hutto points pleasures and i would consider to discipline the hotel in touch with the hotel in touch your group which is a good goal how would the international house flood to change every green they turned into. frost becomes the first major power to recognize libya's rebels as the people's lives it's with representatives fueling fears of the country's close to foreign military intervention. the locals in libya fear their country's on the brink of civil war by the hope other nations will follow russia's lead with an arms band to help stabilize the situation. discussions on dealing with libya are hard to avoid as the u.s. vice president meets russian leaders in moscow boosting trade ties is also in joe biden's agenda as he sits down with. a business.

to be i'm in moscow i'm not trying for having good to have you with us here on r t our top story france says it's recognizing libya's rebels as the quote legitimate representatives of the people is comes as head of nato defense officials and e.u. foreign ministers meeting in brussels to discuss what moves they think they should make for more on this we go live to our he's getting old political joining us from brussels hello daniel so what can you tell us about these developments. well there was a meeting between president sarkozy's office of france and the libyan rebel national council after wish it was decided to announce as you say that france rick ignores is the rebels as the legitimate power in that country they will exchange ambassadors france will send an ambassador to bin causey and vice versa there will be a diplomat in france as the official representative of that country and french foreign

minister ellen ship a oh just european partners to follow suit and engage with the new libyan leaders and the trouble is this opposition doesn't have much control it's has certain pockets of the country in the east there's also dubious question marks over its formation mirah former ministers of justice the minister of the interior from death the regime in this party along with several rebels rebels who are dissidents also who spent years in prison and it's not sure why france has done this france this is not traditionally the closest ally of libya because libya was a former colleague of italy and there are question marks now being raised by the international community water on france's motives of course one of them is the fear that military events intervention has been planned and will follow suit russia's envoy to nato told me that he now fears the worst. there's

a real danger in using missiles against libyan adhesions to deprive kidnapping his advantage is illegal heard of state then there will be attempts to legitimize the rebels to make it seem to the outside power has passed from khadafi to the rebels. there have been repeated calls from the international community to leave libya alone and let the two sides sort out a dispute between themselves this fears that this will disturb a hornet's nest by foreign military intervention even the rebels themselves say they would prefer the foreign sections not to get involved and yet as we heard from russia's representatives of nato there are increasing fears that western powers are gearing up for military intervention in the country right here in your bushel live for us in brussels. russia is imposing sanctions against colonel gadhafi regime banning the exports of weapons and military equipment it's part of mounting

pressure for action against libya are following fresh clashes between rebels and the government russia's foreign minister sergey lavrov however says the move by no means shows any support for military intervention. you should in the spirit of the conditions of any foreign intervention on the african continent is out of the question these countries must handle everything themselves concerning the proposed no fly zone over libya but the whole idea needs a lot more thought and consideration before anyone makes any decision we must be presented with all the details and we must have an objective picture of what's happening on the ground we must be certain that the safety of the civilian population is at the top of the gender of those switches let's cervical new. let's see how he developments are being received inside libya for more on his way here to our he's policy or who is live for us in the capital tripoli hello paula so has there been any reaction to france and russia as announcements where you are.

let me ask one more time you need the audience and technical trouble with paula. all right we're going to move on we're going to come back with our later in the program. as the uncertainty over their future remains libyans continue filling the streets to try and overthrow colonel moammar gadhafi but after weeks of fighting and bloodshed many are lost as to how to achieve this as artie's arcs on a boy who is in rebel controlled benghazi reports the lack of control of the country could have devastating long term effects. after the liberation chance the rattle of kalashnikovs is the most common sound in the ghazi ever since rebels seized weapons depots in eastern libya rifles became the ultimate symbol of masculinity that every young man in this city once one thing in common between more market are free and it forced the struggling town c.p.u. is a fascination with the arms believe in leader he developed

a liking for kalashnikov rifle so much saw that he even had a k forty seven munition plumfield here in libya and it rounds these plans produced an hour telling all across eastern libya on the frontlines and beyond young man with rifles have become a fixture on the streets of benghazi they're eager to show them off and often slap happy in their handling of the arms can a soldier from the bin gassy garrison who joined their fries he says many of these fellow rebels don't have any experience with arms which he says is made out by their passionate determination of the world who will fight until the last to the last drop of gold is on. the you've been ghazi is still living off of the revolutionary fever from dusk till dawn people congregate on the city's main square calling for gadhafi to go most of the factories are closed the

