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tuesday's plane crash in the northwest of the country with seven survivors still in a critical condition. the surge in the number of civilian casualties from nato airstrikes on tripoli and intensified greg down a gadhafi supporters ghazi forced many to flee to say from parts of the country. time to bury the euro anger a build in the e.u. as its leaders agree on yet another bailout for greece while the blocks demand some tempos tougher budget cuts sparked massive protests in athens. and a perfect way to learn more about russia from visiting its best beauty spots to discovering some of its most sacred traditions on r.g.s. newly launched documentary channel.

it is ten am in the russian capital you're watching our team. russia was shocked this week by a plane crash that killed forty five people a simple one three four heading from moscow to russia's northwestern republic of korea crash landed on a busy major road just a kilometer from its destination seven people who survived the crash remain in a critical condition artists are still your reports. struggling to keep her composure that is in disbelief at the sudden death of her friend william boyd. i do not understand why it happened he was one of the best people i've ever known i do not understand maybe it's frayed the wanted to have to happen. the russian premier league football referee. just one of the forty four killed monday night with a tuple of one three four carrying fifty two people from moscow to bet as a vodka northwestern russia crashed on this road missing the runway by a kilometer twenty four hours later the crash claimed another victim when one of

the survivors a young boy died in hospital. when i heard the little boy in the hospital died i was shocked it's awful my late husband was a pilot he had landed planes at this airport many times it's very personal to me. the site of the crash has been cleaned up the roads have been reopened the wreckage of the plane completely removed but there are still career marks evidence like this chorus that reminds people of the tragedy that struck on monday night and for those who have been here to witness the horrific scenes they say that those memories are unlikely to go away. i didn't sleep for two days i couldn't even fall asleep i can't recall and people screaming and pulling bodies away from the plane. you have guinea was one of the first at the scene his house only meters away from where the plane came down. i heard the explosion and ran outside the lights went out i ran to the site and we started doing people. two women and the pilot that he was

dead while all the bodies have been recovered the relatives of the victims still have the tough task of identifying their loved ones investigators say all possible scenarios are being looked into but initial reports suggest bad weather and pilot error are the likely causes of the crash a suggestion that didn't sit well with some locals. it's easy to blame the pilot because he's dead i think the airport itself is to blame family and friends are waiting for answers but all they can do now is remember those they've lost. deaths are still your r t russia your region and you can take a closer look at the crash site in northwest russia on our web site snapshots from the spot are out there just go to photo galleries in the online exclusive section to get instant access and you can also find more on the other main news stories of

the week. dot com. this week has seen a number of reports of growing civilian casualties in libya in the latest nato bombing tripoli says fifteen people were killed in the eastern town of brag a claim denied by the airlines leaving officials say over eight hundred civilians have died since the operation began a march artie's where if it often reports now on how many libyans are desperate to flee to safety. this family hasn't had the war quiet and peaceful like this one for months they've escaped from the libyan rebel stronghold of benghazi to hide in this refugee camp in the west of the country after a life in their native town became a nightmare. it's not safe there anymore it's become dangerous and it's not only because of explosions and gunshots one day people from the government and then you call them rebels we call them terrorists came to me and told me we have to arrest your daughter because we know that she supports gadhafi. these keep has been long

and hard for the win and the family but i remember a lot of that occurred and i had to hide for some time from them as they've been searching for me then we knew there was a bus coming from benghazi to turner's here the bus with the rebels for their purposes we took that bus with our faces covered and everybody was against gadhafi on it we told them that we were also against him and they lot of sin son was brother dr sabri a surgeon has also fled the city he says they've made three attempts on his life but he only finally left when he saw a killing. taken from from or from your killing him in front of us your own good his body on the world that. the doctor says people from the national transitional council were behind it this is the rebels official political body that are part of the revolution in libya started in the mid february its members are recognized by many countries throughout the world as the all legitimate

representatives of libya very. very very new so they will be. well you are again it's. about freedom democracy there is no freedom or democracy there is just war. the refugees here say they now finally feel safe but it's not that safe from the side of the frontline either. these people have gathered in the west of tripoli to bury those killed in. airstrike code until even government officials a bomb landed on the private compound and flattened it killing fifteen people including three kids this conflict has to come to an end immediately which is very unlikely to happen any time soon the new ground in the symmetry still fresh well made too has already claimed the two your peroration to protect civilians must go on with clashes continue and benghazi and nato intensify in its bombardment of

