latest headlines and then we can review on our libyan government claims foreign forces for their latest setback which they say are giving the opposition significantly. the rebels have broken a stalemate and are gaining momentum while the coalition forces push forward amid fresh air strikes. washington tries to distance itself from the libyan crisis but the country's long history of international interference leaves a war weary public fearing another conflict. painful economic codd see quarter of a million march through london and protests elsewhere as hard pressed europeans

question the expense of libya campaign spending slots at home. and in japan radiation bryce's in the sea near fukushima despite efforts to bring the plant under control following the earthquake tragedy over ten thousand are now this is dead as many more homeless or missing. more welcome to the weekly here in our team this sunday on many so now with the latest news from around the world and a look back at the week's top stories we begin in libya where rebels are advancing west towards the capital tripoli after regaining control of a strategic eastern oil town from progress daffy forces meanwhile nato ambassadors are due to meet later on sunday to discuss the transfer of control of the mission in libya from the coalition parties paula slayer is in the capital with more. in

the china which is one hundred sixty kilometers away from being guard of course in the ripple stronghold we know that the opposition fighters are back in the town and have taken over and they are getting to march towards the town of go which is another seventy kilometers place where we haven't been as of yet received any confirmation that the fighters have actually taken over the town of brega now as you can imagine. he is going to stay with ratios are what some concerns from some of the residents there they say because of the fighting there and also that some of them are distrustful of the rebel fighters themselves there was also fighting in the city of misrata this is the closest city to the capital tripoli in terms of where the rebels and gadhafi soldiers are coming face to face an. hour drive from here and they we're actually hearing that the government has the upper hand and that they're pushing reinforcements and they started shelling the town coalition in strikes on their ostensibly to protect civilians but it took them more than a week for the rebels to actually overcome the lights of this does come from home

in line and the opposition fighters are on international involvement they have called to the international community to conduct more strikes if they admit that they want and relatively limited basically came up against him and so the question being asked is just how can they make good on the caves to march all the way to tripoli and it begs the question just how far will the western alliance go in terms of providing air cover and protecting the opposition fighters government in tripoli is actually accused the western community of taking sides in this fight to quote the government spokesperson if you say that this is immoral it's illegal and it is an action that is not all the wise about the u.n. security council he says that the coalition forces say that they are here to protect civilians but actually they are pushing the country to a civil war nature today is expected to take command of the no fly zone they're also meeting to discuss whether or not they will take control of the. whole

operation she's been called the no shrine one of us and we're hearing from officials that they are likely to get to this and that we're hearing from the united states that they were just a few more sticks in the planning because it's an after their control and command of the whole mission of the hands of nato members the sticking point in this is the point that it was in selves are focused on is just what kind of role the nato alliance and will be played in terms of protecting civilians on the ground if you have a scenario for example that gadhafi forces are out in the desert where there are no civilians and they taking a stand when they taking a stand there just what kind of role will nature play in that particular scenario another scenario that's been put forward its actual rebels on the landing in advancement over towns that are firmly in good hands towns where their neighbor was fighting before now this is clearly an offensive of rb nature and i'm since going to continue to provide power and coverage as they and we swedes who are new to tripoli increasingly be in on the ground in we're going to have

a stalemate condition that this country is going to be divided and in most importance you know whether you are a good guy who supported or will support or most people actually do not that kind of kind of a scenario. the u.s. led coalition maintains colonel gadhafi himself is not a target and promises a quick and decisive campaign but international affairs analyst john locklear thinks the allies are committed to regime change in libya and won't stop until they bring good tapi down. i think they're gravely mistaken and i think that this escapade will end in catastrophic failure and my fear is that the european leaders and the americans who have pushed this attack on libya think that a quick bit of bombing will sort the matter out but in fact i think they will find that it will last far longer than they've gone for the british prime minister the french president the american administration these people who are so happy to let bombs fly on countries that almost at the drop of a hat they are determined to get the outcome they want which is the overthrow of

