the southern part of the country and hopeless conflict away you're stuck with a poor neighbor the e.u. seems unable to stop the rising inequalities between its people in the. twenty first century some see the new states forming in europe as basically tensions across the e.u. boiling point cypriots this see lloyds at the end of the tunnel that threatens the very concept of the european union as for growing numbers of its citizens abroad to sit on the wall the new bush will call to brussels. take a brief look now at some other stories from around the world this hour israel's former president moshe katsav has been sentenced to seven years in jail for great and other sexual offenses he was found guilty of raping a female employee during his tenure as minister of tourism and sexually harassing two other former workers women rights groups in israel both of the verdicts saying that workplace abuse is all too often ignored. and yemen's leader of three decades has promised to step down by the years and as part of a transfer of power to the opposition becomes our senior army officials the fact

nato and the e.u. stand divided over libya with some demanding the resignation of colonel gadhafi all those the urging foreign countries to stay out join me daniel bushell for all the latest from both sides later in the pulitzer. a very warm welcome to you this is r.t. live from moscow with me alice have a will let's begin with the breaking news first this hour there's been up lost in the north east of moscow a reports suggest a parked car has exploded on a street close to a met. the interfax news agency is quoting with this is a saying there were two explosions well there were no reports of any casualties but service of course comes just days after a similar blast occurred in the federal security services building at a bus stop no one was injured then either we'll of course bring you more on this as we get it here on r.c. but to japan now and the northeast of the country has been swamped by a major tsunami caused by a massive earthquake the largest in one hundred and forty years at least ninety five pe

resolution indicates do you think the e.u. is on a collision course with the u.n. here perhaps i was very shocked i've just been to a private meeting with him several of us from the european parliament where he repeated that so it's perfectly clear that as far as remploy is concerned regime change is why would embolden libya what was also surprising was that we'd all seen it to begin with as france britain and america getting involved in this and it now coming under this morning and later on brother but what that run point made clear was that those countries would not and in fact could not have gone to war in libya without the european council approving it so what i wrote what you're saying is that it's the e.u. as much as anybody else that has started off this war and that the aim is to topple gadhafi and i would have thought that that does go against u.n. resolution one thousand seven three i see it as a very surprising development so let's go some comparisons here if we may back in one thousand nine hundred ninety eight zero on the former yugoslavia for almost f

the southern part of the country and help to conflate away you're stuck with our core neighbor the e.u. seems unable to stop the rising inequalities between its people in the twenty first century some see a new states forming in europe as ethnic tensions across the e.u. reach boiling point separatists see lloyds at the end of the tunnel that threatens the very concept of the european union as for growing numbers of its citizens the writing on the wall valuable for one party brussels. garcetti french speaking communities in belgium coexistence two separate entities that's the opinion of danny peters president of the belgian senate will bring you his full interview next hour but here's a preview. you have two countries already you have two public opinions i always suggest foreign people who are interested you know the standing of belgium politics simply to look at very clean things such as the pages in the newspapers but with the t.v. program something where you look at the finish newspaper you would see a very very local. programs in the french speaking newspaper suppose you don't even

first century some seek a new states forming in europe as basic tensions across the e.u. reach poorly point protists see lloyds at the end of the tunnel that threatens the very concept of the european union as for growing numbers of its citizens the writings on the wall tell you bush will not see brussels. without some other news making headlines around the world at least a dozen tanks have moved in and the many capital of the three top army commanders defecting to join anti-government protesters comes a day off the president ali abdullah saleh fired his own tayac habit of political we're told that with a fierce crack guarded recent weeks around fifty people killed by government forces on monday and then for two months now the position has been demanding the president starts down. former israeli president moshe katsav has been sentenced to seven years in prison for a break and other such an effect since december it was really cool that it got so out of brinkley when mr worked for him and sexually harassing two other former employees looks president has always maintained hi

