if. the rebel advance backed up by coalition airstrikes is held up in the hometown of the libyan leader moammar gadhafi there are more will see years of an impending bloodbath i'm told is here in the capital city of tripoli join me in a few moments for more. you're in the rebel stronghold all of you guys really awful when it's over it's against spring the world stop and you'll get our views god for all we do drills in just a few moments. president palmer admits he's also used to a bully to get down the trees saying the u.s. will continue to target his regime even when nato takes command they believe via.

moscow mourns the forty victims of last year's twin suicide attacks on the capital's metro system that shocked the nation will only strengthen the resolve in the fight against terrorism. but a very warm welcome to you this is the line from moscow libya has seen walkover lucian airstrikes. a day of the fighting in the country's third largest city even as there are well there are reports of heavy bombardment and gunfire is likely to be a key battleground with the opposition entrenched to bring goals the un tripoli remaining in government reports and the capital. there was a nother night of airstrikes here over the capital city of tripoli they started late last night and monday and they continued until the early hours of this morning chouse day we understand that

a number of military targets have been hit but we also is receiving reports that a number of civilian areas have been struck the big news here is the growing fear that there could be impugned and bloodbath in the capital city of tripoli just yesterday after what seemed like a lightning advance the rebel forces after sitting out on friday from the stronghold of benghazi was stopped in front of the hometown of the libyan leader moammar gadhafi the city of set and that is both a symbolic and strategic city because the understanding here is that if the duffy cannot hold on to search well then he cannot hold on to his power now the residents of tripoli are increasingly feeling to quote them under siege not only do they feel under threat from the rebels who more and more seem as if they can make good on its promise to march into tripoli but there are reports of the city within two days will run out of fuel and we're now seeing large issues of people outside bakeries and other food stalls one resident i spoke to summed up in the most adequately when he said that the u.n. city got involved to protect civilians but he asked what exactly is civilian about

people now armed making their way to tripoli a very important meeting taking place in london today tuesday it comes just hours after the u.s. president barack obama said that nato would be taking over for military control over military operations here in libya by tomorrow wednesday now there are some pressing issues still on the table that have yet to be decided the major purpose of this meeting in london is to get some kind of consensus over the military commandment of this operation and of the political direction it is taking there are a number of hiv rates attending it is being chaired by the british prime minister david cameron u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton will be there they will be members of the arab league members of the african union thirty five foreign ministers as well as members. the rebels transitional council that is the body here that is with the same team the rebel groups now it is significant and it is worth noting that they will be no representatives from the libyan government which is causing some people

to ask questions well how exactly can the international community say it's facilitating you debating issues and concerns around the future of this country if indeed it's not inviting those who are empowered to actually attend and participate in the talks the other question is of course who are these rebels who will be participating what kind of islamised leanings to there have what kind of political leanings do they have what kind of backgrounds do they come from and even more important what kind of future are they working towards these still has been no clarity and no unity of consumed says among the international community in terms of where they want this operation to gauge what is the ultimate in gave the defense officials also say that the number of these strikes that they've been conducting over libya have increased in recent days they say that this is because of surveillance material that they've been receiving and also because of reconnaissance actions they've been taking but they also point to the fact that increasingly more and more of these airstrikes are happening in civilian areas in

urban areas where the risk of civilian casualties is there much more greater say this is raising concerns because here again we're hearing from the living government that the number of civilians who are being killed and injured in these international airstrikes is increasing i mean one of the rebel stronghold position find his express joy it gains on the front line with young fire. going off with libya's second largest city to bring. entire city of been going to rebel stronghold in the in tiny eastern part of libya are monitoring the situation out there on the front and of course especially around some of these hometown. even though that said the rebels have not been able to control over the city still the spirits are pretty high in fact the opposition does say that they do understand it's not going to be easy to fight and defeat god that he's the man they see that they are ready. to do whatever it takes in order to achieve that goal they were

able to retake control of most of the towns that they lost to go to these forces just a week ago and what he believes in. fact every time there's a positive usually even sometimes a respect elysian up on the counter on the front we hear the gunshots being fired into the air as a sign of applause and support off the revolution goaltimate goal is to get rid of all go back to establish a new order in the country and the opposition says that this is going to be a democratic country in fact stressing that they do not want any third side called on what sort of home base to be here they want to say that it's up to the libyan people to be side what to do with the not be and his family and what kind of regime they want to hear in the country they do say that the are ready to listen to

something advice coming from the west from germany france and great britain so far it seems that here in the east corner of the country the opposition is in full control and in fact the rebels are i'm organized. authority body here and they're now getting responsibilities and on one another when it comes to the years of life from the economy industry and police and law and headsets. that's all they are establishing walking from here in this war and once again they're saying that it's only up to the libyan people to decide what to do with being sorry. we've got the latest from libya around the clock owner and online check out regular updates from our correspondents on the spot on the aussies twitter stream and on our facebook page you'll also find all the latest videos on aren't you cheap challenge.

