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r.t. international news channel these are all top stories meltdown fears grow tonight after fuel rods were exposed at the fukushima nuclear power plant in japan that is despite the ongoing efforts to cool the reactor use and see what. the human cost of the devastation in japan is being felt with almost two thousand people confirmed dead following friday's making place and says now many rescue teams from several countries including russia are helping search for an estimated fifteen thousand still missing. and another you simply duffy's full force in the regaining ground in eastern libya concerns grow over what's next if the leader of them for the global community takes over the country thanks again i'll bring you more on the developing situation in japan throughout the night here on r t next though the other big story libya and international communities debate on what measures to take about what's going on there we sat down with face the man a spokesperson of the out of commission for human rights and keeping track of the events of a country. we're talking today to talk to monitor spokesman

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r.t. international news twenty four hours a day welcome to the program fresh explosions and gunfire have been heard in the libyan capital tripoli reports saying coalition forces are targeting major military facilities across the country allied forces are also conducting air strikes against troops in the world and even in the country's western city of misrata a lot of course there has the latest from. what are you noticing more and more is that the main sim for this operation in libya remains in the balance it's literally hanging in the balance because on the international front we are seeing that coalition forces are now so not to be agreeing in terms of how to move forward here on the ground the rebel groups themselves are divided in terms of how they want to move forward even now here in the capital city of tripoli which is traditionally the stronghold of moammar gadhafi we are hearing from him in every reports of some of his former supporters exhausting to meet in secret in the form a coalition is trying some from the coalition community we know that for six days if there is a strike have

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r.t. international news channel my name is kevin owen and the situation at the fukushima nuclear plant in japan remains grave tonight with persistent fears that the second blast could follow causing a radiation leak and this is the country declares a state of emergency the second atomic facility affected by friday's massive earthquake and police fear more than ten thousand people may have died in what japan's prime minister says is the worst crisis to hit the country since world war two he's either bennett's in the northeastern city of sendai near the epicenter of that quake and just an hour from the fukushima nuclear plant. well the worry there is concerning a second reactor at the fukushima number one where there was an explosion that yes there the concern now is that the second one has lost its cooling mechanism being seawater around to try and cool the reactor down the temperature inside the reactor is growing very hot knows he is that they actually start to melt which then leads to nuclear meltdown so the fear the main theories of another explosion but the general wisdom here is conc

r.t. international news channel my name is kevin owen here in moscow and the main story dominating the news tonight the northeast of japan has been swamped by a major tsunami following the biggest earthquake in its history at least three hundred fifty people are reported dead but that figure appears very conservative tonight the real number looks likely to be many many more for example police say hundreds of bodies have been found drowned in the city of sendai the capital of the worst head region in the eight point nine magnitude quake off the eastern coast unleashed ten metre high waves which reached miles inland causing huge damage large after she. continuing in northeast. meanwhile there are worrying reports of a possible radiation leak at the fukushima nuclear power plant them urgency situation has been declared at the facility after the malfunction of a cooling system there around the plant's been evacuated as of now authorities say the reactor is not leaking radiation and just go immediately danger to the public it's being watched closely. or just after the quake hit we had a chance t

r.t. tripoli. international pressure is mounting on gadhafi with the u.s. considering military intervention and the u.k. and france drafting a no fly zone resolution for the u.n. and amid this claim some embarrassing off the record remarks from u.s. officials that he's going to teach khan has more. defense secretary robert gates landed in afghanistan troops with the top u.s. commander general david petraeus who greeted mr gates at the airport joking quote welcome back sir flying a little bigger plane than normal it's going to lob some attacks on leave you or something and of quote the u.s. defense secretary responded to the comment by laughing and said quote yeah exactly well apparently the two gentlemen were unaware of the open microphone the world is now guessing whether that was just a joke or there was a kernel of proof the next trick a lot of people thought that was a highly inappropriate joke mind you this comes from america's top military man although the official position of the us is in order to decide on the military intervention the support of th

