libyan gravels resumed their battle for control of key cities but come under friendly fire from coalition forces. i don't feel loyalist stepped up a fight against the insurgency attempting to recapture the western rebel stronghold of misrata on point to here in the capital city of tripoli join me in a few moments and i'll bring you more. with radiation expected to leak for several months ahead of japan's trying to rise from the rubble of the quake disaster. and of the first anniversary of the moscow metro bombings a blitz operation strikes a serious blow to terrorists in the north caucasus.

it's five pm in moscow this is archie coming to you live you're watching the weekly with me and he said now my first stop progress through forces in libya are attempting to recapture the country's third largest city in his truck in misrata it's the last rebel stronghold left in the west and has been under attack for weeks now correspondent paul is clear is in the capital tripoli with more. well worth of bloodshed is increasingly being 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 and we understand from the doctors and that until a few days ago there were a number of civilians in house inside that building they had been injured in recent

clashes between pro and anti 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 sixty people have been killed in misrata itself from these battles not being told by doctors that in a month of fighting between six hundred and a thousand civilians have been killed in this 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 the shelling and more and more looks likely that the city wolf or to the hands of gadhafi is 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're not hearing from top american military officials that they're also going to begin withdrawing the fighter jets they suddenly leans and they receive all ships now this does come across does come against the background of the stalemate in terms of fighting on the ground between those pro and you got your forces 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 was the trip you government goes though they continue to call this a quote a crusader route they say that these actions are illegal and immoral and they are not forcing move concerns that in the future they will view the supplying of weapons to these rebel fighters this will soon be followed by training and ultimately end in the deployment of foot soldiers. well washington is considering training and arming the libyan rebels despite claims that al qaida has infiltrated their ranks. has been talking to opposition supporters in benghazi following the recent nato air strike nearby that left that the general feeling here in the rebel stronghold is confusion a lot of confusion around that incident because according to some reports this

attack on me or planes on the rebels was caused by troops. on the rebels and opened fire at the planes but other reports suggest that the rebels were celebrating and began shooting into the air that's confusing the pilots and also true. to react back i can tell you that judging by the pool level of organization and training of the rebel fighters versions are possible because the rebels have been seen arguing and even fighting among themselves out there on the front teenagers who don't have any experience in combat and there's even speculation and lots of rumors of that egypt and the united states and we see we training the rebels there on the front and also rumors that

cia secret agents may be operating there as well trying to organize the ruggles when it comes to guys these forces there are much better trained they're much better equipped and apparently there's much more of them according to some biggers the a ratio of the forces at the moment is around one to ten meaning one rebel fighter against then these soldiers so the general understanding here guys he is that the only way the rebels could be successful is with this support from nato. as the coalition forces continue their operation in libya there are concerns that the intervention may soon fire on europe security experts fear libyan islamic groups are planning terror attacks and you in revenge for the allied airstrikes are things that no one has not. e.u. countries have taken the lead role in forcing the u.n. resolution but their efforts all the way over in libya now threaten to bring

conflicts right to their very own back doors i list claim colonel gadhafi now has little of the weapons left in his armory that oversees terror he's faced repeated accusations that he ordered lockerbie bombing that killed two hundred seventy mostly westerners experts say some countries are particularly in the firing line three leading countries of the offensive operation that means france in the united states of course the only option yes really is to use terror so i think los angeles today it's a clear cut in prison ventra today in the. coming weeks but e.u. backing for and he could have few rebels could backfire further rebel leaders include the libyan islamic fighting group and associates of al qaida and the casualties mounting every day from allied bombing make fertile recruiting ground

for and she western forces there are agents of a bad guy working now. that must feel pale that's what i am for. you muslims protest against bombing of libya the organizers the says people should prepare for the worst that's certainly there's a very strong likelihood but i think what we do have the ability to. track everybody. the invasion of iraq lived in terror attacks in the e.u. almost two hundred people died in the madrid train bombings in two thousand and four while suicide bombers killed fifty two people in london in two thousand and five officials no drugs similar results in the wake of this campaign western intelligence reports chris activity among suspected terrorist cells indicating the threat of attack is one of the e.u.

to restrike is now just a question of time. brussels. still ahead for you this hour snatched off a train in the middle of the night find out how a palestinian engineer disappeared ukraine has resurfaced in in israel and why the secret service is. also it's almost fifty years since mankind's first journey into space we'll bring you all the latest on preparation for a special anniversary flight. but first to pan faces the grim prospect of at least a few months of uncontrolled radiation release officials have said radioactive water continues to leak into the ocean from a crack in the second reactor following last month's earthquake after a failed attempts to plug it with concrete emergency crews are now trying. the bodies of two workers killed by the devastating tsunami have been recovered from

the wreckage syllabi the massive wave that hit but contrary has now claimed the wives twelve thousand people over two hundred thousand still live in shelters given assurances are doing everything they can to help. displaced community if president for many people feel their government has failed them. this is the first time many residents of asian a marquee have seen their houses since the tsunami the surge through them but then most little of value remains but subtle 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. shinji has been housed at the local school with several hundred others people here have been taken turns to volunteer as cooks and cleaners.

