in the. rush of pledges support for a cease fire in libya continuing to produce a peaceful end to the resolution. and nato is sending combat advisors to libya the move of seen by analysts as the first step to a ground invasion meanwhile the coalition campaign is starting to back fire threatening the image of european leaders. terror takes a blow russian police eliminated two high ranking militants in the north caucuses both suspected links to deadly attacks here in moscow and the massive gulf of mexico oil spill is talking and allegations and court cases

a year on but while those in charge play the blame game cleanup workers and coastal residents are starting to feel the health and the disaster. with r.t. as we highlight the week's headlines welcome to the program but moscow says it's ready to assist peace and dialogue efforts in libya in order to prevent further civilian casualties in a telephone conversation with the libyan prime minister russia's foreign minister sort of a law prof said a peaceful solution is only possible if all sides of the conflict act in accordance with the un mandate its more details on this now must live to our parties either bennett either high to us so moscow has been pretty all along here regarding its stance on libya tell us what else was discussed during this conversation. in terms

of what assistance russia can actually support to help reach a peaceful resolution to this conflict surrogate lever of the day in a statement russia's foreign minister has pledged to offer. observers help wanted to receive deal between the rebel forces and kidnap me troops in libya this follows a telephone conversation last night with the foreign minister had with libya's prime minister al baghdadi. at the behest of the libyan government following its announcement that it was trying wants to now it's now ready to reach a ceasefire with the rebels now this is a position that russia has championed advocated for a long time now said the leverage of raised it at the russian nato summit earlier this month in pearl in which the peaceful end to this resolution to this conflict story and to help take the conflict into the political realm without any external forces but in order for that to happen so again lever of today said that all countries involved in this conflict the coalition forces must continue to support

the u.n. security resolutions made with respect to libya say the arms embargo and also the no fly zone because at the moment russia doesn't feel like that's happening russia said that there have received reports that nato are actually supplying the rebels with weaponry and also this also this follows last week television forces said the military advisors to the country was the first step in setting up a ground operation there which but we took both things that russia strongly opposes but now russia is saying that i can offer the african union and the year in u.n. security council concrete floors and help trying to reach a peaceful resolution to this conflict right parties are going to live in moscow thank you. title as i were saying that regarding the issue on the ground and libya the first u.s. predator drone strikes have reported a straw it could offer us a military capability we have

a coastal city of misurata. in the latest fighting at least twenty four people have been killed following the army's promise to retreat and let tribal forces deal with rebels seven seen by iraqi troops in misrata has left a thousand dead and the city on the verge of a humanitarian disaster fighting in other parts of libya is at a stalemate despite nato airstrikes aimed at blocking advances by government troops however many now fear that those countries involved in the military action in libya may face severe backlash. if nicolas sarkozy hoped intervening in libya and the oil every coast would boost his popularity is backfired even elbowed for the most unpopular president in the history of france's fifth republic according to the latest opinion polls the main beneficiary has been marine le pen as you know head of the national front party he's expected to knock him out of next year's presidential elections because he wants pledge france will never again kill people

in africa the pen told me he's broken that promise so that this will be seen as a past colony on the action by france by behaving like a well schoolies man deciding who is bad and who's good the president's policies a mirror it had former colleagues one inflexible personal story exponent of ministers. lift the ruling party this month admitting they called to work together to form a human rights minister ram a year they has quit to so busy little colonel good that we use france she said as a tool to wipe the blood off 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 direct command 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 it's all

leaves nicholas. sarkozy with few friends just when he needs them it's become a lonely life inside the presidential palace but mr sarkozy will tell you a political opponent of pulling apart is for policy even former allies like nobody could be the talk of his period vision. plans work with the president for over seventeen years the former premier fears libya turning into another afghanistan a deeply unpopular war with no clear deadline we cannot go in any country without knowing when we will go out i think this is the listen we did not come from afghanistan in its global diplomacy it's the same problem and list france is facing criticism for what some see is handed intervention in the ivory coast the result is a president say experts malt at home and abroad for his arrogance personals more

