if. for. little kid after years struggling for a diplomatic solution mideast experts accuse washington over the arab world in accordance with its own plans. there's a new fighting between gadhafi forces and the rebels for the libyan city of brega mater in stride has the story and knowing this convoy to save in the capital city of tripoli joining me in a few moments and i'll bring you more. well first of all exports are expected from libya there's no sign of easing in the crude price brenda still over one hundred twenty one dollars per barrel find out more in our business but sometimes twenty minutes time. as the u.k.

cause more cash into the libyan campaign that many at home slammed the government for massive cuts in the public sector they say their democratic rights are being neglected. and i'm launching a space like a c three cosmonauts blast off towards the international space station nearly fifty years to the day since man first adventure to the stars. it's just after five pm here in moscow you're with r.t. now as the fight for control over the oil rich libyan coast line continues the u.s. is stepping back from its leading role in the operation welshman will still oversee the logistics of the mission but has encouraged other nato countries to increase their military contribution. can now look at how libya could just be the start of

why the u.s. goals and they 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 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 wrath 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 automatically to the global car elites or the western powers interested objectives in north africa and in the middle east as for example egypt will do or used to do with hosni mubarak and definitely kuwait and saudi arabia syria is iran's closest ally in the region and the cost to support the revolver in syria affan khan was mentions of you ran syria is obviously

a strategic ally for iran in the in the region and without syria iran loses there are there are bridge their land bridge to lebanon and they're hit hezbollah in force and so of course hezbollah and 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 and being called american forces some experts even believe that destabilize ation is part of the strategy the west perceives in the region we're seeing reflect 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 iran 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 around pollution and follow the example of egypt's military syria. i rode america's least. eight. you just the way you may be many say you ran down would be a tough car 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 mossad there 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 here 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 r.t. . well meantime forces loyal to colonel gadhafi are regrouping their troops in the east after losses following the coalition strikes meanwhile the cafes it diplomatic efforts to find a solution out of the crisis remain stored on his policy you know as a mile 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 low in nature is try to about twenty four hours in and around the city and several hours ago made so did a convoy of eight gadhafi military vehicles that were advancing from the same to the town which is where they are in control to the outskirts which is where the rebels of holding the frontline now according to eyewitnesses two of those vehicles were hit the convoy quickly regrouped and then retrace the steps back into the city

center bringing respects the bodies of slain the soldiers yesterday monday he was flying to between both sides until nightfall at that stage the rebels did retrace their steps to the outskirts and again they awful thing the fault there this is an important time because if the rebels can maintain control there is a small oil refinery in-bred go and this will be a source of income for the rebels will they be able to purchase heavy weaponry and this is one of the shortcomings that they are stopping at the moment despite the fact that the nature is parts are providing them with some kind of assistance they are continuing to call on the international community for some kind of weapons supply in the west of the country in the city of misrata 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 that a humanitarian situation is evolving there as people remain without access to food water fuel and electricity we get so much about the diplomatic activity happening

outside of libya but here in tripoli the government is the reigning types that the government can solve has not been seen although state television says that he was greeting crowds of his supporters outside the compound that he has here in tripoli reporting been able to independently verify exactly when these pictures were taken but what we are hearing from and correct the turkish capital is that a convoy there representing the gadhafi regime headed by the defense team. foreign minister has been printing the 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 where the well not exactly remains in power but the libyan regime insisting that it does while the rebels insisting that he doesn't like the proposals we're also hearing that is being put forward is the possibility that one of the duckies sons state itself could head up some kind of constitutional democracy some kind of transition towards that 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 they feel it's not turned out to be one of the strongest defenders of his father's policies. or his policy reporting right from tripoli where you can follow our regular online updates on what's going on in libya from our correspondents who are on the ground in the country could do so on our twitter and facebook pages and of course don't forget to check out our own you tube page all of the latest from. if.

you've got see now russia wants an explanation from the u.n. for its use of force. which is currently gripped by civil conflict foreign minister sergey lavrov has questioned if it was legal for international peacekeepers to support one of the presidential clemence. if you go through the screen the security uses the u.n. peacekeepers in supporting french forces in ivory coast and started military action taking the side of mr ouattara carrying out airstrikes 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 nothing more we requested an emergency briefing in the un security council we will keep looking into the matter. it's the u.n. and the french troops are bombarded targets around the residence of being president

and the city of abidjan forces loyal to the internationally recognized winner of the presidential poll. have since claimed that they captured the palace goza been refusing to see however since losing last november's election hundred seventy one killed during a week of fighting in the country now the u.n. says it's raids were carried out to quote protect civilians. but i still have for you this hour here on r.t. find out why a palestinian engineer who disappeared from a ukrainian train has now resurfaced in israel and stands accused of tara charges. plus japanese or thought he's ask for russia's help to dispose of tens of thousands of tons of radioactive liquid i spotted at fukushima power plant. britain is 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 their government is spending taxpayers' money with the public's interests in mind but as artie's lore and reports increasing numbers in the u.k. are questioning their democratic rights. 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. just making up very mind about everything really we don't have a say in anything. i don't see them doing.

