well the party. in. moscow says it's ready to assist for peace talks in libya to end a month so violence meanwhile nato is sending combat advisers to libya the move seen by analysts as a first step to a ground invasion. terror takes a blow russian a police eliminated two high ranking militants in the north caucuses both suspected links to deadly attacks in moscow. and other headlines of this week the massive gulf of mexico oil spill is sparking allegations and a court case is a year on but while those in charge play the blame game cleanup workers and coastal residents are starting to feel the health impact of the disaster.

here with r.t. as we highlight the week's headlines welcome to the program. says it's ready to assist the peace 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 he left office said that a peaceful solution is possible only if all sides of the conflict act in accordance with the un mandate things are about it has been on this. in terms of what concrete support russia can actually provide in reaching a peaceful resolution to this conflict so a lever of russia's foreign minister has offered to said that service to help monitor a ceasefire deal between the rebel forces and get back these troops in telephone conversation he had with libya's prime minister baghdadi out not move. at the

behest of the libyan government following his and i was with it and i was ready to reach a ceasefire agreement with the rebels this is a position the russia has advocated continuously during this conflict is the peaceful resolution to it taking it into the political realm this is something that is a gay lover of champion of the russian nato summit earlier this month in berlin for this to happen he said that all sides in this conflict including the coalition forces must one of the un security council's resolutions regarding libya so that arms in part on the no fly zone today russia is offering concrete support to help monitor a peace deal and ceasefire to help take this conflict into the political realm. that is out about reporting on the ground meantime in libya but first u.s. predator drone strikes have reportedly destroyed cafes and military capacity near the coastal city of misrata and the latest fighting at least twenty four people have been killed following the army's promise to retreat tribal forces and deal

with the rebels a seven week a siege i could have and troops in misrata has left a thousand dead and put 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 fear that those countries involved in the military action in libya may face a severe backlash after. if nicolas sarkozy hoped intervening in libya and the oil every coast would boost his popularity is big for oil he's no boy for the most president in the history of france's fifth republic according to the latest opinion polls the main beneficiary has been pay as you 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. past colonial reaction by france

where behaving like a well it's policeman deciding bad and who's good the president's policies a myriad of former colleagues one inflexible personal spoiled ex finance minister. lift the ruling party this month admitting they called to work together form a human rights minister ram a year they has quit too so as they let colonel get that we use france she said as a doormat 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 at direct command 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 nicolas 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 for the allies like so many have been now top of his cereal and milk. pans work with the president for over seventeen years the former premier fears libya turning into another afghanistan 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 that we did not to from afghanistan in its global diplomacy it's the same problem analysts warn france is facing criticism for what some see as heavy handed intervention in the ivory coast the result is a president say expert more at home and abroad for his arrogance. or like. public trailing both men and the socialists in his bid for real. action in twenty

twelve because he looks on likely to get leaked memos from boys as. willing is to make his policies even more extreme and you will see paris and meantime britain italy and france have all announced that they're sending a combat advisors to libya in a move which many saying is the first step towards a ground operation genest action thinks there could be also another player involved definitely china is part of this equation that worrying washington i'd say rather more than european union leaders definitely one only has to look at khartoum to see chinese investment in africa he was one person who for all its privatization and later suddenly coming back to the western fold he still didn't like africa only american defense network some people would say that china ironically has some some

colliding ambitions as it were when it comes to libya because bahrain and saudi are currently in the throes of demonstrations not covered on western corporate media and ironically china needs a stable saudi arabia and bahrain for its own energy needs so u.s. interests and chinese interests are one in the same to a degree. experts fear that conflict in africa may trigger and you economic downside which would be devastating for the united states. america's financial management is best defined by a nonstop borrowing binge see the talk over there it's a running ticker of u.s. debt and we explore the grim financial forecast for america that's coming your way next hour right here on out. also there are gadget fever for some type of waste for others developed countries rushed to keep up with technology people in the poorest states and have to dig through absolute electronic trash to survive.

