well rumors have spread the view libyan leader had fled the trouble to gadhafi later made a brief and defiant t.v. appearance say he was still in the country but one of his sons blamed exiles and outsiders for pushing libya to the brink of civil war and he denied that live ammunition was being used on demonstrators some libyan ambassadors have quit over the use of force are civilians in protest and they want the us to intervene let's hear some of the international reaction artie's going on has more on how the trouble is being felt in washington. there have been a few statements from u.s. officials calling for leaders of leave yeah bahrain and others in turmoil to show restraint in hadley handling the protests and that's about it no more of that epic coverage of democracy democracy in making the kind of things with egypt analysts say it was easier and safer for us to root for democracy and support the people because there is the army there which is very powerful and is largely financed by

the united states and is now in control of egypt but you know other countries in leave you for example the u.s. doesn't have that same leverage so they are much more cautious calling for democracy in those countries i spoke to some experts here they say washington's biggest fear is that those op risings in the region could bring about leaders who will be hostile to the united states and many analysts and only say for the u.s. it's not really about supporting democracy in those countries it's about securing their interest in leave you to experts say the u.s. would so much rather have things as they were off it was never their favorite leader that's what for about some seven years ago he reached to open up a levy is all riches to the west and to let them invest in oil production so they kind of left him a little but now with protest spreading like wire wildfires across the region the u.s. seems to have little control over what's going to happen next as the region becomes increasingly unstable the price of oil spikes on global markets it is now at its highest level since before the two thousand and eight financial crisis libya where protests are much more. violent than they were in egypt or anywhere else now has

the richest proven oil reserves in africa it is the twelve largest oil exporter in the world and he threatens to disrupt supplies i mean all these protests so the u.s. might be losing control there experts say if the andress continues and the crude oil prices keep growing as they are now the u.s. is going to be hit really badly especially now that it's struggling to climb out of recession there are there are reports that a number of western oil corporations might temporarily gain from this spike in oil prices but the political unrest in the region makes it all too unpredictable. that was our tease going to check our reporting from washington in the meantime john laughlin from the institute for democracy and cooperation in paris says that by supporting the uprisings that the arab world the us only gives the appearance of change. the american double standards in the middle east are so breathtaking that. one doesn't really know what to say in the case of egypt as in the case of the other countries the interest of the united states is to present the appearance of

change while maintaining political control that is what the americans are about revolution to legitimize a continuation of the status quo effectively you may remember in the great novel and film the leopard there's the famous saying everything must change so that everything stays the same and that's really the motto of the americans in these situations they're trying to keep a lid on the situation in the middle east they're trying to legitimize new versions of the old regime but of course that's not to say that there are no social pressures autonomous social pressures themselves there are of course considerable pressure pressures in these countries. all foreigners living and working in libya are leaving the country several nations including russia are sending special planes to bring their citizens back home r.t. surfer has the details. russian curating the russian nationals living and working in libya. specialists of the working on high profile investment projects we know

that they are going ahead as he said special planes being dispatched to aid that evacuation we can hear now from russia's ambassador to libya he commented on this. russian nationals should be rescued his ministry has been quite successful in carrying out under such circumstances it's hard to predict what the current situation at least it will lead to just one common reason for such. emergence of a new generation. informed have been brutal atos isn't someone to some extent the internet ready to take responsibility for the country's fate nor does statements on the foreign ministry website has called for an end to the violence in the country and the political dialogue is one that's really been this and this only hope that we've seen the russia's response to the situation in the middle east asia being markedly different to the approach taken by other western countries especially as

we've been hearing in the u.s. they had this big story democracy rhetoric and we heard the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov saying that warning western countries really that this. revolution for the sake of revolution in pro-democracy tool can be counterproductive to actually the focus should be on a stop machine now these democratic races in the country are saying what he's won western countries is not to interfere in the region's internal affairs that these countries have the right to define their own future and there wasn't country need to be very careful that they're not using these affairs of their own chiefest to gaze since the energy rich country open for investment we stay in russia and make the most of these opportunities right back in two thousand and eight but amid heated who's then the president of the country fist to chipley and signed a three point five billion dollars deal for

