gunfire and explosions in the capital city tripoli at the civilian count continues to climb i'm portishead join me in a few moments for an update. the u.s. has rushed to join the military efforts in libya response already having paid billions to ongoing conflicts elsewhere. who benefits from some spending. another player throwing its support behind the south stream pipeline project reza we'll show you more in our business up their. efforts to

stabilize the damaged reactors at the fukushima nuclear power plants after work was suspended following unexplained smoke in the films. and you're watching our table into the program 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 from the third. strikes. it was keeping those developments for us now paula you were in tripoli at the moment tell us more about what appears to be going on there. well in the latest coalition air strikes to libyan naval bases and a ports were hit we hearing from the government spokesperson as to see him here in tripoli. and number of people were killed in what he says was

a civilian airport in the city of sept and certainly state television here has been reporting nonstop that many people have been killed many people have been injured in these latest strikes rebel leaders in the east of the country have been meeting with members and representatives of the united nations in the city of to brooke and there are discussing humanitarian concerns and the latest humanitarian efforts there was a cease fire and nonce meant by the government on sunday but this seemingly continues to be ignored on the ground as intensive fighting continues for government in three cities in the city of some ten in the wrist and there we're being told that government troops continue to bombard the town in the city of misrata for the fourth consecutive day could the government troops have surrounded the town and they are stopping the supply of all water fuel and electricity to residents inside and in the city of agita bureau which is the next largest city after the rebel stronghold city of benghazi where we've been told that government

troops continue to ambush at these intensive fighting and the latest word we have is several fighters are advancing from benghazi to actually try and help the comrades and fellow fighters there now overnight here in the capital city of tripoli there were major explosions most of them came from the south of the city there was a lot of smoke in the skies that is where the compound of gadhafi is situated it has already been hit before a three story building where that controls the command and control center for his operations was we were told were greedy destroyed but certainly here for several hours throughout the night mandate it was anti aircraft fire more and more questions are being asked on the ground water is going to be the end game to this operation the latest word from the american president barack obama is that gadhafi is not a target but certainly people here are asking the question why his compound is consistently being hit and also he hasn't been heard from for days to people's asking in fact where is he we are also hearing from obama that in the coming days the control of the international operate. will be handed over from washington she

nato allies. we understand the coalition operation in libya is expanding with other nations joining the operation there how is likely to play out do you think. well canada is the latest to send for fighter jets we understand that they have flown over libya but they haven't actually as of yet participated in any operations there also seems refueling tanks here qatar has sent six fighter jets and they have landed in crete we've been told that this is the first arab country to respond to the coalition mission and of course there have been concerns and questions being raised in terms of exactly what will be the arab contribution when there were these seemingly mixed messages coming out of the secretary general of the arab league. music coming out of the secretary general of the arab league the british thai food france has had also participated in the first ever combat mission that took place on monday and we've been told that they will be a not

a meeting of the united nations security council that will be held this coming thursday to discuss these latest developments and the latest operations on the ground what is also seeming alarm bells is that we are hearing from rebel leaders as they advance waste words to try and recapture some of the towns and some of the cities that they've lost they're calling the international community for more cover so people are asking well just time valvular just how long is the international community particularly to provide this in cover and what will be the continuous climb up civilians more people on the ground becoming increasingly alarmed that innocent people are going to be killed. thank you. well the meter maid get it says the u.n. back to military intervention is a direct consequence of the behavior of libya's leader moammar gadhafi however he was critical of the bombing saying the no fly zone should be used only to protect civilians and bring about peace. has more in russia's assessment of events in libya

. well president to me to be made very have said that although russia's initial response was to call for a peaceful solution to the situation in libya through negotiations that colonel gadhafi is actions in and persistently attacking his own people have forced the hand of the international community and if this was why russia voted in favor of imposing an arms embargo travel ban on the gadhafi regime and why the country how can you use 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 the lead here is a result of the shameful behavior of its government and the crimes against their own people and we love the u.n. no fly zone resolution to go through to prevent these collation of violence but the you have that followed show that any 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 state guard and the military strikes have achieved that 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 all sides involved in the conflict together 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 through the un resolutions being

