every green hill in tulsa. 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 which i don't see as the first step to a ground invasion. the blame game is on the year after the gulf of mexico oil spill but as companies exchange legal blows those suffering health problems from the disaster are ignored. russian police take down two major terror targets in the south killing militant leaders with suspected links to the bombings in moscow.

with a look back at the week's past stories and the latest developments this is the weekly update here on r.t. live from the russian capital says it's ready to assist peace and dog efforts in libya in order to prevent further civilian casualties and a telephone conversation with the libyan prime minister russia's foreign minister sergey lavrov says a peaceful solution is possible only if all sides of the conflict act in accordance with the un mandate all these other bennett has more on this. in terms of what concrete support russian actually provide in reaching a peaceful resolution to this conflict so ok 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 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 in 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 lost one of the un security council's resolutions regarding libya so that arms in prague 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. and on the ground in libya the first u.s. predator drone strikes have reportedly destroyed a multiple rocket launcher belonging to get out the troops near the coastal city of misrata rebel said these thirty six people have been killed there over the weekend after fierce fighting with army forces these reports come despite the government's promise to retreat and allow tribal forces to negotiate with rebels and certainly siege by gadhafi 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 into blocking advances by government troops however many now fear that those countries involved in the military action in libya may face something a backlash at home. if nicolas sarkozy hoped intervening in libya and the oil free calls would boost his popularity is both fired is nil boy for the most unpopular president in the history of france's fifth republic according to the latest opinion . poles the main beneficiary has been marine le pen as you head of the national front party he'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 same as a past colonial reaction by france by behaving like a well it's policeman deciding who's bad and who's good at the president's policies

a myriad of former colleagues by an inflexible personal style x. finance minister. 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 sarkozy let colonel gadhafi use france she said as a doormat to wipe 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 the recommend that man told r.t. the president doesn't know how to compromise. there's no place for twentieth century colonialism today 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 not only a political opponent of pulling apart is for policy even for lies like nobody to

talk of his serial. 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 a listen that we did not treat from afghanistan in its global diplomacy it's the same problem analysts warn france's face. criticism for what some see is heavy handed intervention in the oil every coast the result is a presidency experts morte at home and abroad for his arrogance sounds more like a monarchical republic trillion post look pain and the socialists in his bid for reelection in twenty twelve because he looks unlikely to mellow leaked memos from advisors clean his only chance of winning is to make his policies even more extreme

than usual r.t. paris. britain italy and france announce they're sending combat advisors to libya in a move which prompted a fresh wave of criticism towards the nato alliance is hiding behind humanitarian motives in an attempt to sidestep the un mandate says journalist simon nasser i think the original demand from the rebels inside of libya. and the cities and 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. arrival of foreign or foreign forces 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 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're making very very difficult for the revolution succeeded. 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. . a year after the matures oil spill in the gulf of mexico those implicated in the accident are playing the blame game as b.p.'s use of the companies involved they've lost at the root cause of millions of gallons of oil gushing into the ocean but as well it is going to come 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 and 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 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. shader true want to work in the open a problem or even. 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 carter salute you don't go to lecture military officials 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 his 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 had such an influx of patients with respiratory and blood issues he fears the worst incident is streaming the tortoise recalls her kidney and robbie cha is one of a few doctors who is outspoken about garth coast residents same times connection with the toxic chemicals that they've been exposed to many other doctors refused to recognize the cost 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. requires an environmental justice group told 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 total with me and radiance in the toxic dispersants and when you mix those together it actually creates a substance all times more toxic and these are exactly the types of chemicals that are turning up literally in people's blood many of the fact that gulf coast residents and those involved in. cleanup of the golf say their own lawn in their fight with the consequences of last year disaster green 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 very strict i'm reporting from washington r.t. . from the u.s. sense of foreboding article diversities says significant changes must be made in

