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a good up until the stroke or less to try to come to her toe. the week's top stories on our t.v. the libyan capital has been rocked by nato's heaviest 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 festivals if there are guarantees they are free from the cold wind back in syria cern's came from president trade center and russia and more it's . also the e.u. prepares a new rescue package for bankrupt greece that sparked months of protests against further cuts in the country and outraged people in germany who say it's time the tatars leave your ownself. as people here in moscow and nationwide celebrate brussel day we'll look back twenty years when the country states in the first free presidential.

it's three pm in moscow a warm welcome to the weekly here in our team this sunday on the nice now way we begin in libya where the conflict shows notes. 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 him right nato airstrikes this week with the heaviest bombing since the foreign intervention began back in march because after his government claims more than thirty people have been killed in the attack some of them civilians it comes as the libyans leaders daughter filed a lawsuit against the french president nicolas sarkozy and nato for killing four members of her family in an april military strike are just reaffirm notional spoke to some residents of tripoli caught up in the violence. saddam has been we know 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 when to do it myself. but who wants to kill the teenager. summers made to c.t. tripoli has been under constant bombardment by nato forces for three months they have been fooling around 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 they 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 twice in his clear since march nineteenth the lives of ordinary libyans has changed forever son was mother will never forget the day when her daughter preferred death to this new life my girl told me 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 see what happened but i realized immediately was something terrible this is not fair they told us they want a no fly zone they never sat they were going to bomb us he promised to protect his but instead they scare us talking about who they are of obamacare said of his father 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 need no 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 to

september that means people here face months more terror from the skies one of nato is supposed to target khadafi its 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. r t tripoli. but this week a russian envoy began his mission in libya in the latest attempt to bring both sides of the conflict to negotiating table or deal of 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 never slow political problems and we said it here very clearly as long as the bloodshed continues the longer it continues the more difficult it will be to build a national reconciliation process of 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 donors include the u.s. britain france as well as arab states writer and filmmaker patrick henderson believes this move won't 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 allied 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 a nation building circus. this week assault continuing classes between protesters and government forces in syria as the country faced double pressure from the west britain and france approach the un security council with a draft resolution against syria of 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. it was a peaceful facility but the atomic agency demands more evidence and threaten sanctions so far more power from the arab oil station 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 them out there to this community council so that we can apply more pressure and yet again the use of the international institutions for political whether it's a guy over there was this fear or do you counsel 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're not 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'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. here with our team still ahead for you this hour the dangers of drones. to open up a new round of warfare a new realm of breaking international and domestic law as the u.s. plans to expand the use of deadly weapons we look at why some people fear the technology could be you know on american soil. and the russian woman who took drastic measures to continue her late son's legacy that's ten minutes away here on . russia will put vegetables from europe back on the supermarket shelves if the e.u. guarantees the produce is free from the deadly e. coli bacteria the move was one of the outcomes of this week's new talks. we are ready to live of european vegetables after we are provided with sufficient guarantees. that monitor says if you the russian and the european health officials are going to mars initiative to get that was approved the safety of the supply

dries up so that you know this is it was also you as a. apart from vegetables the leaders also discussed russia's accession to the world trade organization you commission chief joseph emanuel saying it's possible by the end of this year they also agree that the libyan leader colonel gadhafi has lost his legitimacy and should not go this comes after many g. eight summit in france where russia agreed to step in with cease fire mediation efforts in the north african countries that you. used the european union 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 euro that's just one year after the previous rescue package the news out of this is coming from the greek government to implement even more cuts tens of thousands have taken to the streets of athens in protest against that another round of these austerity measures but there's also anger in germany where people are tired of their country paying from backhoes

neighbor as artie's daniel bushell reports. the euros did long leave germany says top lawyer marcus he's suing the german government to stop its bankrupt neighbors you cannot save the euro by saving greece on the contrary you have to get rid of greece greece is no longer worth the candidate no longer with the number of the european monetary union the nation's labeled in division by some as the peaks of europe portugal or ireland greece and spain most of the currency now before they drag down all the members boards cobra. things last year raised the pension age to sixty five and could early retirement of the 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. . used cash capital frankfurt. believing the greeks have had it too easy because if we are going to jail sixty seven it's not possible to declare why other people should go with sixty fifty nine which are certainly not responsible for the debts and the deficits run in portugal greece and the pick states raise the age when when the greek people retire. sorry all treat people well 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 did 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 is 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. solve our problems we would have our debt restructured those who gave money for high interest rate would lose some of their money and then 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 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 that bit's out of control the question is will weak states quit the euro and reorganize or stay and bring the single currency

