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to tell mcconnell riviera hotel in the central hotel mccown. thirty kilometers away from reactor number one. radiation levels are much higher or deemed to be safe. and coming up we have all the details. for radioactive ripples fall beyond the exclusion zone as news emerges of a loophole allowing contaminated japanese cars on to the european markets. u.s. defense department admits. six point six billion dollars of his money for iraq reconstruction has gone. and threatening legal action to reclaim the money which came from the country seized assets and oil sales.

international news and comment live from a studio 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 in one strontium has been found in concentrations two hundred times over the safety limit and can cause bone 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 thomas is in focus for our team here we're eighty kilometers away and the radiation levels in this area in many many places and many in the army much higher are really close because if you look at a map of where a city is in relation to the actual nuclear facility plant number one where a lot of that radiation. but dating from the winds are bringing that radiation in

the. city and the rain in the wind is blowing the radiation in this direction so we were at a spot where the radiation levels or one thousand times what is considered to be a safe dosage so. very very dangerous levels and so scientists that we are working with today. 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 show you. are working to be can contaminate the soil right now. and as you can see these two gentlemen are wearing any protective clothing but 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 it could. 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 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 or at least hotspots within the city should be back you waited because of the that. if you will where the radiation is just up the charts. the fukushima nuclear crisis is also sent shock waves through the japanese motor industry amid speculation that contaminated vehicles could be heading out to the world's potential boss and al thinking twice before making their way to japanese auto show rooms and as aussies and that she had a shuster reports now from ukraine. oh has been contemplating a change of her car 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 the shipment was supposedly blocked by the authorities at adesa harbor but unofficial dealers bribed them and got those cars on to the streets officials at the ports left of 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 fields just radiators inside small plants that's why it's very difficult to detect them with regular guy get conscious of the disposal of the customs units experts say the sale of contaminated steel is not something you 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 lung 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 it was in from a just and each office 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 supports it you can check out the once a prosperous soviet city of near the infamous atomic facility to find out how it looks now a special report from the twenty fifth anniversary of the chernobyl disaster is available on our web site it's dot com in the documentary section. the pentagon is recently being forced to admit it doesn't know where six point six billion u.s. dollars showed to for iraq but go on the money was supposed to be part of a massive reconstruction program after the war

a former bush administration official and author of the book america's failure in iraq michael brown has told me earlier that the funds went missing under general petraeus is watch. all of this stuff was going on while david petraeus was the commander of the multinational security transition command in iraq four men sticky in zero four and zero five and this is the same period of time that one hundred ninety thousand a k forty seven zero nine millimeter pistol pistols purchased by the us 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 a year after the c.p.a.

the coalition provisional authority had been shut down in june of zero four and staying in the u.s. police there of close investigation into the so-called sexting cases dominated national headlines for over two weeks now and then senate said tweeted a racy photo of himself triggering a media rush that overshadowed world news including the war in libya and the violence in syria thought he's got to look at where priorities lie in the american media but he doesn't know if the american media can't get enough of anthony weiner's crotch shot the married u.s. congressman had sent this lewd photo to a young woman via twitter a story made it perfectly fact again don't think the shameless cover up this is a twitter hoax a prank that was done i am 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 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 i think your. brokerage. that have been blocked by this recent scandal on a more serious note many people think the only way to get ratings this is to lead and constantly churn and cover these types of lascivious stories that really don't have any bearing on people's lives whether or not it's a private issue that has affected nobody 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 seemed to fuel the gossip industry even more when politicians stage and i do use this word stage these apologies kind of because they are very likely responding to their public relations. advisers their lawyers etc etc i mean in the networks american media companies love it because again it generates even more scandal american television leaves office and don't take charlie sheen cielo hand with our analyst miles courts negra now we are at the

least this endless and all these scandals have to do with private matters but bill the news environment is such an extent that many hats either got sick as were placed actually seen america i'm going to check our reporting from washington r.t. . germany has officially recognize the libyan rebels as the sole representatives of the country that's kind of gadhafi val's you'll stay in libya to the bitter and his remarks came every game of chess with the visiting president of the world chess federation. of the chess master expresses shock at the scale of destruction the capital tripoli and his comments came just hours before another gadhafi a defected britain has also declared its intent to expand military operations in the country after libyan government forces re took the port city of zawiyah from the rebels. despite being confined

to a wheelchair for more than a decade that hasn't helped one determined russian he's covered eleven thousand kilometers right across russia on a mobility scooter he's drawing attention to the plight of disabled people. over 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 the device stock eligible a drunk and that's where the problems began as a diplomat american douglas can't could claim immunity officials back in washington refused to waive his rights so alexander had no chance of getting redress this was all 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 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 out that. despite all the obstacles he came to the heart of for so many people along the way i 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. r.t. moscow. europe is saying a surgeon is ready sentiment with a growing clamor for governments to stop turning a blind eye to the occupation of palestinian land activists say they want actions

not words and in the morning an embargo on exports from illegal settlements but is then a bushel 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 that the e.u. does nothing the repeated un resolutions have ruled israeli settlements illegal. activists want the european union to call the main export of the occupied territories flowers and fruits they formed human barricades it's a use a ploy depose stopping goods getting through often trying to get 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 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 year most. he feels things. he's ready to risk his life hopefully people are as they were. military forces. the world's attention to this issue. experts politicians and business. before they were. really. to challenge and. the europeans and the un and all. the time such a campaign internationally was against the south african apartheid regime israel may have powerful but

