three months on from the fukushima nuclear catastrophe in japan public anger at the concealment of the true size of the disaster spills on to the streets as people demand action to n.p.r. growing crisis the government is not for going to proper information people young and old learn to know the truth of the. powerful dangerous and possibly illegal that's the view of activists protesting the secretive meeting of the world's most influential political and financial leaders at the annual builder bird conference. r.t. looks at the large scale modernisation the russian city of so she is undergoing to make the twenty fourteen paralympic games easily accessible for spectators and

participants a lot of. good to have you with us here on r t our top story it's been three months since a huge earthquake struck japan triggering a devastating tsunami that killed tens of thousands of people it's also caused the worst nuclear disaster in decades at the fukushima reactors to mark the day a mass demonstration was held in tokyo protesting the use of nuclear power and the concealment by authorities of the real scale of the accident sean thomas has more from the japanese company. it is a 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 and organize 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 and for the tepco headquarters the company responsible for the daiichi power plant and 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 those 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 half in fact i haven't i don't know the government is not providing proper information and people young and old want to know the truth of the course 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 that people have no homes there is no place to walk everything is destroyed school also coming to life is that the nuclear fuel not only melted down but possibly melted in or containment vessels and into the outer skin is still 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 more rain that radioactive water will then still out and flooding the area has been working terminations also people are very angry about the children their schools which are contaminated is. well right now kids are exposed to higher levels of radiation than ever have been in the past and they have to stay inside in sealed buildings to play outside it's also very hot and impossible to get. there as you're about to surprise one person from the prime

minister sharon has actually said that he will not subject his entourage of se asia as a cocktail this is a with the administration with the entrepreneur to direct themselves to these higher levels of radiation of course our goal is in our tea 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 john thomas artsy. residents of the fukushima district and those who live nearby not only face radiation exposure but also social stigma that's according to professor robert jacobs from the hiroshima peace institute. there are still people living in areas where there's high radiation and there's children going to school in areas where there's high radiation and so there's been a reluctance to move as quickly as possible and a lot of people from the sheema area who even people who were born there that live in tokyo are experiencing discrimination in japan by people who consider them possibly contaminated even though radiation is not transferable to other people but

there are a lot of problems ahead if i can give you one quick example in august there's a very important holiday injured can call in which everyone returns to their hometown because the spirits of ancestors come to their burial places where their ashes are interned and the family welcomes them these people exclusions and will not be able to observe this religious holiday and welcome their spirits of their ancestors in return and only when people find that they're unable to carry out their familial obligations for decades because they can't return to these areas people tend to blame themselves even if there are structural reasons so there needs to be some work done to help people through not just the radiation exposure but the social breakdowns that the radiation exposure is in communities several u.s. congressmen have received a letter apparently written by libyan leader colonel moammar gadhafi thanked the statesmen who are critical of president obama for u.s. involvement in nato military intervention the authenticity of the no it hasn't been

confirmed meanwhile alliance forces have kept up there are strikes near the country's capital allegedly wounding a senior khadafi aide earlier in the u.s. and its close allies britain and france called on other alliance nations to commit themselves more deeply to the struggle but germany spain and turkey the main targets of the preferred to offer a more peaceful solution with the turkish prime minister offering the libyan leader a safe exit according to u.s. radio host and author stephen leatherman the person most interesting interested in ending the conflict is cut off. he never wanted conflict in the first place. he added he responded to it when washington in new york. does he respond because of the once it is if you want to see science he doesn't want any of this civil war in the west. he wants it if. he wants it need a conflict washington inigo castle we do not want to live here in the bennett

service on the ground including former u.s. congresswoman green party presidential candidate he says even. if true. and maybe what i mean to tease schilling's mass casualties and mess destruction is you. just see miss neves i was here when. you were ordering began don't mention loose here hyena truths. on our website r.t. dot com we want to know where you think libya is that law can be resolved so far nearly two thirds think nato should withdraw fifteen percent say things should continue as they are until the conflict eventually ends eleven percent think only ground forces will resolve the situation the same route feel the un should step in and send peacekeepers and split the country to. still ahead or to use the president hits the streets of new york for opinion on the recent cyber attacks on sony and

