it was to order. this is trees still keeps its secrets but now it's time to reveal that in the soviet files on. libyan opposition on voice in paris so france has more to offer then the u.s. after they left empty handed and without official recognition. back in washington nato and the u.s. called time on cut off the rule as they pushed forward with the stall the air campaign he himself remains defiant. under starters orders russia prepares for the biggest sporting event since moscow hosted the summer olympic games in one thousand made. the russians are celebrating that very important milestone in just one thousand. tell the olympic torch.

in such a way that seat find out more. is broadcasting live from the heart of moscow bringing you the top news headlines from around the world this is our team we're glad to have you with us on voice representing libya's opposition council are in paris seeking humanitarian and financial aid earlier the u.s. denied event diplomatic status during the first official visit to the white house by the movement rebel representative mahmoud jibril says they are in desperate need of food and medical supplies in the city of benghazi but they are having trouble getting lushington to release colonel gadhafi has frozen assets the u.s. had promised to hand over some of the multibillion dollar funds anti-war activist

john reese says any revolution is on shaky ground when the opposition 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 a. u.s. sends and not. any real life of its own or any capacity to actually alter the situation in libya in the way that the museum in egypt and revolutions did the object of the us 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 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 the once the west intervened the logic which was running before that but the people would see western

intervention as a reason to support you and perhaps 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 rainsford aim is to kill gadhafi revolutions either sixteen by mobilizing their own people against the hated and popular regime or they don't succeed at all there is no easy route to the revolution using the assistance of the western powers staying with this story now more nato air strikes have hit the libyan capital tripoli following a defiant broadcast from colonel gadhafi saying he is 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 g.'s loyalists are reports the motivation of the alliance is under scrutiny.

several decades and wars later it's still the question it's top of mind when it comes to the world's largest military alliance any capel i think to date wonder after the end of the. nato low and behold reality 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 ferrites that the alliance last week to exist instead what happened in fact and in violation of even the accords and the agreements at the 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

a new strategic goals back in november libya has launched the allies it did discord some countries don't want to. you know shoot ground targets. 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 it the personal aspirations of a leader france was among the first to push for intervention and who wants to get in on what i call the imperial condominium a real kind of african or is it the showcase in a new arms race military buyers love to have weapons are tested in a 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. 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 true. but. let's say it was. crucial to scrutiny. to. 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 washing up on the shores of nato allies either boat load of refugees though the united states has seemingly stepped back for 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 emits light and fighting 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 yeah nato moralists or r.t. washington d.c. so ahead for you this hour until the well runs dry. outside the glamour of india's bollywood capital mumbai thousands are caught in the daily battle for cleaning drinking water. and we take you to a russian city on the banks of europe's longest river to explore how the waterway brings the vitality both to the regions for bills and its economy that's coming up . high hopes and a fiercely competitive streak of united millions of russians for the one thousand they count 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 governor zob. as you can see it's colder narron

raining around here in the russian capital but that has not stopped all of these people from gathering in the very heart of moscow reseller breaking 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 of 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 olympic games in twenty fourteen in moscow various other events also took place we had a roller blade for

a lots 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 a lot of work on russia's plates ever since it won the right to host the twenty fourteen olympic games so much she has been very busy and my colleague that has been lots checked in on the progress. of miracle in the making the construction the scene she's bolshoi i spose is entering its final stage took less than two years to record this joint structure like most of the venues here in sochi it's being built on schedule. all of facilities here except maybe for the main olympic stadium well have to be completed by twenty twelfth so that they can be used during test competitions. and most of construction effort was launched in two thousand and seven. she won't be a limp dick bid believed to construction sites no consume more than half the

region's cement supplies over three hundred fifty thousand tons more than eight and a half barrels of poor cursed take part in the project three hundred of them are foreigners devalues the site steady emson ice rinks include broods tunnels and bridges together with new schools and hospitals they will leave a lasting legacy for the subtropical black sea resort so there's great excitement and high hopes this of the russian city resting on the big event and i bet 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 rubio was and was this team will be formed berto at home. the polar bear hair and snow leopard have been recently picked as the olympic mascots in less than three years join 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 security 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 that's when the second repellent to games well finally began covering those of the reporting there now while some are used to clean water as something quite ordinary for millions of finding it is just it is a daily struggle in india's mumbai many local families a lack an adequate water supply although they say son have enough to pour it away or he's pretty sure either found out how difficult the search for clean water can be even in the country's economic. mom by 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 is another story playing out on the streets of india's most populous city here is there i think about six am and walk to a village that is one in half ours every to get to book of soft drink in water. this is shannon mana got but she's twelve years old and her life in mumbai literally revolves around finding water is going to add that i don't go to school because i have to work at home my mom and dad work as they are bros and they have to go out so i have to stay about 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 guy's 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. 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. but we get water at four am for one and a half us since we just get it for just one and a ha far 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 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 case somebody is worth twenty seven billion us dollars and house there are hydroponic hanging gardens swimming pool water that he 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. they have come to give me memorandum and water collected from b.d.s. slums if there is a shortage will forego willing to give them more we came here to get in this on purpose 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. i feel bad in our house we get water for only one and a half us whereas they have enough water the whole day even to waste. it's a constant battle to meet the. preassure there are t.v. mumbai india. well if you want to break out from the television there is always more world news in videos on our website here's some of what we've got cooking for you right now would argue dot com. an april fool's joke sparks a web of panic over a comment believed to be an alien spaceship and covered up by nasa we've got the entire story for you online plus. god will set you free of jail in south carolina bans all books except for the christian bible all of these stories and much more on our t.v. dot com. a

