stupid question. these stunts on t.v. don't come. in. the week's top stories here in our senior russia mourns the forty six victims of tuesday's plane crash in the northwest of the country with six survivors still in a critical condition. the surge in the number of civilian casualties from nato airstrikes in tripoli and intensified greg down on top of supporters of benghazi forced many to flee to say for parts of the country. time to bury is a hero anger builds in the e.u. as its leaders agree on yet another bailout for greece while the blogs a man's to impose tougher budget cuts squark mass 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 for dishes on archy's newly launched documentary channel. one more survivor of two uses plane crash in northwest russia has died in hospital bringing the total death toll to forty six as it was 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 a critical condition still your reports. struggling to keep her composure that the other 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 fate but wanting to have to happen. the russian premier

league football referee. just one of the forty four killed monday night when a tuple of one three four carrying fifty two people from moscow that betters avoids going north western 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 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 clear marks evidence like this poorest 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 feel asleep i

can't recall him people screaming and pulling bodies away from the plane which you have gave me was one of the first that the scene his house only meters away from where the plane came down. and i heard the explosion and ran outside the lights went out i ran to the site and we started doing people here we're trying to win man two women and the pilot he was dead while all the bodies have been recovered and 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. 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 your r.t. russia scale your region. and you can see a closer look at the crash site in northwest russia on our web site snapshots from the spot are out there just go to. section to get instant access and you can also find more on the other great news stories of the week that's our website arts. this week has seen a number of reports of growing civilian casualties. in the latest nato bombing terkel he says fifteen people were killed in the eastern town of brag on the claim denied by the airlines maybe it officials say over eight hundred civilians have died since the operation began a mart. 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 worst of the country after a life in their native town became. remember 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 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 key has been long and hard for the reason the family let him go 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 nazir 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 let us send 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 it healing. from from or from your own

killing him in front of your. own good because the world of. the doctor says people from the national transitional council were behind it this is the rebels official political body that are after the revolution in libya started in the meat february its members are recognized by many countries throughout the world as they are legitimate representatives of libya but there is no. venue. so you will be. well you i get is. that freedom democracy there is no freedom or democracy there is just war. the refugees here say the now finally feel safe it's not that safe from the side of the frontline either . of these people have gathered in the west of tripoli to bury those killed in one thousand airstrike he called in to leave and government officials a bomb landed on a private compound and flattened and killed fifteen people including three key

aides this conflict has to come to an end immediately which is very unlikely to happen any time soon then you dug around in this cemetery still fresh while nato has already claimed the operation to protect civilians must go on with clashes continue in benghazi and nato intensifying 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 front line many on the ground fear that when the democracy there were talks about will finally come here their loss be enough people left to experience it. but pulls in from the west only. professor lawrence davidson from west chester university in pennsylvania told me that nato has understood from the very beginning that it's for military operations will inevitably bring civilian deaths. is calls into 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. the mess the consumption you can either intervene anywhere this level of munitions and not kill civilians so ok you're going to protect civilians by intervening with the type of munitions that cannot avoid killing civilians i think that nato and its commanders and the president and the politicians involved in this are beyond the point of no return or 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. and it's not

just foreign intervention in libya that's claiming a growing number of civilian lives as we reveal later in the program. in the u.s. starts to hit people who are members of the new arabian peninsula and then i think the real worry is that it expands this war to the point where so many people join up with al qaeda. the u.s. is under fire for the use of drone attacks in pakistan and yemen we question whether the strategy is helping to fight terrorism in the region or. plus japan's nuclear disaster under-estimated visit fukushima city declared safe by distorting is to find radiation levels there are one thousand times the norm. two people have reportedly been killed in syria after security forces opened fire at the funerals of protesters and comes as demonstrations continue on the streets calling on president bush to step down despite his speech on monday in which he

promised liberal reforms in return for an answer to the violence. a three month long greg down has reportedly left fourteen hundred people dead they also lead as director at the center for middle east studies told r.t. that the situation in the country my be deadly stalemate. if you want it to starve syria they could do it in the same way that europe star iraq of course once you go down the road if the government doesn't crumble as it didn't do when you rock then you have to take military intervention because you can't just start people forever it's hard to read the future of syria the situation could crumble on the way it's going now for some time if you think so things are going to reach a climax are going to be regime change but there are much we saw this in libya we saw this iraq we're seeing it in iran that you increase the pressure but then you just grind along in a very unhappy situation and that could be the future of syria for some time. e.u.

leaders have agreed on a new bailout for greece but only after strict budget cuts are imposed a vote on a proposed twenty billion euro hysterically plan is expected on wednesday if approved and also mean another triumph of last year's bailout will be handed over to greece the latest developments prompted immediate reaction from euro skeptics have held a mark in brussels for the ailing single currency the argue that attempts to bail out greece are too little too late and that the crisis will help bring about the downfall of the eurozone. if we just create pumping money into greece it only put 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 are going is going to go portugal and of course the big one that everyone is worried about is the state of supply and that is one of our banks like portrush.

