tell me touch your group a good girl i would. never dream. of the airborne intervention in libya. only concerned with destroying. what. i'm going to see in the capital city join me in a few moments formal. libyan officials. some . fresh off. the country struggles to.

make the south. asian markets as well. and. put it away more in about twenty minutes. tripoli you with the welcome to the program. is preparing to take full command from the u.s. in the operation to enforce a no fly zone over libya the bombing campaign has helped the rebels in their advance towards the capital tripoli in the last few days managed to recapture some key towns in the east. so that being among them. reports.

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 said 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 the the 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 missed it for him who said that overnight they would 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 settle 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 weider the government still claiming that around one hundred civilians have been killed in these airstrikes meanwhile in the eastern 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 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 choose day there is

a summit to be held in london between now and then they 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 side 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 turkey 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 there for some time now nato has been enforcing a naval blockade on the country we've heard from the government that was once five to seven ships used to reach the abuse shores each day now there are simply none and they said that some of these 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 with the u.s. being the military and economic backbone of nato experts say it will be hard for washington to downplay its activity in libya or journalist afshin rattansi says the alliance has 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 which is somehow 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 thousand seventy three and one hundred the african union we just don't 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 you wouldn't see any tunisian or egyptian help for this nature were operational 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. but who is author and journalist action and i fancy speaking right there for the reasons behind the intervention in libya are constantly being questioned critics say it's strange that libya is being targeted in particular when there are several other violent uprisings in the arab world done

a bushel reports on what else could be motivating western powers. coalition leaders claim they are just in forcing the no fly zone over libya but have been engaged in widespread and heavy attacks on colonel gadhafi has grown forces and buildings and targets linked to his regime so what's all the real motives for france the u.k. and u.s. leading the attack on libya some say it's pure vengeance and they're certainly settling accounts and taking revenge turkey says it's disturbing quite frank says eagerness to invade but expose believe ankara shouldn't be surprised gadhafi is accused of ordering the bombing of u.t.a. flight seven seventy two which killed fifty four french men and women in one thousand nine hundred nine a u.k. court found 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 bombing the u.k. was called u.t.a. flight seventy two and it blew up of an asia with the loss of everyone on board so i would argue that there's an element of revenge by strong of intervention now more recently gadhafi is hurt french commercial interests all just blow up that he find french towel have a billion dollars he also bought russian fighter planes instead of french or felt it is useful but now coalition bombs are reported to be killing libyan civilians oppression really the worst is resorting to heavy bombing and civilian casualties are concerned. that could increase regional hatred towards the west after. there will be quite. a resistance from. critics say the western military alliance is simply taking. in what's an internal

civil war where rebel seek to overthrow an internationally recognized government western forces should be prosecuted not just for civilians but also for killing your home school and i don't know why. people find it. so. i mean. as nato chiefs arrive to plan the next stage of the bombardment 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 haunting gadhafi 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. brussels

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being a babysitter. call. opportunity for. the united states commander in chief and american. has a unique opportunity. military and security arrangements between the united states. and finally lead the nato to take full responsibility and regain the full sovereignty from the american security. that's. positive feature of the unfolding drama in libya right now now another country locked into

a deadly spiral of protest. in the coastal town of troops have been deployed after twelve people were killed over the weekend. in the capital damascus. the latest. here in the country's capital it's running here right now. rather quiet it gets louder towards the evening however we didn't see a very sound sweepin when thousands of grizzly supporters were out on the streets it was shooting fireworks in the air every other car has all the presidents who want to it's and we were passing by this al-jazeera nice channel where hundreds of people gathering to threatening to burn it down as they were unhappy with the coverage of the guy and some folding here going to china news or reporting indeed that in the south of the concert over the situation is much more dangerous where we are hearing reports that so many people have died in the crash of one of the things

that people are demanding here in syria is over the country's emergency law to be lifted now the emergency law imposes restrictions and probably got greens our voices they arrest people for suspicious one main thread tension to become chief security as well as fission control over the speakers and other media before publication however syrian government adviser has had in an interview that is to be repeated but didn't exactly mention when it's going to happen now it all began with a group of school kids one thousand anti-government slogans on nuclear missiles and south of the country they were arrested and then people came out in the streets demanding that schoolkids have to be released. so. inspired by the general uprising in other countries in the neighborhood such as the reason for syria could potentially cause a lot of trouble for the united states in many ways for example providing greater support for and fight israel such as mosques or possibly moving against israel it

sounds here syrian government has already deployed some troops to the cells over the country to stop the protesters. still to come in about twenty minutes time right here on. the west democracy in north africa is a preview of what's to come. i 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. as you know the fed says that you know

a lot of mean we can not to start doing the right thing. you are not going to do ninety five or so you know you round we beat up i decided then we beat up you know that 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 to these guys can only carry india but this is not my day united states. you can see across talking about seventeen minutes time here and now in other news 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 cancelled and the nine a magnitude earthquake and suing tsunami which struck the country two and a half weeks ago ravaging whole regions is now estimated to have killed well over ten thousand workers are still battling to contain radiation and so the nuclear plant severely damaged by the disaster japan's nuclear agency says levels of

