video for your media project a free media gogarty dot com. expectations for us bashers of libyan rebels hopes for recognition under stops short of funneling money to the opposition. to continue its military campaign in libya until colonel gadhafi stops fighting but the leader meantime says he has it beyond the reach of. the countdown pic and swear they are thousand days to go before the next winter olympics kick off in russia hundreds of volunteers are setting the mood on the.

worldwide news live from moscow this is out. now the u.s. has denied libyan rebels official recognition it comes after a visit to the white house by a senior member of the opposition council which is pushing for international support the libyan envoy says the rebels are having trouble getting washington to release colonel gadhafi has frozen assets the u.s. had promised to hand over some of the multi-billion dollar funds to aid the opposition journalist patrick hayes says the rebel allegiance with the west is only alienating the libyan people. robert gates said that he's cautious about understanding who makes up the opposition and some extent caution is commendable because this humanitarian intervention by the west in libya wasn't a planned strategy was a war without any real aims it was something that the west young thin through you without any real clear sense of who they're doing it on their behalf of who the

rebels are and what they want to achieve from it the transitional national council of libya now completely orientated towards the west towards nato towards america they want to try and get acceptance from obama from western leaders they're not looking towards the libyan people it means that self-determination doesn't come from the libyan people it comes from this kind of political elite in libya who basically just tried to tell the u.s. what it wants to hear recognition has to come from the libyan people it can't come from the west it's not just about getting rid of gadhafi it's about bringing about a democratic libya which is very much a process that has to be struggled for by the people of libya you can't bomb libya into democracy the solution doesn't come from the west removing gadhafi and i think it would be absolutely dreadful if this bombing does end up killing gadhafi because gadhafi should be removed by libyan hands not by the west. or the latest news we

have out of libya is that more nato airstrikes have hit the capital tripoli following a defiant broadcast from colonel gadhafi he says that he is beyond the coalition's reach washington now meantime insists that the u.s. will continue its campaign in the country as long as the libyan leader attacks his own people but as artie's a lauren lyster reports the motivation of the u.s. led alliance is under scrutiny. several decades and wars later it's still the question that's top of mind when it comes to the world's largest military alliance many people i think today wonder at the end of the war why nato lo and behold reality is it is busier than ever. set up to counter a perceived threats from the soviet union the north atlantic treaty organization has plowed ahead without an enemy after the end of the cold war. some effect that the alliance lost its reason to exist instead what happened in fact

and in violation of even the accords in the agreements time was nato aggressively expanded. and a larger alliance that once promised peace has instead pledged bombs and troops to afghanistan going on a decade and in its latest endeavor lobs air strikes into libya despite uniting a new strategic goals back in november libya has launched the allies did discord some countries don't want to actually you know shoot ground targets some hit air targets which are not. amidst the in-fighting it's unclear what motives are really behind the planes flying in the name of nato over the african country is that the personal aspirations of a leader france was among the first to push for intervention france wants to get in on what i call the imperial condominium a recurrent quest of african or is it to showcase in

a new arms race military buyers love to have weapons that are tested in war if your weapon system is very well in the war you can count on sales going up in fact the only two planes now in contention for a ten billion dollar order of one hundred twenty six planes from india are the euro fighter typhoon and the french repel the very ones french and british. allies have been flying over libya. is that the opportunity to oust the gadhafi regime it is u.s. policy that gadhafi needs to go and prop up one more favorable to us foreign policy interests try to. clear. shift which of course. a so-called humanitarian intervention that critics argue was never warranted but which now may be causing a humanitarian crisis we didn't stop

a bloodbath but we are prolonging and perpetuating the suffering of civilians in libya the suffering that is now launching up on the shores of nato allies by the boat load of refugees though the united states has seemingly stepped back from libya he was the number one contributor to nato and therefore many would see the u.s. really as being nato now this comes at a time when the conflict in libya on the ground more and more people are calling a stalemate and it's the allied infighting as well as rising costs in every sense that same question people have been asking for decades comes to mind after the end of the cold war yet nato lauren lists are artsy washington d.c. . now the libyan government says that a nato airstrike killed muslim clerics and eastern part of. the coalition claims the facility was being used to coordinate attacks on civilians well unseen nato activist records office says that the alliance is intimidating b entire world with its campaign in libya. we're talking about workers. or global or

