but our charter is very clear about the role of the security council the charter says that what peace and security is concerned it's the security council or as soon as the security council has taken up the matter it's no longer a matter for the journalist simply and one important difference between the two bodies or is that the security council can take the decisions measures which are compulsory for the members so if there are sanctions like in the case of libya which are decided by the security council all the member states have to respect and to apply to the general assembly on the other hand cannot take such decisions beyond the elections have mentioned or the chart on the other hand the general assembly is the only body where you have all the member states present one hundred ninety two it's nearly universality and the general assembly rules on the principle of one state one vote no we talk for anybody. only only one exception from this rule the soviet union had three votes you remember maybe if you are going to trigger the last. three well. you can pick the european union

security council. that is a cessation of hostilities, the protection of lives, the protection of people. it is to make sure that arms denied it to libya, that assets are freed -- those are the ins and that is what we must now pursue. of course, many leaders the world over, we have all said that gadhafi's to go in order for libya to have a peaceful, successful, and a democratic future. that's still remains the case. we should be very clear in this international audience we are building. those are our aims. >> abuses of human rights and repression of libyans -- of civilians are not unique to libya. should we develop before policy that would be able to counter prevention elsewhere? pahokee thought this whole thing through. we may well be involved in a civil war in libya for some time to come. >> i do sometimes want to me to this argument with the expression that, even if you can do the right thing ever, it does not mean that you should not do the right thing somewhere. what is happening in libya is differ

security council resolution. this point but the international criminal court was covered by an earlier resolution. in terms of consultation with the arab league and countries, there will be a meeting tomorrow, which president sarkozy has called. there are representatives from across the arab world. he mentioned above rain. this is permanently under review and meeting regularly to make sure we're doing everything we can to help people as necessary. in terms of the arab league, what we seek is the active participation from some. i believe we will get that from the calls that i have made. i have gotten some reassurances. to be clear, to begin with, this is a joint operation. carried out by britain, america, and france, with arab and other participation and coordinated in that way. in terms of british nationals, obviously, all of those who want to leave have left. there are still some. we have a relationship with the turkish embassy, who are working with us and for us in tripoli, and we also have an active consular f

security council -- this is bbc news. more on the u.n. security council resolution.his is bbc news. the united nations officials have warned of shocking and illegal human rights violations in bahrain. >> braving the bullets, an anti- government protester in december -- in the suburb of the city. he struck and the lake and rushed away in a car. there is a mood of defiance in the shiite suburbs. they will shift defenses to keep the military out. this young man said the protest movement, the push for change, would not stop. >> we are not afraid anymore. finished. they tried to scare us. it is not working anymore. >> we are now trying to get to the main hospital. troops are not allowing anyone in or out for large parts of the day, even if they need medical help. many people are not terrified to go there. we got close enough to see the troops are still in control of the hospital. it is an opposition stronghold. the doctors are now being allowed in and out. manama, theer of mondawmi troops are in control. small protests were later dispersed by security forces using tear ga

security council resolution. it will make our world a safer place. >> next, an update on the situation in japan. we will hear from prime minister kan and then report from the japanese ambassador to the united states. later, the discussion on the future of consumer communications. but this weekend, a best-selling author argues that flawed economic decisions made by western governments have resulted in the economic scale being tipped in favor of the emerging world. questions of whether it obama wrote his memoirs, "dreams from my father." look for the complete schedule at booktv.org. but this weekend on american history tv on c-span3, the organization of american historians meeting from houston, beginning saturday morning at 8 eastern, with authors offer an insight into why the south seceded from the union. panelists talked about the rise and fall of one of the world leaders in italy, in line. then remembering the tragedy of the triangle shirtwaist fire, the death of 146 people, mostly young women, and the subsequen

