japan approves a second disaster recovery budget devastated community was called out for more psychological support and fears grow over radiation levels in the area around fukushima. shining a light on the web of international terror russia publishes a declassified list of people and groups that it says are financing extremists in the north caucasus. and the euro's woes took a turn for the worse portugal's debt gets downgraded to junk status with panic spreading over way. and the currency wars are not over brazil's finance minister says he's ready for an extra steps to stem the damaging rise of the reality good me for the phone business bulletin at twenty past the hour erin.

now a year without a life from moscow where it's just after five pm on wednesday welcome to the program well almost out for months now since the massive earthquake and tsunami tore through japan's northeast the daunting task of rebuilding homes and lives continues efforts have been boosted by the passing of a second emergency budget of almost twenty five billion dollars but as well as a financial assistance traumatized survivors are also in desperate need of emotional support as ati's sean thomas reports. as the waves crash against a damaged to sea wall on the japanese coast volunteers who work tirelessly to clean up the debris and bring some sense of normalcy back to the area. i want to tell people we need more help more supplies and things are still bad here beyond the physical destruction and there is

a distressing psychological factor as well the city if you walk he is right on the edge of the twenty kilometer exclusion zone for radiation contamination in fact in a recent study by japan's nuclear safety commission forty five percent of one thousand children tested in the walking and neighboring cities have tested positive for thyroid radiation exposure a figure that has parents appalled that you forgot that we have the government has reset the great era for safety and i'm not concerned with the consequences their reaction is only to help the government save face but they don't actually take care of the damage and the people here. first there was the earthquake then the devastating a wave which rushed in and destroyed this part of the coastal city of it walky also there are the nuclear radiation waves that are coming into this area as well the volunteers that are coming in to rebuild this city certainly have their work cut out for them but just like the city itself the people who live here the community they need to have their spirits rebuilt as well. that. i can

in an effort to keep the community emotionally strong organizers have brought this acting troupe in from tokyo they saved their goal is to provide something beyond a simple entertainment for people out there where have a certain japanese pride and in this destructive situation i would like to bring good things and present the spirit of japan and japanese pride by bringing people together and making people smile through that shared community experience there is a sense of hope that the city of milwaukee can indeed recover a convenience store because they close. the city hall but it's good to see anything live is coming back. and with an understanding that there is still much more work that needs to be done the people here are working to keep their community together . i just want them to stay where they want and the fact can be helpful that i keep doing it. rebuilding the city one step at

a time any wonky city japan sean thomas or t. now in the wake of the crisis at fukushima japan is going to stress test each of its nuclear power plants to you i determine how well the reactors could withstand further natural disaster as the move is also a aimed at assuring people that the facilities are safe we spoke to the director general of the world nuclear socio who blames the media for staring up public panic in japan is a preview of what's to come for you next hour an opera. we've just seen twenty four thousand japanese citizens killed by an earthquake and a tsunami. we've seen the media have a frenzy in covering the accident at fukushima which has not made it had not been very responsible for a single radiation fatality i think it was a tragedy in terms of the world's understanding of the essential safety of nuclear power i also think however that it might also be educational in the long term

because people have begun to focus on it and as they begin to begin to focus even more clearly on the ultimate consequences of fukushima they will learn that there was relatively little damage done. and i now are five minutes past the hour here in moscow the russian government has published a list of all individuals and organizations proven to be sponsoring terrorism and also includes international entities involved in funding extremism their names taken from a un blacklist our north caucuses correspondent medina cultivar now has details on . i list of individuals and companies suspected often involvement in financing of terrorism was published in this government own newspaper this morning you know this document was a previously confidential but now part of it is open to public now companies that are present in this list are located in different countries and basically across

the globe there are companies that are based in the in egypt in afghanistan in somalia and even in germany and the united states in terms of individuals the also come from a significant range of countries from the countries of the middle east from african countries from germany the united states and from russia russian citizens primarily komo from of the republics of the volatile region of russia's north caucasus from cheney and from and done there are also some well known names in this list some well known groups like the most in brotherhood. and russia's most wanted terrorist . you know this document shows is that some kind of a nod or a cow has been created that connects countries with each other and that the problem of terrorism has become an international issue now several years ago the world sawed off by a chechen terrorists that are present here in this region as of chechen rebels but now the situation has changed whether russia's most wanted some models being

