entropy results just keep you very good at building a magickal her ilk a renaissance hotel ok rules we take to represent your children resources. in israel look she's available in some of the telltale derrius so when her children recently. the u.s. led coalition against colonel gadhafi forces grows pummeling libya was more airstrikes and cruise missiles. bombs leveled a definite headquarters in the capital as you suppose with lines of the sky with unsecured qualify of i'm told is there and certainly join in just a few moments formal. international calls against the intervention are growing louder a russian meanwhile continues to express his concern as the number of civilian casualties on the ground in libya continues to rise. and washington maintains its intervention will be limited even though it's behind most of the payload dropped on

libya it's raising fears that america's humanitarian premise will have legal consequences for civilians as it did in iraq and afghanistan. also this hour japanese imports get a global cold shoulder after the fukushima radiation leak meanwhile the number of dead from the earthquake disaster rises to more than eight pounds and. one welcome to you live from our headquarters here in central moscow you're watching r.t. with me and use in a way it's two pm here in the russian capital one pm in tripoli libya and the u.s. britain and france claim they've succeeded in scattering and isolating more market forces as well as destroying his command center in tripoli more than one hundred coalition air strikes have been carried out during the weekend with reports that

sixty four people were killed international commanders say they can't confirm any doubts as a result of the more recent artist calls for years in the capital with more details . 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 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 was because of an empty a car fire that was being fired from libyan forces and also now be receiving confirmation that a missile hit because africom car now what we're hearing from allied forces is that it struck the control and control control income on building of his operations was

that we are seeing international opposition grow it's not only the arab league that is now coming out with these conflicting statements that it's signed up for the protection of civilians or not for the killing of civilians but we're also seeing in countries like russia china latin america demonstrations happening in those countries where people are 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 they're backing might only come from the united arab emirates qatar and possibly jordan and that if their backing comes it will be more in the scenes of financial aid people here on the ground who want to the international community to get involved and i'm talking here specifically about the rebel groups the opposition leaders they would much rather have preferred countries action is here and egypt coming to the fore and for this to have been almost like an arab with delusions of democracy rather than the intervention of wisdom powers there are very legitimate questions being asked why for example when it's all carried out of bombardment over 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. 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 thirty me 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 early argument and that is that it is it here interest ceasefire but that it is the rebels and other ones that are provoking them it is the rebels that are on their phones of and they all 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 college but the criticism against that is well then why 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 situation on the ground could continue for weeks if not months. well here an hour to you would like to hear your thoughts about the allied attacks on libya all the updates are waiting for your comments on our facebook page just search for our to your kind of straight away now we're also keeping you informed around the clock on our twitter stream we want your opinions on the latest developments in libya you find us on twitter at r t understood. if you foreign ministers are meeting to discuss the situation in libya as for nato the alliance has so far failed to agree on whether to get involved our europe correspondent daniel bushell has more 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. he held areas and france is going in very aggressively so we had 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 vote all the other countries india china russia staining 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 will have turkey which is

a very important ally within 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 increasing problems over the whole operation just outside this building there was an antiwar demonstrations yesterday the first signs of public rift within the european community were expecting them over this week today in in various parts of europe in london were expecting this week various antiwar 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 wrong there a 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 western troops to stop what it calls the indiscriminate use of force let's get more details montes katherina azhar who's outside russia's foreign ministry he got there you know we're hearing of heavy military destruction and reported civilian deaths in libya but how russia is responding to the situation . and he said russia was always against the possibility of intervention when that will force was still a possibility now that it has become a reality russia is very much of vocally as we see it's grave concerns over the civilian casualties that have taken place on the ground in libya at least that's the sixty people so far have been reported killed after the coalition bombings took place in that country so russia is very much against the intervention saying that something that was originally designed to protect civilians on the ground is now

threatening them and putting them in danger they showing a statement before oceans foreign ministry once again expressed its concern with the intervention and saying that it is basically. calling for an immediate cease fire and for a political solution to be sought by cano gadhafi and the opposition at the center that's. now russia's foreign minister is in north africa as we speak is he likely to be calling for calm. in the city level is in egypt as we speak and of course he will be meeting with a lot of egyptians officials including the interim prime minister and of the leader of the opposition mohamed el baradei who is of course the former head of the international atomic energy agency libya is most definitely going to be on the agenda a force that the locals both in his time in egypt and yemen is following stop in algeria we know that egypt previously had forced concerns about. paul

