sure some soy going to turn into the world hotels illegal in the medieval booties available in holland resort and spa. bookstores of our teeth like european powers turn their back on obama and his supporters after the u.s. president refuses to rule out military intervention in libya. there are fears the u.s. and u.k. could use force to influence what's happening in the country even means in good luck as protesters demands gadhafi step down. three times british p.r. firms come under fire for advising some of the world's most controversial regimes that are taking advantage of a vulnerable climate in the arab world. that sleezy biggest placement a group of six sit down for a stellar examine the moscow region to prove they've got the right stuff to be the next mission to the i said this.

this is the r.t. news channel it's nine pm friday night here in moscow welcome if you just joined us my name is kevin know and our top story fierce battles that reportedly rage across libya tonight between opposition and duffy forces on the so-called day of rage thousands are said to have been killed in the fighting the reuters news agency is reporting that the protesters are known control of the airport in the largest oil rich forth ruslan of moving towards the capital in tripoli meantime place have used tear gas and live ammunition to disperse hundreds who pulled into streets after prayers demanding khadafi steps down in support has issued an international alert for the libyan leader and some members of his family in a move to help him for sanctions against his regime meantime. the u.s. and u.k.

are becoming more isolated because they refused to rule intervention in libya washington is massing its forces off the libyan coast claiming it's keeping all options open and is ready to step in if the crisis deepens paula slayer for r.t. as the latest. planned spending here on the border crossing between two nazir and libya at. 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 had lost all legitimacy to rule and must step down he also said that he had approved the use of american military equipment to assist in the evacuation of egyptian and other refugees from libya the latest word from washington is that they are not ruling out a no fly zone this is in contrast to what the pentagon chief said

a short time ago he said they're doing this would 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 in the 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 there were peaceful demonstrators were killed in iraq by a government that has been propped up by thousands of american troops at the same time there have been demonstrations in the rain for weeks now where thirty's have been firing tear gas and shooting on protesters the united states has not come out

and said anything of our first many people suspecting because it has the headquarters 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 there. how hundreds of libyans have been killed just a few weeks ago when three hundred egypt had been killed the response of that time from washington was for restraint on both sides and not for any kind of international intervention libya has the largest oil reserves in africa at the same time european energy companies are invested deeply here this is why many an international community suspects that the reasoning behind the those in the international community calling for some kind of intervention is motivated by personal reasons rather than anything else finds has continued throughout the day today friday the government troops have been firing on rebel forces particularly in the east of the country rebel leaders say that they will not give in and told

gadhafi steps down the latest word from gadhafi he is as defiant as ever he says that he is going nowhere in several countries around north africa and the middle east there has been calls for 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 here 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 or what they doing and the latest word we hear 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 authorities paula say all the area just across the sea from libya is turning into a launch site for possible military intervention with two u.s. warships positioned create greek media sources suggest an additional american submarine and torpedo boat have also been dispatched to the area meanwhile britain

is considering sending typhoon fighters to cyprus if a no fly zone is given the green light of his natal innova couples go about side of the story. but 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 supposedly bringing military force to the island now initially was the ukase idea no fly zone over libya but right now it looks like the u.s. officials are also speaking in favor of the idea of u.s. marines are currently located on the greek island of crete and it does look like it's good enough it doesn't step down the united states is willing to provide military support to his opposition and in trying the director of a top u.k. universities quit over the institution's links to his regime it comes after revelations of the london school of economics accepted libyan donations worth

millions of dollars it's the latest scandal in a string of reports of dirty money in from trading with you play from dictatorships in the arab world and results is lauren reports next month in p.r. firms are cashing you know rest. the influence of p.r. companies in distorting the truth is well known in hollywood movie walk the dog a p.r. agent engineers a war to distract from the president's plan during. two should leave the country. and sometimes truth is stranger and much more damaging than fiction spin has increased show in middle eastern politics for many many years i mean spin is what took britain into the iraq war for example. headlines about weapons of mass destruction and in 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 a lack of regulation while in the us 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 further then bell cultivates in the building behind me although very cagey about who its client is believed to represent the problem with the bahrain deliveries to the exiled russian tycoon but he's got his gold ski defense 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 part injured 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 the country frequently will modify. its actions and its policies. 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 subvert the evidence the 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 by the 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 the only way 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 partial 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 voluntary london's soho is the heart of the p.r. industry in the capital way images of bird nest and the unpalatable becomes palatable 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 a whole new ball region your average aussie. later on in the program get ready for a brand new trip across russia sees most of the fighting to the city of euro stuff like exploring job visions of breathtaking landscapes have been transformed into a business that's coming up. but the news the u.s. state department wants billions of dollars from congress to fight an information war against media outlets like our secretary of state hillary clinton admitted that america is losing the battle and needs to launch a counter attack professor of journalism christopher chambers thinks washington

