years of self-sacrifice and heroism to understand if you have to live a. real life stories from world war two. to nine hundred forty five dollars on t.v. dot com. the week's top stories here on our team russia mourns the forty six victims of tuesday's plane crash in the northwest of the country with six survivors still a critical condition. the search in the number of civilian casualties from nato air strikes and tripoli and intensified crackdown of the obvious supporters of the ghazi forced many to flee to say for parts of the country. time to bury their euro anger builds in the e.u. as its leaders agree on yet another bailout for greece while the boss man to impose tougher a budget cuts far mass protests in athens. and

perth of a way to learn more about russia from visiting its best beauty spots and discovering some of its most sacred traditions artie's newly launched documentary channel. watching r t line from moscow one more survivor of tuesday's plane crash in northwestern russia has died in hospital bringing the total death toll to forty six i took all of one three four heading from moscow to russia's republic of korea crash landed on a busy major road just a kilometer from its destination six people who survived the crash remain in the critical condition artists are still your reports. are struggling to keep her composure that is in disbelief at the sudden death of a friend. and. i do not understand why it happened she was one of the best people

i've ever known i do not understand maybe it's frayed to want to have to happen. the russian premier league football referee. just one of the forty four killed monday night but had to pull one three four carrying fifty two people from one. there's a void in northwestern russia crashed on this road missing the runway by 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 the hospital died i was shocked it's awful my late husband was a pilot he had landed planes or this airport many times it's very personal to me. the sight of the crash has been cleaned up the roads have been reopened the wreckage of the plane completely removed but there are still clear marks evidence like this for us that reminds people of the property that struck on monday night and for those who have been here to witness the risks these things say that those

memories are unlikely to go away. you know i didn't sleep for two days i couldn't even fall asleep i can't recall and people screaming and also pulling forty's away from the plane. you have guinea was one of the first that the scene his house only metres 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 people here which runs away a man two women and the pilot 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 just would kill you 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 pets are still here r t russia scare your region and you can take a closer look at the crash site in northwest russia on our website. snapshots from the spot are out there and just go to four of the ellery's in the online exclusive section to get instant access you can also find more on the other main stories of the week all that is available dot com. well 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 brega a claim denied by the lines leaving officials say over eight hundred civilians have died since the operation began in march r.t. is more efficient reports now of how many reviewers are desperate to flee your safety this family hasn't had the walk was in peaceful like this one for months it

was key to 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 people from the government and been 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 could elfie. these cave has been long and hard for they were in the family but i remember 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 nazir the bus with the gravels for their purposes we turned back to us with our faces covered and everybody was against gadhafi on it we told them that we were also against him and they want to send my son was brother took the sub his surgeon has also for the city he says they've made three attempts on his life but he only finally left when he saw

a killing. take him from the from from you killing him in front of your own good the world. the doctor says people from the national transitional council were behind it this is the rebels official political body said are after the revolution in libya started in the lead february its members are recognized by many countries throughout the world as the only legitimate representatives of libya the viewers know i've got a very new so. there you are again it's. about freedom and democracy there is no freedom or democracy there is just want to kill all the refugees here cd 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 the air strike according to lebanese government officials a bomb landed on a private compound and flattened fifteen people including three kids but this

conflict has to come to an end immediately which is very unlikely to happen any time soon then you need our ground in these cemeteries to french while major has already claimed to your operation 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 they'll not be enough people left to experience it. it pulls in from the west only one professor lawrence davidson from west chester university in pennsylvania told r.t. that nato has understood from the very beginning that it's not a tearing operation let it out it's really brain civilian deaths what is poison to

question is the original justification for american intervention which was humanitarian my own personal opinion is that that was always a just a media story for our domestic consumption you can either intervene anywhere with this level of munitions and not kill civilians so ok you're going to protect civilians by intervening we think type of munitions that cannot avoid killing civilians think that nato and its commanders and the president and the politicians involved in this are beyond the point of no return so they simply cannot stop in terms of their own mind what they've invested in this and therefore they will end up doing whatever is necessary to secure victory in libya and they will project media stories to cover it. and you want to learn to live from

