as we saw stories on our t.v. ad invasion western military initiatives in north africa backfired held by the french president already losing public trust on what's described as his colonial visions. shaped interim the interim mark you know from the bottom or even the lower. ninth year after a major oil spill in the gulf of mexico coastal residents exposed to toxic chemicals say there have been left to deal with severe health problems all on their own. and christians around the world are united easter

celebrations thousands flocking to service as russia's made orthodox cathedral. am in the russian capital you're watching r t m arena joshua welcome to the program today we take a look at the top stories of the week and after more than a month of allied operations in libya the word stalemate is frequently being used to describe the situation there and for those countries involved in the action is beginning to cause political trouble at home especially in france where the president's feeling the pinch bushell reports and how the country's intervention in libya and its former colony of ivory coast has backfired for nicolas sarkozy with accusations of imperialism. if nicolas sarkozy host intervening in libya's new york free coast would boost his popularity is backfired but he's now for the most

unpopular president in the history of france's fifth republic according to the latest opinion polls at the weekend the main beneficiary has been head of the head of the national front party she's expected to knock him out of next year's presidential elections sarkozy wants pledge france will never again kill people in africa the pen told me he's broken that promise. this will be seen as a pos colonial reaction by france by behaving like a well it's policeman deciding who's bad and who's good the president's policies a myriad i'd former colleagues of mine in flexible personal style x. finance minister. lift the ruling party this month admitting they called to work together they form a human rights minister ram a yet they has quit to sarkozy let colonel gadhafi use france she said as

a doormat to wipe blood of his feet by hosting him in paris now he's hunting the same man down sarkozy also sacked his integration advisor for disagreeing with him i've direct man that man told r.t. the president doesn't know how to compromise. there's no place for twentieth century colonialism to be but there should always be room for negotiation here it's to leave nicolas sarkozy with few friends just when he needs them it's become a lonely life inside the presidential palace mr sarkozy will tell you a political opponent of pulling apart is for policy even former allies like nobody even now talk of his period with. pounds work with the president for over seventeen years the former premier fears libya is turning into another afghanistan. war with no clear deadline we cannot go in any country without knowing when we will go

out i think this is the listen that we did not through from afghanistan in its global diplomacy it's the same problem. france is facing criticism for what some see is that intervention in the ivory coast the result is a presidency experts more at home rule for his very good personals monarchical popular trail in both pain and the socialists in his bid for reelection in twenty twelve so as he looks unlikely to mellow leaked memos from a voices claim his only chance of winning is to make his policies even more extreme and you will see paris this way in britain france and you know it out they'll be dispatching military advisors on the ground in libya russia's foreign minister sergey lavrov warned against the move saying it will only cause more bloodshed with

those are the latest developments in libya not making us happy it's a clear launch of the ground conflict we consider these moves extremely risky which could lead to unpredictable consequences if in cases in history when it all started with say million military advisors and then it drags out for years and resulted in hundreds and thousands dead on both sides we call on everyone to respect the un resolution in solving this conflict as a. journalist simon ourself says nato is seeking ways to go beyond the u.n. matter while hiding behind a man a tarion motives. i think the original demand from the rebels inside. the citizen was some maybe it was something no fly zone to stop but most news coming in and some humanitarian aid the red line for them was ground troops and now we're beginning to see the first steps towards a creeping. critical arrival of foreign or foreign forces that this is exactly what

happened in vietnam i mean various other conflicts and it always starts with it's about humanitarian intervention and then where is that leading to and this i think is a very very dangerous move and what we're seeing in libya unfortunately is the best way to put it is really the west hijacking this revolution and in this process they are making very very difficult for the revolution succeeds. and there are fears raging unrest in the arab world my jeopardize the global economic recovery as we reported earlier in the program. we are one shot away from a full grown gracious. find out what threats the world's financial system is facing including sound coming from washington just a few minutes here in our team. there was a major breakthrough in the fight against terror in russia this week the country's security forces killed two influential warlords in the north caucasus both had links to al qaida and were believed to be behind many terrorist attacks in russia

