it's not on the. market. you know. what i know what's really happening to the global economy is really large. the nato led coalition upgrades its assault on colonel gadhafi to try and break the libyan a civil war stalemate the intervention has had little success so far while the human cost of financial price tag is skywalker. the from women and the u.n. secretary general of really in libya must back strictly within its mandate but if you don't you're still only in moscow for meetings. plus russia's war on terror and the caucasus claims a high profile target after security forces kill a top al qaeda militant. the man is also have played

a key role in almost every terror attack in the country in recent years more details just a hand. washing our t. live from moscow thanks for joining us now the coalition is massing its forces over libya. authorizes the use of the american armed predator drones or the jets are stepping in more than a month after the coalition attacks on gadhafi targets first began but as the war ended has been finding out the cost of the campaign deadlock is raising questions. philippians it's been a long hard month and strike after strike by nato forces in the middle of an increasingly violent civil war but in the midst of all that bloodshed what's been

achieved according to many not a lot i think the situation is keep them and probably got rather worse the african union tempted to ceasefire was scuttled i believe right western interests and now britain is putting troops in on the ground as advisors i think it's very dangerous we're involved in a civil war for which there is no problem interest sources and at what cost priceless human lives certainly but the ministry of defense refuses to release information on how much the intervention in libya is costing the british taxpayer early estimates suggest that bill could one. dollars a day that means a month's of pensive may have cost the u.k. as much as one hundred fifty million dollars and counting and this at a time when the u.k. is slashing spending on public services leading to widespread often violent demonstrations but this is an incredible amount of money when they say the there is no money available that we could go every week we could be building

a new hospital several new schools. we could be paying the student tuition fees which are going up to nine thousand the year next year defense cuts have already begun and the ministry of defense is expected to save nearly eight billion dollars over the next four years ironically experts say that's made the libyan war more expensive now that the u.k. no longer has an aircraft carrier every mission is longer and logistically harder if we still have international. carriers and. we could be doing a better draw. than your area. and over six months that would cost us. one hundred million. and through all that investment defense strategists are calling the situation a stalemate gadhafi is still in libya reportedly using illegal and indiscriminate

cluster munitions on rebel forces peace seems no nearer and nato appears to be settling in for the long haul until the libyans themselves can negotiate a deal after a month of strikes u.k. forces look more inextricably involved in the conflict than ever just in the last week the ministry of defense committed to sending military advisors to libya to organize the rebels this is seen by many as the most significant steps a far towards deploying ground troops and once that happens many seem libya turning into another afghanistan ten years and counting. london. all as nato intensifies its actions in the region russia is raising concerns over the legitimacy of a campaign moscow is warning that the allies have gone beyond the no fly zone resolution and issue broached by the russian leadership during a meeting with the u.n. chief in moscow let's cross like r.t.c. go to school for more well here go what's been said about nato is action in libya.

well first of all libya and the crisis in north africa and the middle east in general of course talk to the agenda during these talks and both sides both the kremlin and the u.n. secretary general agreed it. must strictly and all me it would then be a mandate given by the no fly zone of resolution russia has criticized to be alliance for its action actions there. stressed that the future of libya is strictly in the hands of the libyan people and it's not up to the alliance to get involved into the country's domestic issues and mark. has also voiced concern on the continuing deaths among civilians which is basically a clear sign that so far this resolution which aim is to protect civilian lives

so far has not the same so far has not been achieved and more effort needs to be done to protect civilians because according to the rebels for example since this entire conflict started over ten thousand people have been killed all the a libyan conflict was a top of the agenda but what other issues have been brought to the table by the two sides. a wide range of other issues has also been discussed for example the peace process in the middle east is have agreed for moscow to host the next conference on that subject nuclear security has been discussed as well of course especially in light of the nuclear crisis in japan and both sides agreed that new safety standards are needed when it comes to a nuclear energy and the international atomic energy agency should play a bigger role in that document also said that he hopes russia will continue playing an active role in helping solve various international problems and actually this is

the u.n. secretary general's fourth visit to moscow and this one comes ahead of the election for the next head the next chief of the u.n. and bunky moon did voices hopes that moscow will back his candidacy right archy's a good piece can all thank you very much for that. political analyst from the moscow based newspaper sergei told r.t. russia's concerns over the who could try to mysie of nato is actions are shared by many in the international community. but there's a growing frustration in the world on how the nato led operation in libya is going on and the definitely going for the u.n. resolution which initially was installed just to introduce the no fly zone so so what's going on now we started a different story commission definitely stay concise and. i know they're

