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including a teenage girl died in hospital following monday's passenger plane crash in northwest russia bringing the number of victims to forty seven. reports of mounting civilian deaths across libya and political cleansing by rebels in benghazi forced many to search for safety outside their hometown. skeptics in brussels states the euro's funeral as leaders hash out yet another multibillion bailout for greece but your sturdy cuts sparked anger enough and. a look back at the main stories of the past week and the latest developments this is the weekly here on r.t. a man and a teenage girl who are among eight survivors of monday night's plane crash in northwestern russia have died in hospital a cheaper one three four heading from moscow to russia's republic of korea crash

landed on a major road just economics from the runway the disaster has now claimed forty seven lives artist has a silver sent this report from the crash site. struggling to keep her composure to tiana is in disbelief at the sudden death of a friend. 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 fate but why did it have to happen. the russian premier league football referee vladimir but i just one of the forty four killed monday night when a duple of one three four carrying fifty two people from moscow to burglars avoid skin north western russia crashed on this road missing the runway by kilometer. 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 bird poorest that reminds people of the tragedy that struck on monday night and for those who have been here to witness the horrific scene as 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 by scaring people we dragged away a man two women and the pilot but 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 the equipment were functioning properly at the time of the crash and they've also refuted initial reports that the navigator had high levels of alcohol in his blood for now they suggest bad weather and pilot

error appear to be 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. yes there is still the r t russia's gorilla region. and you can for more details of the trouble of one three four crash on our website just go to r.t. dot com in the online exclusive section to get instant access you're also far more on the other main news stories of the week analysis and the blogs as well all that . dot com. the number of civilian casualties in libya is reportedly rising drastically the government says a nato air strike has killed at least fifteen people in the eastern town of brega the alliance denies the accusation saying it attacked buildings and abandon the

area deemed legitimate military targets it was usually does in benghazi save expect to receive proposals from tripoli which could end the drawn out conflict but many in the country believe the rebel force is not interested in peace or democracy ortiz more of a notion went to meet some of. these family hasn't had the war quiet and peaceful like this one for months they've escaped 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 one day 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 khadafi. these keep has been long and hard for they were in their family well i remember that 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 tears 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 the lot of sane son was brother doctors 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 kid. in front of i see you paying good his body on the world of general hospital the doctor says people from the national transitional council were behind it this is the rebels' official political body set up after the revolution in libya started in the mid february its members are recognized by many countries throughout the world as they are legitimate representatives of libya the villagers know. very new. so you must be. where you are again it's. about freedom and democracy there is no freedom or democracy they just want to bury 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 air strike code until even government officials a bomb landed on a private compound and flattened it killing fifteen people including three kids but this conflict has to come to an end immediately which is very unlikely to happen any time soon while nato has already claimed the two your peroration to protect civilians must go on with clashes continue and benghazi and nato intensify 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 last me enough people left to experience it. r.t.

reporting from western libya. and investigative journalist michel causes that nato won't be deflected by concern for civilians as its ultimate aim is to control libya's natural resources and financial reserves. they have killed more civilians that the losses from the initials problems there feels more civilians the nato bombings so the real i.d.'s not protect civilians and indeed these two achieve the economical strategy kalid interest off there of the west us in europe i mean the oil i mean the financial reserves of libya i remind that the usa is a dying corrupt country and also preventing that caffie who would be a sort of turn a thief to the i.m.f. some buying for african development revisit the people in hospitals and we saw victims and indeed the civilian population is attacked that must be very clear it

has nothing to do with him in a chair and war. earlier in the week the european union agreed to bail out greece one more time but only if fastens introduces savage new austerity measures the greek parliament vote on the cuts totaling more than one hundred billion euros is expected on cheese day the proposals of course an angry response from the greek conflict with a promise of more massive protests the fight may be decisive not only for the face of greece but also the ailing itself skeptics in brussels even staged a symbolic funeral for the currency soteris but a justice a lecturer at the university of the aegean believes greece can only move forward by banning what he calls the absurdity of the euro. 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 debt 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 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 and the 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. european parliament member david campbell bannerman he believes the euro is a political prison for greece and salvation lies in a return to its national currency the drachma the question now is are we throwing good money after bad money. how many billions can you throw at this you know the

