three months on from the fukushima nuclear catastrophe in japan public anger at the concealment of the true size of the disaster spilled out into the streets as people demand action to n.p.r. and go in crisis. the government is not going to probe the information people young and old want to know the truth. powerful dangerous and possibly illegal that's a view of activists protesting the secretive meeting of the world's most influential political and financial leaders at the annual builder burg conference. r.t. looks at the large scale modernization the russian city of so she is undergoing to make that twenty four thousand paralympic games easily accessible for spectators and participants alike.

for am in moscow i met tressa 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 thomas has more from the japanese capital. that is so three months after the devastating earthquake and tsunami which rocks 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 so much 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 daiichi 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 off and a half in fact. the government is not providing proper information and people young and old want to know the truth of the course on the situation with the radioactive emissions has not changed in the last three months nothing has changed since the very beginning the communities devastated 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 the 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 is. 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 recognitions people and you forget about a surprise one person from the prime minister's cabinet has actually been saying that he would not subject his i'm trying to this day think it is a kind of goes this is a with the administration with their own children to exact 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 clean up crews in see how that process is going right now but from tokyo sean thomas r.t. . residents of the fukushima district and those who live nearby have not only faced 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 area who even people who were born there but who live in tokyo are experiencing discrimination in japan by people who consider them possibly contaminated even the 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 in japan called 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 who return no bones 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 follow radiation exposures in communities several u.s. congressmen have received a letter apparently written by libyan leader colonel moammar gadhafi it thanked the statesman 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 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 appeal 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 interested interested in ending the conflict is khadafi himself. job he never wanted conflict in the first place he did mean. you responded to it when washington and nato will. be responding because of course he wants it is if you want the cease fire he doesn't want any of this to go war on the west. he wants to do this these are the ones that need a conflict washington and nato testily do not want to add to your independent of the service on the ground including for us congresswoman green party presidential

candidate he says. and maybe what i mean to tease chileans mass casualties mess destruction the you will use media to see miss neves out of. the recording probably again don't mention the hiding the truth. on our website r.t. dot com we want to know what you think libya's deadlock 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 outfield the you when should step in and send peacekeepers and split the country into. still ahead artie's the resident hits the streets of new york for opinion on the recent cyber attacks on sony and master card. it was because they are heroes because they console. everything they are they are approach all the security systems that as well as

a few less positive takes on the 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 locals try to avoid going to this 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 dead to bring you are report from the mystical and mountainous south of the country. but first it's an annual gathering of political and financial elite and it's a veil of secrecy isn't forced 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 laura emmet reports from santa maria it's. as this

building work 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 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 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 the swedish at and these the politicians are according to swedish law committing diplomatic treason and if

if they were sentenced if they were judged and sentenced they would be imprisoned for ten years to life according to swedish law people think it's a conspiracy theory but in fact this is 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 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 hair. and switzerland just isn't evident in

the dealings of the build group the economic crisis is a resort to the policy of conference and global leaders we're seeing more democracy. this is meeting in switzerland does look like a different affair from last year since it just in spain there are more processes 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 will protest 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 bill to be comfortable meeting in secret like this for very much longer. my colleague bill dodd spoke with investigative journalist tony gosling who believes the media blackout of the conference is unacceptable given the cover the far reaching decisions made by the

attendees. it is pretty obvious to me that this is a can be most convenient way to distract attention to say the sort of mix up this very important meeting with other silly kind of spurious 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 guardian to get down there for a degree i 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 this is very important to understand the very close links between nato 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 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 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 big 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 t.v. dot com including this working in tandem with russia's president joins the

country's prime minister on a bike ride discussed social and economic issues also. some of new york's ultra orthodox jews join the palestinian struggle calling for dismantling of israel and. tit for tat or provocation was the murder of. a russian colonel settings for the killing of a chechen teen aimed at stirring up ethnic hatred or just prevent all this and more put away dot com. and indomitable spirit a man with physical disabilities makes the eleven thousand kilometer trip from russia's far east to moscow electric mobility scooter alexander cash and started his epic journey from the pacific city of lot of all stuck in the middle of april

