it's a happy ending for five russian journalists in libya who've been released after being held by rebels in the east of the country. so it's a short sharp war in libya all getting presents of course in the ratings boost he expected but some say it was motivated by imperialist mission. and also reporting that georgia's attempts to project a democratic image of tarnished by the state of its legal system even the lawyers are getting persecuted.

international news live from our studios here in central moscow this is our team just parcel pm here in the russian capital and nine pm in libya where five russian journalists captured by libyan rebel fighters earlier on friday a pain free it comes as the front line continues to shift in the fight between colonel gadhafi forces and the rebels. joins us now with the make developments from the capital tripoli now part of this is the first time that we know of that journalists have been held by rebel forces during the conflict is there any indication as to why they decided to do this well it seems as more details become available on some confusion on the ground as you state fire russian journalists in print journalists look at leading russian newspaper and three working for a russian television and they have been released and they are back in a hotel in

a rebel town are being dollars each. and sound now they say that they were in france to be able to some seventy kilometers away. when they were picked up by opposition fighters they were pushed into jeeps on board. where they were interrogated for several hours at a former military base that they won't question where they were constantly asked why we're going to the southern side now this just seems to suggest that the rebel fighters thought that they could perhaps be movie force and wanted to ascertain that this was not the case before actually letting them go but a journalist saying that they were treated fairly and they had no complaints as far as their treatment which they also said they had an opportunity to actually see the rebels themselves retreating from the some part of the country and also an opportunity to see some of the heavy machinery they now have access to now ours are in context here in tripoli russian embassy you know been in contact with the russian foreign ministry and certainly earlier in the day we heard from the russian

foreign minister sergei lavrov that they were monitoring the situation carefully they had one type of. consulate in benghazi and that if the germans were not to be a it was also the option of russia approaching those countries who reportedly have special units of operation on the ground in the situation. or rather countries because as you say this was the first line that you can take and by opposition forces the situation is very different here in tripoli where we still are hearing that at least four foreign journalists are being held by the libyan offer as he's a no news as. well on the paul that we saw coalition forces mistakenly launch an air strike on rebel positions tell us what is the local reaction being to where it. well there has been a sense of disillusionment amongst the opposition forces here in libya for quite some days now towards nato they've been complaining that they haven't actually carried through with. only destroyed maybe twenty five thirty cities after his

machinery and they're calling for an increase in why are you in nato airstrikes one in fact the opposite is happening we witnessed a decline in the number of is fried chicken place but now with the latest strike that has gone horribly wrong the second major is strike in two weeks to misstate rebel fighters forbid afy forces as late as it is try killing some five little fighters and wounded some twenty two this has changed the route from disillusionment and we're hearing more and more anger being expressed by family opposition forces here towards those coalition forces. the nato secretary general has said that he strongly were great as the incident they had actually been an apology from nato but they have explained the situation by saying that the five line is extremely fluid is the constant flow of weapons forwards and backwards and that they had not been informed that in the last few days fighters had started using weapons and machinery and tanks that had formerly belonged to gadhafi forces

and medical same time also looks very similar to. paula thanks very much indeed for that live update there in tripoli well veteran british m.p. jeremy corbin told me earlier that nato badly mistakes in libya suggest that the alliance has no world of strategy it's very damaging but it underlines the lack of any clear purpose in this mission and the lack of any i'm going in and i think the result will probably be a very easy partition of libya with a stalemate between the two constant conflict and costs none of us to the future there has to be some political solution to this otherwise the carnage will continue the losses will continue and western interests will increasingly look with the greedy eyes on these enormous oil reserves and indeed the market opportunities of libya i would assume the libyan people bring about their solution without western interference. m.p. jeremy corbin there in london talking to be

a little earlier here naughty but with the u.s. cutting back its involvement in the airstrikes the mission is becoming hugely dependent on french jets but as artie's daniel bushell reports the longer the campaign lasts the more french people themselves are beginning to wonder about the reasons for the country's leading role. france was among the first countries to push for a military solution in libya but now watchers are questioning its justification for going in once again on what i call the imperial condominium a recurrent quest to africa already having long term connections on the continent paris called forgive colonel gadhafi for fighting its military in neighboring chad in the 1980's and challenging its corporations in the region ever since. is it a friend's party or or is it a sarkozy party see do it at least try to convince the. men in this capacity to be their leader of the g twenty. and also the

