the libyan rebels rapid advance towards the capital is halted with reports that gadhafi forces are using heavy shelling this point declaring a ceasefire. while here in the capital city supplies are running no excuse for food fuel and medicine keep growing as people become more and more dispersed. foreign heavyweights meet in london to thrash out libya's next chapter but no one's invited from either the libyan government or the rebels even though it's their future it's think. russia remembers the thirty eight people killed in the moscow metro blast the year ago when two suicide bombers blew themselves up during the morning rush hour. but also reporting the high price for investing in georgia business with

millions awaits a court's verdict on wednesday but he insists the trumped up bribery charges but so tbilisi can avoid paying up. this is r.t. come tonight from the russian capital where it's now ten pm and eight pm in libya where after the rapid advance libyan rebels are now being pushed further back from the outskirts of colonel gadhafi hometown there are reports of a heavy bombardment thing going far being used by pro-government forces despite claims of a cease fire. has the latest now from the capital tripoli. most often choose day with we now explosions here in the capital city of tripoli i was actually indoors when they happened and i continue that windows of the building visibly so this is

the temple straight day that took me has been the target of kurdish made strides in as i'm speaking t.v. here in a few gunshots just coming to my right now it's not only tripoli but also the city of misrata that has been hit increasingly so by these coalition planes this wall street is the last rebel held stronghold in the west of libya but the latest report suggests that the rebels off last using ground it's very difficult as foreign journalists to ascertain exactly what's happening in this water because the fighting there has been going on for almost a month and we have simply been unable to enter the downtown area of the city the doctors they tell us that it is a really days that the hospital ran out of medical supplies that they have been forced to turn patients away that government snipers all standing on the roofs of buildings and literally shooting at anything that needs and that some of the government tanks that are shelling actually shelling into residential areas now one of this is happening on the one hand there's this war of almost an ammunition there

is another war that's taking place parallel to it and this is the who of propaganda it is interesting that the pentagon has been given almost daily accounts in terms of its operations here in libya for only now has it made mention of its propaganda planes and these are essentially planes that fly over in battle towns and cities they drop leaflets and they both cross messages urging people to stop supporting gadhafi to lay down arms and returned home it doesn't really seem to be anything decisive on the horizon serving off now in terms of the front line which keeps shifting just forty eight hours ago thirty looked as if the rebels were making a quick at vaughn's ultimately here on the capital city of tripoli not only have they been stopped at that up the stronghold of sirte but they have not actually been pushed back and the latest word we have is that they are in the town of the bin jawad but even those kind of reports. keep changing if you always with some of course interesting that they've actually been pushed even further back to ruslan north and brig the problem with the rebels is that they simply do not have enough

weapons not only that but that the weapons they do have are insufficient and old and this is why we hear rebels pointing to the international community to number one stick up the airstrikes number to supply them with more weapons they want rumors that they are receiving reinforcements of these weapons from the egyptian border we're also hearing that as the duffys forces the treat and as they run away in face of impending is strife they leave a lot of weapons and ammunition behind that the rebels have been able to take and use themselves but certainly the opposition need is very much a hoping that they will be a willingness expressed by the international community to continue to be involved in the conflict because certainly without international involvement the rebels really do not stand a chance of reaching tripoli. reporting there from tripoli foreign ministers and statesmen from over thirty five countries have been meeting in london to outline libya's political future and our correspondent there were moments has been following the talks. the meeting that took place in london on tuesday is now over

it was terminated by a media briefing with u.k. foreign minister william hague and the prime minister of qatar essentially the most important thing that they decided was to set up what they're calling a contact group which will provide leadership for what they're calling the international effort to support libya the first meeting of back group will take place in caps are they reiterated again and again that they are sticking to this u.n. resolution one thousand nine hundred seventy three but of course all this has been to size age without any input without any participation of the libyans although members of the rebel opposition were present in london on tuesday and they met with william hague and hillary clinton together with the foreign ministers of germany and france to inform the process they were not then invited to the main meeting out which the sorra ministers of around forty countries met essentially to decide their

fate neither were any members of these governments invited to participate in this program process despite the fact that of course they are still the government in power in libya and gadhafi himself sent a letter ahead of the meeting to all the countries participating calling on them to end their barbaric offensive again this meeting was very much about reiterating the fact that they are following this u.n. resolution no matter how liberally they might be interpreted in the text of it and also that telling everyone over and over again that this is an international effort it's not just an effort by the u.s. the u.k. and france but many countries are involved in this and it was about drumming up support for the u.n. resolution and for the military intervention into libya. reporting there from london well we've been to developments in syria now where the president's accepted his cabinet resignation the move comes amid weeks of violent crackdowns on

