the children of each other. but you know what you. show me their children killed their ability to turn. in serbia let usually be the most good and when they are going to. while fighting continues around leave your reports of heavy gunfire in the capital are dismissed by the government as simply program celebrations. unrest in the oil rich arab world sounds shock waves through the u.s. economy as a protest and fuel prices soaring also. we are in an information war and we are losing that war hillary clinton throws down the gauntlet to the u.s. media to game against other countries international media outlets including our team. and many britons are prepared to boycott the approaching nationwide census outsourced to economy her sole u.s.

firm over the years all their personal info might end up overseas. this is r t coming to you live from moscow ten pm here on c.n.n. today we take a look at the top stories of the week to leave you now where heavy gunfire has been heard in tripoli it is unclear whether it has come from rebels trying to gain power or a celebratory gunfire from the supporters of the regime around two thousand procrit obvious supporters have gathered in the capital square to show they are commitments to the ruling new york city kilometers outside for a police clashes between pro and anti-government groups reached the strategic city of zawiya and seventy people were killed and around three hundred one that it was fine and it is still unclear who's in control of what territories the flames at.

heloc ways are both sides articles lire files this report. finds that libyan leader moammar gadhafi launched a fresh military offensive he's trying to retake some of the towns he's lost in the past eighteen days of fighting there were some seventy people killed those are the latest reports we're receiving and more than three hundred people injured with reports of strikes and live ammunition and growing fears that libya is descending into civil war most of the fighting is in the key towns of libya such as zawiya which is some fifty kilometers from the capital tripoli and the oil rich port of ras in the north now in what's known of the latest reports there suggest that rebel leaders are in control slowly making their way towards the capital city of tripoli in zawiya itself at a draw on the duffey forces launched an attack they fired a mortar shells they used machine guns and throughout most of saturday heavy fighting happened to their villages what we have from the rebel leaders themselves is that they remain in control inside of the town and we're hearing from government

forces that they're in control around the perimeter now this is an important town because it is so close to the capital and if the rebels are able to maintain a presence there they will have a better chance of attacking tripoli it is interesting though that some of the pictures we're showing you here on our t.v. have actually been distributed by the gadhafi regime it's really trying hard to present its version of events it's using these pictures as proof that its forces are in control in most of these towns in the east it's very difficult to tell from these pictures in fact who is in control in the ground but it certainly is indicative that in addition to the fighting on the ground there certainly is a fight in the media and information war in terms of who is in control of what now many of the media in europe and in the united states has been supporting the rebels there have been editorials in major american and european newspapers actually calling on the ways to support the rebels and attack gadhafi. the latest word we

hearing is that the western media is trying to portray gadhafi forces as losing and the opposition forces is winning but as you can see from these pictures it certainly is not clear who has the upper hand there also analysts who are pushing forward the opinion that the western media is so and she could afi because he has taken such a strong stand in the past against western interference in developing countries relations with on the british government is that it is confirming that it is considering and is on standby to your points forces within twenty four hours it says that these forces will be used for humanitarian and evacuation purposes and not for any kind of military intervention the latest word we have from the u.s. is that it's to the war ships have a lift and according to state to be issued they are part of the military buildup around libya and we also know that two american planes have landed in china's yet they are reportedly here for humanitarian efforts we also know that france and the united kingdom are putting pressure on the united nations security council to make

a decision on a no fly zone. as we reported there as a war activist carol turner told r.t. you know while libyans may want regime change it should be achieved within the country not by foreign intervention. i'm extremely worried it could be a foreign intervention led by the 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 and installing a pro western regime or if on the other hand they think feel that oil interests enough and she has a keen interest or in some way threatened then i think ultimately they won't hold back particularly concerns about the no fly policy that spain and discuss the comparison would be what happens in iraq in the ninety ninth says at the end of the gulf war of ninety nine he won the united states and britain a stop alicia

