well. the u.n. has imposed sanctions on libya as the violence continues in that country in a week that seen more protests across the arab world. also in the news this week as turmoil in the region drives thousands of north africans from their homes italy is now calling on the e.u. to help me cope with waves of immigrants. the wiki leaks founder used to be extradited to sweden on sex crimes allegations appealing the ruling julian assange says the case is simply a pretext to get him to the u.s. for a quick trial. and america has its wings clipped with the last flight of the discovery

the shuttles are to be decommissioned soon and under obama's a new space program astronauts will have to rely on russian spacecraft to take them into orbit and. we're highlighting the stories that made headlines this week welcome to the program the un security council has slapped sanctions on a 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 the uprising against the regime and our correspondent in the area is it all about he's keeping across the developments . the u.n. security council voted unanimously to impose these sanctions on the gadhafi regime that they'll take the form of a travel ban against colonel gadhafi himself as well as others close to him an

asset freeze on gadhafi and is in a circle a sixteen names on this list is also an arms embargo 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 it's also being libyans trying to get out of the country as well one hundred thousand believed to have fled across the border either into cheers here or here to egypt where i am now many of the nations around the world being called 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 isa 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 qaeda is also concerned so what is happening in libya do you think this is a coincidence because i'd like to go back in history a little bit with the former leader of the iranian revolution and where did he live but he lived in paris and there's a whole he was supported by the western community he would be driven out of the entire western community fights against the iranian nuclear program i remember just recently our partners were very active in some of the democratic election. in the palestinian autonomy and how much one would wish and immediately they declared hamas a terrorist organization and started fighting against it we need to give people to show us 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 better future protesters take control of more and more of the country they're coming across the palaces of the gadhafi regime well one such palace just outside of outside of benghazi has become the command center of the center of operations for the movement against the libyan government against colonel gadhafi and discovering some interesting things is the been going through these palaces and not want them being guarded or discovered a bunker there is designed to withstand 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 and they've been handing out weapons troops to be handing out weapons to civilians on the streets of tripoli and in the district about six kilometers outside of 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 with the latest reports that we do have suggests they are just fifty kilometers outside of tripoli the city of zawiya as 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 here also violence in other arab states north african states now the. violence here though fast passing anything that we've seen elsewhere at least one thousand people believed to have been killed so far. patroller warning that while the mean time a political journalist anthony wiles says that western style democracy is

a tool of abuse raghavan freedom and it should be applied to 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 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 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 to tell you ation process and hopefully distract people from the overall fraud that's from perpetrated on western societies if that's democracy would not 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 suffer the country's oil pipelines about their fuel to the front is free of the barrel of the black gold approaching one hundred twenty dollars analysts are warning of significant economic ranks of the artist spreads some experts went as far as suggesting oil prices could hit two hundred twenty dollars per barrel but steve levitt from the foreign policy magazine says the scenario is unlikely to develop. saudi arabia has gone around and rightly

assured everyone we not only can add more volumes to the market but we hang out at the volume the difference that would create a situation in which prices would really skyrocket another country run our lines so you lost a million barrels a day it is our run from libya if algeria which is also having trouble getting it up front 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 there's probably an admiral trying to get headlines but but maybe one hundred fifty that that which is still pretty high. well meanwhile there are fears that italy could drown under a wave of illegal immigration from the instability in the middle east thousands of refugees have already reached the country's island of lampedusa leading the government there to the clerics humanitarian emergency teams and you've got this

kind of report about how locals there are dealing with a situation. that he miles off the coast of north africa the tiny italian island of what he has relied on fishing in tourism for its mean sources of income for the first time in years the boats or the mets are drawing a published book a secure border you're always out here we haven't gone out to sea for twenty days now. since the recent uprising in tunisia the island has been flooded with great fiji's were five and a half thousand arrived in just two weeks sometimes up to three hundred refugees what grandpa just one tiny fishing boat to make the perilous journey to the mediterranean island doesn't have all of you drown media of those who need it have nothing to lose. here wanted to head with no money and jobs we have already been he says vandalism and that's not to deny it was started leaving the lights on at

night they always wonder ronde none of the locals ever used to lock their doors now that this people i'm here with one comfortable looking due to its location one is firmly with refugees but never for me in such a short period of time and with many voices strong beliefs official say here defying the way he says is one of the biggest problems. that. we are historically a free nation and we want freedom life is that 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 and calls. and medical aid all financed from the state budget is designed to house only around eight hundred people so under tight security hundreds of freaky g.'s are flown to the me lend me your mind you're going to go off and we sent four planes yesterday on average two

