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stores toxic ripples from the fukushima nuclear facility reach beyond. radiation levels some eighty kilometers away from that plant sitting at legal limits. in the area. as it faces off against a chess grandmaster in the devastated capital of tripoli meanwhile nato steps off its offensive and declares its expanding operations against forces. rules across europe. activists demand that governments stop ignoring the israeli

occupation of the west bank and call for a boycott of goods from illegal settlements. or i will the next artie's exclusive interview brings you a first hand perspective on the e.u. foreign policy to stay with us. you know you want to rush to regime change has gripped libya and the arab spring has transformed europe's near where brought the e.u.'s foreign policy faces challenges as perhaps never before to talk more on these challenges we are joined by the high representative for foreign affairs and security policy in the european union catherine ashton helen thank you very much miss ashley you said the heart of what you're doing maybe is to resolve conflict why was the e.u. not asked to mediate in libya well i think the u.n. is playing exactly the role that it should play and. the u.n.

special envoy is as you know frequently in tripoli and benghazi is working with the people of libya but also with the national partners role has been very much to support him and to work with the african union with the arab league with the organization of islamic conference and with our partners like russia and turkey to think about how we move forward and conflict and start to think about the country of the future on a visit to bin guys in may you said that you had minded people who would be leading into the future what gives you the ground to say that what i said was that i've met people who clearly had at their heart the future of libya people who are thinking about the kind of work that needs to be done reconstruction getting the economy moving again the support they're going to the border managed reform of the police the bone to be people who will be part of the big dialogue that used to take place what the new government of libya looks like it's for the people of libya to decide

but here are people who despite all of the troubles despite the difficulties are really trying to think through and i pay tribute to them for doing the search and they have been discussions about the possibility that gadhafi could go but it's an if it's a larger. one of the big challenges and questions is how to make sure that for the people of libya the way in which it goes on the assuredness of that departure is a fundamental part of moving forward that's for them to decide in conjunction as i said with the role of the un special envoy at what stage will be expect nato to cease fire in libya well nato has been in discussion of course about its future role and i was at nato this week to discuss the role of the european union in our humanitarian aid in our support for the people on the ground and in opening the office which i did recently in bengal. the role of the forces of nato is determined

by the security council resolution and the job is to protect civilians so until there is clear determining evidence that civilians are say they will have to stay there and that's again tied up to what happens with kind of gadhafi and his decision to allow his country to move forward in the way that clear people want the european council said that the russian presidential meditator to libya is a focal point for a political transition there what status does the e.u. court mr maher gallop well what we've been saying to president medvedev and to form and so love for office is so important that russia is able to play its part in trying to find a solution so the role of the mediator for russia is to work alongside others who are busy trying to find a way through i think the significant element of this is making sure that it's also linked back to the u.n. so we have confidence in our communications between different people but it's very

good to see russia engage it's very good to see it being d.h. or trying to help to get as you said you consider an aid for to live together as an inappropriate response to the plight of the people there what is and appropriate response in your opinion we're very. consistent in saying what needs to happen is that the israelis need to open the borders with guards or the love 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 an 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 dolls 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 and 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 given a lot future and that means allowing in and out the products the goods were girls that could actually sell and support its own economy but these really settlement building continues in the west bank despite the position of the european union what more can be done well we're concerned about we've always said that settlements are illegal under international law we've made that clear we do believe that we have to try and get back to talks same points of the courts hatching which russia plays a big part of the hope of a meeting soon to try and lay some of the groundwork that would enable the parties to come back to talks because in the end that's going to be the solution miss ashton you were in belgrade when roskam luggage was arrested and shortly before that he announced an extra billion euro was available for partners under the neighborhood policy what i call incidents here were in belgrade one was arrested yes it was a coincidence i had the privilege of talking with. the president and with the

deputy prime minister and gauged in the action and although i never doubted the president thought it was very keen to try and find a lot it should seem just as. i think that the expectation they would find him on that particular day. i was not was not there it was good to be there it was good to be able to congratulate the both origins and to see how people reacted to that across the world of being a real indication of closure but also of seeing that no matter how long it takes justice will be done and the palm trees soundly of the council of europe pasta report finding that the course of an leadership is a mafia involved in or going to harvesting what you propose to ensure that justice is done in kosovo well you know i went from belgrade to pristina and i met with prime minister touchy and what we've been clear about is that if allegations are made they must be answered it's in the interests of everyone to get the troops and

to make sure again that justice is not in both directions if allegations are not real they need to be seen to be so so we hope that we will see an investigation very soon that will determine the truth of this and if need be will bring people to justice now every european foreign policy chief you have shared nuclear talks with iran twice do you believe that iran is building a military nuclear program well the indications from the program that they have that they are building tools that they have three thousand four hundred kilograms of low enriched uranium which doesn't have much purpose if you're not going to use it in that way they say they're not the proof of it is very simple if the international atomic energy authority inspectors are allowed to go in and to do their job properly they can tell us a answer but iran does not comply with that and that of course leads to the

