the. acting the u.n. resolution designed only to protect civilians and police the. people in tripoli are panicking with reports of the rebels are closing in they simply no way to run join me put us here from the capital city in a few moments and i'll bring you more in the rebel stronghold the opposition celebrates. reportedly even hometown find out all the details in just a few moments. connection with. in moscow and an anti terror operation in russia's volatile republic of. radioactive

plutonium is detected in the soil near the paralyzed nuclear plant in japan shattered communities struggle to lay. victims to rest. this is coming from the russian capital where it's now midnight and ten pm in libya where there are conflicting reports about just how far west rebels of yvonne's towards the libyan capital tripoli the opposition claims it controls gadhafi hometown but others on the ground say the city is still in government hands when i spoke to our correspondents in benghazi in the capital tripoli. this it is 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 is 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 labels have advanced this far the 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 a few soldiers they will 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 confusing and that is why people here are so long to they do understand what if it was the reality on the ground no doubt gadhafi forces all move in that is a 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 allenby on various choices and excursions to visit cities that are clearly in good 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 about the cease fire that the government has announced in the past the latest word from misrata is that there is heavy shelling we're now hearing again reports of snipers standing on the roofs and she took 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 the

apologies for the west the situation 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's 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 be 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 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 in 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 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's ok it gives you a scene 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 a 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 in all parts of the it's mostly government buildings like police

offices which have been burnt down you know we 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 say when guys he was being the liberated from the regime generally at the moment it seems that signs of normal life or coming back some shops reopened and there's food and water in the city elektra's city as well there are big problems with phone connections that's not working. 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 is asked say it on that 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 usd a very concerned about the future of the operation particularly a country like italy from there in naples the whole nato operation will be based we're hearing the tegan saying that he needs to be an immediate cease fire they'll 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 said 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 and commanding this operation they will be more dissenting voices and perhaps a maintenance perhaps the steam for this operation to continue will be diminished. our correspondent in tripoli. in benghazi well russia's foreign minister says the international coalition is acting outside the limits of the u.n. resolution on libya so it is also demanding independent verification into reports of civilian casualties in the foreign forces assault. 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 sergei lavrov we should do. is taking part in a civil war in libya by talk between colonel gadhafi troops and 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 would like this information to be kind of 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 in the 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 got unfolds in libya we can see a lot of the countries especially those that had abstained to keep looking at the actions versus what is stipulated and had been agreed upon on paper a. city that when george kenney a former diplomat with the u.s. foreign service told me earlier that his country could spend a lot of time in libya just doesn't 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 could 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 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. gives you first hand accounts from correspondents there also regular updates on off 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 tukey a troops have been deployed off to twelve people were killed there over the weekend amid calls for political reforms and freedoms and our correspondent is in the capital damascus. the country's military helicopters are patrolling the city we can see them and hear the fans 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 excellent every military has the part of the president that the south korean presidential at the moment where the situation of course is very much different in the south of the country where we have seen anti presidential and say governments pricing out over the weekend dozens were killed while waiting what people are demanding currently from the government is said to lift the emergency now the restrictions on gathering to do so will 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 local authorities are blaming foreign forces for the violence that's unfolding in the south over the country and the way all weekend was when a bunch of school kids in the south syria started writing anti-government so

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 valley center 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 nonetheless the main reason for the u.s. led military campaign in libya was the fact that the country's leader started using military force against his own people and the similar situation this 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 and over

there with the latest from syria which is in the grip of anti government protests. two suspects thought to be behind the terror bombing of moscow's dome of the port have been detained in russia's southern republican good chance here the anti terror committee says the pair were arrested during a special operation. 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 are believed by security forces to be involved in the terrorist attack on the moscow dumb ideas of what airport which took place course a few months ago those two men are believed to be by security forces the two men who are 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 planned and carried out the suicide bombing in moscow the mindset of us airport and devastating moscow metro bombings according to russia's most wanted terrorist. 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 slowed down coming to a station the other partly due to both of course in the heart of the russian capital don could being just steps away from the kremlin of course the heart of the russian capital both 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 in tough times like these 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. in japan plutonium has been detected in the soil near the crippled fukushima plant the 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 a trench outside the plant fears of a nuclear meltdown began when four of reactors were severely damaged by the massive earthquake and tsunami the tragedy has claimed over ten thousand lives so far well

