stance on t.v. don't come. into the movie. the u.n. has imposed sanctions on libya as the violence continues in that country and we could see more protests across the arab world. also in the news in the shape of this week tom all in the region dr fountains of north africans from foreigners and it's really is calling on the e.u. to help to cope with the waves of. the wiki leaks founder that is to be extradited to sweden on sex crimes allegations are appealing the ruling julian a song the case is simply a pretext to get him to the u.s. for a trial. has its wings clipped with the last flight of the discovery

the shuttles are to be decommissioned soon and obama's new space program astronauts will have to rely upon a russian in a spacecraft to take them all the way into work. with r.t. as we highlight the stories that made headlines this week but the un security council has slapped sanctions on libya's leader moammar gadhafi and ordered an investigation into crimes against humanity all of this following the bloodshed in the country over one thousand people have been killed in almost two weeks of uprising against the regime i think correspondent peter all of us he is now in the region and he's keeping across the developments for us. the u.n. security council voted unanimously to impose these sanctions. now they'll take the

form of a travel ban a dense colonel gadhafi himself as well as others close to him an acid free zone could be on his inner circle the sixteen names on this list is also an arms embargo will be placed upon libya now the resolution it was brought forward by france the u.k. germany and the united states also contains a referral to the hague to the international criminal court there so that they can look into allegations of crimes against humanity committed during the two weeks of violence that we've seen in libya governments around the world have been doing the best to get their citizens out of the country but there's also been libyans trying to get out of the country as well and there are one hundred thousand are believed to have fled across the border either into tunisia or here to egypt where i am now many of the nations around the world in call so suspending diplomatic ties with tripoli we heard today on sunday that france will suspend their diplomatic ties

with tripoli the russian embassy in the capital of libya will be taking care of french citizens until the french government can work out a way to get them out of the country or prime minister vladimir putin has said this the country libya should be allowed to determine its own future once this bloody violence has died down it was because today we saw you were concerned about things happening in libya please note the following the north african cell of al qaida is also concerned about what is happening in libya do you think this is a coincidence because i'd like to go back in history a little bit the former leader of the iranian revolution with where did he live but he lived in paris and there's a whole he was supported by the western community you would get really now the entire western community fights against the real you program i remember just recently our partners were very active in some of the democratic election. when the palestinian and hamas won and immediately declared a terrorist organization and started fighting against it we need to give people the

vision was to show them in the future themselves we need to give them an opportunity to take a natural way without any foreign interference to build a future protesters take control of more and more of the country they're coming across the palaces of the gadhafi regime now one such palace just outside of i would side of benghazi has become the command center the center of operations for the movement against the libyan government against colonel gadhafi and they've been cut discovering some interesting things as the been going through these palaces and that one being guarded discovered a bunker there was designed to withstand a unit an attack from a non conventional weapon showing me the security consciousness the security paranoia if you will that was in place in colonel gadhafi mind now we are hearing that tripoli remains in control of loyalists to colonel gadhafi they've been handing out weapons troops have been handing out weapons to civilians on the

streets of tripoli and in the abu salim district about six kilometers outside of the the center of the capital civilians were manning checkpoints looking at cars searching cars there and checking identification papers now many of the citizens of tripoli have remained inside their homes locked in door scared of these these armed militia that are patrolling the streets there are the latest reports that we do have suggests they are just fifty kilometers outside of tripoli a city of its fall in to the opposition forces now this violence in libya has been the bloodiest across the region we've seen revolution here in egypt where i am in tunis the also violence in other arab states and north african states now the. violence here though far surpassing anything that we've seen else. where at least one thousand people believed to have been killed so far. so to speak for all of our

reporting that means i'm a political journalist anthony and while he says that western style democracy is a tool of abuse rather than freedom than it should be applied to be 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 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 and in the u.s. for example take a look at look at what you're doing any building bases in hundreds of the 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 printing endless amounts of money which is devalued by the value and by the minute 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 from perpetrated on western societies if that's the marker see who would want it. well the libyan uprising has sparked fears that already high oil prices could skyrocket to levels never seen before reports that moammar gadhafi may sabotage the country's oil pipelines have added fuel to the fire this week the barrel of the black gold approaching one hundred twenty dollars analysts are warning of significant economic threats of the armrests spreads some experts went as far as suggesting all prices could hit two hundred twenty dollars per barrel but stephen from the foreign policy magazine says that this scenario is