present on vilest of the world's most wanted terrorists and really this document shows how the system works and thoughts of the problem often turn is far from being solved is an international problem. maybe in a culture of according well as our russian brings to light the growing globalization of terrorism the u.n. is pressing ahead with the controversial indictment of several has all of use for the assassination of lebanon's prime minister in two thousand and five people of el discusses the matter with his guests and which is the next being shown at three thirty pm g.m. has a quick look. i can see that if hezbollah or any other faction for that matter and i don't want to destabilize the country they can hezbollah has been one of the factors in lebanon so far and i'm sorry if people disagree but that's a fact on the ground that has made sure that this this state you know that this country continues to be stabilized and refuses to part space and am in a sectarian war or a conflict or to cause this that it is

a sugar and an on. going down the government lebanon should. you know how is it going to run the government let alone what lebanon lebanon voltaire's every want of no confidence like any other country. approaching the ten minute mark of the hour here in moscow europe's ongoing struggle to save the euro has been dealt another blow as portugal has had its debt downgraded to junk status moody's the credit rating agency behind the move says a default is unlikely unless the country is given yet another bailout many analysts have questioned the logic of saddling struggling economies with more debt speculation grows over whether the e.u. is ready to come to portugal's rescue again and the direction of the e.u.

and the i.m.f. are taking in solving this crisis may well lead to severe consequences that's according to douglas cos well an m.p. from the british conservative party. i think it would be immensely food dish to have another bailout because what we're doing with each so-called bailout is adding to the amount of debt owed by countries who are already bankrupt if we really want to fix this problem instead of adding to the debts of portugal greece and other countries what we should be doing is three things we should be devaluing their currencies that means leaving the euro we should be allowing them to default on their debt restructuring if you prefer that term and we should be forcing them to downsize their expensive bloated public sectors for example in greece at the moment i think forty two percent of total debt is owned by foreign private institutions many french and german banks by so-called bailing out greece we're not helping greek people what we're doing is we're transferring that debt burden onto the shoulders of european taxpayers it's frankly an outrageous scam and i think it will

mean that you know my children and my children's children will have vastly higher tax bills it's not right it's not good for us in western europe it's not good for greece it's not good for portugal the argument is that we should continue to pay this money to the i.m.f. but i happen to think the i.m.f. is not doing what it has historically done so well it's actually ineffective it is an organization that is that is run with the the wrong approach it's a little bit like putting the arsonists in charge of the fire department we'll continue to see hard pressed western european taxpayers asked or rather not asked but required without consent to foot the bill for the folly of the political class in pursuit of a grandiose vision of monetary union it's outrageous and it's not fair incidentally it's also going to consign us to the economic slow lane for many years to come if this continues. you will r.t. and coming away in just a few minutes here net gains the technological revolution of the trade of indian

fishermen how mobile phones have transformed their business and their lives. plus what's behind romania's wish to unite with a neighboring a multitude over the reports from both countries where tensions are high. germany is reportedly selling at two hundred battle tanks to saudi arabia talk of a deal has caused outrage among germany's opposition politicians who claim the government would be breaking its own export rules peace activist young wagner says that he fears that heavy weapons could be used to crush the regime protests in the region you must see the weapons deal. in concert with all the in contrast with the. with the regional dominance of the region so it will soon obvious and region that it has to be straight after all the uprising so it seems to which is one of the first of certainly the battle tanks are in against

iran to further threaten iran and syria and all of it because it is territory with all sorts for. or against uprising riots civil liberties so it's also to crush any. political region. paula for more on any of the news stories we're covering here you can always log on to our web site that's dot com features analysis and exclusive videos waiting for you to check out our online gallery where you can see pictures of the cars the crash and the chaos from the past about crimea survival rates. also how to find the secret to eternal life we've got all the advice you need if you want to live. all that and so much more at all if you don't call.