the. turn his first major speech things and strikes on libya stanton said the u.s. would like to remove any chunk of daffy victory that appears to confirm and special that washington has taken sides in a civil war some big russian says is not sanctioned by the u.n. resolution and even when nato takes charge that doesn't mean american bombs will stop falling. can reports here is what we heard from president obama is that the u.s. involvement in libya will be limited that the goal is to protect civilians and that the u.s. is happy that need always taking command of all libyan operations take

a listen this transfer from the united states to nato will take place on wednesday going forward a good lead in enforcing the no fly zone and protecting civilians on the ground will transition to our allies and partners and i am fully confident that our coalition will keep the pressure on be about these remaining forces. you know there for the united states will play a supporting role it may seem that the u.s. is taking its hands arms rather off leaving it but many experts say the reality this formal transition does not make the u.s. any less involved in fact a pentagon official said friday that even as other nations begin taking a larger role in the international air assault mission in libya the pentagon was considering adding air force gunships and other attack aircraft and within nato as well the u.s. is the largest contributing to organization so handing over command to nato does not mean quitting we also have to take into account that this speech comes amid

growing frustration over what the due west strategy is the president is clearly on the defensive trying to win over a largely skeptical public poll showing the last four decades americans of disapproval of a military action has never been as high as it is now we believe intervention the official reasoning which is we're there to protect civilians doesn't sit well with many because they asked why do we choose their civilians in libya not in other places where even worse massacres have been happening and they don't get straightforward answers the answer that president obama gave in his speech also sounded rather vague it's true that america cannot use our military wherever repression of hers. given the costs and risks of intervention we must always measure or interests against the need for action. but that cannot be an argument for never entered on behalf of what's right but some of the statements previously made by u.s. officials could suggest an idea as told by leader we remember hillary clinton

saying what the u.s. fears north these media becoming some guy in somalia somalia views power vacuum carolus and no credible leader to deal with experts say will power specifically western powers would never let levy which sits on best oil reserves become anything like somalia and many analysts say the limited of the allied forces with the intervention are there to make sure whatever is formed whoever comes next in power is their next best friend and to make sure that those lucrative oil exploration contracts which are already in place with a number of western companies are secured and possibly even expanded this underlying all issues actually are quoting the statements of some of the coalition leaders italians for example accuse the french of being motivated by a desire to secure oil contracts with a future leaving government the turks voice certain conditions with nato saying nato should go all in with recognition an acknowledgement that the media belongs to libya's not for the distribution of its underground resources and wealth another

interesting point from president obama's speech the united states will use the thirty three plaza billion dollars of khadafi frozen assets to provide assistance to the people of libya although the president did not say anything about this money being spent on strikes but it made some people wonder whether the u.s. and allies are waging war on khadafi on his money. well the violence in libya north africa is second largest producer of crude oil is affecting global oil markets the pre conflict level of a one point six nine million barrels a day household and dramatically let's get the latest numbers now of course over to our business deaths a year standing by for a serious there is the news of rebels now closing in on colonel gadhafi affecting oil prices largely absolutely oil prices that's lighting up to libyan rebels recaptured all cause and promises to resume ax falls but how quickly they could do it is unclear western analysts and companies said the tunker has dared to go and pick up oil for two weeks because of the allied located sanctions or that

a lack of insurance and uncertainty about whether the rebel coalition could win international recognition as libya's a legitimate government the news was still enough to drop oil slightly just a reminder that crude had jumped twenty four percent since mr very as fighting in libya stopped its oil strippers and previously they supplied nearly two percent of the world's oil in addition to that all prices were pressured by negative developments in japan's nuclear crisis as well as concerns that china could go further monetary policy tightening reducing its energy demands but despite a slight decline retail gasoline prices continue being record high. you will be getting more from you in the business later in the developed. and we're going to developments in syria now where there are also anti-government protests that in the city of dare i need to get the president to kick start the long awaited reforms the government's promised greater freedoms and polluting the

