invade that country get rid of him and his cohorts do a deal with the tribes maybe bring in the arab league to you know solid tape. or not completely but withdraw and say look we did this even though we didn't get the sanctions through the united nations because this was such an overwhelming you know manager in crisis they can gain politically from this with all the debacle the americans have had if they can somehow be seen as doing the world a favor and then if they withdraw or substantially withdraw and if the arab league gets in there then i think the american administration to say yes we were justified doing it we're changing our policy in the region this is an example of it we're not going to occupy that country we could not accept this kind of bloodbath i think that would be their argument usual about the international community's fair. process and of course the international community has insisted that its own

military sound by purely for humanitarian reasons i do you support facile teaching that they could be actually does that play here. there's always the major three agendas with american foreign policy we've seen in the past century and that is we want stability. it was all right for us for forty two years he was what reagan called the madman of the middle east all those problems we had with him by guards that oil is going and it's going to our allies france and italy and we have to cut in the bad so that's fine stability we've had with that. that's what we need secondly we need a friendly power there or maybe the use of military bases you know we have eight hundred bases in one hundred thirty countries and that would be nice but in the case of qaddafi we don't need that in libya rather because we've got enough around the region but the third thing that we need is a government there that will support israel or at least keep quiet about israel

that will not join the resistance but will not make problems with camp david and that's a requirement so whatever government goes in there. that's what we're going to be there to try to assure apart from that i don't think we would desire a long intervention they just wanted to build with me in that small country of two point six point two million people and i think they believe that they can they can achieve that but there are real doubts about qaddafi. and of course we don't know this afternoon which way the pendulum is going to go he may survive this because some experts say that events in libya are then even echoing the build up as the u.s. led invasion of iraq do you think that these comparisons the fast. certainly we earned the public concern the right to make that comparison because that was such a false criminal enterprise. i would i think it's fair to raise and discuss that

but i see some differences here. you know libya is not iraq neither by population or probably power or by influence in the region he has not been a thorn in the side of israel our policy is based largely on what suits israel so don was a big problem for israel that's why we went in there i think you know there's always similarities about wanting to get their hands on the oil and money influence over them libya has been stable and the europeans can have a role there and certainly the arab league should this is a tremendous opportunity for the arab league to follow up on their declaration that they don't want intervention and to try to solve this among themselves to send a delegation over there and let them show that they're worth is something because in many people's eyes are pretty. weak force so i predict the arab league

will get more involved i think the americans may assassinate khadafi either through drones and they've got plenty of drones on both of those ships and if they can find him and try to engineer a quick who. and then withdraw i don't think it's in america's interest or the american people would accept yet another intervention is our boys are our families are objecting you know the statistics on not just a million and a half that we've killed and that's brought on every american's hands but the condition of the americans coming home people are getting angry about that i mean nobody who comes back from iraq is probably going to be normal again and that's a huge price for nothing you know except a bad reputation of increasing. we have the world so i'll be surprised if we get involved there and i don't think that's what obama will expect and want to clean it up. now so the world that we did something good we did something right for

a change and we're out of here but of course we have to see how things play out ok so it's a fact. of americans the middle east peace and anything else and speaking to. it was come on the program america's foreign policy goes further under the microscope . the future's defense secretary good rises the president to again send a big american land army into asia. or into the middle east or africa. should have his head examined find out what else u.s. congress will have to say about the country's actions and why some would use the government of double standards. let's take a look now at some international news making headlines around the world and pakistan's minister for religious minorities has been killed in a gun attack and the country's capital police say alleged taliban gunman sprayed the victim's car with bullets in a residential neighborhood. he was

