the biggest issues get the human voice ceased to face with the news makers. friends becomes the first state to recognize libya's rebels as the country's government party takes a closer look at who they are and whether they have the legal right to our. sins and if it's at least it is executed it's just this case just think it's a team. that influences the east. and the situation in libya inevitably on the agenda as america's mice president meets the russian leadership and opposition in moscow. to spin the tray tie is also on joe biden's list as he sits down with prime minister vladimir putin on the

second day of his visit to moscow. bringing you news around the clock from around the world it's four pm in moscow thanks for being with us here on r t i'm not tressa our top story france says it's recognizing libya's opposition as the quote legitimate representatives of the people and plans to exchange or basters the move is fueling fears the country may soon see foreign military intervention nato defense officials any e.u. foreign ministers are meeting in brussels to discuss the next moves they could make or can you get your bushel reports. well there was a meeting between president sarkozy's office of france and the libyan rebel national council of the wish it was decided to announce that france recognizes the rebels as the legitimate power in that country they will exchange ambassadors france will send an ambassador to be in causey and vice versa there will be

a diplomat in france as the official representative of their country the french foreign minister ellen should pay european partners to follow suit and gauge with the new libyan leaders the trouble is this opposition doesn't have much control it has certain pockets of the country in the east there's also devious question marks over its formation we're a former ministers of justice the minister of interior from a good effete 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 is is not traditionally the closest ally of libya because libya was a former colony of italy and there are question marks now being raised by the international community water 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 may feel is the worst. he's right now there's a real danger resigns can be used against libyan air bases to deprive garvie his advantage as the legal head of state also there are attempts to generalize the rebels to make it seem to the outside power has passed from gadhafi to the rebels have been repeated calls from the international community to leave leave you alone and let the two sides sort out the 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 foreigners sections not to get involved and yet as we have. from russia's represents to its innate so there are increasing fear is that the western powers of gearing up for military intervention in the country. anthony while from the online newspaper of the daily bell believes nato member states put huge pressure on libyans who are now at a crossroads between islamic fundamentalism or

a western style government. there's there's quite a bit of speculation as to act actually who is who is pulling the strings of what's happening in libya i think what you're going to see here is a secular style western government that would be introduced post. but that that will that will fail i believe within a very short period of time and i believe that is where we will see a more fundamentalist islamic type of government that will surface and take power it should be a natural democratic shift within the middle east or in any of these countries if there's going to be change it should be change that is and i hate that word but i'll use it anyway because it's the word of the day again but change in the middle east should be driven naturally by the people themselves they're going to get the help whether they want it or not and some would say that the hope is. is because basically what's been driving this revolution to begin with not to say or take anything away from the from the from the people in libya who are fighting and putting their lives on the line here to to actually make some form of a change but you know you look at what's happening in the world today and the pressure that's that's mounting with respect to foreign intervention being demanded

especially from the western mainstream media you would have to think that the western western media trumpeting such intervention is something that is heard loud and clear within libya by the libyan people as well and the people on the ground who are leading this movement they're influencing factors but i don't believe that there's necessarily a unified on the ground presence in libya that is being cohesively led by any one group or any one individual and that means also that there are certainly fundamentalists and others within the libyan population who do not wish to have any foreign intervention at all there are others who would probably like to see it happen. a lot more for you on the situation in libya in just a few moments and we've got plenty more else headed your way including this keeping the russia u.s. relations but the reset button brassed we call it a visit of vice president joe biden to moscow coming up on our t.v. plus. this. because.

actually it is a u.s. congressman who once supported the muslim vote to win office is now accused of organizing a witch. first though international pressure against libby is growing following that controversial decision by france to recognize the rebels claim to leadership alongside which russia is imposing sanctions against north market avi's regime banning the exports of weapons and military equipment or he's part of the reports from the capital tripoli to find out what the people there think. people here are confused and angry reaction there is a formally recognized the opposition those i have spoken to also say that they're afraid that it will explain the situation logic dictates that my front should be recognize the opposition it does not recognize gadhafi and people here asking what stops france from sending military reinforcements to the opposition because he chooses the rebels have been traitors he's placed

a hundred thousand dollars thousand on the hit upon the leaders meanwhile elsewhere in the country fighting is intensifying the oil rich strategically important town as we are it's just some fifty kilometers away from the capital tripoli now we've tried on two occasions to get that but it's possible to have on the city which government minders which of us live. by government plays well behind the way to face it is the first oil installment to be hit directly in the fashion it's been changing a bit of time to ban on the state of all weapons from russia to libya this includes weapons munitions combat vehicles military equipment busted weapons used in libya also get paid and as my colleague on the boy who pulls from the currently whittled helltown of causing these weapons are play a role in the current conflict. after the liberation

