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during the balkan to r.t. world news twenty four hours a day kerry johnston the top story now fresh explosions and gunfire have been heard in tripoli overnight as international coalition forces continue to bombard libya the country's state television is reporting further civilian casualties for the allied airstrikes in support of slayers across developments for us. it was a massive explosion here in the capital city of tripoli it sounded like it was coming from the south of the city i cannot see any smoke from where i'm standing at the moment but we are hearing reports of smoke in the southern parts we're also hearing reports of explosions around the compound of gadhafi there have been rounds up and a quarter gun fire we are hearing from coalition forces that they had hit one hundred and twenty four targets they are saying that this operation is

a sexist since the coalition forces have conducted is strikes daffy's a force has not been in the skies and that they've managed to stop the advancement of his ground forces the only confirmation we've had in terms of a target they've hit here in tripoli has been good at his headquarters that was hit by two missiles and we were told that this was the command and control center of his operations the areas completely destroyed there was a small group of protesters there chanting abuse of the international community and echoing what essentially has been gadhafi is message that the world has no right to interfere with internal affairs at the same time though there is still fighting in three predominant cities across the country the worst of their fighting is happening in the city of misrata which is about two hundred kilometers to the east of tripoli it is the last rebel held town in the waist of this country and some of the reports we're hearing from there are quite terrifying we've been told that civilians are being brought in from other areas they're being used as human shields against these is frights we've been told that the gadhafi soldiers have surrounded

the whole city and that they stop in supplies of electricity or fuel and of water but the civilian count is what people here are worried about we're hearing from rebel groups that they now plan to edwardes gracewood's to try and recapture some of the towns they lost with the ultimate goal of watching here on state television has been showing pictures of funerals they put the toll of just yesterday's strikes more than sixty seven civilians who have been killed right now they're reporting under the banner of tripoli i'm doing a tack so no doubt as we see more civilians die in the. conflict there will be more questions being asked on the ground exactly what the international community is doing here. but retributive says the un backed military intervention is a direct consequence of the behavior of libya's leader i don't think he was critical of the bombing saying no fly zone should be used to protect civilians and bring about peace. has more on russia's assessment of events in libya. well

president to me to medvedev said that although russia's initial response was to call for a peaceful solution to the situation in libya through negotiations there colonel gadhafi actions in persistently attacking his own people have forced the hand of the international community and if this was why russia had voted in favor of imposing an arms embargo travel ban on the gadhafi regime and why the country hung used its veto on the u.n. security council to block the no fly zone allowing international intervention in the country. everything that is happening in libya is a result of the shameful behavior of this government and the crimes against their own people and we lot of them no fly zone resolution to go through the program at least away from the violence but the massacre followed show that any use of force should be proportionate to what is happening the fact that as a result of these actions a civilian targets were damaged and according to reports the innocent people have

died shows that state street party military strikes have achieved that goal president medvedev said this all those involved in these military actions should remain and must remain within the parameters of the u.n. resolution which is there to protect civilians in the on the ground in libya the president also said that although russia had no intentions to send troops or military hardware to the country that russia was prepared to step in as a mediator to broker a peace using their diplomatic channels and contacts in north africa to try and bring the soul sides involved in the conflict together well russian foreign minister sergei lavrov he was meeting with the leaders of the arab world and said russia stood united with the arab league and saying this only protection of civilians was the the action that should be taken all attempts should be made to protect those civilians on the ground of course we discussed how the u.n.

resolution is being implemented in libya. we took the increased position of the arab league and the u.n. security council to actually provide protection for civilians we believe that this should be the goal of the states who volunteered to implement this resolution the fundamental principle of international she wanted to do mozart of i'm essential use of force against civilians should be equally applied to any situation in any country all u.s. defense secretary robert gates is in russia at the moment on monday he gave a lecture in st petersburg where he suggested possible roles for russia to play in this coalition he will meet with president dmitry medvedev plenty on the table already for them to discuss the current ongoing situation in libya means that that's very likely to be a main topic for discussion. that stake coalition must tread carefully as its actions countering here in resolution for british ambassador. told us about the risks. i think are likely drugs that it's very difficult of course the

