nato members agree on taking command of the full military operations in libya while on the ground rebel forces make quick advances of westwards importance here in the capital city tripoli join me in a few moments. meanwhile moscow's duffus crimes against his own people that have brought about the foreign air strikes spot criticizes coalition forces for recklessness of reports of civilian casualties. and other news this week of the two hundred arrested in london after serious rioting following huge protest of half a million people against british government plans to slash public spending by eight billion pounds but demonstrations also create the hue which criticises angry out of

storage and cuts while cash flows into banks and homes believe here. and in japan the nuclear facilities management has apologized for wrongly reporting that radiation levels had top ten million times the norm a mistake brought the media to about creation of emergency teams at the site. twenty four hour news live from the russian capital with r t it's two am in moscow they've been rebels are advancing west towards the capital tripoli after further gains in the east of the country and they have retaken several strategic towns from . forces but with the help of western led air bombing meanwhile nato has to assume control of the coalition military operations in libya from the hugh us reports from

tripoli. right most of sunday we saw these rebel fighters advancing with almost and lightning speed westwards through eastern libya they're now in the town of bin jawad which is about a two hour drive from the city of sets and the reason why set is important is that this is the hometown of the libyan leader moammar gadhafi is where it is where he has his major supporter base now we know that the rebels along the way encountered very little resistance this is partly because they were driving through the desert and also because we're hearing that gadhafi forces were treated to set a head of this rebel advancement of the soldiers simply abandoned their military equipment along the sides of the road so the focal point now will be on sirte when those rebels reach said we are expecting that they will be a major showdown between the pro and anti kadafi forces and this is where the role of the international community becomes so critical because we are hearing the rebel fighters pour on the coalition partners to continue with the airstrikes on sirte

which they have been doing for several days now and to continue to give them a power not the other focal point we've been watching throughout the course of the day is the city of misrata in western libya this is a city that is firmly in the hands of gadhafi is made then it has been for several days now the rebels simply aren't able to take over there and they are today calling on the international community to assist them with more a strikes nato countries have made in brussels where they discussed enlarging the nato command of this operation so what essentially we're going to see now is nato taking control of the military operations on the ground here in libya from the coalition of the british the french and the americans until now there's almost been two parallel operations the one by nato that is essentially enforcing a no fly zone and the arms embargo and the one under the leadership of the americans which was essentially targeting ground forces and tanks so those now come together those military operations for me in the hands of nato the sticking point

at this meeting by nato members is of course the rules of engagement just. how far can the international community go in terms of involving itself in what is happening on the ground and here the questions of civilian casualties making sure that civilians are not injured or killed in any kind of international action is what is being discussed on the table we know that the french are very much against nato taking over control of this whole operation and we know too that turkey would very much see this operation be very limited in terms of its scope it would rather just have the international community's involvement being that of enforcing the no fly zone and nothing more than that the latest news we have though is that the command and control center will not be based in western turkey in the town of izmir we also know now that once this whole operation is enlarged it will not be up to one country to say when where and if and a strike must take place that will not meet this broad consensus what is important though about those nato enlargement and nato taking control of the full military

operations here is that it certainly will send a message to the arab world and it will be much more tasteful for arab countries to be able to come to the party in terms of the mission that is under the nato leaders ship in one that is under the american leadership there is a summit that has been planned on tuesday in london there the contribution of the arab world will be much more to meet discussed in terms of what they bring to the party we're also hearing that the italians are proposing an immediate cease fire and the establishment of humanitarian corridor also that too will be clarified at this meeting on tuesday in london. or for. nature's expanded role in rebuilding doesn't mean that the u.s. is no longer in charge. they say it's a nato operation turkey is expressing a lot of reservations and as to whether it's gone too far i think we can bet that there are already s.a.'s and other forces on the ground and as for a nato. european compared to u.s.

