this week's top stories here on r t the lead in capitals been brought by natives have used air strikes since the beginning of the military operation with dozens killed in the attacks and anger at foreign intervention growing on the ground. moscow agrees to lift a ban on european vegetables if they are guarantees the are free from deadly e. coli bacteria assurance came from president medvedev during the russian new talks. also the e.u. prepares a new rescue package for bankrupt greece which sparks massive protests against further progress in the country and outrages people in germany who say it's time the debtors leave the eurozone. and us people here in moscow prepare to celebrate

russia day we look back twenty years to when the country stays this first free presidential election. eleven am in the russian capital you're watching r.t. with me arena joshie welcome to the program the conflict in libya shows no signs of letting up rebels and government forces clashed in the western oil port city of zawiya some fifty kilometers from tripoli the libyan capital saw a chance of five nato airstrikes this week with the heaviest bombing since the foreign intervention began back in march that of his government claims more than thirty people have been killed in the attacks some of them civilians it comes as the libyan leader's daughter filed a lawsuit against the french president nicolas sarkozy and nato for killing four members of her family and in april military strike. spoke to some residents of

tripoli caught up in the violence. certainly has been within a hair's breath or 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 myself. but who wants to kill her teenager. they'd have city tripoli has been under constant bombardment by nato forces for three months now it almost 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 beret yet 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 the innocent civilians have been among the dead the claims have not been independently verified but one thing is clear since march nineteenth the life would normally be ans has changed forever son was mother will never forget the day when her daughter preferred death to this new life my girl told me before that she thought death is a good thing and 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 almost he promised to protect us but instead they scare us talking about who they are. 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 from all new storage wars and always intervenes and other countries

problems were tired of war our patience is running out let us just live our life has just prolonged its operation and leave it till september people here face months more terror from the skies well of late as opposed to targets could suffer as 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 as more claims of civilian casualties emerge anger and grows among leaders over the true goal. the alliance in a country. who spoke exclusively to the new york secretary general anders fogh rasmussen asked him what triggered the intervention but look at the lack of an entry strategy into libya it could be said that you were dragged into this rushing

to regime change have you accidently gone to war in libya definitely not on the contrary we considered this very carefully. laid out certain conditions that should be fulfilled before we took action and the decisive factor was that the united nations richard roth correct me if i'm wrong but also to the u.n. resolution was laid out for a no fly zone and lots of people would consider what's happening in libya to be much more than a no fly zone actually the u.n. security council resolution goes beyond a no fly zone according to the u.n. 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 now all the necessary measures if i might speak of what our admiral pollo has legitimize strikes on any command center in libya i just want to clarify for some

of our viewers who have seen homes bombs they've seen civilian buildings blown to pieces does that 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. get to meet military. targets. and of course control centers can be used to plan and organize attacks against civilians show amount of control gender's military targets that's what i'd like to read a question to you that was written to us by one of our viewers on facebook. the who's from paris france wants to know why nato is bombing metropolitan areas in libya civilians are being killed what do you say to being. we do all we can to avoid civilian casualties we are in libya to protect

civilians against attacks and this is the reason why all commandos are very very careful. for any legitimate military targets. to find out how they need it she handled other challenging questions or leave you can watch the full interview later today or you can watch it any time by logging on to our website at r.t. dot com. and this week saw continuing clashes between protesters and government forces in syria as a country faced double pressure from the west britain and france have approached the u.n. 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 says it was a peaceful facility by the atomic agency demands more evidence and threatened sanctions. from the arab lawyers association told our team 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. yes the u.n. and the. to accuse syria of violating international law so they can take them out there to this community council so that we can apply more pressure is yet again be used on the international institutions for political project is whether it's a guy over there was this fear if you cancel this is what the u.s. is doing this is a building which has been inspected by the. time and number of times there they want to have. 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 a nuclear energy or power or a reactor the saying since you are not telling us what else you are 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 journalists on our side has written extensively on the arab spring warning against former colonial powers three asserting 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 that a 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 this is an internal struggle if you like for the future direction of syria and we feel