tolerance of the people for carts for extra taxes as we see it in greece there's real trouble there are there's trouble in spain and ireland particularly i think it's in major trouble the euro and i have been saying for some time i do believe it will collapse either in part or totally. and probably quite shortly now but to be honest i think it is a political prism for countries such as greece and spain and they need to be liberated from that prison recreate their own currencies have devaluation make their exports cheaper make it easier for tourists to visit their countries and they'll get back on their feet i think they should go back to the drachma i think they need to get out the euro it is a prison for them and to recreate the drachma i know there are no plans at present to do that but of course they can't sort of plan to be until the euro actually fails i think that is the salvation for greece and that's the way it really should

go but obviously that's a matter for the greek people. coming up later in the program return of the guantanamo scandal. i was forced to agree. five years of torture all for a phony confession one taney tells us his story and paints a bleak picture of the struggle to bring those he accuses of abuse to justice but also still to come this hour to investigate the real radiation situation in japan's fukushima nuclear plant as the international community tightens up atomic security levels. and stories still to come but first there's been a c. eries of international reports that hugo chavez the staunchly anti american president of venezuela is in a critical condition after undergoing surgery in cuba speculation has been stoked by conflicting statements from the government about his health something jumped on

by the world's media when they are joined by agents he's an author and researcher in one of ours there in argentina to tell us what he thinks behind the hype thanks very much indeed for joining us here on r.t. know his condition is causing concern in venezuela and throughout latin america but as i just said the government has come up with conflicting messages but also accuses the western media of unwarranted speculation so who should we believe. well it's very difficult for another nonprofessional to give information as to a person's health situation so we don't really know if mr hugo chavez president of venezuela does have a health issue what we would need to know of view from proper professionals what their health issue is officially that it's been said that he suffered a pelvic abscess which has been operated upon but there are also some reports that might be some milder form of cancer no doubt however the western media especially the american media are very keen to try to aggravate quote unquote his health

situation because from going to a view of the united states there are many people who would love to see hugh chargers go so there are a lot of death wishes no doubt within the united states and within europe and even within the united kingdom who would love to see hugo chavez go because of the fact that he has taken not so much of the anti-american stance by the storm should be independent stand strong the point of his countrymen as for the repeal from a point of view shared by many other countries throughout latin america american prisoner upon him perhaps has forced him to become a little bit more vehement in the way he expresses his anti-americanism but as i say a lot of people would like to see him go although we balanced the whole idea of how do you must be said that ninety four percent of venezuela's exports are. fifty percent of the oil goes to the united states of america and the united states of america imports eleven percent of its oil from there so we have to see

a more balanced view on that i believe putting aside the trade issue between the states and israel of a political issue that it has been united states may actually classify venezuela as a terrorist state for its dealings with iran could you tell us more about that and perhaps perhaps this media attention could be maybe showing that there's an agenda behind all of this concerning the iranian relationship. no doubt about it the entire process that we're seeing we've been seeing for the last months in north africa in the middle east has a final target which they would love to be around that's where they are now terror target being syria as it is. now been as well has very close ties with iran they have maintained. a growing movement a very strong movement within the united states and a top level to do in classified when israel has a quote unquote terrorist state as a matter of fact there are

a series of senators led by john ensign republican from nevada and georgia the new republican from florida who are have officially asked state department states and secretary of state hillary clinton to be clear of an israel and a terrorist state on the other hand the foreign relations committee for the western hemisphere led by one republican republican representative called karni mack is also asking for venezuela to be the clear a terrorist back what does that mean though declaring a terrorist state in what way then what we see the u.s. taking action on this where it tried to manipulate a great change there in venezuela. well i believe from latin america from argentina to be exact that what we are seeing the generalized rejean change promoted by the united states britain france and even israel behind the scenes in north africa and the middle east as a whole will now be coming very likely to latin america so i would not be surprised to see a wave of u.s. promoted regime change in various countries in latin america from their point of

