i'm positive like the hotel points pushers and i would print certain discipline detail in touch with the who tell me touch your group which is a good goal how would international floods achieve every green little bit chill in tulsa. tonight on our t.v. is coalition air strikes and heavy gunfire rocked libya's capital for a fourth night and experts point to the lack of strategy and coordination among the allied forces. khadafi continued his reckless policy of intimidation is relentless pursuit of terror he counted on america to be passive. he counted wrong old habits die hard we look at how engaging in foreign military conflicts has become a trademark trait of u.s. president. the new hole from japan's attempts to cool the reactors of the quake damaged fukushima power plant has black rising smoke problems the evacuation of

workers and five like a. very good evening from moscow it's nine pm wednesday night here watching the r.t.e. news channel with me kevin owen and first coalition strikes on libya is showing no signs of easing today with more than three hundred war plane flights reported on the fourth night a french aircraft carrier is moving to the region and more fighter jets are arriving in crete despite the pentagon chief pledged to ease the intensity of the strikes i think paul asli is following developments in the capital tripoli. colonel gadhafi spoke on state television on tuesday night in what we're being told is a night of address from his compound bab al aziziya now that compound was hit some two days ago by iraq allied is striking he was incredibly angry and incredibly

defiant he called this a crusader war and said that he would not have down that the libyan control would make a mockery of these airstrikes he said that libya was leading international efforts in the international war against imperialism and this past he also said that this was a blatant aggression by fascists not speaking to people here in the capital city of tripoli what they say it's particularly frightening is that he stated that they had not used the full rights of the libyan military machine now we've been hearing from kurdish leaders that they've managed to practically destroyed his if this was denied by the libyan leader he hasn't spoken in public for several days now and they were questions being asked as to where exactly he is but we understand that he has a number of underground bunkers and no doubt he is hiding in one of them we're hearing from these coalition leaders that there is strikes have been successful but they simply haven't skimmed back the advancement of gadhafi is soldiers on the ground there is continuous fighting in

a number of cities the most prominent cities being the cities of misrata and then town in the ways in the city of ajdabiya in the east now particularly in misrata where they were some is strike very intensive shelling and intensive fighting continues just yesterday tuesday we've been told that thirteen civilians were killed for being with children from the same family we're also being told that they duffy's men have taken up positions on the roofs of buildings and they say working there as snipers literally shooting at anything that moves on the ground the local hospital has run out of medical supplies and is in fact turning people back early this morning wednesday show people board they were three explosions here in the capital city of tripoli they came. in the eastern part of the city and it's to the scene to say what exactly was the target but there is a military base piers to be our case thing that was one of the pieces one of the targets of people here in the capital city are getting incredibly frightened and to this is turning people even move into the space of yesterday i visited and naval

base here in the capital city and it had been struck by six missiles and speaking to naval offices there they could the words of gadhafi saying that this was an illegitimate war and that they would continue to fight back against what they are calling a gray says these strikes besides making people very angry also opening the floodgates in terms of the questions of who we will this operation in what is he in strategy what is the exit gate is this going to be a war that just continues for months and months and if indeed it is will be in the anger and the frustration on the ground is just going to intensify. for the very latest smarties policy. remember you can always go to our twitter feed in her latest tweet paula says that she's met with people who are sure that nothing will change my god be with spere when your world will follow we're twitter and all of the other school columns to get the latest inside smallville correspondent. now

there's many a true word spoken in jest meeting different circuitry robert gates earlier this month general david petraeus also why he was using a bigger plane than normal was he planning to have tied libya or something the general job. the only way to go exactly you have of if suspected to be a sarcastic reply would come by to haunt the u.s. no one expected this scenario to materialize but the coalition is no facing criticism for its air strikes for british intelligence officer and a much stronger says the coalition forces become more and more entrapped in plunging into the libyan crisis now with no clear way out. i think there are a tangle seen as the whole uprising began in libya because they really didn't know which side to back and which way to jump of course there colonel gadhafi had been

a historic enemy of the west for many many decades and suddenly he'd been brought back into the international fold and there were lots of nice juicy oil contracts and business contracts flowing out of libya towards the bases like the u.s. the u.k. france and italy so i think they're very torn for a long time and it's only really over the last weekend that they did a bit of a rush job to take the violence to the next stage and protect the rebels that they had been backing secretly for a couple of decades in the east of libya so i think a different names from different countries different vested interests within libya of the different countries and also different histories are all playing a part in this in this model and it is interesting as we're looking at the sort of conflicting reports coming out of a u.k. particularly about the endgame where the military chief of defense is saying absolutely not we're not going to get out of the capital even state we're not going to try to assassinate gadhafi and yet the government is trying to sort of hedge its bets on that front i think the temptation is going to get stronger and stronger certainly for the west the u.k. and france to try and get rid of gadhafi in an accident a bomb that goes off in the wrong place or something because of course they've made

