sedona sweet. kerrville. in the ninety's available in the island resort and spa. rebels in libya march towards the capital foreign forces acting outside the un resolution designed to protect civilians and police the no fly zone. people in tripoli are panicking with reports of the rebels are closing in there's simply no way to run and join me point here from the capital city in a few moments and i'll bring you more here in the rebel stronghold of the opposition celebrates its. reported me even to go back to his hometown find out all the details in just a few moments. arrests in connection with. an anti terror operation in russia's republic of chechnya. and radioactive

detected in the soil near the. nuclear plant elsewhere in japan shattered communities struggle to laid. to rest. this is from the russian capital where it's now eleven pm and nine pm in libya where there are conflicting reports about just how far west rebels have advanced towards the libyan capital tripoli the opposition claims it controls gadhafi hometown but reporters say the city is still in government hands when i spoke to our correspondents in benghazi. in the capital tripoli. they said he has a sense of panic here in the capital city there's almost a sense of fear that you can touch the reports are so comforting and that is what

is making people here so distrait why now we hear that the rebels are thirty kilometers away from gadhafi hometown of sirte the next hour we hear that they've been pushed back a hundred kilometers the frontline no doubt keeps shifting but in the early hours of this morning monday we actually heard that the rebels were inside the city itself they were never supposed to get this far and that is why talking to people here in the libyan capital there's a sense of almost amazement that the rebels have advanced this far and no doubt the freights and the claims by the rebels that the ultimate goal is to be trippin he is why some in the capital city are starting to respond by saying they will be a bloodbath now we've been hearing from search itself that at one stage we could have the soldiers they were holding up white flags and that rebels advance forward but then there was some kind of clashes in the rebels retreated so that one of the ports are receiving at the moment all quite calm fusing and that is why people here are so long to they do understand that whatever is the reality on the ground no doubt gadhafi forces all moving that even much closer to the capital city it's also

interesting to note how the government has been responding in the last few hours they have stepped up their p.r. if it's as foreign journalists working here we're not being invited almost out of the various choices and excursions to visit cities that are clearly in duffy's hands and this of course is an effort by the government to put across the message into the international community that they are still winning this war we are also hearing from the town of misrata they the government has declared a cease fire but the reaction from the rebels is that they simply do not believe this and certainly here talking to libyans in the capital city they will see this with the chinese the about the cease fire that the government has announced in the past the latest word from this russia is that there was heavy shelling we're now hearing again reports of snipers standing on the roofs and shooting anything that moves we were hearing those kind of reports just a few days ago so certainly the action on the ground putting up across the east across the country across the northern coast and join. eaglet of their your in a rebel stronghold in libya's second largest city benghazi we've heard help tense

it is there in tripoli at the moment how the people there are responding to be volunteers for the west illustration is quite different from tripoli here in benghazi we are also hearing shots being fired into the air but these are shots marking celebration and there are signs of applause to the opposition because any news that is received here in benghazi or even any speculation about any victories out there on the front by the opposition that greeted here with a great applause and with the first rumors of sort being taken over by the opposition that was in the middle of the night we heard we heard shots fired into the air here in the city and can still hear it from time to time as i guess some of the rebel rebel groups get the news about the military operations going out going on out there on the front but i can tell you as we traveled from the egyptian border here towards been guys he's pretty clear that this whole port of the country

the east side of libya is in full control of the opposition the road the main road which links benghazi to to egypt that's heavily heavily guarded by the national police and it's also clear and it's quite visible on the the actual rebel force and what it consists of from teenagers to old men carrying old rifles or a k forty seven but everybody here is against gadhafi is regime and are for any success successful news from the opposition on the front paula back to you there in tripoli is there any concrete evidence with regards to the number of civilian casualties that's been reported it's very hard to get the concrete evidence that you ask will. in terms of the libyan state television reporting that more than a hundred civilians have so far been killed in these coalition a strike we know that they were for the first time

a strike from the city of set there with three young men who were killed we know that they have been explosions in the same to the country and city now here in tripoli as it begins to get dark this is the time that the air strikes begin over the capital city a short time ago the libyan state television also started broadcasting pictures of moammar gadhafi he is in find a car he is in his compound and he's been flanked by supporters now we have no way of verifying when this footage was taken and if indeed he's inside that car but it certainly gives you a sense of the way that machine is handling the situation at the moment very much trying to put the message across that they still in control and that gadhafi is still the man with leading this country when you go to benghazi was reporting massive casualties last week when gadhafi troops were advancing what's the situation where you all know any signs of destruction oh this is a big city with a population of over one million people but the the traces of the recent violence