unlikely to develop. saudi arabia has gone around and quietly assured everyone we not only can add more volumes to the market but we have out at the difference that will create a situation in which prices would really skyrocket another country run our line so you lost a million barrels a day is our line from libya if algeria which is also having trouble if it was our client that would bring saudi arabia right up to its capacity to to substitute a colony and then you would see i'm not sure two hundred twenty i think that's probably and trying to get headlines but but maybe a hundred fifty that which is still pretty high. meanwhile there are fears italy could drown under a wave of illegal immigration from the instability in the middle east thousands of refugees have already reached their countries island of lampedusa is leading the

government there to declare a humanitarian emergency teams that you're going to present off my reports on how locals that dealing with the situation. at eighty miles off the coast of north africa the tiny italian island of lampedusa has relied on fishing and tourism for its main sources of income for the first time in years. and the nets are dry. but. they're always out here we have been going out to sea for twenty days now since the recent uprising in tunisia the island has been flooded with refugees over five and a half thousand arrived in just two weeks sometimes up to three hundred refugees on just one tiny fishing boat to make the perilous journey to the mediterranean island doesn't have already drowned many of those who need it have nothing to lose turning

right here on its head with no money and no jobs they have already been cases of vandalism that just. the non-thinking will start to believe in the lights on at night they always wonder around none of the locals ever used to lock their doors and now that this people are here a little uncomfortable due to its location one for millions with refugees but never so many in such a short period of time and with many voicing strong beliefs official say identifying genuine cases is one of the biggest problems. that. we are historically a free nation and we want freedom of islam we want to live like our prophet told us and holy books to live in an islamic state. most are housed at this refugee center where they are provided with food water clothes and medical aid all financed from the state budget is designed to house only around eight hundred people so under

tight security hundreds of refugees are flown to the mainland each day. we send four planes yesterday but on average two planes with refugees leave every day to control any body and pollute. with. italy and tunisia used to have an agreement under which most were a few jews were intercepted before even reaching the island but now that the government has been overthrown the floodgates have opened i would violence continuing to spread in both north africa and the middle east he was already warned other evil state up to three hundred thousand refugees could we leave alone for decades one people there managed to i mean i've heard many isolated world of its own political where. he still lives and no one was afraid to leave the board on the walk while five something changed and the biggest wave of refugees may still be out there on this

tiny island but the entire continent you've got this long for what you know about you know a. mean time at five zero to sonari from the danish institute for international studies says the political changes in the middle east her voice had a major effect on european nations and not just in terms of illegal immigration. even before these are cries things the prospect of massive immigration has always been europe's wars tonight. in real terms it has never been substantial we have always been below thirty thousand. possible entries every year . clearly the overthrow of the governments poses a whole different set of issues and what europe will be able to do it depends on the ability of actually cordy meeting among some of the governments that are most affected i mean imagine if time coralie gadhafi is not overthrown i mean business

cannot proceed as usual after this so something will have to be done. with r.t. and coming away in just a few minutes there doesn't have to be only one but two thousand and fourteen the sochi winter olympics will happen three mascots chosen by russians in a country why don't you stay with us to meet the characters close also. so we pony up the cash than ever right on the help of the backseat take the wheel. oh yes americans are baffled by obama's new space program which they feel hands of russians their brains and their brains to the planets. julian assange must be extradited to sweden over sex assault charges that's the verdict made by a u.k. judge the wiki leaks founder says he will appeal the decision as the court has failed to even consider the details of the allegations

a scientist called the whole hearing a quote rubber stamping process coming forward if that's the background. when julian assange emerged less than 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 and human rights defender r.t. america interviewed his sons on the day of collateral murders release what keeps people are honest and more people manage to survive things from growing as you understand how the world actually works. in the fourth estate to get information out about the real world and it's common to think about. sources who can get. out of the public eye nomadic computer expert

