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a tidal wave of illegal immigration is threatening to drown you or as uprising in north africa and the middle east see thousands flood italian shore. the world's debating a multi-billion dollar democracy package for the region hit by revolts but many argue crippling cuts to the money is desperately needed elsewhere. and ukraine is a child the positive patients accuse the health ministry of banking on they realize as corruption and mismanagement of the sick are left without central drivers.

this is r t coming to you live from moscow i'm marina joshie welcome to the program and europe is facing an unprecedented wave of illegal immigration after libya threatened to lead refugees pour into the continent the revolt across north africa and the middle east has already on least thousands on italian shores as a chaos spreads through the region their numbers are only growing reports. they don't call them to do so they get into europe for nothing you see this tiny italian island in the mediterranean is located just around eighteen miles off the coast of north africa and over the past decade many refugees came here looking for a better life and while we were sent to other european countries nevertheless this place still managed to remain a peaceful isolated world populated mostly by fishermen and holiday makers but just

recently the peace was disturbed after the recent revolution in tunisia in just two weeks the island became flooded with a wave of refugees many spend their entire days this wandering around town there have already been reports of and vandalism and several have been arrested we've been talking to the locals and some of them are even afraid to come out on the streets when it's dark it takes around three days to seel from tunisia to lampedusa and these are some of the actual boats used by the refugees to get here and you can see they're not really that big so it's really hard to believe that sometimes up to three hundred people can cram on each one and actually not all of them even make it to the island some get lost out there in the open sea and some sink dozens of refugees have already died this is the center where many of the refugees are being house you can see it's like a separate town itself they're being given out food and water and clothes and the

necessary medical assistance as well all on the state money the problem is it was initially designed to house just around eight hundred fifty people while it had to receive in reality much more than that and another problem is it's really hard to identify all these people and officials say that some of them could be criminals even terrorists would be easy to foreign and interior ministers finally meeting to discuss the situation a resolution is needed fast because the vile. protests continuing both in northern africa and in the middle east italy has already warned a new bigger wave of refugees can flood not only this tiny island but the entire continent has gone off our t. . italy. and some experts believe european countries should impose sanctions to stop the flow of illegal immigration even before all these. things

the prospect of massive immigration has always been europe's wars tonight. in real terms it has never been substantial and we have always been below thirty thousand. possible entries every year. clearly the overthrow of the governments poses a whole different set of issues and what europe will be able to do it depends on the ability of actually cordy meeting among some of the governments that are most affected the instruments. to the international community in the short term are very limited i mean imagine if so in two months time coral gadhafi is not overthrown i mean business cannot proceed as usual after this so something will have to be done and clearly one obvious thing to do or one immediate thing that could be done is a visa ban on the regime if the violence continues at this at this rate. hold at

least avoid cause and prevent a corner gadhafi from traveling europe and put up his tail in several european capitals as he has done over the past few years anything beyond its infancy still missing those assets is going to be more complicated clearly targeted sanctions is the kind of symbolic as well as concrete i'm sure that the international community can get if if the violence continue continues at this rate. the libyan leader has vowed to fight till the death and die a martyr in his homeland refusing to step down amid widespread anti-government protests in his first major speech since the unrest began colonel gadhafi talked of the cowards and traitors responsible for the uprising referring to protesters as rats get off he urged his supporters oh take to the streets and attack the opposition who he claimed were bribed drugged and serving the devil believe me an interior minister has defected and joined the protesters calling on the army to

follow and support the people's demands for change several even ambassadors have also quit in protest over the use of force on civilians demanding the and us cut off these decades along the country's leader reportedly ordered the army to use airstrikes against demonstrators something he denies and several hundred have been killed and over four thousand injured in the first week of violence making it the bloodiest of all the arab revolt. meanwhile in yemen two anti-government protesters have been killed and dozens injured after supporters of the country's president opened fire outside a university in the capital sana'a tens of thousands have rallied across the country for two weeks now demanding the resignation of ali abdullah saleh the president who has been in power for over thirty years has refused to leave office saying you will step down only after national elections twenty thirteen.

