before it's bush i would print certainly the school individual in touch with if it's only touching the picture a good girl would international flood the cheese every green little for chilled intro who. the u.s. led coalition against colonel gadhafi forces grows pummeling libya with more strikes and cruise missiles. bombs never to death his headquarters in the capital as his supporters lights up the sky with and he caught fire i'm told is there in tripoli it's only in just a few moments from all. international calls against intervention grow louder russia condemns the use of force in libya over sixty people reportedly been killed by coalition bombs that supermarkets. washington maintains its intervention will be limited even though it's behind most of the pain they dropped on libya it's raising fears that america's humanitarian crisis will have legal consequences for civilians

as it did in iraq and afghanistan. also the japanese imports get the global cold shoulder passing fukushima radiation leak. number of dead from the earthquake zones to rises to more than eight thousand. and the g seven moves to stabilize the yen i match reza will have more in our business border. around the world and around the clock this is our team the latest international developments the u.s. britain and france claim they have succeeded in scattering isolating his forces after a weekend of airstrikes and coalition says they have no information to confirm if sixty four people were killed during the bombardment on sunday night colonel

gadhafi his command center and tripled was destroyed during a targeted attack oxys port a sneer is in the capital with more. we are hearing from the pentagon that it is extremely satisfied with the way this operation is so far being conducted its is 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 and around midnight local time there was a whole scattering of fire in the sky in part this is because of anti a car fire that was being fired from the libyan forces and also now with even confirmation that a missile hit the compound and what we're hearing from allied forces is that it struck the control and control control income on building of his operations we are seeing international opposition grow it's not only the arab league that is now

coming out with these conflicting statement that it's signed up for the protection of civilians and after the killing of civilians but we also see in countries like russia china latin america demonstrations happening in those countries with people against this operation you need to remember that was very important for european powers to get the backing of the arab world the understanding now is that their backing might only come from the united arab emirates qatar and possibly jordan and that if that backing comes it will be more in the sense of financial aid essentially these countries will be searching the both 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 injection against gadhafi but is it even an attempt to get the united states further entrenched in this part of the world people here on the ground who want to the international community to get involved and i'm talking his specifically about the rebel groups the opposition leaders they would much rather have preferred countries like china z. and egypt coming to the fore and for this to have been almost like an arab

revolution for democracy rather than the intervention of wisdom towers there are very you just. the questions being asked why for example when it's all carried out of a bad image of a 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 serve me against the backdrop of this growing criticism of this operation most people here do 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 some will tell you see there were strikes and and to raids and attacks on the ground is 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 that the international community has yet to respond but it is important to say that the gadhafi regime is still sticking by its earlier argument and that is that it is it here interests but that it is the rebels that are the ones that are provoking them

it is the rebels they're on the offensive and they are the ones who are breaking it 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 if you do not get the man to step down this kind of impulse a the situation on the ground could continue for weeks if not months. foreign ministers are meeting in brussels to discuss the events in libya. continues. to agree on whether to get involved or europe correspondent. from brussels. well we're now into day three of a two day nato meeting which really tells you everything you need to know that there are growing concerns and divides within nato itself also the e.u. community many of which are participating in this nato led operation we first had

the imposition of a no fly zone which was the original aim which was voted through at the u.n. despite some abstentions from key states and that was to ground colonel gadhafi jets and helicopters then we had the u.s. saying that they. held areas and france is going in very aggressively so we have u.s. military generals boasting about their success is there and that is exposing even more splits within the community here in brussels because you had germany abstaining from the voters of other countries india china russia abstaining from that u.n. vote which was for a no fly zone and now we're talking about going into held areas and only now is nato talking about putting humanitarian issues first which was the key a the whole operation for the world community was have turkey which is a very important arab ally with the european and nato community from getting

increasingly concerned about what is happening in libya the threats of civilian casualties the bombings that are going on there and so we're really seeing here in the increasing problems over the whole operation just outside this building there was an antiwar demonstration yesterday the first signs of public rift within the european community we're expecting them over this week today in various parts of europe in london were expecting this week various demonstrations if this war there were. intervention public demonstrations. that would stop gadhafi bombing civilian casualties now that we see the reality of what is happening there there was talk of a second the rog there are ground forces going to be used which wasn't the intention when the u.n. approved this operation. well moscow is condemning the international coalition air strikes in libya and wants

a western troops to stop what it calls the indiscriminate use of force nazi's over reports from outside russia's foreign ministry. russia has of course expressed grave concern over the polish bombings that are taking place in libya saying that the use of force that has resulted in civilian deaths is unacceptable the state just by the russian foreign affairs ministry has basically condemned the use of force in libya the coalition bombings that have so far claimed the lives of at least sixty civilians of course if these strikes continue that number is expected to rise russia and many of its allies in europe and around the world find unacceptable 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 guards endanger their lives any further else available for it is in egypt right now is of course

