the u.s. led coalition against colonel gadhafi forces grows upon a link libya with more airstrikes and clinton is not. bombs leveled to death his head closer than the top little as it's a close it's lined up the sky with cancer it caught fire i'm told is there when something told me in just a few moments a formal. international forces against intervention are getting even louder as russia continues to voice it's been certain the number of casualties on the ground in libya grow. and washington maintains its intervention will be limited even though it's gone most of the payload dropped on

libya it's raising fears that america's humanitarian premise will have a ripple consequences for civilians as it did in the wrong and afghanistan. also this hour japanese imports got the global cold shoulder after the fukushima radiation leak meanwhile the number of dead from the earthquake disaster of rises to more than eight ounces. and the g seven steps in to stabilize the japanese yen i am outraged a lot more on that in our business bulletin. it's three pm in moscow this is r t coming to you live let's get straight to our top story the u.s. britain and france claim they've succeeded in scattering and isolating new markets out his forces as well as destroying his command center in tripoli. more than one

hundred coalition airstrikes have been carried out for weekends with reports that sixty four people were killed international commanders say they can't confirm any doubts as a result of the bombardment artie's published earlier is in the capital with details. we are hearing from the pentagon that it is extremely satisfied with the way this operation is 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 really cheap 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 is because at and t. caught fire that was being fired from libyan forces and also now we receiving confirmation that a missile hit the could afrikaner what we're hearing from allied forces is that it

struck me control and control control and come 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 statements that it's signed up for the protection of civilians and after the killing of civilians but we're also seeing in countries like russia china latin america demonstrations happening in those countries are 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 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 the same 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 the third countries like china sea and egypt coming to the fore and for this to have been almost like an hour with a mission for democracy rather than the intervention of wisdom towers there are very legitimate questions being asked why for example when israel carried out a bombardment over gaza in two thousand and eight and two thousand and five 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 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 in most of them will tell you see 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 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 interest ceasefire but that it is the rebels that are the ones that are provoking them it is the rebels that are 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 be very conscious of them against that is well then my striking his compound and the second criticism is also if you do not get the man to step down this kind of impossible situation on the ground could continue for weeks if not months. we are there reporting from tripoli well moscow is condemning the international coalition air strikes in libya and wants western troops to stop what it calls indiscriminate use of force let's get more now from our two separate was she's outside russia's foreign ministry and we of course like we heard from paul are hearing of heavy military destruction and reported civilians in libya tell us how russia is responding to the situation. and he said we've just received information other russian prime minister vladimir putin has commented on the ongoing conflict in libya which of the likened the coalition bombings of libya.

akin to a medieval a call for a medieval crusade a gathering into arms basically saying that it was nothing more than a than a veiled invasion of a foreign country basically very critical of the ongoing intervention of u.s. and european coalition forces in libya and saying once again that russia is justified in building up its defense system as the recent events in libya do seem to show that of course previously we've also had the response from the russian foreign affairs ministry who also voiced grave concerns about the outcomes and the consequences of the intervention by the u.s. and european coalition forces saying that the u.n. resolution one thousand and seventy three which of course sanctioned a no fly zone in libya was basically designed to provide some sort of security for the civilians on the ground in libya and so far the numbers of civilian casualties have only been rising so the u.n.

resolution is basically not living up to its purpose and that of course is the concern voiced by the russian foreign ministry many other russian officials and just recently the russian prime minister. now speaking about russia's. russia's foreign minister rather is in north. africa as we speak after where you just said i assume it's likely very likely that he'll be calling for calm. indeed we know that libya is definitely going to be on the agenda first that deal of golf he's currently in egypt he will later be making his way to all cheerio where he will also be talking about the ongoing conflict in libya we know that he is meeting with various egyptian officials and the force libya is definitely going to be on the agenda of those discussions and meetings egypt previously voiced the opinion that settling the conflict in libya is a domestic matter and no intervention should be necessary secular growth is also

scheduled to meet with the secretary general of the arab league nations and of course the arab league nations that previously a sanction and supported the u.n. resolution one thousand nine hundred eighty three which of course established a no fly zone and basically permitted equalisation invasion but have since boys stood their concern about it saying that they supported the resolution believing it would bring stability and security to the civilians on the ground it has not done so in soulforce they're worried you know that the secretary general of the arab league nations has met with his counterpart from the united nations pangaea moon and that meeting was met with. some heavy protests up on the moon was met with a lot of protesters outside as he tried to exit that meeting all waving anti u.s. and european banners basically calling for the invasion to stop and that of course is the opinion of many in the international community and including russia some countries in europe india china brazil many countries are voicing concerns many