only people still working a shop owners good no good. many people no people and public servants like these traffic police officers just by the law. the control over is to leave here because that big government continues to pay salaries to those employed by the the bustle of the years i receive my last paycheck every ten days ago but there is nothing to thank you for my salary is just two hundred fifty nine hours with i can barely support my family agitation and uncertainty of the last few weeks are already exerting their toll on public health in gaza a psychiatric hospital is now flooded with patients because preexisting conditions were exacerbated by the unrest nowadays because the people uprising lots of people suffering from the so-called panicky shoulders. some of our patients also having relapses from their previous mental problems

now because of the. uprising because of the shooting. but hated and ridiculed get that immediate the most valuable asset for the opposition movement as that hatred pulls people together for the time being it unites those who spent years serving in his government and a victim surfaced persecution yet their chance for free libya are yet to be augmented by a clear vision of how to achieve it it is very hard to try to determine who could be the real charismatic leader the real strong structure of the could come in on the ground they could say well i am well known by the medians i have a program of some horizons and i will be able to achieve or to be the alternative that we will gain or that will help achieve a better perspectives and a better horizon in media people in gaza are now living of their savings sharing

whatever little they have most of them are confident that once they get out that leaves the bright future will dawn on them but if past revolutions are anything to go by. they're bundles of arms and hordes of idly rolling man could mean exactly the opposite. of like the art see in gods the. are going of back now with a live in tripoli to find out more people there on the ground are reacting to announcements from france or russia. or so how are the people there reacting to these announcements. peculiarly regarding the announced print from there it will now officially recognize the opposition its people are concerned they really do not know what this means and those that have had a chance to speak to say that there are people that it will. now keep exceeds that by recognizing the rebel group shallot essentially not recognizing a need or criminal conduct here meaning. that stick to this could be

a military involvement we are hearing from france that it will change of them bastards it is the first country to come out with a statement. from the russian president to me he has signed a ban. on all weapons missions combat vehicles and military equipment from russia to libya yes but russia emphasizing that it still remains open it's been sufficient that it is against military involvement in this. country and that is and always a civil into not many major countries the russian position is that this will be the first sign of foreign military intervention that is something that the darkness of little people are part of rebel groups for gadhafi supporters people here do not want to see any kind of foreign involvement in a country at the same time and violence intensifying in. as if that we have which in some way from the capital tripoli you can see he's nine feet continuous as

well which must and i mean. thank you fall asleep or load up back with you as the developments continue in the story. and later this hour a former british ambassador to libya talks with r.t. all of our miles tells us that many of the stories coming from libya don't ring true with the real situation and talk of a no fly zone is in his opinion premature we'll hear more of that later here's a sneak peek. right from the beginning of the conflict from the stories of the attacks on civilian populations but i don't know of a single authenticated case i think we've all probably had experience i don't know so for. the media correspondents long telephoto anyone they can find in libya and the story you get from everybody is we're right here where i am there's some shooting and it sounds nasty but i'm not going outside to look and yes i have heard

stories of bombs but none of them in my area that seems to be the general picture so i do believe it really i think is just proportional for at the moment to talk about live life so. talk of international involvement in libya is going to be tough to avoid for the u.s. and vice president who is on the day two of his visit to moscow russia has halted arms exports to libya but maintains its stance against military intervention for more on these high level meetings meeting with parties caterina's are of allied with leaders to load that arena so can place president biden tried to change russian leaders stance against military involvement in the conflict. it's definitely not on the official agenda of the u.s. vice president a two day visit to moscow but the sources from both sides do are mentioned that the u.s. vice president will try to sound out the possibility of getting russia on board with the idea of a possible u.s.

