richmond's free is free. free. and free blown closing video for your media project free media junk on teton top. right wing protesters angered by the arrest the right cold logic for war crimes clashed with riot police in belgrade. dancing with the stars and stripes washington d.c. police arrest a group of activists for getting down at the memorial of one of the founding fathers of american democracy. reviewing the week's top stories peacemakers russia agrees to mediate a ceasefire in libya as the g eight leaders jointly called for gadhafi to step down to end the bloodshed. the protesters attacked dissidents for missing the report on the georgian independence day rallies demanding the resignation of president saakashvili.

and in moscow i am at treasure bring you today's top stories and a look back at the week's headlines here on r t thousands of demonstrators are in the center of serbia's capital protesting the arrest of former bosnian serb army chief rod cold logic the rally outside the parliament in belgrade was organized by serbian far right groups who consider a lot of hero in his arrest an act of treason our correspondent catarina has more. so all is quiet in the serbian capital of belgrade right now but of course earlier that was not the case a meeting of some ten thousand people in the very heart of belgrade just outside the parliament building turned violent at some point with the youths throwing stones bottles and firecrackers at the riot police riot police started throwing

things back and at that point a decision to disperse the crowds was made they were a very efficient but also quite brutal in their dispersal we saw some people getting beaten with police the taunts asan being detained we know that a number of people were injured but i actually saw some people whose faces were covered in blood most likely from being hit by one of the rocks that were flying overhead a large amount of bricks literally bricks huge rocks just flying out through the crowds at the riot police getting that riot police doing everything they could to separate the crowd of course for containing them easier they get that brief passed it wasn't up to long before the riot was actually over and once again we marveled at the efficiency of the local authorities they cleaned up the streets in a matter of minutes all of the overcurrent rubbish bins all the broken glass and

everything that was on the streets was gone in a matter of minutes and order restored but some riot police forces still remain in the heart of the serbian capital monitoring the situation but the luggage is of course expecting to hear what the court will the cycle asserting his appeal against his potential extradition to the hague the court's decision is due today of course on that matter and we do know that a repeat of last night's violence is possible of course keeping in mind events of a few years ago with the arrest of former political leader out on. belgrade exploded in violent protests and it could be possible that a similar thing could happen which is why many have actually said that it is possible that serbian officials will extradite him as quietly as possible so in order to avoid protests but of course while serbia official belgrade celebrated the capture of former bosnian general of our own logic as

a great victory for this country a necessary step for serbia to come to terms with its past and hopefully open the door into a future for most of the people of this country the arrest is nothing but a betrayal. and the sleepy serbian village of laws that have almost nothing looks out of place people garden or simply visit their neighbors but going to house has had far too many visitors in the last few days and a permanent police guard. initials on the doorstep for the one law the. former bosnian general an elected war criminal about. it was here but after sixteen years the manhunt for him came to an end the house where former bosnian general radical knowledge was arrested belongs to his uncle which is no secret to anyone in this village or indeed the police despite regular visits to this house in all the years that not this was a wanted man the arrest was only made last week and many have already questioned the timing

a leak one report stating that serbia refused to cooperate in the search for europe's most wanted man but most to assume membership negotiations would be cancelled a few days later the foreign affairs rep of eight european union i now see her upcoming visit to belgrade and hinted once again at the financial benefits for neighbors helpful serbia really wants to be helpful only. some kind of permit. problems now if serbia because during the think it will be the first time in history the a wretch has. a sinking ship captured europe's most wanted man on the day our top representative is in town is certainly an achievement but will it finally allow serbia to get one foot in the door to the union the enlargement commissioner felix he said well this is just today serbia is a step closer to the pin yesterday but they still need to do major reforms that

cetera the arrest of at home lodge the ambitions of serbian president boris thought it couldn't have been spelled out any clearer what his european farsightedness has caused him to overlook what's happening in his own country he's a serial we deserve human blood he's our man he's our general right. now this is. the biggest criminal these feelings have already cost protests to erupt across the country and judging from past experience namely the arrest of i don't project another war crimes suspect a spark of hope but certainly to a large scale fires like under arrest catherine as our team belgrade serbia. several people have been arrested in washington d.c. for dancing at the jefferson memorial among those held was r.t. america presenter adam coke out to talk with my colleague kevin no one earlier he says the police were there for public safety but instead to control the population . you can see from the video footage that while we were doing was entirely peaceful

