and the british have already said so called humanitarian aid to benghazi but they've also sent military advisors and special forces this means that your operations have already begun. do you see we could see a similar similar scenario what we saw in iraq we are seeing a similar scenario of what happened to iraq we're seeing the same story we're seeing talks about sanctions no fly zone reports false reports that have been used to justify the no fly zones about aerial strikes on protesters and civilians this is sachs same scenario as iraq in fact they're starting to talk about chemical weapons in libya it was in two thousand and three that the united states and britain want to fight the duthie as someone who gave up his weapons of mass destruction now they're doing that now facing claiming that colonel gadhafi has chemical weapons you know this is another book they're creating to justify their

foreign policy in regards to libya looking at what you've seen today you've had syria across the latest news you see in the news wires where do you think this is going just today where the gadhafi has failed to retake control over the eastern town of brega but it as you mentioned earlier on he says he still determined to cling to power you think he will do the very end do you think he will succeed where is he going to go. colonel gadhafi would succeed not that i'm an apologist for he would succeed against the opposition forces right now in libya because of his military might. the opposition officials so called off opposition officials in benghazi have asked for military intervention intervention by the united states britain why france they have asked for this knowing full well that they can't take on colonel gadhafi now i want to point out if your opposition figures the leaders and big guys here who are regime officials themselves are very different from the

grassroots grassroots movement in libya they don't want foreign intervention but their so-called leaders determine how you're saying without let me just get this clear you're saying without foreign intervention it looks like he would be able to take control he's already negotiated with tribes and i'm sure he's already negotiating with tribes and cities in libya for a peaceful for a peaceful settlement in fact it's very ironic that the united states called on protesters in egypt and the regime to talk things out but in libya we don't see the same principles being applied we don't see the same principles being applied in all men or yemen or about great but in libya we have a whole different story because of oil interests or black gold as some may call it and it's not all it's beyond if you think. i think that the united states wants to appropriate libya's wealth now we're hearing stories about migrants from all over the world rushing out of libya this says something about the economic status of

libya this was a country that wanted to buy british petroleum they have a lot of money set aside as well as oil the united states wants to appropriate libyan oil the actions that the operations have already begun the u.s. the u.s. senate yesterday cost the resolution for a no fly zone they've already made their minds up the italian government has. canceled or put on hold its treaty friendship treaty with libya which allows us naval forces to use its bases everything is already begun what's the human toll going to be here already two thousand libyans of parish which are going to when do you think with regard to the human toll tragically this is going to escalate the united states has an interest to make a civil war escalate britain has an interest in a civil war escalate just like they did with for iraq after the gulf war the. iraqis he could they would come in and they let them fight sadam these were people

who want a democracy share its military officials kurds they want to rebel against him and they didn't intervene they let them be slaughtered so they could use it as a pretext for war either way they want this situation to escalate they're the ones that are fueling the fire and libya doesn't mean that i don't acknowledge the agency of the libyan people and the arab people who want to be free of a dictatorship but the fact simply is that they are fueling the fire in libya or it will. research so shit talking to us from ottawa tonight thanks for your thoughts on the program. countries around the world are being affected by the events unraveling in north africa the middle east skyrocketing oil prices and food and concern of a slower economic. the business side of this will the latest facts and figures across to a business has to be true maybe because they're high they're all what is happening with all prices today what kind of an effect it having on the stock markets two and

a half. well kevin right now price is actually growing more than one dollar thirty cents for brant crude that's one hundred sixteen dollars per team nine cents the price i'm standing right now and west texas is one hundred one dollars forty nine cents up one dollar eighty seven two factors here very important there is of course worries about supplies coming from libya concerns over there right now centered on the statement that fifty percent of production has halted already in the whole country but supplies are still coming through and nobody knows what's going to happen from that country whether it will spread into other countries such as saudi arabia which is of course one of the biggest oil producers in the world and also according to the american petroleum institute crude supplies to the united states fell unexpectedly and this is also contributing to this is limiting gains on most stock markets especially in the united states and in europe

but for russia it's actually quite a favorable factor because russia is very well centered and most them do stocks were driving the markets forward and we got more business with you in about ten minutes time and we did we'll see them thank you for that update well also still to come later in the program america's foreign policy goes under the microscope. futures defense secretary good guys as 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 he was congressman to say about the country's actions and why some accuse the government of double standards world news now though in brief let me bring you up to date on the top stories coming into worst the u.s. air force has confirmed two of its servicemen have been killed and two wounded. in a shooting at frankfurt airport a gunman opened fire on a bus carrying military personnel while it was parked outside the building following the shooting a twenty one year old suspect from kosovo was arrested by german police the motive