lifting of a controversial emergency law used to detain diffidence without trial one more than one hundred fifty people have been killed in a day the fighting. breast that shaken the regime of president bashar assad while the government blames of foreign sources locals claim government to. interests football but the situation in syria has raised fears and now the foreign intervention possible change that is now is a light on middle east politics and security issues that the west is not an immunity to be in serious affairs right now ignite changes minds. it's bad to predict what's going to happen in the middle east in a moment but i would say that certainly what from what we're hearing from washington and from the europeans there is no appetite for expanding the current intervention that we're seeing in libya i think even in libya the americans have been very quick to hand over to nato. for sort of wash their hands of total responsibility for what will happen next that hillary clinton was quoted as saying

that she still believes that bashar assad is a reformer someone who can potentially deliver a better syria rather than heading down into civil war which would have huge repercussions for the rest of the middle east bearing in mind syria's geo strategic position and so i don't see any kind of appetite at present for western intervention in syria that said syria has a legacy mainly in the eighty's of heavy handed clampdowns on his own sort of civil protests and i think if we saw anything like what happened it's a nice neat thing to hammer there west would be forced to intervene simply because the level of bloodshed but i think once again we're a long way away from that right now certainly libya has a more natural resources in terms of oil and is of course located right in the southern flank of some pretty powerful european states syria on the other hand is deeply intertwined in the middle east peace process relations with israel of course it has a longstanding and very complicated relationship with lebanon a country which still has yet to form a government following syria's ally has sort of bringing down the previous one and

of course has links with iraq to i'm interested in what i've heard from various commentators about the role the saudis and the jordanians have had in putting pressure on the americans to sort of back off syria and syria usually is an easy punch bag for the american administration has always been quite happy to have a go at the states actually. it's a lack of democracy and freedoms but it is quite interesting that she said americans almost defending bashar assad as a reformer today i think which is a reflection of how incredibly dynamic and fluid the situation is in the middle east at present and that was james they don't as far right on the politics and security issues. now many muscovites traveling on the metro they are likely to think back to the devastating events of exactly a year ago when dozens of communities commuters rather were killed and many others injured by two female suicide bombers targeting two stations in the morning rush hour. is outside one of the blast sites. there are certainly

a lot of commemorative events scheduled for today of course to remember all of those who died lost loved ones or were injured in the two terrible suicide attacks that rocked the capital early in the morning exactly one year ago partly due to where we're standing is of course one of those. also in the very heart of the russian capital dozens were killed and injured here in this very station still throughout the day people will be coming by bringing flowers lighting candles a lot of people are of course remembering the terrible events of that day might be in the question of my colleague also look back on that terrible morning. it started off as just an ordinary monday morning for me to be put through he like many others had a certain string in his step and knowing the harsh moscow winter was all over but little did he realize the nightmare he would be thrown into just

a few minutes later suddenly there was a horrible. as a for something. small to his. rushing to the car would need to be had her it was the storage of the worst terrorist attack in the russian capital in six years just before eight am the first of two explosions hit the moscow subway killing twenty four people at the crowded lubyanka station which lies beneath the had quarters of the federal security service forty minutes later the territorial moved south targeting a station at a crucial city intersection killing twelve from all. the stocks in the last year to meet a ship came and gave the thirty eight right in the middle of the rush hour work its truck off the back of the train commuters tried to get on board. there was no life

in. sort people what is that what there were remain of them some of them were stretched on the floor near the metal crane in the side was horrible it was. just before your eyes and there was nothing that could save them with eight million commuters after a day moscow subways one of the busiest in the world that's made it a terrorist target in the past and on this a year ago in wants to be a target once again a twenty year old student leader. for herself the true fuses to live and she actually doing sometimes i feel something like this i think about this but in general i think that we have safe safety in our lives a year ago tires broad moscow to a standstill by bringing horo to our reading life but if they wanted to destroy people's spirits those goal was certainly know what it chipped city alive go zone

and while the terrorists were out to millions in moscow and across the globe remains it's something people have blown to live with the question also moscow it definitely seen an increase in security personnel in all major transport locations such as the moscow metro system before today especially we're seeing a lot of police officers outside the central abetter stations and of course officials have been doing everything possible security officials to bring to justice all those responsible for the moscow metro bombings they have now. issued an international arrest warrant for the man that is believed to have. led and escorted the two female suicide bombers who hours sponsible for the metro suicide attacks or is the anniversary of which is today we also know that two people have been arrested in connection with moscow's the idea there was

