in libya all visitation forces close in on colonel gadhafi or some experts predict revelations about his relationship with the west should he be tried at the hague. regime and the people that are still supporting him in tripoli in their bunkers will be able to tell all the stories about everything from could be. the bridge jobs going to these were involved in covering up the regime. and argy brings you an exclusive report from the heart of would be on the floor space by foreigners trapped in the violence and chaos and unable to leave. the oil is

a post that you will resource on the planet. that will. be a school waiting on the rest of the arab world has sent the price of black gold skyrocketing setting the stage for a renewed all russian by global powers. a public outcry the u.k. over the involvement of controversial u.s. security contractor and walking more and in britain's national census reigniting a debate odd confidentiality and ethics. coming to you live from our studios in moscow you're watching r t thanks for joining us now opposition forces in libya say they are planning a final assault on the capital tripoli lets essential leave the last part of the

country the remains under the control of longtime leader colonel gadhafi and protesters say his days in power are now number well recent u.n. resolution has referred him to the international criminal court for war crimes but some say there are details of his recent friendship with western countries. that neither washington nor london would like to be reveals she's correspondent in the middle east peter all over has more from cairo well hi there peter good morning well as we've seen from the reports the opposition in libya they seem to be preparing for a final showdown what else do we know about what's happening there. well that's right the current frontline if you will of the battle between opposition forces and those troops still loyal to colonel gadhafi is the city of zawiya around fifty kilometers outside of tripoli tripoli being essentially the only place they could duffy still has any semblance of control the protestors the anti government forces how their base set up in benghazi in the east of the country from there they're

controlling the assault on. get off these forces if you will from from benghazi in the east and we're expecting that they may try to make a push for tripoli very very soon now the united nations over the weekend imposed sanctions upon the libyan regime these included a travel ban on colonel gadhafi and members of his family also asset freezes on kentucky is sixteen names on that list and in arms and bargo now the interesting thing that plays also included in that resolution is the. the refereeing of the situation in libya and referring colonel gadhafi to the international criminal court in the hague now we're hearing that from some experts that say that if he does go to the hague we may hear some startling revelations about the the recent closeness between colonel gadhafi and western countries. i think the americans and i don't know people like tony blair would be very very frightened of

nicolas sarkozy or mr berlusconi of italy would be quite frightened about an i.c.c. trial because then they're in the regime and the people that are still supporting him in tripoli in their bunkers will be able to tell the stories about everything from lockerbie to american and british arms companies were involved in propping up that regime and the string of e-mail that have an e-mail trail i don't think the americans or london or russel's would very much want that to come out in court you . well the relationship between the west and the libyan regime picked up in around two thousand and four as they were looking for support for the war in iraq colonel gadhafi then signed many deals with countries like britain and the united states and the u.n. suggested in britain the united states is just this he wouldn't continue the development of chemical weapons and that they would supply oil and arms contracts

with the countries as well so we'll be keeping an eye should he end up in the international criminal court and just come out for not investigation although i will peter the violence there has been going on for almost two weeks now and we know people are actually just escaping the situation what is the humanitarian situation in the country. well what we're looking at at the moment is the international red cross have described the border between cheney and libya as a humanitarian crisis forty thousand people across the border fleeing from violence in libya in the last week alone now around one hundred thousand people are extra estimated by the u.n. to have fled libya in total some coming here to egypt where i am i was going on board elsewhere now the also there's been a mass exodus of foreigners who have been in the country we've seen in the past few days britain france the united states doing the best to get their nationals out of

the country we can now hear from my colleagues on a boy we spoke to some of the russian nationals who saw the violence in libya. compelled by fear held back by mayo those who boarded the last russian emergency plane from libya didn't want to leave but then decided there saved in story a subcontractor for gasper on alexy says he never cared much about they've been politics that is until arguments over clase by grants it's both sides just are. equally dangerous because the regime suppresses its people with lots of. years later. the people. who say they got the guns. and they just don't have learned don't believe the responsibility when they start and once they start killing people it doesn't really matter whether it's just friends. for years it was

