one technology update here on. the future. the u.n. says the death toll in libya could be in the thousands as the government steps up the battle against protesters and as the west pushes for telegraphic change in troubled regions fears grow their interference will add fuel to the fire. ukase accuse of double standards by agreeing to extradite with your legs founder julian assange overrate claims put refusing to do the same for international terrorists. plus boosting the russian armed forces the government announces a multi-billion dollar program to upgrade its military equipment to tackle more threats.

this is r t here in moscow just after nine pm now in the russian capital an eight pm in tripoli where colonel gadhafi forces of opening fire on the protesters in the libyan capital the last bastion of the embattled leader at least four people have reportedly been killed with the unofficial death toll of the ten days of revolt standing at over two thousand and half he's battling to shore up control of the west as demonstrators consolidate gains in the east of the country international momentum is building to punish the libyan leader for his violent response to the protest russian president dmitri medvedev has called on the authorities to prevent tensions from escalating any further and stop the bloodshed in iran and iraq at least eleven people were killed as people took to the streets protesting against the government and calling for reforms their political journalist and for me while told r.t. that the west is advocating the spread of democracy across the region to control

the politics of the arab world. western style democracy in its current. a state is far from what i would consider to be something that we should want in any of these countries i think i think if there's going to be democracy it should be democracy with a real change and a change that reflects democracy that actually benefits the people today's democracy is nothing more than a mainstream control mechanism through which the vast majority of the public who do not think are emotionally engaged in in situations that they don't even really realize what it is that they're voting for or approving and if you think that democracy which is supposedly what the u.s. is out there pushing and driving home for these people who who need so much the philosophy of what they've developed and put together in in the u.s. for example take a look at look at what they're doing any building bases in hundreds of over one hundred different countries you know basically putting at the end of a gun the word democracy and shoving it down their throats i mean this is not democracy this is abuse this is nothing more than a system that is doomed to failure and as long as central banks continue to stand

side by side in a democratic system like we have training endless amounts of money which is devalued by evaluate by the minutes we're not going to have anything more here than chaos that is used to mask that evaluation process and hopefully distract people from the overall fraud and from perpetrated on western societies and that's democracy and what. to egypt now where two weeks after the popular revolution swept from power president hosni mubarak demonstrations continue with tens of thousands calling for reforms the ministries in control there until elections can be held parties peter all of our reports now on the difficult transition from dictatorship . the people of egypt because once again occupied central cairo here at the here square the epicenter of the revolution that felled kanzi mubarak the people up back out spain great numbers in order to lend their support to a number of causes some here to show solidarity with libyan people and calling for western governments to do more in order to help the people under the gadhafi regime

the majority of the people who have come here want to see not only mubarak gone they want to see the main figures of this regime who are still in power removed from those seats of power namely omar suleiman and the current prime minister major feat was a symbolic gesture from the part of the corrupt government just removing the bike and if you businessmen are scapegoats so we get busy with this thinking justice has been served but this is totally symbolic and it's not functional on all levels the man for a change that was fulfilled by the president of the sort of with i need your stepping down if only for the fun level but not the entire system the roommate as it is the organizers of these protests a calling for millions of people the millions that we saw at the height of the revolution a month ago to come back to tie his square to come back to the center of cairo the streets of cairo and call for a democratic egypt we can now hear my reports and want a democratic egypt could mean to the people. with

a full god they pledged. many downright. the protesters who took over central cairo had a clear goal the removal of the dictator and establishing a free country a mortuary as an activist and one of the organizers of the revolution that toppled balik he believes that egypt can make the transition from dictatorship to a democratic state the thing is defining democracy no on terms that were here i mean everyone look at it on its own terms but we are going to it our turns there is that we want to see in this country our country there does not that we want to feel like there's some way of getting it and we're going get that support for a democratic egypt has come from governments around the world however some of those leaders who have been quick to congratulate the revolutionaries may not be so pleased with the possible future for the country basic problem we see in the west

we want democracy but we also want states that will be friendly to us and do what we want but almost certainly we want to see deal less comfortable for the west the our potatoes our autocrats our politics but those dictators have been swept aside my people who after years of injustice finally had enough some of the poorest people in the egyptian capital live in the area of cairo here many are hopeful that a democratic egypt will help them out of poverty however others expressed concern they may see the rich get richer while the full poor. of ago i am worried things can get worse for the poor of democracy is not implemented a pretty good will keep egypt safe. while the west may have been compensated gyptian for fighting for democratic principles they may be in for a nasty shock when they find out that the people simply have to change peach all over r t cairo egypt well for more on the turmoil across the arab world and in

