the points was yours and i would prince or to the school and in touch with her tell me touch your rules the future a good how would international house of the chief every green lure her children in tow. all you have to go. and look for food. quality unravels might be hoping to cash in on their country's rich resources experts warn nato's after a share of the spoils we'll hear from our own correspondent is just back from the front line. the site of the world's worst nuclear accident threatens a new radiation leak with progress slowing replacing the crumbling churn albus or prophetess. at a scandalous act or in a bit of a hard rushes ministry of culture is under fire for awarding awards land as vandalism by some that's seen as a sign of a censorship free society by others. a business does ruston currency remains high

gas for the dollar and i believe several sectors of the country's economy would benefit from the strengthening of the world will have more on that other stories business bulletin and credits. it is one pm the russian capital you're watching r t with me rima joshie welcome to the program b.b.s. in dad la colonel gadhafi forces are continuing their siege of the rebel held city of misrata while fresh nato air strikes rained down in the capital more than a month into the allied intervention there's been a lot of discussion about the real aim of the action but there's a little sad about what the rabbitohs actually want are going off try to discover for himself their hopes and whether they'll come true. for years celine has been struggling to keep his own porch shop running he claims even winning meant pains

thousands in bribes to various officials all linked to either good athlete or his family a lighter no one felt lighter than i won't even begin to describe how hard it was to start his business cannot be as hands on everything for decades he's been taking money from ordinary people but now it's time to be returned. sure small private business does exist in libya but with the colonel and his close allies controlling all sectors of the economy it's a huge struggle for any businessman to make a decent profit the idea that the revolution will open the floor for cash for everyone to enjoy is backed by rebel informers to the military command we have as i told you the average country and all you other guys we have. lots of things here. we are not right about that and i would invite you. reason.

but some analysts don't share this often is and doubt nato is the guardian angel it promises to be here nothing to do with humanitarian aid nothing to do with democracy nothing to do with helping the people and colonized exploited stealing resources forty one billion barrels of reserves or the war just in africa and the ninth ward just in the world there's so much all filling up a gas tank on a mid-size corner costs less than ten dollars in two thousand and need to go back even promised if we leave you will be paid eight hundred dollars every month to share that. with field to keep his word libya does have the resources to do big business it's just that in the past for decades it was done only by a circle of chosen people the elite now here in the rebel stronghold say they are

ready to fight to be and to build a free and prosperous society but is the opposition strong enough to build a whole new regime or can it be that the future of the libyan people has already been decided for them you got this going off r t v libya. fresh from libya or shared with us in the studio his experience on the ground let's take a listen. talked a lot with the rebels themselves myself and they are pretty badly organized many of them are young many of them are teenagers who just got their hands on. and they're constantly shooting just in the air in the city itself when they're either celebrating something or commemorating something it seemed to me it was actually even more dangerous to be inside because of that rather than the front because everybody just sporadically should be and should be here it seems to me that any of

these people never really used forms they got these guns from that a few troops when they retreated one of our teams was feeling at the front they go they got caught by a mortar attack so when they were he was running back. from the front they saw how the rebels were actually running faster. than our team so that shows how their organization and i was with european countries now saying that they're going to send trainers to help organize the rebels it's really hard to see how long this. and the russia game i recently talked to the libyan prime minister is already to me to mediate this but all sides have to abide by the u.n. resolution before you must stop and the civilians which are killed every day there all of this must stop and this is the only way for some sort of a cease fire to be possible. you know it's not there in the studio talking to me

earlier and columnist and a former editor of the sun newspaper calvin mckenzie says there's no reason britain and france should meddle in libya's internal affairs here's a preview of what's to come next hour. this is libyans fighting libyans and who are we to say who should be in their country after all when i last looked i didn't notice any libyans interfere with the cavaliers the railheads took place in their revolution or that as far as i could see there was nobody from tripoli. and the french revolution. russians are the world's been plunged into controversy after an award for innovation and went a giant piece of graffiti that many viewed as obscene nevertheless a band the radicals are grouped by an hour the fifteen thousand dollar prize after the dark the work drawbridge opposite the federal security service in st petersburg

