president medvedev flies into the city of small ends to commemorate since poland's president and many of the country's political elite died in a plane crash there. the russian and polish presidents who did come out on schiavo now attending a day of special commemorations here in the very sight of the plane crash. the african union is putting their peace plan for libya to the rebels with colonel gaddafi having already accepted it but the stalemate is likely to be resolved unless the libyan leader steps down. and is it in the event of racism

france slammed for its discrimination policies towards muslims as a law banning burkas comes into effect. on we have reports he's preparing to bring out its russian partners in t.n. kagin p i that alone together with studies on drugs snaps and will seek a russian government's approval to join us in more about twenty minutes time. three pm in moscow match reza very good to have you with us here on r t our top story it's been a year since the polish president was killed in a plane crash in western russia both countries leaders are meeting today to mourn the victims of the disaster dozens of poland's political elite also lost their

lives in the accident remember and ceremonies have been held to commemorate what's been described as poland's worst tragedy since the second world war alice hibbert is at the site of the crash site. president. arrives here and smolinski presidential plane landing just behind me on the in the f.b.o. this is of course the very same f. the. plane that crashed one year ago today the polish president komorowski instead used to drive from moscow and both are here of course to attend special commemoration ceremonies now sunday april tenth that did mark the one year anniversary to the day that led kaczynski died on board the tupelo one fly full flying boozing to moscow together with all ninety five passengers who were on board they included his wife posted stress lady to the chief of the polish as foods and the chief of its army and many leading polish m.p.'s and historians know the tragic

carine of all the houses that the polish delegation was coming to swell lands to mourn the seventieth anniversary of the canteen at moscow with a between two thousand poles were shot by soviet secret police of the soviet union had previously denied syntax events was being billed as a symbolic moyles stone in the easing of a previously tense russian polish relations but since that tragic crash our politicians for a code into russia have been very keen to stress to the all the time and to keep the polish brush relationship on cools now that he demonstrated today when the president's image said event komorowski together attend a commemoration ceremony to be held here at the site of the plane crash into state aviation a commission which included aviation experts from russia and poland and the united states concluded its report and delivered their results and they concluded that

pilot error was to blame for the tragic crash obviously severely compounded by very poor weather conditions dense cold reduced visibility. serious psychological pressure coming from many of the passengers on board to land the plane as soon as possible it's the override to be pugin its pilots are rules to play games so as far as russia is concerned in the international community those are the results but many in poland i refuse days conclusions or at least say that question marks still remain over the conditions at the airfield here incentives but also over the role played by grounds they have done more perhaps prevent. the plane coming in it's on land so from the polish side they are still conducting a road investigation into the causes of the crash we will be expecting those results sometime in october i sighed from that politicians and leaders from both

poll international do you stress that on a political basis poland and russia do you continue to work together removing forwards. from iran is now i'm drawn by fyodor lukyanov from russia in global affairs magazine good to have you with us so now this tragedy has certainly brought the two countries russia and poland closer together emotionally but on a political scale what do you think it's done before relations between the two it was a very difficult year but really. what both governments are trying to do to use these unique moment in russian polish relationship to bring countries together also in the political terms because unfortunately for army of years of history between russia and poland is very tragic it's a period with so many minds so to. approach each other means to gore through the minefield so far successfully but it's very very fragile and

risky. so how significant is it do you think that both the leaders are attending the commemoration ceremony today. that's very important because the initial impulse given by tragedy year ago. was strong but you need to do something something else all the time too to push this process forward and it's a very good. meeting and the presidents are soaring together in smolensk of course the problem is that both in russia and in poland there are influential forces political forces which are absolutely against any reconciliation and especially in poland we see that the party or for former late president kaczynski made he is he is a tragic death actually cornerstone for their policy to accuse russia. so

russia says in terms of this in official investigation the international investigation into the crash russia says that it's over in the conclusions i've been made and many in poland have said this too but there are so there are vocal few were in poland who say that more needs to be done and that there should be fuller investigation into what happened they want to extend it for another six months how grounded do you think their concerns are. unfortunately such incredible events like crash or for polish presidential airplane are now doomed to be surrounded by by all possible rule morris' conspiracy theories everywhere about this specially in russian polish he saw i am afraid even if russia will do even more work doing this to get there you will always find people and call on who will see that it's not enough and it's not fair and the

