it several times between forces loyal to the leader moammar gadhafi and little forces particularly in those areas around the libyan capital tripoli government forces are struggling to retain control and create create to keep in place a buffer zone around what is still the leader's stronghold there are increasingly fears that the situation could deteriorate into civil war now discussions are continuing at the united nations over a proposed no fly zone over libya now and this idea has been suggested by the british prime minister david cameron if indeed he goes ahead and commit some south to it in essence britain will be committing itself to shooting down aircraft now the idea has been rejected by many in the international community including russia they say that it is for libyans to determine their own fate and their own future it is worth noting though that british troops are in the libyan town of bin ghazi they've been there for nearly two weeks and there are also growing concerns that they might take over chemical weapons stockpiles that are in that town and this is

because london has indicated that it has fears that gadhafi might use these stockpiles against his own people the official reason though for those british troops being there is humanitarian reasons it's also also the official reason that's been given by the united states for warships that extend to the region it says that these warships might be used or at least are planning to use them in humanitarian efforts but that all options are on the table and this has raised concerns here that they might be behind the scenes some kind of plan for international intervention despite libyan saying that they do not want to have this well as the libyan crisis rages on some foreign powers are weighing up whether to get involved phyllis bennis director of the washington based think tank the institute for policy studies believes that nato is military intervention is unrealistic and its recent posturing is just showing off. this is an old story in washington where humanitarian intervention is the excuse of the day i don't think

we're going to see the possibility of troop deployments or even necessarily ship involvement i think this is partly a show of force to intimidate the duffy and to make nice as it were to the new leadership that will be rising in libya to create a new government when gadhafi is overthrown there is no doubt that people in washington and london and elsewhere are scurrying around desperate to figure out ways of ensuring that they get in on the ground floor with these new these new governments that are going to be in power that their oil companies get it and that it chevron and b.p. rather than russian or chinese or other oil companies the people of libya face an even harder challenge than than the people of egypt and tunisia and other countries that have existing governmental institutions in place that they can take over and use as the base in libya there are no such institutions there is no parliament there is no constitution all of this is being created whole cloth it's an

incredibly exciting moment for people in libya but they're paying a huge price in blood to make that possible the democratic revolution that is underway in libya are indigenous home grown revolutionary processes and they don't need us government forces to teach them about democracy they are claiming it on their own and that needs to be respected. well more on the fallout from the unrest in the middle east and north africa in just a moment but first let's take a look at what else is ahead for you this hour war of words hillary clinton calls for reinforcements saying america's battle for hearts and minds has been lost on the globe's t.v. news screens. and to step back a whole millennia and follow our teams closer to war the rich cultural legacy of. the ripples caused by the rest of north africa and across the middle east are now being felt far and wide. maps out the situation. let's look at the implications of

the ongoing unrest in the northern african region and what it means for the rest of the world geographically libya tunisia egypt in algeria and these are just some of the countries affected by the civil unrest there just across the sea from europe and this to me that hundred forty thousand people have already fled unrest in libya into neighboring tunisia and egypt but the likelihood will actually stay there is rather slim italy has already received as many as ten thousand refugees who continue to pour into the country france greece and spain may just be next in line even before. the prospect of massive immigration has always been europe's was. in real terms it has never been substantial we have always been below thirty thousand. possible and every year.

clearly the overthrow of the governments poses a whole different set of issues what europe will be able to do. it depends on the ability of actually cordy meeting among some of the governments most affected i mean imagine if in two months time is not overthrown i mean business cannot proceed as usual after something will have to be done if you work on the map of libya in terms of oil production facilities will see that eighty percent of that oil producing territories right now are under rebel control now you are upticks over eighty five percent of libya's crude exports more than thirty percent of libyan oil goes to italy fourteen percent to germany ten percent to china and france and five percent to the united states the unrest has already promoted a spike in oil prices which climbed it to over one hundred dollars a barrel the highest point in two years and this summer analysts say is just the

beginning or prices have a knock on effect. to the cost of. most items because of course you need energy to. make products and deliver them to shops so. if prices continue to stay tastes a high that will have significant inflation pressures. on europe and the world finally if a civil war breaks out in libya with the country breaking apart geopolitical implications for the region and for the world cannot be underestimated the major peril now is coming is the islamists radical islamists coming into power all over the region you know these revolutions in egypt in syria in tunisia all of the arab states they have been. you can see a million radical islamist parties which have been suppressed by previous regimes like the brotherhood in egypt for instance. in libya you know al qaeda is very

