see what nature can give you see. the problem here and think god is god some reporters became not only part of the story but in its main driving force what. our correspondent in libya discover is how journalists there are a scroll wheel on the fire stoking the conflict just to get striking headlines. at that office for in cash goes under a lot and he experts warn of the legacy of using frozen assets as a long term political tool. and young people in italy look to inject fresh blood into the country's leadership but some fear it could mean leaning to the nationalistic far right. business the ruble has become stronger in the past few

weeks largely due to rising oil prices and most predict the russian currency could strengthen even further in the coming months more in our business program. it is one am in the russian capital you're watching r t with me arena joshie fightings intensified in several key citizen libya as broken off the forces tried to regain control reports say dozens of people have been killed in numerous attacks on rebel held areas as the government forces are thought to have held out against the onslaught and intent to advance on tripoli even while a mass rallies been held in the capital in support of the regime with thousands chanting procrit of the slogans of national media say the country is at civil war and the number of victims is heading into the thousands but as archie's or some boys the records foreign journalists are being accused of exaggerating reality.

there of the war in comprehensible as it sounds it's present in any conflict just days ago these parents feared for their children's lives today they're taking their pictures in front of the tanks the desire to be captured laughing in the face of danger is even stronger in the journalists and the conflict in libya is providing a perfect setting for a moment gadhafi is striking back now we're hearing reports of warplanes bombing opposition camps in eastern libya forces loyal to libyan leader moammar gadhafi appeared to be advancing east into areas held by his opponents on t.v. screens in gaza really look like this juncture of the rebel resistance but in reality it's more like a seaside resort than a conflict zone who tells a food book with journalists and residents go about their daily lives here boys are looking for new things to play with guns are in ample supply some reports on been

ghazi refer to fifty tree should in eastern libya as war another conflict zone where rebels are engaged in sporadic and oscillated pitched battles with pro get out the forces but an all out war no i don't have any fear life is going on as usual it's ok you numb research was one of the first reporters to arrive in benghazi for several days she's been traveling with the rebels about two hundred kilometers west of the city at some point the pro-government forces opened fire and her crew the focal point of the report there's a war going on and one of the real like it or not there is that there is a frontline you know and there are people with guns and there are two sides fighting has channels know the gunfire and explosions make for strong he but they also can help to blow things out of recession with journalists and leave people to report freely from tripoli and all the gadhafi controlled parts of libya son can

find them starstruck. for the rebel side of the story their goals are just opening up to journalists they just love them and. just whenever they take one city we go with them and then we go into into the other city but reporters need to gravel's to here in the opposition's press center and been kasi internet access isn't restricted and the coffee available twenty four hours the message is on the wall and sometimes finds its way into reports of people uprising each in the head so we are really in danger. because we don't trust the driver so we have to be with him horsemeat circle so you as a human being you tell me how could you be i mean it's just david here is human rights with rebels professing their ragin is just quite good after his regime to the bitter end no wonder news reports a caring predictions of in an uncivil war yet as the rebels inability to mount

a fully fledged defensive becomes more apparent so is the unbalanced nature of the coverage medium a call gadhafi delusional but in their assessment of the events in libya they don't show a full grasp of the situation either. many people think being one correspondent takes over courage and hard work but actually a fun it's much easier and on more enjoyable than routine journalistic assignments especially when they were sitting side they saw accommodating the problem here and it being god the it is that some reporters became not only part of the story but in its main driving force and instead of hoping that full blown confrontation and block showed the very thing that almost calling for it sort of like an artsy bin gazi. independent journalist keith harmon snow says global media reports from libya last one fundamental thing and that's evidence of an all embracing conflict.

government forces named it off its forces a weapons depot in one of these on the edge of one of the city's weapons depot had already been taken over by the rebels and it was a government weapons evoking beginning with the rebels took it over but when gadhafi bombed it then of course he was the enemy and he was the dictator and he said terrorists if canadian forces marched into washington d.c. and took over the pentagon and we responded nobody would call the american government a terrorist checking our own interests and that's what we're seeing here with gadhafi and some of these so-called bombings it's very interesting that there's very little in the presence of pictures but actual you know violence another theme in the reporting that i read today was this idea that people in washington are. conversing with governments in europe about what to do about this rogue state media and that and the need for humanitarian aid instead of military intervention well the military intervention has already occurred but i bet i mean special forces have