like monarchical republic trailing both pain and the socialists in his bid for reelection in twenty twelve sarkozy looks unlikely to mellow leaked memos from advisors claim his only chance of winning is to make his policies even more extreme than usual r.t. paris meantime britain italy and france have announced the best sending combat advisors to know and then move which prompted a fresh wave of criticism towards nato the alliance is hiding behind humanitarian motives in an attempt to sidestep the un mandate this according to journalists. i think the original demand from the rebels inside libya. and the cities in western libya was simply no fly zone to stop most of these 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. recruiting 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 it leading to and this i think is a very very dangerous move and what we're seeing in libya unfortunately is what the best way to put it is really the west hijacking this revolution and in this process they're making very very difficult for the revolution succeed. and experts fear that conflict in africa may trigger a new economic downturn which could be devastating for the united states. america's financial management is best defined by a nonstop borrowing binge see the flop over there it's a running ticker of u.s. debt we explore the financial forecast for america that's coming your way a little bit later here in the program. now a year after the notorious oil spill in the gulf of mexico those implicated in the

accident are playing the blame game as b.p. sues other companies involved the blast of the rig caused millions of gallons of oil to gush into the ocean resulting using reports and the impact of the environmental disaster on human health is being ignored. 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 an environmental group tested the lot of dozens of cleanup workers as well as residents of coastal areas they found levels of ban seen thirty six times higher than normal or call for. are unshaven true want to work in the open obama want. clinton mathur and worked as a boat and jr 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 car additional flugel the battle measurable for yourself from 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 earn n must still hold of this story and will be no you really know dr michael robbie chum 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 it's a distant stream and authorities for calls 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 training or they don't want to be caught up in court. programmers and environmental justice group polled residents in several coastal communities almost half said they had experienced health problems like coughing skin and eye irritation or headaches that are consistent with common symptoms of chemical exposure it's very clear when you look at the ingredients both of which is considered so. it is considered as rather a hazardous material coupled with the ingredients in the toxic dispersants and when you mix those together it actually creates a substance four times more toxic and 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 state pier along in their fight with the consequences of last year disaster 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 it will do its best to sweep the findings under the rug i'm going to take i'm recording for launching an art. meantime your corsica shooter from the u.s. center for biological diversity says that significant changes must be made in the u.s. to prevent future mistakes but as the government has played a role in having more oversight of after oil and gas there promised regulatory reform to really rein in this industry that's kind of gone wild and yet at the same time we're seeing a year later permits going forward with still no none of the adequate compliance with environmental law was that the commission found was some of the problem that led to the b.p. disaster in the first place so they really need to change the culture of the u.s. government. and start doing the proper analysis and looking at alternatives

to offshore oil drilling that's quite risky for the consequences of the gulf of mexico oil spill likely to state and hold the area for years to come as was the case with another man made disaster twenty five years on the legacy of talking of is there to remind the world of history's worst nuclear catastrophe we are reporting from the exclusion zone. and it's a gadget fever for some tired of waste for others as developed countries rushed to keep up with technology people in poorer states are left to dig through obsolete electronic trash to survive. this week has seen a major breakthrough in the fight against terrorism here in russia the country's security forces killed two key militant figures in the north. this region both had links to al qaeda and the believed to be behind many attacks in russia starting with you know cultural reports but russia's north caucasus witnessed a number of successful anti terror ration last sunday

a key militants leader is that you'll believe john was killed in that russia's terrorist committee's the most wanted man who has personally point of what is on the best we had of militants in dagestan in october last year now it's also believed that a village on up was the move in almost every terror attack that happened in the region and was also linked to the most school metro bombings last year he was among the four terrorists that were killed a week ago and styles leader hailed the operation a success and saw that the militants only understand the language of force. you can hear some of the militants willing to engage in dialogue they reject us when we urge them to lay down weapons and return to the peaceful life how they committed seem many murders in terrorist attacks they know million the stern the language of force meanwhile and nothing the tourist terrorists figure out was killed a saudi militant known as was so identified as the chief al qaida agent in the

