you'll be the beach. but you know what you know. so many children to be killed their ability to know turns. in serbia letters available in one hundred players in the. us navy repositions its fleets in the mediterranean as the prospect of outside military intervention in libya becomes a possibility the cold so claims they get duffy house still piles of chemical weapons echoed the run up to the iraq war. and protesters in libya hope for western support but take a look at the history which suggests that support only applies to democracies it can patrol. and outrage after allegations that are you well psychological warfare you have to use my tricks outside the first secure more cash and troops

raising fears over the military's reach into civilian life. from our studios in moscow you're watching r t thanks for joining us well the u.s. has begun repositioning its ships in the mediterranean that 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 but it comes as libya's last time the colonel gadhafi remains deceived in the capital tripoli with opposition forces nearby archy's correspondent peter all of her has more from very well peter there are a lot of speculation about what the next move will be on libya's a can you just tell us about the latest developments internationally. well what we're seeing at the moment is the united states navy moving their fleet in

a mess in the mediterranean into strategic positions around libya now this comes after u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton said this nothing was off the table when it came to libya raising some concerns of outside military action taking place in the country now the british prime minister david cameron has suggested that he would support arming the opposition forces arming those forces opposed to colonel gadhafi he also threw his backing behind the implosion of a no fly zone over libya well the nato secretary general has said that there will be no nato intervention into libya without a u.n. resolution now a resolution seems something that won't happen like something that happened now this is due to the fact that both russia and china who have a veto on the security council have both vehemently said that they will not support any form of outside intervention outside millett mention into libya you know this

could lead to the words that being thrown around or a coalition of the willing just the be those people or those nations that are willing to throw military support behind intervention into libya now this has echoes of the buildup to the war in iraq also something that has troubled those people that have seen me the similarities between this sound the run up to the war in iraq claims that colonel gadhafi may possess stockpiles of chemical weapons now gadhafi said in early two thousand the early two thousand that he would get rid of all chemical weapons and stop producing them however it is believed that he how stockpiles of agents that can be used to create chemical weapons hidden away in the desert in libya well those there are those that have suggested there should outside international intervention outside international military intervention. take place in libya it could be disastrous for relations between the west and the arab world.

this is very very ugly the return of humanely chariot imperialism so it seems have to be very clear ok sanctions i guess the cat duffy claim. treason their assets in europe that's ok but not all nato imperialist adventurism in northen ask if the next step 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. her of course you know the international reaction is very much dependent on what is going on in libya so what do we know about what is happening right now with in libya. well fighting is continuing in libya moment overnight on monday we saw attacks against the cities of benghazi as well as artillery for ling. so there is fighting continuing we're also hearing reports of

heavy weapons being used against opposition forces now we have seen this in the i've seen on arab television the devastating results of anti aircraft guns being used against against the people of libya those the uprising against the good south the regime now the opposition forces say that they do have weapons of their own however they are nothing compared to what is being used against them by the those troops still loyal to colonel gadhafi we're also hearing that in tripoli where gadhafi remains in control the only city it's believed he has complete control over in the country still that food prices are rocketing the price of rice having increased around five hundred percent so food shortages are a concern for the people of tripoli at the moment tripoli remaining encircled by

opposition forces trying to remove colonel gadhafi from power duffey himself to the people of libya love him and will die for him believing that the people will still fight for him and that he can remain in power we're also hearing out of libya this r.t. sister station the arabic language channel has been blocked by forces in libya inside libya the satellite single being jammed so we'll bring you more on that as soon as we get it. thank you very much for that update peter oliver in cairo keep us up to date on events that are folding. now transform caster to says it's not support for libyan people but interest of the country's vast oil fields that's driving he west rhetoric the only reason they're interested in with libya is back to you oil you hear anybody screaming and yelling about all those people last week that were killed in the ivory coast or the sudan and i guess cocoa

was that that you know a bunch of a national priority they'll try anything but we already heard hillary clinton say that they're willing to do anything for anybody in libya that needs aid so they appear pretty good out there already they're talking about no fly zones and the hypocrisy is just beyond the belief i mean for example they did has anybody called for a war criminal trials against mubarak as they all are. and you know in all of the the world is the the western world of calling for his head but the other heads in bahrain and bin yamin and in egypt they are you know they're ok leave them alone but they're calling for gadhafi said why because it's the oil you think we'd be in iraq if that major export there was broccoli oh 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. absolutely 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 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 a one. now many western countries have gone out of their way to throw support behind the uprisings in the arab world when it comes as an abrupt change of heart as it had supported these regimes for decades and it struck further attention to a foreign policy that only seems to like the marcos's tailored to western interests

