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listen to. this week's top stories here in our three they leave in capitals been rocked by nader's heaviest airstrikes since the beginning of the military operation with dozens killed and the attacks in anger of foreign intervention growing on the ground. moscow agrees to lift a ban on european vegetables if there are guarantees they are free from deadly e. coli bacteria the assurance came from president medvedev during russia e.u. talks. also the e.u. prepares a new rescue package for bankroll greece which sparked massive protests against further cuts to the country and outrages people in germany who say it's time the debtors leave the eurozone. and its people here in moscow preparing to celebrate russia day will of back twenty years to when the country staged its first free presidential election.

it is ten am in the russian capital you're watching r t a marina joshie today we take a look at the top stories of the week now the conflict in libya shows no sign of letting up rebels and government forces clash in the western oil port city of zawiyah some fifty kilometers from tripoli the libyan capital saw intensified nato airstrikes this week with the heaviest bombing since the foreign intervention began back in march. which could obvious government claims more than thirty people have been killed in the attacks some of them civilians comes as leader leaders daughter filed a lawsuit against the french president nicolas sarkozy and nato for killing four members of her family in april military strike artillery of a national spoke to some residents of tripoli caught up in the violence. saddam has been within there has breath of death the doctors have performed any

a miracle and the young girl is back home with her family she took her mother's pills to kill herself. if someone wants to kill me and bill to do it myself but who wants to cuba teenager so most native city tripoli has been under constant bombardment by nato forces for three months. have been falling on the city with a population of around a million no one can ever say when or where the next one would land. this week in the most intensive air radiate there have been sixteen nato air strikes in just ten hours attacks against civilians must stop gadhafi must go and the libyan people deserve to determine their own future nato has frequently claimed success in the military operations supposed to protect civilians but the libyan government has repeatedly protested that innocent civilians have been among the dead the claims

have not been independently verified but one thing is clear since march nineteenth the lives of ordinary libyans has changed forever so it was mother will never forget the day when her daughter preferred death to this new life my girl told me before that she saw death as a good thing when i entered her room that day she was lying on the floor there was smoke everywhere could hardly see what happened but i realized immediately it was something terrible this is not fair they told us they want a no fly zone he never said they were going to bomb us he promised to protect us but instead they scariest talking about who they are here said of his father is more precise in the world no longer needs nato the second world war ended long ago and we try to live our lives will need starts wars and always intervenes in other countries problems we're tired of war our patience is running out let us just live our life has just prolonged its operation and leave it till september that means people here face months more terror from the skies one of nato is supposed to

targets gadhafi his military arsenal actually landed here in this district it didn't destroy the colonel's compound but it's almost damaged the lives of one family as you can see the building has quickly been repaired now the question is whether the people will ever recover. tripoli. this week a russian envoy began his mission in libya in the latest attempt to bring both sides of the conflict to the negotiating table helmar galv who visit have been ghazi for talks with the opposition says the coalition bombing campaign will not help resolve the turmoil we seriously think that strikes that never slow political problems and do we said it here very clearly that as long as the bloodshed continues the longer it continues the more difficult it will be to build a national reconciliation process off to the civil war so we are very much in favor

of building political bridges so to speak and we are ready to help. as more claims of civilian casualties emerge anger and down grows among libyans over the true goals of the alliance in the country the nato secretary general anders fogh rasmussen insists only military bases are attacked and exclusive interview artes and he pressed him to clarify how nato defines a legitimate target actually the u.n. security council resolution goes beyond a no fly zone cording to the un security council resolution we are mandated to protect the civilian population in libya taking all necessary measures and that's exactly what we're doing right now i just want to clarify for some of our viewers who have seen homes bombed they've seen civilian buildings blown to pieces does daffy in a car on a phone or in a hospital on a phone constitute a command center for your purposes when you say any means. i would like to stress

that we are not targeting individuals we hate. military. targets. and of course common control centers can be used to plan and organize attacks against civilians show amount of control centers military targets . well to find out how the nato chief handled other challenging questions over libya watch his full interview on r.t.e. in about twenty minutes time. this week saw the continuing clashes between protesters and government forces in syria as a country faced double pressure from the west britain and france have approached the un security council with a draft resolution against syria both china and russia have said they won't back it in addition the international nuclear watchdog has raised questions over whether an installation destroyed four years ago by israeli warplanes was a nuclear site syrian sis it was

