industry pushes for tomorrow's pressure chemical products traditionally the agency focuses on the muslims rooms and the government security claims by going online to understand as part of russian innovation on technology up to the future covered. tonight they have no choice but to endure hit hard by the chernobyl fall out this community's remained intact for twenty five years since managing to survive on contaminated land. civilian casualties continue to climb in libya with the u.s. bringing in unmanned drones to strike government forces meanwhile gadhafi troops reportedly retreat from coastal areas leaving the rebels to face tribal opposition . in the years running out of women and families fighting poverty to enter gender selective abortion is now drastic to secure their financial future as we

report. and it's a case of freedom of speech versus religious tolerance in the u.s. where a pastor who publicly burned the qur'an is prohibited from staging a protest in what's considered the country's mostly capital. this is r.t. from moscow welcome if you just joined us my name is kevin owen and our top story the eight pm moscow time it's been six weeks since japan lost control over the fukushima nuclear plant and has so far been unable to plug lethal radiation leaks from the onset the worst fears are that it could end up being another chernobyl. went to one of the worst affected areas were a quarter of a century and the disaster continues to haunt local residents of. the

exclusion zone on the border between russia and belarus although it's more than a hundred kilometers from chernobyl it's received something hideous radioactive fallout from the nuclear accident in knowing you know eighty six. people were advised to leave but not everybody has to this used to be a thriving community of more than five thousand people after chernobyl it was deemed unsuitable for living and its inhabitants were a house in fact if you measure the radiation around here it's still several times higher than normal but just walk down the road and rest 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 up with the government says that the meat from animals fatten the local feed from comparable a good land is unsafe 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 titled the equivalent housing outside it but actually getting it is a problem. we hail miller chief of who personally for the fire action mobile is the mayor of the nearby town of numbers that call it myth 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 is so small those people wouldn't be able to afford a house in most places around russia so many people choose to stay here. the cancer rate in the area has gone up way seven times since chernobyl and the fact of the contamination may not have peaked yet. but when we saw them for this with in the first few years after chernobyl at least they 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 clearly doctor visit his relative at home eighty six year old and his husband died of cancer from hamley can permanent materials she says she plans to live out the rest of her life here. when 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 barack to move others here because so enjoy life without the shadow of radiation. eager and. screeching. we're joined by malcolm grimstone and energy expert at chatham house for more on the continuing struggle at the fukushima plant in japan the screams to wriggle even to a machine with prices that is now as we know rated at the same severity as chernobyl radiation leaks continued exclusion zone has been expanded again yet there seems to be no end to the crisis in the near future is an extremely bad situation for japan

isn't it but it is and i'm not it's also that it's helpful to those who were simply assume because they've both been given the scale so that their major similarities between the blanks and certainly there have been releases of very great some material into the environment and there have been evacuations but it turns of all the answer that happened when they ran to loose operating actually several hundred times the normal operating hours because of the design so the material was thrown up with enormous force several thousand meters into the air who she murdered although we have three reactors in quiet the moment has been nothing happened like that vast bulk of regret some material is still exactly where it should be in the very strong steel sensors that the reactors have been local release of activity but nothing to cause them into the air and therefore the effects have been much more low so much less radioactive material release over a much smaller area and the drug companies dig it out the. people are going to grow

the engine which was something that didn't happen at the time of journal so we have somebody reported seeing some experts on the program say that the situation is very significantly bad that people should be worried even down as far as tokyo i mean there are you trying to give some words of encouragement to the people within this twenty kilometer zone within the towns beyond that twenty kilometers are we sure these places are going to be no go areas for a long time but cannot really. well i think it's very important that we were working on it certainly a very serious accident it's the second most serious after chernobyl in the history of nuclear energy but given that we live in a very radioactive world natural that i'm very surprised that this statistic but cancer rates around turnbull have gone up because that's not my understanding and i'd be interested to know what the source of information is the world health organization which is the major studies in the area hasn't been able to find them and the vast majority of people who are living in the exclusion zone room trinamool are not suffering from any radiological problem at all there although there are

