if. in the libya reports gadhafi troops are targeting civilians in rebel held areas and cast doubts on the success of allied military operations. gadhafi loyalists kept up a fight against the insurgency attempting to recapture the western liberal stronghold of misrata i'm going to see in the capital city of tripoli joining me in a few moments and i'll bring you will. japanese officials predict months of leaks from the fukushima power plant as workers struggle to plug a damaged reactor radiation levels in seawater groundwater surrounding the plant have reached ninety thousand times the legal limit. and in the look at the week's other news in

a major anti-terrorist operation russian security forces killed seventeen militants in the north caucasus and this comes as moscow marks one year since the metro suicide bombings that left thirty eight dead and over one hundred injured. three am in moscow i matras are bring you today's top stories and a look back at the week's news here on our team we start off in libya where rebel forces are engaged in a heavy fighting with pro hockey forces in and around a key oil town of brega meanwhile could offer us troops are keeping up pressure on ms rob libya's third largest city and a major of rebel stronghold in the western part of the country our correspondent parsley or as in the capital tripoli with more. the work 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 and 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 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 hundred and sixty people have been killed in misrata itself from these battles god being told by doctors that in a month of fighting between six hundred and eight 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 flipside intensifying michelle in and more and more looks likely that the city will forward to the hands of gadhafi is a 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're also going to begin withdrawing the fighter jets the submarines and a missile 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 thank you forces around the city of brega in the east of the country it also comes against a 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 triple your government goes that they continue to call this a crusader war they say that these actions are illegal and immoral and they are not voicing one of the concerns that in the future they will be the supplying of weapons to these rebel fighters this will soon be followed by training and ultimately end in the appointment of foot soldiers. washington is considering

training in arming the libyan rebels despite claims that al qaeda may have infiltrated their ranks or he has been talking to opposition supporters in benghazi following the recent nato air strike near by thirteen dead the general feeling here in the rebel stronghold is confusion a lot of confusion around that incident because according to some reports this attack of nato planes on the rebels was caused by the troops who. are the rebels that 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 but i can tell you that judging by the poor level of organization and training of the rebel fighters both versions are possible because the rebels have been seen arguing and even fighting among

themselves who are on the front many are 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 of that cia secret agents may be operating there as well trying to organize the rebels soon so 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 biggers the a ratio of the forces at the moment is around one to ten meaning one rebel fighter against then the soldiers so the general understanding here in guys the. only way the rebels could be successful is support from nato. journalist pepe escobar believes the coalition government doesn't have as much

support for its action in libya as it's making. don't forget germany the most important country in europe brazil russia india and china bric countries the old abstained from voting and this week i managed to talk to two high grade king diplomats at the united nations the bulls said this was independently confirm in another u.s. dollar. that his own investigation people said independently debts the greek countries in germany did not sold for the resolution because they knew there was a dirty deal in the background between the house of south barack obama administration so you can attack force through testers in a legitimate drill dast then you give us the green light to attack a dusty. narrow believe the no fly zone resolution which was not

diluted by the whole arab league only nine countries in twenty two in the arab league voted for the no fly zone so this whole seat to sum it all up is a farce. as coalition forces continue their operation in 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. and revenge for allied airstrikes artie's daniel bushell 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 i list claim colonel gadhafi now has little other weapons left in his armory than overseas terror he's faced repeated accusations that he ordered lockerbie bombing that killed two hundred seventy mostly westerners experts say some countries particularly in the firing line three leading countries of the offensive.

means for you in. the states of course the only option yes really is to use terror so i think. it's a clear cut in prison then drop today in the coming days and maybe in the coming weeks but you backing for anti gadhafi 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 anti western forces there are agents. who are working now in that not the chaos. you muslims protest against those building of libya as you organize a says people should prepare for the worst let's start early days of are you strong

like you think what we do not have the ability. to track everybody should. at the invasion of iraq live to assume 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 know dread similar results in the wake of this campaign with some intelligence reports the increased activity among suspected terrorist cells indicating the threat of attack is by one offs a total t n e u terrorist strike is now just a question of time the new bush will see the process. stay with us here on r t still ahead snatched off a train in the middle of the night find out how a palestinian engineer who disappeared in ukraine has resurfaced in israel and why the secret service is involved. but almost half

