she's available in. the children of each college. but you know what you know soto be able to make her toes are very cool durable teachers know under what terms. in serbia letters available in most good in her region see. as a growing number of senior libyan officials are reportedly fleeing the country the regime stands firm with resume tops on a rebel held city. there will be no american boots on the ground in libya and recent press reports at least indicates there are cia operatives on the ground so boots on the ground is i would define to you as top brass gets grilled in congress over the libyan campaign but the palace to clear up confusion over the aims of the operation and its mounting costs. george it wants the world to know it's on a complicated so wide all its corruption something is rooney hopes that business none

george owes a hundred million dollars sometimes just seven years in prison all the details are coming up in just a few minutes. and a business in russia could be in for a tax break president says the social tax rate which face the health care and pensions should be loads more in bad in twenty minutes. that type him in moscow this is our coming to you via our top story this hour more civilian deaths from coalition strikes are being reported in libya with seven people found dead after a recent bombing of the eastern city of the u.k. is said to be holding talks with a senior aide to the libyan regime who is believed to be seeking an exit strategy for colonel gadhafi after a series of high ranking to factions but as our policy reports from tripoli the

government doesn't seem ready to back up. we know if at this moment of at least two high profile defections the country's foreign minister mr minister mussa koussa is currently in london where he is meeting with british officials despite the fact that they say they will not grant immunity and then mr. tricky is also a former foreign minister of libya he was also an ambassador to the united nations where he served as president of the general assembly has also announced his departure now there can be no doubt that this is a psychological blow to the gadhafi regime certainly what we're hearing from london is that the regime is on the verge of crumbling but here in tripoli the government has actually lost all of these kind of suggestions of the fictions when questioned about what is the defection of the foreign minister the country's spokesperson mr mussa ibrahim said that this was an old man and he was exhausted he was suffering from diabetes and he actually approached the government for a leave of absence in which he could seek treatment abroad now mr receiver him say

that they have granted the foreign minister this and he will suffice to say that if the foreign minister returns he will be welcomed back now when we questioned him about rumors we're hearing of at least another ten people who have defected the latest news we have is that a group of libyan officials who travel to each museum for talks actually stay near and among them are a former prime minister and also the current head of the country's parliament the government has said it is simply unaware of this now almost as important if not more important are reports that we are hearing that for the past fortnight one of the most trusted aides of the gadhafi regime has been in london where he's been holding secret talks with authorities there over a possible exit strategy for gadhafi so the questions are people asking another one is gadhafi planning some kind of exit and secondly for just how much longer can his regime survive with the defection of such high profile members at the same time we're hearing from the vatican's truck envoy to libya that at least forty civilians

have been killed in the airstrikes in tripoli alone most of those casualties in the eastern tripoli suburb of and one such incident that we've been told about is when a house collapsed on the family with small children inside. archies polls we're reporting there from tripoli follow us on twitter to get instant updates from her and one of her latest tweets paul though says there is tension ahead of friday prayers in the libyan capital and with more of those gases regime defections expected you can follow us on the score home on twitter and also check out holes in science and home blog on our main web site r.c. the home. u.s. defense secretary robert gates and chairman of the joint chiefs of staff mike mullen

have faced a growing in front of congress over the libya campaign both struggle to answer vital questions as to what is the exit strategy or how to cover the cost are things came in fort house more. twelve days into the u.s. bombing of libya. u.s. congressmen are having to finally get some answers but after two hours of questioning the secretary of defense and chairman of the joint chiefs of staff they were still confusion about the u.s. is ending i think a policy success would be the removal of the khadafi regime the military mission is a limited one and does not include regime change. who the rebels are we don't have much visibility into and of those who have risen against gadhafi each element has its own agenda. and whether the u.s. will arm them discuss our plans if you need regarding arming the rebels they seem to be getting their butts worked but gates and mullen passed the buck on that one

deferring to the white house but there was a qaeda decided to bristle in there and we would clearly have a problem with that how long the u.s. will stay the bottom line is no one can predict for you how long it will take. for that to happen and whether the u.s. is at war at all these are combat operations were intended to become a good outburst from the beginning i don't know why this administration has not been on this with the american people that this is about regime change or your circuit or defense you ought to be an expert on what's an act of law of war or not gates told congress the president actually did not make his final decision on what to do until thursday night less than forty eight hours before the first two hundred tomahawk missiles were fired we don't understand what he's doing still. and i don't think he has the support of this congress and very few of the armed services committee. there wasn't what is clear the cost five

hundred fifty million dollars in the first ten days alone and it estimated forty million dollars a month but not how it will be paid in terms of how to pay for this. there is a. we are in the discussions with the white house would be very difficult for the department to eat this cost and repeated over and over again there would be no american ground troops there will be no american boots on the ground in libya who is the person on the ground but it is direct in close air support missions against his forces there is no one on the ground recent press reports at least indicate there are cia operatives on the ground so boots on the ground as i would define it and of other spending troops i guess is we'd all read about it in the newspaper at the same time i'd say that's my concern is that we read about things in the newspaper and then we gets a common ask the questions and for an artsy washington d.c. well former u.s.

