gadhafi loyalists step up a fight against the insurgency attempting to recapture the western rebel stronghold of misrata i'm going to see you in the capital city of tripoli joining me in a few moments and i'll bring you all. the opposition's fight against drug abuse offers unexpected struck by a dozen rebels before you've killed in a coalition air strike. also on our chief ears over a potential terrorist attack in europe grow as security experts claim the coalition's involvement in libya could trigger a radical response. and japan's struggle to stem the leak of radioactive water from

the fukushima power plant into the ocean off thousands of homeless tsunami survivors face an uncertain future. plus a year after the moscow metro suicide bombing russia deals a devastating blow to terrorism by killing a group of high ranking militant. is three pm in moscow this is the weekly here in archie this sunday thanks for being with us first stop the forces continue their latest offensive in western libya attempting to recapture the country's third largest city missed daughter it's the last rebel stronghold left in the west and has been under attack for weeks not our cars going to post here is in tripoli with. the work of bloodshed is increasingly been used to describe the situation in the last rebel held city in the west of this

country the city of misrata now according to doctors on the scene they say that one person was killed and several people were wounded in the early hours of sunday morning when the government forces renewed shelling on a building in the city now we understand from the doctors that i am to a few days ago there were a number of civilians being housed inside that building they had been injured in recent clashes between pro and to gadhafi forces but fortunately there had been evacuated before the shelling began we are also hearing from doctors that in the last week alone one hundred and sixty people have been killed in misrata itself from these battles driving told by doctors that in a month of fighting between six hundred and a thousand civilians have been killed in the city so if you the rebels have been in control of it for more than a month now what we are seeing increasingly is that the government troops are intensifying michelle and more and more looks likely that the city will fall to the hands of gadhafi as man ever since the united states handed over command of the military operations here in libya to nato the u.s.

has been decreasing the number of combat missions it carries out here we are hearing from top american military officials that they are also going to begin withdrawing the fighter jets the submarine and they miss all ships now this does come across does come against the background of a stalemate in terms of fighting on the ground between those pro and anti gun if was around the city of brega in the east of the country it also comes against the backdrop of increasing criticism from within the american president barack obama's own administration over questions in terms of the representation and the capability of those opposition fighters as far as the tripoli government goes that they continue to call of us a crusader who they say that these actions are illegal and immoral and they are not voicing movie concerns that in the future they will be the supplying of weapons to these rebel fighters this will soon be followed by training and all to. and the deployment of foot soldiers. a nato airstrike that killed at least thirteen libyan

rebels on friday has provoked a mixed response from the opposition fighters. and talking to the forces in benghazi attack. the general feeling here in the rebel stronghold confusion lots of confusion around that incident because according to some reports this is playing on the rebels caused by troops. on the rebels that opened fire at the planes but other reports suggest that rebels who are celebrating and began shooting into the air confusing the pilots and also true. back i can tell you that judging by the pool level of organization and training the rebel fighters version. because the rebels had been seen arguing and even fighting among themselves on the front many are

teenagers who don't have any experience in combat and there's even speculation and lots of rumors that the united states and we. training the rebels there on the front and also rumors of a secret agents may be operating there as well trying to organize ruggles when it comes to. the forces there are much better trained they're much better equipped and apparently there is much more of them according to some figures to reship off the forces out the moment is around the one to turn meaning one rebel fighter against. gaddafi soldiers so the general understanding here in being guys the. only way the rebels could be successful is support from nato well washington is considering arming the libyan rebels despite claims that al qaida has infiltrated

their ranks experts here american weapons could end up in the hands are to count. the international community permitted intervention in libya to protect civilians from colonel qaddafi but washington wants to go further than that and is considering arming the rebels while officially denying that toppling canal is the objective of its involvement in libya but broadening our military mission to include regime change would be a mistake president obama has reportedly signed a secret order authorizing covert american support for rebel forces seeking to oust the lead in leader critics of the u.s. taking sides in a civil war war of the consequences we help accelerate the chaos. and in creating more chaos we're to we think somehow we're going to be able to direct the outcome it's the same hubris that has visited the united states in iraq the same humorous that keeps us penya and in afghanistan causes us to

