nato members agree on taking command of the full military operations in libya but on the ground rebel forces make quick advances of westwards i'm point to see him in the capital city tripoli join me in a few moments formal. meanwhile moscow says it is his crimes against his own people that have brought to the for an airstrike some parts criticizes coalition forces for recklessness over forty eight civilian casualties. and in the news this week over two hundred arrested in london to serious rioting for the new huge protest of up to half a million people against british government plans to slash public spending by eighty billion pounds. is also agreed the e.u.

citizens angry out of the church of cards while the council flows into banks and forms to libya. and in japan the fukushima nuclear facilities management has apologized for wrongful reporting that radiation levels had dropped ten million times the norm the mistake will be immediate about creation of emergency teams at the site. twenty four hour news coming to you live from the russian capital you're watching our very warm welcome it's five pm in moscow libyan 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 pro gadhafi forces but with the help of western led bombing meanwhile nations to assume control of the coalition military

operation in libya from the u.s. . reports from tripoli. 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 initial 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 gadhafi forces and this is where the role of the international community becomes so critical because we are hearing the rebel fighters call 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 now 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 met 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 forcing 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 firmly 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 be 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 board constance's what is important 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 thoroughly 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 she will be clarified at this meeting on tuesday in london. and author and journalist. says nature's expanded role doesn't mean 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 were 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 didn't 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 looked to africa you won't see any tunisian or egyptian help for this nato operation at all i think that that question needs to be answered by all these nato leaders why do you think it is

here in egypt are not 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 got a democracy that we saw in the natural revolutions as it were in tunis here in egypt. the u.s. backed military intervention in libya is the result of colonel gadhafi as crimes against his own people but present also criticized the coalition bombing saying the no fly zone was meant to strengthen peace and that civilians should not be put at risk. so 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 indian 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 co-ordinated 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. people and russian prime minister vladimir putin says he's concerned by the number of civilian deaths in libya he believes pouring our forces have been too reckless and their actions. the impression is that yes the there's a civil war going on in libya the proposal of the no fly zone was in double venting gadhafi from firing it is appalling and so protect civilians such

a decision applied to a sovereign state is a difficult one i see but it was well intentioned but what are we seeing now is drug use i mean to her territory of the country and how can you be you know while 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 libya president richard medvedev 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 u.n. resolution which led to the no fly zone enforcement it's ruled out getting involved in the coalition bombing robert gates assured president of major operations in libya with scaled back within a few days it wasn't the only military issue which came up missile defense and

europe was also discussed moscow wants an equal partnership in the project saying any other options would be a threat to its own security and its promise that russia's concerns are being taken into account. and our extensive online cora shelves 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 that's all on our twitter and facebook pages and you'll also find all the latest details on our you tube channel. so.

over two hundred have been arrested in london after crowd estimates by trade unions to be as small just half a million to the strength of a british government public spending cuts of eighty billion pounds serious rioting in the city's main shopping areas and trafalgar square went on until. but and is followed saturday's largely peaceful march a radical extremists attacked banks and shops with james fireworks and smoke bombs banks which targets due to anger over the credit crunch and huge bailouts activists tourist money for big business going to sri complaints but not for public services like health and education union positions say the cuts will just troika essential services and jobs but ministers and says they have vital to your injuries britain's

huge deficit the u.k.'s largest protests and eight years came just a day after another violent anger demonstration in brussels party's donald boesch reports. to pick up something. returned with the message from angry demonstrators pushed back we need to come up with great by riot police the protesters trying to get through to you leaders meeting in brussels to see. this where there was made. to be useful social security . should be. hell it's not just the bank so when you bring you the world's worst to move to take ground because of the prisoners day it goes across europe voters are saying no to thirty measures prime minister quit after paula but voted down a fresh round of cuts because she has three months left to repay almost ten billion

euros at a time when its sovereign credit rating has been called. to say the only option left is national default to tell members the country called pay back its loans or accept an e.u. bailout similar to greece and hasn't happened in the west since the second world war but the longer you postpone 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 a furious so what they see is an unnecessary and expensive campaign somebody asked the chancellor of the fact of the finance minister about the financing of this and i think the overwhelming sense that you got from it 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 sights on the

streets of the e.u. with government belt tightening needs growing numbers out of work the big question is now the right time to spend the money available wars abroad the new bush brussels. 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 of the 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 that to a very close but i 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 and money being thrown overseas in all sorts of projects that they wouldn't necessarily support. and you'll find more news features and analysis on our website that's r t

