because it's a loyal good thing we'd be in iraq if the pager ext war there was rockley the west has made clear its support for the uprisings in libya and is now threatening military intervention to stabilize south because most bullish nation. and more faster frog solve the decades old regimes through revolutions with world wide support look at how democracy isn't always welcomed by major world powers. and outrage after revelations that a u.s. psychological warfare unit has been the order to use nine tricks on visiting

senators to secure more cash and suits for the war and. a lot from our studios and also you're watching hearty thanks for joining us oh gunfire has been heard on the streets of the libyan capital as hundreds of opposition protesters gathered to call for an end to colonel gadhafi his rule there are also reports of pro-government forces launching airstrikes on protesters in other parts of the country archies puter all over is keeping across developments from neighboring egypt. well monday we saw hundreds of protesters on the streets of tripoli protesting against the gadhafi regime security forces fired shots to try and disperse the crowds now colonel gadhafi is certainly embattled at the moment he's not in control of anywhere in libya pretty much outside of the capital tripoli

the opposition forces have taken control of cities very very close to the capital and they are closing in on making a a final push towards tripoli there's some interesting stories been coming out of tripoli probably get duffy's private jet has landed again back in the libyan capital after spending time in in minsk and it's believed that this is the same private jet billowing to get out the that was denied permission to land in levanon last week and it was believed also that on board that private jet was daughter and other members of his family and this isn't the only story concerning planes belonging to the libyan leader. that's been coming to light we're hearing that a plane that may have been the same one from libya landed in valerie's the allegedly contain gold and diamonds belonging to the leader bello russian foreign ministry of

vehemently deny these claims saying that there's no such plane has landed good this wouldn't be the first time if it is true has harvard and him leader of another country just last year of the former leader of kurdistan sought solace there when he was dismissed from power in his own country in union that has followed the united nations in varying sanctions on libya and on the libyan regime now these include things like. free a ban on movements also arms embargo one of the things that the sanctions will bring into play is the referral of colonel gadhafi and his regime to the international. criminal courts now there are some that believe that should be all one of the senior officials appear before that criminal court some embarrassing revelations about his dealings with the west in recent times could come to light can imagine it's got that. before said would be to call admiration

live the good took care of the scrawny trio that you know brought back to the international community all the shady deals all all the sheeting financial deals with the specially the which has at least fifty billion dollars oil interest to leave and the dollar to relationships neutrally every european government not to mention the us an arms dealer. will be the best of show. any investigation into what's happened in libya some way off what is happening right now though is a humanitarian crisis on the border between and libya as people flee from violence in the west of the country now many people have crossed over the border into tunisia some estimates put it at around one thousand people were crossing on monday at least well over one hundred thousand now it's believed to have crossed the border into gene is here and they're being dealt with at the moment on that side of

the border now not just those people fleeing into many foreign nationals have been evacuated from. their countries. transformed caster. it's not support for libyan people but interests and the country's vast oil fields that's driving us rhetoric. the only reason they're interested with libya is about the oil you hear anybody screaming and yelling about all those people last week they were killed in the ivory coast were the sudan i guess cocoa was not that you know if much of a national priority they don't show you anything but we already heard hillary clinton say that they're willing to do anything for anybody in libya that needs a so they're putting it out there already to talk to you about no fly zones and they have to talk or see it's just being on the police i mean for example they did has anybody called for a war criminal trials against mubarak as they are for gadhafi and you know in all

of the the world is the the western world are calling for his head but the other heads didn't bar raid and did in yamin and in egypt and i argue no they're ok tunisia leave them alone but they're calling for gadhafi said why because its soil you have think we'd be in iraq if the major export there was broccoli well the impact of the middle east turmoil on the u.s. economy is being analyzed and the latest edition of the kaiser report which is coming up later. gasoline prices in the united states recently hit a twenty eight month high that's right gasoline is really the only point at which the average u.s. consumer makes contact with the economy in the global economy and for this reason it's been kept artificially low for years as the basis for america's foreign policy

