and it's on the old way even if it's an example so it's in the mill stone who took some of the old country house full of date is the blue magellan's the rim bronze the creamy it used to feel the most acute in the world the rubens original. international prosecutors he hurled dockings arrest cold war crimes. meanwhile russia calls for the immediate ceasefire in libya and prepares to host pool with representatives of the gives up the regime on the rebel leader is more announcement later on. euro currency nations cast a worried i toward spain as its record jobless rate and gloomy prospects push record high and for a male one. blood spills on israel's borders on the anniversary of the state's foundation as thousands of palestinian activists come under fire from the army.

and in business v.p.n. ross nafta are likely to meet monday's night's deadline for competing they share the two companies reportedly made a new offer to buy betweens bus and park now they are up to take a b.p. but they are rejected the offer to have more on that and other stories in our business bulletin it's. ten pm in moscow i'm at tresor good to have you with us here on r.t. our top story the war crimes court is requesting arrest warrants for colonel gaddafi and two other senior libyan officials for crimes against humanity this comes as the head of britain's armed forces says nato must step up its military campaign in libya with direct attacks against the regime are here and it has more from london. seems that this is a u.n. resolution that has been really stretched beyond recognition and that's not

according to me that's according to various members of parliament that i've spoken to various antiwar groups they say that this is not what the u.n. resolution was intended to do although of course in the defense of this kind of action the people who are proposing this are saying. himself is a direct threats to his age people so the aim of this escalation which will target infrastructure and we're not clear what infrastructure actually means but certainly it could include things like bridges power stations water supplies things that would put the libyan people significantly on the track for the next ten years while those kinds of things are rebuilt the aim of this escalation is to target colonel gadhafi which does nice marcos regime change of course we've also seen the international criminal court's request for its judges to issue of arrest warrants to three people one of them is of course colonel gadhafi himself the other another one is safe i'll islam his second eldest son who of course was educated in london and have widely been seen as the best chance for

a negotiated peace with colonel gadhafi regime and the other man is to see who is these brother in law and the head of the intelligence services now the chief prosecutor is alleging in a statement that he made that these people were directly involved in attacking civilians shooting at demonstrators and shelling various things among them funeral processions and what's going to happen now is that the judge is going to file that we think that's going to take around four weeks and they're going to decide whether to confirm those charges and issue those international arrest warrants which would put his son and his brother in law on the international wanted list russia says it's ready for a dialogue with both sides of the libyan conflict to resolve the crisis and the violence foreign minister sergei lavrov said officials from tripoli and rebel representatives from bengazi will come to moscow already peter orders for when to go. russian foreign minister sergei lavrov issued

a statement today where he called for an immediate cease fire in libya and also announced that he would be hosting both representatives from the get tough the regime and rebel leaders here in moscow to try and come up with a peace solution now the first of those meetings will take place on tuesday that will be with representatives of the the good stuff the regime with it would take to be set later on for the rebel leaders to arrive here in the russian capital but this is really russia making good on the the promises they made at the at the outset of this conflict several months ago they said they were willing to act as a mediator to broker a peace in these meetings all the between with both sides and the first signs that we could see i am russia trying to create a peaceful resolution to the ongoing situation in the north african country. we were asked to have a meeting in moscow by officials in tripoli and by representatives of the rebels in benghazi russia is ready to maintain dialogue with anyone who is very interested in

the quickest ends to the bloodshed in libya and switching to political negotiations we support the african union initiatives into the cease fire and beginning dialogue and reaching a national reconciliation in the interests of the entire libyan people in the interest of libya's sovereignty and territorial integrity mr lavrov also reiterated what he said in the past regarding the ongoing military action against libya by nato forces saying that that must remain within the parameters that was set out by the u.n. resolution and called for an immediate halt to any operations that went beyond those parameters that was set out. for more on this topic or joining with the british an investigative journalist tony so britain's armed forces chief says nato must intensify its attacks on libya targeting cockneys infrastructure you think this is more aligned to killing khadafi rather than bring into court. well on friday this announcement because actually this is a. political decision it should never be a military decision i think the reason the military chief has announced it is

really to save the face of our politicians here in britain who are pushing and pushing this whole matter way beyond what was agreed at the united nations security council that is a serious serious problem and this is why the russians and others are saying there must be a ceasefire actually a ceasefire exactly what everybody around the rest of the world is calling for so why is it british military i decided to the n.t. against gadhafi of course if they decide they want to structure this is i would consider a war crime under the present situation and goes way out so at the present u.n. resolution why is it we have to ask the british and nato particularly you know this is a nato initiative decided they want to intervene so heavily in the civil war. don't come of how they want the politics in the country to be in the future now britain's defense secretary says nato is prepared for a lengthy campaign in libya do you think russia's efforts can bring both regime and

