and he could not and made the constitution not some version of box at which point mr david cameron want me to establish a no fly zone over libya has been rejected by many an international community among its aunts russia and they say it gives them selves to determine the fate and the future is how we have in london was to go ahead and close this most on so it would essentially missiles to shoot down its cost that's over now there are coming to british troops deployed in the us if they are all being with the humanitarian situation but their ongoing concerns and they could be used to take over that chemical weapons stockpiles and this is because none of it is fearful that gadhafi might use the stockpiles against his own people will secure consummation of both egypt and america that to you is the ships have sailed through this is going up in the minutes mean you see not far from libya so there are concerns testable american intervention in addition to

a possible push when my colleague in london or in it looks at what some intervention would need sleep. and we do not in any way rule out 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 bowing to impose a no fly zone in this case libya in two thousand and three it was iraq it's looking very dangerous those looking quite possible that they will launch such an attack with or without un approval so we're looking at almost a repeat of what happened in iraq and indeed the results spectrally largely the same but not every country is getting that treatment and libya is not the only african nation in turmoil somalia's drop out conflict is being called a slow genocide but there's little sign of u.s. or european. military input 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 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 oil but also for the political implications of the middle east as a whole as we all know the west including my own country britain has got its hands very dirty with the libyan leadership over recent years. with black gold libya has the largest proven oil reserves in africa more than three percent of the global toso and there could be a lot more undiscovered the only reason they're interested in. your oil here anybody screaming and yelling about all those people last week they were killed in the ark of repose. i guess cocoa wasn't that you know of much of a national priority but in somalia there was precious little help while the body count rose over the years except for one brief but disastrous intervention

involving u.s. soldiers immortalized in the movie black hawk down american forces failed at great cost to stabilize the country they left quickly and haven't returned and the lessons were learned when it came to iraq which remains of the staple even now with only feeble sheets of that much vaunted democracy allied troops are equally bogged down in afghanistan with no convincing timeline for withdrawal and an ever rising death toll should be clear to an idiot that the mess that's been made in afghanistan the terrible disaster that was caused in iraq really shouldn't be voted on any more countries in the middle east it's a model today's troubled african nations were imposed on their puppet government which is still ruling by virtue of american military occupation of iraq really there is not the current of help the revolutionaries throughout the middle east need. and american and european government shouldn't look for backing of whom

either up to a million marched in london a for the invasion of iraq in two thousand and three and times have changed this is now austerity britain where starting another war wasn't 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 battling as they are at home in the face of deep cuts and rising unemployment and it's unlikely to be popular inside 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 your average r t london antiwar activist colonel turner told of to the world libyans may want a regime change it should be achieved from within not by foreign intervention. i'm

extremely worried it could be a foreign intervention led by 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 fee and installing a pro western regime or if on the other hand they think feel that oil interests enough but here's the thing interests are in some way threatened and i think ultimately they won't hold back and particularly concerns about the no fly policy that spain and itself the comparison would be what happens in iraq in the one nine hundred ninety s. his at the end of the gulf war of one nine hundred ninety one the united states and britain and so on a stop list a no fly zone the net result was that hundreds of thousands of iraqis were killed the infrastructure of the country was bombed see net result of a no fly zone was not to prevent but of course the humanitarian crisis and it

doesn't take a great leap of financial nation to see thought the situation unfolding the 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 a degree in politics to work that out and to understand what's being said of course it doesn't want america and britain back in. still to come on the program bit late but because foreign policy goes under the microscope. the futures defense secretary who advise the president again send a big american land army and asia. or into the middle east or africa. should have his head examined what else he was congressman to say about the country's actions and why some accuse the government of double standards coming up.

