foreign intervention in trouble in libya gets eclipsed as the u.s. repositioned its naval forces in the region and the u.k. refuses to rule out using military assets against good happy's raese. at the same time military state that no air strikes which the western media have been reporting have actually occurred on the ground in libya more on that in just a few moments meantime key western nations have been quick to back the arab uprisings despite years of helping the all regimes but the u.-turn raises questions over a selective approach to democracy as we report. on is day one of the much heralded overhaul of russia's police to try and boost public trust in the force but many say

the revamp is only skin deep. hello you're watching r t at ten pm moscow time my name's kevin know another top story tonight 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 is threatening to use military forces against colonel gadhafi his regime sees more and that is in london with the latest. the strongest sign among several strong signs that they are ramping up this pressure is this repositioning of the u.k. 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

duty state patrolling for pirates off the coast of somalia down now to the mouth to suicide now which is we've been flying distance of libya and there's talk that it might be moved even closer and 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 you take off are headed to be turned against the libyan people themselves and that 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 u.k. across bases in cyprus to perform those functions and we've also heard reports unconfirmed that western powers are also preparing to arm. 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 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 star used a u.s. naval base in rain that's the headquarters of the u.s. navy's fifth fleet and thousands of sorties 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 inside the kremlin is cooling the a living political. corp's but not withstanding 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 unanimously she referred libya and more specifically the international criminal court for an investigation into. this of human rights during this time of crimes against humanity that may have taken place in libya whilst seeming to turn the army on his own people the argument being that of course could be 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. his supporters and whether in fact these sanctions and this this action

by the international court of human rights will be enough. resources london correspondent laura there will be reports of libyan mobilizing its air force against its own people quickly spread around the world we are witness those reports of russia's military chiefs now saying today that they've been monitoring from space and the pictures they saw tell a different story these are really good. but this point we have information from russia's joint staff why are saying that they have are not monitoring the situation in libya from space spies that are life 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 the cording to al-jazeera and to b.b.c. on the twenty second of every libyan government has inflicted the airstrikes on bin ghazi and on tripoli and according to russia's military the have not registered any

of those air strikes according to them that picture show that nothing all of that sort has been going on the ground now if we also focus on the future is 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 influxes by attacks from air or pile even air force in those pictures so at this point russia's military saying that as far as they're concerned they 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 than they're monitoring not just the military situation not just tripoli and other cities in libya they're also paying a very close attention to that with its action facilities and they are keeping us up to date as to what is happening on the ground from space. to road

show american radio host of peace activists joining me on the line from california to discuss the latest in libya mr schoeman even to you now only a couple of days ago we heard the libyan leader's son warning that the un rest in the country could lead to foreign intervention given what we're witnessing now if you think his words were prophetic what is the most likely outcome. well we have to understand first of all that being cut off the regime in years past had been considered a thorn in the side of imperialism and they set up khadafi in girliest res if you recall the false flag operation of blowing up the berlin discotheque which was ascribed to conduct the and the rationale for bombing tripoli at the time on the part of reagan it was a mossad operation as the israel as the german press established similar with pan am one o three lockerbie which was a cia operation something that was documented by enter force a collection of retired intelligence agents from germany and you know us and mossad

intelligence hiring his services outside pan am i mention these things because qaddafi was at that time considered to be a target of us imperialism subsequent to that around two thousand and three in two thousand and four he made a complete accommodation to us imperialism and a major oil companies who put in charge of the oil fields in libya not only that but the us was actually training cut off his special forces then hillary clinton ironically enough to actually set up for khadafy sons in washington a major strategic operation going to founding chairman of u.s. libya business was made her to state department's coordinator for international energy affairs so what we have here now with the qaddafi regime going to partition as it is suppressing the population exploiting the population business country are six and a half million people with a huge job now and still money coming in from oil and gas reserves not going to the

benefit of the population it is an uprising of the masses in libya not unlike that throughout the region and what us imperialism now is doing is seizing the opportunity and put into place long standing plans or invasion an intervention is ok so is the way is it going to go let's let's cut to the chase as you see it if had that thing is tell fold as a result of thorough with a train intervention that's going to have. what they want to do is to put foreign forces in place to determine the outcome and who will abort a popular uprising that seizes control of what he looks for libya's natural resources going to benefit or hurting population this mass movement is not aspired to put itself in the hands of an imperial control in foreign subjugation of the air this in mind because for this intervention comes from the found isn't really t.n.a. see the project for the new american century the old done and the american