twenty first century some seats a new states forming in europe as this makes tensions across the e.u. reach boiling point six words just say lloyds of the end of the tunnel that threatens the very concept of the european union as for growing numbers of its citizens abroad to use on the wall. party brussels. it's just gone twenty one minutes past the hour of us take a look at some other news making headlines around the world at least a dozen tanks have moved into the game in the capital after three top army commanders in fact it's a joint antigovernment protesters it comes a day after president of the only of dollars finally fired his entire cabinet the political result has been met with a fierce crackdown over recent weeks with around fifty people killed by government forces on one day alone for two months now the opposition has been demanding that the president steps down. now these seventeen people have been injured after a series of israeli air strikes on this trip according to palestinian hospital officials local sources say a number of targets such as militant training bases as w

the southern part of the country and hope to conflate away you're stuck with a poorer neighbor the e.u. seems unable to stop the rising inequalities between its people in the twenty first century some see a new states forming in europe as a snake tensions across the e.u. boiling point separatists see lloyds at the end of the tunnel that threatens the very concept of the european union as for growing numbers of its citizens the writing on the wall. r.t. brussels. the dutch and french speaking communities of belgium co-exist as two separate entities that is the opinion of the early peters he's president of the belgian senate. you have two countries already you have two public opinions i always suggest foreign people who are interested in understanding a bit of both of politics simply to look at very clean things such as pages in the newspapers but with the t.v. programs on when you look at a flemish newspaper you will see a very tiny let the peking belgian programs in the french speaking newspapers suppose you don't even find the flemish programmes that's not because politics have decide

spain like france they will follow growing ethnic divides are fueling separatist movements across the e.u. from the shaky cease fire after terrorist attacks in past spain to bombings in french corsica divorces amicable in just one state and britain considered at least a few believe it or else it would be acceptable that scotland seeds if there is a majority of the referendum so much attitude is that it isn't obvious and other. or not present in other european countries splits of a less harmonious kind could mean trouble ahead you can't sell off the southern part of the country and hope it can float away you're stuck with a poorer neighbor the e.u. seems unable to stop rising in a call. between these people in the twenty first century some seat states full europe has basic tensions across the e.u. reach boiling point separatists see lloyds at the end of the tunnel that threatens the very concept of the european union as for growing numbers of its citizens abroad things on the wall. r.t. brussels. rafa's and other news making headlines around the world the south at least a dozen types of mo

the southern part of the country and help the conflict away you're stuck with a corner neighbor the e.u. seems unable to stop the rising inequalities between its people in the twenty first century some see a new states forming in europe as ethnic tensions across the e.u. boiling point separatists see lloyds at the end of the tunnel that threatens the very concept of the european union as for growing numbers of its citizens the writings on the wall. r.t. brussels. well it's in short break here in our business next. this is business saucy hello and welcome to the program political and environmental seans they have a sale of the world in the first quarter of print and have been have brought have been good for russian authorities than the rest of the new police in north africa has caused or prizes to john and more recently the quake in japan has raised the prospect of increased demand for commodities for construction and you guinea have gotten from learned less out of the shocks isn't likely to last long but the fundamentals are improving anyway thinking back on current situation i don't ev

it is a question the e.u. licy chief cannot resolve. >> i do not accept we are in the situation comparable to what has happened in any previous situation, particurly in 2003. we are in a situation where we are looking to make sure that we offer the right level of support to the people of libya. >> agreement was reached on extending sanctions against the gaddafregime. that will apply to banks and subsidiaries of libya's national oil corporation. >> the embattled president of yemen is coming under increasing pressure after a series of high- level defections. the defense minister says the army still supports the president and will defend him against what he calls a coup against democracy. several army generals have switched sides and given their support the protest movement. >> once again, thousands gathered in front of the university. it is the focal point of the opposition movement in yemen. the activists seem to have reached a turning point. there have been defections from the army. >> i am joining the young pe

chooses to bomb the e.u. leaders are not there for the morning they've arrived in the afternoon and police have actually pushed the protesters away for the way now so the e.u. leaders don't see see the protests as they are happening he's expected to force an even stricter on precedented level of powers for itself which we impose all sterrett in measures on countries which it sees as overspending portugal's prime minister has resigned yesterday as a result of this parliament refusing all certain measures which gives you a sense that the public does not support these austerity measures protesters speaking to today told me that you know their wages are being cut friends and family being laid off and this is not what they signed up to a trade union leaders say that europe's social model is something that they want to keep a generous pension system the good working conditions and they see this as back for europe as a whole. bushell there will be use resources robots we even further stretched it was the region seei