colonel gadhafi of libya so it will make the task the disagreements and the the discordant voices that are now coming out of both within western states and also in the arab league these will indeed make it very difficult to continue the war but i'm afraid they won't let go now that they've started. now all american power will be a broch obama says the u.s. should not and cannot intervene every time there's a crisis somewhere in the world even so every american president since ronald reagan who also bombed gadhafi has waded into at least one military conflict parties christine winds up the controversial trend. it's become an unspoken identity 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 eighty 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 he counted wrong turns out so did saddam hussein just two hours ago allied air forces began 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 and air strikes 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 have begun striking selected targets some military importance to 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. 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 force by u.s. presidents none have been in response to a military attack or even threat of an attack on u.s. soil and none have ever been formally declared wars we are to protect thousands of innocent people in kosovo from a mounting military offensive we are determined to knock out satam hussein's nuclear bomb potential we will also destroy his chemical weapons facilities self defense is not only our right it is our duty the definition of duty often changing the result eerily parallel thank you god bless you. god. thank you very much christine for r.t.

. president medvedev says the u.n. backed military intervention is a direct consequence of the violence carried out by the b.s. leader moammar gadhafi against his own people but criticized the airstrikes saying the no fly zone to be used only to protect civilians and restore peace. everything that's happening in libya is a result of the shameful behavior of its government and the crimes against their own people we shouldn't forget that everything else is just a consequence of that we supported one of the un security council resolutions and allowed the other resolution to go through this was done consciously to prevent the escalation of violence but still the events that followed showed that any decisions of this kind should be accompanied by thorough consultations as well as remembering that the use of force should be proportionate to what is happening the fact that as a result of these actions of ilion targets were damaged and according to unconfirmed reports innocent people have died shows that states taking part in the

military strikes have achieved that i hope that as a result of coordinated actions by the international community there will be peace on libyan soil and full measures will be taken to prevent the conflict from spreading into africa and other states. the process rolled out and getting involved in the cole with an operation in libya saying it's not producing the expected results prime minister putin agreed the protection of libyan civilians is paramount but be achieved at a cost to innocent lives. there's a civil war going on in libya the proposal of a no fly zone was aimed at preventing gadhafi from firing at his opponents and so protect civilians such a decision applied to a sovereign state is a difficult one but the aim was well intentioned but what are we seeing now that it is strikes on the entire territory of the country how can it be aiming to protect civilians such means are choosing to civilian death toll actually rises.

the u.s. defense secretary was in moscow this week to try and muster kremlin support over intervention in libya moscow abstained from voting on the u.n. resolution which led to the no fly zone enforcement robert gates assured president medvedev that major operations in libya would scale back within a few days it wasn't the only military issue which came up missile defense in europe was discussed but little progress was made moscow wants a joint system to protect the continent but washington insist on a sealed of its own which russia says is a threat to its own security. and we continue our full coverage of the situation in libya our correspondents on the ground and around the globe are updating our twitter stream stay in touch with what they're witnessing firsthand there there's also more on our facebook page and our.

london streets were filled with more than a quarter of a million angry voices on saturday public sector workers staged big. political demonstration in years over the deep spending cuts which are being rolled out there were hundreds of arrests as part of the rally turned violent the windows are sops and banks were smashed and doused with paint the demonstrators oppose the government eighty billion pounds spending cuts which they say will destroy essential services and dance ministers insist they're necessary to reduce britain through its deficit the u.k.'s outpouring of anger follows a week which saw intense protests in brussels as the e.u. contemplated belling out portugal artie's daniel has. no more

layoffs no to pay cuts no retirement the message from angry demonstrators pushed back with water cannons and pepper spray by riot police the protesters tried to get through to e.u. leaders meeting in brussels to slash spending this money was made. to be used for instance on security. to be used for health not drug the bank sure when you bring you the world's worst move to take ground because of the prison there goes across europe voters are saying no more spirity measures portugal's prime minister has quit off the parliament voted down a fresh round of cuts because he has three months left to repay almost ten billion euro at a time when its sovereign credit rating has been caught. the only option left is national default to tell lenders the country called pay back its loans or accept an

