shattered hopes washington gashes libyan rebels are expectations of official recognition and seems in no hurry to give the opposition more money. nato claims colonel gadhafi says time is put is to make him stop fighting but the libyan leader says foreign forces will never reach him. and the countdown begins for the world because multi-sport event to be brought to russian soil. buses are celebrating a very important milestone just one thousand. and twelve the olympic torch and so russia. inside that seat to find out more at.

one am in moscow i match reza good to have you with us here on r t our top story the u.s. has denied libyan officials are libyan rebels official recognition this comes after a visit to the white house by a senior member of the opposition council which is pushing for international support the libyan armed voice says the rebels are having trouble getting washington to release colonel gadhafi has frozen assets the u.s. had earlier promised to hand over some of the multi-billion dollar funds to aid the opposition anti-war activists john kerry's believes any revolution is on shaky ground when the government turns to western countries for help. the us are interested in stopping the revolution but not helping the revolution i think the intervention was meant to corrupt and control the revolution for us friends and not

through here with any real life nor any capacity to actually alter the situation in libya in the way that the news you know the egyptian revolution has been the object for the u.s. is to keep the libyan rebels on a very short lead not to allow them any real independence autonomy. use them for u.s. foreign policy ends the rebels were naive if they ever believed that the west was going to have an open hand towards them there was going to help them freely assist them in completing their revolution as soon as you start appealing to the imperial powers for assistance they are going to demand a price for that assistance i was always going to be the case that once the west intervened the logic which was running before that but the people would see western intervention as a reason to support who perhaps are absolutely no other reason to do so you can see now the people who even detest the gadhafi regime detest the western intervention even more what is clear is that the west is now engaged on regime change is no

engaged on raids whose aim is to kill gadhafi so the revolutions either succeed by mobilizing their own people against the hated and popular regime or they don't succeed at all there's no easy route to the revolution using the assistance of the western powers more nato air strikes have hit the libyan capital tripoli after a defiant broadcast from it are saying he's beyond the coalition's reach washington insists the u.s. will continue its campaign in the country as long as the libyan leader continues attacking his own people as are his or her story ports the motivation of the u.s. led alliances are so i want to 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 cold war why nato lo and behold reality as it is busier than ever.

set up to counter perceived threats from the soviet union the north atlantic treaty organization has plowed ahead without an enemy after the end of the cold war. fair that the alliance lost its reason to exist instead what happened in fact and in violation of even the accords and the agreements at that time was nato aggressively expanded. and a larger alliance that once promised peace has instead pledged bombs in troops to afghanistan going on a decade and in its latest endeavor garbs air strikes into libya despite uniting our new strategic goals back in november libya has launched the allies into discord some countries don't want to. you know shoot ground targets some. 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 friend who wants to get in on what i could. come to many i'm a really kind of africa is it the 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 for a fell the very ones french and british out. allies have been flying over libya. is it the opportunity to oust the khadafi regime that is u.s. policy that often needs to go and prop up one more favorable to us foreign policy interests true to. the

situation if push this through. a so-called humanitarian intervention that critics argue was never warranted but which now may be causing a humanitarian crisis we didn't start a bloodbath but we are prolonging and perpetuating the suffering of civilians in libya the suffering that is now washing up on the shores of nato allies by the boatload of refugees though the united states has seemingly stepped back from libya the u.s. is 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 emits light and fighting as well as rising costs in every sense that fame question people have been asking for decades comes to mind after the end of the cold war why nato lauren lesser artsy washington d.c. . stay with us here on r t still ahead until the well runs dry outside the land of india's bollywood capital of mumbai thousands are part of battle for clean drinking

water. and we'll take you to a russian city on the banks of europe's wonga to explore how the waterway brings vitality both to the region's hotels and its economy is coming up. but first russians are in high spirits with a foul was in days to go before the next winter olympics come to sochi huge tourist stephenie's held across the country comedy to concerts in the black sea resort here in moscow r.t. is covering those are about has been following the celebrations. as you can see it's cold right now raining are here and the russian can. but that has not stopped all of these people from gathering in the very heart of moscow to celebrate a very important milestone with the final stretch just one thousand days one thousand days remain there until the official start of the twenty second winter olympic games which of course will take place in the russian coastal town of this

or change a concert here in the russian capital to celebrate this event and of course moscow isn't the only one in a very festive mood in sochi the host city on this friday fourteen winter olympic games the official countdown began today with the unveiling of the official olympic omega watch that will of course be keeping the clock counting backwards all the way up until the very start of those big games in twenty fourteen in moscow various other events also took place we had a roller blade for a lot of students celebrating also had the little kids taking part in the festivities as well xavier olympic mascots in parks all over the city now of course a lot of work has been done own lot of work on russia's plates ever since it won the right to host its going to fourteen olympic games sought she has been very busy