a high speed rail way link in the country that runs between had big ozzy and i now that's scheduled for completion in twenty twelve but of course as we've heard they said specialist the engine is working on that project now of course being evacuated now we know also there are many russian oil companies working in the country months and gas from gas from is also a release a statement saying that there were me feeling some of the people working in the country that for them as part of the evacuation in fact just last week gazprom signed a deal with. company and he and that was to jointly develop the elephant oil field in libya that of course now with the potential of. this is really calling into question the foreign investments in that country well we will have more on the fallout from the uprisings in north africa and the middle east shortly but first let's look ahead as we deal with martian matters later this hour. and now you're

looking at live pictures of stepping onto the red one of them in the moscow region of mars five hundred crew are set to walk on their mark on mars for the last time i think. before now the rest of the middle east headed north africa it's leading to a surge of illegal immigrants freeing the trouble italy is boosting security on its borders to cope with thousands of refugees whose numbers grow as the violence spreads are reports on those taking flight across the mediterranean. you know who. is the wife of the refugee. to leave i can give them i should. want to see a familiar story here. a tiny italian island in the mediterranean. away from the coast of north africa it's always been the main route for refugees but since the

recent revolution in tunisia it's become swamped by thousands desperate for a better life in europe who are willing to risk all. then with a moon shot we got into a storm and. i survived six of us and. these are some of the boats which were used by the refugees to get here and now they have these signs on them from the authorities saying their use is prohibited by italian law they've been only here for a couple of weeks so it's pretty clear in this will condition it's. four from seaworthy nevertheless sometimes up to two hundred people can cram on each one bitterly and tunisia used to have an agreement under which most tunisian refugees were intercepted before he didn't. know that the government has been drawn the floodgates have opened were not ready for the recording to introduce as mir is becoming increasingly core to keep the situation under control scuffles between

migrants and police. have already been cases of robbery and vandalism and it's really hard to identify them some of them may be criminals or even terrorists most of the refugees are herald's data center where they're provided with basic help but it's equipped only for eight hundred people. we brought in additional staff members including police and even psychiatry one hundred people in total but that's still not enough. with a wave of violence political unrest sweeping north africa and the middle east is warning of an exodus of biblical proportions it's calling for to help handle the influx of refugees but for now is planning to deploy its army to the islands to help the weak to you are. going off or to. get in.

at the turbulence in the arab world has drawn the full attention of the american media riots and demonstrations in libya and bahrain are dominating the news channels of prime time and their newspaper front pages as artie's during lister reports while u.s. leaders fly the flag for popular uprisings thousands of miles away it's a very different story back home. these images of thousands protesting their government. are reminiscent. of the scenes we're seeing in yemen. or bahrain or any of the mideast protests inspired by tunisia. and on a larger scale egypt where the people's will in many cases driven by workers struggles one out over ruling regimes but these demonstrations are going on in the u.s. state of wisconsin absolutely wisconsin is the new egypt their workers are fighting

to maintain their wages benefits and bargaining rights unions and their supporters have been standing up collectively for a week and counting against politicians proposing to take those rights away this is one of the most incredible out short pouring of energies we've seen since the great depression and i think it could be the spark that could rebuild the labor movement in this country we wouldn't know it walking past a news stand in the u.s. american newspapers featuring the protests of other countries on their front pages right here this is bahrain no mention of the seventy thousand protesters right here on u.s. soil that may be a tiny side bar dedicated to the people right here in america fighting for their rights are the hardest to get or everybody over and american protesters challenge the story told by the most watched twenty four hour u.s. news network in the country critics accuse far good c.e.o.'s that it did were getting more aggressive but i fear that it might be some problem with fear of being tinged peaceful protesters as rioters and the safety of state lawmakers cannot be

