sometimes. markets. can only. find out what's really happening to the global economy is because a report on. the u.s. led coalition against colonel gadhafi forces grows pummeling libya with more air strikes and cruise missiles. the head of the arab league rails against international bombardment saying that the problem community is supposed to be protecting civilians and not killing them so let me put a stamp on the capital city of tripoli in just a few moments. international calls against the intervention grow louder russia condemns the use of force in libya reportedly over sixty civilians have been killed by coalition bombs stay with r.t. from our details. washington maintains its intervention will be limited even though

it's behind most to the pedo drop zone maybe it's raising fears that america's got its head in a crevice we have anything consequences from civilians as it did in iraq and afghanistan. also this japanese imports the global cold shoulder and human radiation the world number of dead it dissolves to rises to more than eight thousand. and the un is extending its biggest losses after six verses six months against the dollar after its biggest slide i'm outraged that the business school tell you what the g seven may do to cool down japan's volatile currency. world news and much more this is our table straight to develop. in libya now u.s.

support and france are pressing ahead with their campaign of air attacks on libya where it's thought sixty four people have been killed during the bombardment the latest missile strike has destroyed colonel gadhafi its command center in tripoli with let's cross live now to the capital artie's paula sneer is there for the poor the fire launched from tripoli throughout the night one of the libyans waking up to this morning. well in the last few moments we've just heard reports of new air assaults but those reports are sketchy at the moment not more information other than that coming through we are hearing from the pentagon that it is extremely satisfied with the way this operation is so far being conducted it says that gadhafi is increasingly under stress that they have managed to isolate and scatter his forces we're also hearing that washington in a matter of just days will be ready to relinquish control of this whole operation over now the last few hours have been relatively quiet here in the capital city of tripoli the situation remains incredibly tense people are certainly incredibly

frightened at around midnight local time there was a whole scattering of fire in the sky in part this was because of empty aircraft fire that was being fired from libyan forces and also now we receiving confirmation that a missile hit he could africom can of what we're hearing from allied forces is that it struck the control and control control income on building all of his operations we are hearing that gadhafi was not inside his compound at the time in fact it's very unclear where he years ever since these operations began on saturday he has not been seen which is a little bit out of character because previously he was appearing almost daily are libyan state television giving addresses he's still giving reza dresses but now it he's using the symbol of a gold first smashing an american fighter jet so no doubt he is afraid of actually getting people know his precise location we are also hearing that at no civilians at least at this moment there is no confirmation that civilians were killed in that strike now the british ministry has confirmed that it did send its planes over

tripoli in the last few hours it says however it got into cations that there were civilians on the ground and that is why did not carry out any is strikes of its own . in the arab league which initially gets back into the campaign is now condemning the report to the civilian killings always seeing international position against this. we certainly are seeing international opposition grow it's not only the arab league. it is now coming out with these conflicting statements that it backs the no fly zone that it doesn't back in the fire zone that it's signed up for the protection of civilians or not for the killing of civilians but we also see in countries like russia china latin america demonstrations happening in those countries are people against this operation you need to remember that it was very important for european powers to get the backing of the arab world the understanding now is that they're backing might only come from the united arab emirates qatar and possibly jordan and that if the backing comes it will be more in a sense of financial aid essentially these countries will be fourteen the bull rather than participating in military strikes and this does raise questions

questions like why are they signing up questions like do they really support the libyan people or is this rather some kind of vendetta against gadhafi what is it even an attempt to get the united states third entrenched in this part of the road people here on the ground to run to the international community to get involved and i'm talking to specifically about the rebel groups the opposition leaders they would much rather have preferred countries like egypt coming to the fore and for this to have been almost like an arab revolution for democracy rather than the intervention of wisdom powers we also understands the arab street he certainly is a clever man in terms of how he portrays himself and he has been portraying himself as the victim of international forces who are off to its oil we know for example that there are very legitimate questions being asked why for example when israel carried out a bombardment of gaza in two thousand and eight and two thousand and nine why when was there not a no fly zone imposed by the international communities are those kind of questions

at the forefront of people's minds and certainly against the backdrop of this growing criticism of this operation. paula libyan military chiefs ordered to cease fire are on sunday leave what are you hearing on the ground from libyans themselves about this announcement. most people here did not really believe the libyan army when it calls for a cease fire there was a cease fire that was announced on saturday and as you saw almost simultaneously there were strikes and and air raids and attacks on the grounds taking place so the announcement on sunday night a spokesperson for the libyan army that there would be an immediate cease fire is certainly being greeted with a lot of skepticism on the ground the rebels themselves simply do not believe it the international community has yet to respond but it is important though to say that the gadhafi regime is still sticking by its earlier argument and that is that it is it here into a cease fire but that it is the rebels at all the ones that are provoking them it is the rebels that are on the offensive and they are the ones who are breaking it we are hearing from opposition fighters that as many as eight thousand of these men

