shulman's discovers what makes antarctica so special the trust of the many wildlife in antarctica is close if you live in the slums of. extradition to the bottom of your. new radiation leaks exceeding legal limits are detected in seawater near japan's crippled fukushima plant as a country's nuclear crisis continue its. naval plans to expand its air strikes to leave his northwest while colonel gadhafi used a high profile game of chess to you to rate his reluctance to leave the country plus. we know it we don't need are we here is this new. media hype over the scandalous case of an american senator tweeting racy pictures of yourself sparse concerns that the u.s. is letting gossip overshadow the real news.

this is r.t. coming to you live from the russian capital moscow marina joshie welcome to the program a radioactive substance has been detected and seawater around japan's fukushima plant with concentration levels two hundred forty times more than the safe limit scientists warned that a strong element is highly dangerous for humans as it can accumulate and bones and is believed to cause cancer over its launch on thomas and because he was here he joins us now oh yes sean so far as i know you're outside official thirty kilometers exclusion zone so tell us how safe is it there now. well it's very interesting marina because we are actually eighty kilometers from the number one plant which is the epicenter of that exclusion zone that you just mentioned we were there

yesterday we'll talk about more that know more about that in a second but here we are eighty kilometers away and the radiation levels in this area in many many places in many instances are much higher are really close because if you look at a map of where fukushima city is in relation to the actual nuclear facility that's plant number one where a lot of that radiation. anything from the winds are bringing that radiation in it to fukushima city and the rain and wind is blowing the radiation in this direction so earlier today we were in a spot where i could i could really confuse you with a lot of numbers about point micro sievers and what have you but really in simplest terms we were at a spot where the radiation levels were one thousand times what is considered to be a safe dose of so. very very dangerous levels and so scientists so that we're

working with today from different universities are working together on projects to try to figure out ways to use a simple methods to actually clean that radiation up and that's what they're doing in fact i'm going to turn it just a little bit more now and see some of that happening behind and meet. us right now where the contamination levels were about five hundred times what they should actually safely be so one of the concerns is that you can actually have a one spot which is only thirty times in the accepted normal levels and then you go to another spot which is just a meter away and it can jump to five hundred to a thousand times depending on where rainwater and mud have collected one of the concerns of course is that grass is a concern to the filter for nuclear ready i think. curial and are drawn to grassy places so when they go to those areas they could actually be absorbing more radiation from the grass as well so what's interesting is this area that we're

in right now is considered a safe area it is not considered a mandatory evacuation area but authorities are looking into to see whether it should be considered evacuation or at least hotspots within the city should be evacuated because of the the very very high micro places the smoke. if you will where the radiation is just off the charts well china as far as i understand you consume a nation of cisco nonstop there you mentioned briefly earlier there are plans to the no entry area yesterday with signs and so tell us what you saw there yesterday . well yesterday was a very interesting and very taxing day both emotionally and physically because emotionally we're dealing with is seeing the devastation from the actual earthquake and the tsunami itself so you go into this area right on the coast where buildings are destroyed and they had all of this this impact from the actual physical earth quake and tsunami but they also revealing with the radiation levels now that the

city of milwaukee where we were was about twenty five kilometers from reactor number one we spend most of the day there with scientists who are working with lawn chairs to clean up the area but we also went to the actual exclusions of zone itself now initially we were just going to go to the border to check and see what ready haitian levels were very close to that area in that area just about a hundred times what the actual accepted safe levels should be so much less than here believe it or not and what we found was a very rich russian green valley which kind of shows this dangerous side of this radiation because while it looks peaceful it looks clean it looks like it was a beautiful day the breeze was blowing but the radiation levels in the air were much more dangerous than you should actually put you subject yourself to now interesting way enough that when you actually get to that forty mile exclusion zone we were turned away by police because it is forbidden by law to go into that area we turned the car and accidentally we went to

a parking lot where we thought it was we were outside the occlusion the road turns out we were a couple of miles inside that bend area and we were met by police officer and eventually acceptable official came out to talk to us and told us where we could go to safely film our stand ups and where we could safely be now i use the term safely lightly because again you know with the amount of radiation in the air there is still even though it's less that here is still considered to be dangerous. all right john thanks very much indeed for bringing us this update and telling us how the rest it seems work they are fighting an invisible enemy radiation that ash on towns reporting found focus on out of hand. and later in the program we report on how radiation is being exported from japan we report on the illegal network bringing contaminated cars into the streets of european cities. meantime nato plans to expand the target area of its military strikes in libya and