a terrorist attack force happened just a few my. to go we know that russia's most wanted terrorist for want of actually responsibility for both of those attacks and officials have actually charged him and one other militant leader from the north caucasus with their responsibility in the dome idea to airport terrorist attacks we've also heard that during this special operation in the russian southern republican bush where two men who are believed to have played a role in the moscow divide the edible airport bombing we know that seventeen other militants were killed during that special operation two of them are actually believed working closely with russia's most wanted terrorist and one of them has allegedly since been identified as a very close associate of a model from seoul so there are already some speculations that doc will modify russia's most wanted men could be amongst those seventeen killed as a result of a special forces operation in which it's yes however those speculations have been

heard before and until there is a confirmation from the security officials he remains one of the most wanted and dangerous men in this country. japan has begun meant is now in a maximum stage for traces of highly toxic tony were found in soil near the quake hit a plant dissolved since is believed to be seeping from nuclear fuel the highly radioactive water has found outside one of the reactor buildings for the first time the government is considering whether to extend evacuation zone beyond its current perimeter twenty kilometers fears of a nuclear meltdown down went forward because she was reacting with severely damaged by an earthquake and tsunami two and a half weeks ago traces of radioactivity have been found as far away as china south korea and the u.s. . now we're bringing you the latest updates from japan on line you could always

have a result you got call and coverage of the disaster the radioactive leak from the fukushima plant seems to have already crossed the ocean rainwater in the usa to prosecute it since there's a positive radioactive element. on thousands of the only victims of being hastily bearings breaking the japanese tradition the body should be cremated find out why our knowledge these are. right here is how small the international news in brief this hour and at least one hundred ten people have been killed in a series of explosions out of bullets making factory in southern yemen a plant which had been seized by a militant group was in the process of being civilians when

a cigarette is thought to have spoiled the massive blast meanwhile and government rallies continue in the country with thousands on the streets of the capital sanaa yemen as a western backed president is facing pressure to stand down i face trial. in the ivory coast forces loyal to the internationally recognized president say they're trying to seal the border with liberia other than words are as troops accused being cornered by goal of importing fighters from the neighboring country bug or refuses to step down despite an international consensus that he lost the election up to one million people have fled their homes fearing a widespread civil. consignees olders have been killed in an apparent friendly fire incident the incident took place during around humility and operation near the border with afghanistan according to an official the soldiers were retaliating machine gunfire when their mortar bomb missed the target and mistakenly hit

a road position because on the military forces are often told it is by rebels linked to al qaeda and the taliban unions up next all the latest business news for us. this is our business update is great to have you're with it's the price of oil has fallen back with brand slipping below one hundred fifteen dollars a barrel and that's just have high hopes that live in all made it flowing back through the pipeline sooner than expected that's after rebels regain control of key oil terms and pledged a quick response of ours but however richard sort of plants this as it may take some time before the oil market stabilizes. the libyan situation is far from is all the move the process let's not forget when libya started moving all price when the op was installed against gadhafi regime it wasn't just libya it was the fear of wardrobe and it was because of what happens in libya brought. in for the inference

as lloyd european economic fears fears of a stalling recovery process and can be more than the way people are a bit nervous other. let's have a look at how the markets are performing a little higher with nikkei closed by now trading slightly in the red sign is flat at the moment that it saw a narrow dulces an early trading as h.s.b.c. holdings at some property developers were hit by wall street's pulled by night countering strong gains in coal mines tokyo's stocks are down said banks and efforts to bring post greater power back to more stable situation in libya. in europe investors remain which is a renewed concern about japan's nuclear crisis and ongoing unrest in the middle east if it sees down point one percent while the dunces down point six percent. russian rockets are started trading in the bread with the r.c.s. down point two percent better than my six point one percent until monday from

creech here is as much as in mining or growing to be in the spotlight in the days ahead. of russia's biggest airlines could soon be run in school airfield in moscow region as a means of cutting costs prime minister creation is that it could help ease any traffic across moscow's three major airports because of the poor state of russia's regional carrier is also currently as a transit hub for low cost airlines the proper development of russia's air force system could ease moscow's aviation traffic by twenty percent that's according to spare about instead of money grabber. so it was still clueless it was cool today lou cost carriers take less than two percent of all air service in russia while in europe this number totals thirty six percent and twenty eight percent in the u.s. this figure directly impacts the move billets index of the population to develop his business we need proper infrastructure and new technologies. boeing compared

poised to invest saranda sets a billion dollars in bashar over the next twenty years they are space giant is looking at developing projects and the titanium valleys special economic zone and russia as your roles company officials as well as supplies and partners have visiting the region this week which could result in a package of agreements being reached type chinese vollies being setup to encourage the export of high tech manufacturing products. that's all the business is the south and more china and about fifteen minutes time.

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