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are much higher. coming up we have all the details. sends a radioactive ripples far beyond the exclusion zone. to the european markets we report from ukraine. sentiment across europe as activists to model for these stop ignoring the patient of the west bank and call for a boycott of goods from. media craze in america flaring around a sex related scandal involving a senate questions are being raised about whether turning into.

it with the line from moscow where it's now is just after seven pm. welcome to the program. the highly toxic radioactive material has been detected in groundwater and seawater samples near the fukushima nuclear facility in japan the element of strong has been found in concentrations two hundred times over the safety limit and can cause bone cancer and leukemia meanwhile japan's health ministry says the number of workers exposed to dangerous levels of radiation has risen eight. thomas has been at fukushima city to measure radiation levels and here's what he discovered. here we're eighty kilometers away and the radiation levels in this area in many many

places in many instances are much higher or really close because if you look at a map of where fukushima city is in relation to the actual nuclear facility plant number one where a lot of that radiation. but dating from the winds are bringing that radiation in the. city and the rain in the wind is blowing the radiation in this direction so we were at a spot where the radiation levels or one thousand times what is considered to be a safe dosage so. very very dangerous levels and so scientists 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 actually i can assure you . are working to dig the contaminate the soil right now. and as you can see the two women aren't 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 a good. filter for nuclear ready 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 area or at least hotspots within the city should be evacuated because of these hot spots if you will where the radiation is just off the charts. on thomas right now well because of the fukushima nuclear plant are

running out of space to store radioactive water meaning any further needs could undermine the recovery effort that's according to james corbett who's the osaka ice editor often independent news website. i mean 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 decontaminated 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 the test for that is going to be pushed back another few days it's already been pushed back from last friday 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 date 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 well the fukushima nuclear crisis has also sent shock waves through the japanese motor industry and its speculation that contaminated vehicles could be heading out to the world's market potential buyers and all thinking twice before making their way to japanese car showrooms alexy got a chef school reports. oh has been contemplating a change of hardcore for months a fan of japanese vehicles she wanted to upgrade her off roader to when you were model but her car dealing friend said it was not the right time they're still here but the us could also yeah 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 bribed them and got those cars on to the streets officials at the ports left off our question of 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 vehicles 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 but it was still double checked over any biological threat. however ecologists say these checks may not be enough to determine radiation growing is a radioactive particles are very small and. they can be found in fields just radiators inside small and that's why it's very difficult to detect them with regular geiger counters and 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 this. contaminated metal can be recycled and used for anything from rails to vehicles without losing its radioactivity usually it's used for making industrial pipes and ukraine. it is one of the leaders in production of 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 the temptation to buy a new japanese car is too hard to resist experts advise turning to professionals to check whether it is safe let's hear a chance to see it was in from i just and each of us in ukraine. or virtue

noble nuclear power plant in ukraine that was the scene of the world's worst nuclear accident but many fear that the crisis at fukushima may soon pass and you can check out the once prosperous city of it but it's near the infamous atomic facility and find out how it looks now it is a special report from there marking the twenty fifth anniversary of the disaster is available at our website r.t.e. dot com you can just find it in the documentary structure. or europe is seeing a surge in israeli sentiment with a growing clamor for governments to stop turning a blind eye to the occupation of palestinian land activists say they want actions not words and demanding an embargo on exports from illegal settlements but artie's daniel bushell reports politicians are remaining tight lipped on the issue. rage against israel thousands call for the boycott of israeli goods over its continued expansion on palestinian land a jewish demonstrator says enough is enough on american leaders do nothing that the

e.u. does nothing the repeated un resolutions have ruled israeli settlements illegal. activists won't be european union to halt the main exports of the occupied territories flowers and fruits they formed human barricades it's a use a ploy depose stopping goods getting through often to look at israel's carmel brand market settlement produce and talking to profit but occupying forces and moving their citizens are committing war crimes under the geneva convention public pressure is bearing fruit its elite biggest grocer co-ops and 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 army 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 police will pass these complaints on to the courts judges must rule if firms who buy food from occupied palestinian land are complicit in war crimes irish m.e.p. paul murphy will join calls 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. you know if you feel things have got so he's ready to risk his life hopefully people aren't kills this time as they were last time by the israeli military forces. it

brings the world's attention to this issue. say experts feels politicians and business act quickly could begin to change your mind before you were thinking that israel was addressed by the british today public opinion really capacity to challenge and international institution europe institution and un and also to. the last time such a campaign was moved 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. and israel's continued blockade of gaza is not only damaging to palestinians but also disastrous for israel itself that's according to the e.u. high representative for foreign affairs exclusive interview with baroness catherine ashton is coming your way next hour but here's a preview. we're very consistent in saying what needs to happen is that the

israelis need to open the borders with garcia and allow people and goods to the freely now i recognize the importance of the security situation very 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 dolls are lots of small businesses you know that could really do well lots of people 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. not means allowing in and out the products the goods gulzar could actually sell and support its own economy.

