twenty years ago the largest country in. the sense of just. one of the truth. which began the journey. where did it take. tripoli says it's ready for any political reform provided that colonel gadhafi remains in power to prevent libya from slipping further into chaos or it's a destabilizing the arab world as part of washington's outwards to dominate the region. just punching in libyan says he's a great guy and the strong with reports of overflowing hospitals and the bodies in the streets i'm pleased to see him in the capital city of tripoli joining me in a few moments and i'll bring you more. as anger in the u.k. as a country spends millions of pounds on the war in libya while the public sector of own was neglected and slashed. leaving the rebels i just saw the first oil export

set on tuesday since the gulf the order of production sucked down due to the address details coming up in our business bulletin it's like minutes. and the russian space ship named after the first man in orbit is carrying a crew from reaching the international space station arm for the fiftieth anniversary of your garden's why. what are you going to live from moscow i'm marina joshie welcome to the program as a fight for control over the oil rich libyan coastline continues the u.s. steps back from its leading role in the operation washington will still always see the logistics of the mission but has encouraged other nato countries to increase their military contribution or he's got edged accounting looks at how libya could be just the start of wider u.s.

goals in the region. as waves of public rage sweep through north africa and the middle east world powers jump on them as many analysts say in an attempt to direct the waves of unrest in a way that's more favorable for them in libya forging relationship with the opposition so that if gadhafi goes their people there to do business with as syria popular rafa gather steam some experts say western powers might see the advantages of getting involved there to these three countries iran and syria are the main countries that will not align themselves with the manically to the global power elites or western powers interested objectives in north africa in the middle east as for example egypt will do or used to do with hosni mubarak and definitely kuwait . that's closest ally in the region and the cost to support the remark in syria after income was mentions of you ran syria is obviously

a strategic ally for iran in the in the region and without syria iran loses their their bridge their land bridge to lebanon and they're hit hezbollah in force and so of course hezbollah will suffer if the syrian regime was to fall and that would be stabilizing iran and weaken its power in the region which would be an obvious benefit to being called american forces some experts even believe that destabilize ation is part of the strategy the west perceives in the region we are seeing reflects a strategy which includes amongst other points the generalized weakening of the sovereign nation states of the sovereign genes in the arab world in order to try to isolate iran leaving very few perhaps no friendly countries in the region and that will leave iran pretty much alone at least in the arab world and would facilitate further turmoil inside iran although the u.s. secretary of state has ruled out america's involvement in syria for now the country's defense secretary caught up with the syrian army to quote empower arab

revolution and follow the example of egypt's military syria. you just the way you will be many say you ran though it would be a tough call and no matter how much washington you want the regime there to fall for now it's seen as a mission impossible i'm sure that there are some in the u.s. who would love to attack iran and there are others who would like to take over the iranian opposition i think they know that the iranian opposition is not so fond of the united states they have a long memory in iran people remember the role of the united states in overthrowing the precursor to the shah of iran overthrowing the democratically elected government of mosul back in one thousand fifty three so i don't think the u.s. would be welcomed and i think many in washington know that would leave you being

torn apart by the war and anti-government protests gaining momentum in syria the question on everyone's mind is who might be next i'm going to check out reporting from washington. tripoli has been going down in the international role calling on coalition forces to withdraw three weeks into the intervention i could r.p.n. voice on a three country trip and southern europe to negotiate a diplomatic solution to the conflict are his policy or has more on the capital. company has always said that any kind of western intervention is nothing short of immoral and illegal speaking here in tripoli the government spokesperson mr him said that he was optimistic that there could be a political solution to the current crisis he said that the government was open to holding a referendum to holding elections reforming the whole political system one of those needed to be done with a libyan leader moammar gadhafi at the helm he says that he is needed to move the process forward and he also says that the international community has no right to

say whether or not gadhafi misstate will leave the problem is that the opposition as well is really an international community would simply cannot accept a system and deal that would still see gadhafi and members of his family involved in the leadership of this country the italians are now the latest to join the party off to the french and the qataris to say that they officially recognize the opposition as the legitimate voice of this country and tripoli has with. this decision on state television has been showing pictures of gadhafi he is outside his compound where he is saluting his supporters but we have no way of independently verifying exactly when these pictures were taken but certainly here in tripoli there is a sense of increasing frustration and the first time we are hearing members of the public beginning to speak about the possible downfall of gadhafi and this is largely triggered by the shortages of fuel and the long queues outside shops where people are simply trying to buy the basic food items as far as the fighting on the ground goes in still located in two stages in the east of the city of brega and in

the west in the city of misrata gregory itself there have been no mater is strikes for twenty four hours while in misrata one day off today was the first time there were a strikes after thirty six hours we are hearing of an impending humanitarian crisis in misrata where residents say there is no fuel electricity no food no water and that they are simply trapped between the fighting and the clashes between pro and he could actually force. obviously reporting there and coming up in the program breaks the band fury at their governments over the u.k.'s involvement in libya. taking money away from those issues spending more money i. crossed u.k. and made accusations that britain's model of democracy just isn't working. and never ending crisis in afghanistan is the outcome of international intervention that's according to the deputy foreign minister of iran muhammad ali thought to lie

