latest headlines in the week's top stories the death toll rises to forty seven after monday's passenger plane crash in northwest russia as two more people die in the hospital one of them a teenage girl. casualties in the libya conflict continue rising while rebel forces are accused of forcing civilians from their homes in benghazi. euro skeptics in brussels stage a funeral for the currency is agreed spaces public anger over deeper cuts and the country teeters on the brink of bankruptcy. seven am in moscow i'm mad treasurer good to have you with us as we bring you today's top stories and a look back at the week that was here on our team mad at a teenage girl who are among the eight survivors of monday night's plane crash in northwest russia have died in the hospital to pull off one thirty four heading from

moscow to russia's republic of korea crash landed on a major road just a kilometer from the runway the disaster has now claimed forty seven lives artie's tests are so has 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 why did it have to happen. the russian premier league football referee vladimir just one of the killed monday night when he deployed one three four. two people from moscow the bettors of what's going 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 for us that reminds people of the tragedy that struck on monday night and for those who have been here to witness the rest see 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 forty's away from the plane. guinea was one of the first at 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 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. civilian casualties in 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 breda you know alliance denies the accusation saying it struck only legitimate military targets meanwhile opposition leaders in benghazi say they're ready for negotiations to draw the bloody conflict to an ad many believe in the country the rebel forces more interested in waging war than creating peace as artie's maria the notion of reports. these family hasn't had

a wall chua's in 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 off to life in their native town became a nightmare. it's not safe there anymore it's become dangerous and that's not only because of explosions and gun show 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 you don't know because we know that she supports gadhafi. these cave has been long and hard for the win in their family but i remember was it a coven 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 turn is 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 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. take him from from or from i.c.u. killing him in front of ice your own good his body on the world. without 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 the all legitimate representatives of libya there is no. venue there. you were just 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 the air strike called in 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 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 containing and 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 the west talks about will finally come here there won't be enough people left to experience it. let me finish now it pulls in from western libya with nato intervention in libya stalemate and civilian casualties mounting the u.s. is coming under fire on a different front washington's unmanned drone strikes are being criticized for fostering not fighting global terrorism people seem to grow weary of increasing

numbers of victims. r t also investigates the real radiation situation here japan's fukushima nuclear plant as the international community tightens up atomic security levels. first though syrian forces have opened fire at funerals for victims of a brutal crackdown on anti-rejection protestors near the capital damascus at least two people died more than twenty people are thought to have been killed across syria since friday the latest wave of protests against president bashar al assad's rule came despite a speech monday when she promised liberal reforms in return for an end to the violence and a three month long crackdown has reportedly left fourteen hundred people dead joshua landis director of the center for middle east studies tells r.t. the situation could become a deadly stalemate. well it could syrian a showdown is a very stark line in the sand and they were seen as asking people to trust him and to side with him and the opposition are going to ask people to side with them. so

far the military has stood firm behind the regime there been a few defections but nothing really important and this could sit in a sense the ball in the opposition's. court if you're who wanted to starve syria they could do it in the same way that europe starved iraq of course once you go down that road if the government doesn't crumble as it didn't do any iraq then you have to take military intervention members of syria's external opposition have arrived in moscow to hold talks with russian officials are key got a chance to speak with one of the delegates about their mission to the russian 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 to stress and we will continue to maintain friendly strategic relations with russia the mother who is going to be empowered in syria we as well as all the other political forces in syria reaffirm our friendly relations with moscow and coal in the russian authorities to denounce violence in syria at the un security council all of

position forces inside and outside the country or 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. greece is expected to get another cash injection from the european union on the condition it imposes severe financial measures totaling some seventy eight billion euros the greek parliament's expected to vote tuesday the proposals caused an eruption of anger in the capital with protesters claiming the move was aimed at rescuing the ailing euro skeptics in brussels even state funeral for the currency according to a lecturer at the university of g.m. the only way out of the mass is by splitting from the e.u. . 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 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 going back to a national kerensky regaining public control in a way national control of ma. see 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 there's plenty more for you online log on to our team dot com here's what's a click away right now. find out why the promised land of israel doesn't seem so promising for many israelis as they're opting for passports of other countries and

a celebration in the north caucasus 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 who's found safe haven in london despite the wanted by all this and much more that are to be done. dozens of people have been killed in afghanistan in separate bombings over the past two days the attacks followed president obama's announcement of a troop reduction 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 is made heightened tension between coalition forces and the afghan army after a number of nato soldiers were killed by taliban infiltrators in uniform on