without a lie from moscow now police in the united states have closed an investigation into the so-called sexting case that's dominated national headlines for over two weeks a married senator tweeted a racy photo of himself triggering a media rush that overshadowed world news including the war in libya and the violence in syria has gone if you can looks at where priorities lie in the american media but he doesn't know if the mayor can mediate can't get enough of anthony we nursed crotch shot married us congressman had sent this lewd photo to a young woman via twitter and that story made it perfectly sexy endorsing the shameless cover up this is a twitter hoax a prank that was done on 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 realized i posted to twitter i panicked i took it down

and said that i had been hacked and of course it tears well apology i am deeply sorry for the pain this is caused my wife huma. and our family. it seemed dense any winners in this question overshadowed all other news in america winners winner and 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 crotch shot has become a bottomless source of inspiration for how he's cracked it american history you can be your. brokerage. 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 building blocks 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 am 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 apology kind of. 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 and don't take charlie sheen linfield on hand with our 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 they knew seen by i mean to such an extent that maybe happens by the same as they were placed actually in america i'm going to check out reporting from washington r.t. . however some american officials are getting away with the misconduct verging on the criminal us just rushing even a lot of our story seriously injured a man while allegedly drunk at the wheel ten years on the victim who was left permanently disabled is still waiting for a chance to speak with a little bit more on that later for you here in the program. now he may be faced with an ongoing rebellion an increasingly destructive nato bombing campaign and worldwide condemnation but colonel gadhafi has vowed that he will stay in libya to the bitter end his remarks came over a game of chess with the visiting president of the world chess federation in your machine off after the event which was broadcast on state t.v.

the chess master expressed his shock at the scale of destruction in the capital tripoli nevertheless the nato has once again declared its intent to expand military office. gratian isn't a country it follows reports of fierce fighting during which libyan government forces arrested control from the rebels of the city of zawiya that's about thirty kilometers from the capital u.s. a radio host and a peace activist ralph schoenman feels the opposition's cause has been hijacked by the interests of a few concerned nations. the united states is spending two million dollars a day and 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 stars a twenty year operative of the central intelligence agency the cia and the and say yes hijack this uprising initially against the 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 up live into several countries and diseases forty four point two billion barrels or moral 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 darfur region. and in syria government forces are said to have reestablish control over the rebel hotbed town. it comes amid continued cooled by the british and french boy a tough u.n. resolution against president assad and his government but russia and china who believe any intervention in syria would only cause more bloodshed say they will stand against any such arab adrian she believes the un's most powerful members of the driving force behind the bodies enthusiasm to intervene only in specific conflicts. the united nations. is is merely an international

organization working to promote the interests of its most powerful members know that we united states britain and sort of the west so will this new sort of also from 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 better arrangement or other or each of point in time when there was also it was for what is happening in syria. 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. and you can always get more analysis on the latest news developments by

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saying that despite being confined to a wheelchair for more than a decade that hasn't held back one determined russian man he's covered eleven thousand kilometers right across russia on a mobility scooter is drawing attention to the plight of disabled people. pushed over once a meter. alexanders 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 believe us talk of the 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 week although he walked away scot free but i will keep seeking justice. alexander tells me he's been fighting for compensation ever since to pay for his special and medical checks. bence's 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 evolution doing 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. despite all the obstacles he waited a part of last time many people along the way asked to 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 destiny is in their own parents the beagle he's met have said nihad his call but it's the people in power in washington who really need to listen and act. r.t. moscow. all right let's take a look at some of the headlines across the globe in our world update the turkish

prime minister's justice and development party has fallen just short of winning an outright majority in parliament following a general election however type of the one who has an officious plans of amending the national constitution has promised to build a consensus with the opposition to implement reforms are the ones when had been expected despite claims he has an authoritarian style of leadership. the suicide bomber has killed himself and at least one other a bank in the pakistani capital he detonated his bomb when a security guard tried to search him suicide attacks are frequent across pakistan but it's the first time in a year and a half that a suicide bomber has managed to hit a target in islamabad where security is very tight. these ilands the second largest city christ church has been shaken by two violent earthquakes it comes just four months after another tremor left the city in ruins and killed nearly two. hundred people the latest quake struck within minutes of each other with the

strongest having a magnitude of six on the richter scale although widespread damage was caused there were no reports of any injuries. well a natural disaster of a different kind is explored in our special report in two hours time here on out where the destructive power of an avalanche is in focus here's just a taste of what's to come. while you stream cascading from mountain slopes the view is mist mirage. this beauty brings deaths at a speed of more than two hundred kilometers per. stepping down avalanche. and that's coming your way in two hours time here and i'll be back with a recap of the headlines in just a few moments to stay with us. hungry

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