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 who 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. 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 call of their home many of the stricken japanese coastal towns rely for generations on dwindling fishing and shipping industries livelihoods which no longer exist and there is 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 a rebuild as it was even if i restore what i have and no one will build anything next to my house. or the government providing food and temporary shelter was the 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 either abroad know of r.t. topical japan. independent nuclear power consultant john large believes want to pound was caught off guard when the tsunami struck the country was still unprepared to deal with this type of accident. the problem is really the fundamental nuclear safety culture in japan and generally in the rest of the developed world is flawed what happened here is that the japanese considered this cascade. of tsunami could never happen or would happen so infrequently that they didn't have to take account

of it and as a result they never practice is never rehearsed it is quite an accident and we can see affectively that the japanese for the first two weeks have been running around to coin an old english phrase like headless chickens not knowing what to do the real problem is this if they take a measure like flood in and quench in the reactors we water that may well lead to serious consequences later on when they have all that accumulated water and so on which is highly radioactive then they have to make a decision of how to deal with the water we have to keep it in slightly trenches or to actually discharge it to sea with the consequences on the marine environment so whichever way they turn they've been prepared and they poorly planned for the consequences of their succeed in action. starts there on the japan crisis from john large an independent nuclear power consultant well. one of the biggest counter-terror operations in years of seventy militants dead in russia southern republic of the on monday it was thought that russia's most wanted terrorist bill

maher of would be among those killed but a number of friends a cast of get to be carried out to verify the information going to great security forces off and destroy the militants camp with terrorists were being trained the operation took place on the eve of the first anniversary of the twin suicide bombings that ask help natural flaming of lives or tears medina caution of it caught up with some of the survivors of the deadly attacks. it started off as just an ordinary monday morning for me he like many others had a certain spring in his step knowing the harsh moscow winter was all over but little did he realize the nightmare he would be thrown into just a few minutes later suddenly there was a very horrible sound as if something huge had formed. and i woke up and there was a small haze. he was shouting and rushing out of the car

would meet me had heard was the start of the worst terrorist attack in the russian capital in six years just before eight am the first of two explosions hit the moscow subway killing twenty four people at the crowded station which lies beneath they had quarters of the federal security service forty minutes later the terror trail moved south targeting a station at a crucial city intersection killing twelve more. the start of last year was a shock came at eight thirty eight right in the middle of the rush hour it stopped up the back of the train passed commuters try to get on board it was dark there was no lighting and i just thought what is that whatever remained of them some of them were stretched on the floor near the metal frame and the side was horrible it was

people who just before their eyes and there was nothing that would save them with eight million commuters every day moscow subways one of the busiest in the world that's made it a terrorist target in the past happy year ago it was to be a target once again a twenty year old student leaving so the horrors for herself but refuses to live in fear today. sometimes i feel something like this i think about. general i think we have a safe safety. a year ago tara's broad law school to a standstill by going again co-wrote everyday life but if they wanted to destroy people's spirits the goal was certainly nor did shift city live go zone and while a terror threat to millions both the not school and across the globe remains it's something people have learned to live with in the question also moscow. another new

palestinian engineer is awaiting sentencing in an israeli jail after allegedly being kidnapped by israel secret services through our bruce c.c. was snatched from a train in ukraine and disappeared for weeks now israel admits it's holding the man and accuses him of links with hamas credos perplexed over why its authorities were not alerted authorities reports. several months ago get a new car and her husband palestinian engineer did i will see she fled from gaza to her native ukraine they were looking for a peaceful life far from the constant was to a piece of the middle east even chills to leave behind a very good job with a proper record my husband was deputy director of the only power station in gaza he's a very highly qualified engineer and received an immensely high salary by local standards but they're relieved did not last long one evening up with c.c. boarded an overnight train from quite have to clear to meet his brother i will says

he was sound asleep when 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 says she has no doubt it was a kidnapping plotted by israel's intelligence service i must start with mobile and i received a text message from him the next day he send it he needs to ny low and is going to saudi arabia i knew it wasn't his style he never uses words like that when many called you and you could crazy in the following few weeks while her husband's whereabouts were unknown until israel's prime minister confirmed all this time the man had been behind bars in an israeli prison sewage of years for months and months and we arrest him for corydon's and warm. but one question arises if the arrest was indeed legitimate why had ukrainian special services been

left in the dark about the operation with all of our. intelligence services turned to us to assist wresting a criminal and received a commission of any special operation either by. experts say in special operations between the intelligence of two countries a suspect is routinely arrested and then deported otherwise the procedure breaches a country store and seen in the present case nobody can even say how exactly the man was taking out of ukraine a million in. this woman was not put on a wanted list by any country and they had been no extradition claims it's unclear how he left ukrainian territory. this would not be the first case one assad has struck without the warnings last year a suspected hamas militant was assassinated in dubai and guess what the emirates special forces say they had no idea about the planned move as the sea awaits

charges against him to be brought next week when you could says she will spare no effort to put an end to this campaign against an ordinary engineer let's see russia ascii art see reporting from key ukraine. well there's always more news and analysis waiting for you on our website r.t. dot com let's take a look at what's going out for you right now on power to the people find out what cost new yorkers electricity bills have soared following a federal decision to allow energy providers to earn more to find out why city officials are calling a little a money grab. he wants prime minister vladimir putin takes a green machine or else the president kind out what he thought of the new russian hybrid vehicle named you know on our web site are you dot com or had a word to our you tube channel for all our best radio.

