and may take has responded with an apology. intended target during last night's strike in tripoli was a military missile site. however from our initial assessment of the facts it appears that one weapon did not strike the intended target due to a weapons systems failure although officials in tripoli claim more than eight hundred civilians have died in nato raids nine people they say were killed in sunday's bombardment of the city have become the first civilian casualties officially acknowledged by the alliance only on saturday nato has also admitted another mistake in a strike this time on rebel forces neither live in oil port of brag or with the number of casualties not been disclosed we hope nato will hold mr cameron mr sarkozy this better scorning mr obama may already. have a good response about for the deaths of these innocent children innocent was ten

year olds and innocent fathers and mothers you cannot justify this attack the enemy was up with that incident of sunday's fatal error occurs in the rising concerns within nato about his operation in northern africa only eight out of its twenty eight members have joined the mission to protect civilians in libya which raises the question how many would support one to kill them. r t tripoli. civilian deaths in libya grow anger mounts lower taxpayers footing the bill for the military intervention the conflict is expected to cost one of its key players the u.k. hundreds of millions of pounds as artie's or emmett's reports the blow to britain's budget couldn't have come at a worse time. they're already calling it the billion pound war it's calculated that if the war in libya goes on for six months it will cost the british taxpayer one point six billion dollars but that initial humanitarian

mission is now get rid of gadhafi operation and that could take a lot longer as soon. their goal is to simply oust him from power one imagines this is not going to end until he. leaves office so this could potentially drag on for months more and as we've seen they've already extended the operation by another three months that's unlikely to be popular with the british public that government spending like a hawk already feel seeing services and jobs slashed even so downing street swore while it is open and it's taking the lead in libya data gathered by britain's guardian newspaper from defense ministries and news reports shows that britain has flown twenty five percent of all sources in libya second only to the us by the second week of may six thousand strike missions had been ordered blogger daniel rennick says the u.k.'s likely to have weighed up the cost but with

a warm wind blowing westwards from libyan rebels and us movements britain reckons a billion pounds is a pretty good investment it's about having control of north african resources particularly. where we made for the transitional council that seems to be some bombs cost up to one and a half million dollars each and with the u.k. cutting defense spending analysts say they may not be replaced and when you're dealing with such big numbers small things make a big difference the euro forty typhoon cost maybe one thousand pounds per hour to fly so small changes in the number of hours you estimate produce big changes in cost estimate i would go to the operant. wars are always expensive but the costs back home could prove harder to afford next in line to strike a million public sector workers who are being asked to work more and get less disruption to services could run in two weeks the commitment to continue in libya

for however low suggests a blank check at a time when there is little in the kitty the deployment of apache. helicopters doesn't appear to have given a tactical advantage it hoped for and every time they take to the sky or drop the bomb the cost for britain and its beleaguered european neighbors create higher and higher you're at it. where it is today artie's people are velazquez his guests whether the international presence in libya and other african countries means a better life for the continent. or the bank have gotten better in the past ten years you've seen inflation has come down average incomes have gone up the world bank did recently they're talking about a rise in the number of people who are earning between two and four dollars a day as for the world bank and their apologists who talk about you know the middle classes beginning with two dollars a day a pound

a day he'd have you tried living in nairobi and he these guys are if you think this is the middle class is there must be really be on some other planet i'm afraid. the nuclear security forum in vienna is due to kick off the japanese atomic crisis expected to dominate talks a full report on the situation in the disaster hit country will be presented in japan expected to be criticised for underestimating risks facing the fukushima plant and for a slow government response to the events. thomas visited the city just outside the no go zone radiation levels of well above safety limits. the ominous and constant ticking of geiger counter scientists working in fukushima city concerned. i am in charge of the group of radiation detection and survey from fukushima university where now thinking very protocol and process set up by the

japanese government is not enough and myself i think i should evacuate from this area but because of my job at the. university icons my family and my friends' families are of. officially fukushima city is in a safe area eighty kilometers from the daiichi plant reactor one and a full sixty kilometers outside the band danger zone but still radiation levels here are much higher than normal. just to give you an idea of the consistency right now the battleground is really really quite two nine micro ringgits which is about thirty times what is more than the accepted level but if you come down here to where i just saw it all and a lot of it collected the regular quickly jumped up but it's still climbing earlier we got a really good night and now i look at my career which is about a thousand times more than what is really accepted level of state regulation. but in order to claim that fukushima is truly safe from leaking radiation the japanese