military action that's been taken so far is exactly what robert gates the u.s. defense secretary said some weeks ago now would be necessary in order to impose a no fly zone better to say eliminating effective anti aircraft offensive which might put petroleum crofter in danger. it was obvious from the beginning that that was going to involve intrusive military activity and inevitably civilian casualties so i don't think anyone should be surprised at what happened michael it's very worrying indeed the mandate from the united nations is perfectly clear to protect to impose a no fly zone but the purpose of it is to protect civilians and that means that if we kill civilians we are in danger of being accused of going against the mandate. libya's leader moammar gadhafi should step down that's according to the u.s. president barack obama has once again underlined washington's position in crisis.

international action. threat to civilians. has more from the u.s. . here's the break in president obama's response he said there is a division between the goals that the u.s. military not pursues which is yet again underscored is to enforce a u.n. resolution and u.s. policies he clearly said the u.s. policy there is needs to go so again he's saying it is not the goal of the military at the moment but the overall policy is that he must step down from the a very interesting rhetoric diplomatically speaking but there are still lots of questions as to the limits of the intervention will it be really enough with the coalition forces because this storm could operate or is it a target now the pentagon says no in fact the defense secretary robert gates said are getting khadafi goes beyond the u.n. resolution on libya and the u.s. is determined to stick to the resolution but the thing is that the wording of the resolution is basically all inclusive of occupation the fears are that the

coalition forces could be going be gone be one authorized no fly zone measures which were designed to protect civilians so the majority of americans definitely do not cheer for the drums of war but as my colleague lauren lyster says something here in america could actually benefit from the campaign take a look. one to one point five million dollars the reported cost of this united states tomahawk missile launched into libya. it's only been a few days into operation odyssey dawn and already the costs of the environment from sea and air are skyrocketing. price of dave one alone. more than one hundred million dollars then the first two hours they fired one hundred ten cruise missiles so so right there thousands of teachers of course could be paid for coming at

a time when teachers not to mention other public workers are fighting to keep their livelihoods close to ten percent of people are unemployed. and the country faces fourteen trillion dollars of national debt the u.s. has already committed trillions to ongoing wars in afghanistan. as well as iraq. here to spite all this has moved to the helm of this international intervention but can a country of toward getting involved again the united states clearly doesn't have money for this we will end up taking money from other important programs domestically and other lawmakers are locked in that constant debate over u.s. money problems are going public it's a strange time and which almost all of our congressional days are spent talking about budget deficits rages problems and yet at the same time though all of this passes which is a very expensive operation this mission was led by the united nations but quickly

the united states has emerged as a force right so you have to wonder with so many cars at stake what is justifying this role for the u.s. despite claims from the top of the humanitarian intervention people from the streets. to the pundits don't buy it u.s. mission is to keep the coffee from having any influence on our people oil expert michael rupert says the real reason for the bloodshed all boils down to the one point five million barrels of oil a day coming from libya which the west simply cannot afford to lose you can't take any supply out not expect the price to go up dramatically for everybody on the planet but not everyone's taking a hit in the pocket conflict is good for some of the most powerful u.s. corporations and military contractors they have made literally super profits spectacular profits off of the wars in iraq and afghanistan so it won't be any

different in terms of the war in libya but having used in destroying military equipment in in. opens up markets for more american british arms sales in the world justifying perhaps for some who would have benefited a war that adds to the tool other conflicts have taken on the us economy and reputation in the world we will spend at least a half a trillion dollars right now in afghanistan and no libyan the money we're spending for the encouraging of pakistan the united states has to start focusing on things here at home otherwise we're not only broke but we have the rest of the world angry at us a price some believe is too high for america to pay more and mr carty. a situation in the view develops the american military machine is the only thing that stands to benefit from the cloth that's one of the rockwell from the research of the vacation will send to the home these institutions. they want to divide and

