life in the exclusion zone r.t. visits an area which was severely affected by the chernobyl the nuclear disaster twenty five years ago yet is still had withered today. we couldn't figure. out how to map it for me as nato air strikes at the center of the libyan capital fresh civilian casualties intensify calls for an investigation into the block's actions. and india's gendercide the country's latest census reveals an alarming sex ratio and exposes the trend of abortions when parents discover they are having a girl. watching

r t live from moscow thanks for joining us now as japan continues to grapple with its nuclear crisis many are drawing parallels with the chernobyl disaster as they assess the true cost twenty five years since the worst nuclear accident in history but it's the facts are still being felt today are these visited a village in the exclusion zone where people are left to live with the risks of radiation. exclusion zone between russia and belarus eight hundred kilometers from chernobyl it seems some of you straight forward accident in there and you know eighty six. people were advised to leave but not everybody has this ceased to be a thriving community of more than five thousand feet full of the chernobyl it was

deemed unsuitable for living and its inhabitants already housed in fact if you measure the radiation around here and still several times higher than normal but just walk down the road and draw still people living all around their area. at first glance rushkoff looks like an ordinary village and most here live off what they grow in their gardens and the livestock they keep. the government so that it meat from animals fatten local feed from can permeate the land isn't safe to eat. yes of course we're scared of the radiation but we simply can't afford to go anywhere else according to the government anyone who is living in the exclusion zone isn't title to equivalent housing outside it but actually getting it as a problem. mikhail milage of personally for the fire to a noble as the mayor of the nearby town of nor was it because of hidden myths that

a current system isn't working. there is a commission of values the housing of those people who want to leave and give the money for it but the money's too small those people wouldn't be able to afford a house in most places around russia so many people choose to stay here. a cancer rate in the area has gone up by seven times since june noble and effect of the contamination may not have peaked yet. but when with the with the with in the first few years after chernobyl at least there were government programs to clean up local food supplies but now they're gradually coming to an end we're being forgotten about. the holding his clinic doctor visits his relative at home eighty six year old and his husband died of cancer from hamley contaminated materials she says she plans to live out the rest of her life here. i

was never given a chance to leave and now i'm too old to go anywhere else but while it may be too late for him to move others here because so enjoy life without the shadow of radiation. you are never party cretin. well as the twenty fifth anniversary of the chernobyl disaster nears the do stay with you for more reports on its aftermath and on monday we'll be bringing you a special documentary on the legacy of the catastrophe. twenty five years of. the most devastating nuclear disaster in history. culture of the century. has monthly its mistakes. legacy.

in libya colonel gadhafi is troops are reportedly being withdrawn from the rebel held city of misrata in the face of nato airstrikes and that follows an almost two months standoff meanwhile allied aircraft carried out fresh air strikes on the capital tripoli overnight with a government spokesman saying at least three people were killed in the raid so you can't translate on who has just returned from a monitoring mission in libya believes there's no justification for themselves actions. the basis for nine hundred seventy three the u.n. resolution was the claim was khadafi had bombed from the free particular district in tripoli. presume. we visited these places there was no indication whatsoever of any aerial bombardment so they go it just it just goes to show that if there is a claim this has to be actually corroborated properly and that hasn't been done and what we've what we've had is a situation where nato has gone to war going to solve sovereign nation on the basis

of an allegation which in terms of our findings was just baseless the point is that there has been no international investigative teams so far to investigate the nato bombings as well. now the u.s. is sending armed drones to target gadhafi is forces but eric story the editor of the website waging a nonviolent start or says the move will only cause more innocent deaths. when you claim that this is a step forward it's really hard to hard to jive with the facts on the ground that they're at and this will vary widely in terms of this is really an casualties due to drone strikes but the brookings institution pretty centrist democratic organization intake and you see a couple years ago put out a report that showed that for every militant killed. another ten