and my colleague that has been lots checked in on the progress here. at miracle with the making of construction the suit she's been showing i spell this is entering its final stage to less than two years to record this joint structure like most of the venue's here in sochi it's being built on schedule. and all the facilities here except maybe for the main olympic stadium well have to be completed by twenty twill so that they can be used during test competitions. and most of construction effort was launched in two thousand and seven when still she will be a live pick bid believe big construction sites no consumate them. have the region cement supplies over three hundred fifty thousand tons golden age and a half dozen workers take part in the project three hundred of them are foreigners the good news besides stadiums and ice rinks include broods tunnels bridges together with new schools and hospitals they will leave the west the legacy for

this tropical black sea resort so there is great excitement and high hopes the southern russian city resting of the big event and i've got oh you can see the preparations there are being built the streets are cleaner. more tourists will come the olympics will bring festive mood into town. and i think the medals rubio was and was this team will be formed better at home with. a cooler player pair and snow leopard have been recently picked as the olympic mascots less than three years time this dream team will greet the athletes and visitors of the two thousand and fourteen sochi winter games. would have agreed a sporting spectacles on the planet is just one thousand days away but if the children pick vision is going to be as grand as russia imagines every minute down to earth completing the mammoth construction after a long time and in budget there is more to the r.t. sochi as you can see russia is on track with all the work everything will be ready

just one thousand days lap and tell that olympic torch arrived in russia that's now the second when talent big games well finally made it. while many are used to clean her new water and take it for granted for millions of others finding it is a daily struggle in india's mumbai many local families lack an adequate water supply although they say some have more than enough artie's preassure to find out how difficult the search for water can be even in the country's thriving economic hub. in 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 am and walk to a village that is one in half of the new book a soft drink in water. this is shun him on

a gut 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 mormon dad worked as the abuse and they have to go out so i have to stay back and work 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 aren't entitled to government services like water even after walking hours to get to a tap the water only runs at specific times for sometimes as little as ten minutes . well the people in the got community have managed to find a broken pipe in a gutter not far from their homes and many indians are spending up to ten percent of their salaries to buy usable water 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. of sawan is mum by housewife despite living in a more modern apartment so wants to has to schedule her day around when she can get larger. quantities. we don't want to at four am for one and a half of us since we just get it for just one and a ha for we have to wake up early and get all the work done so want us to fill the tank 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's out of luck bar is an issue that seems to affect everyone here and five there is a one man managed to escape the problem is there is no pay somebody is worth twenty seven billion us dollars and has house there are hydroponic hanging gardens swimming pool water any reportedly uses five hundred years of water every month

it's something that angers me here while most 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. you have come to give me memorandum and water collected from b.d.s. slums if there is a shortage or forgo be a grilling to give them more we came here to get him this group is to 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. but i feel bad in the house we get wonderful only one and a half of us whereas they have enough water there one day even to waste. it's a constant battle to me it's prehistory there are t. mumbai india. and if you want to bury her most here on the t.v. you can always find more on our website r t that com here's what's lined up on line for you right now. and april fool's joke sparks a web panic over

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have been more careful about planning the raid. nobody can be the us administration unique capability to model the waters and bond over the message last week the u.s. 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 that direct order is for the you'll be able to raid war to kill or capture and then administration dispatched the u.s. national security adviser thomas danny. both gave their best to cover political interference in to covertly special forces missions in pakistan but inadvertently compromised the whole nature of the all that was designed first and foremost as a political campaign not as 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. a former belorussian presidential candidates been sentenced to five years in jail for organizing a mass protest in the capital last year andrei side of pled not guilty and said the whole case was highly politicized last december opposition supporters held up thousand strong demonstration protesting what they called the rigged reelection of president alexander lukashenko an arrest was violently suppressed by riot police more than six hundred people were detained dozens injured by rubber bullets the use strongly condemn the violence and impose sanctions on the president and many europe's last dictator. and stay with us we've got plenty more coming your way

including this a night to remember moscow bites off for a cultural outing as the capital's many museums and galleries throw their doors open to offer a free entry for a variety of special shows and exhibits. first though turning to some other stories making headlines across the globe new violence has flared up in syria with three people reported killed near the city of homs this comes a day after authorities said they're ready for dialogue with the opposition international pressure mounting on syria brutal crackdowns on protests with an eight hundred killed and more than a thousand arrests within two months the e.u. and u.s. have imposed sanctions on the country as washington is said to be considering declaring president assad's a living human rule legitimate. egypt's former first lady said to be recovering after treatment for chest pains suzanne mubarak became ill after authorities ordered her detention for fifteen days on charges of illegal

