for the red army. became the symbol. of the city's. a victory over nazi germany. libyan opposition on boise in paris hope france has more to offer than the us after they left empty handed and without official recognition. back in washington nato and the u.s. called on copies of the push forward would stall their campaign but could offer himself remains defiant. under starters orders crusher prepares for the biggest sporting event since moscow hosted the summer olympics and he made. us are celebrating a very important milestone just one thousand. lets all the olympic torch.

games. in such a way that seek to find out more. broadcasting live from the heart of moscow this is our to bring you the top news and headlines from around the world. voice at representing libya's opposition council are seeking humanitarian and financial aid earlier the u.s. denied them diplomatic status during the first official visit to the white house by the end of the movement rebel representative. says they are in desperate need of food and medical supplies in the pacific the city of benghazi but they are having trouble getting washington police colonel gadhafi has frozen assets the u.s. had promised to hand over some of the multibillion dollar funds anti-war activist john reid says any revenue. it is on shaky ground when the opposition turns to

western countries for. 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 ends and not here with any real life of its own or any capacity to actually alter the situation in libya in the way that the can is you know an egyptian revolution as did the object of the u.s. is to to keep the libyan rebels on a very short lead not to allow them any real independence or autonomy and to use them for us foreign policy ends the rebels were naive if they ever believed that the west was going to have an open hand towards them it 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 the people would see western

intervention as a reason to support who perhaps absolutely no other reason to do so you can see you know the people who even protest the gadhafi regime detest the western intervention even more what is clear is that the west is now engaged on regime change is now in gazed on raids from as a means to kill gadhafi revolutions either succeeding by mobilizing their own people against the hated unpopular regime or they don't succeed at all there is no easy route to the revolution using the assistance of the western powers saying on the same story more nato air strikes have had the libyan capital tripoli following a defiant broadcast from colonel gadhafi 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 attacks his own people but as our list of reports the motivation of the 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 any capel i think today wonder if at the end of the. why nato lo and behold it was 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. fair that the alliance lost its. to exist instead of what happened in fact and in violation of even the accords and the agreements 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 lobs air strikes into libya despite uniting our new strategic goals back in november libya has launched the allies aided dischord

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 prince wants to get in on what i call the imperial condominium a really kind of africa is the showcase in a new arms race military buyers love to have weapons are tested in a war if your weapon system does 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 are a felt the very ones french and british. allies have been flying over libya. is it

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. shift it was of course to screw. a so-called humanitarian intervention that critics argue was never warned him 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 is suffering that is now washing up on the shores of nato allies are the boat load of refugees though the united states has seemingly stepped back for 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 amid 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. yeah nato moralists or r.t. washington d.c. . so i had for you this hour until the well runs dry. side is one of india's a bollywood capital mumbai thousands are caught in the daily battle for clean drinking water. and we take you to a russian city on the banks of europe's longest river to explore the waterways brings vitality to both the region's foretells and its economy that's coming up. by hopes and a fiercely competitive streak of united millions of russians for the one thousand down to the sochi two thousand and fourteen winter olympic games to impress and to shine is everyone's dream in three years time but for now it's a chance to party as catherine as our father. as you can see it's cold right now raining around here in the russian capital but that was not stopping all of these

people from gathering in the very heart on 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 my 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 for the twenty fourteen winter olympic games the official countdown began today with the unavailing 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 alone play games in twenty fourteen in moscow various other events also took place we had a rollerblade for a lots of students celebrating also had the little kids taking part in the

festivities as well they drew olympic mascots in parts of all over the city of course a lot of work has been done a lot of work on russia's plates ever since it won the right to host the twenty fourteen olympic games saw it she has been very busy and my colleague that has been lots checked in on the progress. of miracle in the making the construction of silk she's bolshoi i spell a suspension ring it's final stage she quits them two years to record this joint structure like most of the venue secured 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 two thousand and twelve so that they can be used during test competitions. but most of construction effort was launched in two thousand and seven. sochi won the olympic bid believe to construction sites no consume hold and have the region's cement supplies over three hundred fifty thousand plants more

