in the. one of the world's most wanted war criminals arrested in serbia general regulated chanelle faces extradition to the hague over charges of genocide. and russia to mediate an end to the libyan conflict as president of video joins other major world leaders of the high level summit in france. and moscow calls for an international investigation into georgia's all new crackdown on protesters demanding president sarkozy resign.

international news and comment live from our studios here in central moscow this is our t.v. twenty four hours a day our top story this hour and that is the fugitive army general and one of europe's most wanted alleged war criminals has been arrested he's been on the run from the hague tribunals to sixteen is often being accused of genocide and crimes against humanity not that she's currently at the course in belgrade his lawyer said the judge did not question him because of what's described as a not just poor state of health a physician to the hague could take up to seven days to go through all these countries are of a has more from. now from well great. we know from various sources that he was arrested in a village called laws that which is just over sixty kilometers away from the capital of serbia belgrade just a little over an hour drive we know that he was using

a fake name and also that he was armed when he was detained he had two guns on him but didn't attempt to resist arrest or. fight back in any way we know that according to some information sources he didn't try to physically disguise himself he wasn't growing a beard or as appearance in any way but some sources do say that he was very pale which suggested to many that perhaps he did not have ventured outside the law and stayed in the house most of the time some other sources quoted that he was one of his arms was paralyzed which suggested that it was good suffered from a stroke so his health was deteriorating we know that some sources have also quoted that he was staying in a house or very family member and that he was using a fake name this is the name this was the name but he gave to the officers who detained him and although it has been since compromised by the serbian president

boris tadic that it is in fact the former boys and girls and sort of general it out alive if we know that d.n.a. expertise has also been ordered and that's expected to take around three days to finally confirm that this is indeed the man the hague tribunal has been part of the house held at the top position of its most wanted list for war crimes for over a decade we know that he was wanted for crimes against humanity for committing genocide for participating and some even say nice reminding me stabbing it's a massacre which killed nearly ten thousand people. a reporter covering those are votes will be a little earlier well the serbian people have long been divided in their attitude towards record without which a military correspondent you know blue suits who was born in serbia and spent most of a lawyer says he's a risk could make this division even greater. i have to say that the role of. history is very well defined serbia is actually divided into two and something that

he was and he is a national hero that. on the other hand there are a lot of people in serbia who want to join the european union and as this condition is for the entrance for these people it's going to be a really nice as for myself i can see that actually when they first started searching for him he could still be seen on the streets of belgrade which means that maybe they knew as. just where he is but they were just waiting for a right moment to catch him i also have to say that this will raise a lot of questions for the serbian president and unfortunately this could divide the people of serbia even more well earlier i spoke to the lawyer. not a fugitive. trial for three years peter robinson gave me his client's reaction and explained what will be going on in the hague now. president kerry just said that he was story that general mulatto had lost his freedom and that he hopes that they

could work together when general melodic came to the hague and try to bring out the truth of what really happened in bosnia new information is coming out all of the time and dr kerry just this trial and so it's very possible that with the hague that additional information will come out first gentleman lot of to appear before a judge and be asked to enter a plea of guilty or not guilty and then the chamber will make a decision as to whether or not he will have a separate trial or his trial will be joined with that of right of encouraging each and after that he'll have to start with the lawyers or by himself to review the two million pages of disclosure that exists in the case and start to prepare his defense well the process here in the hague is complicated and even in a simple trial so it's going to be complicated no matter whether the cases are joined or not but rather encourages has already been on trial for about a year and we've heard seventy witnesses so it will be complicated to join the

cases and have to start all over again well for more analysis on the top story on the joy in life belgrade based political analysts alexander kravitz thanks very much indeed for joining us well run of and carried it said today as we just heard from his lawyer who i spoke to about an hour ago who visited caricaturing prison today we understand the charges said that these are actually looking forward to seeing right so they can expose what he calls the truth about the bosnian war what does he mean by that should we expect any new revelations about the war. well yes i imagine there will be very many new revelations the point is how much of the global public will be able to hear about those if they will get the same sort of publicity that milosevic did there is some slight chance on the other hand the hague tribunal record does not promise any sort of a fair trial but at least both competition law they will use it as in the arena to