buying because clearly the property slump is much bigger than a spanish government is telling people places really being a drop of eighteen percent i do radio shows in spain people are losing. in the value of their homes and their developments spain will be the next one to topple but why should really you. they haven't you the german taxpayer pay for the ineptitude of the greek government. well as the greek crisis unravels public fewer continues to spill into the streets of athens another strike is planned to coincide with your spirity vote next week so here is one of the artists a lecturer at the university are the. every turn to a national currency could be the way out of greece. the problem is we cannot do it we are giving billion lifeline been. the biggest part of which is going 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 europe from the euro zone the euro

is a monetary absurdity in a way it's a little irrational financial and monetary architecture that is also a contributing factor to the bed crisis and in general the social crisis in greece so i think that going back to a 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 welders rant on trial for comments on islam he made in a public debate you compare the religion to non-citizen culture a van on the crime the judge said the remarks were offensive but didn't break any

law and send a gratian sentiment is on the rise in europe was evaders agreeing on friday tighten border controls within the union member of the european parliament they were kleist says was not a cultural is politics failing it may be time for more radical solutions. we've always been told that multiculturalism 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 put forward his own solutions to the program and that the balance the free debate people from outside of europe who come to any country in the european union shoed that themselves to the local roles the local. living as a romans do this is very important multiculturalism in reality does not work in europe we'll see big problems in major cities major capitals in western europe where we see societies that have emerged you know with so many people who don't

feel they have to do that themselves to the way of living in a country they went to and so this has to change i think we need a much more restrictive immigration and integration policy and it is i'm more opinions on that story on our web site at c dot com now let's take a look at what else is available for you online right now. the russians in masks champion and different japanese names one of the world's sexiest politicians by american newspaper see who else made the list. animating summertime in russia but it seems winter fun is always welcome find out why moscow's famous border guard is offering seasonal to ease this winter. if. you're pulled from the.

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 of the threshold from seven percent to five percent of the votes speaking to the media before the decision to be three better 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 the seven percent threshold was introduced in two thousand and seven by. the report. well hoping to give that competition some fresh impetus is one 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 december parliamentary elections it's calling for a more liberal russia but product himself didn't want to call it an opposition

party i just spoke exclusively to the billionaire who says he wants to be the prime minister. i'm not the kind of person who changed the dream or plunge into illusions . to get into russia's lower house of parliament with a national 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. i can watch that interview in full in an hour's time here in r t the us 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 a spark public anger with concerns the action is driving up the number of extremist recruits and now with reports that the u.s. plans to expand its drone war and yemeni territory criticism against a strategy stronger than ever he's going to encounter reports. the u.s.

is looking to expand its war on terror but its methods are under fire. in pakistan cia drone strikes a mite terrorists but end up killing mostly civilians public outrage is growing hatred and anger foster more terror if you push them against the wall then militancy and terrorism is going to increase this is no more dissolution because if you are judging them by drones and they're not part of the war there are good ones on the other side who wish why do they are 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 accuse 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 meet all the cheerleading about bin laden's killing the us has stepped up drone strikes in pakistan. and pakistan in a number of civilian casualties that result because of it here and strikes. string this like the taliban and al qaeda and other groups in pakistan can recruit new numbers and they're doing that. washington now sees yemen as the most dangerous all kind of 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 the nonce replacement iman also laurie is not to be building up will quite as already significant presence in yemen. the u.s. had been cooperate ing with yemeni counterterrorism forces in targeting al qaida but they've since left the field priyanka. it is that was the nationwide's 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 us military is legally under expect more bombs to fall on yemen when the us starts to hit people who are numbers alongside in the arabian peninsula and then i think we'll worry is that it expands this war to the point where so many people join up with al-qaeda there security yemen over the killing of scores of civilians by the drone strikes in one attack they are the american military presumably ming and in 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 eight with the expansion of the drone war its influence is seeking only in the south of the fighting al qaida analysts say some of the main theories of the all the face guard not having to work on the

borders of the me and that they're bombing and the lack of accountability in many of the city that we heard that had not carried out the last friday we asked for that near his body and offering here at the same time i am going to check our reporting. our. learning lessons from the japanese crisis that was the key point of a five day nuclear formed and indiana friday but how do their findings match up to or yalit the art is found thomas went to a city just outside the twenty kilometer no go zone to witness the deadly legacy of the disaster for himself. i the ominous and constant ticking of the geiger counters and scientists working in fukushima city concerned and or some of the i'm in charge of the group of radiation detection and survey from fukushima university where now thinking of their creation 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. 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 greater ground is really telling nine hundred. thirty times what is more than acceptable but the problem here is that we're just so well in the market for the radio equipment quickly. but it's still climbing earlier we got a really good night with. my growing it which is about a thousand times more than what is 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 of government did they change the

quantum level standard to levels from one. to twenty million a year that twenty times. the. standards before the accident and now. they raise the. standard so that they can say it's safe. 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. by ourselves and we are not using especially when we just use normal charles. scoops.

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