the knock on effect on the e.u. market simple things will slow down one point two percent back some one point six percent on these nuclear worries worldwide and in russia markets the finnish trading still in positive territory though much more moderate the beginning of the session when the price of something i see a short one and the hard percent nice except for just twenty three percent aussie at home just because some individual stocks is very very who was the leader of the session in the beginning of the trading session it was up for more than two. but the giving actually ended down point six percent worse now after the new coil because well without the on the still middle east concern is really the start of war between sad news coming from japan. turmoil in the middle east which is sort of pushing oil prices down largely if you care about those crazy investment firm wraps up invest in something that's. what we are seeing today is that the markets are not pricing in the worst case scenario of the development of fr

arab league and the e.u. stay resolutely committed in a calling for colonel gadhafi to step down the confusion and kill says continues in libya amid the constant shift in the balance of power well ours is exam of the week it is in the rebel stronghold and girls the working people feel that any help would arrive two legs. bloated eastley and abashed in the uprising in eastern libya is like most of its pretty supplants young impulsive and irreverent to the regime think these twenty two year old who had never how the gun before let alone used it to stop them with my father showed me how to use it a few weeks ago i'm ready to die for my country and many in gaza proclaim their readiness to sacrifice their lives for their liberation struggle now these heroic rhetoric is becoming a real prospect as the pro-government forces add closer a bloodbath seems old with an avoidable international deliberation to know what to do not believe in uprising has been going on for so long that many people in benghazi no longer hold t

artie's daniel bushell talks to the president off about the possibility of devolution in belgium and the e.u. . thirty pieces may kill off the country that he believes he said it crystal but also parts of the new flemish lawyers polity which works to split flows from belgium mr peters how can you work for the organization it will destroy well that it's really look at the difficult it will be because. we have always participated in elections but you know that we are for more so than a nation of islam as we have always participate in elections for the senate but ever since. in some years we say perhaps the senate should be abolished but we have always accepted to participate in. the north self relations that makes it so hard to work together you have two countries already you have to public opinions i always suggest foreign people who are interested in understanding a bit of belgium politics simply to look at very plain things such as the pages in the newspapers with the t.v. programs on it and that's not decided by politics that starts to freedom of every newspaper he said upon that when you

fear of the huge cost of foreign military campaigns yes stringent austerity cuts at home spreads in the e.u. as the law looks set to bail out another crippled country. and the radiation spike could be pushing apart from forces japan's government to consider expanding the evacuation zone although still dangerously close to be area said to be struggling without the bottle supplies. this is r.t. live from our studios here in central moscow where it's now eight pm and seven pm in libya nato has agreed there to assume come on the patrols and forcing the no fly zone over the country as expected to take charge of the air strikes within days officials of the operation could last for up to three months overnight fresh ones rocked the capital tripoli with reports of more civilian casualties as the nations force. this is the proof of civilians being injured and killed in coalition is strikes we've driven more than forty minutes to see the remains of a rocket and some blasted a pigeon window where the father says he was very lucky that his family was not at home forgive us for being a little bit suspic

fury at the huge cost of foreign military campaigns yet stringent austerity cuts at home spreads in the e.u. as the blocking of step to bailout another crippling country. on the radiation strike at the pushing of taliban forces japan's government to consider expanding the evacuation zone those still living dangerously close to the area said to be struggling with supplies. this is a party line from our studios here in central moscow it's not nine pm eight pm in libya and nature has agreed to assume command of the patrols in forcing the no fly zone over the country is expected to take charge of the strikes within days officials warned the operation could last for up to three months first bombs rocked the capital tripoli with reports of more civilian casualties. as the. this is the proof of civilians being injured and killed in coalition in strikes we've driven more than forty minutes to see the remains of a rocket and some glass on a bridge in window with a father says he was very lucky that his family was not at home forgive us for being a little bit suspicious but certainly here the pressur