mastercard. look it was because they are heroes because they can sold. everything they are they are from all the security systems. as well as a few west positive takes over hackers in just a few minutes plus a city like any other. there are a lot of different legends and myths around this area in the past the locals try to avoid going to this it's down it's they say anyone who dares to get in will never get a life or rush or a close up team braves the city. the day to bring you are a court from the mystical and mountainous south. but first it's an annual gathering of political and financial elite and it's a veil of secrecy is in force by an army of security guards this year's build a bird conference is being held in switzerland and taxpayers are footing the bill even as europe tightens its belt and forces through tough austerity measures

attendees range from royalty to top c.e.o.'s and it's also wonder and now traditional media blackout emmet reports from summer it's. as this building meeting has progressed here in summer it's in switzerland more and more protesters 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 people obviously but i will say many germans austrians swedes and even americans who 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 builder burge 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 and if they were sentenced if they were judged and sentenced they would be imprisoned for ten years to life according to people think it's a conspiracy theory but in fact it'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 i'm good humanity not good for the planet. and you know i don't want my kid growing up to be a slave in the new rules order to be honest this is not the only protest day about kilometer away down in the town the young swiss socialists have turned out again to process in fact they dismiss the people behind me they say a lot of the these people are essentially a crackpot conspiracy theorists 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. and switzerland just isn't evident in the feelings of the build group the economic crisis is too policy above to be labor conference and to global leaders we see more democracy. this year's meeting in switzerland does look like a different affair from last year's in sic just in spain there are more processes here there's also more media attention a lot of alternative media journalists are 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 better organized protests than we saw last year better organized media facilities so it does look like if this momentum can be carried on a building be comfortable meeting in secret like this for a very much longer. investigative journalist tony gosling who believes the media

blackout of the conference is unacceptable given the far reaching decisions made by the attendees. it is pretty obvious to me that this is the complete most convenient way to distract attention to say a sort of mix up this very important meeting with other silly kind of spirits conspiracy theories and 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 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 audience you get down there. but isn't that the choice of the group they want a 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 ninety and the building it was set up around about the same time as nato just after the second world war by the cia and the council of foreign relations who've been talking about this during and after world war two the idea that this organization is not important not important enough for us to know about 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. for more on the stories we're

covering you can always log on to our website and find a lot more there on our team. including the head of russia's president joins the country's prime minister. on a bike ride to discuss social and economic issues also. some of new york's ultra orthodox jews join the palestinian struggle calling for a dismantling of israel. tit for tat or provocation with the murder of myriad down of the russian colonel said and for the killing of a chechen teen aimed at story not ethnic hatred or just revenge all this and more i put away at archie dot com. that indomitable spirit a man with physical disabilities makes the eleven thousand kilometer trip from

russia's far east from moscow on electric mobility scooter alexander cash and started his epic journey from the pacific city of lot of all stock in the middle of april since then he braved several injuries and a fever but remained on course toward the capital and spite of hardships alexander says he's happy to have made some new friends while raising awareness of disability issues that's also the goal set by the paralympic games to be held in two thousand and fourteen in sochi as archy's dennis i watch your reports the city has started preparing a welcome for disabled athletes from around the world if you can get it. 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's preparing to host the two thousand and fourteen winter paralympics the best russia's paralympic champion to inspect newly built airports. most of the length of this place is one of the few airports in russia that lift the device that hopes to see the passengers on board the plane through the city however there are issues that required attention but i'm

sure they'll be dealt with. all newly built steady and keep this in sochi are equipped in accordance with. paralympic standards but in the city itself with its aging infrastructure still a lot 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 competitions such as iceland hockey and alpine skiing will be held far from the city center things to the games sochi will be more accessible for people with disabilities living in less the legacy for locals and visitors alike russia's paralympic squad top kill for all 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 example of as he was preparing for the three week training in sochi. we're proud that russia will

be hosting the paralympics it's good when the games are being held at home rather here and it's a great responsibility we just can't lose the first paralympic test events in 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 specs i've been identified as members of the hacking group anonymous this week online show host outlawry harshness takes to the streets of new york to gauge people's attitude toward.