tripoli both eastern and western parts of the country are perilous to say and people are dying on both sides of the frontline many on the ground fear that when the democracy the west talks about will finally come here there won't be enough people left to experience it. r.t. reporting from western libya investigative journalist michael collins says nato won beautifully the effect of by concern for civilians and its ultimate aim to control the reus resources. mall civilians that the losses from the initials problems there are few small civilians the nato bombings so the real i.d.'s not protect civilians. he's to achieve the economic structure as you call it interest off the of the west us in europe i mean. i mean the financial reserves of libya remind us he's

a bankrupt country and also preventing that kind of would be an assault on china to do i.m.f. some buying for african development the old idea is to make the public international opinion accept the idea that nato is a couple of the well the that nato has the right to make walls where they won't revisit to people in hospitals and we saw victims and this image of the population is attacked that must be very clear it has nothing to do with him in a chair and we'll hear what he might see live from moscow still have for us our fighting terror tore town. i was forced to agree. and i was. one needs an x. one tunnel prisoner who fell victim to unlawful treatment and ask why european citizen spend several years at the tory is camp without trial. japan's nuclear

disaster under-estimated we visit him a city declared safe by the authorities to find radiation levels there are one thousand times the normal. e.u. leaders have agreed on a new bailout for greece but only after a strict budget cuts are imposed a vote on a proposed twenty billion euro stary plan is expected on wednesday if approved it will also mean another tranche of last year's bailout will be handed over to greece the latest developments prompted immediate reaction from your escape. hell the mock funeral in brussels for the ailing single currency they argue that attempts to bail out greece are too little to wait and that the crisis will help bring about the downfall of the eurozone. if we just keep pumping money into greece it's only putting off the death of their economy they are already bankrupt we have to wake up and smell the coffee and say enough is enough greece is going to go all in

is going to go portugal and of course the big one that everyone is worried about is the state of supply and that is what some of our banks like barclays have been reducing their liabilities in spain because clearly the property slump in spain is much bigger than a spanish government is telling people they say there's only been a drop of eighteen percent i do radio shows in spain people are losing seventy percent sixty percent in the value of their homes in their developments spain will be the next one to topple but why should we the u.k. taxpayer pay energy the german taxpayer pay for the ineptitude of the greek government. well as the greek crisis unravels public the worry continues to spill into the streets of athens and other strike is planned to coincide with yours tara the vote next week so here is priorities a lecturer at the university of jean says the return to a national currency could be the way out of greece. the problem is we cannot do it we are giving billion lifeline. the biggest part of which is good and to be used

to repay to repay previous did this is totally absurd it is for the benefit of greek people to have an immediate exit from the euro from the eurozone the euro is a monetary absurdity in a way it's a totally irrational financial and monetary architecture that is also a contributing factor to the crisis and in general to social crisis in greece so i think that going back to a national kerensky regaining public control in a way national control of monetary policy is a very necessary step to be taking it is not a road to disaster as the government is saying on the contrary it's going to be a very positive step. the far right dutch politician geert wilders has been cleared of charges of inciting hatred and discrimination and well versed went on trial for

comments on his lawn he made in a public debate he compared the religion to nonsense and called for a ban on the koran the court ruled remarks we were offensive by didn't break any law and immigration sentiment is on the rise if you work with e.u. leaders agree on friday to tighten border controls within the union member of the european parliament kleist says was multicultural is politics failing it may be time for more radical solutions. we've always been told that multiculturalism and was going to be great and was going to solve a lot of problems on the country it has become a problem in itself and it's very important that everyone should be able to know to put forward his own solutions to the problem and that the balanced and free debate people from outside of europe who come to any country in the european union shoot themselves to the local also local way of live. as the romans do this is very important multiculturalism in reality does not work in europe. big problems

in major cities major capitals in western europe where we see parallel societies that have emerged you know with so many people who don't feel they have to that themselves to the way of living in the country they went to so this has to change i think we need a much more restrictive immigration and integration policy and more peons on that story on our website dot com now let's take a look at what else is available for you there right now a russian gymnastics champion and duma deputies named one of the world's sexiest nations by an american newspaper c.e.o. else the list. and it may be summertime in russia but it seems when their fun is always welcome find out why moscow's famous gorky park is offering a seasonal activities this weekend.