the un has can down the libyan leader over his crackdown on protesters and cold for ends to the bloodshed u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton later described the violence as completely unacceptable artie's going to to come as more from washington d.c. . the situation in libya has been critical for more than a week now the protests there turn out to be a lot more violent than they were in egypt or anywhere else in the way john but washington's we action as analysts point out has been as slow and cautious as ever only this tuesday did secretary of state hillary clinton come out to the press and powerful libya to stop the bloodshed she also called for leaders in bahrain and yemen to show restraint when handling the protests what analysts point out the spite the cautious words of concern expressed by the u.s. administration there is no more of that democracy celebration that we saw over a week ago when obama delivered all those passionate speeches on people of egypt

making their voice heard and embracing democracy with analysts say it was easier and safer for the u.s. to root for democracy and support the people because there is the army there which is very powerful and is largely supported and financed by the united states and is now in control of egypt but in other countries in libya for example the u.s. doesn't have the same leverage libya has the richest proven oil reserves in africa it is the twelve largest oil exporter in the world experts say it is very hard to predict who will take power if gadhafi is out that washington's biggest fear is that those uprisings in the region could bring about leaders who will be hostile to the united states market off he never was their favorite leader that's for sure but seven years ago he agreed to open up leave all or oil riches to the west and let them invest in oil production so they kind of left him alone but now with protests spreading like wildfire is across the region the u.s. seems to have little control over what's going to happen next there also the u.s.

is very sensitive about bahrain they have their fleet there to protect all the swears cut out a major oil shipping lane and keep an eye on iran and they have good relations with the king of bahrain and all that political unrest could really undermine the u.s. presence in the gulf so they're very cautious calling for democracy there or even yemen for that matter where. antigovernment protests are also going on the u.s. sponsors the yemeni government in exchange for their food cooperation in chasing down terrorist suspects experts say the under arrest there is very dangerous for the united states at school the stark therefore is saying rather rick that we've seen here in washington many al of the analysts say for the u.s. it's not really about supporting democracy in those countries it's about securing their interests. there and more on the global impact of the unrest in the middle east and north africa coming your way shortly but first let's look at what's ahead this hour accusations of state negligence a child positive patients in ukraine are pointing the finger at the government as

they suffer from a shortage of vital medication. barabbas care of football team secures a place in the last sixteen of the robber league becoming the first russian quad to do so that's coming up in our sports both and later the south. and western nations are debating multi-billion dollar aid deals for what's seen as democratic and economic transformation in north africa and the middle east but while politicians in europe and the u.s. say the west shoot show the region the tane jubal fruits of freedom many believe the timing couldn't be worse or am it explains. in the battle for hearts and minds in the middle east the new front has opened up influential voices from the heart of europe to washington urging western politicians to take advantage of rest by pumping in false sums of money in eight to show you the new liberated people of the

region that democracy does carry rewards but it's cash that many europeans don't feel they have the research to do we will give it a broader windows which i think we should be close to. people it will mean obviously they did serve some money for helping to democracy but we need to be the captain root source this crazy shit so we try to look at what's going on a little first before you strike like a train so it's also really at this moment in our country's going through these big cuts that money i think could be used for foreign goods the aid package being proposed by e.u. and you. yes leaders is potentially the biggest since the end of the second world war it's being dubbed the new marshall plan after the money that america gave to europe after the war to help rebuild a decimated economy and create jobs but robert oulds from the british group says we

should be concentrating on trade not eight countries such as egypt and tunisia and other countries developing nations are hurts their agricultural policies are damaged as a result of the european union's policies we need to have trade policies which stop hurting the third world would stop hurting developing nations and that that would be the better way of securing a long term by oversea for countries that are these emerging democracies instead of europe in the us are talking about handing over billions of dollars to the middle eastern mediterranean to countries torn apart by revolution and unrest and despite the opposition in the u.k. there are also some who believe it's the duty of developed countries to help those in trouble we're lucky to have a democracy. democracy throughout the world i think the middle east needs our help it's going to. question transition that's the moment yes i think despise our

problems are told we can't just close up we have to look at the world this place we live in but it may not be as simple as that unlike europe after the second world war egypt and tunisia on to rule toward their developing economies going through revolution and it's very unclear at this point who is going to end up in charge and who would take receipt of any aid package the government's made extensive attempts to build relations build up regimes which are now being destroyed by a revolution is whether we're looking at military over the years to egypt who are looking out big deals to time when i was shaking hands on just a few years ago in libya with gadhafi. so we need to be really careful particularly when we don't know what the full route for the final governments in service will be we don't wind up with resources when we have the road home so if the muslim brotherhood takes over in egypt do we want them to be taking over was institutions