mitchell of outsiders in the ongoing conflict in libya saying that. officials in egypt believe the matter should be settled domestically we also know that jury meetings with the secretary general of the arab league nations to the level of is also going to be discussed in libya and the ongoing conflict currently recently of course the secretary general of the arab league nations have her voice his concerns over the coalition intervention in libya saying that originally the arab league nations back to the u.n. resolution one thousand and seventy three which forced the poster establish a no fly zone over libya but now that civilian casualties have been reported to the arab league nations are the arab league nations are not so certain about the positive aspects of this move and are worried about the potential consequences we also know that the secretary general of the arab league nations met with you when

secretary general just cos the ongoing conflict in libya and the consequences of the implementation of resolution one thousand and seventy three many protesters out meeting pam good mood as he exited that meeting holding out anti u.s. and european banners shouting slogans basically expressing their concern and disapproval of the current intervention in libya of course many people including russia various other officials countries opposing the intervention are frequently voiced opinions that instead of stab allies in this situation the intervention could in fact worsen it for libya not only for libya but it could in fact bring destabilization and a further conflict to the entire north africa region records news company nazar while following russia's reaction to the u.s. led coalition air strikes on libya thanks for that. now the u.s. is out the forefront of the strikes on libya as i just said to point some of the

heaviest firepower against gadhafi his regime and that's despite washington's insisting for days that the u.s. would merely play a supporting role are you going to camp explains. 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 including the wars in iraq and afghanistan and adding one more hot spot is the last thing they want just this saturday they do i shot seventy five million dollars worth of missiles on to that is your defenses officials though have promised that it's going to be

a fast more 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 sprites substantially outweighs all of the coalition forces combined 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 group america is also kind of an indication that he doesn't want to be seen as the man in chief of this plane so it was a very calculated decision you could say speaking of the goals of 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 the country take a look at this report. airstrikes family via a humanitarian act to protect civilians from

a dangerous big hater 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 iraqi invasion has admitted he lied but i just wanted to do something for my country so i'm satisfied there is not a teacher there anymore but if i must i would do the same thing again i have no regrets rough economy i don't want to be aka curveball was seeking asylum in germany back in two thousand a 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 are facts and conclusions based on solid intelligence one of the

so-called solid sources was an al qaida suspect who lied under torture to cia allies in egypt at the outset and 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 good. or bad no i don't know where you're not on the e-mail list today 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 and of this. 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 of cia headquarters in langley across the river digging for you 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 spain on the story u.s. officials they did not lie they were duped but it really reveals here is that story to the headline that we saw from the guardian which was that the americans were duped somehow by this story and that really isn't a very accurate telling of what happened and that really the cia wanted to be duped 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 was part of an orchestrated plan to build a case for war no matter the evidence how does he do so easily. i

don't by a lot of people followed very likely knowing what they were doing was wrong but they wanted to be. they like the power of washington the big the big fat salary after eight years of embarrassing revelations still no u.s. official has admitted lying and also 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 duped let me ask whether their exoneration and this public acceptance speech or bad last. summer. restrict our reporting from washington. to the latest developments in japan now where there's more smoke rising from the crippled fukushima nuclear power plant the plume is currently seen rising from reactor two earlier there was

a similar problem at reactor three but that was dealt with by emergency workers they've been trying to get power back to restore the cooling systems after last friday's powerful earthquake some have been evacuated from the area and fresh concerns over radiation leaks and a potential nuclear meltdown over twenty one thousand people have either parent missing since the earthquake crisis began that number is still expected to long for them on the world bank predicts it will take five years for japan's recover from the devastation radiation levels have risen in tokyo but officials claim they are not harmful the combination has also been found in some food products as worries over the radiation spread far beyond japan shores as artsy as more and most are explained is leading people to think twice before buying japanese goods. 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 running. may reach far beyond japan's borders how worried about the seafood may be the seafood is safe from radiation pollen in the water what am i going to be very wary of that quite a while 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 decides the quake this 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 times in the store looking for ways to subsidize their own producers their own 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 if made in japan comes to mean made a nuclear wasteland to consumers in countries like the u.s. we're here in times square and i wanted 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. toshiba all japanese corporations playing a major role in the u.s. i noticed even our camera and my my clip or my microphone are banks are by sony and with the nuclear disaster there is no telling what they're told will be on both the manufacturing of companies like this but also their brand presence in countries like the u.s. and the status of the made in japan label that would be concerned about like

televisions. and it might carry the radio active materials to be owners for a long time and japan's economy will feel it for a long time to if trade suffers a major blow this is dragged down an already near zero growth rate in japan if it does that it's going to have 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 poxy computer chips for 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 from a helicopter but for more on all the stories we're covering here have far to dot com there's also a chance to have your say plus expert and background analysis on the world's