a strike force and you know the world it was phrase will be all of those things serbia presumably years ago they were but you know now with the growth of info you can some states and they want to stop until they will change their objectives from the other nations around the world can receive to the cities you too can own the bridges in your writing states britain france germany sweden. to work winds and do the same with friends who are often suburbans three hundred and some who are two or three with this is working for you if you don't play ball with a story you know in the in geopolitical terms this is a dangerous organization that is we have always been the world community through world needs to certain a strong reason for us working out of the united nations and not in u.s. led military it's in georgia resorting to ground works around the world. to stay with us here on c.n.n. still ahead for us until the well runs dry outside the calamity in bollywood

capital numbed by thousands of court and they leave battle just simply for clean drinking water. i mean take it to a russian city on the banks of europe some long history to explore how the waterway brings vitality both to the region's folk tales and its economy that's coming your way shortly. well there is a festive mood all across russia where exactly one thousand days to go before the two thousand and fourteen winter olympics and such a massive ashes are being held in the black sea resort and of course here in the capital. has more on the celebrations. here in russia everybody very excited about the twenty fourteen games that will be held in sochi now we have seen events all around across russia celebrating not just. one thousand a milestone the the clock is now being ten don't insult she counting down to the opening ceremony that will take place in a few years time well it's also other events going on here in moscow large group of

people on rollerblades roller skates taking part in a a one thousand meter fun race fund space i guess if you will around one of moscow's biggest talks flying the flag for sochi twenty fourteen move power to that they've been braving which is a terrible weather right here in the russian capital right now but the the highlights will be there to musical spectacular is that will take place one here remorse go the other in sochi where the games will happen themselves now of course winter sports incredibly popular here in russia and russia has a great track record when it comes to the games however last time out in vancouver they didn't do too well resulted in a lot of changes when it came to personnel in and organizing in training in old and getting people ready for the winter olympics those people are now in place will be looking to make the sort she twenty four team games the games where russia gets back on track and gets back winning the gold medals that they pay became so used to

over the years bids this russia put forward to the international olympic committee was quite an unusual page it was something that impress the judges thought she is a resort town known as the the russian riviera town though it's more of a summer holiday destination however the mountains across napoleonic are perfect for winter sports and this is a lot of ice being cast on really putting the winter games into what is a a won't tropical resort so there's a lot of work has to be done to make sure that she is ready you know hear from my colleague ben is he's in sochi about just how. those preparations are coming along . a miracle in the making the construction of solti's bolshoi ice bellows is entering its final stage to close than two years to record this giant structure like most of the venues here in sochi it's being built on schedule. do not go all over cities here except maybe for the main olympic stadium and well have to be completed by two thousand and twelve so that they can be used during test

competitions. and most of construction effort was launched in two thousand and seven when sochi won the olympic bid believe to construction sites no consume more than half the region's samantha supplies over three hundred fifty thousand plants more than eight and a half dozen workers take part in the project three hundred of them are foreigners the venue's beside steady ems and ice rings include broods tunnels bridges together with new schools and hospitals they believe the lasting legacy of this tropical black sea resort so there's great excitement high hopes this of the russian city resting on the big events you can see the preparations new worlds are being built the streets are cleaner. more tourists will come the olympics will bring festive mood into town and. i think the medals will be ours and russia's team will be formed berto at home. the polar bear pair and snow leopard have been recently

picked as the olympic mascots in less than three years' time this dream team will greet the athletes and visitors of the two thousand and fourteen sochi winter games . one of the greatest sporting spectacles on the planet is just one thousand days away but if the sochi olympic vision is going to be as grand as russia imagines every minute counts for its completing the mammoth construction now for a long time and in budget there's more skier to sochi there we're hearing that the the work almost complete in some stages and certainly on track els everywhere else to make sure that in a thousand days time when that opening ceremony takes place and the olympic torch is lit in sochi but everything's ready for a fantastic winter games. this is r.t. now some are used to clean water or something quite ordinary for millions of finding it is a police struggle in india as a man by many local families lack adequate water supply although they say that some

have enough water simply just a poor way. to find out how difficult the search for water can be even in the country's economic up. mumbai india the financial center for one of the fastest growing economies in the world. and the heart of india's beloved bollywood film industry but beyond the glitz and glam there's another story playing out on the streets of india's most populous city. i think up at six pm and walk to a village that is one in half hours of too good to go good soft drink in water oh. this is shot a man who got but she's twelve years old and her life in mumbai literally revolves around finding water is that i don't go to school because i have to work at home my mom and dad work as liberals and they have to go out so i have to stay about and walk at home from morning to evening in this slum it's actually more common to see a satellite dish bringing these people cable t.v.