a peaceful facility but it tomic agency man's more evidence and threaten sanctions somehow looked are from the arab lawyers association told r.t. that washington and its allies are using the allegations as a tool to remove the current rulers in syria now that the syrian regime is under fire this. trial has to be opened so that the international community the u.s. gets the u.n. and the way to accuse syria of violating international law so they can take the matter to this community council so that we can have more precious yet again the use of the international institutions for political whether it's to die or whether it's this curative council this is what the u.s. is doing this is a building which has been inspected by the. time and number of times but they are not they want to have the plans well this it is out doing they told them a number of times that this is

a military installation and this is nothing to do with the nuclear and they're geo or power or a reactor the saying since you're not telling us what else you're going to use it therefore it must be a nuclear facility and that's why we're going to take the matter to the security council. arab world observers insist serious troubles are an internal problem and its people must find their own way british journalist simon aas of has written extensively on the arab spring warning against former colonial powers reasserting their influence. it's a very very dangerous move by britain and france to interfere in the syrian revolution because both countries have a very long history in this region palestine lebanon and syria itself and i think it will be seen very much as western interference in the internal affairs of syria we have to remember the revolution the revolutionary process that is taking place

in the middle east is one in which ordinary people are taken time to take control of their societies so this is an internal struggle if you like for the future direction of syria and they feel there's a sense now that from president sarkozy of france is moving like a demon to try and. place france back in the side a position of power inside the middle east and i have to repeat we have to remember that france had control over syria in from the end of the first world war and there was a very very long struggle of syria to get rid of the french for independence and so the idea that this is somehow some kind of benevolent force coming in to help the syrian population i think that's very little ice so i think it's a very unwise move by the west to interfere. so they come on the program money for nothing. more let me leave the worse trouble. we ask what strings are attached to the three billion dollar loan the imam is

giving to egypt. and three months after the devastating earthquake and tsunami in japan we'll look at the continuing radiation prices and social exclusion faced by many evacuees. rush is ready to put european vegetables back on supermarket shelves as soon as the e.u. guarantees of products is free from the deadly e. coli bacteria the move was just one of the outcomes of this week's russia e.u. tux. we are ready to live on european vegetables after we are provided with sufficient guarantees by the e.u. . and the russian and the european health officials are following new laws and this is if you could prove the safety of the supplied products this is a good result. apart from vegetables the leaders also discussed russia's accession to the world trade organization and was e.u. commission chiefs as a mother all browsers saying it's possible by the end of the year and he also agreed that libyan leader colonel gadhafi has lost his legitimacy and should go

this comes after may's g. eight summit in france or russia agreed to step in with ceasefire mediation efforts in the north african country. but. they were opinion and the international monetary fund are preparing a second rescue package for greece which according to some estimates may total as much as one hundred twenty billion euros just one year after the previous rescue package the new bailout comes with conditions calling for the greek government to implement even more cuts tens of thousands taking to the streets of that in protest against yet another round of the staring measures there is also anger in germany where people are tired of their country paying for reckless neighbors as are teasdale bushell reports. the euro's dead long live germany says top lawyer marcus kerber he's suing the german government to stop its bailing out bankrupt neighbors you cannot save by saving greece the country you

have to get rid of greece greece is no longer worth a candidate no longer worth the number of the european union the nations labeled in the region by some as the pigs of europe portugal ireland greece and spain must drop the currency now before they drag down other members warns kerber although athens last year raised the pension age to sixty five and could early retirement other countries believe that greek workers work less. we'll bail you out a second time says chancellor merkel but if you want cash in future you must work longer the statements caused greece but they're not happy in the e.u.'s cash capital frankfurt either believing the greeks have had it too easy because if we are going to cheer sixty seven it's not possible to declare why other people

should always sixty. which are certainly not responsible for the debts and the deficits run in portugal greece in the pic states raise the age when when the greek people retire. sorry all three people what we have to work along as well germans are a boiling point anger which could spill out onto the streets the powerful greens are now suing merkel's government claiming it hid facts about bailouts from the public people in germany i ask you do we have to pay these so we have to give answers and the answers we don't get from our government even the ruling party is revolting klaus pizza will she's fighting all rescues since he argues leaving the eurozone is in the interests of the struggling countries they should take the chance to say ok we get out we. we have our depth restructured