guaranteed while it may be true the struggles people face from the midwest to the mideast can't be painted with one broad brush because we do have a higher standard of living each not as bad as what we're seeing overseas in the third world developing world but it is a manifestation of the same global move that manifestation is received very differently by u.s. press and politicians depending on where it's happening american media that shared in the excite. many of egyptian protesters all day long in cairo the anticipation and excitement were growing villainize the ones in their own backyard these protesters are some of the signs aren't so nice a little bit nasty are you feeling any aggression there on the ground the president sided with the democratic demands of egyptians on the street and called for this political social and economic reforms that aspirations of the egyptian people

meanwhile at home on the do that be gyptian military cope with the egyptian people we have the governor of wisconsin threatening to call the national guard lawmakers in the u.s. were rallying the troops against protesters and the top republican in the u.s. derived at their tactics saying this was not a way to have an adult conversation gyptian seem to disagree a prominent union leader pledged support for the western workers in this video. and we watched the people of egypt celebrate their triumph now hiero it was victory friday a victory fought and won whose support of the u.s. once a battlefield now a monument to the one we call freedom meanwhile on the battlefield of working people right here in america those fighting go largely undefended lauren lyster r.t. new york. now the final space walk of a simulated voyage to mars is underway in moscow before the crew packed their bags

and head back to earth and now we can take a look at some live pictures of the walk so what you're looking at here is actually the third of the last of three spacewalks on a martian surface for the volunteers here halfway five hundred twenty days they should spend in isolation that's the way of moscow aboard torie now the crew members there are three russians two europeans there's one from china they've been locked up in a mock space ship and they have had very little contact with the outside world during the duration of the time. but there in that box and that would be a plot of surface that we can see that they're making this walk on has been modeled in the moscow region but spacewalk this that's happening right now is monitored by russia's real mission control for the experiment is the side to study the physical and psychological demands space travel and in reality that would last for about two years. ok well let's now talk to. the

russian academy of takes thank you for joining us now this is the halfway stage five hundred twenty day mission now what have we learned so far from the simulation . is a story i would. have you learned so far from the simulation i was halfway through so what are the lessons learned from. well i would say that. the major. explained. to. me. i surely would pull. in the field.

is to keep. experiments which has been accumulated so. for those of us are the people who are not familiar with what actually happens how will monitoring human behavior in such an environment they haven't had contact with much contact. how will this help with space exploration. all right well how will monitoring human behavior know they're living in a very isolated environment how will monitoring this help with space exploration.

just let me know how will a looking at be human behavior how the volunteers and the crew members are acting how will it help with the space exploration in the future. i think we're having a bit of a technical problem. all right. so you can't hear me. ok now the volunteers are halfway through a five hundred twenty day mission let's look again at the pictures they've been living in isolation and a moscow laboratory as men should be a crew members there are three russians there two europeans and one from china they have been locked up in a space ship they've only been able to e-mail their family contact with the outside world the space walk is be monitored by russia's mission control and the experiment is designed to study the physical and psychological demands of space travel but then reality would last for about two years so again the main

purpose is to gather data on the things held their capacity to work in limited confines and small groups. of volunteers last stop the martian surface a few days ago they had to say food place a sample of sore legs and a special capsule something big might eventually do in a real a trip now the simulation also saw the crew explore the surface of the planet's you said a magnetic field detector before collecting pretend stones for further research. well we're following the mars five hundred true story on our website and here's what else is online keeping you up to date at all it's probably a lot of u.s. troops face a fight for compensation for the property stolen during world war two as praise for nazis collaborators sees the conflict really wanted by the country as a liberation dr invitation. and the unemployment rate

rises in the u.s. more and more women are taking any work going in the porn industry will go to r.t. dot com to find out. now here are some other stories making international headlines the city of christchurch new zealand has been hit by a devastating earthquake leaving at least sixty five people dead the powerful quake brought buildings tumbling down in the business district at lunch time office blocks collapsed trapping people inside and raiding. streets teeming with people well it's feared that some two hundred people might be stuck beneath the rubble emergency crews are scrambling to pull survivors out. at least thirty six people have died after a stab at a muslim ceremony in bali officials say over sixty others were injured when the crowd surged against

