the future. pulling apart these forces a strike against a government protesters again bringing the overall death toll in the rest in libya to something. that does violence spreads throughout the oil rich middle east the world faces a surge in fuel prices threatening to drag economies into a new meltdown. in the wiki leaks founder slams a british justice for handing him over to sweden sparking accusations of hypocrisy about how the u.k. facing a far more serious charges. plus it's a race for the hearts and minds of all the. russians are set to choose the mascot

for the two thousand and fourteen winter games in sochi. worldwide news live from moscow you with r.t. libya is braced for more violence as antigovernment protesters are back out on the streets demanding an end to the rule of colonel gadhafi reports also suggest that in the capital tripoli security forces are on civilians and loyal to the regime that comes after scores were killed there on friday as army forces a once again opened fire on rioters bringing the death toll to well over a thousand but the government losing control over most of the territory the country may seem to fall apart as artie's people explain its. forces only get a few try. does have rested power away from rest of control away from the good that

you have most of libya they are in control of the majority of the country starting out in the in the east of the nation in benghazi that's where they have they main stronghold they've spread that influence across the country leaving really only tripoli the capital in the hands of the loyalists now there are those gadhafi loyalists that have been firing protestors and it's a billion using live rounds also mercenaries in the capital who would be using violence against these people who want to get 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 while they were alive so would because that they are trying to make a final stand as it were against these these protesters who want to see kind of put out the step down 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 are also hearing from a former u.s. diplomats 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 book less very few are educated people in egypt so. look out across regular order chaos in libya there we were going to do the in egypt and now it's a very fearful thing if it continues to get worse and worse i mean. not just a few thousand but tens of thousands of people were killed. we're looking at the complete disintegration of the country well as the country does completely collapse then the big question comes up what next for libya could look at down fee. was no

we means a friend of the west in the past few years he had developed relations with countries the united states and countries in the e.u. however he was stable 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 the united states have imposed sanctions on colonel gadhafi and his family and other libyan officials now it's being condemned by the international community however that condemnation is being criticized in some circles is coming far too late and it's only words. that he's put all of their reporting while a journalist even a bear or a former deputy editor of the british newspaper the independent he said if the armies of libya's neighbors could now intervene to help to topple gadhafi.

continues the days turned into weeks i do think there is a case where it's possible that we might look to some of this. to see if it's possible to come in there is very little army it's mainly the police. and if he is just holed up in this season where people think it was. very swift incursion spirit from goofy egyptian army they are no seen as people who clearly a pivotal role in getting rid of mubarak. who 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 chore. well you can also have your say about the situation in libya and the effects it would have for the region you can do so on our website that's r.t. dot com and in our online poll we're asking who could benefit from the riots in the arab world and let's check out the voting results so far from our two daughters

right there just under a third believe that arab people themselves stand to gain the most as they could be rewarded with a so-called democracy twenty four percent think that oil exports will be the main beneficiaries fourteen percent say the media will profit from the chaos and almost almost equal numbers sixteen and seventeen percent believe that islamic radicals and arms producers will be the ones standing to benefit for the online voting is ongoing just have your say any time by logging onto our website that is party dot com. or the libyan revolt has sparked fears of skyrocketing oil prices that may affect the cost of everything from transport to food with a barrel of the black gold approaching one hundred twenty dollars this week and lists a warning of significant economic threats if the turmoil spreads further. explains how the problem is playing out in the united states. the oil three little letters. could have dire consequences on any economy and here in the united states while

it's sometimes also accompanied by three big words drill baby drill a dream and with those three words you got yourself a politically entrenched powerhouse will drill new wells sure we'll drill them 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 skyrocket and so a vicious cycle begins for many americans a reality that is once again rally the base and it's spokespeople 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 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 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 who never gets an answer but at the same time seems to never get old who are our friends and who are our enemies for archie diena kosofsky. in the meantime steve loving from the magazine foreign policy believes that the oil market is unlikely to collapse anytime soon he says there are stable countries like saudi arabia can fill the gap of those that are stuck inside while. the markets have calmed down over the last twenty four hours saudi arabia has gone around and quietly assured everyone we not only can add more volumes to the market but we have added these be by huge difference that will create