are still seen. as it's mostly government buildings like police offices which have been burnt down nearly completely there is this huge compound which was actually even used by gaddafi himself when he stayed here and visited bin guys if there's a huge wall around it well i saw it with my own eyes that this wall was completely torn down i guess by the thousands of protesters and the revolutionaries as these events were unfolding here and as the local see when guys he was being there were related from the regime generally at the moment it seems that signs of normal life or coming back some shops reopened and there is food and water in the city elektra's city as well there are big problems with phone connections that's not working that's. actually if we're talking about international calls so perhaps i think that could be one of the reasons behind this various information and

different conflicting reports coming from the front because of the poor connection between the rebels themselves let's talk about the ongoing foreign military operation taking place there in libya coalition air strikes made it possible for the rebels to advance do you think that pattern will change when nato takes full command talking to people here most people don't actually think the pattern will change when nato takes full command when i was asked say to our next meeting tomorrow tuesday that will take place in london this will give some kind of political direction to the nato coalition now we do understand that countries such as france and germany they have to say nine hundred views they very concerned about the future of the operation particularly a country like italy from there in naples the whole nato operation will be based be here in the tegan saying that he needs to be an immediate ceasefire now particularly concerned about the number of immigrants that are coming to these shores and more and more we hear that people are going there from here from libya

turkey has stated it will participate in this nato mission but it too says its role will only be in terms of humanitarian assistance now i think what the government here in tripoli is hoping is that as you have more and more nations controlling in commanding this operation they will be more dissenting voices and perhaps a maintenance perhaps the steam for this operation to continue will be diminished. in tripoli and you go to in thing ghazi well russia's foreign minister says the international coalition is acting outside the limits of the u.n. resolution on libya. also demanding independent verification into reports of civilian casualties in the foreign forces assault on. the details. from the very start russia has been a reluctant participant in the what is going on in libya at the moment what worries the foreign minister right now in this statement he says that it appears that coalition forces are taking sides and his worries come amid

a nato statement saying that they will stick to the books and do what is stipulated there no more no less well let's look at the u.n. resolution it says there that it authorizes all necessary measures to protect civilians will their words all necessary measures could be open to interpretation but protecting civilians is definitely stated there as the goal and so what worries the a russian government is that the offensive is going beyond just protecting civilians that the coalition forces taking sides is clearly not stipulated well let's hear more from the foreign minister sergey lavrov we should be. taking part in a civil war in libya by targeting colonel gadhafi troops on those supporting the rebels this was not sanctioned by the u.n. resolution which stated that the coalition can only enforce a no fly zone and protect the civilian population should be concerned about the unconfirmed reports of civilian deaths caused by the airstrikes and we would like this information to the kind of fight the u.n. has every means to carry this out and we are expecting this to happen as soon as possible so again it's a he's going back to what is stipulated to be a u.n.

resolution and again when russia abstained from voting they clearly stated their position that they are against the use of force on civilians by the gadhafi regime however they did have a lot of questions with regard to the rules of engagement the limits of engagement and right now these are the questions that are coming forward and again as the accompli go unfolds in libya we can see a lot of the countries especially those that had abstained to keep looking at the actions and versus what is stipulated and had been agreed upon on paper. and george kennan a former diplomat with the u.s. foreign service told me earlier that his country could spend a long time in libya just as in iraq and afghanistan. further american military intervention is almost certainly going to result in in a variety of failures and this stability that we have promoted has allowed some very un representative regimes to stay in place so that we can get cheap oil but

i think it's pretty clear that the kind of environment that the united states has supported for decades has not worked to the advantage of ordinary people the problem is that on the one hand the united states has said well we support peaceful demonstrations for democratic change but on the other hand the u.s. government has well if you're peaceful demonstrations don't work out so well for you we will consider supporting an armed insurrection and those are quite contradictory messages and i think that they're being received in very different ways all across the arab world by the way up to date with developments in libya online twitter stream gives you firsthand accounts from our correspondents and they're also regular updates on a facebook page and we're posting our latest video reports on you tube channel.

