nineteen forty five don't call. the opposition reportedly offers moammar gadhafi a way out of libya rumors of foreign military intervention and even the u.s. defense secretary joe got bombings close. to the fighting this i think is what's going on ok parties correspondent in tripoli finds massive support for khadafy in the libyan capital contradicting international headlines that he's isolated close to defeat. a new links between the u.k. and libya's government revealed several u.k. universities under fire brigades with the regime for receiving controversial cash donation.

five pm in the russian capital i match reza good to have you with us here on r t our top story libya's opposition has told colonel moammar gadhafi that if he leaves the country now they won't put him on trial but libyan state television has broadcast denials that could offie offered to quit if his family was allowed to safely leave the country violence continues in parts of libya more than three weeks after protests first erupted archies policy or has more from tripoli. opposition groups that were megadeth he is in talks with him they say that he's asking for an opportunity to escape the country and i get a post condiment transition to pave the way for him to be opposition groups also saying that he wants immunity from criminal prosecution and permission to take out of the country at large amounts of cash now all of these reports have been rejected by gaffney he has denied these kind of claims on state television the opposition

also saying that if he leaves now they would not consider seeking prosecution through the international court of justice there as i say we're not hearing any confirmation opposition exact opposite from the gadhafi regime at the same time there's a lot of movement on the international stage there are still discussions for a no fly zone it should be implemented but it is worth what the u.s. administration the president barack obama is that america is still considering military intervention now the u.s. defense secretary robert gates has been. praised i mean he didn't realize that he was actually in my office and he was an. afghan he started by general petraeus an interest job to come back so trying a little bigger plane than normal to launch some attacks on libya or something to which the u.s. offensive to responded by laughing and supplying exactly so that's something that has more to the american administration and embarrass them not our hearing rumors

though that the united states has asked saudi arabia to supply arms it certainly does seem as if we're going to need it was too quick to bury it or. there are huge amounts of or him this is a phenomenon that i explored. on the streets and ascertaining and then just how right and in this case just how wrong the foreign media were in reporting the story in. the warnings on the streets i want to say it's not just because you. and dreaming no one can get more market that's the levy and we're coming to get that at the heart of the criticism of course it's a dusty small plays bombed and killed dozens of protesters in the capital city future of libya appears to be on a knife age fighter jets have been bombarding the capital tripoli reportedly on the orders of leader moammar gadhafi later on they told us that the. force and. the guns or something.

completely lost. to the truth seems more to be a city going of artist if you take business these are hardy to pictures of a city on the brink of war meanwhile libya's capital tripoli is bracing for what could be another night of gunfire explosions and rioting eyewitnesses say warplanes had been firing at opposition supporters from the air when we invited. freudian media to come to everybody and to libya and to see. who sent the reports could they have turned on as we said the administration or the management of the channel as. to what they want from these reports illuminate what does not serve their purposes which is why people here are angry bahamas taking a few days off from his work as an engineer to join the throngs of gadhafi

supporters in downtown green square that i think this had been just the what's what's going on you know. are here such just look this up for our you they're gonna put that they want to hide but say analysts it's not just what's being hidden it's also what's actually being saved and what we're getting is a us. one sided picture of the situation which kills the media with the idea that there's freedom fighters involved in rio and that there is a. government regime that's been going to church is terrorist government for the last one hundred seventy this is nonsense he just. says. that's not would be afghanistan. ok. it's clearly not in tripoli and just as clearly waste in media has been a little too quick to michael duffy so you see i see. asia times

correspondent pepe escobar says the majority of the media coverage isn't reflecting how you and u.s. leaders might involve informing the new libyan government. we don't know what kind of low position light you. have actually read these appears because in this history legal radio. you find it absolutely everybody from the progressive lawyer secular people to islam is keeping a low profile so nobody knows what who knew it. could actually go. in the minds of the people deciding stuff in washington in brussels and london or in paris ok if we go there we broke up the next government would be in charge of your son africa will be close to egypt you close to tunisia algeria will be controlling the region nato will be in place this means the west called trolls in north africa so that's that's the real game that you won't see is all out to

mainstream media for. they're not getting involved directly the u.s. has helped create environment that gave the people in the arab world the feeling of international support that's the view of the political analyst at the carnegie endowment mathura jazz skeet his interview coming up in the next hour here's a preview. if you look at the slogans that those people are using their not exactly pro western pro-american slogans there's a lot of kind of you know anti-americanism anti israel feeling i don't think they generally view themselves as being aligned with the american camp they're mostly aligned with their own interests but it is probably true that the united states and others by talking about values like freedom and you know getting rid of authoritarianism have helped to create an environment in which you know those who are coming out on the streets in libya and egypt in tunisia feel that they have some international support or. several british universities have come under pressure over their controversial

