away from reactor number of. radiation levels are much higher. and coming up we have all the details. because she sends radioactive ripples the exclusion. of a contaminated japanese car to the european market we report from ukraine. sentiment spreads across europe as activist. israeli occupation of the west bank call for a boycott of goods from illegal settlements. with the media craze in america flaring around. questions are being raised about whether

. international news and comment live from our studios here in central moscow this is . highly toxic radioactive material has been detected in groundwater and seawater samples near the fukushima nuclear facility in japan the element has been found in concentrations two hundred times over the safety limit and can cause cancer and leukemia meanwhile japan's health and labor ministry says the number of workers exposed to dangerous levels of radiation has risen to eight. at fukushima city to measure radiation levels there and here's what he's discovered. here we're. 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 dating from the winds are bringing that radiation in to fukushima 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 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 cattle contaminate the soil right now. and as you can see the two women are wearing any protective clothing and 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. to filter for nuclear. 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 small hotspot if you will where the radiation is just off the charts. workers at the fukushima nuclear plant are running out of space to store radioactive water meaning that any further leaks could undermine the recovery

effort well that's according to james cool but he's the soka based editor of an independent news website any new leaks of any kind are going to be an incredible burden on the efforts that are already 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 unfortunately means there

will be over time an increase in cancer rates there and it's really just a question of how many. the fukushima nuclear crisis has also sent shock waves through the japanese motor industry amid speculation that contaminated vehicles could be heading out to the world call market potential buyers are now thinking twice before making their way to japanese auto show rooms that actually have reports. oh has been concept lighting a change of hardcore 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 this 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 of our question whether there had been any contaminated cars here after the japanese fallout these off roaders

worship in before the fukushima disaster in japan and even they were checked for radiation or for reduced claim there's absolutely no chance of contaminated go of making their way onto the ukrainian territory 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 check all vehicles for any biological threat. however ecologists say these checks may not be enough to determine radiation by news of the radioactive particles are very small and can disperse all around the vehicle they can be found in filters radiators inside small plants that's why it's very difficult to detect them with regular geiger counters of the disposal of the customs units 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 zone. these contaminated metal can be recycled and used for a new thing from rails to vehicles without losing its radioactivity but usually it's used for making industrial pipes and ukraine is known as. one of the leaders in production 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 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 see reporting from just and each of us in ukraine. the chernobyl nuclear power plant in ukraine was the scene of the world's worst nuclear accident but many fear that the crisis at fukushima may soon

supplants it. when you can check out the ones prosperous soviet city of near the infamous atomic city there you can find out how it looks now a special report from there marking the twenty fifth anniversary of the chernobyl disaster is available on our website at r.t. dot com in the documentary section. europe is seeing a surge in anti israeli sentiment with a growing clamor for governments to stop turning a blind eye to the occupation of palestinian activists say they want actions not words and are demanding an embargo on exports from illegal settlements but as 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 and american leaders do nothing the e.u. does nothing the repeated un resolutions have ruled israeli settlements illegal.

activists want the european union to war the main exports of the occupied territories flowers and fruits they formed human barricades that a use a ploy depose stopping goods getting through. israel's carmel brand market settlement produce and pockets to profit but occupying forces when moving their citizens are committing war crimes under the geneva convention public pressure is bearing fruit italy's 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 arm 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 bad he's ready to risk his life hopefully people and kills this time as they were last time the israeli military forces. it brings the world's attention to this issue such moves say experts false politicians and business act public opinion change your mind before you were thinking that

israel was grabbed by the police today probably committed opinion really capacity to challenge and international institution the european tradition and the un and also to. 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 process. and israel's continued blockade of gaza is not only damaging to palestinians but also disastrous for israel itself well that's according to the e.u. high representative for foreign affairs well it is exclusive interview with baroness catherine ashton coming your way in about twenty minutes from now here on r.t. but before that his brief previously. we're very consistent in saying what needs to happen is that the israelis need to open the borders with garter and

allow people and goods to the freely now i recognize the importance of the security situation very well 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 darter 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 that future and that means allowing in and out the products the goods were girls that could actually sell and support its own economy. coming up a little later here on. police in the u.s.

