the result of the storm sun you'll be true to the wisdom result you should do the make believe so if you tell some in your. results about the rich goals and has granted many articles of each of the seasons for the soul to return. on see good stuff the protesters take control of most of libya as the country slides towards collapse. as a leader in crisis triggers oil price hikes and threatens to derail global economic recovery there is concern in the u.s. over how it will affect the situation at home. that u.k. is under fire for the court decision to extradite julian assad to sweden which experts say exposes the kapok receive our justice system that provides asylum to number of suspected war criminals and terrorists. basic tradition to a solid is that anybody can come provided you. know provided i got lots of

money. and it's the final straight for the first race of the twenty fourteen winter olympics as the winning mascot for the sochi games is due to be announced later. when you are coming to live from moscow i'm marina joshie welcome to the program now the bloodshed in the middle east continues as the libyan army is once again reported to have fired live rounds at protesters in tripoli forces loyal to longtime leader girl gadhafi are said to have lost control over most of the country's territory and some fear it could descend into complete chaos but we now cross slide for more in situation the ground to our correspondent peter all over who is there for us here so the situation in libya is

a desperate one and tell us what's the latest we're hearing from there. well the latest is that i want to get down to the forces under gadhafi protestors have rested power away from the rest of control away from gadhafi of most of libya they are in control of the majority old country starting out in the in the east of the nation in benghazi that's where they have a main stronghold they've spread that influence across the country leaving really only tripoli the capital in the hands of it duffy loyalists now there are those gadhafi loyalists that have been firing at protesters and it's a billion using live rounds also mercenaries in the capital who have been using violence against these people wanting gadhafi out of power now the son of colonel gadhafi saif has said in a television broadcast that he and his father will not leave tripoli a life they will not leave libya a little i while they were alive so would be his that they are trying to make

a final stand as it were against these these protesters who want to see kind of gadhafi step down that tripoli at the moment is ringed by tanks there are there are soldiers on the streets there now these soldiers have been told have been warned by the united kingdom today that if they don't defect from gadhafi they could face walk crimes charges while also hearing from a former u.s. diplomat that the country is descending into chaos. gadhafi has made sure that no there is no other power source the army is not power all the army is not a force for stability there is a very small books less very few are educated people in egypt so we're looking out across regular order chaos in libya that we were in tunisia and in egypt and that's a very fearful thing if it continues to get worse and worse and the civil war erupts not just a few thousand but tens of thousands of people were killed then we're looking at

the completeness integration of the country. well if the country does completely collapse then the big question comes of what next for libya colonel gadhafi is was no weak means a friend of the west in the last few years he had developed relations with countries like the united states and countries in the e.u. however he was stable and now if he is toppled what comes in his place could it be a rather radical islamic state could we see something else there could be see another dictator a military dictator take place and get the power again so really if colonel gadhafi is removed from power a lot of questions arise about the future of libya. and in a sly peter what has been the reaction to the end restaurant the rest of the world . well recently we've just heard that the united nation the united states i beg your pardon have imposed sanctions on colonel gadhafi and his family and other

libyan officials now it's being conned bend by the international community however that condemnation is being criticized in some circles is coming far too late and it's only words a lot of people here in egypt who i was talking to say they want action stronger action from western governments and from the e.u. a lot of people singling out italy in particular as a nation it should be doing a lot more but the differences between the revolution we saw here in egypt also in . the people involved. in. mubarak here in egypt ben ali in tunisia were a different kind of leader a different kind of dictator somebody who people in the leaders in the west could pick up the phone and say in the face of the protests you need to stand down now they don't have that relationship with colonel gadhafi and state relations with the libyan leader have only really picked their every day only developed in the last

six or so years six or seven years so he's a very different leader they can't sway him as much as they were able to sit there in egypt in tunisia and get him to stand down and stand down peacefully ok peter thanks very much for bringing us the very latest from the region there. political garrulous family while told r.t. the west is advocating the spread of the markets in your cross the region to control the products 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 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 need so much the philosophy of what they've developed and put together in any in the u.s. for example take a look at what they're doing in a building bases in hundreds of a whole 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 from perpetrated on western societies if that's democracy who want to. journalist and there are former deputy editor of the british newspaper is an apparent things that the armies of levy as neighbors could intervene to oust gadhafi. we just stay there and for bloodshed continues and for

