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

a major anti terror operation the russian security forces still seventeen militants in the north caucasus this as moscow marks one year since the metro suicide bombings that led dozens of more than one hundred injured. six am in moscow bring you today's top stories in a look back at the week's news here on our t. we start off in libya where rebel forces are engaged in a heavy fighting with forces in or around a key oil town of brega meanwhile cut off these troops are keeping up the pressure on ms rock libya's third largest city over the last major rebel stronghold in the western part of the country our correspondent policy leader has more from the capital tripoli. 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 and we understand from the doctors that until 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 they 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 are being 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 michigan and more and more looks likely that the city will fall 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 are also going to begin withdrawing the fighter jets they 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 every 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 a tripoli government goes though they continue to call this a crusader war they say that these actions are illegal and immoral and they are not boise remove concerns that in the future they will be the supplying of weapons to these rebel fighters this will soon be followed by training and ultimate. and and

the deployment of foot soldiers. washington is considering training and arming the libyan rebels despite claims that al qaida may have infiltrated their ranks. of has been speaking with opposition supporters in benghazi following the recent nato air strike nearby that left thirteen dead. the general feeling here in the rebel stronghold is confusion a lot of confusion around that incident because according to some reports the time of need of planes on the rebels was caused by troops. to the rebels that opened fire at the planes but other reports suggest that the rebels were celebrating and began shooting into the air confusing the pilots and also true. to react back but i can tell you that judging by the pool level of water cooler organization and training of the rebel fighters both versions are

possible because the rebels had been seen arguing and even fighting them on themselves there on the front many are teenagers who don't have any experience in combat and there is 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 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 the one to ten meaning one rebel fighter against then the soldiers so the general understanding here in guys he is that only way the rebels could be successful is with this air support from nato.

many experts warn the military support of the rebels could mean helping the enemy in the long run or he's got a cheek assesses the potential consequences. the international community permitted intervention in libya to protect civilians from colonel gadhafi but washington wants to go further than that and is considering arming the rebels while officially denying that toppling khadafi 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 sacred 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 warn of the consequences when we help accelerate the chaos. and in creating more chaos we're to rethink somehow we're going to be able to direct the

outcome it's the same hubris that has visited the united states and europe the same here bush that kid shows penya and in afghanistan causes us to believe that somehow we are going to wreck. the outcome in libya we cannot do that nor do we have the right to determine who the leader of libya should be many here radical forces could take advantage of the chaos in libya former jihadists nomen bennett men who renounced his own kind affiliation in two thousand says he estimates one thousand jihadists are among the rebels in libya one lady and rebel commander has openly admitted his fighters have all the 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 has 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 city sure 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 village will organize the world force in the region not in the country but in the region is unfortunately i was. 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 aren't cautious about military intervention to blow back their charm was johnson and 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 with militants turned their weapons and training against the u.s. among those of them was osama bin ladin whose group of eventually evolved into al qaida this cannistraro cia and alice is an operations chief in the 1980's says back then the u.s. didn't see the dangers of arming afghan militants you know. and what we've seen with the tribals as a group go through it's so. leading to. 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 ghana check on our chief washington d.c. . meanwhile in syria president bashar assad has appointed a new prime minister after dismissing the old cabbage tempting news the unrest in the country dozens have been killed in two weeks of fighting the government blames outside influences for the turmoil independent journalist james corbett believes foreign military intervention could be in the cards. the president is being set right now with the libyan case and if they are able to get away with it i suppose if the forces of a western imperialism are able to get away with this in libya then it's really just a question of implementing to seem scheme in syria and we've seen how it can be done by for mentoring and funding and training and arming and supplying the rebel forces in your country and basically covert attempt to implement regime change and

i think that's exactly what an intervention in syria would be about ultimately it would be to isolate iran obviously syria being an absolutely vital strategic partner and a long term partner of iran and providing that land link to hezbollah. and so it's absolutely a geo strategic location and it's very strategic for iran so i would see say that if the if syria is the next country to fall into this imperialist intervention i think that would definitely be the long term goal would be to isolate iran to hopefully eventually in the imperialist to overthrow being a judge the regime. still ahead here are a tea business behind bars we'll look at how a foreign investor old hundred billion dollars why the georgian government riled up in jail why it's. almost fifty years since mankind's first journey into space will bring you all the latest on preparations for