government has had to be creative with the numbers of the government did they change the gravitational quantum level standard the levels from one. to twenty minutes even twenty times. the standards before the accident and now. they raise the. the standard so that they can say it's safe but actually the standard has changed the new higher levels mean that fukushima can be classed as being outside of the exclusion zone some say that evacuating the city would be simply impractical given the huge numbers of people affected to try and mitigate the circumstances to some degree a group of scientists have teamed up to find simple ways to reduce the radiation levels. we're just trying to do a pilot project do d.d. contamination. by ourselves and we are not to using

a specially equipped man we just use normal child both. scoops. just the. top soil is a small effort to bring some security to a community facing a scary and uncertain future in fukushima city sean thomas r.t. . well despite concerns over japan's government hushing up the dangerous the number two nuclear fission in the country thinks the issue is simply too complicated for the general public the full exclusive interview with japan's nuclear industry spokesmen is coming your way in twenty minutes here. we published we have been publishing all the information we get eighty percent of that is known by the government and that. it may be difficult for the ordinary people to understand and so i make. the score. for the ordinary people.

say. seventy percent. every president wants to run for a second term but the final decision rests with the people that's according to russian president dmitri medvedev in an interview with london's financial times he said it's too early to say if he'll stand for reelection next year but made it clear that he and prime minister putin will not run against each other without music joins us live from moscow now for more on this. looks as though we're still waiting for that big question to be answered that. indeed was definitely the question that the russian president has been asked most frequently in the recent months but to begin with they decided to keep the suspense out for a while. doing the new leader especially one who occupies the president's seat has

to be willing to run for reelection however it's not a question of whether he would make that decision for himself i suggest waiting a bit longer and keeping the intrigue. of course the main entry of the twenty twelve presidential action still remains but maybe even to give did answer some questions in relations do who will run for office and one thing is certain both he and let him approach him will not run for the same office it will just be one man or still remains to see cool well that man but. it's hard for me to imagine not a mere putin and i both running for president of the same time for at least one reason being is we strictly speaking represent the same political force competition between us would bring harm to the golden tasks we've been working on for the past several years it wouldn't be good for russia and it wouldn't be good in this particular situation. because it wasn't all about the election was it i'm sure some

other tough questions were asked as well. indeed it was a very long interview that the russian present. gave to the financial times and of course many issues were raised throughout the course of it both of course pertaining to russia's national and foreign policies many aspects that are interesting both to people living in russia to those observing russia from abroad of course who are raised in the course of the discussion specifically of course questions relating to the goals that the russian president set out for himself during his term in office modernization battling corruption all those things were discussed in detail course no interviews specifically no interview that is. taken by western media source has gone by without the issue of the half of them will see the former c.e.o. will join you close to being raised the russian president reiterated his position

that that calls his release should it happen will not in any way be a danger to society unlike any russian citizen who's currently serving time for that upholds he has the right to an appeal which according to the president is what exactly what that will speak is planning to file for an appeal of course it wasn't just matters of domestic policy that were touched upon by or poly from the f.t. matters of international significance and the issues where russia also has a interest or is involved in any way were also raised pacific they of course one that has featured in the media for a few months now the ongoing conflict in the middle east specifically of course the arrests in libya and syria the russian president speaking quite harshly about the nato military intervention in libya saying that some of russia's partners basically chose to misinterpret the resolution. passed by the united nations security council resolution that russia passed hoping that it will. be observed and kept

to as it is worded but of course it emitted is said that basically a very good resolution turned into a meaning was. a paper with nato is a military intervention in libya and that precisely because of that no resolution will be passed on syria russia will make sure that no similar resolution will have a chance to come into effect of course following the events in the libya what you see all the serious matters of course that were discussed we do know that the russian president is very fond of his gadgets he is rarely seen without his i pad and he did let slip that he has a special on it that lets him monitor exactly what of this what is. employees are doing and what of his the tasks have already which of his tasks have already been fulfilled is a very useful thing i personally plan to check out the app store to see whether it's been specifically custom made for the president or whether it's available for