implemented in libya. we totally embraced the position of the arab league and the un security council to actually provide protection for civilians we believe that this should be the goal of the states who volunteer to implement this resolution the fundamental principle of international humanitarian law was a lot of time essential use of force against civilians should be equally applied to any situation in any country 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 agreed to medvedev plenty on the table ready for them to discuss the current ongoing situation in libya means that that's very likely to be a main topic for discussion. any actions countering. told us about the risks. i think that far as i can draw good 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 that is to say eliminating all the effective and the aircraft defenses which might put controlling aircraft in danger it was obvious from the beginning that that was going to involve a lot of intrusion of military activity and inevitably civilian casualties so i don't think anyone should be surprised that what's happening and i think it's very worrying indeed the mandate from the united nations is perfectly clear it's to protect to impose a new 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 . or libya's leader moammar gadhafi should step down that's according to the u.s. president barack obama who was once again underlining washington's position of

crisis obama says the main goal of international action in libya was to end the one tarrying threat to civilians. and kerry has more from the u.s. . here's the trick in president obama's response he said there is a division between the goals that the u.s. military and our pursuits which is yet again underscored is to enforce the 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 could help you must step down that's definitely a very interesting graduate diplomatically speaking but there's still lots of questions as to the limits of the intervention will it be really enough for the coalition forces to just disarm could all be or is could off easy target now the pentagon says no in fact the defense secretary robert gates said targeting khadafi goes beyond u.n. resolution on libya and the u.s. is that term and to stick to the resolution but the thing is that the wording of

the resolution is basically all inclusive sort of occupation the fears are that the coalition forces could be going beyond the u.n. authorized no fly zone measures which were designed to protect civilians so the majority of americans definitely do not cheer through the grounds 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 the sea and air are skyrocketing the price of day one alone. more than one hundred million dollars within the first two hours they fired one hundred ten cruise missiles 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 despite all this has moved to the helm of this international intervention but can the country afford 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 locked in a 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 rageous problems and yet at the same time 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 at the forefront 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 the u.s. mission is to keep dasi from having any influence on the world price peak 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 our 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 and iraq and afghanistan so it won't be any

different in terms of the war in libya but every news story of them destroying military equipment in. opens up markets for more american british and french arms sales in the world justifying perhaps for some who have benefited a war that adds to the tool other conflicts have taken on the u.s. 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 in mr r.t. new york. and find more coverage of the libyan crisis online and read porousness blog i told him to. stop but it's a wake up call for stocks that are. also looking towards

trying something that makes its. way into something new in operation nuclear emergency. well japan has resumed its efforts to solve the atomic crisis at the completion of a nuclear plant or the emissions of smoke workers at the facility are trying to restore that trust it's a cool down the troubled reactors. that is thought of the. engineers have been able to resume their efforts to connect power to older reactors at the fukushima nuclear power plant yesterday these efforts have to be stopped after

smoke started billowing out of two of the reactors of course the engineers are not able to see inside the reactors as a result of the explosions which happened last week and therefore they have to only guess what's happening now why is it important to reconnect the power to the reactors as soon as the power is reconnected and several of those will have to be taken but eventually the engineers are hoping that that water cooling systems will be able to be reactivated until the water cooling systems are reactor rods inside the reactors are under the age of heating up as me if they heat up there's a possibility they could explode and spread more radiation these otherwise the focus has shifted on to the impact of the radiation which has already been released that dorothy's are saying that and some of there is around the plant the radiation levels are one thousand six hundred times higher than the this should be normally villagers in. have been told not to drink the water because it contains possible radioactive elements and so they're being given bottled water there's also

suspicion that something marine life around the plant on the coast has been poisoned as well and up may post some sort of rest of the fishery we also had scarce over the weekend and afterwards i would cultural projects from that area may be contaminated as well now the thirty's are seen in the levels are safe but of course there's still a level of anxiety amongst japanese people and even people further abroad as to the forcible risks of radiation of course there is still the impact of the earthquake and the tsunami which has recently struck japan the police are saying that nine thousand people have been confirmed as dead more than twelve thousand is missing three hundred thousand or more than not remain homeless and of course the number of confirmed dead is likely to grow over the next few weeks. the nuclear crisis has evoked memories of a dark period depends. during world war two. lease man has borne the scars of nuclear disaster for most of his life

as a resident of nagasaki you sherry i'm a lucky has had liver and kidney problems since he was thirty five and he's already beaten cancer twice every time he falls ill now he feels it could be his last battle you sure you watch these events unfold at fukushima fearing the true nature of the disaster is yet to show itself so you are saying that the result of the contamination will just then go after the event it will be handed down from generation to generation i have four daughters the first to have leukemia and another has breast cancer and for the results of a disaster this will be shown in generations to come. you should know was just eleven when the bomb was dropped and 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 wife's thing to do. so then the i don't think the public all the governments are overreacting in this situation i think people must take all precautionary measures they can to avoid the worst for the rest of the niagara psyche the stands today had to be built from scratch eleven square kilometers were reduced to dust the cloud of its tragic past still hangs over the city its 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 to give with donations already ten times higher than normal we have a case of something happens in our nation like the nation that i would help each other especially the people in the us i am very very sensitive to. very

