anti-government protesters in libya build up their forces for a final assault on the capital one of the last parts of the country still held by a struggling leader and often. other nations scramble to evacuate their citizens from troubled libya but while most ex-pats are eager to get out of subtle reluctance to leave behind the lives they were living. will is the most valuable resource on the planet today who controls that is extremely important under arrest in the oil rich arab nations pushed fuel prices higher with predictions the u.s. might intervene to stop its own economy getting into trouble.

it's six pm in moscow i match reza good to have you with us here on r t our top story opposition forces in libya are in circling the capital preparing for a final assault on tripoli which is still held by the country's embattled leader protesters had already arrested control of most of the country to try and force colonel moammar gadhafi to step down meanwhile pro-government forces have reportedly opened fire on demonstrators in the city of misurata two hundred kilometers east of tripoli the u.n. is a sure resolution referring to the international criminal court cold war crimes following almost two weeks of bloody crackdowns but experts say any investigation is likely to lift the lid on strengthening friendships with western countries and tales neither washington nor london may want to see in the open archy's correspond in the middle east peter all over as more of. the current front line in the battle between

opposition forces and those soldiers. loyal to colonel gadhafi is the city of zawiya at the moment that's around fifty kilometers to the west of the capital tripoli the opposition in control of the majority of the city of the of the country if not all of it their headquarters based out of paying gardy a second city in libya in the east of the country now that fighting is conti has continues we are hearing a piece in tripoli at the moment why if there is armed militias to control checkpoints on the streets we can hear from so gay lover of the russian foreign ministry here dress the u.n. human rights council he can't them the violence in libya and said that the country should be allowed to determine its own future we're pretty useless for all the mass protests across the middle east and north african countries and exposed to range of problems that have piled up for decades first of all policy unemployment and

guaranteed social and economic rights in general these problems should be addressed by the people who defected countries without any connection or external interference the use of military force against civilians is unacceptable in libya because hundreds of civilian deaths russia condemn such violence demands its immediate sensation and there germans of international humanitarian law on saturday the united nations imposed sanctions upon the gadhafi regime these included a travel ban the freezing of assets of kids our fee and his family and close associates as well as an arms embargo also included in those sanctions was the referral of colonel gadhafi to the international criminal court in the hague now this is caused some experts to to look twice at this and what could come out of those investigation should get daffy or any of his associates testified at the court in the hague now over the past few decades there gadhafi has been in power in

libya he's been something of a pariah specially to washington. and to london however in recent years we have seen this rehabilitation of beautifully in the west among western governments we've seen him used as an ally in the area over during the iraq war we've also seen contracts for arms deals and also oil deal struck between western countries and libya so if anybody does appear before the hague on trial for crimes against humanity for what has happened during this violence in libya it will be very interesting to see what comes out of those investigations i think the americans and i don't know people like tony blair would be very very frightened of or nicolas sarkozy or mr berlusconi of italy would be quite frightened about an i.c.c. trial because they're there in the 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 to how american and british arms companies were involved in propping up that regime and they'll have a string of e-mail that have an e-mail trail i don't think the americans or london or brussels would very much want that to come out in court the international red cross have described the border between cheney and libya as a humanitarian crisis forty thousand people cross that border fleeing from violence in libya in the last week alone now around one hundred thousand people are estimated by the u.n. to have fled libya in total some coming here to egypt where i am there's going broad elsewhere many countries around the world trying to get their citizens out of libya people from all over the world working in the north african country many countries already removing all of their citizens russia's sense of plane in order to remove russian citizens to evacuate russian citizens from the libyan capital in my colleague. went along to find out firsthand just what they've been through in

the violence that's been going on in the country. propelled by fear held back by doubt many of those who boarded the last russian emergency plane from libya didn't want to leave but then decided better save than sorie a subcontractor for gas from alexey says he never cared much about they've been politics that is until arguments replaced by grants it's just a. dangerous because the regime suppresses its people. the. people. just don't have the responsibility. doesn't. just. for years it was