government which is in basically a very positive and constructive russian position but the the needs to be need to be reelected soon so they need to. through public public mood so unfortunately it's a politically very very risky situation do you think that your countries will ever see eye to eye on the causes of the tragedy. the most optimistic to me was not not even the political reconciliation political gesture by both prime ministers and presidents but. how people russia react we have a lot of negative feelings easily pulls fortunately. but what many people came to polish last year and now to pay tribute to do it president who was not that big from the russia but the tragedies unifying all right well thank you very much for joining us from the russian global affairs magazine thank you. we

are closely following the commemoration ceremonies at the site of the tragedy will bring you special extended coverage here throughout the day. when she's not enough. when it's something really crucial. what you want to get down to brass. we bring you our special coverage here. in a place already synonymous with tragedy the world with this other disaster that left a country devastated. and united two nations in grief. turning now to libya where the african union is offering rebel leaders a peace plan aimed at resolving the conflict there but the opposition says it won't accept the proposal unless colonel gadhafi and his family surrender power the libyan leader agreed to the african union's plan on sunday after several hours of

talks in the top of the tripoli south african president jacob zuma said the organization will call on nato to halt its bombing and give the ceasefire a chance despite coalition forces aiding the opposition's advance in tripoli rebels are growing disillusion over the rising number of so-called friendly fire incidents . reports now on how peace may not be easy to achieve. hasn't been with his wife winnie months she is in his right at a town in the west surrounded by gadhafi forces and he is in the east i can't even call my wife i don't know whether she's alive for dad the front has been moving in both directions it was become clear is there without need to support the rebels or stand a chance against gaddafi superior firepower but after antigovernment fighters were killed by mistake in need or airstrikes trust in the alliance was hit as one.

of the african union has sent a top level delegation to tripoli which proposed a road map for peace he calls for an immediate cease fire and political reform which surprisingly he has supported me that there's nearly ation let me guess you can hear he did i haven't said sneered richard roth may have as scented place. to see you but even though the road map includes plans for reform it's not clear whether it also calls for gadhafi and his family to abandon. the way the political system in libya works is that officially god is not be head of state he's more of a formal figure or a moral leader as he called himself in reality this man has built a giant power web which is wrapped around business and the government and is built on a circle of chosen people goals personally calls to get their feet and his family. also propose

a peace plan which was rejected by the opposition even though you envisage the elections and the deal did not rule out that their son taken part in them. we couldn't agree with the initiative because it didn't guarantee dark reason tire family would leave without that guarantee you go sheesh ns are pointless it has to be about the african union's delegation is now in the world. if the opposition leaders should pledge to listen to their proposal it doesn't seem the rebels are really took with their guns then how can we live in peace with this bloody tyrant shaaban with more civilians rebels and their his troops killed each year a cease fire is needed fast but unless the leaders roadmaps plans involve considerable changes to libya's political system this deadlock he's unlikely to end anytime soon you go to school of r g b and guys he libya. in france women are now officially banned from wearing full face veils in public

after a controversial law came into effect while the government says the move is aimed at helping muslims adapt to local communities critics accuse president sarkozy of persecuting islam to win back and votes from the right but in a country with europe's biggest muslim population oreskes igniting social tensions argues daniel bushell reports. hindu's just become a criminal from today a new french law bans covering your face in public is designed to make moves and integrate in society but the softly spoken single mom says it's had the opposite effect. my friends have simply stopped going out and all the new rulings made some scared to speak out. not to change the way they dress the move undermines what the french republic stands for says this businessman he pledges to pay the hundred fifty points for anyone who continues to wear

a veil and is taking the dispute over the last we are some france in the european court of human rights it's about freedom of expression. the man who was fired as nicolas sarkozy's integration advisor last month after criticizing the president's approach he now calls on french muslims to wear staus similar to the one forced on jews by the nazis big. loss these government should learn how to negotiate opinion polls show record low approval ratings for the french government with his asians in the deliberately stirring into racial tension friday prayers in paris muslims are false so you worship on the streets the government looks the building of basic public prayer rooms more discrimination say worshippers against the muslim population has seen riots in recent years against government policies