have been killed in more than a month of clashes this is the first indication we're getting of some kind of figures in terms of how many people have been killed in this conflict the international community is a pains to say that its intention is really to stop the fighting to stop the killing of civilians and that it's not really at this stage trying to get gadhafi out of power but the criticism against that is well they might strike at his compound and the second criticism is also well if you do not get the man to step down this kind of him paul saying the situation on the ground could continue for weeks if not months. there in tripoli thank you. but experts are already drawing parallels between the being the air strikes of other us no good relations in the balkans iraq and afghanistan the fear is that it's going to take a severe loss of innocent lives because experts. such missions usually rational civilian interests. but they only justify themselves in terms of their

ability to achieve the aims of the intervenors which are always to teach it designs of position themselves into occupation positions in strategically vital areas of the world so in terms of how they benefit the local population the answer is not at all in fact they're always very negative in one nine hundred ninety nine still a fake state of desperate poverty and desperate crime in all that entire area iraq we know another nightmare we should remember that the resolution calls for dialogue i it requires two sides both to be around in order to engage in that dialogue so it shouldn't be about getting rid of colonel gadhafi we needed dialogue we needed ceasefire we've got bombs instead the bombs are not necessary for the peace what we need is a cease fire for the peace and that really should be the aim of the mission to the extent that it is not the end of the mission the mission has now become compromised and should be stopped as soon as possible. moscow is condemning the international

coalition air strikes in libya and wants western troops to stop what it calls the indiscriminate use of force. until swat teams coach who is outside russia's foreign ministry force now well now we're hearing of heavy destruction reported civilian deaths it tell us how russia is responding to the situation. russia itself for its expressed great concern over the polish bombing start taking place in libya saying that i use of force that exalted instability in jets is unacceptable state by the russian foreign affairs ministry is basically playing damned himself or simply be at the coalition bombings that have so far in the lives of at least sixty civilians of course if these strikes teemu that number is expected to rise russia and many of its allies in europe and around the world acceptable saying that the u.n.

resolution one thousand and seventy. three spoke over the establishing a no fly zone that was supposed to guarantee civilian security not endanger their lives any further. russia's foreign minister is in north africa right now are already marking for him or calls for cold. indeed wilsonville of both is in egypt right now he is of course expected to meet with the and interim president the leader of the egyptian opposition because of the arab support the former head of the international atomic energy agency and many are there are officials is of course expected to discuss the ongoing conflict in libya egypt has always maintained that the the position that the current runs like in libya is a libya's business and of course that of the coalition forces have no right to our carry out strikes that will endanger the civilian population the russian foreign affairs minister will also meet with the secretary general of the arab league which

is also expressing a very strong positions on the current and recent coalition bombings in libya of course the arab league additionally supported the establishment of the no fly zone over libya laws have since changed their position seeing the numbers of casual civilian casualties escalate the arab leader a percentage of so have said the establishment of a no fly zone was aimed primarily of course at saving civilian lives had guaranteeing them some security this is in the odd what is happening in libya right now so they're not satisfied many of them have already said that they were led to the other that they were led to believe that the resolution was aimed at guaranteeing some sort of stability in the country while many of course believe that the current intervention will not only get to establish libya and aggravate

the cause. further but that destabilization may have spread to the entire north african region so the question of the libyan conflict and the prospects and the consequences of all that the u.s. and european intervention will definitely be on severe overall suggest during his time in egypt and in algeria. from the thank you. of the u.s. is at the forefront of the strikes on that here at the way some of its heaviest firepower against gadhafi as we've seen that's inspired washington insisting for days that the u.s. would merely play a supporting role but he's got the attention karen says there's more to come. the pentagon says they do not rule out more strikes quote if and when the need arises if you watch 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 intervention fox news gives sixty five percent they're already on happy that their government is spending tax dollars on inconclusive wars in iraq and afghanistan and adding one more hot spot is the last thing they want is this saturday the u.s. shot seventy five million dollars worth of missiles on kick out easier defenses officials though have promised that it's going to be a fast war obama said that there will be no u.s. troops on the ground but as of now we know that the u.s. contribution in the strikes substantially outweighs all of the coalition forces combined so it's really a hard task to create a period not being the leading force also the fact that president obama did not interrupt his troop collect america it's also kind of an indication that he doesn't want to be seen as the man in chief all this thing is so it was a very calculated decision you can say speaking of the goals of the intervention in