the mobile phone has become an integral part of every day more than life but what's seen as a fun gadget in some countries has proven enough to revolutionize their lives and livelihoods of many people elsewhere. now reports on the indian fishermen who are costing next generation net work for their catch. mulhern kumar wraps up his engine for a day of fishing off the coast of carolina the southernmost state in india there was a little bit of i studied in school until the seventh grade but then i had to leave school because we were not economically well off so i had to help my dad with fishing kumar is one of thousands of fishermen in the state who wake up at one o'clock in the morning to earn a living for decades fishermen like kumar rely on luck and prayers to find a good catch but all that has changed since the introduction of the mobile phone in the state more than ten years ago the boy you are going to if the fish is not

available where we go fishing or fisherman in other parts of the sea call us and tell us where we might be able to find a good catch then we go to that particular place. in addition because of the new ease of communication kumar is able to find out how much demand is that his local market and the prices the buyers are offering in order to determine where best to sell his fish today he is making double the amount of money he was making before he started using a mobile phone he now owns his own boat and says he is able to send his three daughters to college india has the fastest growing mobile phone market in the world in the most growth is happening in rural areas what may be seen as a convenience in the last is being utilised by indian fishermen revolutionizing their business and turning them into entrepreneurs and business men in their communities most of these fishermen have been doing this work for generations and never imagined they'd become so tech savvy they had watched their fathers and

grandfathers come home from sea several times with no fish at all but today that never happens you know about a little bit of there's a lot of difference between the times when we used to go fishing with stick and now when we go fishing with engine but after the arrival of the phone it's become easier for us as studies show that mobile phones aren't just empowering the fisherman in the community more competition means better prices for consumers and. average they've fallen by four percent it's a new quality of life for the people of this community who never dreamed that they would escape poverty and liberty most fishermen are illiterate but we want to give a proper education to our children and that is possible because of the earning we get from the fishing business there's no doubts that mobile phones have helped. providing new opportunities by advancing their tradition with technology preassure either r t carola india. or about a quarter past the hour here in the russian capital you with r t let's check out

some other stories now making headlines all around the world this hour united nations investigation has condemned it may use of a luxury on the israeli lebanon border is ready to go so killed seven hundred eleven others during a march which saw crowds storm the border they were shot as they scaled the fence during an anniversary of nakba rally which are really remembers the palestinian people displaced by the creation of israel israel is yet to comment on the un's report. have a look at this these amazing pictures from the united states show a wall of dust fifty miles wide which call just caused chaos after descending on parts of phoenix arizona the dense cloud has dramatically reduced. visibility grounding flights at major airports and left thousands without electricity and structures are thousands of feet into the air and has been spread by strong winds. and the riot police in the hall have blocked

a gathering of tibetans from celebrating the dalai lama's birthday in the capital katmandu in a brief scuffle they detained three people who they say refused to disperse and try to start a prayer session in the street local authorities had banned public celebrations fearing they might turn into protests against chinese rule in tibet festivities were only allowed inside more. now activists in romania say they want unification with neighboring moldova by next year they say the two countries should be together again as they have been at various points in the history of their. reports there are mixed feelings about the plans with many in moldova remaining bitterly opposed. from photo exhibitions to use in both bucharest and kisha now since two thousand and nine some movements in romania have been combining to win back what they see as their land. since april it's been impossible to miss

colorful stickers like that in towns and cities across romania bessarabia is romania they say believing that the land which is now the sovereign state of republic of moldova must again be on the book arrest control and indeed it was until the nineteenth century which saw it pass hands several times with the collapse of the u.s.s.r. moldova declared independence becoming a member of the united nations the council of europe and the world trade organization now an alliance of more than thirty n.g.o.s in romania say these achievements would be sacrificed in the name of reunification by reunification i. will of the romanians from two states from romania and republic of moldova to live in one state because. we are separated unjustly and we want to leave this historical truth bucharest official line is that reunification of the two nations can only happen if the both soviet state becomes an e.u. member but politicians in moldova have expressed concerns that president

a cesspool would not wait for that eventuality and will instead at some point in the future expand his country's borders to absorb moldova the president. a couple of months ago clearly said. within twenty five years from now. we'll integrate. under the. european integration romania but it's actually actually discrediting. the european integration because for most of the people the european integration is definitely not integration. analysts in the moldova and capital say the law. last few years have served as a clear proof of this intention. after the change of power in two thousand and nine loads of remaining media outlets appeared and those include several major t.v. stations and two dozen newspapers we believe the main mission is the urbanization