believe that somehow we are going to wreck events and the outcome in libya we cannot do that nor do we have the right to determine who the leader of libya should be many fear radical forces could take advantage of the chaos in libya former jihadist noman badman who renounces all qaeda affiliate and in two thousand says he has to mates one thousand jihadists are among the rebels in libya one lady and rebel commander has openly admitted his fighters have links other reports say terrorists seized libyan surface to air missiles when arsenals were looted nato intelligence reports claim flickers of al qaida and hezbollah have been found among the rebels in libya but maintained there is no reason to believe their presence is significant but a u.s. military study three years ago said lidia's made up the second largest group of jihadists in the world right after saudi arabia all of that seems to be discarded

as the u.s. is trying to prop up the opposition in libya as some analysts say in an attempt to forge a relationship with them that would be favorable for the united states in the future but experts say as of now the opposition in libya hardly has a defined face or power these people. will not be able to take control over the situation as soon as the current regime. goes off and that means that somebody else will be. tempted to take over the country and you know the villain there will organize. the world force in the region not in the country but in the region is unfortunately some say arming the rebels could backfire we've been in a situation in afghanistan one day we help people and the next day they shoot at us if we are cautious about military intervention so blowback charm was john

johnson wrote famously about is sure to happen in libya in afghanistan back in the eighty's the u.s. had a narrow goal to help the mujahideen fight soviet troops subsequently the same militants turned their weapons and training against the u.s. among those of them was osama bin ladin whose group eventually evolved into al qaida robyn's cannistraro cia and alice is an operations chief in the 1980's says back then the us didn't see the dangers of arming afghan militants. and what we see were tribal so. some of its. leading. some reconstruction of. over two decades after arming the afghan mujahedeen america is now considering giving weapons to another rebel band with an unclear identity simply because of who they're fighting against going to check out r t washington

d.c. . well as the coalition forces continue to employ impose a no fly zone over libya there are concerns that the intervention may soon backfire on europe security experts fear libyan islamic groups are plotting terror attacks in the e.u. in revenge for allied airstrikes archies daniel reports. e.u. countries have taken a leading role in enforcing the un resolution but their efforts all the way over in libya now threaten to bring conflict right to their very own back doors analysts claim colonel gadhafi now has little other weapons left in his armory than overseas terror he's faced repeated accusations that he ordered look at the bombing that killed two hundred seventy mostly westerners experts say some countries are particularly in the firing line tree leading countries of the offensive and

that means france u.k. . and united states of course the only option yes really is to use terrorism so i think. it's a clear cut in prison today in the coming days maybe in the coming weeks but e.u. backing for anti kadafi rebels could backfire further rebel leaders including the libyan islamic fighting group and associates of al qaida and the casualties mounting every day from allied bombing make fertile recruiting ground and western forces that are. looking now. at that. chaos and. i am sure. e.u. muslims protest against the bombing of libya the organizer says people should prepare for the worst that somebody does a body strong likelihood but i think the ability of the muslims will attack

everybody should. the invasion of the rule live in terror attacks in the e.u. almost two hundred people died in the madrid train bombings in two thousand and two while suicide bombers killed fifty two people in london in two thousand and five officials notes read similar results in the wake of this campaign western intelligence reports creased activity among suspected terrorist cells indicating the threat of attack is one of the total to be an e.u. terrorist strike is now just a question of time don't you see brussels. coming up in a few minutes here on r t abducted and arrested for no apparent reason israeli special forces palestinian engineer they claim is a dangerous criminal family and friends strong. but first to japan where radioactive water continues to leak from quake at

fukushima nuclear plant into the pacific officials say a crack under the troubled reactor may be the cause and it could take several months to fix more than twelve thousand people lost their lives in the tsunami disaster hundreds of thousands left homeless have been forced into overcrowded shelters and. found out survivors are angry at the government's failure so far to help rebuild their lives. this is the first time many residents of asian a marquee have seen their houses since the tsunami this surge through them but in most little of value remains but supple shinji is not trying to salvage material possessions. my house was totally destroyed and my husband died in the tsunami now i'm honoring him by getting his personal things out i just wish everything could go back to how it was. chingy has been housed at a local school with several hundred others people here have been taken turns to

volunteer as cooks and cleaners. but the cramped conditions mean that after nearly three weeks the communal spirit is fraying and. we are dissatisfied with your forty's we know there are temporary houses that will be put up and you will get them some areas are being favored over others. the government admits that not a single temporary house has been constructed so far but even when they do finally go up they won't solve the far greater problem. the government excavators are moving the rubble as fast as they can but for the victims of the disaster even those lucky enough to get the temporary housing it will be years before they can come here rebuild their house and color their home many of the stricken japanese coastal towns rely for generations on fishing and shipping industries livelihoods which no longer exists and there's little hope of ever getting them back. the