security council resolution. it was not that long ago that robert gates was saying that there was lots of loose talk about a no-fly zone. what has changed for the u.s., do you think? >> what changed was the arab league to vote over the weekend. it was clear that there was going to be arab involvement in this move towards airstrikes which has been led by britain and france. america and president obama decided that the conditions were right to adopt a much more muscular approach at the security council this week. this probably would not have happened without america's vigorous support. crucially, of course, we have these five abstentions. 10 votes in favor and five against led by china and russia. interestingly of course, in that group is germany. germany, the biggest country in the european union, has very serious feelings about whether the air strikes are possible or whether they will lead to a potential escalation or a regional conflict. >> any of the ambassador's apart from the germans talk about military actio

security council meets behind closed doors here in new york to discuss what many are calling. campaign against libya details. how did other news imagines it's a major evacuation from japan's fukushima nuclear site mid-field radiation could spread as smoke you see rising from a paralyzed reactor and. this is all to see for moscow good evening from me kevin i know it's now ten pm here on the top story this hour russia's president told colonel gadhafi he only has himself to blame for the current situation in libya to be timid vet have said the u.s. military intervention is a direct consequence of the behavior of libya's leaders and the crimes carried out against their own people but he was critical of the bombing in libya saying the no fly zone should be used only to protect civilians and bring about peace peter all of that has more on russia's reaction. president made yet have said that although russia's initial response to the situation in libya had been to call for a peaceful solution there colonel could duffy's actions in persistently attacking his own people had forced the h

security council. it was extremely tense yesterday with the first bombing raids over-- probes, i should say-- but with some bombing over benghazi by qaddafi's forces. the war definitely felt like it was going to finally come to the city which has been the crucible of the revolution in the past month, and since is t began a month ago. and then it was very tense, as i said yesterday. this morning people were very elated, very euphoric. there was a kind of expectation all day. there are car thorns behind me because now that euphoria has turned to alarm, which i'll explain. there was an expectation all day that the french or the british-- nobody knew exactly who-- would begin airstrikes to stop qaddafi's forces in their seemingly inecorable advance around the city. and instead, as the afternoon drew to a close, we were hearing that the western city of mass ratta, another rebel stronghold, was being pounded by his forces, and that there was actually fighting in and around the neighboring city about 80 miles

security council meets behind closed doors here in new york to discuss what many are calling a bombing campaign against libya led by the u.s. and france. had another news tonight emergency teams are evacuated from japan's fukushima nuclear site amid fears radiation could spread a smoke you see rising from one paralyzed reactor. this is artsy for moscow very good evening if you just joined us money is kevin owen it's nine pm here on our top story russia's president as told he only has himself to blame for the current situation in libya to be treated better said the u.n. backed military intervention is a direct consequence of the behavior of libya's leaders and the crimes carried out against their own people but he was critical of the bombing in libya saying the no fly zone should be used only to protect civilians and bring about peace let's get the latest smarties peter all of it should we. meet the russian leader offered little reassurance for gadhafi did anybody hasn't but the campaign entirely even though. yes that's right president made get if said that although russia's initial res

one of the recommendations was a national security council. when we came to form the coalition that had to be discussed. we had discussions about -- committees just after the government came into existence. that was discussed by the tepid -- deputy prime minister and decided on within a few days. >> doctor fox, what is the role of the chief defense staff? how does he contribute and how did the other chiefs of staff contribute to the national security council? >> ministers who are not members would like to attend the discussion directly. still -- senior officials briefed the committee every week whether there is a specific reason -- they can also be invited to attend. it takes place in my office with what ever personnel are required as well as the chief of defence staff and the agency heads also attend to make sure that everything is available to the ministers. >> and the other chiefs of staff? >> i doubt it very much. we do discuss regular pre-briefs in my office. i would be better informed. >> treasury. the treasury estimates of the national

security council was vital. i absolutely pay tribute to our ambassador and his team who did a superb job at partially -- marshalling people to support. people read this, it's a strong resolution, extremely comprehensive and i hope marks a new start in what the u.n. will be able to achieve. he asked about the african union. we very much hope they will use the good offices in the way that he suggests, there are missions still going to libya. i was particularly pleased that the three african members voted for the resolution. i hope that's a sign of things to come. >> one of the doubting thomases of the last few weeks, can i congratulate the prime minister on his success and this issue and offering my full support and join him to gave support to the team at the u.n., a remarkable diplomatic success and hopefully will mark a turning point of the development of these issues in the u.n. he will agree that difficult questions remain. however, right now it's an incumbent to get behind the armed forces who will implement