the southern part of the country and hopeless conflict away you're stuck with a poorer neighbor the e.u. seems unable to stop the rising inequalities between its people in the twenty first century some see a new states forming in europe as basic tensions across the boiling point separatists see lloyds at the end of the tunnel that threatens the very concept of the european union as for growing numbers of its. isn't a royalty on the wall. or to brussels. and french speaking communities in belgium co-exist as two separate entities at the opinion of danny peters president of the belgian sun it will bring you his full interview next hour but here's a preview. of it rolled forward quite different results in the two democracies we have been in order parts of the center of the party since right now the national flemish alliance the elections in the south of the country. the french speaking socialist or party he won the elections and that brings you to the difficulties of to be really live in. substantially different worlds you have two countries already . business is next with you here in r t

the southern part of the country and hope to conflate away you're stuck with a poor neighbor the e.u. seems unable to stop the rising inequalities between its people in the twenty first century some see a new states forming in europe as best make tensions across the e.u. reach boiling point separatists see lives at the end of the tunnel that threatens the very concept of the european union as for growing numbers of its citizens the writing on the wall. r.t. brussels. i'm just going twenty two minutes past the hour let's take a brief look at some other news from around the world israel's former president morsi caught for has been sentenced to five years in jail for sexual offenses he's found guilty of raping a female employee during his tenure as minister of tourism and sexually harassing two other former workers women rights groups in israel welcomed the verdict saying about workplace abuses all too often north. and yemen's leader of three decades has promised to step down by the year's end as part of a transfer of power to the opposition comes after senior army officials defected fro

spain like france follow growing ethnic divides of fueling separatist movements across the e.u. from the shaky cease fire off the terrorist attacks in spain support means in french corsica divorces i'm a couple in just one state and britain. at least if you believe that. it would be acceptable that scope and since if there is a majority of the referendum so. there's an obvious and. present in other european countries splits of a less harmonious kind could mean trouble ahead here comes. the southern part of the country and hope it can float away so you're stuck with a poor neighbor the e.u. seems unable to stop rising inequalities between its people. in the twenty first century some see new states europe as a some extensions across the board separatist see lloyds at the end of the tunnel that threatens the very concept of the european union and as for growing numbers of its citizens abroad see this on the wall. or to brussels. let's take a look now at some other stories dominating world news this hour at least a dozen tanks have moved in began to be accountable after three top arm

and i am grateful to the united states and the e.u. working hand in hand is to try to turn their extension instead of looking backwards and instead of what we might lose, and i think especially for some of the leaders there is this sense that we have to hold onto all this stuff and what we tried to emphasize is that you won't be at risk when forward but there is a bigger pie and big dividends to be had from the integration from moving forward but nobody is trying to fundamentally on do the dayton compromise, but there are things that could be in the will benefit all of the people of bosnia and we can motivate leaders and more importantly motivate the people as well as the federation to see the future to move it forward. >> let me see if i can press you on that because the last time i was there was a few years ago. i worked with richard and we were on the bosnian serb her planned and was trying to get him to play ball, to get him to do what dayton was asking him to do. so how much difficulty is there in that relationship? from your persp

energy commissioner says we need to see if we can provide an energy policy for the e.u. that avoids nuclear energy of course it's the flute it's really a change from the traditional energy policy of many countries in the european union which was to increase its nuclear capacities because italy for example is a big e.u. country which is starting from scratch a big nuclear program france belgium here also big nuclear programs but now there is increasing concern about the safety obviously of nuclear reactors and there is growing public opposition to that now there was a demonstration of around sixty thousand people in germany near for nuclear reactors there and if to give you a flavor of the sentiment here in brussels let me just quote from the portuguese state secret if environments he said in the light of the nuclear meltdown in japan member states need to reconsider their energy policy and related security measures and nuclear power is neither a safe option nor is it sustainable the one hundred plus nuclear plants across the european union and now conducting stress tests