links to the libyan government a public outcry over donations from khadafi regime for the london school of economics has forced its director to resign one of the sons study at the university has more from london. more details of these connections are emerging all the time the most recent one is a son of gadhafi is his fourth son who was taught at the school of oriental and african studies also known as. the us then following his student ship announced a very lucrative deal with a libyan university where they would give him two hundred fifty thousand dollars in the region or to teach a finance course in libya we also know of course about saif gaddafi he went to the london school of economics he received a doctorate from there and then his foundation donated two and a half million dollars to the university the director of course of the university has stepped down revelation of that donation and we've also heard another university that has declared its links with libya itself ahead of the media finding

out that's liverpool john morse which has money donated from libya to run a business school also a health faculty and a neonatal care facility there seems to be quite a lot of libyan money floating around in british universities there's a wide range it turns out for and sports giving money to u.k. universities and according to a report by the center for social cohesion many courses at british universities wouldn't be able to run without this money. include iran saudi arabia and china and i'll just take you through a few of them iran has donated a total of around a quarter of a million dollars across major universities in the u.k. darren in town drew's and so out of course that we've already heard about. who is the head of the arabian studies program at durham university and he says this is an event organized under the auspices of the deal that they have with the iranian government was monopolized by pro ahmadinejad's speakers and he also said that

money from iran comes with strings attached so there is this enormous amount of concern about this money and how it affects academic independence and freedom of thinking at british universities. saudi arabia has given a total of in the region of sixty eight million dollars to british universities cambridge outskirts so as ember again in edinburgh and cambridge they've used that money to build centers of islamic studies and a saudi prince is allowed to then choose members of the management committee at both senses china also around a million dollars he used to form cultural and language centers again and i see so us sheffield university and the university of edinburgh has benefited from that money and the chinese government refers to those senses as part of its foreign propaganda strategy so really a wide range of money the same suspects in terms of universities appearing

a lot but big powerful and important universities across the u.k. receiving money routinely from government argues laura reporting from london for it you can always log on and have your say on the story on the stories we're covering on our website today we're asking who benefits the most from the wave of riots that are rocking the arab world while trying to argue dot com cast your vote . today violence is once again flared up. these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of kandahar. operation to rule the day.

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united states is now seeing some protests along the lines of those in the middle east first in the state of wisconsin now in washington d.c. unions have been calling for a higher pay and better working conditions christine for his outlook to weather the anger there could translate into action. it is a rising tide spreading across the globe. as the angry the oppressed are fighting back against the oppressors in egypt a leader was taken down in libya he hangs on but barely in greece as many as thirty thousand protesters came out last month angry at the ongoing austerity measures imposed by the government there in portugal it was the same thing and

wisconsin remains at the crux of a fight described by many as the battle between the haves and have nots or the governor wants to take away collective bargaining rights of public workers well it turns out it's not just people whose job it is to protect and serve americans. it's also those whose job it is to care for americans these nurses here work for the largest hospital in washington d.c. it also has a level one trauma unit which means many of the patients they get are in the most serious of condition they the company that runs the hospital medstar is operating on the scene not only not wanting to give these nurses raises but also wanting to meet chris their head if they meds are also severely understaffed the hospital and in the end it's not just the nurses the patients will suffer the nurses have about six patients expression late at night sixty eight patients that's way too many these patients cannot move do not get out of bed or not walk around and i think

there's a huge problem with safety. they've been without a contract for nine months and are locked out of the hospital as other nurses had to be bussed in to care for the patients here are some say the most frustrating thing is the sharp differences in those who run the hospital from the board room and those who actually running in the emergency rooms and patient rooms traditionally c.e.o. patients and and their wages are about three hundred times. the average what the average worker makes and it's the average worker that's put me in the put into the product on the street that's put that's doing the doing the job and it's just amazing that that corporate profits have come in from the work of bill welfare corporate profits versus worker welfare you could say it sums up most of the major conflicts but at what point are words not enough stunning pictures. even angry lawmakers this is an important moment in history this is

a moment where we watched stand up and speak out and speaking out they increasingly are but will those speaking out whether in wisconsin egypt or on the streets of d.c. achieve a fundamental change in the system in washington christine frees out our team. turning now to some other stories making headlines across the globe kosovo and serbia are holding their first talks since kosovo declared itself independent three years ago serbia has refused to recognize the sovereignty but the e.u. mediated talks will reportedly sidestep that dispute instead discussions will focus on issues such as trade and air traffic control thousands of people were killed in the conflict between the two in the ninety's kosovo was placed under un control. a massive explosion in pakistan's third largest city has killed at least thirty people and injured about one hundred police say a car bomb was detonated at a gas station causing several gas cylinders to explode resulting blast flipped cars

and collapse nearby buildings authorities say the nearby offices of the country's main intelligence agency may have been the target. of the australian state of queensland is once again being hit by two rental rain spawning yet more floods there's been one confirmed death after a woman was swept from her car when she got trapped in a raging flood waters hundreds of homes and businesses are again deluged in a region covering a statewide recovering from state wide floods and more recently a devastating tropical cyclone meteorologists warn there's more rain to come. finally in this news watch russia's republic of chechnya one center enough for military conflict is staging a prestigious world class wars after said ambitious rebuilding efforts the capital grozny is hosting a friendly football match between brazilian superstars and a team form by the republic's leader tom barton was at the airport to meet the players. but seymour brazilian all-star question has to play against church that

