artie's latest headlines and top stories from the week the death toll rises to forty seven following monday's passenger plane crash in northwest russia has two more die in the hospital one of them a teenage girl. casualties in the libyan conflict continue to rise while rebel forces are accused of forcing civilians from their homes in benghazi. skeptics in brussels staged the euro's funeral as greece faces public anger over deeper cuts and the country teeters on the brink of bankruptcy. five am in moscow i mattress or bring you today's top stories and a look back at the week's news here on our t. a man at a teenage girl who are among the eight survivors of monday night's plane crash in northwestern russia have died in the hospital

a tuple of one three four headed from moscow to russia's republic of korea crash landed on a major road just a kilometer from the runway the disaster now has claimed forty seven lives artie's tests are so yeah as more from the crash site. struggling to keep her composure is in disbelief at the sudden death of a friend. 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 the wanting to have to happen. the russian premier league football referee. but just one of the killed monday night when he deployed one three four carrying fifty two people from moscow that there's a good northwestern 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 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 forty's away from the plate . of 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 trying to weigh 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 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. tessa recently r.t. russia is clearly a region. civilian casualties of the libyan conflict continue to rise with the government blaming nato for killing more than a dozen people in a recent airstrike in the eastern town of brega the alliance denies the accusation saying it struck only legitimate military targets meanwhile opposition leaders in benghazi say they're ready for negotiations rather bloody conflict to an end many in the country believe the rebel forces is more interested in waging war though than creating these parties maria you know as more. these 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 gun shots 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 cave has been long and hard for the when the family well i remember was 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 tennessee and 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 in 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. take him from from from i.c.u. killing him in front of i.c.u. paying gig his body on the world of. the doctor says people from the national transitional council were. hind 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 the only legitimate representatives of libya very is no other venue there. you would be with them or you are against them they took about freedom and democracy there is no freedom or democracy they just want to pair up 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 and to leave and 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 who she is very unlikely to happen anytime soon while nato 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 written ocean or r.t. reporting from western libya. with the nato intervention in libya stalemate and civilian civilian casualties mounting the u.s. is coming under fire on a different front washington's undermanned drone strikes are being blasted for

fostering not fighting global terrorism people are growing weary of increasing numbers of big. darts he takes a look at the real radiation situation here japan's fukushima nuclear plant as the international community tightens up atomic security. but first syria's forces have opened fire at funerals for victims of brutal crackdowns on anti-gay governor regime protesters near the capital damascus at least two people were killed more than twenty people are thought to have died across syria since friday latest wave of protests against president bashar al assad's rule came despite a speech monday in which he promised liberal reforms in return for an end to the violence and a three month long crackdown has reportedly left some fourteen hundred people dead the former british ambassador to syria basil eastwood says people there are divided over president assad i mean strong desire for a political process and there were great hopes that he would lead to

a better future he still retains some of that popularity particularly with the urban populations in damascus and aleppo the second big city which have done relatively well with his economic liberalization is. but in the countryside and amongst the intelligentsia i think there are now no hopes that he can bring about reforms there is a long tradition in that part of the world of vengeance but so far the opposition activists least. really to their insistence that they should be. no violence on the part of the activists and they're also saying they don't want any side intervention. and they are starting to talk about the deed fall. a political process. members of syria's external

opposition have arrived in moscow to hold talks with russian officials r.t. got a chance to speak with one of the delegates about their mission to the capital. i think you came here to think must go for its efforts to stop the bloodshed and violence that's sweeping syria we would like straights and we will continue to maintain friendly strategic relations with russia the matter who is going to be in power in syria as well as all the other political forces in syria reaffirm our friendly relations with moscow and coal in the russian authorities deny violence in syria at the un security council all of position forces inside and outside the country are against foreign intervention in syria we are united in only one thing only the city in people have the right to resolve the country's domestic programs we are also convinced that russia and the world community must flee a vital role in achieving peace and stability throughout. greece is expected to get another cash injection from the european union on condition it impose severe

financial measures totaling some seventy eight billion euros the greek parliament's expected to vote on tuesday there opposes caused an eruption of anger in the capital with protesters claiming the move was aimed at rescuing the elling euro skeptics in brussels even staged a symbolic funeral for the currency. lecturer at the university of the a.g.m. the only way out of the mess is by splitting from the e.u. . the problem is we cannot do it we are giving twelve billion a lifeline. the biggest part of the way it is going to be used to repay their. 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 that crisis and in general to social crisis. 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 the government is saying on the contrary it's going to be a very positive step we have plenty other stories for you on line later on to our website r.t. dot com here's what's a quick way right now. i know why the promised land of israel doesn't seem so promising for many israelis as they opt for passports of other countries. celebration turns to sorrow when dozens of wedding guests are injured in a freak accident. and we take a look at egypt's disgraced former finance minister was found safe haven in a london despite being wanted by cairo all this and much more at our t.v. .

dozens of people have been killed in afghanistan in separate bombings over the past two days the attacks followed president obama's announcement of his troop withdrawal strategy latest attack on a hospital in eastern afghanistan left at least thirty five dead with some reports putting the death toll at sixty this comes amid heightened tension between coalition forces and the afghan army after a number of nato soldiers were killed by taliban infiltrators in uniform on wednesday president obama announced the withdrawal of a third of u.s. troops by the end of next year the plan has been met with criticism among some of the us military leadership but afghans combat veteran turned anti-war activist jake deliberate zero thinks the presence of foreign forces only helps the insurgency. the longer that the u.s.