radioactive iodine in the sea near the plant have risen to almost two thousand times the usual level and as that crisis looms many are still struggling with the loss of loved ones it's not easy go to reports officials are being forced to come up with new ways to cope with the overwhelming number of dead. instead of a proper sendoff a mass grave the japanese always crewmate bedad but what the crematorium is at full capacity. 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 exuberant and they need their incriminated 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 closer as best as we care. is

a traditional fishing town after being struck by the earthquake and the tsunami it was then ravaged by fires that last a day. at least five hundred dead in the biting when family members get just a few minutes before construction workers bury the coffins. to be able to process these bodies. many of the relatives have themselves lost houses as well as their loved ones. of the other things for two weeks we search for my cousin and now at least we know what happened to her meanwhile soldiers raked through the remains of the town untouched since the disaster they say there may still be hundreds of bodies below the rubble. r.t. . japan. now we're updating you on the latest from japan on air and online just head over to r.t. dot com for the full chronicle of events and the crisis stricken country of the

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feeds now in the palm of your. questions on the dot com. luis says. right. from france to. start on t.v. dot com. with r.t. live from moscow it's now where twenty minutes past the hour let's check out some other world news in brief this hour and at least twenty people were killed and over fifty injured in a suicide truck bomb attack in afghanistan's paktika province the blast was close to the compound of a construction company and most of the victims were just local workers taliban

militants have claimed responsibility for the attack now the incident does come a day after a nato led air strike killed more than ten taliban insurgents in the same area. italian prime minister is due to appear in court of a corruption charges so this county is facing a trial linked to one of his media companies he's accused of inflating the price paid by television rights and then using the difference to fund a political activities the pm is facing a total of four trials and looting one for allegedly paying for sex with an underage prostitute and abusing his power he denies all charges. and of germany's anti nuclear green party have a historic victory over chancellor angela merkel's conservatives in a key regional election exit polls suggest the greens doubled their share and. with the christian democrats likely to lose power after six decades being seen as

a nuclear power after the recent events in japan meanwhile in fraud's the opposition socialist party took a decisive local election win putting pressure on president nicolas sarkozy before he faces an election. and more than a dozen homes evacuated when a freight train carrying potentially hazardous materials d. railed in ontario canada up to twenty five cars were reportedly forced off the tracks causing a fire which has since been brought under control also damaged was a gas pipeline next to the rails no injuries were reported in the area which is mainly farmers. but it's going to be a fiery debate on cross talk with people of all that's coming up here very soon but first let's turn over to you with the latest business to.

hello and welcome to all of his business update thanks for joining us and the medium have enjoyed a strong run over the last few weeks running in line with the old industrial commodities the markets are being supported by the prospect of demand links to the future with construction of japon gail barry its capital investment bank says the moment 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 that these metals i think to begin with what we'll see is a base over of the different demands because of the disruptions to. to beauty within japan itself. after that i think is paralyze or rebuild and.

rebuilt. 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 the and the lead that actually will probably benefit straight away because you need to lead for batteries like backup diesel generators and so on. you have a look at the markets now and the asian markets have closed in the negative and monday is going to be crippled nuclear plant in japan remains a key focus for investors tokyo electric power company nosedived almost seventy percent and it became clear over the weekend the become true faces a protracted struggle to bring the company's quake stricken nuclear plant under control in a while hong kong's hang seng. early morning gains and finished with around zero

point seven percent. here in russia markets are trading in the red following losses of the asian markets today would be losing more than half a percent and the last six with zero point one percent and. have a look at the movies now and in two majors are gaining this hour with a gasp from up more than half a percent of the my six meanwhile banking stocks are among the losers both the bank of down around zero point five percent. russian oil group ten k. b.p. may be embroiled in a dispute between its major shareholders but it's still trying to improve its operations or to get its own everyday business of extraction of the company's vice president explains to business some of its clients for increasing efficiency. we are going to spend about one from a million dollars in the following investment into energy efficiency program and

total results in three years will be a ball free fall rethinking windows f.x. over the energy saving or it's not a question about to doing more capacities or these money will spend two or more energy efficiency to realize some innovation projects and draws some energy intensive for improvements in our technical process panasonic has been one of the many companies paid by the earthquake in japan although the factories overrating supply chains have been disrupted and we are the general direct head panasonic washout wow there could be a shortage of products no muscle provoked is coming through japan with china or asia and but. looking at the market size of russia we also. to study the production that these are. not to decide to but i think we did in the third. also the disaster in japan could reduce global car production by thirty

percent that's according to the latest research from i.h.s. consulting many japanese carmakers a halting work with the local fun trees with producers in other countries suffering from the lack of components being distributed via cesco salting says while companies currently have some reserves they can be used by mid april if automated find no alternative global production will fall from a three hundred thousand tonnes a day to a long two hundred thousand new general motors ford and also to an already partly covered auction and number of european markets. that's all the business news for now join us next hour with more and you can always find all our latest updates at r.t. dot com slash business. culture

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