intelligence officer philip giraldi feels the opposition in libya is so disorganized that foreign forces on the ground will have to be involved at some point. the problem is if you have several thousand rebels who are not used to using weapons have no idea of discipline or how to fight a battle general is not going to make a big difference you need to have people training them and directing them at a lower level of cia people are doing this at a lower level that means they will inevitably get involved in the fighting and this is what robert gates has recently promised would never happen boots on the ground well i don't know if you know the of the american folk story about the tar baby where they are baby looks like a baby but once you grab hold of it you stick to it and you never get loose this happens far too many times in terms of american involvement in countries that we don't really understand very much about and in situations that we don't understand and what happens is these things continue for

a lot longer than anyone anticipates. as the military campaign in libya rages on questions remain over who exactly is calling the shots and in two hours time and crossed for peter lavelle's guess shared their views on that issue here's a quick look at what's in store for you. we'll be a little skeptical that that's a u.s. good u.s. strategy to go in and then hope for it is the idea of a city of hope i guess to quote the president's own saying to run a strategy like this or we're going to get into some bombing and that sort of thing and hope for the best and i just don't see going to war in that way is responsible and i can't believe the us foreign policy establishment is supporting that type of a half baked option but this is not the u.s. against gadhafi in fact the u.s. has taken a back about see through this is a forty three countries internationally and you are doing and i mean country it is the u.s. against the u.k. writing most of you can see my point please can i finish my point please five out

of countries two of them are engaged in the military action thirty norway and canada. another land sort of denmark forty three countries france britain you know this is not the us against gadhafi and we're we have not invited you as to come in. so many years in prison that's how doing business in georgia has ended up for one israeli investor running food was found guilty of bribery if i had to please the court but his lawyer say he was entrapped by talk of fish oil so the government could avoid paying one hundred million dollars but it the businessman let's cross live now to r.t.c. caffeine approach over she is following developments for us because we know why there's a businessman who owes some millions of dollars and up in jail how does that happen . the question really books is not just a major or major investor in georgia he's also the. because the pipeline mogul in

turkey he works as an old trade in new york will be ten years this is a known rate whole soul in turkey and with you again had a major oil project back to the ninety nine chase that is the time when the country was on the verge of great calm and was rocked by civil war now for thieves two years rudy foods has been demanding some hundred million dollars from the georgian authorities for a bridge to grandma's old constructional way of an oil pipeline and quite surprisingly for him he received an invitation an official invitation from the georgian prime minister in a toga last year to come and finalize the details of the long running financial dispute and what agreeing to this invitation rody books was convinced he had a strong hand shortly before that of course in london rules of the georgian authorities have to pay out these hundred million dollars plus interest to him and

his business associates but shortly before that visit there was an informal meeting on the george invitation again in turkey in a luxury hotel room and up to copious consumption of corney out there was a brutal agreement reached between the israeli businessman and the georgian representatives and a grimace was that the that the georgia pays phaseout to reduce some of seventy two million dollars on one critical condition that rudy folks pays back seven million dollars as an under the table side payments that everything needed to finalize the deal was that rudy folks comes to georgia shakes hands with the prime minister and this is what he did in a toga last year minutes before he was arrested he was invited with his business partner again to a restaurant. away from their absentees they were both arrested and since january

they've been on trial in a court in beijing saying now. the baby's six and a harp and seven years of causing a business associate and brody books in prison now the lyric hold that to convict says that it was a trap a very smart trap organized by some of georgia's senior top officials. there was in fact a. cooperation a collaboration between four important ministries in the government and probably with the approval of the president of the ministry of finance the ministry of justice the ministry of interior and the prime minister's office all of which came together. with a plan to intro for a few few forms through diplomatic channels that he would not be released until the arbitration award was waived. and the rest was not the end of the story of the lawyer will get called it says that avaricious the two businessman were arrested

