getting closer to the mill stone who took some of those country house holiday in the pool. halls to remember the cream it used to feel the most acute in the world the ruben's original. foreign intervention in troubled libya gets eclipsed as the u.s. reposition its naval forces in the region and the u.k. refuses to rule out using military assets against kidnap his regime. at the same time military state that no airstrikes which the western media have been reporting have actually occurred on the ground in libya more in doubt in just a few moments. and key western nations have been quick to but the arab uprising to spike isn't helping the only brain she spoke to place and questions over a selective approach to democracy as we explored this stuff. plus. it's day one of the much heralded overhaul of the precious police to try to stop

the trust in the falls but many say brief problems of speed. very good evening from moscow you're watching the r.t. news channel at nine pm moscow time no names kevin no in our top story the u.s. has started repositioning its heavy hitting warships in the mediterranean triggering speculation of foreign invasion of libya britain is vowing to set up a no fly zone in the region and he is threatening to use military forces against colonel gadhafi his regime says more elements in london with more. the strongest sign among several strong signs that they are ramping up this this pressure is this repositioning of the u.s. is warships in the region we've seen the aircraft carrier u.s.s.

enterprise which is literally bristling with choice of planes moved from pirate patrolling for pirates off the coast of somalia down now to the mouth to you as soon as canal which is within a flying distance of libya and there's talk that it might be moved even closer we've also heard u.k. prime minister david cameron talk about setting up a no fly zone in libya that essentially means that any aircraft that takes off inside libya will potentially be able to be shot down by u.k. and allied forces under the assumption that aircraft that do take off are headed to be turned against the libyan people themselves and not in fact is similar to a position that was taken against saddam hussein no fly zone was imposed in iraq ahead of the invasion of iraq and we also heard talk that there's a possibility that jets will be based in the u.k. across bases in cyprus to perform those functions and we've also heard some reports

. that western powers are also preparing to. forces inside libya and of course this all comes against the backdrop of a very strong statement from the u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton and he said that the u.s. is ready to offer and i quote any type of assistance to libyans who wish to oust gadhafi and in all of this we shouldn't forget that there is a sizable u.s. naval base in of rain that's the headquarters of the u.s. navy's fifth fleet and thousands of susie's cheering the gulf war were flown from bahrain over to iraq and it could be an important base in any military intervention that is could take place in libya a source inside the kremlin is calling kind of a living political. corp's but notwithstanding russia feels that the international community should concentrate on sanctions in order to punish the un has imposed trade restrictions an arms embargo and has also frozen foreign assets all of which

is intended to store the regime of cash that might be intended to hire foreign mercenaries to support russia is also against this no fly zone that's being proposed by cameron and others and also the international community together with russia supports a u.n. security council unanimous she referred libya and more specifically the international criminal court for an investigation into. the future and rights during this time of crimes against humanity that may have taken place in libya whilst he is seeming to turn the army on his own people the argument being that of course gadhafi and his loyal supporters will presumably think twice about turning the army in and other weapons on its own people if it thinks that the full force of international law will be brought down against it remains to be seen whether this military intervention will in fact take and take place or whether this is just

threats to its afy and his supporters and whether in fact these sanctions and this this action by the international court of human rights will be enough. is london correspondent laura well the reports of libya's. air force against its own people spread quickly around the world we also saw those reports but russia's military chief saying to monitoring for pictures they saw different story he's really good. for. at this point we have information from russia's joint staff who are saying that they have been not monitoring the situation in libya from space by satellite since the beginning of the unrest in the country and according to them some of the reports why they made by the western media are not entirely corresponding to the pictures that they are getting to be more precise according to al-jazeera and to b.b.c. on the twenty second of february libyan government has inflicted airstrikes on bin ghazi and on tripoli and according to russia's military these have not registered

any of those airstrikes according to them that pictures show that nothing all of that sort has been going on the ground now if we also focus on the future is the out on the footage that we've been getting from the country we may be able to notice that there are absolutely no signs of any destruction inflicted by attacks from the air or a pilot in air force in those pictures so at this point our russian military is saying that as far as they're concerned the have not seen any attacks so they can pretty much make a judgment that those attacks which the western media has been reporting on have not been made the russian military is also working in very close cooperation with russia's ministry of foreign affairs that they're monitoring not just the military situation not just tripoli and other cities in libya they're also being a very close attention to the or the traction facilities and they are keeping us up to date as to what is happening on the ground from space let's get more insight now

into the libyan conflict. to the pretty full position jeremy cool bit is joining us on the line from. a very good evening to you thanks for being with me so the u.s. warships approaching libya's coast the u.k. preparing to deploy fighter jets to the nearby. how likely is it do you think that yet another military intervention by key nato could be on the cards. it's looking very dangerous and it's looking quite possible that they will launch such an attack with or without un approval and so we're looking at almost a repeat of what happened in iraq. the results i suspect will be largely the same i think the important points are that the real breakthrough the war against in libya western interests always been about oil and the idea that suddenly the west is concern for human rights and give you

