and. moscow says it's ready to assist peace talks in libya to end months of violence meanwhile nato is sending combat advisors to the country move seen by analysts as the first step to a ground invasion. russian police take down choose major terror targets in the south of russia killing militant leaders with suspected links to deadly bombings in moscow. the blame game is a year after the gulf of mexico oil spill companies exchange legal blows those suffering health problems from the disaster offical.

with a look back at the week's past tori's on the latest developments this is the weekly update here in r.t. live from the russian capital moscow says it's ready to assist peace and go on or get threats in libya in order to prevent further civilian casualties in a telephone conversation with the libyan prime minister russia's foreign minister sergey lavrov said a peaceful solution is possible only if all sides of the conflict act in accordance with a u.n. mandate all these other bennett has more on this. in terms of what concrete support russia can actually provide in reaching a peaceful resolution to this conflict so gay lavrov russia's foreign minister has offered to send observers to help monitor a cease fire deal between the rebel forces and get that these troops in telephone conversation he had with libya's prime minister al baghdadi al mahmoudi at the behest of the libyan government following his announcement and i was ready to reach

a ceasefire agreement with the rebels this is a position that russia has advocated continuously during this conflict which the peaceful resolution to is taking it into the political realm this is something that's so 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 him partly 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. is other than it reporting now and on the ground in libya the first u.s. predator drone predator drone strikes reportedly destroyed a multiple rocket launcher belonging to the troops near the coastal city of misrata rebel celie's thirty six people being killed there over the weekend after fierce fighting with army forces these reports come despite the government promise to retreat and allow tribal forces to negotiate with rebels

a seven week siege by gadhafi troops in reserve has left a thousand dead and put the city on the verge of a humanitarian disaster fighting in other parts of libya is 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 a severe backlash at home. if you kill a song because he hoped intervening in libya and the oil free calls would boost his popularity is big for oil is no boy for the most on the president in. history of france's fifth republic according to the latest opinion polls the main beneficiary has been marie le pen as you know 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 so that this will be seen as a past colonial reaction by france by behaving like

a well skellies man deciding who is bad and who's good the president's policies a mirror it had former colleagues one inflexible personal spoiled ex finance minister. lift the ruling party this month admitting they can't work together to form a human rights minister brian may yet they has quit too so it is a little kernel good that we use france she said as a tool math 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 back 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 to leave 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 nobody could be in power now talk of his period with. the view pounds work with the president for over seventeen years the former premier fears libya's turning into another afghanistan a p.p.o. unpopular war with no clear deadline we cannot go in any country without knowing when we will go out i think this is the lesson that we did not come from afghanistan in its global. see it's the same problem. france is facing criticism for what some see as he handed intervention in the oil coast the result is a presidency experts morte at home and abroad for his arrogance but so was more local monarchical republican trailing both pain and the socialists in his bid for reelection in twenty eight's world sarkozy looks unlikely to mellow leaked memos

from voices claim his only chance of winning is to make his policies even more extreme and you will sure see paris. britain italy and france have announced they're sending combat advisors to libya in a move which prompted a fresh wave of criticism towards nato the alliance is hiding behind humanitarian motives in an attempt to sidestep a u.n. mandate so says journalist simon. i think the original demand from the rebels inside libya and the cities in western libya was simply no fly zone to stop the 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. critical arrival of foreign or foreign forces and this is exactly what happened in vietnam and in 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 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 to succeed. and international monetary fund experts fear conflict in africa may trigger a new economic downturn which would be devastating for the u.s. . america's financial management is best defined by a nonstop borrowing binge fever over there it's a running ticker of u.s. debt. we explore the grim financial forecast for america in the next hour here on r.t. . and also a gadget fever for some of the toys of ways for all of us as developed countries rushed to keep up with technology people in the poorest states are left to dig through obsolete electronic trash to survive those stories coming your way in the next hour on r.t. . a year after the notorious oil spill in the gulf of mexico

those implicated in the accident playing the blame game as the other companies involved but last recalls millions of gallons of oil to gush into the ocean but it's not he's going to change her 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 at 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 blood of dozens of cleanup workers as well as residents of coastal areas they found levels of benzene thirty six times higher than normal. shade and trim want him to open tomorrow morning. third 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 cardoso the flugel got a little trouble 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 surname and 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 going to search through minutes orders 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. 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 go the oil just consider it so. it is considered as rather a hazardous material total with the ingredients in the thoughts of this persons and when you mix those that you know it actually creates a substance four times more toxic and these are exactly the types of chemicals that are turning up literally in people's blood many of the fact of 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 during biologists are saying it's going to