is to invade a country still or gas and keep the people driving along. of course it was in egypt and tunisia where the regional on rest all began as people there overthrew their rulers well there is optimism in some quarters of a new era of genuine democracy but artie's policy reports that the market see so often trumpeted by foreign powers is not always accepted when it arrives. demonstrations for regime change across the arab world have spread like wildfire dictators like hosni mubarak in egypt fifty one and one in libya many believe the forty one years of led by moammar gadhafi are nearing an end western powers have come out backing the protests demanding wishing change dramatically change may come as supporting the ousting of authoritarian rulers they backed only weeks ago as demonstrations sweep across the arab world western governments support

a call for change but is a call for change or is it actually a call for regimes if they want in power it's not the first time that was just shown an approach to democracy in the arab world six years ago elections in gaza were hailed internationally as a massive mask for the middle east. representatives from the west renowned political figures and organizations who were present during the election and monitored it concerned its authenticity to worry. when the results were in at least into city was ignored one of your. understanding is that their worst support democracy is wrong it's good for them and of it is not good for their own words. their interests are not supported and the west most certainly did not support and you have us government despite being voted in by more than sixty percent of gazans western power was able to amass a terrorist organization. there are not really many instances of genuine democracy

in the west if you will for democracy but when people make a democratic choice like choosing among us to refuse to help a western democracy is a false democracy. double standards for the benefit of europe a world which is why as soon as hamas was voted in western governments got busy with trying to booted out the boycott and sanctions which raises the question why support free elections in the first place but not there i'll come. i believe the west is in constant need of regimes that go along with its policies vision either serve the west the inspiration is or be elected by their own people. i believe to the americans. don't really know how to handle this situation their way relationship is good after you were. a clerical there were times when your post him and bothered him and there were a time when you support the pm when he gave them the oil but now he's no longer of

use and like to take his elsewhere with the start of the year winning favorite waste he's been ditched the hopes of the arab world for change under obama appear to be dwindling among some kind of sickle physically just under president bush there are a lot of criticism that after the advent of president obama there was a. welcome to the new america under mr obama. i would have hoped that. the administration under president obama would have done better the protesters across the arab world hoping to talk to dictators and to crist for democracy may find it beatrice may not be as free as they'd hoped for with a meddling hand from a far still pulling the strings policy r.t. tel aviv. well forget to get more on all our stories at r.t. dot com for more of the day's news out of dallas says let's take you through some

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dot com. the recent revelations by rolling stone magazine about the u.s. army's alleged use of psychological warfare techniques on a congressman have created a stir in the u.s. well it's claimed the psyops as they're called were used as a means of securing more military funding and support artie's going to check out reports from washington were u.s. lawmakers brainwashed by the military when making key decisions on supporting the escalation of war in afghanistan that's a question posed by rolling stone magazine which alleges lieutenant general william caldwell the man in charge of training in afghanistan ordered psychological operations against visiting senators and congressional delegations to manipulate them into backing more funding and troops who were there they had a special unit that conduct psychological operations now termed information support operations said he was told to provide quote deeper and now a series of pressure points we could use to leverage the delegation from more

fronts my job in science is to clean with people's heads to get the enemy to behave the way we want them to be and perhaps ensued from. people when you ask me to try to use the skills on senators and congressmen you're crossing a line moreover it's illegal to do so according to the defense department's own definition psychological operations imply that use of propaganda and psychological tactics to influence emotions and behaviors and are supposed to be used exclusively on hospital for groups. but instead of fighting afghan insurgents holmes and his team were systematically ordered to use their training to influence u.s. members of congress it is a methodology used for enemy yes this is not something you do with allies or members of your own government tasked with oversight responsibilities of your operation that's why the senators were there not to be pals not to be partners and