demonstrations calling for liberty reforms and despite a massive pro president rally on choose day a new government is expected to be in place quickly become trees prime minister will stay on until that happens president assad will make an address on wednesday where a series of reforms are expected to be announced including the lifting of the controversial state of emergency. fifty years it eleven days of fighting in the country with more than one hundred fifty people. the president blames foreign forces locals claim government troops are behind the lethal violence. well for more on the situation in the arab world we can now talk to stephen lemon he's in chicago he's written extensively on war issues and american imperialism good to have you here on our team now let's start with libya over thirty five foreign ministers that they decided to put further pressure on gadhafi to go in your opinion who's really pulling the strings here. well the question will be mistreating six i wrote one article about so maybe oh and my title once. nato america's imperial

tool so obama gave a speech last night and he announced a so-called handle to nato well this is all handled into nato it is a it is a so-called nato command can he in general by the name of. his an american general by the name of. he's based in. germany he's the head of africa plays in germany because no african nation will. be based on the territory general ham is ready all military operations and where it is very much a part of this. one hundred billion dollars a day what me and miscellany mean shelling and spreading depleted uranium radiation across the why your use of libya killing our civilians daily allied with the so-called rebels who are nothing will open cut throat childers.

excuse rape purse marauders and these are the people that america is supporting the thirty five foreign ministers has really only won the good news and it's america hillary clinton and the ability to have some say as much as america if you look at them everything has its policy quickly many of those that it's in so you just use the power the american side could be used up up kathy are you saying that gadhafi then should be staying and he's legitimately there in power. well i am not a good piece of order and i hope nobody thinks i am obviously the best that it could no country has the right to meddle internally in the fears of another i consider america ruled state we were right around the world we persecute our own people we imprison innocent people to say. libya egypt for you clearly france russia china through the right see intervene in us of here's you

know what about is that what about the fact that the arab league has been behind this initiative and actually supported and agreed to it hasn't that therefore template the american influence. oh i think the arab league pretty much induces what america wants to do and it pulls barrack a little bit it's not really getting real the arab league basically supports will be you whereas in france and britain want to do guitar guitar is a member of whistle coca-cola should be supplying four or five of your own. becky. probably sort of supplying arms so you get a few minutes of the early. naked aggression on another country and get over it is to get really you know to be a good healthy this is the naked aggression with by america against the

nonbelligerent country threatening you can remarry only part of the e.u. or european nations or the neighboring countries it's all a staggering one variable of un resolution nine hundred seventy three was a lawless resolution oh security council members voting or a state any new there or a solution was an act of war violates the your way into violation of article fifty one of the u.n. charter international law this is no nation of me attack another nation except themselves with parents well that matter what all saying there do you think what we're seeing in libya could happen elsewhere we're seeing unrest of course in syria or yemen could we not therefore see some sort of u.s. foreign intervention in those countries it could happen anywhere. i don't think the iraqi people who want to snus in libya i don't think they're going to go to syria

if you really want regime change the one they probably want to change in iran but how many countries can you wage war with it once and it iran is no easy country to attack i don't think it will be a texan no but i think america has a socialist libya came up with it q a syria is on the list iran is on the list and israel very much is look even where crow israel wants regime change to be sanctuaries especially in rare and not because they are in a serious threat and threaten you so you know it's because they are regional your regional. or it's. israel from having a regional in jail and he loves preventing him merica from having total control a little bit with it reach him and israel once it's controlled is a regional issue more this with his fitness all of it's not of a good leader or a pair to lead here it's about us of syria's leader or

a similar kind of leader. ninety percent subservient as i could of america wants totals of syria it's so good the theory body else maintaining a little bit of independence that puts him on a good but that entails the embed we welcome to the meetings with u.s. officials they will come one of his sons heath in the royal tour in america get huffy was willing to support american efforts including this war on terror he looked to be whistle companies have contracts but british and french ones and this is the would be rewarding him right or waging war against him it proves one thing bill nobody can trust america absolutely no and america doesn't have allies and europe has interests and it will turn on anybody on a dime. but we'll have to leave it there many will be