way that it tried to survive in frost reports god was plotting an invasion already last year prompted a his ations of revived imperial ambitions calculated as a folks were for france's president the move has backfired french foreign minister islands you pay said the invasion could last days or weeks months into its third week war in libya's turning up longer and harder than wanted. with gadhafi forces still standing firm rebel gains only come with the heavy hand of nato helping here in libya with both the french and british abroad congress nor the government the popularity of forward instead of the body continues opposition on both sides is growing these demonstrators say they see through fraud these noble

claims can claim humanitarian intervention but it's really unfair ellison in local elections nicolas sarkozy got thumped he's you and p. party winning just nineteen percent of the votes the french president hoped for ratings lift from the wall. he's got the opposite. because of north korea or presidents for ever for the last forty years given france's troubled history in the region maybe fear some countries may remember their common past and unite against their former colonial master. countries that had genuine revolutions genuine brazing and then being able to unite i think that is something which the imperial powers don't really want to see with france facing a growing backlash at home and abroad any talk of a quick fix sounds out of tune. the new bush will see paris.

coming up in the program this hour back to the square where they won egyptians have returned to tahrir square calling for the prosecution of else did president mubarak examine the reasons behind the uproar months after he was overthrown. the leading money minds together at a conference held by a renowned billionaire to try and map a new way forward for global financial policy. stories to come first to finish priest is under investigation over his statements against one of the world's most wanted men doc and an online mouth piece of chechen militants pastor was charged with inciting racial hatred right after his interview with r.t. in which he described the model as a terrorist despite the fact that model for himself has claimed responsibility for many of russia's worst terror attacks including the recent bombing of moscow's domodedovo airport but there is also been a longtime critic of

a website called the kind of care center where extremists from the north caucuses openly express their views the website is banned here in russia and many european countries but freely operates in finland terrorism expert phil reese told me earlier that the support of some states for militants exposes the notion of a global war on terror as a share of the militants and terrorists in the caucasus have always had close ties to afghanistan i think that unfortunately what this shows is while the globe and the world can talk about a war on terror in effect a lot of countries still support insurgents in other countries if they feel that their political interests and their leverage over that country may be helped by that and i'm afraid that a tragic reality of global politics. georgia's legal system is under fire for failing to match its claims of democratic development the number of prisoners a significant increase since president because really came to power with only seven

acquittals in twelve thousand legal cases over the last year lawyers claim it's practically impossible to get a fair trial. the people of georgia do seem to have the right to speak their mind. but if you are unfortunate enough to be detained it appears that for many all your rights own right out the window and should the case get to trial there can be very little hope of an acquittal no matter how good your lawyer is. last three years i've managed to do in only three cases but if we were to look at statistics thousands of cases heard in george's courts you would see. less than one percent of the numbers a recent human rights watch report on changes within georgia's legal system positive steps but there are a lot of concerns as well according to w. moves like increasing the prison term for administrative offenses from thirty days

to three months come in contradiction with all democratic developments as international organizations insist curial can only be used as a last resort debates about the fairness of georgia's legal system continue but the numbers speak for themselves last year alone out of twelve thousand guilty verdicts only seven work whittles various international surveys show that nearly half of the population has no trust in their country's traditional system even the lawyers feel it's a lose lose game understandable since a lot of them end up behind bars themselves. saakashvili doesn't want an independent court system the prosecutor's office is dominant and police are the main instruments of power and political pressure there is no need for justice or lawyers he's trying to influence advocacy and when he fails he arrests or discriminates against lawyers who don't cooperate ever since mikhail saakashvili

rose to power with the rose revolution his interests clearly point to the west you know a legal system based on fairness and justice does not seem to be a priority according to some the justice system in georgia today actually measures are worse than that of the soviet times. georgia holds first place for the highest number of prisoners for capital in europe which is a very somber fact i remember reagan used to call the soviet union the evil empire and then later george bush called georgia a beacon of democracy but how does these beacon have five times more prisoners per capita than the evil empire and certainly seems as though there are some areas where the beacon of truth does not want to shine kasserine as our of our teeny b.c. georgia. the new global economic policy will be a little table at a meeting of the american town of woods economists fund and sexperts and scholars from across the world will gather at the conference world renowned billionaire

