if. the. libyan government says no to cease fire from the opposition saying it would be mad to take its soldiers out the cities where they're fighting want to steer in the capital city of tripoli joining in a few moments i'll bring you more. in china russian cartoonist causes a stir on the internet with his take on the events in libya and across the middle east. and the russian close of team trouble for once closed the region now revamped unopen as a major tourist destination for the great bustling city life in the. here

moscow time this is r t welcome to another hour of news and programs from us my name is kevin owen and the top story this saturday night nato gets investigated reports of at least thirteen libyan rebels killed in a coalition air strike some sources suggest the strike came after a pro good of the fighter joined the group and opened fire at allied planes meanwhile the country's government project rebel calls for a ceasefire artie's paul asleep as the latest from tripoli. spokesperson here in tripoli said it would be mad conspectus libyan soldiers to withdraw from cities where there was still fighting and this is almost ironic because it wasn't so long ago that tripoli itself made to cease fire offers and at that time the rebels said that these offers were insincere and could not be trusted and certainly a lot of mistrust between both sides neither willing to be the first to lay down

arms but on the full measure trying to psyche just one picture is emerging we are hearing from the country's former prime minister mr. baby that lines of communication have been opened and that they're hoping to intensify them they said that they are talking with the british the french and the americans to reach some kind of neutral settlement that would see the stopping of killings of civilians now we are hearing the same line coming out of london it has confirmed that in recent weeks it has been meeting in private with civil high ranking libyan officials we know that just on wednesday mohammed ismail who is a pastor dave of the dirty sand was in london he was trying to organize what we understand some kind of exit strategy for the gadhafi family and insisting that any kind of deal any kind of settlement plan would have to include a graphic i'm sorry stepping down we're hearing from doctors on the front line and some of the most recent nato airstrikes at least seven civilians were killed they

were all children three of them were girls from the same family you know what we've been told in what was secret incidence nature is tried to hit an ammunitions and laurie and the explosions caused two nearby houses to collapse and some of those injuries coming from that overnight friday we're also hearing disturbing reports coming from the western city of misrata where residents say that the government and soldiers there have intensified they surely that it is very random and that a lot of people are dying here in tripoli the a strikes have continued overnight there were missiles that were fired in the east and south risk of the city sunday. landing and get up is compound as is here according to eyewitnesses there were snipers on the boarding and it was blood on the ground the fighting in the frontline into the round the town of gregor we are hearing that the rebels are slightly better organized that they are now starting to be inexperienced young fighters who have shown themselves to flee in the face of chaos from actually

reaching the frontline we're also being told that they have new communication instruments with them in the form of satellite phones in the form of radios these have no doubt being provided by the international community we're also being told that the rebels have water and some new equipment so that they are stepping up the fight on the ground we are hearing from the european union that if asked is really to send a humanitarian mission it will essentially hold or not a military operation or could provide humanitarian assistance in the sense of hoping to evacuate displaced people and also provide assistance to humanitarian organizations working here our correspondent paula sleep on the ground in tripoli for us well as opposition forces struggle to hold back advancing progress after the truce of his ego was in the rebel stronghold of benghazi he says the opposition don't come across as a credible fighting force and struggle even with nato air support. this wreckage

behind me is what's left of going after these troops when they try to retake control of you've got your start right here at the entrance to the city and a similar picture can be seen throughout the entire way from bin ghazi to the front to the worst of the city is around two hundred kilometers away from gaza at the moment the rebels are continuing to try and do it fast blast the torch for a billion are being backed by nato planes when it comes to these fighters themselves a lot of them are teenagers eighty forty seventh's who have neither the training or the experience of real combat out there on the front at the moment it's quite true sided situation even though there have already been the first that some of the rebels caused by the need for strikes here in benghazi and in the east of libya it's pretty clear that people only way the rebel forces could be effective help in fighting going to the slopes is with the support of nato let's go to steve in one

minute he's a radio host and also from chicago he told r.t. the allied campaign is illegal and aims to colonize libya. well the security council here was basically authorized the u.s. britain and france to legally tear a nonbelligerent country so that the council by awaiting article fifty what will be your way of showing it clearly syria has no nation me another nation except in cells prepared to security council mean i know yet in violation of its own charter this war which is what libya's it's a hologram by the three called the curate's america the main one is the idea is to call arising of the country destroyers because prioritizes industries control its resources we split its people in this war is following the same script we screwed isn't

