japan commemorates two years since the catastrophic to nami that caused the world's worst nuclear disaster in decades as debate rages about whether the nation should ditch atomic power. phone on or is a sign whether they want to stay a british colony in a vote neighboring argentina slams a silly game. and serve or study israel's bitter divide over all the religious jews who are allowed to have a compulsory army duty. what are you going to live from the russian capital i'm marina joshing welcome to the program japan is marking two years since its biggest record earthquake and

resulting to nami which triggered the world's worst atomic disaster in twenty five years that hastert killed nearly nine hundred thousand people and crippled difficulty in a plant in northeastern japan spewing radiation and forcing thousands of thousands to flee their homes are to sean thomas witnessed the aftermath of the disaster and earlier shared the most striking moments. when i first arrived what struck me the most is that the scale of the disaster was much larger than what many people may even remember in fact what you had was you had the earthquake you had the tsunami 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 days we don't have the 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 well the people we

spoke to have a great distrust for the government they don't at that time they don't feel that they were getting all of the information that they needed to for their safety and i can tell you that from the get go there was a lot of mistrust in the government about how the situation was being handled on the ground but as ass or japan the fuel global debate over whether nuclear power should be phased out completely but can a country like japan and some other nations actually afford such a radical measure barton's been looking into that side of the story. 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 the public politicians were horrified by what they saw unraveling in

japan and that led in part to the blunders tag's decision in may two thousand and eleven to end all nuclear power in germany by two thousand and twenty two 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 and there although public opinion has changed slightly it's still more in favor of nuclear power than it is in japan if we look at japan again 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 now for more on how japan is recovering after seeing entire towns wiped out and others abandoned because they are just too dangerous to live in head start a dot com but also got more expert opinion and bring you the latest pictures from the n.t. nuclear protests and commemorative events taking place there. clone's islanders are voting in a referendum on whether they want to stay

a british overseas territory the poll has been dismissed as a silly game which lays claim to the islands it says were stolen by britain almost two centuries ago british m.p. george galloway says the u.k. strategy on the fold once is provocative. it's a proposed exercise in relation to what is a proposed dress 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 law or the argentinian continental

shelf and drug the distance between the falklands and the united kingdom once agreed colonial powers 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 these islands while the man from mars would laugh unfortunately we're not laughing you're in britain because we're continuing to foot the bill well actually the cause we're asking you what the next step by argentina will be focused on earth decided to stay british let's see how the numbers spread so far forty percent of you say that argentina will declare the vote rigged or illegitimate slightly fewer think as you can see four winners will be told to move to britain by their south american neighbor well fifteen per se and expect argentina to announce a new referendum in five years i'll just aides believe once harris will finally

back off from its claim well tell us what you think cast your vote at r.t. dot com. now some serve the army others study theology and that's causing growing frustration among secular jews in israel over the ultra religious refusing to do national service by the deeply are as i say they are playing their part obviously here as a story. israeli prime minister benjamin 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 being now but january's parliamentary elections saw new play is coming to the fore on yahoo needs in his coalition if he's 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 of the two thirteen zero guards 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 or the new. 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 for him. the backbone of the jewish people i think my obligation 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 that were created until now for independence day and to know what does it mean if you 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 is rabies is all too also doubts the

challenge remains how to include them in a society that is increasingly hostile to them scipio rome spends hours trying to counter his radion tekken ism 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 they're over that's 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 are 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 them out of his coalition there's no running away from the growing internal divide in an already divided country policy r.t. jerusalem. now and syria suspected that rebels there are getting us training our to

talk to a member of the syrian opposition all the twists and turns in a deadly saga that shows no sign of panic we'll bring you a part of that conversation later this hour. the balcony is for british war veterans who are putting their pals under the hammer to get money for food and leave more news after the short break. was i i i. download the official ati application to yourself choose your language stream quality and enjoy your favorites. if you're away from your television just doesn't

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it's. welcome back here with r t now 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 explain to our these arab channels. oh 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 seeing 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 there's much. aside 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 a cult will have 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 now 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 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. well on the line for you do you still think of al hilter as evil personified well not in austria or a sizable number of people in

a whole thing the leader wasn't all that bad. boss the high ranking bulgarian priest who thought telling him his rising rolex watch to pay church bills was a good deed for his cash strapped on radiation things otherwise tell you why. how he fought to save their own nation and your money but many of britain's wartime heroes are finding that the countries of charities one battle they can't win as highly decorated world war two veterans are forced to sell their medals just to make ends meet sara for of has a story. i fired

a short burst from five hundred feet producing strikes on the port engine a dull flame appeared. 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 mementos 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. 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 inside as it 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. hoping that mobilize will be so. pleased to see. a parachute emerge from iran so this is prances pilots flying logbook and slightly 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 it's part of his life of all of the. people to quickly say those at 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 fought for of their home you know in order to pay for that i think 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 we have hundreds of people who come to veterans and their dependents who contacted several who need help with care looking at the ageing population it's not likely that those the number of people we help would go down anytime soon every year in the u.k. they're a key they paid tribute to those people for their country but in a nation where everything in the world for the only added to the number of leading brown over to story is an important reminder for the rest of the year away from the ceremonies and the cameras and many. facing. challenges the fine love go on to serve. let's take a look at some other stories from around the world some used of the gang rape of a magical student on a boston deli last assam or has committed suicide in jail i am saying who was the

driver of the bus was found a prison official said the five man were held in isolated cells after other inmates tried to tamp down the vicious assault on the girls sparked nationwide outrage with demands that called for its face. as well and opposition leader enrique capri was has confirmed he'll run for the presidency to replace late leader machad as the phrase was used his announcement to accuse the government of using chavez's death to push the candidates he of nicolas maduro position leaders main campaign themes for the april fourteenth poll are high crime and poverty as well as the government's devaluing the currency by more than thirty percent. security in egypt seems to be at its shakiest in months as police officers across the country go on strike despite ongoing street violence officers accuse the government of using them as political pawns their action follows trouble at the weekend after death sentences were upheld over twenty eleven portside stadium rides.

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 the demands. of the metal 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 but 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 minute you place them on the city's 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 zero seven ice instances 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 and my counterparts in cairo he believes the death sentences offer the 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 or

a wide. spread across the country now there is a risk of everyone being racist towards portside aid the military for their part to maintain they are protected 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 been tires to prevent boats from docking saying they will escalate acts of civil disobedience until there is a fed retrial with the violence on the horizon this could be the toughest challenge yet for morsi and his military true for. poets. and warm more world news in around thirty minutes time here after the break richard it has already sports.

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