a century since mankind's first journey into space we'll bring you all the latest on preparations for a special anniversary flight. but before we get to that japan faces the grim prospect of several months of uncontrolled radiation leakage according to officials radioactive water continues to escape into the ocean from a crack in the fukushima plant second reactor despite all efforts to stem the flow the bodies of two workers killed by the devastating tsunami have been recovered from the wreck vassily a massive wave that hit the country has now claimed the lives of twelve thousand people over two hundred thousand are still living in shelters it's already given assurances they are doing everything they can to help the displaced communities but . many people feel their government has failed them. this is the first time many residents of ishinomaki have seen their houses since the tsunami has surged through them but then most little of value remains 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 can go back to how it was. changing 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 of after nearly three weeks the communal spirit is fraying and. we are dissatisfied with your thirty's we know there are a 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. the government excavators removing the rubble as fast as they can but all the victims of the disaster even those lucky

enough to get the temporary housing it will be years before they can come here rebuild the house and all of their home many of the stricken japanese coastal towns will live 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 the small people i do not think this town will ever be a rebuild 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 comfort 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. of. japan. adding to those problems are the fears of radioactive contamination that loom over

the country independent nuclear power consultant john large so as to pan was after guard when tsunami struck and was not properly prepared for the chain of events that followed 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 from earthquake proof a 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 for this type of accident and we can see affectively that the japanese for the first two weeks have been running around the corner in old english phrases like headless chickens not knowing what to do or the real problem is this if they take a measure like flood in and quench in the reactors with water that may well lead to serious consequences later on when they have all that accumulated water inside which is highly radioactive then they have to make

a decision of how to do with the water level to keep it in slightly trenches or to actually destroy it to see with the consequences on the marine environment so whichever way they've turned they've been ill prepared and they poorly planned for the consequences of this succeeding action commentary from john large an independent nuclear power consultant quoting us from london. one of the biggest counter terror operations in years right seventeen militants dead in russia certain republican english on monday it was thought i russia's most wanted terrorists who are of those killed authorities are waiting on the results of forensic testing for verify this during the raid security forces also destroyed a militant jail where terrorists were being trained the operation happened on the eve of the first anniversary of the twin suicide bombings that rocked the moscow by throwing planes thousands of lives artie's maybe. some of the survivors of those deadly attacks. it started all of this just an ordinary monday morning for me

please be put off khamenei others had a certain string in his step knowing the harsh small school winter was over but little did he realize the nightmare he would be thrown into just a few minutes later suddenly there was this horrible sound as if something huge had formed. and i woke up and there was a small a haze. people were shouting and rushing out of the car with me that he 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 position 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 small. these last few. days it came at eight thirty eight right in the middle of the rush hour work its truck up the back of the train communities try to get on board it was dark was no lighting and i just thought he will board is. and there were there were remains of them some of them were stretched on the floor near the metal tree in the side it was horrible it was the people who were just before your eyes there was nothing that would save them with eighty million commuters every day moscow subways one of the busiest in the world that's made it a terrorist holidays in the past and a year ago it was to be a target once again a twenty year old student leader so the push yourself to truth chooses to live and she actually doing sometimes i feel something like this i think about this but in

general i think that we have safe safety now. a year ago tires broad moscow to a standstill by bringing horo to our every day life but if they wanted to destroy people's spirits there's always certainly know what it says to live go zone and while a terror threat to millions burthen must go on across the globe remains it's something people have blown to live with my the question will all see moscow. a palestinian engineer is in an israeli jail after allegedly being kidnapped by israel secret services there are you see who was snatched from a train in ukraine and disappeared for weeks now israel admits it is holding the bag and accuses him of having a links with hamas but ukraine's propel partner is perplexed over why its authorities were not alerted to the situation as artie's alexei are shouting reports. several months ago all get an equal and her husband palestinian engineer

did i will see what from gaza to her native ukraine they were looking for a peaceful life far from the constant hostilities of the middle east you are even childes to leave behind a very good job with a purpose my husband was deputy director of the only power station in grants that 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 i will see she brought it and 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 journey because says she has no doubt it was a kidnapping plotted by israel's intelligence service the assad with mobile and i received a text message from him the next day he send it he needs to lie low and is going to saudi arabia and i knew it wasn't his style he never uses words. with

many called you and you crazy in the following few weeks while her husband's whereabouts were a known until israel's prime minister confirmed all this time the man had been behind bars in an israeli prison sewage of machines years for months and months and we arrest him for corydon's them on him. but one question arises if the arrest was indeed legitimate why has ukrainian special services been left in the dark about the operation this will go on not a single intelligence service turned to us to assist risking a criminal who received no notification of any special operation either. experts say in special operations between the intelligence of two countries a suspect is routinely arrested and deported otherwise the procedure. reaches a country solvency in the present case nobody can even say how exactly the man was