the u.s. to prevent future mistakes because government has played a role in having more oversight of our troil and gas they have promised regulatory reform to really rein in this industry that kind of gone wild and yet at the same time we're seeing a year later permits going forward with still no net of the adequate compliance with environmental was 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 oil drilling that's quite risky. consequences of the gulf of mexico oil spill likely to stay in the area for years to come and as is the case with another man made disaster pretty five years on the legacy of chernobyl is there to remind the world of history's worst nuclear catastrophe we report from the exclusion zone and

later this week. i'm also still to come a murderous seeking death we follow the story of a terminally ill russian convict and his desperate bid for euthanasia. to become the first 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 qaida and were believed to be behind many attacks here in the country and. reports russia's north caucasus witnessed a number of successful anti terror operations last sunday a key militants leave that you'd like you'll believe was killed in russia's antiterrorist committees the most wanted man. has personally pointedly john as the hound of militants in dagestan in the last year now it's also believed that the village on up was the move in almost every terror attack that happened in the

region and was also linked to the more school natural born means last year he was among the four terrorists that were killed a week ago and existence leader hailed the operation a success outside that the militants only understand the language of force. some of the militants are willing to engage in dialogue they reject us when we urge them to lay down weapons and we have peaceful life have you committed so many murders and terrorist attacks they know you understand the language of force meanwhile another notorious terrorist big girl was killed a saudi militant known as smuggler was soon identified as a chief al qaida agent in the north caucasus he was also precede why the militants as a 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 hold to be

eliminated and one of the operations in english were shattered 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 rocked russia including the moscow metro tween suicide strikes and the goal may not take up the main airport still there is no clear information of just where russia's most wanted terrorists might be hiding in the north caucasus. and more on the special forces crackdown on terrorists and their. own website argued and also the suspects in last week's blast in the russian capital with the help of c.c.t.v. cameras and you can watch the footage there from the metro before you see. obama has said the soldier accused of being secret pentagon files to wiki leaks broke the law the president's words come with another twist in the fate of bradley

manning has been held in custody for almost a year last wednesday u.s. officials said manning will be moved from a marine corps base in virginia to fort leavenworth in kansas soldiers charged with leaking classified documents to the web site and being held in a maximum security jail for nine months. for his criticism of his detention conditions amounted to torture kevin zeese a member of the bradley manning support network says the case betrays the us as well abusive in part. 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 his own case he's been held for nine months in solitary confinement green base in virginia and the un torture investigator legal academics the united states and thousands and thousands of people around the world have planted him as 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 for. a state or incapable of being fair and the fort leavenworth prison is being moved to has a pretrial detention area would be much more appropriate it will probably be in the in the prison population having meals of the people will be much more. appropriate place for someone who's never been convicted of any crime in fact we don't believe this prosecution should continue or the is a whistleblower it was exposing war crimes and other misdeeds by government officials. the european union this week it outs plans to increase its budget despite many e.u. members introducing drastic austerity measures to cut spending proposal calls outrage among the rocks finance ministers britain calling for a reality check and according to your m.p. david campbell but in brussels can even bring its existing budget under control. clearly the system isn't working i think this report makes very clear. but there 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 order to you know so much fraud in their cars they can't even sign them off so it's not a surprise that you know there's the allegations of private jets being bought by certain country leaders surely that 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 pritish people are wondering what on earth is going on where money is being thrown away whether it's through the e.u. or through the u.k. it needless international aid projects. on our web site r.t. dot com you can find more new stories and features that's a quick look and see what's there for you at the moment. and artie's coverage of easter sunday celebrations of russia's main cathedral as christians all over the world not the holy holiday and you can also explore what he still looks like russian style that's on our website article and.