r.t. underscore. international news in brief palestinian authorities have confirmed the condemned the deadly bus station plus hit central jerusalem killing ron and injuring dozens israeli leaders have promised aggressive and responsible reaction the city's first bombing in a public place in several years comes amid escalating tensions between cars are and israel amass the islamist political party in control of gaza has launched over sixty shells at israel since last week while israel carried out several retaliatory attacks. the legendary american actress elizabeth taylor has passed away at the age of seventy nine starting out as a child star of beauty and talent quickly made her one of the great actresses of hollywood's golden age a personal life also added to her stardom with eight to seven husbands the glamorous lifestyle later she devoted much of it time to charity driving for greater awareness of aids and establishing a number of foundations. for the three people including a russian crew of four have been kille

r.t. . that's not international stories making headlines this hour protests. then a gathering of some of the. well there are some steps to laze accused of repression mismanagement they can shoot himself but sisters are going to do stuff frozen. for the something that he thinks. it's an injured plant which has been seized by a militant force in the process of intell by civilians and a cigarette is thought of spot across. fifteen people have died at least twenty are missing after a hidden rain caused widespread flooding and subtitled thousands of tourists are stranded two airports have been suspended operations and definitely into road closures the floods have caused landslides will show what roads and damage which is all heavy rain is expected of the next things. let's check out the system is now with the country. thanks gary and welcome to the business news for this hour there's some new catchphrases in california's silicon valley and they're russia some of the biggest russian companies have opened an office in the heart of the high tech mecca rosenau the russ

of the united states has a long and mixed history of supporting rebels in internal conflicts and as r.t. teleports helping out and the government forces can sometimes backfire. the international community to permit intervention in libya to protect civilians from colonel qaddafi who washington wants to go further than that and is considering arming the rebels while officially denying that toppling khadafi is the word captive of its involvement in libya but broadening our military mission to include regime change would be a mistake president obama has reportedly signed is secret order authorizing covert american support for rebel forces seeking to oust the lead in leader critics of the u.s. taking sides in a civil war war of the consequences we help accelerate the chaos. and in creating more chaos we're to we think somehow we're going to be able to correct the outcome it's the same hubris that has visited the united states in iraq the same hubris that keeps us penya in afghanistan causes us to believe that somehow we are going to wreck events any outcome in libya we cannot do that nor do

r.t. one common professor in international relations joining us there in turkey where russia's foreign ministry says it regrets the international intervention in libya it's called on all sides to do all they can to stop the suffering of peaceful citizens and to put in place an immediate cease fire let's get some more reaction now from we cannot get off is chairman of the foreign affairs committee of the russian federation council thanks very much indeed for joining us well. thinks the u.n. resolution backing the no fly zone was agreed hastily and is full of loopholes what's your view on this. well actually the resolution number one thousand nine hundred seventy three its main goal was to defend the civilian population but not to punish the adelphi regime or overthrow it and so in that respect with think that one thousand nine hundred seventy three resolution is mostly a humanitarian resolution to listen to speak from humanitarian resolution than a full military resolution my personal concern is that any military operation which is conducted by the west in the arab world can lead to a very predi

r.t. equipment that's not our international headlines now pakistan's minister of minorities has been killed and i can assign the country's capitol police a government reportedly from the taliban sprayed in the car with bullets in a residential neighborhood shahbaz bhatti who was a christian and threatened by militants in the past for speaking out against the country's passports only bills in the year governor with guns. down by one of his own bodyguards for his opposition to the rules. in new zealand dust storms whipped up by strong winds the humping recovery efforts in the quake ravaged city of christchurch crews retrieving bodies from schools of collapse buildings have been slowed by repeated aftershocks five more bodies pulled from the rubble bringing the death toll to one hundred and sixty police say some of the victims that may never be recovered. colombia has been removed from the list of countries requiring special observation by the un's a drug control was stocked the international court is control board says the move was a recognition of the country's achievements in fighting the p

r.t. . a looks like the international community is gearing up for something big in libya after passing sanctions freezing at thirty billion dollars worth of libyan assets rumors of plans for a no fly zone or elsewhere like the last has deployed naval and air force units around libya some officials have even said that no options have been ruled out at this point so are we about to see a war or some kind of military intervention or is it all just tough talk and a lot of pressure here to discuss with me is lawrence wilkerson retired u.s. army colonel and former chief of staff to colin powell lawrence thanks so much for being here so it's right now what do you think is going on right now we've sent air force. naval units you know it's a common circle libya and clinton is saying that it's just for humanitarian purposes but at the same time we're hearing that all options could be on the table might we see some kind of military intervention we could i think it's costing right now i don't mean that the pejorative sense it's posturing to try and convince the market often to get out to step down i don't o