to have oversight over what the pentagon was doing and because the pentagon not wanting that every oversight as much and wanting to extract more resources from the senate to support their meant mission and used one of the techniques they used against the taliban against the united states senate that's that's incredible the long list of high profile targets included carl levin who's the chairman of the senate armed forces committee steve israel a member of the house appropriations committee senators john mccain and al franken although many of the senators say they doubt they were subject to any influence i don't see how it could have affected my positions. so we'll see what happens but back in january last years they've clemence reported on the sudden shift of some senator's views after their visit to afghanistan was a very big jump in shift and i felt it was something i wrote about and i called while this is like a confidence game it's you know you feel as if the military is manipulating people

but i didn't know about these things article at the time or about psyops one example is senator al franken who in january last year went to afghanistan with strong doubts and criticism but came back quote feeling much better the spine the u.s. continuing to pump billions of dollars into the military campaign in afghanistan the search and see intensifies the rampant drug trade is surging just like the wars on popularity in america the problem is it's a political so we need a political solution not a military one. politicians do but some say the reported use of psychological tactics to influence politicians could be happening not only in afghanistan but here in washington as well there's. tends to be belief that you can't necessarily trust the political leaders behind the war but you can't trust the military commanders behind a war that's not really

a military it's just. a bent. to its own benefit and. unfortunately congressmen are also willing to now the pentagon is looking into the matter experts say they're going to try and downplay the effect of this report lieutenant general caldwell has already denied having given such orders but if true for many it's going to be a further testament to the wobbliness of civilian control over the military in today's america i'm going to stick on our t. washington d.c. . drivers in moscow may be used to heavy traffic but rarely is it cost by ballistic missiles of all the war has we're on route to a military base as part of rehearsals for the two thousand and eleven moscow victory day parade in may topple and missiles are russia's most advanced intercontinental weapons they can travel up to ten thousand kilometers in the air but they trouble to their final destination by road after

a four hundred kilometer road. well let's take a look at some other international headlines in brief floods across new zealand are flying at half mast as the nation held a two minute memorial silence one week after the massive earthquake hit christ church the death toll is currently at one hundred fifty four but authorities want it moved doesn't still missing it's likely to be much higher rescue work is ongoing but frequent aftershocks are hampering efforts the cost of rebuilding the city is estimated at fifteen billion u.s. dollars. a london court has found a former british airways employee guilty of involvement in a plot to bomb an airplane karim was convicted of conspiring to stage attacks with a radical you was born cleric associated with al qaida karim had previously admitted to fund raising for terrorist activities but denied taking a job at british airways with the intention of carrying out attacks. all

scientists could soon be able to predict when and where earthquake could strike thanks both to. work by a russian or british joint project already has been speaking to an expert involved in the program and the full interview is coming up in ten minutes time but here's a taster. the idea is that hopefully in the future if we can understand the relationship between signals in the on a sphere and earth quakes we might ultimately be able to create a constellation of spacecraft which will be able to predict earthquakes the main damage from an earthquake is not the actual quake itself it's usually the fires and that sort of thing that happened after the earthquake and you can prevent a lot of outs if you know you know things like to turn off the gas mains to turn off the electricity to reduce the likelihood of fire and just to prepare people for the likelihood of an earthquake so you'll save a lot to live that way. well

he gives people a change of heart quite literally a heart transplant and now a renowned russian surgeon is working on a new technique to make a life saving surgery available to more people r.t. six out of work i went to meet him. it's a small that come straight from the heart that she almost died from heart failure two decades ago and these only visits a cardiology ward for regular check out. look at her she's just a picture of health and i know she's been living with a new heart longer than with her own. up to finish carry to operate on natasha twenty one years ago but i don't know organ was her only hope for live one of the best known cardiac surgeons in russia he performed hundreds of lifesaving transplants but still thinks of the thousands he couldn't do because of the shortage of donor organs nowadays he's pioneering and need to meet that gives some

