elegant up until the stroke for mr tropicana. russia's president says the situation in libya is the outcome of colonel gadhafi is crimes against his own people but civilian shouldn't suffer from foreign strikes. the aerial onslaught targets a government stronghold in tripoli's the torrent of strikes is now reportedly over sixty people. fighting intensifies while coalition forces insist that the traffic is not a target but just wait. i'm told to stay in the capital city of tripoli joining me in just a few moments. and in other news some urgency teams are evacuated from japan's fukushima nuclear site amid fears that radiation may could spread

a smokes see rising from a paralyzed reactor. this is our team from moscow a very good evening for me kevin owen it's now eight pm on the top story this hour russia's president told colonel gadhafi he only has him self to blame for the current situation in libya meantime advent of said the un backed military intervention is a direct consequence of the behavior of libya's leaders and the crimes carried out against their own people but he was critical of the bombing in libya saying the no fly zone should be used only to protect civilians and bring about peace let's get the latest from artie's people. tell us a bit more about the russian leaders reaction if you would. have said that negotiations and diplomatic channels should be used not violence to bring about.

peace in libya he also called on the international community to quarter nates. and cooperate in their efforts to try and bring about this case full resolution said that he hoped all of the international partners wanted the same goal as russia russia's goal being peace and stability in libya he said the only person that colonel gadhafi as he said has to blame is himself that the actions that are taking place at the moment are direct result of colonel gaddafi is use of violence against his own people and this was why russia voted in favor of u.n. resolution one nine hundred seventy which was to impose a on zimbardo an asset freeze upon the get tough the regime why they didn't use their veto on the security council to oppose resolution one thousand seventy three which brought into place the no fly zone over the country. for everything that's happening in libya is

a result of the shameful behavior of its government and the crimes against their own people we shouldn't forget that everything else is just a consequence of that we supported one of the un security council resolutions and allowed the other resolution to go through this was done consciously to prevent the escalation of violence but still the events that followed showed any decisions of this kind should be accompanied by thorough consultations as well as remembering that the use of force should be proportionate to what is happening the fact that as a result of these actions civilian targets were damaged and according to unconfirmed reports innocent people have died shows that states taking part in the military strikes have achieved on i hope that as a result of coordinated actions by the international community there will be peace on libyan soil and full measures will be taken to prevent the conflict from spreading into africa and other states. well mr baird yet it went on to say that he hoped that these actions that had been taken against libya these strikes from the mediterranean and from planes flying over. that they were being

used to strengthen peace and stability in libya no he also said that all of this and that no civilians should be put in harm's way during these actions that are taking place because after all these actions are taking place in order to protect the civilian population of libya now mr medvedev said that the russian although they would not be sending any troops or military hardware to be involved in the current actions that are taking place that russia was prepared to act as a mediator to broker a peace in libya using their connections in north africa now if mr medvedev did have one criticism of the the current action that's taking place we've already seen two nights of air strikes on libya as it stands at the moment no he did have a criticism saying that the moment they didn't seem to be a definite cool to natives outcome between nations who are currently undergoing and

taking part in military action for things to bring you something very different. in libya itself the international coalition says aerial strikes have successfully halted the forces of colonel gadhafi there are reports of a sixty people have been killed so far the u.s. says it's fired more than twelve cruise missiles at targets on monday and canadian planes and join the action western officials claim to have destroyed a command center used by the libyan army in tripoli but deny the good bath it was a target. from paula now she's in tripoli the capital paula good evening tonight there were more strikes and fighting overnight what is the situation in libya now bring us up to date if you will. well what we're hearing from the coalition forces is that they've hit one hundred and twenty four targets they're saying that the operation has been successful that they stopped the ground at vons many of the duffys troops and for two days now his if force has been and able to take to the

skies we're also hearing that the no fly zone is now being extended with swedes and southwards over this country but at the same time there is intensified seen in misrata it's the last rebel held town in the west of this country it's about two hundred kilometers to the east of the capital city of tripoli we're hearing reports of big laugh these men have completely surrounded the chant there they've cut off all supplies of electricity fuel and water we hearing reports that at least seven people have so far been killed today monday at some of those gadhafi may not in the city center in civilian clothing and this is raising alarm bells over the whole question of sleeper cells being activated we also receiving very worrying reports that civilians have been brought in from other cities and towns to act as human shields against any possible coalition strikes this is in stark contrast to the town of bengazi which was the focal point of fighting for much of the past few days and weeks that is the rebel stronghold in the east but rebels there is saying that