have closed an investigation into the so-called sexting case that's dominated national headlines for over two weeks and then senator tweeted a racy photo of himself triggering a media rush that overshadowed world news including the war in libya and violence in syria he's got to look at where priorities lie in the american media but he doesn't know the american media can't get enough of anthony we nursed crotch shot the married u.s. congressman had sent this lewd photo to a young woman via twitter the story made a perfect sex scandal 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 a tearful apology i'm deeply sorry for the pain this is caused by white former. in

our family. it seemed anthony weiner's indiscretion 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 point even comedian is for whom the congressman's crack shot has become a bottomless source of inspiration point how distracted american news media can be a hero. and 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 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 but 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. no. the same goes for celebrities like tiger woods' 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 apology kind of. 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 and don't take charlie sheen cielo 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 the bill they knew seemed vironment to

such an extent that maybe happens by the same as they were placed back in america i'm going to check our reporting from washington r.t. . what are some american officials are getting away with misconduct verging on the criminal and u.s. consul general in the russian city of lot of seriously injured a man while allegedly drunk at the wheel ten years old in the victim who was left permanently disabled is still waiting for justice more on that story later. he may be faced by an ongoing rebellion an increasingly destructive nato bombing campaign and worldwide condemnation but colonel gadhafi has vowed he'll stay in libya to the bitter end his remarks came over a game of chess with the visiting president of the world chess federation. after the event which was broadcast on state t.v. the chess master expressed to shock at the scale of destruction in the capital tripoli nevertheless nato has once again declared its intent to expand military operations in the country for those reports of fierce fighting german. the libyan

government forces wrested control from the rebels of the city of zawiya just thirty kilometers from the capital u.s. radio host and peace activist 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 star as a twenty year operative of the central intelligence agency the cia and the n.s.a. yes 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 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 the regime. in syria government forces are said to reestablish control over the rebel hotbed. it comes amid continued pools by the british and french 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'll stand against any such move. agent so but she believes that the un's most powerful members of the driving force behind the body's enthusiasm to intervene in specific conflicts. the united nations this. is is merely an international organization working to promote the interests of its most powerful members know that we the united states. as the west so world is concerned also from the. union because just as they are considering chris. on the syrian government they

have not considered cracking down on the governments of berrima or other or each of the point in time when there was also and for what is happening in syria 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. but to get more analysis on the latest news developments by logging on to our web page that's our dot com online all the time here's a quick look at what's there for you right now americans are hearing voices with new radio studios for the voice of russia opening up in washington and new york

also. the u.s. is creating clan the internet and cell phone networks inside other countries and find out what an r.t. will com and also for any bar videos you can always go to free video dot com and download them from their. mission. critical free storage free. arrangement free. free. free. free broadcast quality video for your media project a free media r.t. dot com. despite being confined to a wheelchair for more than a decade that hasn't held back one determined russian he's covered eleven thousand kilometers right across russia on m ability scooter he's drawing attention to the plight of disabled people the nazis tried to push went to meet him. 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 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 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 abolishing the little 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 out that. despite all the obstacles he came to the heart of russia 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 people he's met have certainly heard his call but it's the people in power in washington who really need to listen and act diary pushed over r.t. moscow. well it's certain to get some other headlines across the globe in our world update and after two days of voting italians into a pot for a bernal nuclear energy and water privatization the voters also accept or reject a big body current pm silvio berlusconi to retain immunity from prosecution after he steps down one of the votes so far and it will cost in favor. definitely

shelving government plans in what is seen as a major blow to but it's going to administration. a suicide bombers killed themselves at least one of a bank in the pakistani capital he detonated his bomb on a security guard tried to search a 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 tight. he's even second largest city of christchurch has been shaken by two volunteer earthquakes they come 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 where the widespread damage was caused there were no reports of any injuries. but a natural disaster of a different kind is explored in our special report in the next hour here on r.t. where the destructive power of an avalanche is our focus is just

a taste of what's coming up. one stream cascading from mom slopes into view is missed much. of this beauty brings death at a speed of more than two hundred kilometers. to step in the i'm a long one on she. will be back to recap i had lunch for you just a few moments here on r.t. in about five minutes from now stay with us life here in moscow.

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misleading them that the united states is trying to get its 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 us. we don't have power bases in 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 bases of. noises around one or two doesn't bother us at all because they're all bases but for other people it's almost like a cancer here for these people. since the end of world war two the spaces i've been . working here to provide a safe and secure environment for everybody. the questions. that you get everything you needed.

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