suspicions does fear not facts dictate policy towards iran. i think the fear that people have is based on the facts and the fact that iran does not comply promptly with inspectors that there is a lot of evidence of what they. doing and that fear leads to people wanting to make sure that we put the pressure on to resolve it so it's not one of the other it's both the fox leaders genuine concern what to do wrong to silence doubts about its intentions we've made this very clear to them in the days of talks that if what they're saying is true then they can prove it and they can prove it in a way that does nothing other than credit to them if they don't do that then we have to think about the pressure i describe it like this if you sign up to an agreement which they have. and we have many countries then you become the guardians of the trickery and if those who sign up to it fail to abide by it you have

a responsibility to act and to act together and that's why the twin track approach of keeping the pressure on of taking sanctions being very clear that those sanctions are designed to make the regime realize that the international community believes they have a responsibility and then to link it to the dialogue which we hope will resolve the issues in very practical ways those two those two approaches are essential need to what together and i really do hope that iran will take seriously what we've put on the table and come to the talks recession thank you for taking time for this interview we very much appreciate pleasure. culture is that so much i was about to fail and i think if you have a real missile shield said was he a great man who made history or was he merely

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headlines on r t toxic ripples from the fukushima nuclear facility reach beyond the no go zone with radiation levels some eighty kilometers away from the plant exceeding legal limits and meanwhile the sea and the groundwater in the area have been found to be contaminated. just that he'll never leave libya as he faces off against a chess grandmaster in the devastated capital tripoli meanwhile nato steps up its offensive declares its expanding operations against the libyan government. probe sentiment rolls across europe as activists demand that governments stop ignoring the israeli occupation of the west bank and call for a boycott of goods from illegal settlements. are those are the headlines on this monday here on r.t.

next it's a sports with kate. well i was indisposed to hear that on his. back from the brink andy murray comes back from a set down to meet jo wilfried tsonga during the second queen's club title. while kings in the quarter the dallas mavericks cooled down in miami heat to be counted n.b.a. champions for the first time in. town lifted a little figure skating champion pushing for kids to compete for russia at the saatchi winter games in twenty fourteen. but first to tennis and britain's number one andy murray has come from behind to beat jo wilfried tsonga twenty second queens title in three years a week before the third grand some of the season but wimbledon the final had been seriously pushed you to have your brains counted it finally went ahead a day late tsonga seize the initiative to take the opening set six three the second

one one with certain easy game plan to tie break and he maintained his momentum to break the frenchman in a fifth game seven hundred sixty four. while meanwhile better weather in moscow restore some legends of the game going head to head grand slam winners marte soften and. formed a russian team that went up against good and even east of it and call us more or the two sides were captained by russia's davis and that cup captain the chef and the great be on board the contest was level off to the singles but russia won the deciding doubles the tournament was part of a drive to attract more young people to place on the same russia and often fork said he'd be happy to return to moscow for a rematch and a chance to get even. the world you are very pro-life. it. would be very close.

to colder at the very end up there. even if i only want to say that i have to. very well go. basketball now the dallas mavericks have won their first n.b.a. title after a one hundred five points to ninety five victory over the miami heat to win the best of seven final series four two it was sweet revenge in miami rick sounds off the same heat when death is talking dallas five years ago this time gosh jason terry scored twenty seven points to take the bait skate added twenty one for the mavericks named finals most valuable player the german averaged twenty six points a game in the series always exciting final stages and on sunday scored ten of his twenty one points in the final quarter at any miami hopes of a comeback unfulfilled has not and. if you're in this league for thirteen years and just battling the playoffs the last basically ten years eleven years. and

always come up a little short and. that's why this is this is extra special you know if if i would have won one early in my career you know maybe i would have never put all the work in that time in that i have over the last thirty years so just this feels amazing oh meanwhile it's one one in the russian basketball player finals off to take on bounce back from the right thing to face to beat him to sixty five fifty seven on sunday this was the last day one home court for the army men before the series moved to moscow region for game three on wednesday shooting god trajan langdon scored thirty points has got belief that he's a passage to the finals has given them an edge over their opponents. is a second game in a row it's always been there is a little bit of the flu second year munro but i think we're you know interest of rest we have a little more time to get it after the you know last series and stuff so i think i've played a little bit of no advantage in terms of haven't you know a little bit more rest and you know playing second game back to back you know i

think maybe they had a little bit harder time but you know still would have been a really good game. elsewhere russian olympic figure skating champion yes any place that has been cleared to compete at the next games in his home country in twenty fourteen the international skating union decided to reinstate his amatus status which will allow the twenty eight year olds to take part in sochi the i.s.u. had removed this last year after the russian had failed to turn up at the world championships claiming he was injured and to skating exhibitions shortly afterwards that the skating is permission pushing that says it will be an all or to go for gold in russia on highlights. however it was a disappointing weekend for russia's pentathlon champion say as he finished eighth kremlin cup which was won by check that it's the water but there were reasons for the russian team to be happy as a monk also have reports of. russian men have plenty to boast about when it comes to limbic pentathlon events starting with the sydney two thousand games the country

