otoh the points pushers and i would print certain discipline the original entire truth wins if you tell me it's not your group which is a good international feels good to cheat every green little chill in talk of. the u.s. navy repositions its fleet in the mediterranean amid the possibility of outside military action taking place is lit in libya as the possibility to get duffy has chemical weapons so it's echoes of the buildup to the iraq war. and protesters in arab countries hope for western support in establishing democracy will take a look at the history which suggests that all that support only applies to democracies it can control. and outrage after allegations that a u.s. psychological warfare unit used mind tricks on senators to secure more cash and

troops raising fears over the military's reach into civilian life. gazprom has more than doubled gas deliveries to italy after the country was scuttled from its lead and gas supplies possible analysts are saying that the current unstable situation on the engine markets maybe you brush just some beautiful chances for business twenty minutes. away from our studios in moscow you're watching r t thanks for joining us now the u.s. has begun a repositioning of ships in the mediterranean triggering speculation of a nato invasion of libya british prime minister david cameron has also said that he would not exclude the use of the military there when it comes as libya's longtime leader colonel gadhafi remains. besieged in the capital tripoli with opposition

forces nearby ortiz correspondent peter all over has more from a neighboring egypt. well now we have warships u.s. warships over there will tell us more about these latest developments internationally about the situation in libya. well what we're looking at is the u.s. navy fleet repositioning into tactical positions on outside of libya now this comes after the u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton said that nothing was off the table when it came to libya not ruling out the possibility of military action from u.s. troops nato troops or perhaps u.n. peacekeepers now this is being mirrored by comments from david cameron the british prime minister he said that there is a possibility that britain could provide arms to opposition forces he also said he would support a no fly zone being imposed over libya to stop colonel gadhafi subject fighters

from bombing protesters on bombing military installations in the country that of calling into the hands of the opposition now any. possible cooperation with nato has hit some kind of stumbling some point kind of stumbling block the nato secretary general has said repeatedly that nato forces would not be involved unless a u.n. resolution was put forward now the problem with the u.n. getting a u.n. resolution is that both russia and china of the imminently opposed to any kind of outside interference in libya they've said time and time again both the russians and the chinese that no outside government outside army force should be involved in the country well we are also hearing that there are worries that colonel gadhafi may have stockpiles of chemical weapons now in the mid two thousand literally two thousand he signed a treaty to say he would stop producing chemical weapons however it's unknown

whether he has any kind of stockpiles now hearing this come out actually echoes the buildup to the iraq war where of course questions of mass destruction and chemical weapons one of the main causes for fighting starting with their well there are those that suggest that if nato forces or any. other outside forces do take action in libya and this could be very damaging to the relationship between the arab world and the west a moment that this is very very ugly the return of you military imperialism so it seems has to be very clear ok if same sions i guess the catholic cleric. freezing their assets in europe that's ok but no need to eat period list adventurism remorse and ask if the next they're being discussed already in brussels in london in washington would be a need to invasion this would be absolutely disgusting but we cannot rule it out for them or peter what about our reports from the ground in cannes have unanimous

condemnation on the violence against civilians or rather what do we know about what's going on within libya at the moment. well the violence in libya is called to new wing overnights we put artillery fail on the outs lying areas of muscle toward the third largest city in libya so as around two hundred kilometers to the east of the camps of tripoli where colonel gadhafi remains locked inside his compound. now we have also heard that heavy weapons have been used again against protesters now in the past in the last two weeks and the violence that we've seen in libya we've been showing you join local television here in cairo at the end of the damage caused the damage caused to people the rooms suffered by people who've been shot with weapons like anti aircraft guns of these heavy weapons being still used against protesters now that the anti government forces say that they do have

weapons of their own but they have nothing in comparison to what is being used against them by the forces still loyal to colonel gadhafi in tripoli itself there is a. burgeoning crisis with guarding food the price of rice is apparently risen five hundred percent in tripoli and so there is worry that food shortages could be something on the horizon there however amid all this colonel gadhafi has said that his people love him and that they will die for him and that he is still loved throughout libya so that's the latest coming out of the the country that where when the capital tripoli where kind of a duffing remains the apostles in tripoli the capital. right now thank you very much for that update our correspondent peter all her reporting from the czech now a trans forecasters are also leftist says it's not a support for libyan people but interest in the country's vast oil fields that's

driving us rhetoric. the only reason they're interested in libya is about that you oil you hear anybody screaming and yelling about all those people last week they were killed in the ivory coast or the sudan i guess cocoa was that that you know a bunch of a national priority they will try anything but we already heard hillary clinton say that they're willing to do anything to anybody in libya that needs aid so they're putting it out there already they're talking about the no fly zones and they have popular sea is just being on the belief i mean for example they did has anybody called for a war criminal trials against mubarak as they are for the you know in all of the the world is the western world of calling for his head but the other heads in bahrain and in yamin and in egypt are you know they're ok tunisia leave them alone but they're calling for gadhafi