the general public. yes high tech stuff into these companies are a lot from moscow thank you for that. well for that interview in full with the president there is no websites. u. finance ministers have failed to agree details for releasing the next tranche of last year's massive bailout for greece the decision was postponed until july dish and that happens from fresh budget cuts also raised to fourteen but it's banks hold back a bit more than it is of us in the lending market the former deputy speaker of the belgian parliament claims paid out cash and tend to help europe's talking colonies is instead pocketed by the wealthy. crises like these are considered big opportunities by big financial institutions it was showing the past and it is

so today where is the money gone well i think you don't have to look for the money has gone to financially should do shit to wealthy elites who are actually benefiting from this crisis bailouts or what kind of bailout true for what purpose and that is the question and the bill is that we actually fall was look we give you all these taxpayer money without any conditions so you can keep on going doing what you did that is not the kind of bailout that i squat all the social that she mentioned the last thirty years are put in jeopardy by these financial so-called financial reforms and this thing is this is a question about what is democracy and what is democracy for i think the mox for the people not for financial institution it's as simple as that. there are some other world headlines for you and in spain protests against budget cuts are also taking place tens of thousands of march through the streets of madrid and other major spanish cities and rallies against austerity measures social spending cuts and massive unemployment the economic crisis in the country has left more than

a million families with no income and let the youth unemployment nearing fifty percent but on monday groups all over spain will start a month long march to the capital expressing their anger with the situation. washington has confirmed it's holding talks with the taliban defense secretary robert gates describes the contact as a preliminary is said to need military pressure is necessary. afghan president hamid karzai also confirmed the taliban it comes as the u.s. prepares to begin withdrawing troops from afghanistan next month. a mother's decision to use the internet instead of a doctor to help a dying baby has sent shock waves throughout russia while the case provoked a public outcry growing numbers of people continue to turn their backs on official services due to a distrust of the public health care system pushed over has the details. i see i

was in eagerly awaited baby adored by her mother and everyone around she was a lively newborn for three months when she became ill and died within a week doctors say had been hospitalized earlier she could have had a chance of survival however as his mother julia hesitated too long and she's now facing criminal charges for negligence. you're going to have to understand they did want to avoid unnecessary magical intrusion but if we are not in a cult we care about our children's health and want only the best for them this is julia's heartrending response in a t.v. show called let them talk on russia's stance channel. as he was the love of my life . losing her is the worst possible punishment other into malice and god is my little us what happened it was the scariest thing in my life in the program she was hounded as an irresponsible mother who watched her daughter die on mine after her

desperate post asking for help on the internet reached the wider public julius tragic story is just one among those who chose to give birth at home and resort to self treatment rather than trust official health care they may be a fraction of russian society but then number is increasing and doctors are alarmed that. they're usually three reasons behind a woman's choice first is when a mother falls under the influence of an alternative group that makes business out of it delivering babies without a license the second group are those who prefer everything natural as it was before hospitals and the third is the most unpleasant for us when a patient has a bad experience connected to a medical establishment. stories of medical maltreatment or even worse continue appearing in the russian media and unplanned amputation of a baby's limb and an alleged swap of a woman's health a new born for a disabled one are among the most recent cases those dark stories often have

another side to them but they're scary enough to make young women dread any hospitals drugs and doctors. people who are afraid of clinical medicine have their reasons for that they're afraid of the complications they might get in maternity wards of unnecessary medical intrusion there's quite a large number of deaths and crippled lives. so veronica believes her mother when she told her doctors might harm her and her baby the idea of natural delivery at home sounded very convincing to me until my son and i nearly died in the birth i'm like neither of us ended up in a grave their own ika is one of those who opted for home both. with the insistence of only a midwife a practice that is unregulated in russia and skates on legal thin ice making it open to abuse the running because midwife barely had any relevant training but took the money and never asked if the baby survived. despite the controversy over home

birth everyone agrees that in today's russia if you want to minimize the risk giving birth in hospital is the answer but with mothers wanting more choice the system as it currently stands could do with a rethink after all it is these little people and their health that matters most and their arrival. should be healthy and there. are. well we welcome your say on that and other stories just struck a comment on our website at r.t. dot com among other stories online if you today vandalism or a harmless prank a street artist has turned soviet soldiers into an american comic book superheroes has given costumes to figures in the red army monument and blog area including superman batman and even ronald mcdonald. plus find out how a four year old boy one of the all suit against

a circus for failing to feature a lion in the tiger has promised one of them to spend that much more arty. latest business news with you there after a short break stay with us. hello and a very welcome time for your business update the world's oldest and largest as shown