government is good at solving big problems not the ones of a small people i don't think this town will ever be rebuilt as it was even if i restore what i have no one will build anything next to my house. or the government providing food and temporary shelter was a relatively straightforward part in helping victims cope with the disaster making sure people have a place and a community to return to will be much more difficult you know r.t. . japan. a large scale counter terror operation and russia's caucasus region killed seventeen militants last one day the wife dr and assistant of russia's number one terrorist goku moreover identified among your experts agree this proves there is a high trouts a war and southwards killed as the three rarely aside some bodies have not yet been identified with forensic results expected to take star paul weeks multi-phase operation targeting omar and his inner circle the sponsor role for

a series of deadly attacks in russia started earlier this year the results of the mission were being used as moscow marking the year since the double suicide bomb attack on two of them off the face of all the suspects behind the atrocity have been identified and have been killed in special anti terror operations argued was enough caution of out of visited the site of the moscow courts. it started off as just an ordinary monday morning for me to keep it all she like many others had a certain string in his step knowing the harshness cool winter was only over with little did she realize denied to me that she would be thrown into just a few minutes later suddenly in the words of this horrible sound as if something huge had formed. and i will go out and there was a small. people were shouting and rushing to the car

would need to be had her it was the start of the worst terrorist attack in the russian capital in six years just before eight am to first of two explosions hit the moscow subway killing twenty four people at the crowd little bank of station which lies beneath me had with the usual defendable security service forty minutes later the terror trail moved south targeting a station at a crucial city intersection killing twelve move. the stuff. here we came at eight thirty eight right in the middle of the rush hour work its truck up the back of the train asking you to try to get on board it was dark there was no light and i just thought what is that whatever remained of them some of them were stretched on the floor near the metal crane and so it was horrible it was. just before your eyes and there was nothing to save them with each million

commuters after a day in moscow subways one of the busiest in the world that's made it a terrorist target in the past and on the stage a year ago in what should be a target once again a twenty year old student leaving. for herself the true fuses to live in fear. sometimes feel something like this i think about this but general i think we have safe safety. a year ago tires brought moscow to a standstill horo to our reading life but if they wanted to destroy spirits this goal was certainly know what it says a lot of gold zone and while the terrorists were out to millions both in moscow and across the globe remains it's something people have learned to live with. moscow. another new israeli secret services have allegedly kidnapped

a suspected palestinian criminal in ukraine they claim has been assisting the hamas organization but care of officials are confused as to why they weren't allergic reactions have cast doubt on the children to see of the operation with the palestinian man deny all charges or to. investigate. several months ago get a new car and her husband palestinian engineer did i would see first from gaza to her native ukraine they were looking for a peaceful life far from the constant hostilities of the middle east do not even childes to leave behind a very good job with a political my husband was deputy director of the only power station in gaza and he's a very highly qualified engineer and received an immensely high salary by local standards for but their relief did not last long one evening up with the seaboard and overnight train from quite a few key here to meet his brother i was since he was sound asleep in the middle of

the night two men walked into his compartment and asked him to provide his id the man refused to do so and the next moment they handcuffed the palestinian and removed him from the train but only because she has no doubt it was a kidnapping plotted by israel's intelligence service the must start with mobile and i received a text message from him the next day he said that he needs to lie low and is going to saudi arabia and i knew it wasn't his style he never uses words like. many called you and your crazy in the following few weeks while her husband's whereabouts were unknown until israel's prime minister confirmed all this time the matter had been behind bars in an israeli prison. for months and months and we arrested him for chords with a strong economy. but one question arises if the arrest was indeed a diminished why has ukrainian special services been left in the dark about the operation the school. intelligence service turned to us to assist in

arresting a criminal you received additional any special operations and other. experts say in special operations between the intelligence of two countries a suspect is routinely arrested and deported otherwise the procedure breaches a country song in the present case nobody can even say how exactly the man was staking out of ukraine but. as a prima was this woman was not a person who wanted list by any country and there had been no extradition claims it's unclear how he left ukrainian territory. this would not be the first case of on the side has struck without mornings last year a suspected hamas militant was assassinated in dubai and to guess what the emirates special forces say they have no idea about a plan to move. as the sea awaits charges against him to be brought next week when you can says she will spare no effort to put an end to this complaint against an

