and. the. gunfire and explosions in the capital city tripoli as the civilian count reportedly climbs i'm portis here join me in just a few moments for more. on the u.s. has rushed to join the military effort in libya despite already having to pay billions for ongoing conflicts elsewhere and sparking debate over who benefits from such spending. japan resumes efforts to stabilize the damaged reactors at the fukushima nuclear power plant after work was suspended for an unexplained smooth conditions.

there and online you're watching our take it's twelve noon in moscow welcome to the program. explosions. have been heard in tripoli overnight as international coalition forces. leave yet the country's state's television is reporting further civilian casualties with. strikes. across developments for us. well in the latest coalition air strikes libyan naval bases and key libyan airports were hit we're hearing from the government spokesperson as to sit with him here in tripoli and number of people were killed in what he says was a civilian airport in the city of search and certainly state television here has been reporting nonstop that many people have been killed and many people have been injured in these latest a strikes rebel leaders in the east of the country have been meeting with members of 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 nance meant by the government on sunday that this seemingly continues to be ignored on the ground as intensive fighting continues for government in the cities in the city of the waste there we're being told that government troops continue to bombard a town in the city of misrata for the fourth consecutive day government troops have surrounded the town and they are stopping the supply of all water fuel and electricity she residents inside and then in the city of ajdabiya which is the next and largest city after the rebel stronghold city of benghazi there we've been told that government troops continue to ambush that is intensifying and the latest word we have is that rebel fighters are advancing from benghazi to edge to be or to 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 near the controls the command and control center for his operations was we were told we destroyed but certainly he. for several hours throughout the night monday it was anti aircraft fire canada is the latest to send for fighter jets we understand that they have flown over libya but they haven't actually as if you're participated in any operations there also seems refueling tanks here at sea and six fighter jets they have landed in crete the british thai food fighters have also participated in the first combat mission that took place on monday and we've been told that they will be a not a meeting of 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 that we are hearing from rebel leaders as they advance to try and recapture some of the towns and some of the cities if they've lost their money in the international community cover so people are asking well just time

voting for just how long is the international community to keep going to provide this in cover and what will be the continuous climb of civilians more people on the ground becoming increasingly alarmed that innocent people are going to be killed. intervention is a direct consequence of the behavior. it was critical of. to protect. peace. russian. president dmitri medvedev said that although your response was to call for a peaceful solution to the situation in libya through negotiations colonel gadhafi . persistently it's his own people have forced the hand of the international community and this was why russia voted in favor of imposing an arms embargo travel ban on the gadhafi regime and why the country howden used its veto on the u.n.

security council to block the no fly zone allowing international intervention president medvedev said it's all those involved in these military actions should remain. must remain within the parameters of the u.n. resolution which is there to protect civilians in the common ground in libya the president also said this although russia had no intentions to send troops or military hardware to the country 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 the u.s. defense secretary robert gates is in russia 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 agree to madrid of plenty on the table already for them to discuss but the current ongoing situation in libya means that it's very likely to be

a main topic for discussion. at stake. carefully as its actions countering. the risks. well i think that so far as i can draw good it's very difficult of course the reaction that's being 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 anti aircraft offenses which might put . croft in danger it was obvious from the beginning of that was going to involve a lot of intrusive military activity and inevitably civilian casualties so i don't think anyone should be surprised at what's happening right think it's very worrying indeed the mandate from the united nations is perfectly clear as 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 . of the role of the u.s. military operation against libya is already suffering and that class criticism is even still going to merica with the auction has been questioned at a time when the country is still thoughts of the financial crisis. 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 the price of day one alone. more than one hundred million dollars but in 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 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 really just 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 pond don't buy it the u.s. mission is to keep kodachi 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 out and 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 military contractors they have made literally super profits

stick to their 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 in libya opens up markets for more american british and for. arms sales in the world justifying perhaps for some who have benefited a war that adds to the tool other complex 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 and 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 what is the situation in libya develops the american the true the sheens you know anything that stands to benefit from a cult that's what it's. for the kaisha the sense that the political in these