a no fly zone the net result was that hundreds of thousands of iraqis were killed the infrastructure of the country was from c. net's results of a no fly zone was not to prevent the cause a humanitarian crisis and it doesn't take a great leap of imagination to see that the situation unfolding here population across the region has made pretty clear in my opinion for although it wants to change regimes it doesn't want foreign intervention you don't need to agree in politics to work without some to understand what's being said of course that person wants america or britain for him however political expert. says foreign intervention has already begun and it will only aggravate the situation in libya. foreign intervention can only exasperate a problem in libya it cannot help in any way and as

a matter of fact foreign intervention has already begun the french the united states and the british have already said so-called too many tarion aid to benghazi but they've also sent military advisors and special forces this means that your operations have already begun we are seeing a similar scenario of what happened to iraq we're seeing talks about sanctions false reports that have been used to justify the no fly zones about aerial strikes on protesters and civilians this is a deep zakk same scenario as iraq in fact they're starting to talk about chemical weapons in libya it was in two thousand and three that the united states and britain want to fight gadhafi as someone who gave up his weapons of mass destruction now they're doing about face in claiming that colonel gadhafi has chemical weapons no this is another book the man they're creating to justify their foreign policy in regards to libya in fact it's very ironic that the united states

called on protesters in egypt and the regime to talk things out but in libya you have a whole different story because of oil interests black gold as some may call it i think you have more on the developing situation. the latest news developments and analysis from our. well the arab uprising sending oil prices to new highs this week it's thought this could be just the start of a very bumpy ride surging fuel costs in the u.s. are threatening to derail the country's economic recovery and artie's lauren lyster imports the political prize may also be too high for the obama administration. tunisia. egypt.

by hurricane. algeria. libya protest in countries seeming to fuel one another unrest spreading like wildfire through the middle east and north africa only raging in all year rich countries that helped fuel the world's use of more than eighty four million barrels of crude a day. uncertainty over production has said prices soaring mean a shock waves from the middle east turmoil are being felt worldwide and now the mideast crisis is hitting home for outrage americans as oil prices have skyrocketed so too have the prices people paper gasoline and now the price americans pay at the pump is threatening to derail the u.s. economic recovery a surge in oil. prices will be the end of the u.s. economy not just an end to the recovery there's no more a reality peak oil expert michael c.

rupert sees happening it or oil hits one hundred fifty dollars a barrel which he believes is inevitable this year others predict it going to two hundred twenty dollars it's so devastating because oil. fuels more than just cars. it fuels the entire global economy. though there's no doubt that if gas goes to five dollars a gallon for americans as some predict there would be a high political price to pay for the obama administration's you know gasoline prices and go out and march and for a very long period it could be your or. your political impact if there is no denying the u.s. has played a role in the events that have transpired in the middle east every time u.s. president barack obama went to the podium calling for this that there must be reform political social and economic reforms that meet the aspirations of the

egyptian people and calling for egyptian president hosni mubarak's resignation it was calling for an end to the status quo which means a right and uncertainty in which region so did leaders weigh the toll it could take on their own economy some argue they don't have the power to kind of winning back up trying to push their back against an avalanche and i don't think they're going to have a lot of success that may not something us from trying to take control some observers believe the u.s. may intervene militarily in libya or call reserves are massive under false pretenses of helping protesting people has nothing to do with interest he. has everything to do with the interest of the u.s. corporate oil corporations military. profit either way analysts say the price of fuel going up will simply fuel public rage and the government is largely

helpless the american people are going for a very nasty ride and there's no way out of it now but i can tell you the government understands that its current foreign minister r.t. new york. afghan president hamid karzai says washington isn't doing enough to prevent mounting civilian casualties caused by american and nato military actions in his country he voiced his criticism in a video conference with president barack obama on thursday if i wasn't a apology of the earlier for killing nine children in a fantasy preliminary alliance the porches of boys are twelve were gathering firewood one point targeted in an airstrike overall asked me suggest natives campaign in a country as cause over nine thousand civilian deaths since two thousand and one political activists doubt sultanzoy says innocent afghans are becoming mirror statistics in america's so-called war on terror. it's very difficult

