two children of each college who killed cubing at you know who to put you know so topia to so many children. and you look times. in serbia look he's available in clinton hyatt regency. european powers turn their backs on obama and his supporters after the u.s. president refuses to rule out military intervention in libya. and all fears that you may send u.k. cookies pulls influence what's happening in countries the names and good luck as protestors to monta gadhafi step down. british p.r. firms under fire for helping whitewash some of the world's most unpopular regimes including gadhafi. it's not easy being spacemen just ask these guys a crew of six sit down for a stellar examine the moscow region to prove they've got the right stuff to leave an exhibition on the i asked for high oil prices an optimistic job lists dates in

the united states have meant a strong week for russia the most extending the week one percent up the other has three point eight percent up that's despite friday's session being slightly negative more of that around twenty minutes time. news around the clock from around the world seven pm in moscow good to have you with us here on r t fierce battles reportedly raging across libya between opposition forces and forces with a dozen said to have been killed and that's how it was a week west of the capital in the capital tripoli security forces have used tear gas and live i mean ition to disperse hundreds of protesters who poured into the streets after the prayer as witnesses say the largest oil rich port is under attack and heavy artillery. and in the second largest city benghazi thousands have

gathered to get out these removal on a so-called day of rage interpol has issued an international order for the libyan leader and some members of his family to move to help enforce sanctions against his regime meanwhile the u.s. and u.k. are becoming more isolated as they refused to rule out intervention in libya germany has joined international voices opposing any foreign military action washington and massing its forces off the libyan coast claims it's keeping all options on the table and is ready to step in if the crisis worsens archy's policy or has more from the libya tunisia border. but i'm standing here on the border crossing between tin is here and libya at dia and it certainly is a growing sense here that as the situation in libya deteriorates so too does the possibility for foreign intervention grow now the u.s. president barack obama in his strongest words so far against the libyan leader moammar gadhafi said that gadhafi has lost all legitimacy to rule and must sit down he also said that he had approved the use of american military equipment to assist

in the battle ration of gyptian and other refugees from libya relations worse from washington is that they are not as ruling out a no fly zone this is in contrast to what the kids punch essential time ago he says they're doing this could be an act of war it would require the bombing of libya's air defenses the latest word from president obama also was that they were considering all options on the table washington of course has asked british special forces who are in libya to secure several tons of mustard gas and other potential chemical weapons that are forced to be in the country there is concern here on the ground as there is an international community that as the situation deteriorates under the guise of humanitarian assistance the united states the u.k. and other players who are motivating for some kind of intervention will go ahead with it the responsibility to protect is a very selective principle just a week ago twenty nine demonstrators the peaceful demonstrators were killed in iraq

by a government that is being propped up by thousands of american troops at the same time they have been demonstrations in the rain for weeks now we are forty's have been firing tear gas and shooting on protesters the united states has not come out and see anything of our first many people suspecting because it has been hit quilter's of its fifth fleet there now the argument that the international community has a responsibility to get involved and stop gadhafi from firing at his people does not hold that much weight when you need to remember that right now android's of libyans have been. just a few weeks ago when three hundred egyptians had been killed the response at that time from washington was full of restraint on both sides and more for any kind of international intervention libya has the largest oil reserves in africa at the same time european energy companies and basted deeply here this is my canadian international community suspect that the reasoning behind the those in the

international community calling for some kind of intervention is most basic but this will be zones rather than anything else fines has continued throughout the day today friday the government troops have been firing and level forces particularly in the east of the country liberty to say that they will not give in and told gadhafi steps down the latest word from gadhafi if he is as defiant as ever he says that he is going nowhere in several countries around most africa and the middle east has been forceful protesters to take to the streets today has been dubbed a day of rage and we expect demonstrations and clashes particularly around the capital city of tripoli you know at the border at the moment it is closed the last time it was open was last night thursday thirty five thousand bangladeshi came through as i'm talking to you there are about sixty thousand people here they simply don't know where they're going a lot they doing and the latest with me here is that there is complete uncertainty as to when this border will be opened and what indeed will happen here in the coming few hours. here just across the sea from what years turning into

a launch site for a possible military intervention four hundred u.s. marines have landed in crete to provide president obama with more flexibility regarding his approach to the situation at the same time britain is considering sending typhoon biters to cyprus if a no fly zone is given the green light are from those high you know the cobra has more from the island. the u.k. is increasing its military presence here on the island of cyprus there are two military bases here and we have seen a large number of planes landing at the bases that both have the bringing military force to the arlen now initially it was the ukase idea to establish a no fly zone over libya but right now it looks like the u.s. officials are also speaking in favor of the idea of tensions grow hard in the region as a cue year u.s. warships are already heading. towards them if it's rainy and c. they just passed by the suez canal we also know that some four hundred u.s.