more are joining that list as the number of civilian casualties on the ground in libya and to new continues to rise of course many believing that it could destabilize the situation and worsen the conflict not only in libya but also in order. africa as a whole right live from the foreign ministry country knows are about following russia's reaction to the situation in libya. well you foreign ministers are meeting in brussels to discuss the events in libya as the military campaign continues as for nato ambassadors have so far failed to agree on whether to get involved let's cross live to our europe correspondent daniel bushell he's in brussels daniel what are you saying about the airstrikes and how much does nato is caution signal that not all members agree with libya here. colonel gadhafi is a legitimate military target that comment just now from the defense secretary of

the kingdom has caused outrage here in nato as you say we're in the middle of e.u. and nato meetings which are principally focused on libya e.u. came out and agreed to disagree didn't really agree on a strategy for libya and nato in a third day of talks here in brussels also come out without much agreement of course in a much more menacing tone because they are leading this operation against libya on the first day they did agree on a no fly zone imposing a no fly zone over libya then there was talk of moving eastward to protect the eastern strongholds of rebels of libya and only then as a sort of of thought was the talk of humanitarian support now this was all backed by a u.n. resolution which are authorized the imposition of a no fly zone over libya and even then when the u.n. passed that vote it was abstained by four or five key states brazil russia india

and china were the states which abstained along with germany and germany and turkey are now extremely concerned two key allies of nato say they're extremely concerned by nato involvement they don't want to see that they want to see a cease fire immediately turkey does gloried. why france is involvement by nato member france is involvement in this bombing campaign be terribly another key ally in the region says the resolution it backed is not being carried out in the way that it's supported it's. very different ways of looking at this situation the world seems to be divided daniel has i remember any show of hands from here of citizens. yes just outside this building a war demonstration led by the community the very people who were all scheme for help for humanitarian aid to support the civilians that were being bombed by

colonel gadhafi they are now come out very much they. will not they are extremely concerned that the opposite of what they have they wanted is happening they wanted the protection of civilians and now this seeing reports of deaths of civilians caused by nato bombing and we expect throughout the capitals of europe this week to see creasing numbers of demonstrations in london today and she would demonstration is planned so the toyed of public opinion is turning against nato is involved in libya. right r.t. is europe correspondent daniel pearl live from brussels. now the u.s. is at the forefront of the strikes on the point some of its heaviest firepower against gadhafi regime that's despite washington insisting for days that the u.s. would merely play a supporting role are just going to change 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 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 is their defenses officials though have promised that it's going to be a fast war obama said that they would 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 it's also kind of

an indication that he doesn't want to be seen as the man in chief 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 the country take a look at this report. airstrikes family v.m. and humanitarian acts to protect civilians from a dangerous big tater 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 used the head of the two thousand and three iraq invasion has admitted he lied as i just wanted to do something for

my country so i'm such a story that 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 take 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 lied under torture to cia allies in egypt about set 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 they would have been a different level in 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. 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 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 it because it wasn't clear and 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 they're not lie they were duped what 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 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 too was part of an orchestrated plan to build a case for war no matter the evidents how does he do it so easily. i don't by 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 and the big job the big fat salary after eight years of embarrassing revelations is 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 duped and many asked whether their exoneration and this fight public acceptance speech or bad last. summer. restrict our reporting from washington. plus want to bring you some of the latest statements out on the situation in libya russian's foreign minister has expressed hope that the conflict in libya will not undermine the stability in the region circuit of rove made the statement after a meeting with the general secretary of the league of arab states in egypt will bring you more on that next hour here in our city. let's turn now to developments in japan where there is more smoke rising from the crippled fukushima nuclear power plant a 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 well they've been trying to get power back to restore the cooling systems after the powerful earthquake that happened over a week ago and some have been evacuated from the area made fresh concerns of the radiation leak and a potential nuclear meltdown over twenty one thousand people have either paris star missing since the earthquake crisis began the number is still expected to rise further more the world bank predicts it will take five years for japan to recover from the station to discuss the nuclear implications of this disaster joining me is integrated nuclear energy consultant sean bernie to this live via broadband now the situation at fukushima is very open down here one minute they get closer to restoring power then we see the smoke rising how difficult is it to get the plant under control given these circumstances. i think it's important to understand