to translate these apologies into really meaningful. things to victims' families these are casualties that have been happening for too many years and there are too many civilian casualties the people of afghanistan the civilians are the victims of both the nato civilian casualties and the terrorists who come with suicide bombings and with industry targeting of civilian areas and the people of afghanistan are tired of both the hearts of the people of afghanistan or of the hands of two incompetent players one player is the international community and one player is the afghan government and both players are incompetent and ignorant about the true meaning of hearts and minds the intention of this war was to fight terror but the people. have become that victim of terror the united states and coalition forces have to do much better and they have to also hold the afghan side

also at a higher standard in this case both the afghan government and the international community who are held responsible in their eyes and in the eyes of the people up on the snow. and next hour here on our team will open our special report abbie history of the twentieth century weapon of terror and it's used all around the world and claims countless lives every year that's a car bomb. hillary clinton has said the u.s.

is losing an information award to foreign media outlets including r.t. this week the secretary of state asked congress for more task to step up america's halfords to get its message across archie's got edged down reports from washington d.c. war declared the u.s. is now officially in an information battle with foreign media which provide alternative views on world news views with joffe and running contrast to the coverage of events by the us news stream media 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 we are cutting back the b.b.c. is cutting back some five years ago western media outlets including b.b.c. and c.n.n. had a near monopoly in the coverage of world news things have changed since then more

and more viewers across the world tuning in to various foreign media to get a fresh take on events clearly the united states feels on the defensive in part because it can no longer monopolize not only the terms of you know the soroti in these countries but also the terms of the there is other information out there are 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 or should be the only point of view r.t. presence on you tube is one example almost three hundred million views as opposed to c.n.n. that has around three million archy's constantly growing audience is already an indication to many that the days of media monopoly are over and people demanded more people are approached the news you know the real commitment to the kind of freedom of the universe speech that we really need if we're going to be a democracy at home and in a you know

a community of nations overseas too many hillary clinton speech a few weeks ago on freedom of internet seemed contradictory to the treatment that sources like weak he leaks are getting us legislators are now crafting a law that would give the administration increased flexibility to go after weiqi leaks and the likes and now the administration is seeking more funding to step up u.s. propaganda efforts of broad 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. we're done and unfortunately we are paying a big price for it last year the head of the agency that manages the u.s. government or an international broadcasting asked for more money for his department we can't allow ourselves to be out communicated by our enemies the list of enemies included question china iran and venezuela walter isaacson the head of the agency which runs voice of america among other media outlets later backtracked on this

statement isaacson speech for more funding seemed even more unconvincing considering his agency has a budget of seven hundred fifty million dollars and it's way more than the budget of r t iran's press t.v. and venezuela's tell us your combined probably money alone can't provide global media clouds walter isaacson's speech last year so it's quite a hostile message to foreign media exposing shortcomings in the us mainstream but secretary clinton statement made it official the u.s. is fighting a global information war and its will so i'm going to take our reporting from washington r.t. . as a war of ideas here itself observers say it's washington's own fault for being on the losing end christopher chambers a professor of media studies at georgetown university says real news is on its way out of the us due to press and t.v. channel ownership by big corporations. 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 is the liver the demographics to 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 with people attacking the president than we are with having people on the ground finding out what the problem 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 a true propaganda arm rather than a news gathering and reporting which is what our t. 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 got a record. where i was interested in your opinion here and i think so why not leave us your thoughts out of your words our website our. freedom is the basis of russia's future development a massive came this week from president or maybe the seventy form zeinab for the country. a lot of words we can't postpone our freedom should we fear that the free man might use his freedom to quickly some believe that our country's tragic history in the twentieth century was a result of a failed injection of freedom they believe the skeptics who say grand scale reform

