chilling moment in the future. of news of the week on our t.v. russia blocks u.n. measures against the syrian government saying foreign intervention will only spark more civil wars now it's a question of who was next and who will suffer most. soldiers on the streets of paris france introduces a new security plan fearing terrorism a link to the bombing of libya but critics say it's scaremongering not protection. was this week the world looks back on the worst ever nuclear disaster and with the shadow of her noble still looming the safety of atomic energy is again in doubt. at a controversial group of russian artists when the highest state award with

a piece of college griffey evoking an argument over where is the border between art and obscenity. in moscow are going you today's top stories and a look back at the week's news here on our team revolutionary fever in syria shows no signs of letting up around seventy people were reportedly killed since friday in military crackdowns against anti-government demonstrations that's on top of some five hundred other deaths in two months of syrian up evil in the wake of the latest bloodshed the u.s. has tightened sanctions and intensified its rhetoric against the country's political elite meanwhile syria's neighbor is a real fears washington's role in the region's recent turbulence could backfire. by

clearing the way for extremists or his power has more from television. these kind of mean mean business and they're upping the stakes just that little bit higher. is the egyptian regime in a me trying to stop us for interest in girls or but we always got the weapons we needed to fight the zionist enemy. and now they're getting more than they could ever hopeful but for me gyptian president hosni mubarak's men gone the borders couldn't be easier to get through to go that begins in. who will. who. have much more freedom to do whatever they like. and they doing it smuggling weapons into gaza the result two attacks in three months on a natural gas pipeline that supplies a quarter of israel's electricity which is why is the u.s. claims it's bringing a new tomorrow to egypt most israelis would rather remember years to year the eagerness of the united states to topple the former aide to president hosni mubarak

and bring about regime change as ironically most candid closest ally in the region israel the u.s. says it wants to establish democracy in the region but instead of the market it's a very real possibility that radical islamists could come to power the u.s. strongly supported the opposition in libya despite al qaeda connections among its ranks now it's apparently governessing support against syrian president bashar assad but the wiki leaks website claiming that washington has been funding some anti government factions what is afraid that if you go the way the muslim brotherhood conflicts or so instead of incident with you in syria we're going to islamist you swapping one dictator for what could be worse if and when medicals come to power they likely to direct the arms at israel it will be very conscious of the fact that syria is not libya and the fact that if you do decide. it's intervene

in syria you have knock on effects across the region in iraq in lebanon to israel palestine whatever new threats israel might face from an even more hostile arab world emerging from the president's stability some experts believe the security of the jewish state is not under any grave threat israel has never been an unsafe place and one of the greatest lies the mother and father of all lies as it relates to the israeli palestinian conflict is israel's been in danger of annihilation i detail in the three volumes of my book it is a complete israel's existence has never been danger from any combination of military force and that is unlikely to change in any foreseeable future. the final is on the ground giving up hope and there are men this warning is it is worse to come. and the time of defeat and retreat is over now it's time for the israeli people and the israeli enemy to pay. israelis keeping quiet amid the

coming to chaos in the middle east and north africa but behind closed doors will be plenty of disquiet here about how much america's desire to make new friends in the arab world is fueling serious instability police here are t. television. and the u.n. failed to pass a statement condemning violence in syria sudden nations blocked the move expressing concern the country could face a libyan style scenario russia was among them saying the outside intervention could only lead to further destabilisation and fourth alleged war policy analyst william indels as libya's experience shows how easily a sovereign state can be attacked out of the guise of protecting civilians. well if you look at what what the u.s. did to engineer the. un resolution on libya this is one of the most the. reason transgressions of the rights of a nation national sovereignty and international law that we've seen in the post

world war two period the responsibility to protect is an insidious doctor and that's been developed by various think tanks connected with circles in the united states to justify a nato definition of an intervention in a sovereign country fortunately this time russia and china are playing a reasonable role in blocking any u.n. security council sanction for. strong measures against syria so i think we learn from their deadly mistake on the libya case when the strain that this thing has no end if it's allowed to pass. on the ground in libya the country's unbearable leader moammar gadhafi has survived a nato air strike on his house in tripoli but his youngest son and three grandchildren were killed in the attack earlier this week russia's prime minister putin urged the coalition to stop breaching the u.n. resolution with apparent attacks or attempts on the libyan leader's life birth even