a slight your very very close relationship they've enjoyed a good free no no fly zone was ever proposed over israeli attacks on gaza any more than any support given to the opposition in bahrain i get the feeling this is more about geopolitics playing itself out rather than the genuine concern for the people because exactly what i was going to ask you if you know why garo up so soon for libya right now is not is what's happening there a raft of other civil conflicts going on i'm thinking in africa of course the long running trouble in somalia nigeria there's been scant intervention there what's different about this situation is just out of the war you think. last week i was in tunis here and i spent a lot of time talking to all kinds of groups who are opposed to were opposed to government and i asked them each one of them would you want any western intervention in tunis here to help you but they all said absolutely no in the interview or on satellite television last week when some of the opposition to

gadhafi in benghazi asked if they wanted western intervention they said no and they said no because the western forces never leave when they go there and i just think this is pick and choose politics the there is a dreadful situation going on in somalia there are protests going on in yemen and bahrain as i mentioned there are problems and. no military intervention is proposed i suspect the link has to be even huge amounts of western investment in libya the vast amounts of money paid by libya into various western companies and translations but above all the world resources and the reserves and the refineries that are released so i was skeptical of what you're saying would say i'm going to be as facing a humanitarian crisis these countries are sending aid there possibly only for humanitarian means is there a danger do you think though. any presence there could cause more could stir up more trouble. well i think a western military presence will certainly see more trouble actually in

a perverse kind of way probably boost the musician of the graphic in trying to hang on to his remaining bits of tripoli and around that area i think humanitarian aid is clearly necessary particularly to egypt in tunis you have to deal with a very diverse numbers of refugees that are leaving will be at the present time but again there's a kind of all minas system going on here in that the western oil experts have all been flown out very large numbers of workers from the philippines from bangladesh and other places remain there all remain stuck in refugee camps on the borders i think there is all the inequality is the world being played out in this very crisis at the present time all right let's look at this worst case scenario that you think may be possibly on the cards how concerned are you that an arms foreign response could repeat the tragedies and difficulties like you saw in iraq in the balkans back in the ninety's. i'm very concerned i suspect there is

for the default position the military planners are adopting that maybe they will just secure easter and. maybe leave africa with all the sanctions against him to gradually subside and disappear and they will then have some kind of access to all the oil that is mainly in the east of the country not exclusively mainly in the east of the country i'm very concerned this is what's going to happen i think we should be perhaps listing for the libyan people they're the ones who want trades they're the ones who want to see they're the ones who want accountability i haven't heard anybody from libya calling for western intervention and i haven't heard again confirming the point you made earlier in the program of any evidence of airstrikes made against anybody in libya bike a graphic i'm not defending gadhafi but i just think we have to work on the basis of evidence and evidence there is no blood for us to say what the second lead story

tonight that's what we're reporting on the russian defense chief saying that they've called into what they've seen on the satellite imagery they hadn't seen as much of the images as has been reported around the world part of foreign media let's look at just one other aspect of this again the intervention from outside the u.n. security council's order doesn't it investigation into human rights violations during the two weeks of the violent uprising what do you think the next chapter holds for gadhafi himself. well he's obviously in an enormous difficulty he has declining levels of paul he has the climbing access to money and i think he's probably on the way out i suspect that western intervention will probably bolster his position and remember the night in eighty six probably did libya is well remembered by all the people of libya and certainly well remembered for its symbolism. there for you and i think any western military intervention that takes place now would actually make

him stronger i would much rather the libyan people worked out what they wanted for the future support in aid given through for free for military and a refugee assistance all those kind of things freezing the regime's assets have no problem with that but i think when the u.n. security council to make a decision on supporting military intervention i've got a feeling that's not going to happen because i see a veto on the way from russia or china both british labor m.p. jeremy corbett thanks for joining us on alliance and i from london here on r.t. . but earlier last harty talked to russia's envoy to nato as soon as he just finished debating with the alliances secretary general now he told me there is strong opposition inside the block against any military action in libya. you know as of today nato was an alliance won't take a decision to intervene into libya some european countries within the bloc are against any military actions without an agreement from the u.n.

security council if the u.s. and britain decide to intervene that will be a gross violation of all international norms this could be sanctioned only by the u.n. i talked to the lines the secretary general and i hope moscow's voice was heard. to the story media reports suggesting the libyan leader has found his closest ally in the country known to be led by britain's last to take reuss khadafi is played has been allegedly spotted in the capital minsk something we have a russian foreign ministry is denying however. looks no possible connections between it. according to a stockholm based international institute for peace research and sixty four aircraft took off from an air base in belarus heading for libya in the middle of february and headed for the libyan town of star power which according to experts is indeed a key strategic center in in libya this air base and where the plane took off

from is in fact a stockpile of different weaponry including rocket launchers machine guns and ammunition now this alleged transfer of weaponry from belarus to libya happened before the u.n. security council imposed an embargo on all weapons sales to libya this is the latest in a string of different allegations connecting in tripoli which surfaced in the last several weeks several days ago media outlets reported that eyewitnesses started mercenaries from deloris fighting on the side on the side of kadafi in libya on monday several media outlets reported that gadhafi private jet was spotted landing in a minsk airport before flying back to libya these claims have been denounced by the country's foreign ministry which called insinuations against minsk because. throughout the day on developments in the middle east and north africa there's also