marines are currently located them to greet island of crete and it does look like if gadhafi doesn't step down the united states is willing to provide military support to his opposition. is director of a top u.k. university has quit over the institutions of links to cut off his regime and it's after revelations the london school of economics was involved in the libyan donations worth millions of dollars it's the latest scandal in a string of reports of dirty money infiltrating the u.k. from dictatorship in the arab world or he's laura and it reports from london that p.r. firms are cashing in on the rest. the influence of p.r. companies in distorting the truth is well known in hollywood movie black the dog a p.r. agent engineers a war to distract from the president still wondering. do should not be the pageant . and sometimes truth is stranger and much more damaging than fiction spin has

increased in middle eastern politics for many many years i mean spin is what took britain into the iraq war for example crass headlines about weapons of mass destruction and deployment within forty five minutes p.r. industry experts reckon the majority of the arab states in turmoil bahrain egypt libya have some kind of representation in a london p.r. firm and the reason they come here and that could regulation while in the u.s. if a p.r. company takes on a foreign government it has to register the fact with the department of justice in the u.k. there's no such rule. if you're a foreign government looking for representation in london no further than bellhops instead based in the building behind me although very cagey about who its clients are is believed to represent the bahrain deliveries and exiles russian tycoon bodies but it's not ski the fact it's also been writing to journalists in recent days on behalf of a member of the libyan royal family and it's all based certainly representing

government elsewhere in the region well potent declined to give us an interview for this story but they've assured r.t. in the past that p.r. can influence questionable regimes for the better country frequently modify. interactions and. sometimes. having better relations with. the balance but that doesn't always happen libya for one has used london's p.r. machine before with misleading results in one thousand nine hundred five u.k. based p.r. agency was paid four million pounds. to try and subverts the evidence that pointed towards libyan involvement in the lockerbie case and this is what has led to all sorts of alternative theories about lockerbie although of course all the evidence to point to the fact that i'm a grotty in female we're actually responsible so you know how to play these rules

they know how to play the game and it's transparency that's lacking in u.k. p.r. information appears in the media but people have no idea who put it there and the only way that one can be really sure about all the information that we're being bombarded with on a daily basis is where does it come from and is that person hostile or impartial and in that way we get a much clearer idea of what it is that we're being told although there is a new body in the u.k. designed to regulate the p.r. industry declaring clients is still called a tree london's soho is the heart of the p.r. industry in the capital way images that but the simple becomes palatable to london's top p.r. firms are known to be working on declared for some of the world's most unpopular regimes but their expertise could be being used to shape the future political landscape of the region your average aussie. a little later any of her brand new trip across russia parties pulls up to the city and jaroslav we explore how

eagle traditions are breathtaking where on stage have been transformed into a business that's coming up. the u.s. state department is looking for billions of dollars from congress to fight an information war against media outlets like r t secretary of state hillary clinton the u.s. is losing the battle needs to launch a counterattack girls and professor christopher chambers things washington was true reporting were propaganda. the corporatization don't mess to clean up american news has basically thrown out the whole need for news gathering and real reporting in exchange for punditry and entertainment and sensationalism because that's going to deliver the demographics to the guys who pay for the commercials what's happening is we've opened up these huge gaps because we're more concerned with reality t.v. and people arguing and people attacking the president than we are with having people on the ground finding out what the the problems are and when you do that you

can produce a product that people here and around the world are going to respect the amount of money we're talking about she could literally set up an entire. voice for america on steroids a real state run news network she's not that's not what's going to happen they're going to try to go into these countries and probably try to find news basically to be a true propaganda arm rather than a news gathering and reporting outlet which is what al-jazeera and the chinese network are going to be yes they're going to have their messages but they're real news networks they are pretty much where c.b.s. a.b.c. n.b.c. were thirty years ago before things fell apart and require pretty. taking a look now at some other stories making headlines across the globe china will boost its military defense budget by thirteen per cent to almost ninety two billion dollars next year arising the spending raises concerns on rival powers over the country's increasing might the world's second largest economy has been developing

stealth fighters advanced missile systems and could soon launch its first aircraft carrier beijing insists this military modernization program is entirely peaceful and solely for defensive purposes. all three and police say they've detained a former bosnian general wanted in serbia you have on d.v.d. i was arrested in vienna the vienna airport on thursday serbian authorities want him to face charges over alleged war crimes he is accused of participating in an attack that killed dozens of serbian soldiers at the start of the one thousand nine hundred two bosnian war he's due to appear in a court in vienna later today and could face potential extradition to servia. north korea has blocked the return of twenty seven of its citizens seized by the south the group was detained after their boat drifted across the western seaboard or last month the communist state is demanding the repatriation of the entire group including four who had requested to stay in seoul tensions between the two countries have increased since north since the north shelled