there's a sense now that from president sarkozy of france is moving like a demon to try and. place france back in 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 for 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. and you're watching live from moscow still lamprey this hour the dangers of drones grove and up a new round of warfare. breaking international and domestic law as the u.s. plans to expand the use of its deadly weapons we look at why some people fear the technology could be used on american soil. three months after the devastating

earthquake and tsunami in japan we'll look at the continuing radiation crisis 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 the products is free from the deadly e. coli bacteria that move was just one of the outcomes of this week's russian talks. we are ready to live on european vegetables after we are provided with sufficient guarantees. in the russian and the european health officials of illinois and a significant proved you say fifty of the supply projects and this is a good result. apart from vegetables the leaders also discuss russia's accession to the world trade organization with e.u. commission. saying it's possible by the end of this year we also agree that levy a leader colonel gadhafi has lost his legitimacy and should go this comes after may's g. eight summit in france where russia agreed to step in with ceasefire mediation

efforts and the north african country. but european union and 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 of taking to the streets of athens in protest against yet another round of the staring measures but there is also anger in germany more people are tired of the earth country paying for reckless neighbors as artie's daniel bushell now reports. the euro's dead long live germany says top lawyer marcus kerber he's suing the german government to stop it wheeling out bankrupt neighbors you cannot say so you. tell the country you have to get rid of greece is no longer worth

a candidate. of the european union the nations labeled in the region by some as the peaks of europe portugal ireland greece and spain must drop the currency now if all they drag down other members warms kerber although athens last year raised the pension age to sixty five and could early retirement other countries believe that greek workers work less. will 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 get clear why there should always sixty fifty nine which are certainly not responsible for the hits and

the deficits run in portugal greece in the pic states raise the age when when the greek people retire. sorry all the 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 n l 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's revolting clubs pizza will she's fighting all rescues since he argues leaving the eurozone is in the interests of the struggling countries should take chance to say ok we get out. if. we have to restructure. money for high interest rate with some of the money and. can

qualify for the euro or maybe african fifteen 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 a risk unless athens takes the painful cost cutting medicine prescribed by the e.u. and the i.m.f. greeks now agree with germans who say their bit out of control the question is will we states quit the euro and reorganize or stay and bring the single currency down with the new bush you'll see in. creation of the euro was a mistake and the currencies heading for imminent collapse and that's what french nationalist leader mario and says here's a preview of what's to come next hour here in r.t. . i meet the most date a year each task is to think it is just waiting to be signs or the like this means

that they have built their currency wrong they have told us of the difference a year old playing growth and employment raising. really blowing us to counterbalance the power of the dollar and the share story the reason is the weakest in the world and today we're not going to do all that saved the year is going to die markets. this week u.s. armed drones and fire jets hit a number of suspected militant targets it comes as a yemeni government washington's ally cleans out of power in the face of an uprising and a war activist sara flounders says america is not being honest about its motives. this is just another criminal illegal absolutely it's lawlessness on such a scale hypocrisy that the very time the u.s. is using the un security council the international criminal court to bring charges

against other countries for terrorism and it is clearly exposed in international terrorism itself in yemen and of course in sabotage teams in syria and in bombing of libya not to mention the devastating wars in iraq and afghanistan in yemen it is to protect a complete thirty three year dictatorship of salo who is now. health reasons in saudi arabia an effort to protect his regime potentially bring him back and it's been used against the people's movement anyone that the u.s. fears is a threat to them is now being labeled as al qaeda and it's open season in terms of attacks and and bombs and drone attacks on any number of different resistance organizations. u.s. drones have also been used in pakistan where its latest strike killed at least eighteen people while official reports claim the casualties were militants some

witnesses name civilians among the victims and as drones have become one of washington's most favored weapons americans fear that acknowledge you might soon be used to snoop a little closer to home adage account reports. this when a u.s. drone hit the house of this young man in pakistan he lost an eye both legs and three family members. these people are demanding the cia be held responsible for the deaths of their loved ones but to no avail with the use of drones comes a lack of accountability those are being operated by somebody at a command center in langley virginia they're watching it on video on a video screen they're pressing the button they're deciding who lives and who dies and then they go off for a weekend where they have barbecues in their suburban virginia and suburban maryland homes and who pays the price the people who are the victims of the attack is there accountability none whatsoever drones have become the symbol of america's