more news and analysis of. now those are the arab uprisings revving of trouble finding friends in the west but it's not brought change of heart of course for those countries who've previously been supporting the previous regimes for decades. reports next on the deep suspicion of the middle east of the u.s. and its allies are taking democracies to set their interests. demonstrations for regime change across the arab world have spread like wildfire western powers of cum are backing a protester martin regime change dramatically changing the colors in supporting the ousting of authoritarian rulers they'd 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 the west has shown an approach to democracy in the arab world six years ago elections in gaza were hailed internationally as a mass of mass turn 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 pose ignored. and her standing here is that. the worst of those aboard democracy as long as it's good for them and there it is not good for bernward. terrorists and their. supporters 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 yemen and other than the there are not really many

instances of genuine democracy in the west the people for them. you see but when people make a democratic choice choosing among us to refuse to help a western democracy is a false democracy and to march to double standards and for the benefit of europe. which is why as soon as hamas was voted in western governments got busy with trying to booted out boycott and sanctions which raises the question why support felix's in the first place but not there are come. i believe the west is in constant need of regimes like all of its policies the shooter serve the west its procedures will be elected by their own people being relieved of the americans. don't really know how to handle this situation relationship is qadhafi were. there were times when your post him and go with him. when you supported 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 were in favor in the 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 under a president. the 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 to get sober and the administration and the president obama would have done but the protesters across the arab world hoping to topple dictators in the quest for democracy may find that the choice may not be as free as they'd hoped for but a meddling hand from afar still calling the strings policy r.t. tel aviv. now here in russia it's a new start for the country's police force with major changes kicking off today and it all begins with a change of name root and branch reforms were ordered after

a series of high profile scandals so public trusts into an all time low and lottie's culture in a zone of reports next there's a lot riding on the overall success to. a change of title and hopefully a change in attitudes these law enforcement officers are abandoning their soviet era name of neat sare in favor of the more worldly 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. people stressed of the boys in blue has been dealt a huge blow in recent years it's led to anxiety amongst officers and outrage from knows they're supposed to protect it's events like a supermarket rampage by officers of open fire and innocent shoppers killing two and wounding seven it was the final straw that fueled calls for reform but can changing their name bring about a change in behavior while some insist that any change is long overdue for others

it's purely cosmetic of the earth fact that there were so many accidents with police officers we're hearing illegally in russia during the previous years. this very focused not going to be changed by the change of the law because these illegal practices were contra to the previous legislation as well as called rip of the current work the big question is whether there is the political will. they get under control and 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 value each outperformance 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 that it was good everyone will be tested physical ability knowledge of new

civic duties all those are included in the exams it will be no one told and says for anyone either past interest or leave the force other changes are a mixed blessing. b. 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 or thought a lot of time to be fully implemented but one of the first things to change are we signs like these which soon will feature internationally recognizable policing kashmir's r t moscow. claims that the american military has been getting it so psychologically manipulating the country's decision makers has been raising her

calls on capitol hill rolling stone magazine says army officials ordered groups known as psyops teams to put pressure on congressman visiting afghanistan to get well money and support for the war of his going to two current exe of the story tonight. 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 information support operations said he was told to provide quote beeper and now it says of pressure points we could use to leverage the delegation from more fronts 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 perhaps from to you not to ruin people when you asked 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 pals 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 your 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 i don't see how it could have affected my positions. in any way. so we'll see what happens but back in january last year steve clemons 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 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 but i didn't know about these things article at the time or got psyops one example is senator al franken who in january last year went to afghanistan with strong

doubts and criticism but came back who feeling much better but some say the reported use of psychological cap takes to influence politicians could be happening not only in afghanistan but here in washington as well there's. tends to be a belief that yes it's terribly trust a political leaders behind the war but you can't trust the military leaders behind a war that's not really the case not the military is just as eager to spin the events. to its own benefit. unfortunately congressman are all too willing to believe now the pentagon is looking into the matter experts say they're going to try and downplay the effect that this report the plan in general caldwell has already put nine at a given sacred orders but it true for many it's going to be a further testament to the worldliness and civilian control of the military in today's america i'm going to check out our to washington. looking ahead just that

later this. week profile another side of the former bosnian serb leader radovan collaborate shots coming a few bit later this tuesday night and if you moments of the latest business developments with coming about. business doesn't post last night out well tony has has revealed it managed to complete the purchase of a twenty percent stake in merger partner sydney neat that's despite a court injunction from minor signature holder a crown last week russia scored blocked a multi-billion dollar merger after which owns eighty percent of solving its voting

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in europe have given back early gains trading in the red losses for financial stocks and some oil companies offset gains for the mining and i want to sectors thank you dr has b. c. holding is back in the upper trend of the footsie losing two point four percent it was downgraded to neutral from buy u.b.s. along monday's disappointing results in the russian markets close in the red out of the s. and point three percent lower than last over eight percent the indices were dragged by banking and energy stocks but all in all the markets were mostly profit taking during the day. that's all we have time for on this edition of business business bulletin love is back with more and i think that's from the.