they've been under pressure from the georgian government who promised to release him if he admits it gilds and if he refused that one hundred million dollars which the georgian side knows it goes the businessman that really puts refuse. well supporters told these really businessman deny the bribe really a chanel say that he brought the money to george at a time when nobody was investing. in that country and that there was no competition at all but rather a government was grateful for any hope it would get. right to be in a car show but thank you for that update. here with our team live from moscow still ahead for you this hour. a steamy an engineer were interesting in ukraine too late to resurface going into israeli prison scandal is gathering momentum with everything pointing to our special operations by the assad which the crimean authorities had no idea of all the details coming out from kiev in. a few minutes

one. of my packet with anything like that would incoming things like oh what's that great still people here who knew me some things which are being hunted by watch collectors the world over are to quote the team visit the place where time seems to have stood still but thankfully that's not a fact cranked up watchmaking join us in brussels europe. but first japanese officials are planning to pump out contaminated water from the quake reactors at the fukushima nuclear plant parties hope the measure will help efforts to restore the facilities cooling systems it comes after radiation was detected in groundwater near the plant for the first time the lovells were ten thousand times higher than that already say they don't plan to expand the twenty kilometer evacuation zone that's despite the fact radiation was registered forty

kilometers from facility american writer and japan ologists alex her first reaction of the government shows it's trying to save face. was one of the biggest problems they are dealing with here is this whole thing is that left in the hands of the electrical company and in most of the large countries of the world i think if you had a problem of this seriousness you'd have to now the central government coming in with all the big resources at their disposal the army the navy the resources of this company are not up to it they don't have enough cars and vans and someone to get to the site well them that they're in a big wealthy country and there are other ways to do it and yet the government just seems to just unwilling to make a move beyond with some direct threats in the electrical company going to the extent there are many problems not only the variations but one of the curious questions is why are they staying at

a facility that is subject to radioactivity just for the. meters from the site there have got to do and ways to bring in tents to build temporary shelter say one kilometer or even two which would lower the amount of radioactivity that they're exposed to the issue is not so much the work the electrical company did or didn't to but why the central government seems unwilling to step in and not it's one of the weirder aspects of this that the japanese government seems unwilling to accept reality when it comes to serious danger outside the twenty kilometer limit actually it's not just the u.s. results even the japanese government's own results that's published according to a. nuclear radioactivity testing facility which was reported about a week ago announced the same results so it's obvious there are people in this hamlet forty kilometers away are in danger and yet the government seems stunned

shingly unwilling to move. i can only guess that it's something to do with face saving. the. government doesn't want to admit that. it's a danger is gone beyond a certain artificial limit. but as the nuclear crisis in japan continues to unfold some worry that might turn into another terminal the disaster apple ukrainian reactor was the world worst nuclear accident on our website and find exclusive photos from the area around. five years on t.v. striking and harrowing images and through our website at our teen dot com.

but scandal is flaring up after israel confirmed it was behind the abduction of a palestinian engineer in ukraine last month ferrara blue sisi accused by tele beat of links with hamas is now waiting to trial in an israeli prison or seize alexy or some ski has the details. this story has definitely more questions than answers and more mysteries than we can imagine the palestinian engineer. he went missing in ukraine in the middle of february he was on board a train from the height of to kiev when allegedly two men walked into the school of argument and removed a man from the train there had been no information whatsoever on his whereabouts until thursday when the israeli prime minister openly admitted that the man was kept in a prison on israel's territory now his connection to the hamas is being named as one of the reasons for such actions and he is waiting for charges to be put against him but his wife and himself are saying that these allegations are not true in fact

he's ukrainian wife and he turned to the un high commissioner for refugees to sort this issue out and she believes that this alleged kidnapping was performed by the israeli intelligence service the mossad now what's interesting about the story is how exactly this man was removed from the ukrainian territory i spoke to one of the former security officers and he told me that in case of a planned operation between the two countries intelligence services this is this usually is not a problem with a man is arrested then he is quietly deported from the country but in this case both the intelligence service and the cheery ministry say they had no idea of any actions by their israeli counterparts moreover the country's interior minister alexander get off he is going to israel to sort this issue out so the country's interior minister has now a very difficult task to tell his israeli counterparts not to do anything like that on the korean territory without letting them know. let's take

