one of them is struggling for a diplomatic solution a summit middle east experts accuse washington of steering the arab world in accordance with its own. this is a new fighting between gadhafi forces and the rebels for the libyan city of brega where a nato air strike has the story and more in this convoy i'm forty seven the capital city of tripoli joining me in a few moments and i'll bring you more. as the from the u.k. pour some more cash into the libyan campaign or many at home a slap in the government massive cuts in the public sector they say their democratic rights are being neglected. under launching

a space like you see three cosmonauts blast off towards the international space station and nearly fifty years to the day since man a first ventured to the stars. a very warm welcome to you this is our live from moscow well as the fight for control over the oil rich libyan coastline continues the u.s. is stepping back from its leading role in the operation buffington will still oversee the logistics of the mission but has encouraged other nato countries to increase their military contribution. to account now looks at how libya could just be the start of wider u.s. goals and to reach him. 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 north favorable for them in libya forging relationship with the opposition so that if gadhafi goes there are people there to do business with as syria popular wrath gather steam some experts say western powers might see the advantages of getting involved there to these three countries. are the main countries that will not align themselves with the manically to the global power elite or the 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 saudi arabia syria is iran's closest ally in the region and the cost to support the regarding syria afghan come with mentions of you ran syria is obviously a strategic ally for iran in the in the region and without syria iran loses their or their bridge their land bridge to lebanon and they're here has the one force and

so of course hezbollah would suffer if the syrian regime to fall and that would be stabilizing iran and weaken its cower in the region which would be an obvious benefit to me and all american forces some experts even believe that this stabilize ation is part of a threat to the west pursues 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. with very few perhaps no friendly countries in the region and that will then leave iraq pretty much alone at least in the arab world and will 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 a gravel lucian and follow the example of egypt's military syria.

a road in. some great. thank you just the way you live your many say to rand though would be a tough call and no matter how much washington would 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 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 our reporting

from washington. well meantime forces loyal to colonel gadhafi are regrouping back troops in the east after losses following the coalition strikes meanwhile the diplomatic efforts to find a solution to the crisis remain stalled policy that has more from the capital tripoli. it's not really clear who is in control of this oil town of brega in the east of the country what has changed though is that it was a lull in nature is strikes for about twenty four hours in and around the city and several hours ago mates who did a convoy of eight military vehicles that were advancing from the center of the town which is where they are in control of the outskirts which is where the rebels are holding the frontline now twenty two eyewitnesses two of those vehicles were hit the convoy quickly regrouped and then retraced of steps back into the city center bringing with those the bodies are slavers soldiers and we understand from eyewitnesses that there are now burnt out military vehicles all along that road

yesterday monday he was flying between both sides until nightfall at that stage the rebels did the trace these steps to the outskirts and again they all thought in the full to their this is an important time because if the rebels can maintain control there is a small oil refinery in grego and this will be a source of income for the rebels will they be able to purchase it and this is one of the shortcomings that they are suffering at the moment despite the fact that the nato airstrikes are providing them with some kind of assistance they are continuing to court on the international community for some kind of weapons supply in the west of the country in the city of misrata and we are now hearing that clashes there in the last twenty four hours have seen five people killed and twenty four people wounded and we are hearing of more and more calls very humanitarian situation is evolving there as people remain without access to food water and electricity. so much about the diplomatic activity happening outside of libya but while you're in tripoli the government is the main type that could govern. himself has not been

seen or broke state television says that he was greeting crowds of his supporters outside be compounds that he has here in tripoli we haven't been able to independently verify exactly when these pictures were taken but what we are hearing from and the turkish capital is that a good one for you very representing the gadhafi regime headed by the dignity foreign minister has been putting a proposal on the table that would try and see some kind of ceasefire implemented while at the same time a political solution moving forward but the turkish saying that the sticking point is the whole question of whether or not he remains in power with the libyan regime insisting that he does all the rebels insisting that he doesn't like the proposals we will see hearing that is being put forward is the possibility that one of his sons safe could head up some kind of constitutional democracy some kind of transition to the ones that the rebels and most of the international community are saying that that is unsatisfactory because he is essentially his father's son and