a mantra for many foreign companies ignore gadhafi squirts send you'll be rewarded in oil revenues but is the libya sleeps closer to civil war based logic no longer seems bulletproof yet even on the russian plane there were some who said that the grim projections for a blown out of proportion until we know who's worth can leave as a nurse but point two years says she already regrets the decision to flee. all those reports by al-jazeera and all the arab language channels calls shia panic among the people of new bodies attacking entry probably there is no shooting yes there could easily go to see my friends all the young people supported gaddafi hospitals are working as usual as all the people banks open for the everything functions people who want to leave as they have yet to be in the country awash with firearms the current law and violence increasingly looks like a calm before the storm that's why tripoli airport is now be easier than ever with

a country scrambling to call their citizens out there on that afaik. known to product itself on being a shrewd negotiator and it shows even in the way the evacuation of foreign nationals has been carried out over the past week the government before servicing praise of 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 because probably beer 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 was all reserves of the biggest

anaphora nowadays even more frantically 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 absolutely car at sea tripoli. with oil prices reaching new heights students are about uprisings as though this could be just the start of a bumpy ride surging fuel costs in the u.s. are threatening to derail the country's recovery as are his laurels for reports the political price may be too high for the obama administration. tunisia. egypt. the hurricane. algeria. libya protest in country seeming to skew one another unrest spreading like wildfire through the middle east and north africa own raging in only here rich countries

that helped fuel the world's use of more than eighty four million barrels of crude a day. uncertainty over production has set prices soaring meaning a shock waves from the middle east turmoil are being felt worldwide will is of course the resource on the planet today that controls. extremely right now the mideast crisis is hitting home for outteridge americans as oil prices have skyrocketed so too have the prices people 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 not just in and to the recovery there's no more bailouts like a reality peak oil expert michael c. rupert sees happening it will hit 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 serene prices go up and march and for a very long period. and a severe. your political impact yet 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 rise in uncertainty and only 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 have a lot of success 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. it has everything to do with the interest of the u.s. corporate oil corporations. profit 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 time for a mr r.t.

new york. more on the impact on oil prices from repercussions in arab nations in our business update in about ten minutes later peter lavelle asks his gas and crosstalk of the thirst for fuel is becoming strong enough for the u.s. to step in here's a quick look at what's coming up four pm g.m.t. . there is no neutrality in washington ok please we will barak start if you look a little tension that you think that well for you to try to control events on the ground in the middle east and that's patently absurd i mean there's no way we could be that said so chaotic it's so little i believe it is only the way we go down central i mean there was a man who millet at the cia is calling the shots it really defies description i mean i don't think america is necessarily doing if you're already on this and really as we know you're not up to speed on the latest i mean all you all do is look at a look at. your own saying was he or or tripoli and you can realize this is not being dictated by washington. and.

the people of britain are about to get pro devout who they are and how they live with the latest nationwide census just around the corner but there's a fear over who will get to see the sensitive information they tell about themselves because a contractor a controversial u.s. security firm is in charge of collecting the data as artie's laura met explains. it's 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 manufacturers martin and campaigners ranging from religious groups to peace

activists to data protection lobbyists are really against it on ethical grounds play on the 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 hill vowed to boycott the census despite the risk of prosecution he says he won't be alone look he makes numbs mines and nuclear weapons and contracts out interrogation pay although it will be the u.k. all 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 but national statistics which gauged lockheed martin maintains its taken measures to make sure u.s. authorities can't access the data. all dancer process will be carried out in the

u.k. 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 all data is the property of the and only u.k. e.u. only companies will have any access to personal census data but it's that last point that sways red flags for data protection lobbyists who say that all the private information collected during your census will be available to practically any organization that requests it any use under any statute. but only use by the security intelligence services for national security purposes any use for the pursuit of crime any use in pursuit of an e.u. community obligation so any e.u. rules that information can be passed over so it's essentially any government use whatsoever of confidentiality has been 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 census 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 a 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 ineffective and a waste of money but the two hundred forty million dollar contracts amounts will go into looking at martins pocket any way your estimates r.t. . i mean a few minutes we take a look at forming the new law called. the time the patients know that it can

