machine would be so much brighter if you have some funny things to. start on t.v. come. from reactor number one in progress radiation levels are much higher or deemed. necessary and coming up we have all the details. for shima sense radioactive ripples far beyond the exclusion zone as news emerges of a loophole allowing contaminated japanese cars onto the european market. for the palestinian sentiment spreads across europe as activist amount of thought is stop ignoring the israeli occupation of the west bank and call for a boycott of goods from israel. with the media crazed america flaring around the sex related scandal involving

a senator questions are being raised over whether news outlets are turning into gossip mills. 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 they haven't strontium has been found in concentrations two hundred times over the safety limit and can cause bone cancer and leukemia japan's health and labor ministry says the number of workers exposed to dangerous levels of radiation has risen to eight sean thomas has been a focus shima 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 are in many instances. really close

because if you look at a map of where focus in the city is in relation to the actual nuclear facility plant number one where a lot of that radiation. but eating from the winds are bringing that radiation into fukushima city and the rain and 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. very very dangerous levels and so scientists so that we're working with today from different universities are working together on projects or trying to figure out ways to use a simple methods to actually clean that radiation up these guys actually. are working at the exact same family the soil right now. and as you can be two women aren't wearing any protective clothing clothing that 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 concerned filter for nuclear. material and. draw into grassy places when they go to those areas they can actually be absorbing more radiation from the grasses well. 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 hot spots within the city should be back and waited because of these. if you will where the radiation is just off the charts. radioactive particles from the fukushima nuclear power plant have already reached american shores and will be seeing genetic mutations in marine life within a year well that's according to arnold qantas and he's an energy advisor fairwinds

associates it's a corporation specializing in environmental and nuclear safety well we're already seeing articles in tokyo have particle muser radioactive particle really small there than that they are under your care in tokyo and all throughout the fukushima prefecture and interesting they were also saying i'm on the west coast of the united states so airborne radiation lodges in your lines here and g.i. tract is certainly in japan and on the west coast the the oceans are still becoming more or contaminated not worse and i think over the next year or so you'll see the big fish 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 prior research institute has said at the pacific ocean now is ten times more contaminated then was the the ocean and they were the

seas near chernobyl at the peak of the accident so the oceans are worse now going after chernobyl the pushing the nuclear crisis is also essential through the japanese motor industry and its speculation that contaminated vehicles could be heading out to the world's car market and potential buyers and are thinking twice before making their way to japanese auto show rooms and parties and actually get a sense he has more or less from ukraine. i'll has been contemplating a change of hardcore for months a fan of japanese vehicles she wanted to upgrade her old fraud or two when you were model but her car dealing friend said it was not the right time for those people so 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 by fish also at the ports left off our question whether there had been any

contaminated course here after the japanese fallout these off roaders worship in before the disaster in japan and even they were checked for radiation or thirty square and there's absolutely no chance of contaminated we know of making their way onto the 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. 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 and the disposal of the customs units experts say the sale of contaminated steel is not something new for

ukraine these shots were filmed inside the chernobyl exclusion zone several years ago scavengers stealing contaminated radiators from the goldstone of one costs around twenty dollars on the black market tens of thousands have been removed from the zone. these can terminate its metal can be recycled and used for a thing from rails to vehicles without losing its radioactivity but usually it's used for make an industrial plights and ukraine is known as. one of the leaders in player 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 let's see russia ascii art c. reporting from i just and each of us in ukraine. the chernobyl nuclear power plant in ukraine was the scene of the world's worst nuclear accident many through the

crisis of may since a passage where you can check out the ones prosperous soviet city of the infamous atomic facility that to 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 it's r.t. dot com and you can find that in the documentary section. europe is seeing a surgeon and he has really 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 demanding an embargo on exports from illegal settlements but as daniel bushell reports politicians are remaining tight lipped on the issue. against israel thousands call for the boycott of his really good over its continued expansion on palestinian land a jewish demonstrator says enough is enough. american leaders do not think the

e.u. does nothing the repeated un resolutions have ruled israeli settlements illegal. activists want the european union to call the main exports of the occupied territories and fruits the full human barricades that you use a ploy to oppose still pink goods getting through. israel's carmel brand market settlement produce and pockets to profit but pine forces who move in their citizens are consumed. crimes under the geneva convention public pressure is bearing fruit italy's biggest grossing 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. breached human rights shareholders forced belgium's dexia plank to sell its israel arm over a million euro loans to settlements activists next target is the. 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 both and police will cause 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 blue tiller the biggest yet to raise awareness of the situation and nine 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 aren't killed this time as they were last time he is raiding military forces. but that it brings the world's attention to this issue sultry moves say experts calls