and while most people were angered at the action others say it's the message no other form that matters are about has more. peace he's award winning art according to russia's ministry of culture the sixty five metre phallus want washed on a drawbridge and petersburg has won the twenty innovation prize for best. work self-styled aren't terrorists by now meaning war and russian would be unpopular with the other arts or i think it's essentially vandalism a bridge is a cultural and historical monument and anything on it is an act of vandalism and it should be punished not rewarded. here in the center of contemporary art you can see the other entries for the awards nothing is stimulating no shocking or innovative as finance and according to the jury that's why they won purely artistic merits but now it's not as simple as that. the same symbol the ministry rewarded is now being

brandished in mocking protest this russian youth group is angry four hundred thousand rubles of taxpayers' money we given to a group it calls vandals for vine or a protest only legitimizes their own but. it's a very old world situation when a state award goes to a group that in fact organizes an action aimed against the state but this is a very important signal with artists always express society's pain and a healthy society accepts these. but there's been no acceptance of binah as dark until now two men will still face trial on hooliganism charges for this little stunt pritish graffiti artist banksy detailed a man they could still face seven years in prison and flipping cars so why this sudden show of state supporters. the minister of culture was afraid of

being q.'s a political censorship and i think he was right in our country is better being afraid of imposing political censorship and to actually import your breeze with. a sea change from four years ago this image of two kissing policeman was banned by the culture ministry from international exhibits fearing embarrassment a curative back it's a bishan was and three year affair back then he lost his job but this time he was on the jury so why is this art then. the touring is a graphic and expressive example of how an artist reacts to a social climate he doesn't specify the target of his protest he simply says that strong protest is brewing in russian society but how do you draw the line between say this arts and fandom isn't because this is a discrepancy. not that street is mind of vandalism but it's not. the disorder it may cause it's compensated hundreds of times by the meaning of the

pictures which is painting could be restored on the bridge to become a symbol of some petersburg's culture because it's the first work that is proof of a civil society. court controversy usually at the expense of the authorities whether it's art or not it exceeds what they wanted to know to writing they say they'll donate the prize money to political prisoners i didn't see. it but. for controversial stories that ignited debate in society log on to our website at r.t. dot com. right now russian buses return to the past for a new world by being decorated for victory day with more threats of stalin but it's mixed legacy remains a prickly issue. and while we're all for them and other for everyone else anger added sinking to west's russian government officials to moscow airport by helicopter the public struggles to get there on the traffic street all this is

available on our website or to. get more. it may have happened almost twenty five years ago but the dangers of turn off will have in no way been confined to the past on the eve of the tragic anniversary crain seeking funds so he can complete a new containment shelter over the remains of the destroyed reactor. has been dangerously close to the disaster site on frequent occasions the exclusion zone around the chernobyl nuclear power plant is very diverse in its levels of radiation some parts of the area have very high radiation levels for instance the area known as the red forest that is the part of the zone which was burned by the wave of radiation and and the trees turned red in the first minutes after the last one of

that area holds levels of more than three thousand michael rowland. it is not advisable to be there for a human being for more than ten minutes because you might get a serious doze or for instance the roof of the tallest building in but he actually goes down next to the chernobyl nuclear power plant where we've been filming there for many times and we never had an idea that the level of the radiation reach almost two and a half thousand micromax power there so this is also quite a dangerous level so all in all generally the zone the exclusion zone is not advisable for humans to live but there are certain recyclers living around the thirty kilometer area who have returned ever since the collapse of the soviet union and some of those resettle villages the levels of radiation are still very high radiation still doesn't scare them off they say they can still live there they have their own natural habitat they grow their own fruit and vegetable they have their cows and cattle and they still live there for twenty years none of them none of

them has died yet still the main danger of chernobyl relies on to the circle focus on the steel structure which is covering the chernobyl reactor the one which is explode which exploded twenty five years ago now in my report i compiled the facts about the significance and what is being done now to safeguard the area for the next century. japan's ongoing struggle to contain the thought that she would disaster is fueling the growing anxiety over nuclear energy safety the last time the world was this was in the shadow of the chernobyl reactor explosion indigene eighty six but this isn't just accident demonstrates that despite the great progress made in the last twenty five years it's not nice to be done to ensure that safety first approach becomes fully entrenched among you can have power plants are great as governments and regulators hopes to