to ensure the coalition said destroy and get dirty was not their goal. his palaces some officials have claimed eliminating him was in fact their goal who gave them the right to be have a fair trial returning to the no fly zone bombings or destroying the country's entire infrastructure when the so-called civilized world uses all its military power against a small country destroying what's been created by generations i don't know if that's good. popular unrest in arab countries is nothing but a well thought out according to the president of yemen who is no stranger to protests he spoke with r.t. here's a preview of what's to come in the next hour. some countries in the region some will see countries could leave at least tendencies currently seen in the middle east if you see this it controlled chaos scenario is a complete fool it is enough to have a look at what is going on in egypt tunisia and other countries. and

against the region. france fears its leading role in the nato is the libyan campaign makes it vulnerable to attacks on its soil in response new security measures including searching emails without permission and putting soldiers on the streets have been introduced critics say france is being turned into a police state. soldiers on the streets with machine guns this is cross is busy here at fist of your most expensive anti terror program to for it what it called the growing terrorist grades the government claims troops make the public feel safer but that's not what people think they look a little bit dangerous they can. use the force and other way there is a bit frightening images god for the. premier francois feel says troops are required because france bombing libya threatens

a terror attack at home you'll never find soldiers at shops tourist sites government buildings train stations airports schools and churches but exposed to the system doesn't even work in the main feature of terrorism is that it's impossible to foresee. real targets is not to catch terrorists says one investigator but to monitor the public it's easy to persuade people that they can be a terrorist just that for a station it's easy then for people in friends to believe well then they have a right to listen to my phone calls which they do they do do it they have a right to monitor my emails and facebook because they're only protecting us troops or only the visible part or sorties can now read people's emails under a law passed quietly in february president sarkozy also signed a bill for police to tap phones without getting judge's authorization to justify

the invasion of people's privacy says one author sarkozy makes france's six million arabs a scapegoat he has to make them afraid thinking that there is another up with. here down down. the government recently branded muslims a problem and burned the muslim food. face veil some already mocks the band and what they see as an arab witch hunt by going out in virgil's and mini skirts there's also the large cost world workers continue to be laid off in the economic crisis v.g. pirouettes estimated prices eighteen billion euros each year enough to create a million new teaching jobs and embarrassed government and lists tries to hide the amount. is very expensive because executive can move resources from one area to another quite quickly it's very difficult to find an exact figure critics like

michelle cologne have dubbed the video system vishy periods when she was france's first in the second world war it spied and informed people and targeted ethnic minorities. the french government today stands accused of doing the same to its own citizens the nubile sure paris. the influx of immigrants fleeing libya is also concerning the french public already spoke a marine le pen the president of the far right national front party she says attempts to blend the immigrants into society threatens france and some of the because they say we're in a democracy because thirties refused to show the real figures on how many immigrants there are there are probably sixty seven million muslims here already plus additional immigration on a massive scale each year this is an all the nice replacement of our population this threatens our very survival we don't have the means to integrate those who are already here there is the endless cultural conflicts you can be against immigration

fights immigration suspend all immigration but not in a great sense individuals i understand immigrants wants a better future hey i honestly say to them you can't find a better future here we're finding it hard to get a better future truck own people is there is. a story with us here on r t still to come or fruit for terror hunt ten north caucasus militants have killed in russian police operations including two high ranking warlords with ties to al qaeda. we also join these marchers on the streets of moscow on labor day and look into the history of the holiday as it celebrated in russia. first though this week marks the twenty fifth anniversary of one of the worst manmade catastrophes in history the sure noble disaster even today the thirty kilometer exclusion zone around the site lies cold and desolate a grim reminder of the dangers of nuclear negligence or he's like sarah shows he

reports a war main so for centuries to come. it's not every day you can see that your mobile exclusion zone in ukraine as crowded as this one hundred some clued in the russian and ukrainian presidents came to the mornin to decide the nuclear plant to mark the date which changed the world the twenty fifth anniversary of the chernobyl fallout. i believe because of the huge amount of citizens from ukraine and russia and putin to deal with the aftermath of this tragedy in the face of such disasters we should be honest it's the government's obligation to tell people the truth we need to admit to back then the government was not always doing the right thing nowadays the zone looks like this deserted streets and abandoned houses however a quarter of a century ago it was the place to be in the soviet union salaries for the residents of the town of p.p.o.'s were higher living standards better infrastructure more developed the communist paradise changed on april the twenty six nineteen eighty

