listening to the latest in science and technology from the realms of russia please dump the future coverage. we stop stories on our t.v. fears of foreign intervention and violence toward libya were due for british special forces soldiers have reportedly been seized by protesters on sunday. think we'd be in iraq if their major export their rockley experts say it's not concern for libya's people but interest in oil that's fueling some western reactions to be unrest with the u.s. economy already suffering from the soaring prices of the pound. we are in an information war and we are losing that war hillary clinton asked for extra funds to spread u.s. media propaganda abroad as a growing number of people turn to other countries news outlets to get a fresh view on the world events. and russia's militia consigned to history as

a major overhaul but country's law enforcement system starts with a change of name as the service strives to improve its reputation. it's six pm in moscow and that treasure bring you today's top stories in a look back at the week's news here on r t we start in libya where there are reports that british soldiers have been seized by anti cannot you for says as more western warships and planes move closer to the country and eight special air service officers said to be involved were in the eastern part of the country according to a diplomat who was supposed to negotiate with the rebels but protesters said they were outraged by the incident seeing it as a foreign intervention into libya's internal affairs this as the country slips closer to civil war with violence intensified with reports of airstrikes and heavy artillery are he's policy leader has more. on saturday the 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 it strikes and live ammunition and growing fears that libya is descending into civil war 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 west to support the rebels and attack gadhafi the latest word we hearing is that the western media is trying to portray good duffy's forces as a losing and the opposition forces as winning but as you can see from these pictures it certainly is not clear who has the upper hand and also analysts who are putting forward the opinion of the western media is so and he could afi because he has taken such a strong stand in the past against western interference in developing countries the

latest word from the british government is that it is confirming that it is considering and is on standby to deploy its 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 its two warships have left crease and according to a statement they issued they are part of the military buildup around libya now 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 foreign intervention has already begun. the situation in libya. foreign intervention can only exasperate the 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 many tarion aid to benghazi but

they've also sent military advisors and special forces this means that your own creations 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 this is the exact same scenario as a rock and in fact is starting to talk about chemical weapons in libya it was in two thousand and three that the united states and britain want to fight the daffy as someone who gave up his weapons of mass destruction now they're doing that out 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.

the u.n. resolution adopted last week could see the libyan leader face an international criminal court pepe escobar a correspondent for asia tie and says gadhafi his former allies are running scared at the prospect of an investigation. can imagine it's got that he will tell that it's on a twenty four seven basis to collaborate. libya with the glare of the scrutiny trio that you know brought back to the international community all the shady deals the walls all the shading financial deals repeatedly specially aid which has invested at least fifty billion dollars in the oil industry in libya and the doj a relationship so they're actually every european government not summation of the u.s. an arms deal is from the brits it would be a fantastic show wouldn't. trends forecaster gerald celente says it's not support for the libyan people but interest in the country's oil fields that's driving us rhetoric and action. the only reason they're interested in libya is back to you oil

you hear anybody screaming and yelling about all those people last week they were killed in the ivory coast or the sudan and i guess cocoa was that that you know if much of a national priority they'll try anything but we already heard hillary clinton say that they're willing to do anything for anybody in libya that needs a so they're putting it out there already they're talking about no fly zones and they have cockers see is just beyond the belief i mean for example they did has anybody called for a war criminal trials against mubarak as they are for. you know in all of the the world is the the western world of calling for his head but the other heads in bahrain and in yamin and in egypt or are you know they're ok chimneys you're leave them alone but they're calling for

gadhafi you said why because it's loyal yet think we'd be in iraq if that major export there was broccoli. as the arab world still ahead this hour excuse me the man who changed the course of history for the u.s.s.r. . i don't agree with people see the buddhist like you failed it didn't fail it was destructive it. looks into the legacy of the soviet union's first and only president mikhail gorbachev who celebrated his eightieth birthday this week. and we explore why the british are wary of an upcoming nationwide census over fears their personal information might add up in the hands of u.s. authorities. first though hundreds of people thought of the streets of afghanistan's capital to protest the deaths of nine children killed in a nato airstrike last week protestors directed their anger at the u.s. occupation and afghan government demonstrations called the country's president hyde