so many intend even the f.b.i. it seems like no one is safe from hackers these days i do you favor punks heroes or belittle this week let's talk about that. they are heroes because. everything they are they are from. the security systems so what if a robber a bank robber is technically a. professional enough to get into a bank does that make him a hero to. and goes into certain things when 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 harvest which are five things. because we're just doing illegal activities. just to make. careers and it's done really open to things that should be i don't know that much

of it it's so subjective though why are we entrusting thieves essentially making that kind of a judgment call. they use that's a strong word well they're going to take in people's him information for good or bad will if you're if you're going to get in your taking a lot of credit card numbers and credit card accounts and doing that type of thing and you're using that information again her private citizens. i don't think that's a good thing have you ever had your personal information had i have actually you know and i felt. so violated and trying to control the information that it's just. it's awful feeling 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 in even though the warnings were here. they're the next generation so if you caught them putting stuff out there you're

like oh my goodness is still phone numbers yeah but do you think hackers are aliens or heroes the bottom line is if you have information in a database someplace in fifty years. turning out of some other stories making headlines across the globe spanish police had dispersed a rally outside city hall in the capital madrid as the mayor takes office for a third term almost a thousand people turned out protests over corruption and youth already to have the presidential crisis demonstration follows a wave of protests across the country triggered by growing unemployment and economic hardship. in pakistan more than thirty people were killed more than one hundred injured in two bomb explosions in the northwestern city of peshawar according to police the first blast went off just after midnight in an area home to newspaper offices and army housing

a more powerful blast set off by remote control hit the same area only minutes later the attack happened as afghan president hamid karzai and cia director leon panetta were in the capital islamabad for reconciliation efforts with the taliban. refugees from syria have been pouring into turkey after syria's government intensified its efforts against the rebel city of jews are sure most residents have reportedly abandoned the area to say more than thirty people were killed in clashes between government troops and protesters turkey has vowed to keep its borders open to flee refugee camps. off the libyan coast a group of environmentalists are disrupting the work of tuna fishermen ship from the sea shepherd conservation society used fire hoses and stink bombs to hamper fishing the fisherman responded by laying a rope in front of the activist vessel conservationist claim they're trying to find out if the boats are fishing illegally. up next our close up team and the mysterious and beautiful russian republic of north discovering some of its best

kept secrets. church is our culture and magnificent ancient necropolis no one is the city of the dead today we look into one of the most mysterious sights in southern russia the village of god goddess but it's not the areas dark legacy that's driving away the locals medina coaching over reports. we continue our exploration of the north as such in a republic and this time we'll visit a unique historical area the village of bhargava or as the locals call it here the city of dad's well 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 is the real open air museum for his thirty years they say this land helps them imagine life 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 out in the mountains and chopper troop 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 doubt 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 was no one left to brood them would come to the crypt and wait for the downs first mansion about the city of the dance at the beginning of the fourteenth century the ancestors of insanity and sense all down on

the five mountain ridges but the land was so expansive 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 out the cemetery have been treated both professionals and local homages these days the surrounding area may once again be a lawyer with agriculture and opportunity but it's been deserted. people in search of a different lifestyle. for a local ascension are shot of vodka this is a devastating fact he has to build his own hydro power plants that provides him and his family without a tricity but he doesn't know who will inherit his legacy. if the idea was born over ten years ago but it took me several years to build it from scratch i used everything i could possibly find i call my general freeflow wheel but what i

see now is that people are leaving half of our village left in less than ten years . so i believe the only thing that can reverse the situation is the creation of the necessary infrastructure new roads and new jobs and new opportunities to stop people leaving young people may be attracted to the bright lights of the c.t.'s that the locals leave their leaving behind a truly unique point of russia the land up north of crap here if they're rounded by mountain fairy tales and while driving along with no one can firmly run into a turret or ethanol not allowed to enter the theory it bothered you were gay who lacked his tech real life to live ham sense that this monastery the highest situated in russia connects the past and the present the church was only build some six years ago but it stands near ta word the dates back to the sixteenth century

during the if it is celebrations of a ten thousand people come here for local christians this place is unique maybe because of its location nobody knows after spending several hours hand it really feels like it's a mountainous area marries the past with the present and if you listen hard enough you can almost hand the floor fathers of a society and singing their songs by the fire and i do not question that russia close up the republic of north or south asia. stay with us here on r t coming up in the next hour a special report on groups who say they're fighting to make the u.s. airwaves more democratic there's a pretty. good was created to serve the public interests to inform and to entertain. these days there's nothing easier than opening a new media outlets but there is nothing harder than revoking its license in case of corruption. in front.

of the police you can get involved in a community where you have one large corporation controlling the daily newspapers radio stations television stations the cable outlets you told me that that sounds like democracy in the public opinion versus f.c.c. broadcast blues on a marquee. we're back with a recap of our top stories in a few minutes stay with us.

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