. countries from outside the region that have military bases here intervening in our affairs they try to change the interaction between governments and people in the region and the changes that have taken place in the arab world in their reaction to that the west and the us leadership is trying to use these changes for their own purposes in afghanistan for example the interference of nato has been unsuccessful they failed to bring security to production is now forty times bigger than before and extremism is on the right but the u.s. is planning to create permanent bases in the region and there are only a radicalism as many afghans are against. our keeping updated on the latest developments in libya and around the globe an aerial line for a twitter stream any time it's r t r score com correspondents are in libya bringing you the latest developments and eyewitness accounts. well log on to find our policy

years here you can also follow us on our facebook page and check out the latest videos for you to. get more tornadoes jazz r.v. sands to libya courtesy of the british taxpayer the announcement comes as the armed forces are hit by a wave of redundancies as a country continues to tighten its belt as artie's war emmott reports the intervention along with the cut backs has left people in the u.k. questioning their democratic rights. but winter of discontent that's becoming a seething spring british streets regularly filling with massive anti-government protests which start peacefully but routinely turn violent. their fury is over swindling spending cuts by a coalition government they say no one wants and now a new foreign war. but democracy in britain which it prides itself on and key. exports is wearing thin for some having

a lesson in turning in a moment they just make their own mind about everything really we don't have a say in anything. i don't see that. comes with a working social conversation so. much money they're spending in libya sending planes over their signatures. and taking money away from as they should be spending more money but the will of these people is one which lawmakers willingly ignore while a t.v. news poll suggested forty three percent of people oppose military intervention in libya they're elected m.p.'s voted overwhelmingly in favor five hundred fifty seven to just thirteen against what we have in parliament are a political class they all go to the same schools they go to the same universities they get the same jobs in research offices they spend their careers in politics

having never had jobs in the real world how they operate speak and write shape we don't have independent of independent thinkers sitting of our so-called was prepared to make other arguments in a league of their own and a world apart from a public mandate the british to directly choose their prime ministers certainly not the most recent man at number ten golden brown was handed the job when tony blair quit during his eventual successes wroth hold office because of what he thought was a party system. but david cameron was only rescued from a minority government with a deal of his own sharing power with a party that has put third it's a coalition which an angry electorate sees breaking promises and which listens to washington more than westminster protest as politicians are so committed. to the strand of samey fantasy of the of the special relationship with washington that

they are prepared to. everything necessary to maintain that relationship while they are in you know having no concern for their relationship with the people who elected them in the first place and this is a this is a dysfunctional. dysfunctional the hearts of the british democracy the past six months have seen a series of demonstrations in london and to cross the u.k. which culminated and hundreds of thousands of people gathering on saturday to protest against cuts to public spending and the war in libya some of those protesters have marched right down this road past the front door of their democracy to say it's not working you are at it r.t. london. and so we're going to program a missing palestinian engineer and resurfaced in an israeli court charged with terrorism activities after being seized by secret service agents plus. foreign flies again fifty years after mankind first entered into space find out

more in. japan is down more than ten thousand tons of radioactive water from the quibble fukushima plant into the pacific the emergency move was aimed at freeing up storage space for more highly contaminated water tokyo predicts the power plant devastated during last month's massive earthquake and tsunami will continue leaking as workers struggle to plug a damaged reactor radiation levels and seawater surrounding the side have reached several million times the legal limit and while japanese officials claim their release won't pose an environmental threat some experts strongly disagree. normal circumstances the release of such a volume. will be described as catastrophic i think i'd like to draw attention to the fact that in one thousand nine hundred three when russian. stock. georgia nuclear waste into the sea of japan. was a reused. and led the charge for