security council resolution. therefore, libya has decided and immediate cease-fire, and the stoppage of all military operations. we take great interest in protecting all civilians, and offering them all necessary humanitarian aid, and respecting all human rights. and, obliging to the international and the humanitarian laws, and is also obliged to protect all of the informants in libya and their assets. [speaking foreign language] >> in doing so, it is in accordance with the resolutions of the security council, and the articles of the charter of the un. [speaking foreign language] >> we emphasize in the resolution 1973, for the year 2011, we emphasize and agreed to the article regarding the protection of civilians, and the territorial of unity of libya. [speaking foreign language] therefore, building on this, the libyan state encourages the opening of all dialogue channels with everyone interested in the territorial unity of libya. [speaking foreign language] and, my country is very serious about continuing the de

that was not the a mandate and we must call on all members of the security council to go back to the secretary general to ensure that need to withdraw from libya the military objectives off need these objectives are not aligned to the political objectives of the transitional national council and. open the room for western involvement in africa by. is loose talk and act two massacres of people ok if i go to aid. a but i to ask you we look at this resolution that was passed by the united nations security council and it's open ended so where we can where the united nations security what i'm saying is the people that are implementing it right now the united states and and primarily nato countries they can say there's no there's no deadline for us to achieve what we want to achieve so i mean the at this point the united states and nato are not satisfied with the outcome because it as we speak right now in things are changing very quickly in the country there's a stalemate right now i wouldn't call it quite a stalemate but i. certainly i haven't heard quite the triumphal language that you q

security council and council members didn't meet behind closed doors they met about an hour ago to discuss the request of the libyan officials and artie's marina part i is just blocks away from that where the u.n. meeting took place and joins us for more. hi marina any more developments since we last spoke with do we have a clear understanding of what exactly prompted this meeting. well this is what prompted this meeting is that the libyan foreign minister sent a letter to the security council officially requesting an emergency meeting with security council members to discuss what he called the military aggression that the libyan foreign and foreign minister says is being carried out by the u.s. and france against his country according to the letter the libyan foreign minister says that the coalition forces ever since they began their air strikes against libya have been targeting their many civilian locations locations where civilians according to the libyan foreign minister have been injured and were killed libyan officials say that the security council when it did the no fly resolution o

is a violation of international law and now the security council is meeting behind closed doors to see how they will answer this request that has been made by libyan officials whether or not those curity council members will meet with them and what will be done because we see that as these airstrikes continue and are escalating the international community is becoming even more concerned there in this and. i do want to know as you go about this because i mean of course it's no surprise that libyan officials are up in arms about this it's their country after all but is there any sense that there's more division among world leaders who originally were either for this or in a perhaps of spain's now that we've seen the airstrikes actually take place in libya. lucy we do know that the arab league made a statement over the weekend saying that what is happening in libya differs from the a.t.m. of imposing a no fly zone over libya maybe because these airstrikes were happening are happening were happening so quick to quickly. air strikes and arab league also said that per the protect prot

russia and china at the security council wouldn't support it. united states made it clear that it only wants to go for a no-fly zone if it can get a u.n. resolution. and the u.s. is saying it does not want to do it alone. most people believe it could do it but there is not the political will despite support in the u.s. for it to go for that. >> president obama spoke about a number of options on the table as did the british prime minister. what other options are they considering, given the fact that today we heard voices from the arab community calling for this no-fly zone? >> there are not that many other options that will really turn the screw on colnel gadhafi. we have heard so much opposition from key people like the u.s. defense secretary talking about loose talk over the idea of a no fly zone, not very keen to do it and plenty others within the military concerned about the possibility that if the u.s. gets involved than it would broaden out into a much bigger operation and the u.s. will be involved militaryy in the meevelt. there is a lot o