markets are sure rocking of statements from the e.u. energy commissioner as we've mentioned before he said that the situation that damaged nuclear reactors north out of control and the possible catastrophic events may occur within the next hour or so housing is down more than twenty percent. and in russia bit more optimism than elsewhere take a look at those indices if we can hear some of my sex manage to some gains although lower than in the beginning of wednesday's session take a look at some of those individual shares now there's a tug of war between sad news from japan which is pushing world markets lower but the situation in libya and bahrain are supporting high oil prices with ongoing uncertainty over world crude supplies out of the region therefore we see ross navigating point nine percent new quote point four percent by the end of the session you can see in vestment financial corp wraps up versus not much of it. but we are seeing today is that markets are not pricing in the worst case scenario the development of france and japan

invitation of two anti gadhafi rebel and voice to paris bushell is following developments between the e.u. and nato in brussels. france has officially recognized becoming the first major power to recognize libya's rebels as the legitimate rulers germany has distanced themselves from those views but there is a general falling in line with seeing here all of the major powers behind a common front italy which had been one of the most desirous of more diplomatic talks before any military action was taken of course suffering from the thousands of refugees fleeing libya just across the coast of the mediterranean and it will of course suffer more if war unleashes an even worse humanitarian crisis is refusing to back libya's government gadhafi government and britain is calling for colonel gadhafi to stand down because that comes in the wake of a b.b.c. team reportedly being detained and beaten by members of his regime and now we're seeing a difference of opinion here but most states are falling in line in the pretty neutral pretty neutral but as we've seen in the polls for example in iraq when th

pain like france they will follow growing ethnic divides of fueling separatist movements across the e.u. from the shaky cease fire of the terrorist attacks in spain to bombings in french corsica divorces and a couple in just one state and britain. at least a few believe the editorials. would be acceptable. if there is a majority of the referendum splits of a less harmonious kind could mean trouble ahead here comes. the southern part of the country and help the conflict away so you're stuck with a poorer neighbor the e.u. seems unable to stop rising inequalities between its people in the twenty first century some see a new states forming in europe as basic tensions across the e.u. region boiling point separatists see lloyds at the end of the tunnel that threatens the very concept of the european union as for growing number. citizens abroad to sit on the wall. all to brussels. to look at some world news in brief for you this hour israel's former president morsi. that the seven years in jail for sexual offenses found guilty of raping a female employee during his tenure as minister of touri

walt to tell linda's the country called pay back its loans or accept an e.u. bailout similar to greece and ireland it hasn't happened in the west since the second world war but the longer you postpone this necessary evil. the more costly it is it's going to be at the same time military intervention in libya is costing hundreds of millions of euros many a furious what they see as an unnecessary and expensive campaign somebody asked the chancellor of the effect of the finance minister about the financing of this and i think the overwhelming sense that you got from among the public in britain with skepticism with millions unemployed across europe people losing patience with politicians who seem out of touch with reality increasingly familiar sights on the streets of the e.u. with government built tightening leaves growing numbers out of work it begs the question is now the right time to spend the money available on wars abroad don't you go short r.t. brussels. european parliament member nigel for large says people across the continent have every right to feel angr

s outpouring of anger follows a week or so intense protest in brussels as the e.u. contemplated bellowing out cortical. reports. of more layoffs to pay cuts no retirement the message from angry demonstrators pushed back with water cannon and pepper sprayed by riot police the protesters tried to get through to e.u. leaders meeting in brussels to slash spending this money was made. to be used for social security. to be used for health not drug the bank so when you bring you the world's worst move to take ground because of the prisoners there goes across europe voters are saying no to move measures portugal's prime minister has quit of the parliament voted down a fresh round of cuts because he has three months left to repay almost ten billion euros at a time when its sovereign credit rating has been caught. the only option left is national default to tell lenders the country called pay back its loans or accept an e.u. bailout similar to greece and ireland it hasn't happened in the west in the second world war but the longer you postpone this necessary evil. the more cos

what the endgame of this mission is supposed to be clearly all the big air mold aspirations about the e.u. playing the foreign and security policy role here are really being discredited i mean if there was one sealed and one a battleground where the e.u. should have proven its on missions because this is precisely its backyard and clearly you are seeing that this is not working and then of course the other issue is that who is left to do the job and then we are back at the old cold war style alliance that is the nato option if the idea of ground troops becomes actual there objective would become regime change rather than protecting the civilian population if ground troops are not considered the only other option by enforcing the no fly zone is really to try and give the opposition a fair chance to or thrown gadhafi by their own means so there we are in a whole different ball game and still looking at various options for supporting the opposition but clearly ground troops is not one of them and i think the libyan opposition or whoever is speaking for them of the moment has been quite clear