six when the chernobyl reactor exploded the result of an experiment left in the wrong hands. with. the reactor was almost completely out of control on april twenty fifth but it could still have been saved by the management committee for the completion of an experiment personal hesitated and were reluctant to eventually couldn't go against the authorities we all know there is an old video meanwhile the town's population had no idea about the disaster people were enjoying an unusually sunny saturday outdoors with me and my friend we ran away from school the coil of beach we returned home all covered in mud and my mother asked me where i had been i lied that we were cleaning the school yard and she was shocked this she had already heard rumors of some action in the nuclear station all thora she started the evacuation only thirty six hours after the last that's why many of those who stayed in the town later died or suffered radiation sickness what will occur in the end

who was among the evacuees from the thirty kilometer zone just several years after the catastrophe she returned to the for a bit inland having lived there for more than two decades she says she wants to see the end of her days in the land where she was born we could be gave me a flat and the pension but i found it impossible to survive like that in here you here have a condo and a grow everything in radiation yes there is a little here but you won't find a place without it anywhere we are not scared. despite this optimism from reset loose the world still seems concerned about the chernobyl threat especially in the wake of the fukushima disaster that's why i heard of this anniversary countries invested more than five hundred million euro into constructing a new confinement daum destined to seal the exploding reactor for another century this is probably the last time we have managed to see the infamous chimney of the fourth block of the chill novel nuclear power station people behind the new circle

for good say that next year it will be dismantled then the station will be covered with a dog and that will end the existence of the children or will nuclear power station but the former residents of this area say it matters little to them their life as they knew it had ended twenty five years ago. let's see russia. reporting from the chill in the exclusion zone in ukraine western novels anniversary reviving old nuclear fears many eyes have turned to the ongoing crisis at your parents' fukushima nuclear plant sustainable energy expert professor tom burke says japan's a lack of emergency planning was a major contributing factor to the current crisis they have not actually regained control of the reactors and so there are still risks that there will be further explosions or releases of radiation either to the air or to water which to the sea which has been happening all through this process not they've got a bit more manageability than they had earlier on but this event is still ongoing the show was over very quickly it was no explosion and it was over

a relatively quickly this is clearly going to run and run for months and what is very clear from what happened in fukushima is the japanese neither the utility nor the government really how to well worked out thought through emergency plan to deal with a catastrophic event like this. quarter of a century ago with her images of an explosion natural noble on every street thousands of healthy young men were ordered onto planes and parcels and flown to the site. you can see from my order i did have a full understanding of what was happening there and the the explosion happened the site was in ruins that's about it roger our he's a schools of interview with one of the men who became known as the liquidators on our website are. also plenty more i'm sure noble they are including a special documentary from the heart the exclusion zone.

if. you. this week russian security forces carried out a series of attacks against a terrorist or work based in the north caucasus latest operations are ten militants including two high ranking warlords killed was artie's media culture over reports from the region. group is believed to be behind many attacks on civilians this biggest achieving operation was carried out on the border. region and about the republic when ten militants including at least two women were killed and among some high profile terrorists with links with the international terrorist group all in this region the d.n.a. toss would probably be required to identify some of the militants or some leading figures in a so-called box on gang were already identified because big that's true it was believed to be involved in a number of terror attacks across the area now enough to think among terrorists

ascared jump who if it was believed to be involved in attacking tourists from moscow in the district in february twentieth love and then in the week and not the special operation was carried out. and the leader of the republic of ramadan could be that of was personally in charge of this operation the militants that were killed were later identified ask close associates to russia's most wanted terrorist the coal mine of cons in the neighboring druggist on a leader of the so-called. guys if was also killed in a special operation now this wave of terror raids was launched hand after a number of high profile terror attacks in russia. you can always find latest updates and background information on russia's fight against terrorists on our website r t v dot com. for the for the social graces. and so we have