particular libya let's cross live to london where i'm joined by journalist in barrel he's already. deputy editor of the british newspaper the independent thanks very much for joining us here on r.t. now as we've heard kidnap is putting up a real fight to retain power in libya and force is still being used against his people how far do you think he's going to go to cling to power i think he will do whatever he can to remain in power i think we're seeing that the stalker more firing on people in tripoli but we've seen machine with machine gun can see and hear were used on people this is a man who is showing insult to be utterly ruthless and that's why he said in power for forty one years so i think we shouldn't underestimate and beyond any illusions he will do what he can stay in control and so you mention in your article this week in the u.k.'s guardian newspaper that the international community must take swift action against gadhafi what action should that be do you think i think that remains

in it's possible you could pull only minutes and spur there's talk that he only has control of parts of tripoli no so i think we should leave it for a people days but certainly i'd like to see the exhaustion of no fly zone so that he can't use as a force to bomb people or to attack people as he has done and if he does so if the bloodshed continues if the days turn into weeks i do think there is a case where by it's possible that we might look to some of its arab neighbors to see if it's possible to come in there is very little army its main you know police over at me and he is just holed up in this in in how as easily where people think years. who very swift incursions here and that's an intriguing suggestion you mention get his arab neighbors to intervene well a lot of the arab world is in turmoil at the moment what's need is you talking about what if the egyptian army are no seen as people who played a pivotal role in getting rid of mubarak and they would be treated i

think if they came in to try and get rid of. there is a possibility that we would be seen as a very very friendly force to come and do such a jaw if we would just go in and just get rid of him and we voted him but obviously this isn't a route you want to go down and it's very dangerous situation but we all know that when you have a foreign imposed or for any curse these things are very very dangerous so it's not something because of the state but the people for instance weeks alone who is an issue that we may need to look at something if we remain stuck in this one force with. troops what about the west's role in the u.k. supplied arms to libya you you mentioned this in the same article there in the guardian newspaper this week and the u.k. is now being accused of double standards what would you say really that the british government and indeed other european governments are partly to blame for the civilian deaths were seeing at the moment because they've been supplying weapons to get deathy i wouldn't say the police believe the person is blue. but i do think

there are questions for governments in terms of some these armed searles i don't know but it should also those who do have an issue so the norm to someone like me who has shown himself over the years to people in power whether it's massacring one thousand two hundred people in the journal whether it's going to go to jihadist people. reputedly using chemical weapons or whether it's blowing up or like as you know the somali funded global terrorism to really years we're talking about term military intervention a little earlier we know of course the european union the talk about a so-called marshall plan a financial aid but again in the article you're saying this is going to be probably too late but in whatever way there is some sort of western intervention interference could that perhaps actually provoke situations in these countries are on rest to be further in turmoil what do you think about the western interference at the moment not just in libya but throughout the middle east

and north africa. well i'm not proposing that american or british troops go down there and breed or anything like we. would be extremely new supposed to happen but it. could be done like it's such as imposing a no fly zone yes but what about what about you know about this idea of imposing a tony blair was saying this is a champion the cause of democracy a democratic movement throughout the middle east. what's interesting and is to print iraq war this is an outside force coming in and imposing democracy and these are people on the ground young people predominantly sunni who want to join walls and they want to have the rights that a lot of other people have and they want to moxy them searle's so. you know i think it's fantastic this is what the people there want but it's up to them and decide what sort of rocks in what sort of country in the future libya is a major oil producer and much of the cause of the results in egypt engine is it would because of rising fuel prices rising food prices if we see this further

turmoil in the middle east and oil prices going up as is there are obviously concerns about that and food prices do you think that this unrest we're seeing in the arab world could spread beyond that to other countries but i would just say that it wasn't due to rising oil prices oil in libya is cheaper than water or in other countries it's certainly the cost of living went up and that was due to obviously rising prices of energy supplies and i think it is possible that these reports the source code has been very small purchase in north korea. rumblings and want to sub-saharan african countries i think it is quite possible that any repressive regime. clearly people there is a way you going on where both people can see that the strength of people who want change and can organize themselves to take on some pretty hideous regimes but again we situations we learned another reason for the barack of the protests against him was the corruption and of course many saying the western world actually fed his

corruption get daffy what is reported reportedly worth something like seventy billion dollars and he's got these assets in banks around the world if and when he has toppled to do you think the west will actually get their hands on that money and actually in an ideal world give it back to the people where it's deserved what do you think happens to all that sort of money but we have seen in the past in place slow cheerier where some money was returned but i think there are issues not just for the west. rushed through his world. controls on. people who are stealing the source of some of that money for a movie or. really interesting to hear what you have to say and we appreciate your time live here on r.t. thanks for joining us there in london thank you very much. we have breaking news this hour now on r.t. and we're reporting that there have been similar tennis attacks on the carpet in a department of the federal security service that's the f.s.b. in the volatile north caucuses and in particular we know that the traffic police