north caucasus he was also received the bribe the militants absolute religious authority as well as an influential field commander despite the strength of high profile success russia's security forces still say there is no evidence that russia's most wanted terrorist martyr has been killed holds could be eliminated one of the operations in english say it's a way shot when d.n.a. tests found no presence of him among the that meanwhile he has claimed responsibility for a number of terror attacks but russia enclosing the moscow metro twin suicide strikes and the goal of the capital main airport still there is no clear information of just where russia's most wanted terrorists might be hiding in the north caucasus. and special forces crackdown on terrorists in pakistan can be found on our website also suspects in last week's blast in the russian capital were found

with the help of c.c.t.v. cameras you kind of watch the footage from the mental trauma. the international monetary fund and world bank of predicted a new economic crisis is on its way but pointed the finger at those responsible unrest in the middle east europe's shaky economy together with huge u.s. debt could bring about a new global downturn is more important i reports washington is losing its leading voice in the financial choir. and you will spring gathering about the world economy produced a dreadful financial forecast we are one shot away from a food 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 a cash strapped country it's what they do they very often pressured governments to approve spending or raise taxes that could be very very dangerous could slip back into session were i tell all too familiar to latin 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 third of the i.m.f. it is run program by the u.s. treasury department with some input from the european project that but there it tells you most of the problem this is supposing that you know. 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 boring binge seat up block over there it's a running ticker of u.s. debt which has surpassed a ceiling of fourteen point three trillion dollars now the u.s. may want to consider investing in a bigger clock. it's a few more digits and they display a problem so bad the us president can't ignore it and the government can't seem to solve it we have to live within our means we have to reduce our deficit republicans have refused to support measures such as raising taxes on the rich or cutting defense spending 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. nine r t new york. the european union this week announced plans to increase its budget many e.u. members introducing drastic austerity measures to cut spending proposal course the blocks finance ministers with britain calling for a quote reality check according to your m.p. david campbell bannerman brussels can't even bring its existing budget under control. this system isn't working i think this report makes very clear but it is no surprise i mean from our point of view here you have the european union for sixteen years in a row they haven't signed off their own accounts there because of auditor's you know so much fraud in their cars they cannot even sign them off so it's not a surprise that you know there's a allegations of private jets being bought by certain country leaders shortly after receiving this kind of the aid the whole thing is

a mess it needs discipline i think it's better done by nation states but you know i think the british people are wondering what on earth is going on where money is being thrown away whether it's through the you or through the u.k. it need international aid projects. you could argue as we are highlighting the top stories of the week here and of course on our website party protocol you can find a more new stories and features let's have a look right now and see what's waiting for you at this moment and you could also use coverage of easter sunday celebrations at russia's main cathedral as christians all over the world mark the holy holiday also explore what looks like russian style also. of the party check out a video of dimitri medvedev there sharing his moves at a reunion with university friends on our you tube page.

by us a consumer appetite fuels thousands of jobs in the developing world but the payback is a legacy of pollution and high tech goods are past their best i phones are using countries like india as a dumping ground. it's the sound americans love to hear the sound of the latest laptop or the new was snapped up studies show that these days the useful life span of a computer is only two years and every day americans dump their junk in the hope of keeping up with the joneses telling up to a total of three million tons of electronic waste every year but where does it all go do. her welcome to ceylon for a predominantly muslim mostly poverty stricken area a nice deli where thousands of indians come to turn trash into what they see as a tiny treasure and one of the economy in my book is going to take this money. and that's how i make my living in hama design thirty two years old and has been

