gunfire and explosions in the capital city tripoli as the civilian count reportedly climbs and paula still join me in just a few moments from all. the u.s. has rushed to join the military effort in libya despite already having to pay billions for ongoing conflicts elsewhere sparking debate over who benefits from stop spending. this hour stream projects a new investor are now drugs or we'll tell you more in our business report. also japan resumes efforts to stabilize the damaged reactors at the fukushima nuclear power plant after work was suspended for an unexplained small commissions.

plus belgium is frozen without a government does dispute between two major communities needs an expert is that if could spread across europe. world news twenty four seven you're watching our tape of the program fresh explosions and gunfire have been heard in tripoli as international coalition forces continue to bombard libya the country's government says further civilian casualties occurred for the third day of allied airstrikes troops and a lot of the b. of the colonel gadhafi are reportedly attacking rebel strongholds in the west as are some supporters. well in the later is coalition is strikes in libya and naval bases and key libyan airports were hit we're hearing from a government spokesperson as to sit with him here in tripoli that 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 many people have been killed many people have been injured in these latest is strikes rebel leaders in the east of the country have been. eating with members of representatives of the united nations in the city of to brook and there are discussing humanitarian concerns and the latest humanitarian efforts there was a cease fire and nancy meant by the government on sunday that this seemingly continues to be ignored on the ground as intensive fighting continues for government in three cities in the city of zion ten in the weights where we're being told that government troops continue to bombard the 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 a largest city after the rebel stronghold city of benghazi there we've been told by

government troops continue to ambush at this intensifies here and the latest word we have is a ripple fighters are advancing from benghazi to edge to be able to try and help the comrades and fellow fighters there not 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 really destroyed but certainly here 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 of yet participated in any operations they've also seems to refueling tanks here qatar has stated six fighter jets they have landed in crete the british thai food fighters have also participated in a first ever 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 sending alarm bells is that we are hearing from rebel leaders there as they advance with words to try and recapture some of the towns and some of the cities and. international community cover so people are asking which is time told them just how long is the international community to keep going to provide his income and what will be the continuous climb up civilians more people on the ground that can increasingly alarmed that innocent people are going to be killed. back intervention as a direct consequence of the behavior of either. whoever he was critical of the bombings. and to protect. what. the president dimitri medvedev said that although russia's initial response was to

call for a peaceful solution to the situation in libya through negotiations colonel gadhafi actions in persistently attacking 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 how to use 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 options 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 intention see send troops or military hardware to the country that russia was prepared to step it is a mediator all u.s. defense secretary robert gates is in russia at the moment he will meet with president agree to meet video of plenty on the table already for them to discuss what the current ongoing situation in libya means that that's very likely to be

a main topic for discussion both civilian lives at stake many experts say. carefully as actions countering. former british ambassador. told us about the risks. i think that so 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 medicine say eliminating or affective anti-aircraft defenses which might put petroleum croft in danger it was obvious from the beginning that 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 and i think it's very worrying indeed the mandate from the united nations is perfectly clear it's 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. of the us and then there are two operations against their peers already suffering and they will back us but it's the ordinary american taxpayer that unemployment at a huge deficit that stands to lose the most on this to expect. one to one point five million dollars the purported 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 bard meant from cs and the 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 to. brilliant dollars of national debt the u.s. has already committed trillions to ongoing wars in afghanistan. as well as iraq. get 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 rages 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 sort 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 and military contractors they have made literally super profits

spectacular profit off of the wars in iraq and afghanistan so it won't be any different in terms of the war in libya but every news story and destroying military equipment in in libya 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 lauren lyster r.t. new york. situation and it's of ups that american it with it from the scene is there anything that stands to benefit from the politics according to rockwell from