cut from the same cloth and it is ironic because safe turned out to be one of the strongest defenders of his father's policies. his policy reporting right there while i libyan oil used to go on sale for the first time in almost three weeks now as rebels are preparing to dispatch or tanker later on tuesday crude prices have been over sensitive since the uprising has come the middle east and north africa again let's let's get more analysis on this our from our visitors and dimitri is joining us now on high dimitri crude is trading at about one hundred twenty dollars tell us what sort of impact is the news of this libyan oil now expected to have on the markets well actually the market is very quick to react through you have to say if ever there were to be a reaction on this news then it would be already priced in into this process we're seeing right now it's still relatively very high hundred twenty dollars per barrel it seems the percent of thirty nine highs this is just the normal correction from

a very strong group. sessions that we've seen before the fact is that the unrest in the middle east the spot from being over and therefore this is not we're not seeing some kind of relief in terms of oil prices right now the question is how far could oil prices keep growing all depends on of course how the situation the develops in the middle east whether we will see more unrest in saudi arabia but for now there's already the supply demand mechanism which is coming into play we're seeing smaller demand in the united states the biggest consumer of oil to prove that point we've seen the oil inventories that four month highs are people not willing to consumer at least keep increasing their consumption at the prices we're seeing right now we're getting more details from you in about a fifteen minutes time thanks. well our you can follow the regular online updates on what's going on in libya from our correspondents in the country you can do so on our twitter and facebook pages of course so if you get there to check out our r.t. you tube page for all the latest protests.

with r.t. live from moscow now russia wants an explanation from the u.n. over its heavy use of force in ivory coast which is currently gripped by a civil conflict foreign minister sergei lavrov has questions if it was a legal international peacekeepers to support one of the presidential clemence. you got to watch the nice europeans as the u.n. peacekeepers in supporting french forces in ivory coast have started military action taking the side of mr ouattara carrying out air strikes on the positions

held by supporters of mr gbagbo we are now looking into the legality of this situation because the peacekeepers were authorized to remain neutral and nothing more we've requested an emergency briefing in the u.n. security council we will keep looking into the matter because it's. now u.n. and the french troops are bombarded targets around the residence of the current president in the city of abidjan forces loyal to the internationally recognized winner of the presidential poll work since claimed that they captured the palace of being it refusing to cede power ever since losing it last november's election meantime hundreds have been killed during a week of fighting in the country the u.n. says it's raids were carried out to protect civilians. so what are still ahead for you this hour here on r.t. now find out why a palestinian man who disappeared from a ukrainian train has resurfaced in israel and now stands accused of terror charges

. plus japanese authorities asked for russia's help to dispose of tens of thousands of tons of radioactive liquid that is spattered fukushima power plant. now britain's upping its military presence in libya with more of its tornado jets being sent in but as the country continues to tighten its belt many are starting to doubt the government is spending that their tax money in the right way and it's weighing heavily on the public's mind as artie's lore and it reports increasing numbers in the u.k. are questioning their democratic rights. a 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 a vis winching 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 keenly exports is wearing thin for some but i don't think they're listening to anyone they're just making up very mind about everything really we don't have to say anything. do anything about. this. come today working social conversation. just how much money they're spending in libya. and taking money away from us and should be spending more money and put 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 our political class they all go to the same schools they go to the same universities they get the same jobs the research offices they spend their careers in politics nothing about jobs in the real world operate speak and vote like shape we don't have enough 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 don't directly choose their prime minister is certainly not the most recent man at number ten couldn't brown was handed the job when tony blair quits touring his eventual successor as roth. hold on to this because of what we thought was your point of view. but david cameron was only rescued from a minority government with a deal of his own sharing power with the party that voters 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 this kind of samey fantasy of the of the special relationship with washington that they are prepared to to what every is 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 dysfunction a deep deep dysfunction of the heart of the british so-called democracy the past six months it's seen a series of demonstrations in london under cross the u.k. gates 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 emmett r.t. london. it's a quarter past the hour now here in moscow a palestinian engineer allegedly kidnapped by israel's security forces has been charged with developing sophisticated rockets for hamas and its record also accused

