the u.s. spends libya from its human rights council following the government's aggression against protesters but there is speculation the u.s. and the u.k. could have their own plans for the troubled country. shifting from your duties as the empress of the middle east and north africa is shaking the world america's foreign policy is changing course along with it. that soviet union is first and last president celebrates his eightieth birthday look at his legacy as the man who put russia on a path towards democracy and. live

from our studios in moscow you're watching r.t. thanks for joining us by the u.s. is flexing its military muscle moving its naval forces closer to libya and triggering speculation of possible strikes well the u.k. is also not ruling out the use of force meanwhile the international storm is gathering over the libyan leader with the u.n. suspending that country from its human rights council archies more of a trip or song whether a key nato members are ready for a new war. we do not in any way the use of military assets we must not tolerate this regime using military force against its own people is this history repeating itself the british government getting the guns on standby as a country crumbles to impose a no fly zone in this case libya in two thousand and three it was iraq it's looking

very dangerous 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 and in the results suspect to be largely the same but we also had three countries getting that treatment and libya is not the only african nation in turmoil somalia's drawn out conflict has been called genocide but there's little sign of the u.s. or european military inputs and it's a similar story on the other side of the continent there are events unfolding right now in ivory coast where there is also a conflict an armed conflict between rebels and the government but nobody seems to be thinking of that it's only because fashionable attention is focused on libya but also for the political implications of the middle east as a whole as we all know the west including my own country pretty has got its hands very dirty with the libyan leadership over recent years. with black gold libya has

been the largest proven oil reserves in africa at more than three percent of the troops so and they could be a lot more undiscovered the only reason they're interested in libya is back to your oil here anybody screaming and yelling about all those people last week they were killed in iraq every. day and i guess cocoa was the you know as much of a national priority but in somalia there was precious little help while the body count over the years except for one brief disastrous intervention in full big u.s. soldiers immortalized in the. deep black hawk down american forces failed great cost to stabilize the country. and the terms and the lessons were learned when it came to iraq which remains of the staple even now with the feeble sheets of. democracy allied troops are equally focused down in afghanistan the king timeline

for withdrawal and an ever rising death toll could be cleared up. the mess that's been made in afghanistan the terrible disaster that was caused in iraq really shouldn't want any more countries in the middle east it's a model today's troubles african nations won't want to impose on them. which is still ruling. out american military occupation of iraq really. help. the revolutionaries throughout the middle east. and american and european government shouldn't look for backing at home either option a million marched in london a bit invasion of iraq in two thousand and three and times have changed this is now austerity britain starting another war factored into the budget british troops are already fighting an unpopular war in afghanistan it's highly unlikely the public has the appetite for again getting involved in someone else's struggle but they are

at home in the face of deep cuts rising unemployment and it's not likely to be popular in sight this building the ministry of defense has to slash spending by more than seven and a half billion dollars in the next four years it's an intervention britain would find hard to afford on many levels. of russia's long voice nato says that there is opposition inside the alliance against any military action against libya. well you know as of today nato was an alliance won't take a decision to intervene into libya or you know 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 will also this could be sanctioned only by the u.n. the more i talk to the alliance's secretary-general and i hope moscow's voice was heard. carol turner an antiwar activist says that while the majority of libyans

may want a regime change they don't want to see it achieved by foreign intervention. i'm extremely worried it could be a foreign intervention and i think united states and britain i think it's very difficult for them but on the other hand if they feel that there's any opportunity of toppling and southey and installing a pro western regime or if on the other hand i think feel that oil in france or not but here in france are in some way threatened and i think ultimately they won't hold back i'm particularly concerned about the no fly policy that's painted scouts the comparison would be what's happened in iraq in the ninety ninth his at the ends of the gulf or of ninety nine he was on the united states and britain and so on a stop list and no fly zone the net result was that hundreds of thousands of iraqis were killed the infrastructure of the country was blown sea nets the results of

a no fly zone was not to prevent splits of course a humanitarian crisis and it doesn't take a great leap of imagination to see thoughtful situation unfold in libya population across the region has made pretty clear in my opinion that although it wants to change regimes it doesn't want foreign intervention you don't need to but the green politics were brought out some to understand what's being said of course it doesn't want america or britain. will have more of a developing situation in the arab world shortly but first let's have a quick look ahead on what else we have for you today doctors are pioneering a life saving surgery on doubt how their health checkers taking some.

wealthy british soil it's time to explicitly. market why not. find out what's really happening to the global economy with much stronger or a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines cars report. now while the a situation in north africa and the middle east is rapidly changing so as america's foreign policy will its future course top the agenda for us secretary of state hillary clinton as she met with the foreign affairs committee on capitol hill christine for solid set. of washington's priorities. first. afghanistan iraq egypt. libya.