conquer just like the romans so they say yes this is a this is not by the way not a no fly zone it's also a no drive zone no walk so there but maybe he did leave they didn't keep him as bad as it would be to intervene to keep airplanes from why they immediately are attacking people on the ground and for. killing a lot a lot of a lot of people a lot of blood crawling. we don't know whose blood it is but i don't think it's a good thing on the writer who wrote this is not a good thing that we have another war going on and i must say from the standpoint of an american concern with the fact that our government is broken that the dollar is going down the drain the government is putting the whole country on the most horrific financial circumstances where they're starting yet another war to spend who knows how many billions of dollars makes the military industrial complex very happy for them let's say among us taxpayers we don't like it these rebels are being led by former officials of a look at off the regime these are not

a bunch of libertarians so i think yes as they struggle for power and as one group will want the us helping them we will be regional players whether it's the people in egypt or sudan or some of the other countries in europe that may don't want another u.s. occupation right in their backyard so yeah i think there could be much more of an open civil war. and meanwhile india has joined the chorus of international voices their television forces to start strikes against libya because among the five human security council members who abstained from voting for their own saying as a nation he's pretty sure to has more from the. india has come out and said that it strongly disapproves of the airstrikes that are going on in a libya the minister of external affairs said that they are hoping for a peaceful settlement to hop in with the help of united nations and other regional organizations they said that they will do whatever they can to strongly discourage

violence in libya while respecting the wishes of the libyan people so really just strong disapproval from here in india like so many other countries around the world who are watching the situation as the minister of external affairs did say that he believes that airstrikes would be counterproductive and actually harm innocent civilians foreigners and diplomatic the communist party of india which is really powerful in the eastern portions and southern portions of the country actually released a press release not too long ago saying that they believe the main reason the united states is interested in libya is for oil and they said that to support any sort of sanctions you are sponsored sanctions or airstrikes would essentially be promoting in curial as them and they don't want to have anything to do with god so like the official word from the government of india they don't believe that any airstrike should happen and that especially if you compare these events to what happened in tunisia and egypt they believe the indian people should actually

respect the libyans freedom fight is what they say. their. coverage of the crisis you can read for this news bloggers seem to. think that it's really. just something that. also the villains were trying to soothe a dispute with which is where the feelings of the video. were. slashed. japan has resumed its efforts to solve the climate crisis of. tarik and he says the level radiation is sixteen hundred times higher than normal

at the site workers are trying to restore electricity cooled down from the reactors and so far it is our monitoring the radiation risk of the water in. the water reserves the other side have been supplied with bottled water officials claimed tap water was contaminated. some in japan. itself. lease man has borne the scars of nuclear disaster for most of his life as a resident of ny get stuck eat your sherry in milwaukee has had liver and kidney problems since he was thirty five and he's already beaten cancer twice every time he falls ill now if he is it could be his last battle issue no watches events unfold at fukushima fearing the true nature of the disaster is yet to show itself sandy was a not

a result of the contamination will just send off to the event it will be handed down from generation to generation or you could i have four daughters the first to have leukemia and another has breast cancer for the results of a disaster will be shown in generations to come. you should know was just eleven when the bomb was dropped he survived the blast but was exposed to lethal levels of radiation on his two trips to the hypocenter first to find his father then to bury him despite everything he's pro-nuclear power but still thinks fleeing from fukushima is the wise thing to do so then the i don't think the public all the government. sure overreacting in this situation but i think people must take all precautionary measures they can to avoid the worst for. the niagara psyche the stands today had to be built from scratch eleven square kilometers word used to dust a cloud of its tragic past still hangs over the city and some residents though know

what it means to suffer and are willing to help those in need members of the international volunteer organization the lion's club here collecting for the victims of the earthquake and tsunami everyone's desperate she gave we do nations already ten times higher than normal we have a case of something happens in our nation we call it the nation that doesn't help each other especially the people and i guess i am very very sensitive to a comic. very worried about what happened. and we want to help out in the need every way it sounded like a sack it is a memorial for the seventy five thousand died when atomic bomb was dropped here this one mark that exact moment now this if they were ever serve as a reminder of the destructive potential of nuclear power and those here are now praying that fukushima around it in the same way now that psyches transformation