certainly stress related to the problems the sort of levels that agreement measured in tokyo are nowhere near the sort of levels that would cause any noticeable how's the for. what do we make about this news that you know maybe for political reasons the plans operate or delayed venting some of the radiation to such an extent at the time the initial stages of this that the pressure build that damaged one of the reactors destabilizing the situation even more you know it was a rock or a c. in the way of safety here in japan if this story is to be correct i mean i think we one of the things when the final accident is properly done which was in fact and this year is that we need to look into these it certainly does seem to be the carrots but the high level pressure in one of the areas of possibly reactor number one where they've been super are the later than the retrospect they should have done that buildup of pressure may have affected the seals within the range the vessel which could have given the route radioactive material to come out and i do

say having been commentating throughout this that i think the speed of information coming out of your power has not been to high as one would have hoped i think on the other hand they were doing at the same time with the dreadful effects of the earthquake in the tsunami and they were in situations that they hadn't taken cancer before so i think we should give them some leeway for that but i do hope there's a proper investigation into this and the planning lessons available are properly learn. what about the plans now tepco the operator says it plans to build a kind of chernobyl like protection cough appears to try to stop radiation leaks but that's going to take at least six months so what happens between now and then the radiation emissions continue their way yes i mean one of the differences between charitable and and for the sheema is that the children or the whole thing goes it was over in three seconds the center of the reactor was blown apart and love for there was no going situations are protected fukushima they are getting cooling water into the centers of the reactor but they haven't got through what's

called cold shutdown where all the water inside directors are is liquid that means there will be escapes of radioactive material so relatively modest certainly compared to china's of the earth but they won't be able to start looking at a long term solution until they have the centers of those reactors brought under control and they can remove the fuel we're trying to build the fuel was all thrown out of the reactor either into the atmosphere or into the area around it and therefore there was no ongoing situation they had to deal with well you know it brings into question again as we have more this twenty fifth anniversary of what happened in chernobyl and the overall safety of nuclear power brings into question again what japan itself is actually doing the world's third largest economy on a hugely seismic seismically active belt they're relying on nuclear power it says can't be a safe way forward can it. japan imports eighty four percent of its energy it's enormously dependent on imports of energy problem the middle east and of course.

russia and the former soviet union gas from the same sort really couldn't it's probably industries particularly finished it's pretty much use all of its coal and it doesn't have enormously valuable renewable reserves there you see the third biggest economy in the world it doesn't have an awful lot of choices now actually the earthquakes that cause the problem here as is that. before in japan of the well known earthquake area the plants were designed to withstand an earthquake and did withstand the way it was a fifteen meter tsunami and i think undoubtedly and indeed already work is going on for example at the. plant on the other coast of japan to strengthen the sea defenses so it will be able to withstand another tsunami of those kind of scientists but it wasn't passed against it and we do have to recognize in a world which is likely to be using price as much energy in twenty fifty years this is today where we desperately afraid of climate change is by far the single

a much much bigger and broader mental threat to nuclear energy could ever hurt nuclear energy use one of the very few technologies that doesn't depend on possible cures and doesn't prosecute to climate change if there were any easy answers in an interview i think we'd all be doing it a long time ago the downsides of nuclear energy which we have seen over the last six weeks need to be balanced against the very heavy downsides of other forms of money as you say all about risk about grimston so should fellow chatham house thanks for your thoughts on the program tonight. with charles twenty fifth anniversary just three days away will bring your plenty of coverage of the disaster and its consequences this monday you'll be able to catch an exclusive documentary about the terrifying legacy of the chernobyl blast right from the heart of the exclusion zone. twenty five years of fallout. from the most devastating nuclear disaster in history. a quarter of

a century dismantling of its mistakes. the legacy of chernobyl. on r.t. . it's a look at some of the big stories now today and in libya colonel gadhafi troops of reportedly pulled out of the coastal city of misrata after nearly two months of fierce exchanges there the libyan deputy foreign minister said the army would withdraw from the area and allow tribal leaders to deal with the rebels people rights groups say more than a thousand people have died in the strategery and the siege by gadhafi troops in the city now on the verge of a humanitarian catastrophe meanwhile the libyan government says three people have been killed by nato airstrikes outside get off its compound in central tripoli and spoke to the chandra news just returned from a monitoring mission in libya he told me the decision to intervene in the country was groundless as he saw it. the basis for nine hundred seventy three of