enterprise in mossad directed israeli yet influenced wolf of its apparatus enlarging then they are leading the charge with the state department now for military intervention and goes back ironically enough to the time of intervention in somalia when in the same process they were preparing for intervention throughout north africa and that is unfolding today this is a new rich old imperial blunder in process they have seized thirty billion dollars of libyan assets these are not the assets of the kentucky family these are the assets of the libyan nation they are plundering the libyan people and preparation can intervene in order not merely to dictate the outcome of the uprising in libya but to position forces on the part of the u.s. and the nato countries and intervene throughout the region because there's you know there is

a mass uprising in months and this was the best unison rated those subjugated to country selling regimes that have been put in place by the united states its monetary control its new entry control which is something i don't which that lead masses are a rising up throughout the region living yet at it and i hear what you're saying i'm hearing that you get a clear picture of what you think is going on ok fair enough let's talk about this next day should other news line it's come out today from russian military chiefs they say that the pictures they've been looking at now. to trade on the satellites from space couldn't confirm reports of the f. strikes on antigovernment protests there is no we also a bane to round the world on various television channels reported by major broadcast as well as a journalist you think the media is guilty of hyping up the conflict what's the media's role playing a media's role is good it always says in the u.s. character was established press look c.n.n. which is doing a lot of the reporting on this has nothing but intelligence agents carrying

carrying the load for a job at st paul wolfowitz and is associated with. the head of the. world war for coalition in old intelligence relationship where he works in the hoover institute the same is true for the other commentators on c.n.n. they make it up as they go along it is necessary to demonize the good cannot be further than the facts already established but by creating these calls they go about his destruction of the population on the ground through air attacks they create an atmosphere which would welcome an intervention and create a hysteria about the necessity for military intervention no fly zone seizing of assets would serve as nothing more than the aims of u.s. intervention his forces and the stanleys once again bases in the region extended military operations which are not only live you can people not only determined to

prevent their success from regaining you control over their natural resources and position the u.s. and nato forces in your intervention everywhere roath i'm afraid we're going to leave it there we're out of tyrrel face showed when us radio host and peace activist the joining us on the line with your thought about what's happening from california tonight thank you. now it's thought that the libyan leaders found a close ally of the country to be led by europe's last to take it cathy's plane has been allegedly spotted in belarus something the country's foreign ministry mind you is denying. possible connections between the two 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 southpaw which according to experts is

indeed a key strategic center in in libya this air base in belarus where the plane took off from is in fact a stockpile of different weaponry including rocket launchers machine guns and ammunition now this a legit 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 minsk in tripoli which surfaced in the last several weeks several days ago media outlets reported that eyewitnesses supported mercenaries from belarus fighting on the side on the side of could duffy's troops in libya on monday several media outlets reported that gadhafi is private jet was spotted landing in a men's airport before flying back to libya these claims have been denounced by the country's foreign ministry which called insinuations against minsk. because

look if your play to further developments in the middle east and north africa is also a lot more news analysis on our website as well. well those beyond the arab uprising is having no trouble finding friends in the west but it's an abrupt change of heart of course for those country dues previously been supporting the previous regimes for decades r.t. as part of next reports the on the deep suspicion in the middle east and the us and its allies and the tailoring democracies to fit their interests. demonstrations for regime change across the arab world have spread like wildfire western powers of cannot backing a protester mourning regime change dramatically changing the colors and 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 arab world six years ago elections in gaza were hailed internationally as a massive milestone for the middle east. and representatives from the west renowned political figures and organizations who were present during the election and monitored it confirmed its authenticity to the world. when the results were in that authenticity was ignored one hundred you're not. standing here is that. the worst support democracy as long as it's good for them and if it is not good for. their interests and their. supporters and the west most certainly did not support them you have us government despite being voted in by more than sixty

percent of gazans western powers believe i must a terrorist organization yet there are not really many instances of genuine democracy in the west they appeal for democracy but when people make a democratic choice they choosing among us they refused to help a western democracy is a false democracy a democracy of double standards for the benefit of europe. which is why as soon as hamas was voted in western governments were busy with trying to booted out through boycott and sanctions which raises the question why support feel actions in the first place but not there are. a lot of but i believe the west is in constant need of regimes that go along with its policies and shooter serve the west be it approaches will be elected by their. people. believe that the americans. don't really know how to handle this situation relationship with gadhafi where. equivocal there were times when post him and go bombarded him and they were going

