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kempinski go twenty two look you. know so it's. been kilometers away from reactor number one in crucially most city radiation levels are much prior there's a horde deemed to be through a bunch of promise in fukushima city and coming up we have all the details. made of plans to expand its air strikes to levy as northwest while colonel gadhafi uses a high profile chess game to reiterate his reluctance to leave the country plus. we are if we are the winner really does this new media hype over of the scandalous case of an american senator tweeting racy pictures of himself sparked concerns that the west celeb gossip overshadowed real news.

this is r.t. coming to live from moscow eleven am here in marina joshua into the program radioactive material has been detected in seawater around japan's fukushima plant was concentration levels two hundred forty times higher than safe limits scientists warned that the element strong is highly dangerous to humans as it can accumulate in bones and is believed to cause cancer on thomas has been to fukushima city to measure radiation levels. here we're 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 is and when eating from the winds are bringing that radiation in to shima city and the rain and the wind is blowing the radiation in

this direction so we were at a spot where the radiation levels were one thousand times what is considered to be a safe dosage 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 these guys actually you. are working to be can't contaminate the soil right now. and as you can see these two gentlemen aren't wearing any protective clothing for the scientists are so one of the concerns is that you can actually have one spot which it's only thirty times in the accepted normal levels and then you go to another spot which is just a metre away and it can jump to five hundred to a thousand times depending on where rain water and mud have collected one of the concerns of course is that grass is

a good. filter for nuclear radio active material and are drawn to grassy places when they go to those areas they could actually be absorbing more radiation from the grasses 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 back you waited because of these very very high micro places. if you will where the radiation is just up the charts thomas reporting there the focus human nuclear crisis has also sent shock waves through the world's motor industry as rumors cause potential buyers to lose face and japanese cars reports suggest that contaminated vehicles are finding their way into the european market i just like their chef he has more. oh has been contemplating a change of heart car for months

a fan of japanese vehicles she wanted to upgrade her off roader to when you were a model but her car dealing friend said it was not the right time but there was also you know i was told privately that all new japanese cars are radioactive because of the fukushima disaster the shipment was supposedly blocked by the authorities at adesa harbor but unofficial dealers bribe them and those cars on to the streets officials at the ports left off our question whether there had been any contaminated cars here after the japanese fallout these off roaders worship then before the fukushima disaster in japan and even they were checked for radiation or claim there's absolutely no chance of contaminated making their way onto the territory is that these guys arrived to us transiting through greek and turkish ports if anything was wrong it would have been spotted there in the first place which was to double check all vehicles for any biological threat. however

ecologists these checks may not be enough to determine radiation drawing is a radioactive particles are very small and. they can be found in fields just radiators inside small that's why it's very difficult to detect them with regular geiger counters the disposal of the customs union security experts say the sale of contaminated steel is not something new for ukraine 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 radioactive particles may be small but are still gravely dangerous a person subjected to them for a lengthy period can experience various lung diseases and even cancer so use that. car is too hard to resist experts advise turning to professionals to check whether

it is safe. from a just. in ukraine. well i ask you has been reporting from the side consider the world's worst nuclear disaster but many fear that a meltdown could take its place check out the ones prosperous. near the power plants to see how it looks now made a special report from the market disasters twenty fifth anniversary it's available on our website r.t. dot com in the documentary section. thousands have been out on the streets of athens in protest against the second round of austerity 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 artists are for us is an athens. syntagma square and you can see just how many people at the protests by the main problem until they began very few measures

that have been put paid by the government that would be speaking to people here in this anger has really been building for a year they've already been. very very measured they say that the government haven't really achieved anything by that they would need. a lot of attention almost free. trade and they can raise. raising that. people simply think that way but it seems that that might be the case in that package of a very key measure that will have to be implemented if greece wants to continue the thing the international bailout money now this comes on the back to begin the relief love they say to fix the things that the polls are out of the job of stopping forty feet the for. that may have been twenty four year olds out there what we've spoken to some of the younger people here they say i bet that they are

because they're really fighting a right to make their country work. with them learn result. and the system the bugs are going to use but the people of the doesn't come in doing things with the. blood situation the look on the game and that's why we came here to tell them that they are incapable of putting so you've been lost and the long don't. go away may cover elections now into. a new government that we shall pass and people whom improve on your the bank get you get. what many people are saying is that we're paying them that price is running into the price. they pay for the child the i ninety five and then you can they pay at least. part is there a first continues to track the developments in greece for you check out our own