considering another step to stop the let the parade which can really unpredictable results for the country so that's why this is not only russia's concern but this is a concern of quite a big part of the international community lucian came out as a result of care for me and word of compromise all prosper discuss i mean your own credibility is at stake you see it can be jeopardized and this is what's happening in libya. and coming up the curious kidnapping of a russian tycoon son the media is raving about reports of the software good we're getting spares he has speed around some to get his ear back but the man himself is refusing to comment on all the details of that story coming up plus. right now for the first time ever on international television we'll be trying to look inside the chernobyl to facility the reveal one of the soviet union's darkest military secrets which was kept hidden. and russian security

forces have killed a top al qaeda terrorists during a special operation in the north caucasus where he was part of a group of militants ambushed by police our courtship over has the story. after almost six hours of a shooting and error strikes three militants were killed and one of this militants were soon identified as a chief agent of the international terrorists a group al qaida in the north caucasus now russia's antiterrorist committee says that he was in charge of all cash flows of funds that paid for terrorist activities in russia i do is wish that one of those killed was a dignified as an agent of the carter's network in the north caucasus a native of saudi arabia. has been graced in the north caucasus since nineteen years you know and it was also did he go into or in coordinator of the funds coming from a group to fuel the militants in russia. alongside the motto was russia's most

wanted terrorist was the most notorious figure among terrorists and was also perceived as saying absolute religious authority as well as influential field command here in the north of caucasus now russia's antiterrorist committee. he was also identified a by the militants as a rival to dog as the main leader elf islamist militants of the north caucasus he was also believed to be involved in almost every terror attack that happened across russia over the last two years and indeed russia was wrong by a number of terror attacks or the latest twin suicide moscow matter of warmings last yeah and then why did the airport terror attack that happened this year and claimed thirty eight lives now russia's security of course is bad for them and my granny it was the top priority target and that's why he had gone deep into high day

as soon as the russian security forces began a constant search for him currently wavefront until the terrorist operation. are underway here in the north caucasus is especially in an english idea. the son of a russian antivirus software a good boy of get eco spirit ski has reportedly been released after quitting sea had been kidnapped for ransom or twenty year old evolved because he went missing in moscow several days ago r.t. if you go to show has the latest on this story the reason why there is so far has been no official confirmation of the of duction or the release for that matter is because the customers the family has preferred to keep mom about the polar deal we do know that the boy was reportedly abducted on the nineteenth of this month just outside of his work his father you can just guess he has reportedly flown in from england where he has been residing recently and has contacted his sources at the

federal security bureau so he has not given gone to police apparently because he still has some of the acquaintances left over from when he has done some work for russia's federal security service doctors have demanded and three million euro ransom again according to the latest reports that read the ransom has been paid but the amounts of money that was paid for by the young man's release is unknown in fact because there is the family has asked the journalists to leave this story alone and have not released the family has not released any information on the boy's does states you can just hear superleague was eat eight hundred million dollar estate because first lab of course is the breeding and not just dance of virus software but that's also done a lot of work for security services not just for russian security services but for the u.s. security by the europeans and also has done with some work for china so if there are some speculations that the reason for the abductions is

a because of the cyber criminals are trying to show that they are not happy with the whole of the theories software that has been created which of course work prohibits them from accessing either top security. files within these security facilities were risky from stealing money i suppose that from banks so the details of this piece of course are still are just of reports and it remains to be seen whether or not because the government will come forth and make any official announcements on this be kewl earpiece. and still ahead this hour courting the controversy american pastor who for a copy of the koran a month ago is stirring up trouble again as he did the right to rally against islamic law. now the world's attention is turning to ukraine as it prepares to mark the twenty fifth anniversary of the church noble disaster well kiev is holding a milestone events dedicated to the safety of nuclear energy well the key goal is

to build a new protective dome that will cover the site for the next hundred years and our t.v. crew gave access to beach or noble exclusion zone and filmed one of the soviet union's biggest military secrets. has the story. twenty five years ago when the chernobyl fallout happened in the soviet ukraine the world saw a large debate on the safety of nuclear energy the same thing is happening now a days with a focus the nuclear disaster unraveling in japan now the anniversary of the chernobyl nuclear disaster twenty five years ago i see lots of events in ukraine with lots of international v.i.p. just coming here to train to attend these services internet enjoyable and a different called france is related to that sense not all of them most of them have been speaking out in defense of nuclear energy tokyo is ready to invest almost fifty billion u.s. dollars into trying to contain the contamination around the fukushima plant the same thing which it was happening in twenty five years ago when the soviet

government to was spared no effort and money to trying to contain this to novel radioactive threat and in fact the still this area indeed crane needs some financial attention as he of has already managed to persuade the governments of different countries to invest more than five hundred million euros into building the new circle focused which would last for more than one hundred years was spent almost a week inside the chernobyl exclusion zone filming a documentary which our viewers will be able to see on the twenty sixth of april which is of course the twenty fifth anniversary of the chernobyl nuclear fallout we said we've managed to get into the darkest and the most secret parts of the exclusion zone including one of the biggest secrets of the soviet union a regular cation station called assured noble to the whole world knows that your global nuclear power plant and the thirty kilometer exclusion zone which surrounds it but few are aware that this area holds a secret which had been kept hidden for many decades.