the rebels to a real cease fire or nato tries to bar one side into submission i mean before he has said that he wants a cease fire that it turns out it doesn't happen so do you think this next step in russia can work. well i do hope. the idea that they are prepared for a long campaign i think that's actually what they want and nato has shown in other campaigns around the world that it starts off with this sort of pretense that they want to have a short sharp war and what it happens is it turns into a long protracted. war where actually who doesn't want out of this the military industrial complex these massive military companies who are supplying all this weaponry tonight are the people who do best out of any fact both sides. military can we should both sides do well so i think that i don't think that the nato side really want to make this a sure thing at all they actually would like a long protracted conflict and they would like ultimately to take control of

libya's oil and libya's finances which is what this is all about do you see what are you bringing back to being brought to justice if you see him before the court in the hague. well what i'd like to see rather than colonel gadhafi who is a sort of moderate leader really a despotic leader but actually nowhere near as bad as the kind of things that we're seeing from nato right now we don't see colonel gadhafi going into foreign countries invading them bombing them attacking them we don't see these long protracted was carried out by colonel gadhafi i think he's the least of our problems and we should see tony blair and george bush in the dog or the international criminal court but unfortunately the i.c.c. is not signed up to by the americans so the least we can hope for is to see tony blair he should be in the dock before colonel gadhafi. is do you see him going before the court i mean there is a warrant out for his arrest do you think it will come to fruition. this is for what for the court to decide but i think it would be very disappointing if they

just went along with what nato appears to be doing here which is simply to scapegoat khadafi where what's going on there is a civil war and we have to leave the libyan people to decide we can't go marching around the world saying who we want to rule various countries and i think is totally out of order for the british and nato particularly to be saying the colonel gadhafi is not fit to run his country that's for the people of libya to decide not for nato or a diversity of. running us from live in banking. coming your way here on r t how a sex scandal could upset europe's financial recovery and that's cheap cheap is in custody over led me to assaulting a hotel maid putting his influence on euro bailout talks and his french presidency chances on the chopping block. but first european finance ministers are having to dig deeper in their pockets after finalizing a seventy eight billion euros in aid for portugal they're meeting in brussels where

greece is also vying for more funds things has already been bailed out by the e.u. any international monetary fund but needs more cash as its failing to grow its expected to announce further austerity cuts if it wants to secure more desperately needed funds in spain which is suffering from record high unemployment levels protests against the economic cuts have turned violent sarraf earth reports from madrid the country could be next in line for and. that's greece then. and now portugal as the year raisings paid out that number there are now serious concerns that spain could be the next to topple. a test this throughout europe and contrary to the case even though it's taxpayers' money being plateaued into rescuing of the. thing that i. think. that is getting i don't buy it makes about a. forty three percent event it's like the five that are why i didn't like the bill

late in the broken thing this will be i think that this going to be. this is only. one of the women we were listening with and we will be millions if you're raising copeland's lens enough is now to look at greece defaulting on its lanes even potentially exiting the year. and put hugo three thousand is reputed to be worth around seventy. eight billion year spain is the euro zone's fourth largest economy the different challenge altogether if it fails. if the situation happens the markets would not manage it going out of spins debts is the most catastrophic scenario for the e.u. what will the e.u. do i think in many experts share my opinion that the e.u. will do the utmost to avoid the scenario would any cost because spain is too big to

fail you believe got a computer but the question now is just how much longer can the usa continue bankrolling those going bust as the spiraling tech crisis continues to escalate here is a ministers are struggling to maintain a united front noid. the financial survival for such countries a spin would seriously injure the euro it could lead to the use of two currency zones in europe a strong group of countries using the euro and the rest not using it or thinking the play down speculation should be done next time see her brought out this problems continue great items and now portugal the possibility of the same becoming the next do you think i think that remains a very real threat and right now the european idea and the reality not to be so far apart that i think the. euro zone

recovery talks are taking somewhat of a backseat to the trouble at the top of the international monetary fund a court has ruled that i.m.f. chief dominique strauss kahn will stay in custody for an investigation over claims he sexually assaulted a hotel maid he denies the allegations sovereign risk around are says a candidate from an emerging market could take the i.m.f. top job. i've been since these two global institutions were set up there was this implicit ball going to treat the americans and the europeans that they would share each other an american the european the head of these two groups because to pick the. european and the american what we see now is growing disquiet among the emerging market nations who become more influential in the sense that when the i.m.f. needed a lot of money to do a lot of lending at the height of the crisis when g. twenty came together it was the chinese and other emerging market nations of. funds