stays and nato stays inside of afghanistan the more enemies we create because what happens in war unintentional consequences innocent people get killed more people join the insurgency that normally wouldn't not having troops there doesn't allow the insurgency to grow we've seen every year the longer troops stay the insurgency grows and anti-american anti western anti european sentiment grows so that's why we should leave more importantly the not the money we've invested has largely gone to waste and it will continue going to waste by any nation that continues to support it what we can do is provide financial support for n.g.o.s and non-governmental institutions that where the money actually hits the ground where the people are at where schools are being built and roads are being built by n.g.o.s if we can to do that it would be good for the afghans if we continue to give money to the central bank in kabul that's bad because that's where karzai and

his cronies will steal it. as america winds down its presence in afghanistan it's coming under fire on a different front in neighboring pakistan public anger over mounting civilian casualties from u.s. drone strikes is reaching a boiling point as our he's got it chickie on reports new plans to expand drone used to yemen are prompting fears of a surge of terrorism. the u.s. is looking to expand its war on terror but its methods are under fire in pakistan in the one year that cia drone strikes killed seven hundred civilians but net it only five actual militant leaders. and pakistan in the number of civilian casualties that result because of the drone strikes are extremists like the taleban. and other groups in pakistan to recruit new numbers and they're doing that i. accelerated pace 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 and to support governments the large ones when do we say enough is enough most governments lie to each other and so a business gets done 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 i'm on also ari is not to be building obl quite as already significant presence in yemen as the. the us had been cooperate ing with yemeni counterterrorism forces in targeting al qaida but they've since left the field preoccupied instead with their 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 so. object to the accountability the u.s. military is legally under expect more bombs to fall on yemen when the us starts to hit people who are numbers a little quiet in the 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 e.-m. and over the killing of scores of civilians by the drone strikes in want to attack there the american military presumably naming 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 him and his family and eight with the expansion of the drone war it seems to go once the seeking only in the sound of the biting on the night at an early stage some of the main concerns that this is all the details mark not having to take into account the boredom the nation that they're bombing and the lack of accountability when it comes to the city and that peter is that more apparent on

the web strategy let me ask you what that america is lighting and bomb story terror at the same time i'm going to check our reporting on our. more parties could soon be represented in russia's lower hours of parliament after the president proposed a lowering of a threshold from seven to five percent of the vote that will be the minimal level needed to take up a seat in the duma speaking before the decision dimitri medvedev said it could be possible to lower that figure to three percent in the future the reform aims to boost political competition and help modernize the country but medvedev pointed out the december parliamentary election will be held using current regulations the change in the threshold if a bill meant it will apply to elections on twenty sixteen. sticking with russian politics hoping to give the russian political scene some fresh impetus as one of the country's richest men who has set his sights on parliament but our progress has been elected leader of the right cause party that plans to run in december elections it stands for a more liberal russia but profer all himself didn't want to call it an opposition

party he promised to make the right cause party the second largest after united russia and said he would like to become prime minister one day in an exclusive interview with the billionaire is coming up in the next hour here's a preview. i'm not the kind of person who tends to dream or plunges into allusions 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 this position. a five day nuclear forum in vienna this week saw widespread agreement for increased safety measures following japan's atomic crisis in march thomas travel to the no go zone at the stricken fukushima plant. the ominous and constant ticking of geiger counters and 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 evacuated. 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 micro ringgits which is about thirty times what is more than the accepted level but if you come down here to where the soil and a lot of it collected the regular quickly jumped up and it still climbing earlier we got a reading of night and now i look at my career which is about a thousand times more than was the 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 . is de change the quantum level standard the levels 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 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 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 do d.d.

contamination. by ourselves and we are not using a specially equipped man we just use normal child bolts. 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. been a series of international reports that who go chavez. the staunchly anti-american president of venezuela is in critical condition after undergoing surgery in cuba speculation's been stopped by conflicting statements from the government about his health something that's been seized on by the media eva golinger a lawyer and journalist based in the venezuelan capital caracas believes the u.s. is driving the reports in an effort to be stabilized the chavez regime and the u.s. government is looking for any chance you can get to get travis out of power so

there's no question about that and of course they're riding on this rumor mill as much as they can and you know milking it for whatever it is and in fact one of the main stories that's been that the put out the rumors in the first place of a so-called critical condition came from a u.s. publication which is the spanish language version of the miami herald and the source i just wanted to say that the miami herald site advice and anonymous u.s. intelligence officials so they're looking for ways also to decrease his popularity because concerns about you know could he last over the long term is it a good option to reelect him. turning now to some other stories making headlines across the globe an eight year old girl has been killed in a bomb attack on a police checkpoint in central afghanistan she was reportedly ordered by insurgents to take a package containing a homemade explosive into the police station militants were then said to have detonated the device as she approached a vehicle in the facility no one else was hurt in the attack the taliban has previously denied recruiting children and housing pain responsibility this time

this comes a day after an attack on a hospital in which at least thirty eight people were killed in the east of the country. protesters have marched to the vietnamese capital hanoi for a fourth consecutive weekend calling on china to stop entering the country waters in the south china sea the two communist nations have been accusing each other of violating maritime borders for years recently they pledged to resolve the territorial dispute through peaceful negotiation but this escalated after both held independent naval exercises in the area that's believed to be rich in oil and gas. traveling to the most to the most breathtaking and remote regions of russia delving into history and getting to know engine traditions all this available to you on the new r t documentary channel that was launched on thursday. takes a closer look at what's in store. they travel through snow and rain and cross rivers as they go hunting beyond poland so go and take to the skies talk to goosed

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