for the attack is still unclear from. pakistan's minister for religious minorities has been killed in a gun attack in the country's capital police say alleged taliban gunmen sprayed the victim's car with bullets in a residential neighborhood shahbaz bhatti who is a christian has been threatened by islamist militants in the past for speaking out against the country's harsh blasphemy laws earlier in the year a punjab governor was gunned down by one of his own bodyguards for his opposition to the lord's. netas apologized for killing on civilians in northeast afghanistan of the coalition says preliminary findings indicate that nato forces accidentally killed nine children on tuesday local officials said the boys aged twelve and under were hit by an airstrike or gathering firewood a coalition says there was a miscommunication of information concerning the location of alleged militants. thousands of people living with hiv cancer are holding a rally in india to protest the planned trade deal between the country and the european union the protest is more than the government against signing any deal

that would increase the cost of basic drugs one tens of thousands of people treatment demonstrators marched through the streets of central new delhi before holding a meeting in the indian parliament. as changes free through the middle east and north africa u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton's call for changes in u.s. foreign policy desperate to influence the emerging political map the future of american involvement of broad is at the top of the government's agenda right now christine freeserve takes a look at the changing face of washington's priorities. 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 and 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 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. prepared and 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 watkins a senior u.n. official just said quote it is fair to say that security in the country is that 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 any futures defense secretary who advises the president to again send a big american land army into 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 trying to. give 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 department the denial of human dignity in iran is an outrage it 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 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 ties 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 leader of the u.s.s. cole gorbachev is celebrating his eightieth birthday he's been awarded with

russia's highest honor by president to be from a vote of the order of st andrew medal for his work as the soviet leader for many people his name synonymous with the end of the cold war the occasion of germany and liberalism with his economic and political reforms to pave the way for democracy in russia is best known policy but a story aimed to revive the country without destroying the basis of socialism is initiatives also led to the cancellation of state censorship and the creation of free speech which of received the nobel peace prize in one nine hundred ninety eight a year later voer coup started a chain of events which led to the collapse of the soviet union and gorbachev departure as critics say he plunged the country into a destructive and chaotic reform the effects of which is still being felt today the former leader still says brush it was in desperate need of change. these are the. boston police and we realized from experience that it was dangerous to wait much longer because we had to take

a risk because we couldn't postpone as 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 and freedom of conscience private property freedom to travel abroad everything also glasnost there was so much openness the entire country was affected but 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 it 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 let's 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 laure put in public 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 and a mechanism 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. i'm sure the full interview with mikhail gorbachev for all data dates coming up next next hour in fact here on our table and plenty of the stories as well to look up on our web site r t v dot com david clicks right now calling for a new free world russia is pushing for other nations with nuclear arsenal to start their own arms reduction program for that story impress you one of. the. give us your views on this because like you can with all the other stories you see on the web page moscow is going to get some disneyland there it is the capital famous poor people our transit is at the moment but it's going to be getting

a facelift with billions of dollars with a mortgage reportedly behind the longer there what more again it's called. change of time later this summer we explore the history of the. terrorist turned into a devastating weapon still used around the world today first as catch up on the latest business we heard from ten minutes ago he's got more now dimitri's he'll want to take.

then welcome to business r.t. with me to be sure of the day go well prices continue to wobble close to the highest levels in more than two years as the tension in northern africa and middle east continues to fuel concerns over korean supplies and libya's oil chief has just announced a fifty percent drop in the country's crude production and an unexpected drop in crude supply in the u.s. and also contributing to the growth brant crude rose to around one hundred and sixteen dollars almost a hundred seventeen dollars a barrel on wednesday like sweetness hovering around the one hundred one half dollar mark news that saudi arabia may not take any significant steps to bring down the price of crude oil and silver it reaches our hundred twenty dollars a barrel also adding to the spike. total says russia is a safe market for investments and more stable than other or producing countries now meeting with president medvedev the head of the french oil giant christophe to

marjorie said the unrest in northern africa and middle east is only making russia more attractive the important the fundamental rules there are now taking place in the oil and gas producing countries gives a signal for all investors they should be going to russia as russia offers much the two conditions for investment the owners of the russian british peter a venture of reportedly made an eight billion dollar bid to rewrite deal with it is another move by the joint venture to try and get involved in the architecture of exploration zero that are going to go over more of the story. this has been the latest twist in the ongoing conflict between b.p. and their russian joint venture kincaide b.p. over the right to develop the enormous energy reserves in the russian the arctic 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

a stake and then swap it for 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 smoke shares after create a joint venture to explore the russian arctic coverage of the russian shareholders of b.p. his russian venture take a b.p. object of the deal saying that it violates their agreements with the british company that any new project of b.p. in 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. markets will start with the united states and they did open a high effort that was now flat to stop four point two percent payroll processor a.d.p. said private companies added two hundred seventeen thousand jobs in january february that's opposed to one hundred eighty thousand new jobs the analysts had predicted

