it's exactly three months since an earthquake triggered the fukushima nuclear disaster and people in japan are out on the streets demanding something be done about the continuing crisis. in switzerland activists are venting their anger at the media blackout surrounding one of the world's most secretive and influential gatherings trying to shine a light on what the builder group is up to. the level playing field the southern

russian city of sochi undertakes major efforts to ease access for people with disabilities ahead of the twenty fourteen paralympics. international news and comment live from our studios here in central moscow this is . three months old japan is struggling to recover from its toughest crisis since the second world war when a huge earthquake caused a merciless tsunami which left thousands dead and missing a natural disaster triggered a major radiation leak at the fukushima nuclear facility and it's still on the verge of a full scale nuclear catastrophe correspondent sean thomas is in tokyo where anger over the situation is spilling onto the streets. that is so three months after the devastating earthquake and tsunami which rocked japan and devastated the fukushima

region of course creating the nuclear disaster at the tepco daiichi power plant where we now know that three reactors have melted down and possibly melted throughout today is a very interesting day at the tepco headquarters in central tokyo thousands of people have gathered some in support of nuclear power believe it or not and thousands more who are walking the streets in organized protests carrying signs and banners and shouting out slogans through loudspeakers against nuclear power saying that there needs to be alternative sources of energy of all this of course in front of the tepco headquarters the company responsible for the guy who truly power plant one of the reasons why this is important is that within the past week new information has come out saying that tepco at the initial phases of the disaster lied about the amount of radiation that was coming in and tried to downplay the situation saying that the radiation levels were not as bad that there could possibly be a meltdown then of course this past week it was revealed that they cut those

numbers in a half in fact. the government is not providing proper information and people young and old want to know the truth of the. situation with the radioactive emissions has not changed in the last three months nothing has changed since the very beginning the communities devastated the people have no homes there's no place to walk everything is destroyed school also coming to life is that the nuclear fuel not only melted down but possibly melted through the inner containment vessels and into the outer stainless steel linings which is a much much more serious problem one thing that people are worried about is the amount of radioactive water that is in the area this is the beginning of the rainy season and people are worried that with you more rain that radioactive water will then spill out and flooding the area causing more contamination also people are very angry about the children there are schools which are contaminated as. right now kids are exposed to higher levels of radiation than they ever have been in the past and they have to stay inside in sealed buildings without the ability to play

outside it's also very hot and impossible because. they're angry about their surprise one person from the prime minister sharon has actually said he will not subject his grandchild to this day think it is a kind of girls wish to stay with the ministers which run children to jack themselves to these higher levels of radiation of course our goal is in archie crews to go into the fukushima zone and we're going to go in with some cleanup crews in see how that process is going right now but from tokyo sean thomas our team. sean bernie an independent nuclear energy consultant based in the u.k. tells me that recovery from the current nuclear disaster at the fukushima plant is going to be long and painful. the explosions that took place in the first days they released a large amount a radio activity perhaps ninety percent of it ended into the entered the pacific because the prevailing winds perhaps ten percent landed or more landed on the

mainland of japan which is why you've got contamination tens and tens of kilometers away from the site the problem is that as a result of these explosions and as a result of the core melt in these reactors contaminated water the water that was cooled by used by tip good to cool the reactors has now built up on site we know that maybe five to ten thousand tons has been released into the pacific but there is an additional one hundred thousand tons of highly contaminated water sitting inside the reactor buildings inside the turbine holes radiation depending on the type of radiation can be seen in a relatively short period of time particularly with thyroid cancers in children but more long term clissold creamers is over several decades. or coming up for you this hour in r.t. online talk show host the resident goes fishing for opinion on the recent hacking attacks on giant companies like sony master card. it was speaking they are heroes

because they can solve. everything they are they are a front up front all of the security systems see. this and some less positive takes on the hackers and their motives in a few minutes but also still to come this hour. there are a lot of different legends and myths around this area in the past locals try to avoid going to the city of doubt as they say anyone who dares to get in will never get out alive. to find out how russia close up team deiced with death to bring in this report from the mystical heart of the country's deep south. a number of u.s. congressmen have received a letter apparently written by colonel good. saying he is ready to negotiate a cease fire and asking for humanitarian aid your fantasy of the letter has not been confirmed nato is continuing to step up its airstrikes on the capital tripoli

that's despite a fresh lawsuit by colonel gadhafi daughter against the french president she is suing nicolas sarkozy and nato for killing four members of her family during an airstrike in april meanwhile the turkish prime minister has offered kind of gadhafi exit guarantees to wherever he chooses or to get more analysis on the situation in libya and. libya itself let's now cross over to radio host and author stephen lemon he's joining us there live in chicago good to see you again steven on our team what's your view over this letter a lot of questioning over the authenticity of this communication from gadhafi do you think it really was sent by him or i will leave it to. this many to. go about it on my own program. see gadhafi will want a conflict in the first place. he responded to it when washington in new york will mean the french civil. war she didn't.