a southern island in november last year killing four people and claims it was responding should military aggression from the south's. nasa's attempt to launch a rocket carrying its latest earth observation satellite has ended in failure setting off from california the glory satellite met trouble six minutes in when a technical glitch resulted in the rocket slowing and an able to reach orbit it's likely to have crashed into the ocean near the antarctic at a cost of four hundred thirty million dollars the satellites purpose was to gather new data on factors affecting the earth's climate. meanwhile another space news cosmonauts in russia are hoping to be cleared for an orbital mission not to the international space station the international crew of the main and back out flights are on are undergoing final exams at russia's star city or he's a really crucial reports from the training center. the examinations will take place over the next two days of the team will have to pick out a special examination take it in x.

out according to the instructions in their ticket and they will be graded not just on their performance in usual circumstances but also they will be able they will have to be able to perform well in emergency situations essentially they will have to be prepared for anything that may go wrong in space on route to the ice says or at the international space station but when we spoke to them they did say that they have spent the last two years training together they are psychologically and physically prepared for this mission and they're really looking forward to it and they believe they will perform to the best of their ability now after the are done with their examinations they will have several days left before they go to kazakhstan to the baikonur cosmodrome where they will take off into space on march thirtieth now again the team is very excited about this particular date because because this comes on the fiftieth anniversary of the first manned flight into

space and the man of course being used to guide him and everything this year because at the baikonur cosmodrome and that the ice says is going to be about essentially the celebration of the anniversary of your garden's first flight and in fact the t m e two one capsule is also bearing the name of your garden also will bear his image on the body of the capsule and the cosmonauts a very excited about the fact that they will be flying off into orbit on the anniversary and they consider to be a great honor but at this point they are going through some examinations and like i said earlier they're absolutely certain that they will perform rather well. for more on our top stories blogs analysis and video be sure to check out our team here's a look at what's online right now fairytales rushing billeted out and brought to life in three d. find out why children will be wary is this angry looking at baba she makes her way on to the big screen. and the oscar winning actress who's never been tempted by the

lights of tinseltown our t. sits down with juliette binoche for the full interview on our website. plus a day of history a famous russian writer dies under mysterious circumstances with the legend of his death still talked about to this day discover all the gory details that are teen dot com. time now for a little journey as our close up team invites you on another trip through the beautiful regions of russia. located some three hundred kilometers away from moscow it was one of russia's oldest cities apart from beautiful landscapes and historic buildings there is also

a major player in the country's industrial future are the friends takes a look at how the locals are taking the initiative and turned it into a major tourist attraction. whether it's fast motors historic real estate or funny thout the people of the jaroslava region are not short of space for their robust ambitions to take the landscape for example almost thirty seven thousand square kilometers covered in snow in the winter months so back in the one nine hundred seventy s. reuss can mechanica set up a factory in robbins churning out man's new best friend in the area the russian made snowmobile in russia actually that is not all the trails about writing. we have a north territory yes you can write anywhere. now the company is the number one snowmobile manufacturer in the country with seven hundred employees every

machine is fully tested before it leaves the factory bound for customers who include even the local police. over four hundred thousand of these have been manufactured since the company began in one nine hundred seventy one and with the winter olympics hitting saki in twenty fourteen it's hoped that they will be used exclusively in running those winter games. moving at a slower pace is the sleepy village of yachts go investor only a jar of showed me around and told me why he left a career in science to create a tourist destination in an almost forgotten place he wrote about just a few years ago he has sunk a cool million dollars into an antiques museum restaurant hotel and revive neighborhoods to attract travelers seeking a russian for eventually experience i think i was the company of a cog i've been feeling this project for the last four years in the local

populations change their attitude radically they now confidence in me that this market has very much economic potential and the people living here are now keeping up the tension by promoting traditional russian lifestyle choices from baptizing their babies. to the way they keep warm people are rediscovering country lifestyles and they've got a russian stove in their house faced with relic tiles and brick it's widespread i did thirty years warranty back in ribands children are on the minds of a creative couple working in the dr will business pavel gavrilov a children's book illustrator part of another camp as for the characters he created on paper and started adapting them into felt the funny felt company is now something that if we aren't and factory mass production it employs single mothers so they can work from home and raise their families. and their. region is well to do compared with other regions this is this is there are many people with artistic minds or is important is to find ways to let them be manifest it often is difficult

to find how to do that. many people a idea of socially important and separate national as oh new they don't understand what it means i believe it's the future of this region. whether it's ports history or art there seems to be something here for everybody who wants to make a buck and create new ideas in the outer slava region lindsey france r.t. . in less than ten minutes host peter of eleanor's cross star cast talk about what's in store for the middle east end north africa but first me terry with joins us next with all the business news. thanks for that hello and welcome to business our shareholders have decided to postpone a decision on whether the british russian joint venture wants to participate in their b.p. and rostam parting exploration deal the meeting was held in berlin on friday after was initially pushed forward from the original beings of february twenty fifth due