twitter feed and in her a way to sleep she says a general strike is planned for wednesday and the protesters she spoke with tell her they are determined to gather a huge crowd for starting at a school. it is easy. to believe. police and the u.s. have closed an investigation into the so-called sexting case that's dominated national headlines for over two weeks a senator tweeted a teenager with a racy photo of himself since then the story has overshadowed world news with some

media putting it ahead of the war in libya and raging violence in syria artie's gun it's to come looks at where the american media is priorities lie but he doesn't know if the american media can't get enough of anthony weiner's crotch shot the married u.s. congressman had sent this lewd photo to a young woman via twitter and the story made it perfectly sexy again nothing with a shameless cover up this is a twitter hoax surprising that was done i'm the victim of this poor girls the victim of a subsequent embarrassing come fashion 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 realize i posted to twitter i panicked i took it down and said that i had been hacked and of course paula g. i'm deeply sorry for the pain this is caused my wife huma. and our family. it seemed anthony weiner's indiscretion overshadowed all other news in america winners

win or if we are the winner is this you that we dated for a few months like almost ten years ago to the current point even comedians for whom the congressman's heart shot has become a bottomless source of inspiration for how he described it here he's the king i think your story. and your stories. that have been blocked by this recent scandal on a more serious note many people think the only way to get ratings this 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 has affected nobody for the whole thing following the media pressure is so high that it has become a trend in america to make b.p. personal apologies on camera and everybody who has been hurt. no. the same goes for celebrities like tiger woods who extramarital affairs made

headlines for months and i'm deeply sorry for my irresponsible and selfish behavior i engaged in the apologies seem to fuel the gossip industry even more when politicians stage and i do use this word stage these apologies kind of because they are very likely responding to their public relations. visors their lawyers etc etc i mean in the networks american media companies love it because again it generates even more scandal american television lives off don't take charlie sheen cielo hand with our analyst miles courts a nigger 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 hands where the same as were placed back in america i'm going to check our reporting from washington our team. there watching us here live from moscow still

to come on the program and has riley said events gather steam and you were activists demand authorities banned imports of products from the occupied palestinian territories. plus one minute car crash victim who made a heroic wheelchair journey from the far east to moscow in a bid to draw attention to the daily challenges faced by disabled. all the coming to later in the program before that colonel gadhafi has said he will not leave libya despite mounting pressure he used a chess game against the visiting president of the world chess federation to reinforce his defiance meanwhile nato made its move announcing plans to expand military strikes and media and hit up forces in the northwestern part of the country there were reports that rebels seized the city. so we had just thirty kilometers from the capital tripoli but those planes were later tonight by even government u.s. radio hosts and peace activists ralph schoenman says that the west has hijacked the

libyan uprising to serve its own interests. the united states is spending two million dollars a day in a billion and a half dollars just been handed to these so-called rebels usually the leadership of these rebels how do you follow his star as a twenty year operative of the central intelligence agency the cia and the as a hijack this uprising initially against gadhafi and it is a complete subordinate. position is a group now that is being funded and armed by the nato powers and 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 a genocidal war in all its features the target is the population at large not merely because of the region. in syria president now says forces have reportedly

taken over the rebel held town of bor meanwhile pressure is mounting on syria with britain and france pushing a draft u.n. resolution that russia and china who oppose any tamps to intervene in the syrian conflict have said they won't back the move however arab world observer every ansell bookie believes the west is using you when 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 sort of the western world is concerned also from so in other countries in the european union because just as they are considering cracking down on the syrian government they have not considered cracking down on the governments of bahrain or other or egypt that point in time when there was also and. what is happening in syria and simultaneously 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. you are brushing and the u.s. could all become safer places once nato ceases to exist so says artie's military contributor in the wake of u.s. defense secretary is a recent bleak assessment of the alliance his future here's a taster of the latest video blog find it online at home. if european nato allies wore expecting their farwell hugging and kissing from the departing u.s. secretary of defense robert gates they should have known better instead he delivered point blank parting shot at all year opinion nato allies it was probably

one of the most blazing critique coming from the pentagon chief in fact i believe that it had a hidden agenda to use the former cia chief and his experience to deliver a black op on its european partners far as afghanistan and libya is concerned indeed drug gateshead their point first time raise the issue about their reliability of the nato alliance as soon as he assumed his post four years ago when he surprised the prats in brussels when he called them on capable to be on a par with the united states forces regarding the accounting insurgency skill and experience if anything and that time robert gates was probably too polite so robert gates to close that final chapter to the loan of or do you fear

a role for nato association that could be one of the most significant input on the new security architecture for the united states europe and russia. and all the latest news features and analysis lined up for you in our web site. nationalist i can you were able dot of will be laid to rest in moscow was massive protests expected later this hour to find out more about the controversy surrounding his grace all the coverage along with expert opinion is available online right now plus. an american anti-missile war ship has sailed into the black sea ready for war games with the ukrainian navy but russia says its presence close to the country's southern border threatens national security for all the dispute by along on terror.