seal the site within nine months but back in the days of chernobyl a quicker solution was needed shutting the gap in the whole of the exploded reactor was the immediate way out of a deadly mistake scientists were quick to react to the unfolding catastrophe and managed to build a steel structure over the devastated power station protecting europe from further spread of radiation the circle focus was built in one thousand nine hundred eighty six just months after the disaster back then after it said that it would last for twenty years until two thousand and six no there are fears that the circus might collapse and there are several cracks on the wall of the building and experts believe that this may cause serious danger and serious threat if the circle because it collapsed the whole of the european continent could be contaminated by the radioactive fuel which is still thought to lie under the so-called focus this new arc is being built by a french company in arca work has been in progress for months but only recently

became clear that this billion dollar project lacks financing a week before the disasters twenty fifth anniversary he managed to attract them vishnu half a billion euros in age from europe as a donor conference. we've now been granted a real chance to complete a new shelter going to euro two thousand and fifteen. experts are confident it could even happen quicker in just two years and that the new protective layer would last for generations to see their life before their you see from climate to suppose to be can hardly. see that is the term to develop technology is. hard to manage fuel competing in masses how to manage long leave activity halls radioactive waste with that means the chernobyl nuclear power plant could one day be dismantled under the new dome is unclear but as japan's nuclear crisis keeps the planet on alert there is now a new focus on ensuring dark past. look serious ascii art sea

reporting from journal ukraine. japan's government is coming in for yet more criticism over its response to the nuclear crisis there with claims emerging that people may be misinformed of the levels of radiation and therefore of the dangerous christopher simons from the international christian university in tokyo believes it's not being measured properly. but on the anniversary of turnover we can say that if your normal was the world's worst nuclear disaster then a current one for the sheema certainly the most complex and there certainly has been some confusion in terms of the response there is certainly at risk of long term exposure that's a problem in particular the way in which we measure radiation causes people to understand the chernobyl blast released a huge amount of radiation in a very short period of time the international commission on radiological protection uses average values when they calculate the types of radiation that people are

exposed to and those average value is 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 than they actually are you have to take into account the density of radiation exposure as well as the dose so maybe it is possible that there are there who could be significant problems. for the continuing crisis in japan has renewed the discussion on whether nuclear energy is needed at all global debate is coming up in our starting in cross talk. in my view if you're after i carbon dioxide in your anti-nuclear you're just pro black out and with the global demand for electricity expected to grow by eighty percent over the next twenty or twenty five years we simply don't have an option but to continue to work hard at getting good at nuclear.

stay with our team for a sense of coverage of the twenty fifth anniversary of the turn are the last with live reports from ukraine and aspirin assessment of the disaster is legacy also watch a special documentary from the exclusion zone throughout the day. now let's take a look at some other stories from around the world and a massive jailbreak in again a spanish seen almost five hundred prisoners escaped many of them alleged taliban militants they made their bid for freedom through a tunnel that's been dug from the outside in official say some of the escapees have since been recaptured three years ago there was another major jailbreak at the same prison one a suicide bomber blew the gates are allowing around a thousand suspected insurgents to flee. the opposition in yemen's rejected a plan for the president's resignation and reportedly vowed to step up street protests earlier the country's ruling party except for the gulf states brokered

deal that would see president saleh go in thirty days while giving him immunity from prosecution that have been hoped the agreement would put in a hands two months of mass demonstrations that have seen or rather one hundred thirty people killed. in syria at least five people have been killed in the southwestern city of the rock as troops tanks stormed the town it comes after more than a hundred people were shot dead over the weekend when security forces opened fire at the funeral processions of those killed earlier clashes it's been the worst escalation of violence since anti-government protests began more than a month ago. the american city of new orleans is no not just for its beauty but also its strict catholic rules but artie's citric moon wants to investigate what happens when nineteenth century laws still in force clash with the contemporary vices of the famous bourbon street. this is the carnival of colors and sounds.

that is new orleans louisiana. mississippi river port city awash in its southern roots its colorful french creole charms and its overtones of piety mood. it's very catholic very catholic very bad just even very very the the city that lives according to code your lines get stuck in this kind of like puritan mentality that's completely antithetical to everything that's happening people come and have conventions here because they know there's a french quarter they know there's strip clubs prostitution. this is bourbon street . for about two hundred bucks you can buy yourself six more specifically straight up intercourse. with a new orleans street walker anything else oral sex anal sex can be negotiated but anything else is also. against the law according to