of moldova and the deconstruction of the mode overnight and the. next year which marks two hundred years since book arrest last question are for the first time the action twenty twelve movement is planning a massive information offensive on moldova's population action twenty twelve says it is not funded nor officially supported by book arrests and that their mission is peaceful form the people of the need to restore the greater romania if the majority of people from romania and from the republic of moldova decide that. they want to reunification history is. taking could possible. if that's the case then it's hard to imagine any reunification in the near future especially with up to forty percent of romanians agreeing they'd love to have bessarabia back but almost two thirds of moldova's population wants to remain sober and. alexi rushes to see reporting from bucharest in romania and kisha now republic

of moldova. and we've got more on what's happening in the post republics in just a few minutes time here on r.t. explore could have done in central asia which last year storm violent revolution and ethnic conflict on its way to becoming a parliamentary democracy. twenty years ago the largest country. disintegrate into. what had been trying. to teach began a journey. where did it take the. art of the business with kareena in just a few months. those . little pellets the international sanctions has to do takes place in prose on july

ninth and tenth. this living collections by russian designers the most beautiful then just city of central russia. this is a little unfair children's function shows slums like presiding over the festival. festival. this is. and i welcome to business here now to thanks for joining me the currency wars all over the drive to find a way out seems to be fading as finance minister says he's ready for extra steps to stem the damaging rise of the reality according to. big economies have failed to agree on guidelines to much that currency is meanwhile. in t.x. capital says russia has no reason to join. russia seems to be in a slightly better position than some of the other developing nations will forget these emerging economies have been emerging economies only last few years or so.

russia's been around a lot longer although russia has a huge trade balance inflation is not really a major issue in russia and it does have a more developed economy so if there is a currency war between development developed economies and emerging market economies i don't think russia will be dragged into it suitors. money pouring out of russia is a trend the government has long been struggling to reverse june became the first month to see foreign capital go the other way and register and inflow the central bank reports suggest that inflow could be as much as three billion dollars that's against an eight billion dollar outflow in april and a five billion flight in may it's been a rough first half to the year with over thirty one billion dollars leaving the country but the central bank is sticking to its annual estimates of around thirty five billion dollars of capital flight. let's have a look at the markets precious metals are catching their breath after tuesday's

rally debt problems in the u.s. and europe off eating investing to mount close to safe haven gold prices added over thirty dollars announced on tuesday their biggest one day gain in eight months. all is losing ground this hour that's not to tuesday's rally when it was trading near a three week high all speculation that crude invent tori's in the u.s. could decline perfect week a report by the u.s. energy department will be released on thursday analysts suggest it could show that crude stockpiles drop two and a half million barrels trucks with. european stocks fell on wednesday led by banks after moody's investor service downgraded portugal's credit rating for the chance to be known best grade and investors absorb a hike in chinese interest rates financials are under pressure with bank of commerce outpolled to guest on the following six percent and might include b.p.i. dropping over others for. a similar picture and also the odd tasm isaacs makes this

hour as investors are cautious to make any big moves let's have a look at some individuals have moves on the my xix energy majors are among the main losers where this hour with local trading in the red banking stocks are also under pressure with the t.v. losing nearly two percent strad bank is also down the top lender plans to offer seven point six percent of its shares in london frankfurt and paris bucking the trend is holdings gold it's awful with three percent supported by stronger questions much. while investors a looking for a safe haven during the traditionally show summer season carlos casas could have believes retailer x five could be someone said look. stock to watch in the near term would be x five they're releasing that second quarter trading update on friday and we're expecting them for the trade nobody to be as strong as the first quarter they had you know good blind and also margins and we're expecting now to see

a bit more of the synergies with the acquisition we expected to be positive and also for the stock actually to close big discount gap that it has with magnet right now it's better it's about thirty percent now if you look at two thousand and eleven. summations we expect to go up to close to close in the near in the upcoming months. moscow's main stock exchange my launch a dark pool for traders who don't want to reveal their big market orders this way that my six can get involved in the and the in the over the counter market where a volume exceed regular trading now this is aimed at preventing bids valued at more than one hundred forty thousand dollars from competing trading currently such stock exchange deals cover twenty percent of the bourses daily turnover and this is only the doc who will involve only fifteen blue chips and then each meeting will start at eleven am analysts say the new timetable will prevent wild market fluctuations and decrease the chances of price manipulation. that's our that's our

business update for this hour i'll be back with more in about forty five minutes from now thanks for watching. twenty years ago in the largest country in the world the suitcases of.

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