view a logical country to start would be going as well or further afield ecuador. and even argentina might be also be mark earmarked for this because apparently the global power elite operating from the united states and from britain is said on global rejean change as they move i believe closer and closer to a more formal world government whenever they're agents are virtually author and researcher joining us live in what is or is thanks very much indeed for your thoughts. by the way all of our stories are lined up for you at r.t. dot com indeed if you want to see that interview again you can by simply logging on to our web site also we've got blogs and expert opinion therefore you can be found right there if you log on playing around with a laser beam and one man in southern russia behind bars illegibly tried to blind plane crews by flashing his red light at a local airport. and a heartfelt apology and she captain. received an invitation to a borscht tasting from a russian football fan to say sorry for racism at

a recent match those stories at r.t. dot com. a five day nuclear form in vienna this week saw widespread agreement for increased safety measures following japan's atomic crisis in march to shore thomas went to focus just outside the twenty kilometer no go zone around the stricken plant to witness the deadly legacy of the disaster for himself. the ominous and constant ticking of geiger counters scientists working in fukushima city concerned . i'm in charge of the group of radiation detection and survey from fukushima university where now thinking by a 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. officially fukushima city is in a safe area eighty kilometers from the day to plant a reactor one and a full sixty kilometers outside the banda 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 really it's about. thirty times what is more than the accepted level but if you come down here to where the soil and the market collected the regular quickly jumped up at a clip climbing earlier we got a reading of no i don't know i look at my career which is about a thousand times more than what is new except at the level of really meaningful. 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

they change the redish a quantum level standard to levels from one. to twenty million per year to 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 house 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 their 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 work by ourselves and we are not using especially men we just use normal child. scoops.

we just. have to topsoil is a small effort to bring some security to a community facing a scary and uncertain future in fukushima city sean thomas r.t. . u.k. is being accused of failing to protect detainees it hundred over to secret u.s. prisons for torture and said that's the two nations also made a backroom deal on the treatment of prisoners jury in the iraq war papers released earlier this week brought to light the case of a twenty eight year old pakistani yunus rahmatullah seven years ago he was seized in iraq by british troops and hundred over to a u.s. detention facility he's been held there ever since despite the u.s. admitting he poses no risk. from the reprieve charity who's fighting for his release told us his situation is a violation of international law there are hundreds of prisoners but what makes you special is that you know this 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 him to bagram in the u.k. didn't object despite the fact that at this time even the abu ghraib 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 no you kind of deal between the u.s. and the u.k. that permits the u.k. to get him out of custody it never bothered to do so so we've had to sue them in the united kingdom courts in haiti as corpus to tell them you have to get this prisoner back he never should have been sent out of iraq he was rendered unlawfully in violation of the geneva conventions and you have a responsibility to him he's your prisoner. and it's not just with britain and the u.s. appears to have a deal to detain terror suspects across the e.u.

hundreds claim to have been tortured and held without trial daniel bushell follows one such case. was arrested on the streets and sent to guantanamo for torture 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 reap instrumentality impairment of bodily function organ failure and even death. one of those who survive. electroshocks because i will not science. i was forced to agree. that. the us refused to even reveal they were holding his mother his lawyer to

find her son it took several years there was no chance to get in contact with mr corn as it's really a shame for the united states what happened. is what concerned the national law and it's simply impossible twenty first century to put someone in extra. room. you have no right bush for 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 the 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. barack obama was elected on the promise to show. but he's even appealed us cool rulings which give detainees some royds two years on the prison still open for business. all is the washing inspiration guilty of criminal. crimes against humanity sociopaths ministration and so is your plea for participating and support these that executives from bush down no fear going abroad of the foreigners food lawsuits over torture when the world loses what america's doing said bush's advisor we will all be ashamed the new bush will r.t. braman. traveling to the most breathtaking and remote regions of russia delving

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to bring up to take a moment coming up in a few minutes a special report looking at acts of forgotten heroism from the days of world war two but before that an update of our top stories of me in a couple minutes from now will be after this short break stay with us here in moscow.