military intervention in the currently escalating libyan crisis of course russia despite backing a u.n. sanctions and since today halting all admitted military trade and transport with libya has so far and maintain the position that it is an internal conflict and all foreign powers need to stay back and let libyans sort this out by themselves however the united states has not ruled out a possibility of a military intervention to rule out this crisis to speed to speed it along perhaps little on a resolution of some sort and joe biden is surely going to be trying to sound out the russian leaders on how firm their position is exactly on that matter of course the u.s. not ruling out the possibility of sending their military troops to their coalition forces u.s. coalition forces which is the united kingdom have also not ruled out similar possibilities so be very interesting to see what exactly jill biden it doesn't

achieve in moscow in that concern and whether he will in fact receive a firm refusal from russia for support on a possible future intervention now this has been a long planned visit take us through what else is on the table was the vice president meets with russian leaders. well of course libya and the current crisis in libya was definitely not on the agenda when this visit was originally planned it was scheduled a long while ago joe biden of course has a lot of things on the agenda during the two days he was here he talks a lot of business with russian leaders both russian president and the russian prime minister focusing on trade ties with which in today joe biden spoke of necessary improvements in order to boost trade between the two countries it is of course lower than both sides would want it to be saying that there's still a lot of unexplored potential that needs to be tapped into of course joe biden is

the man believed to be the creator of the so-called restart process between moscow and washington and of course his visit two years after that idea was created is inside on some level in order to check on how that restart process is going both the u.s. vice president and the russian prime minister agreeing that several very important steps have already been taken such as of course signing the start treaty by the russian and american leaders also the cruel and deep incorporation between russia and the coalition forces when it comes to again his stand and the u.s. military presence in that country so a lot of progress but still of course a lot of work to be done joe biden not mincing his words being very straightforward about what he believes to be the faults or drawbacks but also the benefits of further cooperate with russia of securing stronger relations both men actually

spoke of possibly banning unrelated pushing a visa regime between their two countries so that was also on the agenda but mostly the talks were just business there is a lot of business of course potentially for the two to sides. you investigate and invest and and that is exactly what joe biden was doing here in moscow artie's gathering as our reporting live from central moscow thanks to the. hearings will soon get underway in the u.s. congress over the radicalization of american muslims and hearings are being led by homeland security chairman peter king who says they're vital to the protection of the country but as are his marina porton i reports congressman king wasn't always so negative toward the muslim community. on friday. a familiar sound of worship echoes from the islamic center of long island.

new it's a place of prayer education and community service for many of long island's seventy thousand muslims it's also a place where u.s. congressman peter king spent years building bridges with american voters. supporters who today remain shocked that king labeled their mosque a hotbed for extremism that should be put under surveillance for the pending i go to bed things also and we have been to his office many times what we needed that. ahmed is chairman of the long island center that sits just outside the boundaries of king's third congressional district. amid fears the man he once fundraise for make currently be the strongest force fueling the flames of islamophobia in america and security of my community is my biggest concern and trying to create trouble they have that is no trouble to me why out of me doing these things during his

early days as congressman king was often seen at the islamic center on long island giving lectures holding book signings even serving as the main guest of honor when the fair officially open officials say since september eleventh two thousand and one the us representative has not stepped one foot inside this building these lot of center unanimously condemned the event but can cut ties with the institution after two officials were quoted in nine muslim involvement and linking israel to nine eleven to. the united states instead peter cave recently appointed chairman of the powerful house homeland security committee has announced congressional hearings on a legit hit in radicalism among american muslims and mosques. a drastic turn that has brought fear to king's constituents he generalize. and realize in a very broad way and in

a way that will not serve. the american well for even outside of them and states it has very disturbing. especially when the coalition of muslim population in the long island community is growing substantially looking for support. congressman king has said that most muslim leaders in this country aren't cooperating with authorities yet no member of this long island islamic center has ever been accused of terrorism. muslim americans in this community are appalled that their very own u.s. representative is hard. based on their religious belief there are extremists in every every community every religion i mean you know why just islam what does he have to gain from it either a personal vendetta or maybe something to gain in the politics there's a lot of fear people are really angry anxious because to because the burden

falls on our shoulders to really explain experience for free in a country of tolerance a new york community left feeling isolated and marginalized by the man they once rallied behind her enough archie in new york. turning now to some other stories making headlines across the globe for earthquake measuring almost six on the richter scale has struck china's southwest near the border with me on march at least one thousand people have been killed more than one hundred fifty injured witnesses report people being buried under debris one part of a supermarket and a hotel collapsed the tremor caused serious damage to other buildings and was followed by three aftershocks within a few minutes. britain's foreign secretary is condemned terror on after the u.k. and nato forces seized what they say were iranian weapons headed for the taliban in afghanistan william hague believes the arms were clearly intended for insurgents to