such a problem for themselves now even if they end up with a stalemate a war of attrition and but it clearly a partition situation between east in the west of libya and we have a situation where gadhafi still has power now get off he's going to feel very betrayed by his ex best allies in the west of course because it's up to him over the last decade and gadhafi has experience and a track record and also his stated intentions of carrying out terrorist attacks in the future if he stays in power so i think the west really is in a position where it has to go for the end game of getting rid of gadhafi for regime change which of course that is highly illegal under all sorts of international laws and is specifically excluded from the u.n. resolution. bandon is bracing for a wave of public anger this weekend as protest movements are planning to take to the streets they're angry at proposed spending cuts and say western governments are lashing out at other countries for not listening to the people's voice but doing the same at home counties. has war from london. precisely

the london might experience the biggest protest in its history bigger than the antiwar coalition march in two thousand and three up until now the rise political activist groups have not been very well i've been honest but they have finally decided together everybody who has been badly affected by the actions of a coalition government with thirty five to forty five percent of british people opposing the intervention in libya it seems on saturday those intervention protest as well no lost in the crowd i will not expect government to rush into i'm doing everything straightaway it rarely happens in practice but those protests are simply a god of the democratic system however there is a paradox here no only rest and countries experience problems and their governments do nothing about western countries immediately you governments and being undemocratic but when western countries do the same by ignore opinion of

people in their country they that's and see that is not the poll show that's probably opinion in u.k. regarding the information in leaving out is not the road and house of congress was only thirteen of them voting against the minutes of intervention this vote was taken on monday two days after you came it's all believe it was a rare moment in the house of commons when labor literally occupied seats next to the tories and the lib dems locating the opposition sides of their chamber to the people of britain jurgen from the stop the war coalition in london believes british people's concern over their country's involvement in libya is growing as the bombs continue. i can't remember a british military intervention which is so quickly become contested unpopular and what we're seeing here is that

a number of opinion polls are showing that there's a growing opposition to this because people are asking if it is simply no fly zone to protect civilians how can reprint for nice and plump argument how can the cruise missiles are being used in the obviously civilians are in threat and what exactly is the purpose of this and i think people are more and more skeptical brown said. when president obama said colonel gadhafi was continued for oppression despite ample warning many may have a feeling of deja vu similar words about the beginning of the attack on libya by the reagan administration twenty five years ago i was artie's christine for points next since then all incoming american leaders of made a habit of waging war and. it's become an unspoken identity of the job description. become president of the united states. declare war my fellow americans my fellow citizens for president ronald reagan in

one thousand nine hundred six a familiar attack on a familiar enemy despite our repeated warnings gadhafi continued his reckless policy of intimidation is relentless pursuit of terror he counted on america to be passive. encountered wrong turns out so did saddam hussein just two hours ago allied air forces again an attack on military targets in iraq in kuwait for his successor president clinton the target was slobodan milosevic today our armed forces joined our nato allies in airstrikes against serbian forces responsible for the brutality in kosovo president george w. bush said it was weapons of mass destruction that threaten the world and invaded iraq in what was supposed to be a quick and limited campaign on my orders coalition forces and begin striking selective targets some military importance undermine saddam hussein's ability to wage war most thought it would end there with president obama running on an

anti-war platform he has spent most of his presidency trying to end the wars started by his predecessor until now the u.n. security council passed a strong resolution that demands an end to the violence against us. it authorizes the use of force in the timeline of recent history there have been some glaring similarities when it comes to the use of course i u.s. president none have been in response to a military attack or even threat of an attack on us soil and none have ever been formally declared war we are to protect the innocent people in kosovo from a mounting military offensive we are determined to knock out seven hussein's nuclear bomb potential we will also destroy its chemical weapons facilities so if the fence is not only our right it is our duty the definition of duty often changing the result. parallel thank you god bless you.

