the ban commemorates two years since the catastrophic tsunami that caused the world's worst nuclear disaster in decades as debate rages about whether the nation should ditch atomic power. poles and islanders decide whether they want to stay a british colony to vote it's neighboring argentina slams a silly game. and the balcony is for british war veterans who are putting their medals under the hammer to get money for food and heat. this argy going to live from the russian capital i'm marina josh in the studio of japan is marking

a two year since its biggest record of the earthquake and resulting tsunami which triggered the world's worst atomic disaster in twenty five years the task of a killed nearly nine hundred thousand people and crippled fukushima plant in northeastern japan spewing radiation and forcing thousands of thousands to flee their homes correspondent sean thomas has been there and he witnessed to the aftermath of the disaster let's now talk to sean in more detail about what you saw there tell us what you saw there what's your personal experience what you saw well when i first arrived what struck me the most is the fact that it was a disaster much larger than people really even remember in fact what you had was you had the earthquake you had the tsunami and then you had the nuclear disaster and then the lingering disaster after the fact so traveling to the coast homes destroyed villages decimated and the people doing what they could to try and pick up their lives in fact we went to this one village where they were still cleaning up and basically the place was in shatters. but there was

a troupe that had come in from to get tokyo to entertain the children with them with a play basically to try and put a smile on the faces of these people who had been through such harsh harsh times and just trying to find a place to eat was incredibly difficult as well so just being there amongst the people who are trying to put their lives back up knowing that i have the ability to get out of there and they did not always certainly shocking in the food is that we saw baghdad is certainly very dramatic and i remember you sent us a lot of reports from japan let's now take a look at some of what we got there from you. one of the frightening things about this entire incident is that there are no concrete boundaries that can clearly guarantee your safety one example is this looks like a beautiful lush green valley behind me but in fact this is the very head of the twenty kilometer exclusion zone that the government has set up in fact we tried to get a little bit closer but were scored out by a police officer and a type of personal now although this is supposed to be a safe area the radiation levels here are still between seven and ten times higher

than normal or i will shine obviously you're a journalist doing your job there are but on a personal level what sort of thoughts were passing through your mind while you were there well certainly in that part we were right there at the edge of the safe zone if as it were but it wasn't very safe as you heard there in that report but even much further from there any comments from the actual reactor itself and sixty kilometers from the edge of that zone was fukushima city and we found a spot there in our own personal reporting. that was one thousand times the acceptable limit or a safe dosage if you will and this was on the spot where kids walk to school and here i am not in any particular safety gear but i'm in an area where the government says it's safe to be so certainly very eerie to be in a place that's supposed to be safe but obviously with radiation detectors very dangerous but were you scared at any point i mean how do you feel well in a place certainly it's one of those things where you don't think about it until

after you get back because when you're there you do you are focused you do have a job to do you have deadlines to make it but when you get back you say you know radiation the silent killer we don't really know what effects. that have personally his or his may have long term effects i mean as you said it's an invisible enemy we don't know what's happening to us at that time and you know immediately but the effects may come later today as we were testers claim that it's not enough is being done to clean up the contaminated areas so in yours i mean you visited some of the areas you saw. some of the things that were being done there right after the disaster hit so what is your personal experience that well the people we spoke to have a great distrust for the government they don't know that time they don't feel that they were getting all of the information that they needed to for their safety and they didn't think that enough was being done at that point in time so i can tell you there was a great distrust based on how the situation was handled from the get go all right

well two years on how deeply is the tragedy felt today. pretty deeply it's one of those things that i feel in my heart it's one of those experiences that i will always remember all right sean thomas thanks very much for talking to us about your personal experience of the disaster that hit japan two years ago. now thousands in japan have been rallying to demand the government's shunts nuclear power but can the country actually afford such a radical measure we have in the studio tom darden has been looking into that for us so tom. tell us about how this nuclear the use of nuclear power is seen by governments today not just in japan but beyond that as well you know well of course marina following this this leak radiation leak it has led to a lot further. along this occasions for policy in japan and beyond so if we look at japan first of all there before the before this leak nuclear energy made

about twenty five percent of japan's energy needs afterwards all nuclear reactors were suspended some have since been restarted to try to cope with blackouts far away in germany public politicians were horrified by what they saw unraveling in japan and that led in part to the decision in may two thousand and eleven to end all the clear power in germany by two thousand and twenty to have made up about a quarter of nuclear energy supply there and big questions in the future about what's going to be the future of that in france a very different policy since the one nine hundred seventy s. france has really pushed nuclear energy as a clean and safe provider of energy it still makes up nearly eighty percent of france's and edgy needs there although public opinion has changed slightly it's