very interested to hear what you have to say thanks for expressing your point of view live there from chicago thanks very much indeed stephen lemon thank you. here in russia there's a markedly somber atmosphere on moscow's metro it is tuesday a year after it was rocked by two terror attacks thirty eight commuters were killed and many others injured when two female suicide bombers blew themselves up in two stations during the morning rush hour peter all of our reports now from outside one of them. but it busy average tuesday across the metro system but a very somber atmosphere here at park station where i am also at lubyanka in the center of the city we see many people turning up with flowers to pay their respects to those who died in these two suicide blasts as well as remember knows who were injured in these attacks is world now you say many people stop wishing a. makeshift memorial there on the platforms no as had

a very busy day on the metro the one thing that has come from this is it hasn't stopped people from using the metro system and to still be saying that they won't let the terrorists win and won't stop them from using that they're getting on with their day to day lives now my colleague but he. spoke to some of those who were caught up in the blast a year ago it started off as just an ordinary monday morning for me to keep it off he like many others had a certain string in his step knowing the harsh moscow winter was over but little did he realize the night he would be thrown into just a few minutes later suddenly there was a horrible sound as if something huge. and i was there was a small haze. people were shouting and rushing to. meet me had heard was the start of the worst terrorist attack in the russian

capital in six years just before eight am defers to two explosions hit the moscow subway killing twenty four people at the crowded station which lies beneath they had quarters of the federal security service forty minutes later the terror trail moved south targeting a station at a crucial city intersection killing twelve from all. the stuff. they said he. eight thirty eight right in the middle of the rush hour work its truck out the back of the train asked commuters try to get on board it was dark there was no life and i just saw a heap of bodies and there were there were remains of them some of them were stretched on the floor near the metro train and the site was horrible it was. just before your eyes and there was nothing to 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 day a year ago in wants to be a target once again a twenty year old student leader so the horrors for herself between fuses to live and she actually doing sometimes i feel something like this i think about these bad general i think that we have safe safety now. 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 shift says alive goals own and while the terrorists were out to millions in moscow and across the globe remains at something called how blown to live with the question also must go well in january moscow again was the target for suicide bombers this time it was a dumb idea to the airport plus they're killing many and leaving many many more

injured now this prompted president medvedev to order a view of how russia defended itself against terrorist attacks and put in place many new systems to make sure that terrorists couldn't strike at the capital again and yet every day to day to day lives you will be seeing more police around on the metro system as well as on other transport networks across russia but there's also a wider larger scale turned anti terrorist operation ongoing to. been ongoing for a long time now in the north caucasus where russian security forces fighting against funding against terrorists groups there know both the moscow metro bombing a year ago and the suicide attack on the comedy out of the airport were both claimed by the same man rushes number one a most wanted terrorist kill cool model for now the most recent. operation was the the largest in recent memory now that left seventeen gunman dead in good shape here

no among them it was reported that doku a model for may have been killed though it's must be reiterated that these are unconfirmed reports that we cannot confirm if koku a model was among those killed but it has been suggested that he may have been amongst those who resisted arrest by russian security forces and into shape and were killed. president today dimitri medvedev his being very strong in his words about what he what he saying to those people who have been involved in organizing terrorist attacks in russia and those who resist arrest saying that they will face the strongest possible penalties. but we've identified all the suspects behind this most horrible of crimes most of them were eliminated during special operations this is a just punishment the fact that we've managed to get these feelings is good i think that we worked well in cooperation with different parts of the government we've

been able to bring that up seriously. as moscow remembers those who were killed an injured in a suicide bombings on the metro system a year ago president dmitri medvedev vows to bring those who are responsible to justice and any means possible. well that was one of the reporting from outside one of the metro stations in moscow hit by a deadly terror attack exactly a year ago. japan is describing the situation at the fukushima nuclear station as a very grave ternium it's been detected in soil near the plant after highly radioactive water leaked from one of the reactors the government says it's on maximum alert to tackle the crisis also considering whether to extend the evacuation zone around the plant which is now a thirty kilometer radius but battle to restore the cooling system has been underway for almost three weeks but with little progress ever since the reactors were damaged by the earthquake traces of radiation were found in some products on tap water of course tokyo which is two hundred fifty kilometers south of ashima a country still struggling to look after communities shattered by the earthquake

and tsunami disaster in a quarter of a million people are still living in mass shelters. by the way are to dot com is more in japan as it struggles to recover from disaster we've online video reports from the moment tragedy struck and its aftermath with the bodies of thousands of victims relatives are being forced to lay their loved ones to rest in mass graves reports from the tsunami devastated region also there on the web site online for you the warning of more to come as earthquake experts say seismic pacific ring of fire could lead to further destruction in the region. and it's really investor who put money in georgia is experiencing a dramatic change of fortune instead of a massive payout he's been arrested for bribery. is owed one hundred million dollars by the government for pulling out of a deal but when he went to collect the cash he was seized and told he faced corruption charges but he's a nice analogy explores why investment in georgia is a risky business. you might not know exactly where this small caucus country

