all. baby cohen matters all the way from reactor number one in cupertino city radiation levels are much higher or deemed it to be safe i'm sure thomas in fukushima city and coming up we have all the detailed. plans to expand its strikes to libya's northwest colonel could use a high profile chess game to reiterate his reluctance to leave the country. is this new media hype over the scandalous case of an american senator tweeting the racy pictures of himself and spot concerns that the u.s. is letting gossip overshadow the real news.

very warm welcome to you this is. real research now radioactive material has been detected in seawater around japan's fukushima plant with concentration levels two hundred forty times higher than safety limits scientists warn that the element of strong highly dangerous to humans as a kind of buns and possibly cause cancer. thomas has been to fukushima city to measure the radiation levels. here we're eighty kilometers away and the radiation levels in this area in many many places in many instances are much bigger or really close because if you look at a map where he is in relation to the actual nuclear facility plant number one where a lot of that radiation. relating from look the winds are bringing that radiation.

shamus. city and the rain in 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 are 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. are working to the can contaminate the soil right now. and as you can see the two women are wearing any protective clothing clothing but the scientists are so one of the concerns is that you can actually have one spot which is 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 you can see to filter for nuclear ready at the material and. draw into 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 area or at least hot spots within the city should be evacuated because of these very very high micro places these small hotspots if you will where the radiation is just off the charts. thomas and now let's get some more insight from japan we're joined by james corbett who's the editor of the independent news website colbert report dot com so as we've just heard from our correspondent the levels of radiation in some spots eighty kilometers away from the plant are a thousand times higher than normal people that i think still at risk do you think

. well i think i think that question in a way presupposes the answer because as we know from the bare seven report put out by the national academy of sciences back in two thousand and five there is no such thing as a safe level of radiation exposure that any level of radiation exposure increases the risk of cancer and however negligible that risk may be with any particular person on any particular day at any particular spot when it's averaged out over a large population like is living in the fukushima region that unfortunately means there will be over time an increase in cancer rates there and it's really just a question of how many and and at this point we obviously can't say because we don't even at this point know the extent of the scope of of the radiation danger but but as that report reveals it's obviously much higher than has been previously supposed indeed much higher than has been reported but when you're talking about issues of cancer let's talk about the chemical of strong t m a high concentration of strong detected in the sea and groundwater near the

fukushima plant was dangerous does it pose in comparison to the leaks that we are all ready aware of. well that's a that's a good question and i think one of the one of the big issues here is simply the amount of radioactive water that already exists so any new leaks of any kind are going to be an incredible burden on the efforts that are already on underway to try to clean up the water or decontaminate it because they are now running out of space to actually store the contaminated water in the fukushima in the immediate vicinity of the plant and i believe within two weeks they're actually going to run out of space so they're trying to get a system on line for treating the water but apparently they test for that is going to be pushed back another few days it's already been pushed back from last friday and it's maybe not scheduled to start until tuesday or wednesday so so at this point it's becoming a very grim situation and any new leaks i think will only burden the efforts that are already underway to try to decontaminate the incredible twelve hundred tons of

contaminated water that are already seeping out per day from the orrible tragedy now as you as you mentioned the issue of running out of space where are you still contaminated water and other radio active materials three months into the crisis thousands of evacuees are still stuck in crowded temporary shelters and what does the immediate future look like for them at this point. well unfortunately it's just about as bleak as it's been at any point in the past three months certainly three months in the still living in emergency shelters and. many of them have been relocated several times now the schools and places where they are originally staying opened for the new school year back in april and they were kicked out of various gyms and other facilities that they were using at that time so so it's really quite a grim situation for those who are still evacuees but even even the people who do actually have residences in the area and are in somewhat of a stable condition they are still unfortunately going to be suffering the effects

of this for a long time as they're dealing with radiation and the media is telling people here that it's just a question of wearing long sleeves and trying to stay out of the rain if possible but it's going to be. quite a difference to their daily lives i would imagine. that the media there could be downplaying the severity of this ongoing tragedy but you mention it being a grim situation you're in japan right now i mean is there any sense of optimism among the people that an end to the crisis could be approaching. i don't think so i don't think optimism would be the right word i think from what i've seen it's more of a question of well we'll have to put up with this too so people are beginning to adjust their their lives and routines and and we see that in all sorts of different aspects of daily life here but but one of them is the introduction of a new phenomenon called super cool because where in an effort to save air conditioning because obviously there's a lot less electricity available for the tokyo area businesses are no converting to