moscow still have for you this hour fighting terror was torture. i was forced to a. member of the party going to and. we meet and that's one tunnel prisoner who fell victim to unlawful treatment as to why a european citizens spend several years with torrijos camp without trial. plus japan's nuclear disaster under-estimated would visit fukushima city declared saved by the authorities to find radiation levels there are one thousand times the norm. the leaders have agreed on a new bailout for greece but only after strict budget cuts are imposed the vote on a proposed twenty eight billion euro is tara the plan is expected on wednesday if approved it will also mean and the other tranche of last year's bailout will be

handed over to greece the latest developments prompted immediate reaction from euro skeptics who held a mock funeral in brussels for the ailing single currency they argue that attempts to bail out greece are too little to wait another 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 arlen is going to go portugal and of course the big one everyone is worried about is the state of spain that is one of our banks like portrush. realty is inspiring because clearly the property slump in spain is much bigger than the spanish government is telling people face isn't going to drop of a two percent how do radio shows and square in people of 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 paid for the ineptitude of the greek government well as a greek crisis unravels public fury continues to spill into the streets of athens another strike is planted coincided with the a series next week serious prodigality is a lecturer at the university and says the return to a national currency could be the way out of greece. the problem is we cannot we are getting our twelve billion lifeline. the biggest part of which is going to be used to repay debt to repay previous dates this is totally absurd it is for the benefit of greek people to have an immediate exit from the euro from the euro zone 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 pet crisis and in general to social crisis in greece so i think that going back to our national kerensky and 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 the others went on trial for comments on islam he made in a public debate he compared their religion to narcissism and cold for a ban on the koran a court ruled the remarks were offensive but didn't break any law and some gracefully sentiment is on the rise in europe with a huge it may mean on friday to tighten border controls within the union member of the european parliament. with multicultural politics failing it may be time for more radical solutions. we've always been through all that motion culturalism was

going to be great and was going to solve a lot of problems on the contrary 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 another balanced and free debate people from outside of europe who come to any country in the european union and shoot it up themselves through the local also local way of living as a romans do and this is very important multiculturalism you know in reality does not work in europe we are seeing 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 got themselves through the way of living in the country they went to and so this just a change i think we need a much more restrictive immigration and integration policy. oh you can

find more opinions on that story on our website r t v dot com let's take a look at what else is available for you in line right now. i rush in gymnastics champion and duma deputies named one of the world's sexiest politicians apply an american newspaper see who else made the list. of maybe summer time in russia but it seems the winter fun is always welcome find out why moscow is famous or the park is offering and seasonal opportunities this weekend. the official. called touch from the dumpster. like all the good. old. omissions from. 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 retributive said it could also be possible to lower that figure just three percent the president said that this is needed to boost political competition and help modernize the country seven percent threshold was introduced in two thousand and seven by his predecessor was he more potent. well hoping to give that competition some fresh impetus as lot of russia's richest man who has set his sights on politics we have proper of has been elected leader of the right cause party which plans to run into samaras parliamentary elections is calling for a more liberal russia but proper of himself didn't want to call it an opposition party i spoke exclusively to the billionaire says he wants to be the prime minister . i'm not the kind of person who'd chance a dream or plunge into illusions where particular goals to get into russia's lower

house of parliament with the maximum number of votes what i also understand is that i could be a good prime minister if the party successful i would fight for disposition. you know watch that interview in full in fifteen minutes time here on r t dozens of people have been killed in of gas stand inseparable over the past two days the attacks follow the announcement by president obama is troop withdrawal strategy the latest attack on a hospital in eastern afghanistan left at least thirty five dead with some reports putting the death toll at sixty and in another part of the country a bomb exploded at a market killing ten of one thing over twenty eight and wednesday president obama announced it will draw of a third of u.s. troops by the end of next year some military commanders within the u.s. say the plan is risky and are devising a much smaller reduction lawrence korb from the center for american progress think tank says pull out should go ahead as planned because afghan insurgents don't

threaten u.s. national security. the military always is against any type of withdrawal and they want to slow it down as much as they can president obama has all the things then just you know the advice of the military got an economic situation is key to keep the support of the american people even our billet ery commanders say there's no military solution you're going to have to negotiate with the taliban and i think this withdrawal more significant than our generals one sends a signal to the taliban that we're not occupiers that you know we're not going to stay there forever and it's a good time to talk to them because there's a you know when you have the maximum amount of troops and by the end of this year worlds you know be down to only ninety thousand per goal is to prevent afghanistan from being used as a launching pad for attacks on the united states and its allies and from the stabilizing the region i don't think anybody in our country would like the taliban to come back but if they do that doesn't impact our national security interests.