those who gave money for high interest rate would lose some of their money and they can qualify again for the euro maybe after ten fifteen years greece protests the euro's a straight jacket which blocks traditional ways to boost your economy like devaluing the currency or adjusting interest rates even greece's european commissioner says that the country's membership of the common currency is at risk on this athens takes the painful cost cutting medicine prescribed by the e.u. and the i.m.f. greeks now agree with germans who say that out of control the question is will weak states quit the euro and reorganize or stay and bring the single currency down with the new bushel. the i.m.f. has agreed to land it gets three billion dollars just four months after praising the ousted mubarak dictatorship for its economic achievements but there are fears

the money could and up in the pockets of the rich in a country where many people live on just two dollars a day falsely or has been following the story. as if the international monetary fund doesn't have enough on its plate it's agreed to loan three billion dollars to cairo a move critics say is absurd but i think this is a bribe that the west is trying to give to the regime lest the new one lest it turns against the west but cairo is insisting the money will help stabilize the country's finances especially now with mubarak gone and the country going through a transitional period but observers say it's the same spin with only slightly different marketing these grievances being made with tradition transitional government and these transitional governments have. become a primarily out of three years of the old regime they composed primarily because from your regime for example samir road one the finance minister in egypt has been

negotiating this loan was a mubarak appointee obama's promise in cairo a billion dollars more in loan guarantees and on top of that another billion in debt cancellation while french president nicolas sarkozy has committed the g eight to providing up to ten billion dollars in direct aid it's a commitment the west says it's making to help each actions get back on their feet the united states and the west are trying to reduce the damage caused by revolutions very are. considerable financial contributions. in economy and the perfect way is through the i.m.f. which is heavily influenced by the united states for. many many years the i.m.f. has been considered as an orm of american foreign economic policies this. is unstable. would could be

considered is a waste of money on something that is very shaky what's more it comes with particular strings attached. and that the deal could in fact spell trouble but only use of egypt will only treasury if exactly right a little slow and the really except the worst trouble. syria a country literally loses its certainty to western bank is ready to recall or issues the regime no way. country what most egyptians fear is that the money will get used up long before it reaches the pockets believing it's likely to be only a small elite as well as international banks who benefit from the loans the last time the i.m.f. injected a large amount of money into egypt was twenty years ago but since then the number of egyptians living below just two dollars a day doubled in february this year the i.m.f. praised the mubarak regime as the sound fiscal management of egypt as far as libya

went it's the ultimate for the economy remains stable but just days later mubarak was ousted and tripoli was engulfed in anti gadhafi demonstrations so it's no surprise of many say the base of the i.m.f. rates the country the closer the country is to having a revolution highlighting just how wrong the organization can be policy our team tell of and while egyptians fear the i.m.f. loan may land in the pockets of the rich are teen vesta gates how funds go astray later in the day we take a look at how the worlds of taters illegally boost their bank accounts. while gangs go mad their people suffer. how some take advantage of power that was given to them. secrets of big dirty

money. on our cheap. to japan now it's been three months since the deadly earthquake and tsunami but there's still no end in sight for the country's radioactive crisis crowds took to the streets of tokyo yesterday to protest against the country's continued use of nuclear power reactors at the stricken fukushima nuclear plant have released staggering amounts of radiation into the surrounding area as the leaks continue three months on meanwhile tens of thousands of evacuees remain in temporary shelters dr robert jacobs from the hiroshima peace institute says residents of the fukushima district have not only faced radiation exposure but also social exclusion . there are still people living in areas where there's high radiation and there's children going to school in areas where there's high radiation and so there's been a reluctance to move as quickly as possible and a lot of people from the area who even people who were born there but who live in

tokyo are experiencing discrimination in japan by people who consider them toss of the contaminated even the radiation is not transferable to other people but there are a lot of problems ahead if i can give you one quick example in august there's a very important holiday in japan called old bone in which everyone returns to their hometown because the spirits of ancestors come to their burial places where their ashes are interned and the family welcomes them these people exclusions and will not be able to observe this will they just holiday and welcome there are spirits of their ancestors who return obongo when people find that there are unable to carry out their familial obligations for decades because they can't return to these areas people tend to blame themselves even if there are structural reasons so there needs to be some work done to help people through not just the radiation exposure but the social breakdowns that follow radiation exposures in communities a trio of space explorers began a new journey to the stars and sunday the russian american and japanese crewmembers