will fight through reporting with propaganda. the corporatization don't mess to clean of 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 problems 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 buy news basically if it's a true propaganda arm rather than

a news gathering and reporting outlet which is what the 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 record. we'll take you through some top world news stories in brief china says it will boost its military defense budget by thirteen percent to almost ninety two billion dollars next year the rising spendings raise concerns among rival powers the over the country's increasing might the world's second largest economies do be developing stealth fighters movements with star systems and could soon launch its first aircraft carrier beijing insists its army modernization program is entirely peaceful though and is solely for defensive purposes. protests of it stays in sarajevo over the arrest of a former bosnian general you're the one who was detained in vienna airport for an international warrant was issued by serbia but great authorities want to face

charges of religious war crimes if you execute of participating in an attack that killed dozens of serbian soldiers at the start of the ninety ninety two bosnian war if you will appear in a vienna court on friday. that is for nasa the return of the launch a rocket carrying its late as the earth observing subways ended in failure setting off from california the glory satellite met trouble just six minutes in when a technical error resulted in the rockets slowing down unable to reach orbit it's likely to have crashed in the ocean near the antarctic they say at a cost of four hundred thirty million dollars an expensive mistake the satellite purpose was to gather new data on factors that affect the earth's climate stay with space meantime cosmonaut syria russia hoping to be cleared from orbital mission to the international space station soon the international crew of the main and backup flights are undergoing final exams at russia's star city and his regular school reports now than from the training center for. examinations will take place

over the next two days of the team will have to pick out a special examination ticket 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 than a 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

this comes on the fiftieth anniversary of the first manned flight into space and the man of course being you to guide him and everything this year because at the baikonur cosmodrome and. the ice says is going to be about essentially the celebration of the anniversary of yuri gagarin's first flights and in fact the timi 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 are very excited about the fact that they will be flying off into orbit on the anniversary and they consider it 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. we will follow up again on course. as well on. the stories that might be interested in. russian villainy. he pulls a life in three d.

find out why children where is this legendary makes the weight of the pick scream and also the oscar winning actress who's never been tempted by the bright lights of hollywood our t. talks to juliette binoche get the full interview on our website and i must go today in history a famous russian writes died in styria circumstances with the legend of his death still talked about to this day discover the glory details of our teeth dot com. well as promised time now to take a closer save invite short another journey through the beautiful regions of russia .

and home you know that map today with headings three hundred kilometers away from moscow to jaroslav it's one of the oldest cities in russia but apart from beautiful landscapes in the story buildings is also a major player in the country's industrial future to seize the front takes a look now at how locals have taken the initiative and turned it into a major tourist attraction. whether it's fast motors historical real estate or funny felt the people of the jaroslava region are not short of space for their robust ambitions 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. rusco mechanica set up a factory and robin tsk churning out mans new best friend in the area the russian made snowmobile in rough actually that is not all the trails of his normal bells riding. and we have

a small territory yes ok you can ride 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 all 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 read 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 prevention experience. i've been handling this project for the last four years in the local populations change their attitude radically they now confidence in me this market has very much economic potential and the people living here are now keeping our potential alive by promoting traditional russian lifestyle choices from baptizing their babies. to the way to keep warm people are rediscovering country lifestyles and they want a russian stove in their house faced with ceramic tiles and brick it's widespread i give thirty years were easy that can ribands children are on the minds of a creative couple working in the business part gavrilov a children's book illustrator thought of another campus for the characters he created on paper and started adaption them into felt the funny felt company is now something between art and factory mass production it employs single mothers so they

can work from home and raise their families. it is well to do compared with other reagents you see this is there are many people with artistic minds or is it cause insistence on ways to let them be mad at first it often is difficult to find how to do that. and many people larry do you say she important and it's all new they don't understand what it means by believe it's to feature this region. whether it's sports history or art there seems to be something here for everybody who wants to make a buck and create new ideas in the jaroslava region in the france r.t. looking ahead while corporations manipulate food prices for a better profit an estimated twenty five thousand people die every day of hunger and we've got a special report coming up in a few minutes time examining what we call the food business business first a lot of this quick break.