need always a call flew from washington to go. if you respond of course of course he wants it if you want a cease fire he doesn't want any of this to go war and the west is committing to doing a massive kill he using the usual rebel insurgents. so this is a meeting here so you know. the thing is if he wants a cease fire he sent that letter and within just a couple of days of sending that letter we're now going to reports that his forces are renewing their attack on misurata. well i am in awe really renewing the responding again you get a rebel insurgency going on you go to war friends in dizziness were related to your use of the country of course gadhafi is attacking here this is an

insurgency that's attacking him is killing libyan people as a leader of a country if i would not leave the leader of libya i would do what he's doing and i are not violent i believe in peace not war but i believe in the me like people i would do exactly what he's doing like what. sort of thing we're going to load time but you are convinced that that has been sent by khadafi but isn't it interesting that the media outlets and indeed that's many others a speculating the source of this letter why should do you think there be any questioning over the source of this letter whether it is genuine or not and if it is sent from gadhafi it should be fairly obvious shouldn't so therefore why is it that question hanging over it well they are independent observers on the ground including former u.s. congresswoman green curry presidential candidate he said you know again it. conferring. rebel force and nato bombing casualties

killings mass casualties mass destruction e.u.'s media this mysterious out of hand saying these are the initial report is a beast in tripoli and really there are you saying there's no way it is except for maybe a handful of deaths and injuries that this is going on they live below the reporting propaganda mention loose they're hiding the truth the truth is all of course you know he said this it was written for him he went over it i'm sure it's language that you prove but he wants an end to this business he wants him into conflict washington. nato absolutely do not want to let me quickly ask you about gadhafi daughter she's fallen war crimes against nato and france for killing her family members we know that gadhafi may face charges of crimes against humanity and war crimes do you think they'll get that his daughter will get anywhere do you think she'll see anybody held accountable for this absolutely. is victor's justice is

going to be a accusation or more of a loss record michael ware for waste that interest is no possibility anybody opposed to western interests to get justice in america call it clearly one of the worst commits mass atrocities here some people in the us it is very justify or it will be don't just give it including to cure aids of all of the gadhafi family he's a war crimes well you and i've been talking about the situation in libya for some time now and no doubt we'll be talking about it again very soon in the meantime that's all we have time for at the moment stephen thanks very much indeed stephen lemon joining us there live in chicago radio host and author. well on a website called we want to know how you think libya's deadlock can be resolved and looking on the screen the moment your responses so far nearly two thirds think that nato should withdraw and the thing that could use one fifteen percent we can see say that things should continue as they are until the conflict eventually ends one

eleven percent think only ground forces will resolve the situation and feel the u.n. should send in peacekeepers and split libya in two. it's a gathering of political and financial elite in switzerland and it's well the secrecy is enforced by an army of security guards it's all bankrolled by swiss taxpayers even as europe times is built and forces through tough cuts the build of a conference is attended by people ranging from royalty to top news outlets c.e.o.'s and is also under a no traditional media blackout ortiz nor and that's how this report. as this build a meeting has progressed here in summer it's in switzerland more and more processes have turned out to say they don't want it to happen here they're camping out outside the hotel showing up in numbers really from all over the world there are swiss people obviously but i've also met germans austrians swedes and even americans who have come all the way here either to report on what's going on all just to protest here with their feet on the ground in person some of the people

behind me say that they have been subjected to great harassment by the swiss police threats of deportation things of that nature they have varying degrees of suspicion about the building group some say that they are scheming behind closed doors to introduce a new world order but some just want to point out that in many countries it's illegal for elected officials to meet in secret in these kinds of surroundings let's hear what some of the protesters told me this week and these the politicians are according to swedish law committing diplomatic treason if if they were sentenced if they were judged and sent. they would be imprisoned for ten years to life according to swedish law people think it's a conspiracy theory but in fact there's just the ignorance of the people we've known for a long time pretty much what's been going on there. and it's definitely not good for humanity not good for the planet. and you know i don't want my kid growing up

to be a slave in the new world harder to be honest this is not the only protest day about kilometer away down in the town of summer it's the young swiss socialists have turned out again to protest in fact they dismiss the people behind me they say a lot of the these people are essentially a crackpot conspiracy theorist but what they're here to say is this meeting goes against everything that they perceive to be switzerland that neutrality the transparency that they want to promote here in switzerland just isn't evident in the dealings of the build group the economic crisis is a resort to policy or to build conference leaders we're seeing more democracy. and also in the economy of this year's meeting in switzerland does look like a different affair from last year's and sit just in spain there are more protesters here there's also more media attention