been on the ground in libya before three twenty six laying the ground for what's going on there now and they're all over the place there's navy seals coming in from the mediterranean and there's special forces coming in from need here on the other side where the u.s. has special forces training that has been openly advertised in american military journals. world affairs aspart steven cohen says what's happening in libya won't necessarily bring about democracy here are some of what we'll hear next hour when the new york academic talks starting. in august troops who are going to target somebody coming from someone like you are very were as an. american intervention. conscript or your current comparative or. those of the pirates or throw. your story in the porcelain aspect of our personal. going to do what we're witnessing there and it will be but.

it's not true these are pro-democracy movement sure these are and. despotic movements they want to get rid of the dictator but getting rid of a dictator or toward a mini country doesn't mean the servants of them are free that's across. the media and government is reportedly running out of money where the counts of colonel gadhafi and his inner circle being frozen around the world the u.n. security council has unanimously ordered a travel and assets ban on the libyan leader's regime argues lauren lister looks at how those resources of broad might be used. as violence continues in libya the u.s. sends warships and more troops in that direction fueling speculation of a military intervention and meanwhile western countries may have already launched

a war against colonel moammar gadhafi as north african regime most countries. are. freezing over their asses those. are the weapons here the foreign assets of either libya the country or could be off he and his family that some estimate to be almost one hundred billion dollars it's believed to be spread across the globe all money invested through the country's sovereign wealth fund everything from a stake in the company that owns the financial times newspaper to land near the spanish resort town of marbury are being developed into homes and of course to the oil company of your annex and billions of dollars of cash in big throughout europe and the u.s. the question now is what happens to all this money especially the thirty billion dollars the united states has frozen the most ever in the history of this country and this type of situation it essentially cuts libya off from the entire u.s.

banking system for now it stays put while the situation is still uncertain but what is certain the president of the united states is now in control of this money which gives him a powerful tool. a good deal about this money where some of this money. you have to go forward. whatever the. things it's all about control and profit. this is an empire it's an empire where the greatest profits come from the military contracts and the oil contracts so they will work. overtime if those corporations are interest to enact these sanctions the u.s. president declared the situation in libya quote an unusual and extraordinary threat to u.s. national security and foreign policy that's not typical considering there is not

a clear aggressive action libya has taken against the u.s. as for libya's financial interests analysts say you could look at the history of countries such as iran their assets were frozen in the wake of the one nine hundred seventy nine hostage crisis their money that was seized from iran back in one nine hundred seventy nine has still you know not been returned to the iranians so it's basically time for a plunder play you know if we can take it away from them we will the money is used most often to pay for the settlements of lawsuit against a leader or a government or to recoup losses khadafi can likely kiss their money goodbye we took their nuclear capacity away made promises didn't live up to them claim that was a great victory for peace and now we're in a situation where it's clear that oil is at stake the future of the massive sums of money reach for libyan oil is now with uncertain is the divided country it came

from lauren mr r.t. new york. also the come on the program here in our team the name of the night skill nikon throws a party titled after russia's prime minister but what you are putting is not exactly flattering being the face of the event also. we've got from oscars rooftop to see what one of the city's highest flying women is up to. it looks like italy's decision makers need to watch their backs with more italians shifting their support to find new people to kick start their country but bad could mean out worrying a lurch to the far right as matthew statements reports from rome. italy's dolce vietor is turning bitter unemployment is a near record high and analysts believe much needed economic growth might still be years away more of a fresh scandals engulfing prime minister berlusconi are being reported on

a daily basis fueling italians traditional distrust of politicians bad news yes but not for everyone grassroots political movements rather than parties cashing in on this grim state of affairs among them neofascist ones in level this is italy's castle pound our plan to take everything this is this we caught the multicultural multiethnic parts of the bustling community of asian middle east and north african residents living side by side but here in this six story building sense their headquarters this is most prominent the fast growing radical right cause of power. named after the u.s. poet as are pounds and unwavering support of more sunnies fascist regime this building is home to seventy of the movement's members the walls are covered with the names and posters of their heroes including some surprisingly taken from the

