in libya opposition forces close in on colonel gadhafi but some experts predict revelations about his relationship with the west should he be tried for me. and our t.v. brings you an exclusive report from the parts of libya on the border faced by foreigners trapped in the violence and chaos some of whom are unable to leave plus. oil is the most valuable resource on the planet today and who controls it is extremely important the escalating agressor of the arab world has sucked the price of black gold star rocketing setting the stage for

a new the oil rush by global power. and a public outcry in the u.k. where the ball went to a controversial if you want security contractor laclede margin in britain's national census reigniting a debate on confidentiality and ethics. and russia's proposal we can balance that just signed agreements with the slew of foreign companies try the end of this year we're in business in twenty minutes. from our studios and also you're watching r t thanks for joining us opposition forces in libya say they are planning a final assault on the capital tripoli it's especially the last part of the country that remains under the control of longtime leader colonel gadhafi and protesters say his days in power are now numbered a recent u.n.

resolution has referred him to the international criminal court for war crimes but some say that there are details of his recent friendship with western countries that might or washington or london would like to be revealed archies correspondents in the middle east peter all over has more from cairo. essentially the frontline of the battle between colonel gadhafi and the opposition forces is currently in the the city of zawiya around fifty kilometers outside of tripoli now the opposition forces control most of the country they are there in charge in all major cities with the the center of command be in benghazi the second city of libya in the east of the country now they are preparing we are hearing that they will try and move forward into tripoli from zawiya as they close that noose around colonel gadhafi now over the weekend the united nations placed sanctions upon that after the regime took the form of an asset freeze on colonel gadhafi his family and close associates

also a travel ban as well as an arms embargo another thing that was included in the in the u.n. resolution was a referral to the international criminal court in the hague the referral would mean that the international criminal court would look into alleged allegations of crimes against humanity in the violence that we've seen in libya well though that investigation up to criminal court has caused some experts to believe that we could see some revelations come out about the relationship between colonel gadhafi and the west for years he was the pariah of countries like britain and the united states in recent years we saw him somewhat rehabilitated you can now hear from an expert about what he believes you could see come out from an investigation i think the americans i don't know people like tony blair would be very very frightened of or nicolas sarkozy or with the world is going to italy will be quite frightened

about the trial because then there could have 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 what could be. american and british arms companies were involved in prop. not that regime and they'll have a string of e-mail they have an e-mail trail i don't think the americans or in london or brussels would very much want that to come out in court q well for most of the last few decades colonel gadhafi was viewed as not a friend of the west we've seen some very serious flashpoints including the lockerbie bombing the one nine hundred eighty six bombing of the german discotheque which is believed to targets u.s. soldiers in west germany there as well as the one nine hundred eighty six attack on libya by united states air force planes and marine jets now in recent times since two thousand and four colonel gadhafi he's undergone something of a rehabilitation this coincided with the war in iraq and the need for an ally in

the area in the region and also to do with the oil in libya a major producer of oil some of the largest reserves in the world located in libya and high oil prices at the time so we could be in for a very interesting investigation should get daffy or any of his associates be put on trial in the hague well what we're looking at at the moment is the international red cross have described the border between two news here and libya as a humanitarian crisis forty thousand people across the border fleeing from beilenson 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 going up the order 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 who spoke to some of the russian nationals who saw the violence in libya propelled by fear held that braved out there you know those who boarded the last russian emergency plane from libya didn't want to leave but then just. better save than sorie a subcontractor for gasper on alexy says he never cared much about and they've been politics that is until arguments are replaced by grants it's. the speakers. the press it's. just. the responsibility. doesn't. just. for years it was

a mantra for many foreign companies ignored his quirks and you'll be rewarded in oil revenues but is the league asleep closer to civil war based logic no longer seems bulletproof yet even on the russian plane there were some grim projections for blown out of proportion until we know who's worst and leave as a nurse for twenty years so already regrets the decision to flee. all those reports by al jazeera and all the arab language channels calls she a panic among the people in new bodies attack in tripoli there is no shooting yes there could easily go to see my prey's all the young people supported gaddafi hospitals are working as usual as all the people open today everything functions people want to leave as they came. here to the country awash with firearms the current law and violence increasingly looks like a calm before the storm that's why it should pally airport is now be easier than

ever with a country scrambling to pull their citizens out our get out phase known to prod himself on being a shrewd negotiator and insult him in the way the back ation of foreign nationals is being carried out over the past week begun. 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 the cry from libya is proving to be a very good source of cash with less than two thousand of its residents caught up in their unrest russia managed the evacuation fairly easily other countries didn't fare that well the egyptian uprising may have inspired believe bins but it also left thousands of egyptian guest workers stranded at tripoli airport it's very if any assistance from their state a few years ago many countries raise to leave been who's all reserves and biggest