park as eyes can the nations of the killings protests are continuing despite the u.s. leader and military officials apologies for the incident civilian casualties are a sensitive issue in afghanistan where more than one hundred innocent afghans were killed and nato military operations in recent weeks political activist daoud sultanzoy explains why the alliance can't cope with their anti-terrorist making matters worse for afghans. 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 that need terrorists who come with suicide bombings and with and discriminant the targeting of civilian areas and the people of afghanistan are tired of both the hearts of the people of afghanistan or in the hands of two incompetent players one player is the international community and one

player is the afghan government and both players are in called. it's unfair and ignorant about the true meaning of hearts and minds the intention of this war was to fight terror but the people of honest have become the victim of terror the united states and the coalition forces have to do much better and they have to also hold the afghan side also at a higher standard in this case the afghan government and the international community are held responsible in their eyes and and in the eyes of the people of up on the stump. while civilian deaths are escalating in afghanistan another weapon terrorizes people the world over claim in countless innocent lives every year this tree of a car gong export an arson special report here's a look. hillary

clinton says the u.s. is losing that information war to foreign media outlets including r t this week the secretary of state asked congress for more cash to step up u.s. efforts to get its message across or he's got a chief yun has more war declared the u.s. is now officially in an information battle with foreign media which provide alternative views on world news views which often running contrast to the coverage of events by the us mainstream 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 and 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 can into various foreign media to get a fresh take on events clearly the united states feels on the defensive in clark because he can no longer monopolize not only the terms of you know the soroti in these countries but also the terms of the bait there's other information out there 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 artie's constantly growing audience is already an indication to many that the days of media monopoly are over and people demand a move people are approach to news there is 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 and now the administration is seeking more funding to step up u.s. propaganda efforts of grog 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 last year the head of the agency that manages the us government who are an international broadcasting asked for more money for his department we care allow ourselves to be out communicated by. and to me the list of enemies

included russia 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's page 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 we're combining probably money alone can't provide global media clouds walter isaacson's speech last year since quite a hostile message to foreign media exposing shortcomings in the us mainstream but secretary clinton statement made it will push all the us is fighting a global information war and its goes unpunished our reporting from washington r.t. . christopher chambers professor of media studies at georgetown university says u.s. news outlets are losing audience because they're putting profit first. basically you have news and entertainment in the united states that has merged and is serving

basically and one of maybe three or four giant corporations and all they can or concerned about is not gathering news is not reporting do but commentary on the news punditry if you will and entertainment slant on the new so the more sensational list the more that they can deliver a demographic to their sponsors all the commercials and in other words that's all they care about so you have a lot of inaccurate reporting you have a lot of incomplete reporting but it serves the corporate purpose artie's domestic audience has grown significantly because people are not getting real news and that should scare washington remember you can have your say on all the stories we're covering so right on to our dot com and share your thoughts on this topic in this case the media war debate.

the last leader of the soviet union celebrated his eightieth birthday this week and one as a diehard advocate for peace his name became symbolic with the end of the cold war president dmitry medvedev marker of a child's day by awarding him one of russia's highest honor it's seeking to create a more open and prosperous u.s.s.r. his initiatives range from introducing free speech to a massive overhaul of the state economy he also he's also famed for his leading role in helping scrap the berlin wall and the reunification of germany in the ninety's efforts were awarded with a nobel peace prize a barely a year later the soviet union collapsed some critics blame his unfinished reforms for the disorder and turmoil that plagued russia in the ninety's well i resent him for destroying what they say was the powerhouse that was the u.s.s.r. but despite criticism the former leader says russia was in desperate need. therefore i don't agree when people say the perestroika failed it didn't fail it

was disrupted derailed stocks still perestroika achieved a lot of people realized they had finally got some freedom an opportunity to act inside russia we had democracy free elections freedom of conscience private property freedom to travel abroad everything in foreign affairs we put an end to the cold war we normalized our relationship with the u.s. we reunited germany we didn't send our tanks or troops there all our units in eastern europe stayed where they work it wasn't always easy and many things did not work out the way we planned at the beginning when we made our first mistakes we didn't really explain to people what was going on and didn't get them involved in all those processes we were self-confident. and you can get the full interview with mikhail gorbachev and many others our website that car.