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the official t. application. called touch from the. life on the go. video on demand. gold costs and says feed now in the palm of your. question. well news in brief. the u.s. air force has confirmed two of its servicemen have been killed and two wounded in the shooting at frankfurt airport the 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 u.s. president barack obama said he was saddened and outraged by the attack he promised the u.s. and spared no effort in investigating the shootings. but the stands minister for

religious minorities is being killed in a gun attack in the country's capital islamabad police say alleged taliban government sprayed the victim's car with bullets in a residential neighborhood shahbaz bhatti was a christian and been threatened by islamist militants in the past for speaking out against the country's harsh blasphemy laws the issue's been under the spotlight since november in fact when a court sentenced a mother of four to death after her neighbors complained that she didn't salted the prophet muhammad. nato has apologized for killing nine civilians in northeast afghanistan 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 while gathering firewood the coalition says there was a miscommunication of information concerning the location of alleged militants. thousands of people living with hiv and cancer are holding a rally in india to protest a planned trade deal between the country and the european union the protesters warm

the government against any signing of a deal that would increase the cost of basic drugs for denying tens of thousands of people treatment demonstrators marched through the streets of central new delhi before holding a meeting with the indian parliament. and its changes sweep 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 american involvement abroad is at the top of the government's agenda right now is christine takes a look at the changing face of washington's priorities. rosso. 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 the 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 that sometimes we support the bad guys and the bad guys become our enemy. 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 there are also in consistencies 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 want kins a 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 but in my opinion any future's 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 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 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 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 beyond 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 our team. the last leader of the u.s.s. mikhail gorbachev is celebrating his eightieth birthday he's been awarded with

russia's highest honor by president to me too many 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 reunification of germany and liberalism but this economic and political reforms he paved the way for democracy here in russia is best known policy perestroika aim to revamp the country without destroying the basis of socialism and his initiatives also led to the cancellation of state censorship and the creation of free speech gorbachev indeed received the nobel peace prize in ninety years later started a chain of events which led to the collapse of the soviet union and gorbachev departure but his critics say he's plunged the country into a destructive and chaotic reform the effects of which are still being felt today despite the criticism though the former leader still says that russia was in desperate need of change. let loose we realized from experience that it was dangerous to wait much longer that we had to take

a risk but we couldn't postpone it we needed changes i don't agree when people say that perestroika failed it didn't fail it was disrupted the rails stopped but still perestroika achieved a lot inside russia we had democracy free elections freedom of conscience private property freedom to travel abroad everything also glasnost there was so much openness the entire country was affected the people realized they had finally got some freedom 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 stayed where they were it wasn't always easy many things did not work out the way we planned at the beginning but when we made our first mistakes 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 lord but 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 when 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 of the mechanism for handling 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 mikhail gorbachev had a lot to say and he spoke to us you can watch the full interview with him next hour and also just remind you don't miss our a debate show cross-talk coming up in quarter of an hour people of eleanor's guest explore more of gorbachev's legacy. doctors paid in russia or developing a pioneering alternative treatment of heart transplants and with a shortage of organ donations in the country right now the technique is indeed giving hope to thousands of people on surgery waiting lists and sort of reports.

it's a smile that comes straight from the heart that almost died from heart failure two decades ago but these only visits a 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. doctor does a miscarriage operate on natasha twenty one years ago when a donor organ was her only hope for 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 any technique that gives some patients on the analyst waiting least a more definite hope. 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. the treatment brockport 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 some like these patients not to it already proved a real life changer you ready when i was first diagnosed doctors told me i had a year to leave now and i have all the reasons to hope that i'll see my little daughter grow up i was told that i may still need a heart transplant in the future but the surgery was that day four years of. the just eighteen series carried out this procedure is far from being routine yet this successful recovery of all the patients has already given to many on the transplant waiting list a change of heart reconstructed. he has many advantages that were heart transplant

patients don't have to endure and agonizing and. wait for. the chances of success for recovery high but like heart transplant this procedure has one major setback the gap between those who need it and those who get it just disheartening huge. arts and. stories online tonight as well if one of your about it. right now is out of fashion took on the john galliano was given the wholesome a dressing down from christian dior after allegedly making racist remarks in a video posted. story. goes getting it so he does need to. call the capitals famous school he's getting a facelift with billions of dollars in mortgage on the project. get more details online from.

