whole story media reporting from libya excused of blowing the un to rest out of proportion to grab headlines as conflicting reports keep the truth hidden from you . i mean fears of military intervention from abroad experts say foreign influence in libya is already happening with a tried and tested political tool of freezing assets. and the massive inflow of illegal immigrants from violence torn arab countries kills anti muslim set up in the european countries taking them in.

match reza good to have you with us here on r t our top story the fog of war has settled over the going on arrest in libya there are conflicting reports on the number of killed airstrikes by khadafi forces on a number of cities controlled by the opposition about literally everything last week away from report suggested the opposition was in control of most of the of almost the whole country and colonel gadhafi was doomed or he sucks on a boy when the opposition held bengazi to find out why these turned out to be exaggerations at best. of 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 him of journalists and the conflict in libya is providing a perfect setting for it on t.v. screens in gaza may look like the center of the rebel resistance the country is

waking to another day of chaos the forty year rule of quote of moammar gadhafi is now very much in jeopardy but in reality it's more like a seaside resort than a conflict zone hotels a fully booked with journalists and residents go about their daily lives here boys are looking for new things to play with toy guns are in ample supply. get some reports sent from been ghazi referred to fifty treason in eastern libya as war another conflict zone where rebels are engaged in sporadic and are slated pitch battles with pro good our forces but an all out war moammar gadhafi is striking back forces loyal to libyan leader moammar gadhafi appeared to be advancing east into areas held by his opponents with rebels protesting their readiness to fight 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 nature of bickering rather than being impartial observers stopped short of directing the protesters but here the al-jazeera crew is warming up the crowd in time for their next live were. none reso was one of the first reporters to arrive in benghazi for several days has been traveling with the rebels about two hundred kilometers west of the city at some point the pro-government forces opened fire. her crew a focal point of the report there's a war going on and where the real i could or not there is that there is a frontline you know and there are people with guns and there are two sides fighting these channels know that gunfire and explosions make for strong t.v. but they also can help to blow things out of recession and the journalists and leave them to report freely from tripoli and all the good off the controlled parts of libya some can find themselves stuck this is where the rebel sides of the story

parables 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 rebels to here in the opposition's press center and because the internet access isn't restricted and the coffee available twenty four hours that message is on the wall and sometimes finds its way into reports recently saying government forces need. a weapons depot in many of these an empty one of these cities weapons depot had already been taken over by the rebels and it was a government begins to get over that when get out of the buggy or as he was the enemy and he was the. terrorists in canadian forces marching to washington d.c. and. we responded nobody would call government a terrorist you know only interest many people think that being at work or respond

to takes a lot of courage and hard work but actually. it's much easier and more enjoyable than routine journalistic assignments especially when they're receiving sybase commentating the problem here and being god 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 bloodshed could get her there almost calling for it sort of like an artsy bengazi libya. american radio host stephen lemon says the white house is using the country's media to put a spin out of balance of libya. the people passion just very genuine these people want something different he realized that they have a different situation he. and the algerians admit to ian's they realize if the worst thing that can happen to them is western intervention if the

west gets control their country and especially america it will be much much worse very wise to what hands off from america and off from the west it's going to stay probably good in a very. right surprise some of your viewers believe is from is the new york times and i literally call the new york times the closest state in america to an official state ministry of information and propaganda it is put out this race the reports of what he's going on in libya what did people want to egypt they don't say very much but we spoke about egypt now and you really your boy. who will be reporting on the countries. world affairs expert steven cohen says what's going on in libya won't necessarily bring about democracy the new york university academic talks about twenty minutes here's a sneak peek. right instincts he would be militarily in so many countries in my

lifetime very rarely has it worked out for the better american intervention discredits the alternative to the tyranny of its being overthrown because if it appears the prior it was overthrown with the backing of the united states then the forces new favorite domestic democracy we've seen. in addition what we're witnessing in egypt and in libya. it's not crew these are pro-democracy movements here these are. despotic movements they want to get rid of the dictator but getting rid of a dictator as we were doing many countries doesn't need necessarily to democracy that's a process. western powers are frozen the assets of moammar gadhafi and other senior figures in the libyan government they say the aim is to help bring down the government refusing the will of its people but as artie's lauren lyster reports history suggests libya may never see its money

again after the international wealth around. as violence continues in libya the u.s. sends warships and more troops in that direction fueling speculation of a military intervention meanwhile western countries may have already launched a war against colonel moammar gadhafi as north african regime most countries could sit in. the freezing of assets. for the weapons here the foreign assets of either libya the country or khadafi and his family that some estimate to be almost one hundred billion dollars it's believed to be spread across the globe or your 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 resort town of marbury are being developed into homes and

a golf course to the oil company beer annex and billions of dollars of cash in banks they're out of 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 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 look. for a good deal about this money or some of this money. you have to go forward what i think. is trying to accomplish those things it's all a mel control and profit. an empire that's an empire where the greatest profits come from the military contracts and the oil

