week's top stories on our team nato launches its heaviest most punishing air strikes in the libyan capital killing dozens of the rebels complained the alliance is ignoring the real problem i mean while the force of international condemnation over syria that's allowed their. anger promises to boil to a boil in the grief of the government moved from a different continent public spending in exchange for another new balance out in germany those footing the bill saying they're getting tired of paying all the staff . that is the day that marks the birth of modern russia celebrating the country's declaration of sovereignty on its first free elections it's led to the historic

fall of the soviet union. it's five pm in moscow and you're watching our t.v. on news now with our top story libyan rebel fighters on the mediterranean frontline are reportedly trying to retake the major oil port of zawiya just fifty kilometers west of the capital tripoli the offensive marks a breakthrough for the opposition which was swept out from the fourth fire tillery fire in the touch of sholay pro government troops about three months ago its heart has forced gadhafi forces to close a key supply route from tunisia rebel leaders have complained that nato airstrikes and that's supporting their military efforts now focused you have only on tripoli rather than on the front lines in the strada and zawiya and this is leading to even more civilian casualties as r.t. is with the notion of reports. salma has been within

a hair's breadth of death but 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 me to do it myself. but who wants to cuba teenager somers native city tripoli has been under constant bombardment by nato forces for three months day and night almost have been falling on the city with a population or around a million no one can ever say when or where the next one would land. this week in the most intensive air raid yet there have been sixty eight or airstrikes in just hours attacks against civilians must stop gadhafi must go and the libyan people deserve to determine their own future nato has frequently claim success and the military operation is supposed to protect civilians but the libyan government

has repeatedly protested the innocent civilians have been among the dad the claims have not been independently verified both in this clear since march nineteenth the life would normally be and has changed forever summers 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 was something terrible this is not fair they told us they want a no fly zone and have a set they were going to bonus a promise to protect us but instead they scare us talking about who they are have a bucket of saddam's 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 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 has just prolonged its operation and leave

it all september that means people here faced months more terror from the skies were out of nato as was 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 of russian envoy began his mission in libya in the latest attempt to bring both sides of the conflict to negotiating table because mark vaile who visited benghazi for talks with the opposition says the coalition bombing campaign will not help resolve the turmoil we seriously think that airstrikes never sold the 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 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. at least thirty people were killed in the vater string of nato airstrikes on going to be in capital according to a government spokesman and amid more claims of civilian casualties many now question the humanitarian goals of the alliance and interview with nato secretary general anders fogh rasmussen i asked him to clarify how the coalition to find a legitimate target. 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 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 at

a hospital. constitute a command center for your purposes when you say any means. i would like to stress that we are not targeting individuals we hate legitimity military. targets. and of course common control centers can be used to plan and organize attacks against civilians show amount of control gingers military targets . you can find out how the nato chief handled other challenging questions over his full interview on our just over an hour or you can watch it anytime by logging on to our website our. tensions are also peaking in syria where government troops are attempting to storm the gravel northern border town of jews there. with tanks and military helicopters the army has entered the city in order to quote cleanse it from rebellious armed groups which killed at least one hundred

twenty police officers nost week meanwhile britain and france are still pushing for a un resolution condemning the brutal crackdown against anti-government activists in syria. opposes any attempts to intervene in the conflict that it won't move out of world observers insist serious troubles are an internal problem and its people must find their own way but i think we have to remember a revolution in the revolutionary process that is taking place in the middle east is one in which ordinary people are taking time to take control of the societies and what i think is happening in syria and what has stopped in syria. is syrian movement for change has to win over larger sections of society has to win over aleppo it has to win over sections of the army and i think this is an internal struggle if you like for the future direction of syria the problem is when foreign powers start interfering then then you can have a regime that then can strengthen its position by saying this out you know what

happened to the group going to happen to us if you care and with this movement and so on so i think it's very very dangerous move by britain and france to do fear in 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. syria. in addition syria's been accused by the international atomic watch talk of building a covert nuclear reactor and failing to supply necessary information about it syria insists it's a non-nuclear military site but the agency is demanding more evidence and threatening sanctions but some critics believe washington and its allies are using the allegations as plan b. in case the u.n. resolution completely fails they probably might use it as a tool in order to impose sanctions so if they want to impose sanctions the justification for the sanctions will not be the manner in which the syrian regime