there are signs of more brewing it is a distinct possibility especially when the domestic. decisions and events in foreign decisions and events come together those foreign events have also reached partners in europe joining claims from the illegal call to action of roma and sending north. the in the international ngo that splits the frame. and drives the this. axis as as it has been called sometimes functioning unlist speer for all its. pixel its problem is that minorities why should we start persecuting christians if you are persecuting muslims saying you have absolutely no credibility with reliability to tell us what we should do let's critics of. the french government

groups hold long pull of the simple truth for politicians in the people t. last we quits woolrich speak to do the see in the coming days the new bush you see paris where you can always find more in-depth stories and analysis on our web site r t v dot com here's what's online for you today. russia's most popular home for a blogger as well as a picture of her dreaded hackers find out the reason what's. to be your own karate kid and our unique series of weekly ice into lessons that promise to teach you how to send an aggressor why. a powerful aftershock has struck northeastern japan a exactly a month after marches devastating earthquake and tsunami killed more than thirteen thousand people meanwhile the government is extending the twenty kilometer evacuation zone around the fukushima nuclear plant over risks of long term radiation journalist ted so jimbo braved the area going within one and

a half kilometers of the stricken facility to document the dangerous levels of radiation there is what he saw. but. it was legal to keep. some incredible video there while i'm joined live by to himself on the line with us from tokyo very good to have you with us i guess the question to everybody's mind this video has been seen worldwide right now what were you thinking going into this into the evacuation zone and the government says it was a is a disaster area what do you what made you go there and drive in. well you know you don't know unless you actually go there and find out. there are a lot of strange rumors about. no one has gone into actually you know

being being able to pill for sure so you know being on your own it's like you just have to go there it's there so i won't be of course i was very cautious with a guy. who was willing to spend only a little mean there actually the radiation level. surprisingly low so grabbing the pill when you get to a certain point and then afterwards it's really high so that's why i decided to go . video there we could hear the geiger counter beeping there with the radiation level warning so tell us more of what you saw in the exclusion zone how high were the levels of radiation that you've recorded. from the reactor the radiation level but surprisingly. because there's no one no reason to let the in there and there's no police and there's no power and so

all the trucks you know out because there's no police. there are. no cows in the dogs so we're going to you know running around pretty. sure that lee damaged by the earthquake and also some of the you know rubble and debris. and i mean. actually left there were no rescue or no repair work being you know. because of the radiation so basically. you know march eleventh or. nothing had happened and people were just completely evacuated from the area and i suppose the whole experience must have been surreal for you but what would you say was the most surprising thing you saw while you were there. well you know. people could only have seen

a picture of that experience scary. out of the radiation you know nothing i mean some streets damaged it's kind of strange to see you know cows walking around on the street but other than that look normal only you know think that matters to the rally in radiation really comes through radiation this is a very strange feeling but one point i was i was getting hundred twenty. four hours which is very strong and you know i think in our mutal. you know you don't you don't feel when you heat doesn't hurt so that's what. the scary part of the radiation you know you don't know unless you have a geiger counter we you you don't know you are being exposed to a deadly radiation. do you think the government or the government

says that the risk of high level radiation leaks from the plant is not lower from what you've seen do you think that's the case or is the government trying to conceal the actual risk. i don't think government is trying to conceal anything first of all there were no actual research you know research done until just recently the evocation gone after i filmed the area on sunday the sunday before last sunday. self defense force in the coach's job in the military in the check the really level they are. but until then. here we are circling around in a reactor. to the radiation level but rather if something terrible happened this reactor such as explosion in the cellar for the twenty kilo is a minimum be something you need in order to escape from. nuclear particles

so. really it's a little. varies from one place to place and actually. you know it really. places much further from the reactor but. only based on the you know government i'm sure the radiation is high there you go after i think your meters from the reactor radiation is really high in every step you take just just so after. you know you really need to evacuate the area simply based on the radiation level all right video journalist joining us live from tokyo thank you pleasure. turning now to some other stories making headlines across the globe in ivory coast french troops have entered the city had better the center of the main city of abidjan this comes after the u.n.