still very much much more in favor of nuclear power than it is in japan well the guy factors seem to be a strong driving force behind the use of nuclear energy so which is winning the argument here or do you have more of it or less of it it is a real. big question concerning government and public public opinion throughout the world if we look at japan again really struggling with this issue in japan the new government is more pro nuclear energy than the previous government was but they're going to have a big a big time trying to convince the japanese population that it is worth it one thing they have on their side is that nuclear power is demonstrable cheaper than other alternatives and fossil fuels or renewables there just isn't enough of those renewables yet to try and cover the gap in germany which has really gone for this

this getting rid of nuclear the problem there is a potential energy gap we're nubile isn't there to fill it yet with the likelihood that they will have to be more more fossil fuels to do that all of these issues having to be grappled with by governments around the world all right tom thanks very much indeed for this as we can see there are more questions than answers at this point for this and a lot of pros and cons there tom bart thanks. now for more on how japan's recovering after seeing entire towns wiped out and others abandoned because they are just too dangerous to live in you know how to our website or to dot com we have also got more expert opinion and we'll be bringing you the latest pictures from the anti-nuclear protests and commemorative events taking place in japan today.

although now there are voting in a referendum on whether they want to stay a british overseas territory the poll has been dismissed as a silly game barge into which lays claim to the islands its has were stolen by britain almost two centuries ago british m.p. george galloway says the u.k. strategy on the for once is provocative. but proposed exercise in relation to what is a proposed appendage of british colonialism britain has recently upped the ante sending a prince of the royal blood prince william down there to the south atlantic we've deployed this nuclear armed submarine and we are now saying that we're not prepared

to talk to argentina about anything it's quite clear that the islanders have rights they have rights to a minority way of life that need to be gotten by international agreement but the territory itself very obviously belongs to argentina if someone came down from mars and saw them up so we are the falkland islands live off the argentinian continental shelf and track the distance between the falklands and the united kingdom once a great colonial power no a small nearly bankrupt country off the southwest coast of europe and was told that the small nearly bankrupt country was continuing to assert that it owned these islands while the man from mars would laugh on fortunately we're not laughing you're in britain because we're continuing to foot the bill while at r.t. to a connoisseur website we're asking today what's the next step by argentina will be

your fault and i owners decide to stay british let's see how the numbers spread so far forty percent of the voters say that argentina will declare the vote rigged or illegitimate now slightly fewer think folk winners will be told to move to britain by their south american neighbor fifteen percent expect argentina to announce a new referendum in five years just aides believe when is a risk will finally back off from its claims so tell us what you think by logging on to our website r.t. dot com. they fought to save their nation and europe from tyranny but many of britain's wartime heroes are finding that the country's astaire and he is one battle they can't win as highly decorated world war two veterans are forced to sell their medals just to make it and sweet sarah ferguson has a story i fired assured good from five hundred feet producing strikes on the border and

a dull flame and. soon it began to dive steeply exploding into the ground these are the private extracts from the flight logs of world war two night pilot brand burbridge despite being a highly skilled and decorated pilot his story has remained largely untold until now ninety two and suffering with outsiders prances in a nursing home and his family struggling with high care costs have put the incredible memento up for sale i said that these are your medals we're selling them and there was a smile and there was a sort of recognition that. you know this this is what he. he's probably got some understanding of this happening the family hyping to raise more than one hundred thousand pounds at the auction with their father's nursing home costs averaging around fifty thousand pounds a year in service that is the money will go

a long way to paying for their father's treatment the ice and tell the remarkable story of a man he began the war as a conscientious objector but he wended it is arguably one of britain's most prolific night flies and the story. absolutely true he never for an enemy cause you know you have room for the engines. who mobilize would be so . pleased to suit. a parachute mode from iran so this is prances pilots flying logbook and slowly unusually he also includes his combat reports now this particular one you can see describes one of his exceptional achievements during the war where in one night alone he shot down four enemy german planes now that was absolutely remarkable and was described by a fellow night flying eighth as one of the most exceptional sorties flown during