than eight and a half thousand porkers state parks in the project three hundred of them are foreigners the bernese side stadiums and ice rinks include routes tunnels and bridges together with new schools and hospitals they will leave a lasting legacy for this tropical black sea resort so there's great excitement high hopes of the southern russian city resting on the big event but you can see the preparations you will there are being built the streets are cleaner. more tourists will come the olympics will bring festive mood into town. i think the medals rubio was and was this team will be formed bertrade home of. the polar bear hair 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 it's not your win preclusion is going to be as grand as russia imagines every minute down to earth completing the mammoth construction now for a long time and in budget then a small ski r.t. sochi. as you can see russia is on track with all the work everything will be ready just one thousand days left until that olympic torch arrives in russia it's twenty second when tellem play games well finally began. his company knows of a reporting there with dennis once again now while some are used to clean water as something quite ordinary for millions fighting it is a daily struggle in india as in mumbai many local families a lark an adequate water supply now though they say some have enough to pour away he's pretty sure they're found out how difficult the search are for water can be even in the country's economic car. 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 cloud sinclair there is another story playing out on the streets of india's most populous city. i think up at six pm and go to a village that is one in half hours of the good book of soft drink in water. this is shun him on a gut 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 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 it got 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 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 you know morocco noms 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 water. we get water at four am for one and a half us since we just get it for just one and a ha for we have to wake up early and get all our 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 water is an

issue that seems to affect everyone here and five out there is a one man managed to escape the problem is there is no case somebody is worth twenty seven billion us dollars and has house there are hydroponic hanging gardens swimming pool water that he reportedly uses five hundred hours worth 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. we have come to give the memorandum and water collected from b.d.s. slums if there is a shortage or for billing to give them more we came here to tell him this i'm going to stick 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 hours whereas they have enough water there one day even to waste. it is a constant battle to meet they're dealing it's preassure either party mumbai india . now if you want to break from the television there is always more world news in video on our website here's some of what we've got going for you right now that are if you don't come. and april fool's joke sparks read panic over a comment believed to be an alien spaceship and covered up by nasa we've got the entire story for you of life plus. god will set you free of jail in south carolina bans all books except for the christian bible all of these stories and more on all if you got caught up.

at least three people have been killed after a roadside bomb hit a bus in eastern pakistan it comes just a day after a taliban revenge attack for the killing of bin laden left eighty seven dead as long as it slammed the u.s. operation of that wiped out the al qaeda leader artie's military contributor says washington should have been more careful when planning the raid. nobody can be in the u.s. administration unique capability to model the waters and bondo 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 orders for the you be able raid war to kill or capture and then as ministration dispatched the u.s.

national security adviser thomas danny. both give their best to cover political interference in to covertly special forces missions in pakistan but inadvertently compromised the whole nature of the whole per ration it was designed first and phone most as a political campaign not as this special operation be fully authorized somebody had to step up and talk to media make sure that you get together your national security teams and delegate just one person who will have no necessary information and authority to speak on behalf of the u.s. president. military contributor you've got a crucial for one for us there now a former russian presidential candidate has been sentenced to five years behind bars for organizing a mass protest in the capital minsk last year under a sun across pled not guilty and said the whole case was highly politicized last

december opposition supporters held a thousand a strong demonstration to protest against what they called the rig reelection of president alexander lukashenko the unrest was violently suppressed by riot police more than six hundred people verge attained and dozens injured by rubber bullets the strongly condemned the violence and imposed sanctions on the president who many dubbed the last dictator of europe. coming up this hour it's a night to remember. plus invites off for a cultural outing as the capital's many museums and galleries open their doors to offering free entry and a variety of special show. and on to some other stories from around the globe for you now. new violence has flared in syria with three people reported killed near the city of holmes it comes a day after authorities said they're ready for dialogue with the opposition

international pressure is mounting on syria over brutal crackdowns on protests with some eight hundred killed and more than a thousand arrest of instruments that you and us have imposed sanctions on the country as washington is said to be considering declaring president assad's eleven year illegitimate. in yemen at least sixteen people have been injured as police fired rubber bullets and live ammunition at protesters clashes in the city of taiz escalated after demonstrators chained up three government offices as part of a civil disobedience campaign the protesters have been demanding long serving president always talk to us all a step down. singer michel martelly has been sworn in as haiti's new president the new leader now faces a huge task of restoring the country after one of the deadliest earthquakes in history bush left hundreds of thousands without homes on friday police and