chance the rattle of kalashnikovs is the most common sound in the ghazi ever since rebels seized the weapons depots in eastern libya became the also a symbol of masculinity that every young man in this city wants one thing in common between more moderate r.p. and the forces troubling turn c.p.m. is a fascination with arms believe in leader i developed a liking for kalashnikov rifle so so much. that he even had a case forty seven munition plant built here in libya the rounds of these plants produced an hour killing all across eastern libya on the frontlines and beyond young man with rifles have become a fixture on the streets of gaza they're eager to show them off and often slap happy in their handling of the arms kansa a soldier from the bin gassy garrison who joined up freising says many of his

fellow rebels don't have any experience with arms which he says is made out by their passionate determination to the. point until the last bullet to the last drop of blood god is on its moon that. 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 here is good but with no good. many people no people and public servants like these traffic police officers despite the loss of control over is to leave here to get out the government continues to pay salaries to those employed by the stage of development yes i received my last paycheck about ten days ago but there is nothing to thank you for myself it is just two hundred fifty years ago but i can barely support my family agitation and uncertainty of the last few

weeks are already exerting their toll on public health been gaza's psychiatric hospital is now flooded with patients because preexisting conditions were exacerbated by their unrest nowadays because of the uprising lots of people today he is suffering from the so-called panicky shoulders. some of our patients also having lapses from their previous mental problems. no because of the. uprising because of the she. hated and ridiculed get doubtingly been the most valuable asset for the opposition movement as that hatred these people together for the time being it's united's those who spent years serving in his government and victims of his persecution yet their chance for free leave i get to be augmented by a clear vision of how to achieve it people in gazi are now living off their savings

sharing whatever little they have most of them are confident that once we get out that leaves the bright future will dawn on them but if past revolutions are anything to go by the bundles of arms and hoards of idly roaming man could mean exactly the opposite. of what the art see in god the. talk of international involvement in libya has been tough to avoid pretty u.s. vice president who's today meeting with the russian leadership joe biden is on a two day visit to moscow as pope later smarties that areas are over. so there's been talk that biden will try and change the russian leader stance against military involvement in libya tell us more. now that there's been speculation of course the internet has been rife with sources claiming that joe biden has indeed tried to guarantee russia's support should the u.s. decide to go ahead with its military intervention in libya of course they have been

saying that they do consider a military intervention a possibility in order to resolve the ongoing libyan crisis russia of course has so far maintained the position that the current conflict out ongoing in libya is first and foremost a domestic situation and therefore foreign powers should stand back and let libyans settle the matter by themselves and that of course as having been said russia has to date back to the one citations during batting whole reckless trade supplies to libya of course of holding at the sanctions proposed by the united nations so we do know that joe biden has attempted to secure russia's support in the possibility of a u.s. military intervention there has so far been no either denial or confirmation of this situation but we do know that several foreign nations of course including the

united states have not ruled out the possibility of bringing their troops to libya in order to resolve the conflict while others including russia have so far chosen to stand back and let libyan settle the matter for themselves the internet is rife with speculations but so far that is all they remain speculations a confirmation is probably unlikely so this has been a long planned visit what else is on the table in these high level meetings. well this of course is the second day of joe biden's visit to moscow and you during those two days he had a quite a busy agenda of course meeting with the russian leaders both the russian president meeting with the aged and the prime minister writing the content of the focus was mostly on trade talks go blind who of course aka most heralded of the current reset in ties between moscow and washington underlined the necessity of that reset continuing in his meetings with allies in the hits and saying that the previous administration did not choose to maximize on the strategic potential that exists

and the relationship between moscow and washington d.c. and of the current administration is of course very much interested in that joe biden took a lot of effort to underline the benefits that exist in corporation between russia and the united states both sides pledging to increase bilateral trade turnover and further strengthen their ties joe biden also took the time to meet not only with the russian leaders but also with non-governmental parties and members of the opposition and human rights supporter groups all of that was on his agenda as well as a trip to the russian analog of silicon valley skolkovo where joe biden spent a lot of time being shown around and told about the potential prospects and of course of various american businesses willing to participate in this new venture all right art he's a catarina according to wire from the russian capital. you can always stay up to

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the official. called touch from the top story. on the good. deal. or a sense feed now in the palm of your. on the call to comb. thanks for staying with us here on r t sixteen minutes past the hour in moscow the u.s. congress will soon hold hearings into the radicalization of american muslims are being led by homeland security chairman peter king who says the issue threatens the country but as our he's married important i have found out king's views on the muslim community have been less than consistent. on

friday. a familiar sound of worship echoes from the islamic center of long island. oh no 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 and i want to read things also we have been to his office many times when we needed a bit. how be 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 be currently be the strongest force fueling the flames of

