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international news and comment live from our studios here in central moscow this is a highly toxic radioactive material has been detected in groundwater and seawater samples near the fukushima nuclear facility in japan you know and strong 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 shawn thomas has been at fukushima city to measure radiation levels and he has what he's 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. relating 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 dose is so. very very dangerous levels and so scientists that we are working with today. different universities are working together on projects to try to figure out ways to use a simple method to actually clean that radiation up and actually i can assure you. are working to be can contaminate the soil right now. and as you can see these two gentlemen are wearing any protective clothing that the scientists are so one of the concerns is that you can actually have one spot which it's only thirty times 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 beginning to 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 grass as 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. this if you will where the radiation is just off the charts showing thomas reporting that well for more on this let's not cross live to us and he's and if you guys are failing associates is a corporation specializing in environmental and nuclear safety thanks very much indeed for joining us here in our t.

well we've just been hearing about dangerous levels of the toxic radioactive material strontium what exactly is it and just how serious are the risks. well strontium is i dentical to take calcium and your bones in your cheek calcium so wherever your body issues in calcium it's going to shine and it's radioactive so when it gets into your cause or other cancers this is one of the nastiest of all it doesn't come as a surprise to you that high levels of that have now been found there in the area. you know it doesn't come as a surprise it's in the water that's in all those basements on site and i've been saying all along that my guess is there is leaks in those basements and so it's going to be going into the ground were along with a lot of other isotopes. we're also getting reports of the possibility of contaminated cars being exported to europe what do you make of that story. well

i have i have evidence to support that. i'm aware of air filters on cars engine air filters that are absorbing. cesium and plutonium so unless the air filters are removed from those cars there's definitely going to be radiation in the engine compartment the same with the cabin air filters that are used on the air conditioner i'm aware that they're becoming contaminated as well well our correspondent sean thomas he's in japan as you just saw that he says that radiation levels outside the no entries own are rising steeply now from what you've seen and heard so far has the japanese government done everything possible to protect its people. you know i. know on your show i was right. i mean the evacuation zones out further especially

for women and children and now we've got you know playgrounds that are contaminated with school still in session no i don't think the japanese government reacted fast enough. nor did they react strongly enough and what about the accusations that they weren't telling the whole truth at the time and maybe still not telling the whole truth how do you think they're reacting to the situation at the moment. i think they were parsing out the information in little bits and so that. perhaps because they feared the public would understand but more likely they didn't want to induce a anik i don't think that's the way to handle an emergency the important information deserves to get out there right out at the beginning and the japanese government didn't do that another development we're hearing at the moment as well that the work is that a focus of they're running out of storage facilities for contaminated water what implications of that what sort of threat does that pose. well it's very

concerned and order and it will contain a cesium in the strand shims but all also contain plutonium because now the nuclear core is lying open at the bottom of the containment and so whatever that water is in contact with it's going to be in it now there's a new french system designed to purify the water but that will rapidly become so radioactive it will be difficult for people to work on and then the other question is where are they going to put the waste once they've taken it out of the water the waste is going to contain some plateauing. you are an expert on the environmental aspects as well of of nuclear and radiation effects will those people who lived in the area ever be able to return home will ever be safe again. well i think it's going to take more than a decade twenty thirty years before people will be able to return home and i think between cleaning up the nuclear reactor theirs and cleaning up the surrounding

towns it can easily go over two hundred billion dollars u.s. so at the moment it's very difficult and that we seem to get conflicting messages from people just how serious the situation is i spoke to you when the story first broke as you just mentioned little that we spoke about a couple months ago and you said that this could be chernobyl on steroids do you still stand by that and if so what are the consequences not just for the media area but indeed beyond that the sea the air and for those who live thousands of miles away. well we're already seeing articles in tokyo particle means radioactive particles are really small thinner than that they are under your air in tokyo and all throughout the fukushima prefecture and interesting they were also seeing them on the west coast of the united states so airborne radiation that lodges in your longs for your g.i. tract is certainly in japan and on the west coast the the oceans are still becoming

more or contaminated not less and i think over the next year or so you'll see the big fish that to know in the salmon. because this will work its way up the food chain i think you'll see more and more radiation being detected in the top of the food chain fish as well that would whole pramod research institute has said that the pacific ocean now is ten times more contaminated then was the the ocean well the seas near chernobyl at the peak of the action so the oceans are worse now than after chernobyl so just to confirm you stand by your statement that this really could and is indeed proving to be worse than chernobyl just briefly and finally. yes you know there are seven nuclear reactor cores three operating in unison four fuel pools and they're all open to the environment this is worse than true no or yes or no going to some energy advisor fairwind associates a corporation specializing in environmental and nuclear safety thank you for

