particular in two thousand and six we completed our internal research we offered it to the russian security council and got its support and then we set up a network of monitoring stations on cycling among other things we monitored some earthquake precursors including ionosphere disturbances in two thousand and seven several hours before a quake and neville's unfortunately it was only one of the precursors in order to reach better probability say seventy percent we must examine several different precursors cloud patterns and many other things including the behavior of domestic animals such programmes are being worked out all over the world including those we're developing in particular we continued our work followed instruction by the russian security council in two thousand and six since then we've been working following our own initiative which is also partially financed by the russian space agency as a result we've established a network of stations in the russian far east to monitor the eye on a sphere in particular of quakes in particular this devastating earthquake in japan which we're now witn

those we're developing in particular we continue our work followed in instruction by the russian security council in two thousand and six since then we've been working following our own initiative which is also partially financed by the russian space agency as a result we've established a network of stations in the russian far east to monitor the eye on a sphere and predict earthquakes in particular this devastating earthquake in japan which are now witnessing was peaking already as the foreshocks had begun on the eighth of march one of magnitudes of seven point two so we see the shocks following one another all of them with magnitudes greater than five the latest one being nearly nine this is indeed a disaster however we can say that seven hours prior to the quake in tokyo we could see the precursor a change in the disturbance concentration the ionosphere over japan but we could not tell exactly when it was going to happen either in seven hours as a did or in an hour or in three days. how are you planning to. activity satellite forecasts how long before it works. at this point we're using a gran

ongoing in libya can exacerbate the problem of russian ambassador to the united nations vitaly churkin it did make some comments following the security council vote let's take a listen to what he said. the images of innocence a whole range of questions raised by the russian federation and to the security council members. questions which were both concrete and it isn't questions regarding how the no fly zone would be enforced would the reason been gauging would be limited to the use of force provisions were introduced into the text potentially you could do to lower scale military intervention responsibility for the inevitable humanitarian consequences and the excessive use of outside force in libya fair and square on the shoulders of those who might undertake such actions if this happens the number or even civilian population of libya could do something called imploding peace and security throughout the whole region of northern africa and the middle east can suffer there's a need to avoid such destabilizing developments. and it's also been reported by the many of us media outlets that the u.s. pentagon has also been preparing britain has one

. >> the russians absfained during the security council vote along with china meaning the resolution was passed. but it has allowed russia to question whether the international military action is claiming civilian lives. >> let's get more on the situation in libya. joining me is a former u.s. assistant secretary of defense who is now a senior at the american center for progress. thank you very much for joining us. >> nice to be with you. >> looking at america's role that it is playing at the moment in the conflict in libya, do you think that they were right to intervene as they have done to date given the fact that there is no clear end game and no clear delivery strategy for example? >> well i think there should have been an end game and delivery strategy before they did but given the fact that the u.k. and france were urging us to do that, the fact that the arab league joined in legitimate myselfing the operation and the u.n. mandate said you can use all necessary means to protect civilians gave us a good start. i hope we go on to do the other things about where does it end. >> loo

security council. russian authorities have arrested two suspects in connection with the january bombing at moscow's airport in which thirty seven died seventeen killed in the special operation by three different russian federal agencies in the southern republican leadership. plant in northern japan are trying to dispose of radioactive water after officials warned the surrounding sea water and soil are contaminated elsewhere. becoming overwhelmed by the massive number of tsunami and earthquake victims in need of a burial with the death toll estimated at ten thousand so far and more stillness. next explores the largest underground church in russia and secret world war two catacombs our special report next. it's always darkest people who come in all things to. make him incarnate god it doesn't work and. rage him a long time ago now they played. and even perform religious rites. we know is that there is nothing accidental in god's deeds these manmade cade's which are a significant part of russian history atop to a

just government it was up to in essence a whole range of questions raised by the russian federation and other security council members remain questions which were both concrete and legitimate questions regarding how the no fly zone would be enforced would the rules of engagement would be limited to the use of force provisions were introduced into the text potentially opening the door to large scale military intervention responsibility for the inevitable humanitarian consequences of the excessive use of outside force in libya will fall fair and square on the shoulders of those who might undertake such actions if this happens then not only the civilian population of libya but also the cause of holding peace and security throughout the whole region of north africa and the middle east can suffer there's a need to avoid such destabilizing developments so. we haven't yet seen any difference on terms of the reality on the ground since the announcement of the no fly zone late last night and since there's a recent announcement by the foreign minister of a cease fire fighting does continue in this router which is the t