politicians and business to act to public opinion change your mind before you were thinking that israel was grabbed by the mideast. opinion ever really capacity to challenge and show institution europe institution and un and also. the last time such a campaign was mobilized internationally was against the south african apartheid regime israel may have powerful allies but a position in europe to its policies is growing to the new bushel r.t. proselytize. and israel's continued blockade of gaza is not only damaging to palestinians but also disastrous for israel itself and that's according to the e.u. high representative for foreign affairs not his exclusive interview with baroness catherine ashton coming your way in the next here's a brief preview for you. we're very consistent in saying what needs to happen is

that israel is need to open the borders with guards there and allow people and goods to move 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 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 a dart or lots of small businesses you know that could really do well lots of people who want jobs eighty percent of people guard received 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 a lot future and that means allowing in and out the products the goods were garza could actually sell and support its own economy.

and maybe by longer a rebellion an increasingly destructive nato bombing campaign of worldwide condemnation but colonel gadhafi has failed 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 because as you know the chess master expresses shock at the scale of destruction in the capital tripoli his comments came just hours before another gadhafi aide defected to britain it is also declared its intent to expand military operations in the country again after libyan government forces retook the port city of zawiyah from the rebels. germany has become the latest country to announce it now considers the rebels the sole representative of libya but the movies are likely to influence gadhafi that's according to dr agent caesar political director of the university of kent. the german government realizes its previous stance of just sitting on the fence and somehow abstaining isn't really working i mean the russian president he clearly didn't think gadhafi had much richness in that's what he said at the summit

of the g. eight germany's move i think is belated go to stephanie welcome to the factions are showing that gadhafi support within the regime is clearly declining i think the other reason why he seems so carl is because i think he does suffer from dangers delusions he does think of themselves as somehow untouchable he's clearly hoping they'll be some kind of repeat of the nineteen ninety nine scenario of a kosovo where nato bombed for seventy eight days and nothing much changed on the ground except for lots of destruction and of course it's usually civilian population that suffers the effects of destruction not the leadership but of course what happened of course was the ground troops made all the difference but it is clear that the moment the nature of strategy isn't fully working that's been apparent for many weeks now. perhaps talking a little earlier here in r.t. because if you live in the very heart of moscow and here's what we have for you ahead. we try to find out where six point six billion dollars of america's money meant for iraq has disappeared to. u.s.

consul general in the russian city of god it will stop seriously what allegedly drunk at the wheel ten years on the victim who is left permanently disabled is still waiting for justice more that story later ninety. police in the u.s. closed an investigation into the so-called sexting cases dominated national headlines for over two weeks america since the tweeter to receive photo of himself triggering a media rush that overshadowed world news including the war in libya and violence in syria. looks at where priorities lie in the american media those who know the american media can't get enough of anthony weiner's crotch shot married u.s. congressman had sent this lewd photo to a young woman. later a story made it perfectly sex scandal thing with a shameless cover up this is a twitter hoax a prank that was done on the victim of 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 careful apology and deeply sorry for the pain this is caused by white foam. in our family it seemed anthony weiner's indiscretion overshadowed all other news in america we know as we enter it we are the winner is this you we dated for a few months like almost ten years ago to the price point even comedians for whom the congressman's watch right has become a bottomless source of inspiration point how distracted american news media can be your story. and your stories. 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 of 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 but everybody who has been. you know. the same goes for celebrities like tiger woods' extramarital affairs make headlines for months i am deeply sorry for my irresponsible and selfish behavior i engaged in the apologies seemed 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 live in don't take charlie sheen lead seal or hand with our analyst miles courts and now we're at the least endless and all these scandals have to do with private matters but they built a new thing to such an extent that many cats either got sick as were placed actual beings in america i'm going to check now reporting from washington r.t. . by the way get more analysis on the latest new developments by logging on to our web page that. is a quick look at what's there few at the moment 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 clinton style an internet and cell phone that works inside all the countries you find out what r.t. dot com and also plenty of videos you can go to free video. and download from that. you take

three. three. three. three. three. three blog videos for your media project a free media oh god. harjeet the time. the pentagon has recently been forced to admit it doesn't know where six point six billion us dollars shuttle for iraq have gone but money was supposed to be part of a massive reconstruction program after the war well to talk more about this missing money i'm joined by michael o'brien he's a former bush administration official and author of the book america's failure in iraq well as i say you worked for president bush some would say that these missing brilliance some not be chaotic approach of that administration to everything that went on in iraq from the war to the reconstruction i suppose judging by the title of the your book you agree with that. well actually i definitely do