again. is preparing for a nationwide census gap and later this month the government says it will help provide the services and resources people need the involvement of a controversial u.s. defense for and leaves many theory in their privacy could you violated our reports from london. it's census 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 manufacture a lot he'd martin and campaigners ranging from religious groups to peace activists to data protection lobbyists are really against it on ethical grounds they are a number of oppressive regimes but also. for us heavily in the wars they fought in iraq and afghanistan 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 makes land mines and nuclear weapons and contracts out interrogation of kuantan of a bay although it will be the u.k. all 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 gauge lucky martin maintains it's taken measures to make sure u.s. authorities can't access the data. all johnson will be carried out in the u.k. no dancer will leave will be held at any point outside the u.k. . will have access to any. all dancers the property of the and only u.k. e.u. and companies will have any access. 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 any use and any statute. any use by the security or intelligence services for national security purposes any use for the pursuit of crime any use in pursuit of an e.u. community obligations so any e.u.

rules that information can be passed over so it's essentially any government use whatsoever of confidentiality has been 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 a tip in the said says it is used by the government grants to local councils and recognize new groups in society as census 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 a waste of money but the two hundred forty million dollar contracts amount will go

into looking at martins pocket any way your average r.t. did. turn out of some other stories making headlines across the several people injured after clashes between. police and students in the capital of bangladesh law enforcement armed with tear gas and the tons charge the angry crowds after they began smashing vehicles the unrest started over the death of a twenty five year old student in a road accident. after years of claiming presidential immunity former french president jacques chirac is finally facing a court trial he stands accused of masterminding a scheme in which the city of paris paid the bill for a work benefiting his party rather conviction could carry a ten year jail term experts say it's unlikely he's unlikely to serve any prison time. japan's foreign minister has resigned after opposition out for over a political donation he got from a foreign national stage admitted accepting about six hundred dollars from a south korean citizen residing in japan the some

a small japanese law bans politicians from accepting money from outsiders to protect the country from foreign influence his resignation strikes a blow to the current prime minister naoto who as a potential successor. russian law enforcement is given a much needed make over this week with public trust in the four sitting to an all time low it's hoped the new reforms and in name change will return to credibility as artie's a cattery knows are reports there's a lot riding on the overhaul paperwork and cosmetics. a change of title and hopefully a change in attitudes these law enforcement officers are abandoning their soviet era name of meat's they're in favor of the world the recognizable police for the government it's a first step down a long road towards modernizing the service and arresting a sharp decline in public perception. the people stressed of the boys in blue has been dealt a huge blow in recent years it's led to any society amongst officers and outrage

from knows they're supposed to protect incidents like the supermarket rampage by officer you've seen a cough who opened fire on innocent shoppers killing two and wounding seven it was the final straw that fueled calls for reform but can changing their name bring about a change in behavior while some insist that any change is long overdue for others it's purely cosmetic or the very fact that there were so many accidents with police officers behaving illegally in russia during the previous years. this very fact is not going to be changed by the change of the law because these illegal practices were contrary to the previous legislation as well as cauldron of the current work the big question is whether there is the political will to really . take that under control the police themselves though are preparing for the changes to come up with a huge part of our ratings will depend on the people of this country how they

evaluate outperformance this colonel is already grasping the essence of modernizing the force her students seem eager to absorb as much information before their upcoming exams so. everyone will be tested physical ability knowledge of new law civic duties all those are included in the new existence there will be no indulgences for anyone either passed the test is believed to force other changes are a mixed blessing or. b. a twenty percent cut in personnel but the remaining officers will get a pay rise there will be better screening of new recruits with every detail of an applicant's background put under the microscope but until all that takes effect officers have to knuckle down to the job in hand restoring honor to russia's police is a tough task and the public are no pushover judges but the force is determined to turn that around reexamining staff redesigning uniforms all those changes will take

a lot of time to be fully implemented but one of the first things that change or the signs like these which soon will feature internationally recognizable policing casuarinas are moscow about with a readout of our headlines in a few moments stay with us here on r.t. . the.

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