patients on the analyst waiting least a more definite hold. a heart transplant is not a panacea firstly the supply of donor organs is so short that you can only help a smattering of patients secondly it brings with it a number of complications starting with ethical dilemmas of biological functions such as why finding an alternative treatment that will allow to preserve a host organ is so crucial. the treatment the better part of remodeling consists of seven surgeries that together reverse the damage to your broken heart russian doctor started performing it two years ago and its long term effectiveness is still being tested it's profound like these patients not it already proved a real life changer here buddy where was first diagnosed doctors told me i had a years who we now know all the reasons to hope that i'll see my little daughter grow odds i was told i'm i still here one chance and in the future but the surgery

was there before years of. just eighteen serious risk carried out this procedure is far from being routine yet be successful recovery of older patients has already given to many on the transplant waiting list a change of heart reconstructed injury has many advantages that were heart transplant patients not have changer and agonizing and functional garrincha we do know or the chances of successful recovery are higher but like heart transplant these procedure has one major setback the gap between those who need it and those who get it is too disheartening huge. artsy moscow and just ahead he was wanted internationally for genocide and crimes against humanity but the former boss and serb leader radovan cardiff managed to avoid capture for almost thirteen years later today r.t. special report looks at what eventually gave him away.

good. excellent professional. extravagance possessing extraordinary power. the doctor who helped many people in his country. the political criminal responsible for thousands of deaths. was it enough time to repent. or just escape a fair trial. the other line. on our case. i'll be back with a headline shortly but first the business update with yulia. hello and a very warm welcome to the business update gazprom has boosted its gas supply to italy by up to two and a half times the normal level us the country was caught out from with sleep and gas

supplies a gas giant says a daily pipes forty eight million cubic meters of gas to italy that's up from thirty million a week ago because they didn't seem enough from the national energy security fund says the current unstable situation on the energy markets may give russia extra opportunities. russia may be the last hold off european union and the situation. in which oil and energy is still very very important become what it remains true also fueled liberalization of you guessed by open system it means that if you have no mission this look baggage is actually flushed because of it because it will so just but will. fail because there are. gas wells final consumers group you know we must remember. to get production so there is a way. to build with no serious amount of i don't have guess in your opinion.

that so a quick look at the stocks now asian markets the high on tuesday held by monday gains on the wall street and relatively stable oil price in tokyo the stocks are also supported by if we can begin with the nikkei up almost a percent than scientists like to positive although it's wait by a sharp decline in h.s.b.c. shares there's a priest almost five percent after h.s.b.c. as last year profit fell short of and this estimates. hundred russia the markets ended monday's trading in the black having continued their last weeks winning streak largely as has hit a two year maximum of nine hundred forty seven points to finish one point one percent higher oil prices moved up as tension in the middle east escalates. but some look at some individual share moves and russia on monday energy majors will mixed with national's mining sector performing better on the high gold silver star was up more than three percent of all those calls prime point eight percent and

banking shares also posted gains with be up two and a half percent. well that's not only strong current supporting the russian stock seven s. a concern from the nascence capital says a number of factors will attract bulls to the market on tuesday will also see drearily across the globe increase and. people are more keen to worry scarce it's also see we dollar specifically for russia we see. you know russia is approaching as more reliable workers to europe are on the back of middle eastern problems and this is another. factor that is going to high alert russians will do for the best. and growing inflationary risks have become a key reason for russia's central bank to raise the benchmark refinancing rate for the first time since two thousand and eight it was largely supported the door to bank says russia concessions consumer price growth will slow down this summer how

whether it will be tough to match their missile six to seven cents inflation forecast for twenty eleven. we expect inflation to continue rising in the first quarter partly in the second quarter of two thousand and eleven but starting from the middle of the year we expect a moderation in place three pressures and that slowdown and we expect to persist throughout the second half of the year so overall our forecast for two thousand and eleven is eight and a half percent for russia's consumer price increase with some upside risks partly emanating from that forecast from high will prices that we currently see in the world will markets. when it from a voyage bang crash of that soul a film from a finale join in less than one more business news.

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