to very casual wear there they're changing business hours to try to accommodate. the more so the daylight savings and that sort of thing so so there is just every day types of shifts in people's schedules and routines that are being made and i think people are just putting up with it and and as far as seeing an end to this or seeing some sort of hope in this i just don't see that at this at this point so you say not a sense of optimism among the people there in japan but certainly some lifestyle changes being made to adjust journalist colbert report dot com thank you thank you . the 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 won't receive international bailout cash sarah ferguson athens. where you can see just how many people have turned to the price by the well they

make up began. to put it. by the government that would be making people hear that the bank is going to be building three they've already had. a very very he make it a pay that the government have anything by that and play with. a lot of pension almost a tough time in a. way that they can break the bank on by making that they have people. simply didn't think about the way forward but it certainly seems that that might be the case and that package of a very key measures will have to be implemented if brains want to continue to think the international bailout money now this comes on the back and they get the relief last week they say that sixty percent of the green flag poles are out in the field stopping forty feet the fans that have been for twenty four year olds out there what we've spoken to some of the younger people here they say i bet turning out to

say really i think i write this funny thing what we should put the blame is on. the system. but the people of the doesn't have to do anything. but stray from the take on the game and that's why we came here to tell them that they are incapable of saving us and we want to. go away make cover elections now and. get a new government that we shall pass and people improve and give the but. what many people are saying is that when that price is running in price. by ninety five thing you can. continue to track the developments in greece for you our twitter feed having a look at the screen right now we can we can see the. latest tweet she says the

protesters are chanting demands for food jobs justice and freedom for the last hour or two on the school come for first time impression infuriated athens. you with author live from moscow now police in the united states of closed an investigation into the so-called sex sting case that's dominated national headlines for well over two weeks senator tweeted a young woman with a racy photo of himself since then the story has been overshadowing world news with

some media putting it ahead of the war in libya and raging violence in syria now ati's a guy looks at where priorities lie in the american media but he doesn't know if the american media can't get enough of anthony weiner's crotch shot the mayor and u.s. congressman had sent this lewd photo to a young woman via twitter and that story made a perfect effect of the damned thing with the 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 compaction 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. i'm deeply sorry for the pain this is caused by whites. and our family. it seemed as any winners in this question

overshadowed all other news in america winners winner if we are the winner winners is this you that we dated for a few months like almost ten years ago or to the right point even comedians for whom the congressman's heart sure does become a bottomless source of inspiration for how he described it american history you can . see her. thank you of course. that have been blocked 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 has affected nobody for the people involved the media pressure is so high that it has become a trend in america to make deeply personal apologies on camera and everybody who has been hurt. you know that the sorrow i feel. the same goes for

celebrities like tiger woods extramarital affairs made headlines for months i'm deeply sorry for my irresponsible and selfish behavior i engaged in the apologies seem to think you'll the gossip in the street even more when politicians stage and i do use this word stage these apology kind of sessions they are very likely responding to their public relations. advisors their lawyers etc etc i mean and the networks american media companies love it because again it generates even more scandal american television leaves office don't take charlie sheen lindsay lohan with our analyst miles now we marry at the least this endless and all these scandals have to do with private matters but they feel they knew same bartman such an extent that maybe happens by the same as they were placed actually means in america i'm going to check our reporting from washington r.t.