cache of two hundred fifty thousand classified as such pages the front page of virtually every newspaper in the country working with wiki leaks wiki leaks wiki leaks which leads to his foes julius launched as a cyber terrorist in wartime he's guilty of sabotage and crimes against humanity he should be killed but to his fans as soft spoken as there's the potential to radically reshape the geo political landscape by the people as time's man of the year our commitment to our sources is not just to protect we've never lost it's not just the published material to get the maximum political impact possible but it's up to see if the political impact of the leak and not the leaks that has gripped have been. allegations of sexual misconduct by two swedish women infighting within

wiki leaks for is in fact the coast guard the nation particularly obama administration and the cia they want to start with the leagues they're doing. all sorts of extraordinary actions stop being paid or leaning on pay pal master card and other private corporations to allow donations to be made to wiki leaks the once heroic figure now hawking mugs bumper stickers and t. shirts to pay his legal bills who profits from the meaning of meaning truly and us an obviously it's the us government which is really out to get him makes no bones about it there are none to the past but a newspaper that once eagerly used his leaks initial impressions of doing and. set up some some in a list say assigned and wiki leaks have been effectively neutralized consumed by litigation rather then leaks i think with the american government wants us 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. 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 here in fort r.t. washington d.c. . general bratton a member of the european parliament for the u.k. independence party so i suppose the decision to send the wiki leaks founder to sweden is symptomatic of a flawed system. what was the sound you guys does this 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 british citizen and anyone who is a guest in our country and what it does it removes the fundamental rights of the

english courts to protect its own citizens and guests in our country because if they are not simply not allowed to look at the problem of facie evidence in the case like this and taking into account it's what the lawyer called what 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 kidnapping how long it's been going on rising going on for months and i haven't figured out what the charges are yeah i mean firstly 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. what the charges are and all the full evidence because it's going to be done in a secret hearing which is absolutely astounding. here with r.t. live from moscow this week russia's republic of commodity in a ball carrier was certainly in the spotlight after a number of militant attacks in the region a group of up to twelve men who carried out similar ten years attacks in several

locations in the republic scuppered all not all choke on friday a few hours later gunmen shelled a gas station explosion was averted claims to the quick response of local fire when you consider it has caused some damage with no fatalities and is in contrast to last week when a three people were killed in an attack on a tourist bus they were heading to a resort where a few hours later a ski lift was plowed local authorities say the militants have been trying to interfere with anti terror operations in the mountains of the republic. or there's always plenty of other news and features on our website that's r.t. dot com let's have a look at what are also waiting for you online. this the russian army two point zero find out about not a vicious plan to upgrade the country's military and the equally impressive price tag attached also are. a very different but equally powerful weapon discovered an exhibit which explores the art and science behind the perfect.

walk twenty minutes past the hour here in moscow you are without doubt america's longest serving space shuttle discovery has lifted off for the last time this week after a quarter of a century and so it was thirst based craft will now be put into retirement on saturday the shuttle docked at the international space station crew killer in their cargo and scientific equipment upon its return to earth it will be ferried off to a museum where it will soon be joined by its sister ships and atlantis sure it will effectively end u.s. space flight with a new craft i used to wipe out. to use a garbage can found out the loss is not sitting too well with many american a c. major a cutie is complete by the end of this year nasa will no longer be able to send

humans into space according to obama's plane responsibility will go to private companies which are expected to come up with cheaper ways to ferry astronauts to low earth orbit they know that they have a big step to take when they if they're thinking about putting humans into space and that's going to take a you know the next phase of their development so i have a oh gosh i. couldn't even estimate exactly no one can say for sure when the private american companies will come up with a new spaceship for years to come it will be the russians so use it's going to be the only means for people to reach the international space station which is perfectly fine with. the leaders of russia and the u.s. but doesn't sit well with many americans how did this how. we could make it to the moon earth build us one. and then. and now we're we're reduced to being passengers on