which we've built up with western taxpayers money westminster has been the scene of ugly demonstrations against government proposals to cut funds to some of the u.k.'s most vital services while some undoubtedly believe it would be a sad day when western countries refused to help build democracy others say it's the wrong help potentially going to the wrong people at the wrong target for a cash strapped euro your average forty yard to. their model t. clare a professor of peace and world security studies at the us hampshire college believes western countries should focus on the reasons behind the uprisings he says prices and other economic factors should have been dealt with before the problem spread further afield. i think the one thing the interest went before the events occurred in egypt and now in libya and bahrain and elsewhere they want danger signs and my mind the big dangerous sign is in rising prices all right

now as i ask was even higher than it was. and they went to head riots brown the world and dozens of countries and that's the situation you have today and i believe the situation can only get worse because indications of drought in many parts of the world in china and elsewhere and that makes people very angry well in the case of libya it's too late because the government has used for us to kill their own citizens once you do that you've crossed that threshold and there's no going back in the case of egypt when the military announced they weren't going to fire on the protesters that open the way to a peaceful transition which we have so far seen in egypt i think that's the crucial factor is avoiding conflict also transparency opening up the government to

scrutiny where the money is is is very crucial the fact is that the problems in tunisia and egypt are replicated in many parts of the world not only in the middle east but in europe and central asia and in other parts of the world and as the crisis in libya shows no signs of abating oil prices across the world continue to spike maybe as the world's twelfth largest exporter of oil with investors fearing the anti-government uprising will disrupt global supplies as stocks fall sharply more analysis of the current situation the markets as well as the prospects for the future in our business bulletin and less than ten minutes time here on our team. britain's prime minister has come under fire from mental weapons campaigners after it emerged he took to fans firm's representatives with him on his middle east tour u.k. manufacturers' crowd control vehicles have apparently been filmed on the streets of

libya being used against protesters all over sprague from amnesty international says britain's tough arms sales laws are being abused the vehicles that we've identified that appear to have been identified from from the youth to footage should never have been sold in the first place and it was just amnesty saying that an influential u.k. parliamentary committee was very critical of that decision back in two thousand and eight it is true to say that the u.k. does on paper have very strong rules that it's not supposed to sell any equipment where there is a reasonable risk that they'll be used to fuel comfortably well it's well it's just not in this case. you know where else goes through from the particular libya i think their judgment has been wrong and i think they have agreed the sales where and when they should have done because i think it was clear back in two thousand and eight two thousand and nine when these losses were being approved by by the previous government actually that there were very real risks that they would fuel human rights atrocities exactly what we're seeing on our on our t.v.

screens right now. and keep up to date on our website. right now despite a large number of deadly shooting songs with texas could soon become the next day. on the university campuses as a majority of lawmakers supported the bill. man's day. almost a third of women in the country would rather. take a look at all. pay.

hundreds of thousands of people living with our fighting for their lives in ukraine as government stands accused of delaying the supply of vital drugs amid claims of state corruption patients have been forced to jeopardize their health in a bid to stay alive. ever since you and the learned she was a child be positive her life has been a nightmare and the last few months have made matters even worse a local aid center which had been providing iliana with medication told her that they no longer had even a logical serum for her three year old son dre also infected with a deadly virus. they told me that i have to give my people dealt wanted to entry and that i have to split each peel into three how can i simply didn't exactly

three parts and how do i know it will accept these articles late last year several ukrainian regents reported a shortage of immune strengthening drugs used by hiv positive patients experts point the finger at the country's health ministry all of them that have official say this happened because the bidding for the purchase of drugs happened too late in the summer between the winter they received funding to wait this whole system of buying drugs by tend is corrupt through and through. following this delay in supplies some hiv patients have had to alter their treatment and find alternative medication doctors say they have no choice but such changes can pose a grave danger to graze health ministry reports of at least one hundred thousand h.i.v. positive people in the country however experts say this number is diminished and the real amount of infected may go to three hundred and fifty thousand people.