since then he braved several injuries and a fever but remained on course toward the capital despite 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 our he's done it a lot secure ports the city has started preparing a welcome for disabled athletes from around the world. is it easy for a man in the 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 paralympic champion to inspect newly built airport. i don't really like to this place is one of the few airports in russia that lift a device that hopes to see a person two years to board the plane through it to see. the however there are issues that require attention but i'm sure they'll be dealt with. all newly built ice rink steady and ski pistons are equipped in accordance with strict paralympic

standards but in the city itself with its aging infrastructure still a lot has to be done to comply so she 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 ice lead 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 lusting legacy for locals and visitors alike russia's paralympic squad topped overall standings that event coover 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 of all we're proud that russia will be hosting the paralympics it's good 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 of 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 worldwide hacking group anonymous this week online show host outlawry harshness takes to the streets of new york to gauge people's attitude toward 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 but 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 activity this. thing you know just a mix. of it's done really to open the lens to things that should be. i don't have that much of a problem is that it's so subjective though why are we in trusting thieves essentially making that kind of a judgment call. these that's

a strong word well they're going to take in people's him information go to remember 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 and 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 from parents they're the next generation so heavy have you caught them putting stuff. burying it like don't put that out there. phone numbers yeah whether you think hackers are villains or heroes the bottom line is if you have information

it database someplace in fifty years a potential target. turned out to some other stories making headlines across the globe spanish police had dispersed a rally outside city hall in the top of a madrid as the mayor takes office for a third term almost a thousand people turned out and protest over corruption and youth already is failure to have a look right into a 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 to 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 them pouring into turkey after syria's government intensified its efforts against the rebel city of sugar most residents have reportedly abandon the area activists say more than thirty people were killed in clashes between government troops and protestors turkey has vowed to keep its border open to flee refugees. off the libyan coast a group of environmentalists are disrupting the work of tuna fish from a 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 activists vessel conservation is claim they're trying to find out if the boats are fishing legal. up next our closeup team and the mysterious and beautiful russian republic of north discovering some of its best kept secrets.

churches are a culture of magnificent ancient necropolis known as the city of the dead today we look into one of the most mysterious sights in southern russia the village of data dobbs but it's not the area's dark legacy that's driving away the locals as artie's medina coaching over as. we continue our exploration of the north as such in a 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 dad's 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 a sentience 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 here 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 dallas 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 him a rather than any death curse. in the times of the plane many people with no one left to breed them would come to the crypt and wait for the damn priest mansion about the city of the diamond dates back to the beginning of the fourteenth century the ancestors of uncertainty and sense will down on the five mount. and ridges but the land was so expensive they were forced to choose the windiest and most unserviceable place to build

a cemetery these days the area now provides a huge opportunity for archaeologists items found at 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 is being deserted by people in search of a different lifestyle. for a local ascension are shot of vodka this is a devastating fact he has built his own hydro power plants that provide him and his family without a tricity but he doesn't know who will inherit his legacy. because the idea was born i have a 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. shod 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 leave their leaving behind a truly unique point of russia the land up north that's here if they're rounded by mountain fairy tales and while driving along this noble bethel want to get a family run into a church or if wal-mart landing into the thin area fothergill were gay who left his secular life to live hand says 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 nieto word the dates back to the sixteenth century the world during the epiphany celebrations of a ten thousand people come here for local christians this place is unique maybe because of its ok sure 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 floor fathers a facade singing their songs by the fire my dear the question about russia close up the republic of north the south. 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 here's a preview. it was created to serve public interests to inform and to entertain. these days there's nothing easier than opening a new media outlet but there is nothing harder than revoking its license in case of corruption on. one just from. the san antonio ways in trying to be the problem you can involved in a community ground where you have one large corporation controlling the daily

newspaper radio stations television stations the cable outlets or you tell me that that sounds like democracy the public opinion versus f.c.c. broadcast blues on r.g.p. . we're back with a recap of our top stories in a few minutes stay with us. more

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