tonight's a government media conspiracy of lies the french to ransom know the truth about the conflicts they're involved in which threaten to ruin the country's international standing. again within a day of r.t. explores whether fighting in the middle east and north africa is actually part of an american strategy to slow the rise of china. a sick russian prisoners request for a mercy killing prompts fresh debate about whether euthanasia should be legal. and global markets are recovering after a sharp sell off monday among outstanding gamers in russia is snapped up five percent on expectations will go ahead with its share swap with b.p.

find out more business r.t. but even if. this is our team my name is kevin know in a warm welcome if you just joined us it's now nine pm here in moscow and our top story france's war and its nato allies that their campaign in libya could be doomed to failure unless ground troops are deployed to the country and that would be against the existing u.n. resolution and it also could be a major political blow for president nicolas sarkozy the french public already unhappy with his performance leaving him in a fight for his future though bushell reports. france is now fighting in three wars the first four states to go into libya the last just force in ivory coast civil war and this just sent more troops to afghanistan but watch the french media and this

is what you get the americans are responsible for the rising civilian death toll and there's no mention of the french contingency the locals welcomed their western liberators with open arms. we're being for propaganda relations today truth we're told the community is behind us but france just wants africa's resources. this reporter explains how the french government dictates national coverage you will basically follow our editorial line on foreign policy or you will not be invited or included to come back and ask questions or press conferences and we will not be cooperative with you when you seek interviews but if you turn to the internet the view of president sarkozy's policies a much more critical french people are growing increasingly worried about their country being labeled as imperialist with little regard for its victims oppositions

of the war centers on the rising number of casualties and the damage it does to france's reputation activists say france's media coverage is one sided but the real story will eventually get through after almost a decade of war in afghanistan news of the dozens of french soldiers and thousands of civilians killed is finally hitting home war in afghanistan. although. generally quite positive. the invasion of iraq brought the biggest and she will rallies in history there were experts say libya could become so disease iraq and disappoints government's efforts the truth on france's current wars is also coming out to see paris. russia's foreign minister join the criticism of nato strategy in libya the alliance wants colonel gadhafi out and it's supporting the rebels with a strikes but says toppling gadhafi is not sanctioned by the united nations

also. the u.n. security council liver aims for regime change in libya or any other country of forces that are now using the security council resolution to justify regime change are clearly violating you would mandate. well in libya the opposition is struggling to lift the weeks long siege by colonel gadhafi forces as thousands flee fighting in western cities figures indeed from libya's transitional national council just ten thousand people have died since the beginning of the conflict elsewhere in the arab world syria is lifting its nearly half a century old state of emergency giving into one of the main demands of the protesters there and their leader of the day security forces opened fire to disperse an anti-government demonstration in the country's third largest city this video did was taken on the streets of homs during heavy gunfire before dawn and choose to have human rights campaigners say more than two hundred people have died

in the lethal crackdown since demonstrations began it comes as new disclosures the tape by wiki leaks suggest that the u.s. is we secretly financing some syrian opposition groups intent on toppling president bush. destroyed unravel all this cross live to mark a member of the british parliament for the northern ireland based s t l p party to discuss the on earth league spy the online whistleblower this is the things playing with his head as you see it there's all this fit together what does washington want to see happening in syria and is that part of a bigger plan it wants to see unfold in the arab world. well obviously the story of the leaks revelations is great you to be to a. serious. quality of the quality of that evidence or what it means. ok well basically the revelations all it was paying for. propaganda news channel nancy is sad news channel but that's what the story was i'm

saying ok if you've got a thought so now what would you expect though the u.k. to continue supporting the u.s. if it does move into syria do you think the hear you play would still give it a thumbs up if the u.s. went into syria. i think my argument has been in relation to the whole libya exercise to the british government has been that people need to be very careful about what are their terrors of engagement on the factors in the. un resolution seventy three it seems quite clear that the british government and others left themselves open to a fairly a last menu of options and ways of contradicting the assurances that they give to the u.k. parliament but it's like giving the public i have no issue with un resolution seventy three insofar as a duty to protect us in the situation there in benghazi but that resolution should not be stretched to cover all sorts of manner of interventions excursions which