a look now at some other stories making headlines around the world in ivory coast fighter for the party you went back president elect will find you are lengthy residents on the embattled. forces loyal advance in recent days leaving a key for and the country's capital back well has been. refusing to step down following defeat in november's presidential polls the u.n. has been told sanctions against him including a travel ban and the freezing assets. huge rallies have occurred in the yemeni capital as tens of thousands of supporters and opponents of the president have taken to the streets as tensions high between the two camps hundreds of security forces were to avoid checkpoints across the city the yemeni president where they addressed the crowd saying that the rule in the country cannot be changed by force the demonstrations come amid a stalemate in his talks with the opposition on the transfer of power. time not to

take off with our russia close team who make it their mission to bring you a taste of some of the most interesting places in the country. this time their focus is in the euro's the border between europe and asia the lab and screen gen is an industrial powerhouse that's been fueling russia's economy for centuries among its trademark goods are highly sought after military watches and engraved steel weapons are g.'s a really good louche go grant to take a look for herself. time stands still in slot almost. at this time factor a right way it's like being the time you heard anything has to be here over the last thirty to forty years in fact when i look around there are some of the archives are places like this one player from back in my childhood they were married in one thousand six hundred nineteen seventy one this by the fact that the

third thing was somewhat low income and was like oh what's that great still people here and you make some things which are being hunted by what collectors the world over you may have heard of these russian divers watches they have been hard by collectors worldwide for several decades now but most can only get their hands on costly replicas which have nothing to do with the originals the real deal is being made right here in the town of the coast. we produced these watches until nine hundred seventy four for the soviet navy then we stopped because there was no need for them but now suddenly they've become popular so we have really good production now these are the things divers watches which the you proposed watch plant is known for of course there is nothing dainty about them they're extremely heavy and well frankly very bulky so i don't think i could pull them off but for any watch in those years there was in two big things this may just be the ultimate choice and

it's not only watch fans taken care of here but those has something to offer even from modern day swashbucklers histories and. from eight hundred fifteen was the center of calderon's production in the country return essentially supplied weapons to the entire russian imperial army. these days the town supply is called steel weapons widely used by russian special forces and military and state officials and state gifts and rewards for outstanding service the young recruit. clients include the reed russian federal security service and private collectors the cold steel weapons are more of a symbolic item now rather than a functional one they signify power in order to this day so whether you're looking to reaffirm your status with a blade or to keep time with a heavy duty military watch those the town of iron workers who manage to evolve with time will probably have what you want it in english carty children's krege and

. stay with us here in our team because businesses max. hello that's right time for your business update and businesses and russia could be in for a tax break president but better so as the social tax rate which pays for health care and pensions below it it went up to thirty four percent at the beginning of the year and many analysts say it's having a negative impact on all types of businesses whether to admit it if their partner young suspects ation is not the main issue for investors i don't think the issue is investment in russia is it is the tax system the thing taxes that actually just was one of the second to reasons why russia isn't gone is not as good as a real wasn't to be. done the research of such a short as a major impediment to invest investments in russia both local and foreign as

a broker and not a bank system. from the let's have a quick look at how the stock markets are performing the nikkei closed down a little tougher percent on friday as the sector struggles to repair the economic damage from tokyo of quake bank saying on the other hand was up more than one percent we have hong kong's energy producers leading the way on rising oil prices. moving on to europe and stocks here are trading in positive church through this hour with banks reacting to the results of the irish stress tests. pile and stress tests on the nation's brain stroke but all of them need a total of thirty four billion dollars in order to meet new capital requirements the energy sector as of b.p. also rose two percent on high oil prices. and here in russia both the r.t.s. and the mice it's continued to gain this hour as investors are encouraged by high commodity prices both the r.t.s. and the mice it's around one and a half cents. now have

a look at some of the individual moves energy majors are in the black at the moment with gazprom trading more than two point two percent banking shares are also on the rise was two percent over the year as almost the made this month the main losers after a close a poor twenty ten results is down on the flea percent on the license. how the price of well has reached a two and a hot year high and new concerns about the situation in libya and branch crude is currently trading around one hundred seventeen dollars a barrel while a light switch is hovering around one hundred seven dollars the chairman of gas problem energy company of german energy company which is whole says he expects an oil prices to hold around current levels. we do see an oil prize which is in the order of magnitude magnitude of one hundred ten dollars plus per barrel i think that the recent developments you do see in the arabic woolton in japan was really

keep the oil price on the certain level we do see right now that the volatility will increase pending what is really happening on the little bit is therefore we have to deal with the situation but the level in short i do see that. so we have time for now join me last the last time for business news here on our team.

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