a lot of alternative media journalists have turned up to try to report on what's going on although r.t. is the only international news station that's represented here so we are seeing more protests we are seeing a better organized protest than we saw last year better organized media facilities so it does look like if this momentum can be carried on the build of a group be comfortable meeting in secret like this for a very much longer. but i spoke to investigative journalist tony golding earlier and he believes the media's blackout of the building conference is unacceptable given the far reaching decisions made by those attending. it is pretty obvious to me that this is a complete most convenient way to distract attention to say the sort of mix up this very important meeting with other silly kind of spirits conspiracy theories i can tell you my blood is boiling at the lack of coverage in the western world if you had all of the leaders of the main banks in the west all of these royalty all of the chief executives as well as people like george osborne with his treasury team

there i mean we're talking about an incredibly important meeting even if one of these groups were to meet up together it would be on our headlines but since they're all in the same place you would expect more coverage i mean even from the guardian to get down there for a degree to ask you but isn't that the choice of the group they want to media blackout so they can discuss openly and honestly amongst themselves without being reported erroneously or whatever they don't want the media to be there is that right. well they don't want the media that's because i think what they're what they're up to in there is absolutely is no good we have to look at what nato is up to and it is very important to understand the very close links between nato and the builder bergs it was set up around about the same time as nato just after the second world war by the cia and the council on foreign relations who've been talking about this during and after world war two and the idea that this organization is not important not important enough for us to know about in this country is just ridiculous around the western world because what's happening here

is we are spending our years voting in local and general elections and this arrogant bunch are choosing our party leaders so it almost doesn't matter which way we vote we still find this secret artificial consensus which is cooked up at these build a bird meetings spreads out around the world and it's not just me saying that this is will happen who actually went to one of these meetings when he was still the editor of the observer newspaper here in britain. well for more on any of the stories we're covering here or if you want to see that interview in full you can always log on to our website it's dot com and plenty of other features and news there for you there at the moment for example you can explain what ultra orthodox jews in the u.s. believe and into the state of israel is the only solution to the conflict in the middle east. and powerful to me to me that have an implement putin hop on their bikes to discuss social and economic issues. one a website hearty dot com. a man with physical disabilities makes the eleven thousand

kilometer trip from russia's far east to moscow all electric mobility scooter works on a caution begun his epic journey from the pacific city of lot of stock in the middle of april since then he's brave several injuries in a fever but remain on course towards moscow despite the hardships alexander says he's happy to have made new friends while raising awareness of disability issues that's also the goal set by the paralympic games to be held in twenty fourteen in sochi and he reports the city has become preparing has begun i should say preparing a welcome for disabled athletes from around the world. is it easy for a man in a wheelchair to travel to sochi a tough question for the mayor and his aides as the city is preparing to host the two thousand and fourteen winter paralympics the russia's paralympic champion to inspect newly built airport. i actually like to this place is one of the few

airports in russia that has lived a device that helps the civil passengers to board the plane throughout the city however there are issues that require attention but i'm sure they'll be dealt with . all newly built ice rink steady. quipped in accordance with strict paralympic standards but in the city itself with its aging infrastructure still a long. it has to be done to comply sochi sidewalks shops and restaurants are also undergoing massive construction to comply with strict standards so that nowhere is off limits and even though competition such as ice sledge hockey and alpine skiing will be held far from the city center thanks to the games sochi will be more accessible for people with disabilities living in less than legacy for locals and visitors alike russia's paralympic squad topped the overall standings at the vancouver two thousand and ten winter games with thirty eight medals twelve gold silver and sixteen bronze we spoke with russia's paralympic champion. as he was

preparing for the three week training in sochi. first off we're proud that russia will be hosting the paralympics it's good when the games are being held at home but on the other hand it's a great responsibility we just can't lose. the first paralympic test events and open skiing and biathlon will be held as early as next year drawing unprecedented international attention to the small russian town so for most people here it's a chance to show their hospitality to the special guests creating a comfortable barrier free environment the first of its kind in russia and also a great opportunity to see the russian paralympic team in action. r t sochi. spanish police have arrested three men believed to be involved in carrying out cyber attacks on governments and companies including sony and mastercard the suspects have been identified as members of the worldwide hacking group anonymous well this week online talk show host the resident takes to the streets of new york

