you're still. in touch with the who tell me touch your religion a good how would international house flood the cheese evergreen the toll in total. because it's oil think would be a major export there was broccoli the us navy repositions its fleets in the mediterranean as the prospect of outside military intervention in libya becomes a possibility also claims they could duffey how stockpiles of chemical weapons the run up to the iraq war. and his protests is in libya for western support we take a look at the history which suggests that support only applies to democracies a little. outrage after allegations that the u.s. psychological warfare agent used mind tricks songs that exists here more cash and

treats raising fears of the military's diplomacy its. russia's gas giant gazprom receptive all of the convicted gas fields which has not resulted to call from global demand for up to eight years worth of business interests minutes. and. u.s. has begun repositioning it ships in the mediterranean triggering speculation of a nation to invasion of libya it comes as british planes have reportedly been moved to an air base in cyprus for a possible operation maybe is a long time needed to adapt the remains the siege in the capital tripoli with opposition forces nearby of course the has more from neighboring egypt. what we're seeing at the moment is the united states navy moving their fleet into the met in

the mediterranean into strategic positions around libya now this comes after the 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 imposing 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 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 into libya so there's

a process that resolution one thousand certainty was adopted only two days ago and no proposals apart from those adults that in the document have been submitted i think we need to avoid hasty moves and concentrate on the full implementation of that resolution this could lead to the words the being thrown around or a coalition of the willing just be those people of those nations that are willing to to throw military support behind intervention into libya this has echoes of the buildup to the war in iraq also something that has troubled those people that have seen the the similarities between this and the run up to the war in iraq claims that colonel gadhafi may possess stockpiles of chemical weapons 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 hour. world this is very very early to return oh you mean each area. so seems has to be very clear ok

extensions i guess the. trees in their assets in europe that's ok but norway needs all imperialist adventurism and more so now if the next step being discussed already in london in washington would be a need to vision this would be absolutely but we cannot rule that out sort of what we're fighting is continuing in libya at the moment overnight on monday we saw attacks against the cities of benghazi as well as artillery for. tora 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 past and i've seen on arabic television the devastating results of anti aircraft guns being used against against the people of libya tripoli remaining encircled by opposition forces trying

to remove colonel gadhafi from power feed himself has said that 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. he's on over there reporting from swedish on trade watchdog says its specs libya has received a shipment of weapons from deloris the group says it believes the plane carrying equipment made the journey to north africa earlier this month before an international arms body was imposed on get out his regime really been so scared that weapons could be used against protesters well for more on this on our door and here in the studio by. the challenge very nice to see you again so what do you make of these allegations so the legations makes good sense because we. have been developing their relationship for a number of years russia has previously shipped weapons to libya so there's no

there's no grounds to believe this kind of information you know. the last dictator in europe actually has serious concerns as to support from the earth a regime if you know if you also supported other regimes like the regime in kyrgyzstan and then actually after they had offered shelter for a bookie from the russians so it's quite likely that professional tries to support the regime first of all the similarities between those two regimes and second of course the russians the. old guard in such circumstances is a perfect. three to three anything for for anything. secretary general has previously used minxes you were saying of breaking on the back on the ivory coast although that was denied by both countries so how do you

think these new allegations with effects and balances representation on the international community. of course this kind of allegations are devastating for any conference repetition god all things that frankly speaking of march to lose because he is a rich. cation is quite far from perfect and also to understand the russian economy and the personal president musharraf is fond need money of previously russia was making money and. making deals with russian oil and gas supplies and also making money on. the do just around the country offered are but no actually needs a new sources of cash and in this case you know weapon sales as well especially trading with those functions for random boggle is a perfect way to make mine and it was those papers those leaders just really did

weapon. by play hard cash very specifically there were reports that a private jet allegedly by gadhafi himself actually did this minsk on friday with claims that it could actually be helping take it well out of the country would make things so no you know that is a personal wealth is this to me to devote seventy to one hundred billion dollars which is a staggering amount for such a small country as libya so we know that many are since the dark and his clan have been frozen all over europe and all over the world so now gadhafi just probably needs some kind of a safe haven for his money so it's quite likely so it's quite likely that gadhafi is looking for partners all over the world might receive in some amount of fear and hard cash. how close would you think the relationship is between.

you know there are a lot of similarities between those two. leaders and but i don't think it's a personal relationship i think it's a business deal because it's and desperate need of money or khadafi is in desperate need of security so it's perfect business environment to broker a good deal. coming up later this hour how you can. now the pentagon is looking into the matter experts say they're going to try and downplay the effect of this report controversies u.s. special forces. using psychological tricks of leading politicians to secure extra funds a. day of a major overhaul of russian law enforcement this includes a name change from years of. other reforms concrete ones or peer because many.