has been remarkable ground zero is unrecognizable the city would escape any radiation from a meltdown at fukushima but there is a nuclear plant close by and the incident has left resistance living in fear. i think you know they never experienced such a devastating nuclear option before and i think everyone is now free this could happen again and i was afraid of nuclear accidents before but now i get it and see it's north under control and also. i've been it's artsy kind of something. taking a closer look at what's happening at the plant one of russia's leading atomic scientists the full interview program here's a quick preview. brilliant. you certainly know a country or two later report every day by day change in every detail japan's atomic interest group for has been providing a rather detailed table of each box condition it's hard to judge it's truth it's

not because they're going to brother because they may not know it all background radiation at the site limits the more personal kind of route. a quick look now at some other news making headlines around the world. but based a dozen types of capital all three talk on a commodity defected to join anti-government protesters becomes a day off the history of the subway ride his entire cabinet the political revolt has been met with a fierce cracked out of the recent weeks around fifteen people killed by government forces on. two months now the opposition has been demanding the president steps down. at least seventeen people have been injured after a series of israeli airstrikes on the gaza strip one of the palestinian officials local sources say a number of targets such as militant training bases as well as a cement factory workshop were hit israel has not commented on the attacks though

such actions are not uncommon israeli rocket attacks have escalated recent weeks despite the cease fire since the two thousand and nine. second round of presidential elections have taken place in haiti international observers have praised the process although it's scoppetta first we're going to pump gas here funnel to kind of the corpses of the former first lady of the results are expected by the end of the one that will face the task of rebuilding a million jobs lost off the devastating earthquake in january twenty ten. i think they would sell they have all the business news.

posting with us here on r t i match reza with your business report germany's winter's haul may invest around two billion dollars on the russian led south stream gas pipeline project according to deputy prime minister igor suchan the energy unit of the industrial nature of the has agreed to join gazprom and italy's any in the twenty one billion dollar project to bring russian gas to southern europe hooter's holes involvement could ensure support for the south stream project from the e.u. including the long term supply contracts the russian gas giant is also in talks with this is a difference regarding its potential role in the project. oil prices are a steady weighed by uncertainty about demand from the world's number three consumer japan but persisting tensions in libya still give support to crude and idle as say tensions in the region may lead to further oil spikes in the short term but there

are no fundamental reasons why for the moment the prices should remain permanently high. and you could go shorts or. ice highs you could sing in the woods you could be you can see them into films and eight books longer i don't think we're going to see him i just want to commit a bit unless of course something screwy to me it's true scenario you see liberals will installations destroy the risk premium in the will run so much on the line from home in months we just see some salutes and he's open to the good it's it's untrue it's from lines will expose for it's a boon to lose there's no way we can afford to read user will explode significantly . let's check out the scoreboard now asian stocks on the rise to news day japanese shares have jumped more than four percent catching up with global markets after the

weekend the strong buy came after several investors including warren buffett said japanese stock valuation turned attractive after last week's driven slump a weaker yen has given some support to export as with toyota motors up three and a half per cent and sony up around three percent but the biggest gains have been posted by the share is mostly hit by the nuclear crisis tokyo electric power that operates the damaged fukushima plant jumped around sixteen percent and toshiba which builds nuclear plants added more than eleven percent here in russia the r.t.s. has opened in the black the my sex is just about to start trading despite strong performance in europe russian stocks saw a relatively modest gains on monday the market was consolidating after outperforming during the previous week oil related stocks were mostly in the black on stronger commodity prices looking ahead to how the russian markets are likely to perform in the near future michael stipe from old could each year believes equities here are still offering up a good value. given the increase in risk aversion and increasing volatility that

we've seen that investors are more most likely going to take cues from what's happening with western markets with a focus on what's happening in japan and also what's with what's happening in libya that's the russian equities for me and very cheap especially given the elevated oil prices that we have out there we think in the medium term you're going to see a stronger performance in the oil and gas sector which is going to benefit from forthcoming upward revisions to oil price forecasts and also. pending tax tax reform changes. and that's it from the business desk i'll be back in the next hour and you can find all the latest updates at r.t. dot com slash business.

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