voice their side of the story and this side of the war has been neglected by the western media a more social things could they be talking about a mosque in you to speculate on what the sort of revelations could be and i think the main the main revelations will have to do with western involvement in the breakup of yugoslavia and starting the bosnian civil war in helping muslim fundamentalists get the upper hand in broadening out and actually take over bosnia and western support in terms of their being imported into boston you know to fight on the muslim side against the serbs the presence of bin ladin and boss you know then the real story about celebrities which has been totally twisted and manipulated in the western media and he goes are actually very big news items very big issues and it won't be confortable for the western media and i think they will try to ignore it because much as they possibly can can you explain what you mean by

this twisting of facts concerning the need. people on tonight if i'd known that massacre of over seven thousand boes and muslims didn't happen either. well actually a massacre did take place the thing is there were mass the principal sites the first dispute has to do with the numbers themselves the number of seven to eight thousand is actually never been ascertained even by the hague tribunal so far actually for the forensic data tell a whole different story but that has never been fair forensic data have pointed so far to less than two thousand total bodies of which only four hundred or so actually show signs of being executed but the thing is we don't know who did it to this day nor is it known actually the nationalities of those who should be cation are the victims so it's actually a story that has yet to hear to get its real hearing in the global community let's

talk about the implications the consequences of this arrest now and what it means for we've had a little earlier that there are fears that this arrest could cause that division within. would you agree with that. i think it will just sharpen the division the vision is already there this won't change too many minds before this happened even the rig opinion polls that are being put through the controlled media in serbia were showing more than sixty percent of the people being against iraq being turned over to the hague and that will certainly not. with his popularity may even rise just like it did with milosevic or when he actually was transferred to the hague and his trial was broadcast so actually the divisions will only deepen and very likely only a minority of people in serbia support this kind of thing. and the important thing will be just for everyone to hear the this side of the story and this is what their

cottage and his lords were talking about so in that sense that's the only good side to come out of all so would you then disagree with those who saying that this is a major event for the country this in fact is a symbolic change it means that the western perception of the country will change over serbia and indeed be as poss in some ways the term post we put to rest and this means that the passage way to a new future what would you then disagree with that yes i would because you see the thing is. now would have a long trial which will last two or three years maybe even longer than if. if they stay true to their path as they did with the past hague judgments this will just give fuel to the fire meaning that all those who perceive themselves as victims whether they're real or not will ask for satisfaction meaning you will have loads of new lawsuits coming in and you will probably.

the revival of the. lawsuit that brought launched against serbia for genocide i mean this just gives more fuel to the fire of sort of putting things to rest it will probably radicalize things once again so this actually does not serve any sort of a good cause in any way. serbia did give a point but i mean i was listening to some of the statements today even from e.u. and the enlargement minister for example be the enlargement commissioner feely he said well this is just today serbia is the start closer to the thing yesterday but they still need to do major reforms that cetera so there are the conditions there will be still here like being really cooperated with close of all to the point of recognition internal reforms for the centralization of the country possible new hotspots and void with the united. because they call it so absolutely this just is

more of the same and maybe even a little bit more of the same very interesting you know you have to say very interesting thanks very much indeed for sharing your thoughts alexander poundage joining me live here in belgrade. now to the g eight leaders that have also russia to mediate a ceasefire in the libyan conflict that's according to the russian president's press secretary speaking at the end of the first day of the high level summit in the french town of ville. and he joins me live from there so at least what we know about this mediation request for russia. what we know first of all is that russia came to this g. eight interview with the goal to try to influence g eight leaders on what's happening in libya it's no secret that russia and china and then the west have very different approaches when it comes to the situation in libya and in north africa in

general and that is any time you get involved in the internal affairs of a sovereign nation you have to err on the side of caution really be careful about how you do things russia doesn't feel like that's the way things have been time they did not along with china veto the resolution to intervene in libya but have made it very clear that they feel like the resolution has been manipulated in one way or another and it's become much more than just a mission to protect protect civilians with that said that's right g eight leaders asking russia to be the broker in terms of the libya crisis we also know that foreign minister sergei lavrov today spoke to the libyan prime minister who asked him to help personally in and it should be a cease fire so obviously world powers feel like russia is the country to go in and trying to get things done when obviously as the world is watching what's unfolding in libya or rather not it's a stalemate at the moment that something needs to be done because what's happening now is just not working and let's talk about the developments president cause