has been dealing with the uprising or with the slater's but rather the atomic project that the syrians. are alleged to have been involved in this seems to be two parallel lines but somebody might have intended from behind the scene an alternative approach so if the u.n. security council resolution for some reason doesn't work then we can. along the other route. staying on the subject an outside influence in the arab world later in the program helping or influence. the international monetary fund extends a three billion dollar loan to egypt some say there are strings attached to the purse and the syrians are still on stable country for the last month. and a woman aiming to be the legal guardian of her of a dishonest children launches in the state against russell societal attitudes and

even itself i doubt if she succeeded in just a couple of minutes. but first russia will restart the import of europe and that's to bills if the union guarantees the safety of its products meaning they're free from the deadly e. coli bacteria they say there was among the outcomes of this week's meat for you surely she would know we had vegetables today and yesterday i don't know where they came from i suppose we'll have to wait and see and we were discussing ways to restore shipments of managed bills from europe to russia we already had one in european vegetables also we opt for a lawyer which sufficient going she's one of the e.u. with. president medvedev has also urged the e.u. to speed up the decision on russia's entry to the world trade organization with the e.u. commission chief joe there are many saying access then is possible by the end of the year the two sides have also discussed easing the visa regime saying an agreement on the topic could be made next month and next russia even summit will be

held in brussels in the winter. does that you'll see those european officials ready the next slice of greece's bailout the european central bank and the german government are arguing over how to get private investors to contribute one year after the first payment the next stage comes with conditions calling on athens to implement even stricter austerity measures tens of thousands have taken to the streets of athens in protest against yet another round of speaking cuts during her weekly video clark county german chancellor angela merkel stated it's important not to exclude in danger of a global economic upswing as europe balanced and that crisis in greece and beyond that many germans are angry at their government for paying for others' mistakes as more. the euros did long leave germany says top lawyer markus kerber he's suing the german government to still. bankrupt the neighbors you cannot say

that you are by side with wings on the contrary you have to get rid of greece greece is no longer was a candidate to go down there with a number of the european monetary union the nations labeled in delusion by some as the peaks of europe portugal ireland greece and spain most of the currency now before they drag down all the members towards 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 as if you want cash in future you must work longer the statements caused up through 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 kill sixty seven it's not possible to yeah why

should sixty fifty nine which are certainly not responsible for the debts and deficits running portugal greece in the pic states raise the age when when the greek people retire. story all the people but we have to work along as well germans or wrote boiling point anger which could spill out onto the streets the powerful greens and else suing merkel's government claiming it to keep facts about bailouts from the public people in germany i ask you we have to pay these so we have to give answers and the answers we don't get from our government even the ruling parties revolting close pizza will she's fighting all rescues since your views 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 will have

our structures. for money for high interest rate with some of their money and. qualify again for the euro maybe after ten fifteen years greece protests the euro's a straight jacket which looks 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 described 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 the new bushel. europe has become feeble and creating rigor all muslims take that's the view of the french far right leader marine le pen but

an interview with her greater today here's a preview of it there goes a year to go it is just waiting to be signs will need some place to build the currency wrong they have to let us reject the so you're a little green grocers employment raising. loving us to counterbalance the power of the dollar and the share story the reason is the weakest in the world. well that's the reason going to die mark. the i.m.f. plans to lend egypt three billion dollars to help stabilize the country but some experts are voicing concern that it may become an instrument of western pressure artist call the slayer 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 this is a bribe that the west is trying to give to the regime lest the new one just

turns against the us but climbers insisting the money will help stabilize the country's finances especially now with more by gone and the country going through a transitional period but observers say it's the same skin with only slightly different marketing these greens are being made with british transitional governments and these transitional governments have make become a primarily how to because of the old regime they composed quite near your figures from your regime for example samir radwan the finance minister in egypt has been negotiating this loan was a mubarak point keep a promise promise in cairo a billion dollars more in loan guarantees and on top of that another billion in debt cancellation of french president nicolas sarkozy is committed to g eight to providing up to ten billion dollars in direct aid it's a commitment the west says it's making to help each actions get back on its feet the united states and the west are trying to reduce the damage caused by

revolutions v our. considerable financial contributions to their gyptian economy and the perfect ways 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 policy is this a regime. unstable. would could be considered is a waste of money on something. it's very shaky what's more it comes with particular strings attached and that the deal could in fact spell trouble i believe . a tree. anybody with the worst trouble. and how serious

a country. it's really to requote british regime no way. 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 nose the last time the i.m.f. injected a large amount of money into egypt was twenty years ago and since then the number of rejections of living below just two dollars a day doubled in february this year the i.m.f. plays we will probably lucian's sound fiscal management in egypt as far as libya went it's the ultimate for the economy remains stable but just days later mubarak was ousted and tripoli was engulfed in and he just demonstrations so it's no surprise that many say the i.m.f. rates the country the close of that country is to having a revolution highlighting just how wrong the organization can be policy r.t.