joining us live there from the states. while the focus nuclear crisis as we've just been talking there with going to some has been sending shock waves through the japanese motor industry amid speculation that contaminated vehicles could be heading out to the world's car market and potential buyers are now thinking twice before making their way to japanese auto show rooms and we have a report on this from audi's. reporting from ukraine. 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 model but her car dealing friend said it was not the right time but yes 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 cars arrive 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. radioactive particles are very small and can disperse all around the vehicle they can be found in filters radiators inside small parts 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 plate 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 yes the temptation to buy a new japanese car is too hard to resist experts advise turning to professionals to check whether it is safe alexy russian ski and see reporting from i just sat and 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. as we've just been hearing

a little earlier we soon surpassed it well you can check out the once a prosperous soviet city of the infamous atomic facility to find out how it looks now a special report from mark in the twenty fifth anniversary of the chernobyl disaster is available on our website it's hearty 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 land activists say they want actions not words into demanding an embargo on exports from illegal settlements but as daniel bushell now reports politicians are many tight lipped on the issue. rage against israel thousands call for the boy called of israeli goods over its continued expansion on palestinian land a jewish demonstrator says enough is enough when american leaders do nothing the e.u. does nothing the repeated un resolutions have ruled israeli settlements illegal.

activists want the european union to bore 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 it's a lease 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

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 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 aren't 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 quickly change your mind before you were thinking that israel was grabbed by the police today probably commit 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 the new. process. 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 what is exclusive interview with baroness catherine ashton coming your way in the next hour but here's a brief pretty. where 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 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 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 laughing. and that means allowing in and out the products the goods were gulzar could actually sell and support it's own economy. police in the u.s. have closed an investigation into the so-called sixteen case that's dominated

national headlines for over two weeks american senator tweeted a receipt photo of himself triggering a media rush that overshadowed world news including the war in libya and violence in syria has got to where priorities lie in the american media but he doesn't know if 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 a story made a perfectly sex scandal with a shameless cover up this is a twitter hoax a prank 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 it tears full apology i am deeply sorry for the pain this is caused by a white farmer. 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 when even comedian is for whom the congressman's crotch shot has become a bottomless source of inspiration point how distracted american news media can be on your. growth story. 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 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 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 lives off the end don't take charlie sheen lead seal or hand with our analyst miles courts and now we're at the least this endless and all these handles have to do with private matters but the bill they knew seemed bar i mean it's such an extent that maybe happens by the same

as the workplace actually in america i'm going to check our reporting from washington r.t. . however some american officials are getting away with this conduct verging on the criminal he was called general in the russian city of lot of us talking seriously injured while allegedly drunk at the wheel ten years on the victim who was left permanently disabled is still waiting for justice more on that story a little later on. we may be faced by an ongoing rebellion an increasingly destructive nato bombing campaign and worldwide condemnation but he has vowed he will stay in libya to the bitter end his remarks came over a game of chess with the visiting president of the world the chess federation. of the chess master expresses shock at the skin and destruction in the capital tripoli these comments came just hours before another longtime supporter of gadhafi defected to britain there's also declared its intent to experiment a true operations in the country after libyan government forces returned the. port

city of zawiya from the rebels us radio host and peace activist roll showman 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 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 they say yes hijack this uprising initially. and it is a complete subordinate. position is to group now that is being funded and armed by the nato powers and the united states their objective is to carve out a living 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 the regime. in syria government forces are said to have reestablish control of the rebel hotbed town of sugar it comes amid continued calls by the british and french for a tough u.n. resolution against president assad and his government russia and china who believe any intervention in syria would only cause more bloodshed say they'll stand against any such move arab world observer even support he believes that the un's most powerful members of the driving force behind the bodies he was as and to intervene only specific conflicts 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 a source the western world is concerned also from so and 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 government of bahrain or other or each of the point in time when there was also and for 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. well you can get more. americans are hearing voices. from the voice of russia washington and. also. on internet. video.

from. three. three. three. despite being confined to a wheelchair for more than a decade that hasn't held back one. he's coming. right across russia. and he's drawing attention to the plight of disabled people. went to meeting. 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 the us stock

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 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 his 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 abortion issue 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 out that. despite all the obstacles he came to

the heart of yourself 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 dairy bush r.t. moscow. well it's a quick look at some other headlines across the globe in our world update at the stage of the day up to two days of voting italians into a plot for a ban on nuclear energy and water privatization now that is also looks set to reject a bid by the current pm so everybody is going to retain immunity from prosecution after he steps down all of the votes so far counted were caught in favor of. indefinitely shelving government plans in what is seen as a major blow to his cronies administration. the suicide bombers kill themselves at least one other at a bank in the pakistani capital it doesn't lead to this 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 tight. to bring it up to date for the moment here marty i'll be back with a recap of the main news stories in just a few moments from now stay with us live here in moscow.