council resolution demanding a cease fire in libya gadhafi is already valid however a long war against the international coalition libyan officials say at least sixty four people have been killed and a hundred and fifty wounded in the allied themselves of russia in the arab league have criticized international strikes on libya they cause civilian deaths. to step they were the latest events unfolding in libya on our twitter and facebook pages you can check out our regular updates too and links to all the latest videos there .

there's a look now an update of souls another big ongoing story in japan and that the fukushima nuclear plant crews they have managed to attach power cables they say to two of the damaged reactors it could be an important breakthrough in efforts to prevent a catastrophe at the tsunami facility either bennett's got the latest. even though they have attached power cables to to reactors reactors one and two there's no guarantee the cooling systems will actually work because they fear the electronics inside those cooling ponds and they have been damaged in the earth and all the ensuing explosions at those reactors and so what they're doing is not just turning on edge kristie just yet because they feel if they do it could mouth function even

more in the pumps and they sell it in very wary before starting a power to those plants because they really need those comes 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 good by the parliament for thirteen hours straight two thousand tons of water into reaction number three but there's only so much that can do because already this evening we've heard that the pressure inside the reaction of the three is increasing again so the going to have to vent it which means a controlled release of steam but with that release of steam is the escape or radiate radioactive substances as well now as for the radiation in the regions around fukushima we now know that there have been traces of radioactive substances radioactive iodine that found in the water systems in a navy five neighboring creeper just including in tokyo even says traces of radioactive iodine it's not considered harmful if ingested just yet that was all

wiring is that it's a day wasn't there before this disaster happened in fukushima there are a nation levels inside the water are considered to be harmful what's more it's also spread to food products from the region back to taiwan has 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 that the anxiety now is regarding this radiation is now spreading to anger on the streets because today five hundred anti nuclear protesters joined demonstration and your antiwar demonstrations in tokyo demonstrating against you. beholding blackguards calling for the end of nuclear power in japan they're unlikely to have that among many but the fukushima plant is the situation is under control certainly nikos because it's been rendered useless now following the news that the spring of water inside the reactor and since rescue operation is still ongoing but it's more of a salvage operation a search operation now because they don't know what's the chances of finding people

alive are pretty slim ninety nine days since the earthquake and tsunami struck how he said they had what's being dubbed a miracle today an eighty year old woman and a sixteen year old boy were found alive in months the rubble in a town in the riyadh prefecture called ishinomaki which was one of the worst hit areas at least two people have been found alive in that engulfed the miracle because not only were these sort of things the search and rescue operations following natural disasters like earth both this incident of the seventy two hours pretty unlikely to find people alive five percent survival rate up to ninety six hours these people survived 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 i have a better there our correspondent on the scene of carnage to bring us all the latest updates from the very sense of where it's happening we've got more from him later

but your questions also being asked why did japan failed to predict the sheer size of the most powerful earthquake in its history before it happened while we are still getting an organization from the thirty six from the physics of the earth institute that's what is called and here's the man. so who are the several negative fighters co insiders first the japanese or perhaps best equipped in the world against earthquakes they're living on a continuous seismic hotbed when they predicted an earthquake with nobody expected the magnitude and nine which is unique normally nightly to the ages workers to the difference between eight and nine is a lot rhythmic scale each digit increment means a ten time increase of energy so nature played a mean joke with. before the eleventh of 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 to forecast had been fulfilled and

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