when it comes to u.s. foreign policy this country's hands are not just full they're often tied secretary of state hillary clinton charged with the task of laying out a plan for the future generations of americans including my own have grown up successful and safe because we chose to lead the world in tackling the greatest challenges but now clear signs that the challenges and the times are changing a lot of people in this country have come to the conclusion that our policy overhaul has been inconsistent that sometimes we support the bad guys and the bad guys become our enemy. when eleven has been a major year with major shifts in prominence and power in northern africa and the room. and signs the u.s. will influence maybe we need just days before the regime of the egyptian president hosni mubarak fell both secretary clinton and cia director leon panetta called it

stable. but. who are preparing there are also an consistencies on the war in afghanistan in afghanistan integrated military and civilian surges that help set the stage for our diplomatic surge to support afghan led reconciliation that could end the conflict and put al qaeda on the run but robert want cans of senior u.n. official just said quote it is fair to say that security in the country is at its lowest point since the departure of the taliban even secretary of defense robert gates said this just last week to a group of kids that at west point but in my opinion any future's defense secretary who advises the president to again send a big american land army and asia. or into the middle east or africa should have his head examined as general macarthur so delicately put it there is also the matter of money u.s.

own economy weak and losing leverage to other powers like china and brazil and other frustrations voiced by lawmakers doesn't make any sense for us to be borrowing money from china and giving it to other countries especially giving it back to china. now when it comes to iran there is a clear position given by the state to the denial of human dignity in iran is an outrage that deserves the condemnation of all who speak out for freedom and justice but in many other regions like the rain albania and most prominently iraq there are many many more people are killed at the hands of u.s. allied governments the silence is deafening. and the landscape changes daily in libya cracks in the foundation here grow deeper we must maintain firm ties with our allies and enemies and must be clearly identified it is

a constantly changing position on good versus evil and increasingly diminishing power to influence what's next in washington christine for is now our take. more burger from the future freedom foundation believes that the u.s. government should stop meddling into other countries affairs. just classic us foreign policy they may shift with the tides they support these dictatorships they have supported them for decades and then all of a sudden the winds start shifting people start getting angry and outraged over the brutality the tyranny of torture and so the tide shift for the us government as well so the reader is supporting the dictators they're asking them instead of really what they should be doing is go and leave the world alone national security is one of those meaningless terms of they ever came up with it's just an ad hoc subjective determination to justify whatever they want to do including the multi

decade support of hosni mubarak the dictator of egypt close to dictators in tunisia yemen. and all over that region as well as latin american other parts of the world and i think americans need to be doing dina's doing exactly what the people in the middle east are doing is start reflecting on what is the role of our government in all this you know in creating the the anger and hatred that is engender the terrorist threat that any of use is the excuse to take away our freedom we need to be doing some soul searching over here just like people over there are doing are doing soul searching. well the end of the cold war the reunification of germany at liberalism and but a strike of the us s. r. ce first and last president we had today celebrates his eightieth birthday and this is like a sea has him hailed as the father of russia's democracy. well gorbachev was born in a small village in the south of the country and became leader of the u.s.s.r.

and nineteen eighty five when this economic and political reforms of the way for democracy in russia his best known reform is that a story which to revive the country without destroying the basis of socialism is initiatives also led to the abolishment of state sasser flip and the creation of free speech in the country gorbachev received the nobel peace prize in one thousand nine hundred ninety a year later however he was removed from power in a coup which saw the cost of the soviet union and boris yeltsin became president back in her overthrown still says his reforms were time necessary. these are the book. that we realized from experience that it was dangerous to wait much longer that we have to take a risk because we couldn't postpone it we needed changes i don't agree when people say the pedestal like you failed it didn't fail it was disrupted three rails stocks but still perestroika achieved

a lot inside russia we had democracy free elections freedom of conscience property the freedom to travel abroad everything. glasnost there was so much openness the entire country was affected the people realized they had finally got some freedom with an opportunity to act in foreign affairs we put an end to the cold war we normalized our relationship with the u.s. we reunited germany we didn't send our tanks our troops there all our units in eastern europe state where they were you know wasn't always easy and many things did not work out the way we planned at the beginning and when we made our first mistakes much we didn't really explain to people what was going on and didn't get them involved in all those processes we were self-confident but in public politics i don't think we have ever lost a major battle. awash in full interview with me i'll go but fold in just ten minutes here on our t.v. and of course you can always find plenty of stories to explore site that's our new

