british soil. is not on. the. market why not. find out what's really happening to the global economy cause a report on. this week's top stories here in our teeth believe in capitals been brought by nato as heaviest air strikes since the beginning of the military operation was dozens killed in the attacks and anger of foreign intervention for always on the ground. moscow agrees to lift a ban on european vegetables if there are guarantees the are free from deadly e. coli bacteria the assurance came from president medvedev during the russia e.u. talks. also the e.u. prepares a new rescue package for bankrupt research sparks massive protests against further cuts in the country and outrageous people in germany saying it's time to debtors

leave the eurozone. and its people here in moscow and nationwide celebrate russia they will go back twenty years to when the country stays its first free presidential election. they're watching and see coming to live from moscow i'm marina josh 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 intensified nato airstrikes 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. comes as the libyan leader's starter filed

a lawsuit against the french president nicolas sarkozy and nato for killing four members of her family in an april military strike ideas maria maria for national spoke to some residents of tripoli caught up in the violence. saddam 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 it myself but who wants to cuba teenager summers native city tripoli has been under constant bombardment by nato forces for three months to problems 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 radio out there has been sixty eight airstrikes in just ten

hours attacks against civilians must start up you 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 life wouldn't really be ans has changed forever son was mother will never forget the day when her daughter preferred death to his new life my girl told me before that she saw death as it gets 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 he was something terrible this is not fair they told us they want a no fly zone they never sat they were going to almost it promised to protect us but instead they scare us talking about who they are. is more precise

and the world no longer needs nato the second world war ended long ago and we try to live our lives will mean our storage wars and always intervenes in other countries problems we're tired of war our patience is running out let us just live our life made it has just prolonged its operational leader till september means people here face months more terror from the skies well of nato is supposed to target 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 now if not. tripoli. as more claims of civilian casualties emerge anger and doubt grows among libyans over the true goals of the alliance in a country or he's an isa now who spoke exclusively to the nato secretary general

anders fogh rasmussen asked him what triggered the intervention let's 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 a very carefully we laid out certain conditions that should be fulfilled before we took action and the decisive factor was that the united nations correct me if i'm wrong but obviously 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

all the necessary measures if i might speak of what 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. i would like to stress that we are not targeting individuals we lit bukit timah military. targets. and of course control centers can be used to plan and organize attacks against civilians show amount of control genders are legitimate miller. kerry 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 is from paris france wants to know why nato is bombing metropolitan areas in libya

civilians are being killed what do you say to. 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 very very carefully. i didn't you for a legitimate military targets. and to find out how the nato chief handled other challenging questions over libya you can watch the full interview in about an hour's time or do it right now by logging on to our website dot com. 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 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 threaten sanctions. that 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 the syrian regime is under fire this. file has to be opened so that the international community the u.s. gets the un and the way to accuse syria of violating international law so they can take the matter to this community council so that we get more precious yet again in the abuse of the international institutions for political objectives whether it is that i saw this security council this is what the u.s. is doing this is a building which has been inspected by the i a good time and i'm out of bounds but their loved ones are the plans will visit 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're going to use it therefore it must be a nuclear facility and that's why we're going to take them out there this is going to counsel. well as we've just heard the u.n. atomic watchdog is examining syria's alleged activities in the field claiming that the cillit he destroyed by israel in two thousand and seven was an undeclared nuclear site john laws from being see it for democracy and cooperation says however the move is just another tactic to increase pressure on damascus. i think what we're seeing are the western powers ratcheting up the pressure they're trying to increase their room for maneuver so in the draft resolution you have crimes against humanity you have a threat to international peace and security and in parallel you have this cranking up now of pressure from the international atomic energy authority so i think this

is a way of increasing the number of cards that the west loops that it holds as far as russia is concerned i think that it's pretty obvious that russia or the russian government greatly regrets not having vetoed the resolution on libya which as we can all see was immediately exploited. to go way beyond the terms laid down in the resolution i mean by that that the western powers immediately started to attack the libyan government launched a war whose goal is regime change whereas obviously regime change is not included in the terms of that resolution so i suspect that the russian government is as they say once bitten twice shy and i'm sure moscow is very reluctant now to get involved in to get trapped if you like for a second time in the same way watching r.t. live from moscow still have for you this hour the dangers of droughns your beloved new role model for the new room of breaking. the law

as the u.s. plans to expand the use of its deadly weapons we'll look at why some people fear of their technology could be used on american soil. and three months after a devastating earthquake and tsunami in japan a lot of the continuing radiation crisis and social exclusion faced by many evacuees. russia is ready to put european vegetables back on supermarket shelves as soon as the e.u. guarantees of products is free from the deadly bacteria that move was just one of the outcomes of this week's russia e.u. talks. complete we are ready to lift the ban on european vegetables after we are provided with sufficient guarantees by the e.u. that much is certain the russian and the european health officials are finalizing this if it proves 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 with e.u. commission chief does m. out of our browser saying it's possible by the end of this year he also agreed that libyan leader colonel gadhafi has lost his legitimacy and should go this comes after amazed aid summit in france or russia agreed to step in with ceasefire mediation efforts in the north african country. the european union and the international monetary fund they 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 but you know they work 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 is also anger in germany where people are tired of their country paying for reckless neighbors as daniel bushell now reports. the euro's did long leave germany