e.u. bailout similar to greece and ireland it hasn't happened in the west since the second world war but the longer you respond this necessary evil. the more costly it is it's going to be at the same time military intervention in libya is costing hundreds of millions of euros many of fear is so what they see as an unnecessary and expensive campaign somebody. the chancellor of the exchequer the finance minister about the financing of this and i think the overwhelming sense that you got from among the public in britain with skepticism with millions unemployed across europe people losing patience with politicians who seem out of touch with reality increasingly familiar sides on the streets of the e.u. with government bill tightening leaves growing numbers well to work the big question is now the right time to spend the money available on news of the world

don't you go sure brussels well british euro and pay nigel rather says people across the continent have every right to feel angry over cuts their government squander money abroad. we've had british troops on the ground in afghanistan now for over ten years i don't think there's any appetite for us getting involved in foreign wars where we cannot directly see our own national interest being threatened where frankly if we go in to support the rebels we don't even know who they are or what they stand for or what they want i don't think anybody has thought this through and if they are going to put ground troops in that i think they're going to find in all the member states involved in this a real strong level of opposition when people see cuts in front line services for whatever reasons when people see their retirement age is going up when people see the taxes both direct and indirect they're paying going up they have a right to question what on earth are we doing getting involved in an open ended

commitment in terms of war with libya that could cost us goodness knows what else i do think that to a very close but i also feel as portugal is about to topple over as the next eurozone country writ requiring a bailout that that is actually going to cost each british taxpayer about four hundred pounds and that actually the biggest effect of our pockets this week wasn't the chance of his budget but it was the fact that the portuguese government fell and they're about to be bailed out so i think people have every reason to be pretty angry that they see their own costs at home going up their services being caught up a money being thrown overseas in all sorts of projects that they wouldn't necessarily support. let's turn to developments in japan now where the spread of radiation from the fukushima nuclear facility is raising concern among those in the region high levels have been found in the sea nearby and they're increasing the government's warning people to get out of the area workers trying to restore the cooling capacity of the plant have been evacuated from reactor number two where the

radiation level is ten million times more than normal workers have already been exposed to dangerous materials and the continuing battle to avert catastrophe in the wake of the. earthquake tragedy with destroyed large parts of the country the official number of those killed by the quake and tsunami stands at over ten thousand with many more homeless or missing but focusing remains the biggest concern with the ongoing possibility of nuclear meltdown are these are bennett spoke to a man who knows firsthand what the consequences could be. lease man has borne the scars of a nuclear disaster for most of his life as a resident of nagasaki your shiria milwaukee has had liver and kidney problems since he was thirty five and he's already beaten cancer twice every time he falls ill now he feels it could be his last battle you sure are watches events unfold at fukushima fearing the true nature of the disaster is yet to show itself so you're

saying that the result of the contamination won't just end of the event it will be handed down from generation to generation i have four daughters the first two 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 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 nygard psyche the stands today had to be built from scratch eleven square kilometers were

jews 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 custom something happens in our nation we call of the nation and we help each other especially the people who are going to psyche who are 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 it died when the atomic bomb was dropped here this one marks that exact moment now the city will forever serve as a reminder of the destructive potential of the power and there is here now praying

that focus. around would in the same way now go psyche's 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. of a. people from nagasaki and hiroshima are very sensitive to the incident fukushima we've never experienced such a devastating nuclear accident before and i think everyone is now free this could happen again i wasn't afraid of nuclear accidents before but now because i can see it's not under control. this memorial represents the water craved by so many after the explosion the basin's tranquility a far cry from the destruction wrought by the tsunami once that has done its damage this place reminds us the ripples from a radioactive disaster extend for generations are the bennetts r.t.

