in libya on t.v. duffy protests this take control of most of the country as the nation's lights would collapse. as the libyan crisis triggers boiled price hikes and threatens to derail global economic recovery there's concern in the u.s. over how it will affect the situation at home. and as the final straight for the first race of the twenty fourteen winter games as a winning mascot for the sartorial infix is due to be announced later.

we want to take i mean to live from moscow i'm marina joshua welcome to the program now the bloodshed in the middle east continues as a leading army is once again reported to have fired a live rounds at protesters in tripoli forces loyal to longtime leader colonel gadhafi are said to have lost control over most of the country's territory and some fear it could descend into complete chaos well get out across lives of peter all over who is in the regions following the story for as they are close you peter now the situation in libya doesn't look very optimistic at the moment so what is the latest on the ground. well the latest is that the unsecured after protesters are taking more and more ground every day they controlled the majority of the country out the moment of power from the capital tripoli now they're based out of their main foothold in the east of the country and being ghazi from there they've been

able to take vast swathes of the come country convincing people from the soldiers from the libyan army to defect to their side in order to help them fight against gadhafi now we're also hearing from the refugee situation around twenty two thousand libyans of fled into tunisia another fifteen thousand heading towards where i am now in egypt so the people are trying to get away from some of the fighting but the there are forces in tripoli that are loyal to gadhafi and that seems to be where he is making a final stand if you will and final stand certainly not used out of context here yesterday saif gadhafi the son of the leader said that neither he or his father would leave they would leave libya alive so they are planning to make a final stand in the capital city there now. the country has a say completely in disarray at the moment with protestors holding most anti gadhafi forces holding most of the country gadhafi holding the capital of libya or

the top u.s. their former u.s. diplomats has said that the country is slipping towards complete chaos. gadhafi has made sure that no there is no other power source the army is not power or the army is not a force for stability it was a very small middle class very few were educated people in egypt so we were looking at a prospect of water chaos in libya there we were in tunisia and in egypt and now it's a very fearful thing if it continues to get worse and worse and so wardrobes and not just a few thousand but tens of thousands of people were killed. we're looking at the complete disintegration of the country. well coming from an international community within condemnation for what's going on in libya the united states this a sheet sanctions against the gadhafi family and top libyan plays this is this is

that they've waited until the majority of their citizens are being out of the country before they'll be able to do this also the united kingdom and other nations following suit we are promising to put pressure on gadhafi but making sure that they can get their citizens libya a predominantly the employment in libya the economic situation for the people who work there come from other countries now the decides thought some criticism here especially in cairo yesterday it was criticism that the the countries in the west the united nations have waited too long before stepping in and saying so and doing something instead of just saying something about what's happening in libya right well peter what's happening elsewhere in the region has there been any more recent unrest there. yes right across the whole of the whole of the region we've seen unrest on friday and continuing through here in cairo they was mass protest on previous where which was the center of the revolution that toppled hosni mubarak the people back out there to show their support for libya but also to call through

a political prisoners that were arrested during the revolution to be free and also to call for the satisfaction of this state their dissatisfaction with the what happened in the revolution they toppled mubarak but many of these key key followers in that regime that he helped power here in egypt for thirty years they still are in seats of power so they were out there calling for the prime ministership feet to be removed as well as other key people elsewhere in the country in the region. there were mass protests again with the same kind of outlook as here in egypt wanting people who were involved in the regime that they deposed to be again kicked out of power and removed from those positions in order to allow the people who toppled those dictators and those leaders to be allowed to to go forward with creating new countries now there were violent protests across iraq and what was termed a day of rage and believed at least nine people perhaps many more being killed