down with a bushel linde. creation of the euro was a mistake and the currency is heading for imminent collapse that's what french nationalist leader murray in the pen says here's a preview of what's to come next hour. and we are both a year. just waiting to be signs old really means that they used to build the currency wrong they have told us of a little green grocer employment. really loving us to counterbalance the power of the dollar and the share story. and the world and. while that change the euro is going to die most. this week u.s. armed drones and fighter jets had a number of suspected militant targets it comes as the yemeni government washington's alwi clings on to power in the face of an uprising after war activists

our founder says america is not being honest about its motives. this is just another criminal illegal absolutely and it's lawlessness on such a scale of hypocrisy at the very time that the u.s. is using the u.n. 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 and it is to protect a complete thirty three year dictatorship of salo who is now for. health reasons and saudi arabia an effort to protect his regime potentially bring him back

and it's being used against a people's movement or 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 eight hundred people while official reports claim the casualties were militants some witnesses name civilians among the victims and as strong as have become one of washington's most favored weapons americans fear the technology might soon be use to snoop a little closer to home and she can reports this surveillance when a u.s. drone hits 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 all legal boundaries we've opened up a new round of warfare a new realm of breaking breaching international and domestic law. 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 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 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 on 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 us biplanes 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 than 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 us itself surely does us police agencies are asking for drones for domestic surveillance raising the alarm among those who think that could be the end of american freedoms and specially when you when you look at constitutional activities like free speech activities are going to be hovering over crowds that are merely maybe protesting the war or protesting some are governmental act and they'll be chilling free speech should roll be equipped with some sort of weapon so i can learn some people saying lasers they'll be able to punish the students who are advocating against the government they've already been used in some instances in the united states and in two thousand and seven protesters in washington d.c. noticed small objects floating overhead it looked like dragon well it turned out they were robo flies developed by the pentagon surveillance devices as america continues developing this play station mentality to killing an intelligence gathering in pakistan people leave in fear that it may be time they could become a target in someone's deadly b.t.o.

game and maybe here in big us here that with the rapid expansion of spy drones over their own territory they could one day wake up you know to my police state i'm going to check our reporting from washington our. 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. well the grief stricken mother has found solace after her son's death becoming the problem grandmother of his four babies but now her legal application to be recognized as the children's guardian has been refused she plans to take a fight to the supreme court and just a boycott explains. it was only at fifty seven that lamarr understood the true meaning of having her hands full and accomplished scientist a wife of three decades and also a devoted mother none of these roles capture as busy as she is now her tragedy she

became a grandmother only after she'd lost everything else what you 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 the mar son died of cancer three years ago but before his first chemotherapy a 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 the bereavement brought about by her son's death. it's love which is fed by 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 the main problem now is the reluctance of the russian state to recognize her as the mob there of these children and her deceased son as their father. the lord believes the law is in their side according to russian law there are no limits on who can become. through the use of surrogate mother hoots of course cases like this one are still very unusual in russia that's why some registration offices or courts officials may be confused and refuse to register children but the law is definitely in our favor. the mara is the third woman in russia who used 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 the work that you would. exercise is employing mechanics ultimately lead to this very

ambiguous situation we can't 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 through genes no matter what. but lamar couldn'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 cabbage is that a potential parent should be at least sixteen years older than the child in law muskies this age difference is almost sixty years just 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. look now at some world news in brief for

you this hour top military in somalia with the killing reportedly confirmed by d.n.a. tests. mohamed was the most wanted man on the continent with a five million dollars bounty on his head his wife of the one nine hundred ninety eight bombings of the american embassies in kenya and tanzania where over two hundred people died. voters across turkey are heading to the polls for power the mentor elections on sunday two parties are battling for power current prime minister running against the secular republican people's party a victory for party would mean a third consecutive. your turn 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. has more on russia than. june twelve nineteen ninety one millions voted to make boris yeltsin russia's first

president a watershed moment in the country's history but 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 mikhail 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 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 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 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 the coup late that out some of his popularity peaked but over the next decade the support fields and 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 but it's been great i don't have any emotions about it but i did vote for yeltsin then but i'm far less political now absolutely true 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 now 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 more personal and

political freedoms you go over and see moscow. going to a short break here on r t and i'll be back with a recap of our top stories. it was created to serve public interests to inform and to entertain.

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