the search and educational center so that we can when these instant. they want to divide and conquer just like the romans so they b.s. this is this is not by the way not a no fly zone it's also a no drive zone and no walks in there but maybe didn't leave the place and keep it as bad as it would be to intervene to keep airplanes from flying immediately or attacking people on the ground that are. killing a lot a lot of a lot of people who want to write quote. we don't know whose blood it is but i believe it's a good thing and out of. 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 broke that the dollar is going down the drain that the government is putting the whole country in the most horrific financial circumstances where they're starting yet another want 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 the gadhafi regime these are not a bunch of libertarians so i think yes there's they struggle for power and as one group will want the us helping them we will be regional players whether it's the people within 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 you can find more coverage of the beginning process on like. blog at all to go to clubs and bar dot wake up to until. just. also you can log on twenty two chart see the latest footage putting images in an operation in libya on the nuclear emergency in japan and all that and more at you tube slash.

japan has resumed its efforts to solve the atomic crisis at the fukushima nuclear plant following emissions of smoke workers at the facility trying to restore electricity and cool down the troubled reactors it seems in the world it is funny 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 starts to have to be taken with eventually the engineers are hoping that the water cooling systems will be able to be reactivated otherwise the focus has shifted to the impact of the radiation which has already been released the thirty's are saying that in some of there is around the plant the radiation levels are one thousand six hundred times higher than the should be

normally villages in the settlements have been told not to drink that water because it contains possible radioactive elements instead they're being given bottled water there's also suspicion that some there marine life around the plant has been poisoned as well and that may pose some sort of risk to the fisheries we also heard scares over the weekend and afterwards i recall chal produce from that area may be contaminated as well now the thirty's 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 that sort of possible 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 that remain homeless and of course the number of the confirmed dead is likely to grow over the next few weeks. crisis in

japan. another catastrophe devastate the country. feel the force of. japan's. sixty five years on a tease. lease man has borne the scars of nuclear disaster for most of his life as a resident of nagasaki you sherry in what he has sand liver and kidney problems since he was thirty five and he's already beaten cancer twice you sure are watches 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 won't just end of the event it will be handed down from generation to generation and 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 fukushima is the wise thing to do so then i think people must take all precautionary measures they can to avoid the worst. psyche the stands the day had to be built from scratch eleven square kilometers word used to dust the cloud of its tragic past still hangs over the city it's a residence though you know what it means to suffer and are willing to help those in need. we have a custom something happens in our relation to the nation that we are very sensitive to. so we are very worried about what happened and we want to help. everywhere you turn in like a sack it is a memorial to the seventy five thousand. drop here this one mark that exact

moment now the city will ever serve as a reminder of the destructive potential of power and there is here now praying that fukushima. in the same way. you would escape any radiation from a meltdown at fukushima but the reason nuclear plant close by and the incident has left residents living in fear that. we've never experienced such a devastating nuclear accident before and i think everyone is no afraid this could happen again because we believe it's not under control but. i didn't see something. take a close look at what's happening at the first floor nuclear plant one of russia's leading atomic scientists for the star of the program but here's a quick critic. review. certainly no country labor reporter every gave you know every detail. has been providing

a rather detailed table. it's hard to judge it's truth because there are others because they may not know it all background radiation are. going to take. belgium has set a new record as the country has now been without a government for almost a year interest of article two speakers in the north and french speakers in the south concerns of a split of a compromise isn't reached. bushell is in brussels. the french parents in florida all those are both cultures so was building breaks up he fears for his children's future if you. don't know because all this music you should be all these. northern flemings and southern

