dangerous levels of a toxic radioactive substance have been found in the waters next to the fukushima nuclear power plant in japan now the company responsible for checking safety at the complex says the levels of tritium which is also the chemical used to make for example washers glow in the dark have rocketed to ten times the amount allowed tepco admin's that it doesn't know where the leak is coming from. the people of mali will vote in a landmark presidential election in a few weeks time and the state of emergency has been lifted there so the candidates can actually start campaigning running toward a war torn country of course will be no easy task as well as shoring up state security and the victor will also need to find a way to get the basics like food and water to his struggling rural population archies maria from notional reports. the west african state of mali unexpectedly entered the spotlight over the winter after france sent its military forces to the country to help battle islam ist fighters backed by international terror groups threatening to take over a secular democratic

more on these developments and what's next for the country in turmoil and more than two years ago the fukushima power plant disaster started now the plant manager fighting to keep it under control has died while radiation levels have increased more on the legacy of up in today's show. it's wednesday july tenth five pm in washington d.c. i'm sam sax you're watching r.t. and we begin with major news in the bradley manning trial the defense has rested its case the private first class is facing twenty one charges including aiding the enemy for his role in providing wiki leaks with internal state department and military documents and one day after attempting to have some of the most serious charges against bradley manning dismissed in only three days into their arguments the defense has now rested i spoke with our correspondent lives waller earlier from for me in maryland with the latest on the trial. did that come as a surprise sabba happened at about two point five this afternoon after some of the most compelling testimony we have heard yet in this trial and the after that bradley manning's attorn

the do coordinate policy we've seen that time and again nothing unusual about it we saw it after the fukushima earthquake tidal wave nuclear power plant disaster in japan in two thousand and eleven when christine lagarde who is the french finance minister at the time led a coordinated g seven intervention to assist to strengthen start to weaken the yen actually so now this does go on all the time one of the problems that was europe is not exactly on board the clearly the u.k. japan the u.s. are in this easing mode although the may have changed up a little bit with taper talk but europe is as not playing a ball so far so it's just a mess well let's talk about the future of the global currency situation currently the u.s. dollar is the rebirth reserve currency of the world but there's been talk of reverting to s.t.r. as we're trying to you know has a part could we even see gold play a part in it. gold's a bit of a stretch i think the international monetary system will collapse sometime in the next you know three to four years that's really not meant to be a provocative statement the internationa

their owners knowledge we tell you all about threat online also there alarming new revelations on the fukushima nuclear disaster according to a japanese newspaper the number of liquidators suffering from radiation poisoning has been underestimated by eleven times. now britain's prime minister signaled a change of heart on weapons supplies to the syrian rebels david cameron says he still backing armed opposition groups fighting against the government but admits that these groups include in his words a lot of bad guys that's quite a change from his aggressive stance in the early days of the conflict back in november twenty levon cameron called for closing gauge with the rebels following the following year he called for more international aid to put the syrian government under pressure as a laugh last month he was very mentally and he is sad but not so sure that arms shipments are the best way forward syria's top rebel commander has already accused the british pm of betrayal for abandoning plans to arm his fighters this brings us to the present with the syrian government advancing on rebel militia

also alarming new revelations on the fukushima nuclear disaster according to a japanese newspaper the number of liquidator suffering from radiation poisoning has been underestimated by eleven times. we can divine reston suburbs of paris has reignited the public debate on multiculturalism the riots which saw hundred storm a police station was sparked by an identity check on a veiled woman well let's not discuss this with rashid because he's a businessman and political activist i understand you yourself asked for your citizenship to be revoked in the large of these latest developments why is that i think there is a big problem. between. the french population. is that. there is ten years that this problem is very very big. if we do. to integrate this. i think the situation will be difficult. here but you are algerian. algerian descent you appear to have integrated success of yourself you're a businessman a politician why do you think you've been discriminated against and what are these problems that you're talking about. for me it's not difficult because i have by old business but for th

new revelations on the fukushima nuclear disaster according to a japanese newspaper the number of liquidators suffering from radiation poisoning has been underestimated eleven times. the minute trip for three of egypt's president mohamed morsi is dragging the country further into on rest and instability thousands of his supporters have attempted to storm curry's town his square where morsy demonstrators have been gathering for weeks clashes between opposing crowds led to at least one death and many injuries the army intervened to break the fighting deploying vehicles around the square despite the turmoil the interim government is pressing ahead in the egypt's constitution the muslim brotherhood and its supporters refused to recognize the panel tossed it drove to the door and morsi family has lashed out at the army accusing it of kidnapping the. noughties so you should not equate help with morsi some to find out what went wrong and his father was in power what chances egypt has for pete's. harmony lost his rule democratic. crissy have both the ruling regime and an opposition but the case of fo

overshadowed by the royal newborn about the fact that for the last two years radioactive water from fukushima nuclear site has been leaking into the pacific ocean. continuously and just now tokyo's power company tepco finally admitted it tepco spokesperson issued a statement this week saying that quote we would like to offer our deep up paula for causing grave worries for many people especially for people in fukushima and apology that's too little too late health concerns over exposure to contaminated food products are ongoing not to mention contaminated seafood and ocean life that goes far beyond japan sadly a solution to this disaster remains at a distance as tepco continues its cleanup efforts the levels of radioactivity and groundwater continue to rise and the worst part of it all that tepco has no official way of handling radioactive water which some fear it could mean the radioactive material will eventually get dumped into the ocean. it's a terrifying prospect that will undoubtedly affect everyone on this planet instead of having a meaningful discussion about the dangers of nuclear ene

like to offer our deepest apologies for causing grave worries for many people especially for people in fukushima and apology that's too little too late health concerns over exposure to contaminated food products are ongoing not to mention contaminated seafood an ocean life that goes far beyond japan sadly a solution to this disaster remains at a distance as tepco continues its cleanup efforts the levels of radioactivity and groundwater continue to rise and the worst part of it all that tepco has no official way of handling radioactive water which some fear could mean the radioactive material will eventually get dumped into the ocean. it's a terrifying prospect that will undoubtedly affect everyone on this planet instead of having a meaningful discussion about the dangers of nuclear energy and news networks are far more concerned with how much air is on that little baby's head court of the media learning that is much more important than news that actually affects our lives and when there are so many other stories begin for attention any distraction is one too many. still ahead on tonight's show w

it time we seriously reconsider heading up the nuclear option hat before we face our old the massive fukushima level disaster in our old little american world to tonight let's talk about that by following me on twitter the rest of. our well who doesn't like free stuff come on people i know you do it and i do it too any time you see one of those fish bowls telling you to put your business card in for a chance to want a free lunch new stuff or two or maybe even a small stack in oprah i certainly learned how to use giveaways as a way to boost t.v. ratings in the past. there everyone gets a car well one pakistani t.v. show might be taking a page out of oprah's playbook but instead of giving away a car or two or many get this they were giving away babies knowing you didn't mishear me babies let me give you a moment to let that sink in now according to the telegraph a pakistani prime time t.v. show gave away to abandon infants in an apparent visit to boost ratings during the holy month of ramadan the host amir like caught hussein actually has so far presented the infants to two childless couples on