acquisition of wealth the former president himself wasn't mubarak also accused of illegal gains as well as ordering the deaths of anti regime protesters he is currently under detention at a military hospital. singer michel martelly has been sworn in as haiti's new president a new leader now faces the daunting task of restoring the country after one of the deadliest earthquakes in history but also. left hundreds of thousands of homeless on friday police and protesters clashed outside the presidential palace as demonstrators marched carrying a fake coffin bearing the name of the outgoing president. and u.s. middle east envoy is stepping down after two years out of the job senator george mitchell reportedly resigning for personal reasons this comes amid growing frustration at the talks between israel and palestinians accepting the resignation president obama called him a tireless advocate for peace mitchell also helped broker a peace accord in northern ireland in the late ninety's. with the us debt ceiling

already at a staggering high almost half of americans are now refusing to buy proposals to raise it further still while the government is struggling for a compromise or resident in new york laurie her finest asked people in the big apple what they would do. if the us stops borrowing money it could negatively affect the whole world economy if it continues to borrow money equally cumulate a burden that's too heavy to carry so as the us best approaches the debt ceiling of over fourteen trillion dollars that congress just put into place in two thousand and ten should it can fit or phrasing 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 modeling come to grips

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 that were ever 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 it's patriotic i do too what's with that 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 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 in 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 and trying to you know i would agree with you i think middle america they are such good citizens nobody wants to make they want to be rabble rousers you know they want to be included in the whole

process you see people from the economic humanity million dollars or seventy million or whatever or a.b.c. making forty five minute i mean what have a seventy five doing with their money back you know and they hire people to keep people working there what i would think would have much more value for everybody the world economies and so. situation you know if you look at what's happening with trying to. get to be economic situation for the time being a pretty bad there so got to regroup the whole system just me 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 one thousand nine hundred eighty two i think it's fake to say that it's going to be raised again very. come with us now on a trip across russia but don't bother packing your bags just join a closeup team as we bring you the most exciting stories of life in the world's biggest country.

this time when the volgograd region in southern russia lies along the banks of the volga river the longest in europe that also gave the area its name their first played an important role in the life of the russian people and in the country's folklore it's known as the mother of all the parties tom barton explains why the giant waterway is so precious to the russian heart and its wallet. the mighty valda that runs deep through the russian soul it has provided inspiration for songs and poems and is the country's main north south entourage and decades ago schumann ingenuity connected it to the dawn river to the west. straits the first centuries people dreamt of connecting the two rivers now this canal essentially joins distance east to get. the vote the dawn canal is an engineering

marvel within a day a vessel can pass the canals thirteen 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 a red light 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 the source of caviar. the hydroelectric plant has done significant damage because it stopped fish swimming up the river to this morning grounds they turned back and start swimming downstream and now we don't know where they are. within a year all these houses will 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 canals so . we can only lead to ships we have enough water for last year the water level dropped because of this hydroelectric plant and it caused big problems we could only look at the smaller chips or half loaded ones. control of the river flow by the plant has made building the boulders for play more attractive serious floods are less likely but the water that is put into the drains is taken away from the fish that need it. when people started building on the flood plain the places where the fish pond didn't flood anymore most of the spawning grounds are now gun now but last the voice of the voters of color gee might start getting hurt after

fifty years of damage the plant may change its regime to release water for the rivers benefit not just its own but the first time in fifty here is the rules will contain a point on me painting by diversity in the river we still have a chance to bring the volga back to life meaning that the mighty vulcan is treated with the respect it deserves to embark on. moscow weekends have a reputation for being exciting in the evening but this saturday more than half a million muscovites are expected to spend their time in a museum along the lines are gathering in front of galleries taking part in the yearly museum night to take advantage of free entry and artie's catarina groucho because there. such as it. is good news is not

a bad challenge. a prophet museums. the. child himself ration obedience a national museum the ambition. it seemed. to satisfy each week of the bill the tactic that as. long. as you believe that is part of the. whole sum up to the first step it's a step. by step process seems a little bit hard to overcome their reputation for being a little bit soft side it's a good chance of being hosted by a museum style or sometimes possible visit as far as standing too close to where some are or paintings and on the. station museum sat at a gallery still much more tests are. dealt with the nice feature museums are open only this nights and days are wondering when ok i'm going

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