tearing apart this trash for ten years in a d.v.d. good goods work for peace four hundred to five hundred split between friends and can sell the raw materials and make about a dollar a day. unlike regular trash that can simply be tossed away in many developed countries including parts of the us electronic waste must be sent to a special collection agency that is supposed to responsibly recycle the parts however while it can cost these agencies anywhere from fifteen to thirty dollars to properly recycle a computer they can actually make the same amount if they ship it to a developing country like india were either buyers think they can turn a profit on the goods delhi espouse becoming one of the biggest e.u. waste dumping sites in the world trash from developed countries comes here to india or those with few options for survival to cash in on this job and even though it's illegal under the basil convention to ship hazardous material to india companies

define the junk a second hand goods are mixed models to customs officials to get away with it many countries feel that they need to save because. of or few of pretty good vision in the country but what they get in exchange for that is freely drug ravi our wall is the director of toxics away a group dedicated to protecting migrant workers from the dangers of electronic waste and workers. putting stronger suits exposing them to. the hazard it's a reality most of these workers know all too well but for them it's a dirty job at least for now gives them a means to survive i know what they do is not good for my. job so i have to do something or the horror that those with no choices are sometimes forced to accept preassure either r t new delhi india. now as we are highlighting the week's top stories here on r t let's have

a look now at some other headlines from around the world this hour and israeli civilians were killed and four others were wounded after being shot by a palestinian policeman the incentives took place near a jewish holy site in the west bank the israeli citizens and the palestinian city without coordinating with the army as required by law the shooting came just a month after another incident in the west bank when members of an israeli family were stabbed to death in their jewish settlement. several hundred people have amassed through the center of tokyo in another wave of protests against nuclear power most of the protestors demanded a full switch to clean natural energy sources demonstrations against atomic energy have become a regular in the weeks following the quake anderson nani which damage the fukushima power plant causing massive radiation leaks. well from the onset of the japanese nuclear crisis the unthinkable was that fukushima could become the next cho noble

or the twenty fifth anniversary of which is coming up with this change today because all of these alexy going to shift ski reports the passing years haven't made the world's most infamous exclusion zone and you safe. this still remains the world's biggest manmade nuclear disaster and it happened because of a failed experiment when the employees that they did a little nuclear power station tries to bring the reactor to a temporary stop and the experiment failed and resulted in an explosion the whole area around the plant and thirty kilometer radius was contaminated some parts of belarus and everywhere across the european cauldron traces of radiation were felt even reaching the east coast the united states indeed this is still remains historical landmarks still some people trying to draw a perilous with fukushima accident nowadays but it's many experts agree that the accidents have been completely different not only in the causes of the disaster but also in the immediate aftermath because the levels of radiation which were detected injured in the chernobyl area twenty five years ago were still much higher than the

ones in the fukushima right now ukraine has managed to persuade several world countries to invest over five hundred million euros into building a new circus which would last for another hundred years it was safeguard the chernobyl reactor from the more radiation to the atmosphere so indeed it's twenty five years old but the legacy of chernobyl clearly lives on and the chernobyl story still making the headlines everywhere across the world it's absolutely horrifying to be in the exclusion zone i've been a regular visits of the since two thousand and five more over a recently went for there for a week to film a fresh documentary which obviously was we'll be able to see on monday and walking through these dead empty streets always gives me a creepy feeling despite that i've been there more than a dozen times the area is completely deserted and just thinking that this was once a communist paradise a role model city for those who are living and working at the chernobyl nuclear power station now it's completely deserted and lifeless this feeling is of course

a very frightful and horrifying indeed this area will never be inhabited again because the full out period of many nuclear particles. can reach up to twenty thousand years and indeed just looking at the sound of prepared and the exclusion zone in general you realize how closely how closely a man's mistake can be and that is definitely the main purpose of the exclusion zone right now to remind the world that such mistakes mustn't be made again. unless you have just reported that well that is to say ok a quarter of a century since the horrific accident in china will open the eyes of the world to the perils of nuclear energy and tomorrow we'll be bringing you an exclusive documentary on the aftermath of the disaster 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 ago and dismantling of its mistakes. the legacy of chernobyl. on the part. back with a recap of the week's headlines in just a few moments. to .

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