and tries to undermine others which aren't such as hamas in gaza are things policy or reports. demonstrations for regime change across the arab world have split like wildfire dictators like hosni mubarak in egypt a fallen one in libya many believe the forty one years of rule by moammar gadhafi are nearing an end western powers of come are backing the protester mali regime change dramatically changing the colors in supporting the ousting of authoritarian rulers they backed only weeks ago as demonstrations sweep across the arab world western governments support the call for change but is it a call for change or is it actually a call for regimes if they want in power it's not the first time they wish to shown an approach to democracy in arab world six years ago elections in gaza were hailed internationally as a massive milestone for the middle east. and representatives from the renowned political figures and organizations who were present during the election and

monitored it compared to its authenticity to the world. for when the results were in that authenticity was ignored we're. standing here is the. very worst injury support democracy as long as it's good for them and give it is not good for the world. interests were not supported and the west most certainly did not support the new her must government despite being voted in by more than sixty percent of gazans western power was labeled hamas a terrorist organization. they are not really many instances of genuine democracy in the west the appeal for democracy. people make a democratic choice and choosing among us they refused to help a western democracies a false modesty to get our standards for the benefit of europe. which is why as soon as hamas was voted in western governments got busy with trying to do sort out the boycott and sanctions which raises the question why support felix's in the

first place but not there are come. with you know i believe the west is in constant need of regimes they go along with this policy is the shooter serve the west be its protege as will be elected by their own people. but i believe the americans. don't really know how to handle this situation relationship is cut out for you were . there were ten from your post him and go bad with him and they were going to support the pm when he gave them the oil but now he's no longer of use and like to take his elsewhere who at the start of the year were in favor in the waste he's been ditched the hopes in the arab world for change under obama appear to be dwindling among some political figures at least the present there are a lot of criticism that after the advent of president obama there was a lot. of welcome to the new america mr obama.

i would have hoped for the administration and the president obama would have done but are the protesters across the arab world hoping to topple dictators in the quest for democracy may find every choice 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. don't forget to get more on all our stories at our team dot com and there's more of the day's news and analysis let's take you through some of what's online right now on the sole infallibly the high tech innovation centers told the boys off to a flying start as fresh architects are ready to design it with that don't usually fail to get the details and find out the latest about the vicious attack pub. and it's high time for pancakes as russia begins

a week of celebrations marking the end of winter and learn the recipe to make a russian sun all this r t v dot com. the big . other recent revelations by rolling stone magazine about the u.s. army's alleged use of psychological operations on congressman have created a stir in the u.s. well it's claimed that the office as they're called were used as a means of securing securing more military funding and support for the war in afghanistan well now there are fears that the u.s. military hawks are extending too much influence into politics as are he's going to check out reports. were u.s. lawmakers brainwashed by the military when making key decisions on supporting the escalation of the 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 they have a special unit that conducts psychological operations now the information support operations said he was told to provide quote deeper and now it says of pressure points we could use to leverage the delegation for more funds. my job in science is to play with people's heads to get the enemy to behave the way we want them to behave and prevents him 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 and moreover it's illegal to do so according to the defense department's own definition psychological operations imply do use of propaganda and psychological tactics to influence emotions and behaviors and are supposed to be used exclusively

on hostile foreign groups but instead of fighting afghan insurgents holmes and he's 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 without 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 but 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 men 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 out 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 position. 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 big 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 by the. you 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 despite the u.s. continuing to pump billions of dollars into the military campaign in afghanistan the insurgency intensifies the rampant drug trade is surging just like the wars on popularity in america the problem is it's

a political leader political solution not a military one general the. 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 a belief that only trust the political leaders are in the world but you can't trust the military commanders behind a war that's not really the case not a military is just. spin events. to its own benefit and. unfortunately congressmen are also willing to believe that now the pentagon is looking into the matter experts say they're going to try and downplay the effect of this report written in general caldwell has already been given such orders but he troop 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 check out our key washington. so let's take a look at some other international headlines in brief three days children and parents i've been taken hostage after pirates hijacked their boat in the indian ocean they initially thought he say the ship sent a distress signal on thursday and is now headed for somalia yet with the government would do everything in its power to secure the family's release somali pirates have become a serious threat to regional shipping lanes a total of thirty one vessels and six hundred eighty eight passengers are currently being held captive. 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 u.s. born cleric associated with all cargo carriers have previously admitted to fund raising for terrorist activities but he does not taking a job at british airways with the intention of carrying out attacks.