leftist media such as che guevara because of pound support has grown alongside the unemployment rate a staggering twenty nine percent of its time youths currently without a job italy is a country of all people it is hard for the young to find a job or make their voices heard we're not only a generation deprived the right future but also of our present. because abounds present with its brand of revamped third millennium fascism as its members shamelessly put it is one of rapid growth in direct contrast to the country's economy. through its intense a general discussion forums is splitting rock concerts and squash factions the movement is on the up and up a. membership campaign gathered over two thousand five hundred payne supporters on just its first day. this is an association of free men and women of every social class and age we believe that fascism was a grand period in italy's past cultural and artistic splendor we can't put

a label ourselves as fascists we are witnessing the end of the political parties rule movements such as this one will prevail against them but members also claim there are an anti racist anti discrimination movement they just playing the political correctness game something this might be the case also because the pound is a dangerous phenomenon i received threats over the phone when i post public lands into concerts and they organized here in rome they sent me some intimidating lyrics of one of their band songs then hung up the movement's members deny any wrongdoing and came the media and left us politicians misrepresenting them the disconnect between lawmakers in the electorate in italy is growing with an opposition virtually dominated by anti business going to rhetoric and the shattered ruling coalition seemingly more focused on its leaders legal issues but on the country's fate to some here even mussolini

a dead dictator seems to be more appealing to matthew stevens rome for r.t. . well later this hour crosstalk tackles people power in the face of global konami cuts as thousands of americans continue their third week of rallies outside the wisconsin state capitol hill avails guest asked whether cutting back union rights would really make any difference. people fighting for their rights here i mean americans fighting hard enough for a universal human right collective bargaining. yeah and you know i think i think americans have stopped buying this argument that it's that it's the unions you know republicans have six excessively over the last thirty or forty years up until now said you know it's the unions fault you know they're making fifty sixty thousand dollars a year you're making thirty to forty and it's their fault that you're not making more money people have stopped buying that you know we are spending too much money on things like defense we haven't raised taxes to pay for the things that we're supposed to pay for taxes is like it's like the third rail in american politics

right next to social security why don't republicans going to say ok not only do we have a spending problem we have a revenue problem. when it comes to branding in a van to draw in crowds of young people politicians names don't usually top the list however a moscow night club has hosted a successful political party but a prime minister's office is less than happy about it even though the club's owners say it was the customers choice of tribute artist sarah ferguson went along. i think. it's a by. the better but it's exactly this type of. happy with the press. the possibility of legal action.

mr prime minister himself and all of us working with him we are trying to be very careful about not letting his name being used in proper proper sense. he himself is favoring the cases where his name is used for promotion of a healthier way of living for promotion. to children for promoting whatever useful but certainly i mean using his name for promoting a party in a private club in my opinion is. team of the party which was the. name of the prime minister was chosen by the public surpassing the names of children. this is not a commercial about we knew it might be controversial but we decided to throw it anyway. some of the people at the nih thought their only claim that they found

that. the nightclub has nothing do with mr oh i think it's a really good idea. but i think if you could go back to washington. and take over having a. presidential i'd be making a ton of money. and i think a lot of. the strong. countries i had. the great. the bobbie i want the private is. appropriate when the nightclub to. private. it's like i was a good critic a lot of the time. and a great deal of those. i'll get more on all our stories and our t. dot com we've plenty lined out for you online the tasty and traditional way of

saying goodbye to winter russian style blur in about the muscly it's a whole evening. and discover the slavic version of the boogie man it's a grandmother who works her evil on misbehaving children now the frightening fairy tale is heading for the big screen or even more in the arts section at r t dr mark . it's the season for one group of people to head up high and get dirty for the chimney sweeps of moscow it's a busy time what's more you can forget the stereotypes about only being men was the brooms on the city's skyline as tom barton reports it's not just guys doing the dirty work it's snowy and cold on this moscow roof but this team here to

remove snow they're interested in the chimney sort of the primary this is a very old earth and we don't even know if it's possible to. sometimes chimneys. apart from the love of grooves the leaner is also unusual in being moscow's only female chimney sweep she runs the company the art of the chimney sweep cleaning sort of stacks all over the capital including some rather special ones rearward. we want to inside the kremlin similar mansions in all chechens and never my profession because i kept it in very interesting places others don't get to see more of the old mill stuff make covers the chimney pots and consult the lino of some of moscow's especially complicated flues they say they're full of respect for the bulbs. you smuggle before going she does a great job managing the team and dealing with a heavy workload especially as this work is usually considered only for men thank