a position in europe to its policies is grooving to. brussels. well no well let's return to the latest situation in libya for more. u.s. congresswoman and presidential candidate cynthia mckinney she's joining us live from tripoli thanks very much indeed for being with us here on r.t. firstly can you tell us what you're doing in dangerous time. well i came here because i wanted to know the truth i understood that what i was hearing from u.s. press was laden with propaganda of course we know that the pentagon has something called perception management and so they are in the business of utilizing the mighty wurlitzer which is the propaganda and they do use that to affect the way people think about what they're doing and that's exactly what has been happening here with nato and so i thought i would come here with

a delegation of journalists from across the united states including one journalist also from south africa so that we. he could understand the truth and then tell the truth to the people who will listen to us what is the truth you want to tell people for example you just mentioned nato we know the air strikes there are meant to be hitting purely military targets is that the case is that what you're seeing there no. absolutely not in fact yesterday a university was hit al fattah university which was formerly known as nasser university to our tour at that university were hit and i had the opportunity to speak with the dean of the political science department and he was literally shaking with anger he was so angry at what had happened to his campus to his university and i visited. hospital and there i saw patients

this information is actually posted on the internet at w b a i x or a g where people can go and actually see what we saw because we were allowed to videotape the patients in the hospital there was one patient who could not tell his story because he was still in shock there were patients there who had moves that looked like they came from very specialized weapons and so the issue of exactly what weapons are being used here is also of great importance let's talk about it to talk about untold story we have a lot of time you mention specialist weapons there is a most speculation that depleted uranium is being used in libya at the moment any evidence of that from what you're seeing. well i can only give you an adult all information from the members of my delegation and i was able to speak with

a person in the united states who is a depleted uranium specialist a former geophysicist at. lawrence livermore a laboratory and she told me that was lorimer a and she told me that if there was a metallic taste of the dust in our mouths then more than likely it was depleted uranium so i did a brief survey of those with me because one day there were eighty nine blasts and yes the response of baghdad was that there was a metallic taste very quickly when we have to say well we've got no time to talk although we have actually run out of time sorry we were hoping to talk to you a little earlier but thanks so much for joining us live from tripoli former u.s.

congresswoman and presidential candidate cynthia mckinney thank you. well those are the main stories we're covering here in a moment or two i'll be back with the summer in about ten minutes for you from but in the meantime as our exclusive interview bring you first term perspective on e.u. foreign policy stay with us for that.

thank you very much miss ashley you said the heart of what you're doing maybe it is to resolve conflict why was the e.u. not asked to mediate in libya well i think the u.n. is playing exactly the role that it should play and. the u.n. special envoy is as you know frequently in tripoli and benghazi is working with the people of libya but also for the international partners role has been very much to support him and to work with the african union with the arab league with the organization islamic conference and with our partners like russia and turkey to think about how we move forward and conflict and some people start to think about the country of the future on a visit to bin guys in may you said that you had in mind people who would be leading into the future what gives you the ground to say that what i said was that i've met people who clearly had at their heart the future of libya people who were thinking about the kind of what the needs to be done reconstruction getting the

economy moving again the support they're going to need on board of management reform of the police. to be people who will be part of that big dialogue that used to take place what the new government of libya looks like it's to the people of libya to decide. but here are people who despite all of the troubles despite the difficulties are really trying to think through and i pay tribute to them for doing the search and they have been discussions about the possibility that gadhafi could go but it's an if it's a large if and one of the big challenges and questions is how to make sure that for the people of libya the way in which he goes on the issue of that departure is a fundamental part of moving forward that's for them to decide in conjunction as i said with the role of the u.n. special envoy at what stage will be you expect nato to cease fire in libya well nato has been in discussion of course about its future role and i was at nato this

week to discuss the role of the european union in our humanitarian aid in our support for the people on the ground and in opening the office which i did recently in bengal. the role of the forces of nato is determined by the security council resolution and their job is to protect civilians so until there is clear determining evidence the civilians are safe they will have to stay there and that's again tied up to what happens with kind of gadhafi and his decision to allow his country to move forward in the way that clear the people want the european council said that the russian presidential meditator to libya is a focal point for a political transition there what status does the e.u. court mr maher gallop well what we've been saying to president medvedev and to form and so love for office is important that russia is able to play its part in trying to find a solution so the role of the mediator from russia is to work alongside others who

are busy trying to find a way through i think the significant element of this is making sure that it's also linked back to the u.n. so we have confidence in our communications between different people but it's very good to see. see rushing geishas very good to see it being d.h. or trying to help to get as you said you consider an age for to live together as an inappropriate response to the plight of the people there want to ease and appropriate response in your opinion we're very consistent in saying what needs to happen is that the israelis need to open the borders with guards or the love 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 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 goals are lots of small businesses you know that could really do well lots of people who want jobs eight percent of people in gaza received today and 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 but these really settlement building continues in the west bank despite the position of the european union what more can be done well we're concerned about we've always said that settlements are illegal under international law we've made that clear we do believe that we have to try and get back to talks same points of the quartet in which russia plays a big part the hope of a meeting soon to try and lay some of the groundwork that would enable the parties to come back to talks because in the end that's going to be the solution miss ashton you were in belgrade when roskam luggage was arrested and shortly before

that he announced an extra billion euro was available for partners under the neighborhood policy what better coincidence you were in belgrade when it was arrested yes it was a coincidence i had the privilege of talking with. the president and with the deputy. prime minister in those and gauged inaction and although i never doubted that president was very keen to try and find a law to seek justice. i think that the expectation that i would find him on that particular day was not was not that it was good to be that it was good to be able to congratulate the authorities and to see how people reacted to that across the world of being a real indication of closure but also saying that no matter how long it takes justice will be recession thank you for taking time for this interview we very much appreciate pleasure i threw.

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