former russian and presidential candidate has been sentenced to five years behind bars for organizing a mass protest in the capital minsk last year under a sun the cough pled not guilty and said the whole case was highly politicized last december opposition supporters held a palace in the strong demonstration to protest against what they called the rigged reelection of president alexander lukashenko young rest was violently suppressed by riot police more than six hundred people were detained and dozens injured by rubber bullets if you strongly condemned the violence and imposed sanctions on the president all not many but the last dictator of europe. i'll do some other stories in from around the globe for you right now. police in new york have changed to the head of the i.m.f. on suspicion of sexual assault dominique strauss kahn who was taken off

a plane minutes before departure to be questioned about the alleged incident with the hotel maid the thirty two year old alleges that stross khan a act but she managed to escape the police were called about five times they arrived at the potential french presidential candidate but all you can left for the . new violence has flared in syria with three people brutally killed near the city of problems it comes a day after authorities said they were ready for a 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 arrested in two months u.n. u.s. have imposed sanctions on the country as washington is said to be considering the kremlin president assad's i love a new rule illegitimate. in yemen at least sixteen people have been injured as conspired with rubber bullets and live ammunition at protesters clashes

in the city of tire use escalated after demonstrators chained up three government offices as part of a civil disobedience campaign the protesters have been demanding a long serving president ali abdullah saleh step down. singer michel martelly hasn't been sworn in as he's a new president the new leader now faces the huge task of restoring the country after one of the deadliest earthquakes in history which 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. with the u.s. 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 lloyd harkness 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 it became later burdens to having 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 consider raising that that ceiling 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 an expenditure if you have to cut out national parks if you have to try to saving that turtle or if you have this is a cut out some teachers maybe three percent here three percent or three were just a small percentage 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 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 and they're not willing to pay more taxes for the country and 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 there should be happening do you think middle america is aware of the corporate tiling of america it seems like people don't even realize how enshrined bad you know i would agree with you i think middle america they're such good citizens nobody wants to make any do they want the rabble rousers you know they want to be included in the whole process but when you see people from the economic humanity three million dollars or seventy million or whatever or a.b.c. making forty five minute i mean what happens of the big five doing it with their money back you know and they hire people to keep people working there but i would be would have much more value for everybody the world economies and so. situation

you know you look at what's happening with trying to. get to the economic situation for the time being a pretty bad there so got to regroup the whole system just need 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 thin. and coming up this hour it is a night to remember. muscovites for cultural outing as the capital's many museums and galleries opening their doors to offering free entry and a variety of special show. and i would like to invite you on a special trip across russia where you can stay where you are though as our close up team brings you the most exciting stories of life in the world's biggest country

. and today we continue to explore the volgograd region of the south of russia that lies along the banks of the folder river the longest river in europe which is also against 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 the mother volga and as artie's tom barton explains why the giant waterway is so precious to the russian apart and become. 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 to the dawn river to the west as if intimate the straits of a 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 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 cowers 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 revel like this isn't without its cost. fishermen have 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 work and the president of 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 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 canal so . let's face it if we can only let through 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 has made building the fall this flood 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 carbone as a cure when people started building on the flood plain the places where the fish pond don't flood anymore and most of the spawning grounds are now gun and now it could last the voice of the boulders ecology might start being hurt after fifty years of damage the plant may change its regime to release water for the rivers benefit not just its own. for the first time in fifty here is the rules will contain a point on meeting biodiversity in the river but will still have a chance to bring the volga back to life meaning that the mighty volga is treated with the respect it deserves and dumbarton. azerbaijan has one of this year's euro vision song contest in germany.

it's the first time the country has scooped the are doing it for them were a duo performing at running scared they beat heart favorites in france and ireland and the u.k. who chose a former boy band blue to fly the flag in dusseldorf twenty five countries took part in the final any to impress voters at home as well as the music industry professionals in the fifty sixth eurovision cart. and a night of wonder and marvels awaited hundreds of thousands of visitors at moscow's the fifth annual night at the museum from renaissance to postmodernism masterpieces awaited their chance to shine in the dark rockies you profit in a clutch or more. such as it. sounds. awesome museums. shot.

all these national museum. it seemed. to satisfy each of the bullets had to. be that is part of the. whole some people are upset that it's a step. by step process of. a hard sell for a color reputation for being a little bit so. it's a subsidy closely guarded by museums or sometimes known as it is or is that names of those numbers of course paintings. museums. galleries much more. than i think it's museums are open only this night and day for wondering how on earth you know going to be getting around all of that don't worry because. it's several

looking at she notices help you live your beliefs and also some who she says will. see it's dissipating seems nice about the people and you'll receive nice held in the russian. secret or in a grove of enjoying the festivities there now shortly we'll explore whether there is a political agenda behind the professed idealist ambitions of repeats as after a recap of this hour's main news and just a few. yes

my name is daniel schmidt this is julian assange we're here to make a short presentation about the we can fix project. the first step in the for the state is to get information out about the real world nothing really works. and. in the secrecy is the biggest. going to be a good marker for you. if i fell for it and you saw something dangerous he would hunt me down and kill him. this is exactly one of the reasons why we left the project because it has become more of a cult this.