wednesday obama announced the withdrawal of a third of u.s. troops by the end of next year the plan has been met with hostility among some u.s. military leaders but afghan combat veteran turned anti-war activist jake deliberate oh thinks the presence of foreign forces only helps the insurgents. 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 its support of 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 schools are being built and roads are being built by n.g.o.s if we continue 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 the u.s. winds down its presence in afghanistan it's coming under fire from a different front in neighboring pakistan anger over mounting civilian casualties from drone strikes is reaching a boiling point as art he's got a cheeky hand reports new plans to expand drone use to yemen are prompting fears of a terror surge. the u.s. is looking to expand its war on terror but its methods are under fire in pakistan in the one year the cia drone strikes killed seven hundred civilians but netted only five actual militant leaders of. pakistan

in the number of civilian casualties that result because of the drone strikes. stringless like the taleban you know. and other groups in pakistan to recruit new numbers and they're doing that. so 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 washington now sees yemen as the most dangerous outpost and he's planning to step up drone attacks on the country as 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 us had been cooperate in 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 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 attack 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 him and his family and eight with the expansion of the drone war

it seems to go on thinking only in the south of the lighting on the night and they say some of them may be ensuring that this is all the case smart not having to take into account the fourth of the eight and that there bombing and the lack of accountability when it comes to the city to be sure is that more apparent on the web strategy let me ask you what that america is finding and fostering terror at the same time i'm going to check our reporting. more parties could soon be represented in russia's lower house of parliament after the president proposed a lowering of the threshold from seven to five percent of the vote that would be the minimum level needed to take seats in the duma speaking before the decision president 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 that the december parliamentary election will be held using current regulations that change in the threshold if implemented will

take effect in two thousand and sixteen. a five day nuclear forum in vienna this week saw widespread agreement for increased safety measures following japan's atomic crisis in march or he's shown thomas travel to the exclusion zone around the stricken fukushima plant. the ominous and constant ticking of geiger counter sound scientists working in fukushima city concerned on the some of the i'm in charge of the group of radiation detection and survey from fukushima university when i was 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 but the universe. my family and my friends' families are. officially fukushima city is in a safe area eighty kilometers from the daiichi 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 pretty point 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 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 what is really accepted level of religion. 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 quantum level down by 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 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 to using a specially equipped man we just use normal child both. scoops. you 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. . malcolm grimston formerly with the u.k.

atomic energy authority is now a policy analyst for chatham house think tank in london he says the holding back of debt is leading to widespread public concern but i don't believe personally that we've seen a massive cover up of information coming from japan what we have seen though i think is a very slow response to questions an attitude which is being far too backward looking about this is what we think might have been happening to all four weeks ago instead of this is what we think might happen in tool four weeks time someone might say is the answer to which undoubtedly people are going to think it is all sitting all the information of i don't want to release so until they are more open about it of course people are going to think that way it's been a series of international reports that who go chavez the staunchly anti-american president of venezuela is in critical condition after surgery in cuba speculation's been stopped by conflicting statements from the government about his health

something that's been highlighted by the world's media eva golinger a lawyer in journalist based in caracas says the u.s. may be driving reports in an effort to be stabilized the regime. and the u.s. government is looking for any chance you can get our 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 and for whatever it is and in fact one of the main stories that's been 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 if i sent an anonymous u.s. intelligence official so they're looking for ways on such a decreases popularity cause concerns about you know could he last over the long term is it a good option to reelect him. straight out of some other stories making headlines across the globe and eight year old girl has been killed in a bombing in a police checkpoint in central afghanistan she was reportedly ordered by insurgents

to take a package containing homemade explosives to the police station militants are said to have detonated the device as she approached a vehicle in the facility no one else was injured in the attack the taliban previously denied recruiting children and hasn't claimed responsibility this time comes a day after an attack on a hospital that killed at least thirty eight people in the east of the country. protesters have marched through the vietnamese capital hanoi for a fourth consecutive weekend calling on china to stop entering the country's borders 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 peaceful negotiation but a spat escalated after both held independent naval exercises in the area believed to be rich in oil and gas. earlier this week far right dutch politician heard wilders was cleared of charges of inciting hatred and discrimination he was on

trial for publicly comparing islam's naziism and calling for the burning of the koran the court ruled his remarks were offensive but fell within the limits of legitimate political debate the case came amid increasing anti immigration sentiment in europe on friday e.u. leaders agreed it doesn't mean border control european parliament member philip police says that with multiculturalist politics failing it may be time for a more radical solution. we've always been told that multiculturalism and was going to be great and was going to solve a lot of problems on the country that's become a problem in itself and it's very important that everyone should be able to you know to put forward his own solutions to the problem and that the balanced and free debate people from outside of europe who come to any country in the european union shoot up themselves to. the local goals the local way of living as the romans do and this is very important multiculturalism in reality does not work in europe we

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