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nice for stock totty dot com. kilometers away from reactor number one in the city radiation levels are much higher or deemed to be competent. and coming up we have all the details. for a sense radioactive ripples fall beyond the exclusion zone as news emerges of a new poll allowing contaminated japanese cars on to the european market. for palestinian sentiment spreads across europe as activist amount of sorties stop ignoring the israeli occupation of the west bank and call for a boycott of goods from israel. and with the media crazed america flaring around the sex related scandal involving a senate questions are being raised over whether news outlets turning into gossip mills.

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 intimate strontium has been found in concentrations two hundred times over the safety limit and can cause bone cancer and leukemia japan's health ministry says the number of workers exposed to dangerous levels of radiation has risen to eight sean thomas has been a 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. when eating from the wind 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 methods to actually clean that radiation up and actually i can assure you . are working to the can 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 you can. filter for nuclear are ready at the 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 where at least hotspots within the city should be back you waited because of the the small hotspot 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 we'll be seeing genetic mutations in marine life within a year well that's according to arnold goodness and he's an energy adviser fairwinds associates a corporation specializing in environmental and nuclear safety well we're already

seeing particles in tokyo particle means or radioactive particles really small thinner than a day out under your hair in tokyo in all throughout the fukushima prefecture and interestingly were also seen among the west coast of the united states so airborne radiation it lodges in your longs or your g.i. track 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 you 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 accident so the oceans are worse

now than ever chernobyl. the fukushima nuclear crisis is also essential queen's for the japanese motor industry amid speculation that contaminated vehicles could be heading out to the world's car market potential bozza now thinking twice before making their way to japanese auto show rooms and alexey had a sense he has more in this from ukraine. 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 but. 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 those cars on to the streets officials at the ports left off our question 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 verities 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 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 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 let's see reporting from jess and each office in ukraine. the chernobyl nuclear power plant in ukraine was the scene of the world's worst nuclear accident many of the crisis of may since a passage where you can check out the ones prosperous soviet city of the infamous

atomic facility that i found out how it looks now a special report from there marking the twenty fifth anniversary of the chernobyl disaster is available on our website r.t. dot com and you can find that in the documentary section. europe is seeing a surgeon and he is 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. 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. american leaders do nothing 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 flowers and fruits they full 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 can move in their citizens are committing war crimes under the geneva convention public pressure is bearing fruit it's a lease biggest grocer co-ops food grown in the occupied territories the world's largest security firm g four s. has stopped work with these really checkpoints on the west bank. breached human rights shareholders forced belgium's dicksee a bank to sell its israel over a million euro loans to settle my. activists next target is the. links between thirty two 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 both from 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 year murphy feel things have got so bad he's ready to risk his life hopefully people and 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 force politicians and business to act public opinion change your mind before you were thinking that

israel was grabbed by the police today opinion ever really capacity to challenge and international institution the european station and the 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 opposition in europe to its policies is growing to the new bush or brussels. 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 what is exclusive interview with baroness catherine ashton coming your way in the next hour but here's a brief preview for you. we're very consistent in saying what needs to happen is that the israelis need to open the borders with guards or and allow people and goods to move freely now i recognize the importance of the security situation for

israel we've always done that but it seems to me a position that's not tenable 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 darter lots of small businesses you know that could really do well lots of people who want jobs eighty percent of people in gaza receive today 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 guards or could actually sell and support its own economy. may be faced by an ongoing 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 of the chess master expresses shock at the scale of destruction in the capital tripoli is comments came just hours before another gadhafi aide defected to britain which is also declared its intent to expand military operations in the country again after libyan government forces retort the port city of zawiya from the rebels . germany has become the latest country to announce it now considers the rebels the sole representatives of libya but the reviews are likely to influence gadhafi that's according to dr adrian perhaps he's a political lecturer at the university of kent. the german government realize 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 richer missing that's what he said at the summit of the g. eight germany's move i think is belated but it 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 card is because i think he does suffer from dangers delusions he does think of themselves as somehow untouchable he's clearly hoping there will be some kind of repeat of the nineteen ninety nine scenario because of where nato bombed for seventy eight days and nothing much change 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 and of course what happened in 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. talking to a little earlier here in r.t. we're coming to you live from 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 logical stop seriously injured allegedly drunk at the wheel ten years on the victim who was left permanently disabled is