team is to treat some of the greats of international football less wrong they'll be pitted against a team from what runs on car or he's got an international team so treating some german football stars for this is all good news and it's a sign that stability has returned to the region the brazilian football team like this is willing to come and play a much year of course closely and chechnya more familiar in these national headlines with a lot more serious subjects rather late ninety's institute thousands of this area was wracked by warfare and just five years ago gaza itself had been absolutely flattened so it's perhaps a sign that some of the reconstruction efforts going on here child had an effect are today of course march the eighth is women's day not all over russia and a lot of the female fans there will be having bunches of flowers to sit. here and here behind me they are so so much one of us

a lot of the brazilian players here today reportedly not charged and fees to try out play in this truce of friendship between church and brazil we scrutinize ones in this crowd just to try and sample some of the atmosphere shown you. i can't believe this is happening we couldn't even dream of an event like these happening before i've come to grozny specially for this mine and i think it will raise this sad memories of the past and everything will be great. later on in the day we'll be following events as the match is played and we'll bring you all the updates throughout the day. and sure to stay with us for that here on r.t. business update with dmitri is up next after a short break stay with us. more news today violence has once again flared up. these are the images the world has

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not going to look up at. the top. welcome to business prices have retreated from their two year highs west texas crude is currently trading at just over one hundred five dollars about brant crude around one hundred and thirteen dollars but about a month of been reassured by the news that their organization of petroleum exporting countries is considering increasing production in order to compensate for finding out that in libya however they go from platts says no panic is not likely to do so. opec is talking about this issue as we speak and their view is that there's more than enough oil in the market to make up for everything we're missing

from libya and more so their chances of increasing production are very small right now but they're keeping a close eye on things at the same time as well there's a lot of important news to watch over the weekend is a day of rage planned in saudi arabia for friday and i think the market be a very very concerned to see what happens there so opec is keeping his options open but they seem inclined not to do anything right now in terms of a risk premium but we were at ninety five dollars before all this kicked off two weeks ago so i think it's fair to say fifteen or twenty dollars is the kind of premium we're looking at right now for cordoba who knows where to go to. violence pans out in the next couple of days. all right let's move to the stock markets now russia negative not as up close for public holidays take a look at europe it's a down by the foot sea and the dax will see that point for dax point nine percent mining stocks among the biggest decline is in europe as gold prices are moving randgold resources down five percent barrick gold is three point six percent lower . soaring food prices are keeping the world central bankers worried as they try to

anchor down inflation low crop stocks and poor weather conditions are the key factors which are sending costs and this hope the markets will stabilize by the end of the. we have seen a very very solidly secular train across our cultural commodity price over the last twelve months and a lot of this is really common the backward production side done creates mostly by weather conditions we're in an environment where demand has bounced back quite nicely after the recession and we're also finding ourselves in a future which is being characterized reffin inventory levels so this do a lot of uncertainty in the market and with. low and so thin you are going to see the markets react in quite nervously but we do expect a moderation in terms of culture prices in the second half of this year so we do think a lot of the good news in a sense is already in the price. foreigners who tried to make a living in russia have long realized that for all its ups and downs doing business can prove very profitable caesar salad to go over has been following the progress

of one french entrepreneur whose life has turned distinctly rosy here in russia. take the field and french dyslexic i do something i try to do is get from play around us grows roses with an usual twist. intriguing smells with intriguing prices it's a niche market anyway. so you win by me the. normal roses and would you buy one of these and here is where this french business woman built her business it's in and we didn't know what three million of either of us know when. it's a small village two hundred kilometers away from moscow first i think you see or hear russia is very big there are a lot of fields and you can go anywhere but you know so no laws of this country and. of the law you don't go just where you want you go where you know

then though it's like a very very small country even smaller than france florence bought land and built a one hectare greenhouses and her investments doubled since six million euros much to her surprise in russia you have to go through special events that have a license it can double your cost just because this company can work and then the specialist cannot work her remote location caused all sorts of problems lack of utilities construction delays of all gathers when she finally sold her filth roses two years ago the main problem had people unwilling to work it's not only my problem what can be the motivation for people. to think we need to it's not the money only it's because. we have.

higher than average salary you. and. this is not. you know. it's maybe it sounds pompous but there are heroes in ordinary life a foreigner comes to russia and tries to produce something interesting here fly around says help project should start paying back in about five years she plans to expand her business with the dream off offering a tailored service for exclusive clients opinion that she. has an authentic prison for the eighth of march for example it is definitely a business. plan but it can be both. wife. and mother the unique value field rosie that people in the union it's gathered in the world and would be good but i didn't name. it's like. florence has been in russia

since the ninety's and says she's now learned how to do business here i don't know the problem like. it. was a good deal by need of. a good deal but i don't have problems and not maybe projects and friends is in the room and because they think they. need it maybe part of it is. over on the rosy life of a french businesswoman making her way in russia that's all from the business team for now we'll be back in one hour's time with an update stay with me for the headlines with that.

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