planes with very few gees leave every day to community and pollute. the lives. it really had to musea used to have an agreement under which most were fiji's were intercepted before even reaching the island but now that the government has been overthrown the floodgates have opened i put while it's continuing to spread in both north africa and the middle east italy's already warned other evil states up to three hundred thousand refugees flee libya alone for decades lump you know that manage to i mean i train you isolated world of its own accord with the smoke and no one was afraid to leave their doors on. time something changed and the biggest new wave of refugees may still be out there with you on this tiny island but the entire continent he was still on board like you do you know he. meantime

fabricio tyson ari from the danish is that if international studies says that political changes in the middle east have always had a major effect on european nationals and not just in terms of illegal immigration even before these. things the prospect of massive immigration has always been europe's wars tonight. in real terms it has never been substantial and we have always been below thirty thousand. possible entries every year and 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. among some of the governments that are most affected i mean imagine if. gadhafi is not overthrown i mean business cannot proceed as usual

after something will have to be done you are with r.t. coming up in just a few minutes here there doesn't have to be one of the two thousand and fourteen winter olympics will have three mascots chosen by russians in a televised countrywide poll you can stay with us to meet the characters up close also. so we pony up the cash then after why don't the back seat take the wheel. yes americans are baffled by obama's new space program which they feel hands the russians the reins in the race to the planets. now julian assange must be extradited to sweden over sex assault charges that's the verdict made by a u.k. judge but wiki leaks founder says he will appeal the decision as the court has failed to even consider the details of the allegations. the whole hearing a quote rubber stamping process going forward give us the background.

when julian assange emerged let's leave year ago with this video. showing u.s. troops going down unarmed civilians in two reuters journalists 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 released what keeps. them more keeps their marriage. as you understand how the world actually works. in the fourth is to get information out about the real world and the second is the common thread and to think about the. sources. of the problem and nomadic computer expert talking to cash over two hundred fifty

thousand classified as so much capital pages the front page of virtually every newspaper in the country working with wiki leaks wiki leaks wiki leaks wiki leaks to his foes julian assange is a cyber terrorist and work time he's guilty of sabotage. crimes against humanity he should be killed but to withstand a soft spoken as is this potential to radically reshape the geo political landscape by the people as time's man of the year but our commitment to our forces is not just to protect we've never lost it's not just to publish the material it is to get the maximum. possible. today is just political impact i believe and not the leaks that has gripped have. allegations of sexual misconduct by two swedish women infighting within wiki leaks prison basic house the nation particularly in the obama administration in the cia they want to start doing. all sorts of

extraordinary actions stop in pay pal 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 mogs bumper stickers and t. shirts to pay his legal bills who profits from demeaning demeaning. you know obviously it's the u.s. government which is really out to get him makes no bones about it through under the bus by the newspaper that once eagerly used his leaks impressions who. set up some red flags some in a list say assigned and wiki leaks have been effectively neutral consumed by litigation rather than leaks i think would be american government wants as they 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 i 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. as you know it's charges and even the death penalty as a sound basis jail time the future of wiki leaks hangs in the balance and its ability to be a place for whistleblowers and it became of transparency and ford artsy washington d.c. well a lot of calls move to extradite assange chance to spot criticism of the british traditional system of the country to grant asylum to many fugitive criminals some say the u.s. is an example of the u.k.'s hypocrisy the basic tradition relating to asylum is that anybody can come here provided they are loaded provided they'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 magnificent or the girl so welcome here. shakes. may have a juvie

a criminal record as it were of torture yet they were allowed to swarm around the room. water wherever and no problem whatsoever. now this week russia has a republic of cut out of you know about carrier was in the spotlight after a number of militant attacks in the region a group of up to twelve men carried out a symbol tainio said sites in several locations in the republic scuttled on friday a few hours later gunman shelled a gas station but an explosion was averted thanks to the quick response by local firemen the incident has caused some damage but with no fatalities it's a contrast to last week when three people killed in a forest fire they were heading to a resort for a few hours later a ski lift. love authorities say that militants have been trying to interfere with the anti terror operations in the mountains of the republic. there's also plenty of other stories and features on our website that's r.t. dot com let's have a look right now what's waiting for you in the russian army two point zero find out