security council after having declared. it with r.t. live from moscow where it's now just after five pm. struggling to regain control of the overheated reactors at the tsunami damaged fukushima nuclear plant after a series of blasts and fires forty engineers involved in managing the crisis have reportedly sustained injuries including radiation exposure military. helicopters have dropped seawater on to the stricken reactors try to avert a nuclear meltdown they've also used five of fire engines loaded with thirty tons of water three out of six reactors are reported to be in a critical condition u.s. officials haven't criticized the japanese government suggesting they are underplaying the seriousness of the situation as i bet it has been to the quake hit regions to meet firsthand the people who are fleeing the area terrified at the threat of about them. the sheer force of the tsunami was hard to comprehend until i saw this faecal zone houses it impossible angles it was as if the ground surface had been ripped off that is this woman told us

security council. we're not strangers to libya we were present here in libya for a long time we have been present there for a long time and we've helped build various the stories in the country as the soviet union and later as the russian federation we provided going to article support to leave so we cannot be indifferent to what is happening there but you are still considering our positive experience in our bitter experience we think that any kind of military intervention in libya will be very dangerous we should pursue sanctions through the u.n. security council which is stuck with those who try to use their armed forces against their own people these people should realize their responsibility before international law. this point with sanctions will be more than enough and we hope that this will affect both. again those words ready to take arms instead of negotiating about the future of their country goes in what is and what a name joining us on the line from brussels tonight thanks ever so much for

right gentlemen right now as we are as we meet we have events playing out in the united nations security council and we have events playing out in libya so david hartman if i can go to you in london how have things gone so terribly wrong over the last ten days two weeks when back two weeks ago there was a lot of pressure. there were people in the west saying they must be u.s. and its allies most intervene in the arab league says yesterday should be a no fly zone and then there was no decisive move and now is the united nations security council wants to sit down and hash out some kind of deal the end game in libya already appears to almost have been played out is that be whatever elements of the opposition are there now are really finding themselves and in by it looks like a reinvigorated libyan military force and its leader. well i think it's probably important to stress that even though you got it was very much on the back first about sundays ten days ago he was never really basic and i think you know he sort of major a stronghold in shipley. other places and other towns that were he knew would

by extension an area have a un security council approves a no fly zone over libya so where do things go from here we'll have a live report from the i.a.e.a. has absolutely no ability to deal with this problem any more than the japanese government hold on aren't they the very people who should so just where is the international atomic energy agency as japan nears a nuclear meltdown. and while general electric may be off the hook in japan could their business in india be on the chopping block. the american dream is a bust for the moment for a lot of people and so is the people's trust in our government so we've got the system that's in decline or was the u.s. credit to fail all along. well it is thursday march seventeenth seven pm in washington d.c. i'm christine for sound and watching our team. we begin with breaking news the united nations security council has moments of moments ago voted on a resolution imposing a no fly zone extending over all of libya and that quote all necessary means can be used to protect citizens this is of course an attempt to try to halt libyan leader moamma

it is for this reason that the secretary, the security council, on behalf of the human rights council, suspended libya. it was determined that the systematic and widespread attacks committed against the population constitute crimes against humanity. i believe adopted unanimously, it is recalled that the libyan authorities have the responsibility to protect the libyan people. it is also demanded that there be an immediate end -- an immediate end be brought to the violence. it is hoped the violators will be brought to become icc. and colonel gaddafi and his associates be sanctioned and an arms embargo be enforced. violence against the civilian population has been redoubled. the international community has reacted in unanimity. the european union has done so -- the european union council, the g-8 in paris, the international community speaking with force, and i am thinking about the arab league and their march 12 resolution has called upon the security council for the creation of a no-fly zone. theuld like to hail commitment of the african union. as i speak to you now, colonel are continu

mission if people are being massacred anywhere that's why we have a security council that's why we have article forty two of the in the security you in charter it says you can authorize and that means forty one people who were killed and even today for instance up into the by the exactly the same sort of measures in yemen as well as bahrain as well as saudi arabia soon we're going to be deeply enmeshed out the middle east but i think the big question we really have to come back and look at is a question of process within the united states within the united states there's all this happened because barack obama goes to the security council and gets a resolution and the united states under the u.s. constitution the war powers are very carefully divided between congress and the united states and following not only the war but our historical practice the president has sold the case for going to war and make no mistake about it that's what we're talking about here he sold the case to the american public gotten the support of the public and they've gotten congress' support what is happened to

