we've got. the biggest issues get. face to face with the news makers. nato moves to. intervention in libya but the rules. remain unclear. only concerned with destroying. the rebels. i'm twenty seven the capital city join me in a few moments formal. libyan officials. killed nearly one hundred civilians some members of the alliance face criticism for. not just. striking the country struggles to. prevent a radioactive. nuclear power.

worldwide live from moscow this is. nato is preparing to take full command from the u.s. and the operation to enforce a no fly zone over libya the bombing campaign has helped the rebels in their advance towards the capital tripoli now in the last few days they've managed to recapture some key towns in the east. sirte being among one of them. has more. the latest word we're hearing from the rebels is that they have taken over the town of says this comes as a huge surprise to people here in tripoli because said is gadhafi is hometown it is where the members of his tribe dominate it is where he has a bastion of support so far the rebels have advance from their hometown of benghazi to from there they moved on to the town of ras lanuf that is

a port city from there to bin jawad and now to sirte now we did earlier hear reports that the entrances to search had been mined but the latest reports from the rebels is that they made little to no resistance that gadhafi fled there are reports coming through that they believe gadhafi fighters have actually stopped some of their arms and ammunitions in civilian buildings if indeed this is true it will make any kind of strikes extremely risky in terms of there being civilian casualties now we are hearing from the government spokesperson mr ibrahim musette that overnight there were a strike for the first time in session as you say there were loud explosions coming from there he says that three young men were killed when a fishing area not far from the city came under fire he also says that there were an additional twenty nine people who were injured in a piece convoy that we saw essential for here from tripoli with the ultimate goal of reaching them ghazi and he says that they were hit by rebels in the town of bint joe why would the government still claiming that around one hundred civilians have

been killed in these airstrikes meanwhile in the western part of the country in the town of misrata the fighting continues this town is a belts half way it's actually on the road between sirte and for police so it will be interesting to watch developments there overnight here in the capital city of tripoli there were nine and loud explosions it was also a lot of anti aircraft gunfire going off there are concerns that as you now have a twenty eight nato member alliance calling the shots it will be a lot more difficult to implement a robust action on the ground as opposed to when you had the united states just in charge what we have heard from nato is that they will be taking over full control of my. operations from cheese day there is a summit to be held in london between now and then there are in some kind of transitional phase there are still though a number of sticking points one of these is in terms of the rules of engagement and here we've heard a lot of concerns from the various countries high who are involved we're also hearing that there's no timeline for the action so what this means is that you could see nato in command of an operation that could essentially carry on for weeks

if not months turkey has come to the party to key saying that it will act as a mediator had once been for some kind of peace talks possibly between the rebels and gadhafi himself they say that they want a ceasefire to be implemented as soon as possible one of the other concerns particularly here on the ground is that for some time now nato has been enforcing a naval blockade on the country we've heard from the government that whereas once five to seven ships used to reach libyans shores each day now there are simply none and they said that some of the ships actually had reinforcements and fuel in terms of in terms of food so that is increasingly becoming a growing concern in the city of tripoli particularly here as supplies. reporting right there from tripoli with the u.s. being the military and economic backbone of nato experts so it will be hard for washington to washington's rather downplay its activity in libya author and journalist dance you says that the alliances expanded role in the operation does

not 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 summit 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 un resolution one hundred seventy three and one hundred the african union we just don't care about them because they unanimously didn't want war 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 you wouldn'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 that is here in egypt and 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 and that was author and journalist afshin i fancy speaking right that. well the reasons behind the intervention in libya are constantly being question critics say it's strange that libya is being targeted in particular when there are several other violent uprisings in the arab world daniel bushell reports on what could be motivating the western powers. coalition leaders claim they're just in forcing the no fly zone over libya but have been engaged in widespread and heavy attacks on colonel gadhafi as ground forces and buildings and targets linked to his regime so

what are the real motives for france the u.k. and u.s. leading the attack on libya some say it's pure vengeance but there certainly settling a town center taking revenge turkey says it's disturbed by france's eagerness to invade but expose believe ankara shouldn't be surprised gadhafi is accused of ordering the bombing of u.t.a. flight seven seven two which killed fifty four french men and women in one thousand nine hundred eighty nine a u.k. called from the gadhafi agents the year before planned the bombing of pan am flight one hundred three over lockerbie which killed forty three british and one hundred eighty nine u.s. citizens he blew up his intelligence agency did a terrorist bomb very similar to the lockerbie bomber in the u.k. it was called flight seventy two and it blew up of unease with the loss of everyone on board so i would argue that there's an element of revenge a strong element of revenge now more recently gadhafi has hurt french commercial

interests all. the fine french towel have a billion dollars he also bought russian fighter planes instead of french and felt it was but now coalition bombs are reported to be killing libyan civilians gravitationally the west is resorting to heavy bombing and civilian casualties are concerned. that could increase regional hatred towards the west after. there will be. resistance from. critics say the western military alliance is simply taking. in what's an internal civil war where rebels seek to overthrow an internationally recognized government western forces should be prosecuted not just for civilians but also for killing libyan. on the why. people. so.