days turn into weeks i do think there is a case where it's possible that we might look to some of its arab neighbors to see it was possible to come in there is very little army its main you know police over me and if he is just holed up in this season where people think he has been. very swift incursions care reform with egypt an army they 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 it there is a possibility that they would be seen as a very very friendly force to come and do such a job. and you also have your say about this situation and the fact that we'll have for the region our web site r t v dot com in our online poll we're asking who could benefit from the riots in the arab world and these have been the results of the voting so far. well thirty two percent as you can see of our viewers believe that

arab people themselves stand to gain the most as they could be rewarded with democracy twenty six percent of the you were think that oil exporters will be the main beneficiaries it will numbers fourteen percent say arms producers and islamic radicals will profit from the chaos and another fourteen percent say that the media is benefiting the online voting is ongoing and you can have your say on that you should anytime by logging on to our website r.t. dot com. turmoil in libya has sparked fears of oil prices jumping to new highs affecting the global cost of everything from transport to food prices per barrel reaching up to one hundred nineteen u.s. dollars oil producers and consumers are warning of dire consequences in philly for old spreads further in the middle east are choosing to soften explains how the problem is playing out in the u.s. . yes the oil three little letters. could have dire consequences on and the economy and here in the united states or oil is sometimes

also accompanied by three big words. and with those three words you've got yourself a politically entrenched powerhouse will drill new wells sure it will drill. drill baby drill baby drill. and the crisis in the middle east has only inflamed 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 has once again it 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 by the 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 off shore 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 where 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 surprises and this will cause a lot of discomfort to a lot of people who don't need this bad news bad news recently ak owed by as i did a bulletin russia's prime minister said that the unrest in libya has driven crude prices beyond fair market levels endangering the global economy but here are concerns of violence spreading to other well 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 cheek dina kosofsky. part of her a foreign policy magazine steve robin believes that oil prices will reach their peak. crowds to other countries in the region the markets have calmed down over the last twenty four hours how do you rate has gone around and assured

everyone we not only can add more volumes to the market but we have. to be different that will create a situation in which prices would really skyrocket another country where not once you lost a million barrels a day it is our line from libya if algeria which is also having trouble you. want that would bring saudi arabia right after the two. then you would see i'm not sure two hundred twenty i think i was. trying to get headlines but but maybe one hundred fifty which is still pretty high. 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 for thousands and one northern state protesting against benefits cuts later this hour the resident asks people on the streets of the big apple how

they feel about those on order incomes paying for the mistakes of others. for that coverage. it would not be either of these things either in the middle east or the things going on in the states would be quite easy or do you think that people in the middle class are responsible it off for where the economy is that right now you know it's wall street. journal assad is preparing to appear on the court's ruling that he can be extradited to sweden over rape allegations that we can weeks rather says the charges are baseless out of hand it over he believes he won't face a fair trial artie's or any reports now on why britain's agreed to extradite a son while granting safe haven to those a lot of 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. that i am subject. unknown probably brief activity to 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 be 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 and afghan official who tortured prisoners and

rwandan genocide perpetrators are basic tradition relating to asylum is that anybody can come here provided they are loaded provided i've got lots of money we will let them in because we want them in with their money and therefore it's not particularly the russian magnets and all the girls are welcome here our shakes. i have a jew be a criminal record as it were torture yet they were allowed to swan around london knightsbridge place water wherever 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's been done people like that should be investigated by the u.k. police authorities. and if this fission evidence found for prosecution. it should

be prosecuted in the u.k. they always are bringing these people to account 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 low on and around forty people wanted by brush alone living here in two thousand and three alleged chechen terrorists akhmed zakayev was granted political refuge the same year asylum was granted to russian tycoon police but is not skied convicted of embezzlement in russia it shows here the hypocrisy of the british courts. he is quite clearly involved in the math here over the years all sorts of very serious offenses which he may actually quite literally equate with terrorism and yet he has not been extradited and yet we see here that what appears to be anyway a trumped up charge of rape which hasn't actually even come true charges in sweden certainly does appear to show political interference in the court system here in

britain and total hypocrisy from the british justice system while julian are stars looks set to be cost from the safe harbor of the u.k. into choppy waters it's unlikely he'll think for a trace 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 my son just defense team has vowed to now take his case to the highest courts in the land in the hague preventing his extradition meanwhile some of the world's nastiest people suspected torture is terrorists and war criminals remain at large in the u.k. under the protection of the states nor of its r.t. . so we have for this hour here in our mind over matter the u.s. army's investigating reports one of its newest psychological tricks on its own partition it's all for war funding. plus the future of praise of the next winter