is yet to relinquish the summits of the podium and de maurice if will be hoping for gold number three of the upcoming games in london but the next generation is already breathing down his neck at eighteen years of age sugar of his already making waves for the national team the youngster who made his senior debut at this the first ever crime link up one the fencing event and followed up with a great performance both in the pool and in the show jumping arena and that elevated him to fourth overall before the combined running and shooting events where he encountered some difficulty with a newly introduced laser gun finishing in one last open analysis i like it here with the seniors and loved everything today except for the shooting i just can't get it right but i won the fencing told him and today and that's great. too so i'm a little champion and a moisi finished in eighth place that poor result could be attributed to

a recent rule change that so air pistols are replaced with laser guns plus running and shooting events have been combined into one make it look more. like a summer biathlon adjusting could take some time for the champ but the twentieth century world championship runner up alexander alyson looks set to dominate in the near future the russian taking second place and the silver in the kremlin cup. despite the second place i'm very happy with my performance because david svoboda is the real star of the combined event i have to admit that we weren't prepared as well as the other athletes because our main completion of the european championships is two ahead. so let's recap check david swoboda out the winner of the first ever coming cup russia's alexandre listened in second with third and fourth place is going the way of the hungarian athletes the london olympics are just a year away and that means nations wanting to qualify will have to work hard right now some will be able to get the coveted licenses for that's what it's called games

at the upcoming european championship remonde calls for an r.c. moscow. football now and russia captain andrei arshavin says his national team must improve their performances if they want to qualify for euro twenty twelve they also midfielder was speaking at a charity event in siberia following last week's friendly in austria where russian true nil nil with cameroon. push to get everyone wants to qualify for europe twenty twelve first all the players do and of course our fans because ukraine in poland a close to russia and we will work hard to achieve this but let's wait until september and october frankly we're not playing at our best to the moment but we're still among the leaders of the group tough questions with message dani island and slovakia's ahead and the fate of her place at the european finals will be decided in these matches. for me who are now in mclaren's jenson button came from last place to pip red bull sebastian vettel on the final lap to win his first race of

the season as a dramatic rain affecting grand prix in montreal downpours have left water or over the track. button wrote his luck on lap eight he clashed with teammate lewis hamilton who was forced to retire and then after a drive through penalty button was near the back of the field intervention rain fell from lap twenty five that stopped the race for over two hours and when it resumed button was involved in another collision this time bumping into fernando alonso was ferrari spun off and then on the final lap sebastian vettel who started on lost control of his car for just a moment in the past when for the first season ethel's red bull teammates mark webber completing the podium. pages to me leapfrog world champions of a renzo at the top of the motor g.p. standings after superbe win at the british grand prix straight in most of the wet conditions at silverstone to play a flight to flag victory is fourth in six races so far this season he was fifteen

seconds ahead of repsol honda team eight hundred the physio so american colleen edwards was third stone early to the renzo by eighteen points after the spaniard crash diet and then space and marco simoncelli. golf now and american harrison phrase that has won his maiden p.g.a. tour title at st jude classic after beating robert carlson in a dramatic playoff in memphis sweet carson did start the day with a one shot lead but it was nip and tuck between him and fraser and carson had to save par on the last hole to make sure to point to a playoff after that they needed three extra holes to settle it frays that tapped in for part one and that meant karlsson tesing his final effort to send it to another hole but he missed having fraser his first title in three hundred fifty five attempts and the biggest winners check you've ever had just over a million dollars as well as qualifying for next week's u.s. open. and there's a new one on the european tour two after england's robert rock won the italian open

he had a two stroke lead going into the final round but they all signified a blistering ten under par sixty. too well to cut that lead to one shot but rock kept his composure to card a five under par sixty seven to finish top of the leaderboard at twenty one under and it was just enough to give him his first ever trophy on the tour the thirty four year olds are going to win this you know the two hundred tournament over nine barren years and he will also now play at the u.s. open. finally reigning rowing world champion free dispense and has celebrated yet another victory this time is in petersburg on what was also a good day for russian athletes at the golden plates regatta the historic architecture on the in fact much of the front thanka result provided the picturesque backdrop dispensing of stiff competition from the other top five rows from last year's world championships the swede won the sculls ring to bend in just on that fifty one seconds while it wasn't all russian affair in the men's skulls final push me off out on top against the popular off chance to grab it all local

teams in petersburg started world champions germany in the men's eight each event that could have gone into the history books but it was only the friendly garlock. a highly competitive one. and that's all the sports news prize and they're. hungry for the full story we've got to tell the biggest issues get a human voice face to face with the news makers.