george soros well let's get more details now from of course for the lower list that joins us live from the summit venue could see that tell us more about what we can expect here is what is the significance of the timing the chosen venue. well essentially the chosen venue that you see this beautiful state and hotel behind me has a very historic purpose this is the setting of the one nine hundred forty four the famous grand goods conference that is actually second monetary system and policy for the world the international system this is where the international monetary fund was established this is where what is now the world bank was established and this is also when the united states dollar became the reserve currency for the world in exchange rates of countries all over the world were pegged to it now that was the historic conference that was when you united nations got together the allied countries during world war two at its peak to have this summit today it's a very different story this is as you mentioned billionaire george soros gathering together two hundred according to the think tank intellectuals this is

a think tank funded by soros and fifty million dollars reportedly behind it gathered together to discuss where this is going next with the belief that the current economic thinking and the current world monetary policy systems in place are no longer working they no longer reflect what the world is like today and what the reality is like on the globe of course the world economies have this huge downturn but has this brought about any change in the way the the fund at least will be thinking about the global financial system for the future. well if the information that this think tank has been putting out is accurate then yes one of the main reasons why this gathering is taking place is because the belief is that after the financial collapse that shook the globe and it reverberated all across the world there hasn't been anything to replace the old system that reflects a new world where the united states is not the one singular power that dictates economic policy the way that it was in the one nine hundred forty four conference when the dollar was named the reserve currency the idea among thinkers here or at

least behind this conference is that there needs to be a system that reflects that this is no longer you know polar world that this is a multi-polar world that brings developing nations into the conversation the bric nations brazil russia india china nations that now are fueling growth and have good economies around the world vision's of the developed nations such as the united states that were growth is really stagnated and where debts have been run up yet this is still the reserve currency this is still a large force as far as monetary policy so the idea among thinkers here is that there really needs to be a different system that engages and reflects the developing nations and the nations that are fueling a lot of the growth in the world that aren't as reflected in old policies that are considered by some of these thinkers according to them outdated or more from you no doubt over the next day or two thanks very much indeed in the meantime for that update. there in the states reporting from that financial conference about to start there in new hampshire thanks. well as well as what you see here on screen on our

t.v. we're covering many of the stories on our website www dot com here's what else is lined up for you right now. a right royal mess the case of current up the aisle to britain's prince harry after he in a charity expedition team gets stuck there you can find out if there was a happy ending and also why skype and g. mail may pose a potential threat to national security here in russia the full story at altie dot com. if. he. rushes federal security service says a russian officer has been killed in a shoot out on the border between georgia and the republic of cause here. is following developments there in the region. the shooting occurred in the bordering

goalie district were incidents like this one happen every once in a while russian border patrol officers were fired upon when we were checking in the building automatic weapons were used. one a russian high ranking border patrol officer and two georgian supplies were killed in the shoot out russian federal security service has confirmed that the group crossed the border illegally and they were members of the local a terrorist on the ground very high on uprising most wanted list it's possible that the spies were on a surveillance mission preparing for yet another terrorist act. russia. signed a treaty on joy and border patrol missions soon after george just two thousand and eight attack on south asia and even though the overall situation in the gali district has been improving over the past month attacks like this one unfortunately still happen. to claim that it may be part of the usual scare tactics used by

georgian special forces just before high season and apology as resorts and instability in a pause in may scare away russian tourists he said was that his blocks keep reporting that well let's bring you some more of today's top stories from around the world that very nearly ninety minutes past the russian capital to germany first and a mass pileup on a highway in the north of the country has claimed the lives of at least five people and injured dozens more over forty vehicles were involved in the crash some of them caught fire including a tanker it's believed the accident happened during a sudden sandstorm which reduced visibility on the road in a matter of seconds. a british naval officer has been killed and another severely injured in a shooting on board the u.k. fleet's newest nuclear submarine incident broke out during a change over of gods when the sub was stationed in the port of southampton and officials including the city's mayor with visiting advice on the time of the incident the government all. in the navy was designed by the arrested. to serial at

least twenty seven protesters have reportedly been killed in clashes with police of state why demonstrations against the government continue for a third week security forces are reported to have used tear gas and live ammunition to stop the rallies from growing friday's become a traditional day of protest against autocratic rulers across the arab world. and in egypt thousands of people have once again taken to the streets in protest it comes as a sign of increasing frustration at the military's lack of progress in removing top figures of the previous regime from office well professor marc bolan an expert on the middle east at oxford says that the revolution has so far had limited impact on changing the country for the better. two months ago mubarak fell but the regime didn't call president mubarak and a few of his closest associates were probably right all the new regime out the transmission grid under arrest you can reallocate people in iraq and so you. can