a bush aide gets underway in paris today it's hoped it will spur a return to message multibillion or just cropped head of a soon used paper says russia is expected to sign contracts to sell ten jet planes and also the country's largest airline our flight is going to buy a new boeing ahead of the event this is our chief spoke to the head of boeing about the plane makers business in russia. you know airplane sales of the blood of all business when business because we'll sell our planes in the last year was sold almost one hundred new airplanes over here but not less important maybe for me personally more important that russia is a really great supply for boeing we talked about the intellectual services we buy engineering we buy technology as we develop technologies together the russian scientists we buy and develop there we sophisticated i t. and this is hundreds of millions of dollars that we boeing buy from russia in the sector that i think is critical for the survival of the russian economy. china and

russia going into green business they have agreed to create a new company which will develop energy from the cultural based russia has not resources to produce almost seventy billion cubic meters of buying gas a year that's enough to cover electricity needs of countries such as indonesia egypt. let's take a quick look at how the markets all performing courage is extending also a strong dollar is dampening its investment appeal brant is trading at one hundred and eleven dollars per barrel while light sweet has three to ninety one dollars. asian stocks a mixed solve ahead saying it's trading in the red the nikkei was flat to positive the latest reports from the euro fuel hopes the region is moving closer to cope with its debt problems market has welcomed to the decision of greece to reshuffle its cabinet and also germany has urged private creditors to participate in the new greek bailout. and bearish sentiment is dominating the russian markets on monday

the r.t.s. is losing more than one percent to solve my six is also low more than half a percent. so now have a look at some of the individual moves on the my since ordinary shares and will start to come odd gaining four point seven percent the rise comes off to. included in the r.t.s. index will june sixteenth september fifteenth period and on expectations that the stock will soon be included in the m.s.c.i. and it's well over the economic development that is free spoken friday bolger possible privatisation sale for the post merger last time to come and as you may just saw it was soo suffering losses dragged by the oil prized gas promise lower point eight percent news that the country's largest lenders go bonkers to make up with being prepared russia's subsidiary failed to impress investors all tell you more about this deal in a moment the bank's jazz down hundred percent. may have.

when asked soon as the c.e.o. of the country's largest insurer strong has taken a six hundred forty million dollar loan to prepare for the listing analysts say the company could be worth more than two billion dollars. now back to the country's largest lenders burbank retail lending in russia is to receive a facelift with the addition of a strong new player the country's largest lender is to meet up with b. and p. para boss russian subsidiary the joint venture will install loan officers in many retail stores across russia within about twenty years the company is expected to dominate with a round of thirty percent market share from a suggest that the company's key competitive advantage will be rooted in lower interest rates or bunker is set to seventy percent of the new fund with the parable holding the bust. and that wraps up the business bulletin joined in less than one us time for more business stories and get more news while web site r t dot com

slash business. culture is that so much of it varies i mean it was never a real story and it's not africa and the news outside interest in this continent is the man's rich in natural resources and

a growing middle class china to be. live from moscow this is r.t. the headlines now nato admits to killing civilians in sunday's airstrike on tripoli claiming a weapon system failed to be an official was claimed to have been more than eight hundred innocent victims of violence as bombings since intervention began in march of. next year's russian presidential election won't see the nutriment prime minister putin going head to head during an interview with a british newspaper the russian leader insisted they wouldn't both compete for the top job. and the international atomic energy watchdog protest to present a report on japan's handling of the fukushima crisis the nuclear security forum in

vienna the review criticizes japan forty's for the slow response to the disaster using more underestimating the risks of radiation leaks. takes a closer look at the nuclear crisis in japan talk to the number two you can official in the disaster hit country. we are here with he day he call in the she who is with the ministry of a commie here in japan specifically with the agency that deals with nuclear safety and thank you very much for taking some time to be with us today now as this. devastating event has happened in the news has spread out around the world it's become clear in the past three months that the information coming from the from the nuclear plant has gotten worse can you tell us what's the situation on the ground right now the situation is improving. for example we're

steadily in introducing a water to the reactor is a question my daiichi you need one two and three and their fear is stable and it could. already asian. exposure is becoming less and less a problem is the water which originated from that water we introduced into the reactors and so we are now at the find there are testing process of introducing establishing waterproofing a system people on the ground say that they have doubts about the information that is coming from the government why do you think they have these doubts and what is the government doing to get this information out there. the japanese government tried to. distribute it.