the opposition reportedly offers colonel gadhafi a way out of libya amid rumors of foreign military intervention and the u.s. defense secretary joked that bombing is close. but i think this is what's going on ok. that is course one of the tripoli fired massive support for gadhafi in the libyan capital contradicting international headlines that he's isolated and close to defeat. a new links between the u.k. and libya's government revealed several british universities are under fire for engaging with the gadhafi regime after receiving controversial cash donations.

like for most of us here in central moscow this is r t with twenty four hours a day libya's opposition has told colonel gadhafi if he leaves the country now they won't put him on trial but libyan state t.v. has broadcast denials that gadhafi offered to quit if his family were not to safely leave the country continues in parts of libya more than three weeks after protests erupted. has more now from tripoli where one can be cheering opposition that moammar gadhafi is in talks with them they say that he's asking for an opportunity to escape the country he proposed to me she knocked hanumant chiquitita transition period to pave the way for him to meet opposition groups also saints and he won immunity from criminal prosecution and the mission to take the country launched a month now all of these reports rejected by it. he has denied these kind

of claims on state television the opposition also saying that if he leads now they would not consider seeking prosecution through the international court of justice but as i say we're not hearing any confirmation obviously exact opposite from the gadhafi regime it certainly does seem as a question in it was but to equate to very. near in the capital there are huge amounts of public support for him this is a phenomenon like thought by talking to people on the streets and ascertaining the name just how right and in this case just how wrong it. were storing. a warning on the streets of tripoli i want to say to just you know what because you are in deeming you know you can kill more much. more to come and get that at the heart of the criticism the pulsar to just use warplanes bombed and killed dozens of protesters in the capital city future of libya appears to be on a knife edge fighter jets have been bombarding the capital tripoli reportedly on

the orders of leader moammar gadhafi later on they thought that it would force. the guns or something. completely. not the true the truth seems more to be a city going of artist if you hate business these are hardly the 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 war flames had been firing at our positions of course from the air when we. for the media to complicate it and to libya and to see to. reports to get channels we. the administration or the management of the channel is. what they want from these troops and eliminate it. well 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 the does he support his in town town queens where the guy think this badly despite what's what's going on now ok people are here. just to be supportive for our leaders. they want to hire the best santa list it's not just what's being hidden it's also what's actually being sued but what we're getting is that us protesting on one side the picture of the situation which kills the media with the idea that there's freedom fighters involved in media and that there is a government regime and atrocious terrorist government for the last six hundred seventy which is nonsense he is just he said didn't care body image the meaning that's now would be afghanistan really i mean. the war is clearly not in tripoli

and just clearly based on media has been a little too quick to write of gadhafi loyalists via our t.v. tripoli. and asia times correspondent pepe escobar says the majority of the media coverage isn't reflecting how u.s. leaders might be involved in forming a new libyan government deedle norwalk chain of opposition might you know if. these are peers because in this history liberated. you find absolutely everybody from progressive lawyer secular people to islam is. so nobody knows what's. going to be. you know minds of people deciding stuff in washington and in brussels it's ok if we call there we propped up the next government will be in charge of your finances will be closely egypt calls to tunisia algeria will be controlling

the region nato will be place this means the west controls north africa so that's that's the real game that you want see is poured out in mainstream media for. international pressure is mounting on gadhafi with the u.s. considering military intervention and the u.k. and france drafting a no fly zone resolution for the u.n. and this came some embarrassing off the record remarks from u.s. officials. as more. defense secretary robert gates landed in afghanistan troops plans with a top u.s. commander general david petraeus who greeted mr gates at the airport joking quote welcome back sir flying a little bigger plane than normal you're going to log some attacks on leave you or something and of quote the u.s. defense secretary responded to the comment by laughing and said quote yeah exactly well apparently the two gentlemen were unaware of the open microphone the world is

now guessing whether that was just a joke or there was a kernel of truth even that's true even if it were just a joke with the situation in libya critical and really verging on a full fledged civil war a lot of people thought that was a highly inappropriate joke mind you this comes from america's top military man although the official position of the us is in order to decide on a military intervention the support of the international community do you want and nato are now you weighing in on the possibility of declaring a no fly zone over libya that would actually involve a large scale military operation including air strikes on media. including strikes on levy an air defenses and putting down everything that flies over levy have a vote on a no fly zone could be hard to secure at the u.n. security council where china a permanent member is really cool to pose no fly zone and russia has made it very clear that any foreign military involvement would be unacceptable here's the logic behind the statements made by some western powers we can't allow gadhafi killed the

rebels so we need to give the rebels a chance and make the fight kind of even because as things are now could obvious armor outweighs everything these rebels have from russia's perspective for example this kind of intervention even with the best of intentions usually leads to more deaths and destruction then if you let the countries deal with their problems on their own is this monday we've heard reports that the u.s. asked saudi arabia if it can supply weapons to the rebels in being true this could be really dangerous history shows that the practice of the. i mean the other side of the conflict not only does not stop the violence but inflames it even more especially those arms end up in the hands of radicals americans themselves have estimated that levy especially in the eastern part of the country which is where the rebels have reportedly gave control is his home for a large number of the heart is they make up a fifth of wall street hard it's enough to say that one of the rabble are leaders in benghazi was once or some of bin laden's personal driver and a question is does the u.s. really want that kind of involvement from now on this on the joined by and i'm