many western countries have gone out of their way to throw support behind al ries and in the arab world it comes to an abrupt change of heart as they have previously supported these regimes and is drawn further attention to a foreign policy but only seems like democracy is tailored to western interests and tries to undermine all those which aren't such as hamas in gaza last. demonstrations for regime change across the arab world have spread like wildfire dictators like hosni mubarak in egypt a fall in modern libya many believe the forty one years of duffy are nearing an end western powers of come up backing the protesters marching wishing change the magically changing the colors 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 it a call for change or is it actually

a call for regimes if they want in power it's not the first time the west has shown an approach to democracy in the arab world six years ago elections in gaza were hailed internationally as a massive milestone for the middle east. with representatives from the west renowned political figures and organizations who were present during the election and monitored it confirmed its authenticity to the world. but when the results were in that authenticity for is ignored one hundred your. understanding here is the. very worst support democracy as long as it's good for them and there it is not good for. their interests and their. supporters and the west most certainly did not support the new hammers government despite being voted in by more than sixty percent of gazans western power was able to amass a terrorist organization yet never think of them or their own or really many instances of genuine democracy in the west the people for democracy but when people

make a democratic choice or choosing among us he refused to help a western democracy is a false democracy a democracy double standards for the benefit of europe. which is why as soon as hamas was voted in western governments got busy with trying to booted out from boycott and sanctions which raises the question why support free elections in the first place but not there are come. along. i believe the west is in constant need of regimes that go along with its policies the she to serve the west it's approaches will be elected by their own people. i believe of them are going to. really know how to handle this situation relationship is good for you were. there were times when your post him and him and there were a time when the support of him 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 winning favor in

a waste he's been ditched the hopes of the arab world for change under obama appear to be dwindling among some political figures at least the president. there are a lot of criticism that after the advent of president obama. welcome to the new america under mr obama. i would have hoped. the administration under president obama would have done better the protesters across the arab world hoping to topple dictators in the quest for democracy may find a choice may not be as free as they'd hoped for by the meeting ham from a far still calling the strings policy r.t. tel aviv. well don't forget to get more on all of the stories we're covering here at all to you dot com and also there's more of the day's news al around us is there you get a quick look at what's online for you right now productions of bureaucrats one half

of the press that time production read kids the government officials from spending state funds on expensive goods like furniture calls it's. also available online report on claims that six of the wilsons were burned alive at staples in central russia to stop the spread of africa strongly in favor. of. the 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. it's claimed the psyops as they're called we used as a means of securing more military funding and support for the war afghanistan well now there are fears that u.s.

military courts are extending too much influence into politics as r.t. can report. 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 termed the 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 and my job in science is to play with people's heads to get the enemy to behave that we want them to be. and bring him from doing not to ruin people but you ask me to try to use these skills on senators and congressmen you're crossing

a line in moreover it's illegal to do so according to the defense department's own definition psychological operations imply the 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 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 and because the pentagon not wanting at every oversight as much and wanting to extract more resources from the senate to support their men mission you 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 our 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 big jump in shifts 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 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 so we need a political solution not a military one general's don't bring wars to it and politicians too 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 sara lee trust what you call leaders trying to work but you can't trust the military behind a war that's not really the case not the military is just. spin events. to 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 lieutenant general caldwell has already denied having given such orders but if true khamenei it's going to be a fraud a testament people what willingness of civilian control over the military into these america i'm going to shut down our tweet washington d.c. . international headlines in brief in a danish food the children were taken hostage after pirates hijacked their boat in the indian ocean days will see this ship sent as a stress signal of the day is now headed for somalia one hundred that the government would do everything in its power to secure the families when these small the pirates become a serious threat to regional shipping lanes a total of person rather than six hundred eighty eight hostages being held. fashion designer john galliano is facing up to six months in prison over the rhetoric remarks in a video posted online appears to result your woman holocaust as well as telling her

that he loves diddler and i was arrested after three complete use to deflation of peace with a risky and foreign to step in for the fifty year old is the knowledge the allegations because the suspended from dior fashion house pending further investigation. and the construct to happen to wellington there are no reports of any damage or casualties with the trauma powerful than quite which devastated christchurch it comes as floods across the country fought hard to minute memorial silence commemorating who perished in the disaster the death toll is currently at one hundred fifty five but of course he's the one that really doesn't still missing it's likely to be much higher. well scientists could soon be able to predict up to ten days ahead when and where an earthquake could strike its suns to work russian british joint projects and he has been speaking to