god. thank you very much christine r.t. . now there's more insight into the situation in libya coming up in about two hours time and people of all show crosstalk which offers a variety of opinions and some very intense debate this issue to. we're seeing a complete meltdown of authoritarian rule in north africa and in the middle east what is the united states or allies do sit back and let it occur when people are rising up and asking for help in atrocities are being made against their people by their own governments this is essentially dressed up out the humanitarian mission and the days and weeks to come will show that the libyan people will pay a very heavy price not only for a cutout of these crimes and ruthlessness but also for this western intervention without these airstrikes then you can see right now who would be the people benghazi right now would be massacred go to benghazi now. sort of the

point i want to try to ignore or not listen this is how much how is this sort of the easier to do and also what is the critical. thing here is the signal. the programs to come back to the present the news continues contamination fears are growing in japan where high levels of radiation of reach tokyo in the region around the stricken fukushima nuclear plant meantime residents have been told to avoid some local produce struggle to resolve its nuclear crisis has again been stalled today with workers it's a question revaluated of the black smoke emerge from one of its reactors i think you go groton it was in the japanese capital for us. i'm not a setback for the shut down operation i think regime workers have to be withdrawn once smoke began billowing from one of the reactors for fear of contamination now this time it's reactor number three perhaps the most dangerous of the lot because

it operates tony and not only has a much longer half life than you radium i never thought ever to get out into the environment to be a very expensive and very difficult cleanup operation because of course was all has been a last few days of very steady progress the engineers have now managed to connect all of the reactors to so many kristie in fact electricity has been restored in one of the control rooms there saying that if this operation continues successfully destroyed the recent setback that eventually they'll be able to put the cooling systems back into action and the cooling systems. and therefore any immediate risk of contamination will then have been avoided here in tokyo the dangers of radiation are coming from different directions first it was the vegetables and the fruit which are produced in the area near focus shima which are becoming contaminated now the thirty's are saying that the levels of radiation in the water are also rising

and. babies and small children have been banned from drinking tap water because the levels are apparently dangerous to them and only take a few adults but at the same time i'm doubting that a lot of people are risking it and in fact if you go to the shops the problem water is still going at a very fast rate so people are not risking drinking water from that that there is a lot of rain which has been falling here over the last few days and have been dropping if not significant but noticeable of the radiation and we've been walking around the city measuring the radiation levels in some of the streets by five six times that it's supposed to be even though the overall indicators are normal nevertheless the authorities are asking their citizens to stay calm. followed your nuclear crisis and its affects on line arteries you go god moves tweeting from tokyo for us and says rolling blackouts have stopped in there but shops and restaurants still shocked and switch off lights and early other solidarity for all the updates about your plan plus much more log on to us for two feeds that are to

be on the school for. next a deadly blast as in central jerusalem today killing one and injuring dozens the city's first bombing in a public place in several years comes amid escalating tensions between gaza and israel let's get more thoughts on the situation now we're joined by a coeditor for the israel palestine a simple very good evening chief thanks for being on r.t. you've previously haven't you called the aim of achieving peace between the israelis and palestinians quote the primary challenge do you don't you think now that after the recent escalation we've seen that this goal is sadly as far off as ever. temporarily it's far off but the fact is that we're all aging toward september when the u.n. general assembly is going to convene and something will probably happen diplomatically there's this whole palestinian recognition campaign and as you can see prime minister despite what is happening right now is about to leave for russia

so diplomatic negotiations discussions continue. what is happening right now is really what. it's calls a little war that nobody really wants and also someone else said another commentator called this a battle of. match show between the israeli i.d.f. the israeli defense forces and hamas but everybody feels this is a mistake this is not definitely what the palestinian authority leaders want it's good to hear. but there's been so many false dawns here of new the broader picture is but there's been fifty years of years of bloodshed doesn't prove really there's no chance of success for peaceful initiative how do you break out of this cycle. ok first of all the fact that it's not true that we haven't gotten anywhere we is

now peace between israel and egypt between israel and jordan and there is after all . the oslo accords between israel and the p.l.o. so we're not just standing still it's true that we haven't had any breakthroughs but we know that everybody the president. all of the members of the quartet russia the e.u. the e.u. the scene leadership and even prime minister in the time of all said the goal is to achieve a palestinian state this year two thousand and eleven alongside the state of israel two state solution and that's why i say everything is gearing towards what will happen in september at the un general assembly yet including the reinstatement of settlement building in the occupied territories that's the main stumbling block and it is contained we know. obviously yes the

settlements are a major stumbling block there is no question about it and we do not have a negotiations between the israeli and palestinian leaders why doesn't israel i am with you there we will not see. why it's not a question of we do after all have a right wing government which has a policy and a mandate and unfortunately there is a contradiction between the fact that says that he wants to move forward towards peace and he also believes in the idea of keeping peace this year and on the other hand building settlements. we have not seen an initiative coming from the israeli government we have seen that the palestinian leadership has a strategy it is ready it has given the outlines of what its positions are. to the american mediator to senator mitchell and it also has this strategy of an

international recognition campaign and everything is moving towards a as i say september two thousand and eleven a i would add by the way that the yesterday i heard the palestinian foreign minister maliki speak before a packed audience at university in which he said we now have a window of opportunity to actually reengage in negotiations between now and september. hopefully the external factors i hope that also president medvedev when and the prime minister putin when they meet would not sign you know will urge him to move ahead and also urge the palestinians if negotiations are not to revive then i believe that it will be up to the international community to wisely. craft a resolution which will help to move the process forward and you're confident