institutions. they want to divide and conquer just like the romans so that this is this is not by the way not a no fly zone it's also a no drive zone no walk so out of there but they immediately if they didn't keep them as bad as it would be to intervene to keep here planes from flying immediately or attacking people on the ground and. killing a lot a lot of a lot of people going to blood flowing. we don't know whose blood it is but i do think it's a good thing on the other hand brother that this is not a good thing that we have another war going on and i must say from the standpoint of america concerned with the fact that our government is broke that the dollar is going down the drain that the government is putting the whole country of the most horrific financial circumstances here there starting yet another war to spend who knows how many billions of dollars makes the military industrial complex very happy but i must say among us taxpayers we don't like it so these rebels are being led by

former officials of a very good offer you are hearing these are not a bunch of libertarians so i think yes as they struggle for power and as one group will want us helping them we will be regional players whether it's the people of egypt or sudan or some of the other countries in the area that may not want another u.s. occupation right in their backyard so yeah i think there could be much more of an open civil war. and fighting the war all team coverage of the crisis and i mean. it's. just something you. see when they test for teaching something and something you know. in the action scenes. it's called snatch.

well and has resumed its efforts to solve the atomic crisis at the fukushima nuclear plant following emissions of smoke workers at the facility are trying to restore electricity and cool down the troubled reactors. there following events there. engineers have been able to resume their efforts to connect power to older reactors at the fukushima nuclear power plant yesterday these efforts had to be stopped after smoke started billowing out of two of the reactors as soon as the power is reconnected several more steps will have to be taken but eventually the engineers are hoping that their water cooling systems will be able to be activated otherwise the focus has shifted on to the impact of the radiation which has already been released the thirty's are saying that in some of there is around the radiation levels are one thousand six hundred times higher than the this should be normally

villagers in nearby settlements have been told not to drink that water because it contains possible radioactive elements and so they're being given bottled water there's also suspicion it's on the marine life around the plant on the coast has been poisoned as well. as some sort of risk to the fisheries we also had scares over the weekend and afterwards the. produce from the area may be contaminated as well their thirties are saying that the levels are safe but of course there's still a level of anxiety among the japanese people and even people further abroad as to the possible risks of radiation of course there is still the impact of the earthquake and the tsunami which is recent be 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 that remain homeless and of course the number of the confirmed dead is likely to grow over the next few weeks.

history. to. police man has borne the scars of a nuclear disaster for most of his life as a resident of not a sucky usury i'm a wacky has had liver and kidney problems since he was thirty five and he's already beaten cancer twice and shira watches events unfold at fukushima fearing the true nature of the disaster is yet to show itself. the result of the contamination going just end of the event it will be handed down from generation to generation i have four daughters the first to have leukemia another has breast cancer 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 from kashima is the wise thing to do in going i think people must take all precautionary measures they can to avoid the worst. psyche the stands today had to be built from scratch eleven square kilometers were juiced the dust 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. we have a custom something happens in our nation we call it the nation that would help each other especially the people who are going to psychically very sensitive to atomic power so we are very worried about what happened. and we want to help in every way it sounded like a sack it is a memorial to the seventy five thousand died when atomic bomb was dropped here this one not that exact moment now the city will ever serve as

a reminder of the destructive potential of nuclear power and those here are now praying that fukushima well remembered in the same way now his psyche 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 accident before and i think everyone is no free this could happen again and i wasn't afraid of nuclear accidents before. because you can see it's not under control. it's artsy and it's something. to stay on r.t. it's the kaiser reports and latest program backs that stacey discuss what human lives are worth to major corporations. documentation is emerging from one thousand nine hundred eighty when this plant and this reactor was designed that the three

nuclear scientists working on it resigned because it was so i'm safe this reactor built by g.e. 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 reckless their reckless and there they are they fall the masters of blind the profiteering and human life is worth nothing at this is this is coming back to haunt your parents of this theory that you can cause extinction and increase price rises artificially this is a theme that this globe that we live in must come to terms with because being played out on economies all over the world in the u.s. and the u.k. and all over the industrialized nations the more the big killed slaughter the higher the price is making a few people rich. belgium

has set a new record as the country has now been without documents for those two year comes as political parties struggle to reach a compromise of the country's future he's done bushell is in brussels. the fridge parents in florida has all those both cultures so was belgium breaks up he fears for his children's future if. it will be much more than no because all this new zealand should be splits all these. northern flemings and some of them clash on the streets. fed up with subsidizing its poor southern neighbor the north wants away but we're big to disagree leaving the country paralyzed without a government for nine months now i work great schools already teach well children