a un resolution was that the claim was that gadhafi had bombed from the air three particular districts in tripoli subsume pretty soon. we visited these places there was no indication whatsoever of any aerial bombardment so they go it just goes to show that if there's 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 base or for allegation which in terms of our findings was just baseless the point is that there has been no international investigative teams to investigate the nato bombings as well. coalition's mounting pressure on government forces in libya as the u.s. carriers that is first predator drone strike in asia times correspondents pepe escobar told r.t. that military action in the country is nothing but a u.s. led war on the nato cover. in their minds ok so don't these drones of.

two thousand and nine so they make them to. civilians. this is obviously you know it's true and coming back to the. accuracy of why we have been told that this is not a us war there were started by africa the african comment there was its first african war between what is right general carter ham which is the commander of africa then the u.s. which to nato which is basically going to go to the army in europe nursing is deciding places without an american ok and i don't we have been told that u.s. is impressed it is out of strike missions in. u.s. creditors underground so it's one right after another and nonstop flames. boots on the ground of course pepe escobar britain italy and france are sending combat advisors to live your to move once again cause critics to call for the allies to

obey the original un resolution on our website asking you what you think about all these developments taking that one so far seems the majority of you think that the military advisers will simply pave the way for a full scale invasion and a third if you believe it just serves to prolong the war and hence western interests twenty one percent of you are skeptical that the tactic will be successful at all five percent of you as you can see there it's a softening up mission before peace negotiations with colonel gadhafi thanks for your thoughts it was good to hear from you if you could not have your sailors know what you think about this and r.t. dot com. a recent census shows india is becoming an increasingly male dominated society with the birth of a son considered more financially lucrative unborn baby girls are falling victim to gender selected abortions. reports next this gendercide could have a devastating effect on the country's future. 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 ways as girls and according to the latest indian census numbers the trend of more boys is a national reality and no coincidence. at least one son. luke off of the family business of the family. dr rajiv is a physician at a hospital and her in india sex selective abortion and finding out the sex of evil for 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. nor . people who have sex are going to.

do anything while the villagers in clora can't deny the statistics if you will talk about what is happening to all the baby girls they do you 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 the groom's family before their wedding is there are they both agree with me there are a lot of poor people in the villages who are mostly due to illness. it's like a big obstacle in the. gendercide continues at the rate it is happening now by twenty twenty one india will have twenty percent more men than women one major concern for people here is who he is young boys will marry when they grow up if nothing changes in many of 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 buy brides for their sons. grades for poor families are brought in for those students they had to leave with money and there have been several stories of imported brides who end up for rasin ostracized for their cultural differences. between plants. and instances. or three brothers. one by youth to many it's uprooted mentality that will be difficult to change everybody thinks of a good as a good and pushes that is not born in the family leaving the future for females in the country unknown preassure either r t india. and coming up in the program the digital trust cycle. of the apple store yesterday and it was almost a riot that broke out over the right. what do you think of that i think it's

ridiculous gadget lusts takes over america selling a tide of discarded electronics to countries like india reporter laurie harmfulness discusses the matter on the streets of new york a bit later plus. speeches from around the world are here in moscow to showcase the rally masters as a business the country for the first time. an infamous qur'an burning pastor was briefly jailed in the united states after a court blocked his plans for an see islamic protest outside a mosque the court ruled that the rally organized by terry jones and you could take place in a city described as america's muslim capital could lead to violence christine looking at how free speech can threaten public safety. 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.