a situation in which prices would really skyrocket is there another country right not mine so you lost a million barrels a day it is our problem if algeria which is also having trouble if it goes up front that would bring saudi arabia right. to to substitute a volume then you would see i'm not sure two hundred twenty i think that's probably and trying to get headlines but but maybe one hundred fifty that that which is still pretty high you know either you without a life from moscow reports any more for you this hour including our weekly snapshot of opinion on the streets of new york. for. the last irresponsible it asked for where the economy is that right now now it's it's wall street in the words of the president is in the big apple to find out what people think about high taxes. julian assange is preparing to appeal

a london court ruling that he'll be extradited to sweden on sex assault charges the founder of the growing wiki leaks website says the allegations are baseless and if he is handed over he won't get a fair trial. and it has been looking at that wire songe is being extradited from a country which is home for many wanted on a far more serious charges. wiki leaks founder julian our songs learned the courts 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 who are three hundred and fifty thousand dollars bail. why is it. under electronic alpharetta. when i have not even been charged in any country he's not be only one asking that particularly as the person government has

a history of crown thing asylum to some fairly controversial carrot says recently the immigration minister admits it's one hundred thirty nine suspected 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 our 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 me because we want them in with their money and therefore it's not particularly the russian magnets and welcome here i would shakes. my have a jew b.s. criminal record as it were of torture yet they were allowed just one a round london annoyed storage place water where ever 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 you thought nothing's been done people like that should be investigated by the u.k. police authorities. and if the is fishing evidence found for prosecution. that should be prosecuted in the u.k. they always are bringing these people to it can't 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 living here in two thousand and three a lead chechen terrorists. was granted political refuge the same year asylum was granted to russian tycoon parties but is not be convicted of embezzle mint in russia big shows here the hypocrisy of the british courts. he is quite clearly been

involved in the mafia 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 that what appears to be anyway a trumped up charge of rape which hasn't actually even come to 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 assad's looks set to be cast from the safe harbor of the u.k. into choppy waters it's unlikely he'll think for 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 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 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 state's your ethics r.t. . still to come here on the program on r t v olympic race is on something other than medals will be hard for people across the country to choose the winter games i call it's going to be a close race among all creatures great and small. well the police in russia something a republican of cut out of the nobel courier have blocked all the roads after a series of biology attacks in the capital now checked the authorities are now saying the situation is under control our teams are going to be. the latest from that region in the caucasus. we're here at the back of the gas station that was attacked early on saturday morning armed gunmen reportedly shot the station and a deadly blast was prevented almost thanks to the fire crews arrival this follows a series of similar militant attacks here in the capital of russia's republic of

korea just a few hours earlier that could have resulted in a major bloodshed after twelve people similar tenuously attacked several locations including traffic police closed and the office of federal forces but the plans to cause havoc in not actually have clearly failed the fact that there were no fatalities and just one policeman injured shows that there has been a turnaround from the last week's dramatic events in the volatile republic close on the tires on the two most minute past last saturday left three people dead and two injured further sells a cable tower it is skill leaves in a resort was blown out and home sales in the village nearby vacuum when a car bomb was discovered well the incidence forced this story just to cause an anteater operation in the region in their time and terrorist forces have already created days with flare front lines and a major shift explosive device now given you know about our allies in the world of

trial north caucasus police says that islamist terrorists operating in the region could be behind the latest attacks some experts say and then later they were carried out heat in several locations at the same time follows the pattern used by islamists operate in internationally. times r.t. talks not only that now anger is growing in the united states over the super sized tax burden for the middle class that has quickly come to a head as thousands have been protesting and one northern state over plans to cut public sector workers collective benefits this week he asks people in new york how do you feel when they're 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 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 as we speak will close and we say. stay evening we work for the all those and first same friday for ourselves at stake. 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 all street paying more why aren't they being asked to contribute more to health plans the government would prefer to buy their pay or muffin and bail them out. 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 wiles' 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 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 hard as they are no matter who you think should be paying for the distressed economy the bottom line is that if you ask the middle class to relinquish benefits it's only fair to ask the same of the upper class as well. you know without a life from moscow competition for sochi two thousand and fourteen winter olympics promises to be fierce but another race is underway well before the games i can't get people all across russia casting their vote to change their mascot that we can cross but i think from thomas he has this. back at the beginning of september when