r.t. moscow let's check out what international headlines this hour and. then add how is the accounting of capital sanaa to the alley after the third leg stepped down so lay is accused of oppression mismanagement and the fatal shooting of protesters adding to the. gresson explosion after our mission fall to the south and says he jumped off the hundred fifty people dead and more than eighty injured a problem which had been seized medicine group was in the process of being looted civilians on a cigarette as to how to spot at last. a suicide bomber has killed at least some people i'm going to twelve in northwestern pakistan the attack was there a police checkpoint the suai district where crowds gathered to greet a prominent islamize politician police say the bomber was riding a motorcycle or no group has yet claimed responsibility for the explosion. if seen people have died and at least twenty are missing off to heavy rain cause widespread flooding in southern thailand thousands of tourists stranded with two airports having a suspended operations and definite

r.t. . it is the war of the words and according to secretary of state hillary clinton the u.s. is losing losing to whom you may ask well according to her really losing to international media like al-jazeera and yes even r.t. it's a far cry from the good old days the good old days according to many during the cold war when the u.s. won the war because they simply had the best propaganda that it is you can take a look inside the message machine war declared the us is now officially in an information battle with foreign media which provide alternative views on world news views which often running contrast to the coverage of events by the us mainstream media we are in an information war and we are losing that war i'll be very blunt in my assessment al jazeera is winning. the chinese have opened up a global english language and multi language television network the russians have opened up an english language network i've seen it in a few countries and it's quite instructive we are cutting back the b.b.c. is cutting back some five years ago western media outlets including c.b.c. and c.n.n. had a near monopoly in the coverage of world news things have changed since then mo

r.t. time without an ego to hold off from the institute of world economy and international relations says that the consequences of the nuclear crisis in japan could affect the world on a global scale. russia has done a great job fighting the disaster in chernobyl and then fighting the consequences first of all the fallout that happened across some across regions and russia can offer a lot of expertise in fighting those consequences and also you know russians understand very well the magnitude of the disaster and you know often as in the situation for all the trashing prime minister vladimir putin immediately offered all available this instance to japan colleagues and even the shipment of guess the amount of radiation being released now and the amount of duration that will be released in the coming future is so great that actually the whole global the fact that as you know of the disaster chernobyl were only one poll unit was affected you know this really should call the whole globe so the magnitude all the woman disaster cannot be predicted now but definitely it's going to be one of the w

r.t. the new bushel is in brussels for us the international atomic energy agency the un's nuclear watchdog says it's in full response mode after the accident and the thousands of people who have been evacuated from the surrounding areas in japan is that it's urgently seeking information from the japanese authorities about the reasons for the blast and says it's in constant contact with nuclear storage is there and is ready to provide assistance when asked the e.u. countries have also offered humanitarian aid japan while it concludes its investigation is holding forth for the moment on international assistance we've seen the european commission call for an expert panel to provide reasons for this blast and the consequence is the possible fallout of course european countries e.u. countries have some of the world's largest nuclear facilities france for example a leading nuclear power and there are concerns that this should not have been allowed to happen the way they shoot a report that twenty percent of the world's nuclear plants are in areas of significant seismic activity and in two thousa

r.t. new york. there was an international music brief and first of all tanks and troops have moved into the yemeni capital after three top army commanders join to government protesters it comes a day after president ali abdullah saleh a five years' time but the political revolts been met with a fierce crackdown over recent weeks with around fifty people killed by government forces in one day alone the opposition's been demanding the president step down for two months now. the overwhelming majority of egyptians have voted in favor of constitutional change after president hosni mubarak was overthrown last month for films include limiting presidential terms and outlining a criteria for government candidates next the country will hold parliamentary elections in june and presidential ones in september. fifty two miners a few dead after a series of gas explosions in a mine in pakistan rescue work is continuing tonight but officials there say there's little chance of finding any survivors because of a fire and a lack of oxygen two weeks ago the same facility was declared dangerous and space is risky and. haiti's