news today violence is once again flared up. these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada. trying to corporations rule the day. to resume its raids it has been top government officials from running or even helping to run companies in which the state has a stake who is aimed it's create a better climate for investors in russia president medvedev has ordered ministers to leave any corporate post they hold by july of this year. to be replaced by non-government figures officials say the only applies to competitive corporations such as the country's major energy and defense companies and banks well more now of this hour's international stories hundreds of french troops are being sent to ivory coast as the power struggle in the country heats up they are reported to have taken

over the airport in the main city of abidjan rather thousand people have been killed in violent clashes in the west of the country over the last few days forces loyal to un recognized leader alongside your torah are battling supporters of incumbent president laurent gbagbo who refuses to see power. hundreds of protesters have taken to the streets in afghanistan and renewed protests over the burning of the koran by a pastor in the u.s. last month demonstrators in kandahar attacked cars and shops in a riot that left at least five dead the process of also spread to the city of jalalabad after fourteen people including u.n. staff were killed after similar demos on friday. a booby trapped bomb has killed a twenty five year old catholic policeman in northern ireland ronan care had been serving in the security forces for less than a year no one's yet claimed responsibility but police and politicians believe the

device was planted by a republican just to do it is the first fatal attack on northern ireland security forces in more than two years. america's southwest airlines has grounded nearly eight hundred planes for inspection and council three hundred flights nationwide the move came after a section of the fuselage ripped open. on a boeing seven thirty seven during a flight on friday forcing an emergency landing at a military base in arizona the jet with one hundred eighteen on board was in route from phoenix sacramento when the cabin pressure suddenly dropped the pilot made a rapid descent and none of the passengers were seriously injured. people in kazakhstan are electing the country's leader in an early presidential vote the ballot is expected to overwhelmingly reconfirm the leadership of long serving yourself mr baez has been in power since one thousand nine hundred one and enjoys the exclusive right to be elected for a limitless number of times something the constitution will no longer allow any

other president does not vote was called out for parties can't hold a referendum called long-nose or by a term in office three candidates are challenging came into vote but none have publicly opposed his policies more than a thousand international observers are overseeing the election and the first official results are expected early monday. in the fiftieth anniversary year of the first manned flight into space russians preparing to honor that epic achievement the crew set to blast off on board spacecraft on monday night and their mission stars. as more. bullets just a day before the launch of the so used at twenty one and to the international space station of course the crew they're going through the a final preparations the spacecraft itself is already quoted in its vertical position but they're putting the final touches but what's most interesting is the process the tradition is that the crew have to go through following the footsteps

of the men and women that came before them the most interesting thing happening today is the blessing of the russian orthodox priest is he's giving his blessing to the crew before they go off on their mission and of course this was a practice during be a soviet era it actually began with a cosmonauts excited because i could request for this before he went on his mission to your space station this was the t m a choice. so used to twenty another interesting tidbit we found out is that the russian orthodox priest himself he actually wanted to be a cosmonaut but he didn't manage to achieve these are the closest he could get to that dream is to be working with the cosmonauts themselves so he's there giving his blessing so that's what we've been watching for today and another tradition that they have to go through is having a haircut before the actual launch of space anyway there aside from the journalists who are here the people from asa the people from the side caught this space program we also have a lot of people coming here just to witness what's going on as tourists here as

tourists i'm joined now by admiral you she's actually a tourist here at baikonur well thank you very much for joining us now just tell us briefly why are you here i know you're a tourist but what is it that drew you to this place well i'm actually a fulbright scholar in moscow this year and i'm interested in the russian space program and the history of the russian space program as well as the cooperation between the u.s. and american space program but what was the most interesting things so far that you've seen that you can share with people who can make it here over here baikonur it's a it's almost seems like it's in the middle you know it's in the middle of nowhere it seems like a desert and yet they're launching spaceships every six months actually much more frequently than that but it's just it's it's in the middle of nowhere and it's really a small town atmosphere and at the same time a big space port thank you very much and. so there you have it you have a lot of tourists here going to the different monuments he'll be going to the launch pad as well to have a closer look at the rocket which of course there's the symbol the face actually if

you got it for the fiftieth anniversary of his first space flight another interesting thing is that we've been talking to the wives of the a cosmonauts especially the two russian cosmonauts. and i did what he said called the this is their first time in space and when you when you talk to their wives they're actually the ones who are very very nerve. it's about their making their husbands making this trip so again a very interesting atmosphere here what you don't see on t.v. in front of a camera is all the conversations that go on between ask your boss or people visiting just a very informative and very exciting atmosphere that we are experiencing here at baikonur in force everybody looking forward to the launch marking be a fiftieth anniversary of utica got its first space flight. well it's several minutes we delve deep underground trying to cover the hidden secrets by nate the streets that's after a recap of our weekly top stories after this. as

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