years georgia the crossroads of europe and asia are chances are if you watch major global news networks you've seen invest in georgia ads. not of magnets are investing in georgia capitals even getting a trump tower overthrown by businessmen should be we're getting trapped. dirt spends millions trying to get the world to know it on a mission to cut corruption but why ban is romney folks and israeli businessman who georgia owes almost one hundred million dollars been sitting in jail for almost six months with nobel in march trying to turn ronnie foods one are ninety eight million dollars payout from the georgian government for breached agreement on construction of an oil pipeline no payment was made instead he was arrested going what there was

to avoid paying one hundred dollars when they were instructed. and international arbitration process plus conducted on the world bank. release he is alleged to have set up a stream arresting fu from bribery charges after luring him on a visit to georgia was a denver understand what was happening i thought that thing and i. think for days before there would be. plot behind it. start was a trip to georgia tech and senior just a few weeks in official invitation from the country's prime minister turned out to be a one way ticket to prison there was in fact a. cooperation a collaboration between four important ministries of the government and probably with the approval of the president of the ministry of finance the ministry of

justice the ministry of the interior and the prime minister's office all of which came together with the two and brought a few after the businessman was arrested what could be called a ransom was put on the table fuchs was that informed through diplomatic channels that he would not be released until the arbitration award was waived georgian human rights activists going a broken system that is cracked at the very top but this is actual saggers really does not want an independent court system the prosecutor's office dominates the law and the police are the main tower and political pressure instrument in a country still that this is something functions us noirs are more than aware of the odds of his succeeding in georgia are very very slim and point zero one percent so it's a good it's a good warning to businessmen who are thinking of investing in georgia

that they should think twice and that they should be were making their legal battle not about winning but mourning others not to tango we could really see and use in our way r.t. . for a moment twenty five minutes past the hour the business news is next with dmitri stay with us live here in moscow. where a warm welcome to business r.t. the russian british arctic well exploration for your hangs in the balance has conflict in parties be. prepared to battle it out in court let's talk on arbitration drug you know we'll hold a hearing on the case next week i think it's got. kraven believes that his views will not have facts investment climate in russia and hopes that policies will come to a solution was what kind of advice the crown in could give russia's presidential a democrat did a lot of push said on tuesday that this solution should be mutually beneficial for

both sides in the first place not too little and gas giants d.p.n. role snout agreed upon by joint exploration i'll be all th schol found it shares swap and one of the biggest tie ups ever a vision in russian of the western company but the deal was suspended option court ruling after group of russian investors of ten cognate beat filed a lawsuit they complained that it bridged become positive news of the russian shuffle just and that they were unaware of this plans joint venture the most obvious mistake control will snap who seek to push through the optic venture in the shares war with the feed believes the deal is good for russia will say no that's prime minister vladimir putin lauded realise how b.p. says it will apply to proceeds with the shares more on his own without the spur ration packs however its shareholders are concerned about to these assets walk alone without the right to develop all deposits in biotic may not make sense for

the british world john they're willing buyers still concourses hope to see a setback for the companies have first steps towards one of the world's largest on tap pool tropes and this agreement with ross now was part of a major strategy to revive the u.k. producer after last year's gulf of mexico oil spill. triggered of the markets now u.s. stocks are gaining this tuesday despite a decline in consumer confidence which was pretty much expected by our office and master card six european stocks are low of mixed mostly under pressure on the back shares and promise bank fell four point four percent of frankfurt as observers speculated that it may be looking to raise can be the. it was limiting games on the footsie it was adding pressure to the downside after a group of sounds great and the ended up half a percent backs down only just enough here in russia the markets did see a correction on tuesday on negative news from the boys took

a look at some of the storks energy majors were leading the downward trend they were in the red rose never down to half a cent so lucroy a one point eight percent world bank was actually very better than the market by just a notch up to now it's maybe all placements would start to the stock market is dominated by profit taking and which is not surprising we are seen as small price correction it's very very small nevertheless it gives investors a good excuse to take some profits from their oil and gas sector names small city seen oil and gas majors job by between two and two a half percent on the day to day which is again quite logical and explainable given the run up that they have had all of the past three weeks. up next on our team's bill with the states.

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