a mantra for many foreign companies ignore good fs quirks and you'll be rewarded in oil revenues but is the leap sleeps closer to civil war these margy no longer seems bulletproof yet even on the russian plane there were some who say that the grim predictions were blown out of proportion and he needed his work. can leave as a nurse for twenty years so she already regrets the decision to flee i just ask the people who goes to the boards by al-jazeera and all and a lot of the channels also she opinion on the people of new goodies will take an interest in his new shooting mr there isn't going to see her train only on people also with a global post titled working as usual is on legal minds open to everything puncheons people want to leave asleep. yet to be the country awash with firearms the current law and violence and recently looks like ican before the storm that's more tripoli

airport is now busier than ever with countries scrambling to pull their citizens out oh my god after he's known to profit self on being a shrewd negotiator and insults given the way the back creation of foreign nationals is being carried out over the past week big government before servicing planes at the tripoli airport has more than tripled to more than eight hundred thousand dollars per plane considering that ex-pats used to make about twenty percent of the country's labor force be far from arabia is proving to be a very good source of cash with less than two thousand of its residents caught up in their unrest russian managed evacuation fairly easily other countries didn't fare that well the gyptian uprising may have been sparsely beenz but it also left thousands of egyptians guest workers stranded at tripoli airport it's barely though if any assistance from their state a few years ago many countries raced to leave it was all reserves of good biggest

in africa now these even more frantically if they're trying to get out the deuce fleeing the violence say it's just a matter of time before they'll be back on the boycott r c tripoli. all the violence in the arab world has sent oil prices spiraling with some suggesting its own. the beginning of a huge hike that effects the global cost of everything from food to transport and also threats to stifle economic recovery well now some are suggesting that the u.s. could have a certain interest in removing gadhafi so as to gain control over libya's rich all reserves artie's loyalists or has more. tunisia. egypt. bahrain. algeria. libya protest in country seeming to fuel one another unrest spreading like

wildfire through the middle east and north africa all raging in only here for your rich countries to help fuel the world's use but more than eighty four low in barrels of crude a day. uncertainty over production has set prices soaring name a shock waves from the middle east turmoil are being felt worldwide will is also a resource on the planet. now the mideast crisis is hitting home for outrage americans as oil prices have skyrocketed so to him the price is people paying for gasoline and now the price americans pay at the pump is threatening to derail the u.s. economic recovery a surge in oil. prices will be the end of the u.s. economy not just an end to the recovery there's no more bailouts like a reality peak oil expert michael c.

rupert sees happening if oil hits one hundred fifty dollars a barrel which he believes is inevitable this year others predicted going to two hundred twenty dollars it's so devastating because oil. fuels more than just cars. it fuels the entire global economy. though there's no doubt that if gas goes to five dollars a gallon for americans after some predict there would be a high political price to pay for the obama administration's yeah yeah sareen prices go up much and for a very long period it could be a severe. year political impact if there is no denying the u.s. has played a role in the events that have transpired in the middle east every time. u.s. president barack obama went to the podium calling for this that there must be reform political social and economic reforms that meet the aspirations of the

egyptian people and calling for egyptian president hosni mubarak's resignation he was calling for an end to the status quo which means a rise and uncertainty in the move rich region so did leaders weigh the toll it could take on their own economy some argue they don't have the power to kind of winning back trying to push their back against an avalanche and i don't think we're going to hear a lot of success that may not something us from trying to take control some observers believe the u.s. may intervene militarily in libya or oil reserves are massive under false pretenses of helping protesting people has nothing to do with interest he. has everything to do with the interest of the u.s. corporate oil corporations. even way analysts say the price of fuel going uk will simply fuel public rage and the government is largely

helpless the american people are going through a very nasty ride and there's no way out of it now but i can tell you the government understands that it's coming lauren lyster r.t. new york oh later today the wider consequences of the aggressive the growth will greater middle east are being discussed in our debate show crosstalk. there is no neutrality of washington ok. barak start to look a little tension that that was for me to try to control events on the ground in the middle east and that's probably of serbia there's no way we could be that's not so chaotic if so will it believe me is on the way we go down central and me there was a man we know that the cia is calling the shots it really defies description i mean i don't think america is now also doing i feel your memory on this and really is my you're not up to speed on the latest i mean there was a look at a look at all the revolutionists your daughter was saying was your tripoli and you can realize this is not being dictated by washington.