libya as we know is to protect civilians that is the justification but critics say we have to be careful with the official reasoning behind military campaigns and really question more the u.s. for example has a track record of starting military campaigns on false grounds it years after the beginning of the war in iraq we're getting more evidence of lies told by u.s. officials to justify their invasion of the country take a look at this report. airstrikes and levy on a humanitarian act to protect civilians from a dangerous dictator that's the reason given by the u.s. and its allies for their latest military for e. but when it comes to justifying its wars america has become the nation that cried wolf especially now when one of the key sources use the head of the two thousand and three iraq invasion has admitted he lied but i just wanted to do something for my country so i'm satisfied there is no to each other anymore if i just i would do the same thing again i have no regrets rafique i don't want to be

a curveball was seeking asylum in germany back in two thousand he told german intelligence that saddam hussein had biological weapons mounted on trucks they didn't believe him and when u.s. intelligence requested his testimony before attacking iraq germany told them he was unreliable but that didn't stop top u.s. officials building their case using him and no intelligence of their own we're giving you our faction conclusions based on solid intelligence a lot of the so-called solid sources was an al qaida suspect who lied under torture to cia allies in egypt about said am's ties with terrorists the other was curveball even now despite all the evidence of lies and deception key players in the bush administration are still in denial about their role in the events saying they were not sufficiently informed i don't know if there would have been a different level the in

a scene that for you they tell you anything. you corvair no i don't know where you not only e-mail list today in their memoirs both collin powell the secretary of state back then and donald rumsfeld the defense secretary effectively dock responsibility and point the blame finger at others mainly the cia specifically george tenet head of the sea. at the time he said it was there and it wasn't and they believed him because they wanted to invade iraq and colin powell was digging for information at cia headquarters in langley across the river digging for it because it wasn't there he was trying to come up with something because he couldn't find it even after this latest revelation about curveballs lies many western media outlets put the following strain on the story u.s. officials they did not lie they were duped but it really reveals here is actually contrary to the headline that we saw from the guardian which was that the americans

were duped somehow by his story and that really isn't a very accurate telling of what happened in that really the cia wanted to do if you want to use that word at all but really they were looking for an excuse they found one the man who presented the case for war before the u.n. security council now says he was misled not that he was part of an orchestrated plan to build a case for war no matter the evidence i believe a lot of people followed orders. very likely knowing that what they were doing was wrong. they wanted to be. they like the power of washington. the big fat salary after eight years of embarrassing revelations still no u.s. official has admitted lying most of those who took part in building the case with the iraq war out of lies are now off the hook touring the country with their

memoirs and saying they were given let me ask whether their exoneration and despite public acceptance speech it bad last. summer. to get reporting from washington. but was turned into developments in japan they're aware it's now thought eight hundred thousand people have perished in the earthquake and tsunami disaster many more still missing on the world bank predicts it will take five years for japan to recover from the devastation without the fema nuclear plant in the north workers are trying to get power back to the remaining reactors and so it is needed to get the cooling systems back on the line to avoid a nuclear meltdown radiation levels have risen in tokyo and false claim the north com for television has also been on the son who put up signs wires or three infants . shawls or something like this to explains it sort of leading people to think

twice before buying that news conference. as japan works overtime to avert a nuclear meltdown is another crisis in the making maybe maybe think twice second thoughts born of paranoia that radioactive remnants may reach far beyond japan's borders our worry about the seafood maybe the seafood is safe and radiation pollen in the water out what i want everywhere wary of that firewall it's the fear of japanese imports going all the way to the top u.s. regulators have said they will increase screenings of food coming in from the embattled asian nation the european union has warned members to do the same and italy was the first e.u. nation to ban food imports from japan all together in the wake of the nuclear scare it's fueling suspicion that the sides the quake the tsunami and the nuclear crisis japan will soon have to deal with another problem becoming a trade pariah like we will for reasons that may not be entirely

radioactive countries all over the world in tough economic problems in the store looking for ways to subsidize their producers their workers and so an incident like the one unfolding in japan gives them quite a good reason to do something with a different looking to do anyway this is bad for trade made worse for the country itself if made in japan comes to mean made a new nuclear wasteland to consumers in countries like the u.s. where you are in times square and i want you to come down here because it is where the rubber meets the road as far as advertising in this country and you can really see the brands that play a major role in the united states i wanted to see how many of them were japanese now take on what this center opposed to advertising from top to bottom you can see so many c.d.k. so she was all japanese corporations playing a major role in the u.s. i noticed even our camera and my my clip or my microphone are making factor by sony