curious she's author and editor of more diplomatique newspaper joining me in paris well we've heard the joke between robert gates and general petraeus and they say many are true word is spoken in jest what do you think could there be some truth in it that they are indeed preparing for military action. i think they're all the ideas of military intervention of none flying but i want to react to what you have said i mean before all i mean jane said action which begins east some weeks ago. it was more or less money planted by the united states we must remind everybody that libya was an ally of u.s. and western european countries but one of this year's most are you companies not working in libya where the american so i don't think i need a gimmick at. him each american to beginning at least behind the international i

think it's. a nice kinetic it's like marc said in egypt i mean is that i mean you have to think well behind the demonstration i think it's not clear you can be against it and i am against any from an intervention especially military intervention but with the same time you see it is it is billions of people against the government and indeed i think until government ok thank you very much for making that clear on your thoughts on your perspective on that but after all now despite what's happened in the past it looks as if there could be military intervention and intervention and you say there shouldn't be one or what all of the dangers. we have extra demand could be if you can see that i'm certain in afghanistan in iraq and only lock us took it because it doesn't serve as a problem. in the country sometimes it's reinforcing habits and i'm going to

start i really think you can even moving forces in not pretty so i think it is very dangerous and it can have a consequence not only a need to but only when it's a miracle in country many pay intervention it could happen sometimes but it must be a really laugh a last resort. especially in reno is that a militant convention would not have the support of the united nations it could be a neutral intervention which means that it could be perceived by the arab people as a westerly paradigms and i need to stand in the arab world the jihad the east and the people who are against western world in general and i think it will be very very negative while you're on your there in paris from the french perspective why is it that france along with britain are very keen to push for this no fly zone then. i mean the fun for this it is something balance in the sense that i see no military intervention and no intention to resolve united nation. support

but you must understand that european position and found position is very imbalanced beat by just this government and you look and united food has given duffy i mean has been a. prophesied seven years we have to support him military economically into our sector that's a tough sell we want and we have also i mean consequently denali i mean. she puts it up so i see in france want to change its image a little i'm not to be saying clearly last resort people are against the people she protect them but at the same time it's a bit it's a very dangerous game because again when you get a solution could not be a solution. is that why then that the rebels at one stage were asking for foreign help of the i'll call in effect to u.-turn could you explain why is it because you say this could be extremely dangerous on the international implication but from the

rebels point of view when we're seeing them being bombed by a good athlete by being killed by go back east troops him killing his own civilians why is it that they don't actually want help from abroad. i think because i understand they want to make sense when they understand that the american west some simple and i don't want is not as useful it's on the conflict between have i was i was i had been following this many confusion and seems that you should not go there but they were very clear about it they don't want full and poops on this so you know i mean i have laws have expired demanded west. sorry i mean. in the hot for example and i don't want to give and they have for they gave me this and i sings out these people on the nationalities that i'm not in the hand and eyes of the united states not normal fuel we're reporting today that the rumors that that has been offered safe passage now if he doesn't leave the country or perhaps

if the rebels do succeed and remove him by force what will happen and there be a next it's very difficult to go i mean what we have seen in egypt and in. more or less most. because it was step by step even if it's not finished perhaps you know me i was there i mean it's not had been this least. e.g. i was good to see could films have been this soon and there will be as us there really are reduced to find it very chaotic situation and. the five. week movie can be difficult but from what i have from the from the different the opposition underground and last movement of people outside i find them quite reasonable and quite accurately i'm not everybody saying that their long run leave no unified of course we know that the i-pod will influence are different in tone

and i think the idea of free run media is very strong so nobody can predict exactly what will happen especially if we have one month of bloody fight but i think we can be electively up he was very interesting here we have to say an impression thanks your time there in paris life aeronauts a author and editor of diplomatic thank you. well coming up in just a few moments differences of opinion over the libya crisis top the agenda as moscow welcomes joe biden. as the vice president of the united states arrives in moscow the big question is will the two sides be able to reach a mutual understanding of the situation in libya. the first seven british universities or come under pressure over their controversial links with the libyan government public outcry over the nations from the gadhafi regime to the london school of economics has forces directed to resign when the gadhafi son studied at

the university at his door and it has more now from london. more details of these connections are emerging all the time the most recent one is another son 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 libyan university where they would give him two hundred fifty thousand dollars in the region or to teach a finance course. we also know of course about saif gadhafi who went to the school of economics perceived to talk truth 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 nation 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 called t.