led in terms of this mission i think it's absurd the united states of course is still behind it even though robert gates and so on had a lot of reservations about it there were five abstentions for u.n. resolution one hundred seventy three and would have to the african union just not care about them because they unanimously didn't want what is going on now as for the arab league a very very iffy support for this although for them it could be a win win as well the autocrats who are in power the dictators who are in the arab league can now blame the protests in their own countries on zionist american conspiracies because after all they come to help the protests in libya also they get to. topple a dictator that hasn't been good to them because he's always look to africa you won't see any or egyptian help for this nature operate in a tool i think that that question needs to be answered by all these nato leaders why do you think here in egypt aren't involved because they see

a great danger of western powers trying to get involved with this oil rich nation i'm sure that there are people on the ground in the coalition from western agencies already planning the future and what the future government will be i fear it won't be the kind of democracy that we saw in the natural revolutions as it were in tunis here in egypt. while american bombs pound libya barack 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 blamed gadhafi has weighed in to at least one military conflict is christian for has more. it's become an unspoken a dent into 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 and to the violence against its. it authorized 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 war we are to protect thousands of innocent people in kosovo from a mounting military offensive we are determined to knock out saddam 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. russia as the u.n. military intervention in libya is a result of colonel gadhafi his crimes against his own people but president michel medvedev also criticized the coalition bombing saying the no fly zone was meant to strengthen peace and that civilians should not be put at risk. just like 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 show 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 that 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. russian prime minister about a reporter says he is concerned by the number of civilian deaths only b. and he believes foreign air forces have been reckless in their actions. there's a civil war going on and the proposal of a no fly zone. gadhafi from firing it is appalling and protect civilians such a decision applied to a sovereign state is a difficult. was well intentioned but what are we seeing is drug use only into her territory of the country was in the house. aiming to protect civilians such means

or choice that used to civilian death toll actually rises. to unions on tuesday the u.s. defense secretary was in moscow calling on the russian leadership to think about joining the military campaign in the president to retrieve that have confirmed that moscow is ready to serve as a mediator there but expressed his concerns over civilian casualties because of nonselective use of force from the air although moscow abstained from voting on the resolution which led to the no fly zone and force meant it rolled out getting involved in the coalition bombing robert gates a short presence of a major operations in libya will scale back within a few days it wasn't the only military issue which came up missile defense in europe was also discussed moscow wants an equal partnership in the project saying any other option would be a threat to its security gates promise that russia's concerns are being taken into account. our extensive online coverage helps to bring you up to date with

developments in libya twenty four hours a day check out regular updates from our correspondents on the sport twitter and facebook pages and you also find all the latest videos on your you tube channel. it's. over two hundred have been arrested in london after a crowd estimated by trade unions to be as much as half a million took to the streets british government public spending cuts of eighty

billion pounds serious rioting in the city's main shopping areas and trafalgar square went on until the early hours of violent cares followed several days largely peaceful march as radical extremists attacked banks and shops to paint on my words and small banks were cheap targets due to credit crunch and bailouts of activists furious that money from big business and literally contains but not for public services like health and education unions and the opposition say the cuts will just draw essential services and jobs but ministers since august they are vital to reduce britain's huge deficit the u.k.'s largest protestant eight years came just a day after and rather violent language on the straight and cross also from their party's dental bushell reports. no more layoffs to pay cuts no retirement the message from angry demonstrators pushed back with.

pepper sprayed by riot police the protesters tried to get through to e.u. leaders meeting in brussels to slash spending this where there was made. to be useful social security. to be used for the house not to own the bank 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 quit of 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 tolin does 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 there's going to be at the same time military intervention in libya is costing hundreds of millions of euros many a furious what they see as an unnecessary and expensive campaign somebody asked the chancellor of 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. was government built tightly east growing numbers out of work the big question is now the right time to spend the money available on wars abroad the new bush ross. european parliament member and the leader of the u.k.

independence party nigel farage says people across the continent have every right to feel angry cuts at home while their governments throw money around 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 and 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 but to a very close you can also feel as portugal is about to topple over as the next eurozone country rich requiring a bailout that that is actually going to cost each british taxpayer about four hundred pounds and that actually the biggest effect on our pockets this week wasn't the chancellor's 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 cut a money being thrown overseas in all sorts of projects that they wouldn't necessarily support. you'll find more news features and analysis on our website dot com here's a taste of what's online at the moment. one of the most elegant sporting contest in the world glides over to moscow russia's governor will take server hosting the figure skating world championships from earthquake stricken japan. and driving

them vision the proud russian and the district of formula one takes his place on the podium after finishing third or to rain on all the details on our website and in our sports medicine campaign just there to be. well two weeks after an earthquake and tsunami rocked japan serious concerns remain the spreading radioactive fallout from the fukushima nuclear plant operators have apologized for mistakenly reporting force information which sparked huge alarm that radiation levels at a reactor had shorts to ten million times the norm the statement meant emergency crews had to abandon the site immediately and now japan's nuclear agency has rebuked the facilities operators for various mistakes in dealing with the crisis three workers at the plant have been exposed to dangerous radiation levels as the fight continues to restore the cooling systems just joined by the earthquake and