on the ground floor flemish kids up stairs effect. the man behind the clashes belgium's break up will spark a wave of secession through the european union it will not and involve him in the balls with will not influence. like spain like france they will follow growing ethnic divides are fueling separatist movements across the e.u. from the shaky cease fire after terrorist attacks in past spain to bombings in french corsica divorces amicable in just one state and britain considered at least a few believe it or else it would be acceptable that scotland seeds if there is a majority of the referendum so much attitude is that it isn't obvious and other. or not present in other european countries splits of a less harmonious kind could mean trouble ahead you can't sell off the southern

part of the country and hope it can float away you're stuck with a poorer neighbor the e.u. seems unable to stop rising in a call. between these people in the twenty first century some seat states full europe has basic tensions across the e.u. reach boiling point separatists see lloyds at the end of the tunnel that threatens the very concept of the european union as for growing numbers of its citizens abroad things on the wall. r.t. brussels. rafa's and other news making headlines around the world the south at least a dozen types of movements the yemeni capital of the three top army commanders defected to join protesters oppose a day off the president earlier than a sudden they fired his entire cabinet the political revolt has been met with a fierce crept out of the recent weeks with around fifty people killed by

government forces in one day alone two months now the opposition has been demanding that president steps to help. former israeli president moshe katsav has been sentenced to seven years in prison for rape and other sexual offenses back in december an israeli court convicted cutts of raping a woman who used to work for him section or some other former employees ex-president has always tainted his innocence. to ensure the rains have caused more flooding across the you know what in the south of sydney i'm not saying this is a result of the flood zones meanwhile prince william was visiting disaster zones in southern australia inundated an easter thirty five people died in the flooding in queensland state before wilson and south.

business news is next. thanks for staying with us here on r.t. i am that frezza with your business bulletin germany's winters holmy investors around two billion dollars in the russian led south stream gas pipeline project according to deputy prime minister igor sechin the energy unit of industrial major b.a.'s 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 a long term supply contracts gazprom is also in talks with electricity a day for all its regarding the potential role in the project oil prices are steady weighed by uncertainty about demand from the world's number three consumer in japan but persisting tensions in libya could still give support to a crude analysts say tensions in the region may lead to further oil spikes in the short term but there are no fundamental reasons for the moment by the prices should

remain permanently high. we could go short. as high as you could think in other words you can even see the height of the room into a thousand eight. i don't think we're going to see a major spike committed unless of course things go really to its true scenario and we see libya's oil installations destroy the risk premium in the old friends of mine right the time from home few months we just hope that it's a sin saloon since it's open to go and see the good it's it's come from goods from lines will expose for its blood with the rules there's no way we can the food to reduces it will explode significantly. take a look at the big board now european stocks slightly higher on tuesday following a strong finish on wall street insurance and financial stocks are rallying among

the losers as the german retailer metro. eiji down two point seven percent after giving a cautious trading outlook asian stocks on the rise tuesday japanese shares jumping more than four percent catching up with global markets after the weekend a strong buying came out 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 exports with toyota three percent. three and a half percent rather and sony around three percent here in russia stocks are lower this hour after posting modest gains at the open on tuesday the r.t.s. losing point one per cent and my six shedding around three quarters of a percent most of the blue chips are lower with norilsk nickel and ross telecom down around one per cent let's have a look at how individual stocks are performing arrow flow trading marginally in the black a sort of the airline tells interfax that its net profit rose more than two fold in two thousand and ten to two hundred eighty million dollars gazprom down one point

one point four percent possibly on profit taking after the stock strong performance last week the share is not getting a lift from news of the south stream deal with winter's haul or the fact that alexei miller has been elected c.e.o. for another five years meanwhile out of their energy sector giants are doing better roos hydros shares of more than one percent looking ahead to how the russian markets are likely to perform in the near future michael stein from he's here believes equities here still offer 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 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 from being 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 well in gas sector which is going to benefit from forthcoming upward revisions to oil price forecasts and also. pending tax tax

reform changes. that's how the numbers look this hour i'll be back in the next hour with more and you can always find the latest updates at our business.

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