and with the nuclear disaster there is no tell. what that's called will be on but the manufacturing of companies like this also their brand presence in countries like the u.s. and this data they made in japan label would be concerned about like televisions components that might carry the radio active materials. and japan's economy will feel it for a long time to if trade suffers a major blow and this is dragged down already near zero growth rate in chicago if it does that it's going to have bigger effects internal to japan globally and we don't know exactly what those are but they're potentially quite significant significant because in a global economy which made in japan matters for everyone many of the world's cell phones laptops in cars rely on a poxy computer chips or auto parts from the country stoppages in manufacturing and trade consent shock waves through the system likely farther reaching than the

radiation itself lauren mr r.t. new york. but you put a lot of top stories by linking thoughts he's twitter and facebook feeds president unfolding libya and japan our correspondents are there in the president's stay updated us what do you think we're going to find this on twitter by searching for politics on the school. let's check on some other world news. overwhelming majority of egyptians are voting for a constitutional train sure you can the poster any part of venture the actions changes include limiting presidential terms of plotting to tear the government turned that saturday's referendum was the first real actually it takes more than half a century opponents said the vote was rushed into time for parties to humanize themselves . crashes harder erupted between kurdish protesters and riot police during the festival of east and turtle stones were voted on and since it was spun once i've

heard of tear gas it came during a persian celebration tomorrow start of spring with us used by kurds to call for the release of a separatist leader who brings his often include about it since a ban was lifted on holding the rest of the six years ago. yemen's president has sacked as entire cabinet it's a neighbor announcing a political revolt in the wake of this crackdown on anti-government protesters last friday when all the snipers why don't the crowd killing at least forty four people support continues to rain for the way up to the something we didn't know it was going to find a balance question. and north korea has issued a warning to south korea for apparently getting the u.s. military come close to the door that uses them over provocative acts doing reconnaissance missions and taking photos which it says could trigger a deadly retaliation tensions have been high between the two countries since the

shelling of an island come to the south four months ago. and the trust that will bring in excess water business in just a few minutes stay with us. it is. thanks for staying with us here on r t i match reza with your business blood in japanese yen has extended its losses after its biggest slide in six months against the dollar on friday and as far as the g seven agreement to step into the money markets to try to control japan's a volatile currency it's the first time in a decade the world seven or eight years have jointly intervened in the currency markets yen is currently trading at eighty one per dollar the bank of japan

injected an extra thirty seven billion dollars into the markets on friday to shore up confidence and ensure liquidity analysts expect further intervention. so reason why would it see the dollar again being declining below eighty at exactly to deal with reports ration related fears but again it is not there's a level of the yen which is the size of here is the size of the japanese risk and as long as there's a risk premium remains elevated yield may see for us a intervention in the market my view is the longer term the japanese yen is going to suffer a significantly it is simply dolled to the demographics of its inability to say fed to fund its. twenty three percent of g.d.p. so over the deficit or debt level. pans tragedy is prompting many global analysts to start looking at ways to rely on less on nuclear power to turn to

alternative sources and instead but the head of russia's energy efficiency agency says substitute power methods were not be enough to meet the demand for the repeal of the i think six humans will increase in terms of using nuclear energy when we talk about moving away from the source of energy i can give you one example one study found that if all of you to started using winded engine that wouldn't be enough to retreat to produce the demand of volume in the volumes of alternative sources of energy used we grew in the future but still the leaders in the city. it would be hydrocarbon you cured of course many companies are to schooling eugenics and you could in the genes but this is them only for reasons of safety because of. oil prices are said to rise again after the u.s. led air strikes on libya fuelling concerns about disruptions to supplies brant crude is trading at more than one hundred fifteen dollars per barrel the w t o is around one hundred three dollars per barrel analysts expect an increase in demand for oil as more fuel will be needed for post quake reconstruction in japan. let's

take a look at how the stock markets are performing asian shares are trading in the black monday help down by news that things are getting better with japan's nuclear crisis the hang seng added more than one percent banks and property developers are on the rise despite bank of china's decision to drain more liquidity from the banking system the nikkei is closed for a public holiday. here in russia stock markets finished friday's trading session in a black r.t.s. gained around one per cent in the my six was a half percent higher oil related stocks were leading the upward trend on stronger commodity prices. and the world's third largest miner rio tinto is eyeing a partnership with diamond with russia's diamond producer our rosso to develop large diamond deposits in the north of the country suggestions reported in the financial times this monday reserves are worth roughly twelve billion dollars our rosso has a twenty five percent share in global diamond mining. so the business news for now

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