could result in a serious military thanks for. your thoughts and about this today the u.k. combined with france to deploy military officers to libya to advise the rebels how legal is that under the existing u.n. resolution do you think. well i think that we are increasingly in a teenager in danger of getting into. as far as the operation of the resolution is concerned already last week we saw the piece coming from peter cameron from presidents or cozy up president obama which appear to speak in forked tongue i'm the one hand that was saying we're not in there for regime change in the other hand we're not giving up until we get regime change you can't say two contradictory russian arms in terms of an operation of the sort of nature you can't say that you're going on under strict terms that will commit to growing troops but then you end up getting stopped and then committing troops in various forms and guises and

that's no way to be with another country it's also no way to take what the armed forces of these people go hungry around the public after so many misadventures including iraq and elsewhere people want to know that there isn't going to be mission creep here and that we have people going on on one promise one pretext but then ready to expand the mission into all sorts of other laws so you see you saying they should ignore the libyan rebels requests for yet more military pressure they've been calling for yet again today they should ignore those calls yet. no i'm not saying this should ignore those cause i'm saying they need to be honest the terms in which they are in there they count on the one hand say as they did in the british parliament that they are going in there purely and relation to the protection of civilians not getting involved in one side or the other not getting stuck to anything that might turn into a prolonged civil war not getting sucked into you. which could become a fact of de facto partition and then on the other hand say no it is our duty to

particularly back in the one say to the other if there is a rationale for an intervention they should be open on us and we're avoiding rather than say they're going in on one basis and then they insist on justifying an argument moving on to other terms because you can't plot military success or not basis of that's what the right to achieve but you certainly can't something that has entered national political democratic credibility if you contradict the basic assurances with which you would go with the original mandate was protection of the libyan people how successful is that they. well the duty to protect i think is a real israel on ballot and that's why whenever i voted against the resolution in the british parliament i wasn't against what had happened the immediate weekend in benghazi my vote was against what i thought capable unbanned and i've used this resolution where they where we're going to get involved and the mission creep where they were going to get into

a slippery slope where they couldn't defy gravity but end up getting stuck them to . the civil war type situation and so i think we need the u.n. security council to look afresh at this because after all this as a resolution all of the security council all the actions taken on this resolution are meant to be reported to the security card focus a little assessment of me to my question to you will we know what we're hearing today of libya's transitional national council suggesting that ten thousand people could have died since the beginning of this conflict how successful have the allies been in protecting the civilians do you think well i think that's where we have to ask honest questions clearly there are interventions that house help the intervention in benghazi could help obviously where we see efforts to relieve the stress in misrata today i have no issue and particular what's wrong with that but we have to then our basic question as to this mission that nato is gates and is it sticking to the terms on which it was approved by the security council as it's

taking to the terms in which it was supported by the respective part of what's on it if it's changing those terms what prospect of success and what are the implications for that because after all the u.n. resolution committed people to exploring options for getting on a seat at settlement for getting a lasting peaceful solution where those efforts all right not to a commander of the british parliament nor the i still think party thank you. but surely a preview of washington's pursuing a larger goal than just regime change across the arab world to go from institute world economy and international relations told the thugs the uprising to be instigated by washington to undermine china's influence in the region. goal of washington in the region is to change. the regimes we've applied for regimes there what changed in egypt and other conscious they were quite sure they

were quiet or loyal to the united states but no obama's administration. and regimes and this situation many countries including russia including china first of all they feel that their interests are being threatened because of these are usually are going to be more loyal to the united states and are not likely to fulfill. all the political ads to talk about policy of china towards the whole situation china has always advocated not involvement policy but what we see now is jail change of china's policy china is going to play a more active role and as we see now americans are trying to remove chinese competition from many regions of the world south asia middle east and africa not only north africa but also central africa which is rich resources so china has quite a lot of options too and will first of all of course march was you know china is

china is the major creditor of the united states and today the financial rating of united states was changed has been changed so i guess that china has quite a lot of levers still translate the situation both economic and political. coming up giving a tarball european aid catch fire while the big criticize over how it chooses to spend its a level a billion euro aid budget that's ahead also these men who fought for their country say they're now they've been collected and the north a special report coming up from georgia to. russia inmate who suffering from severe diabetes is asked for a mercy killing a convicted murderer get other humans can't get the treatment he needs while he's in jail so far the judges have refused to free him from prison on grounds of ill health but his request for use of asier is illegal here in russia to his roof and