r.t. with twenty four hours a day international pressure is growing against colonel gadhafi and nato is boosting its surveillance flights over libya to twenty four hours a day as president obama says the u.s. is considering possible military intervention in france is said to be drafting a u.n. resolution aimed at imposing a no fly zone and they're also suggestions america's are saudi arabia weapons to opposition fighters carnality is correspondent in washington d.c. and nor am it in london have the latest. well the no fly zone is very much what it says on the tin it's in which planes are allowed to fly essentially and what it would mean is that it would give allied planes the right to shoot down anything but of course inside libya and the idea behind that is to prevent colonel gadhafi from turning his air force on his own people from attacking civilians so that's basically what it would do now we do know. and france is said to be drafting a u.n. resolution for a no fly zone william hague the foreign secretary here says that he's working closely with his partners on what he's calling a contingenc

r.t. my scamp. well to some other international stories making headlines protests are continuing across again it wasn't scary in the capital sunday so the man president ali abdullah saleh stepped down some days accused of oppression and it's not an issue and the fatal shootings of protesters adding to the on restaurants at an army mission in front in the southern city of hundred fifty people dead more than eighteen shit the plant which had been seized by the militant group is in the process of being will be to civilians but a cigarette is thought to have lost. hundreds of tourists have been stranded on the resort or and in southern thailand after five days of rain caused widespread flooding two airports have suspended operations and definitely connections the floods have caused once lawrence blocking roads and damaging bridges more heavy rain is expected over the next few days. in the ivory coast forces loyal to the internationally recognized president on sun would say they've taken control of several major cities incumbent president won't refuses to cede office despite right consensus that in the last

r.t. new york. today all over the world people are celebrating international women's day but here in the u.s. they may not be all that much to celebrate r.t. correspondent caleb ford has more on how this superpower is leaving its women behind this kind of just you know. the rhetoric is familiar specially word of we're going to always make a difference in every election but this year your voice your people will be the deciding factor in forging a new future for ever but the reality stands in stark contrast for all the talk of female empowerment women in america are losing ground two thousand and nine was a record year for women in congress but it only seventeen percent the u.s. still trails countries like a rapper twenty five percent of the parliament must be female the u.s. is one of five countries with no guaranteed maternity leave benefits women can legally be fired for becoming pregnant the standard is two weeks of paid leave after giving birth compared to three months to a year in other countries. any birds three children were born in guatemala where women are guaranteed three months paid

r.t. about the arab world's turbulence and the international role in stabilizing it stay with us. the heels of the regime change in tunisia came popular protest movements throughout the region but more on the ascent other events making headlines joining me as deputy director sell the russia and eurasia center of the carnegie endowment matthew and john skate hello and thank you very much for joining us tonight john scheme so how do you view these polish greats when you least well i think it remains to be seen how much power actually shifts what we know is that some of the longstanding got the word terry and regimes in the middle east are probably going to change in some way but whether they are replaced by the very same military that has been supporting them along whether another strongman comes into power to replace. couldn't egypt for example or gadhafi in libya we can't really say at this point it looks like a civil war in libya that's very difficult to predict what will happen so i think a power shift maybe is not necessarily in the works and definitely great changes and it's v

r.t. new york. check out some other international news making headlines this hour. syrian activists are calling for a nationwide arrest with tens of thousands marching across the country troops are being deployed in the city of latakia to restore calm after twelve people were killed during demonstrations saturday the government blamed for the bloodshed the president is expected to address the nation. and emergency law in place almost fifty years. to palestinian militants have been killed and another was injured by an israeli airstrike in gaza it happened the day after it would agree to a cease fire with israel if attacks on gaza were stopped last week was marked by increasing violence with at least ten people including civilians and children's children killed by israeli attacks. and an ivory coast widely considered to have won the country's disputed presidential elections has rejected the mediator chosen by the african union to steer the country away from civil war. said the candidate had a personal links to incumbent leader. the statement comes after thousands of s

continue talks with israel until new settlement construction which breaches international law is halted. by you're watching r.t. live from moscow will keep you updated with the latest news coming out of japan under you can also find the latest online at home of the next headline update coming up here in just a few moments. with . more news today violence is once again flared up. these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of kandahar. giant corporations are on today. wealthy british soil but it's a spot on.