. just on a quarter past the hour now here and still to come in the program here on out to eat and see is ready sentiment gathers of steam in your activists before you see imports of products from the occupied palestinian territories. rather a car crash victim who made a heroic wheelchair journey from the far east to moscow with this in a bid to draw attention to the daily challenges faced by. 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 in libya gadhafi forces in the northwestern parts of the country there were reports that rebels seized the city of just about thirty kilometers from the capital. tripoli those claims what later denied by the libyan government u.s.

radio host and a peace activist 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 leadership of these rebels how do you follow his stars a twenty year operative of the central intelligence agency the cia and the n.s.a.'s hijack this uprising initially. and it is a complete subordinate. oppositionist group now that is being funded and armed by the nato powers and the united states their objective is to carve out a living in just several countries and to season twenty four point two billion barrels of oil reserves and 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 the regime. and i mean time in syria president assad's forces have

reportedly taken over the rebel held town of good meanwhile pressure is mounting in syria with britain and france pushing for a draft u.n. resolution with russia and china who oppose any attempts to intervene in the syrian conflict have said that they will not back the move however world observer adrian itself which believes that the west is using the u.n. to benefit from the country's civil conflict. if united nations this. is is merely an international organization who are working to promote the interests of its most powerful members know that we the united states britain and sort of the west so will this to sort of also from so in addition to european union because just as they are considering cracking down on the syrian government they have not considered cracking down on the governments of about arraignment or other or each of pointing to. but there was also and for what is happening in syria and

simultaneously in almost all countries of 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. live from moscow and all the latest news features and analysis lined up for you of course on our. right now nationalist icon it. has been laid to rest here. after he was fatally shot last week. to find out more about the controversy surrounding. all the coverage along with expert opinion online right now. on our web site an american. ship has sailed into the black sea. the ukrainian navy says its presence close to the country's southern border

national security you can follow the dispute by logging on to our seat. just twenty minutes past the hour here in moscow there's a growing sentiment in europe with calls on the u.s. government's to stop ignoring the occupation of palestinian land and politicians remain silent on the subject activists rallied to draw the attention to the plight of palestinian people daniel bushell has more from brussels. but. israel called for the boycott of his really good over its continued expansion of palestinian and 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. activists will be european union to. the export of the occupied territories. through the full of human barricades it's a use a ploy depose stopping getting through. israel's. settlement produce and. to profit occupying forces when moving their citizens are committing war crimes under the geneva convention public pressure is bearing 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 dexia bank to sell its israel over

a million euro loans to settlements activists next target is the rail links between certain months 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 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 feel 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 false politicians and business to act to public opinion change your mind before they were thinking that israel was address by the body today opinion really capacity to challenge and international institution the european station and the un and also . the last time such a campaign was mobile. internationally was against the apartheid regime israel may have powerful lawyers but opposition in europe to its policies is growing to. see. well israel's blockade of gaza is not only damaging to be area but to israel itself so says the e.u. high representative for foreign affairs exclusive interview with baroness catherine ashton is coming your way next hour 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 guards and allow people and goods to the 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 where 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 and girls are 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.

and other interviews coming your way in about an hour and ten minutes time let's check out some other headlines from around the world now and classrooms have erupted in following recent parliamentary elections thousands of supporters of the pro kurdish party which won just six percent of the vote clashed with police officers forced to disperse stone throwing protesters fifty percent of the votes went to ruling prime minister tell you out of the one party you still fail to gain the parliamentary much. doherty required to ensure a constitutional change. some flights have resumed in australia after earlier disruptions from an ash plume that left over fifty thousand passengers stranded fears remain that the volcanic ash can severely damage aircraft engines the chilean eruption happened over a week ago and has forced air traffic in several south american countries to come to a standstill. well nature's beauty and its dangers all being explored in our special report here on r.t.

today we look into the enormous power of an avalanche here's a taste of what's coming your way later in the day. one stream cascading from mountain slopes the view is miss morality. but this beauty brings down the speed of more than two hundred kilometers. stepping down avalanche. now i despite being confined to a wheelchair for over ten years one russian hero hasn't let that hold him back he's covered eleven thousand kilometers right across russia with an electric buggy to draw attention to the plight of disabled people diapers cover at 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 those of us

stuck eligible drunk and that's where the problems began as a diplomat and merican 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 not all that 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 to me and i was most surprised by the decency and generosity of our people i never expected such help just imagine every set of stairs demands for people to get me up that it is despite all the obstacles he the

way to the heart of your child that many people along the way 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. r.t. moscow. and i'll be back with a recap of our top stories in a just a few moments. sure

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