checkpoint was fired upon just after eight pm moscow time and the f.s.b. department for a couple of our current came under fire just after that at eight thirteen pm that's again moscow time the source our news source is telling us that preliminary reports indicate that no one among the offices of the f.s.b. department for publishing of a car has been harmed and that the building was shelled with an underground grenade launcher that's the report we're getting at the moment and traffic police checkpoints in that's a suburb of not chick and in not on the earth on this trip were fired upon eight thirty pm moscow time we're also receiving information that the shalit should the traffic police checkpoint was fired a plan with automatic weapons and one police officer was injured and exchange of fire near the sun your traffic police checkpoint is under way at the moment that's breaking news from the red carpet in a block area. and that of course follows some unrest

that we saw there a little earlier from russia's southern republic but of course bring you more news on that as soon as we get it here as our breaking news on the party. well time now to join our correspondents a katrina and we've got some new developments concerning the polish plane crash which happened earlier this year and i understand it's been some developments from poland to its soul to oppose this tragedy to bring us up to date on this latest in the high profile crash crash which of course killed the polish president. dr bill well the latest is a b.t.o. footage which was released on friday by the pooch t.v. channel t.v. employee who are in the channel says the b.t.o. from the c.c.t.v. camera from dick also output reveals about the caps on all the plane and the chief of the polish outpost general andre glossy credit he's

a debate show to be called to take all funding allegedly the pilot told the crashed plane our view that we would not fly to the west and russia studio smiles as he was not quite sure quite convinced about the weather conditions there at the distant nations side and meanwhile the general insisted that the flight sheets happen to take place also later the captain that of the same captain refused to create that president if that sheens going to wrap up the plane and instead general entre plastic ones house to praise him welded to one fifty four plane crash to the carrying beat down polish president his wife and others see here polish officials press to be of the tunnel smiley and square it want to commemorate the polish officers killed by the soviet secret police in the ninety's who was she and the pilots all the plane landed despite warnings by traffic controllers both poor and bad weather conditions fall below posted by the polish what t.v.

channels being not allies motherhood vision best a geisha comedian also other countries prosecution would happen to study that media that would use it. below. polish investigators are expected to deliver their own report into the causes of the accident later next month but what's being said on the possible reasons that led to the tragedy saying. well the point being is that russia's on poland's ston says on the courses all these planes crash a different more are saying that's clearly the pilot made a mistake by taking a decision to land and but whether it is such difficult weather conditions this is what's been officially set by the investigators in boston and also by the polish foreign minister however poland insists that piece responsibility for the plane crash should be a shadow between the pilots and between. and control this on the problems in russia and this is what moscow strongly opposes in january this year moscow based

international aviation comedian released a report where its size that it was pilot error which led to the crash of the fleet and also on the website and that is what side all day since national lieschen kmita there is clear evidence that the because of the polish how it was general anji lost it had been partly responsible for these particular decision was made by the father as he put some pressure on him shortly before landing well this is what the polish side stuff argues and the brother of late president criticised these reports. by the russian investigation to me she's saying that it tarnishes poland's reputation it also finds polish not so as you just saw the police state is going to build to call to step over what was in late. late spring. ok thanks very much

indeed the country to trevor bringing us the latest on the investigation into the polish crash. other news now joining us soldiers preparing to battle to overturn a london court's decision to extradite him to sweden but we can take from her insisted there was no truth to the sex crime medications against him and that there was not enough evidence to justify a course decision. for looks at the cases of mystery and intrigue. when julian assange emerged let's leave year ago with this video. showing u.s. troops going down unarmed civilians into reuters journalist video games he was lauded as a hero of transparency. and anti war ally a human rights defender r.t. america interview decides on the day of collateral murders release what keeps people and more people are managed to civilize if you're going to use your

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material used to get the maximum political impact possible but it's up to see if the political impact of the leaker and not the leaks that has gripped have been. allegations of sexual misconduct by two swedish women infighting within wiki leaks for his in bank accounts star of the nation the obama administration and the cia they want to start wiki leaks they're doing also. it's an extraordinary action star been. leaning on pay pal master card and other private corporations to allow donations to be made to wiki leaks the once heroic figure now harvey mugs bumper stickers and t. shirts to pay his legal bills who profits from the meaning of meaning. it's the u.s. government which is really out to get him makes no bones about it through under the bus by the newspaper that once eagerly used his leaks initial impressions of. some

firm in and they say assigned and wiki leaks have been effectively neutralized consumed by that against him rather than leaks i think what the american government wants is to have mr assigned in custody so that ultimately he can be extradited to the united states to face charges for the release of those documents u.k. court ruled that julian assange should be extradited to sweden but his attorneys say the next stop for the thirty nine year old computer programmer could be here in the united states where science could pay for espionage charges and even the death penalty as the sun chases jail time the future of wiki leaks hangs in the balance and its ability to be a place for whistleblowers and it became of transparency and ford artsy washington d.c. . june the source blames the european arrest warrant system for london's verdict with international terrorists living in the u.k. some are starting to question great britain's extradition policies care a button an m.e.p. for the united kingdom independence party says london's decision shows a flawed system. what mr sounds crazed does illustrates the fundamental problems