d.c. to talk. to other news the u.k. is preparing for a nationwide census to start next month well the government says it will help provide services and resources that people need but they link up with a controversial u.s. security firm means many fear their privacy will be violates their personal data falling into the wrong hands laura reports. it senses time in the u.k. when every household in the country is asked to provide detailed information about their lives to the government so they can keep track of what's going on and who will be in charge of this sensitive data. yes it's controversial u.s.

arms manufacturers martin and campaigners ranging from religious groups to peace activists to data protection lobbyists railing against it on ethical grounds play on a number of oppressive regimes they also. the us heavily in the wars they fought in iraq and afghanistan opposed by the majority of people in britain even if supported by the british government firstly it's worrying to spain given to such a company into their intelligence and surveillance which is not since his apparel but secondly many people. participating in an activity which helps the profits of a company engaged in things which most people in the country don't approve killed. despite the risk of prosecution he says he won't. look to makes mines and he feels that he's and contracts out interrogation. although it will be the u.k. arm that carries out the survey there's still a worry that the information could fall under the auspices of the us patriot act

which compels personal data held by any company on systems in the us to be made available to government intelligence the office of national statistics which. martin maintains its taken measures to make sure u.s. authorities can't access the data. processing would be carried out in the u.k. leave or be held at any point outside the u.k. and the lockheed martin staff will have access to any personal census data. well dancer is the. only u.k. companies will have any access to. but it's that last point that's raised red flags for data protection lobbyists who say that the private information collected during the census will be available to practically any organization that requests it any use on the any statute. only use by the security or

intelligence services for national security purposes any use for the pursuit of crime any use in pursuit of an e.u. community so any e.u. rules that information can be passed over so it's essentially any government use whatsoever of. polished and u.k. government agencies don't exactly have a great track record when it comes to safeguarding information three years ago a file containing secret terror related documents was left on a train more recently the national health service lost the medical records of tens of thousands of people thanks to lockheed martin's involvement in the sense that it would be hard for the u.s. authorities to lay their hands on that information if they wanted data from the census is used by the government grants to local councils and recognize new groups in society that sense is run by lockheed martin raises grave concerns investing about ethics and international security if

a lot of people boycott this that says it will make it any effective and a waste of money but the two hundred forty million dollar contracts amount will go into looking at martins pockets anyway your average party. and we've got more heated debate on ethics and freedom in the u.k. on our web site that's our team dot com and it's a place to have your say on how the case. flags on the british justice system and whether suspected criminals should be granted asylum in the u.k. and also. well look at how americans feel about the end of the space shuttle program and the fact that for now russia will be providing the only link to orbit. of the u.s. military in afghanistan has denied accusations that an army unit psychologically

manipulated top visiting officials of rolling stone magazine published claims that these psychological operations known as psyops were used to get more money and troops for the war are these military contributors says the revelations expose the massive propaganda campaign used by the us army. to any confusion i have to make it crystal clear that all those terms regarding this psychological operations information operations logging and spinning in the contest of the general betray us profiling actually imply and mean the same thing that is exactly what general petraeus tried to present in he's ph d. paper regarding the main lesson he learned from his experience in vietnam conflict betis whatever happens on the ground he's your relative works really does matter

what they you as decision makers and american public thinks about what's going on overseas regarding their military affairs the bottom line is these the whole american operation enduring freedom has nothing to do with a military conflict neither on bank you stand on afghan territory it has nothing to do with a counterterrorism or counternarcotics operations what it really does matter is their clandestine per section menage man by the pentagon political leadership in the united states and american public. well let's take a look at some other headlines from around the world a massive landslide in the blue the capital la paz has swept away at least one hundred homes well there have been no reported deaths but there's been widespread structural damage across an entire neighborhood in the mountain city president ebel

morales declared a state of emergency to cope with the flooding and landslides that's hit much of the country and killed forty four in recent weeks. the eighty third also the academy awards have come to a close in los angeles the biggest and freak of the night saw the king's speech take the best picture prize but film stars color spilled star colin firth won the award for best actor for his betrayal of british ruler george the sixth with matthew portman winning best actress for a performance in black swan well in total the king's speech scooped five oscars the social network getting three. zero it's a delicacy for the most exquisite taste of black caviar could soon become more affordable after russian scientists discovered a technique to harvest the eggs without killing the sturgeon well if applied it might bring back the days when families could enjoy caviar without breaking the bank artie's dollar bush called the house