there as iraqi people were showing their dissatisfaction with the government there again and there were more protests we've seen protests there for the past week or so two weeks that they're unhappy with the government police dispersed protesters there with to make sure that they were they couldn't. police used tear gas i believe. fired into the air may use live rounds in order to disperse crowds in yemen in part we're seeing not just antigovernment protests but pro-government protests as well now these have been a major problem for security forces. to try and stop these two people these two groups of people from clashing which of course could result in further bloodshed. all right peter thanks very much indeed for bringing us the very latest from the region clear all over that. i don't political journalist anthony while told r.t. 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 state is far from what i would consider to be something that we should want it 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 need so much the philosophy of what they've developed and put together in the in the in the u.s. for example take a look at look at what they're doing any building bases in hundreds of the over one hundred different countries and you know basically putting at the end of a gun the word democracy and shoving it down their throats to me 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 printing endless amounts of money which is devalued by devaluing by the minute we're not going to have anything more here than chaos that is used to mask that devaluation process and hopefully distract people from the overall fraud that's been perpetrated on western societies if that's democracy who'd want it. a journalist in there all the former deputy editor of the british newspaper the independent thinks that the armies of libya's neighbors could intervene to oust gadhafi. because if the plot should continue if you turn in two weeks i do think there is a case where it's possible that we might be to some of its neighbors to see if. there is very little. it's mainly the police that mean. just holed up in this season were people being here is. a very sort of conclusion.

seeing as people who clearly pivotal role in getting rid of mubarak and they would be treated i think if they came in to try and get rid of free it was a possibility that they would be seen as a very very friendly force to come into such a journal. and you could also have your say about the situation in libya and the threats of war have for the region and our web site r t v dot com while our online poll we're asking who could benefit from the rise in the arab world and these out in the results of the voting so far let's take a look now thirty five percent of you believe that arab people themselves stands to gain the most as they could be rewarded with democracy and twenty four percent think that all exporters will be the main beneficiaries equal numbers fifteen percent arms producer it's an islamic radicals will profit from the chaos and eleven percent say that the media is bad citing the online voting is ongoing and you can have your say on that issue at any time by logging on to our website our

current. turmoil in libya has sparked fears of oil prices jumping to a new how it's affecting the global cost of everything from transport to food with prices per barrel reaching up to one hundred eighteen u.s. dollars oil producers and consumers are warning of dire consequences if the revolt spreads further in the middle east are seen as the exhausting explains how the problem is playing out in the u.s. . the oil three little letters. could have dire consequences on any economy and here in the united states or oil is sometimes also accompanied by three big works. and with those three words you've got yourself a politically entrenched powerhouse will drill new wells sure will drill them

drill baby drill and drill. and the crisis in the middle east has only inflamed it so what we have now are soaring gas prices and fears of a relapse in the already weak economic recovery and on the heels of the unrest crude is heading for the biggest weekly increase in two years and when oil prices soar the price of food also skyrockets and so a vicious cycle begins for many americans a reality that is once again rallied the base and its spokes people perhaps for the wrong reasons and whenever there's a crisis either here at home or abroad it's usually exploited politically i did government or the media it loves to hate khadafi is now threatening to burn up the oil fields experts are predicting a worst case scenario of two hundred twenty dollars a barrel if that happens i don't believe that this this particular interruption of oil supplies will last very long so if you're trying to tie drilling offshore with

what's happening in libya i think it's a bit of a stretch a stretch that some are all too willing to make the oil fields are on fire and we have no backup plan. well he has lifted the moratorium in the gulf for drilling oil thanks to cass sunstein no new permits have been issued but permits and backup plans aside what's really going to happen in an already ravaged economy are we see this in the middle east. and this in our very own midwest. so the last thing you need is the people who are. in the worst economic shape are the first ones to get hit by gas prices and this will cause a lot of discomfort to a lot of people who don't need this bad news bad news recently echoed by vladimir putin russia's prime minister said that the end rests in libya has driven crude prices beyond fair market levels in danger in the global economy but here concerns

of violence spreading to other oil producing nations in the region have been overshadowed and instead of asking how americans will cope with this are asking the question that never gets answered but at the same time seems to never get old who are our friends and who are our enemies for our tea diena kosofsky. the situation in the middle east has prompted others around the world to speak out against their government's policies and the u.s. is no exception with thousands in the state of wisconsin protesting against benefits cuts later this hour the president asks people on the streets of the big apple how they feel about those on ordinary incomes paying for the states of others . were it not for the that type of coverage. we it would not be either of these things either of the middle east things or the things going on with the states would be quite as good as say or do you think that

people in the middle class are responsible it off for where the economy is that right now no it's wall street. doing aside just preparing to play the london courts rule and he'd be extradited to sweden where rape allegations the wiki leaks founder says the charges are baseless and if extradited he believes he won't face a fair trial artist or am of reports now on why britain's agreed to extradite a son while granting safe haven to those why it's far more serious charges. wiki leaks founder julian assange learns the court has ordered his extradition to sweden to face questions over rape allegations and he's got some interesting questions of his own why is it. a known problem free speech activists do a three hundred and sixty thousand dollars bail. why is it that i am kept.