a christian had been threatened by islamic militants in the past speaking out against the country's harsh blasphemy laws earlier in the year punjab governor was gunned down by one of his own bodyguards for his opposition to. thousands of people living with hiv and cancer holding a rally in india to protest a planned trade deal between the country of the union the protesters want the government against signing any deal that would increase the cost of basic drugs nine tens of thousands of people treatment them in strangers march through the streets in central new delhi before holding a meeting near the indian parliament. in new zealand strong winds are hunkering recovery efforts spreading clouds of dust in the quake ravaged city of christ church crews retrieving bodies from schools of collapsed buildings and slowed by repeated alta shocks that have rumbled through the city threatening to bring down bricks and masonry five more bodies have been pulled from the rubble bringing the

death toll to one hundred and sixty many more remain messing more police say some of the victims may never be reports. pascha house christian dior is looking for a new chief designer the famous brand since creative director john galliano following a series of claims that is objective people to understand medical use in paris the french fashion designers of action in the video surfaced online showing galliano abusing two women who believe jewish during the the fifty year old is heard declaring his love for hitler he was arrested by french police but later released as changes sweep through the middle east and north africa u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton has called the changes in u.s. foreign policy desperate to influence the emerging political map the future of american involvement abroad is the top of the government's agenda christine brazile takes a look at the changing face of washington's power. 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 but a lot of people in this country have come to the conclusion that our policy overhaul has been inconsistent and sometimes we support the bad guys and the bad guys become our enemies. twenty eleven has been a major year with major shifts in prominence and power in northern africa and the middle east. and signs that us will influence may be waning just days

before the regime of egyptian president hosni mubarak fell both secretary clinton and cia director leon panetta called it stable until it was. there are also inconsistency is on the war in afghanistan in afghanistan integrated military and civilian surges have helped 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 one kansas 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 cadets at west point in my opinion and futures 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 and there is also the matter of money u.s. own economy weak and losing leverage to other powers like china and brazil another frustration voiced by lawmakers doesn't make any sense at all for us to be borrowing money from china thank you for it in other countries especially giving it back to china. now when it comes to iran there is a clear position given by the state department 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 behind rain albania and most prominently iraq where many many more people are killed at the hands of u.s. allied governments the silence is deafening. and as the landscape

changes daily in libya cracks in the foundation here grow deeper we must maintain firm tie is with our allies and enemies 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 r.t. . the last major of the us. is celebrating his eightieth birthday he has been awarded with russia's highest honor of our president to be a bed of the order of st medal for his work. but many people his name is synonymous with the end of the cold war the unification of germany and liberalism what would his economic and political reforms pave the way for democracy in russia is best known policy. to revamp the country without destroying the basis of socialism his initiatives also led to the cancellation of state censorship and the

creation of free speech gorbachev received the nobel peace prize and nine hundred ninety. a year later however. a chain of events which led to the collapse of the soviet union got rich off stepped down but as yeltsin became president critics say he plumbs the country into a destructive ok your reform the effects of which still being felt today for the former leader still says russia was in desperate need of change. these are the book of those who are part of what he said we realized from experience that it was dangerous to wait much longer that we had to take a risk because we couldn't we needed changes i don't agree with people to the perestroika failed it didn't fail it was disrupted the rails stocks but still perestroika achieved a lot inside russia we had democracy free elections freedom of conscience private property freedom to travel abroad everything looked old so glasnost there was so much openness the entire country was affected the people realized they had finally

got some freedom and 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 and we didn't send our tanks our troops there all our units in eastern europe stayed 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 which 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 nor probably politics i don't think we have ever lost a major battle nuclear arsenals were significantly reduced thanks to our efforts during perestroika today where the world is so divided we need to find things that bring us together for instance the g twenty is a step which brings us closer it's an instrument in the election isn't for hunting the hardest and most challenging issues but we need more than that it's a matter of learning to live in a global world. where you can watch the

mikhail gorbachev next hour here on our soil. don't sit there ross are out about a pioneer in. the heart transplant and with a shortage of. country giving hope to how then the people. will. it's a smile that come straight from the heart that almost died from heart failure to decades ago but these are visits to cardiology ward for regular check out. look at her she's just a picture of health by now she's been living with a new heart longer than with her own. dr dzung miscarriages operate on a touch of twenty one years ago when a donor organ was here only hope for a live one of the best known cardiac surgeons in russia he performed hundreds of lifesaving transplants but still thinks of the thousands he couldn't do because of