flights across new zealand were flying at half mast as the nation held a two minute morial silence one week after the massive earthquake hit christchurch the death toll is currently at one hundred fifty four but authorities warn that with dozens still missing it's likely to be much higher the rescue work is ongoing but frequent aftershocks are hampering efforts the cost of rebuilding the city is estimated at fifteen billion u.s. dollars. well scientists could soon be able to predict ten days ahead when and where earthquake could strike well it's thanks to work by a russian british and joint project an r.t.a. has been speaking to one of the experts involved well before interview is coming up in around 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 earthquakes we might ultimately be able to create

a constellation of spacecraft which would be able to predict earthquakes the main damage from an earthquake is not the actual quake itself you see that and that sort of thing that happened after the earthquake and you can prevent a lot of 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 you know the likelihood of an earthquake so you'll save a lot of lives that way. he gives people a change of heart or that is heart transplants and now a renowned russian surgeon is working on a new technique to make a life saving surgery available to more people. to meet him it's a smile that comes straight from the heart almost died from heart failure to decades ago but these visits are cardiology ward for regular check out the good

look at her she's just a picture of health but i know she's been living with a new heart longer than with her room. dr z. miscarry operated on natasha twenty one years ago i don't know organ was her only hope for a 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 tweak that gives some patients on the analysts waiting list a more definite hole. a heart transplant is not a panacea firstly the supply of donor organs and so short that you can only help a smattering of patients secondly it brings with it a number of complications starting with ethical dilemmas to biological functions as well finding an alternative treatment that will allow to preserve a host organ is so crucial the treatment that brockport remodeling 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 yet for someone like this patient not to it already proved a real life changer you ready where was first diagnosed doctors told me i had a year to leave now i have all the reasons to hope that i'll see my little daughter grow art i was told that i may still need a heart transplant in the future but the surgery was there day four years of. but yes age is serious carried out these procedures is far from being routine here is the excess full recovery of older patients has already given to many on the transplant waiting list a change of heart reconstructive surgery has many advantages there were heart transplant patients don't have to change and agonizing and far from guaranteed before to do no more than the chances of success for recovery or higher but like

heart transplant this procedure has one major setback to get between those who need it and those who get it just to disheartening the huge. moscow. he was wanted internationally for genocide and crimes against humanity but i thought our boss you know sort of leader out of a kind of ditch babbage to avoid capture for almost thirteen years later today r.t. special report looks at what eventually gave him away. good some. excellent professional. extravagant possessing an extraordinary 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 rather one could argue on our kids. back with the headlines shortly but first the business update with you in a few moments. hello time to get the latest on the world of business a very warm welcome gazprom has more than doubled gas deliveries to easily after the country was cut off from its lead and gas pipelines confession 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 european union

you have the situation. in which oil and energy is still a very very important commodity and then when few also fuel to use liberalization of access to get by plane system it knew that if you have no. baggage is excellent for russia because only because of so big which just brought. the direct way from gas wells to final consumers in european union and that we must remember this serious decline has been wasted. so that is way over there will be no serious amount if i don't get some you in your. butts 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 relatively stable oil price in tokyo the stocks were also supported by the weekend with the nikkei up one point

two percent banks saying is half a percent higher this hour although it's weighed by a sharp decline in h.s.b.c. shares data christer almost five percent up to his mrs last year profits fell short of amnesty estimates. and here in russia they are g.s. is set to continue its winning streak as again just under half a percent in the first ten minutes of tuesday straining on monday the largest reached a two years high of ninety four to seven points to finish up almost two percent and the mice it's this you can see on the screen of monday's closing the course will start trading in a few moments. that's not only a strong currents supporting the russian stocks missing the sun from renesas capital it says a number of factors are attraction to the market. we also see drearily across the globe increase and. people are more questions also see we dollar and specifically for russia we see. you know russia is approaching as

more reliable than their suppliers in europe or in the boat before people use the problems and this is. thought through there's going to thrushes from before. on us a concern from renesas capital there with his analysis of what we can expect from the markets on tuesday and corey inflation your risks have become the key reason for russia's central bank to raise the benchmark refinancing rate for the cuts time since two thousand and eight that's not just of all it could do it at bank russia says consumer price growth will slow down the summer how well it will be tough to match their official six to seven percent inflation forecast twenty eleven we expect inflation to continue rising and 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 facially 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 to that forecast from high oil prices that we currently see him global markets. 's office i want to go it's rush that wraps up the business bulletin got up to date now you can always find will soar isn't all that side r.t. dot com slash business.

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