a little each very good its mark twain once said about history it may not repeat exactly but if it were i march nineteenth two thousand all with only jack in two thousand and three it was much shock and awe against the red shock and awe maybe it's libya civilians are being given no surprise we'll hear about civilians civilians or missiles from thirty thousand feet cruise missiles bombs will be don't distinguish between civilians a road gets to be a lot of sleet. including the forces on the growth. we get more of an idea of what's happening on the ground in libya check out our war correspondents blog on our website you saw reporting from tripoli just little while back in the latest post she describes how international journalists have been fighting for establish the truth about the libyan woman to bust into the hotel the last week or so it was promoting pictures saying she'd been raped by fifteen men find out how she's

getting on fine or the latest we know about log on to our t.v. dot com straight to our blog section for more on that story. if. if. well as the world's attention is fixed on libya the events of inspired both satirical jabs at a russian cartoonist has created an animated picture of the north african unrest which became an instant hit on the internet portal i went to meet him. a cartoon parody starring. birds and r t possibly the best and shortest explanation summarizing the uprisings in tunisia egypt and libya. three big pigs was created by russian illustrator.

twenty six year old road evaded by technology and politics wanted to do flesh game i wanted to do. i just looked. for birds one of my favorite games. for. the same thing the. normal. for a computer plug put. on to all my shop. in this three little pigs remake libyan strongman moammar gadhafi and the ousted leaders of tunisia and egypt take the form of green pigs hiding in houses angry bird protesters smashed and mubarak public libya. this so-called freedom fighters victory with the support what are the american eagle wearing a french guy. in less than five days this viral clip has created

a global bots and garnered nearly one million hits on you tube says he will likely made a second video and has already been approached about turning his cartoon into a game colorful metaphors and imagery illustrating the story of revolutions as the world waits to see how the real end game plays out. r.t. . his attack on civilians has prompted condemnation and an immediate response from the international community. over conflicts and failed to draw such a reaction and that's he's going to report next let's hope some leaders do escape punishment for their crimes. warm welcome and firm handshakes for someone who just three years ago gave the order that led to the deaths of civilians in the republic of south. dealing with one of the great leaders of the

world the georgian president with his fluent english is a welcome guest on american t.v. shows where he's never asked the question why in the middle of the night on august the seventh of two thousand and eight the georgia begin the major artillery bombardment of the sleeping city of involved and the peaceful palace nearby. the region which georgia wanted to bring under its control was razed to the ground . hundreds were killed in the attack. nearly lost his daughter in second bombings she was visiting relatives in one of the towns in south of here i believe scottish really should be removed from office i think you should be tried in international court for rule crimes but when it comes to mikhail saakashvili even though the e.u. finding mission determined that he started the war in two thousand and eight and ordered the bloodbath in south the georgian president is still supported in the

west they have no strategic interest in. supporting his overthrow the notion that decisions get made on the basis of humanitarian concerns is simply false it doesn't it's not the basis for the decision about libya it's not a basis for decisions about georgia about palestine about kosovo the question of who is held responsible and how is very much a strategic question it's not a legal question as it should be to boost its strategic importance among other things georgia has dispatched one thousand troops to join allied forces in afghanistan and became the leading troop contributor relative to georgia's overall population soundless and as this foxy. the show's almost unstoppable praise of the u.s. is also believed to have played a role in the west supporting saakashvili no matter what his crimes america's like because he faced them by the murder of archer and more war in iraq for more freedom

from religion is to play safe for america like the bastard so you are now as the world has declared a no fly zone over libya to stop gadhafi many wonder why a no fly zone was never on the table when the georgian president launched his dad lee campaign or when israel bombed the gas it was three weeks in a row on the question for example of gaza where you had a blatant act of aggression clearly a violent massive violation of not only international human rights norms but were crimes crimes against humanity being created fourteen hundred people killed of whom or the nine hundred were civilians more than three hundred were children it was a horrific situation that went on for days the problem there is that israel is the protector protectorate of the united states and the u.s. was not going to allow any one of the united nations or anyone else to actually

engage in a serious way in stopping that massacre you would think if a leader commits atrocities he would be treated like they could there be denounced banned from travel but with principles that's not the way politics works they do it your president killed scores of civilians but was exonerated by the west politicians accept him as a friend business leaders are looking to invest in his country and it seems the grass is happy to continue turning a blind eye to the blood of subsidies heads i'm going to check out reporting from washington r.t. . and still to come this ready for takeoff an inside look at the assembly site of the soyuz spacecraft with his final preparations for the launch marking the fiftieth anniversary of my life in the space but sad for you. plus. there are plenty of gorgeous place in the world that have money and snow but if you want a true rush of winter theory and to go national park is definitely the place where