the winter olympic committee announced that there would be a contest that the next mascot for the olympic games would be desired by russians and it would be chosen by russians and so children and adults and artists from all over the country started putting their ideas of forth to try and create the next popular winter mascot now of course this is a really big deal and winter mascot will be a big part of the branding of the olympic games it will also be a big part of the merchandising for the olympic games and we may all remember the beloved leisure the bear from the one nine hundred eighty summer games from right here in moscow a very popular character and so now the question is will this next character be just as popular now those final designs it's been narrowed down to the top ten top ten was chosen by judging panel of celebrities politicians as well as entrepreneurs and now voting is under way and that last vote for the top ten will be cast tonight at nine o'clock and then the winner will be announced shortly thereafter at nine

thirty now there are many different designs for more on this we actually go to our source of course want to tell us what's. an olympic race but no medals up for grabs it's the search for a mascot and the children while the snow will pour to be the symbol which sums up the two worlds they were allowed to decorate the statute in one of the city's parks to shoulder support for a species on the threat but he's the strongest animal miserable and the one animal . this is because it's very special animal the only force will leo ports living in full cheese wildlife preserve a true always 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 and sold in 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 also this stuff sounds great here the. these are the restaurants that made it into the finals and one of the entries are two beers snarly

a cord for the frost and the merits of cheese personal favorite of grills and also special hotline was set up and for cheap to answer all kinds of questions about the two thousand and fourteen winter games and right now mascot 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 citizen rules one of the mascots for instance represents the black sea the snow and the mountain this is simply the issue the real poor use and another couple of candidates reflect a famous russian stereotype with piers roman court making the final shortlist it brings back fond memories of michel that they're the mascot for the nine hundred eighty mile 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 and they said your bear has just been approved

by the central committee of the communist party so i imagine how scared the poor creature was passing that test. this time is up to the public to decide on the mascot although the truck was selected place special jury consisting of celebrity sponsor for you or some politicians the winner will be chosen by the people of russia during a televised jenna's velocity r t. and i will be bringing you live coverage of how the vote goes that's at six pm g.m.t. on saturday your. boys visit our website at r.t. talk about the latest on the two thousand and fourteen sochi winter olympics we will bring you special interviews with an escort candidates watch the bowling pins practice their team darts and find out what the frost does in their spare time. plus those who didn't quite make it sort of satirical furry frog who's now. scored aspirations and didn't quite fit the bill.

and without a lie from moscow now u.s. top military officials in afghanistan have ordered an investigation into claims that an american army unit is psychologically manipulated visiting high officials rolling stone magazine published how are things a psychological operations known as a society were used to get more money and troops for the war. contributors says this further reveals how much about the u.s. operation in afghanistan is being hidden from the public inadvertently these latest 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 fact that half a year ago this psychological operations has been rebranded into the military information support a peroration in essence the whole american global information or to be precise this information campaign remains the same this is the most important and under reported charge all of these growing and unfolding drama regarding the american general unauthorized psychological operations against its political and military leadership that are in washington d.c. . talk now time to check out some other major headlines from around the world this hour the death toll for quake that struck you and has now risen to one hundred forty five but as many as three hundred still missing chris warren for the chances

of finding any more survivors under the rubble in christchurch are slim it budgets these services are trying to restore power and i'm clean water in the aftermath of the country's deadliest natural disaster in eighteen years police are also on high alert reports of looting and warnings that there could be more tremors to come. and four people have been killed off the militants stormed iraq's largest oil refinery planting bombs and setting it on fire the governor of the province of says that the plant has now been shut down their finery is credited with producing almost half of iraq's total petroleum exports and a pastor was controlled by regional al qaida cells who used it to finance attacks. four people were killed and dozens wounded in clashes with security forces during anti-government protests in yemen support city over the death toll has now reached at least twenty one since the early protests started over

a week ago against president ali abdullah saleh is a thirty two year rule loyalists and opponents of the sixty year old sixty eight year old leader held a rival demonstrations in the capital sanaa and they staged these are friday press . updatable the top stories are coming your way in just a few minutes here on our tease to stay with us.

we'll get to the truth. in the blizzard of winter blues show you to slopes in try out some of you ten grossers got a look the caliber excitement in its southern melting stretched three years to keep you in top form and old watch you walk on the cool like carving the trail the sochi twenty forty one takes hold you up to date here and. we've got the future covered.

lifts. public. if. the company. makes. the biggest.