is unsuitable for the russian people think differently a country should not be held together with china screws it is all of us that in order that is excessively strict an excessive number of controllers does not usually leads to the triumph of good and not steve a tree over corruption that used a good day should have management therefore it's extremely important to get this is science be a chance to equalize itself. the president's message came as russia marks one hundred fifty years since the abolition of sort of them the decree was signed by zarrella xander the second after a long struggle for reform in society the country's modernisation and liberal changes have been ever forefront of president of the industry policies since he came to power to get a good. player k. is preparing for a nationwide census which is to start at the head of the month the government says it will help provide the services and resources but a connection to the controversial rest of plans corp remains many theor of their

privacy will be violated with their personal data falling into the wrong hands article or emmet reports. it's senses time in the u.k. when every household in the country is asked to provide detailed information about their lives to the government so they can keep track of what's going on and who will be in charge of this sensitive data. yes it's controversial u.s. arms manufacturers lockheed martin and campaigners ranging from religious groups to peace activists to data protection lobbyists are really against it on ethical grounds to play on a number of oppressive regimes they also. for us heavily in the wars they fought in iraq and afghanistan are opposed by the majority of people in britain even if supported by the british government hill vows to boycott the census despite the risk of prosecution he says he won't be alone look he'd makes land mines and

nuclear weapons and contracts out interrogation kuantan of a bay although it will be the u.k. arm that carries out the survey there's still a worry that the information could fall under the auspices of the us patriot act which compels personal data held by any company on systems in the us to be made available to government intelligence the office for national statistics which in gauged lockheed martin maintains it's taken measures to make sure u.s. authorities can't access the data. all data processing will be carried out in the u.k. no dancer will leave will be held at any point outside the u.k. . martin staff will have access to any personal census data or dancers the property of the. only u.k. e.u. owned companies will have any access to personal data but it's that last point that's raise red flags for data protection lobbyists who say that all the private

information collected during the census will be available to practically any organization that requests it i only use it on the any statute. only use by the security or intelligence services for national security purposes any use for the pursuit is crying for any use in pursuit of an e.u. community organisation so any e.u. rules that information can be passed over so it's essentially any government use whatsoever of competition or else is being abolished and u.k. government agencies don't exactly have a great track record when it comes to safeguarding information three years ago a file containing secrets terror related documents was left on a train more recently the national health service lost the medical records of tens of thousands of people thanks to lockheed martin's involvement in the census it would be hard for the u.s. authorities to lay their hands on that information if they wanted they took them

instead so it is used by the government grants to local councils and recognize new groups in society the census is run by lockheed martin raises grave concerns in britain about ethics and international security if a lot of people boycott this that says it will make it ineffective and the waste of money but the two hundred forty million dollar contracts amount will go into looking at martin's pockets anyway you're an authority loved it. it's time now take a look at some other stories from around the world and at least twenty six people have been killed and forty injured. when a passenger bus collided with a lawnmower truck in the southern brazilian state of saying that arena police report of the truck driver lost control of his vehicle and crashed into the bus which had forty seven passengers on board and two thousand and seven seeing similar accidents on the same road claimed twenty seven lives. a fire which tore through a bar in central taiwan has left nine dead and twelve injured preliminary investigation

suggests the blaze was caused by sparks from an allergy towards the performance several of the victims were found on the staircase between the first and second floors. u.s. air force has launched its second a manned space plane from cape canaveral blastoff of the atlas five rocket carrying the orbital test vehicle to place a day later than a dissipated due to bad weather the purpose of the rocket has been kept in mystery leading to much speculation the first spacecraft of this kind was launched last april and landed in california after a two hundred seventy day mission triggered all right. well i'll be back with headlines in just a few moments then we'll hear from the chairman of russia's foreign affairs committee to get his take on the uprisings in the arab world stay with us for that .

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