reports. twenty five and he's dying and he's still independence diabetic his last six to ten months now lined he can hardly distinguish objects in the backyard of the child by his second sentence for murder his entrance transparent and doctor's forecasts he want the truck chased much longer he needed wheelchair. i can't live without you i'm always on drugs if i didn't take them i'd be able to get all of this. and foremost soldier and war veteran kennedy no longer has the energy to find a life instead he said bitterly fighting for death. in that his health has not always been so bad it deteriorated rapidly after he was put behind bars in two thousand and seven he was sentenced to eighteen years in prison cannot he needs

specialized treatment and care something you just cannot get here. so why are people being what else do i need i used to be a man. now look at me. i'm not even half of them. a doctor to help him die is officially forbidden in russia for sure but when i started who could kill who could facilitate a suicide nobody even the most zealous euthanasia supporters villa said that they would do it themselves because they would become murderers if they did know that from the point of view of russian legislation nor from the international law epic moves can euthanasia be justified. there is a huge debate on whether the terminal patients have the rights to and their own life to escape chronic pain there is against euthanasia and they are the majority

claim among other things that even hopeless cases can sometimes be the recklessly killed but a voice from behind bars where miracles rarely happen a change that perspective. change will warrant if they know that the rest of their lives will be suffering was the reason to prevent them from doing that especially those sentenced to life in prison and that many letters from these people they ask for death as life becomes unbearable conditions there are after all so why not one . foggy ninety a strong all of those believer euthanasia has been a hard decision and it won't be without its victims on the other side of the prison bars. no i will not allow him to die i will not. cannot his mother can understand what's her son to say that what she country can sell herself with the reality of that decision. if you dies or die with him

what would i leave for all who fall. is still alive but he's waiting wishing for death but it's natural all i'm asking. now to central russia. that russia's chechen republic says there are now fewer than seventy million. since left there is everything's been done to catch the ramzan kadyrov also told r.t. that people who chose to join extremist groups are usually unstable or psychologically damaged. yes yes i spoke to a known who was to become a suicide bomber to sacrifice his life i asked why he wanted to do it he didn't understand i told him islam is encouraged in the chechen republic are you not allowed to build mosques or to take the hardship there what are you banned from wearing the hijab well deserving the soldier and if i do you come out and say i did the name of allah you didn't answer me and most of the people who chose to become suicide bombers are mentally retarded to find these people could be disconnected

from the outside world and use them. and you watch the full interview with the head of the chechen republic in an hour's time here on r.t. . all veterans officially honored with medals and respect in their community but in georgia many former soldiers say they've been neglected by the country they fought for and of being left to survive on a pittance from tbilisi outings catarina as are other of course. there are memorials like these all over the world set up to honor all those who fought for their countries a sign of respect and remembrance but many of the veterans here in georgia feel that they have been completely forgotten captain dating since sons or went to war and has in the one nine hundred ninety s. a decorated officer he now has to survive just fifteen u.s. dollars a month so i don't get a pension now and i won't until i'm sixty five but will i live to see that money we

used to have some sort of support the hospital the free treatment social benefits but big old taken away in two thousand and five and i go by in two thousand and three with no explanation whatsoever. lives in a house that he claims is unfit to live in yet to send his family away because he can't provide them with food. my house has no gas no running water i can't pay for any of it i can't get a job the only reason i'm still alive is because of my friends i live in what they can. and is not alone is right for more and more veterans in georgia feel the lack of support from their government but when they try to draw attention to it by calling a hundred they were simply. some or even arrested according to officials who are refusing to comply with police orders and being under the influence of alcohol because the most outrage among both veterans and the international media was the fact those detained got slapped with

a two hundred twenty five dollar fine not one of them has that kind of money. for the police came a break up our protest the president drove by he stopped his window looked at us one hour later we were pushed out of the way like we were nothing of a dozen n.g.o.s and human rights groups demanded an official investigation into the actions of the police and that arinze who have already sacrificed so much work. largely ignores them are being drawn into this war against you know johnny cash or eighty b.c. . gold using brief helicopter current mood twenty people rushed in northeast india near the border with china seventeen died six others been taken to a local hospital for treatment and officials said the helicopter hit a wall and burst into flames minutes before it was meant to land the chopper was on a regular flight between a popular pilgrimage site and the capital of the state of. clashes broke out in