to support them 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 the waist he's been ditched the hopes of an 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. that had after the advent of president obama there was a lot of. welcome to the new america under mr obama. i would have hoped that. the administration and the president obama would have done better the protesters across the arab world hoping to topple dictators in the quest for democracy may find it a choice may not be as free as they'd hoped for with a meeting hand from a far still pulling the strings policy r.t. tel aviv so a little big news story here in russia now and 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 awarded after a series of high profile scandals so public trust sent to an all time low was artie's a country in a zone of reports next is a lot riding too on the overall success. but change of title and hopefully a change in attitudes these lines force me officers are abandoning their soviet era name of meats they're in favor of the world be 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 you 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 incidents like a supermarket rampage by officer you've set off opened fire an 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 behaving illegally in russia during the years. this very fact is not going to be changed by the change of the law because these illegal practices were concret of the previous legislation as well as cauldron of the current work the big question is whether there is the political will to really. take on the control of 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 really that was that everyone will be tested physical ability knowledge of new law civic duties all those are included in there will be no indulgences for anyone either pass the test or leave the force other changes are a mixed blessing there. 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 will talk a lot of time before the uncommented but one of the first things to change or resigns like bees which soon will feature internationally recognizable policing

pashminas are moscow. claims that the american military's been getting it so way psychologically manipulating the country's decision makers has been raising her calls on capitol hill not surprisingly rolling stone magazine says army officials ordered groups known as psyops teams to put pressure on congressman visiting afghanistan to get more money and support for the war he's going to succumb to examine story 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 to be information support

operations that he was told to provide quote deeper and now a series of pressure points we could use to leverage the delegation from more fronts. my job in science is to play with people's heads to get the enemy to behave the way we want them to be and perhaps from doing not to ruin people when you asked 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 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 but to have oversight over what the pentagon was doing because the pentagon not wanting every oversight as much and wanting to extract more resources from the senate to support their meant 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 is 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. 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

but i didn't know about hastings article at the time or about psyops one example it's. 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 tactics to influence politicians could be happening not only in afghanistan but here in washington as well there's. tends to be a belief it's terribly trust what it believes behind the work and trust the military behind a war that's not really the military is just. unfortunately congressmen are also willing to believe now the pentagon is looking into the matter experts say they're going to try and downplay the effect of this report the plan in general caldwell has already been ninety given such orders but in truth for many

it's going to be a further testament to the what will be innocent civilian control of the military in today's america i'm going to take down to washington d.c. . for us congressman tom andrews says the issue needs a broad investigation because this could prove to be more than just manipulation what it becomes is in effect an attempt at a coup d'etat i mean it's not taking out the civilian authorities with an a k forty seven you're taking them out taking out their objective oversight capacity by training psychological weapons of war against them this is a very very serious serious charge this is a three star general responsible for the training of afghan troops placing his order for the psyops division to to to to intervene in this way it's outrageous so we need a full full investigation not only in this instance but the full range of instances in which this could have happened how widespread was it who gave the order who is

affected and who's responsible. minutes past ten pm here in moscow sporting fifty minutes of business next. i welcome to business thanks for joining me russian pows as mine it would all kali has revealed it managed to complete the purchase of a twenty percent stake in large apartment silver needs as despite a court injunction from notice of the need shareholder ackroyd last week russia's court blocked a multi-billion dollar merger after akron which owns eight percent of so that his voting shares challenge the deal i cry has long opposed the deal and believes its terms are stacked against my shareholders and so they need i strongly favor tells it without carly but analysts say the merger is not under threat. actions called by some order minorities who believe they just want to get the

best value of their stakes and. like any other minority you know the case the deal will be finished just in time. to companies will merge by the end of the second quarter writing. u.s. stocks are lower as oil climbed back above ninety eight dollars a barrel and throw the reserve chairman ben bernanke who began testifying to u.s. lawmakers the dow jones is down over a percent of the nasdaq to sitting over one and a half percent on the dow alcoa and general electric are topping the news his list falling two point eight percent. here then markets down lower on tuesday amid losses for financial stocks and some companies among total drop two percent paris and any slip one one percent in the lab as worries about production continue to weigh on the sector. let's take a group grows up reporting strong earnings. there was

a markets close in the red r.t.s. and it's point three percent lower than isaac's lost over eight percent and it says were dragged by banking and energy stocks have all in all the markets well no sleep profit taking a turn back. for some information that you've been called rep so that they might in the short period of time sell so or everything which is the board during the crisis was through the profit the greater the risk of shares over here and which people don't like some of the berkowitz what's what wasn't so off that's your update for now but you can always find more stories on our web site out to dot com thanks for watching.