civilians were killed with each attack so i don't see any reason why i say that ratio which change in libya so introducing drones into the war in libya is likely only to new. more civilian casualties and more suffering for the libyan people. times correspondent martin escobar told r.t. that washington's initiative to send its drones is just another step along the path towards a u.s. led ground operation. it was a stalemate we knew would be a stalemate so nato didn't work the tomahawks in the beginning almost two hundred of them didn't work so what do you do your code writes this is urban warfare and the pentagon is lying once again saying there will be no collateral damage we just have to look at the record of the tribal way to see this is not true coming back to the sunni the packers and right we have been told that this is not a us war there were started by africa the african command that was its first

african war time or parts were launched by general carter ham which is the commander of africa then the us switched to nato which is basically the pentagon of weaponized arm in europe nursing is deciding vessels without an american ok and now that we have been told that the u.s. as of last thursday is out of strike missions in libya we have u.s. predators on the ground so it's one right feeding off another nonstop and soon we're going to have boots on the ground of course this is absolutely we couldn't think of right now we have an opportunity to get. well britain italy and france are sending military advisors to libya in a move that has once again caused critics to call for the allies to be original un resolution well on our website we're asking what you think about it and so far the majority of our viewers think that the military advisors will simply pave the way for a full scale invasion in iraq the third believe it just serves to prolong the war

and hence western interests twenty two percent are skeptical if the topic will be successful at all and five percent hope it's a softening up mission before peace negotiations with colonel gadhafi to log onto our t.v. and have your say. india is becoming an increasingly male dominated society as the latest census shows the number of girls where there is an all time low or families are desperate for sons as they are financially far more attractive that's resulting in a rising number of gender selected abortions. through the reports this gentler side may eventually leave many indian men without partners. it takes a village to raise a child the saying goes but in the village of korra about three hours from the indian capital not every child is given a chance here there are twice as many boys as girls and according to the latest

indian census numbers the trend of more boys is a national reality and no coincidence in. these songs should be refused one son who can look after the family business and look after the family. for. dr rajiv cook is a physician at a hospital in her iana in india sex selective abortion and finding out the sex of the before birth are illegal but every day good sees patients who are willing to do just about anything to construct a family with more boys than girls. the odds are something which we don't. want to. begin. the six of which i nor. people who have to donation. to anything while the villagers in cora can't deny the statistics few will talk about

what is happening to all the baby girls they do however admit that having boys is more attractive to them financially especially when it comes to the indian practice of a bride's family paying a dowry to dick's rooms family before their wedding is that are they both agree with me there are a lot of poor people in the villages who are mostly due to reach their few adare it's like a big obstacle in the life. of gender side continues at the rate it's happening now by twenty twenty one india will have twenty percent more men than women and one major concern for people here is who these young boys all marry when they grow up if nothing changes emitted by us this is a worry for everyone even we have two sons the drilling number of goods does worry us whether we will find wives for our sons are not in some places like hari are not the gender ratios are so skewed that some villagers are traveling to other states to five brides for their sons. guides or poor families are brought in for

a history for the family but money and there have been several stories of imported brides who end up harassed and ostracized for their cultural differences for you between plans to get people instances of you. to get one for you for too many it's a rooted mentality that will be difficult to change everybody thinks of a girl as a burden and dishes that is not born in the family leaving the future for females in the country unknown preassure either r t career or india. and still ahead for you this hour. from around the world here in moscow to showcase the rally as it bridges the concrete for the first time. plus our close of team goes underground to a copper mine in a russia's translight called region very harsh climate doesn't stop people from

digging for burry trash or. i will court has ruled that the infamous koran burning pastor terry jones cannot hold an anti islamic rally in the city described as america's muslim capital well just as a core delivered its decision in dearborn ruling that the proposed rally could inside violence local community held its own protests are decreasing for south want to see how freedom of speech is being brought into doubt over their. they came to show that the planned protest was not causing a rift in their community even formed a human chain in a show of solidarity christians jews and muslims were not afraid it. would work together as a team as if it is one family they came to send pastor terry jones a message whatever has implemented are born to pray and ask god to deliver him this is jihad is. for you he needs help more than seven hundred people attended