hit khadafi forces in the northwestern part of the country meanwhile colonel gadhafi said he's not going to leave the country despite the heavy pressure he repeated his defiance during a meeting with the president of the world chess federation there were reports that the rebels seized the city of zawiya just thirty kilometers off the capital tripoli but the claims were later denied by the league and government u.s. radio hosts and peace activist says that the west has hijacked the uprising in libya to serve its own interests the united states is spending two million dollars a day in a billion and a half dollars has just been handed to the so-called rebels using the leadership of these rebels for his stars and twenty year outward of the central intelligence agency the cia and the n.s.a.'s hijack this uprising initially against the it is a complete subordinate. position is true now that is being funded and armed by the

nato powers in the united states their objective is to carve up live into several countries and diseases forty four point two billion barrels of oil reserves that's what the objective is it's the sixty imperial war that obama is waging in the region and it is the genocidal war in all its features the target is the population at large not merely because of the regime. is syria president houses forces have reportedly taken over the rebel held town of sure meanwhile pressure is mounting on syria where britain and france are pushing a draft u.n. resolution but russia and trying to oppose any of hams to intervene in the syrian conflict have said they won't back the move however arab world observer every incident in the west is using the u.n. to benefit from the country's civil conflict. the united nations. is is merely an international organization working to promote the interests of its

most powerful members notably the united states britain and eyesores the western world is concerned also from so in other countries and the european union because just as they are considering cracking down on the syrian government must consider cracking down on the government of bahrain or other or egypt point in time when it was also with us for what is happening in syria so it will take you sleep in almost all countries in the middle east and in north africa. we flexed internal problems all countries have internal problems no doubt about it and there is a genuine desire on the part of many people in syria no doubt to get rid of its very fossilised government but there is also external interference notably from the united states and from britain and from france to take advantage of these internal problems. thousands have been out on the streets of athens in protest against the second round of the stereo measures debated in the greek parliament people don't

want new taxes or wage cuts but without them the country will not receive international bailout money. is in athens. where. you can see here how many people at the break by the name well they began here are. paid by the government that would be making. the people here and the sanctions really been building for years they've already been. very strict of certain measures they say that the government has really keep anything by that and say with any profit message there's a lot of tension on the street from a. great power and they can raise some income by raising that type of people simply didn't think that that right would have it. might be the case that the package of a certain measures will have to be implemented if greece wants to continue paying

the international bailout money now this comes on the back biggest that were released last week they say that sixty percent of the bulls are out so i still think forty c. percent to fifteen to twenty four year olds are what mistaken to some of the younger people here they say coming out is that really i think they are right. we should put the blame. and the voting system. but the people of greece doesn't stop in doing things. but situation they looked on the game and that's why we came here to tell them that they are incapable of saving us and we want to keep the old way makes up elections now and to make it a new government that will sell past and out people to improve on you but the. main thing is that we're paying the price of mining in political price.

in. five. parties or first continues to track the developments in greece for you check out our twitter feed. and her await us tweet she says a general strike is planned for wednesday and that the protester she spoke with tell her they are determined to gather a huge crowd so pro-us that r t underscore calm. is.

there's a growing and israeli feeling in europe was calls an e.u. and us governments to stop ignoring the occupation of palestinian land and the politicians remain silent activists to rally and drive tension to the plight of the palestinian people daniel bushell has more from brussels. but day of rage against israel thousands call for the boycott of israeli goods over its continued expansion of palestinian land a jewish demonstrator says enough is enough. american leaders do not think that the e.u. does nothing the repeated un resolutions have ruled israeli settlements illegal. activity the european union to call the main export of the occupied territories closed and fruits they formed human barricades it's a use a ploy to oppose stoping gets in through an open from look at israel's carmel brand

market settlement produce and pockets the profits but trying forces moving their citizens are committing war crimes under the geneva convention public pressure is bearing fruit it's a lease biggest grosser co-op's. group deployed territories the world slowed. security firm g four s. has stopped work with these really check points on the west bank. breached human rights shareholders forced bill james dixie a bank to sell its israel on over a million euro loans to settlements activists next target is the. links between thirty and jerusalem e.u. transport giant veolia protesters are also seeking to file charges on the international law against israel over its construction of settlements which the authorities are investigating belgian police or parsley's complaints on to the courts judges must rule if firms who buy food from occupied palestinian land are

complicit in war crimes and irish m.e.p. paul murphy will join calls a flick tiller the biggest yet to braise awareness of the situation activists were killed by israeli commandos but a similar operation was stopped in international waters last year murphy feel things have got so bad he's ready to risk his life hopefully people aren't killed this time as they were last time by raiding military forces. back it brings the world's attention to this issue such moves say experts false politicians and business to act to public opinion change your mind before they were thinking that israel was grabbed by the police should it. ever really capacity to challenge and international institution the european tradition and un and also.