worried about what happened if you are and we want to help not anybody every way it sounded like a sack it is a morial for the seventy five thousand died when the atomic bomb was dropped here this one that exact moment now the city will ever serve as a reminder of the destructive potential of nuclear power and there is here now praying that well remembered in the same way in august sakis 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 residents living in fear. i think you know we've never experienced such a devastating nuclear arsenal before and i think everyone is now free this could happen again and i wasn't afraid of nuclear accidents before but now because it is see it's not under control and also. thank you something thank you coming up in ten minutes time it's the kaiser report program x.

and stacey discuss what. some good. documentation is emerging from one thousand nine hundred eighty two when this plant and this reactor was designed that the three nuclear scientists working on it resigned because it was so on safe this reactor build by the u.s. government of the department of energy was also aware of this but they decided not to do anything because it would essentially make the nuclear industry extinct. their reckless and there they are they fall the masters of blind profiteering and human life is worth nothing at this is this is coming back to haunt japan this of this theory that you can cause extinction and increase price rises artificially this is a theme that this global we live in must come to terms with because being played out our economies all over the world in the us in the u.k. in japan all over the industrialized nations the more that they killed slaughter

the higher the price is making a few people rich. for some other news making headlines around the world at least a dozen times the yemeni capital after three on the commanders defected to join anti-government protesters. opposed to their side by this time that the political revolt has been in its with this crackdown in recent weeks fifty people killed by government troops of. position. president steps down. at least seventeen people have been injured after a series of israeli air strikes on gaza strip. hospital officials there will sources say a number of targets such as been some training bases as well as a cement factory work shortly hit. israel has not commented on the attacks such actions are not uncommon israeli rocket attacks have escalated recent weeks despite

the ceasefire since the two thousand and one and. the second round of presidential elections has taken place in haiti with national observers who praised the process going in one of the not after first running within the last product and pundits or perhaps even a former first lady then the results are expected by the end of the month when women face the task of building a million homes most often devastating earthquake in general hospital. with a moment so i will have all the person's needs a chaotic state of this. good

to have you with us here on r.t.i. match reservoir of business will attend germany's winters haul may invest around two billion dollars in the russian led south stream gas pipeline project according to deputy prime minister igor such an energy unit of industrial major has agreed to join gazprom many italy's eight hundred twenty one billion dollar project to bring russian gas to southern europe which has holes involvement could ensure support for the south stream project from the e.u. including long term supply contracts the russian gas giant is also in talks with other players to pay for all its regarding its potential role in the project. oil prices are steady weighed by uncertainty for about demand from the world's number three consumers japan but persisting tensions in libya still give support to crude analysts 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 prices should remain permanently high. it could go short. ice

highs you could swim in the woods you could even see the height of the room in two thousand and eight long gets whom i don't think we're going to see images like i'm a bit unless of course things go really to extreme scenario we see new bills will installations destroy the risk premium in the oil price might ride the time from home but a few months you just hope it says she salutes you so for libya it's it's true it's for lines will expose for it's good news is no way we can afford to reduces or links will significantly. less for all those numbers now asian stocks on the rise tuesday japanese shares jumping more than four per cent catching up with global markets after the weekend the strong buying came after several investors including warren buffett said japanese stock valuation trying to track it after

last week's weight driven slump a weaker yen has given some support to export as with toyota of three and a half percent in sony up around three percent but the biggest gains have been posted by the shares most hit by the nuclear crisis tokyo electric power which operates the damaged fukushima plant jumped around sixteen percent and toshiba which has a role in building nuclear plants added more than eleven for a set here in russia stocks are lower this hour after posting modest gains at open on tuesday losing forty one per cent to my sex shutting around three quarters of a percent most of the blue chips lower with norilsk nickel and ross telecoms gallo around one percent looking ahead to how the russian markets are not markets are likely to perform in the near future michael stein from believes equities here are still offering a good value. given the increase in risk aversion and the 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 said the russian equities are mean 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 strong performance in the one gas sector which is going to benefit from force coming up we're group visions to will price forecasts and also. pending tax tax reform changes. that's your idea of business update for this hour i'll be back in the less than an hour with more and you can find all the latest updates at our team dot com slash business.

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