said why because it saw oil you know think we'd be in iraq if their major export there was broccoli. well the impact of the middle east turmoil on the u.s. economy is being out a liason 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. well many western countries have gone out of their way to throw support behind the uprisings in the arab world well it comes as an abrupt change of heart as it had

supported these regimes for decades and it's strong further attention to foreign policy that only seems to like democracies tailored to western interests and tries to undermine others which aren't such as hamas in gaza artie's policy or reports. demonstrations for regime change across the arab world have spread like wildfire dictators like hosni mubarak in egypt of food and while in libya many believe the forty one years of the government are nearing an end western powers of kind of backing a protester marking regime change dramatically changing the colors and supporting the ousting of authoritarian rulers they backed only bits ago as demonstrations sweep across the arab world western governments support a call for change but is it a call for change or is it actually a call for regimes they want in power it's not the first time the wish to shown an ellicott approach to democracy in the arab world six years ago elections in gaza

were hailed internationally as a massive milestone for the middle east. the representatives from the west renowned political figures and organizations who were present during the election and monitored it confirmed its authenticity to the world. for when the results were in their authenticity was ignored. and her standing here is the. very worst and visible democracy as long as it's good for them and give it is not good for. their interests and their. supporters and the west most certainly did not support and you had us government despite being voted in by more than sixty percent of gazans western cow was able to amass a terrorist organization yet there are no really many instances of genuine democracy in the west the appeal for democracy but when people make a deliberate choice they choosing among us to refuse to help a western democracy is a false democracy. standards for the benefit of europe

a world which is why as soon as hamas was voted in western governments were busy with trying to push it out through boycott and sanctions which raises the question why support feel actions in the first place but not there are come les i mean a lot of you. i believe the west is in constant need of regimes that go along with its policies and she disturb the west his protege will be elected by their own people. i believe that the americans. don't really know how to handle this situation their relationship is gadhafi will. go there were times when post him and bothered him and there were times when the support of them when he gave them the oil that now is no longer of use and trying to take his elsewhere with the start of the year when in favor of the waste has been ditched the hopes of the arab world for change under obama appear to be dwindling among some political figures at least under president bush there are

a lot of criticism yeah after they had been dull 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 topple dictators in the christian democracy may find a choice may not be as free as they'd hoped for but the meeting hand from a far still pulling the strings policy on r.t. television. well don't forget to get more on all our stories at r.t. dot com and for more of the day's news and analysis let's take you through some of what's online right now russia silicon valley the high tech innovation center skolkovo is off to a flying start as fresh architects are ready to designers who bet on the usual shape forget the details and find out the latest about the vicious attack on.

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a stir in the u.s. well it's claimed the psyops as they're called are used as a means of securing more military funding and support now there are fears that the u.s. military hawks are extending too much influence of to civilian life as are things going in education reports. 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 for the war there the head of a special unit back conduct psychological operations now termed information support operations said he was told to provide quote deeper and now assist of pressure points we could use to leverage the delegation for more funds. my job in psyops is

to play with people's heads to get the enemy to behave the way we want them to behave i'm pretty soon from doing that to our own people when you ask me to try to use these 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 the use of tough again and psychological tactics to inflict the most since it being easier and are supposed to be used exclusively on hospital for ng 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 who are members of your own government tasked with oversight responsibilities of your operation that's why the senators were there not to be palace not to be partners or to have oversight over what the pentagon was doing because the pentagon not wanting

that effort oversight as much and wanting to extract more resources from the senate to support your mission he 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 year steve clemons reported on the sudden shift of some senators views after their visit to afghanistan was a very peak jump in shift and i felt that there's 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 right. 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 feeling much better despite the u.s. continuing to come billions of dollars into the military campaign in afghanistan these surge in sea intensifies the rampant drug trade is surging just like the wars on popularity in america the problem is it's a political speech a political solution not a military one general's. politicians do but some say the reporting 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 a belief that they trust the political leaders behind the war but you can't trust the military commanders behind a war that's not really a new experience just as eager to. see its own benefit.

unfortunately congressmen are also willing. now the pentagon is looking into the matter experts say they're going to try and downplay the effect of this report the turn in general caldwell has already been night having given such orders but if true for me it's going to be a further testament to the worldliness of civilian control over the military in today's america i'm going to check on our t. washington d.c. . let's take a look at some other international headlines in brief a london court has found a former british airways implore you guilty of involvement in a plot to bomb an airplane rajiv courier who was convicted of conspiring to stage attacks with a radical you was born cleric associated with al qaeda. previously admitted to fund raising for terrorist activities but denied taking a job at british airways with the intention of carrying out attacks. floods

