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this week's top stories here on our team believe in capital has been brought by nato heaviest air strikes since the beginning of the military operation with dozens killed in the attacks and anger of foreign intervention growing on the ground. moscow agrees to lift a ban on european vegetables if there are guarantees the are free from the deadly e. coli bacteria surance came from president medvedev during the russia e.u. talks. also the e.u. prepares a new rescue package for a bank or a priest would sparks massive protest against further cuts in the country and people in germany say it's time the debtors leave the eurozone. and as people here in moscow and nationwide celebrate brushy day we look back

twenty years to when the country stage that's first free presidential election. this is r t coming to you live from moscow marina. the conflict in libya shows no sign 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 an intensified nato air strikes this week with the heaviest bombing since the foreign intervention began back in march could off 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 in an april military strike. spoke to some residents of

tripoli caught up in the violence. sodomite has been within a hair's 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 myself. but who wants to kill the teenager so much native city tripoli has been under constant bombardment by nato forces for three months day and night forms 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 a radio ad 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 and the military

operation is 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 saddam is 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 be almost he promised to protect his but instead they scariest talking about who they are of a bulkier saddam 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 nature's 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 to go. table me how my gal who visited benghazi for talks with the opposition says the coalition bombing campaign will not help resolve the turmoil we seriously think that strikes have never sold political problems and we said it here very clearly as long as the bloodshed continues but 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 on thursday libyan rebels were promised at least one billion dollars in assistance donner's including the u.s. britain france as well as arab states writer and filmmaker patrick cannington believes this move want help broker peace in the war torn country. i don't see how funding the rebels or arming the rebels is going to decrease civilian casualties in fact what we've seen is the opposite by anyone's guesstimate up to one thousand civilians have already died under nato airstrikes thousands of sorties of already been flown and thousands of cruise missiles have been fired there is going to be a lot of collateral damage obviously the western countries and the forces have not

learned their lessons from iraq and afghanistan they're actively funding arming providing logistical support on the ground boots on the ground already in military advisers from the u.k. from france from italy and also cynthia mckinney congressman from from the u.s. reported that the israelis also have military advisers in benghazi so it's a total circus and nation building circus. 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 syria insists it was a peaceful facility but the atomic agency demands more evidence and threatens

sanctions somehow matar 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. 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 apply more pressure. again the use of the international institutions for political objectives whether it's a guy or whether it's this curator 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 there they want to have the plans well this 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 i.a.e.a.

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 still to come the program the sour a money for nothing. more money except the worst trouble. we ask what strings are attached to the three billion dollar loan the i.m.f. is giving to egypt. the russian woman who took drastic measures to continue her away sounds like a c that's ten minutes away here on our team. russia 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 the move was just one of the outcomes of this week's russia e.u. talks. computer we are ready to lift the ban on european vegetables after we are

provided with sufficient guarantees by the e.u. . and the russian and the european health officials are following the laws in this if it could be proved that the safety of the supply products this is a good result. apart from vegetables the leaders also discussed russia's accession to the world trade organization and with e.u. commission chief shows that manuel barroso saying it's possible by the end of this year they also agreed that libyan leader colonel gadhafi has lost his legitimacy and should go this comes after a major g eight summit in france were rushing to step in with cease fire mediation efforts in the north african country. the european union and the international monetary fund are preparing a second rescue package for greece which according to some estimates may be total as much as one hundred twenty billion euros just one year after the previous rescue

package i mean a 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 austerity measures but there's also anger in germany where people are tired of your country paying for reckless neighbors as artie's daniel bushell now reports. the euros did long leave germany says top lawyer marcus kerber he's suing the german government to stop its bankrupt neighbors you cannot save so you are by saving greece told the country you have to get rid of greece greece is no longer with the candidate no longer with the number of the euro people increase the nation's label didn't delusion by some as the pigs of europe portugal ireland greece and spain most of the currency now before they drag down all the members warms kober all those things last year raise the pension

age to sixty five and could early retirement or the country's 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 chill sixty seven it's not possible to declare why other people should go with six. 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 or wrote 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 the 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

a risk on this athens takes the painful cost cutting medicine prescribed by the e.u. and the. greeks now agree with germans who say that bit's out of control the question is will weak states quit the euro reorganize. and bring the single currency dealt with the. creation of the euro was a mistake and the currency is having for imminent collapse that's what french nationalist leader omarion upin says and here's a preview of what's to come in just under twenty minutes time. to make the most of the year's data to think it is just waiting to be signed or do you like this means that they just have built in the currency wrong that they have told us a ridiculous a euro will bring growth of employment raise the purchasing power really blowing us to counterbalance the power of the dollar and the share story of the year is saying is the weakest in the world and today in our design is bankrupt well that said the