you are to close up to explore the region of russia's urals firmly linked with heavy industry is now turning into a perfect getaway for a spot of the nation of the us. more news before the workers in japan stricken fukushima nuclear power plant are battling to seal a crack in a reactor that's leaking radioactive water into the pacific contaminated seawater in the air is shown radiation levels four thousand times the legal limit japanese officials have told the plant's operator to examine the facility for other potential links meantime japan's prime ministers visited the tsunami ravaged villages in the northeast of the country for the first time let's talk about this ongoing crisis now with ghana have a county the nuclear power expert for greenpeace must have a count very good evening to you. without the company operating the plant tepco is being criticized for not looking after its workers sufficiently during this crisis could you outline for us as you see it what sort of danger these people are in of what more indeed a company could have. well first of all they're working under very difficult

circumstances there is no real hotels so to speak to to live in a tourist sleeping on the floor in places where they can find a place to lay down and it's very basic very spartan circumstances. and of course every time that these people go into the power station to do whatever work they they run the risk or of getting an actual those are greedy ation. there is not sufficient those images meters of all times which means that sometimes groups score in where only the group leader has those in need to be in areas that are not too much not expected to be too much contaminated and that's where you have those images for. if there is an extra on some nice you don't know four minutes and those images warns you. please please your absence will make you using your own it does make you think who couldn't these mates isn't some of the extra facilities that are needed how being flown in it's obvious the country is going for a hell of

a moment but not all of the countries affected surely there's such an important crisis going on here some resources war is also going to being diverted from central government no but we do need to keep in mind there is also all the other emergency workers that needs a lot of resources there is the big still the big big outpouring of help needed for the earthquake and creates an army and that also needs a lot of resources. i guess i can imagine that it's very difficult i do think that these people because these people are not not soldiers like paul has there's a direct line to them our soldiers that i simply use people are human beings that are voluntary and very often also with with very nasty mysteries in their own family life because of the tsunami are still overcoming doubts and working all their best to to to overcome very difficult circumstances yes they do need they do really need the circumstances and to supporting and yeah and i thought through

a course from the general public around the plant in that evacuation zone or fear for their they fled their homes three years now they could become. like the victims of hiroshima or all those years ago there is a danger that could happen and add to the horrors they've already been through isn't it well first of all what we see is that not everybody that we believe should have been evacuated has been evacuated there is still in the twenty to thirty kilometers or a large group of people that are advised to stay indoors already indoors for three weeks and that is not a very easy way to actually live person affected a few days ago we can go we found radiation levels in the. there for really high enough to help people evacuated there the i.a.e.a. confirmed last wednesday. withdrew that applies again today these people with those

kind of conflicting advice from all kinds of salts they get extra insurance and i think it would be better indeed to get those people out in a place where they can relax where they do not have to be scared of anything that could happen to our plans and keep in mind there is at the moment every fear are we still have the aftershock when you talk about aftershocks four point eight five zero five point five yesterday still very very heavy aftershocks and every time it could lead to new emergencies in the power station those people are under enormous stress and yet another news one coming out paid single as more information comes out a fuller picture being painted we're also hearing today that those helicopters that we've seen used to make those daily sorties over the plant take those pictures close as they could in an hour or so severely contaminated they're a danger to anyone operating a real arcos here they are what happened in chernobyl but could any lessons have been learned from what we witnessed twenty five years ago but we have to keep in mind is of course that the helicopters in

a lot more danger because they readdress light fires which pushed a lot more radioactive material higher up into the air helicopters there are a lot more contaminated than helicopters that we've seen on japan that is a very very big difference and one of the things we do learn from that is that and also top already has dogs in in one location is we try to rely more on drones without human people without humans in it. drones are just machines are just robots and got to also see in the coming weeks is increasingly the use of robots especially when we get near to two decontaminating to build these and so all right you have a good have your inside of a program nuclear power expert as you well agree thank you. corporations now for the take up of a soyuz spacecraft through full swing at the baikonur cosmodrome with a rocket now installed on the launch pad indeed on tuesday it will blast off hopefully celebrating the upcoming fiftieth anniversary of humankind first journey

to the stars these tests are a citizen the launch site she's got some fresh firsthand impressions too from a cosmonaut who's just back from orbit. the we're here at the a launch pad baikonur cosmodrome we're actually watching right now. they're moving the rocket for the x. the expedition twenty seven the cars on the position to the particle position very interesting to see this whole process will surely be watching what's going on right now is a nasa astronaut full stop and she actually just landed on the international space station. and this is the first time looking at this process particularly when you think about it it's it's pretty impressive it's really neat to see. how differently to the rockets work to get to space and how it all is important in the end but very different very different to the space shuttle and what we do but for to watch my friend right karen in a couple days to go back to space having been there before i got you know an idea