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 all foreign desk or 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 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. daryn since andrews and so us of course that we've already heard about was. 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 monopolized by. speakers and he also said that money from iran comes with strings attached so there is an 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 in edinburgh and cambridge they've used that money to build centers of islamic studies and a saudi prince is allowed to choose members of the management committee at both sentences china also around a million dollars he used to form cultural and language centers again so sheffield university and the university of edinburgh have benefited from that money and the chinese government refers to those centers as part of its foreign propaganda strategy 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 we're not going to get you can always have your say on the stories we're covering on our website and today we're asking

who benefits most from the wave of riots in the arab world where you can log on to r.t. dot com and cast your vote interesting you would have to see. libya moving become a bone of contention between russia and the u.s. america's vice president is in moscow and he'll discuss the gadhafi situation an issue which both countries so far don't see eye to eye on joe biden is also keen to push forward the warming of relations between russia and the u.s. with the reset button facing a serious test what is your position of has the latest details. this is the first visit by joe biden to russia as the vice president of the united states a lot is one he's going to meet with the president of russia need to be a different prime minister but i do include him as well the reset of relations

between russia and united see it has been going on for around two years now there are definite signs of improvements and the building of friendly ties but nevertheless the views of each side on some key international issues remain different than libya is no example is no exception since the united states is supporting the idea of getting involved in to the sit in the situation in libya specifically the idea of shutting down the libyan airspace which in reality would mean of the libyan planes could be shut down if they take off if this ban is in force and also libyan eighty aircraft systems could be neutralized too to make it safe for me talk pilots to patrol libyan skies a rush on the other hand is against all intervention into the situation so we'll have to wait and see if the two sides to keep boarders will be able to reach some

sort of a joint understanding on this issue and if joe biden's visit will continue this tendency of the building and from the ties the u.s. is in directly offering arab populations the feeling of support in an attempt to encourage uprisings well that's a view of matthew chance he who is based in moscow for the think tank carnegie endowment and his interviews coming up in about ten minutes from now here's a preview. if you look at the slogans that people are using their not exactly pro western pro america there's a lot of kind of you know anti-americanism in israel feeling that 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. true that the united states and others are talking about values like you know getting rid of authoritarianism have helped to create an environment in which you know those who are coming out on the streets would be a major contributor you know feel that they have some international support.

brief look at some other world headlines now here massive explosion in pakistan's third largest city has killed at least thirty people and injured one hundred police a car bomb was detonated at a petrol station causing several passengers to explode the resulting blast could cause a collapse in nearby buildings authorities say the nearby offices of the country's main intelligence agency may have been the target. state of queensland is once again being hit by torrential rains want to get more flights there's been one confirmed death after a woman was swept from her car when she became trapped in raging waters hundreds of homes and businesses again have been deluged in a region recovering from statewide floods and more recently a devastating tropical cyclone. just one there's more rain to come. four people have been killed in a state security crackdown in ivory coast largest city abidjan it comes just hours

after thousands marched in protest and shooting of seven women last week by the regime of moral back but the neighborhood where it took place is known as a stronghold of the opposition and has been the target of increasing government in the tennessee valley four hundred people have died in the political deadlock since last year's elections. now russia's republic of chechnya once in the arena for military conflicts and staged a prestigious sporting event the president's eleven from the republic took on some brazilian world cup winners and artie's tangata what's the match and joins us live now from the stadium in grozny so tell me how did the match. hello there bill well it's certainly been a long build up to today's march by the time it got to the start of the much the stadium here which isn't that big a stadium was absolute bursting at the seams there were people literally spilling out of the the edges of the stands and then the market on the way hops the most breakneck pace adrenaline so much of

a scene as you can imagine the professional footballers that there were involved there were no longer in their professional footballing careers but interesting nevertheless quite high scoring marched into the brazil six and a new chechnya washee called the presence a love and having scored for. it's not football that of course church is known for in the west we have to bear in mind that there's been some sad pages in this history give us the details the background to the history. yes well it's certainly one of the more odd football matches in football history and that's because i mean if you rebound the clock five years i don't think anyone would have been able to imagine this much even taking place to abandon the brazilian team albeit a virtual starting line all the way out chechnya which i imagine five years ago the only reason most people would have heard of chechnya was unfortunate because of its

connection to warrant term in this very city five years ago was pretty much a shell i mean from the mid one nine hundred ninety s. and early two thousand it was racked by war and gaza was essentially flattened now it's a testament i suppose if anything but a brazilian team that can come all the way out here and play that at least they deem it now safe enough to come and do that an awful lot of money and time and effort into trying to rebuild because me and i suppose it's a sign that at least to begin with the start of that is starting to take effect runs on kind of the leader of chechnya today he scored a penalty and although he didn't score as many calls as he had chances he was certainly putting all his efforts into the game his father was actually killed in a bomb explosion here so for him personally i'm sure had a lot of resonance this game and for all the funds trotted around here it's women's

day spirit of friendly competition and i think it's a sign that maybe just tentatively that chechnya might be starting to change tom thanks very much indeed live there from the chechen capital grozny thanks very much indeed tom von. well this is our team coming to you live from the russian capital with you twenty four hours a day i'll be back with a recap of our main news stories in about three and a half minutes from now stay with us here on r.t. .

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