security council after having declared productive persona non-grata. very warm welcome to business r.t. live from moscow now japan is struggling to regain control of the overheated reactors at the tsunami damaged fukushima nuclear plant after a series of blasts and fires forty engineers involved in managing the crisis have reportedly sustained injuries including a radiation exposure but military helicopters are dropping seawater onto the stricken reactors trying to avert a nuclear meltdown three out of six reactors are reported to be in a critical condition u.s. officials have a criticize the japanese government saying that and suggesting they are under playing the seriousness of the some. duration are these are the better it has been to the quake hit regions to meet first hand the people who are fleeing the area terrified the threat of. the sheer force of the tsunami was hard to comprehend until i saw this vehicles on houses it impossible angles it was as if the ground surface had been ripped off. this woman told us they'd never experienced such a pow

security council will come out right now the the residue. playing with words a bit of interpretation and also who's in charge in the next few days the u.s. wants to get control of this mission to someone else will it be nato will it be britain france alliance and if so what will then be the goals of it will they change at all also any talk of toppling the regime is very sensitive it could alienate the arab supporters of this military intervention now the arab league is already wavering in its support after the ferocity of the those first airstrikes that we saw the arab league said this is not really what we signed up for so that's already in the mix it also raises the specter of those dreaded words regime change which brings up shades of iraq which of course turned into a protracted conflict it's still very unstable in iraq and there was lots of opposition to that war in the u.k. and not not very many people in this country the general feeling would be that we that this country would not tolerate another iraq like situation so the government

even though it is under the national security council, a great deal of the work of the council is pure security and it is defensive in the sense we have been discussing it for most of this discussion but it is important to be developing the national international relationships which are improving and may be key to our security 20 or 30 years from now. so we oversee those relationships including collaboration in higher education and diplomacy in business department relationships through the nfc committee. all of these things are factors facing alliances and international relationships. >> the whole approach has been to create a multi layer approach. bilateral relations, which are political and military and economic that we try to develop new bilateral relations with countries who feel there's a strong relationship in india for different reasons because the very important strategic geographical position supporting energy security because of the nato partner. and the membership, wanting to elevate those and then we have -- improve some of the areas like nato which i agree is left. too slo

and i'm lucy kept enough in for alone now last night the united nations security council declared a no fly zone over libya with the weight of the united states behind the resolution so are we now witnessing the march to yet another war with a middle eastern country all in the name of a humanitarian crisis and then switching gears to the ongoing catastrophe in japan health concerns continue to rise up to the head of to tokyo power company admitted that the radiation could in fact be harmful to the public but the more we learn about this new nuclear crisis we have to ask could this whole situation have been prevented and then move over to the opera bird there could be a bright young beautiful female filling in your shoes going to tell you about the lead us through shell networking site and just why it may be so successful it could soon be facebook and then of course protests are planned for this weekend which our team will be covering to call out the united states over there on ethical treatment of private private bradley manning so as that is that as the case for the possible leaker con

security council resolution. steve of the whole of canada and i'm following the canadian responses has stated that the check to this operation is to unseat khadafi so that the whole humanitarian underpinnings of this war no becoming entirely clear aspect is that in fact this military coalition is already imply elated. the resolution which they themselves have forced on the so-called international community article nineteen zero zero zero the resolution of the united nations security council resolution says to which it involved go on on weapons on to. to libya but in fact what are they doing there bringing in weapons and supplying the opposition forces with. true feel this war is oil. rich united states canada i'll bear with the intent of the interests of the culprits of the oil corporations and the extension of the inflows into two into africa this is not. a humanitarian operation it is a war of conquest and it will have devastating consequences on not only on all the people of libya but most generally. ok. combat