a service on the eve of the protest planned by a man that has held the qur'an on trial and another man who actually set the holy book on fire to fight what some here deemed the greatest offense with peace. but were some in the city of dearborn are divided are along the lines of two rules of law the constitution and the qur'an and truly freedom of speech but i think it should be a little bit more it stuck with people they get to create problem he has every right to say what he wants to do what he wants this is america this is not the middle east but at least he should not hurt our feelings for some across the country the question is will freedom of speech incite violence. earlier this month in response to pastor terry jones actions more than a dozen people were killed in mazar

e sharif in afghanistan here in dearborn it is about public safety pastor jones was refused a permit to protest at the mosque but was told he could protest elsewhere he should not be stopped from expressing his opinion in. the venues that he's been offered including in the city hall under local laws here there are four designated for. the henry ford community center the public library city hall and right here and i think this record but the bigger question. for many is should there be designated free speech zones or under the first amendment of the constitution should the entire country your designated free speech zone and there were in michigan christine freeze out arteta. oh there's more insight into our top stories on our web site that's r t v dot com let's take a look at what's lined up for you there right now russia's mysterious south represented in calls to check out our special photo section for a lifestyle fit seven captivating beauty. plus. a man whose eager

to tie the knot but his one true love is actually a painting of all this and plenty more at our t.v. dot com. for. russia would be soo much brighter than if you knew about someone from phones to freshen up in some of. these stunts on t.v. don't succumb. to super tuesday into the chilly of inspiration for the longest secret of drama still has been discovered. archie goes east of lake baikal with the longest russian railway line runs. through the

sunday desert lies of a siberian mansions of her people full of the same roots as hundreds of years ago. welcome to the trance like it. was a close up of parts of. top international rally drivers have gathered in moscow for a taste of some rip roaring competition. well the capitol is hosting its first rally master show the motor sports events which has already gained popularity across the world and among the participants a british star to perform stunts one of the james bond movies peter all of us among those feeling the need for speed. kagan's the three time british champion british champion is here a most go to strut his stuff he is of course the mom behind the driving in james bond quantum of solace so he's been whizzing around this track behind me like

a thunderbolt with a view to a mark in the rest of the company's own just here to allow me to make terrible james bond funds to showcase the way is all of the rally must is now this is the first time events being held here in russia next year it becomes a regular on the racing calendar so they've been trying to joke drum up support for sports here in moscow and glorious on the glorious day of pounds of had plenty of pills and spills to see himself was telling me the course here in moscow provides a unique opportunity for the drivers as well as the spectators to view the sport of raleigh i think it's great to be running it's quite difficult to watch in the forest you know you got to travel a long way away to get to normal stages the beauty of here is this bring relief to the people you know it's a close call it's very simple all the pick the right dates put it on to get the funds up glorious sunshine here in the russian capital. is it unusual racing essentially in the middle of the biggest city in europe yeah it's very different i

mean you got the water on so i think it's one of those type of events where you can really throw it away it looks quite easy because you have got a long face just to cope with but it's all about not making a mistake and that's what the here very well you know it's only a champion on the track you're also. the driver behind making behind james holmes and the way he drives us a bit more about yeah we did the quantum of solace which was with the driver actually the body chasing through most of it so that was a different experience for me i mean i spent my liking. well dr crusher there's a few occasions we have to graft on that so that was great and it's great to be told it's a thing of beauty thank you very much because you can tell so we go. as the latest must have gadgets have a high streets allocated devices soon find themselves on the scrap heap and that pile of computer junk soon becomes someone else's problem this week journalists laurie harmfulness otherwise known as the resident hits the streets of new york to find out how people there feel about other countries paying the price for america's

infatuation with technology. americans produce about three million tons of electronic waste every year and countries like india end up as the dumping ground so how many gadgets have you bought this year this week let's talk about that is very cagily that you're lusting after a girl as a g.p.s. or as what you are desperately yes you have no way to track where you're going without it basically you know maps we've got just not as great but an i phone ended she already has a phone course what was wrong with it but she needed my phone was an i phone i was at the apple store yesterday and it was almost a riot broke out over the news. what do you think of that i think it's ridiculous actually why do you think americans are so all about their gadgets. and i shortened