anaphora now days even more franticly if they're trying to get out the deuce fleeing the violence see it's just a matter of time before they'll be back in the boy car at sea tripoli all the violence in the arab world has santa oil prices spiraling with some suggesting that it's only the beginning of a huge hike a little facts a global cost of everything from food to transport and also threatens to stifle economic recovery although 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 archy's loyalists or. egypt. the hurricane. algeria. libya protest in countries seeming to fuel one another unrest spreading like

wildfire through the middle east and north africa own region in or near rich countries that helped fuel the world's use of more than eighty four million barrels of crude a day. uncertainty over production has sent prices soaring i mean a shock waves from the middle east turmoil are being felt worldwide oil is a most valuable resource on the planet today. extremely right now the mideast crisis is hitting home for outteridge americans as oil prices have skyrocketed so too have the prices you pay 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 mark just an engine to recover there's no more bailouts like a reality peak oil expert michael c.

rupert sees happening it boil 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 as some predict there would be a high political price to pay for the obama administration you know gasoline prices go up much for a very long period it could. be your or. your political impact you know there's 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 right and uncertainty and rich region so did leaders weigh the toll it could take on their own economy some argue they don't have the power to their kind of winning back up trying to push their back against an avalanche and i don't think we're going to hear a lot of success and that may not stop the u.s. 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 here it has everything to do with the interest of the u.s. corporate oil corporations military corporate profits either way analysts say the price of fuel going up will simply fuel public rage and the government is largely

helpless the american people are going for a very nasty ride and there's no way out of it now but i can tell you the government understands that it's not laura mr r.t. new york and later to this hour the wider consequences of the rest of the greater middle east are being discussed in our debate show across stop. there's no neutrality you're washing them ok will you continue your barak start if you'll take a look i'm saying 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 side so chaotic if so all i believe is only way real and central i mean there was a man that the cia is calling the shots it really defies description i mean i don't think america is not also doing if you're married on their side and really as we know you're not up to speed on the latest strike make sure your viewers don't get a look at all the revolution in a stream or a joint or watching razi or or tripoli and you can realize this is not being

dictated by washington. and. if you go. to other news now the u.k. is preparing for a nationwide census to start next month and the government says it will help provide the services and resources that people need but a link up with a controversial u.s. security firm means many fear that their privacy will be violated with their personal data falling into the wrong hands archy's their ever reports census 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 manufacture a look heated malted and campaigners ranging from religious groups to peace activists to data protection lobbyists really against it on ethical grounds play on a number of oppressive regimes they also. pay us heavily in the wars they fought in iraq and afghanistan opposed by the. supported by the british government hill vows to boycott the census despite the risk of prosecution he says he won't be alone look he'd makes land mines and nuclear weapons 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 for national statistics which gauged lockheed martin maintains its taken measures to make sure u.s.

authorities can't access the data. all dance processing will be carried out in the u.k. no dancer will leave will be held at any point outside the u.k. no lockheed martin staff will have access to any personal census data or dance as the property of the and only u.k. e.u. owned companies will have any access to personal census data but it's that last point that's raise red flags for data protection lobbyists who say that all the private information collected during the census will be available to practically any organization that requests it pay me use under 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 organization so any e.u. rules that information can be passed over so it's essentially any government use

whatsoever the computer of his being abolished 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 secrets 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 censors 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 to award grants to local councils and recognize new groups in society a census run by lockheed martin raises grave concerns in britain about ethics and international security if a lot of people boycott that says it will make it ineffective and a waste of money but the two hundred forty million dollar contracts amount will go into looking at martins pockets any way your estimates artsy. area got more heated

debate on ethics and freedom in the u.k. on our website. com is a place to have your say on how the case of julian a softer. british justice system and also whether suspected criminals should be granted asylum in the u.k. plus. we 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 work. and the u.s. military in afghanistan has denied accusations that an army unit psychologically manipulated talk visiting officials of rolling stone magazine published claims that these psychological operations known as are used to get more money and troops for

the war are these military contributors says the revelations exposed the massive propaganda campaign used by the us army. to avoid any confusion i have to make it crystal clear that all those terms regarding this psychological operations information operations law being and spinning in the contest all of the general petraeus profiling actually imply and mean the same thing that is exactly what general petraeus tried to present in his cage deep paper regarding the main lesson how learned from his experience in vietnam conflict that is whatever happens on the ground he's irrelevant what's really does matter what they use as decision makers and american public thinks about what's going on overseas regarding their military affairs the bottom line is the whole american

operation enduring freedom has nothing to do with the military conflict neither on pakistan or afghan territory it has nothing to do b. of a counterterrorism or counternarcotics operations what it really does matter is a clone best time per section manager a man by that and again off political leadership in the united states and american public. well let's take a look at some other headlines from around the world chiller is marking the first stone of the year of last year's earthquake that left five hundred dead and hundreds of thousands homeless remember the service was led by the presidents of us jump in here though there were also protests at the scene with demonstrators saying the government has not done enough to help rebuild the worst affected areas they accuse officials of mismanagement excel generated reconstruction statistics.