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download the official we can join the phone on called talk from the dumpster. joel she took on the. video. she's mine the old girl. and omissions three now in the one. on the wall she called on our quick look at some other international headlines germany's defense minister has clips on the persistent allegations made coffee divulge parts of this doctoral thesis there were the university revolt carl knew there was a book on berg's academic title last week saying he had failed some sufficiently credit some of the sources for the thirty nine year old who was regarded by many as the country's most popular politician. and so that he had made the decision as the ralliers overshadowing his ministerial duties. columbia has been removed from

a list of countries requiring special observation by the u.s. drug control the international narcotics control board say the move was in recognition of the country's achievements in fighting the problem but they would continue to monitor developments closely the un said twenty ten report showed drastic reduction in cocoa plantations in colombia and that more drugs were seized there than any other states in the world over the past decade. federal authorities in the u.s. have charged a former goldman sachs director with insider trading the securities and exchange commission says roger abused his position by passing on confidential information including a five billion dollars deal so he couldn't he own shares in all the regulators clay the group was illegal activity from late two thousand a to early two thousand and nine and that's a big company hedge funds eighteen million dollars well for some

a change of heart is their only hope for life but a lack of donors in russia means that the odds of survival are firmly stacked against them but now a pioneering new technique being used in the country could reverse that trend six out of work a has the story it's a small that comes straight from the heart. almost died from heart failure two decades ago these visits are cardiology ward for regular check out some of its members look at her she's just a picture of health and i know she's been living with a new hunt longer than with their own. buck to carry each operated on natasha twenty one years ago but i don't know organ was her only hope for life 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 meet that gives some

patients on the analyst waiting least a more definite hold on. a heart transplant is not a panacea firstly the supply of donor organs is 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 that's why finding an alternative treatment that will allow to preserve a host organ is so crucial. to the treatment the better course of modeling consists of seven surgeries that together reverse the damage to a broken heart russian doctor started performing it two years ago and its long term effectiveness is still being tested it's profound like this patient not to it already proved a real life changer she is ready to where was first diagnosed doctors told me i had a year to leave now i don't have all the reasons to hope that i'll see my little daughter grow art or not i was told that i'm i still need a hug transplant in the future but the surgery was there

a four years old. but just eighteen seared to risk carried out this procedure is far from being routine yet this excess full recovery of older patients has already given to many on the transplant waiting list a change of heart reconstructed stint julie has made bad injuries to her heart transplant patients don't have changer and agonizing and far from guaranteed week for don't know or the chances of successful recovery a higher but like heart transplant it's procedure has one major setback the gap between those who need it and those who get it is too disheartening to hear so we got our team. and more coming your way but first all the business with you will ya . that's right time to get the latest from the world of business or will welcome russian oil giant blue corliss planning to maintain its foreign oil production at

eleven million tons this year the company's international break all week will overseas will also invest two and a hard billion dollars into its extraction projects outside russia in twenty eleven according to the divisions president also said the company is still interested in middle east and middle eastern deposits just by the political instability in the region it plans to start drilling in iraq in the first half of this year. russia norway are stepping up corporation after the two sites finally came on to agreement over the arctic dispute the new stage of economic relations between the countries started last year when russia nor we ended a forty year debate over their maritime borders and agreed to explore for oil and gas in the arctic region and the region minister of trade and industry says their strategic no hard and expertise can greatly help future corp in the energy sector. we have a lot of. strong companies we have started of course. movies

from biggest operating company. supplier companies the technology all courtesy of the services and goods for those sector and i think also we have security and environmental standards and procedures and good use that will be pretty important in the arctic area where the consequences of an oil spill or accidents can be even more severe in other areas. plus how look at how the stocks are doing now as you pronounce nikkei was poised just snapped up three times winning streak pushed down by concerns that rising oil prices will heart the global economic recovery the price of light sweet treats has overcome the psychological benchmark of one hundred dollars per barrel sapped investor confidence in hong kong i'm saying is around one point six percent down with the airline and prices stocks leaving the four. hundred russian markets close

in the right wrong she used a r g s and point three percent lower and in my six glossed over the percentage the indices were tracked by banking stocks and energy stocks analysts say the market is still very small trial by russia can be formed well during the dark. good little markets are not stable yet. it's not just africa first although it's of the question what will happen with iran because what is needed if something like this will happen in the run will be a major war to world oil markets but none can do some comments really positive for the markets so good do not want to squeeze. out of using to the same time to see somebody i will be calling me for some data from or from europe that unemployment went down a little although with a little higher inflation that was instructive. and the price of gold has hit a new record high as investor. warnings that political turmoil may spread across

the middle east it has jumped on the london market by more than fourteen dollars to one thousand four hundred. ounce gold is traditionally seen as a haven however and for investors and times of uncertainty. and that wraps up the business border and you can always get more stories from a web site archie dot com slash business.

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