kill afghan and international troops or a signal from a significant range iran denies it's behind a shipment of forty eight rockets and other munitions that were recovered during a firefight that saw a number of insurgents killed. the dalai lama is stepping down from his political responsibilities to beds exiled spiritual leaders says he'll begin the process of devolving his power next week if the changes are made leadership will go to an elected leader his announcement comes on the anniversary of the one nine hundred fifty nine riots in tibet that led to the dalai lama's exile. heavy rain and strong winds are battering the southeastern united states tearing apart buildings and even overturning cars at least three tornadoes blew through louisiana and others reported in alabama flash flood warnings are in effect in mississippi with roads in the several counties flooded there are similar problems much farther north after it village expected in new jersey. stay with us our round the clock here are to you for all the latest news and analysis here's what you can find on our web

site right now. and check out these wheels of fortune with our reminiscing writer who takes to moscow's retro car museum. and discover how chechnya's team tara got on when they came up against brazilian football legends from the past and present as they were visiting the russian republic for the from the man. and korean american joins us now with all the latest in the world of business know there's another super rich list of from four of them forbes magazine and there are some russian names on it tell us more about how it's right matt it's a bomb but probably you know i was joining the list of the world's wealthiest this year and details coming out now twelve hundred wealthiest people are now worth

a total of four and a half trillion dollars with russia's tycoon holding a significant part of that well our first poring over the numbers. well the top ranking russian was still taking flight amir listed he ranks number fourteen on the forbes rich with an estimated personal wealth of twenty four billion dollars now that's an increase of around ten billion dollars since last year that pushed him up eighteen places as he said to number fourteen now top of the falls rich list for the second year with mexican media tycoon carlos slim he has an estimated personal wealth of four billion dollars but let's be steady number of russians making that list russia is actually increases number of billionaires from sixty two last year to one hundred one this year and it's now home to fifteen of the world's hundred richest people now we're actually stood on the. street which is being named as one of the most expensive streets in the world and possibly if you hang around long

enough you might bump in to one of these billionaires because seventy nine overseas billionaires currently reside in making the capital home to more billionaires in any other city in the world. for reporting on the russian billionaires on forbes magazine now to other stories all prices edged higher in early thursday trading after two straight sessions of losses. trading at over one hundred and four dollars a barrel brant crude is around one hundred sixteen dollars news about higher than expected stocks in the u.s. some really basters on wednesday escalating fighting in libya kept traders cautious leaders or production is already offline adding fuel to the flames that could alvey has gone for facilities in the country inflicting what could be longer term damage to the exports us to. europe central bank could be making a grave mistake by tightening its not free policy that's according to the new tories economist known as dr doom it claims high interest rates may seriously hit

the peripheral european countries that are struggling to restore their export competitiveness but chief economist from russia's art critic investment bank says the e.c.b. has no other option. when central banks do not take action or global inflation perhaps domestic inflation in many areas including russia starts to get out of control and then we're here for a very very difficult situation grand central banks will have no option but cruise rates by significant. a moment which vary from the world would push many corners toward standstill because the cost of printing the cost of money would increase and that would be not helpful from the point if you were for coverage. of the markets the european stock markets are down sharply after moody's cut its rating on spanish sovereign debt its losses come after the big falls for most asian markets including one a half percent drop for china's shanghai composite among stocks on the move shares

in ukraine surance and investments group standard like two percent after it reported results for two thousand and ten here in russia stocks slide by their most in more than a week after china reported an unexpected seven point three billion dollars trade deficit the r.t.s. is losing over a percent of them isaacs is down over half a percent let's look at some individual share moves now energy and banking stocks are lower gas problem was losing over one and a half percent of my six sharing just under two percent and russia's largest producer of coal is the biggest loser so far down over five percent that's after reports that the company's owners are seeking a buyer. investors should be on the lookout the head of equity trading at bt capital told r.t. that a correction is on the horizon global markets. market will still be pursue price no higher risk or will supply disruptions hence higher will presses strong ruble and

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