well a year after the notorious oil spill in the gulf of mexico those are going to get in the accident but playing the blame game as b.p. sues other companies involved the blast at a rate that caused millions of gallons of oil to gush into the ocean but it's also use it on a chip count reports 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 and environmental group tested people out of dozens of cleanup workers as well as residents of coastal areas they found levels of benzene thirty six times higher than normal across. arshavin true

want to work in open a bottle or even a. clayton mathur 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 cargo ship flugel got a lecture about fairview shows 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 in our day and most will. be no you really know dr michael robbie chom who's been practicing medicine in louisiana for forty years says he's never had such an influx of patients with respiratory and blood issues he fears the worst hit seem to search for him and a tourist because robbie cha is one of a few doctors who is outspoken about gulf coast residents symptoms 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 called a court don't want to. hold up a critical hours and environmental just his group polled residents in several coastal communities almost half said they had experienced health problems like coughing skin and eye irritation or have aches that are consistent with common symptoms of chemical exposure it's very 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 or 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. cleanup of the gulf say they're alone 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 the facts of the spill but many gulf coast residents are sure the agency will do its best to sweep the findings under the rug i'm going to check on reporting from washington are. what the consequences of the gulf of mexico oil spill are likely to stay young to haunt the area for years to come as was the case with another man made disaster twenty five years on the legacy of trying is there to remind the world of history's worst nuclear catastrophe we hear it all to report from the exclusion zone. seeking death we follow the story of a terminally ill russian convict and his desperate plight for euthanasia. but this week has seen

a major breakthrough in the fight against terrorism in russia the country's security forces killed two key militant figures in the north caucasus region both have links to al qaeda and were believed to be behind many a time in russia as are you some of you know watching over reports from russia's north caucasus and witnessed a number of successful anti terror operations last sunday a key militants leader is that you'll believe john up was killed in that just rest until terrorists committee says that the most wanted man who might have has personally pointed what is on the past the hand of militants in dagestan in the last year now it's also believed doesn't believe john up was the moved in almost every terror attack that happened in the region and was also linked to the most school math programming sloss yeah he was among the four terrorists that were killed a week ago and does lead to hailed the operation a success ounce out that the militants only understands the language of force. some

of the militants are willing to engage and they reject us when we urge them to lay down weapons and return to a peaceful life having committed soon many murders and terrorist attacks they know only understand the language of force meanwhile and not in the poor as terrorists figure out was killed a saudi militant known estimate was soon identified as the chief al qaida agent in the north caucasus he was also perceived to drive the militants as the absolute release his 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 process most wanted terrorist motto has been killed hopes could be eliminated in one of the operations in english say it's always sad when d.n.a. tests found no presence of him among the dead meanwhile the u.s. claims responsibility for a number of terror attacks that russia including the moscow matra tween suicide

strikes and the bombing of the capital's major airports still there is no clear information of just where russia's most wanted terrorist might be hiding in the north caucasus. more special forces crack down on terrorists in pakistan can be found on our website also suspects in last week's blast of about the russian capital found with the help of c.c.t.v. cameras you can watch that footage from the minutes after. all of the debate over euthanasia in russia has been reignited by the plight of a convicted killer. he suffers from a painful time of the illness and is asking to be released from his misery the practice of assisted suicide is illegal in the country that's appropriate for national explains. and he's dying and he depends. his life six. in ten months now own explained

he can hardly distinguish objects in the backyard of the jail why he's serving a sentence for murder his gangrenous life charity and doctor's forecasts he want we've crossed trees for much longer he'll need a real chair. i can't live without pain killers were here i'm always on drugs or if i didn't take them i'd be unable to walk at all of this to share their work if former soldier and war veteran canady no longer has the energy to find a life when instead of his literally fighting for death. in that his health has not always been so bad he deteriorated rapidly after he was pulled behind bars in two thousand and seven he was sentenced to eighteen years in prison cannot he needs specialized treatment and care something he just cannot get here or to die or simply what else do i need i used to be