tsunami which structure two weeks ago. spoke to a local man who knows the consequences of a meltdown firsthand. this man has borne the scars of nuclear disaster for most of his life as a resident of nagasaki. he 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 should know what she's events unfold at fukushima fearing the true nature of the disaster. to show itself sunday was i not of the results of the contamination would 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 fukushima is the wise thing to do so then the i don't think the public or the government 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 words used 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 it the nation that i would help each other especially the people and i guess i am very very sensitive to atomic power so we are very worried about what happened. and we want to help more than money every way of turning like a sack it is a memorial to the seventy five thousand 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 it be a power and there is here now praying that focus shame or wherever in the same way now go psyches 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. everybody else. 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 and i wasn't afraid of nuclear accidents before but now because i can see it's not under control so this memorial represents the wall to crave by so many after the explosion the basins tranquility a far cry from the destruction wrought by the tsunami that has done its damage this place reminds us the ripples from a radioactive disaster extend for generations. have been it's r.t. now there's something. let's now take a brief look at some other headlines from around the world turns off thousands of activists in syria are staging protests across the country as unrest intensifies the government's support groups just below the surface you know the talk here after snipers killed twenty one people as a demonstration there president charles said he will address the nation on sunday

night but there are no reports so far he has in the speech he was expected to lift emergency rule that's been in place for almost fifty years. to palestinian gunmen have been killed and three more injured in an israeli air strike on gaza they attack comes a day after hamas dated it would be great to see spy if israel puts an end to attacks on the strip ruled by them that it an organization at least ten people including civilians and children were killed last week alone israel's recent attacks come on top of it sustained blockade of the area adding to the misery of most of who live in poverty. the internationally recognized winner of november's disputed presidential elections in ivory coast has rejected the african union representative appointed to help resolve the country's political crisis that's on the ouattara said the official wasn't qualified. and morris has ties to

that rival ron buckboard is refusing to step down from power despite an international consensus that he last november's election more than a million people have fled to ivory coast since violence erupted as a result of the disputed poll results. well the u.s. soldier is seeking political asylum asylum in germany now after to searching for an american military base and shepherds could be jailed for life if he is extradited back home are considering the gretsch of a met the soldier on the run the american cuisine. for example of the coast it was a really good for me my personal favorite was the rollercoasters i can't. even comes close that much for andre chaperonage he's alive has become one giant roller coaster four years ago he deserted the u.s. army causing all the way to his native cleveland for rob that his mom cried with

pride when he volunteered for the army but after a six month tour of duty in iraq andre walked talk a u.s. base in germany and never returned anything that anyone could possibly imagine in terms of war crimes that were committed throughout world history. the american forces have done this and are continuing to do this on a daily basis that soldiers were being attacked from somewhere but they didn't know where so they just shot off randomly in a different direction after hiding out for more than a year andre shepherd so faced he merited german security and self-support from a number of human rights organizations and is now officially seeking asylum tucked away on the board of germany and austria lake cames it has long been popular with holiday makers but now the ideal exports may also go down in history as the home of the post u.s. iraq war veteran granted political asylum to become this first is not going to be

easy though germany is the main staging post for the u.s. military with around sixty thousand u.s. troops stationed there each year some of those soldiers though a while and get picked up by the police the pressure is very high on germany and i'm very often said in his speeches he's so sorry about that you know into putting so much pressure on the german government also he really loves this country so much andre will argue in court the war in iraq was a complete fraud but lawyers say he has little chance of winning the siegal war with the u.s. it's particularly. more difficult if it is a war such as the war in afghanistan for example where it was not a popular war and if we just started having bros so soldiers deciding on the road

that they were no longer going to become a member of the united states military apparatus would have a problem and so there are very harsh penalties to wife. including the possibility of their mainstream media in the so-called coalition countries are not in a hurry to get andrea say either the major corporations like the b.b.c. c.n.n. what would happen is they could buy say anything that was controversial or would go against the government line it would be completely censored andras says he's ready for the battle of his life claiming there was no just a few cation for the war in iraq but he admits he's on a sleeper a slope exceeding the pressure of r.t. but now i'm keen germany. back with the headlines in just a few moments don't go away.

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