the shortage of donor organs nowadays he's pioneering and new technique that gives some patients on the analysts waiting least a more definite hole. a heart transplant is not a panacea firstly the supply of gold organs is so short that you can only hope 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 the treatment rapoport remodelling consists of seven surgeries that together reverse the damage to a broken heart russian doctor started performing it two years ago and its long term effectiveness is still being tested yet for someone like this patient not steer it already proved a real life changer if you really where was first diagnosed doctors told me i had a year to leave now i have all the reasons to hope that i'll see my little daughter

grow art i was told that i may still need a heart transplant in the future but the surgery was there day for use on. but just eight his surgery is carried out this procedure is far from being routine here this successful recovery of older patients has already given to many on the transplant waiting list a change of heart reconstructive surgery has many advantages over heart transplant patients don't have to change or and agonizing and far from guaranteed belief or do no more than the chances of success for recovery are higher but like heart transplants these procedures have one major setback to get between those who need it and those who get it it's too disheartening a huge. honor to moscow later this hour we explore the history of the car bomb and how terrorists turned into a devastating weapon so used around the world to day. this is updating us.

you're watching business article world prices are continuing to wobble close to the highest levels in more than two years as tension in north africa middle east continues to fuel concerns over crude supplies and i expect a drop in crude supply in the u.s. according to the american petroleum institute is also contributing to the growth we are seeing brant crude cross close to almost one hundred and sixteen dollars a barrel this comes after the news that saudi arabia may not take any significant steps to bring down the price of crude until bread which is one hundred and twenty dollars a barrel still a long way to go there but both benchmark oil blends have seen ice like they are per compared to the highs that we've seen earlier today brant curly around hundred fifty and a half's light sweet just over one hundred dollars a barrel. the owners of russia british b.p.

had made names a billion dollar bid to rewrite a peace deal with ross net now to give you may buy additional stakes in a british oil producer to get into exploring arctic shelf teleco bears more of the story. there have been the latest twist in the ongoing conflict between b.p. and their russian joint venture ten k b p over the right to develop the enormous energy reserves in the russian all thick together with roughly after media reports the russian company has offered to buy a five percent stake in b.p. for about eight billion dollars experts say the company wants to buy half baked and then swap of course shares in roughly half which b.p. plans to acquire just remind you in january b.p. announced a deal with the russian oil major to swap shares and to create a joint venture to explore the russian arctic however the russian share holders of b.p. is russian venture take a b.p. object

a good deal saying that it violates their agreement with the british company that any new project between russia should be implemented via t m k b p so the latest offer to buy b.p. a stake is expected to be discussed with the company's directors at ten k. b.p. board meeting this friday. we're going to be a markets now start with europe and european shares alone wednesday as and this is continue to fret over you have rested nearly east and north africa for three of the dax are down around the same size that rising oil prices could hurt economic recovery from the investors to sell stocks and hedge against decline. second to russia now russian energy sectors but if they're from high oil prices gold companies will see significant gains as the price of precious metals gets higher more detail now some of those stocks gold is up one when the half percent actually two point three at the moment i see it my it's over here and the majors are mostly

on the rise gas from bucking that trend point one percent downs but everything point four percent on the obvious. price of gold is a new record as investors turn towards the precious metal in times of uncertainty however the prices wavered so. the senate got more than fourteen hundred dollars for troy ounce silver is also out at thirty four dollars seventy cents. so we have time for right now we'll get back to what i was a time when up let's say what's. a little bit over.

my mom or your feet. we've got. the biggest issues get the human voice ceased to face with the news makers.