and a sucky. oakley are historians say the damage to the site is extremely hazardous to health and the side effects we felt for a long time. i think it's catastrophic i think that the narrative that we've had for the last week or so which is that we're trying to fix the problem and get it under control is misleading i think that there's evidence of radiation having entered the environment in large amounts it's turning up in lots of places in water and food it's even being detected far away what this could mean is that there is really a significant entry of radiation going on into the environment right now and that there doesn't appear to be any any steady halt to it in the near future so that's very catastrophic this is not something that is a situation that may get out of control this is a situation that is having a catastrophic impact currently already i would say it's significantly dangerous there's been high levels of radiation detected out of the twenty kilometer limit

already in what you have it when you have radiation levels of that of that level is that in a week or two you'll have people that are experiencing the radiation exposure of nuclear plant workers you know over the course of their career and these are people in a situation where there's been an earthquake there's been a tsunami there's a shortage of food there's a shortage of water so their health is already stressed their bodies are already stressed they may not be in heated homes at night they may not be getting electricity so the impact of these exposures will be even larger. so they. do receive in the course of a week or two the exposures the nuclear plant workers receive in their entire lives is rather dire and these people should not be allowed to remain in such an exposure area. well the japanese government claims radiation levels are not harmful but companies are still taking precautions when it comes to their manufactured goods contamination has already been found in some food products. is far beyond japan

sores and deserts is the lister now explains it's leading people to think twice before buying. as japan works overtime to avert a nuclear meltdown is another crisis in the making maybe maybe think twice second thoughts born of paranoia that radioactive remnants may reach far beyond japan's borders how worried about the seafood may be the seafood is safe and radiation bomb in the water what i'm going to be very wary of that quite a while it's the fear of japanese imports going all the way to the top u.s. regulators have said they will increase screenings of food coming in from the embattled asian nation the european union has warned members to do the same and italy was the first e.u. nation to ban food imports from japan all together in the wake of the nuclear scare it's fueling suspicion that besides the quake the tsunami and the nuclear crisis

japan will soon have to deal with another problem becoming a trade pariah morgan likely for reasons that may not be entirely radioactive countries all over the world in tough economic times and they still are looking for ways to subsidize their own producers their own workers and so an incident like the one unfolding in japan gives them quite a good reason to do something that they may have been looking to do anyway this is bad for trade made worse for the country itself if made in japan comes to mean made a nuclear wasteland to consumers in countries like the u.s. we're here in times square and i wanted to come down here because it is where the rubber meets the road as far as advertising in this country and you can really see the brands to play a major role in the united states i wanted to see how many of them were japanese. now take a look at this center of the post of advertising from top to bottom you can see so many c.d.k. toshiba all japanese corporations playing a major role in the us i noticed even our camera and my my clip from my microphone

are manufactured by sony and with the nuclear disaster there is no telling what the toll will be on both the manufacturing of companies like this but also their brand presence in countries like the us and this data of the made in japan label i would be concerned about like televisions for components that might carry the radio active materials. and japan's economy will feel it for a long time to trade suffers a major blow this is dragged down already near zero growth rate in japan if it does that it's going to have bigger effects internal to japan globally and we don't know exactly what those are but they're potentially quite significant significant because in a global economy which made in japan matters for everyone many of the world's cell phones laptops in cars rely on a poxy computer chips or auto parts from the country stoppages in manufacturing and

trade consent shock waves through the system likely farther reaching than the radiation itself lauren mr r.t. new york. online we continue to update you around the clock on what's happening in japan dot com you can trace back me events as the earthquake disaster unfolded we're looking into the radiation worries from the steamer reactors as nuclear experts explain the dangers levels to both health and environment. also on line for you depends a commonly has been crippled by the disaster it will take years to recover but the human cost of the tragedy is much harder to tell today we have survival stories for you are today. let's take

a look now at some news making world headlines today there are reports of this level air strikes. which have killed two palestinians and wounded another comes after hamas said it would agree a ceasefire with israel its attacks on gaza stopped last week saw some of the most serious violence in the palestinian territory which the group controls at least ten people including civilians and children died in the attack. a week of anti-government protest in the syrian border city has developed into nationwide on grass with tens of thousands marching across the country in the restive city on durand crowds called for president bashar assad to go he faces the deepest crisis of his eleven years in power after security forces fired on protesters on friday killing at least twenty three activists the government blames gangs for the bloodshed and the civilian deaths. yemen's embattled president is in talks with the opposition for a handover of power after weeks of protest ali abdullah so they are venturing off

or to quit later this year but protesters insist they want him to go now they're resolved hearted after around fifty people were shot dead anti-government protests last week senior military and political figures have also about their. well a recap of our top stories that's coming up after this break.

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