one of the experts and told him coming up next hour but here's a taste. the idea is that hopefully in the future we can understand the relationship between signals in the honors and earthquakes we might ultimately be able to create a constellation spacecraft which would predict the main damage from an earthquake is not the actual earthquake itself it's usually before and that sort of thing that happened after the earthquake and you can prevent a lot of that you know things like to turn off the gas mains to turn off the electricity to reduce the good before and just to prepare people for the likelihood of an earthquake so you will save a lot of lives that way. and major reforms of rushes the police are coming into effect for the first time for to day living and then change it followings if they raise that high profile or public

trust of the force to an all time low as are you now there's over reports there's a lot riding on the overhaul being a success and its hopes it will be going far beyond perhaps. a change of title and hopefully a change in attitudes these line foresman officers are abandoning their soviet era name of meats are in favor of the world the recognizable police for the government it's a first step down a long road towards modernizing the service and arresting a sharp decline in public perception. with people stress to the boys in blue has been a huge blow in recent years it's led to anxiety amongst officers and outrage from knows they're supposed to protect isn't like a supermarket rampage by officer used to cough who opened fire an innocent shoppers killing two and wounding seven it was the final straw that fueled calls for reform but in changing their name bring about a change in behavior while some insist that any change is long overdue for others

it's purely cosmetic work there were some. events with police officers behaving illegally in russia. years. this very fact is not going to be changed by the change of the law because these illegal practices were concrete to the previous legislation as well as quadruple the current work the big question is whether there is the political will. to get under control the police themselves though are preparing for the changes to come up with a huge part of our ratings will depend on the people of this country how they evaluate our performance this kernel is already grasping the essence of modernizing the force her students seem eager to absorb as much information before their upcoming exams so ridiculous that everyone will be tested physical ability

knowledge of new civic duties all those are included in the new exams there will be no indulgences for anyone either pass the test or leave the force other changes are a mixed blessing there'll be a twenty percent cut in personnel but the remaining officers will get a pay rise there will be better screening of new recruits with every detail of an applicant's background put under the microscope but until all that takes effect officers have to knuckle down to the job in hand restoring honor to russia's police is a tough task and the public are no pushover judges but the force is determined to turn that around reexamining staff redesigning the uniforms all those changes will take a lot of time to be fully implemented but one of the first things to change all the signs like these which soon will feature internationally recognisable policing kashmir is our. business all the way now what do you.

that's right time for your business update a variable welcome gazprom will finally be able to develop the giant convicted gas field which has enough reserves to cover global meets for up to eight years russia's gas giant has successfully bought all assets off the bankrupt convict operator of russia petroleum in a deal worth up to seven hundred seventy two million dollars the previous owners failed to meet license requirements to produce libel and cubic meters a year as it couldn't secure and not biased gas from hopes the deal will help it to secure gas deliveries to china but analysts say russia will have to fight with the latest on what the chinese market. will probably improve. on the region is very perspective there is a question of price china wants a significant discount we will have to compete with our central asian partners who are ready to deliver forty billion cubic meters of gas to china with

a discount in other words russia will have to link future deliveries to some form of cheap loan from the development bank of china or we will have to work with zero profitability just to develop the area. and growing inflationary risks have become the key reason for russia central bank to raise the benchmark refinancing rate for the first time since two thousand and eight there are softness of what it could dortch of russia says consumer price growth will slow down this summer how well it will be tough to match their special six to seven percent inflation forecast for twenty eleven. we expect inflation to continue rising in the first quarter particularly in the second quarter of two thousand and eleven but starting from the middle of the year we expect the moderation and inflationary pressures and slowdown 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 part we emanating from that forecast from i will prices that we currently see and what will work it's. time to have a look at how the markets are faring this our european markets are posting gains in afternoon trade mine isn't all to stocks are leading gains on the scene while the banking giant h.s.b.c. holdings is again bucking the upward trend on through to losing two point two percent it was downgraded to neutral from buy at u.b.s. all in monday's disappointing results and here in russia the markets such raising in the rebs this hour with a nice it's down more than three quarters of a cent traders will be eyeing another bunch of macroeconomic statistics from the u.s. to later in the day let's have a look at some individual share moves here in russia energy majors are losing ground gas from has slipped into red retreating from earlier games and news about

it's a question of their rights to develop the judge convicted gas fields is inching a low one hundred percent and potash mine at world com it is two and a half percent higher after you've completed the purchase of twenty percent of solving it. and finally general motors has pledged to end you assemble three hundred fifty thousand cars in russia the production will mostly use russian made components up until now the u.s. called make a hub been producing cars in corporation with several russian companies last year sales and russia twelve percent g.m. has reportedly been weighing up the ships but the russians gassed up the tour as part of its plan to increase production capacity and brush up on to the russian government's new requirements foreign cars produced in the country must be comprised of its least sixty percent local the maize components. the up to date now but so for me during my call according to the kind of less than an all time meant

you can always find most or small that side r.p. dot com slash president's. speech of your country and become. a russian defense. was he heads to central russia. to come in.