blasted off in the early hours of wednesday for a five month stay on the international space station i'll carry out over forty experiments including work on new cancer treatment at hampstead grow food in space artisans in france witness the spectacular launch in kazakstan. the three men have been together for nearly two years prep or preparing for this trip and have traveled all over the world preparing in different models of soyuz and getting ready for what is really this this final push into space and what they say feels almost a little bit like home as cramped as it may be the soyuz is something they've practiced in for so long now that it feels a little bit like cold and the three men say they will be taking very special items into space with them albeit very few items pictures of loved ones and so on they'll also be able to talk with their families every day that we've talked to the backup team they are very excited to watch this they say that it's something it's a an amazing an emotional thing to watch let's check it out.

loud what it's like first just shock tremendously you can really sense the power in that as as it took off what an experience that was so now there you have it three men on their way into the have and in what is now the world's only highway to the stars the baikonur cosmodrome. why is it friends there witnessing the launch was not take a look at some of the stories from around the world in pakistan thirty four have been killed and more than one hundred injured in two bombings in the northwestern city of peshawar and initial blast attracted emergency services and onlookers to the site for a second more powerful explosion was detonated police have been quoted to saying it

was carried out by a suicide bomber the double attack comes as afghan president hamid karzai and cia director leon panetta meet in the pakistani capital islamabad for reconciliation efforts with the taliban. voters across turkey are having to the polls for parliamentary elections on sunday two parties are battling for power with current prime minister type heard on running against the secular republican people's party a victory for every dance party would mean a third consecutive five year term in power. russia celebrates twenty one years ago to the day russia declared independence from the soviet union beginning its break up just one year later the country voted in the first free presidential election in its history. has more on russia day. june twelve nineteen ninety one millions voted to make boris yeltsin russia's first president a watershed moment in the country's history. this was the first free election ever

in russia the day after we left behind a totalitarian state and had a new job of building a democratic society that respected the rights of its people by the time the election took place the soviet union had less than a year to live but no one knew how it would disintegrate its fifteen republics began to declare sovereignty one by one while staying a part of the us a saw provoking unrest and even armed conflict and moscow two leaders also competed against each other michel gorbachev was the head of the soviet union chosen by communist functionaries boris yeltsin was in charge of a new sovereign russia and promised reform but calling for an open election yeltsin challenged the authority of the communist party over russia. with this victory in the election yeltsin proved that you can stand up to the communists establishment in an open and public manner he did not cut back room deals or try and protest with

this victory ensured that the soviet union could break up without armed conflict. unlike former soviet leaders yeltsin campaign like a democratic politician meeting their electorate and delivering stump speeches at factories and in town squares what at his rallies attracted hundreds of thousands when the election night came we were hopeful would win but we still weren't sure after all it was the communist party that counted the votes but soon enough the results became clear boris yeltsin defeated the communist candidate handily with more than half of the votes. when he led the resistance to a hardline a coup that at summer his popularity peaked but over the next decade disappear. among russians dwindled as the country went through difficult reforms surveys showed that as the anniversary of the election approached if you remember and even fewer care it's been good i don't have emotions about it but i did vote for yeltsin

then bam far less political now absolutely. i voted but i can tell you these are all just politicians games they have nothing to do with me. it's not surprising that those who lived through the difficult times did not want to celebrate this occasion but hopefully the next generation will truly appreciate the historic significance of this moment and of yeltsin as of no russia's first president himself remains unappreciated with only one in five saying to have a positive attitude towards him many outside of russia said at the even today it's that while christie is not perfect and someone saw the country sided they still yearn for the soviet union but one thing is very hard to argue against as a result of these changes twenty years ago russians are wealthier of more personal and political freedoms either over on a faulty moscow. or brains that have been here in r.t.l. be back with an update of the headlines shortly stay with us.

twenty years ago jade its first president. in the midst of colossal change.

setting a new direction for a new country. saluting the state on the russian. to a substantial degree and one form or another socialism has spread the shadow of the regimentation over most of the nations of the earth and the shadow is an approaching of all the good. in the early twenty first century military bases the network of military bases all around the former still evil empire that the united states is trying to build that's astonishing most americans have no idea there are more than a quarter of a million or more than two hundred fifty thousand us troops stationed on these bases all around us. we don't have fallen.