a special anniversary flight. but first japan faces the grim prospect of several months of uncontrolled radiation leakage recording to officials radioactive water continues escaping 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 rector so a massive wave that hit the country has now claimed the lives of twelve thousand people more than two hundred thousand remain living in shelters authorities have given assurances they are doing everything they can to help the displaced but as argentina's you've found out many people say their government has failed them. this is the first time many residents. have seen their houses since the tsunami the search through them but the most a 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. chingy has been housed at the local school with several hundred others people here who've been taking turns to volunteer as cooks and cleaners. and the bit cramped conditions mean that after nearly three weeks the communal spirit is fraying and. we are dissatisfied with your thirty'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. the government excavators are 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 their house and call of their home many of the stricken japanese coastal towns who live for generations on doing going fishing and shipping industries livelihoods which no longer exist and there's 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 a high restoring what i have and no one will build anything next to my house. but 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. see. one of the biggest carrier terror operations in years has seventeen millet instead in russia seven republican. here were starved out russia's most wanted terrorists.

wrong those killed authorities are waiting on the results of forensic tests to verify the information during the raid security forces also destroyed a military camp where terrorists were being trained the operation happened on the eve of the first anniversary of the twin suicide bombings rocked the moscow metro and dozens of lives. some of the survivors of those we attacked. it started off is just an ordinary monday morning for me please don't kill a khamenei i think it's had a certain string in his step you know in the harsh. school winter was all over the 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. people were shouting and rushing out of the car

would meet me 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 a crowded lagoon 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 more. the start of last year we face here came at eight thirty eight right in the middle of the rush hour work it's hot out the back of the train us commuters try to get on board it was dark there was no lighting and i just thought borders and whatever remained of them some of them were threats on the floor. and the side was horrible it was

the people who are just before us 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 and a year ago it was to be a target once again a twenty year old student leaving so the horrors for herself the truth fuses to live in fear today sometimes i feel something like this i think about this but general i think we have safe safety now. a year ago tires brought moscow to a standstill babe. horo to everyday life but if they wanted to destroy people's spirits this goal was certainly know what it chanced since their lives go 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 like in the bush now and see moscow. when israeli businessman ronnie fuchs got invitation from georgia's

prime minister to an informal dinner the last thing he expected was a prison sentence the meeting was for to finalize the settlement of one hundred million dollars owed him by the georgian government debt that felix had been chasing for almost fifteen years but artie's catarina zoravar reports doing deals with georgia can sometimes be a risky business. one israeli businessman one former soviet republic and a lot of potential profit from oil and gas transit sounds like a winning combination which is exactly why running foop scheme to million dependent georgian one hundred ninety one and scored a monopoly on the energy transfer market but the subsequent changes of government saw forced down for bigger fish and his investments turned into a loss so he did what any business woman would to a case to court and won at the difficult part was getting the georgian side to

cough up one hundred million u.s. dollars it old started negotiations with. their finest was. if they just wanted to do the payment of the hip and i. did mine from jordan go to retain. it want to do stories something with which he would go over very informal drinks in an unnamed is jamel hotel folks worked out the details with none other than george just can't be the finance minister the debtor plainly stated that one hundred million was not the kind of money georgia could afford to pay out and suggested an alternative five million stay in georgia seventy two go food and everybody's happy so and just a week later the businessman received an invitation from the georgian prime minister he was expecting to collect the dosh but instead was collected himself there was in fact a. cooperation

a collaboration between four important ministries of the government and probably with the approval of the president of the ministry of finance the ministry of justice the ministry of the interior and the prime minister's office all of which came together with a plan to a trial run a phoenix and trapped in now in prison the businessman and then apparently got sucked into yet more corrupt games after going straight to jail without color. his cash focus was to get his a get out of jail free card it would cost him one hundred million u.s. dollars his own one hundred million years fuchs was that informed through diplomatic channels that he would not be released until the arbitration award was waived so what signal does this send to anyone else who might be considering putting big money into georgia the odds of his succeeding in georgia are very very slim and point zero one percent so it's