a ban on all new clue dumping at sea well the ocean currents in that part of japan mean that in the first instance the contamination will spread north and south of the coastline from the fukushima power plant which means to the very coast of being devastated by the earthquake in the tsunami so that's going to add to further on the on the part of the people living in. longer term to redo nuclides particularly cesium which is a half life of thirty years will christine romans for many many decades and i think that the admission that they haven't really got the situation under control is what we see today and the panel nuclear attitude consultant bernie talking to us from germany tyree culson our forces loyal to al assad atara the country's internationally recognized leader claimed to have taken the presidential palace this comes after un forces launched a series of air strikes against incoming president. is refusing to cede power the

spider losing last november's election helicopters fired missiles at a military camp in the main city of obviously on the u.n. says the attacks were carried out to protect civilians millions have been trapped in the city following five days of fear aspiring russia's foreign minister says that peacekeepers have not had no right taking an active role in the conflict. the u.n. peacekeepers and supporting fringe forces in ivory coast have started military action taking the side of tara we're now looking into the legality of the situation because the peacekeepers were authorized to remain neutral and nothing more and emergency briefing in the un security council has been held upon our request we have not received any concrete answers we will keep looking into the matter but what was the news about us in an engineer as been charged with organizing terrorist activities by and by an israeli court there are is also accused of conducting training for palestinian militants in gaza he was kidnapped from a train in

a crane by israeli agents back in february. investigate the rocket got farther off that is how tel aviv has labeled this man palestinian c.c. israel claims the engineer was behind the development of kasam rockets and missiles that can penetrate steel. cues that developing kassam and ground rockets and creating rockets with a range of over six kilometers like what it. belonging to her masses a symbol accusation and the charges referring not only to weapons design and military training but to planning a murder attempt such accusations may send him to prison for many years. something his ukrainian wife could never believe that any group claims that are has always been an ordinary engineer but he has always abstained from politics and daily for young fighters his only involvement in politics was that he watched news and

journalism but that is harder when as and not terrorism i'm sure israel wants him simply because he knows everything about the only power station in palestine where he worked i will see if he went missing in ukraine in february allegedly kidnapped on the train a month later the israeli prime minister confirms that the man was behind bars in israel eyes turned on the side israel's intelligence is known for striking without warning last year a suspected hamas militant was assassinated in dubai without the consent of the emirates security service this time of the it is unclear also raise their eyebrows . intelligence service turned to us to assist wristing a criminal and received no notification of any special operation either. experts say the trial will probably last for months as it's unclear what evidence against abu sisi will be produced there any concerns she has already turned to

a dozen human rights organizations and even the united nations to have her husband released her last hold may rest with those in power and. a delegation from ukraine interior minister will be traveling over to israel this week with a tricky mission trying to get answers from the israeli counterparts as to why the operation was performed without any warning something many experts describe as a breach of the country's sovereignty i think serious s.q.r.t. reporting from kiev ukraine. let's get more now on some other news making headlines around the world and the congo only one survivor has been confirmed of anger thirty three people aboard a u.s. plane that crashed in the country on. monday that you have broke in to caught fire while trying to land at an airport in the capital kinshasa u.n. workers were listed as being on the plane which had a georgian crew and both congolese and foreign nationals on board official suggests

strong winds and heavy rain may have caused the accident. shootout between security forces and government in the mexicans resort city of not a full coat as lafe to soldier two suspects deaths during the two hour gun battle the gangs set fire to a shopping center. parking and the movie complex several people were injured and seven alleged gang members arrested drug related violence has risen a massacre in recent years with more than thirty thousand lives lost since the two thousand and six government crackdown. the alleged mastermind of the nine eleven attacks on the us has been denied the right to be tried in a civil court instead he will face a military commission at one time. muhammad and the four other terror suspects will be put on trial of a detention center obama previously vowed to abolish unable to overcome political

opposition against a composer of the center u.s. president recently lifted a freeze on new military terror trials the suspect has been held by the us since being captured in pakistan in two thousand and three he has confessed to a host of terrorist activities dition to nine eleven. it's nearly fifty years since the first man ventured into space and today you regard it as flying again a space ship named after the pioneer has blasted off by going to work out of stan and a scary three man to the international space station artist test or so it wasn't going to work to see the crew's preparations and lift up. there is a lot of excitement definitely especially among the spectators for the we're going to see the takeoff of the crew two russian cosmonauts of alexandr some of which they are buddies sankoh as well as nasa astronauts ron garan now for the last a few hours leading up to this point right here we have been following the very go through here three flights traditions if you will very interesting indeed

especially for first timers even those who have been here several times say it's never quite the same t.v. whole process that we saw them getting out of the forty percent of the first they left their signatures on their doors as type they're treated sensors and then they walked to the out of the crowd and they we saw them in their space suits very interesting to see if their gear i would say quite an emotional farewell to the people we think there are a goodbye savannah but this is a very special mission if you will because this is happening close to the fiftieth anniversary of you to get god it's a first space flight happening right here with what they call it caryn stark this is where it all began with nasa astronaut on board ron garan his words he had said that fifty years ago on that day mankind became a different species that you were able to go beyond the boundaries of earth.