v dot com and here's a taste of what's online at the moment. the candor that causes outrage in the u.s. state of florida over his past as a former grants drug. plan. and one of the most elegant sporting contests in the world lives over to moscow russia takes over hosting of the figure skating world championships from earthquake stricken japan. staying with japan two weeks after the catastrophic earthquake and tsunami serious concerns remain over a radioactive fallout spreading from the fukushima nuclear plant it's operators have also a poor gys for mistakenly reporting false information which sparked huge alarm that radiation levels at a reactor short to ten million times the norm are the statement meant emergency crews had to abandon the site immediately and now japan's nuclear agency has room

to facilities operators for various mistakes in dealing with the crisis three workers at the plant have been exposed to dangerous radiation levels as the fire continues to restore the cooling systems just strong earthquake or tsunami which struck japan two weeks ago already is i've about it. spoke to a local man who knows the consequences of the meltdown firsthand. has been on the scars of nuclear disaster for most of his life as a result 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 fears 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 will find 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 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 for then. 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. the negative 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 in some 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 would help each other especially the people and i guess i can be very very sensitive to atomic power so we are very worried about what happened. and we want to help in. 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 nuclear power and those here are now praying that focus well remembered in the same way niggas sakis 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 lot of people from naga circle and hiroshima are very sensitive to the incident in 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 so this memorial represents the water crave by so many after the explosion the basins 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 after bennett's r.t. and a sucky. japan's authorities are trying to calm the nation's nuclear crisis saying the levels of radioactive materials pose no immediate danger to health but experts

say there's no such thing as an harmful radiation unfortunately there is no safe level of artificial radiation in terms of its risk to humans if exposed to that radiation the international commission for racial protection declares as much now that's not a bad tickle organization it's relatively pretty clear but there is no c threshold for radiation of course long live radiation region exposure increase the chances that you will develop cancer in one of the examples i think the particular levels they're talking about and i didn't see in the city water and also was found in tap water in tokyo that has a relatively short half life so within about eight days you're losing half of the your activity but some of the redo places that have been talked about will be being released into the environment we've heard of cesium one three seven that's around thirty years before it loses half its reader activity is a huge problem in terms of long term cancer risk but even other eyes such as

plutonium which almost certainly there's some plutonium entering the environment from these reactors that's a twenty four and a half barrels and you're hoplites so the long term health risks from this accident for the people who are truly horrendous. european and american importers have already burned a number of goods from japan and fears of contamination. more lista found out panic is spreading faster than radiation. 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 the radiation found in the water i would 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 more than likely will 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.

where 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 posted 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 oil will be on but the manufacturing of companies like this also their brand presence in countries like the us and this data is the made in japan label that would be concerned about like televisions the components that might carry the radio active materials i'm sure you'd be feeling this for a long time and japan's economy will feel it for a long time to trade suffers a major blow does this drag down an 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 are 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. let's take a brief look at some other headlines from around the world times of thousands of activists in syria will station protests across the country as unrest in times of crisis the government's deployed troops to seal off the city of latakia to snipers killed twenty one people as a demonstration. president bashar lawsuits would address the nation songs in mind but there are no reports sort of far he has in the speech he was expected to lift

emergency rule. in place for almost fifty years. and german chancellor merkel's ruling fatah looks out for a humiliating defeat in the key of regional election exit polls indicate the christian democrats about to lose. after six decades of conservatives in power there it follows widespread opposition to merkel's nuclear policy and decisions on levy and the euro. to buy listing and gunmen have been killed and three more injured in an israeli air strike in gaza there comes a day after hamas stated would agree to a cease fire if israel puts an end to the strip ruled by the militant organization at least ten people including civilians and children were killed last week alone israel's recent attacks come on top of its sustained blockade of the area adding to the misery of gazans most of whom live in poverty. and the internationally

recognized will disputed presidential elections an ivory coast has rejected the african union representative appointed to help resolve the country's political crisis as well as sunny were tara said officials underqualified and worse has ties to his rival run war is refusing to step down from power despite an international consensus that november's election more than a million people have fled ivory coast since erupted as a result of the just beautiful. now russian energy giant cross now will defend its alliance with b.p. to pursue its arctic exploration project despite a swedish court ruling earlier this week that blocked the deal between the two companies the proposed. russian partners who said it would destroy their competitive advantage but both. say they'll still be looking for ways to maintain

a partnership the multi-billion dollar share swap was signed in generated to exploit the potentially huge deposits of oil and gas on russia's arctic shelf. your pre-date now and i'll be back with the headlines in just a few moments don't go away.

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