syria's government is promising reforms following a wave of deadly protests in the flashpoint coastal town of the talk yet troops have been deployed off to twelve people were killed over the weekend and it calls for political freedoms a correspondent in the capital damascus. the country's military helicopters are patrolling the city we can see them and hear them so you can hear them for yourself it's quite loud here in the capital over the weekend who witnessed a very intense situation on the streets with thousands of people who were protesting and they were shouting and shooting us while almost every car in the

capital less military will take the floor to the president that the south street. at the moment the situation of course is very much different in the south of the country where we have seen anti presidential and say governments in the pricing out over the weekend dozens were killed while waiting what people are demanding currently from the government is the lifting of the emergency now the restrictions public gatherings of prices the government to arrest anyone who is suspected of threatening the country's security and government officials have said that so the law is to be lifted but they never specified when that would happen he's are blaming foreign forces for the five hundred sets unfolding in the south over the country that we all weekend was when a bunch of schoolkids in the south of syria started writing and sorry governmental

slogans on the walls and they were arrested for that's after that people took to the streets demanding that those schoolkids are released well another reason for the uprising see here in syria is of course the valise ever taking place across the arab world and the question remains whether when you see another military intervention here in syria similar to the one it's taking place in libya even though the u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton has sat that speech arab revolution is unique each hour arab uprising is unique and series not going to see another military. similar military intervention none to last the main reason for the u.s. led military campaign in libya it was the fact that the country's leader started using military force against his own people and the similar situation is taking place here in syria at the moment where the country's authorities have already deployed troops to the south of the country to stop the protestors. in the town in

africa with the latest from syria which is in the grip of government protests. two suspects thought to be behind the terrible dome of that of a port have been detained in russia's southern republican the anti terror committee says the pair were arrested during a special operation ortiz catherine azhar of a brings us the details. according to sources within the local security offices we know that that operation was being planned for a long time that the number of people who knew about it was minimal so that the operation could be successful we know that seventeen other militants were actually killed as a result of that operation and two men who were detained those two men the brothers again via are believed by security forces to be involved in the terrorist attack on the moscow dumb ideas of what airport which took place for a few months ago those two men are believed to be by security forces and the two men who actually a score to the suicide bomber to moscow brought him to the airport and left him

there to detonate his deadly device now those men were of course proclaimed wanted security officials have now made their arrests and they will be prosecuting them with all the evidence that they have so far managed to gather the two men are believed to be a part of a group that are planned and carried out the suicide bombing in moscow the mindset of those airports and devastating moscow metro bombings according to russia's most wanted terrorist no cool model they were acting under his command tuesday will mark a year since a two devastating blast tore through the moscow metro system both a very central location is one of them will be on coming to a station the other part due to both of course in the heart of the russian capital madame could being just as steps away from the kremlin of course the heart of the russian capital both of the attacks took place during the early morning rush hour wounding dozens of people killing over forty hundreds of people will flock to both

of those stations bringing candles flowers holding vigils we know that a lot of people are going to come to pay their respects to all those who lost their lives to show support for all of those who lost loved ones in those terrible attacks basically it'll be kind of a show of strength and support for the people of this country they will. show each other that they are able to come together a tough times like these who support one another and of course not rest until authorities find those responsible for these terrible attacks and make sure that they do everything in their hands to prevent similar attacks from ever happening again. to japan now ternium has been detected in the soil near the crippled fukushima plant facilities operator says the radioactive substance is leaking from the nuclear fuel tepco has already confirmed that radiation levels one hundred thousand times above the norm have been found in the trench outside the plant fears of a nuclear meltdown began when for

a focus reactors were severely damaged by the massive earthquake and tsunami tragedy has claimed over ten thousand lives so far on average sixteen thousand still missing. every ports leaving distraught communities struggling to cope with the overwhelming number of dead. instead of a property. a mass grave the japanese always cremate their dead but what the crematorium is at full capacity. has been turned into a merge and see graveyards. these people be buried in contravention to japanese tradition but when there is an opportunity they'll have to be exuma. 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 the tsunami it

was then ravaged by fires that last a day there are at least five hundred dead in the biting when family members get just a few minutes before construction workers bury the coffins. it will take for the crematorium to be able to process these bodies probably several years. 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 untouched since the disaster they say there may still be. bodies below the rubble. of. japan. where you can get more on the situation in japan on a website that's r.t. dot com there we have a full chronicle of events from when the country was hit by the earthquake and tsunami the consequences of the euclid crisis spread internationally now japan is