biggest stories we documented full homologation of japan's tragedy our video reports show you wrap up demonstration outside walls of the country became involved miles inland you can also trace the timeline of the nuclear crisis and you can see . there are plenty of other stories there of course if you keep in touch with what's happening aboard the international space station you're watching closely as mankind takes a new leap song final frontier as a not for space probe accomplish the first manmade object to enter in mercury's orbit if you tap our feet. twenty two minutes past the hour but struck some of the other headlines dominating

world news right now tanks and armored vehicles been deployed and. emmons capital and a senior army commander has defected to join anti-government protests there's growing pressure for the resignation of president his entire cabinet it's amid a mounting political bret revolt in the wake of a fierce crackdown on anti-government protesters last friday loyalist snipers fired on the crowd killing at least forty five people support continues to blame for the leader of the of the us and they do not allow in the violent suppression. and an overwhelming majority of egyptians have voted for constitutional change opening the doors to early parliamentary elections the changes include limiting presidential terms and outlining the criteria for the government candidates saturday's referendum was the first pre-election in egypt in more than half a century opponents said the vote was rushed and gentle out time for parties to organize themselves. clashes have

a proxy kurdish protesters and riot police. in southeastern turkey stones were hurled all poseurs the responses that want to have an enthusiast they came during the persian celebration to mark the start of spring but it was used by kurds to call for the release of secretary leader eventually and that is the ban was lifted on closing the festival six years ago. north korea has issued a warning to south korea for apparently letting the u.s. military come too close to their border excuses them of provoking iraq provocative action i should say during reconnaissance missions and taking photos which it says could trigger a deadly fatality a should have been fired between the two countries since the legal artillery shelling of an island belonging to the south four months ago. amounts your next greatest business stay with us.

good to have you with us here on r t i match reza with your business but what in the japanese yen is extending losses after its biggest slide in six months against the dollar on friday the move follows an agreement among the world's wealthiest countries to try to control japan's volatile currency it's the first time in a decade that g seven nations have jointly intervened in the currency markets and yen is currently trading at nearly eighty one per dollar the currency rose strongly after the earthquake struck on march eleventh and expectation of repatriation flows to japan for insurance and reconstruction costs analysts expect further intervention into. the reason why we did see dollar again being declining below eighty yet they expect me to do a report ration related to fears but again it is not there is a level of the year which is the size if it is the size of the japanese risk 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 that. the japanese yen is going to suffer a significantly it is simply dollars was the demographics of its inability to say friend to fund its. twenty three percent of g.d.p. over the deficit or debt level. russia will part more natural gas to europe via pipelines to free a capacity for liquefied natural gas deliveries to japan prime minister putin has also invited japanese companies to buy into russia's too rich fields to combine gas reserves are higher than the ideal global consumption oil prices are up following the u.s. led airstrikes against libya fuelling concerns about disruptions to supply crude is currently trading at more than one hundred fifteen dollars per barrel w t i around one hundred three dollars per barrel analysts expect an increase in demand for oil as more fuel will be needed. proposed reconstruction in japan. turning to precious

metals they continue their bowl run as investors seek a financial safe haven amid all the uncertainty gold is climbing for a fourth day in a row to around fourteen hundred dollars an ounce silver also extending its biggest gain for two weeks now trading at thirty six dollars an hour so. take a look at how the markets are performing right now asian shares trading in the black on monday helped by the news of the nuclear crisis in japan has been brought under control the hang saying out of more than one per cent banks and property developers on the rise despite the bank of china's decision to drain more liquidity from the banking system the nikkei is closed for a public holiday. turning westward the european stocks are higher on monday helped by those gains in asia the footsie gaining around one percent while the dax is more than two percent in the black telecom shares are on the rise led by georgia telecom may jump fourteen per cent after a weekend deal to sell its t.

mobile why it's a unit the u.s. based eighty and t. here into russia markets are trading mixed this hour the r.t.s. gaining three quarters of a percent m i six floating around the waterline oil related stocks mostly in the bra off mostly in the block yeah black stone stronger commodity prices russia's second largest oil producer lukoil gaining our third of a percent rosneft trading in the black and up by half a percent bucking that trend though is that the car industry would i'll give oz russia's largest car maker dropping over a per cent but that is taken but that is down to profit taking after it rose eight per cent at the end of last week i mean is that nissan is planning to take a bigger stake in the company so all the business news for now will be back in the next hour with more to remember you can always find the latest updates at archie dot com slash business.

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