tel aviv what more coverage you can always log on to our website our three dot com and find out more reports on expert opinions much more at some of the stories might have. a valid gathering of the world's movers and shakers we talked to activists who make a stand against the impenetrable media blackout probably can you will google reading my thoughts and theories of just being decided the time was silent and whether it's worth taxpayers having to fund it. also crowded space the aisles as if three new residents doubling the number of humans were in orbit a combined international group with the form unique research including attempts to find cancer cure cancer be expecting a farewell visit from assholes atlantis the last flight of the current us. it was a grieving mothers wish to raise her lights on children as her own complications

sudden when it emerged they were born to star gets three years three years after his death or just like some a boycott takes up the legal wranglings. it was only after fifty seven with lamar understood the true meaning of having her hands full an accomplished scientist 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 because you know the death of my son created a hole in my life that i will never close but the birth of my grandchildren certainly provide some solace is god's gift to me the mar son died of cancer three years ago but before his first chemotherapy session doctors conserved his sperm the help of surrogate mothers she sets of twins were brought into the world. the mars

has been plucked her her scientific career was going hold yet lamar says they're all trifles compared to bereavement brought about by her son's death. it's love which is fed by grief but it's love number less three years ago i couldn't imagine myself even smiling let alone laughing or singing songs but the little ones out of this of this of despair. but her large family support lamar says she has no financial of parental concerns about raising her grandchildren the main problem now is the reluctance of the russian state to recognize her as the martyr of these children and her deceased son as their father. the lord believes the law is in their side. of sin according to russian law there are no limits on who can become an hearing through the use of surrogates motherhood's of course cases like this one are still very unusual in russia that's why some restriction overseas or

courts officials meet be confused and refuse to greatest are children of the law is definitely in our favor. the mar 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 affix of this kind of parenting. you would. decide as employment comics ultimately lead to this very ambiguous situation we can really tell the difference between a son and 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 for kamara couldn't care less about societal attitudes too much suffering for the loss of her only son persuaded her that there is no such thing as too many grandchildren russian law has no age

cap for people willing to adopt children the only cabbage is that a potential parent could be a police sixteen years older than the child in law muskies these days difference is almost sixty years it doesn't sit easily in a country where most people become parents before they turned thirty they were raising even two kids is often been more than a handful of artsy moscow. it's twenty three minutes past the hour work let's take a look at some of the day's world news in greece that's how you are voting in a referendum on whether to return to nuclear power all the germans have recently decided to abandon the controversial energy sources like twenty twenty two italian government is seeking support for its ambitious program to build new stations people are also voting on whether the current prime minister silvio berlusconi can retain immunity from prosecution a few steps down from power. voters across turkey are heading to the polls in a general election two parties are battling for power with current prime minister

ever drawn on the against the secular republican people's party wants targeting a parliamentary majority so we can change the constitution in favor of more liberal policies. but there is a festive atmosphere here in moscow and around russia today as the country marks twenty one years since it declared its sovereignty. of the soviet union just one year later it held its first free elections which resulted in victory for the reformist president. groden have now reports even today memories of that bumpy road to democracy are still fresh in people's minds. 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 and 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 u.s.s.r. provoking unrest and even conflict in moscow two leaders also competed against each other we held gold which i was the head of the soviet union chosen by communist functionary 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 could stand up to the communists establishment in an open and public bar he did not cut back room deals or try and protest with this victory ensuring that the soviet union could break up without armed conflict.

unlike former soviet leaders yeltsin campaign like a democratic politician. 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 doris yeltsin defeated the communist candidate handily with more than half of the votes in the world. when he led the resistance to the coup laid out some of its 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 things are going to get i don't have any emotions about it but i did vote for yeltsin man but i am far less political now absolutely i voted but i can tell you these are all just

politicians games they have nothing to do with me. it's not surprising that those who lived through the difficult times did not want to celebrate this occasion but hopefully the next generation will truly appreciate the historic significance of this moment and yeltsin as of now russia's first president himself remains unappreciated the only one in five saying to have a positive attitude towards him when he outside of russia so don't even today it's the well kristie is not perfect and so inside the country so did 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 eager and see moscow. much more fuel coming up next hour here on r.c. including when killing becomes a video game america backed up with unmanned attacks known program with a growth here is a play station mentality profile

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