the war even now when he looks at planes there's that recognition that that's part of his life of the. people so close he said is that the only yeah i think it's yes the elderly care i think men needs to be more funding for. care so that they don't have to sell all their possessions and all their what they for proof of their home you know in order to pay for their care that's that's the hardest thing british veterans do receive a tax free pension that was sky high living in care costs and often that's simply not enough. shockingly and it's estimated that ex service personnel account for around one in ten of the u.k.'s homeless politicians are criticised for abandoning but shien's in the hour of need leaving it to charities to pick up the slack and we

have hundreds of people who come to veterans and their dependents who contact us every year who need help with care looking at the ageing population it's not likely that those are the number of people we help with and the times every year in the u.k. there are key day to pay tribute to those people for their country but in a nation where everything goes for the unit added to the number of veterans needing the brown fervor this story is an important reminder that for the rest of the year away from the ceremonies and the cameras and money versus truth the facing really personal challenges the fine love go on the to serve. in syria it's suspected the rebels they are getting u.s. training parties talk to member of the syrian opposition on the twists and turns in a deadly saga that shows no sign of ending or bring you part of a conversation later this hour here on our team. and

a bitter divide in israel over whether the ultra religious should serve in the army like everyone else as they claim it's the jewish intellect that they're fighting to protect more news after the short break to stay tuned. for some people extreme job. it's a cooling if you look you can see that the water in the rates in my body feels really warm now this is good for you. they plunge into icy water to make themselves stronger you can't get used to the cold if you control rated and you can struggle with. people snow nice pictures of frost. loving the cold. mission in three cretaceous three turns for charges free. range lunch three.

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police officers across the country go on strike the spying going street violence officers accuse the government are using them as political pawns and follows trouble at the weekend after death sentences over the twenty seven ports a stadium riots were upheld belcher reports. so i got to security headquarters is a powerful reminder of the past five days of bloody clashes between anti-government protesters and security forces in a bid to quell on rest a day ahead of the contentious verdict on last february's football riots the government removed the police and put the city security in the hands of the army activists here say a military takeover will only antagonize the situation and is an example of president mohamed morsi ignoring their demands in this in the middle the government has gotten our main needs the rights of the people and those who have been killed in the port side is not going to be more secure with the withdrawal of the police

it won't help us at all the ports are you know officers are supposed to be in the street taking care of the country that's what we asked for with the police leaving there will be chaos now the people will have to secure the city themselves tension between protesters and the police has been high since last year's riots and when the military replace them on the city streets there was an initial optimism but that all changed off the court's decision the atmosphere changed on saturday when the verdict confirmed that twenty one people will face the death penalty and a further five or seven my sentences residents here say that the army will not protect them as the local authorities bowed to pressure from the capital that's a funeral for protesters killed during recent clashes and the spicy founder of the green eagles ultras saeed's football fan club says the police used excessive force against local demonstrators treating them worse than the counterparts in cairo he believes the death sentences are further proof the city is being targeted toward

side has been persecuted for the last thirty years and president mohamed morsi is keeping the status quo created by the last regime the president wants to wrong the people of portside and instead satisfy the cairo old tribes. fred across the country now there is a risk of everyone being racist towards portside aid the military for their part to maintain they are protective peaceful force and that portside protesters have not been singled out they say police are merely responding to the level of violence from those attacking key government buildings meanwhile on the banks of the suez canal protesters burn tires to prevent boats from ducking saying they were escalate acts of civil disobedience and till there is a fair trial with further violence on the horizon this could be the toughest challenge yet for morsi and his military true for r t puts. our values across what's happening on the ground and you can follow her for the

latest details on twitter. the syrian rebels are reportedly receiving training from the u.s. in their fight against president it's claimed to be taking place in jordan and some americans involved are in military uniform but some members of the divided syrian opposition say military support from abroad is only deepening the syrian crisis as one of the opposition leaders explained doherty's arabic channel. good two of them and i want the opposition to be united for at least we would know who to negotiate with but unfortunately there are many small armed groups we are trying to establish contact with the most rational and far seen opposition representatives who respect international humanitarian law and the basic constitutional principles that unite us as syrians whose actions aren't based on religious beliefs or malicious murders

that. what is your view on the main political problems of the syrian crisis. for example the preservation of assad's presidency civilian death and their position being supplied with weapons when the cult will have it so hello to them well first the arms supply should be stopped completely both for the rebels and for the syrian army second concerning the presidency we need time syria needs a boat ten to twenty years a parliamentarian ism to eliminate the idea of destroying one person and the role of the president so we can see that the majority of syrians support our program that will redistribute power from the president. so fun to afraid of clashes with the government which is going to be formed in istanbul and it is considered to control so-called free districts mostly not you have. we are far from it still i think that if