his pants. you guys you know i. i forgot. where it is and fade away like you see these people right here when i drive because. every dog has a tape way so it is that ok if we just say well everyone's doing it and someone jumps off a bridge that's ok to do it too. i mean it is what it is we don't seem to care why is that you said because it's invisible it's you know should be twenty years somebody else from such a civil war in africa if you can't see it it's not really happening do you think people do care and just don't do anything about it if you think they really don't care i think is interested or and i think industry should create an infrastructure for taking a back saw because people would react. how would we get them to do that. how would we get in through that. tunnel the reaction in recent years. and maybe figure out some way to make it profitable for him right now is about the bottom line honestly

i think you just need laws but the bottom line is that millions of tons of just started gadgets are polluting your planet every year so please do think about that the next time you feel that gadget last coming out. and now look at some other world news stories this hour yemen's capital has seen the largest demonstrations in two months of unrest hundreds of thousands of anti and pro-government protesters are continuing to take to the streets and more people are joining the uprising despite violent crackdowns that have so far killed nearly one hundred thirty two people died during protests across the country on friday including a fifteen year old boy all the dust turned many of president saleh has allies against him including the fact an army units were now guarding the main protest in the country's capital. in syria funerals are taking place today for more than one

hundred people killed in friday's crackdown against pro-democracy protests it was the deadliest day of the op rising so far for demonstrators have been it's a band-aid an end to president bashar al assad's rule all the bloodshed came after he formally ended five decades of emergency rule which had been seen as an attempt to diffuse the on the rest. celebrations are taking place across the globe as believers mark the crucifixion and resurrection of jesus special performances have been held in the world over ranging from rather modern interpretations of biblical stories to intricate costume plays but this year's festivities unite orthodox christians as their celebrations fall on the same date. and time now to get a closer view of russia ryan today we're taking you to the country's copper mine. also renowned for its incredible landscapes trance by call region.

bay area celebrated for its amazing views mighty mountains forests and the world famous lake baikal and also the impressive long distance more railway stretches across the region's vast territories the harsh siberian climate and meds construction took more than half a century but the last section of track laid the line over the door to the region's rich natural resources archy stacy listened to the first sad experience of a u.s. citizen who were joyce life there despite the severity of eastern siberia. join me now to discuss his impressions of the region are my fears my fellow americans and to tara residents michael ship leaving here for sixteen years right that's what i thought it was about the people that keep you here all the people are really open they're very warm very inviting and it's truly easy to get to know in terms of

nature this whole region is by western standards virtually untouched there's a nature reserve here called the go worst it's a reserve and we went out there on the lake we were the only people on the lake and was beautiful really wonderful its brightness make you very likely share your passion is the fuel they like called it beneath the now for the beauty here lies and a wealth of natural resources and to close a crew and i'll give you a closer look at the south the start of the mining industry and the hopes that hinge on. natural beauty reaches across russia's transport car region and beneath it all wealth of natural resources bringing him into the service it is why abdullah and the crew from the bike home mining company are here in the economy and since. we are the eastern side of it you become comfortable just yesterday. it into three sectors in these areas we drilled thirteen thousand breaches in twenty ten it's

a stage of this deposit. it's expected to take five years to get from the exploratory phase to full scale escalation of the twenty million tons of copper believed to be buried here. abdul and his crew are now has taken nearly six decades copper was first found here in one nine hundred forty nine but the lack of infrastructure and energy grid made escalation difficult then mining efforts stalled with the fall of the soviet union still the work there began back then as a starting point of today this mine was initially explored by soviet geologists and if you take a look at this group here you'll see whether modern day counterparts have dug to verify their findings to determine the viability and capability of estimating with mine. long ago that we need to develop this deposit the absence of engineering energy transportation facilities and infrastructure made those plans a possible past delays and present challenges architecture in the work of investors

or the hopes of local government if the project means more investments and new jobs but it will also provide additional tax revenues into the entire region and new social programs will be launched some ecologists war their full scale as profitable could harm the environment the regional government and i call mining company have agreed on a strategy that they insist will preserve the local ecology and bridge the economy so that the people of the trans by call region will not only benefit from the beauty of the area but also from at the time didn't appear it resources. are. all the back of the headlines short leading stay with us.

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