of what i was going to be looking forward to and everything and the space station such a wonderful huge volume in space the largest volume of ever happened in history and space. now to be able to look out oh we were talking earlier this control when did this kind of. a window that looks out here and it just. it really it's a very emotional thing to i think that. you know you see your own planet from space you're experiencing floating around in microgravity too it's a good work up there i think and working as international partners to you know anything about living in space you're in if you're in a speech the ear very protected you have to be as we as humans can and can't live. in the vacuum of space and very similar to what it's like living underwater you're under pressure you can't just you know walk out the door without special so for the most part in the entire time you're there you're thinking about things like you know what do i need to do to protect myself in this given environment and

fortunately the space station and the various how to tap water are very comfortable places to be. and they got this witness to what the. here is your big worry for your beautiful planet thank you very much thank you and sighed thank you nicole you will feel very proud that there are a lot of astronauts cosmonauts and astronauts here right now watching this very process coming here especially because i'm here to report a chaplain even if i'm for security guards for a strike and there you have the first three of nasa's first up in the space shuttle flight is again everyone here very excited seeing all this up close it was just pretty good for sure at this rate i'll go a bit and get to chile at the moment so we are expecting to see more of the families of the astronauts coming here and even the little boy from french guiana who had resigned in the passion of the crew the next edition twenty seven to die assess. as these tests are sort of their keeping track of the latest on this trip aboard including the big launch on our website as well we've got

a special space and a verse from section i'd be interested to see celebrating fifty years in your current historic flight to warn you some of the features you choose for including the taking of the breath taking pictures of as you've never seen it before. because these high resolution views captured by a russian satellite so more. dot com. t.v. . nine people been killed in the afghan city of kandahar during a protest over the burning. there in the u.s. doesn't injured on friday a similar protest to me afghan city of mazar e sharif led to the deaths of seven worked as a local u.n. office. more world news in brief gunfire explosions have been heard at the presidential palace in ivory coast main city of abidjan is the country's struggle

for power heats up eight hundred people have been reported killed in violence in the city of faves with fighters backing the un recognized leader other son of the tire pressing fences against the incumbent president is said to have seen ricky pull off and the country's capital. judge pace now for a few minutes we continue our russia closer series this time out teams looking for a perfect getaway. and it looks like they find it too on day three of our trip to the chelyabinsk region in the year rules which is some seven hundred kilometers east of moscow there it is on a map it's a major industrial indeed it was closed off to foreigners as recently as the one nine hundred ninety s. but these days its peers dress mounted and so well killing everyone as art is a really good. when the soviet

union broke up businessmen internet in school so an opportunity to turn this once closed off region into a major tourist destination after all a good look around shows a southern you have much to offer well over a thread was called with julia roberts was always perceived as a matter of logical regional of course it remains so to this day but many people see that there's more to life here the nine works and places such as this one start to attract thousands of people. i lead is a businessman who on a whim invested most of his capital into building a resort near the top national park the russians generally prefer to hit the slopes in europe alexandra ten says the number of visitors to his resort grows every season with used the word but you go to the alps and you love it but you come back here because it's home and it's just two hours from moscow by plane. not to mention the fact that you can get away with this at a lot of ski resorts in europe snowboarding stress relief it's just part of the

skate isn't which draws young and old alike the children's courage and thank you mr rugby in places like this you really do relax you get away from the fast of a large city which is totally unnecessary and it's all about resting your mind and body. the landscape in this part of the year olds not actually goes a long way towards helping the mind unwind of course there are pointing out all gorgeous place in the world but how no but if you want a true russian winter fairytale pentagon i national park is definitely the place for you here as another leg the head of children i travel and the owner of the hiking camps in the national parks grounds. we began building our first thoughts eight years ago literally pulling all the waste we carried all the building materials on our backs but even if you use transportation it's still difficult to get all back to our camp sites where thousands of tourists every year do manage because the region previously known as russia's defense stronghold has too much to

do nor when it comes to natural beauty interim quality initially have been screeching you know r.t. . beautiful part of world is it saturday night here in moscow made to other busy sporting day it's been ok so surely she's got news of a new leader of the top of the russian premier league also a stunning comeback a top english one trashing in the ice hockey seventy files should tells me all that the come about quarter of an hour's time my name is kevin owen here at r.t. tonight i work for you as a couple of minutes. there

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