they now are leaving the town advancing resorts and trying to recapture some of the towns and cities that they lost in fighting all of there's been some confusion to. what's of the latest reports from our. well nothing's been heard from gadhafi himself since sunday when he gave a fifteen minute address to libyan state television he did not appear on camera but he was very defiant in that it was saying that he would not step down and again calling this international response illegitimate we are hearing from coalition forces there could be himself is not the target this is despite the fact that they hit his compound on sunday night here on the ground there's a growing confusion in terms of what is the end game of this international operation the rebels are in. creasing lee calling for some kind of a card but as they move westward as they advance back over territory they've lost and no doubt the international community if it says it is there to protect the peace will need to respond to those calls in some kind of

a manner that their sponsors might see innocent civilians being killed so there's that kind of tension here and it certainly is only made more confusing by some of the statements we saw coming out of bush and today they we saw the bush military saying duffy remains a legitimate target because he is the hood of the army here now at the same time the questions in terms of how this will end up being uncertain by saying either in a stalemate or in some kind of a failed state where you would see the rebels perhaps holding on to power in the east and gadhafi remain in power in the ways that people are asking the question whether indeed this is in the best interests of libya all right paula thank you bring yourself the greater policy here in tripoli our correspondents brain in tripoli and big for the past four months following every twist and turn of this unfolding story sometimes literally but neither barrage of artillery fire. or paul is also reporting from the war zone on law you can read her blog on our website c.n.n. dot com. and also you tube travels got dramatic video footage of the bombardment of

libya possible more as well if you want to check rather of the future you've got poem slash party. used today violence is once again flared up. these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of kandahar. showing operations room today. this is the arty news journal from moscow the u.n. security council is to hold a closed door meeting in a few hours time to discuss the situation in libya it was called a request of russia is going to keep your plan as the latest from washington d.c. . the fears are that the coalition forces could be going beyond the u.n. authorized no fly zone measures and russia has called

a security council meeting behind closed doors to once again weigh in on the situation and to look at the results of the intervention there are lots of questions on the table as to the limits of the intervention really and now for the coalition forces which is sharm could be the question that everybody is asking here is could the officer target now the pentagon says no in fact the defense secretary robert gates said targeting gadhafi goes beyond you are you guys you should not be here and the u.s. is are meant to stick to the resolution but the thing is that the wording of the resolution basically is all inclusive short of occupation we've heard criticism from the arab league they say the military operation has gone beyond what the arab league backed also the head of the early says all we wanted was civilians protection and not more civilian deaths we know that he was really crucial for western powers to have arab countries assistance so so that it doesn't here is a vicious the west cracking down and yet another arab nation with this criticism

coming from the arab league their support could be diminishing but the u.s. military says if you forces are right that scattered after the all the air assault coalition forces are currently patrolling the new lives on the pentagon says they do not rule out more strikes quote if and when the need arises the u.s. has launched missiles from your ships and submarines in the mediterranean targeting it could obviously are defenses and clearing the sky it would make sure that out is not able to shut down any planes of the coalition forces we know that the u.s. fighter jets along with french warplanes had carried out strikes and could ground forces as well and currently the u.s. contribution in the strikes really outweighs the contribution of all other coalition forces combined there happy reports of civilian casualties as a result. of those attacks of those are some really alarming reports here and officials here. it's going to be a fast war obama said it will there will be no u.s. troops on the ground without his military and it is no match for the two to go it

is that the coalition forces took just hours to cripple his air defenses if you watch american television and you get all this really positive impression of america's involvement and how justify it is and so on but if you look at the polls the majority of americans oppose the u.s. involvement in the intervention fox news gets sixty five percent there already unhappy that their government is spending billions of their tax dollars on analyst wars in iraq and afghanistan people are already asking questions about the cost of the involvement just this saturday in one day the u.s. shot seventy five million dollars worth of missiles and air defenses so the majority is that and we are definitely definitely do not cheer to the drums of war here going to occur and there will be time political wrangling over what's happening in libya is continuing in brussels to go to you foreign ministers they've agreed to bring your more sanctions and according to the french foreign minister nato could start supporting coalition forces within a few days you're