about plans to upgrade the countries in the tree and the equally impressive price tag attached also. a very different but equally powerful weapon the sculptor an exhibit which explores the art and science behind the perfect. america's longest serving in space shuttle discovery has lifted off for the last time this week after a quarter of a century in service a spacecraft will now be put into retirement on a saturday the shuttle dock to the international space station delivering cargo and scientific acquittal and upon its return to earth it will be ferried off to a museum where it will soon be joined by its sister ships and their and atlantis it

will effectively end manned u.s. space flight. new craft already a decade away and it's out he's got a chicken found out the loss is not sitting too well with many americans. 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 you know the next phase of their development so i have a fear oh gosh i agree i can even estimate exactly no long 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 that'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 could this how. we could make it to

the moon earth to build this wonderful equipment and then. and now we're we're reduced to being passengers on a russian ship and that's that's sort of it's going to writing clyde revealed itself in comments by some american lawmakers astronaut scientists and former nasa official comedians in the u.s. that's not me so poking fun at american sense of pride so we pony up the cash then after right on the hope of the back seat take the wheel. yes you know you got the last touch the radio there what is eat snacks or stop to use the bathroom should have gone before we left i used but those in nassau 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 family's 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 to working together i think it's more of a time of 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 from 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 shuttle track record includes another tragedy a nine hundred eighty six the space shuttle challenger go-kart seventy three seconds into it right was the russians so use proved to be the safest way to

deliver people to space and now with the shuttle retiring 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 from the us are saying straits is no longer a place it's now a ground for cooperation through remains it's everyone's here in the wilds except that i'm going to take our art to washington d.c. . he is coming to you live from the heart of the russian capital it's time now to update you on some brief stories from around the world this hour and a couple of people killed in true blasts in southern afghanistan they were attending an illegal dog fight on the outskirts of kandahar five policemen who were turned up to break up the competition were injured in the blasts illegal targets for and so generous to the taliban and that was the practice. the death toll from

the earthquake in new zealand has reached one hundred and forty seven currently still the woman two hundred missing residents across the country are honoring the dead morial says rescuers in christchurch are working to clear the wreckage from the city as officials warn that many buildings may have to be totally demolished the earthquake was new zealand's deadliest a natural disaster in eighty years and is likely to become its worst ever. north korea is threatening military action against the south over a leafletting campaign telling people about the antigovernment protests in the arab world the loons carrying information about the uprisings were released by activists on friday the north's response marks the latest strain relations between the two countries military level talks aimed at improving ties beyond seoul collapsed earlier this month. but they say the teamwork is the lynchpin of success and the russian public seem to agree having chosen not one but

three mascots for sochi is two thousand and fourteen winter olympics competition was fierce but snow leopard a polar bear and a bunny on skates took the gold in the televised nationwide vote to his prosecutor reports on these latest additions to the winter games lineup. these are the first winners of the sochi olympics from now on a snow leopard a polar bear and a 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 prepare olympics he is the mayor through on the prize winning places in any sports a grand second and third and the main moto of the olympics is that it's not victory but because it's a patient there is also into the eleven and the band each have their strong poor and that's why i think creating a teen was a smart choice for the winners were selected by members of the public from across

russia and who televised on saturday become petition to devise them was also a part of our forward because relations are the result of a nationwide competition launched last year with ideas submitted to the special website and brochures artists amateurs and professionals the wife rushed 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 really 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 mayor of sochi is personal favorite of the ethanol scheme despite their commonly appearance the competition between damascus was almost as unplanned as moral and big old traditional russian characters like father crossed melted and the heat of battle and didn't make the point of cart not even the make over with the latest winter sports where passion was enough to sweep

a rather hip set of russian church goodall's to victory will be olympic separately one winter the competition organizers for the mascot circle gone three will go out with a night to commercial possibilities to see who should do what breathtaking journey is ahead for all the symbols chosen for the games they're just making their first steps in the. as in the peak of their popularity in two thousand and fourteen of course they were counting on commercial success with three years left on still be olympics so she will now have to get used to three new jury an honorary citizens at least one of them is no stranger to the southern russian city that's for real snow leopards have recently found a new home at the local wildlife preserve the three winning best kids have a hard act to fall in matching the worldwide fame one by me shot their counterpart for the 1980's more schoolin picks but still she will be hoping they'll become just as loved and well known the bosky are keen so she. told

a recap of the week's top stories in just a moment. comes up to spain to the protean republic. the center of russian defense production.

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