a man. now look at me with a will i'm not even half of them around. a doctor to help him die is officially forbidden in russia therefore. when i starting who could kill he could assume it's a to suicide nobody even the most zealous youth major supporters very said that they would do it themselves because they would become murderers if they did there is a huge debate on whether the terminal patients have the rights to and their own life to scape chronic pain there is against euthanasia and they are the majority claim among other things that even hopeless cases can sometimes be the recklessly killed but a voice from behind bars where miracles rarely happen a change their perspective sure that usual 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 that many letters from these people they ask for death as life becomes unbearable. a strong also looks believe or euthanasia has been a hard decision and it won't be without its victims on the other side of the reason byers. no i will not allow him to die will not. enough his mother can understand what's her son to seek that which country can solve itself with the reality of that decision. if he dies i'll die with him what would i leave for all who fall if. he's still alive but he's waiting wishing for gas with its natural fall ask. me to central russia. now barack obama has said the soldier accused of having a secret pentagon files to wiki leaks broke the law the president's words come with another twist in the fate of bradley manning who's been held in custody for almost

a year last wednesday u.s. officials or else team will be moved from a marine corps base in virginia to fort leavenworth in kansas a soldier charged with leaking classified documents to the web site had been held at a maximum security jail for nine months but essential to move follows criticism that is detention conditions are not it torture kevin is nice i remember off the bradley manning support network says he will trace the u.s. as an abusive and. there's no question they want to make an example of them there are one other people you can document wiki leaks and they may be trying to pressure him to implicate julius stand or to plead guilty is you know for nine months in solitary confinement. in virginia. the u.n. torture investigator legal academics the united states and thousands and thousands of people would rather have him as president obama to move them to a more appropriate pool is this is a victory for those who care about bradley manning and care about human rights he

was never going to treat for a clio to quantico marine base they were incapable. but fort leavenworth prison is being moved through now as a creature of our detention area much more appropriately probably in the prison population ready meals of the people will be much more. appropriate place for small use that would be good but really. we don't believe this prosecution should continue all the years that whistleblower it would expose the work crimes and other misdeeds by government officials. you with r.t. live from moscow the son of russian antivirus software guru you have guinea scheme has been released after being kidnapped last week ski's personal wealth meantime is estimated at eight hundred million dollars police have arrested five people in connection with the abduction a three million euro ransom was demanded for the mass release but he was freed in a special operation by russian security forces twenty eight year old even youngest

child of the tycoon had been missing since tuesday no comment on the situation has been made by the businessman or his wife. is known for developing security software plus a number of computer security programs that is the largest antivirus company in europe with offices all around the world. right now as you're with our team running down the top stories of today and off this week let's check out some other headlines from around the world now four people have been wounded after a roadside bomb exploded in baghdad but last struck a police car near the entrance to a catholic church in the city's central district it's the second attack on a christian target in iraq in the last six months in october a bomb detonated near a catholic cathedral killing fifty two. opposition supporters in yemen scuse me yemen have rejected the president's plans to exit office in thirty days time thousands of protesters in the country's capital are demanding that saleh was

being in charge of the state for thirty three years should step down immediately. a massive street protests in yemen have been going on since january with about one hundred thirty people killed in clashes between opposition and moralists. several hundred people have marched through the center of tokyo in another wave of protests against nuclear power and most of the protesters demanded a full switch to clean natural energy sources demonstrations against atomic energy have become regular in the weeks following the quake and tsunami damage the fukushima power plant causing radiation leaks. so from the onset of the japanese nuclear crisis the unthinkable was that fukushima could become the next cho noble the twenty fifth anniversary of which is coming up this tuesday but it's obvious alexy going to shift the reports the passing years haven't made the world's most infamous exclusion zone any safer. this still remains the world's biggest manmade