security council backs and no fly zone to protect civilians. eleven am in moscow i matras a good to have you with us here on r t the race is on to restore electricity to japan's stricken fukushima nuclear plant so that workers can get the reactor cooling systems back on line it's been a week now since the country was rocked by its worst ever earthquake triggering a tsunami and a disaster that's left thousands of people dead or missing or better has more from japan. right now they're still trying to reconnect power to the site so they can get those cooling systems up and running and bring the temperature down inside the reactors but it seems like the only way they're now going to prevent what could be a real nuclear disaster they're now focusing on reactor number two because this morning they actually saw smoke rising from the reactor they don't know what the cause was of that they don't think it was an explosion because that wasn't heard clearly the temperature inside is very hot or they've already managed to do was to lay a power cable from th

the what they've actually done is total security council straightaway and they got full agreement in the security council you know less support for a resolution which didn't refer of the war to military action or anything of that point so it's not. a close parallel i don't think so many persons at least partially responsible for what's going on in libya and what we saw in egypt previously after all london did support these regimes for as long as it seemed it well i think that's a bit much actually i mean the british press take that view the british press of which going on about you know the meeting in the desert between tony blair and gadhafi and it's really that meeting that doesn't lead to the deal and it was a very useful deal for us but after all sarkozy and berlusconi and condi rice and mr putin and everybody else have all done deal with libya so there's nothing especially british about it it's the world has been doing business with libya and in my opinion quite right too because after all libya has all which we need the world market needs that libya needs from the world practic

security council resolution will be enforced through military action he used alfie's threat against rebel forces to try to make his case take a listen and just yesterday speaking of the city of benghazi. a city of roughly seven hundred thousand people he threatened. we will have no mercy no pity. no mercy on his own citizens all right so listening to president obama's speech and thinking bigger about this we've got to ask why libya why not get involved in other countries also in dire situations all the help answer that question we go to michel chossudovsky the editor of global research joining us from montreal canada. hey there michelle let's talk about this decision by the u.s. as one of the members of the u.n. security council to support a no fly zone in libya and perhaps why it's a first on the reaction to what's going on elsewhere like they in ivory coast or bahrain or yemen. well over her say i think we have to understand that this is not really a no fly zone a no fly zone in fact implies a bombing campaign and good credible reactions are ongoing i think the timing of this operation

in the security council unanimous support for a resolution which didn't refer to war to military action or anything of that kind so it's not. part of i don't think so any person's at least partially responsible for what's going on in libya and what we saw in egypt previously after all london did support these regimes for as long as it seemed to fit well i think that's a bit much actually i mean the british press take that view the british press are always going on about you know the meeting in the desert between tony blair and i think it's true they did meet in the desert and they did a deal and it was a very useful deal for us but after all sarkozy and berlusconi and condi rice and mr putin and everybody else have all done deals with libya so there's nothing specially british about it it's the world has been doing business with libya and in my opinion quite right too because after all libya has all which we need the world market needs and libya needs from the world practically everything else from from airplanes to grains and something when i say we it's not the west or britain or euro

security council decision that's why an agreement with our partners. will oppose any aggression from colonel gadhafi against the population of dancing as of now our aircraft not preventing that means from attacking the town as of now other french aircraft are ready to intervene against tanks all armored vehicles should be threatening unarmed civilians. of the e.u. powers and are falling into line we can confirm italy has offered seventy of its air bases that we used by nato previously of course italy just across the mediterranean from libya one of the key air bases that will be used by western powers and we're also seeing other nations coming out and saying they support this for example norway netherlands here in belgium also and western leaders e.u. leaders say they do support this campaign david cameron of the u.k. also anglo merkel of germany despite germany's abstention of the u.n. vote for a no fly zone she says she does back military intervention now. daniel thanks very much indeed for that live update no doubt more from you there in brussels as