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 of nine months now and world record schools already teach while children on the ground floor flemish kids up stairs de facto segregation the man behind the clashes says belgium's breakup will spark a wave of suspicion through the european union it will not end and. the need. for spain like france will follow a growing ethnic divides of fueling separatist movements across the e.u. from the shaky cease fire of the terrorist attacks in past spain to bombings in french corsica divorce is amicable in just one states and britain is

considered please can feel believe the editorials. would be acceptable that scotland if there is a majority of a referendum so it. isn't obvious in order. to present in all the european countries splits of a less harmonious kind could mean trouble ahead here comes. a southern part of the country and hope it can float away you're stuck with a poor neighbor the e.u. seems unable to stop the rise in inequalities between its people and the twenty. first century some seek a new states forming in europe as basic tensions across the e.u. reach poorly point protists see lloyds at the end of the tunnel that threatens the very concept of the european union as for growing numbers of its citizens the writings on the wall tell you bush will not see brussels. without some other news

making headlines around the world at least a dozen tanks have moved in and the many capital of the three top army commanders defecting to join anti-government protesters comes a day off the president ali abdullah saleh fired his own tayac habit of political we're told that with a fierce crack guarded recent weeks around fifty people killed by government forces on monday and then for two months now the position has been demanding the president starts down. former israeli president moshe katsav has been sentenced to seven years in prison for a break and other such an effect since december it was really cool that it got so out of brinkley when mr worked for him and sexually harassing two other former employees looks president has always maintained his innocence. eventually the rains have caused more flooding across the globe lower in the south

of sydney one man has died and several people had to be rescued as a result of the floodwaters while prince william visited areas or something else to a trip devastated by downpours going to some i think perished or flooded the state of queens that before the water was in the south. over the. next. perturb you with us here on r t i match reza with our business bulletin 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 a section of the energy unit of industrial major b.s.f. has agreed to join gazprom any ailey's any in the twenty one billion dollars project where a russian gas to southern europe where there is always involvement could ensure support for the south stream project from the e.u. including a long term supply contracts gazprom the right say miller explains how the deal

will work. so what is not on them according to a memorandum. will get fifteen percent of the project so the council will stay with its fifty percent share. and will gain its share from any remember random also includes new long term gas supply contracts that the oil prices are slightly lower weighed by uncertainty about the demand from the world's number three consumer japan but persis tame tensions in libya still going to support the current 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. they could go short. as high as you could think in other words you can you can see the height of the of them in two thousand and eight but. i don't think we're going to see a major spike in the unless of course things go really to the extreme scenario and

we see libya's oil installations destroyed at the risk premium in the open tonight we put on from now on but few months we just hope that it's assistance and it's open to go and sleep it's it's a country that just from lines will expose for its blood would lose there's no way we can afford to reduces all exports significant. through all the numbers for you now european stocks slightly higher on tuesday following a strong finish on wall street insurance and financial stocks are rallying among the losers germany retailer metro a.g. down two point seven percent after getting a cautious trading outlook for. asian stocks on the rise tuesday japanese shares have jumped more than four percent catching up with global markets after the weekend the strong buying came after several investors including warren buffett said japanese stock valuations turned attractive after last week's quite europe and

saw a weaker. it has given some support to exports with toyota three and a half percent and sony up around three percent. here in russia stocks are lower this hour after losing earlier gains investors still taking profits after last week's strong gains the r.t.s. is down point three percent the nice x. is shedding almost zero percent. take a look at some of the individual stocks in more detail arrow flow dropping her out a third of a percent the airline told interfax that its net profit rose more than two fold in two thousand and ten to two hundred eighty million dollars profit is down four percent share is not getting a lift from the news that the south stream deal with winter is all over the fact that alexey miller has been elected c.e.o. for another five years meanwhile other energy sector giants are fairing better hydro shares are up more than one percent. russia's largest mobile phone retailer euro said has confirmed plans to float on the london stock exchange

a source close to the deal says the company is looking to raise as much as one hundred forty million dollars in the issue euro said has been valued by banks up between three point two and five billion dollars. looking ahead now to how the russian markets are likely to perform in the near future michael stein for most believes equities and here are still offering good value. given the increasing risk aversion and the increasing volatility that we've seen that investors are more than 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 for me in 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 gas sector which is going to benefit from forthcoming upward revisions to oil price forecasts and also. pending tax tax reform changes. stay with us here on r.t. i'll be back with more business news in about an hour and

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