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the effects of an el nino weather event. welcome to bbc news — broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. we begin in the middle east where israeli forces have begun to withdraw from the city ofjenin, in the west bank, after carrying out one of the biggest military operations there in years. israel says the action was an attempt to root out terrorists but palestinians have described it as a war crime. the refugee camp was set up after the arab—israeli war in 1948. thousands of people have left the camp since the operation began. in this latest violence, at least 12 p...

To be able to replace the ice barrier that's underground trying to keep the ground water out of the melting down reactors and to be able to stabilise the radioactive soil that surrounds the area as well. they're planning, the japanese, are planning to release this water over the next 30 years. so this is not only transboundary, which is an issue legally, but it's also transgenerational. that's my generation, my daughter's generation and any grandchildren that might come along if we go with this concrete option number one, it takes away the biological concerns immediately. there's no way for th...

And rescue efforts. at least once already a u.s. navy aircraft carrier has had to plea from possible radioactive threats. are our sailors safe? what about this idea of dropping water on melting down reactors from helicopters? what's our involvement, what does it mean, we have that straight ahead. [ male announcer ] millions of men 45 and older

This radiation. we are also hearing now that the japanese officials at that plant are considering asking the u.s. military and japanese military to use hel helicopters to spray water into the reactors. that seems a dangerous measure but as you can see this crisis is escalating jon. greg: what is being done as far as the relief efforts? >> reporter: well, there's a massive relief effort going on come nateed by the nuclear issue. we know there are a hundred thousand japanese troops involved and the u.s. military are also heavily involved in it. the carrier the reagan is off-shore with a fleet of...

Fukushima plant has generated over the last 20 or 30 years you'd be talking about a whole lot of greenhouse gas, pollutants in the hams and so forth which probably also would have had ill health effects on people. >> absolutely. look at china people can hardly breathe in the city. that's why they are building 20 reactors right now. that's not going to stop them. one of the biggest problems in japan is all the exhaust, smoke and par particular atlantas from the oil and gas fires. even as we worry about this there is another problem of the fossil fuels that have exploded and returned up. greg: b...