that this is next going. to need to cool and i am very hopeful that they start much chance of getting the situation under control what you have seen in the last few days rather than trying to manage the nuclear crisis there's plenty of. news management presenting the fact that they're connected and we can prove. this is the catastrophic situation not just one reactor but four reactors with major potential redirection releases even of both what's already been released and can tell me to inform and so i am very very vocal that the situation is anywhere near the resort. and it could at any point become catastrophic. with that said mr burnet what do you think the chances of nuclear meltdown are at this point. is it so important to understand that within a matter of hours of losing the. past two nights

a week past friday nuclear fuel melt was inevitable so they have melted nuclear fuel in at least three dancers. the fuel it's in the storage ponds has also been releasing hydrogen we had an explosion last week in unit four so melted fuel exists i think the question is how much is there at what point within the reactor pressure vessel the reactor core at what point is going to hit the bottom of that press pressure vessel the studies in the past the schönberg molten fuel burn through the reactor of the steel casing within about an hour at which point you have that almost guaranteed event which is the fuel steam explosion which means that the entire reactor building would explode with massive amounts of energy and a percentage of the reactor core would be dispersed into the environment back the sort of the ski scenario at which point what you've seen in the last week will seem

almost insignificant by come to us and. right independent nuclear energy consultant shawn and bernie thank you very much for your analysis. but we're going to stay with japan but moved to tell keogh where radiation levels have risen even though officials claim they are not harmful contamination has also been found in some food products spreading radiation whereis far beyond parents' shores and artist lauren lister explains it's 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 remnants may reach far beyond japan's borders how worried about the seafood that the seafood is safe and radiation bought in the water what am i what every very wary of that part of why 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 besides 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 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 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 that 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 so many c.d.k. toshiba all japanese corporations playing a major role in the us i noticed even our camera and my my clip from my microphone are making factory by sony and with a nuclear disaster there is no time. what that's called will be on both the manufacturing of companies like this but also their brand presence in countries like the u.s. and this data have they made in japan label that would be concerned about like televisions the components that might carry the radio active materials could be fuel as well or 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 in travel to japan 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 and the radiation itself lauren mr r.t. new york. that wraps up our main news walk here in our team out here next. thanks for staying with us here on r.t.i. matras or with your business bulletin the japanese yen is extending losses after its biggest slide in six months versus 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 yen is currently trading at nearly eighty one per dollar the currency rose strongly after the earthquake struck on march eleventh an expectation of repatriation flows to japan for insurance and reconstruction costs out of this expect further intervention the problem. the reason why we did see dollar again being declining below eighty at exactly to do was report ration related to fears but again it is not there is a level of the yen which just decides if it is the size of the japanese risp revealed by the us what most is risk free will remain celebrated you may see for us a the tension in the market my view is that. the devotees yen is going to suffer a significantly it is said to the demographics of its inability to safe and to fund

its two hundred twenty three percent of g.d.p. sort of a. deficit or debt level. take a look at the numbers now oil prices are following the u.s. led air strikes on libya fueling concern about disruption to supply great food is trading at around one hundred sixteen dollars per barrel w t iran one hundred three dollars per barrel analysts expect an increase in demand for oil is more fuel needed for post quake reconstruction and. precious metals continue their boat run as investors seek a financial safe haven in all of the certainty gold climbs for the fourth day in a row to around fourteen hundred dollars an ounce silver extending its biggest gain for two weeks. trading at thirty six dollars an ounce taking a look at the markets now see how they're performing european stocks higher on monday helped by gains in asia the footsie gaining around one per cent the dax nearly two percent in the black telecom shares on the rise led by georgia telecom

it jumped fourteen percent after a weekend deal to sell its t. mobile why its a unit to u.s. based a t n t here at russia markets trading makes this hour the r.t.s. gaining point eight percent the my six are by point two well related stocks mostly in the black on stronger commodity prices russia's second largest oil producer lukoil gaining a third of the third of a percent rosneft also trading in the black and is up by a third of a percent bucking the trend is the auto industry with russia's largest car maker dropping more than a percent about sound of profit taking after it rose eight per cent at the end of last week on news that nissan is planning to take your stake in the company that's all the business news for now i'll be back in the next hour with more and you can find all the latest updates at r.t. dot com slash business.

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