expected to meet with the interim president the leader of the egyptian opposition and many are there are the shills use of force expected to discuss the ongoing conflict in libya egypt has always maintained that the position that the courage of slaves in libya is of libya's business and of course that the coalition forces have no right to 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 was the arab league that mission we supported these terrible judgment of the mill fly zone over libya large have since changed their position seeing the numbers of casual civilian casualties escalate the arab leader a percentage of said have said the establishment of

a no fly zone was aimed primarily of course our savings civilian lives had to guarantee them some security this. says him what is happening in libya right now so they are not satisfied many of them have already said that they were led to believe 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 establish libya and aggravate the conflict even further but that destabilization may actually spread to the entire north african region so the question of the libyan conflict and the prospects and the consequences all of the u.s. and european intervention will definitely be on city of ross agenda during his time in egypt and in algeria. where u.s. is at the forefront of the strikes on libya the cloying some of its heaviest

firepower against gadhafi is regime that's a sponsor washington insisting for days or the u.s. would really play a supporting role he's going to chicken 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 unhappy 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 just this saturday the u.s. shot seventy five million dollars worth of missiles and about 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 the appearance of not being the leading force also the fact that president obama did not interrupt his trip to latin america is also kind of an indication that he doesn't want to be seen as the man in chief of all this pain so it was a very calculated decision you could 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 eight 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 a 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 i just wanted to do something for my country so i'm satisfied there is not a teacher there anymore if i must i would do the same thing again i have no regrets rafid ahmed all 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 one of the so-called

solid sources was an al qaida suspect who lie down to 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. new or bad no i don't know were you not on the e-mail list if not 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 of course they were digging for him because it wasn't clear he was trying to come up with something because he couldn't find it even after this latest revelation about curveballs lies and many western media outlets put the following spin on the story u.s. officials that not lie they were duped but it really reveals here is that contrary to the headline that we saw from the guardian which was that the americans were duped somehow by your story and that really isn't a very accurate telling of what happened and 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 too most part of an orchestrated plan to build a case for war no matter the evidence i believe that a lot of people followed orders. very likely

knowing that what they were doing was wrong. but they wanted to be. they like the power of washington the big the big 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. are now off the hook touring the country with their memoirs and saying they were duped and many are asking whether their exoneration and this might probably except to bad last. summer. will turn into developments in japan where we're getting reports that smoke is rising with again the crippled fukushima nuclear power plant a powerful earthquake triggered tsunami damage to its reactors raising fears of

a nuclear meltdown but workers have been trying to get power back to restore the putting systems of government evacuated from the area over twenty one thousand people in the parish from missing devastation. are still expected to rise furthermore the world bank predicts it will take five years for the plan to cover the ocean levels have risen and officials claim they're not harmful contamination has also been found in some food products as well as over radiation spread beyond shores this r.t. is the history of sprains that's leading people to think twice before going for these goods. this is as japan worked 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 how worried about receiving maybe those seeds it is safe and radiation brown and water out what am i want every very wary of them for quite

a while it's the fear of japanese imports going all the way to the top u.s. regulate. 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 altogether in the wake of the nuclear scare it's fueling suspicion that besides the quake the tsunami and the nuclear crisis japan will soon have to deal with another problem becoming a trade pariah likely for reasons that may not be entirely radioactive countries all over the world in tough economic times in the store looking for ways to subsidize their own producers their workers and so an incident like the one unfolding in japan gives them quite a good reason to do something that they may have been looking to do anyway this is bad for trade made worse for the country itself it's made in japan comes to mean

a native new nuclear wasteland to consumers in countries like the u.s. we're here 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 to play a major role in the united states i wanted to see how many of them are japanese now take a look at this center opposed to advertising from top to bottom you can see sony 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 my microphone are making factor by sony and with the nuclear disaster there is no telling what the total be on both the manufacturing of companies like this but also their brand presence in countries like the u.s. and this status of the made in japan label that would be concerned about like televisions the phone and 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 japan if it got. bigger effects internal to japan and globally 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 park the computer chips are auto parts from the country stoppages in manufacturing and trade consent shock waves through the system likely farther reaching in the radiation itself lauren mr r t new york. people in the far east of russia are on high alert over risks of radiation exposure continue across the sea to fend off any. machine that. is in place which will say there is no cause. which is in the region. russia has stepped up