a law called crime against nature it basically prohibits anything other they are ordinary intercourse there's new police out there going into neighborhoods saying you can't have you know sex with your husband you can't have oral sex with your wife right no one's actually enforcing that but it isn't forced and enforced heavily on the prostitutes of new orleans these are people who can least afford to be charged with something like this right now you have to do is have an undercover officer driving around in plain clothes and applying in an unmarked car and all if you drive around and drive up to people that they believe are prostitutes are known are known prostitutes. and just ask how much and she answers. she has just opened a huge hole in her life. a huge hole because a crime against the two charges punishable by as much as a twenty year prison sentence incredibly large fines and. later you're talking

about a woman who's in her early twenty's who has to register as a sex offender for the next fifteen years. for city whose sole job quietly includes pleasures of the flesh why they need to criminalize sex ads which just about anyone in gage's novels all of these cases and up in a plane the probation and finds fines and things. and the important part about the fines and fees is that's all revenue coming in to pay for the court system to pay for police to pay for the jail to pay for prosecutors' offices simply put an antiquated nineteenth century law. passed on the guise of christian values we are all only. needed being used today still to make money it's a five year felony you can use that to encourage people to plead guilty very

quickly justifies higher by the hookers often instead plead guilty to a lesser charge of prostitution leading down to a misdemeanor means you can charge higher fines and fees how do prostitutes who usually can't afford those fines and fees pay for them they're paying for the aging in more prostitution which they get hit again then they get caught again and right there can gauge and more prostitution it's a vicious cycle this is an old law to stupid law it's a law that a lot of people even within the criminal justice system john agree with now you can see how some are trapped in the carnival that is new orleans. and if you think you're the only one. there are other. minorities to be continued. time now is take a look what's happening in the world of business in just a few moments karina will join us in the studio. so welcome to business news because i have you with me russia's largest car maker

after the us was cutting its investment program so twenty twenty one billion euros the move me under the ambitious plans of cost of us and it's part. to maintain a market share of around forty percent the reduction will come from cutting one assembly line and streamlining the indoors logistics investment review also means that instead of an annual output of one a half million cars by twenty twenty the alliance may end up with just the million after boss and its partners plan to invest five billion dollars during the next two decades says a source close to the company. but it's fixed income market has hit last year's record that's after companies borrowing in europe and turn to domestic lenders firms have borrowed around eleven billion dollars domestically from the start of the year that's seventy percent increase compared to the same period last year and the factors behind the u.-turn is a positive economic outlook at home including lower inflation and

a stronger. let's take a look at how the markets and the u.s. and european markets closed for at least the holidays asian stocks were lower on monday when he closed point one percent in the red shares of nippon steel corporation for flats in tender reported its annual net profit but has borne for the second straight year hit by a price cut of the d.s. handheld game have a strong yen hong kong stock exchange has closed public holidays well here in russia markets are trading higher this hour energy shares are gaining on prices let's take a look at some index movies on the rise it's solars is gaining around one percent a record since joint venture with p.r. but you get a loan from the national bank probably metal is rising sharply amid high precious metals prices transnet slightly high despite being used to paper spoke the launch of the pacific. despite a slight decline on monday the russian currency still retains its high against the

dollar. several sectors of the country's economy would benefit from a further strengthening of the. as for stronger rules i would say that actually this is not true bill strong is strong is the u.s. currency is very weak so if you look at what's good for a dollar in europe so the change is not significant of course it will high all prices is very supportive and severe strain from the ruble dish no doubt of it but it still was doing that before the new boats to save five percent or strengthening of ruble above five percent is not really bad for russia and talking all the sectors which will benefit from real strengthening your debts is definitely consumers and especially retailers so you will see further strengthening your frugal will be absolutely perfect for market meat and even better fall. which is the gold in there today because so the payment for these debts will be much cheaper so that's the primary beneficiary and the will actually companies who are working

locally say m two years we built on these companies so that will be probably do. they will benefit for it there was getting bogged down in the spiralling currency crisis and trading of foreign currencies between banks came to hold the central bank before goods valuation policy the bank allowed the brother was ruble to float but it immediately lost almost half of its value commercial banks were formally asked to stick to the official rate but later that is a bank for its hold that alvin's is way for a three billion dollar loan from moscow to regain control of the market for the beginning of the year belo is has lost a quarter of its reserves in its hands to support its currency and moscow government is selling its stake in eastern europe stops we make united confectioner's among the possible virus world's leading food groups kraft and mostly prosper proudly own around twenty six percent of the polling. well known brands in russia. and iraq front. that's about that for this

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