there is growing anti israeli feeling in europe with calls an e.u. and u.s. governments to stop ignoring the occupation of palestinian land and politicians remain silent activists rally to draw attention to the plight of the palestinian people daniel bushell has more from brussels. a day of rage against israel thousands called for the boycott of his really good over its continued expansion of palestinian land a jewish demonstrates a says enough is enough. the american leaders do nothing the e.u. does nothing with the repeated un resolutions have ruled israeli settlements illegal. activists will be european union to halt the main export of the territories and fruits with a full of human barricades it's a use

a ploy depose still gets in through all functional look at israel's carmel brand settlement produce a profit but find forces moving their citizens are committing war crimes under the geneva convention public pressure is peer. fruit it's a lease biggest grocer co-ops food grown in the occupied territories the world's largest security firm g four s. has stopped work with these really check points on the west bank admitting it breached human rights shareholders forced belgium's dicksee a bank to sell its israel over a million euro loans to settlements activists next target is the rail 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 will pass these complaints on to the

courts judges must rule if firms who buy food from occupied palestinian land or complicit in war crimes irish m.e.p. paul murphy will join girls of fla tiller the biggest yet to raise awareness of the situation knowing activists were killed by israeli commandos when a similar operation was stopped in international waters last year murphy feels things have got so bad he's ready to risk his life hopefully people and kills this time as they were last time by the israeli military forces. that it brings the world's attention to this issue such moves say experts force politicians and business to act to public opinion change your mind before they were thinking that israel was grabbed by the police yet today public opinion never really capacity to challenge and international institution the european station and the 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 opposition in europe to its policies is growing to. see brussels. israel's blockade of gaza is not only damaging to the area but to israel itself says the e.u. high representative for foreign affairs r d's exclusive interview with baroness catherine ashton is coming your way in just over an hour's time but first here's a preview. we're very consistent in saying what needs to happen is that the israelis need to open the borders with. 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 and

one of the things i've been saying to the israelis for some time is it's in their interest to see economic growth and development to go also lots of small businesses you know that could really do well lots of people who want jobs eighty percent of people in gaza receive today so many young people who don't have a future and part of the answer to that 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 that could actually sell and support its own economy. now let's take a look at some other stories from around the world clashes have erupted in turkey recent parliamentary elections thousands of supporters of the procurators party which one just six percent of the vote clashed with police officers five stone throwing the task force fifty percent of the vote went to ruling prime minister

tayyip erdogan but his party still failed to gain the parliamentary majority required to ensure constitutional change. beyond second largest city has been shaken by two new violent earthquakes the tremors measured five point two and six and struck within minutes of each other the city of christchurch is. still recovering from last february's devastating earthquake which killed almost two hundred people there fatalities are recorded from the latest quake. nature's beauty as dangerous explored in our special report today we'll look into the enormous power of an avalanche here's a taste of what's coming your way or later in the day. quite stream cascading from mountain slopes the view is miss mirage. but this beauty brings death at

a speed of more than two hundred kilometers long you're stepping on. on. despite being confined to a wheelchair for over ten years one russian hero has alleged that hold him back he covered eleven thousand kilometers right across russia in an electric buggy to draw attention to the plight of disabled people are desirable sculler met the man in 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 blood of our stock eligible a 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 the order he walked away 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 he has just finished and marathon of marathon proportions riding his electric buggy eleven thousand kilometers from his home to moscow and it's been a journey of discovery the ocean you know and 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 here to get me up when you're there that despite all the obstacles he came to the hotel for so many people along the way i asked to go to the kremlin and tell them how we live but alexander is not the complete inclined to strongly believes that no matter what the odds everyone's destiny is in their own hands the beagle he's met have certainly heard his call but it's the people in power in washington who really need to listen and act very pushed over r.t.

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