just covered in the desert in essence a whole range of questions raised by the russian federation and the security council. questions which were both concrete and rigid. questions regarding how the no fly zone your business leaders gauge what would be and limits to the use of force and visions were introduced into the text potentially opening the door to a large scale military intervention responsibility for the inevitable humanitarian consequences and excessive use of this sort of force unless you just knew full fair and square on the shoulders of those who might undertake such actions if this is only the civilian population but also the cause of upholding peace and security throughout the whole region middle east there's a need to avoid such destabilizing as i look at this that she really does of course . now we are hearing reports that there was a proposal on the table between germany and the united states in which germany will say and reinforcements to afghanistan so that u.s. troops are able to be freed up from there and those troops could ultimately be staying here in libya so that does raise the co

security council. russian authorities have arrested two suspects in connection with the general terrorist bombing at moscow's airport in which thirty seven died seventeen militants were also killed in a special operation by three different russian federal agencies in the southern republican. at the fukushima nuclear plant in northern japan are frantically trying to dispose of radioactive water after officials of the surrounding sea water and soil are contaminated elsewhere japanese authorities are becoming overwhelmed by the massive number of tsunami and earthquake victims in need of burial with a death toll estimated at ten thousand so far and more. debate show cross talk with peter lavelle today he and his guests debate the difference between a humanitarian aid and western geo political interests in libya that's coming up in just a bit. we'll . bring you the latest in science and technology from around russia. we've got the future covered. and you can. follow and welcome to cross talk i'm peter lavelle libya

cross with your stomach is in essence a whole range of questions raised by the russian federation and other security council members remain unanswered questions which were both concrete and legitimate questions regarding how the no fly zone would be enforced and the rules of engagement would be and limits to the use of force provisions were introduced into the text potentially opening the doors and large scale military intervention responsibility for the inevitable humanitarian consequences and the excessive use of outside force in libya it's willful fair and square on the shoulders of those who might undertake such actions if this happens then not only the civilian population of libya but also the cause of upholding peace and security throughout the whole region of africa and the middle east will suffer as a need to avoid such destabilizing develop and such people very concerned if the no fly zone is not enough what exactly will be the stakes and what exactly will be demands that the international community will go to to protect civilians concerns that this will these two foreign intervention to put soldie

resolution problem because in essence a whole range of questions raised by the russian federation and other security council members remain questions which were both concrete and legitimate questions regarding how the no fly zone would be enforced while the rules of engagement would be limited to the use of force provisions were introduced into the text potentially opening the door to large scale military intervention responsibility for the inevitable humanitarian consequences of the excessive use of outside force in libya will fall fair and square on the show who might undertake such actions if this happens then the civilian population of libya. holding peace and security throughout the whole region of africa middle east will suffer there's a need to avoid such destabilizing. so that does raise concerns back to the question of where exactly all this no fly zone in many unanswered questions many fears a lot of concern and certainly a feeling of uncertainty here in libya. joined by john graham he's a former u.s. diplomat in libya discomforts very much indeed for joining us here or to you know a deputy has an

security council. russian authorities have arrested two suspects in connection with the january terrorist bombing in moscow's dome objective airport in which thirty seven died seventeen militants were also killed in a special anti terror operation by three different russian federal agencies in the southern republic of english audio. workers at the fukushima nuclear plant in northern japan are frantically trying to dispose of radioactive water after officials warned of the surrounding sea water and soil that is contaminated elsewhere japanese authorities are becoming overwhelmed by the massive number of tsunami and earthquake victims in need of burial with the death toll estimated at ten thousand so far and more stillness. next our financial analyst max kaiser explains just how much the u.s. military operation in libya will cost america and how the country can survive this . we'll. bring you the latest in science and technology from around russia. we've got the future covered. max kaiser welcome to the kaiser r