come today because i work in social conversation. just how much money they're spending in libya since planes. and taking money away from iceland should be spending more money at home 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 elected m.p.'s voted overwhelmingly in favor five hundred fifty seven to just thirteen against what we have in parliament all right political class they all go to the same schools they go to the same universities they get the same jobs and research offices have a place where becker is in politics having about jobs in the real world operate speak and vote like shape we don't have in the pope enough independent thinkers sitting of our so-called was prepared to make counter-arguments in a league of their own and a world apart from a public mandate that british don't directly choose their prime ministers certainly

not the most recent man at number ten gordon brown was handed the job when tony blair quits during his eventual success as roth. hold on just because those people were in what was a policy speech. but david cameron was only rescued from a minority government with a deal of his own sharing power with the party that has put third it's a coalition which an angry electorate sees breaking promises and which listens to washington more than westminster protesters politicians are so committed to to the strength of semi fantasy of the of the special relationship with washington that they are prepared to do 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 dysfunction a deep deep dysfunction of the heart of the british so-called democracy the past

six months it's been a series of demonstrations in london and across the u.k. to 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 your and it's r.t. london. with r.t. live from moscow palestinian engineer allegedly kidnapped by israel's security forces and i mean charged with developing sophisticated rockets for us and israeli court also accused. of training palestinian militants he vanished without a trace from a training ukraine was about two months ago before we should be reappearing in an israeli jail. investigates. the rocket got farther off come us that is how television has a global this man palestinian virar as we see israel claims the engineer was behind the development of kasam rockets and missiles that intended freights deal how will

we use accused of developing kassam and grad rockets and creating rockets with a range of over six kilometers like. belonging to the masses a simple accusation a new charge is 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 he could claims the large has always been an ordinary engineer with an appeal he has always abstained from apologies and gainfully finds is his only involvement in politics was that he watched news and told asia but that is cold awareness and not terrorism i'm sure israel wants him simple because he knows everything about the only power station in palestine where he worked but i will see she went missing in ukraine in february allegedly kidnapped on the train a month later the israeli prime minister confirmed the man was behind bars in israel i sternly on the side of 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 word season king of also raise their eyebrows with all the while the almost a single intelligence service turned to us just resting a criminal. accusations of any special operation either by experts say the trial will probably last for months as it's unclear what evidence against public sisi will be produced when you can sense 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. the 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 ascii art see reporting from key ukraine. you can always i five more years and features on blogs on our website of course that is party dot com and here are a few of the items we have lined up for you right now and has expanding incumbent leader who's been in power for two decades has won the country's presidential election and secured about a ninety five percent of the vote. over stephanie north already the f.b.i. is accused of abusing their wiretapping powers as the agency has reportedly been spying on little children find out more at r.t. dot com. now 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 of course is leading to a buildup of radioactive fluid japan has asked russia to send

a waste disposal facility to the crippled nuclear station where most of twelve thousand tons of a 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 the environment but some experts disagree. then the other normal circumstance is the release of such volumes of water would be described as catastrophic i think i'd like to draw attention to the fact that in one thousand nine hundred three where no russian vessel was caught it got flooded was stuck to its georgia nuclear waste into the sea of japan the japanese government was released and led the charge for a ban on all nuclear company get seat 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 to the very cause that been devastated by the earthquake in the tsunami so that's going to add

to further on the on the floor of the. people living in. longer term redo nuclides particularly cesium which is the half life of thirty years well christie government for many many decades and i think that the admission that we haven't really got the situation under control is what we see today. you would argue life in moscow where it's nearly twenty minutes past the hour let's check out some other world stories are well news making headlines this hour p.t. musician michel martelly has won last month's presidential runoff this according to preliminary results he defeated a former first lady of the country or nearly sixty seven percent of the vote first round of elections was marred by fraud after which a government backed candidate withdrew from the race he would not will face the task of rebuilding over in millionaire houses hit by last year's devastating earthquake. british prime minister david cameron is on his first official visit to

pakistan will be looking at strengthening security cooperation with the country where he didn't ruffle feathers with his comments about exporting terror last year the prime minister said islam about it must not be allowed to promote the spreading of terrorism to other countries the u.k. has a significant pakistani it minority population relies on the country's support in fighting the taliban and al qaeda. in the democratic republic of congo u.n. plane crashed on monday killing all but one of the thirty three people on board the jet broke into adult court fire while trying to land at the airport in the capital kinshasa u.n. staff and peacekeepers were on the plane which have a georgian crew both congolese under foreign nationals were board officials suggest bad weather may have contributed to the accident. well it is almost fifty years to the day since the first about ventured into space and today yuri gagarin is flying