welcomes a business out so you would need me from over there go to shareholders have decided to postpone a decision on whether the british russian joint venture wants to participate in the b.b. and ross never article expiration deal the meeting was held in berlin on friday after was initially post or word from the original date of february twenty fifth june to be trailing assy correspond the idea was that i was not. but we're closer in the sense that the two sides have met because as you say last week b.p. actually failed to turn up it obviously feel somewhat stuck in a corner in a split of a lose lose situation on the one hand obviously has a case against b.p.

the stockholm arbitration course court has suspended 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 article exploration it would of course lose a great deal of the profits that it has a shadow hanging over all of this is the russian government energy minister. says he actually backs b.p. in the b.p. rosneft deal 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 thought in the side really for b.p. well godley the new head of b.p. really hoping that this deal would mark the next level of development for the company after its troubles of course with the oil spill in the gulf of mexico and not just for the company but also for the world he told me that demand for energy cost the world's expected job forty percent by twenty thirty and the arctic is

a key way of possibly to maintain and fulfill that demand i think center will show reporting that and prime minister putin says inflation in russia will reach around six percent in june but alexandra if you had to be to be capital says high oil prices are allowing the government to replenish its reserve fund which could help kind of inflation. if the ministry of finance spends less of extra well reading is that they get from hi all racist then the batteries for inflation because less money will get into the economy less and interest. and there is also good for the school because it will investors will see that referees again accumulate in the reserves mr prince estimated that they see there is their front. when they have three learn by the end of the year one hundred trillion rubles price of one hundred restored that there should be more money in the reserve fund didn't use your fine system it's currently. the world's largest minium producer roussel has rejected nor

does nicholas offer to buy out twenty percent of its shares saying it wouldn't be in the best interest of shareholders last month offered to buy twenty percent of its shares from blue sell for twelve point eight billion dollars which would lead the other billion giant majority owned by taking the niggly passed with a five percent stake convincing on resells decision or cynical said he will make no more buyout offers to risk meanwhile noisemaker was heading for yet another extraordinary board meeting on march eleventh where the fates of the nickel giants leadership could shift once again move to the markets now we start with the united states where unemployment data showed a third consecutive month of the line and the rate is now at eight point nine percent nearly two year lows for economy added one hundred ninety two thousand jobs in february but factory orders at the same time increased just point seven percent in january the weakest showing since october and therefore negative dynamics on the

u.s. markets seems there's no interest in european investors either with the jobless report says preliminary report already hinted at all to mistakes that so. this friday at the close in russia also you seeing profit taking on the r.t.s. from the my sex drive point three and point four percent respectively overall the week so far. was strong as commodities are still high and one percent five sessions the r.t.s. four point one percent this still going to be trading on saturday. to stocks now in friday's trade burbank you're seeing quite a run coaster ride this week in stock was down one point six percent in. oil use gold was down after a pretty strong. bit

in last if they could hit the introduction of the lobelia knowledge status for some consolidated companies as one of the steps forward in creating an international financial center in russia this comes as president very stressed the

importance of reform in order to reach the status quo for doing you the creation of moscow as an international financial center remains the country's key priority and to do this we need to effectively settle two issues the first is a bird financial architecture of the century you should have a center featuring all basically natural instruments our task is also to raise muscle to the level of other leading financial capitals and the gas from lead nord stream consortium has secured almost three and a half billion dollars for construction of the second phase of the pipeline generated funds were thirty percent financed by shareholders and seventy percent from international financial markets with twenty four banks involved construction of the second phase is to start this may well as first gas deliveries for the pipelines the first phase are to commence in september north stream is planning to deliver gas from russia to europe and will be the longest subsidy pipeline in the world once it's completed of course. well be back next hour with nothing kevin is next with the headlines after a special break districts. of. the

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