a russian ship and that's that's sort of it it's zero zero going to right thing clyde revealed itself in comments by some american lawmakers astronaut scientists and former nasa official comedians in the u.s. did not miss out on poking fun at american sense of pride so reportedly up the cash but have to write on the hope of the backseat both of these take the wheel. yes you know you got to let us touch the radio they won't let us eat snacks or stop to use the bathroom should have gone before we left. use ok but those the nasa who now actually work with the russians like astronaut sunny williams have different sentiments i couldn't imagine when i was growing up walking through red square or going to a russian company and working hand in hand with my russian colleagues or going to their families homes and having dinner with them and likewise when they come to the u.s. and so i think. maybe we're not competing but we're working together think it's more

of a time joint cooperation and learning from one another that's just as healthy as the competition that we had in the past it's not the first time americans have to rely on the russians to take their crew to space they depended on russian rockets during the two year grounding of u.s. spacecraft after the two thousand and three space shuttle columbia disaster columbia exploded during re-entry into the earth's atmosphere all seven crew members died shuttles track record includes another tragedy in one thousand nine hundred eighty six the space shuttle challenger broke apart seventy three seconds into its flight. with the russians so use to be the safest way to deliver people to space and now with the shuttle we carrying it will be the only way we're no longer racing against an adversary we're no longer competing to achieve a singular goal like reaching the moon. in fact what was once

a global competition is long since become a global collaboration the leaders of both russia and the rise are saying space is no longer a place it's now a ground operation but that through remains if ever once here in the west. i'm going to take out our clear. time now to update you want to some of the other stories from around the world this hour eight people being killed in two blasts in southern afghanistan they were attending an illegal dog fight on the outskirts of kandahar five policemen who arrived to break up the competition were injured in the last illegal dogfighting some are talking to for insurgents diversity taliban condemns the practice. the death toll from the earthquake a new zealand has reached one hundred forty seven with still over two hundred people missing residents across the country are honoring the dead at memorial services rescuers in christ church are working to clear records from the city

officials warn that many buildings may have to be demolished the earthquake was new zealand's deadliest a natural disaster in eighteen years and it's likely likely to become its worst ever. north korea threatening a military action against the south over a leafletting campaign telling people about the antigovernment protests in the arab world balloons carrying information about the uprisings were released by activists on friday the north response marks the latest strain relations between the two countries military level talks aimed at improving ties between pyongyang and so they collapsed earlier this month. they say that teamwork is the lynchpin of success the russian public seems to agree having chosen not one but three mascots for so much music two thousand and fourteen it winter olympics competition was fierce snow leopard a polar bear and a bunny on skates all the gold in

a televised nationwide fight not instance but off the reports are these latest additions to the winter games like. these are the first winners of the four chilean pics from now on a snow leopard a polar bear and the hare has won through to become the official mascots of the two thousand and fourteen winter games a ray of light and a snowflake will represent the paralympics he is the mr on the prize winning places in any sport so burned first second and third and the main model of the olympics is that it's not a victory but was a separation that it's important that the leopard the hand and the bear each have their strong. that's why i think creating that scene was a smart choice for with the winners were selected by members of the public from across russia in a phone booth televised on saturday become petition to devise them was also a public outward your creations are the result of a nationwide competition launched last year with ideas submitted to the special

website and russia's artists amateurs and professionals like rush to the challenge 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 it came down to this stuff ten rate here these are the meskins that made it into the finals and one of the entries are two bears snarly acquired for the frost and the merits of the cheese personal favorite of the elf and also. despite their card lee appearance the competition between the baskets was almost as intense as for olympic gold traditional russian characters like father crossed melted in the heat of battle and didn't make the point all caught not even and make over with the latest winter sports where passion was enough to sweep a rather hip set of russians much good goals to victory will be olympics have only one winner the competition organizers for the mascot circle can three mil doe with

a night two commercial possibilities to see who's doing the breathy you can journey is ahead for all the symbols chosen for the games they're just making their first steps in the. it is peak of her popularity in two thousand and fourteen and of course it was counting on commercial success with three years left until the olympics so she will now have to get used to three new jury honorary citizens at least one of them is no stranger to the southern russian city as for real snow leopards have recently found a new home at the local wildlife preserve the remaining muskets have a heart after a fall in matching the worldwide fame wanted by michelle counterpart for the 1980's most grueling picks but still she will be hoping she'll become just as love and well known good as full of ski are so she. and i will do a recap of the week's top stories in just a few moments. good

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