ordinary engineer alexy risky r.t. reporting from kia ukraine. now the cowtown has begun before a russian rocket class start to launch will celebrate the upcoming fiftieth anniversary of man's first journey to space that's coming up for you in just a few minutes. first let's take a look at some stories are dominating world this sunday to ivory coast first where french troops have taken over the airport in the main city of abidjan as fighting continues red cross reports say over a thousand people have died during recent violent clashes in the west of the country forces loyal to the un recognized leader of the sun you would have been battling rival supporters of incumbent president laurent gbagbo. for several months the conflict comes after babbo refused to cede power following november's election which the un says he will. israeli prime minister binyamin

netanyahu has called on the un to immediately cancel a report that you can use forces of committing war crimes during the two thousand and eight nine months it comes out of the accounts for south africa and richard goldstone backtracked on claims that israel had deliberately targeted civilians israel refused to cooperate with goldstone's investigation and condemned this report as distorted and bias some fourteen hundred palestinians and thirteen israelis were killed thirty three week campaign. and in kazakhstan residents have flocked to the polling station to cast their vote in an early presidential election the ballot is expected to overwhelmingly reconfirmed the leadership of long serving nurse or. three candidates are challenging him in the vote but none have publicly opposed his policies more than a thousand international observers are overseeing sunday's vote which is already called under criticism for a perceived lack of fairness the first official results are expected months. and

american southwest airlines has grounded nearly eight hundred planes and canceled three hundred flights nationwide the move came after a section of the fuselage ripped open during a flight on friday forcing an emergency landing at a military base in arizona a jet with one hundred eighteen people on board was on route from phoenix to sacramento when cabin pressure suddenly dropped by that made a rapid controlled descent and none of the passengers were seriously injured. but a flight of another kind preparations for takeoff spacecraft are in full swing at baikonur cosmodrome with the rocket now installed on the launch pad on tuesday it will blast off with a crew of astronauts and cosmonauts on their way international space station the mission celebrates the upcoming fiftieth anniversary of mankind's first journey into orbit artie's tells our silly is out the launch site and it's got some first

hand impressions from an astronaut just back from orbit. where here at the l. launch pad the baikonur cosmodrome we're actually watching right now. they're moving the air rocket for the x. the expedition twenty seven from the cars on the position to the particle position feeling very interested to see this whole process will certainly be watching what's going on right now is a nasa astronaut full stop and she actually just left it from the international space station about three weeks ago thanks again this is your first time looking at this process particularly when you think about it i think it's it's pretty impressive it's really neat to see. how differently to the rockets work to get to space and how it all isn't working out in the end but very different very different to the spatial in what we do but looking forward to watching our friend ron karen load up in a couple days to go back to space having been there before i had you know an idea of what i was going to be looking forward to and everything and the space station

is such a wonderful huge volume in space the largest volume of ever had in history and space and now to be able to look out oh we were talking earlier this coloe window this kind of. a window that looks down to the earth it just. it really it's a very emotional thing to i think that. you know you see your own planet from space you're experiencing floating around in microgravity and to have some good work over there i think and working as international partners to you know we think about living in space here and eunice the ship you're very protected to do you have to be because we as humans can and can't live on earth in the vacuum of space and very similar to what it's like living underwater you're under pressure you can't just you know walk out the door without special but not so for the most part you know the entire time you're there you're thinking about things like you know what do i need to do to protect myself in this given environment and fortunately the space station and the aquarius habitat the water are very colorful places to be. and they

got this one this is what the. here is your big worry for your beautiful planet thank you very much thank you and i thank you nicole you all were there you however a lot of astronauts cosmonauts and astronauts here right now watching this very process coming here especially because of the a two for the dates happening to fiftieth anniversary of you guys first flight and their youth and first three of the last this first space shuttle flight so get everyone here very excited seeing all this up close so the weather is pretty good for for this flight although a bit of it's chilly at the moment so we are expecting to see even more the families of the astronauts coming here and even the little boy from french guiana who had designed the hatch of the crew of expedition twenty seven to die assess. well there's more coverage of the garden's historic flight on our web site plus much more at our team dot com including today in history legendary chess player bobby fischer refused to play his soviet counterpart on the pony cart of love

causing an international scandal all the details on line for you boss. most of the rides will be able to retire the world so-called one a problem the process and andy warhol among others before the masterpieces go under the hammer at a leading auction house. and fashionistas across russia and its capital are being treated not only from one but two fashion weeks after the same time all the latest trends on our website are team dot com. here with arts you live from moscow to take a short break and i'll be back with a recap of our top stories stay with us.

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