year is going to die mark. the i.m.f. has agreed to lend egypt three billion dollars just four months after praising the else of mubarak tator ship for its economic achievements but there are fears the money could and up in the pockets of the rich at a country where many people live in just two dollars a day artist polis leader 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 and 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 climbers 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 agreements are being made with traditional transitional

governments and these transitional governments have. become primarily out of leaders of the old regime that composed primarily of figures from your regime for example samir radwan the finance minister in egypt has been negotiating this loan was a mubarak appointee a bombers 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 egypt 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. or 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 already treasury if the exactly right really slow and the really except the worst trouble or some sort of syria a country really loses its sovereignty to the west bank is rhetorical or issues there is 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 to sound fiscal management in egypt as far as libya went it fit the old for the economy remain 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. waits a country the closer that country is to having a revolution highlighting just how wrong the organization can be policy our team to love of and while egyptians fear the i.m.f. loan mainlander the pockets of the rich are t. investigates how funds go astray next hour we take a look at how the world's dictators illegally boast their bank accounts. while the kings go mad their people suffer.

how some take advantage of power that was given to them. secrets of big dirty money. on our team. there is nothing more natural than a grandmother's love but for one russian woman her attempts to keep the memory of her late son alive have a weigh in at her in a legal and moral dispute artistic side of boyko explains it was only at fifty seven that lamar understood the true meaning of having her hands full and accomplished scientists a wife of three decades and also a devoted mother none of these roles kept her as busy as she is now her tragedy she became a grandmother only after she'd lost everything else to just you know the death of my son created a hole in my life that will never close but the birth of my grandchildren certainly

provides some solace is god's gift to me lamar son died of cancer three years ago but before his first chemotherapy session doctors conserved his sperm with the help of surrogate mothers two sets of twins were brought into the world. the mars has been left her her scientific career was put on hold yet lamar's says they're all trifles compared to bereavement brought about by her son's death. it's love which is fed by a grief but it's love nonetheless three years ago i couldn't imagine myself even smiling let alone laughing or singing songs but the little ones pulled me out of this abyss of despair. with her large family support lamar says she has no financial or parental concerns about raising her grandchildren her main problem now is the reluctance of the russian state to recognize her as the mother of these

children and her deceased son as their father. her maher has taken the issue to court with a ruling expected on wednesday he lord believes the law is in their side. according to russian law there are no limits on who can become appearing through the use of surrogate mother who'd of course cases like this one are still very unusual in russia that's why some registration offices or court officials may be confused and refuse to register children but the law is definitely in our favor. that maher is the third woman in russia who use the sperm of her deceased son to continue the family's lineage yet whether it is due to her age or the share number of children involved her story a good many russians questioning the affleck's of this kind of parenting that you would all these exercises employ a mechanic so to lead to this very ambiguous situation we can really tell the difference between a son and

a grandson there are so many orphans in russia so she wanted to be a mother she could have easily realized her maternal instincts i think ultimately it's a very selfish drive to pass your genes no matter what. but mark wouldn't care less about societal attitudes too much suffering for the loss of your only son persuaded her that there is no such thing as too many grandchildren russian law has no age cap for people who are willing to adopt children the only cavite is that a potential parent should be at least sixteen years older than the child in the muskies these days difference is almost sixty years doesn't sit easily in a country where most people become parents before they turned thirty they were raising even two kids is often seen more than a handful for the boy artsy moscow. a trio of space explorers have begun their journey to the stars the russian american and japanese crewmembers blasted off in the early hours of wednesday for

a five month stay on the international space station they'll carry out over forty experiments including work on new cancer treatments and attempts to grow food in space are these lanes of france witnessed a spectacular launch in castle stam. 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 is something they've practiced in for so long now that it feels a little bit like home 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 to 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 in an amazing emotional thing to watch let's check it out.

wow what a sight the first just shook tremendously you can really sense the power in that as it as it took off what an experience that was so now there you have it three men on their way into the heavens in what is now the world's only highway to the stars the baikonur cosmodrome. linda friends to witnessing the launch there for us well time now to take a look at what else is making headlines in the world and top african militant has been shot dead in somalia with the killing reportedly confirmed by d.n.a. tests fossil abdullah mohammad was the most wanted man on the continent with a five million dollars bounty on his head he's blamed for the nine hundred ninety

eight bombings of american embassies in kenya and tanzania were over two hundred people died in the blast. voters across turkey are heading to the polls for parliamentary elections on sunday two parties are battling for power with current prime minister tayyip erdogan running against the secular republican people's party a victory for our dance party would mean a third consecutive five year term empower. 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. that 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 lection 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 year ceasar provoking unrest and even armed conflict and moscow two leaders also competed against each other michel god 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 prove 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 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 the support fields and among russians. when the old 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 any emotions about it but i did vote for yul to nan but i'm far less political now. 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 democracy 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 of more personal and political freedoms you go over and see moscow brings up today here on our back with a recap of our main stories in a few moments.