we were expressing ourselves through dance the police force of america does not exist for public safety it does not exist to provide for the needs of the people it does not exist to solve crimes or hunt down criminals it exists to generate revenue for the government and control the population and what we did in our demonstration was the true nature of the police force and the kind of people who are kind of thugs the mentality of those that make up that police force the people who think it's ok to be slam somebody and show somebody because they're doing something that you don't like and their excuse yesterday was that while we were doing was causing a disturbance of the memorial and essentially making it impossible for other people to enjoy the memorial and if you compare that to the disturbance caused by their arrests which led to them shutting them down for about thirty minutes they were clearly the greater disturbance we had to order there from a local and b.c. affiliate kicked out of the memorial and didn't even reported that we dad's house

stabbed the american corporate media these guys were there they were filming the interview floor of the event they got it all on camera they had their cameramen in there recording this thing and the cops kicked them out they failed to report back fact or any of the incidents of police brutality that happened get you out of i mean is there was highlighting i go by what you're talking about just now it's all principle of the dunstan say the police violated their right to free expression at this point with the u.s. constitution that guarantees of freedom of speech and meeting if you look at what i was doing a lot of people are saying there's no way you could get arrested for dancing because you can't dance and i say. that i don't think it meets the cultural definition of dancing what i was doing well on any legal definition of dancing but if there is some legal definition that says moving a body in a rhythmic way of some guy legally qualifies as dancing i got to give it that the officers see. you know clearly i deserve that common. powers have united to call

for colonel gadhafi to step down at this week's g. a summit of a french resort town of go feel russia has increased pressure on the embattled colonel with president medvedev saying moscow would help broker a peace deal in libya or he's a nice and now reports. new world new ideas host france put that concept on the g eight table at a time when it looks like old ways aren't working a war in libya on the front line with the euro crisis in the background leads to questions like this will sarkozy be known as the man who saved tens of thousands of civilians in benghazi or will he be known as the man who brought france to economic ruin never ending war in libya he must go g eight leaders agreed word for word in their declaration about gadhafi saying he has lost all legitimacy though it's understood behind closed doors there was harsh debate on the sidelines russia was asked to step in and broker a cease fire it accepted and will send an envoy mission us yes we are in touch with

both saw its new forces in gonzi and representatives of gadhafi we haven't broken diplomatic ties but i think it's useful in any case because we're trying to make closer approaches and reducing the reasons for the escalation of violence which is still doing we discussed it at the g eight and articulations says that we could view regime has lost its legitimacy he must step down russia's approach to interfering in the internal affairs of sovereign nations differs dramatically from the west which appears eager to back some countries but not others it's an interest to intervene in libya it does not suit us to intervene in bahrain those and those rational economic geopolitical it's not about you. did nations agree a twenty billion dollars support package to arab nations that have toppled autocratic regimes and are struggling to build so-called new democracies while on the euro their worst. statements like this is going to all settle because the euro

everything that is in the future the euro rowson europe as a whole so huge spending cuts continue in an attempt to prevent euro extinction so will the mr in in libya and perspective of brilliance g eight leaders might have reached consensus on khadafi but can the west now afford to push pick and choose politics even further russia's deputy foreign minister claims a resolution on syria one to even be read let alone signed by russia after the disaster in libya the question now what will happen to the rest of the arab world facing revolt for now only syria is a possible target with some g. eight leaders going as far to hint a u.n. resolution similar to libya could be an option if damascus doesn't back down something russia is more than likely to oppose reporting from the g. eight and he said no way r t v france with nato jets intensifying attacks against gadhafi investigative journalist simone assad says toppling libyan leader is not

the only thing the alliance is interested in. the way it's going i think for nato is that you begin to feel that preparing the ground for the ground to try to go already offices and offices and so on inside of libya i just feel that they're beginning to prepare the way i think from the ground troops but was originally specifically defending civilian targets civilians and cities and so on and now has become much more offensive so the question is the targeting of that off his compound after weeks ago the killing of his son and his grandchildren about where exactly is this going i think is a question that has to be asked and i think you get the feeling that this is beyond get off this is much more about strategically placing your forces inside a situ inside a region which is undergoing nothing more libyan rebel leader mustafa abdul jalil tells our team who he thinks could take power in libya once he has stepped down.