and french helicopters fired a rocket site incumbent president laurent gbagbo his official residence has been holed up in a bunker there for nearly a week. and grip on the country in the last two weeks supporters of the internationally recognized winner of last november's elections or seized control of his strongholds. the italian prime minister has appeared in court on tax fraud charges silvio berlusconi is accused of artificially inflated price paid for film rights for his media company and then opening up secret accounts abroad going to denies all the charges calling them quote laughable unfounded and demented it's not the only one case against him at the present he also faces three others including charges of paying for sex with an underage prostitute. in peru a left wing former army officer is on course to win around one of the country's presidential election with almost half the ballots in. twenty seven percent of the

vote but the former finance minister and a daughter of the jailed ex-president are not far behind despite an economic boom a third of peruvians live in poverty and many rallied behind the who promise to share the nation's wealth. say with us your are. those up next with all the business news. this is business thanks for being with us b.p. is preparing to buy out its russian partners. according to a reporter in the financial times the british companies trying to save a deal with russian oil major rosner's to explore the arctic shot of these correspondents dinner and that's the moment the story. we're seeing the deadline for this deal being resolved loom ever closer it's still thursday the fourteenth of april that leaves just around about three days to get this all sorted out we're seeing various rumors coming to the fore most notably one in the financial times

where sources say that he and potentially rosneft as partners could be preparing to buy out the russian shareholders stake in t.n. k b p now they may be going in and doing that together and it's the stake which could be worth up to thirty billion dollars now the various parties are desperate to have this situation resolved and in fact it's likely that we'll see more state intervention come during this week more pressure from the state which has been conspicuously absent in the days leading up to this wants to remain the world's biggest energy producer and to do that it needs to open up new exploration in territory like the arctic it also wants to be at the forefront of arts and exploration because it sees the territories very much in its own backyard but it doesn't have the expertise or the technology to make that happen on its own so it needs international partners also he wants this because russia is one of the very few places that it can now go for new production growth its reputation is

increasingly bad in the u.s. and if not it rests having its valuation downgraded and threats of a new takeover so there's a lot to lose for all sides in a very short time in which to lose it it seems that they are might be interested in having its stake bought out just because if it didn't spend it would be left with a century of dollars investment into the nk a b.p. oil company that it's essentially would have no growth potential if this deal did indeed go ahead although having said that they are is in a very strong position thanks to these rulings by the arbitration court. all prices have the slightly and it ripples that their leader nonna conduct he has accepted the peace plant and the conflict in the country brant crude is trading around a hundred and twenty five dollars per barrel of love and light. suite is over one hundred twelve dollars for the sound. prices the precious metals have reached another brick wall with the major concerns over funds great information in the world gold is currently trading at around one thousand four hundred and seventeen

dollars bonus silver is about forty one dollars but i notice which is the highs for three decades. let's have a look at how the stock markets are forming asian markets closed in the red on monday in tokyo those terms court weighed by concerns over pilots quake resumption of production of short corp lost more than one percent of the companies that train output of liquid crystal display screens g two sourcing problems from the quake. european markets are trading in the blind this hour the german dots is gaining almost point six percent as high oil prices fueled the center over the impact of global growth meanwhile and mining shares are rising along with metal prices with b.h.p. billiton the opposite two percent. of the markets have given up gains early in the season the my sense is kind of you're losing almost point five percent with energy and that's all sectors leading it for the. let's take look at some individual

sharing it's rush second think it's gotten three g.b. is up to zero point one percent it's announced it will pay a dividend of between ten and twenty percent of last year's profit still make up natural is down point two percent despite posting strong results the company increased a net profit by eight hundred percent last year and ten k.b.p.s. up two and japan's percent after those recalls in the financial times that b.p. is raising a buyout of its russian partners of the company. that was also his business update on all stories known for a website called slash business. culture

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