a project starts with the french foreign minister statement and then was discussed in istanbul's lobbies over three months the project doesn't have any future it is likely to be a farce and it will actually be much better if it is not realized at all because it won't gain any support or respect they still don't have a worthy candidate for prime minister they don't have any political modesty the correct way of thinking or political experience. turning now to some other stories from around the world these crowds in pakistan's capital are calling for better protection of religious minorities after around one hundred seventy christian homes were torched it was sparked by a route between two neighbors where and non muslim was accused of blasphemy for allegedly insulting the prophet muhammad an angry mob then turned on christian residents one hundred fifty rioters have been arrested and face charges of ours and robbery theft and terrorism. well an opposition leader in reeky

capri was has confirmed he will run for the presidency to replace slate leader in charge as capri was used his announcement to accuse the government of using chalices de asked to push the candidates here because majority the opposition leaders main campaigns use for evil fourteen polls are high crime and poverty as well as the government's devaluing the currency by more than thirty percent. a suspect accused of the gang rape of a medical student on a bus and dahlia last december has committed suicide in jail ramsay who was the driver of the bus was found hanged prison officials said the five men were held in isolated cells after other inmates tried to tamp down the vicious assault on the girl sparked nationwide outrage with demands that the culprits face down. is all. over the world say far away here are

your story. is really prime minister binyamin netanyahu is struggling to form a government five weeks after parliamentary elections he can't get potential coalition partners to agree to stumbling block whether or not ultra religious orthodox jews should serve in the i.d.f. the religious parties are certainly beginning to understand things have changed they're going to find themselves challenged on many fronts military service is going to be one of them and as a result they will have to conserve their political capital to fight on the things they care about most. most ultra religious jews have never been in the israeli army and religious political parties have never been pressed on the issue like they be now but january's parliamentary elections saw new players coming to the fore on yahoo needs in his coalition if used to form a majority government but they're insisting the religious played a part like this woman who spearheaded

a campaign with other like minded israeli mothers they're fed up with what they call an injustice that the children should serve one others don't to thirty now that that something is very unfair that we are going to give our children to the army not knowing if we are going to get them back in fifty percent of the mother is in israel do not have to warry because their children do not go to the army iran is twenty eight years old married with two children while others his age were doing their national service he was here starting far from being apologetic he feels the contribution he makes is as important if not more. of the backbone of the jewish people i think viable occasion first of all is to preserve the jewish intellect and the jewish mind for our city for this country's sake and for the generations to come and yes while i might be not putting my life at risk and also contributing to this country's security they also say which doesn't make any sense for me that for

each student that study the torah is soldier is not getting killed so if you will take the twenty two thousand eight hundred soldiers that were created until now for independence they know what there's a queen they didn't study enough. but the frustration among secular israelis who make up most of the population goes beyond just army service they complain ultra religious jews don't work or pay taxes while receiving disproportionate government support just about every city in israel has a religious neighborhood like this one in ten israelis is all too also doubts the challenge remains how to include it in a society that is increasingly hostile to them scipio rome spends hours trying to count israeli attack on islam towards the ultra religious she blames the media and the growing divide between the secular and orthodox communities all of the minorities here are protected but there over the people it's not allowed to hate

arabs it's not allowed to hate. right wing's it's allowed to hate the community it's ok the problem is the article she writes or read only by those in her community far away from the politics being forged on the national stage whether netanyahu eventually chooses to include religious partners or leave him out of his coalition there's no running away from the growing internal divide in an already divided country policy r.t. jerusalem bobbie back to the latest news in just over half an hour before then at surviving the gold r.t. .

the month before the oscars and what annoys you with their predictions and the most after everyone complains about the results but it is a big talked about much as the few hundred people who gathered to protest the glamour filled awards show what part does the asker's you ask. well although the film life of pi won the oscar for best visual effects effects to you that made the movie look so amazing rhythm and hues as filed for bankruptcy quickly after the film's release you know that seems like a bit of a discrepancy i mean the group that made the best visual effects in the world in two thousand and thirteen is flat broke how can that be this reminds me of how the lead creators of call of duty modern warfare two were let go directly after the release of the game which to date is the eighth highest grossing video game of all time this was done supposedly to dodge paying them the royalties that they you know earned through hard work the problem is that we live in a world where only the bottom line cows making as much profit as you possibly can damn the consequences is just good.