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r.t. russia forty six victims of monday's plane crash in the northwest part of the country with six survivors still in critical condition. the surge in the number of civilian casualties from a nato air strikes on tripoli and intensified crackdowns on the supporters in benghazi forced many. parts of the country. in the e.u. as its leaders agree on yet another bailout for greece while the blocks demand to impose tough budget cuts 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 our. documentary channel.

we are highlighting the week's top headlines here a nazi welcome to the weekly and one more survivor of monday's plane crash in northwestern russia has died in hospital now the total sits forty six dead but one three four heading from moscow to russia's republic of crash landed on a major road just a kilometer from its final destination six people who survived the crash remain in a critical condition. reports on this. struggling to keep her composure that deanna is in disbelief at the sudden death of her friend william boyd. 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 but wanted to have to happen. the russian premier league football referee. just one of the forty four killed monday

night wanted to pull everyone three for 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 bird for us that reminds people of the tragedy that struck on monday night but for those who had 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 get

me 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 rescuing people. 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. 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 also take a closer look if you like at the crash site in northwest russia by going to our website snapshots from the spot. photo galleries in the online exclusive section to get instant access you can also find more on the other main and you stories of the week that's all at our website. now this week has seen a number of reports of the growing civilian casualties in libya in the latest nato bombing tripoli says fifteen people were killed in the eastern town of brega it's a claim denied by the alliance libyan officials say over eight hundred civilians have died since the operation began in march. and i reports on how many libyans are desperate to flee the 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 they were in their family well i remember i was a couple 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. to kill from from or from your killing him in front of ice 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 set are part of the revolution in libya started in the mid february its members are recognized by many countries throughout the world as the only legitimate representatives of libya. then there will be a new so you will be. well you are going to. talk 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 their. killed in the air strike code until even government officials a bomb landed on a private compound and flattened they would kill in fifteen people including three kids this conflict has to come to an end immediately which is very unlikely to

happen any time soon. ground in these symmetries still fresh while nato has already claimed the two your peroration to protect civilians must go on with clashes containing 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 their loss be enough people left to experience it. written ocean r.t. reporting from western libya. well professor lawrence a davidson from the west chester university in pennsylvania told us here at aunty that nato has understood from the very beginning that its humanitarian operation would inevitably bring around civilian deaths. what is causing 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 cannot enter being anywhere with 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 and i'm think that nato and its commanders and the president and the politicians involved in this are beyond a 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 it's not just foreign intervention in libya that's

claiming a growing number of civilian lives as we were feel a little bit later in the program. when the u.s. starts to hit people who are members a lot by 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 all kind of the u.s. is under fire for the use of a drone attacks in pakistan and yemen we question whether that strategy is helping to fight terrorism in the region or to foster. japan's nuclear disaster and estimated we visit fukushima a city declared safe by the authorities to find a radiation levels that are one thousand times the norm. two people have reportedly been killed in syria after security forces opened fire at the funerals of protesters comes as demonstrations continue on the streets calling on president bashar al assad to step down despite his speech on monday in

which he promised a liberal reforms in rift in return for an end to the violence of a three month long a crackdown has reportedly left fourteen hundred people dead joshua landis director of the center for middle east studies told r.t. that the situation in the country might be a deadly stalemate. if europe wanted 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 probably longer the way it's going now for some time if you think that things are going to reach a climax they're going to be regime change but there aren't we saw this in libya we saw the iraq we're seeing it in iran that you increase the pressure but things just grind along in a very unhappy situation and that that could be the future of syria for some time.

we are to live from moscow and we are playing you weekly the top stories of the week now e.u. leaders have agreed on a new bailout for greece but only after a strict budget cuts are imposed the vote on a proposed twenty eight billion euro austerity plan is expected on wednesday if approved it also mean another 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 too late and that the crisis will help bring about the downfall of the entire 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 ireland's 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 the spanish government is telling people they say there's only been a drop of a two percent how do radio shows in spain people are losing seventy percent sixty percent in the fire you have their homes and their developments spain will be the next one to topple but why should we the u.k. taxpayer pay i mean do you the german taxpayer pay for the ineptitude of the greek government. while as the greek crisis unravels public a fury continues to spill onto the streets of athens another strike is planned to coincide with the austerity vote next week so tourists apology ottis a lecture at the university of the aegean says the return to a national currency could be the way out for greece. the problem is we cannot do it we are giving twelve billion lifeline. the biggest part of which is going to be used to repay to repay previous dates 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 totally irrational financial and monetary architecture that is also a contributing factor to the debt crisis and in general to social crisis in greece so i think that it's 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. some of the other headlines we featured this week here are not seeing clued the far right does politician hurt hilda's he was cleared of charges of inciting hatred and discrimination fielder's went on trial for comments