a good warning to businessmen who are thinking of investing in georgia that they should think twice and that they should beware for now georgia may have saved itself a lot of money considering the fact last year's foreign investment scheme just four hundred thirty three million dollars avoiding putting with nearly a quarter would be turned on your mean feat but the overall cost to his economy could be colossal as not many investors like doing business with people who don't settle debts and fill them with even cameron's newspapers are already full of the potential political and financial consequences to this kind of action and as well as ronnie folks and see if frankel stay in prison some businesses may well decide that this is the kind of georgian hospitality they did not want to invest in to. catch it is how i keep the peace in georgia. you can always find more on the stories we're covering out our team here's what's on the line right you while it's

online right now for you on a lighter note. has a unique sound right there and russia's president promises to invite barack obama to come experience it it's an authentic throat singing session plus. flighted pro find out what nasa is messengers. kraft is doing your mercury all that and more online at archie duck. president medvedev has banned top government officials from running or even helping runs companies that the state has a stake in the movies and to create a better climate for investors in russia president medvedev has ordered ministers to leave any corporate posts they hold by this july they would be replaced by non-government figures but fish will say to move only applies to competitive corporations such as the country's major energy and defense companies and balance.

exit polls or just cause it stands incumbent president nursultan. here another term in office he said to have won more than ninety percent of the ballots cast in the early presidential vote and those are by of has been in power since one thousand nine hundred one enjoys the exclusive right to be elected for a limitless number of terms something the constitution will no longer or raul any other president there this that vote was called after the leader rejected the idea of a referendum about prolonging his term in office till two thousand and twenty three candidates are challenging him in the vote but none of publicly opposed his policies thousand international observers are overseeing the election with his whole regime i'm under criticism for a perceived lack of fairness the first official results are expected early monday for the. turnout of 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

are 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 sunday ouattara are battling supporters of incumbent president laurent gbagbo who refuses to seek power . at least forty two people have been killed and dozens injured. it had twin explosions at a shrine in pakistan believe these were gathering for a three day festival at the building in the punjab province when the blast happened soofi shrines have come under attack in the country before as many muslim hardliners consider this mystical branch of islam to be heresy. but hundreds of protesters have taken to the streets in afghanistan there were protests over the burning of the koran by a u.s. last month evans' traders in khandahar attacked cars and ships in

a riot that left at least two policemen dead the protests have also spread to other cities this comes after more than twenty people including seven un staff members were killed in similar demonstrations in recent days. and the fiftieth anniversary year of the first a manned flight to space russia is preparing to honor of at epic achievement the crew said set to blast off on board a soyuz spacecraft monday night on their latest mission to the stars. has more. well it's just the day before the launch of the so used maybe at twenty one and to the international space station of course the crew out there going through the 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 traditions 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 he's giving his blessing to the group

before they go off on their mission of course this was a practice to be a soviet era 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 so you see on 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 that close as 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 had to go through. before the actual launch into space anyway aside from the journalists who are here for the people. side of this space program we also have a lot of people coming here just to witness what's going on as tourist. i'm joined now by actually a tourist here at baikonur well 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 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. it's almost seems like it's in the middle of you know it's in the middle of nowhere it seems like a desert and yet they're launching speed. ships 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 a really a small town atmosphere and at the same time a big spaceport thank you very much. so there you have it you have a lot of tourists here going to the different monuments so they will 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 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 i like saw there some of which i have and i do but he said the this is their first time in space and when you can when you talk to their wives they're actually there was who are very very nervous about the making of their husbands making this trip to get a very interesting atmosphere here what you don't see. maybe in front of a camera it's all the conversations that go on between the astronauts are people visiting just a very informative a very exciting atmosphere that we are experiencing here at baikonur and course everybody looking forward to the launch marking be a fiftieth anniversary of you got its first space flight. coming up at around fifteen minutes a round up of the day's sporting news here with us here on our t.v. i'll be back soon with an update of our headlines.

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