give it that and they may all be for an emerging market person in the chair for once the europeans will formally come together and agree on a candidate the americans will formally do so but it may well be that these new big bondholders. bones the chinese and others that was so generous and important when they came to the aid of the i.m.f. and the global economy they may say well it's actually time full to change this routine and we need an emerging market kind of. commentary from a sovereign risk catalyst yeah to ride out i'm going shifting the sands of the i.m.f. if it is forced to step down. the u.n. representative has denounced israel's use of force against demonstrators calling it disproportionate at least sixteen people were killed as israeli troops shot at protesters marking the day palestinians were displaced when israel was founded. up

to that what palestinians day when some seven hundred thousand palestinians were forced out riot police to use tear gas and rubber bullets to stop thousand storming the borders from syria lebanon and gaza from getting into the country prime minister benjamin netanyahu said israel is determined to defend its sovereignty. from the most our center for arabs in israel says it's time for the international community to step it. when we talk about the border there is a phrase like this i don't have border that is so great is why it is occupying all these areas and people have the right to you know according also to the international agreements is that i have the ability to take care of that if you do use and of the people that are living down there. and i think it's about time that the international community will act i'm told is that a sponsor will do such an action to nonviolent the most precious that is think given standouts in the international community when i me. and

this the national community is acting immediately and i'm happy that the international community for example is acting against a regime i think in the case of israel we see all over the history of double standards on i think it's very important to hold israel put a diversion a community stand outs on that. you know like we are already over forty years of compression of the occupied palestinian territories and over sixty three years without a solution for that if you g.'s problems that have been created all of the in fourteen so when you talk about that generational community the international community have responsibility they couldn't do so the direction that the creation of the state of his was done by the u.n. i think it's a whole point that the u.n. on the international community. there is really public and there isn't really policymakers decide what they want they want one state solution or solution but they can't all three million people are sharing without making decision what

actually is allowed in war and. palestinians in gaza say they're being forced to spy for israel to get access to urgent medicine and food as parsley reports for them it's a matter of survival. the latest weapon of war targeting the sick and the helpless and denying them health care and this they become soldiers for the other side. of i needed urgent surgery which couldn't be done here in gaza i had to get to jerusalem but when i arrived at the emirates border crossing i was arrested by the israeli security service they brought me into a building for questioning and kept me there from ten in the morning until six in the evening. the payoff is simple become an informer and get a permit to leave gaza for medical care in israel jordan or the palestinian respond or refuse and face the health risks and it's no casual operation but one which is highly planned and targeted involving senior israeli intelligence officers

according to the man who says he was put under severe pressure to collaborate. during those long hours conal mushy from the mossad try to bargain with me he said that if i refused i would go blind and would be sent back to goals without permission to get to jerusalem for eye surgery. for some stories familiar to run your own dozens of similar cases crossed his disk each month as organization physicians for human rights represent patients from gaza whose permits to leave for medical treatment have been delayed or rejected by israel he says ever since i must took over gaza in two thousand and seven many of the roughly a thousand people who apply each month to leave gaza for health care outside are turned down sometimes. for medical care is a different life or death. with a. very sensitive situation and to recruit people but israeli government denies

it's taking advantage of the situation and rubbish as the claims as nonsense people who have been refused entry for security reasons have to explain. and find a reason why they weren't allowed in but let's be clear the numbers speak for themselves eight hundred thousand gazans in two thousand and three and they entered israel for medical treatment is the allegation that all eighteen thousand are working for israeli security and simply ludicrous palestinian informers potentially provide important information for the israeli army but spying for israel is seen as treason by palestinians and is punishable by death and must also accuses israel of using social networking sites like facebook to access the private information of gazans harasses the israeli army then blackmails those gardens of innocently published information about their friends and family online as well but some are why he

refused to be swayed and paid the price. goza because brother be sick i'm blowing steam cooperate with the israeli unofficial father home of took his idea as gaza moves closer to egypt but for me jackson president hosni mubarak knowledge of the picture palestinians believe in him order to see israel will be seeking new tactics to oppose them that's why they think they could pretend to be in fullness and invisible weapon but often the most damaging of all to minutes and movements is like each remain a top priority intelligence pool to see on t.v. israel. can always find more on the stories we're covering at r.t. dot com here's what's a click away right now. the celebrations over osama bin laden's killing take a turn as polls suggest most americans have had a morality check over cheering someone's death. at a moscow official looks to have backed himself into a corner after suggesting a massive hike in the capital's parking charges as mayor suggests ducking it from

his salary all the details that are. russia has reaffirmed it will take measures if the u.s. and nato continue with their european missile defense plan without taking moscow's new winter work out the foreign ministry says it will be forced to take appropriate response moscow has been concerned over the alliance's failure to guarantee the project will threaten russia's security washington has been leading efforts for the missile shield in europe saying it will help protect the continent from countries like iran and north korea russia was an equal part in the project but there's been little progress in reaching compromise so far russia's envoy to nato says moscow is tired of dry talk. we would like to reserve the little bit of news from the little state side because of the. system that the missile defense program was slow to give some of us it's ok. to kill confirm it in the