but we can work together as a team as if as one family and they came to send pastor terry jones a message whenever i had him tormented i'm going to pray and as god to deliver him in my message to him is of prayer 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. peace. but where some in the city of dearborn are divided are along the lines of true rules of law the constitution and the qur'an and truly it with everyday speech but i think it should be a little bit more in fact was people they going 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 to permit to protest at the mosque but was told he could protest elsewhere he should not be stopped from expressing his opinion in other venues that he's been offered including the city hall under local laws here there are four designated free speech the henry ford community center the public library city hall and right here in one thousand nine hundred three quarter 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 designated free speech them in their warren michigan christine for sound party. no you cause even common small programs you

see all the stories you see on our channel your opinions a lot c dot com plenty of videos and stories there for you too of course while you're visiting including these as christians all over the world unite to celebrate easter we report on russian traditions in preparations for the big day little coverage of votes night live a couple of hours also of america's insatiable appetite for gadgets and india into its waste dumping site check in a web site learn about the health and environmental threats of this second hand technology carries with it. and it does stories left many wondering how americans feel about other countries paying the price for their technology addiction this week new york resident laurie half an asst took that very question to the streets of the big apple and this is what she found. american spirit is about three million tons of electronic waste every year in

countries like india and uk as a dumping ground so how many gadgets have you got this year this week let's talk about that is there a gadget that you're lusting after and it's a g.p.s. that you are desperately yes you have no way to track where you're going without it . no maps nurse will just not as good but an i phone ended she already have a phone course what was wrong with that but she needed an i phone wasn't my fault i was at the apple store yesterday and it was almost the right. what do you think of . it why do you think americans are so all about. short attention spans. you guys. i forgot were you talking everybody is unstable way like you see these people here when a driving cause. type way so is it ok if we just say what everyone's doing it someone

jumps off the grid 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's problems like a civil war in africa if you can say it's not really happening do you think people do care and just don't do anything about it or do you think they really don't care i think is interested or and i think industry should create infrastructure for taken aback because people would react. how would we get them to do that. how would we get in through that tunnel the reaction if. i may be figure out some way to make it profitable for i'm right so it's about the bottom line honestly i think you just need a loss for the bottom line is that millions of tons of discarded gadgets are polluting your planet every year so please do think about that the next time you feel that gadget last coming out.

of the world's most talented drivers have gathered here in moscow as the rally must to show debuts in the russian capital among the participants of the popular event one british star who can also be seen behind the wheel of a james bond movie peter all of it was just one of those indulging the need for spain. kagan's the three times british champion british champion is here a most go to strut his stuff he is of course the man 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 thrill that you could call him the spy that drove it drove me well they're not just here to market in the rest of the companies i'm just here to allow me to make terrible james bone puns here to showcase the way of the rally mostest this is the first time the event being held here in russia from next year it becomes a regular on the racing calendar so that being here try to jump drum up support for

sports here in moscow and glorious on a glorious day of fun to have plenty of hills 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 sports 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 the normal stages that you see here is a screen really to the people you know it's close it's very simple it's very different for me because. it's one of those type of event where you can really throw it away you know so in the champ you know on the track you're also. the driver behind making behind james holmes and the way he drives. yeah we did quantum of solace which was still driver actually the body chasing for most of it so that was a different experience i mean i spent my life being sold the crash there's a few occasions we have a crush on that so that was great but i have to say after watching them going around the track and run them me with the ground so close to the bike with the

ribbon here breakneck speed so that's the way it looks a as they try to promote the sport of rallying here in russia. calls around the world tonight in syria the death toll among antigovernment protesters is reportedly one hundred twenty the clashes with security forces escalated sharply in the last two day friday in became the bloodiest day in a month for demonstrations officials in damascus soever said the level of violence is exaggerated and evidence of police brutality has been falsified by quote criminal groups the latest wave of violence comes just a day after the syrian president bashar al assad lifted the country's submersion civil after almost five decades. at least eleven soldiers have reportedly been killed and dozens wounded in two days of fighting between the armies of thailand and cambodia the violence comes as both sides try to take control of a disputed territory near the country's border the cambodian military cuse da position forces of using cluster bombs and shells known poisonous gas some fifteen

thousand civilians were evacuated from the conflict area. to a twenty eight now moscow time satellite support for just over fifteen minutes to nightly news got details of a short leader of the russian premier league well it was kevin know it thanks for watching out.

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