a story. this is the new klondike home to black gold caviar limited supplies and time consuming production is delicacy is one of the most expensive foods on the planet however that may soon be a thing of the past russian scientists have created a new sustainable way of producing caviar. here we have bester a hybrid between beluga and sturgeon a beautiful fresh girls are hardy and very productive for me igor ports of has been working with sturgeon his whole life and even has a species named after him thanks to special living conditions he created his fish mature three times faster than in the wild so the caviar can be farmed all year round the circle here this is all caviar in the valley it's full of it. is also behind a unique technique to harvest the rope without killing the fish rather than being cold like elsewhere in the world the female fish is working best cold milk gently

and miss lee each time a fish is milked it can produce up to a lot of its weight in patty i'll say this specimen is around ten kilos so opted to not carry off every time they approach no makes heavy armor accessible but also helps preserve this increasingly scholars read don't be the focus once russia had about ninety percent of the world's stock of sturgeon but by the turn of the century while sturgeon were close to extinction and voters were running the show to preserve what was left russia sized older commercial harvesting in two thousand and two and then banned the sale of sturgeon and black caviar all together poaching escalated and so did the prices now the country is trying to return to the head and days of soviet caviar abundance this is the largest farm in russia it boasts artesian water fish food. and even sparsely for its inhabitants the head of this

raises says it all leads to one inescapable fact if you think you are nonprofessional consumers will hardly be able to tell that they're over the river in the wild and farm caviar in fact you can only taste it and if it tastes good that means that caviar is our fish however most experts agree that demand always outstrip supply and although black caviar may get cheaper it will never be cheaper to carry r.t. . i'll be back with the headlines shortly but first it's a business update with the oil. hello that's right time to get the latest business news and that school of a foundation says it plans to sign fifteen corporation agreements with international companies by the end will be here by novartis to pull google carter

johnson and johnson are among those expected to join the innovation development center in skolkovo in the vacation fund has already approved twenty eight projects and will finance eleven of them if the victim president of the school of a foundation says money is ready to be invested. in the right. we will prove the budget for this year the value is around seven hundred fifty million dollars it will be spent on three main components for your physical construction of infrastructure in the development of the projects the construction of a research education center in the creation of an integrated environment where the main thing would be to support of selected projects we're going to spend around three hundred million dollars and this year. let's have a quick look at the stocks now asian markets are trading in the black the sol the nikkei is up just under one percent the highest saying is out almost point eight percent as total reduces advance on high crude oil prices which moved closer to the key one hundred dollars a barrel mark. and here in russia the markets closed higher on friday the r.g.s.

say just over one and a half percent under the guise of being just under two percent energy stocks were struggling as investors to prophesy after several days of gains other sectors such as banking and retail client. most will relate to stocks lost last week as investors worried that high energy prices would drag on the global economy roland nash from verano capital says although aura will continue to drive the market in russia other sectors are likely to come back into contention. whatever happens to the oil prices are really going to drive global markets and therefore russia russia has started seeing these these two trends one is selling risk the other is blowing all oil and so you know once again it's going to be if the oil price moves up and it's actually likely to be the oil sector that will benefit i think the important point to remember is that traditionally when the oil prices going up it's not always been the oil sector that's benefited most so i think what you'll begin to see is people starting back out of the oil sector and into the rest of the market

if you have a strengthening ruble and you have rising interest rates then that it can actually help the banking sector and the banking sector suffered over the last couple of weeks so if the dollar price of oil remains roughly stable then you could actually see the coming back into. and russia's biggest lenders burbank has such expanded into investment banking the company says it will either buy an existing investment company or create the business from scratch there has been plenty of speculation in the local media that it's burbank is preparing to buy top russian investment from troika dialog speaking after the markets close on friday's burbank ca paragraph so a decision on a strategy would be announced in less than two months. that's up from new york today drawing in less than one last time for more business news.

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