undeclared wars wars that seem to have no state or legal boundaries we're all going to have a new realm of warfare a new room of breaking reaching into most people or. using pakistan yemen and elsewhere they have killed scores of civilians the former chief counterinsurgency strategist for the u.s. state department has estimated that drone attacks kill fifty non targeted persons for each intended target but one of the things the united states kind of pretends is that we are morally superior we are better just able to judge what is good for other people and therefore we are entitled to inflict our judgement on them and that we presume they will be grateful to us for it but that is not what happens ever and it's not what's happening in yemen it's not what's happening in pakistan they are furiously enraged with us washington is looking to increase the funding for drone development by seven times over the next ten years

a large part of that will go towards an armed surveillance drones the u.s. has for years been using them in another of its undeclared wars against drug traffickers in mexico the mexican government allows you. u.s. spy planes despite public discontent there's a lot of concern that the use of these drones by the u.s. government has more to do with u.s. control over mexican territory actually going out to the drug lords and winning the drug war while issues of international law and sovereignty trigger a little interest among americans the prospect of having surveillance drones spying all across the u.s. itself surely does you ask police agencies are asking for drones for domestic surveillance raising the alarm among those who think that could be the end of american freedoms especially when you look at constitutional activities like free speech activities are going to be hovering over crowds that are merely maybe protesting the war protests and some are governmental act and they'll be chilling free street should your older be equipped with some sort of weapon so some people

are saying lasers will be able to uninsured who are advocating against the government they've already been used in some instances in the united states will in two thousand serve and protesters in washington d.c. noticed small objects all the overhead it looked like dragging her and out they were robo flyers and got a lot of printed on their surveillance devices as america continues developing this play station mentality killing any intelligence gathering in pakistan people leave the fear that it may be time they could become a target in someone's deadly video game and meeting here in the last year that with their rapid expansion of supply drones of their own territory they could one day wake up you know to me police state i'm going to check our reporting from our mark to check out the column section on our website american radio host alex jones explains why this technology could be the beginning of a global skynet. and to japan now it's been three months since the deadly

earthquake and tsunami but there is still no an inside 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 of the street in fukushima. nuclear plants have released staggering amounts of radiation into the surrounding area and the leaks continue meanwhile tens of thousands of evacuees remain in temporary shelters the stigma of radiation exposure has caused local residents to suffer severe social exclusion according to dr robert jacobs from the hiroshima peace institute. 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 costly 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 in which everyone returns to their home turn on because the spirits of ancestors come to their burial places where their actions are in turn and the family welcomes them these people exclusions and will not be able to observe this religious holiday and welcome there the spirits of their ancestors who return and when people find that they're only able 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 breakdown is that the radiation exposure is in communities time now for more international headlines to stop after militant has been shot dead a value with a killing reportedly confirmed by d.n.a. tests. it was the most wanted man on the continent with a five million dollars bounty on his head is blamed for the one nine hundred ninety

eight bombings of american embassies in kenya and tanzania where over two hundred people died in a blasts. voters across turkey are heading to the polls for parliamentary elections on sunday two parties are battling for power was current prime minister tayyip erdogan on running against the secular republican people's party a victory for heir to hans party would mean a third consecutive five year term in power. russia celebrates a holiday 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. of has more on russia today. 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 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 conflict and moscow to leaders also competed against each other we held gold which i was the head of the soviet union chosen by communists 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 out without armed conflict.

unlike former soviet leaders yeltsin campaign like a democratic politician meeting their electorate and delivering stump speeches at factories and town squares. 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 a communist candidate handily with more than half of the votes. when he led the resistance to a father and a coup late at summer his popularity peaked but over the next decade the support fields and among russians. when billed as the country went through difficult reforms surveys showed that as the anniversary of the election approached if you remember and even fewer care. i don't have any emotions about it i did vote for you all to nan but i'm far less political now the absolute truth i voted but i can tell

you these are all just politicians games that 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 give yeltsin as of now russia's first president himself remains on the appreciated with only one in five saying to have a positive attitude towards him many outside of russia so to even today it's the well kristie is not perfect and some inside the country said 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 have more personal and political freedoms eager i'd never see moscow. brings happen here in our t.l.b. back when i was have that top stories shortly stay with us.

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