southeast turkey after a decision to ban some kurdish candidates from running in the country's upcoming election activists threw molotov cocktails of people who fought back with tear gas and water cannon the pro kurdish party described the band as a political movement a blow to efforts to sink peace in the southeast tens of thousands of people have lost their lives since the kurdish part of began fighting for an ethnic omitted pretty seven years ago. cuba's former president fidel castro's made a rare public appearance during the country's communist party's congress in havana he finally resigned from his post as the long time party leader with his brother raul replacing him the meeting has approved sweeping you can only complete it all changes including limiting political positions to two five year olds a decades old ban on private property deals such as the buying and selling of houses has also been lifted. what is the japan's quake it atomic plant of because removing now highly radioactive water from the basement of

a nuclear reactor building it should give workers access to repair work to vital cooling systems that were knocked out by the march seven army plant operators said it expects to bring the crisis under control by the end of the year emergency workers have been unable to enter any of the damaged reactor buildings at the fukushima plant since the natural disasters. he used to be criticised for failing to track how it spends its aid money and it's accused of squandering billions of dollars on unnecessary projects and corrupt regimes david campbell bannerman told us that brussels is incapable of controlling its budget let alone the money it sends abroad clearly the system isn't working and i think this report makes very clear but there is no surprise i mean from our point of view here you have european union for sixteen years in a row they haven't signed off their own accounts because of auditor's you know so much fraud in the accounts they can't even sign them off so it's not a surprise that you know there's

a allegations of private jets being bought by certain country leaders shortly after receiving this kind of the aid the whole thing is a mess it needs discipline i think it's better done by nation states but. this actually goes to norm for countries i mean the biggest recipient is turkey which is doing pretty well economically and a lot goes missing i mean some is going to terrorist groups like hamas in palestine . you've got incredible figures like a. job creation scheme is costing one point five million pounds each individual they actually find a job for a third there's a huge amount of waste here. you're m.p. david campbell bannerman but we get your chance to have your say in the stories you see on this channel r.t. dot com on our website as well oh. no clicking tonight the stories seem to interest you the latest internet sensation here it looks doesn't it but the body of an alien

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good to have your company you want your business artsy with meet the new. global markets are catching their breath after taking a big hit monday that's not the standard and poor's cut the u.s. economic outlook from stable to negative over the country spiraling yes roland that from the capital believes investors in russia after broad are still mostly looking at european problems. the big key right now is spain business very large economy and the markets are worried that what's happening in portugal and greece is going to impact spain as well and if that happens then once again no good big increase in recession and russia also. in that sense in the sense that it's safe compared to

compared to a lot of other places but a lot of the money that's been coming into russian markets over the last three or four months has been quite short and whenever there's an increase in risk people tend to sell risky assets and the world still views russian equity russian markets as being risk and. speaking of markets in the world has somewhat recovered from earlier losses we're actually seeing some growth in both light sweet bread blends bread is up almost one hundred twenty two dollars per barrel light sweet one hundred ninety eight. u.s. markets are recovering more so after a sell off on monday better than expected earnings from companies like johnson and johnson that's up three percent from happening investors regain confidence. let's have a look at out of the markets are performing in europe now and this is the close of that would be tuesday session footsies out half a percentage point two percent in germany collar she has a high on the new car registrations rose in march in germany and france and the

russian markets were trading in the black at the close of the choose the session r.t.s. up two percent ninety six two and a half percent take a look at some of the stocks racking stocks were on the rise per bag up one point three percent produce called up two point four reports it's in the works with newmont mining and anglo gold on the possible merger deal could make the russian company one of the world's top gold miners despite well being that most of the session is right now the share price of russia's biggest producer ross was up four point eight percent of the close talk on me from a pretty bank says russian equity has already digested the downgrade of u.s. rate. we had a very sharp selloff in russian markets it's worth the end of the trading day yesterday after the that's and p. downgrade of the u.s. . lots of credit rating outlook. and russia had time to absorb a lot of bad news yesterday so today this morning even though asian markets are

trading down russia had a little bit of a rally got back some of the losses yesterday so i think the market actually felt quite comfortable ultimately with a downgrade from the u.s. it was a lot of buying in ros nafta's it seems to be preparing itself for the share swap with a.p. the company did accumulated stock in one of its subsidiaries in the hope it can push the deal through the consolidation place on the thirteenth of april colleagues of the company that's a day before the initial deadline will be at the exchange with the heat according to the proposed deal was that was expected to exchange nine and a half percent of its shares for a five percent stake in b.p. but the deal was blocked by b.p.'s russian partner in a joint venture to an a.t.p. who claimed the pact reaches their shareholders and. that's it from this edition of business we will be back next hour with an update kevin's next on headlines do stay with us.