rescuers searching for three missing sailors near antarctica say that hopes of finding them alive are rapidly receding the crew of two interview jensen one briton have not been heard from since ferocious storm hit their yacht almost a week ago well they had hoped to reach the u.s. and new zealand of talk to basis by sea and then travel to the south pole by quad bike. the eighty third academy awards have seen in the king's speech take the prize for best picture about film star call and first won the award for best actor for his portrayal of british ruler george the sixth with matzoh report and winning best actress for her performance in the black swan well in total the king's four movies are oscars with its main rival the social network getting three. hundred. i would say luxurious a delicacy for the most exquisite taste but black caviar consumed 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 archy's w. bush called the house a story. this is the new klondike home to black gold caviar limited supplies and time consuming production villager is delicacy is one of the most expensive foods on the planet however that may soon be a thing of the past. here we have baxter a hybrid between beluga and sturgeon a beautiful fish but also hardly been very productive. igor boards of has been working with sturgeon his whole life and even has a species and named after him thanks to special living conditions he created is fish much or three times faster than in the wild so the caviar can be farmed all year round. here this is all caviar in the belly it's full of it.

is also behind the unique to greek to harvest the row without killing the fish rather than being cold like elsewhere in the world the female fish is in the best kong milked gently and harmlessly each time a fish is milked it can produce up to a quarter of its weight in paddy are saying this specimen is about ten kilos so up to two our heroes are caviar every time they approach their own makes caviar more accessible but also helps preserve this increasingly scars read oh beautiful face once russia had about ninety percent of the world's stock of sturgeon but by the turn of the century wild sturgeon were close to extinction and poachers were running the show to preserve what was left russia first hold a 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 heady days of soviet carrier i abandoned this is the largest farm in russia it boasts artesian water organic food and even spar treatments for its inhabitants the head of this raises says it all leads to one inescapable fact the e.q. and nonprofessional consumer will hardly be able to tell the difference between the wild and form caviar in five and only taste it and if it tastes good that means there caviar is ours. however most experts agree that demand always outstrip supply and although black caviar may get cheaper it will never be cheap dairy r t moscow all the headlines and more news will come your way shortly but first your years here with the business update coming up in just a moment. hello

and a very warm welcome to the business update the school couple foundation says it plans to sign fifteen corporation agreements with international companies by the end of the year by novartis to pull google caught up johnson and johnson are with among those expected to join the innovation development center in spoke about the invasion fund has already approved twenty eight projects and will finance eleven of them the vix a better president of the schoolgirl foundation says money is ready to be invested . we've approved the budget for this year the value is around seven hundred fifty million dollars it will be spent on three main components in physical construction of infrastructure and the development of the projects the construction of a research education center in the creation of an integrated environment where the

main theme will be to support the selected projects and we plan to spend around three hundred million dollars on this year. that's what quick look at how the markets are faring that saw the nikkei reversed their early losses and enjoyed high on monday it was helped by futures led by jus to a weak again against the euro two month window dressing the hang seng closed monday straightening up with one percent one point four percent us call produces advance on high crude oil prices which is closer to the one hundred dollars mark. in russia the markets are flat to positive the r.t.s. saw a stronger opening it was hard percent high in the first ten minutes of monday's session supporting expectations that the russian markets will continue their last weeks winning streak overall the markets are set to settle down firmly into positive territory as they try gains in the u.s. and asia and us oil prices are moving up but the tension in the middle east

escalating let's now have a look at some individual share moves in russia energy majors mostly high supported by higher oil metals and mining sector is better than market on high gold gold is climbing one point seven percent banking shares are also posting gains basically as point six percent on the rise. almost non oil related stocks lost last week as investors worried that high energy prices would drug on the global economy roland nash from vero capital says although oil will continue to drive the market in russia other septa's are likely to come back into contention. whatever happens to the oil price is really going to drive global markets and therefore russia russia is stuck between these two trends one is selling risk the other is buying 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 you know the important point to remember is that traditionally with the oil prices going up it's

not always been the oil sector this benefited most so i think what you're beginning to see is people 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 that matter can actually help the banking sector and the banking sector suffered over the last couple of weeks so if the price of oil remains stable then you could actually see the banking sector coming back into the vote. with his analysis of what we can expect from the russian markets in the coming week and russia's biggest lenders burbank is set to expand banking spare bank c.e.o. herman craft a decision on its strategy would be announced in less than two weeks the company says it will either buy an existing investment company or create a business from scratch and. we plan to quickly develop spurred banks investment banking arm we have ended studying all possible opportunities that exist today of which there are two either an acquisition of an existing company or creating

a so-called green field in this mint bank but we don't have any deals with potential market participants in place at the moment for. that's it from me state now. shares the same experience i mean if i see your real. the price of the curse of oil the ongoing unrest in the arab world the trolling markets are more than we used to be able. download the official placation q i phone or i pod touch from the queues apps to. launch on sea life or on the go. video on demand teens mine comes an r.s.s. feeds now in the palm of your.