produce up to what some of its having seen this specimen is around ten kilos to tell you is the caviar every time an innovative approach by rushing the sturgeon breeders would see the high end delicacy make it come back to the little bonsa dinner table. first though a look at some of the other stories making headlines across the globe the people of chile have been marking a year since a massive earthquake there killed more than five hundred people and left hundreds of thousands homeless country's president led commemorations in a town that was all but destroyed by the quake protests happened accusing the government of being too slow with rebuilding shattered communities nearly half the damage properties were made uninhabitable but repairs are being dogged by bureaucratic hold ups. a former british airways i.t. worker has been found guilty in the u.k. of involvement in trying to bomb an airplane karim was convicted of conspiring with a radical yemeni cleric to stage the attacks karim previously admitted fundraising

for terrorism but does not getting a job with the intention carrying out. the eighty third oscars in los angeles the king's speech reign supreme it won four academy awards including best actor for holland for super trail of king george the sixth natalie portman won best actress for her portrayal of a troubled ballerina in black swan the biggest rivals the social network the story of facebook's inception took home three gold statuette. russian black caviar producers hope to ship more than two tons of the delicacy to the e.u. this year and it could soon become more affordable because russian scientists have developed a way to harvest the eggs without killing the sturgeon i could mean families again enjoying caviar without breaking the back. this is the new klondike home to black gold caviar limited supplies and time consuming production of juries delicacy is one of the most expensive foods on the planet however that may soon be

a thing of the past but here we have best are a hybrid between beluga sturgeon a beautiful fish but also hardy and very productive. igor gewirtz 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 then in the wild so the caviar can be farmed all year round. right here this is all caviar in the belly it's full of it. is also behind a unique to greek to harvest the rope without killing the fish rather than being cold like elsewhere in the world the female fish is what can be best called milk gently and honestly a start of fishes milking it can produce up to a quarter of its weight in caviar say this that cement is about ten heroes so opted to get out below zero caviar every time they approach the only makes caviar more

accessible but also helps preserve this increasingly scholars read of the fossils once russia had about ninety percent of the world's stock of sturgeon or by the turn of the century while sturgeon were close to extinction and coaches were running the show to preserve what was left russia first halted 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 in days of soviet caviar abundance this is the largest fall in russia in both parties in malta organic fish food and even spa treatments for its inhabitants the head of this raises says it. leads to one inescapable fact but the e.q. and unprofessional consumer will hardly be able to tell the difference between the wild and the farm's caviar that in fact you can only tasters and if it tastes good

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dollars per barrel on monday and the price of bread crude hovers around one hundred thirteen dollars but constantine seen off director of national energy security foundation says it can soon reach new records. but absolutely sure that it's only the beginning and it's only the beginning of this process and my focus is the school so the same situation you always hear because you know a little bit more than two years ago we already saw the civil war in those areas that is why absolutely sure there will be the same situation. there may be the same situation will be in the human body and or. religion but maybe in saudi arabia also because we see this political chance that we need to mirror this country and the whole that so we did arabia is a key player in the first week of the old world market which is why if there will be another allusions you know now that i have been conscious of course the price of oil will be more than book on the bills. that's because the markets here stocks

open modestly high as the price of oil declined and federal reserve official offered an optimistic take on the recovery the dow jones industrial average up half a percent and that's that is up over a quarter of a percent and europe stocks are up this are investors still concerned over the continuing term all in libya and across the middle east and waiting for key eurozone inflation data pages b c's losing four percent four and a half to science falling to the lowest level in nearly a month and the banks for year earnings miss analyst estimates. the markets are climbing continue their last week's winning streak the r.t.s. has hit a two years maximum of not one thousand nine hundred forty seven points and is now heading higher oil prices are moving up as tension in the middle east escalates. moving closer to the key one hundred dollar a barrel mark and brands trading over one one hundred fourteen dogs. and how it's had a look at some individual share moves in russia energy majors or mixed metals and

mining sectors better than market on high or gold service is up over three percent this hour point is gold is climbing point eight percent banking shares are also posting against the city is up to a half percent. yuri milner the c.e.o. of investment internet investment firm d.s.t. global has talked to list of russia's thirty main internet business entrepreneurs that's according to a list compiled by forbes magazine second place was given to leon yugoslav ski who partially own xian deck search engine through his holdings who bet the third spot was taken by venture of condemnation partner alexander gullit ski the list was based on an opinion poll held among market representatives and experts it's worth noting that you were in milner who successfully bought into social networks facebook coupon and zynga won the poll by a large margin. and that's your update for this hour about remember you can always

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