it will now be easier for russian political parties to win seats in the lower house of parliament as the president has signed a bill lowering the threshold from seven percent to five percent of the votes speaking to the media before the decision to have said it could also be possible to lower that figure to three percent the president said that this is needed to boost political competition and help modernize the country a seven percent threshold was introduced in two thousand and seven by his predecessor was important. while helping to give that competition some fresh impetus is one of russia's richest man who has set his sights on politics

has been elected leader of the right cause party which plans to run in december parliamentary elections it's calling for a more liberal russia proper of himself didn't want to call it an opposition party party spoke exclusively to the billionaire he says he wants to be the prime minister. i'm not the kind of person who tends to dream or plunge into illusions with particular goals to get into russia's lower house of parliament with the maximum number of what i understand is that i could be a good prime minister if the party successful i would fight for disposition. and you can watch this interview and for about an hour's time here on r t. the u.k. has failed to track details about the handover of its detainees to the us and protect them from possible torture in america's foreign prisons has been revealed as a secret agreement between the two states on the treatment of prisoners during the

iraq war surfaced this week the release papers brought to light the case of a twenty eight year old pakistani eunice. he was seized in iraq by british troops seven years ago and then secretly transferred to a u.s. detention camp in afghanistan has been held there ever since despite the u.s. admitting he poses no risk. from the reprieve charity who is fighting a legal battle for the last release as told r.t. his hand over was illegal in the first place. there are hundreds of prisoners but what makes you special is that eunice was actually picked up by the united kingdom in iraq in february two thousand and four the u.k. handed him to the united states in march and april there were discussions between the u.s. and the u.k. because the u.s. wanted to send and to the u.k. didn't object despite the fact that at this time even the photos broke making it absolutely clear to anyone who had any doubt what was happening to prisoners in

u.s. detention the u.k. says that it learned quote unquote in june of that year june two thousand and four that my client had been sent to bob graham and although there was and you kind of deal between the u.s. and the u.k. that permits the u.k. to get him out of custody and never bothered to do so so we've had them in the united kingdom courts and maybe it's corpus to tell them you have to get this prisoner back he never should have been sent top of iraq he was rendered unlawfully in violation of the geneva conventions and you have a responsibility to him he's your prisoner. meanwhile a similar scandal has engulfed the european union back in two thousand and one e.u. leaders gave america the green light to go ahead with its vision of battling terror and since then hundreds have gone through torture without trial archies daniel bushell has been following one such story. as was arrested on the streets and sent to guantanamo after five years america released him without charge to this day the u.s. has given no explanation all said story couldn't as is suing george bush's lawyer

alberto gonzalez for ruling tool sure is legal interrogators from the land of the free are free to cause quote simulated drowning rape instrumentality impairment of bodily function organ failure and even death i was one of those who survived those kind of torture. myself electroshocks because i will not sign papers. i was forced to agree that. the us refused to even reveal they were holding his mother owns this lawyer to find her son it took several years there was no chance to get in contact with mr corners it's really a shame for the united states what happened. concerning that national law and it's simply impossible and twenty first century to

put someone in extra. room. saying you have no right bush feat moves to end the practices they are imposing a set of standards on our intelligence communities in terms of interrogating prisoners that our people think will be ineffective in a de classified memo gonzales did warn us gods it was legally safer to perform torture on foreign soil ministers in the european union were glad to oblige e.u. agreed to help arrest and transport people to countries where they could be tortured in a meeting here at nato headquarters in two thousand and one detainees may or may not have been guilty since they never received a real trial we just can't know for sure. barrack obama was elected on the promise to show it's going to turn him over but he's even appealed u.s.

court rulings which give detainees some royds two years on the prison still open for business. all washington street guilty of. crimes against humanity sociopath this region and so is your plea for participating and supporting these that executives from bush down no fear going abroad of the foreigners food lawsuits over torture when the world lose what america's doing said bush's advisor we will all be ashamed the new bush will r.t. braman. learning lessons from the japanese crisis and that was the key point of a five day nuclear form that ended in the end on friday but how does their findings match up to reality artists and thomas went to a city just outside the twenty kilometer no go zone to witness the deadly legacy of the disaster for himself. the ominous and constant

ticking of geiger counters has scientists working in fukushima city concerned. i'm in charge of the group of radiation detection and survey from fukushima university where now thinking their vacation 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 i can't my family and my friends' families are of a much officially fukushima city is in a safe area eighty kilometers from the day to 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 pretty quiet tonight micro ring it's about thirty times what it is more than the accepted level but if you come down here to where i just saw it all and the moderate collector the radio is going to quickly jumped up and it's still climbing earlier we got

a really good night in iowa my career which is about a thousand times more than a wildly accepted level of state really going. 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 quantum level down by the lebanese from one. minute. 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 it's a standard house change the new higher levels mean that fukushima can be closed 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. for all you do d.d. contamination. by ourselves and we are not to using a special you create man we just use normal child both. groups. you just. have to adopt a small effort to bring some security to a community facing a scary and uncertain future in fukushima city sean thomas r.t. . now press taking journeys across the world's largest country along with spellbinding stories are now accessible around the clock that's after our two dogs and you tell all about russia was launched on thursday. takes a closer look at what's in store. they travel through snow and rain and cross rivers they go hunting beyond their polar circle and take to the skies they talk to

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