for the first time ever on international television r.t. is able to bring you one of the biggest secrets of the soviet union this facility behind me has many different names that your novel to the degree or a more technical name beyond horizons radio location facility its prime prime goal was to detect a missile launch anywhere on the european continent but its test launch in one thousand eight hundred proved that signal is so powerful that it can reach the eastern coast of the united states this facility was one of the most expensive projects of the soviet union it cost around seven billion soviet rubles which is twice as expensive as the construction of the chernobyl nuclear power plant just fifteen kilometers from here even getting this close to the fans of the stop secret facility has been impossible before for a t.v. journalist for a t.v. camera but what we've managed to find here this should be helpful this is a hole in the wall and right now for the first time ever on international

television we'll be trying to look inside the chernobyl to facility. spike the official claims that it was decommissioned and put out of service straight out of after the trouble fall out in nine hundred eighty six it still remains under the protection and there are still armed guards at the security checkpoints around the area not letting anyone inside. the theory was put forward that it wasn't really an over the horizon radar station but rather a special facility for influencing people's minds and for using psychotropic radiation that would enable malicious forces to control people however there is no such thing as psychotropic radiation use just another name of the film all the technicians all the people behind this technology were describing it as their pride as something the soviet union and the soviet union space technology should be proud of because to that date in one thousand eight hundred none of the world's raiders could have had such a strong signal as the station like this there are only three stations like this in

the world this is the only one which we could have access to as the other two are still remains still remain as classified facilities and there is no access whatsoever to those facilities. now some other international stories for you in brief this hour first to syria where we so far out of bullets and used tear gas against demonstrators in the capital damascus tens of thousands took to the streets after friday prayers a process of card three to protest against president bashar al assad's government has formally ended five decades of emergency rule seen as an attempt to defuse the unrest for human rights groups say more than two hundred people have died during several weeks of protests. i suspect of u.s. drone attack in a pakistan's a volatile region on the afghan border has killed twenty five people some reports say militants and civilians including children could be among the casualties meanwhile hundreds of insurgents attacked

a checkpoint in the northwest of the country killing fourteen security personnel will taliban and al qaida members are known to operate in the region. thailand and cambodia have exchanged gunfire along their disputed frontier in a new flare up of a long running conflict officials of both sides and at least four soldiers were killed it was unclear what sparked the violence both already said about five thousand ties have already been evacuated from the border to temporary shelter the conflict is rooted in a decades old border dispute over temples and surrounding land which has fueled nationalist anger on both sides. of the japanese government has announced a fifty billion dollar emergency budget following marchers earthquake and tsunami it's aimed at disaster relief including providing temporary housing restoration of infrastructure and disaster related loans but the government estimates it will cost

more than three hundred billion dollars to rebuild the country the marsh love an earthquake left more than twenty seven thousand people dead or missing. well we have much more of the japanese crisis online r r g dot com including one woman's outrageous proposal would be american suggested that japan relocates to russia while using their homeland as a holiday resort we'll follow the logic online. and add russia sexiest spy is assigned a new mission by the government but this time it won't be fields in secrecy. lead and celebrate says one hundred forty first birthday and according to a survey he's becoming more popular possibly due to the recent financial crisis or find out what a new poll reveals about the famous russian leader r t v dot com. now

in america a koran burning pastor is due to face a jury trial in michigan to decide whether his latest controversial act can go ahead well terry jones sparked outrage across the world last night but he set fire to a copy of islam's holy texts prompting violent riots in afghanistan and now plans to rally outside america's largest mosque in protest of muslim law as christians smart good friday archy's christine for sour reports. of sunni and shia and christians who are not functioning residents here or a gallery here in the islamic center of america because they want to spread the image of unity nearly a thousand people came about the same reason they have a message for pastor terry jones he may have an issue with islam he may have some

fear about islam and we understand that it may be the case but we don't believe that he's necessarily searching for the truth in what we believe easier to start some trouble. later they gathered outside the mosque and formed a human chain in a show of solidarity many in dearborn say the pastor is not welcome but this is how they will fight back clearly he does not represent beauty in any of god's teachings so whatever helps him torment it i'm going to pray and as god to deliver him pastor terry jones became a well known figure after his plan to burn a qur'an this past september eleventh at his church in florida while that event was canceled he did stage a qur'an burning last month which fell under the radar of most media here in the united states but it did not go unnoticed in other parts of the world.