that's a positive factor yet high oil prices are chilling investors actually european shares on wednesday ended the session in negative territory for three down point four percent the dax point six percent this is as investor continue to fret over the unrest in the middle east and north africa concerns that rising oil prices could have economic property pumped the best to sell stocks and hedge against further time. here in russia. high oil price back to was a positive one they managed to recover the end of the session russian energy sector is benefiting from this for oil prices we're seeing as you stocks going up at world . gold companies are seeing significant gains as the price of the precious metal was going in the same long second occurred in more detail what is gold as proof of what i've just said to an office sent up but energy majors were up the gas from one point two percent of the close back and other banking stocks were down to a bank down point four percent at the close and let's say the naacp is still has

potential to test new levels. through five sume of the endured for one of the markets in the was so often means they've got them saying it will do well if it was the watch list later of that would have seen just a bit when the market was first on the resistance level i think the group believes that either way to pursue called the day trading to new york will go so it was one of the correction on the notice about inflationary pressure from the hike on one of the prices then we can see a continuation of why in the rush in the market we could see him earlier than to consider going to russia to new levels. that's it from me this i'll be back in one else time whether or not they had allies on next not saying.

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us the gateway who took the ground imperial college the torch was to push coral until you can a listener till close measure to see don't need to go and. read this and the colonel was her child to retreat. it's nine thirty pm here in moscow. top stories of iraq as the u.k. considers military intervention in libya some fear the ongoing violence in north africa to trigger another disastrous campaign russia as well as other foreign governments is that said that they're against moves which involve the use of international military force and. u.s. foreign policy has some americans questioning the country's ever changing political position meantime which they say reglan the season supporting the bad guys with

major shifts in power in parts of north africa the middle east some americans fear the rest will shake their country's global influence. on the last leader of the soviet union celebrates his eightieth birthday because gorbachev was the man behind the cancellation of state censorship and the promotion of free speech and some accuse him of paving the way for destructive and chaotic reform. coming up now on art see the history of a car bomb and how it shaped the face of terrorism in the twentieth century. my name is bob baer. i used to be a cia agent stationed in the levanon during the civil war. it was chaos. but the real threat was always car bombs. but until now the car bomb secret history has never been told. who invented it

to develop it and who killed. i've come back to the one city where a car bombs have forever shaped our history. beirut. i love beirut. it was a great place to be a spy. and then the embassy got hit. by a suicide car bomber. sixty three dead dead americans dead lebanese six of my close colleagues friends in the cia were killed. carstens ivette saw the bomb go off. and suddenly i saw this big bang this white star over the old embassy and then of course the bang and then i looked up the

flames and i ran over and there i saw death and destruction and chaos. it was a stunning assault. one man with a car could wage war on the united states ironically with an american truck. there is one man who knows a lot about lebanese car bombs. mahmoud. a top expert who defused does. sins of bombs. christian car bombs palestinian car bombs muslim car bombs. and the long drawn out civil. war going to die and then i was the only expert who was dismantling car bombs in lebanon and a little of the. pressure became too good at stopping the car. and

then his adversaries decided to target him. and they they left the bone the specially for me they simply it was activated by remote control and as soon as i touched the bone. they blew it up. one february fourteenth two thousand and five the former lebanese prime minister rafik hariri presidential cavalcade was destroyed by a two ton car bomb c.c.t.v. camera captured the vehicle this white truck. in the traffic. black mercedes through alongside the bomb went off. a really was one of the world's richest man a billionaire. his mercedes was armor to the hilt the six. the best

protection level there is. truly the root is the whole of the modern car the car box we're seeing today. were developed on the streets so it's a pretty nice type trying to baghdad the closing bell around twenty million six police officers. to get into the war in iraq we saw. dozens of love and he's crossing the border into syria. and it was only a matter of time before a car bomb started on. a. car bombing might have become a lebanese national carstone but the lebanese never created the car bomb. like a lot of other things in the twentieth century car bombs are an american invention and. by the one nine hundred twenty s.

new york had become the financial center of world capitalism. but then in september one thousand twenty wall street was rocked by a massive explosion. it was the world's first car bomb. where we're walking right now is exactly where if you'd been standing here on september sixteenth one thousand nine hundred twenty you would have been hit by the bomb over here what was then the u.s. treasury. and of course the stock exchange big flags on it there same buildings that would have been here most famously the morgan bank. and that really was and in some ways still is just the epicenter of american capitalism and government tell me what happened at about twelve zero one away again or strong wagon exploded into the lunchtime crowd. they killed about forty

people in the street and injured hundreds of people who is fairly sophisticated i mean whoever built this thing. knew what they're doing they knew what they were doing and of course the question immediately became who was that person or who were those people and the best theory is that it was a man named mario bhutto who was an italian an artist who was a lone operator and he was even within this circle of a militant anarchists very committed revolutionaries he was the committed of the committed what did he want though i mean it was there anything that give us an idea what these guys wanted there was a lawyer found in a mailbox nearby who blocks up that way that said free the political prisoners or it will be death to all of you and it was signed the american an artist fighters political prisoners were to italian anarchistic sacco and so.