and this is not new information in the end of my book in the conclusion i talked about i cited an article written by white house correspondent helen thomas about the nine billion dollars in the oracle was written in two thousand and five nine billion at the time i don't know if that's the same if this is from the nine billion or not it may very well be but this was a congressional hearing representative waxman was looking into it and the fact of the matter is that the accountability called horror u.s. cash was essential you nonexistent for many years after the war it did just remind us how that money was distributed i'm reading reports of large sats being putting cargo planes and then delivered by trucks all cash i mean it is very very difficult to keep tabs on that is that right. that is absolutely right when i was in iraq

from two thousand and six to two thousand july of zero six to september of zero seven i talked to people that had been there earlier when this stuff was going on and pallets you know these pallets that are used by you know with forklift small pallets with american cash american currency was stored in the basement of the republican palace saddam's main building headquarters building basically the seat of the iraqi government in in the cold they say it was in volts will they don't say that the doors of the boy it's world wide open i knew people that were that had walked past these powers full of american money and anybody could have could have just walked in grabbed a stack of hundred dollar bills and walked away and nothing would happen nobody would have gotten caught that sort of there as he said already that i was told the story could get carry on the. well i if there were there was no accountability i heard of a story of an american army captain whose job it was to keep tabs on this and she

would go by every day just to look at the if the pile of money had dwindled in height any now granted you're right yes it's a very valid comment that's petty cash but if your pet ok so that the internet will bring pilfering out a small basis compared to the sun we're talking about wiki you think the majority of that money when there's talk of u.s. contractors and of course iraqi officials what do you make of it. well i think you know that the example i use is petty theft but you add that up and that petty theft you know it doesn't say you know people's people get greedy and now on our larger scale it's very hard to say i will say one thing though i do write while i have the time i do want to make a point all of this stuff was going on while david petraeus was the commander of the multinational security transition command in iraq or min sticky in zero four and zero five and this was the same period of time that one hundred ninety thousand

a k forty seven and nine millimeter pistol pistols purchased by the us government for the iraqi army national police disappeared i also want to say that i had a personal friend i will mention his name who was a very senior u.s. american finance and budget official during this period of time and he told me that when david petraeus was there there was no accountability at all for american money and that david petraeus continued to spend with iraqi money six months after the c.p.a. the coalition provisional authority had been shut down in june of zero four just finally all this money was really sort of way already in time because just what is your wages or even it's a very interesting point because we are almost out of iraq he money and many of the iraqi officials are now saying that they want to go to court and to reclaim that money because they say that money came from iraqi oil sales from seize the rocky

assets do you think that they do have a case and do you think they would ever see this money back. what they want to do is absolutely go to court it is their money it was it was in u.s. banks that was withheld from iraq during the food for oil program and if it was my money i go to court to get it of course we'll probably have to borrow the money from china to give it to him but really interesting to hear what you have to say thanks very much indeed for sharing your knowledge and experience on this matter sorry we haven't got more time on this michael brown joining us there from washington d.c. . well the news now despite being confined to a wheelchair for more than a decade that hasn't helped that want the term and russian that his couple eleven thousand kilometers right across russia on the mobility scooter is drawing attention to the plight of disabled people his diapers cover readily to. 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 dog

allegedly drunk and that's where the problems began as a diplomat american douglas can't could claim immunity the visuals back in washington refused to grant his rights so alexander had no chance of getting redress this is the world 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 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 abortion illegal 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. despite all the obstacles he waited

for the 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 says he 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 kerry or bush go up r.t. moscow. a quick look at some other headlines across the world in our world update this hour after today's. you taught in sin for fun for a bad man nuclear energy and water privatization and such is also looks set to reject a big budget current pm silvio berlusconi to retain immunity from prosecution after he steps down or the health of it so far counted work cost in favor of indefinitely shelving government plans and what is seen as a major blow to the scones administration. as suicide bombers kill themselves at least one other at a bank in the pakistani capital you just mentioned these bomb when

a security guard tried to search and suicide attacks and frequent across pakistan that is the first time in a year the hoff that a suicide bomber has managed to hit a target in this number that we're security is tight. turns on that for the moment i'll be back to recap i had lines in just a few moments from now stay with us live here in moscow this is.

cultures that so much always about the feeling because i think a commitment to give a real commitment for boris yeltsin was he a great man who made history but was he merely a product of his time opinions differ widely don't know when didn't. two s m stanfield agree and one problem or another socialism has spread by a shadow of the regimentation over most of the nations of europe and the shadow is encroaching upon all of. the early twenty first century military bases the network of military bases all around the forms of the empire that the united states is trying to get its astonishing most americans have no idea there are more than a quarter of a million more than two hundred fifty thousand u.s. troops stationed on these bases all around. we don't have power bases or 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 in in cross our bases of our way or the noises i would often doesn't bother us at all because they're our bases but for other people it's almost like a cancer here for them speak. 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 they are thing else you get everything you needed. for the full story we've got it first the biggest issues get the human voice face to face with the news makers.