olympics wideouts. the mascot for the twenty fourteen games hosted by the southern russian city of sochi might look like a few minutes time. in the u.s. there is a growing anger over the size of the tax burden the middle class is being forced to shoulder it's quickly coming to a head as tens of thousands have been protesting in one northern state over plans to cut worker benefits this week the president asks new yorkers how they feel when they're asked to make sacrifices that the super rich don't have to. people across the us are protesting proposed legislation intended to slash benefits for the middle class are they really protesting the fact that everyday people are being asked to make sacrifices while wall streeters continue to profit even more this week let's talk about that i'm a member of this week's middle class and we say. evening we work for the

all those and first same friday we we work for ourselves that's thinks that's being do you think that people in the middle class are responsible at all for where the economy is that right now no it's wall street and bush. so why isn't vos street paying more and why aren't they being asked to contribute more to health plans because the government would prefer to buy their pay or 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 wild 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 hot as they are no matter who you think should be paying for the distressed economy the bottom line is that if you ask a middle class to relinquish benefits it's only fair to ask the same of the upper class as well. the top u.s. commander in afghanistan is ordering out of us to go into claims of any arms or. on the ground was using psychological manipulation visiting souter's to get more money and troops for the war the report was published in rolling stone magazine which says the practice using illegal as psyops can only be used advance hostile foreign groups not americans are these military contributors thousand this shows that the truth about the campaign has long been hidden from the park inadvertently the saleratus revelations about the psyops scandal in afghanistan regarding the

american leadership back in washington d.c. has also revealed their hypocrisy regarding the public coverage of the american occupation in afghanistan just by the story that half a year ago this psychological operations has been rebranded into the military information support her peroration in essence the whole american global information or to be for size use information campaign remains to see that is the most important. under reported current hold these growling and unfolding drama regarding the american general unauthorized psychological operations against its political and military leadership back in washington d.c.

. let's take a look at some other stories from around the world and the confirmed death toll from the earthquake in new zealand has risen to one hundred forty five with as many as two hundred still missing rescuers warrant that the chance of finding any more survivors under the rubble are slim emergency services in christ church are working to restore power and clean water to the city. police are also on high alert have been reports of looting and two hundred australian officers have been sent to help maintain order the earthquake was new zealand's deadliest natural disaster in years . at least nineteen people have been killed in peru as a boss plugged into a ravine a long distance passenger bus was traveling from the city in the n.d.s. to the capital limit police say the vehicle was. the driver tried to avoid a collision with a car rescue efforts are continuing and police say the number of dead could rise. they could be one of the biggest stars of sorties twenty fourteen

a winter olympics russians will be voting later to choose one of ten candidates to become the term of nascar and added you are an icon thirty's then of the latino reports the competition is intense. an olympic race but no medals up for grabs it's the search for a mascot and these children want the snow leopard to be the symbol which sums up forty two world they were allowed to decorate the statue in one of the city's parks to show their support for a species under threat as a storm is animal miserable and they want this animal. this is because it's very special animal only for slowly airports living in forty's wildlife preserve but drawings of these animals have appeared in dozens of entries in the national contest to find 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 the games out of the star turn rate here these are the meskins that made it into the fire annals and one of the entries are two good years slowly i poured for the frost and the mayor of sorties personal favorite of golf and also special hotline was set up and sought to to answer all kinds of questions about the two thousand and fourteen winter 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 support their seat is symbols one of the mascots for instance represents the black sea the snow and the mountains here and really as you know borders another couple of candidates reflect a famous russian stereotype but there's roman for making the point all shortlist it brings back fond memories of michel the beer the mascot for the nine hundred eighty more for lympics remains an icon in russia but its creator victor to chicago says it wasn't easy for misha to become a legend you know so i had

a call from the organizing committee they said your bear has just been approved by the central committee of the communist party so imagine how scared the poor creature was passing that test. at this time is up to the public to decide on the mascot ogled cup campbell select a place special jury consisting of celebrities entrepreneur some politicians the winner will be chosen by the people of russia during a televised. which. now when you live coverage of how the vote goes that's at six pm g.m.t. on saturday evening for memory don't always visit our website or to dot com for the latest on the twenty four thousand sochi winter olympics that's all we bring you a special in the news with a mascot candidates watch rolling pens practice marital dance every find out what father frost does all the spare time. in the palace for years to go to the winter games somersaulting slopes are already opening up find out what the initial

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