take at least twenty years for the gulf ecosystem to recover president obama signed a country's environmental agency to investigate the facts 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 on reporting from washington are. the consequences of the gulf of mexico oil spill are likely to stay in the area for years to come and this is the case with another disaster pretty five years old the legacy of chernobyl is there to remind the world of history's worst nuclear catastrophe we report from the exclusion zone. and amid the seeking death we follow the story of a terminally ill russian convict and his desperate plea for euthanasia. this reconsider major breakthrough in the fight against terrorism here in russia the country's security forces killed two key figures in the north caucasus region both have links to al qaeda were believed to be many attacks in russia as artie's

would you know question of reports. russia's north caucasus witnessed a number of successful anti terror operations last sunday a key militants leader is that you'll believe china was killed in that is that russia until terrorists committee says the most wanted man in the market has personally a pointer value john as the hand of military industry in the last year now it's also believed that village on up was the move in almost every terror attack that happened in the region and was also linked to the moscow metro golding's last year he was among the four terrorists that were killed a week ago and that is does lead to hail the operation a success the militants already understands the language will force. the militants willing to engage in securing their region. and we. have you committed so many movies and terrorist attacks understand the language of

force meanwhile and not been a tourist terrorists big-o. was killed a saudi militant known as multimedia was soon identified as a chief al qaida agent in the north caucasus he was told to preach to drive the militants 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 the process most wanted terrorist martyr has been killed hopes could be eliminated one of the operations in english 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 that russia including the moscow metro suicide strikes and the bombing 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.

more of the special forces crackdown on terrorists and dagestan can be found on our website or seven suspects in last week's blast in the vela russian capital were found with the help of c.c.t.v. cameras you can watch the footage of that form and it's a metro at r.t. dot com online. barack obama has said the soldier accused of handing 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 announced he'll be moved from a marine corps base in virginia to fort leavenworth in kansas a soldier he's charged with leaking classified documents to the web site now being held at a maximum security jail for nine months and decision to criticism that his detention conditions amounted to torture kevin zeese a member of the bradley manning support network says a case for trey's the u.s. as an abusive empire. there's no question they want to make an example of them

there are one other people looking documents to wiki leaks and he may be trying to pressure him to implicate julius andro to plead guilty. he's been held for nine months in solitary confinement green base in virginia and the u.n. torture investigator legal academics the united states and thousands and thousands of people around the world finally convinced president obama to move them to a more appropriate place this is a victory for those who care about bradley manning and care about human rights he was never to be treated properly at the clinic. or incapable of being fair but he fort leavenworth prison has been moved to has a pretrial detention area the much more appropriate or probably in the in the prison population at the meals of the people will be much more. appropriate place for someone who's never been convicted of any crime and in fact we don't believe this prosecution should continue all the years a whistleblower it was exposed. workrooms and other misdeeds by government

officials. the debate over euthanasia in russia has been regarded by the plight of a convicted killer an article minsky suffers from a painful terminal illness and is also to be released from his misery but the practice of assisted suicide is illegal in the country as american osha explains. in r.d. spotify and he's dying and it's something pending static he's like sixty can exceed ten months. now lined he can hardly distinguish objects in the backyard of the jail where he's sitting sentence for managing his company. and doctors forecasts he want the options mark. kelly to check visibility anymore i can't live without. it but i'm always on drugs so it would be if i didn't take them if i be able to get all. your work

a former soldier and war veteran cannot be no longer has the energy to find a life when human stad is a bit silly fighting for. and that is health has not always been so bad a deteriorated rapidly after he was put behind bars in two thousand and seven he was sentenced to eighteen years in prison you know he needs specialized treatment and care something he just cannot get here. to die for foolishness not else do i need i used your mouth you with your kid now look at me if you give them full i'm not even half of them. and oxygen how to die is officially forbidden in russia. but when i start asking who could kill it with a silly take suicide nobody even the most ellis you need you supporters will have a sense that they will do it themselves because they were the murderers if they did this for you there is a huge debate whether. ok she's got the rights to and

a road life to escape chronic pain for those against euthanasia they have a majority plain among other things that even hopeless cases can sometimes be directly if you let a voice from behind bars when miracles really happen they change their perspective surely the church will build them if they know that the rest of their lives will be suffering but the reason to prevent them from doing that and especially those sometimes to life in prison and get many letters from these people they ask for their life becomes unbearable. fulginiti strong also that's the lever he's in asia has been a hard decision and it won't be without its victims on the other side prison bars. you know i will not allow him to die as a lawyer i will no longer sound enough his mother can understand what's pushed her son to sick dad will achieve country consultants out with the reality of bad

decisions. if you die or die with him. or who fall because he is still alive but he's waiting wishing for death but it's natural all. week to chance to get some traction to. talk about to take a brief look at some of our international news stories this hour our world update opposition forces in yemen have rejected the president's plans to exit office in thirty days time thousands of protesters in the country's capital a demanding that. he's been in charge of the state for more than thirty years should step down immediately street protests in yemen have been going on since january with about one hundred thirty people killed in clashes between opposition and lasts. several hundred people or more through the center of tokyo another wave of protests against nuclear power most of the just system out of a full switch to clean natural energy sources demonstrations against. jihad become