. of training palestinian militants believe anish without a trace from a training ukraine two months ago before recently reappearing in an israeli jail artist alexi ghosh asked interest. the rocket got farther off hamas that is how television has labeled this man palestinian there are other c.c. israel claims the engineer was behind the development of kasam rockets and missiles that can penetrate steel. but we ease accused of developing kassam and grad rockets in creating rockets with a range of over six kilometers like what it would by the way belonging to her masses a simple accusation in 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 he could claim is the large has always been an ordinary engineer and he has always abstained from targets and gainfully

employed is his only involvement in politics was that he watched news and television but that is cold awareness and not terrorism i'm sure israel wants him simply because he knows everything about the only power station in palestine where he worked up with c.c. went missing in ukraine in february allegedly kidnapped on the train a month later the israeli prime minister confirmed that the man was behind bars in israel eyes turned on 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 for him this time of the reason king of also raise their eyebrows school was. not a single intelligence service turned to us to assist in arresting a criminal you. know notification of any special operation either. experts say the trial will probably last for months as it's unclear what evidence against

w.c.c. will be produced because any percentage 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's interior ministry 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 a country's sovereignty i think serious s.q.r.t. reporting from clear ukraine. you can always find more news features on the blogs on our website that's r.t. dot com and here are a few of the items we have lined up for you right now. starting a company leader who's been in power. after two decades as a one the country's presidential election securing over ninety five percent of the vote. and overstepping all thorazine the f.b.i.

is accused of abusing wiretapping powers as the agency has reportedly been spying on little children find out more about r.t. talking. but japanese officials say sixty thousand tons of radioactive water have accumulated in the basement of the stricken fukushima power plant workers must keep feeding water into the reactors to stop them overheating which is a of course leading up to a build up of radioactive fluid japan has now asked russia to send a waste disposal facility to the crippled nuclear station almost twelve thousand tons of low tainted water are being released into the ocean to free storage space for more highly contaminated waste authorities say this poses no threat to human health or environment but some experts disagree. in any other normal circumstances the release of such a volume of water would be described as catastrophic i think i'd like to draw

attention to that back in one thousand nine hundred three where no russian vessel was voted off land or stock destroyed a nuclear waste into the sea of japan the japanese government was released and led the charge for a ban on all nuclear dumping at sea well the ocean currents and in that part of japan mean that in the in the first instance the contamination will spread north and south of the coastline from the fukushima power plant which means for the very cause that been devastated by the earthquake in the tsunami so that's going to add to further unease on the part of that the people living in that corridor compound a longer term to redo nuclides particularly cesium which is a half life of thirty years will proceed in raman for many many decades and i think that the mission that we haven't really got the situation under control is what we see today. with r.t. let's check out some other world news are making headlines around the world at this hour and in haiti musician michel martelly has one last month's presidential runoff

this according to preliminary results he defeated a former first lady of the country taking nearly sixty seven percent of the vote the first round of elections was marred by fraud after which a government backed candidate withdrew from the race the winner world face the task of rebuilding over a million houses hit by last year's devastating earthquake. british prime minister david cameron is on his first official visit to pakistan he'll be looking at strengthening security cooperation with the country where he ruffled feathers with his comments on exporting terror last year the prime minister has said is it's not about must not be allowed to promote the spreading of terrorism to other countries the u.k. has a significant pakistani minority population and relies on the country's support in fighting the taliban and al qaeda. in the democratic republic of congo a un plane crashed on monday killing all but one of the thirty three people on