to b.p. failing to turn up on a daniel bushell brings us the latest. closer in the sense that the two sides have met because as you say last week b.p. actually failed to turn up and obviously feel somewhat stuck in a corner it's a bit of a lose lose situation on the one hand obviously has a case against b.p. the stockholm arbitration course court has suspended the b.p. rosneft deal while the two sides iron out their differences on the other hand if b.p. does give up control of this ration it will of course lose a great deal of the profits that it has a shadow hanging over all of this is the russian government's energy minister. says he actually backed b.p. in the b.p. rolls and if peel of course rosneft chose b.p. because it has unique expertise in exploring in difficult conditions and that is one reason why they want b.p. to go ahead with the deal the thaw in the side really for b.p.'s headboard broadly

the new head of b.p. really hoping that this deal would mean what the next level of development for the company after its troubles of course would be all spill in the gulf of mexico and not just for the company but also for the world he told me that to mourn for energy costs the world's expected job forty percent by twenty thirty and the arctic is a key way possibly to maintain and fulfill that demand. the ruble continues to strengthen has reached a two year high against the dollar and as a sign that night not be good for the russian economy to discuss the issue and i joined by alexander you see if you are senior economist at the capital here in moscow it's not a always a pleasure to have you in the studio so what would you say i mean it's good for purchasing power of your sleep but it's not good for competitiveness of russian companies as it oh well i think explorers actually do not suffer that much from mobile appreciation yet because you saw that oil prices went up from eighty to two

hundred close to seventeen percent growth and ruble strengthened only five percent so. now they're explorers are still benefiting from high rises and for importers it's for for those who compete with him for it is written by his you know version economies mainly exporters yet also we should be worried at this point with the ruble twenty eight against the dollar. paul well i think with the current all praise this this will go is just it's just ok it's pretty much the reason why i mean ohio prices are the reason why the ruble is strengthening so much at the same time the surplus of oil revenues that the companies are getting is being committed to the reserve fund but how important is that thought for the for the economy in russia. it's very important for this goal stability over russia and it's actually it's quite important point look as well so if the ministry of finance saves more

well money and there is no risk this money will flow into the economy and spend in question. and. this would be encouraging but we have calculated that the estimate that ministry of finance provided so far for the reserve fund by the year and it's less it's lower than the reserve fund would have saved with this is the current will prices so wiste made that only one third is going to be saved and probably most truth. going to be spent that's good for us as budgetary problems i mean they were talking about a big gap between obviously revenues and spending right this is going to kind of accumulate and we will as i made all of ninety five herschel run in balanced budget this year unless the ministry of finance high expenditures for them ok but at the same time you mentioned inflation right i mean it's good for keeping down inflation but you know clinton has just said he's expecting inflation to be something like

six percent by the month of june accumulated from the beginning of the year is that a good forecast so since for the first three months we are in three point two right so i would say it's it's a player here is to move forward with the first of the of the year inflation probably program would be the way i would expect a little bit more than six percent by. it altogether the goal is to keep it below double digit inflation is that. once again because here i think that. the real two zero tolerance level is really a couple digits and there the government will try to the central bank will try to keep it down we expect. and the very good step that the central bank need is waiting in the. corridor recently which allows it to run more independent when triples in time ok let's not leave your senior economist

a visa because of thank you so much for your comments. to move on to the markets now if we have time for that start with the united states unemployment data out there showed a third consecutive month of decline in the rate so you reach a point nine percent nearly two years economy added one hundred ninety two thousand jobs in february but factory orders increase just point seven percent january the week it's showing since october therefore we're seeing the negative dynamics in the united states europe is not impressed with the unemployment data would see the actually slipping into the red. herring in the black for quite a while for three point two percent tax point six percent in russia the out years in the nice in the red the close of friday's session with the profit taking office from first the session but overall the week was strong as commodities are still high might say it's growing one percent five sessions r.t.s. four point one percent stocks now more detail about friday's session closed bag it

seemed quite a roller coaster ride of the week the heaviest trading stocks is down one point six percent friday's session paul is called also down after its weekly rally lukoil is bucking the trend slightly up point three percent at the close so we have time for this edition of business will be back next hour with an update stay with r.t. for the headlines with that just after this short break. the.

question is that so much of an oldish musician a minute from the mark westfield world clamoring for change around the globe people are protesting against governments and in a self defined democratic west learn. russia would be so much brighter if you only bought some from phones to question some of. these for instance on t.v. don't come. visit you.