our main requirement is that moammar gadhafi and his son should leave libya among those who served in the previous government that are that are many reputable people with whom we are ready to have a dialogue so that they can become members of the executive orders for future libya it's colonel gadhafi who is no absolute all of this in the first political future events us from creating secure corridors for medicine and food supplies going to those in need but once he stops playing this role the prospects of a dialogue will open up to an intermediary. you can see that full interview in about twenty minutes here on r.t. . the u.s. is pushing ahead with moves to strengthen its military presence in eastern europe with plans to deploy fighter jets and interceptor missiles and poland by twenty eighteen america has moved to allay russian concerns about the plan to say missiles on its borders in two thousand and eighteen the west side a treaty with poland paving the way for an american anti-ballistic missile shield located there those players were scrapped

a year later with relations with russia this time at the g eight summit president medvedev warned of an arms race if the situation isn't resolved to russia's satisfaction. unless we reach a deal before twenty twenty when the u.s. anti-missile system is finalized you could trigger a new arms race we have to get down see that this system is not and it asked no one gave us any such guarantees we're being told it's against some countries that pose a threat when we are skewed these countries are we keep silent then we do these countries have dangerous missiles no they do not believe has the missiles russia has and the conclusion is easy and seems to us. you can stay with us here on r.t. still to come a controversial curb out of legal drugs russian vigilantes waging their own unconventional war on our. already is are they willing enough plus. science and reason. ga ga is not only done in the laboratories in fact most of it's

done out here in the field or in this case the ocean john thomas in antarctica coming up we look at the lives of the scientists here. first orders independence day was supposed to celebrate liberty but there was little freedom of speech for those hoping to hold their government to account for corruption they were instead pelted with rubber bullets and tear gas as they tried to make their voices voices heard calling for president saakashvili resignation opposition claims some of their supporters may have been beaten to death or reports of a crackdown on protesters in tbilisi. with thousands of down and police closing in on all sides and angry protesters letting out war cries and main streets in tbilisi became a battle ground. water cannons rubber bullets and tear gas to fight indiscriminately into the crowds many people were injured including a number of journalists are teasing spanish correspondent was among those caught in

the chaos the policeman appears ok the world's baby i guess it will get people they start to keep all the people they don't make any sense with nothing and then suddenly being sold banging my stomach and relays they hit me with some kind of bullet it's kind of bullet is rubber bullets and they gave me and then they started to. physically go into the riot police didn't come as a surprise to any of us than it was the scale of the operation that was such a shock so. when the police dispersed the crowd as they were following me my friends with the song goal to kill as i can a seat of it in a venditti thousand and seven protests that had also resulted in violence said police presence this time with even greater and just as severe the violence is the most shocking given the age of many of the demonstrators. this being tops.

silver revolution and all that generation that family be in the crowd these people are struggling with. and be upright in the aftermath worried relatives and friends searched the hospitals the missing people. who we came to find fifty million aged between twenty and forty people there and we don't know where they are we country but they won't let us in and they won't give us any information telling us to ask the police the numbers of people injured or arrested have critics stream lehi. you know a lot of people who are arrested and government giving advice and information about them unfortunately with. two more. persons from mali and other rape it is people having very little i'm told that there are now international calls for the government to investigate violations of protestors

human rights but a mixed toolbox of freedom of speech many protesters have paid a high price here trying to have their say. i can't trust anyone anymore i'll never come to a protest rally again i just want to be safe and. yet protesters have once again taken to the streets despite wednesday's violence people here refusing to be silenced. the tbilisi president of the abkhazian republic has died serving a search with sixty two he passed away early sunday morning in a moscow hospital doctors say he failed to recover from complications after a recent lung surgery was a leader of our year since two thousand and five he was a republican or it's very for independence from neighboring georgia which had achieved three years ago but the next three months but his vice president will take over the country until a new leader is elected. for

more stories you can always log on to r.t. dot com here's what's online for you right now. president alexander lukashenko offers a recipe for settling their currency crisis shutting out russian and other foreign media outlets. a glitch in a u.s. prison computer system releases more than a thousand dangerous criminals on their california streets find out how it happened . two hundred fifty people each day in russia die from drugs alone with laws and public awareness campaigns apparently doing little to battle the problem so armed with their own methods some russian vigilantes are on the warpath against the dealers archies marie if an ocean reports but their methods aren't always welcome. it said all is fair in love and war and perhaps even more say in the war on drugs drugs that killed two point five million people every year across the globe and almost two hundred fifty men

women and youngsters every day in russia alone some are fighting their own control virtual battle against the threat gazers customers they arranged to meet alleged drug dealers and the one thing you satisfied is suspect is a drug pusher they serve the black mark and leave them red faced. people have to know their enemies will google like people will be afraid to go all the post them because next time police may be there. these guys are not alone in russian there and conventional methods of fighting against drugs their colleagues from the drug free city movement have been accused of torturing addicts after they used handcuffs to force them to kick their habit they've also marked drug dealers houses to shame them in the community but it is our uprising against the drug dealers do you think it's better to sit at home and watch how the drug dealers will be killing you we