r.t. thanks very much molly senior fellow for center for science and international affairs thank you. well events of the fukushima power plant as the people beyond japan's border wondering whether they're in harm's way in russia's far east just across the water from japan they're worried about the threat of exposure but as our teams are trying to patrol over who's in reports fear is sometimes more dangerous than reality. we see the nuclear catastrophe in japan but we are closing nuclear plants the away from these kind of sort of. it's hard not to be gripped by panic when the world's high and mighty are sounding the alarm the closer you are typical shima the bigger your chances of peaking out the panic virus which is spreading more so you are not a physicist or a doctor people in russia story is divided from japan by a strip of water four hundred miles across where the quickest to react. my friend called me and said if she is leaving the city i haven't been gripped by such panic but i'm already taking the marine just in case but radiation levels remain completely normal and doctors are

r.t. with the twenty four hours a day international pressure is growing against colonel gadhafi president obama says the u.s. and nato is considering military action against libya if the violence there continues and the u.k. and france are said to be drafting a u.n. resolution aimed at imposing a no fly zone but also suggestions america has asked saudi arabia to weapons to opposition fighters well let's get the latest from ghana just you can our chief correspondent in washington d.c. now. what does the u.s. stand to gain or indeed lose in libya why is the administration pushing so hard for change when elsewhere it is quite happy to let events run their course. bogo first of all as you just mentioned president obama said military involvement in libya is possible he did not rule it out but it did not specify whether he was talking about direct or indirect involvement the u.s. has reportedly asked saudi arabia if it can supply weapons to the rebels in being gal's eat the saudis of have been told that the owners of. tank rockets and mortars those of you as a priority to hold off attacks by kh

for international relations experts john mclaughlin told r.t. the nato members are designed to get a foothold in a crumbling a country. i certainly think military intervention is on the cards we know it's on the cards because government leaders have said they're not ruling it out libya is an important state and the west does want to try to establish some sort of control over the situation it's because it wants to recuperate the situation it wants to muscle in and appropriate to itself developments which it did which it did not and this eate it's a way is a repeat of the west muscling in on the situation and trying to present itself in a virtuous light by bringing war crimes or other prosecutions against the libyan leadership whereas of course as we all know the west including my own country britain has got its hands very dirty with the leadership over recent years now the reports are that libya mobilizing its air force against its own people spread quickly around the world russia's military says they've been watching from space in the pictures t

r.t. but now we time to libya and the international community debate on what measures to take we sat down with the hate them out a spokes person of the arab commission for human rights has been keeping track of events in the country. we're talking today to dr mona a spokesman of the arab commission for human rights in paris. to monitor the arab commission for human rights also the prosecutor general for the international tribunal to begin an investigation into events in libya and their decision to begin the investigation was made how will it be carried out. oh. first of all the investigation will be made under the authority of the un security council in accordance with clause thirteen of the rome statute this clause in tiles the prosecutor general to perform an investigation without any preconditions or limitations and enables him to move freely and used to the benefit of the investigation anything that may be needed and anything at the suspected criminals hiding from the investigation that's what we've achieved by now two of five groups of our representatives have arrived in benghazi and

r.t. with the twenty four hours a day international pressure is growing against colonel gadhafi president obama says the u.s. and nato is considering military action against libya if violence there continues and the u.k. and france are said to be drafting a u.n. resolution aimed at and posing a no fly zone but also suggestions america has asked saudi arabia weapons to position fighters let's get the latest now from ghana she's artie's correspondent in washington d.c. it seems like pressure on gadhafi is mounting certainly on your side of the ocean. well bill president obama said military involvement in libya is possible he did not specify whether it was talking about direct or indirect involvement the u.s. is reportedly asked saudi arabia if it can supply weapons to rebels in benghazi the saudis have been told that the ponens of khadafi need anti-tank rockets and mortars is the first priority to hold off attacks bipedality his armor and the ground to air missiles to shoot down his fighter bombers the situation in libya is critical as it is with hundreds of people dead and with gadhafi say

insight and giving us a bit more detail christopher sirens from international christian university in tokyo thank you thank you all do stay with r.t. throughout the day as we keep you abreast of all the latest developments in japan. well let's now go to a libya the arab league has backed at the idea of a no fly zone over the country after an emergency summit of member states agreeing to ask the u.n. security council to impose the restriction suggested by the u.k. and france because r.t. spotlessly are reports the actual situation there in libya is far from the way it's being presented. there's a lot more haggling on the international stage of the merits of intervention and a no fly zone then the bargaining taking place in downtown tripoli market shops here close only nowadays people are afraid and many of the africans who used to work here have fled the country but the argument that libya is on the brink of civil war so foreign intervention is needed still seems to ring a little hollow have been several hundred people killed but that's not a huge level of violence it certainly isn't a global level of violence that would normally m