resolutions the images are in essence a whole range of questions raised by the russian federation and other security council members remain unanswered questions which were both concrete and a legitimate questions regarding how the no fly zone will be phrased and the rules of engagement will be and limits to the use of force provisions were introduced into the text potentially opening the door to a large scale military intervention responsibility for the inevitable humanitarian consequences of using excessive force and just willful fair and square on the shoulders of those who might undertake such actions if this happens only the civilian population. because of upholding peace and security throughout the whole region middle east there's a need to avoid such destabilizing. so that does ways that its concerns back to the question of where exactly will this no fly zone end many unanswered questions for many fears a lot of concern and certainly a feeling of uncertainty here in libya. for more views on this we can talk to john reid says he's an activist joining us live in london thanks very much for being with us

council vote let's take a listen to what he said. and it is a. whole range of questions raised by the russian federation and to the security council members should questions which will be concrete and it isn't questions regarding how the no fly zone will be enforced we do need to be engagement would be limited to the use of force provisions were introduced into the text potentially. military intervention responsibility for the inevitable humanitarian consequences and the excessive use of outside force in libya fair and square on the shoulders of those who might undertake such actions and if this happens then nobody the civilian population of libya. peace and security throughout the whole region of africa middle east concern for visit me to avoid such destabilizing developments. it's also been reported by many. u.s. media outlets that the u.s. pentagon has also been preparing britain has one of the countries that code drafted this resolution and has been making statements that it is prepared already to go into the areas eric airspace of libya and maybe take other means so we can anticipate that those western countries will be among the ones to ac

resolution the images are in essence a whole range of questions raised by the russian federation and other security council has remained unanswered questions which were both concrete and if you support questions regarding how we're going to fly to be forged and the rules of engagement will be and limits to the use of force provisions were introduced into the text potentially opening the door to large scale military intervention responsibility for the inevitable humanitarian consequences and the excessive use of outside force unless you're fair and square on the shoulder you might undertake such actions if this happens only the civilian population. holding peace and security throughout the whole region because. there's a need to avoid such destabilizing. effect as ways that its concerns back to the question of where exactly all this no fly zone aims many unanswered questions many fears a lot of concern and certainly a feeling of uncertainty here in libya in tripoli libya that was artie's policy or . president obama spoke about this matter in libya this afternoon and said in no uncertain terms that if the gu

i mean, the russians yesterday appeared to nix this at the security council. >> the russians and thenese and the arab league did so today. there's an awful lot of dead weight against the notion of a no-fly zone. and until you break through that it seems like talking about the tactics and techniques and procedures of carrying it out is putting the cart before the horse. >> warner: unless it's meant as a signal to qaddafi. >> well, that's true. but perceptions management is big in this realm. >> warner: now, the secretary is continuing to say that extensive planning is going on. so what's the nature of the planning? 40 who's involved? >> well, what the... what secretary gates has to do is be able to present to the president all possible options even if he thinks it might not be a good idea. his job is to carry out the president's orders. plainly if the united states and its allies want to carry out a no-fly zone, there are bases in western egypt they could use where bright star is conducted every two years, a big military exercise. there's an abandoned u.s. air force base in libya whic

twenty nine percent feel negative towards their organization with this in mind russian state from voting on the un security council resolution what will happen in libya remains open question. ok brian i'd like to ask you the first question here goes down to nation building country building hasn't the west had enough of that after iraq and after afghanistan because this looks like the again the law of unintended consequences ok if the u.s. and it looks like the u.s. and its allies have chosen to support the rebels ok ok that's what it looks like ok who exactly these people are is not very clear to me or it seems to anybody else ok but so the u.s. and its allies are making a commitment to somehow rebuild the nation of libya haven't we learn from our past experiences go right ahead. so we have to play the hand we're dealt and the hand it will develop is this we're seeing a complete meltdown of authoritarian rule in north africa and in the middle east what does the united states or allies do sit back and let it occur when people are rising up and asking for help and atrocities are being made against their of people by

russians. did members of the security council try to weaken the language of the resolution and will that get more votes in return? >> well, it looks like-- i mean, it looks like the negotiations are pretty much over and they will have a vote any second now. the russians have throughout the negotiations on libya, tried to restrain the west, to carve out any language which would give military authority to the americans, the europeans, or any members of the arab league that participate in this operation. they were successful in an earlier round of negotiations on a previous resolution imposing sanctions. they haven't been successful, and as a result of this, it looks like the council, which voted 15-0 the last time, will be divided. it doesn't sound like there's going to be a veto at this point. you never know. but it looks like they might be up to 5 abstentions. >> suarez: what's the difference between an abstention is a no vote? >> there's no difference in terms of the legal authority it gives to those who are conducting the operation. but, you know, you've got to consider that the states that are