a correspondent daniel bushell more. colonel gadhafi is a legitimate military target that comment just now from the defense secretary of the united kingdom liam fox 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 they said didn't really agree all the strategy for libya and nato in a third day of talks there 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 rebel strongholds of libya and only then as a sort of of the thought was the talk of humanitarian support now this was all backed by a u.n. resolution which are authorize 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 they along with germany and germany and turkey are now extremely concerned two key allies of nato say they're extremely concerned by nato those involvement they don't want to see that they want to see a cease fire immediately turkey adds that it is worried. whether its words by france's involvement by nato member france's involvement in this bombing campaign the arab league another key ally in the region says the u.n. resolution it backed is not being carried out in the way that it's supported just outside this building an antiwar demonstration led by the arab community the very people who are asking for help for humanitarian aid to support the civilians that were being bombed by colonel gadhafi they have now come out very much they can. me

too although they're extremely concerned but the opposite of what they happen they wanted is happening they wanted the protection of civilians now this thing recalls all this of civilians caught by nato for me and we expect throughout the capitals of europe this week to see creasing numbers of the war demonstrations in london today and antiwar demonstration is planned so the toyed of public opinion is turning against nato involvement in libya. so coalition forces gadhafi himself is not a target despite a strike on his compound told laughlin's from the institute of democracy and cooperation and piracy told us the campaign could move beyond aerial bombardment. i'm sure it isn't in the plans of the allies to have such a ground force or occupation i think that they think to be extent that they have thought about this at all but the matter could be settled with an air campaign however i think they have gravely mistaken and i think that this escapade will end

in catastrophic failure and my fear is that the european leaders and the americans who have pushed this attack on libya think that a quick bit of bombing will sort the matter out but in fact i think they will find that it will last far longer than they gamble for the british prime minister the french president the american administration these people who are so happy to let bonds fly on countries that almost at the drop of a hat they are determined to get the outcome they want which is the overthrow of colonel gadhafi of libya so it will make the task the disagreements and the discordant voices that are now coming out of both within western states and also in the arab league these will indeed make it very difficult to continue the war but i'm afraid they won't let go now that they've started. with. japan tonight we're mergence the workers at the fukushima nuclear plant have been evacuated from the site after smoke was seen rising from one of the crippled reactors again that's provoked fresh fears of another radiation leak and potential nuclear meltdown and

you know it's have however managed to restore electricity the three reactors and it's hope that that could enable them to restart the failed cooling system that's likely to be crucial to avoiding a crisis turning into a catastrophe however perspired all their efforts since these systems wrecked by the earthquake and tsunami are still not yet operating dr robert jacobs is a professor of nuclear history who she repeats insitute he says uncertainty is still surrounding all aspects of this nuclear crisis. experts who are watching the situation at night in a speculate based on the color of the smuggest what material me people running. so i think it also shows that there is uncertainty at this stage the kurts the evacuations that. and then workers returning show that the situation is uncertain and that even those in charge of the situation on site are the one certain as to what dangers the elite with these dangers unfold there's not just a danger of more radiation leakage but it's very clear at this point that there is

significant radiation leakage that has been happening and significant radiation leakage that has been detected by at this point just to prevent a more catastrophic but wait and compared this story it's been trained as is that it's a stronghold to be either sixty to sixty to eighty. we way that it's looked at is that in a sense if we restore power we can simply start again the reactors and they'll start working in the cooling systems will start working again and then we will have fixed it but that's not the way that this situation is this is a situation in which we were trying to what we were trying to avert was the entrance of radionuclides of radiation into the environment and there's clearly been some extensive entry of. radiation into the environment. japanese government sort of four regions around the trouble fukushima plant to

suspend shipments of products that could contain traces of radioactivity and exulted lauren lister reports the worries of radiation spreading far beyond japanese shores. 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 maybe the seafood is safe the radiation bar in the water i would i'm 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 besides the quake the tsunami and the nuclear crisis

japan will soon have to deal with another problem becoming a trade pariah. for reasons that may not be entirely radioactive countries all over the world in tough economic times and they still are looking for ways to subsidize their own producers their workers and so an incident like the one unfolding in japan gives them quite 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. where 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 want to see how many of them are japanese now take what this center opposed to advertising for a top to bottom you can see so many. c.d.k. toshiba all japanese corporations playing a major role in the u.s.