under electronic house arrest. when i have not even been charged in any country he's not the only one asking not particularly as the british government has a history of granting asylum system fairly controversial characters recently the immigration minister admitted one hundred thirty nine suspected war criminals have been given the right to settle in britain permanently that thought to include former henchmen of saddam hussein an afghan official who tortured prisoners and rwandan genocide perpetrators basic tradition relating to asylum is that anybody can come here provided they are loaded provided they got lots of money we will let women because we want them in with their money and therefore it's not particularly the russian magnets and. they are. out of shakes. who may have

a jew b.s. criminal record as it were torture yet they're allowed just want to round london and knightsbridge but it's water wherever and no problem whatsoever since the second world war the u.k. seen only two successful convictions for war crimes and despite recent retrospective laws that allow suspects to be brought to justice in this country according to anti torture campaigners redress so far nothing has been done well we have made clear over the years that we're very concerned about such suspects being in the u.k. with a. he was suspected of war crimes for genocide crimes against humanity torture and so on. and we of these strong views that people like that should be investigated by the u.k. police authorities. and if the is fashion evidence found for prosecution it should be prosecuted in the u.k.

the or mechanisms that the or the that is the police be or ways of bringing these people to account to these suspects but it seems very little is being done the list of the rich and powerful on interpol's wanted list resident in the u.k. is long and around forty people wanted by russia alone in living here in two thousand and three alleged chechen terrorists. was granted political refuge the same year asylum was granted to russian tycoon paddies berezovsky convicted of embezzlement in russia did shows here the hypocrisy of the british courts. he is quite clearly been involved in the mass fear over the years all sorts of very serious offenses which he may actually quite literally equate with terrorism and yet he is not being extradited and yet we see here appears to be anyway a trumped up charge of rape which hasn't actually even come to charges in sweden

and there is going to be an appeal so we'll see but this certainly does appear to show political interference in the court system here in britain and total hypocrisy from the british justice system well judy in our stars looks set to be cast from the safe harbor of the u.k. into choppier waters it's unlikely he'll think from ptrace just yet he may not have billions in the bank to buy himself out of trouble so he'll just have to hate his friends in high places have influence and start his defense team has vowed to now take his case to the highest courts in the land in the hague preventing his extradition meanwhile some. people talk truth terrorist war criminals we made it no it's in the u.k. under the protection of the state. and still have for us our here in our team and the future of phase of the next winter olympics by down one basket for the twenty fourteen games hosted by the southern russian city of sochi might look like

a few minutes time. for the situation is returning to normal in russia's republic of coverage noble korea after a series of coordinated gun attacks on the capital after four groups of militants opened fire at security post and official buildings here on friday one person was injured but we say the attacks world well were up to twelve militants two cars and then a tear operation is now under way last week militants attacked in the republic killing three and injuring two others. demonstrations in the u.s. state of wisconsin have answered a second week with hundreds of thousands turning out to protest plans to weaken workers' unions this week the president asks new yorkers how do you feel when they are asked to make sacrifices that the super rich don't have to.

people across the u.s. are protesting proposed legislation intended to slash benefits for the middle class i think really protesting the fact that every day people are being asked to make sacrifices while the last three years continue to profit even more this week let's talk about that i'm a member of the squeezed middle class and we say. we work for the obvious and first then friday we work for ourselves let's think that's do you think that people in the middle class are responsible at all for where the economy is that right now you know it's wall street and bush. so why isn't wall street paying more why aren't they being asked to contribute more to health plans the government would prefer to buy or pay a muffin and bail them out the upper class probably pays ninety percent of the taxes or more in new york city and new york state it's probably the same thing in wisconsin i don't know the numbers but i think everybody's paying for it paying to