official say for the present the supply crisis has been dealt with siddique is a bit it could make for now all regions have received the required medications that the only drugs which are still on their way to children spells it when to stand they will be delivered within a few days but doctors say within six months the hiv positive may feel the damaging effects of the recent halt in supplies and roundabout that sign they are expecting another shortage of anti-viral. you know who she and her son will be able to make it through all this one small war. reporting from key of. ukraine. now let's take a look at some other stories from around the world and rescue crews in the new zealand city of christchurch are continuing frantic efforts to pull survivors from buildings following a devastating earthquake on tuesday that killed seventy five people dozens were

rescued from collapsed buildings overnight but there are grave concerns for a further three hundred or still missing the disastrous tremor struck at lunchtime with falling structures raining debris down on the city's busy streets. tiranny and warships have passed through the suez canal for the first time in more than three decades the vessels are on route to the mediterranean sea for a training mission with syria though iran has stated there is no military equipment or nuclear materials on board the ships the prime minister of israel who considers both countries hostile denounced the move as a provocation. pirates have killed four americans taken captive aboard their yacht of the coast of oman the victim's husband and wife and they were two friends were attempting to sail around the world u.s. military forces trailing the vessel were attempting to negotiate with the hijackers . or in the yard in response to sounds of gunfire and killed two pirates while

securing the boat found all hostages on board shot dead. train services to peruse the story much a preacher rooms have resumed following a closure due to flooding the rail line runs along the revolver river at the have risen following twenty days of heavy rain many people god were many people were stranded on their way to the popular attraction and last year in early february flooding near the site. cappa closed to tourists for two months. well later on our t.v. experts sound the alarm that scientific study is suffering with most research paid for by industry critics say objectivity is being brought into question. these grants nutritious and this is products on the price of healthy eating. we need to test these times is the allergenicity immune response lower nutrition in

for environmental contamination don't you feel like a lab rat some consider the experiment it's human treatment i had the significant differences between the g.m. felt that they both at the g.m. . but they weren't treated so well themselves one question means one career 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. and can watch our special report in an hour it's an hour's time here on our team before that we'll take a look at the world of business with here. hello time to get the latest from the world of business and the sharp rise in the oil prices due to the unrest in the middle east has raised fears the global recovery might be stopped in its tracks economists argue the high energy costs will drag on

fragile economists still struggling to emerge from the financial crisis but. believes the fears are being overplayed especially since oil supplies are still moving brother to live freely. we need to take into account the global economic developments consume dribble time saw assuming that the situation in the middle east doesn't discourage further significantly we should rather concede there is like a short term problem i should emphasize that so far we haven't seen any even minor disruptions to all suppliers of major markets including europe. because problems in egypt. oil shipments through the suez canal were unaffected what we currently soon leave while and roast actually hasn't produced

any material impact on the crude supply. why don't get stuck with the best of the week here in russia and they've benefited not just from the rising oil prices but also from speculation in the media that upcoming tax reforms could see them operating under a more favorable regime. there's a secular theme in russia of tax reform which seems to be finding support even in this difficult environment. of the market sell off and we think that all the names that are exposed to the could exploit such as you have to. look well could be out performers in the market towards the end of that week. the exploration deal signed between ross nerved and b b has raised the possibility of going into russia's arctic energy resources but even if the difficulties surrounding that do can be overcome there still remains the challenge of extracting the oil and gas from the frozen region the president of russia and union of oil and gas groups

believe drilling will only become economical with live viable when the oil price hits one hundred fifty dollars per barrel. yeah it's very expensive to develop the arctic show i'm not saying we shouldn't develop this area but we still don't have enough experience to deal with it i believe we should stop the development when the price of oil reaches one hundred fifty dollars per barrel and beyond for example to drill one metre of the arctic shelf could cost up to one million rubles so we should curricula to cordingley. let's have a look at how the markets are doing this hour here in russia it's a national holiday so that will be no trading but the rest of the world is going to work with asia here the stock markets are edging down played by wall street's shop a lot of the issues day and the continued political turmoil in libya japan's nikkei is losing just under one percent this hour hang saying it's down time to help. fund

russian can make a solace and u.s. auto giant ford well invest one point four billion dollars in a new joint venture in twenty twenty then intention is to raise ford's market share in russia nine percent from the current four point seven percent con make us hope to get a state secured loans reportedly from bank with most of the money to be spent on launching new models with locally made parts so it's reached an agreement with ford but also talks on a partnership with fia as the site's fails to agree on intellectual property rights . that's it from me your up to date join me in less than one us time for more business news.