i mean. as nato chiefs arrive to plan the next stage of the fall of libya there are growing calls for them to be held accountable for what they describe in war speak as collateral damage but which in real language means the death of innocent civilians the coalition no admits it's hunting the original reason was only to impose a no fly zone the trouble is the more civilian deaths their causes the more they risk being accused of the same crimes as gadhafi himself. see brussels. and our extensive online coverage will help to keep you up to date with developments in libya twenty four hours a day you can check out our regular updates from our correspondents on the spot there on the ground. twitter stream and our facebook page and also find all the latest videos on our you tube channel.

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well here in the country it's running here right now. rather quiet it gets louder in. the evening however we didn't see a very sound sweepin when thousands of. orders were out on the streets it was shooting fireworks in the air every other car has. all the president's warning it's and we were passing by the. al-jazeera nice channel where hundreds of people gather it's threatening to burn it down as they were unhappy with the coverage of the events unfolding here why which i know news are reporting that in the south of the country where the situation is smart much more dangerous where we are hearing which many people have. but here in the country for now it is rather quiet. but i know we've seen. across the arab world when it comes to when you are one of the protesters demanding

and how is the government responding. one of the things that people are demanding here in syria is the country's emergency law the emergency law imposes restrictions on public. people or. made. the country's security as well as mission control over newspapers and other media before publication now however syrian government has had in an interview that. didn't exactly mention when it's going to happen now it all began with school kids for eighteen anti-government slogans on the south of the country they were arrested came out in the stream demanding that. have to be released and. inspired by the general population in

other countries in the neighborhood such as the. libyans holding the world's attention was continued week long and now in syria the rebels are fighting for possibly a similar cause are we likely to see any type of foreign intervention as we're seeing in libya. will it is unlikely for now u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton has said the situation here is not the same for syria could potentially cause a lot of trouble for the united states in many ways. for example great friends right israel in such a mosque or. moving against israel itself but. each share. uprising is. one of the main reasons why the u.s. is not going to intervene in this because libyan leader. has used against these

people such as heavy armor. so it isn't like. you're ever here syrian government. some troops to. the country. or the u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton may say that each and every government protesters you need with many of them seem to be focused at the government i mean of course the tally in december we had we had tunisia egypt in january libya bahrain yemen syria and other launch effect of anti-government protests across the arab world and will come to you for more developments on the saudis the tight end of life in damascus thank you. all coming your way in a few minutes rather a few hours here on r.t. crosstalk. discuss whether the west is afraid of democracy in north africa here's a preview of what's ahead. look at this it would have been much better

if the international community dejan and the others intervened earlier on when political interventions could have been effective probably more effective and less costly in human life and in material destruction than this but they did it nobody did it would have been better if the united states had stayed out of this to begin with we're the ones that have been propping up these leaders we have given millions of dollars to moammar gadhafi you know no way out is that. the fed does that a lot mean we can not to start doing the right thing how we want to do the indian fantasies you know you round we beat up i decided then we beat up you know what i know but now we have the opportunity to do something very different and this is not about western intervention this is going to infuriate people you know going to these guys can only carry b.n. but this is not a bad day united states. and across talking about an hour and

a half from now here what i see now another strong earthquake off the coast of japan has rocked the already devastated country although a tsunami warning that was issued following the new quake has since been canceled. magnitude earthquake and suing a tsunami which struck the country two and a half weeks ago ravaging the whole region is now estimated to have killed well over ten thousand workers are still battling to contain radiation leaks of a nuclear plant severely damaged by the disaster japan's nuclear agency says that levels of radioactive io dean in the sea near the plant have risen to almost two thousand times the usual level and is that crisis looms that many are still struggling with the loss of loved ones but also you see across neff reports officials are being forced to come up with new ways to cope with the overwhelming number of dead. gray the japanese always chromate bedad but not the crime of torah is at full

capacity lots have been turned into merge and see graveyards not only will these people be buried in contravention to japanese tradition but when there is an opportunity they'll have to be exuma and then cremated instead of a priest a town official conducts an impromptu ceremony is only just devised. this is horrible we're just trying to bring these people closure as best as we care. is a traditional fishing town after being struck by the earthquake and tsunami it was then ravaged by fires that lasted a day there at least five hundred dead in the biting when family members get just a few minutes before construction workers bury the coffins. for the crematoriums to be able to process these bodies probably several. many of the relatives have themselves lost houses as well as their loved ones. on this what