contracts. they will work overtime to. their 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 the libya's financial interests analysts say you could look to 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 ponder play you know if we can take it away from them we will the money is used most often to paper the settlements of lawsuits against a leader or a government or to recoup losses khadafi can likely kiss their money could buy we

took their nuclear capacity away made promises they didn't live up to them a 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 is uncertain is a divided country it came from loren mr r.t. new york. thousands of illegal immigrants escaping political turmoil in north africa continue to arrive on the southern italian island of lampedusa their presence looks likely to fuel the feeling that multiculturalism has failed in europe are also seeing a resurgence of the far right now entering the debate is the new minister of the interior in germany who says islam does not belong in the country we're going to get more on this remark he daniel bushell a little bit in a live report for us though fascism is seeing a worrying resurgence in parts of europe for example in italy where the far right is gaining popularity as young people turn their backs on those in power and look

to the charismatic leaders of the past matthew stevens found that at times of economic hardship some romans appear keen to return to the old ideas. italy's dolci at the time is turning bitter unemployment has a near record high and analysts believe much needed economic growth might still be years away and 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 neofascists ones you love it this is italy's cause a pound is about our plan to take everything this is this we mean of course the multicultural multiethnic parts of the bustling community of asian middle east and north african residents living side by side but here in the six story building

sense the headquarters of it is most prominent it's a fast growing radical right council. named after us as a pound and unwavering supporter of mussolini's fascist regime this building is home to seventy of the movement's members because of pound support has grown and on the side the unemployment rate he will tell you 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 of our future but also of our present. because the band's present with its brand of revamped third millennium fascism is one of rapid growth through its intense agenda of discussion forums here splitting rock concerts and squat actions the movement is on the up not we believe that fascism was a grand period in italy's past all of cultural and artistic splendor we can't put a label ourselves as fascist we are witnessing the end of the political parties rule movements such as this one will prevail against them members also claim there

are an anti racist anti discrimination movement they just playing the political correctness game. the movement's members deny any wrongdoing and came the media and leftist politicians and misrepresenting the disconnect between all mages in the electorate in italy is drawing with an opposition virtually dominated by and see business going to rhetoric and the shattered ruling coalition seemingly more focused on its leaders legal issues but on the country's fate some here even. a dead dictator seems to be more appealing matthew stevens room for oxy but our story from earlier about multiculturalism in europe for more on this i'm sure i lie about he's daniel more for joining us from brussels so daniel what reaction have we seen in the words of the german minister in european capitals and is this another side of the failed martin culturalism debate there were islam does

not belong in germany according to the country's new interior minister peter friedrich i did that immigrants must learn to speak german first and foremost and know germany's quote western christian origins countries four million muslims are up in arms decrying a slap in the face for all muslims and it comes off the charts flagler merkel and britain's leader david cameron said the efforts to create a multicultural society in europe had failed the arrival of thousands of immigrants from the middle east and north africa fleeing that violence has inflamed a population already suffering from record unemployment and general economic hardship. and most european capitals of witnessed a rise in the popularity of far right movements we just saw a report on one of them what do you think are the root causes of that and you think it's likely to last. well as i said it's partly to do with the economic situation

at the moment in europe if you just look on the streets behind me you'll find record numbers of beggars both whites and also immigrants and that's reflected in neighboring france the extreme right national front party will take first place in the first round of presidential elections there next year according to a new poll paid and is expected to get twenty three percent of the vote that's ahead of president nicolas sarkozy the incumbent and the socialist opposition as well the party the national front the school for three million europeans to be sent out of the country to give you a flavor of their program both here and in belgium also in france there is next month expected to be passed the rule of law banning the full for years face veil the defenders of the law say that it's to stop violent protests for example recently many protesters have of war veils to protest against various things and

they say it's not targeting the muslim population but of course many muslims are up in arms about that neighboring italy has perhaps been the worst affected many immigrants have fled there just across the shore the mediterranean from north africa and the middle east and as the report has just shown there's been an astonishing rise in rightwing politics there as well all right r.t. daniel bushell reporting for us from brussels thanks very much for that report remember you can always get more on a star provoking story on our website r.t. dot com and look what's online also. reset or overload two years after the russia u.s. ties renewal experts noise concern that this reset may ring hollow. accused of destroying the country and praised berthoud in russian democracy gorbachev makes legacy is explored in our genes excuse me exclusive interview.