russia's president rocks the party check out the video of the medium admitted showing his moves at a reunion with university. you choose. the debate over euthanasia in russia has been reignited by the plight of a convicted killer in our. office from a painful terminal illness and is asking to be released from his misery at the practice of assisted suicide is illegal in the country. expects. cannot east forty five and he's dying and he's still in the candles diabetic has lost sixty canapes in ten months. now own most blind he can hardly distinguish objects in the backyard of the jail where his second sentence for murder has

gangrenous lives herit and doctors forecasts he want we've traced much longer he'll need a wheelchair if. i can't live without pain killers. i'm always on drugs but if i didn't take them i'd be unable to walk at all of this. you know if former soldier and war veteran cannot be no longer has the energy to fight for a life instead of his bitterly fighting for death. and that is how it 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 in other needs specialized treatment and care something you just cannot get here. to die or only what else do i need i used to be a man now look at me. i'm not even half of a man. a doctor to help him die is officially for britain in russia.

when i start going who could kill who could facilitate a suicide nobody even the most zealous euthanasia supporters ever 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 right to and their own life to escape chronic pain there is against euthanasia and they have a majority claim on other things that even hopeless cases can sometimes be the recklessly hailed but a voice from behind bars where miracles rarely happen a change that perspective. change will warrant if they know that the rest of their lives will be suffering with the reason to prevent them from doing that especially those sentenced to life in prison again many letters from these people they ask for death as life becomes unbearable for

a strong of those deliver 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 deny his mother can understand what's pushed her son to seek death but she can't reconcile herself with the reality of that decision. if you don't rise or die with him what would i leave for all who fall. is still a lie but is waiting wishing for death whether it's natural or mask. refashion are too central russia. let's take a brief look now at some other international news stories in our world update this hour opposition supporters in yemen reject a president has to exit office in thirty days time thousands of protesters in the country's capital of the mali ali abdullah saleh 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 militants. several thousand people mostly the center of tokyo another wave of protests against nuclear power question the protesters did not get a full switch to clean natural energy sources demonstrations against atomic energy have become regular in the weeks following the great tsunami which damaged the fukushima power plant causing radiation leakage. from the onset of the japanese nuclear crisis the unthinkable was that fukushima could become the next gen twenty fifth anniversary which is coming up this chews day and that is alexey yet a chef school reports that 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 juggle nuclear nation tries to bring the reactor to a temporary stall 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 continent traces of radiation were felt even reaching the eastern coast the united states now this still remains a historical landmark still some people trying to drill 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 or 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 and was safeguard the chernobyl reactor from the more radiation to the atmosphere so indeed it's twenty five years old but the legacy of 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. 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 we're just looking at the debts out of p.p.i. down to 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 meanwhile japan has announced that it plans to end the for crisis in six months and closing the reactor complex with a protective tone well earlier i spoke to you know how to campaign in nuclear power expert for greenpeace who told me why the plans maybe a little too ambitious. the first estimate that they can build the door in six months i only have to remind you of. two crew or four channel before we had a first quarter because and now the fall we have a second cycle because it's not something that's very easy to be done did for also take a lot longer than the six months because once a dorm is all the fuel needs to be removed and it is a very very complex operation and even. if he could come out again what on is it gives us just quickly about what are those long term radiation fears and once this because it's been put in place one of the long term

phase after we've just been here what's this what the situation is there chernobyl where radiation levels are higher than what we call it and i would say what is the long term outlook there for. well the the radiation levels around fukushima the new compiler station are sufficiently high to keep people out for also a very long time i think we will be able to compare that for this happening knowing engine of knob you. unless you would remove the first half meter of top shortstops slowly will always have higher radiation levels in the surroundings that are so high that people will not be able to live there for quite a long time. when all the village headlines are on the way it will be all through a short break here on our t.v. stay with us life in the sky.

we have seen the damage it has done to our environment more of them because what the poor props we do not want any more new g.m.o. foods. of course system is just so there was a dismal experience and i'm just i'm just appalled that that's allowed to go on

america. we are getting this unfortunately because we don't know what's in it there's no labeling here for the news they come aboard for the experiment to be used as guinea pig. will now we have more questions than we have access to guards. like. wealthy british soil but it's a mess but i'm not surprised to find that. markets finiteness. find out what's really happening to the global economy with my skies are there are no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune in to

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