says top lawyer marcus kerber he's german government still. neighbors you cannot say so you would say what greece told the country you have to get rid of greece is no longer worth the candidate. of the european monetary union the nations labeled in the region by some as the peaks of europe portugal ireland greece and spain most drop the currency now if all the drug don't all the members wants kerber. things last year raise the pension age to sixty five and early retirement of the countries believe that greek workers work less. a second time says chancellor merkel but if you want cash in future you must work longer the statements caused through greece but they're not happy in the capital

frankfurt either believing the greeks have had it too easy cause if we are going to chill sixty seven it's not possible to do it to clear why you should go with sixty fifty nine which are certainly not responsible for the debts and the deficits run in portugal greece and the pics. it's raise the age when when the greek people retire. story all the people well we have to work along as well germans or wrote boiling point anger which could spill out onto the streets the powerful dreams 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's revolting close pizza will she's fighting all rescues since he argues leaving the eurozone is in the interests of the struggling countries should take the chance to say ok we

get out. and solve our problems we have our restructured those who pay for money for high interest rates with some of the money. to qualify 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 and this as things take the painful cost cutting medicine prescribed by the e.u. and the i.m.f. greeks now agree with germans who save a bit out of control the question is will week states quit the euro and reorganize or stay and bring the single currency down with the new bushel. in creation of the

euro was a mistake and a currency is heading for imminent collapse that's what french a nationalist leader of marine le pen says here's a preview of what's to come later today. but the bosses today the years data to think it is just waiting to be signs argue that this means that they still built this currency wrong they have told us of the difference a year. little green growth employment raising. really blowing us to counterbalance the power of the dollar and this system the usa is the weakest in the world and design is bankrupt law that states the year is going to die mark. this week u.s. armed drones and fighter jets hit number of suspected militant targets it comes as the yemeni government washington's ally claims on to power in the face of an uprising and a war activists are 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 at the very time that the us is using the un security council the international criminal court to bring charges against other countries for terrorism and it is clearly exposed 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 is to protect a complete thirty three year dictatorship of salo who's now for. health reasons and saudi arabia and the effort to protect his regime potentially bring him back and it's been used against a people's movement anyone that the u.s. is a threat to them is now being labeled as al qaida 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 words latest strike killed at least eighteen people while official reports claim the casualties were militants some witnesses name civilians among the victims as drones have become lot of washington's most favorite weapons americans fear the technology might soon be used to snoop a little closer to home planet you can reports. is 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 in the command center in langley virginia they're watching it on video on a video screen they're pressing a 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 in suburban maryland homes and who pays the price the people who are the victims of the attack is there accountability and none whatsoever drones have become the symbol of america's undeclared wars wars that seem to have no state all legal boundaries we've opened up a new realm of warfare a new rule more of breaking international and domestic law. used in pakistan yemen and elsewhere they have killed scores of civilians the former chief counterinsurgency strategy for the u.s. state department has estimated the 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 judge 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 young men 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 on our 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 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 protest the war protesting some are governmental act and they'll be chilling free street should roll be equipped with some sort of weapon so some people are saying lasers will be able to only should listen to you are advocating against the government they've already been used in some instances in the united states and in two thousand servant protesters in washington d.c. noticed small objects floating overhead it looked like dragging current out they were robo flies to but by the pentagon there are surveillance devices as america continues developing this play station mentality killing any intelligence gathering in practice that people leave in fear that it may be time they could become a target in someone's deadly video game and maybe here in the last year that with the rapid expansion of spy drones over their own territory they could one day wake up even on to

a police state i'm going to check our reporting from washington. check out the column section on our web site american radio host alex jones explains why this technology could be the beginning of a global skynet. to japan now it's been three months since the deadly earthquake and tsunami but there's still no and inside of the country's radioactive crisis crowns took to the streets of tokyo yesterday to protest against the country's continued use of nuclear power reactors. the stricken from nuclear plants have released staggering amounts of radiation into the surrounding area and the leaks continue meanwhile the hands 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 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 will they just 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 breakdowns that the radiation exposures in communities. oh let's now take

a look at some other stories from the world and top of the african militant has been shot down in somalia where the killing a report of a confirmed by d.n.a. test. it was the most lot of man on the continent with a five million dollars bounty on his head is blamed for the nine hundred ninety eight bombings of american embassies in kenya and tanzania where over two hundred people diet and a class. 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 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. of as more armed 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 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 to leaders also competed against each other we held god which i was the head of the soviet union chosen by communists functionaries corus ielts and 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 through the you can stand up to the communists establishment in an open and public manner he did not cut back room deals or try arm 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 town squares. his rallies attracted hundreds of thousands while 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 scanned it handily with more than half of the votes. when he led the

resistance the hard learned coup later that summer his popularity peaked but over the next decade. fields and among russians dwindled as the country went through difficult reforms surveys show that as the anniversary of the election approached you remember any even fewer care things can get i don't have emotions about it but i did vote for yeltsin and i am far less political now perhaps from the pov altered 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 do 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 forward saying to have a positive attitude towards him many outside of russia said at the even today it's the role christie 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 and see moscow. one of brings us up to date here on our t.v. and stay with us for an update on the week's top stories shortly.

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