with the european restaurant which i've been talking about no because it was introduced in two thousand and four he's an australian citizen they want to actually go to sweden but this affects every british citizen and anyone who's a guest in our country and what it does it removes the fundamental rights of the english courts to protect its own citizens invest in our country because if they are not simply not allowed to look at the problem of. cases like this and take into account it's what the lawyer called to proper justice and i would now so i've been saying now for some time that extradition which is now called judicial surrender has been reduced to a bureaucratic formality and now i'm saying that it's actually nothing better than legalized kidnap system going on now it's going on a month and i haven't figured out what the charges are yet i mean for us if i can say about what's going to happen in sweden begin to use a very very rarely used mechanism here to try this case in secret so we won't even be able to hear what's being said what the allegations are what the charges are and

all the full evidence because it's going to be done in a secret hearing which is absolutely astounding. well before our business update of the latest on r.t. let's just return to our breaking news this hour there have been civil terrorist attacks on the cob opinion park on a department of the federal security service in france be in the volatile north caucuses preliminary reports indicate around ten people were harmed but sources say the building was shelled with a grenade launcher and comes just days after three tourists were killed when militants attacked a minibus in the region it was heading to a ski resort on mount elbrus which is europe's highest mountain will get more details as we get it here on our team. one hour in a few moments from now the latest innovations in the world of technology that's in our technology update program before that as promised it's the business update with kareena coming to you after a short break stay with us. i

don't walk into business thanks for joining me equity markets around the world seem to be breathing a sigh of relief as all price moderates prices for crude retreated late on thursday from their twenty eight month highs although friday's session has seen them climb once again news that saudi arabia could pump more oil to compensate for the loss of libya has taken some of the heat off the market light sweet crude is now trading below one hundred dollars a pound of brant crude is well off the one hundred eighty dollars earlier in the week but the rest fight could just be temporary with many hours predicting the rally will continue. in the short term high oil prices are good for the russian economy and for energy shares but even oregon kosky from north capital warns the

negative impact on the global economy in terms of slow growth will ultimately be harmful even for the world's biggest energy exporter. oh one word been there done that we'll know for a judging by experience or for two thousand and eight without the deteriorating perfect will take place however it's not going to happen overnight it will take approximately four to six months for the economic impact to happen during this time obviously investment in the energy resources will stay attractive however what's good for rush is not so good for joram and so to say they're for right now the question is how long this euphoria will last for russia it's not going to last for more than three or four months right now we're just the biz going to be in flaw or foreign funds positive for even bonds there's going to be zero deficit of the budget and obviously will cause more consumption more luxury cars on

the streets more exotic traveling however it's not going to last for for a year i am marshaled we're confident in that. p.p.s. meeting with alpha axis written over its russian partners in taint b.p. did not go ahead as planned on friday executives from the british oil major were due to hold talks with a r about its plans to jointly develop the arctic with russia's biggest oil company rosneft b.p. hollow did not turn up for the meeting which has now been postponed until next friday march fourth b.p. and rosneft concluded a deal in january to swap shares and jointly explore for oil in russia's arctic shelf they are has strongly objected to the plan saying it while it's executive exclusive agreement. now let's have a look at the markets wall street rebound on friday after a week long sell off as well prices stabilize from recent highs the dow jones is going more than a half a percent and the nasdaq is up almost one and

a half percent but actual stocks are gaining bank of america is up two point two percent and was fargo rose nearly four percent in company news following rose three percent after its launch a thirty billion dollars contract to build one hundred seventy nine u.s. air force through fueling planes. and european stocks gained on friday amid relief that prices have retreated one of the worst performers in london was lords of banking group down four and a half percent approve more in business would be tough this year as the u.k. economy slowed also airspace and defense for an eads was down almost three percent after losing a key u.s. tanker contract to rival building. here in russia markets of closed higher on friday the r.t. has surged over one a half percent and in my eyes it's dangerous under two percent energy stocks were struggling as investors took profits after several days of gains other sectors such as banking and retail climbed now let's have a look at some individual share moves in russia gazprom was down point six percent

on the r.t.s. ross nafta lost three quarters of a percent and russia second biggest bank was up almost four percent helped by news it is acquired a blocking stake in bank of nascar. and that's all for now so i mean just on the one hour. wealthy british style. sometimes. margetts why not. find out what's really happening to the global economy in the kinds of reports. down the official t.f. acacias your money phone the i pod touch from the i.q. sampson.