strong in libya actually libyan department is one of the strongest of the world maybe the secular strongest after the pit to stun you with one of the greatest dangers is that. the turks try to get use of the city so they're highly volatile situation in this northern african region really bear significance not just fully be egyptian on syria but really for the rest of the world. r.t. . over interested in your opinion over the question of who has the most to winner from the wave of unrest gripping the arab world will vote now on our website that's our dot com. now in the clash of the global media outlets america is taking hits and losing ground to the new kids on the block including r.t. well the warning from top u.s. diplomat hillary clinton was coupled with a plea for hard cash to get america's message back on track but authorities go in

education reports she's struggling to acquire extra funds to promote u.s. agenda here is what we have learned from hillary clinton's statement we are officially at war information war by we i mean english language non us one media which provide alternative views on world news use which often running contrast to the coverage of events by mainstream media story clinton was defending her department budget in congress as a major reason the state department needs money is because the u.s. is losing the east formation war and among those media who are winning that war hillary clinton named our team we are in an information war and we are losing that war i'll be very blunt in my assessment al jazeera is winning. the chinese have opened up a global english language and multi language television network the russians have opened up an english language network i've seen it in a few countries and it's quite instructive mrs clinton says she's leading an effort

to spread u.s. propaganda through new media with twitter feeds in arabic and farsi but on local stage the us creil twenty comes to television station said the u.s. should specify propaganda efforts and get back quote and the game of doing quote what we do best here is more we are engaged in an information war you know during the cold war we did a great job in getting america's message out after the berlin wall fell we said ok fine enough of that you know we've done it we're done and unfortunately we are paying a big price for it and our our private media cannot fill that gap in fact our private media particularly cultural programming often works at counter purposes to what we truly are as americans and what our values are i remember having an afghan general tell me that the only thing he thought about americans is that all the men wrestled in the women walked around a bikini's because the only t.v.

ever saw was baywatch and worldwide wrestling some five years ago western media outlets including b.b.c. and c.n.n. basically had a monopoly in the coverage of walled news things have changed a lot since then more and more viewers of crossed the walled tune into various foreign media to get a fresh take on the events are t. presence on youtube for example is a real hit almost three hundred million views c.n.n. something like three million al-jazeera coverage of the unrest in the middle east and north africa has thousand on the us presentation of the events while many are happy to see this emerging media variety the head of the u.s. agency that manages the country's government one international broadcasting is basically called those foreign media enemies. i'm talking about walter isaacson's last year's infamous pitch to get more funding for his agency which among other media outlets runs voice of america later he backtracked on those on that statement though and said he wasn't going to have those two words i just one statement my

percent pretty hostile message to foreign media trying to trying to provide a fresh perspective on world news but but this when they start to state hillary clinton basically confirmed it saying that the u.s. is at war at an information war with foreign media well journalist and filmmaker danny schechter says the u.n. is not open to alternative points of view so can no longer hold the monopoly on information. the united states feels on the defensive in part because they can no longer monopolize not only the terms of you know the soroti in these countries but also the terms of the debate there's other information out there other points of view and those points of view are profoundly damaging to a country that believes that its point of view is the only point of view should be the only point of view so hillary clinton one day is defending the internet the next day the administration is proposing all kinds of regulations and ways to cut

off the reason it is possible you know there's no real commitment to the kind of freedom of diverse speech that we really need if we're going to be in a democracy at home and in a you know a community of nations overseas we can't dictate what people believe anymore well for more stories you can visit our website that's our t. dot com and there are plenty of analysis and features for you to explore including an american dream first solid advice here for others that divide in the news last between the house and the have nots becomes a golf. and pancakes are ready for tossing in russia as a continent gets down to traditional celebrations to mark the end when turner and the start of spring will find out more about the country's oldest holiday at allington dot com. well now a quick look at some other international headlines

a man armed with a handgun has attacked a bus carrying u.s. air force troops at frankfurt airport in germany killing two and wounding two others the attacker was identified as a twenty one year old cos of one who worked at the airport he apparently began the shooting following an altar cation with the men he boarded the bus and was caught by police while trying to flee the scene. officials in new zealand have stated. they don't expect to pull any more survivors from collapsed buildings following a deadly earthquake a little over a week ago well the death toll currently sits at one hundred sixty one most died in multi-story buildings which came crashing down in the city of christ church authorities who say their goal is to recover as many bodies as possible fear the final count may rise as high as two hundred forty. and the u.s. army private believed responsible for supplying a trove of documents to whistle blowing website wiki leaks has had twenty two more