a lot of meetings were held this thursday one of the key points that a rose during the first day of session. we've been hearing a lot about the economy especially concerning the euro crisis a statement coming out today from herman van rompuy who is the president of the european council saying that we will not let the euro fail now experts saying that that means that there's a possibility it could fail which is the scary thing for these officials and once again statements that this cannot happen and that european officials especially are going to do their best they can to make sure that's not happening at the same time europe spending hundreds of million dollars on that campaign in libya so a lot of debate there. there was also many bilateral meetings president maybe did met with host nicolas sarkozy the french president also sat down with president barack obama there they spoke of course about libya and exchange but they said they were a bit vague about it their opinions on the situation there the focus was on missile

defense russia lately raising concerns cosigning of the chicken for adoption treaty that america is not transparent enough when it comes to their plans for future plans for missile defense the russian president also pointing out that he does believe finding a solution that is acceptable to both parties when it comes to national security is possible it won't happen in the near future but what they are going to do brock obama and president medvedev is lay the groundwork for that's happened in the future. plenty more from you and the next course tomorrow from the g eight summit in the meantime thanks very much indeed for about an update on the tsunami back in the french town of. well michelle cullum he's an investigative journalist and author on international affairs told me a little earlier nancy that he thinks the g eight is meeting amid a new wave of colonialism but the u.s. and its allies are losing global dominance. but there is a group will decline of the u.s. economy because it's

a state environ crap it's an economy in decline so while the u.s. is trying to do is to keep the domination of the world but with the resistance of china with the emerging power of countries of the south like brazil and others is more and more difficult for the u.s. to keep to control and i think this is the key for the aggressivity i think this thing sort of to recolonize the world the usa. is trying to prevent the they don't want the democracy out of the countries in the middle east they don't plan a democracy in africa you have to remind almost all the major shifts in africa and others in style finance project by do with their life so i think what they want is to keep their control. they want to keep the control room arterials and they want to impede real democracy in the arabic and african countries. while world leaders

gather in france to deal with the new world in greece part of the old world threatens to collapse. the chances that greece is going to exit the eurozone seems by the day as thousands express outrage over austerity measures we ask how mike lee is it that greece will drop out of the euro zone that's coming your way in a few minutes here on our team. moscow says the violent crackdown on mass protests in georgia is a blatant abuse of human rights and is demanding an international investigation thousands of taking part in five days of protests calling for president because i was really to resign they were dispersed by armed policemen ahead of an independence day military parade thousands ended up in hospitals and almost one hundred in jail sarah ferguson in the middle of events there. with thousands of valid police placing in an. aisle. protesters letting out war cries the main street

in tbilisi became a battleground. well outside the main parliament building now a very different thing to the one the saw violent clashes erupting on the streets as police try to disperse the crowd of protesters. filled the street and police quickly moved in mostly disorientated crowds of bullets and throwing people to the grounds a police officer take aim is our camera man realizing in time he's from the media but others were not so lucky feeding my colleague diego who's caught up in the confusion the policeman appears ok very very aggressively to people and start to keep all the people they don't make any sense with nothing and then suddenly being told. and realized it needed some kind of this kind of politicize the police and they give me a name starting. with police boss the outnumbering protesters the operation with.

the dust settles the struggle continues. many are left searching the hospitals for valid his friends then anything with just. getting here is the least. we can do we came to bring you to meet east between two who take people day when we don't know where they are. and they won't give us any given nation telling us to ask the police is it. even nine hundred people have now the case every one hundred minutes to take breath carries a penalty of up to two months in prison i could not believe her as they managing to escape the mayhem in a convoy. of bikes to the end winging it will call a to. me i was a little bit bigger i can't trust anyone anymore i'll never come to

a protest rally again i just want to be safe. at the military parade for independence day if the fuck is really focused supporting even a speech georgians many greatest is paid a high price trying to have their say their way to the state. and form a local representative and expert on politics in the caucuses says the violent crackdown on protests will just provoke more action even georgia notoriously is. trying to try to intimidate people and last night was the most dark and painful night in history recent history of my country i said it's ok it's just not going to warp. towards his prime and i think georgia sort of frustration. outraged that we're expecting more and more coming in the