are these north caucasus corresponding with you know collection of reports. this week russia's north caucasus witnessed a number of successful anti terror operations last sunday a key militants leader is that you'll believe john f. was killed in an aerial strike in the russia's unteach terrorist committees the most wanted man who has personally pointed what is on the first we heard of militants in dagestan in october last year now it's also believed that village on up was the moved in almost every terror attack that happened in the region and was also linked to the most will not trouble me last year she was among the four terrorists that were killed a week ago and we did hail the operation a success i answered that the militants only understand the language of force. because the militants are willing to engage and they reject this will be urging them to lay down weapons and we were peaceful. i think committed so many murders

and terrorist attacks they know you understand the language of force mean one and nothing the torah's terrorists big girl was killed a saudi militant also known as smug i was so identified as the chief al qaida agent in the north caucasus he was also received by the militants as the absolute religious authority as well as an influential field commander now russia's terrorist committees that he was involved in almost every terror attack that happened in russia in recent years now despite the strength of high profile successes russia's security forces still say there is no evidence that process most wanted terrorist martyr has been killed hopes could be eliminated in one of the operations in english a tail were shattered when d.n.a. tests found no presence of him among the dead meanwhile yes claimed responsibility for a number of terror attacks that russia including the most cool natural tween suicide

strikes and the bombing of the capital's main airport still there is no clear information of just where russia's most wanted terrorists might be hiding in the north caucasus are going to question the reporting there two weeks ago terrorism once again raises why they have this time integral russian capital were a bomb attack on the city's metro killed thirteen go to our web site actually dot com for all the reports and opinion into that latest atrocity and more details of a special operation to stop. wednesday marks the first anniversary of one of the worst environmental accidents in history the gulf of mexico oil disaster killed eleven people and caused millions of gallons of oil poor into the ocean. trying to shift the blame by suing some of its contractors it's the local people who are still suffering the aftermath of the spill. five million barrels of oil in

combination with almost two million gallons of highly toxic chemical dispersants used to fight the oil spill a cocktail that contaminated not just the water in the gulf but found its way into people's blood a year after the disaster and environmental group tested the blood of dozens of cleanup workers as well as residents of coastal areas they found levels of ban seen thirty six times higher than normal. shaker truly want to work in the open a problem or. matter and work as a boat engineer he says he was in perfect health before he was exposed to the toxic chemicals in the gulf now he's fighting a bouquet of illnesses cognition little thought electrical for usual for clayton is not alone in his fight george price owns a small boat yard in louisiana perfectly healthy just a year ago he has lost thirty pounds in the last few months george was diagnosed

with severe anaemia us sooner and must still hold of this story and will be no you really know dr michael robbie chom who's been practicing medicine in louisiana for forty years says he's never have such an influx of patients with respiratory and blood issues he fears the worst hit seem to search through the tours for calls and robbie cha is one of a few doctors who is outspoken about gulf coast residents sometimes connection with the toxic chemicals that they've been exposed to many other doctors refuse to recognize the cause as dr robert shaw says either because they don't have the necessary prating or they don't want to court a court order for. the programmers and environmental justice group polled residents in several coastal communities almost half said they have experienced health problems like coughing skin and eye irritation or headache that are

consistent with common symptoms of chemical exposure doctors say the consequences of having for example being seen in the blood could be a lot more serious it can cause a decreasing red blood cells leading to a nino or a cancer of the blood forming organs it's very clear when you look at the ingredients both is considered so. it is considered as rather a hazardous material coupled with the ingredients in the toxic dispersants. then when you're exposed you go to actually experience and or returns more to see in these are exactly the types of chemicals that are truly literally in people's blood many of the fact that gulf coast residents and those involved in the cleanup of the gulf say beer alone in their fight with the consequences of last year disaster many of them like clayton don't even have health coverage through. your should worship marine biologists are saying it's going to take at least twenty years for

the gulf ecosystem to recover president obama signed the country's environmental agency to investigate health effects of the spill but many gulf coast residents are sure agency will do its best to sweep the findings under the rug i'm going to check on reporting from washington our team. you're watching actually live from moscow still has for you this hour the convicted killer campaigning for release but from life now in jail coming to you soon. japan expands the exclusion zone around its paralyzed nuclear power plant as a number of expose workers grows find out more in about ten minutes. global finance leaders warrant of the looming threat of a new konami crisis at the i.m.f. and world bank annual spring meeting while some blamed turmoil in the middle east for standing economic recovery washington also came in for a fair share of the criticism its failure to tame a huge public sector debt and budget deficit has triggered calls to strip the u.s.