protesters clashed outside the presidential palace as demonstrators marched carrying a fake coffin with the name of the outgoing president. the u.s. envoy to the middle east is stepping down after two years george mitchell is reportedly resigning for personal reasons it comes amid growing frustration at the talks between israel and the palestinians accepting the resignation president obama called him a tireless advocate for peace mitchell also helped broker an accord in northern ireland in the late ninety's. with the us debt ceiling already at a staggering high almost half of america is now refusing to buy into the proposals to raise it still further and while the government struggles for a compromise our own resident new yorker laurie harshness asked people in the big apple what they would do.

if the us stops bearing money it could negatively affects the whole world economy if it continues to borrow money if we keep the later burden that's too heavy to carry so as the u.s. past approaches the debt ceiling over fourteen trillion dollars that congress just put into place in two thousand and ten should it consider 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 link to the tricks and if you have to cut out national parks if you're. saving the turtle or if you have this is a cut out some teachers jobs maybe three percent here three percent there 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 at all you'd be willing to pay more in taxes yeah

a little bit i think is patriotic i do you do what's with that people you know that say that they're so patriotic and that they're american and they stand for america but then they're not willing to pay more taxes for the country but 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 intertwined they are you know i would agree with you i think middle america they are such good citizens nobody wants to make any do they want to be rabble rousers you know they want to be included in the whole process will you see people from the economic in a few million dollars or seventy million or whatever or a.b.c. making forty five minute i mean what happened to make five doing what they're going to be arguing they hire people to keep people working there what i would think would have much more value for everybody the world economies i'm sure. situation you know you look at what's happening with. you know the economic situation

for the time being a pretty bad there so got to regroup the whole system just mean. 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 sixty two i think it's fair to say that it's going to be raised again very soon. and you know we invite you on a special trip across russia where you can stay just where you are though as our course of team brings you the most exciting stories of life in the world's biggest country. and today we continue to explore the volgograd region in the south of russia it lies along the banks of the volga river the longest in europe which 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 known as a mother volga and artie's town but explains why the giant waterway is so precious to the russian heart and to the economy. the mighty volga it runs deep through the russian soul it has provided inspiration for songs and poems and is the country's main north south ansari and decades ago schumann ingenuity connected it to the jordan river to the west as if in a map of straits over centuries people dreamt of connecting the two rivers but now this canal is so she joins distance east to get. a 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 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 the source of caviar but in the girls were the hydroelectric plant has done significant damage because it stuck to fish swimming up river to this morning grounds they turned back and start swimming downstream and now we don't know where they. within a year all these houses would fall into the river. depending on 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 who. let's face it equally or 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 the big problems you could only look through smaller chips or half loaded ones. control of the river flow by the plant was made building the holders for plain 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 floodplain the places where the fish pond then fly anymore most of the spawning grounds are now gun now or at last the voice of the voters of color g. might start being heard after fifty years of damage the plant may change its regime to release water for the rivers benefit not just its own. the first time in fifty years the rules will contain a point on maintaining biodiversity in the river we still have a chance to bring the vulgar back to life at weaning that we might evolve is

treated with the respect it deserves tom watson. azerbaijani hasn't won this year's your all vision song contest in germany. it is the first time the country has scooped the honor and doing it for them for a duo performing running scared he beat hot favorites france and ireland and the u.k. chose former boy band blue to fly the flag and dusseldorf twenty five countries took part in the final in two impressive quarters at home as well as the music industry professionals in the fifty six eurovision contest. and here closer to home

a night of splendor and marvels awaited hundreds of thousands of visitors at moscow's fifth then your night at the museum from results to postmodernism masterpieces awaiting their chance to shine in the dark or tease you catherine. it is far.

more. of a reporting for us and. we will be bringing you more on those cultural life in the capital as our moscow visits some weird and wonderful. galleries that's in just a few minutes but before that i'll be.