coming months and the cup. and you can follow the situation in georgia online and what's the latest videos from there on our website that's calm online all the time to spare if you could of course there's twitter feed and facebook but always keep you updated as the events unfold. in. the turmoil in greece is threatening to turn into a tragedy the country's e.u. commissioner thinks membership of the single currency is under threat the first time a senior european official has admitted as much as coupled with the latest mass protests

in athens expressing outrage at austerity cuts economist alexander lore says that greece is heading for the euro exit. the chances that greece exit the euro zone are mounting by the day there are two ways out just be very frank about this the first way out is the way out where you go where you say where greece ace we can't take the austerity measures are we something's got to give are we going to default on our debt and leave the euro area if not the only other solution is be extreme sure about that. european countries agree to bail outs. indefinitely each and every country which has got problems in effect a fiscal year year and for that we need what what do we need what we need the country from northern europe to say we accept to pay for us of the neighbors that however appear to be extremely unlikely so i think that the issue of greece exiting

the euro is probably going to be. an outcome which is going to happen. well let's have a quick look at some other world headlines before we get to business news with kareena and first we go to yemen update an explosion there is rocks the capital killing twenty eight people according to the authorities opposition says the cause was government troops bombing residential areas it comes as fighting rages for the fourth day in the capital during which found over seventy people killed him as leader refused to sign a deal to step down despite the escalating violence. in the fall police and protesters are classed outside the country's parliament after failing to agree a new constitution and legislative body is said to be dissolved by the weekend even the country no government five years ago the country's communist rebels renounced the revolution to start a peace process with the country still in turmoil with just a few hours of running water per week in one of the many problems. but it out with more news for a summary of our main news stories in about six minutes from now in the meantime as

promised the latest from the world of business with kareena. don't welcome to our business our time accession to the world trade organization has already taken almost two decades and still not seals however the process may get past the news from the grave and barack obama discussed the issue at the g eight summit but i will go to him as we've discussed solicitude improving economic cooperation between our countries and stepping up russia's w.t.f. sessions and they will be able to bring this procedure to an end we need a new impetus without steve good. luck in the fight to go to go we go for the russian economy and for us the got to be good for the world because as we are now there is a response. russia is aiming to become the first largest economy in the world within a day k. moving away from resource dependency is one of the main objectives however of

finance minister alex including all and gas sectors well maybe vital to the project for some time. he's clearly. looking for other possible ways of increasing revenues i don't resent the mining tax on oil. but know this quickly foam have not found any credential if you have to increase the charge the question is you have to be discussed. and looking at the markets or prices a lower to a new u.s. government reports provide fresh signs of lower economic growth light sweet is trading above one hundred dollars a barrel while brant is one hundred forty dollars about u.s. stocks shake off losses us technology stocks counter the weight of we could run full cost jobless claims the dow is currently trading point two percent higher here with packard contributed to the gain rising one point four percent and she has a net out more than eight percent the nasdaq composite leaves the rise in equity markets boosted by microsoft shares up to twenty two worldwide demand leads to

a better than expected twenty six percent increase in fiscal plus a prompt. european equity markets and it makes the u.k.'s footsie closed high about germany's dax and in the red group was among the top phone was rising over three percent after the hedge fund manager reported the school year results from here in russia equity markets ended mixed on players they will be r.t.s. burnishing high after the eyes expel snap in two days of gains as crude rushes main export to conference two percent now here are some of the markets movers although my xix energy majors are long being made loses due to lower crude prices who caught it in the red despite posting a seventy percent net increase in profit in the first quarter of the year shares of m m k lost almost two percent and i don't mind as we see a lawsuit from the federal anti monopolies service claiming the company has tolerated competition all the while off to boss games that song music is

considering all paying out dividends this year instead of using the money for investment. there's a certain galaxy labor heading into the russian caucus says finance sorry france has agreed to a deal for tour with tourism investment in the troubled region french president sarkozy signed an agreement to invest in the north caucasus ski resorts at the g eight summit on thursday but the actual details were not disclosed that's just a newspaper says ross and france may set up a two billion euros around one chance to build new resorts for the deal comes with conditions russia will have to show greater safety contacts tell us. that's all we have for you on this edition of all business reports but you can always find more stories on our website r.t.e. dot com so after the stay with us for headline news with.

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