charges brought against him will they include aiding the enemy which can carry the death penalty although prosecutors say they won't apply for it intelligence analysts private bradley manning is currently being held at a military jail in virginia he faces a hearing in may or june to determine whether there's enough evidence to try him. now astronauts on board the space shuttle discovery took a final space walk around the international space station to get the outpost before the shuttle program winds up discovery is headed into retirement after this flight and only two more shuttle trips remain by endeavor and then be atlantis where the crew used the trip outside to repair a broken as well as remove an experiment platform the shuttle will remain at the space station until sunday. now the second prototype of the future of russia's fighter jet program has successfully completed its maiden flight the sukhoi made

plane to the skies for about an hour while the jets said to be equipped with some of the most advanced avionics on the planet it will be able to live on short runways and fly in any weather well it can carry up to eight medium range or two long range missiles and its two internal based jets first prototype did its maiden flight last january the fifth generation fleischer is expected to enter service in russia in twenty fifteen and the price tag is estimated at one hundred million dollars. well now get ready for an adventure as are close a team prepares another exciting trip around russia. just three hundred kilometers north of moscow lies the millenia old town which prides itself on its rich history and breathtaking views well despite its

considerable age the town is that it should preserve many of its original buildings it's true tourism on the streets now attracts thousands of tourists who want to absorb the spirit of ancient history well the artist levels amazing scenery also appeals to the cinema industry as our friends found out. it is said that one thousand years ago at the place where the volga rivers meet prince jaroslav the wise killed a local sacred bear with his battle axe. and then founded the town of. the town and region its name for has been known for drama ever since local filmmaker yuri vacs man gave me a tour to show me why. some fifteen to twenty historical films were shot right in the area where we're working. at this location to recreate moscow in one hundred forty one with stalin being driven around in his car from the kremlin to the church of the prophet elijah to the embankment time has stopped in the frame of

a camera what makes they also have a region so attractive to filmmakers is that the sets have been standing for centuries nearly perfectly preserved so in studio send out their location scouts to find a great historical setting jaroslava is ready for its close. and so is its talent alexander petrovitch is in the business of setting scenes with paint and a heavy dose of romantic realism. he adapted ernest hemingway's the old man and the sea into an animated film on twenty nine thousand painted plates of glass and snag the one thousand nine hundred nine academy award for animated short film he showed me how he shot the frames with a custom made motion control imax camera system. i've made several films here here i've raised my pupils to napa to supply in the making of my films i hope that soon they have their own ideas and will start working on their own projects my

dream has come true the. other movers and shakers in the industry are generating people but in a much more physical way card since hollywood and russian movie career has taken his stunt store your film to a whole new level and the thing is to get over the past five years. been training people mostly boys and men who want to master this profession they come from all over russia training four or five times a week with complex stunts it's very intensive new talents and real stunt men aboard here on this campus but there are more ways to jump into the movies than playing with fire in jaroslava just go get a bite to eat one of the local cafes one of the most famous of all soviet films was even busy live it changes profession a spoof on ivan the terrible in at the moscow of the sixteenth century was played by the arabs level town rough stuff and here at the event to celebrate restaurant customers at the full cinematic experience the scenes of the film are set

throughout the restaurant but if you'd like to sleep on it the attached hotel is what you'll fall for it caters to the movie minded with its time honored blockbuster themed rooms event a ceiling which being the most popular for his part vacs means recent film hydraulically is packed with blockbuster action but his other local repertoire is not it's that of the theater. in the city of yaroslav all is the cradle of russian theatre the famous theater founded here but short of was the first national theatre that opened in russia it reached the heights of creative and professional force in its time. that may be but as long as the one thousand year old city of yaroslav all is internationally protected as a historical site it will forever be known as the silent ingenue gracing the background of thousands of cinema and television screens the world over the hundreds of movies made here in the region over the last century it's made

a huge impression on the locals and here to give us a better idea of that is local movie lover. hello loan us here give us an idea of what movie making industry is meant to here and. there were a lot of the. show here and they will be more i think when i was a small school girl they decided to shoot and steal money from my school. was with a very famous russian actor and i saw him and i saw the whole group there and then later when i saw it on t.v. i was really impressed because it was jaroslaw it was the place i know from my real life it was great we'll have much more for you here from the close up team in central russia exploring the region.