again a space ship named after the pioneer has blasted off from baikonur cosmodrome in kazakhstan carrying three men to the international space station artes to us earlier it was there to see the crew's preparations and of course the liftoff. but here's a lot of excitement definitely especially among the spectators for the we're going to see the takeoff of the crew two russian cosmonauts you have alex on the summit with jeff and they are buddy sankoh as well as nasa astronaut ron garan over the last a few hours leading up to this point right here we have been following the through going through the free 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 we saw them getting out of the core of the facility first they left their signatures on their doors as had their treatise us theirs and then they walked to the out to the crowd and they we saw them in their space suits very interesting to see them very dear say quite an emotional farewell to the people of

weaving their i devise of them this is a special mission if you will because this is happening close to the fiftieth anniversary of you to go got it's a first space flight happening right here with what they call the garden start this is where it all began with nasa astronaut on board ron garan in his words he has said that fifty years ago on back day mankind became a different species that's a gray both to go beyond the boundaries of earth there because. of that we think science may lead you could hear the crowd here quite an amazing

sight here in new york you guys will it will take less than ten minutes to get it through to orbit has to zero gravity and better a couple of days to reach the international space station well where they will join three of their colleagues and ron garan who's a very tech savvy astronaut he did say he will try his very best to keep us updated using twitter that is sending us tweets as well as blogs that we do look forward to reading about their experiences up there is space. silly reporting right there were retired nasa astronauts michael baker was also a psycho cosmodrome to see the crew off as a veteran of four space shuttle flights he told r.t. what of it feels like and what it looks like. before you get in the space a little scared it's only natural. and then once you get it it's all business you need to go you know you miss having naked nice shower. you some food place

food the food is ok and space but isn't it. pushing this your friends and family to die planet is one of the most beautiful places that ever seen from simply wanted to you could never get tired of looking at it when i think it's very beautiful and very fragile place and everyone says that it's going to space but it's very true when you see the atmosphere at the edge of the earth it looks like it's only about that but i think in a place that's very very fragile something that we really need to take care of. just a few minutes away here are to be searching for what's needed the world economy is before thirty meters here with business. welcome to the program libyan rebels are expected to start their first well export shipment as early as tuesday and recurring tanker called the equator is due to dock into broke in the east of the country it would be the first exports from libya for

nearly three weeks since credit gadhafi ordered production shut down due to be unrest the news is done little to pacify the markets crude prices are trading at close to a thirty month high brant crude is actually up just point one percent over one hundred twenty one dollars a barrel light sweet still hovering over one hundred eight dollars a barrel and western mass on says there's enough global spare capacity to cover a lost production in north africa and middle east but prices still carry a high risk premium. i think it all depends on how isolated the events in the middle east and north africa becomes because at the moment if you're looking at the countries where you've had you have protests and where you know we have a war or libya. egypt have toppled but if you looking at the countries that currently and have had some kind of turmoil you look at about five point five million barrels a day if production would hold completely that is more or less open spray capacity at this point of time so from you know in theory you could argue that you know they

can put on the tap 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 he's crazy 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 oil price for sure that will be just your political premium whether that standard is for this thirty dollars i don't know but it's going to be there for quite some time. because of a market starting with europe when the markets are rivera lower and tuesday perfectly on the back so she had a point three percent still a new credit downgrade of portugal by moody's is further dampening sentiment has instructed music and games retailer very down nine percent after the company issued its profit warning of september. here in russia the markets did see some gains in

the morning but the picture changed rather quickly still doubt though closer to starting because that's after all declines in new york trading and this is putting pressure on energy stocks in the second week of those rosneft here's the down zero point four percent now used to be down as much as one a half percent look or also negative metal stocks are stronger lifted by of global prices for precious metals like gold silver nickel is up one point zero eight point one percent whereas polish gold is up one point six percent. russia's top telecoms group prosthetic arm and spine lies the process of taking over eight regional companies under its brands now the company weapon estimated sixteen billion dollars is aiming to list on the london stock exchange the president of russia telecom i sound a bit of a thought of explains the reasons for the i.p.o. . say least of that the main goal of the flute station is to improve the liquidity

around shares we hope to complete a listing by the end of this year it has a significant role for the company's image i mean expect the new year track to investors in southwestern funds will also improve the company's capitalization and maximum volume of the listed shares maybe up to twenty five percent. we will be back in around fifty five minutes time when the place of the latest business day without even our lives with rory.

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