course what to do it would like to support real illegal good and use some of the set up in the business will be stationed in a more from russian point of view we do interest in the principal school to create the systems we need a real reason the community not in cities so in the ocean for that it should mean so if it should be seen as this and we are receiving the information that would mean missile defense base to the planes were to still do such a system and the aegis of this will suit so. it seems to me that would you like to fund the final solution. by the united states with open a new industry in the world for you would be the russian rich and for a cute picture to zeus from seoul or the sister of turnout of some other stories making headlines across the globe u.s. space shuttle endeavor has blasted off on its twenty fifth and final mission its of

bringing a two billion dollars particle physics lab out to the international space station the trip is expected to last sixteen days during which its astronauts want to go on for spacewalks it's the second to last mission in the shuttle program before the three ship fleet is retired. air crash investigators say they can decipher information from the flight recorders of the air france jet that plunged into the atlantic in two thousand this includes the last two hours of pocket voice recordings which could finally explain why the plane came down killing all two hundred twenty eight aboard the interim findings into the crash could be released this summer with a full report expected within six months. other residents from two towns near japan's crippled fukushima nuclear plant have left their homes are for the exclusion zone was extended around five thousand people were moved into housing in hotels in nearby cities the latest evacuate again after melting fuel rods created a hole in a reactor chamber engineers are now trying to come up with new ways to stabilize

the reactor as radioactive material continues to leak. in a few minutes a former f.b.i. fugitive tells us why she thinks the u.s. is on par with a terrorist it's battling but first kareen joins us with the business news. and the perry was broken so you're welcome to have business here and i t b.p. shares were down in london on monday amid expectations the company will not reach the deadline for its chest with rules that which expires at midnight that's how the two companies reportedly made a new off and said by b.p.'s russian partner. the it's a fact news agency cite sources close to the talks saying they are as rejecting parts are now she's mentioned it. well there's no information available right now from the parties involved but in a fax news agency it's creating a source close to the negotiations as saying that bt and ross have offered to buy out the russian partners in t.

and k b p that's al back to us when over group they offered cash and chosen b.p. as a premium to the market price but according to the source they all refused this all but and in turn suggested imposing certain conditions which would quote be impossible for b.p. n roll snapped to accept so it seems right now to go see a show does goals they have been stalled for quite a while this deal was signed way back in january that it was the law in march through an injunction would be stopped all of a trace in court as it violated the terms of agreement between b.p. and its russian partners because this agreement stipulates t. and k b b should be the primary vehicle for all be these operations in russia and ukraine so the deadline his midnight but say it's very hard to say how this deal would come through but it's quite unlikely that this deal be abandoned altogether as the government sees it as most important it's been labeled the deal of the year and we've also heard the energy minister sergei should not go saying bad it's

important a solution should be pounds which will be in the interest of all parties involved. time to look at the markets u.s. stocks a mix the sour lows the second largest u.s. home improvement retailer dropped over three percent of the kind of his full year earnings forecast for national she has a high i.q. morgan chase raises ratings for the company's citing prospects for low fuel costs and european stock markets and the slightly lower monday while growing sovereign debt worries put greek equities on the heavy selling pressure financial shares were among the biggest losers with commas back shooting three percent on the dax maybe shares fell one point one percent ahead of a midnight deadline for the company to secure a sixteen billion dollars share swap deal for off against the regime with russia's prospect and here in russia. it's lower than why is it close nearly point six percent of the r.t.s. and it's over a percent in the red now let's have a look at the individual share moves now to see energy sector blow gas prong

a little over percent on concerns about the growth in internal tariffs so it would have to gaston is down more than two percent some profit taking after it announced dividend payments in line with expectations and last year also been a slower after deadline to secure share swap with b.p. luke now peter weston that atong capital explains the current volatility on the block. but it looks like we have a continuation we've seen over the last couple of weeks which is basically x. to get extreme pressure but mainly it's a doing materials and energy names it's a continuation in follows on from russia having be one of the best performing markets over the last six months but also we have this renewed world continuation rather of concerns of sovereign stress and so for europe and then there's also concerns about hiking rates give us a considerable slowdown in global growth so it's really exiting russia given you know essentially profits. in this environment and moving into say for us that.

russia's economy in the first quarter grew four point one percent year on year but that's below the forecast given by economy ministry and analysts the main factors that are keeping the growth back are low investment demand advising in. crude or futures continue to lose grounds of light sweet is trading at around ninety dollars a barrel brant is one hundred and over one hundred twelve dollars an hour. that's the latest we have for you but stay with us for headline news up next.

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