taking out of ukraine. as that image of this man was not put on a wanted list by any country and there's been no extradition claims it's unclear how he left ukrainian territory. this would not be the first case when my son has struck with the warning 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 i was sisi awaits charges against him to be brought next week then he could says she will spare no effort to put an end to this complaint against an ordinary engineer alexy reshevsky r.t. reporting from key if you pray for me you can always find more on the stories we're covering on our website r t v dot com here are some lighter stories online for you right now. so unique sound right there russia's president promises to invite rock obama to

experience an authentic throat singing session plus. find it bro find out what nasa is messenger crowd is doing your mercury. for archie dot com. mitri medvedev has banned top government officials from running or even helping run companies in which the state has a stake in the movies aimed to create a better climate for investors in russia president medvedev has ordered ministers to leave any corporate posts they hold by july of this year but to be replaced by non-government figures officials say the move only applies to competitive corporations such as the country's major energy and defense companies plus back. exit polls suggest kazakhstan's incumbent president nursultan nazarbayev was secure another term in office he said to have won more than forty percent of the ballots cast. in the early presidential vote those are by and has been in power since one thousand nine hundred one and he enjoys the exclusive right to be elected for

a limitless number of terms such in the constitution will no longer allow any other president the sad vote was called after the leader rejected the idea of a referendum about prolonging his term in office until two thousand and twenty three candidates are challenging him in a vote but none of publicly opposed his policies more than a thousand international observers are overseeing the election which is already come under criticism for a perceived lack of fairness the first official results are expected really on monday. for now some other stories making headlines across the globe hundreds of french troops are being sent to ivory coast as the power struggle in the country heats up there reported to have taken over the airport in the main city abidjan around a 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 on the sunday what are battling supporters of incumbent president. who has refused to cede power.

at least forty two people have been killed dozens injured in twin explosions that is sufi shrine in pakistan leavers were gathering for a three day festival at the building in the punjab province when the blast went off soofi shrines have come under attack in the country will for as many muslim hardliners consider this mystical branch of islamic heresy. but hundreds of protesters taking to the streets in afghanistan and a renewed protest over the burning of the qur'an by a us based pastor last month demonstrators in khandahar attacked cars and shops and the riot that left at least two policemen day approach had also spread to other cities this comes after more than twenty people including u.n. staff members were killed in similar demonstrations in recent days. and the fiftieth anniversary year of the first manned flight into space russia's prepping to honor that epic achievement crew is set to blast off aboard a soyuz spacecraft monday night on their mission to the stars artie's tests are so

yeah that's more from kazakhstan. well it's just a day before the launch of the so used to twenty one and to the international space station of course the crew they're going through the final preparations the spacecraft itself it's already hoisted in its vertical position but they're putting the final touches but what's most interesting is the process the traditions that the crew have to go through following the footsteps of the men and women that came before that they were the most interesting thing happening today is the blessing of the russian orthodox priest he's giving his blessing to the group before they go off on their mission of course this was a practice. actually began when cosmonauts. requested for this before he went on his mission to the mir space station this was the t m a twenty this so used to twenty mission 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 the closest he could get to dream is to

be working with the cosmonauts themselves so he's there giving his blessing and so that's what we've been watching for today and another tradition that we had to go through. before the actual launch into space anyway aside from the journalists who are here also the people. side of the space program we also have a lot of people coming here just to witness what's going on as tourists are there here is tourist i'm joined now by adam riess she's actually a tourist here at baikonur oh thank you very much for joining us 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 what was the most interesting thing as so far that you've seen that you can share with people who can make it here. it's almost seems

like it's in the middle you know it's in the middle of nowhere it seems like a. launching speed. ships it every six months actually much more frequently than that but it's just it's a it's in the middle of nowhere and it's really a small town atmosphere and at the same time a big spaceport thank you very much and. so there you have it you have a lot of tourists here going to the different monuments so they'll be going to the launch pad as well to have a closer look at the rocket which of course there's the be a symbol the face actually if you because got it for the a 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 there some of which i have and everybody said they this is their first time in space and he would you could you talk to their wives they're actually the ones who are very very nervous about their making their husbands making biz trip to get a very interesting out this fear here what you don't see. maybe in front of a camera is all the conversations that go on between baster hasa people visiting

just a very informative a very exciting atmosphere that we are experiencing here at baikonur and force everybody looking forward to the launch marking be a fiftieth anniversary of you got its first space flight. or you can stay with us here on our tito's our show we will be covering everything from the launch of that's prescribed in a few minutes we'll bring you a special report on the last go but first i'll be back with a recap of our top stories stay with us.

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