still asking me what. it's like. i don't know you but. on are to. me to members of we are taking command of the full military operations in libya while on the ground forces make quick advances and waste words on policy in the capital city tripoli join me in the few moments formal. made while most goes gadhafi is crimes against his own people that have brought to the fore in airstrikes which criticizes coalition forces for recklessness over four hundred civilian casualties . and in all the news this week over two hundred arrests of the london officer it's writing fall of the future for i was just a thought through half a million people a british government plans to slash public spending by eighty billion pounds plus demonstrations also group the e.u.

citizens angry at austerity cuts world cash flows into banks and forms from libya. and in japan the fukushima nuclear facilities management has apologized for wrongly reporting that radiation levels had stopped ten million times the norm in the state for the meteors of recreation of the largest the teams at this site. twenty four hour news coming to live from the russian capital you're watching r t it's six. libyan rebels saw advancing west towards the capital tripoli after further gains in the east of the country and they have retaken several strategic towns from pro forces but with the help of western lead. meanwhile nature has to assume control for the coalition military operation in libya. 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 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 at 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 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 in full swing and 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. for can the international community go in terms of involving itself in what is happening on the ground and hear 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 waste in 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 now need 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. former british intelligence officer told us that the coalition is giving growing consideration to killing gadhafi despite his claim the libyan leader is not a target. i think there are a tangle as soon 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 places like the u.s. the u.k. france and italy so i think they're very torn for a long time so i think different aims 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 the u.k. particularly about the endgame where the military chief of defense is saying absolutely not we're not going to tap the capitated the libyan 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 particularly a partition situation between the east in the west of libya and we have a situation where gadhafi still has power now gadhafi is 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 but of course that is highly illegal under all sorts of international laws and is specifically excluded from the u.n. resolution. well american bomb spawned barack obama says the u.s. should not towns cannot intervene every time there's a crisis somewhere in the world even so every american president says role reagan who also belong to gadhafi has weighed into at least one minutes for conflict christine 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 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 its. it authorize 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 had to protect thousands of innocent people who kosovo from a melting military offensive we are determined to knock out said 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 the duty. and the result of the. thank you god bless you. god. thank you very much

christine. r t. russia's. military intervention in libya is the result of colonel gadhafi his crimes against his own people but president dmitri medvedev also criticized the coalition bombing saying the no fly zone was meant to strengthen peace and the civilians should not be put at risk. just that 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 consultation 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 civilian targets were damaged and according to unconfirmed reports innocent people have died shows that states taking part in the military strikes have achieved 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. but the russian prime minister what about bush and says he is concerned by the number of civilian deaths in libya he believes foreign air forces have been to reckless and their actions. there's a civil war going on in libya the proposal of a no fly zone preventing gadhafi from firing it is appalling and so protect civilians such a decision applied to a sovereign state is a difficult one but it was well intentioned but what are we seeing. drug use on the entire territory of the country and how can we be aiming to protect civilians such

means or choice that used to civilian death toll actually rises. to unions and on tuesday the u.s. defense secretary was calling on the russian leadership to think about joining the military campaign in libya president richard very 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 of the year although steyn from voting on the resolution which led to the no fly zone enforcement it rolled out getting involved in the coalition bombing robert gates the short presence for the major operations and be able to scale 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 of the project saying any other option would be a threat to its security of its promise that russia's concerns are being taken into

account. and our extensive online coverage 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 videos on your channel. over two hundred have been arrested in london after a crowd has so mated by trade unions to be as much as half

a million to to the streets of a british government public spending cuts of eighty billion pounds serious rioting in the city's main shopping area trafalgar square went on until the only owls violent chaos follows saturday's largely peaceful march as radical extremists attacked banks and shops but tamed fireworks and smoke banks were cheap talkers to cheer and go credit crunch into japan laos with activists furious that money for big business and military campaigns but not for public services like health and education unions the opposition say the cuts will just joy essential services and jobs but ministers incest that final church is britain's huge deficit u.k.'s largest protestant eight years came just a day after filing to encourage demonstration process parties dental records. no more layoffs no 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. to be useful social security. health. not to the bank so when you bring you the world's worst mood to take ground because of the prison there goes across europe voters are saying no more spirity measures portugal's prime minister quit after parliament voted down a fresh round of cuts because 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 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 few areas so 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. with government built tightening leads growing numbers out of the big question is now the right time to spend the money available on wars abroad the new bush brussels. european parliament member and the leader of the u.k. independence party marshall farish people across the continent have every right to

feel angry over 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 writ 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 chance of this 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. and you can find more news features and analysis on our website out sarti dot com here's a taste of what's online at the moment. one of the most elegant sporting contests in the world glides over to moscow russia skeletal takes of the hosting of the figure skating world championships from quake stricken japan.

driving in bush and the first russian in the history of formula one takes its place on the podium after finishing third for. all the details on our website and in the sports book just twelve thirteen minutes. two weeks after the quake and tsunami rocked japan serious concerns remain over spreading radioactive fallout from the fukushima nuclear plant it's operators have apologized for mistakenly reporting force information which sparked a huge alarm that radiation levels at a reactor had shot. the statement. to abandon the site immediately and now japan's nuclear agency has rebuked the facilities operators for various mistakes in dealing with a crisis three workers at the plant have been exposed to dangerous radiation levels as the fire continues to restore the cooling systems destroyed by the earthquake

and tsunami which structure two weeks ago i have about it and spoke to a local man who knows the consequences of the meltdown firsthand. this man has borne 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 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 will find that the result of the contamination won't just end after the event will be handed down from generation to generation i have four daughters the first to have leukemia another has breast cancer for 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 wisest thing to do so 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 juiced 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 will collect donations and 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 in. every way it sounded 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 nagasaki 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 tonight a circuit 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 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 after bennett's r.t. and a sucky. let's now take a brief look at some other headlines from around the world tens of thousands of activists in syria are staging protests across the country as unrest in terms of vice the government's deployed troops to see a lot of. talk here after snipers killed twenty one people at a demonstration there president bashar also said he would address the nation on

sunday night but there are no reports so far he has in the speech he was expected to live to margins or 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 in gaza comes a day after hamas daters it would agree to a cease fire and then on 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 it sustained blockade of the area adding to the misery of gazans most of whom live in poverty. and the internationally recognized. disputed presidential elections in ivory coast has rejected the african union representative appointed to help resolve the country's political crisis. the official underqualified and worse has ties to his rival ron paul is refusing to

step down from power despite an international consensus that he last november's election more than a million people have fled ivory coast inspired and as a result of the disputed. a u.s. soldier is seeking political asylum in germany after desertion from an american military base. could be jailed for life you see he's extradited artist you could do the gretsch of the met the saudis are on the run. the american cuisine. for example of opec steakhouse that was a really good for me a personal favorite was the rollercoasters i can't. think there are any that even comes close that bus 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 nation cleveland for rather his mom cried with

pride when he volunteered for the army but after a six month tour of duty in iraq andre walked talked a u.s. base in germany and never returned or 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 and 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 married to german security himself supports 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 whole 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 go 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 the well ocky war where it was not of a popular war and if we just started having the rows of 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. mainstream media in the so-called coalition countries are not in a hurry to give andrea a say either the major corporations like the b.b.c. c.n.n. what happened is that if i 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 had meets he's on a slippery slope exceeding the pressure of r.t. but now i'm keen germany. here are pathetic now and of look at the headlines in just a few moments don't go away. it's

the secret incursion into the country. it's the invasion by means of. tradition the language. so that the thirsty could beat the beat. in culture. the thing is that the have the dems are still unaware of what's going.