the chairman of the united states senate armed services committee has responded to claims of what officials were deliberately manipulated into supporting funds for the effort in afghanistan by calling for more money senator power eleven believes washington should repeat the mistake of thirty years ago and leave behind a power vacuum but our team military contributor yevgeny cruz drug who fought in the soviet campaign says it says there is a stark difference between the two situations. thirty years ago this soviet army successfully accomplished one of the fates main mission to build up the professional afghan armed forces and you know why because we taught afghan military officers score there we something to die for for their own country for their own peers and for their own armed forces unlike the soviet military campaign the

current american mission in afghanistan has nothing to offer neither to have a good officers who are north to afghan people it's large why because of the whole american experience in afghanistan he's only about profiteering whether it's for consultant vulture's or for that private contractors or for the drug lords in essence the whole american campaign in afghanistan has nothing to do be an idea ology fighting against terrorism or insurgency it boils down to one thing to procrastinate these low intensity conflict as long as possible and the us her perch eight and expand a unique opportunity for the whole prolific cheers in the united states and in afghanistan to squeeze a bigger bang from their bucks invested by the american taxpayers in afghanistan

a little later we'll be looking at the use of depleted uranium ammunition in iraq and elsewhere and its repercussions in our special report there's a walk. this. leads to the viewer. and the d.v.d. radium in the in the signal number over the phone of the goes the spread of our. most dangerous. radiation that they exist in the nature. of the group in the vicinity of known differentiated so produce is so much the engine that he changes in. and suit. the rise of the immune system. because you don't have to have a college degree you know you have to really education to understand it if you spread radioactive materials all over somebody's backyard that you've got a problem. turned out of some other stories making headlines

across the globe after years of hiding behind presidential immunity former french leader has gone on trial for corruption he's accused of masterminding a scheme well mayor of paris in which public money was used for paying. for work benefiting his party chirac and his close associates have already been linked to a number of corruption scandals but he has never been convicted. he was facial discovery has undocked from the international space station and begun her last journey back to earth earlier the crew said their goodbyes to colleagues aboard the now the orbit of the planet one last time taking a few scenic pictures on the way out of landing a spaceship will be ferried off to the museum and then almost four decades of flight. a crater that one of hawaii's most active volcanoes has molten lava hurling into the sky it was matched by dozens of small earthquakes away as been erupting constantly for almost three decades with varying intensity areas now

been cordoned off and a nearby park closed despite reassurances that there is little danger. stay with us dimitri medvedev goes up next with your business update. thanks very much for that hello and welcome to business prices are keeping last week's places fighting in libya rages on with concerns that the rest will spread to other nearby oil producing countries brant crude has hit two year high is currently trading at around one hundred and almost one hundred eighteen dollars per barrel that's while w t i like sweet is that over one hundred six and a half dollars a barrel but investment banking say the price is far higher than real production costs. or oil market is many ways a perfect one of these markets in the long term prices determine normally very very long so much of the action has become the first method on each of those battle and probably will prices much higher result it is something premium embedded in the

world price from the paragraph there is a lot of political instability around the world but fundamentally you know how and i was the source of eight of those windows about that i wrote most of the margin calls for oil and that's the sort of level that respects or to be floating around the world. and russia's gazprom has become one of the world's top ten companies to gain from this recent oil price hike so the group has calculated that for every ten dollar rising food prices there's a ten percent rise in gas from spurning a share rating was topped by canadian natural resource corp and its earnings jumped by one third from the recent high. and rising oil prices have been strengthening the russian currency the ruble has jumped almost eight percent of the dollar and roughly five percent of the year since the beginning of the week i've had was it from beating capital predicts the ruble could strengthen further in the coming months. we have good prices spike due to all these.

and we also should take into consideration their every ten bucks increase in oil from slate's forty billion dollars. from the current accounts so the first quarter likely to be for their own i think they're. at least until the end of march and probably. will. figure the stock markets to start with your stocks there are positive this out the full see the bags of recovered from early losses u.k. and exist by strong results from him to take group while satellite communications. dropped sharply after reporting its twenty ten results mining stocks are mostly. real to intel and perhaps a resources. here in russia the markets are closed for

a public holiday what you're seeing on your screens are saturdays closing because it was a work day most of blue chips were higher in the end of the week with b.c.b. gaining more than one point two percent. during trying to ten six international banks announced that 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 santander has left the retail sector but adler say the russian banking industry is becoming more competitive for international. controller banks have become more aggressive in lending. more competitive much more competitive market. of scale major so what. didn't have enough scale weren't. enough scale so they decided to go for that reason but that does not mean the russian market became an attractive still

small compared to. the russian government is planning to set up a ten billion dollar fund to help better track record investment into the country reports say that international financial giant goldman sachs has been informally arsed to guide the project last year foreign investment and now to do something like one hundred ten billion dollars with a focus on manufacturing retail and natural resources and russia is ranked fifty nine in the list of the world's most competitive countries in terms of tourism a report compiled by the world economic forum second to account the environment infrastructure natural resources of one hundred thirty nine countries switzerland tops the list with germany in second place followed by france russia relatively high marks for its nature and culture but has yet to improve a number of aspects such as security and about protection. and we will be back in

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