more news coming your way but for now you'll hear joins us with all the latest in business. hello and a very warm welcome to the business of date global oil major total has agreed to buy a twelve percent stake in russia's independent gas producer novacek eyeing to increase that share in the company to up to twenty percent in the next three years total has also acquired a one fifth stake in the liquefied natural gas project on the amount peninsula more details are now joined live by our correspondent. so daria what does this deal mean for the two companies. well it sees the deal will benefit both companies to tell will become the first and the name international investor and to participate in the development of vast gas resources of the amount that insular while another tack will benefit from the investment and experience of the or international world giant

now it has to be said that this is not the first time the child is trying to buy into nova tag in two thousand and four the tile already tried to wipe twenty five percent but failed to notice exteriors grown thirty percent in the past three months only raising the value of the stake to four point seven billion dollars adds today's prices which is obviously more than in two thousand and four however the c.e.o. of the of french company christopher demarche said that the tile is paying around four billion dollars for the twelve percent stake which they hope to increase to fifteen percent within a year and to nineteen percent within a nine point four percent within three years russia's prime minister russia's prime minister vladimir putin has already said it's a good deal that has a great potential while the c.e.o.

of the tile said that in russia. has safe conditions and conditions for investment that's now listen to what christopher de margerie the c.e.o. of the tower has had to say. today the situation in the world shows that we've been broached to him to boost our investment into russia russia is a very attractive country for investors which is even more obvious amid the instability that we're currently facing here. can you tell us a bit more about the some bushes the amal project how significant is it for russia . that's right the amount l. and g. project is based at the in the a mild peninsula which is located above the arctic circle the amount that insular is one is one of the richest sources of hydrocarbons in russia hopes to make it one of the centers of production of liquefied natural gas it is also the only such project in such harsh conditions above the arctic circle now the ammal l.n.g. aims to start production of the ellen g.

in two thousand and sixteen and is designed to produce. around fifteen million tonnes of gas per year the project needs twenty billion dollars of investment and the c.e.o. of the nova tag me his son says that they will suit start as soon start looking for other participants in the project however never to however the towel with its twenty per cent share will remain of the main international partner in the project that's now listen to me his son. we are considering bringing in several other foreign partners into the amal project they will be able to get up to forty nine percent we're now negotiating with a number of possible partners and we expect to make a final decision by the end of the year however to tal will stay as the majority shareholder in the project. the analysts say that it is good that to tell was pay.

as it is it will only compliment the implementation of the project. thank you very much for that update our correspondent reporting. let's not have a quick look at how the markets are faring asian stocks are high and many investors are bullish after u.s. bought the twenty well in the middle east and the surgeons world prices continue to demand the nikkei finished point nine percent. also on the rise both chinese and korbel advanced u.s. employment data shows but the middle east unrest and high oil prices keep investors wary. european markets european stocks are climbing on thursday as the high close in wall street and a decline in oil prices boy sentiment investors in europe are digesting this string of earnings reports insurance group aviva gained one percent in the first few

minutes of trade on its twenty thirty forty four percent in the energy sector shares of irish oil and gas exploration company are rising three and a half percent as the company has confirmed it has encountered a major. and the russian markets continue their rise dragging asian games and as oil prices. energy gold companies may also see some gains as price for precious metal gets high as they are she has crossed a psychological benchmark of two thousand points during the first ten minutes of thursday's trade it's now gaining one point two percent on the my six point eight percent on the rise. that's all we have time for najar up today join me in less than one else time for more business news here on our get most tourists more web site our own business.

plus a team has been to the old protean republic. the center of russian defense production . now while t. heads to central russia. handicrafts become an industry. where the harsh winter makes post even more enjoyable. and when everyone can train to be a stump man. the younger slumps in. russia close

up on oxy. welcome back here's a quick look at his top stories here on our t.v. the year one is warning of a humanitarian crisis as the uprising in libya seems at least one hundred eighty thousand refugees fleeing across the border to tunisia most of them are foreign laborers. as colonel gadhafi once again refuses to be prised from power in libya right the empire and if the west or nato forces intervene. and america is losing the information war to foreign media like al-jazeera t.v. ad or to hillary clinton voice the concern as she asked congress for extra cash to promote the u.s. a draft. and that sits down with former russian ambassador to libya to discuss the

potential routes the country may now follow that interview with next. qaddafi's refusal to meet peacefully has seriously changed trend of the revolution in the middle east ever next uprising in the arab world risks becoming more radical and moderates for more on the fast moving events i'm joined by the former russian ambassador to the us. i see below and thank you you much mr gaddafi in person lots of times. from a. suit a liberal normal political. politician he. does his best to achieve and knows how he should go. he's not a blinkered politician when he makes mistakes he knows how to analyze a new situation.