just a few minutes. discuss the last soviet leaders main achievements as he turns eighty that's to come but let's get the wednesday business update next. i. know you're watching business r.t. live from moscow and the news just in french oil majors hotel is buying a twelve percent stake in russia's independent gas producer novak eyeing to boost it to nineteen point four percent in the next three years the stakes valley was not made public but judging by an overtaxed current market capitalization it could be worth around three and a half billion dollars now totalis also joining overtaken the strategic partner in

an ambitious l.n.g. project on the amount peninsula meeting with president medvedev the head of the french oil giant christophe de margerie said the unrest in northern africa in the middle east is only making russia more attractive. to the fundamental rules that are now taking place in oil and gas producing countries gives a signal for all investors that they should be going to russia as russia offers much safer conditions for investment. don't walk while prices continue to wobble close to the highest levels and more than two and a half years as the tension in north africa and the middle east continues to fuel concerns over crude supplies libya's oil chief has announced a fifty percent drop in the country's crude production and an unexpected drop in crude supply in the u.s. is also contributing to the growth brant crude rose to around one hundred sixteen dollars a barrel on wednesday light sweet is holding around the one hundred dollars per bob

barrel mark is that saudi arabia may not take any significant steps in bringing down the price of crude oil until brant reaches hundred twenty dollars a barrel is doing to this by. the owners of russian british saying hey b.p. have reportedly made an eight billion dollar bits to rewrite b.p.'s deal with rosneft it's another move by the russian british joint venture to try and get involved in the arctic shelf exploration deal with a small. there has been the latest twist in the ongoing conflict between b.p. and the russian joint venture ten k b p over the right to develop the enormous energy reserves in the russian all to together with profit 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 at stake and then swap it for shares in rosneft which b.p. plans to acquire just to remind you in january b.p. announced a deal with the russian oil major to swap chairs out to create

a joint venture to explore the russian arctic however the russian shareholders of b.p. is rushing venture take a b.p. object of the deal saying that it violates their agreement with the british company that any new project of b.p. in russia should be implemented via t n k b p so the latest offer to buy b.p. is take is expected to be discussed with the company's directors at ten k. b.p. board me it's a friday. for given the stock markets now of u.s. stocks are trading higher payroll for cents a v.p. said private companies added two hundred seventeen thousand jobs on a seemingly adjusted basis from january to february well above the one hundred eighty thousand new jobs that the fed predicted yet prices a chilling investor appetite in europe the picture is in the red on the closing the minutes in the london frankfurt european shares were low on wednesday as investors

continued to frenzy the unrest in the middle east and northern africa concerns the rising oil prices could only for coverage prompting investors to sell stocks had to go against. russia quite the opposite picture markets managed to recover after a positive thing in the united states russian energy sectors you will see benefiting from oil prices companies are seeing significant gains as the price for the precious metal was rising a second look at that in more detail dollars. up to a whole percent at the energy companies strong gas prom up one point two percent burbank down point four percent down the say is the last potential to test new record levels. through negative markets recover the was so often when they both in general do well if it was much list today or others would have seen used to be when the market was based on the resistance level and i think that the people is that really waiting to see a poll today trading to new york will go to gold so if it was one the correction on

the neurosis about inflationary pressure from the right come what is the prices then we can see a continuation of wind in the russian market with. russia to new levels not just new giants of us dollars selling three steel plants in the united states to run program the u.s. private holding firm has agreed to buy warren wheeling and sparrows point facilities owned by sevastopol north america the deal which ran through values at one point two billion dollars could be completed as early as this month. well that's all from the business desk today will be back on thursday morning around eight twenty moscow time headlines the next.

culture is that so much i'm afraid we're going to make it a lot of people a variant of burglars he turns a man but a bunch of slave you see sees him most abroad and loath to home as glasnost and perestroika become distant memories we. would be soon which brightened if you knew about song from phones to christians.

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nineteen forty five dot com. past eleven pm moscow time these are the top stories from r.t.e. echo of iraq the u.k. considers military intervention in libya there are fears the ongoing violence in north africa triggered a disastrous campaign russia and other foreign governments who said they're against moves which involve the use of international monitors. as washington seeks to shake up its foreign policy members of congress and question the u.s. government's ability to back the right. for the middle east states america's struggle to successfully balance its interests. in the last leader of the soviet union celebrates his eightieth birthday because. of the cancellation of state censorship and the promotion of free speech some accuse him of paving the way for

destructive chaotic form. discuss next how the legacy of the father of russian democracy is seen both in his own country and across the atlantic cross-talk is coming right. if you can. follow and welcome to cross talk i'm peter lavelle as he turns eighty male got a bunch of salacious each season loved abroad in loads that home as glasnost and perestroika become distant memories we ask how will history judge the man who seemingly ended history. and. discuss the legacy of the last soviet leader i'm joined by stephen cohen here in the studio he's a professor of russian studies and history at new.