clearly used to have a male business partner but he didn't like the technical nature of the job and left her years of experience now make her a specialist in her field which humour's with men it is a hard physical work women are better in administration and coming up with creative solutions everyone knows our brains work differently for example women can concentrate on many things that once. she's also very proud of her work stumbles in a guild with other chimney cleaning companies she even tells us some of the folklore surrounding chimney sweeps widely believed to be good luck. called i found out once and i'm honored and very puzzled but she had no fireplace or chimney she just wanted to see in touch a real chimney sweep the good luck for some not what going in a does is beneath them to others it goes right over their head for her when she's up here she's on top of the world for martin are three. now some more of the world's main news this hour of lawn is once again spewing from one of the world's

most active volcanoes kill why and why it's fired molten rock ninety meters into the air scientists say the high in the two he was spotted shortly after a crater floor collapsed no homes are under threat ok no one has been in constant eruption says nineteen eighty three. northern chile has been struck by a six point two magnitude earthquake sending shock among local residents although no injuries are being reported the epicenter was in a rural area near the border with through and emergency crews say damage is minimal areas and you were frequent travelers and countries are also still recovering from twenty tan's massive earthquake that killed well over five hundred people. the discovery shuttle is about to start her final journey home after almost three decades of space service the crew have said their goodbyes to those aboard the international space station and are now preparing to undock discovery will then

orbit the earth for the last time taking a few pictures along the way before landing on wednesday. while iraq today here in r.t. remember that for more on any of the stories that we cover for you here there's a web site or two dot com now though we'll take a look what's happening in the world business with kareen in just a few moments. i welcome to business good to have you with me this hour i will go straight to our top story the ruble has steadily strengthened in the past few weeks largely due to rising oil prices russian currency has jumped almost eight percent to the dollar and looking five percent to the euro since the beginning of the year. from the t.v.

capital predicts it will could strengthen even further in the coming months. we have good prices spike due to all these men on the wrist and we also should take into consideration that every tin tin box increase in oil translates into forty billion dollars. on the current a concert so the first quarter likely to be for their own i think they're. at least until the end of march and probably through. now let's look at how the markets are performing asian stocks are lower on monday weighed by stronger oil prices the nikkei closed over one and a half percent higher exports has weighed on the index can last one point eight percent and so we said one point three percent so any development impacts rolls one point six percent on oil prices in hong kong and on energy shares

a lot because of investors concern over things and inflation and here in russia the markets are closed for public holidays stocks finished their last trading session in the black most of the blue chips were higher last week with spare bank and p.t.p. up more than one point two percent. continued growth in oil prices and the strengthening ruble look to being the main drivers for russian markets in the coming week brian just mesquite from uni credit security says they were giving the russian retail sector. through we'll continue to strengthen obviously that's going to prove very supportive for a lot of the russian consumer names definitely getting more optimistic about may need x. five going forward banks will benefit indirectly from the strengthening ruble still like spring break right now but of course i would expect for some of the steel producers to come under pressure being is that they have to pay the majority of your fees locally here in rubles and

a half there for any of the important prices will be would be dollar denominated. they arrested all producing nations and look at prices feeling the heat over the past few weeks brant crude has hit two years high and is currently trading at around one hundred seventeen dollars per barrel while w t o is that over one hundred and six dollars about but investment bankers say that's far ahead of real production costs were. many ways a perfect for this market so in the long term prices it's only normally going to go along so much unfortunately it's become the first move on me to build a battle and the world price is much has already been better than the world price from the fact that is a lot of political stability around the world but fundamentally you know the souls of those battles about the right model production cost the world and that's the sort of where with respect to be floating around the world to. during two thousand

and ten six international banks announce they want to cut back their presence in the russian banking sector morgan stanley sold its russian mortgage business last year barclays says it's pulling out while spain's sometime there has left the retail market sector but also say the russian banking industry is becoming well competitive for international players states control banks have become more aggressive. in this more competitive for much more competitive market. of scale matters the work. didn't have enough scale and. so they decided to meet for that reason but that does not mean the russian market became an attractive for its still very attractive that's more competitive and that's the update for this hour but don't forget you can always buy most or just log on to our website that's not a dot com business. in

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