in response mass riots were held in the city of mazar e sharif in afghanistan more than a dozen people were killed and many there pointed to pastor terry jones. that's the reason so why would pastor jones come to dearborn michigan well despite being located in the midwest of the united states many people say this city looks more like the middle east out of the one hundred thousand residents here forty thousand are arab american it's home to the largest muslim american population in the country and the islamic center of america you see behind me is the largest mosque but people are concerned for public safety because of where the mosque is located it's located just between two churches on the same day as good friday hundreds are expected to attend services using just this one road it is for this reason pastor terry jones spent the majority of the day here at the one thousand to distort court in dearborn michigan i judge inside denied him a permit to protest where he wanted which was right outside the islamic center he

was told instead you could protest freely outside of city hall and he said he didn't want to and without spencer pay one hundred thousand dollars bond to pay for any damages that might occur he refused and has now been given a trial by jury the trial is scheduled to take place on the same day as his planned protests we will of course bring you the very latest but for now and christine freeze out for our team in dearborn michigan. i'll be back with the headlines but first business news with dimitri. hello and welcome to business in just four months russian national public offerings have raised over two billion dollars that's compared to five and a half billion for the whole of last year but that i macs are mixed some companies this excessive only others struggle and cancel the multi-billion flotations now tom blackwell from communications explains what's causing the jitters and looks at the

prospects for the markets. there is a lot of nervousness in the market at the moment driven by what's happening globally and that suddenly sort of feels the same to the russian rocket as well and so i think that whereas in a more benign environment you may see a wider range of companies being able to close and being able to get deals the way right now there's a lot more scrutiny around stories investors that criteria and that sort of set us and wrapped up in. it is still possible to do in this market and if you've got the right story and you meet the right criteria it's still possible to do it right now if you look at all of. the listed russian companies in actual fact they cover a very wide range of sectors already and now you see from toilet paper how difficult it is to shoes you've got a lot of deals that are potentially out. there if they meet the right criteria that they will be good mom. russia's two largest oil companies and ross nafta an independent lukoil have signed a deal over offshore exploration under the agreement ross natural open its license

to oil and gas offshore fields to a new boiler this marks new coils first you're about world's members initiated a host of such partnerships with foreign dangers like eighty seven on and it's on the deal looks promising for new quo which is seen out with decline as the company struggled to gain new profits. coffee prices appear to thirty four year high topping three dollars a pound a poor harvest and growing demand and emerging markets have been the main reasons for the sharp rise in prices for coffee beans have more than doubled in the past seven knots. look at the russian markets now the only ones trading pretty much today european bourses are closed to easter holidays meanwhile here in russia we're seeing is a moderately positive picture of the r.t.s. up point three percent to my six point six percent with energy mages leading the growth let's take a look at some stocks in more detail banking stocks are also on main gain as bank

putting on more than one percent ross next however is down point one point two percent while it was losing hope to set the previous out meanwhile polymath which was one of the biggest news of the previous session is up more than three percent amid high precious metal prices. russian oil company vashon it has more than doubled its net profits of one point four billion dollars last year the figures almost a third of those forecasts make up but he says the result was supported by increased output and growing oil prices. in other news the world's largest car naked so you notice as its production line will fully recover by december the company's up and sharply from the selections to supplies of the pots produced in quake hit northeast japan it's also urging supplies to set up for auction overseas to diversify interests. russia is considering easing the tax regime for energy companies so big spend more on modernisation without having to raise prices for consumers and he's

gotten from d.c. bank believes the move will also help the companies improve their investment attractiveness differently or the current price of russian asa so right chip on market price of a share of some sort on why she prefers of early church emerging markets around i developed market moreover russia grazes in its growth story and if you're looking the european utility is very small girls and their wings and consumptions sold the russians group in conference or press because it's so interesting for the long run for the investors and. there are no other parent i would say that at the moment so we have a sort of regret from us so for the attractiveness of the of the story for the long run for the investors i guess the big government should think about keeping previous promises saying peeping through sort of the game insects and other to keep their interest in the sector otherwise you for a very i mean you're going to change the rules of the game each year so it will diminish the potential interest for the for the structure business out see we'll be

back next hour with an update tess is here with headlines after this very short break and stay with us. the king has been to the chill ya been screeching for the long lost secret of dumbest steel it's been discovered. now articles east of lake baikal in the long.