over sixteen thousand are still missing as are never 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 now the crematorium is at full capacity. has been turned into a 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 the need then cremated and start of a priest a town official conduct an impromptu ceremony is only just devised. this is horrible we're just trying to bring these people closure as best as we can. as a traditional fishing town after being struck by the earthquake and the tsunami it was then ravaged by fires that lost the days that are at least five hundred dead in

the biting when family members get just a few minutes before construction workers bury the coffins. we. will take for the crematorium to be able to process these bodies probably several years my. the relatives have themselves lost houses as well as their loved ones. this lets us get on with other things for two weeks we search for my cousin and now at least we know what happened to her meanwhile soldiers rake through the remains of the town untouched since the disaster they say there may still be hundreds of bodies below the rubble. of. japan. well you can get more on the situation in japan on our website com has a full chronicle of events from when the country was hit by the earthquake and tsunami the consequences of the nuclear crisis spread internationally now japan is having trouble with exports as people fear goods may spread radioactive

contamination also there on the web site at the moment seismologists be alarmed that japan's disaster is just the start of a decade of trouble from the pacific rim if that's there at all to dot com online right now. time now to have a quick look at some other international news that's 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 who clashed with government forces it was then looted by civilians meanwhile anti-government protests continue to shake the country as thousands rallied in the capital on monday it comes a day after the president scrapped his offer to quit by the end of the. italy's prime minister has appeared at court hearings where he faces corruption charges have been scary music used of tax fraud over the sale of film rights by his mediaset company it's his first personal appearance of a courtroom in almost eight years despite being involved in four trials including

one for allegedly paying for sex with an underage girl but it's going to denies all the charges. germany's nuclear green party is celebrating a key victory in a state which chancellor merkel's conservatives had control for almost six decades is being seen as a sign of widespread opposition to merkel's nuclear policy and decisions on libya and the euro and even france present sarkozy's ruling party suffered a similar fate in opposition socialists took a decisive local election when it adds pressure and surprise he faces a presidential election and it's time. for twenty two twenty three minutes past the russian capital update you with a summary of the main news in just a few minutes from now and shortly we'll be speaking to. the russian president's special representative in afghanistan. stay tuned for an interview in which the envoy says that nato current strategy in the country isn't working and when they end up costing more lives if lessons learned.

so make up president visits new representative to afghanistan it's great to have you with us today sir thank you very much now you've pointed to a cold war mentality that was preventing nato from hitting good advice do you

saying that they now accept that stable afghanistan is also in russia's interests or will you have to convince them. understand that first of all that. russian troops because of germany. much more closer to russia are burned through three american space for her own but even to europe. sometimes we. explain how our girls are going to spend let's say you fire five six years ago. they are listening to us by the way here but now. how are things looking now still a lot of convincing to do. are you getting closer and we have far less can we think to ask we specially in our conversations american partners about now we feel bad they started to hear us. but that doesn't mean that everything

keys are clear and we don't have problems there are some power problems in perception and understanding what i mean i mean that. we failed to my mind to persuade first of all american partners as well as sa the nato members that only the military operation in afghanistan. which is not supported by other means will not bring any tangible results we recall always experience of the soviet union and everybody in the world believed that soviet union made everything wrong with its misunderstanding and so there were a lot of incorrect things about why the world is special in that part of the world but in the world and i've got stuff doesn't concede and look into the positive results or saw it in all of them got us and what i mean i mean economy i mean

a culture i mean social affairs where the soviet union contributed a lot and as a practical result. let's compare one so if you don't was roll through hoops. regime a president legible lover could stand alone against or all the world of mujahideen the for almost three years i'm not sure that the current regime will be able to believe it's the same that's the. historical from all of those correct made by the soviet union and that's why we appealed to our partners to look into this story and loan the us we're hearing two thousand and fourteen. right to withdraw their forces through what would be the time limit and. not quite true that need there is going to be the role in two thousand and fourteen

to begin from that point i presume it will take a much more longer time but if nato is going to conduct its alteration of government then and when i say alteration i don't mean only new authority. or is there nothing in the way they're doing it with me take a century. old. steps which can bring. and strong. made there could see for a lot of money and life for a soldier they. had. strong. police all the security forces who could better handle this war in their own. they're not doing care we have ten back. but we don't have strong out of me and police yeah they're great the number but

quality of the police is very poor. economy. if you. for younger generation there was a stable source of income. it's hard to believe that they will not join in any fighting side to ignore the just libel probably. so economy is very important to. us so you judge how long i don't know how long it will take a long if. approach is not correct i mean a couple of freshman presidents representative to afghanistan thank you very much for this interview. my pleasure.

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