managed to unite our forces and declare war to the drug dealers. sociologists a mob just as occurs when people become disillusioned by official efforts but the public taking the law into its own hands is an unwelcome trend both of them are for the border there are a lot of enthusiastic who are striving to eradicate this horrible evil by any means possible the women actions don't comply with the law the law is against them for sure we can eradicate is evil but only by legal methods there are over five million drug users in morden russia vast amounts of money has been blown on reducing drug demand and treating addicts proceed to six as is getting more and more gloomy. this is how the moscow activists are try. to stop the madness threaten the country with warts approved by the mob do as they say will have to hide from the public for at least three weeks some a skeptical about their methods has even accused them of hooliganism but the

antidrug the ninety's all give their full move just days more for it if it helps save at least one life. most. turn out of some other stories making headlines across the globe and president hamid karzai has issued a last warning to u.s. and nato forces after more civilians were killed in a suspected coalition air strike two women twelve children died in afghanistan's volatile helmand province after nato troops opened fire the target was supposed to be insurgents but instead civilian homes were fired nato says it was in retaliation for an attack on the u.s. marine base in the region saturday. u.s. space shuttle endeavor started its last right back to earth from the international space station shuttle commander mark kelly the station's crew members for their help out endeavour's final voyage to install a cosmic ray detector this brings to an end america's thirty year long shuttle

program after a never lands wednesday retired spacecraft will become a museum. has been violent clashes across southwest yemen where rebel forces have taken control of the provincial capital zanzibar and are continuing the fight to power are continuing to fight for power in other towns in the region clashes followed two days of heavy fighting in which twenty six people were killed and one hundred fifty injured according to local medical staff president saleh is refusing to step down despite the wave of popular protests and military strikes sweeping the country. syrian forces have extended their attacks on protesters using tanks and helicopter gunships in the center of the city estimates of the death toll now exceeds eleven hundred since the crackdown started in mid march both the e.u. and. the u.s. of slap sanctions are the masters so far there has been no toward military intervention or to contributor to revisit we've actually used the un as i'd like you to agree to such an after the libyan operation as we reached

a stalemate. with what appears to be a failing operation in. should we be surprised because lucian wants to interfere in syria not really as the first there and he'll have already announced sanctions against syria. however in comparison with the libyan scenario you are is not in a rush to come up with a resolution to provoke actions from the allies some commentators were quick to blame russia for your own failure to react to the events in syria what i can't understand is why they believe that the libyan scenario should be repeated in other countries which part of it one tribe it was of the parts when the u.n. security council resolution ninety seventy three was abused i was a dissident casualties at the hands of the coalition but probably no result after two months of mourning which of those should be repeated on syria.

as american academic norm chomsky says about the arab spring the u.s. and its allies will spare no effort to prevent democracy and the arab what is the losing their clout in the region. i don't think you are slow to react it's hopefully learning from its own mistakes you ever find yourself and are to do it in a freezing suit probably won't be too high on your most ghoulish but for someone to reveal the secrets of science as already as work as art is charged thomas reports. a backwards plunge into frigid antarctic waters certainly is not for the tenet but this crew is making this dive a regular experience all in the name of science. the main purpose of our trip to antarctica is to establish a foundation for monitoring different species living on the bottom of the ocean we

are studying the distribution of animals that live there and we are studying their nature each day during the short summer season this crew makes multiple trips out to sea where they get a firsthand look at what's below the surface. in this case one in the same biological community scritches from a depth of five so almost fifty meters there are certain variations but mostly the picture is the same it's impossible to say anything now it's too early to draw any conclusions we've got too little information just one section of you working out of the cars the one is of antarctica will not only help scientists identify the types of animals living here but by coming back over time they can study subtle changes in the environment and how the animals are affected by those changes in three to five years we will repeat it's a collection and we can establish whether there have been any changes some animals might have gone and others me have replaced them we can establish why maybe there are some climatic changes that lead to changes among the populations so it'll indicate whether it's got colder or warmer here what they come up with can at times

seem a bit questionable if not simply messy while other times their cash is quite clear but in all cases important to their research so what is logon ships to russia what is then catalogue and still sometimes new discoveries are made constantly within cataloguing many new types of muscles my colleagues are doing the same we're always finding new and absolutely unknown species proving that there is still much more work to be done in one of the world's coldest ecosystems you know dark and chan time is fourteen. if you minutes we talked with a libyan rebel official to find out how the opposition sees its future right now first though the headlines stay with us.

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