i noticed even our camera and my my clip from my microphone are bang factor by sony and with the nuclear disaster there is no telling what the board will be on but the manufacturing of companies like this also their brand presence and countries like the u.s. and the status of the made in japan label i 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 does this drive down an already near zero growth rate in japan if it does that is 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 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. there was an international music brief and first of all tanks and troops have moved into the yemeni capital after three top army commanders join to government protesters it comes a day after president ali abdullah saleh a five years' time but the political revolts been met with a fierce crackdown over recent weeks with around fifty people killed by government forces in one day alone the opposition's been demanding the president step down for two months now. the overwhelming majority of egyptians have voted in favor of constitutional change after president hosni mubarak was overthrown last month for films include limiting presidential terms and outlining a criteria for government candidates next the country will hold parliamentary elections in june and presidential ones in september. fifty two miners a few dead after a series of gas explosions in

a mine in pakistan rescue work is continuing tonight but officials there say there's little chance of finding any survivors because of a fire and a lack of oxygen two weeks ago the same facility was declared dangerous and space is risky and. haiti's been voting in the second round of presidential elections the choice was between pop singer michel martelly and former first lady but london non-god preliminary results are expected by the end of march the winner will face the task of rebuilding a million homes that have not stood in the devastating earthquake of january twentieth ten. twenty three no moscow monday evening sports ahead there on our table with you don't discover who the fourth and final cage shall semifinalist is a little bit later this hour but it's the latest business news next for moscow. hello and welcome to the business update begin is extending losses afterwards because 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 began growth strongly after the earthquake struck a notch eleven's on expectations money will be repatriated to japan for insurance and reconstruction costs economists suggest efforts to prevent a humanitarian crisis becoming a financial crisis are being successful and well japanese growth will be hit in the short term the reconstruction will provide a stimulus in the coming years. the economy will take a knock from mr zoster and it's very possible that the japanese economy will contract of the next three months possibly even true because its. g.d.p. is expected to still be over one percent from three thousand and eleven and revisions have been in very little bits a downward revisions to growth of two thousand and eleven and of course in the two thousand and twelve since the reconstruction is fully on the way you can expect

growth to be slightly better next year so there's definitely a move forward with an awful lot of potential for the economy to benefit well from the reconstruction and of course this will take a particularly long time. let's have a look at what's happening to the price of oil and oil prices are up following the u.s. led airstrikes against leave there fueling concerns about destructions to supplies crude is trading at over one hundred fifteen dollars per barrel w.t.r. is round one hundred two dollars and most expect an increase in demand for oil as move fuel will be needed post quake reconstruction in japan. a look now at how she is all trading in the u.s. wall street is making a strong start to the week with just under two hundred points arms trading above twelve thousand the best as have been encouraged by eighty enties plunge of

position of the u.s. division of t. mobile in a move that would make it the nation's biggest violin player there's also some optimism that japan's nuclear crisis is being brought under control. and european stocks finished on this trading higher if it sees gaining more than one percent while the charts these two point three percent in the black telecom shares were on the rise like i do it should telecom will stop twelve percent. and despite strong performance in europe russians. stocks so rose to be modest gains on monday and market was consolidating after our before we joined the previous week the r.t.s. closed one percent and my sixth at a time on top of the sense that stocks were mostly in the black or stronger commodity prices let's look at some individual whose russia's state of kassam awful of gas from dropped points eight percent on profit taking off posting a seven percent increase last week but growth crossness continued to gain on the

uncertainty in the energy markets point four percent bond ended up point four percent as well after its forces spent almost eight fold increase in its net profit from last year up to six point four billion dollars michael stein from its previous says the results was so one of the highlights on monday. spears being released very strong two thousand and ten net profit figures which came in about six percent ahead of consensus and well above a creature is forecast by the company also announced plans to roll over depository receipt program which is going to make the stock a lot more investable by a lot of lonely investors in north america i mean in continental europe in terms of winners we also see strength today in the steel companies helped by the strong industrial output data for up for february on the losing side we see yes problem is taking a pause after having had a great run last week the stock was up more than seven percent helped by the big improvement in european the aspiration is. the business building more in an hour's

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