off its right to give financial advice to others as are. reports. and you will spring gathering about the world economy produce a dreadful financial forecast we are one shock away from a full grown crisis critics say through the establishment of the international monetary fund and world bank america has positioned itself as an economic dr to the world using the institutions to retain global domination and fulfill the business interests of large corporations craving resources belonging to cash strapped countries what they do they very often pressure governments to have what we call prosecco the economy is weaker than recession and they want to cut spending or raise taxes that could be very very dangerous you could slip back into recession worse by tail all too familiar to live in america the middle east. and

most recently greece. where tens of thousands stormed the streets protesting austerity measures public spending cuts and tax hikes. as the largest financial contributor washington also wields the largest voting power at the i.m.f. the furn of the i.m.f. it is run program by the u.s. treasury department you know with some input from the european project that's right there tells you most of the problem this is supposedly you know one hundred eighty something countries and it's run by just a handful or maybe just one and american has always served as president of the world bank since its creation in one nine hundred forty four but now with its own backyard in disarray america is hardly in a position to hand out financial advice to others in two thousand and eleven america's financial management is best defined by a nonstop borrowing binge seat up top over there it's a running ticker of u.s.

debt which has surpassed a ceiling of fourteen points. three trillion dollars now the u.s. may want to consider investing in a bigger clock with a few more digits on the display problem so bad the u.s. president can't ignore it and the government can't seem to solve it we have to live with an army we have to reduce our deficit republicans have refused to support measures such as raising taxes on the rich we're cutting defense spending we're approaching on a par with the total g.d.p. of the country this is very serious because most economic research suggests that countries tend to decelerate in their growth and have more and more severe economic problems once they get the g.d.p. ratio gets above about ninety percent or about to go through that level all eyes are now on the nation that sets the bar for others to see if they could clean up its own bad debts at home. r.t. new york. the u.s.

soldier ad the center of the we can mix cattle has been moved to a new prison bradley manning who's charged with leaking classified documents to the website have been held at a maximum security jail for nine months the decision to move him follows criticism that he's been held in conditions that amount to torture kevin zeese a member of the bradley manning support now works as the case portrays the u.s. as an abuse and prior. i mean there's no question they want to make an example of them they don't want other people looking documents to wiki leaks and he may be trying to pressure him to implicate julius on the lot of people his own case he's held for nine months in solitary confinement marine base in virginia and the u.s. torture investigator legal academics the united states and thousands and thousands of people around the world have finally convinced president obama to move them to a more appropriate place there has been talk in the past when you've been pursuing julian assange that there are other people that the government is looking at bradley manning the is a more difficult situation you know he is the alleged leaker he isn't have the same

rights as the leader of the president but i think president obama said he believes in a transparent government he believes in protecting was a blowers all bellini's accused of doing is exposing documents that showed war crimes other criminal behavior and other misdeeds president obama should discourage the prosecution is to reevaluate u.s. foreign policy so it's not an abuse of the use of empire and part of the international community. at ten minutes time we'll be hearing from a u.s. special rapporteur on torture who's on demand in case our interview. now the story of a convicted killer who wants death himself a russian for is an hour has racked with pain from illness is pleading with the authorities to be released from his misery the case has reignited the debate over assisted suicide a practice that's illegal in the country very thin often reports. in r.t.s.

forty five he's dying and insulin dependent diabetic has lost sixty connects in ten months. now almost blind he can hardly distinguish objects in the backyard of the jail where he's so in a sentence for murder his gangrenous nationality and doctors for ask he want the crutches for much longer you need a real chance to give a beauty in the world and yet i can't live without pain killers would hear but i'm always on drugs if i didn't take them i'd be able to walk out all. your work and form a softer and war veteran kennedy no longer has the energy to fight for life when instead it's bitterly fighting for death. and that is how it has not always been so bad a deteriorating rapidly after he was pulled behind bars in two thousand and seven he was sentenced to eighteen years in prison in other needs specialized treatment and care something he just cannot get here. to die or to me