he is a member of the russian academy of sciences and served as the chair of the russian national security council in agency commission for ecology under president boris yeltsin. in 2009 he authored the book for people in the environment. a study that was first published in english by the newark academy of sciences. and this synthesizer the result in research studies on the effects of chernobyl nuclear disaster on the people and invite. and to his right, we have tatyana. my apology. i'm not going to double to pronounce her first name correctly. >> it is difficult. >> tie beyond is going to help with translation today for aleksei yablokov and she and her own right as a leader in making the public of the horrible consequences of nuclear accidents, and in russia able to the public. and she took part of the u.s., russia negotiations on nuclear issues and is a participant, participating doctors against atomic bombs in japan to draw attention to the victims of nuclear production. and she also work with the ngo women of europe our common future on issues of sustainable development radiation and chemical

we have to know you ask russians use this right of veto in the security council in the am to vote on policy and leave us airspace happily veto for my descendants you might also though. we would like russia to use its right to veto as the soviet union did and there is their wish the hopes of it the man or bomb if that happens it will be the first time russia vetoes a security council vote since the end of the cold war. it would be a big step forward the whole world not just libya. hell are you expecting any joint initiatives from the arab states in africa what could those initiatives be. allowed. open to any initiative corresponding to the current situation would only welcome them off topic from him that it would seem to come from the rebels and trying to somewhat be defeated even if it takes time is it possible to address the situation by nonmilitary means using peaceful social norms or by negotiation while. we're attempting to do that there are the so-called people's committees and their tribal leaders we're making an effort to address this situation through them and we hope our eff

rising and you know that you know it's still expected to rise so the russians basically saying that in the united nations security council resolution is i'm not being interpreted or correctly and is basically giving the coalition forces no reason to introduce a strong military presence in that area itself in many of the most recent the runs including the russian prime minister the russian foreign ministry also wishing a statement and the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov who is currently in egypt and a later will be traveling to algeria is also expected to discuss libya with his counterparts right following the russian reaction to the events in libya argues country nazar about. well in libya the international coalition says aerial strikes have successfully halted before says of colonel gadhafi western officials claim to have destroyed a command center used by the libyan army in the capital tripoli more than one hundred air strikes were carried out across the weekend with reports over sixty people were killed r.t. has publicly or has the details from the capital. we are hearing from the pentagon that it is extremely

russians and chinese are not keen. >> i would noted that the u.n. security council resolution provides no authorization for the use of armed force -- i would note that. there is no unanimity with in nato for the use of armed forces. >> tens of thousands of crossing the border from libya into tunisia. america is moving its warships closer to the coast for the humanitarian crisis. not is obama's priority, another war. bbc news. >> as tens of thousands of people fleeing the unrest in libya, the situation near tunisia has reached a crisis point. they are struggling to cope with the flood of people into tunisia and egypt our correspondent -- and egypt. our correspondent ben brown is at a point there on the border. >> out of libya but not yet safely into neighboring tunisia. this border crossing point has been overwhelmed by a tide of humanity. more than 70,000 people so far and counting. the vast majority of them migrant workers in countries like egypt. many are exhausted and sick, and no wonder. they have been traveling for days to get here, fleeing from the terror and

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 operation in libya would hear of there are predictable consequences we do not know how much regard the real state of affairs is really in the early be an armed force again and again we need to consider this situation extremely specifically extremely well before we take any decision is at least as far as they're not based on the real information on the real situation in the country. just when you log on to our website or to go home for more news on the developing situation in japan and the rest of the day's developments as well my name is kevin owen frank you for being with us here watching the international news broadcast from moscow headline update just. as my name is daniel smith this is julian assange we're here to make a short presentation about the we can fix project. the first. in the fourth grade he threw good information out about the real world. to him work on here and on. the. secrecy is the biggest. going