a metal barrier in the studio opposed to be the country's president who plays visited a local hospital where the victims were taken to the crash occurred as tens of thousands of people were attempting to leave the ceremony. a suicide bomber targeting a government building in northern afghanistan has killed at least thirty people will demand it detonated his device near a group lined up to collect identity cards profits while the taliban claimed responsibility saying the attack was intended. for an army recruitment center this comes just days after militants city of jalalabad killed forty and wounded dozens. germany's defense minister has given up his doctoral title following allegations he plagiarized sections of his thesis. said he would temporarily give up the title while his university investigated the charges gutenberg has now asked the

university of beirut to retract his ph d. in law admitting he had made a quote serious mistakes. now later r.t. takes you a few hundred kilometers south of moscow or explorer james brown heads for the picturesque penza region.

join james on his travels in around five minutes time here on r.t. but now it's time for the business update with. that's right time to have a look at what's happening in the world of business and oil prices have climbed to the highest level in more than two years as the crisis in libya fuels concerns over crude supplies w t i blend has risen as much as ten percent and that's one week now trading at around ninety four dollars a barrel which has africa's largest oil reserves has cut supplies by thousand barrels a day with the opposition threatening to deliver its international well companies have started watching operations in the country. and the oil spikes are having

a positive impact on russian equities but of and this again is a strategist from ron cow believes crude is a double edged sword and says investors shouldn't let their guard down. or should be cautious because we are getting into or all super spikes and. we're already. getting to that also from very. you know the tensions are going to continue we are likely to see. it's good for russia's current to go on it's good for the russians it's mixed in the makes them welfare but it's a q. or four. rosneft may seek compensation from b.p. if the deal to jointly develop breach arctic fails fails that's according to the wall street journal citing energy minister it could say force net and b b concluded

the deal in january but were forced to put it on hold all to true from a our russian partners in the joint venture teens pete they are claims the deal violates its clues of the groom and with the british with meter. not time to have a quick look at the markets it's a sea of red into europe european indices extending the previous sessions shot losses as the violence and leave it worsens and off to headed for asian markets a foot say is below six thousand points airline stocks among the worst hit amid worries over oil supplies. and in russia the indices that tracking those losses in europe and asia the r.t.s. in the my six are significantly lower on the tuesday after posting their highest climb in more than a week on monday let's have a look at some of the individual share moves now energy may just continue to do well on the strong but well priced bucking the weaker trend on the market pressing

up to stop almost point eight percent this solid but financials saw suffering both burbank and down almost three percent on the mites. well the rally in that world price since the beginning also here is giving the russian government new options speaking exclusively to our chief finance minister says the higher revenues will mean lower boring. new spoilers only zero we're going to cut our initial plan for and borrowing due to the high oil price this year it could be cut by around five hundred billion rubles we have an opportunity which we haven't used yet to finance modernization with money from asia in particular this relates to projects in the far east and inside syria the money could come in the form of loans foreign direct investment through the placement of bombs in our projects in asia. that's it from me you know up to date now more business news and

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environmental contamination don't you feel like a lab rat some consider the experiment in human treatment very highly significant differences between the g.m. fed that they both at the g.m. plant but they weren't treated so well themselves one question means one carrier if you ask one question you could be uncertain and you might or might not be able to publish it but that's the end of your career.

really you believe. them back here is a quick recap of the top top stories we're covering for you today world leaders are calling for an immediate end to violence in libya as hundreds of people died during a government colonel gadhafi appeared on t.v. to confirm that he's still in tripoli rumors that he had fled the country. russia is racing to get its people safely out of libya and special planes are being sent to ensure foreign workers don't get caught up in the crash. and the crew of a journey to mars their final walk when they pretend to read part of the surface in

the moscow region the volunteers are halfway through the five hundred twenty day project which they're spending in isolation to test the psychological impact of long distance space travel. adventure james brown head south to the pens a reachin to get to grips with his shooting skills and indulge in nineteenth century poetry to stay with us for that. in russian terms the pen's region is just. a. plain journey it's an area that any travel. a million people. with driving business and cultural scene. to it's passed around the streets. so this is where the history of began.