security council vote we'll have a live update. it's thursday march seventeenth four pm in washington d.c. i'm christine for is out there watching our team. as a developing crisis an unprecedented disaster i'm talking of course about the situation in japan at the fukushima daiichi plant so dangerous in fact that r.t.d. has even pulled its news crews out of the area while workers at the power plant and japanese authorities rush against the clock there's another agency that seems to be moving at a snail's pace i'm talking about the i.a.e.a. international atomic energy agency that's responsible for keeping tabs on all cases of peaceful use of nuclear power artie's arena reports on its role in the crisis which appears now to be pretty minor. i missed reports that radiation levels in the japanese capital could be up to eleven times the norm people scramble to get away from the invisible killer here in tokyo series do seem to be less visible usual at the epicenter of the plans a clear disaster fifty people remain struggling to keep the r

security council resolution.is why there has been such widespread -- host: david cameron at the london conference in libya, giving an update on reports coming out of mizrata. they are reporting utter carnage in that area h. let's go to a republican in michigan, you are on the air. caller: i beg to differ with your opinion of mr. obama insofar as the fact that we, the voters, we are americans, are like the owner of the restaurant. you folks in washington are servants we hire. that work for us. i don't have that reverence for that office of the presidency. as a matter of fact, i agree with our forefathers who really felt that the presidency was kind of a dangerous office and we should just have the congress and the senate and more of a group mentality than the possibility of a dictator. that office is a dangerous office and we have to be very careful who we put into it. i would like to say that i think it was you and mr. obama running for the presidency, you would be a shoo in because of your vast experience compar

using the un security council resolution isn't going to be in from beijing and fuel and it reminds me of the medieval cold from the crusades. and foreign forces target the libyan leader stronghold as they continue the rosin strikes which of reportedly killed over sixty thousand. bombs naval gadhafi take courses in the capital as a place that's why i took the sky with and he called cya i'm told us live in some pretty torn in just a few moments formal. culture this hour emergency teams are evacuated from the consumer nuclear site amid fears radiation the could spread as smoking seen rising from the paralyzed reactor. and the japanese yen is extending losses softer it's because supplies in less in a more than six miles if you a slow car and see more in business and about twenty minutes. it's five pm in moscow this is archie coming to you live with me and he said now wait first up this hour vladimir putin says the you want backing from the military operation in libya is like a call for a medieval crusade russia's prime minister insisted nobody has the right to intervene in politic politic

should abide by a security council resolution, and the security council resolution gives you the authorityo do something that-- at least i'm convinced -- is not going to address the problem we want to tackle, then i think we're going to get nowhere. i think if the goal is to stop what people predict is going-- could be a humanitarian catastrophe, there are two ways. either you go and you take the military steps that are necessary to do so, and you may not vasecurity council authorization to do it. or you see if there's any way through mediation to send a message to qaddafi-- it may be too late-- to have a cease-fire with the interposition of peacekeeping forces. those are the only two options i see as being credible. the other ones i think are going to be wasting time and the outcome will be precisely what we don't want. >> either we wait and see what the security council and others decide-- or do we take a proactive -- >> along with great britain and france? >> and-- >> i think it's right if qaddafi is to prevail in a bloodbath, i agree completely with what the ambassador said. that would

security council resolution. that is why we have decided to assume responsibility for the no-fly zone. >> the united nations says that the libyan government must declare a cease-fire or face further security council action. fighting on the ground continues for -- as the libyan leader bombarding rebel positions. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to our viewers in the u.k. and around the world. syria's government offers reform after recent protests erupt into violence. a final farewell to a hollywood legend. mourners paid their last respects at the funeral of elizabeth taylor. welcome to bbc news. after days of disagreement and confusion, nato has agreed to take over enforcing the no-fly zone over libya. the secretary general says that the mandate of the alliance would not extend beyond that. there would be a separate coalition operation. the u.s. secretary of state said that plans for the united arab emirates will be joining be enforcement of the no-fly zone. >> final preparations for the french pilots as they con

security council resolution. gallow 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 to be taken actually of the 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 one thousand nine hundred seventy three resolution is mostly humanitarian resolution from humanitarian resolution jennifer militarism lucia my personal concern he's that any military operation which is conducted by the west in the arab world can lead to a very predictable scenario why called abroad is in the world in the conflict and they get together and start fighting against foreign invaders there were several examples of such scenarios in the history of the greater middle east so i think that we all have to be very cautious now and we all have to think first of all of that the political solution should g