across new zealand or a flying at half mast as the nation held a two minute memorial silence long week after the massive earthquake hit christ church just coal is currently at one hundred fifty four earth ortiz warned that with dozens still missing it's likely much higher rescue work is ongoing but frequent aftershocks are hampering efforts the cost of rebuilding the city is estimated at fifteen billion dollars well scientists could soon be able to predict ten days ahead when and where an earthquake could strike well it's thanks to work by a russian british joint project and archie has been speaking to one of the experts involved in the full interview coming up in just over an hour but here's a taster. here is that hopefully in the future if we can understand the relationship between signals in the audience and earthquakes we might ultimately be its creator consolations way to. predict the main damage from an earthquake is not

the actual the quake itself it's usually before and that's what we think happened after the earthquake and you can prevent a lot of them from you know things like to turn off the gas mains to turn off the electricity to reduce the likelihood for just two people fall you know the likelihood of an earthquake so you'll save a lot of lives that way. are he gives people a change of heart and quite literally a heart transplant and the russian surgeon is working on a new technique to make a life saving surgery available to more people like on that well to meet him it's a smile that comes straight from the heart that's almost died from heart failure to decades ago but these visits are cardiology ward for regular check out live through it look at her she's just a picture of health and i know she's been living with a new heart longer than with their own. dr drew miscavige operated on natasha

twenty one years ago but a donor organ was her only hope for live one of the best known cardiac surgeons in russia you can from 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 list a more definite hope. a heart transplant is not a panacea firstly the supply of donor organs is so short that you can only hope a smattering of patients secondly it brings with it a number of complications starting with ethical dilemmas to biological functions as why finding an alternative treatment that will allow to preserve a host organ is so crucial. the treatment backward remodelling consists of seven surgeries that together reverse the damage to a broken heart russian doctor started performing it two years ago and its long term

effectiveness is still being tested it's for someone like this patient not to it already proved a real life changer here buddy when i was first diagnosed doctors told me i had a year to leave now and i have all the reasons to hope that i'll see my little daughter grow art i was told i may steal your heart transplant in the future but the surgery was there before years of. just eighteen series or is carried out this procedure is far from being rude seeing this successful recovery of older patients has already given to many on the transplant waiting list a change of heart reconstructed to julie has many advantages that were heart transplant patients not have changer and agonizing and far from guaranteed week for do no or the chances of successful recovery higher but like heart transplant these procedure has one major setback the gap between those who need it again those who

get it is disheartening the huge. parts in moscow where he was wanted internationally for a genocide and crimes against humanity but the former boston 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 some. excellent professional. good looks rather guns possessing an extra ordinary car. the doctor who helped many people in his country. the political criminal responsible for thousands of deaths. was it an attempt to repent. or just escape a fair trial. the other line twelve rounds of one kind on our.

headlines coming up shortly but first the business update with you all year and a few moments. hello and a very warm welcome to the business update cast from has more than doubled gas deliveries to italy after the country was cut off from his sleeve and gas supplies because then seen similar from the national energy security says the current unstable situation on the energy markets may give russia extra percentage has. russia may be the last hope of european union even the situation. in which.

is still everywhere your very important commodity in the main fuel also fuel so liberalisation of access to guest pipeline system it means that if you have no competition this sort of baggage is excellent for russia because. just drawn. directly. from our gas wells final consumers in group union and that we must remember this. production european union so there is a way i have a bill good moral serious amount if i don't have gas and you. let's have a quick look at how the markets are faring this hour asian markets are high on tuesday helped by monday gains on the wall street and promising a stable well priced in tokyo the stocks are also supported by the weak the young with the nikkei are almost a percent of banks saying it's too much most of all though it's weighed by a sharp decline in h.s.b.c. shares a decrease almost five percent after h.s.b.c.

these last year profit fell short of analysts estimates. and russia the markets ended in the black on monday having continued their last weeks winning streak p.r.t. as his future the two year maximum of ninety four seven points just finished one point nine percent higher oil prices moved up as tension in the middle east escalates let's have a look at some individual share moves here in russia on monday energy majors were mixed with matters mining sector performing better on high gold somersault was up more than three percent promised gold climbed more than point eight percent thank you shares also posted gains with three to be our two and a half percent. well it's not always strong currents supporting the russian stocks someone has to be sound from renesas governor also has a number of factors will try to bolster the market on tuesday will also see drearily across the globe increase in scope it's. more came to worry scratch and

also. weak dollar and specifically for russia. you know russia is a border is a more reliable workers are on the bubble for middle eastern problems and this is another. factor that is going to highlight russia for our foreign investors. i've been a city south from renesas capital there and curry inflationary risks have become the key reason for russia to raise the benchmark refinance and rate for the first time since two thousand and eight just off the list of our look at deutsche bank russia says consumer prize growth will slow down this summer however it will be tough to match the official six to seven percent inflation forecast 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 and inflationary 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 i will prices that we currently see and global markets. and that wraps up the business bulletin that's it from me for now you can get more stories from the website r.t. the us consulate assess. the.

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