having trouble with exports and people fear goods may spread radioactive contamination you can read all about that on the website also online at the moment seismologists that japan's disaster is just the start of a decade of trouble probably pacific rim fire r.t. dot com. well before the business news with dmitri let's have a quick look at some other international news making headlines this hour an explosion at a weapons factory in southern yemen has killed over one hundred people including children dozens of others have been injured the plant was seized by militants you clashed with government forces it was then looted by civilians meanwhile anti-government protests continue to shape the country as thousands rallied in the capital monday comes a day after the president scrapped his offer to quit by the end of the year. it's a bit prime minister has appeared in court hearings where he faces corruption charges silver screen is accused of tax for the sale of film rights by his media said company it's his first personal presence in a courtroom in almost eight years despite being involved in four trials including

one for allegedly paid for sex with an underage girl that is going to get all the charges. germany's out in you click green party celebrating a key victory in the state which chancellor merkel's conservatives control for almost six decades he sees signs of widespread opposition to merkel's nuclear policy and decisions on libya and the euro in neighboring france presence of course his ruling party suffered a similar fate an opposition socialist took a decisive local. pressure and so because he faces a presidential election in a year's time. well in a few minutes we'll be discussing the difference between humanitarian aid and western geo political interests and if the coalition can tell them apart that's in crosstalk that will be up to the business update with dmitri. thanks very much bill russian oil giant rosneft pipeline monopoly transnet they

want to take china's national petroleum corporation to court as they await forty million dollars they say the firm has failed to pay for january will shipments of russia and china signed a contract in two thousand and nine providing ross their transept with a twenty five billion dollar low in exchange for guarantee of shipments of oil through the pacific ocean pipeline now the total sum that the chinese side is a legend like all insured amounts to one hundred million dollars because of that russia's oil pipeline monopoly trans nafta is now in debt to ross whale that it just didn't like the china richard swung from energy agency says it's unlikely this the speech will get out of. does seem strange that what should be a simple commercial arrangement should have this discrepancy over really quite big sums of money so this is a highly unusual but this is an unusual pipeline it's an unusual project the role of trans if it comes in here is the pipeline company they don't own the oil at the

start of the chain but they take delivery of it and push it all the way to the chinese border china seems to be lobbying and we're hearing the kind of not happy with the price the implied price for the transport costs on the pipeline i think they think they should be paying a lower price than people who take the same oil but on russia's pacific coast when it comes out to cause me no now again there's no clarity over exactly how these costs are calculated is the price china paid is it pegged to the urals export price . or is it actually pegged to the new cause we know price and when does that switch happen. to the stock markets now u.s. markets started the week off on a positive note with the dow and the nasdaq well i just a notch general positive picture across the board. no wonder they are with telecoms putting on some of the biggest gains boosted by better than expected increases and consumer spending europe is makes them flat misters remain cautious on renewed concerns about japan's nuclear crisis and the ongoing unrest in the middle east

europe is gaining versus the dollar and c.c.p. chairman tree showing indicates rate hikes may be coming. here in russia the first trading day was positive although very flat to be our tears in my six managed to gain point two percent while they spent most of the trading session in the red take a look at some of the individual stocks energy majors losing for the session but they manage some gains at the close rosneft up one percent gazprom one point two percent banking stocks among the main losers burbank losing two thirds of a percent tom mundy chief strategist that says the russian market is likely to see more activity soon. russian investors are just struggling in the moment to find stories to trade around the enthusiasm for russia that we've heard of the first quarter of this year has really been because the oil prices traded up so strongly three hundred five dollars a barrel there is a story with

a really clear catalyst investors have been coming in very strongly and we saw that in the end of last week and also yesterday with with ross telecom which is going to be added to v.s.e. i rush index at the end of may. and vest as her parents march their index need to. add to that position so we've seen very large volumes in that stock. and the disaster in japan could reduce global car production by thirty percent that's according to latest research from i.h.s. consulting by the japanese carmakers a halting work at the local factories with producers other countries suffering from lack of shipments being distributed i.h.s. consulting says while companies currently have some reserves they could be used up by mid april before the makers find no alternative global production may fall from three hundred thousand pounds a day to around two hundred thousand meanwhile general motors ford and poser searcher have already partly car production at a number of european plants. and russian electricity giant the federal grid company

has listed its global depository receipts on the london stock exchange the company's deputy chairman and that is a chunk of reveals the reasons behind the. national's normally it's really authority to newark one of the main goals is to improve our share liquidity we also want to ensure maximum access for international investors to the if g c shares and to ensure the active presence of the company in the international markets concerning a possible privatization of the stake owned by the government. all right that's all from the a business desk this monday evening joining the my colleague of allah but tomorrow morning eight am moscow time for updates. to. the.

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