is also agreed the e.u. citizens angry out of the church of cards while the council flows into banks and forms to libya. and in japan the fukushima nuclear facilities management has apologized for wrongful reporting that radiation levels had dropped ten million times the norm the mistake will be immediate about creation of emergency teams at the site. twenty four hour news coming to you live from the russian capital you're watching our very warm welcome it's five pm in moscow libyan rebels are advancing west towards the capital tripoli after further gains in the east of the country and they have retaken several strategic towns from pro gadhafi forces but with the help of western led bombing meanwhile nations to assume control of the coalition military operation in libya from the u.s. . reports from tripoli. most of sunday we saw these rebel fighters advancing with almost and lightning speed westwards through eastern libya they're now in the town of bin jawad which is about a two hour drive from the city of se

s outpouring of anger follows a week which saw intense protest in brussels as the e.u. contemplated belling out portugal artist daniel boasts of reports. no more layoffs to pay cuts no retirement the message from angry demonstrators pushed back with more to come pepper sprayed by riot police the protesters tried to get through to e.u. leaders meeting in brussels to slash. this war there was made to be too good to be useful social security. to be used for the show how it's not just the bench showing us a new world chose to move to take brand because of the purses they goes across europe voters are saying. thirty measures portugal's prime minister has quit of the poll but voted down a fresh round of cuts because she has. three months left to repay almost ten billion euro at a time when its sovereign credit rating has been caught analysts say the only option left is national default tolan does the country called pay back its loans or accept an e.u. bailout similar to greece and ireland it hasn't happened in the west since the second world war but the longer you postpone thi

the time and space to carry out their own grievances at the government but but tell us this why was the e.u. so desperate at the beginning of the campaign to take a leading role in this operation and why didn't they hesitate long before taking the helm. yeah i mean look these are all these are both bodies that work by consensus so i mean that it is almost physiological that you need to have everybody on board in order for something like this to to work you can say two things one thing is that the only all the big bold aspirations about the e.u. playing again in my foreign and security policy role well here are really being discredited i mean if there was one sealed and one a battleground where the e.u. should have proven its ambitions well this is precisely its backyard and clearly you are seeing that this is not working and then of course the other issue is that who is left to do the job and then we are back at the old. cold war style alliance and that is that this is the nato option which of course has changed very much wanted to come to these kind of operations since the cold war and sin

with politicians who seem out of touch with reality increasingly familiar sides on the streets of the e.u. with government bill tightening these growing numbers well to work the big question is now the right time to spend the money available for wars abroad the new bush or brussels well british euro m.p. knight of raj says people across the continent have every right to feel angry over cuts while their government squander money and bright. we've had british troops on the ground in afghanistan now for over ten years i don't think there's any appetite for us getting involved in foreign wars where we cannot directly see our own national interest being threatened where frankly if we go in to support the rebels we don't even know who they are or what they stand for or what they want i don't think anybody has thought this through and if they are going to put ground troops in that i think they're going to find in all the member states involved in this a real strong level of opposition when people see cuts in front line services for whatever reasons when people see their retirement age is going u

marched on the streets of london in protest of a massive demonstrations also gripped the heart of the e.u. with many angry at austerity measures at home while money is being found for the intervention in libya. and in japan the operator of the fukushima nuclear plant denies reports that radiation levels there reached ten million times the normal claims are led to the immediate evacuation of emergency workers. as we heard the stories that made headlines this week libyan rebels are advancing west towards the capital tripoli after further gains in the east of the country they claim they've won back control of several strategic oil towns from the forces meanwhile nato is ready to replace the u.s. in leading the coalition's campaign. late as word is that rebel fighters have taken over the strategically oil important port city of ras lanuf now there is a major oil refinery there as well as a whole lebaran of oil pipelines what we are hearing is that they were able fighters are combing the streets looking for gadhafi as man this one comes off to earlier wins in the towns of the bia and the brig