islamophobia in america safety and security of my community is my biggest concern and trying to create trouble river that is. why i have been 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 officially open official say since september eleventh two thousand and one the u.s. representative has not stepped one foot inside this building these limits center unanimously condemned the event but king cut ties with the institution after two officials were quoted denying muslim involvement and linking israel to nine eleven . instead peter king 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 you generalize. and lies in a very broad way and you know way that. even outside of from the states it has been very disturbing to us 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 targeting them based on their religious beliefs their extremists in every every community every religion i mean you know why just islam

what does he have to gain from it by their personal vendetta maybe something to gain in the politics of this is not a fear people are really angry anxious as to because the burden falls on our shoulders to really explain the experience for free in a country of tolerance a new york community left feeling isolated and marginalized by the man they once rallied behind. art in new york. turned out of some other stories making headlines across the globe a powerful earthquake measuring almost six on the richter scale has struck southwestern china their border with me twenty two people have been killed more than two hundred injured witnesses report people being buried under debris when part of a supermarket and hotel collapsed the tremor caused serious damage to many other buildings and houses pataki and. so if you're berlusconi's gone back to work for

the first time since an operation on his jaw in the face the talian prime minister was injured in milan in december of two thousand and nine when men with psychiatric problems through a metal statue with him going he lost two teeth and had his nose broken in the attack the operation that happened three days ago lasted four hours. the dalai lama is giving up his political role and handing over responsibilities to an elected figure from the tibetan government in exile tibet's spiritual leader says he'll begin developing his power next week he says he's committed to tibetan autonomy in beijing accusing him of trying to split china the announcement comes on the anniversary of the nine hundred fifty nine riots in tibet that led to the dalai lama going into exile. heavy rain and strong winds battering the southeastern united states tearing apart buildings and overturning cars at least three tornadoes blew through louisiana with others reported in alabama flash flood warning still in effect in parts of mississippi where several roads in

counties were flooded or similar problems also farther north with further daily expected in new jersey. later this hour we'll hear from the former british ambassador to libya all over miles in our exclusive interview but to be sure medvedev goes up next with the business news stay with us. thanks very much rob hello and welcome to business three a record number of billionaires have joined the most of the world's richest do you twelve hundred wealthiest people who are now working social of four point five trillion dollars with russia holding a significant part of the world fourteen sarah first has been poring over the. well the top ranking russian was still taking flight in a list 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 not push them up eighteen places he said to number fourteen the top of the falls rich list for the second year with mexican media tycoon carlos slim he has an estimated personal wealth of n t four billion dollars but as we said a number of russians making that list russia's 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 overshoes billionaires currently reside in most cases making the capital hay to more billionaires in any other city in the world knows he said much of the world has been generated by this beaming commodities listen steel company has seen its wealth returns almost prefer not to quite serious

levels and disses part of what's contributes it's the same many versions doing so well in the fool's rich list this year. reporting on the forbes annual rating of the world's richest people but aras who's editor in chief of business new europe magazine says the forbes list reflects the transition of the russian economy from one dominated by industry to the service sector. this structure of the list i think reflects you know the transition process and emerging markets in the beginning there was nothing in anything you build was fantastically profitable the way it's money is into the game now and particularly with russia you look at the economies becoming increasingly sophisticated it's everybody at the top of the list is involved in extraction oil steel. interesting you go outside the billions and look at the new millionaires multimillionaires increasingly they're coming from from services from media from the new economy industries. take a look at their commodities now while prices are pulling back from the earlier

games is trading at over just one hundred two and a half dollars a barrel brant crude is around one hundred fourteen dollars and that's still remain cautious seventy years of rest much of the country's oil production is already offline adding fuel to the flames is news that gadhafi has facilities in the country inflicting what could be longer damage to libya's export passenger. now the stock markets european stock markets are down sharply after moody's scrap its rating on the spanish sovereign debt europe's losses came after a big falls for most asian markets including a one hundred percent drop in chinese shanghai composite among stocks on the move shares in the u.k. insurance investment group standard life dropped significantly after a reported results for twenty ten. russian stocks also taking us live by them most in the week after china reported not expected seven point three billion dollars trade deficit yards yes this is moving to present to my six one point seven percent

stake in some of the individual stocks now they drop on average another percentage points from the last hour gazprom is losing two point two percent of my sex rawson at two point seven parts guys one of the big is still loses so far the fifth largest producer of coal is down over five percent that's up to reports that the company's homeowners are seeking a buyer. europe's central bank could be making a great mistake by tightening its monetary policy that's according to the tories economist known as dr doom nouriel roubini he claims high interest rates may seriously hit the peripheral european countries that are struggling to restore their export competitive that's but chief economist from russia's that crazy investment bank says the c.b.i. has no other option but when the central banks do not take action global inflation and perhaps a mystic inflation in many areas including russia starts to get out of control and

then we have a very very difficult and when central banks would have no other option but to increase rates by significance amount which definitely would push many quantum is called standstill because the cost of trade of the cost of money would increase and that would be not helpful from the point of fuel for cover and we're back in less than a one hour's time with an update now that's next with headlines to stay with us.

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