than it is to see a working tap to bring them water one point two million people in mumbai live in an authorised slums and are entitled to government services like water even after walking hours to get to a taf the water only runs at specific times for sometimes as little as ten minutes . while the people in the gulf as community have managed to find a broken pipe in a gutter not far from their homes many indians are spending up to ten percent of their salaries to buy usable lotter water access isn't just a problem that affects people living in the slums actually thirty five percent of households in mumbai receive less than the desired one hundred liters of water per person per day and many of those people live in middle class communities in rockland. is in mumbai housewife despite living in a more modern apartment so wants to has to schedule her day around when she can get water. we did want to at four am for one and

a half since we just get it for just one and a half we have to wake up early and get all done so want has to fill the to. on her roof during the time the city gives her access to water and if she needs more than the tank of water she's able to fill she is out of luck wire is an issue that seems to affect everyone here and five there is one man that managed to escape the problem has been is in the case somebody in the sports might use seven billion us dollars and hen house there are hydroponic hanging gardens swimming pool water bottles and he reportedly uses five hundred out of water every month it's something that angers many here almost are used to seeing the great contrast between rich and poor on a daily basis they believe that it's access and waste that is unfair. we have come to give money memorandum and water collected from b.d.s. if there is a shortage of billing to give him more we came here to tell him this and produced

it and for those who have no choice but to plan their day around water retrieval it's a painful reminder that even when it comes to basic necessities the wealthy elite still has the advantage what i love but i feel bad in our house me get want to for only one and a half hours whereas they have enough work to even do a stitch a constant battle to meet their dealing needs preassure either r.t. mumbai india. if you want a break from the t.v. set there's always more world news on videos on our website has some of the items we have lined up for you right now at aussie dot com and u.s. congressman ron paul will be running for president in two thousand and twelve explore whether the tea party candidate has a chance to land america's top job. and a smokescreen for trouble greenpeace activists wanted more scope and once more we covered in small get in just about a week and that's officials take spreading a wildfire seriously find out of russia faces

a repeat of last summer's heat wave let's hope that's not the case find out what alex i'm talking. well pakistan's parliament has slammed. the u.s. operation that killed osama bin laden some two weeks ago and have condemned can continue drone attacks on its soil islam about said violations of its sovereignty will no longer be tolerated and pakistan's security chief reportedly offered to resign of offending to track down bin laden but he wants he wants ultimately kept in office ati's minute you can join us as the us it should be more careful and planning that's right nobody can be of the us administration unique capability to model the waters and bondo the message last week the us president obama deployed to top u.s. officials to negate the negative impact from the overkill verbosity of that has come from the white house first it was u.s. attorney general eric holder who tried to change that perception about whether the

direct orders for the you'd be able to raid war to kill or capture and then is going to stray shoe dispatched the u.s. national security adviser thomas danny. both did their best to cover political interference into a cold special forces missions in pakistan but inadvertently compromised the whole nature of the operation it was designed first and foremost as a political campaign not as of this special operation before you authorize somebody to step up and talk to media make sure that you get together all your national security teams and delegate just one person who will have all necessary information and authority to speak on behalf of the u.s. president. he with r.t. live from moscow let's check out some other stories from around the globe now and

syria says the true fan tanks are pulling out after quoting anti-government protest on friday in which at least six people were killed officials say they're ready for dialogue now with the opposition meanwhile international pressure is mounting on the syrian authorities of a brutal crackdowns with eight hundred casualties more than a thousand people arrested allegedly in the past two months the e.u. and u.s. have imposed sanctions against syria as washington debates weatherby eleven year rule of president assad is wolf. the former first lady of egypt is said to be recovering after treatment for chest pain suzanne mubarak became ill after authorities ordered her detention for fifteen days on charges of illegal acquisition of wealth the former president himself is also accused of illegal gains as well as ordering the deaths of the regime protesters is currently under detention in a military hospital. in the cigarette michel martelly is due to be sworn in as

hating its new president the new leader faces the huge task of restoring the country after one of the deadliest earthquakes in history which struck hundreds of thousands homeless on friday police and protesters clashed outside the presidential palace as demonstrators marched carrying a fake coffin with the name of the president. of the u.s. envoy to the middle east is stepping down after two years in the role george mitchell explained his decision by growing frustration over the impasse in talks between israel and the palestinians accepting the resignation of president obama called him a tireless advocate for peace which will also help to broker an accord in northern ireland. well with the u.s. debt ceiling already at a staggering high almost half of america is now refusing to buy their proposals to raise it still further and while the government struggles for a compromise our own resident new yorker asked people in the big apple what they