chased down her mosque a this is all t.v. echoes of iraq is the u.k. considers military intervention in libya something of the on going violence in north africa. dissolve the campaign russia as well as other foreign governments has said they are dense means which involve the use of international military for. the us foreign policy has some americans questioning the country's ever changing political positions they say regularly things that he supports and the bad guys a major shift in power of paul's and with the hundred of the middle east some americans fear the rest will shake their countries played in it's. the last loser of the soviet union celebrates is a seattle they made by chaunce was the man behind the consolation of state censorship on the promotion of free speech of that song accuse him of paving the way for destruction i pay off sick of it's. coming out the history of the car bomb

and how it shaped the face of terrorism in the twentieth century. my mommy with. homemade explosives slipped across the atlantic into the hands of the ira. the world's first full scale car bomb or was now ready to begin. and the material to make the bombs was lying around in every farmers barn in ireland. channel callahan was a senior ira bomb maker at the time my understanding is that the ira was running up explosives and yet which he had generated great difficulty in getting hold of the military of commercial explosives get smaller consulates. from quarry you could not

could find the money not to use that net non-trade was probably the biggest commercial for the nicer and the actual public and go into the show and complain when faction. the british took countermeasures to make it more difficult for the ira to make and for. simply boiling up fertilizer to make explosives no longer works. but the ira also found ways around those restrictions. and ramped up their car bomb or. tommy gorman was one of the ira's top bomb makers in belfast in the one nine hundred seventy s. . tommy's job was to assemble a bomb separate timer before handing over the device to the bomb team who drove the car to its target in the city center. those people who did not take up that cause they had the stinger and we got someone who was nervous

another start to panic that they got held up in traffic and about women well that's right just as good as mad so i know better. one of those women was marion price and i didn't i didn't from even the time i was too young and i didn't have a license but i'd been in a car that was needin with explosives them being brought into belfast and we were stopped by the british army and at the time we had these closed and the door panels . and so when in the door for me and i said to no no no no i can manage and i got in the car because i didn't want a minute he i think he was more interested in looking at my legs than he was at the car. most of the time the ira called in warnings. that the ira say was economic terrorism buildings not bodies. under their own rules killing civilians was wrong. but planning car bombs is

not an exact science. and when the ira messed up people lots of people die. on the afternoon of the twenty first of july one thousand nine hundred seventy two the ira planted twenty two car bombs in the center of belfast. all time to go off within minutes of each other. bloody friday was the world's first mass car bomb attack. the ira phoned in warnings but one bomb prematurely exploded in oxford street bus station. killing six passengers. many others were horribly mutilated. are you ashamed of what happened on bloody friday. five lives a terrible terrible there's no way but the security forces got a clear cause this the spread for everyone. but the

slaughter on bloody friday did not stop the ira. the bombing campaign exhilarated. in one nine hundred seventy two there were one thousand three hundred eighty two explosions. the ira leadership was now ready to bring the car bomb on to the streets of london. we did. it was our job to go and pick the targets and plan the operation. on march the eighth one thousand nine hundred seventy three the ira attacked aligned for the first time and planted four car bombs. nineteen year old marion price was leader of the bomb team we went along on the morning off with a driver on the person he was just the same six in the morning they threw for the

poems to their targets and it was found that by the time the bombs week wolf that afternoon at three o'clock. we've been told to. marry and chose for spectacular targets including the old bailey courthouse. but the most prestigious target was new scotland yard. peter gurney a palm disposal officer was on duty that day. and i thought of ford. and the number plates on that car did not relate to that it would be a cool the poop locker been tampered with so we decided that what we would do we would go into the booth through the rear seats the rantin you would see that it was packed with exposure of. clothes one hundred eighty pounds of explosive report two more than five hundred found exposures but not the initiator we had no idea how long that was there on the cloth what we just decided to do with to take the

explosive away from the bomb on the flight we were putting barges five pound bags of exploded out of put them on the other saw the road towards the bomb went off with us to go through. the building hardened being of our very good are no faces crossed there and all the windows watching those were what was the significance of this bomb these were the first call bomb used to name. two bombs did explode. the irish war was now on the street.