though that israel will use today's bombing outrage to justify another war. no clearly not if that was israel's intention then not to would have spoken to his visits he is trying to demonstrate that this is business as usual a matter of fact i have in front of me the you'd be off to one north of mass secularization daily the first thirteen pages of today's paper are devoted solely to the conviction of former president katsav seven years for e only on the fourteenth page is there any reference to the fighting in the southern front the exchange of fire between the israeli forces and the hamas people clearly the army doesn't want a government person wanted neither do hamas or. definitely not the p.a. leadership there is not going to be in the near future a nother gaza war. for the israel palestine general thanks for being on tonight.

ok for their egos let's focus on some other world news and sad news islam is a very merry christmas book taylor has passed away today at the age of seventy nine starting out as a child star talents quickly made a one of the great actresses of hollywood's golden age her personal life also added to her stardom with eight marriages to seven husbands she embodied the glamorous lifestyle later she devoted much of it time to charity driving for greater awareness of aids and establishing a number of foundations. for the three people including a russian crew of four have been killed in a plane crash in the republic of congo this dramatic footage shows how the plane crashed into a residential area in the town of point one destroying several houses and starting a fire authorities say a committee will be established to investigate the acts of. during the sun should not have become man of the year in time magazine but russian fans of

found an eye catching way to pay tribute to him nonetheless the first ever monument to the world's most famous whistleblowers been unveiled in the city would clatter aboard the organizer decided against traditional statues saying these are all too often dismantled in time they decided instead to release the moves there in the name of the wiki leaks founder but when the final thought letters blew away well they didn't quite get what the bargain for a little do in the day in fact some people said it only added to the occasion. enough ago. coming up our special report on research that shows major drug companies sometimes do more harm than good in the medications we buy from them but the come first though let's check up on the business tonight you use here after a very quick break. hello

and welcome to business r.c. great to have you with us the political and environmental shocks that have assailed the world in the first quarter twenty eleven have brought have been good for russian equities and the rest of the middle east and north africa has caused all prices to jump more recently the great in japan has raised the prospect of increased demand for commodities for reconstruction and beginning. of the sell says the fact of the shocks is unlikely to last long but the fundamentals are improving in a way you can tackle current situation i don't even in japan in fact saw the worst because the road to friendly b. and other stuff i would see these effects on oil and starforce this could lead to for an atheist medium term thinking about the conclusion well for the developing

nations to grow we want to call it a special imagine market the adventure of this sort of moving equation in price and that's exactly what russian from the mobile lots not responsible for russian economy in terms of in force my financial position in terms of but the actual development if we manage to use it properly so that's exactly the question. consumer prices john zero point eight percent in february much less than in january but still twice the rate of the european average with prices rose the most with barclays and eggs not far behind finance minister who didn't call for extreme measures to curb inflation triggered by last summer's drought and high crude prices but as john davis explains officials on a limited power typed. inflation has been a melting problem since about the third quarter of last year it's not a specific russia problem and you've got a nine point four percent i think your your c.p.i. said we were on the producer price level it's more than twenty but this is really

broadly an emerging market scene which is now spilling over and translating into inflationary pressures in the rest of world in developed markets too. let's take a look at how bin markets are performing u.s. stocks turned high as more positive corporate reports counted concerns of rising oil prices and political events in the middle east among top again as these but i mean as you know news the and first case companies way right doesn't dividend makes yet. european stocks and at the session mixed as worries about the problems in portugal and ireland very much retailers were among the biggest losers but it seems really down more than five percent after disappointing results in a ball can make a b.m.w. was on the rise after a program of great. ground here in russia the markets finished the trading session in the blind the r.c.s. up by one percent by the mindsets gained over one and a half percent. time let's have a look at some individual sharon reeves among the new chips no risk nicole gain two percent of the company at school the chairman of the financial power broker

alexander the notion was elected to the company's board in the energy sector into a crowd grew almost three percent and news that acquired nearly eighty percent of the power generating company case three telecoms are also on the rise investors were rushing to buy in to regional breakthroughs ahead of their merger with ross city home last week on the south finished up by zero point two percent on their my six. russia's third largest oil producer a ten k.v. piece as its profit reached six point fifteen billion dollars in twenty ten and its credit a smaller than expected income tax but of the twenty four percent improvement on last year's formants jan k.b.p.s. the choice venture between a group of russian businessmen and the british or giant. that's all of the business news there so how much more to come next out join us that if you can of course you can always find well latest updates at r.t. dot com slash business.

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