is going on with other things for two weeks we search for my cousin and now at least we know what happened to her meanwhile soldiers break through the remains of the town untouched since the disaster they say there may still be hundreds of bodies below the rubble. kesennuma japan. now the nuclear crisis in japan has put investors on edge heavily influencing its stock market and business in general. tell us more about that as she joins us from the business desk. so that's right this is haitian the fukushima power plant and another radiation leak last week and how directly affected the trading session today asian markets started unmixed. early trading on monday how at the moment all of the trading in the red was japan's nikkei closed by now lost around zero. six percent meanwhile say that the soreness and short term investors may play a major role that while domestic investors in japan already closed their positions

ahead of the end of the fiscal year in march by the way this iteration on the nuclear plant will remain the main factor for the markets or you but we do hear that there are some good news for the country since reconstruction well that's right the base metal market is expected to be enjoyed the rise things supported by the prospect of reconstruction of japan and that will definitely have a positive impact on russian producers as well and metal stocks were among the leaders on the russian market last week with some positive prospects ahead more later or you know will be seeing you in just a few minutes here for the aussie presence but it's to stay with us to use. we are updating you on the latest from japan around the clock on air and online just head over to r.t. dot com for the full chronicle of events in the crisis stricken country amidst a nucleus spotted by the fukushima power plant the world is giving japanese

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soon which brightened. soon from plans to parachute some. stunts on t.v. don't come. with us here live from moscow now let's go to some other world news at this hour thirteen people were killed and over fifty injured by a suicide car bomb attack in afghanistan's a park teacup province the blast was close to the compound of a construction company and most of the victims were local workers taliban militants have claimed responsibility for the attack the incident occurred a day after nato air strike killed more than ten taliban insurgents in the same

area. the italian prime minister is it due in court to appear over corruption charges silvio berlusconi is facing a trial linked to one of his media companies he is accused of inflating the price paid to buy television rights and then using the difference to fund political activities pm is facing a total of four trials including one for allegedly paying for sex with an underage prostitute and abusing his power he denies all charges. germany's anti nuclear green party here scored a historic victory over chancellor angela merkel's conservatives in a key regional election exit polls suggest the greens doubled their share in body. with the christian democrats likely to lose power after almost six decades it's being seen as a nuclear power after recent events in japan meanwhile in france the opposition socialist party took a decisive local election win putting pressure on president nicolas sarkozy

a year before he faces an election. of more than a dozen homes were evacuated when a freight train carrying potentially hazardous materials in area and canada up to twenty five cars were reported to be forced off the tracks caused a fire but. under control so damaged was a gas pipeline next to the rails and no injuries were reported in the area which is mainly. just a few moments we will bring you the latest from the world of business.

hello and welcome to business all see thanks for joining us and enjoying a strong run over the last few weeks rallying in line with broad industrial commodities markets being supported by the prospect. of the future reconstruction of japan and again barry at barclays capital investment bank says demand is likely to push. the reconstruction work that will be needed in japan is certainly going to be a boost for industrial commodities and for the base metals i think to begin with what we'll see is a base over of a different demand because of the disruptions to. to beauty within japan itself but after that i think paralyzer rebuilds and. office blocks will be built and it's probably starting sometime in the second half of this year and going to into two thousand and twelve. in demand for things like call

for out medium and lead demand that actually will probably benefit straight away because you need to lead for batteries and things like backup diesel generators and so on. let's take a look at the markets now starting with asia the nikkei following monday's going to be crippled nuclear plant in japan remain the key focus for investors tokyo electric power company nosedived almost seventeen percent up to became clear over the weekend that the country faces a push for trying to struggle to bring the company's quake stricken nuclear plant under control meanwhile sun has revised updates and early morning gains and it was the low point seven percent down at the moment. in russian markets are about to start trading right now both the r.t.s. and the my six closed zero point six to seven percent up on friday with banking and metal companies stocks and. panasonic has been one of the many companies hit by the

earthquake in japan although the factories old waiting for the blind chinese have been disrupted and we asked the general director of the kind of sonic russia whether there could be a shortage of products. coming through. china. looking at the market. to store the production. in this. the disaster in japan could reduce global corporate action by thirty percent that's according to the latest research from i h as consulting many japanese car makers are holding work about local find trees with producers another country is suffering from a lack of components being distributed. as consulting says while companies currently have so reserves they may be used by midday for carmakers find no

alternative the global call production late fall from three thousand three hundred thousand cars a day to around two hundred thousand general motors ford and also to add have already partly cost production and i'm glad you're ok. that's all the business news for now join us next hour with more and you can always find all our latest updates at article called slash business.

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