keep the government moving so why are there isn't one riles up that if it if it seems like so clear cut you why is everyone so in a fit right now where people don't want to give up what they've got were it not for the news coverage and or the social media and i'm not saying it's bad but we're not for the that type of coverage. we it would not be neither of these things either of the middle east things or the things going on with the states would be quite as hard as they are no matter who you think should be paying for the distressed economy the bottom line is that if you asked the middle class to relinquish benefits it's only fair to ask the same of the upper class as well. now they could be one of the biggest stars of sorties twenty fourteen winter olympics russians will be voting away or to choose one of ten candidates to become the tournaments mascot and during i started out as

a law school reports the competition is intense. an olympic race but no medals up for grabs it's the search for a mascot these children want to know will part to be the symbol which sums up for to tell the world they were allowed to decorate the statue in one of the city's parks to show their support for a species under threat but he is the strongest animal miserable and they want this animal. this is because it's a very special animal there are only four slowly of course living in four g.'s wildlife preserve but drawings of these animals have appeared in dozens of french reason the national contest to wind the mascot for the two thousand and fourteen winter games in southern russia the election of the olympic mascot started with hundreds of ideas and you can see some of these drawings here in sochi olympic information center eventually your games out of the star turn rate here these are the methods that made it into the finals and one of the entries are two bears

slowly apart from the frost and the mayor of sochi is personal favorite of the open on ski special hotline was set up and fortunate to answer all kinds of questions about the two thousand games and right now mascots are one of the hottest topics. our colors are people from all walks of life and many of them are locals who would like to say where there is it is symbols one of the mascots for instance represents the black sea now in the mountains. here in these you know borders another couple of candidates reflect a famous russian stereotype with there's brown color making the final shortlist it brings back fond memories of michel the beer the mascot for the nine hundred eighteen more for lympics remains an icon and russia but its creator victor to chicago says it wasn't easy for misha to become a legend. so i had a call from the organizing committee they said your bed has just been approved by

the central committee of the communist party so imagine how scared because creature was. passing that test for this time is up to the public to the side of the basket although the truck terms will select the place special jury consisting of celebrities entrepreneurs' and. the winner will be chosen to eat russia during a televised. little shorts look cute and cuddly contenders if the truth part to pick a winner and perhaps the moves to look good for the russians is to find among them the right character a mass could be a full week prince michel that there. are six. bring your live coverage of how the vote goes that's at six pm g.m.t. on saturday evening and remember you know always visit our website r t v dot com for the latest on the twenty fourth and sochi winter olympics coloring is special interviews with a mascot candidates watch the olympic wrap does the year it's named and san find out what part of the process does the stair time. and with three years to

go to the winter games some of some of the slopes are already opening up and find out what the initial impressions are largely because. the talking us commander in afghanistan is ordering an investigation into claims that an army unit on the ground was using psychological manipulation i'm visiting souter's to get more money and troops for the war the report was published in rolling stone magazine which says the practice is illegal as. a can only be used against hostile foreign groups not americans are his military contributors as this shows that the truth about the campaign as long and hidden from the public. inadvertently the slate is sort of relations about the psyops scandal in

afghanistan regarding the american leadership back in washington d.c. has also revealed that the plucker states are getting their public our each of the american occupation and afghanistan at least by the fact that half a year ago this psychological operations has been rebranded into a military information support operation in the essence of the whole american global information or could be for size and this information campaign remains the same and that is the most important. and there were forty cards over these growing and unfolding drama regarding the american general unauthorized psychological operations against its political and military leadership back in washington d.c.

. now take a look at some other stories from around the world and the confirmed death toll from the earthquake in israel and has risen to one hundred forty five but as many as two hundred still missing rescuers warned of a chance of finding any more survivors under the rubble i swear emergency services in christ church are working to restore power and clean water to the city police are also on high alert and have reports of looting two hundred strong officers have been sense to help maintain order earthquake was new zealand's deadliness natural disaster in eighteen years. at least nineteen people have been killed and as a boss launched into a ravine a long distance passenger blast was traveling from city in the andes to the capital live up to we say the vehicle was abandoned the driver had tried to avoid a collision with a car rescue efforts are continuing and police say their number of dad good rides.

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