on islam that he made in a public debate he compared the religion to not cism and called for a ban on the koran the court ruled the remarks were offensive but didn't break any law and he immigration sentiment is on the rise in europe with e.u. leaders agreeing on friday it seems heightened border controls within the union member of the european parliament a philip kleist says with multiculturalism dollar things 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 to put forward his own solutions to the problem and that it is balanced and free debate people from outside of europe who come to any country in the euro. in union should adapt themselves to the local laws the local way of living as a romans do and this is very important multiculturalism in reality does not work in

europe we are seeing big problems in major cities major capitals in western europe where we see power societies that have emerged you know with so many people who don't feel they have to adapt themselves to the way of living in the country they went to and so this has to change i think we need a much more restrictive immigration and integration policy. well you can find more opinions on that story on our website at. right now and see what else is waiting for you a russian gymnastics champion. is named one of the world's sexiest politicians. to see who else made the cut. time here in russia but it's. always a welcome find out why moscow is famous for. offering activities this weekend.

the official. video. with r.t. live from moscow could soon become easier for russian political parties to win seats in the lower house of parliament as the president has submitted a bill that would lower the threshold from seven percent to five percent of the votes speaking to the media before the decision to be treatment 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 to modernize the country the seven percent threshold was introduced in two thousand and seven by his predecessor of let me put it. well hoping to give that competition some fresh impetus is one of

russia's richest men who has his sights set 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 but himself didn't want to call it an opposition party party spoke exclusively to the billionaire who says that he wants to be the next prime minister. not the. and a person who turns a dream or plunges into illusions we have 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. and you can watch that interview in full in just about one hour's time here on earth say. well 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 are spot public anger with concerns the action is driving up the number of extremist recruits and now with reports the u.s. plans to expand its drone war on yemeni territory criticism against the strategy is stronger than ever parties going after can has more on this. the u.s. is looking to expand its war on terror but its methods are under fire. in pakistan cia drone strikes aim at terrorists but end up killing mostly civilians public outrage is growing hatred and anger foster more terror if you push them of the of the world then if this militancy and don't lose him is going to increase this is not dissolution because if you're attacking them by drones and they're not part of the war there are good ones on the other side who which party they're going to join in pakistan in the one year the u.s. strikes killed seven hundred civilians but net it 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 how often do we support governments or large ones when we say enough is enough most governments lie to each other and so a 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 the drone strikes. straightness like the taleban. and other groups in pakistan to recruit new numbers and they're doing their. celebrating face washington now sees yemen as the most dangerous al qaida outpost and he's planning to step up drone attacks on the country and stablish ing a base in the persian gulf specifically for that purpose especially now when bin

nonce replacement iman also ari is not to be building obl quite as already significant presence in yemen. the u.s. had been cooperated with yemeni counterterrorism forces in targeting al qaida but they've since left the field preoccupy. instead 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 us military is legally under expect more bombs to fall on yemen when the us starts to hit people who are members of the new arabian peninsula then i think the real 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 want to tack there the american military presumably aiming 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 eight with the expansion of the drone war it seems the u.s. is seeking only a missile in the fighting on the lighter and they say some of them made the turns and this is all the case mark not having making for the fourth symphony and the pair of bombing and the lack of accountability when it comes to the city in the terms that had more carried on the web strategy where the america is fighting and fostering terror at the same time i am going to check our reporting. are. you watching the weekly here on r t is good to have you with us now learning lessons from the japanese crisis that was the key point of a five day nuclear forum that ended in vienna on friday but how do the findings match up to reality. 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 some of the 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 evacuating. 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 dagger count is really quite two nine a 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 a lot of it collected the regular quickly jumped out but it 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 a little. but in order to claim that fukushima is truly safe from leaking radiation the japanese government has had to be creative with the numbers but the government did ease de change the redish on quantum level standard the levels from one. to twenty million. 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 a simple ways to reduce the radiation levels. we're just trying to do a pilot project and do the decontamination. by ourselves and we are not the using especially men we just use normal child. scoops. you just. have to 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. . just turning twenty five minutes past the hour here in moscow you with. breath taking journeys across the world's largest country along with spellbinding stories are now accessible around the clock it's off the artsy dock a new channel all about russia was launched on thursday. cover takes a look at what's in store for you. they travel through snow and rain and cross

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