regular in the weeks following the quake and tsunami which damaged the fukushima power plant causing radiation leaks but from the onset of the japanese nuclear crisis the unthinkable was that fukushima could become the next chernobyl the twenty fifth anniversary which is coming up this tuesday but it's not easy actually it was just 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 at the local 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 lawns of 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 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 one hundred years it was safeguard the chernobyl reactor from it see more radiation to the atmosphere so indeed it's twenty five years old but the legacy of china will 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 i say two thousand five. recently went for there for a week to film a fresh documentary which all of these you will 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 sound of people around 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. next year sure ski the world for more on the continuing crisis in japan's fukushima reactor complex i'm now joined live by have a camera is a nuclear power expert of greenpeace thanks very much indeed for joining us well tepco the plant operator has announced a six month plan to cover the reactors with

a giant impenetrable dome and stop all radiation leaks once and for all so it looks like the end of the crisis is finally in sight doesn't it. well that's the first estimate that they can build the door in six months but i only have to remind you of how long that two crew or four channel before we had the first quarter goes and now the four we have a second cycle because it's not something that's very easy to be done. let's hope that it can be done in six months or maybe earlier but let's also be realistic and keep in mind that it could take longer but is it safe to say that the danger of a catastrophe is now averted is now over. also take a lot longer than the six months because once the door is all. needs to be removed it is a very very complex operation and even. if he could it could come out again you know what honestly just quickly about what all those long term

radiation fears and once this couple has been put in place one of the long term phase after we've just been here what and what the situation is there chernobyl where radiation levels are higher than what we've got in fukushima and i would say what is the long term outlook there for. the radiation levels around fukushima the nuclear power station are sufficiently high to keep people out for also a very long time i think you'll be able to compare that for this happening now in. unless you would remove the first half meter of top shortstops all you always have higher radiation levels in the surroundings that are so high that it will not be able to live there for quite a long time let's talk about the way this has all been handled in japan that japanese nuclear industry has been accused of forming a close relationship with the government a relationship that some say is actually too close would you agree that this is actually been an unhealthy relationship in this particular situation yes we have seen that quite clearly in japan and it is

a situation that we see throughout the world so we see it in rush hour in the u.k. or. in france it's something that need. now worldwide more in more attention because if you are too close you start overseeing the issues so what you're saying is that this relationship has actually led to the public really know not knowing the full picture are we saying that they're both covering each other's backs and the full information isn't being passed on it's even worse it was in the in the years before the catastrophe we've seen that problems have been wiped over a little bit not taken not taken seriously not warnings of but being taken seriously enough and that is an issue that you see returning everywhere in the world for nuclear power is concerned when the japanese government has just announced that radiation leaks are receding but at the same time we seem to have a contradiction here because it's also announced that it's expanding the exclusion zone so just referring earlier to information being given out what do you make of

that message now coming from the authorities well the evacuation zone should have been extended already a long time before it hasn't happened has to do a lot with the chaos that northern japan was in not only because of the nuclear catastrophe but also because of the earthquake and the following tsunami and this should have been done a lot earlier already and i'm very happy that it's finally happening we've been warning for this already five weeks ago it should have happened a warrant around the same time that it should why didn't it what's the reason why didn't it happen earlier when is it iraq or see or it just indecision not know what to do. to many people and to do too many other things. and again it has to do with the earthquake and tsunami but also with the very complex situation that we saw in fukushima remember that in terms of real things took even a lot more longer then then we saw now this this is very complex are we seeing another chernobyl here now because there are many analysts say this isn't another

chernobyl would you agree with that. this is a catastrophe i think you cannot compare one could test the future the other is very big and it will also lead to some problems for for decades to carve ok and just very briefly were reporting about protests in japan at the moment against nuclear energy i mean this is a one off isn't it you or i know from greenpeace you're obviously against nuclear power but that isn't the end of nuclear power now isn't it head of state after all . if you call the now the meltdown of the earth four five and six. within fifty years one all of these were supposed to have been the ones in years and we've got six in less than fifty years this is a thing that is inherent to two nuclear power i think it will be the start of the end of nuclear power and in countries like germany we've seen the right conclusion be drawn i think other countries will follow nobody can cause its eyes for you and

how to count nuclear power expert of greenpeace thanks very much for sharing us who are not one of you here on r.t. thank you. well yet another consequence of japan's catastrophic earthquake and tsunami the world's figure skating championship kicks off in moscow after it was chosen to replace tokyo as the tournament venue the event didn't only change its host city but was also forced. for one month however despite the short period of time available moscow has still managed to get ready for the top competition and us canada finland creation austria also bidding to replace japan more france the twenty four host has expressed its readiness to let japan organize the championships next year. well i'll be back with a look at the main stories for you in about a minute a whole from well stay with us live here in moscow because it started.

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