r.t. new york times have a look at some other international news making headlines this hour at just twenty four minutes past the hour here in the russian capital syrian activists are calling for nationwide on rest with tens of thousands marching across the country troops are being deployed in the city of a talking to restore calm after twelve people were killed during demonstrations on saturday the government blames for the bloodshed the president is expected to address the nation soon and lift an emergency nor in place for almost fifty years. two palestinian militants have been killed and another was injured by an israeli airstrike in gaza it happened the day after hamas said it would agree a ceasefire with israel if attacks on gaza was stopped last week was increased violence with at least ten people including civilians and children killed by israeli attacks. chancellor angela merkel's ruling party looks set for a humiliating defeat in a key regional election exit polls indicate christian democrats are about to lose in budden for six decades of conservatives being in power that it follow

r.t. explores humanity's technology right. now today marks the international day against police brutality an event but of course is hardly on the radar screens of politicians or the mainstream press and we often hear about police injustice in all those other countries but very little attention is focused on this growing problem right here in the united states and there are of course names that stand out in history there's rodney king oh and more recently the case of oscar grant but there are countless nameless americans who have suffered injustice at the hands of the police so this is a blatant abuse of power or does it all fall under the montreal of protect and serve the resident dot net show host laurie harshness took that question to the streets of the big apple. march fifteenth is the international day against police brutality is it ever ok for the police g.'s course this week let's talk about that have you ever had personal experiences with them. and you feel like that they were just using force out of line yes i mean your view on the floor where we were

international body it basically answers to the government's. hold its purse strings and so it's very politically controlled organisation. it with r.t. live from the heart of the russian capital let's take a brief look now at some other international news making headlines this hour. so passes with police are continuing across syria activists are calling for nationwide unrest with tens of thousands marching across the country against the president least twelve people were killed. during demonstrations on saturday security forces and civilians all among them the government meantime blamed. for the bloodshed. palestinian militants have been killed and another injured by an israeli air strike in gaza it happened a day after hamas said it would agree to a cease fire with israel if attacks on gaza was stopped last week was marked by increased violence with at least ten people including civilians and children killed by israeli attacks. and in the ivory coast the man a widely considered to have won the country's disputed presidential elections has rejected the mediator chosen by the african union to steer the country away from civil war. that

r.t. new york. so i had an r t it's international women's day but not everyone is celebrating for american women rights can be well downright unfair that's when compared to other countries that story up next. what drives the world the fear mongering used by politicians who makes decisions to didn't create through a through ticket maid who can you trust no one who is your view with a global missionary see where we had a state controlled capitalism it's called sasha's when nobody dares to ask we do our t. question more. time arriving here broadcasting live from washington d. . see coming up today on the big picture. now all over the world today people are celebrating international women's day but when it comes to here in the united states of themes that there may not be all that much to celebrate our correspondent kalen forward has more on how this superpower may be leaving its own women behind bars kind of just know that the rhetoric is familiar especially women who are there always with a difference in every election this year your voice your poll will be the deciding factor in forging a new future for

r.t. dot com let's have a quick look at some other international news making headlines this hour a syrian human rights activist says over two hundred political prisoners have been released in the country this is pressure increases on president bashar al assad in the southern city of toughness thousands of protesters are out in the streets and the ruling party headquarters has been nearby there are hundreds have been demanding the president step down on friday at least twenty three protests were killed in the city during a violent crackdown on. yemen now in the country's foreign minister says he hopes for a deal on the transfer of power on saturday it comes after president saleh announced he's ready to policies roll into trust where he hands the leader off or to step down by the year's end after next month's country's two months of anti-government protests but fifty two demonstrators short. and to jordan now where two people have been beaten to death after pro-government loyalists attacked a vigil in the capital one hundred protesters almost all of them students and passions king's horses

r.t. dot com here is some of what we're all lining up for you today saying it was flowers for international women's day as russian men pay tribute to the ladies in their life. or for a more about past time watch r.g. correspondents find out in a snow we showed out of the faceoff. appraiser today here in our new time now for the business update with corinne in just a few moments. her welcome to business here on r.t. well she is planning to set up a ten billion dollar investment fund to help bring in the high profile foreign cash so companies and projects around the country reports say the international financial giant goldman sachs has been informally asked to help process the bank to guide the last two years foreign investment of the russell reached almost one hundred ten billion dollars with a key focus on manufacturing and natural resources. so good prices are keeping the world's central bankers worried as they try to get down inflation low cross stocks and poor weather conditions are the key factors which are setting costs up as hoped the market will stabilize at the end of the year we h