that you think. you can hear the ground here you can hear that you can hear that here you are quite an amazing sight here in new york you guys will it will take less than ten minutes to get it through to orbitz it's a zero gravity embedded a couple of days to reach the international space station well where they will join . three of their colleagues and ron garrett who's a very tech savvy astronaut he did say he will try his very best to keep us updated using twitter that is because tweets as well as blogs so we do look forward to reading about their experiences up there in space because our affiliate reporting there and a retired nassau astronomical baker was also added by going to cause me to see the

croft as a veteran of four space shuttle flights he told r.t. what orbit feels and looks like. before you get in the space it will be a little scared it's only natural rights. then once you get in it's all business and ready to go you know you miss having they could show where. you some food and it's food and food is ok and space but it's not the. question it's you for anything from the to the planet is one of the most beautiful places it seems from simply going to you could never get tired of looking at. somebody and very fragile place everyone says that that's when the space to go but it's very true and you see the atmosphere of the earth it looks like it's only a book that it's in a place which is very very fresh and something that we really need to take care of . all those funny war and all the stories we're covering on our website in hopes of

find exclusive videos opinions and plenty of other features on r.t. dot com here's a quick taste of what's there for you right now if the latest space launch and upcoming anniversary of the guardian's first why have you feeling out of this world something warping you new data collected by an international group of astronomers is casting doubt on a mantle theory of astrophysics. and we're back here on earth scientists have discovered a new form of bacteria in the ocean which apparently consumes manmade trash and all the details on our. time now for business update with kareena. thanks for joining us in our business bulletin we go straight to our top story

maybe the rebels are expected to start their first oil exports as early as tuesday and quick on tanker called the equator is decent and broke in the east of the country it will be the first exports from libya after nearly three weeks since colonel gadhafi ordered production shut down due to the unrest now the news has done little to pacify the markets could prices are trading at close to three months high brant crude still cost over one hundred twenty dollars a barrel lights a fraction below one hundred eight dollars in a western at athlone says there's enough global spare capacity to cover lost production in north africa and the middle east but prices still carry a high risk being. i think through all the time somehow isolated events in the middle east and north africa becomes because at the moment if you look at the countries where you've had you have protest and where we have a war or libya or egypt have toppled but if you looking at the countries are currently and have had some kind of turmoil you look here about five point five

million barrels a day if production were to hold completely that is more or less open spray capacity at this point of time so from your in theory you can all get out you know they can put on the top quite easily and sort of balance the market but at the same time one has to remember that even three months ago regimes like the egyptian one the libyan one who considers being stable this creates a lot of uncertainty surrounding saudi arabia which is spending a lot of money to calm down the situation in the in in the country but as long as that risk is there you would always have this pressure on the world that's for sure that will be just your political premium whether that's ten dollars for the store dollars i don't know but it's going to be there for quite some time. here markets are lower on tuesday for both of footsie ended that setting really point three percent a new credit downgrade. portugal five moody's rating agency is further dampening sentiment and struggling music and games retailer h. and z.

are down nine percent after the company issued its profit warning sense of temper here in russia the markets are now trading in the red in the afternoon both beyond tasman isaacson losing point eight and point seven percent respectively energy stocks are weighing on me and this is let's look at some individual movers brosnahan is sitting over a percent or so is no core but metal stocks a strong lifted by higher global crisis for precious metals like gold and silver holy metal is a point four percent and quarters gold is gaining more than at the south the south . now both gold and silver are trading close to record highs many see it as a financial safe haven political uncertainty and the threat of high global inflation continues to drive the precious metals market silver is now trading at its most expensive relative to gold since one thousand. i think what you're seeing is investors across the world. slowly but surely realizing the inflationary pressure is globally are building up and what silver is is just like gold performs

the same function as a store of wealth if you have money and you want to make sure doesn't lose its value you would buy gold or silver to protect yourself from an inflationary issues all silver is much more of all it actually silver prices are performing gold in the last couple years the world bank for the past decade and very very loose in terms of their own monetary policies and governments are very loose in terms of their fiscal policies so you have a lot of volume of money just recently been pumped into the system over the past ten years that money really has to be taken away so by definition if you have investment i mean picking up and you know all of this money in the system you're going to have inflation is really no way around. and that's for business operates at this hour but to stay with.

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