eliminated the terrorist underground in the republic we spoke with the president of dagestan one of the regions facing ongoing militant attacks and also if you would r.t. dot com. multi-million dollar satellites crashed into the pacific ocean and with them to the rear of russia's top space paws have a look at how that story developed. a closer look at a competition to pick the names for some exotic and adorable jaguar was born at the st petersburg zoo all this and many more at archie dot com. a decision to hand the national art award to a controversial piece of graffiti drawn in the historical center of st petersburg has sparked debate in russia many see the giant phallic symbol as obscene others say it's a sign of an emerging civil society are things i've heard bennett looks at both sides. this is award winning ant according to russia's ministry of culture

a sixty five metre phallus whitewashed on a drawbridge in st petersburg has won the twenty ten innovation prize for best visual artwork self-styled aren't terrorists vyner really war in russian are the unpopular winds there are i think it's essentially vandalism a bridge is a cultural and historical monument and to pin 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 award nothing is stimulating no shocking or innovative is violence and according to the jury that's why they won purely artistic merit 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 roubles of taxpayers' money we given to a group it calls vandals for vine or

a protest only legitimizes they're out. it's a very awkward situation when the state award goes to a group that in fact organizes an action aimed against this state but this is a very important signal artists always express aside his pain and a healthy society accepts he said. but there's been no acceptance of viner's part until now two members still face trial on hooliganism charges for this little stunt british graffiti artist banksy detail demands and they could still face seven years in prison and flipping cars so why this sudden show of state support. the minister of culture was afraid of being accused of political censorship and i think he was right the american tree is better being afraid of imposing political censorship than to actually impose that breezewood. in. 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 curator of that exhibit was andrei uniphase back then he lost his job but this time he was on the jury so why is this art then. the turing is a graphic and expressive example of how non-theists reacts to a social climate it 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 vandalism because this is clearly discreet. not the streets of his minor vandalism but it's not hooliganism 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 it is proof of a civil society. by no courts controversy usually at the expense of the authorities

whether it's art or not they've achieved what they wanted to notoriety they say they'll donate the prize money to political prisoners i didn't it. turns out as some other stories making headlines across the globe the late pope john paul the second has been bad for more than a million worshippers in rome that's his sarcophagus there in the neva of st peter's basilica have been being observed exuma from its tomb for the purpose of a ceremony about occasion means the pontiff is now regarded as blaspheme one step away from saint john paul the second got his status for healing a french nun from the incurable disease ceremony was led by the current pope benedict the sixteenth and succeeded john paul six years ago. policemen have been injured in clashes with far left demonstrators in germany protesters said hoare anyways containers on fire and threw stones and paid by police using water

that authorities have stepped up security across the country in order to prevent further violence a traditionally companies made a celebration. and that made a show of worker solidarity has been all quieter here in russia the country has a long lasting for the. one of rallies used to show social and political affiliation on labor day or two's caterina's are of a joy the crowds a very rare occasion that central moscow is completely empty and this of course is done for these people's twenty five thousand members of treaty and who on this day are celebrating their professional holiday as part of that celebration marching through the heart of moscow all the way down through the kremlin now it's not just a tree actually today seems anyone and everyone is on the streets of the capital including some of the more extreme organizations like of course the old stove rights movements in russia some go as far as to call them neo nazis or even as far

as fascists they of course are standing and walking down the streets of the russian capital with slogans such as russia full russians. very few people could have imagined that these guys would be allowed to walk the streets and yet here they are with their betters their slogans and of course their unconventional covered up faces and they're not the only ones who are allowed to walk the streets of moscow on this day we know that many other groups that wouldn't traditionally be included in the first of may parades did walk the streets of the capital we know that the russian gay community also took to the streets and fortunately for them perhaps they chose to join a communist rally and they were not well received there but luckily no scuffles ensued and of both respective parties simply went their respective ways as well as those groups and we know that various other demonstrations took place and even one

monstrous now that is a specific group created by an artist called for in the most absurd slogans of banners to be brought to the streets of the capital allen deeds cities across russia and that is exactly what they did standing. heart of the capitol with slogans such as bring back the sun which is of course not exactly a very feasible thing to do but they had fun and not as many say is what matters that seems to have become the spirit of may first and also like these people take it more seriously for others it is just a day when everything is possible and they do have a chance to speak their mind or maybe even have a little flawed. back in a couple of minutes with a look at our headlines stay with us for an r.t. .

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