the u.s. has stepped up its drone attacks in pakistan the latest killing at least twelve on monday but a growing number of civilian deaths in the strikes to spark public anger with concerns the actions driving out a number of extremist recruits and now with reports that the u.s. plans to expand its drone war on yemeni territory criticism against a strategy stronger than ever artist can actually count reports. the u.s. is looking to expand its war on terror but its methods are under fire. in pakistan cia drone strikes aim a terrorists but end up killing mostly civilians public outrage is growing hatred and anger foster more terror if you push them it is the world then this militancy and them is going to increase this is no more the solution because if you are taking them by goons and do not grow out of the war you have the ones on the other side who wish to argue they're going to go in pakistan in the one year the u.s.

strikes killed seven hundred civilians put netted only five actual militant leaders many pakistanis are furious at their government for helping the americans kill their own people they can use their leaders of doing that in exchange for billions of dollars from washington americans on the other hand are not too happy with what they get in return for their billions to support governments or large ones when we say enough is enough most governments lie to each other that's the way business gets done and made all the cheerleading about bin laden's killing the us has stepped up drone strikes in pakistan. pakistan in a number of casualties that result because of their own strikes. straightness like the taliban and al qaeda and other groups in pakistan can recruit new members and they're doing their. salary in washington now sees yemen as the most dangerous

outpost and he's planning to step up drone attacks on the country establishing a base in the persian gulf specifically for that purpose especially now when bin nonce replacement iman also laurie is thought to be building up as already significant presence in yemen. the u.s. had been cooperate with yemeni counterterrorism forces in targeting al qaida but they've since left the field preoccupy. it is that with the nationwide turmoil against the sollie regime that means the americans are likely to have a freer hand going it alone with the cia to take a central role because the agency is not subject to the accountability the u.s. military is legally under expect more bombs to fall on yemen in the u.s. starts to hit people who are numbers alongside in the arabian peninsula then i think they will worry is that it expands this war to the point where so many people join up with al-qaeda their security yemen over the killing of scores of civilians

by the drone strikes in one attack they are the american military presumably ming at an al qaida training camp ended up killing dozens of women and children in another strike a year ago a drone mistakenly killed a deputy governor in yemen his family and aides with the expansion of the drone war it seems to go once the seeking only in the south of the fighting al qaida analysts say some of the main turns of the all the phases now are not having taking down the border and that they're bombing and the lack of accountability when it comes to feel that we heard that more carried out last friday with the american his party and offering here at the same. time going to check out we're putting. our. learning lessons from the japanese crisis that was the key point of a five day nuclear formed and an n.p.n. on friday but how do their findings match up to reality on thomas went to a city just outside the twenty thought or no go zone to witness the deadly legacy

of the disaster for himself. i'll be ominous and a constant ticking of the geiger counters and 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 education 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 family or. officially fukushima city is in a safe area eighty kilometers from the danger point reactor one and a full sixty kilometers outside the band danger zone but still radiation levels here are much higher than normal i think a good idea of the consistency right now the ground is really pretty chilly nine i reckon it's about time what is more of them except admirable but the problem here i

think we're just sort of a lot of the regular quickly. but it's still climbing earlier we've got a really good night when i look at my growing it which is about a thousand times more than was going to accept it. but in order to claim that fukushima is truly safe from leaking radiation the japanese government has had to be creative with the numbers other government. they change the revolution quantum level timespan of the levels for one. to twenty. five twenty times. the. standards before the x. . rays the. standard so that they can say it's safe. actually the standard has changed 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 a pilot project. work by ourselves and we're not be using especially when we just use normal child both. groups. 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. press taking journeys across the world's largest country along with spellbinding stories are now accessible around the clock that's after are to dock at the channel all bad russia was launched on thursday r.t. is there a risk of it takes a closer look at what's in store. they travel through snow and rain and cross

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