r.t. been ghazi libya. the russian state duma foreign affairs committee says the international community should seek reliable information about libya before choosing its course of action. the problem is leaving is that this society is a closed one and we have very few reliable sources of information on what is going on there in the reality of the problem is that yes there are very contradictory and . what is going on there who isn't in charge aware of anything and what is going to happen next so for me the most important think right now for everybody for it for russia for the union for a needle for the united states to get access to all the reliable information in order to take proper decisions which is not the case yet for many countries this is a chance to influence of the internal political development in libya and these countries use these uncertain situation in order to support certain political forces in libya because for me an acceptable definitely the russian action should definitely be on their decision by the security council and nothing else this is number one number two is there any military oper

r.t. new york. now today all over the world people are celebrating international women's day but for many women here in america it seems to be one step forward two steps back while women may have reached a new political heights of working women are still kept back and kept down by a lack of a portable childcare and paid maternity leave and that's just the tip of the iceberg now if you correspondent killing ford has more on how this superpower is leaving its women behind bars kind of just know. the rhetoric is familiar specially word of a group of the always with a difference in every election but this year your voice your pool will be the southern state and forging a new future for but the reality stands in stark contrast for all the talk of female empowerment women in america are losing ground two thousand and nine was a record year for women in congress but it only seventeen percent leave us still trails countries like a rapper twenty five percent of the parliament must be female the u.s. is one of five countries with no guaranteed maternity leave benefits women can legally be fired for becoming p

the question on everyone's mind here is what next will the international community constitution regard as a legitimate target in tripoli policy r.t. tripoli. what a stir on top of all the action in libya check out our twitter page artie's paula you've just seen there reporting from the country this talk to locals in the region she says they feel the crisis could continue for months you'll also find a link to paula's blog an instant updates on the situation in libya be on top of the story find this is under school call me on twitter. moscow is standing firm of the crisis in libya saying the no fly zone over the country should be used only to protect civilians and bring peace president medvedev stance has been backed by russia's defense minister who's met with the pentagon chief catarina zone over as more from moscow. the u.s. a good secretary of defense robert gates met with his russian counterpart in moscow today of the day is of course the second day of his visit to russia he spent yesterday and soon piers berg and during the discussion the two men talked about all things relevant to the relationship between moscow and washingto

the question on everyone's mind here is what next will the international community constitution regard as a legitimate target in tripoli policy r.t. tripoli. and indeed to stay on top of all the action in libya check out our twitter feed our teams paula slayer you've just seen reporting from the country will be staying on in war hit libya despite the difficulties of working from there she's telling us many foreign journalists shortly to leave the country are going to be a school to the chilis even bordered by a convoy to find out more from her as she had dates all the news coming out r.t. underscore calm on twitter. moscow standing firm in time over the crisis in libya say with no fly zone over the country should be used only to protect civilians and bring peace president good vet it was discussed the issue with the pentagon chief in the russian capital artie's peed all over as more about that from moscow. u.s. defense secretary robert gates has been in moscow meeting with president dmitri medvedev now this was a meeting that had been scheduled for some time there's already plenty on the agenda to discuss but the own going situat

the question on everyone's mind here is what next will the international community constitution regard as a legitimate target in tripoli policy r.t. tripoli. now to stay on top of all the action in libya check out our twitter feed. reporting there from the country will be staying all the in libya despite the difficulties of reporting from you can find a. school with. moscow standing firm of the crisis in libya saying the no fly zone over the country should be used only to protect civilians and bring peace president very much discussed the issue with the pentagon chief in the russian capital let's get more from artie's people. seems those made by the libyan campaign is the order of the day everywhere including here in moscow. well that's right u.s. defense secretary robert gates has been in moscow meeting with president dmitri may get it now this was a meeting that had been scheduled for some time there's already plenty on the agenda to discuss but the own going situation in libya taking center stage in that meeting between the u.s. defense secretary and the russian president dmitri medvedev used the meeting to reiterate rush's po