forces to refrain from using indiscriminate force in libya russian foreign ministry stressed it's unacceptable to use the un security council mandate for purposes other than protecting civilians archies peter all over has more. russia has expressed regrets over this international intervention into libya in a statement by the foreign ministry they called on all sides to stop violence as soon as possible while russia has been against international intervention in libya pretty much since he started on rest in the country around a month ago now some circles of studs to voice concern over international intervention led by by britain france and the united states saying that it could be overstepping the the boundaries laid out by the u.n. security council resolution. kelo for the federation council the foreign affairs committee leader has said that in his own opinion he believes that the they all going too far with this action is being taken to resolution the number nine hundred seventy three its main goal was to defend the civilian population but not to punish the gadhafi regime or overthrow it so in that respect with think that

security council resolution states that the foreign forces actions should focus on protecting civilians but russians are u.n. envoy says this message doesn't seem to match the reality on the ground. we can't help would be concerned about the created interpretation of the u.n. security council's resolution some countries interpreted as almost allowing ground operations but the resolution states plainly that no occupation forces should appear on libyan soil it only speaks about a naval blockade enforcing the arms embargo and in forcing the no fly zone to prevent a bombing of civilian law school has many questions about how the un security council's resolution is being carried out first of all there are reports that civilians have been killed in the air strikes and this is out if you consider the message of the resolution which says that the foreign forces actions should protect civilians so it's hard to comprehend how you can protect civilians by killing them . but also use our correspondents on the ground who are keeping updated around the clock from bringing you out what they're saying a firsthand t

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forces in libya which is for me unacceptable definitely the russian action should be differently based on the decision by the security council and the nothing else this is number one and number two is there any military operation in libya would hear of there are predictable consequences we do not know much of the real state of affairs within the early be an armed force here and begin to need to consider this situation extremely specific least clearly well before we take any decision is at least as far as there are not based on the real information on the real situation in the country. with back into. the unfolding up and taking place and. hungry for the full sleep if we've got. the biggest issues get the human voice face to face with the news makers on the party.

political forces in libya which is for me unacceptable definitely the russian action should be definitely be on a decision by the security council and the nothing else this is number one number two is there any military operation in libya would hear of there are unpredictable consequences we do not know much of the real state of affairs of the in the. armed forces begin and begin to need to consider this situation extremely specifically exclude well before any decision is at least as far as they're not based on the real information on the real situation in the country. that these poor things are rebels more libyans hundreds of opposition fighters than even bank are reported at hand and rockets and tank shells are prolifically or have more on the situation in the country. after a week of heavy fighting in the strategically well in fourteen town of as does a rebels there have finally been overthrown by gadhafi is for this is the latest reports we have from the town is that the city center is quiet that most people have deserted their hoods and that gadhafi troops are now moving from house to house carrying out a race at the same t

of the united nations security council has included russia as a militant leader russian militant leader that is modeled on its terrorist list well the chechen warlord with links to al qaida is responsible for many deadly attacks across the country and is russia's most wanted terrorist of has been listed alongside the world's most dangerous men after years of resistance by the un and the international community are to say and check out has the details from washington d.c. . the u.s. state department has previously put the man on their list of most wanted care is the now the u.n. has acknowledged that he's one of the most dangerous terrorists in the wall than those threats to the whole of the international community let me give you a better sense of who this man is go kumar is the leader of the al qaeda linked islamic caucuses emirates as a terrorist group that operates in russia he took credit for the deadly suicide bombing of the domodedovo airport in moscow in january this year at the attack killed thirty seven people and wounded scores more and then also valves to kill more civilians

russians and chinese are not keen it. neither is the u.s. defense secretary. >> the u.n. security council resolution provides no authorization for the use of armed force. there is no unanimity among nato for the use of armed force. >> refugees are crossing the border from libya to tunisia. >> let's turn to the thousands of people fleeing the unrest in libya. the situation at the border has reached quite -- there is struggling to cope with the influx of people. our correspondent is at the point between the two countries. >> we want to leave, they shout. these people are stranded in no- man's land, out of libya, but not yet safely into tunisia. this border crossing point has been overwhelmed by a tide of humanity. more than 70,000 people so far and counting. the boston majority of both migrant workers from countries like egypt -- the majority of my co-workers from countries like egypt. -- migrant workers from countries like egypt. many are exhausted and sick. they had been traveling for days to get here. >> there has to be a massive effort, not just by one country, but an international effo