to gauge people's attitude to hackers. sony intend out even the f.b.i. it seems like no one is safe from hackers these days are these cyberpunks heroes or villains this week let's talk about that technically speaking they are heroes because they console. everything they are they are from all of the security systems so what if a robber a bank robber is technically. proficient enough to get into a bank does that make him a hero to. the police department goes into certain things and the government goes into certain things probably i would put that on the same level as i would someone who goes in and hacks into a site they're not supposed to be on their hot cars which are five thing fossil kind of a logical point because we're just doing illegal activities. i think just

to make some content for romantic of all talkers if it's done really to open the lens to things that should be opened up i don't have that much of a problem is that it's so subjective though why are we entrusting thieves essentially with making that kind of a judgment call. these that's a strong word well they're going to take in people's him information good or bad for the good or bad will if you're if you're going in and you're taking a lot of credit card numbers and credit card accounts and doing that type of thing you're using that information again her private citizens and i don't think that's a good thing have you ever had your personal information had i have actually yeah you know and i felt. so violated and trying to control the information and stuff like that it's just. it's an awful feeling to oh i think it's going to get worse much worse because i have five daughters ranging from twenty three down to twelve years old and they're you know they don't think anything's

ever going to happen to them and they're out there with all of it and even though the warnings for pain. they're the next generation have you caught them putting stuff out there and you're like don't put that out there. cell phone numbers yeah what do you think hackers are villains or heroes the bottom line is if you have information in a database someplace consider yourself a potential target. when we look at some other world news in brief at this stage of the world updates from the police to break up a protest outside the city hall in the capital madrid. sworn in and it was organized by the growing protest movement fifteen opposes what it sees as a corrupt political system favoring the elites imposed right and left in peace it was one of a wave of protests across the country against high unemployment and corruption. refugees from syria been pouring into turkey off of the syrian government intensified its efforts against the rebel city of. good most residents reportedly

abandoned the area and activists say that more than thirty people were killed in clashes between government troops and protesters he's vowed to keep its borders open to refugees. but russia closeups or is next as the team exposed mysterious place is in the north as. christian churches are good cultural prosperity and a magnificent ancient necropolis known as the city of the dead today but it can be one of the most mysterious sights in southern russia the village of delegates but it's not the area's dog legacy that's driving locals away is. discover it. we continue our exploration of the north ascension republic and this time we're visit a unique historical area the village of dar govs or as the locals call it here the city of dads now the cemetery has almost one hundred asian stone cripps where

people that lived in this area buried their loved ones along with their belongings and now this valley stretches for over sixteen kilometers and there's a real open air museum for a study as they say this land helps them imagine live down here four hundred years ago meanwhile day to day life continues in this area along size this images of the past now watch our report to find out more three hours drive through a dangerous snaking road hidden in the mountains and tough trip but it's worth it there are a lot of different legends and myths around this area in the past locals try to avoid going to the city of baghdad as they say anyone who dares to get in will never get out alive and even now there are hardly any tourists around this place which might be more to the difficulty of getting here rather than any death curse.

in the times of the plague many people with no one left to prove them would come to the crypt and wait for the dam priest mansion about the city of the diamond dates back to the beginning of the fourteenth century the ancestors of the sangean sons will down on the five mountain ridges but the land was so expensive they were forced to choose the windiest and most unserviceable pleas to build a cemetery these days the area now provides a huge opportunity for archaeologists items found at the cemetery have been treat both professionals and local homages these days the surrounding area may once again be a law if with agriculture and opportunity but it's being deserted. people in search of a different lifestyle. for local ascension akshara volodya this is a devastating fact he has built his own hydro power plants that provide him and his

family with how interesting but he doesn't know who will inherit his legacy movie for the idea was born i did ten years ago but it took me several years to build it from scratch i used everything i could possibly find i call my bench in a freeflow wheel but what i see now is that people are leaving half of our village left in less than ten years. shot believes the only thing that can reverse this situation is the creation of the necessary infrastructure new roads new jobs and new opportunities to stop people leaving young people may be attracted to the bright lights of the c.t.'s that locals say they're leaving behind a truly unique point of russia the land up north that's here if they're rounded by mountains and health and while driving along with no job it helps what it can certainly run into a church or if wal-mart blanding into the theory fothergill what iggy who left his

tech real life to live hand says that this monastery the highest situated in washoe connects the past and the present the church was only build some six years ago but it stands nanto word the dates back to the sixteenth century actually worked during the epiphany celebrations of a ten thousand people come here for local christians this place is unique maybe because it is so cation nobody knows after spending several hours hand it really feels like this mountainous area marries the past with the present and if you listen hard enough you can almost hand the flu fathers of a sad singing their songs by the fire my dear the question what russia close up the republic of north the south asia. well be about the recap of our top stories that will be followed by a spotlight interview that's coming your way in just a few moments stay with us live here in moscow.

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