radiation what is soaring and other precautions and it's for regions which are just several hundred kilometers across the sea from japan it's to reassure anxious residents here that be a disaster poses no risks of them at least not for now now russia's atomic energy agency says that even in the worst case scenario if all fuel and all the units because she wanted to melt down sending radiation into the atmosphere that there is no threat full local residents residents in russia for its even so reasonable precautions are being taken local officials are stockpiling relief efforts including respirator masks and other protective equipment also. monitoring stations have been deployed and iraq the city to make sure to keep a constant check on radiation levels. of the imagine says ministry of patrols waters icy waters all the coast of the city are good about stock on

a daily basis their priority at least time of the year is to save fisherman who are highly risk by stepping on. in our case but that's the radiation level spikes around fukushima some additional jews have added to their daily lives that is constant checks of radiation levels or dispel gets tell me what are the readings more zero point zero seven micro sieverts per hour which is much lower than the average for this region. in my transfer our. future by senior new born to be through. nashik what your scientists say this will not be the case here there is new threats out there is nothing to worry about now that people in russia spar is star also reaching out to their neighbors as the level of tragedy the scale of tragedy in japan became clear they've been offering what they can in the last week alone some fifty families volunteered to open their homes to refugees from japan

and on a national level russia has been offering humanitarian aid and rescue workers it is also going to increase fuel supplies as an additional to just rotten to compound the crisis in a country crippled by a tragedy. for all our top stories twitter and facebook feeds presidents unfold in libya and japan or across points of cover as they happen. to tell us what you think . you find us on twitter searching for underscore click. some other world news headlines. and the overwhelming majority of egyptians voted for constitutional train. and problem introductions. into the presidential terms of campari criteria for government candidates saturday's referendum was the first free election victory for centric opponents a vote was rushed. to the north themselves. clashes have

erupted between protesters and riot police yesterday. in southeastern turkey stones we're told the focus is on the. sea and the country separation from the stuff of spirit and it was used by its to police of a separatist leader. so. since a ban was lifted the voting of sixty five. governs president has sacked his entire cabinet. committed to the votes of a fierce crackdown on anti-government protesters last friday noticed snipers why don't the crowds from five people support mr blaney. on a sunday night in behind the front suppression. but not without a tour they dismissed itself a short break to stay with us. thanks

for staying with us here on r t i match reza with your business bulletin a japanese yen is extending losses after its biggest slide in six months against the dollar on friday this follows the g seven agreement to step into the money markets to try and control japan's a volatile currency it's the first time in a decade that the world's seven richest nations have jointly intervene in the currency markets yet is currently trading at nearly eighty one provider bank of japan injected an extra thirty seven billion dollars into the markets friday to shore up confidence and ensure liquidity analysts expect further intervention to follow. the reason why we did see dollar again being declining below a.t.f.

exactly to do with reports ration related to fears but again it is not there is a level of the year which is decisive year it is the size of the japanese risp reveal that as long as there is risk free will remains elevated you may see for us a tension in the market my view is the longer term the deputy's yen is going to suffer a significantly it is simply dollar to the demographics of its inability to say fed to fund its two hundred twenty three percent of g.d.p. so over the deficit or debt level. japan's tragedy is prompting many global analysts to start looking at ways to rely less on nuclear power and turn to alternative sources instead but the head of russia's energy efficiency agency says substitute power methods will not be enough to meet the demand. but i work out of that will always pay what i think six demands will increase in terms of using nuclear energy but we talk about moving away from the source of energy i can give

you one example one study finds that if all of you to start to using wind energy there wouldn't be enough territory to produce the demanded volume in the volumes of alternative sources of energy used we grew in the future but still the leaders in this sector would be hydrocarbon nuclear of course many countries are postponing new projects and nuclear energy but this is done only for reasons of safety because that was the income russia more natural gas to europe pipelines to free up capacity for liquefied natural gas deliveries to japan prime minister vladimir putin has also invited japanese companies don't buy into russia's too rich fields they can buy gas reserves are higher that annual global consumption. and oil prices are following the u.s. led air strikes on libya fueling concerns about just ructions to supply crude is trading at more than one hundred fifteen dollars per barrel around one hundred three dollars a barrel idle is expect an increase in demand for oil as more fuel will be needed

for post reconstruction in japan. precious metals continue their bull run as investors seek a financial safe haven amid higher energy prices gold has climbed for the fourth day in a row to around fourteen hundred dollars an ounce silver extended its biggest gains in two weeks it's now trading at thirty six dollars an ops let's take a look now at how the stock markets are faring asian shares are trading in the black on monday helped on by news that things are getting better with japan's nuclear crisis the hand saying added more than one per cent banks and property developers are on the rise despite bank of china's decision to drain more liquidity from the banking system and u.k. is closed for a public holiday. here in russia the markets have started monday's trading session in the black oil related stocks are leading the upward trend on stronger commodity prices. and it's all the business news for now i'll be back in the next hour with more and you can always find our latest updates at our g. dot com slash business.

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