board the jet broke into and caught fire while trying to land at the airport in the capital kinshasa un staff and peacekeepers were on the plane which had a georgian crew both congolese and foreign nationals were said to be on board officials suggest that bad weather may have contributed to the accident well it's almost exactly fifty years since the first man ventured into space and today a year ago garren is flying again a space ship named after the pioneer has a blasted off from the mike and all cosmodrome in kazakhstan it's carrying three men to the international space station artie's saucily it was there to see the crew's preparations and of course the spectacular norge. well here's a lot of excitement definitely especially among biggest spectators for that we're going to see the takeoff of the crew two russian cosmonauts you have alex on the summit with jeff and today our buddy sankoh as well as nasa astronauts ron garan

over the last a few hours leading up to this point right here we have been following the through going through the three flight 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 core of the facility first they left their signatures on their doors as their freedom and then they walked to the out of the crowd and they we saw them in their space suits very interesting to see them in very clear i would say quite an emotional farewell to the people waving their a good vice of this is a very special mission if you will because this is happening close to the fiftieth anniversary of you to go god it's a first space flight happening right here with what they call the current start this is where it all began the nasa astronaut on board ron garan in his words he had said that fifty years ago on that day mankind became a different species that we were able to go beyond the boundaries of earth very.

basics of life really you can hear the ground here now between you guys well it will take about less than ten minutes to get into the two orbits is to zero gravity and better a couple of days to reach the international space station while the greer they will join three of their colleagues and ron garrett who's a very tech savvy astronaut he did say he will try. i his very best to keep us updated using twitter. as well as we do look forward to reading about their experiences up there in space. as promised here with.

thanks rory and we start with libya rebels are expected to start their first will export shipment as early as tuesday. group in the east of the country it would be the first exports from libya for nearly three weeks after you would have production shut down. now the news has done little to pacify the markets prices are trading at close to. one hundred twenty dollars and a half per barrel is a fraction of the hundred eight dollars peter west there's enough capacity to cover lost production in north africa and the middle east crisis still carry a high risk premium. i think it all depends on how isolated the events in the middle east or north africa becomes because at the moment if you look at the countries where you've had you had protests and where obviously now we have

a war in libya egypt have toppled but if you're looking at the countries of currently and have had some kind of turmoil you're looking about five point five million barrels a day if production were to hold completely that is more or less opec spare capacity at this point of time so from you know in theory you could argue you know they can put on the type quite easily and sort of paris to market but at the same time one has to remember that even three months ago regimes like the egyptian one and 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 their own country but as long as that risk is there you would always have this pressure on the world price for short it will be just your political premium whether that's ten dollars for this thirty dollars i don't know but it's going to be there for quite some time. now right to the markets now we start with europe they are low on tuesday both of them back to starting point three percent you can see there

a new credit downgrade of portugal for two steps moody's rating agency this is further dampening sentiment shares in the struggling music and games retail h m d a down nine percent after the company issued its profit warning since september here in russia the markets reversed early gains they dropped the first day in three we're actually seeing a drop of half a percent of your peers and i think that's after world declined in new york and that is putting pressure on energy stocks are still going to pose was near after is shedding see point eight percent look worlds also down but metal stocks are stronger lifted by higher global prices for precious metals like gold and silver nickel is in the black after the company started buying back one point two billion dollars of its shares on the open market call is called is gaining almost two percent this hour this is on the back of. all prices year ago russia's top telecoms group prost telecom as vandalized the process of taking over eight regional companies under its brand now the company worth an estimated sixteen

a billion dollars is aiming to list on the london stock exchange to present a raw telecom alexander the provider of a top of explain the reasons for the i.p.o. last i heard the least of the the main goal of the flute regime is to improve the liquidity of our shares and we hope to complete listing by the end of this year and it has a significant role for the company's image and we expect a new track to investors in top western funds will also improve the company's capitalization the maximum volume of the listed shares may be up to twenty five percent or all right well we'll be back next hour we're going up they do say without even headlines with rory.

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