nuclear disaster and it happened because of a failed experiment when the employees of the juggle nuclear power station tried 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 ricci the east across the united states now this is still remains historical landmarks still some people trying to draw a perilous with bushy my 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 circle for this which would last for another hundred years it was safeguard the chernobyl reactor from let me see more radiation to the atmosphere so indeed it's twenty five years old but the legacy of china will clearly lives on and that your noble 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 i say two thousand five more over a recently went for there for a week to film a fresh documentary which ologies you was would 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 full of 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 debts out of the exclusion zone in general you realize how costly how costly a man's mistakes can be and that is definitely the main purpose of the exclusion zone right now to remind the world that such mistakes must be made again. toward now for more on the continuing crisis of japan's fukushima reactor complex when i'm joined by christopher simons of the international christian university in tokyo so as her japanese officials now say that radiation risks are dissipating they're also expanding the twenty kilometer exclusion zone to thirty thousand as a possible contradiction being seen here. yes it is fair to say the reaction from the government and from tepco has been confused at times on the undershoot turn of what we can say that if chernobyl was the world's worst nuclear disaster then one fukushima certainly the most complex and today chief cabinet secretary did expand zone to tokyo kilometers that's not

a required evacuation of people between twenty and fifty kilometers about one month to get out of town and i don't know what their reaction will be but there's certainly has been some confusion in terms of the response so you say to the exclusion zone has now been expanded to fifty kilometers and moment ago you brought in the issue of china mobile world famous disaster at almost almost exactly twenty five years ago now naturally any parallels between fukushima and chernobyl and with the fact that the latter emitted much higher radiation but i was over in seconds in japan we're seeing a perpetual extended ongoing leak we're getting accurate to these dangerous levels increase anything. yes well i don't know if they'll increase but there is certainly a risk of a long term exposure that's a problem in particular the way in which we measure radiation causes people to misunderstand as you say chernobyl will last for a least a huge amount of radiation a very short period of time the international commission on radio logical

protection uses an average values when they calculate the types of radiation that people are exposed to and those average value can actually in some situations such as after chernobyl and currently in fukushima make it appear as though people are receiving lower doses of radiation and they actually are you have to take into account intensity of radiation exposure as well as the dose so it is possible that there could be significant problems i think in tokyo we're witnessing a renewed protests that many calling for natural energy sources to be introduced as soon as possible do you think or is there any chance that or since you heard. well i certainly hope so yes the green movement here in the end nuclear move if you're a very strong and japan is a prime candidate for a green power such as wind power in particular it's got a good coastline i winced but japan is a very conservative very gradual this country so whether this change will come quickly remains to be seen as you were saying in japan is known globally as an

innovative country and you are mentioning wind power there as a possible option what other options would let me other than nuclear energy do you think we'll wind and tidal power are the best options and people are clamoring for it there there's sort of an eco frenzy in japan at the moment everything is green technology the car industries of course japan is a weeding manufacturer of hybrids and the problem is these ties between the government and big business such as agriculture and the energy companies this makes japan extremely slow to change and the nuclear industry is is probably not going anywhere so we actually close relationship between big business and the government and the nuclear industry in japan has seen the third there's a case of negligence here twenty five years after chernobyl the companies are aware of the potential dangers of nuclear power and they just turn a blind eye. well if they didn't turn a blind eye they certainly there certainly are cases to be made for negligence that tepco already has a record of serious problems in accidents in two thousand and two they were accused

of falsifying data from their reactors and that was proven to be correct they were falsifying data a government shut down some of their reactors but. soon after they reopened again so again the pressure that business places on government may lead to lack safety standards and there's a lack of oversight here christopher simons of the international christian university and so thank you thanks very. consequential japan's catastrophic earthquake and tsunami the world figure skating championship kicks off now in moscow after it was chosen to. replaced function as the tournament in the event it didn't change its host but was also for the postponed for one month the us canada finland croatia and austria were also bidding for. me more from the two thousand and twelve post has expressed its readiness to let japan organize the championships next year. ok i'll be back with the headlines in just

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