the last time such a campaign was mobilized internationally was against the south african apartheid regime israel may have powerful allies but a position in europe to its policies is growing too don't you see brossel. israel's blockade of gaza. damaging not only to the area but to israel itself says the e.u. high representative for foreign affairs argues exclusive interview was baroness catherine ashton is coming your way in fifteen minutes time but first here's a preview. we're very consistent in saying what needs to happen is that israel is going to open the borders with guards there and the love of people and goods to move freely now i recognize the importance of the security situation for israel we've always done that but it seems to me a position that's not tenable you have the inability to get the economy moving gaza and one of the things i've been saying to the israeli is for some time is it's in

their interest to see economic growth and development and girls are lots of small businesses you know that could really do well lots of people want jobs eighty percent of people in gaza received today so many young people who don't have a future and part of the l. such a volatile part of making sure that we have security is giving them that future and that means allowing in and out the products the goods were girls or could actually . support its own economy. police in the u.s. of close investigation of the so-called sexing case that's dominated national headlines for over two weeks a senator tweeting a teenager with their racy photo has overshadowed world news some media putting the story ahead of the war in libya and raging violence in syria our he's gone and she can look where the american media is priorities lie but he doesn't know the american media can't get enough of anthony we nursed crotch shot let me read us

congressman who sent this lewd photo to a young woman via twitter and the story made it perfectly sex again with a shameless cover up this is a twitter hopes a prank that was going on i'm the victim of this poor girls the victim of a subsequent embarrassing compassion last friday night i tweeted a photograph of myself that i intended to send as a direct message as part of a joke to a woman in seattle. once i realized i posted to twitter i panicked i took it down and said that i had been hacked and of course it careful apology and deeply sorry for the pain this is caused by whites. and our family it seemed anthony weiner's indiscretion overshadowed all other news in america winners winner and we are the winner is this you we dated for a few months like almost ten years ago to the point even comedians for whom the congressman's crotch right has become a bottomless source of inspiration point how he spread good american news media can

be i have your. i your stories. that have been watched by this recent scandal on a more serious note many people think the only way to get ratings as it is to lead and constantly churn and cover these types of lascivious stories that really don't have any bearing on people's lives whether or not it's a private issue that as a fact nobody put the people involved the media pressure is so high that it has become a trend in america to make equally personal apologies on camera but everybody who has been. you know. the same goes for celebrities like tiger woods' extramarital affairs make headlines for months i am deeply sorry for my irresponsible and selfish behavior i engaged in the apologies seem to fuel the gossip in the street even more when politicians stage

and i do use this word staged these apology kind of sessions they are very likely responding to their public relations. advisors their lawyers etc etc i mean in the networks american media companies love it because again it generates even more scandal american calibration lives off scandals take charlie sheen lindsay lohan with her analyst miles courts and now we're at the least this endless and all these scandals have to do with private matters but they feel the news environment is such an extent that many hats either got sick has replaced actual means in america i'm going to check now we're porting from washington our take. and i'll wait as news feature is an analysis all available for you in our website artsy dot com the national aside to you or to darfur be laid to rest in moscow to log on to argue dot com to find out more about the controversy surrounding the disgraced colonel all the coverage along with expert opinions

online right now plus. four in the running of russia's foreign ministry is alarmed by american marines approaching the country's borders from the black sea the west meanwhile says it's necessary for a missile shield plan which russia opposes all the dispute by logging onto our team dot com. the fukushima nuclear crisis has shock waves through the world's motor industry as rumors cause potential buyers to lose faith in japanese cars officials maintain that all of the goals are thoroughly checked for radiation before shipment but reports suggest that contaminated vehicles could still find their way into the market in the next year chatzky has more. oh has been contemplating