would. if the us stops borrowing money it could negatively affect the whole world economy if it continues to borrow money it can accumulate a burden that's too heavy to carry so as the us best approaches the debt ceiling over fourteen trillion dollars that congress just put into place in two thousand and ten should it can fit or raising that that feeling even more this week let's talk about that do you think they should raise the debt limit again i'm not sure they shoot but they will because they really have to that's how do we get to a place where we have to keep doing it. because. to come to the expenditure if you have to cut out national parks if you have to cut out saving the turtle or if you have this is a cut out some teachers jobs maybe three percent here three percent if we were just

small percent off of everything have to cut everyone has to give up something would you be willing to give up two more percent of your salary no tax no tax raises be willing to pay more in taxes yeah a little bit i think is patriotic i do too what's with the people you know that say that they're so patriotic and that they're american and they stand for america and they're not willing to pay more taxes for the country so i think the only political system that's kind of relevant to christianity is socialism and i don't think jesus would be very happy with us not sharing it's a shame with what's happening middle america is disappearing this shouldn't be happening do you think middle america is aware of the corporate sizing of america it seems like people don't even realize how empty twined they are you know i would agree with you i think middle america are such good services nobody wants to make it any good they want the rabble rousers you know they want to be included in the whole process but when you see people from a vehicle making ninety three million dollars or seventy million or whatever or a.b.c. making forty five minute me what happens to be five going to put that money back going to hire people to keep people working there what i would be would have much

more value for everybody the world economies in the same. situation you know you were. going to be economic situation for the time being a pretty bad weather so. the whole system just needs to say whether or not you think the u.s. should raise the debt ceiling the bottom line is given the fact that we've done it seventy four times since nine hundred fifty two i think it's fair to say that it's going to be raised again very. hearty life from now we invite you want to travel across russia but you can't say just where you are it's our team bringing you the most exciting stories of life in the country.

and today we continue to explore the volgograd region in the south of russia it lies along the banks of the volga river that's the longest in all of europe of course it also gave the area its name the river has played an important part in the life of the russian people and in the country's folklore it's now known as volga artie's time but now explains why the giant waterway is so precious to the russian heart and the calm. the mighty volga it runs deep through the russian soul it has provided inspiration for songs and poems just the country's main north south on tree i'm talking to go schumann ingenuity connected to the don't revert to the west. of the centuries people dreamt of connecting the two rivers now this canal essentially joins distance east again. but both the john canal is an engineering marvel within a day a vessel can pass the canals thirty blocks ten million tons of shipping does so

every year. another concrete giant is this finished fifty years ago it's the biggest hydroelectric plant in europe it powers the local city of volgograd and sends lots more electricity to moscow hydroelectric plant behind me is a potent example of how much the volga can provide but harnessing the river like this isn't without its cost. fishermen who've been watching fish stocks for years they see the slow damage the downing of the river has done especially to russia's prized sturgeon a source of caviar but in the president of the hydroelectric plant has done significant damage because it stopped fish swimming out ridiculous spawning grounds they turned back and start swimming downstream and now we don't know where they are. within a year all these houses were gone fall into the river. to pentagon how many of the hydroelectric plants turbines are on the water level can change suddenly and

dramatically too suddenly for the banks to absorb it plays havoc with the canal to . that's a city where little if we can only let the ships you have enough water for last year the water level dropped because of this hydroelectric plant and it caused big problems you could only look through smaller ships offloaded ones. control of the river flow by the planters make building the focus for plain more attractive serious floods and less likely for the water that is put into the drains is taken away from the fish that need it. when people started building on the floodplain the places where the fish pond then flooded in war most of the spawning grounds are now gone now or at last the voice of the voters of color gene might start being heard after fifty years of damage the plant may change its regime to release water for the previous benefit not just its own. the first time in fifty years the rules will

contain a point on made painting by the verse and in the weaver will still have a chance to bring the vulgar back to life meaning that the night you don't get is treated with the respect it deserves and dumbarton. are now i just a few minutes here on r.t. must go out same visit some very weird and yet wonderful displays in the capitals of modern art galleries but before that i'll be back with a quick recap of our main stories here to stay with us.

all. repairing a broken nation. highway construction and she monitary in eight. buses shady officials will get the spoils of war and it's the people who pay the price. profiteering here is no longer just down to drug trafficking. afghanistan the goal

of. a cluster mission. and inside the container you have a small bomb and you can have anywhere from dozens up to hundreds of there's a huge market right now for battle area clerics because there are a lot of countries in the world that are contaminated by unexploded ordinance. and it's you've got these companies and n.g.o.s that have basically sprung up that have an expertise to get rid of because. what they do is they go to these places they will hire local train the locals how to do the clearance let the locals basically take ownership because you know they have a vested interest in clearing their homes and they're putting themselves at risk every single day when they go out there to clear areas of.