program their lives before so running their lives their martial terms are really headed for us and we are going to. be as one of the closest comrades and first both are so we've seen a musical chairs out of the four houses are safe it's not worse much worse economically a great problem is that people are impatient to change and the economy is getting worse and worse tourism and also people in egypt are used not all rigged elections are one of the sources and this contention with our people are saying what exactly will be voted on in september you know government is just. one two three and so the system will who are in the conference room it's only has fundamentally changed since of. many of the leaders of the protests do seem to have robert retired from harvard and this opens a very unstable connection because we don't really know who who is organizing remonstrations it is the muslim brotherhood is it fundamentalists it's other groups

and it may well be you know the less than two people who determine stay in power is the full stop work. to collapse and get into the. discourse i hope that isn't the case but i fear that seems to be the rest of the last six weeks since all of our professor mark almond talking to me a little earlier here in r.t. with your news update for the moment i'll be back with a summary of our menu stories that are eight minutes from now the meantime the business is next with the meeting. welcome to business i think it's have you company now patricia of course in london a ruling on the legitimacy of the sixteen billion dollars share swap between b.p. and doorstep has upheld the injunction blocking the deal but i do know the decision appears to mark another victory for health access win over b.p.'s partners in the russell british soil dr blanchard c m k b p k r has strongly objected to b.p.'s proposed tie up with rosneft saying it broke their shareholder agreement more now

from our correspondent in london. well this is as you say essentially a yes or no the victory for. the consortium of russian shareholders. it means that b.p. doesn't get what it wants that b.p. rosneft cannot sit at the moment go ahead we remember that swap part of the agreement refers to receiving five percent of b.p. and b.p. in exchange receiving nine and a half percent. and this is merely up holding an injunction that was already made earlier we saw a court say that the entire deal which also involves a tie up between b.p. and have to explore parts of the arctic shelf where there are believed to be huge reserves of oil. they've already said that that couldn't go ahead then b.p. came through and said well maybe if we can't go ahead with the exploration deal maybe we can just go ahead with the shuswap on its own and of course has today are

held the injunction saying it karns be p k b p the a r consortium argues that the deal between b.p. and ross never breaks elements of their foundation agreement when they first set up seeing which saves any business any work that b.p. wanted to undertake in russia had to be agreed that b.p. had to have first refusal on that work and they say that this breaks the terms of that contracts this is probably not the end of this story b.p. is looking to extend the deadline for the shuswap which was supposed to be the fourteenth of april that was when the share swap had to take place under the terms of the original deal they're now looking to extend that and see if there's just what can go ahead as a later date so they probably will be reapplying to the court to see if they can make this deal work in some way. altered from london expects you know you all to get some sort of compensation for whatever reason or capital says it will most

likely be in the form of musical assets. b. finished the year with losses he is not is extremely unwilling right now to pay the cash probably he would go for b.p. to buy. gas stations were not even say that he wants to acquire the. station because i don't think it's it's adoptable that's reasonable but probably they would consider b t two so their network with guest station at a discounted price therefore team k. theoretically will be better positioned in the market over the retail gasoline right speaking of gasoline oil prices have extended their rally with ongoing unrest in the middle east and africa weakening dollar is also a concern for the growth so we're seeing light sweet crude at one hundred twelve and a half dollars per barrel brant is also adding three dollars seventy one cents this

hour reports say and will field in libya has been damaged this is fueling concerns the civil war may destroy the country's three. precious metals are also on the rise with silvio breaking the psychological market forty dollars per troy hours as yet another thirty year. u.s. stocks are down as economically sensitive shares come under pressure from the high commodity prices down half a percent nasdaq point seven here in moscow the markets closed friday session on a strong no market for the rally on commodities bringing overall weekly against a two point two five percent for the r.t.s. and point seven percent with a nice six take a closer look now at friday's session gazprom one of the best performing heavyweights stocks are more than two percent after announcing it hasn't yet purchased a stake in the libyan elephant from any party that was also strong enough to knock off the singles from the precious metals shares of bank of moscow rocketed seven point six percent. after the head of its main shareholder into the the bank. it had

a stake in the bag big enough to gain operational control. russia is set to join the world trade organization by the end of the year however prime minister putin says the country will only start to comply with w t o rules once and for fledged member it stresses of some schools of i've already said it hundreds of times we declared it everyone during the accession process we will only implement w.t.f. gay sions when we become a full member but before that we can do as we wish if we start implementing w t organizations without being a member partners lose the incentive to get a sick circulated in your pocket and that's it from the business desk we will be back monday morning eight twenty was code time coming back starting the headlines with building stay with us.

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