a change of heart core for months a fan of japanese vehicles she wanted to upgrade her old fraud or two in your model but her car dealing friend said it was not the right time they're still here but the us could also you know i was told privately that all new japanese cars are radioactive because of the fukushima disaster this shipment was supposedly a lot. but unofficial dealers bribe them and cut those cars on to the streets but she said if i want to have lead in the future i should abstain from buying a car like that now this sport in southern ukraine receives eighty thousand new cars and month at least a third of them come from. these off roaders worship in before the fukushima disaster in japan and even they were checked for radiation over the ridges claim there's absolutely no chance of contaminated vehicles making their way onto the korean territory officials at the ports left off our question whether there have

been any contaminated course here after the japanese fallout from the people in these regards arrive to us transiting through greek and turkish eating works if anything goes wrong it would have been spotted there in the first place it was still there to check all vehicles for any more logical threat. ecologists say these checks may not be enough to determine radiation boeing is a big radioactive particles are very small and hundreds of vehicles they can be found in fields just radiators inside small of the system because that's why it's very difficult to detect them with a regular guy get the disposal of the customs union security for me besides if everything was all right with these cars then why would car dealers both official and not firmly refused to comment on the allegations experts say this is because they are protecting their business and the sale of contaminated steel is not something you feel you crave these. shorts were filmed inside the chernobyl

exclusion zone several years ago scavengers stealing contaminated radiators from the ghost town of. one costs around twenty dollars on the black market tens of thousands have been removed from the zone. these contaminated missile can be recycled and used to writing in from the rails to the vehicles without losing its right to that seat but usually it's used to make an industrial type school and ukraine is what it's going to leave you sort of like so it's a multi-billion dollar business. radioactive particles may be small but are still gravely dangerous a person subjected to them for a lengthy period can experience various long diseases and even chance or so you can a temptation to buy a new japanese car is too hard to resist experts advise turning to professionals to check whether it is say let's see your shots to see because you from and each in ukraine. now great look at some other headlines across the globe in our world today

in turkey really prime minister has wanted third term in office of just fifty percent of the vote the ruling justice and development party retains power but fails to gain the parliamentary seats required to ensure constitutional change. thousands cheer the victory across the country celebrations turned sour in a southwestern city asked police use water cannon and here gas to disperse protesters. at eruption in chile has disrupted dozens of flights and strangely any new zealand cancelled due to an ash cloud leaving thousands of passengers stranded their fear is that of all can consider early damage in airplanes and ok as eruption started over a week ago and has already forced air traffic in several south american countries to come to a standstill. alexander caution has been and will chair bound for ten years but he hasn't. they're holding back alexander drove eleven thousand kilometers

across russia in his electric buggy to draw attention to the plight of the stable people are it is there a protocol that method man person. alexander's top speed is not much more than walking pace it's been more than a decade since the accident which put him in a wheelchair driving the other car was america's consul general in the us talked elegy drunk and that's where the problems began as a diplomat american douglas can't could claim immunity officials back in washington refused to waive his rights so alexander had no chance of getting redress this is the record of it all to a scot free but i will keep on seeking justice. alexander tells me he's been fighting for compensation ever since to pay for his specialist care and medical expenses so long after the original accident it's important to him to keep his case in the public eye his just finished and marathon of the marathon proportions

writing his life going by the eleven thousand kilometers from his home to moscow and it's been a journey of discovery the evolution the real i was most surprised by the decency and generosity of our people i never expected such help that just imagine every set of stairs demands for people to get me up that you have that despite all the obstacles he came to the heart of russia many people along the way i'll still go to the kremlin tell them how we live but alexander is not the complete inclined to strongly believes that no matter what the odds everyone's guess it is in their own hands the people he's mad have certainly heard his call but it's the people in power in washington who really need to listen and act jerry pushed over party moscow. or the brings us up to date here on our back or the headlines shortly stay with us.

true essence than children green and one form or another socialism has spread the shadow of human regimentation over most of the nations of europe and the shadow is an approaching for. the early twenty first century military bases a network of military bases all around the forms that believe empire that the

united states is trying to build that's astonishing most americans have no idea there are more than a quarter of a million or more than two hundred fifty thousand u.s. troops stationed on these bases all around. we don't have profit basis of america we don't have any british base we don't have any korean base we don't have any french bases or you know we just all american bases in crossed our bases of ah there are the noises our north because of those bomb the us at all because they're all bases but for other people it's almost like a cancer here from space. sixty into world war two the spaces i've been. working here to provide a safe and secure environment for everybody. the questions the uptick.