still waiting for justice moore and that story later. police in the us have closed an investigation into the so-called sexting cases dominated national headlines for two weeks and tweeted a racy photo of himself triggering a media rush that overshadowed world news including the war in libya and violence in syria and arties going to look at where priorities lie in the american media doesn't know if the merican media can't get enough of anthony weiner's crotch the married u.s. congressman had sent this lewd photo to a young woman. or a story made a perfect the sex scandal thing 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 that tearful apology i'm deeply sorry for the pain this is caused my wife huma. and 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 comedians for whom the congressman's crotch shot has become a bottomless source of inspiration point how distracted american news media can be . 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 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 but 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'm 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. 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 philo hand with our analyst miles courts and now we are at the least this endless and all these

scandals have to do with private matters but they feel the news environment is 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 our team. by the way get more analysis on the latest new developments. page that. is a quick look at what's there few at the moment americans are hearing voices new radio studios for the voice of russia opening up in washington and new york also the u.s. is creating an internet and cell phone that works inside all the countries you can find out why and also videos you can go to free video dot com and download from that. mission. could you take three. three. three.

three. three. three blog video for your media project a free media. party time. the pentagon has recently been forced to admit it doesn't know where the six point six billion us dollars shed jewel for iraq have gone the 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 billion some of the 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 narain a 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 that 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 essentially nonexistent for many years after the war just remind us how that money was distributed i'm reading reports of large sacks 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 vaults were wide open i knew people that were that had walked past these power it's 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 have happened nobody would have gotten caught that sort of there is he said already that i was told to carry on the. well i 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 a case that good and it will bring out a small bases compared to the some we're talking about whit 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 take you know people's people get greedy now on a larger scale it's very hard to say i will say one thing though i do well 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 u.s. government for the iraqi army national police disappeared i also want to say that i

have 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 iraqi money six months after the c.p.a. the coalition provisional authority had been shut down in june of zero four just finding all this money was really sorry we already just what as you want is a real events a very interesting point because we are almost out of iraq 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'd go to court to get it of course we'll probably have to borrow the money from china to give it to him. brother 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 one determined russian man he's covered eleven thousand kilometers right across russia on an ability scooter and he's drawing attention to the plight of disabled people. 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 american douglas canned could claim immunity officials back in

washington refused to waive his rights so alexander had no chance of getting redress this or 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 abortion new york 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 came to the heart of russia many people along the way are still going 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 pushed over r.t. moscow. let's have a quick look at some of the headlines across the world in our world update this hour after two days of voting italians into for a non nuclear energy or water privatization the vote is also looks set to reject a bid by the current pm silvio berlusconi to retain immunity from prosecution after his steps down or half the votes so far counted were cast in favor of indefinitely shelving government plans. what is seen is a major blow to body scans administration. as suicide bombers kill themselves at least one of those a bank in the pakistani capital doesn't make cities bomb when a security guard tried to search him suicide attacks are frequent across pakistan but it's the first time in a year the hoff that a suicide bomber has managed to hit a target in his number that where security is tight. brings up 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 all to. culture is that so much of always about the feeling goes i think if i'm not going

to give a real commitment for boris yeltsin was he a great man who made history or was he merely a product of his time opinions differ widely don't know wynton. to a substantial degree and one form or another socialism has spread the shadow of human regimentation over most of the nations of europe and the shadow as i'm approaching the first. early twenty first century military bases the network of military bases all around forms the new empire that the united states is trying to do that's astonishing most americans. 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 a foreign bases in america we don't have any british base we don't have any korean base we don't have any for.