what else do i need i used to be a man now look at me you good girl well i'm not even half of them. a doctor to help him die is officially forbidden in russia therefore. when i start asking who could kill he could facilitate a suicide nobody even the most zealous youth major supporters very said that they would do it themselves because they will become murderers of a good order from the point of view of russian legislation no from the point of view of international law or ethic norms in euthanasia be justified. there is a huge debate and where the terminal patients have the rights to and their own life to escape chronic pain as against euthanasia and they are the majority claim on other things that even hopeless cases can sometimes be the recklessly killed at

a voice from behind bars when miracles rarely happen they change their perspective shrug usual balmoral if they know that the rest of their lives will be suffering was the reason to prevent them from doing that especially those sentenced to life in prison and i get many letters from these people they ask for death as life becomes unbearable conditions there are awful so why why not. for a strong off the liver euthanasia has been a hard decision and it won't be without its victims on the other side of the prison bars. no i will not allow him to die i will not. you know his mother can understand what's pushed her son to seek death but she country can solve herself with the reality of their decision. if you don't die with him what would i leave for all who fall. he's still alive and he's waiting

wishing for death whether it's natural or. to so introduction. this week to panic standard big solutions zone around a paralyzed for she plans to thirty kilometers a twenty kilometer zone was the clearly an official no go area because of radiation risks those who enter the zone could be subjected to fines or even detention meanwhile workers at a plant continue to pump highly radioactive water from one of the reactors at least up towards easing the crisis three people have already been exposed to maximum radiation levels of a facility this by the ongoing crisis professor perry reagan from the physics department at the university of surrey says japan has little choice but to stick with nuclear energy. it's all depended and has very limited natural resources which is the reason one reason why it's become relatively loyal at least to have

significant events of its power come from for the nuclear sector. my personal view is i think it doesn't have a choice i think it will have to continue to have nuclear power there are let's not forget there are over fifty nuclear reactors in japan the operational. since the very beginning of the nuclear crisis in japan parallels have been drawn with the churn of disaster and as the twenty fifth anniversary of the worst nuclear accident in history nears stay with r.t. for more reports on its aftermath on monday we'll be bringing you a special documentary on the legacy of the catastrophe. twenty five years before. the most devastating nuclear disaster struck. to the century. his monthly or its mistakes.

legacy. on the part three. christian believers are united in easter celebrations and this year of the events falls on the same day for all of them for thousands of worshippers in moscow a service was held in the main russian orthodox cathedral r.t. sarah ferguson witnessed the grandiose ceremony. easter is a major holiday in russia marked with traditional service that takes place christ the savior cathedral and. the five thousand people attending including vice president with bated and prime minister. and also families inside bringing the children it really is a family of religious events marked by thousands and thousands of people every year but let's look at will and celebrate not only in fight but also lined the streets as well with candles just to take part in the ceremony. to celebrate easter it's

a russian christian holiday which has always been some russian. business trip and we just couldn't. have the chance to celebrate this festival in moscow so we came to see the service here it's a joy to be here in this interest in. the comprising community we came here to work it's a great holiday. now looking to another church after we've seen it here we've had the bells timing out like. the service had lots of candles and flowers unless. people attending with their children really is a family of. celebration here in russia and this year on the same day by the orthodox church and the catholic church doesn't always happen because the

easter holiday isn't always going to fix days it's called a movable feast at this year's celebrations calling on the same day now some of the russian traditions in making the cake and also eating a type of pasta and that's actually the original name of the celebration. that we saw the big procession from christ the savior cathedral its traditional procession that goes around the cathedral grounds with patriarch kirill leading that they carry the crucifix and thousands of people joining but before they gave back inside to continue the ceremony now the actual cathedral itself really has an absolutely fascinating history it might look very old dated and grand but it's actually less than twenty years old and nine hundred thirty one the building was

completely destroyed and then rebuilt again in the nine hundred ninety s. and it really is an absolutely nine percent to hold but easter service all around russia families will be celebrating a religious holiday a church think if they do throughout the country will be marking with their own thirty minutes this is the main one in russia and of course everyone celebrating at around the world very happy easter from us here on. sarah farnsworth morning there well i'll be back in just a few moments with a recap of the week's top stories stay with us.

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