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the week's top stories on our team nato walters' its heaviest and most punishing air strikes in the libyan capital killing dozens as the rebels complain the alliance is ignoring the real frontline meanwhile the chorus of international condemnation over syria gets ever greater. an american warship docked in the southern ukraine to take part in the the war games something the russian foreign ministry is completely not happy about join me for all the details in just a few minutes. also this hour anger comes to a boil in greece as the government moves to make deeper concent public spending in exchange for another new balance out in germany those footing the bill say they're getting tired of paying others debts. and it's the day that marks the birth of

modern russia celebrating the country's declaration of sovereignty and its first free elections which led to the historic fall of the soviet union. you're watching live from moscow we have the latest news and a wrap up of the week's top stories for you this sunday we begin in libya where rebel fighters on the mediterranean frontline are trying to retake the major oil port of zawiya not far from the capital tripoli tripoli at least one hundred members of gadhafi forces and fifteen rebels have reportedly been killed in fierce fighting well the offensive marks a breakthrough for the opposition which was swept out from the port by artillery fire and intensive shelling from pro-government troops about three months ago the advance has prompted the closure of a key supply route from tunisia rebel leaders have complained that nato airstrikes

aimed at supporting their military efforts have focused too heavily on tripoli rather than on frontlines in misrata and so we and this is. leading to even more civilian casualties as our g.'s f. an ocean our reports. saddam has been we've been there 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. somers 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 air idea that 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 very high and twice in his clear since march nineteenth the law of warden early pins 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 i could only 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 said 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 we'll 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 nato is supposed to target khadafi 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. at least thirty people were killed in the latest string of nato airstrikes on the libyan capital that's. according to a government spokesman and men 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 defiance of the target actually the u.n. security council resolution goes beyond a no fly zone cording 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 bombed they've seen civilian buildings blown to pieces does does he in a car on a phone or at a hospital on a phone constitute a command center for your purposes when you say any means. i would like to stress that we are not targeting individuals we believe military. targets. and of course common control centers can be used to plan and organize attacks against civilians show amount of control centers are legitimate

military targets. where you can find out how the nato chief handled other challenging questions over libya in the full interview on our t.v. later today or you can watch it any time by logging on to our web site r.t. dot com. an american anti-missile warship the u.s.s. monterey has sailed into the black sea ready for war games with the ukrainian navy but its presence so close to russia's southern border has drawn criticism from moscow which says the seals creating more threats. let's cross live to alexei yourself for more details on this development alexei why was this particular ship chosen to take part in the war games. well this american warship the u.s.s. monterey carries a high tech and sophisticated and to marseille system called ages and indeed according to the plan of the pentagon worked out several years ago that ships of the u.s.s. monitor race class could be moved to the black sea coast in case of an escalating

conflict we understand that the u.s.s. monterey was moved from the american coast to the mediterranean as part of the new missile defense shield in europe worked out by the obama administration in two thousand and nine but the question which raises eyebrows in the russian foreign ministry and that was published in the statement earlier on sunday that there is as long as there is no violent conflict in the black sea region why is the ship the u.s.s. monterey docks in the adesa harbor to take part in the nato war games it is especially bewildering given the fact that all the previous seabreeze war games in have seen only small u.s. u.s. ships take part in these war games now the last of the u.s.s. monterey clearly the biggest ship of its kind to take part in these games ever since ever since their inception of the russian foreign ministry says that this. the fact that the u.s.s.

monterey is now in the black sea region is in fact a threat to the russian national security and and some way a violation of the agreements reached between washington in moscow and moscow over the new missile defense plan in europe. clearly the russian foreign ministry is unhappy about the decision to make the u.s.s. monterey one of the key figures in the nato war game seabreeze war games in the desk and obviously they want their voice of concern to be heard in washington so far we've had no comments coming from the american side on this taken by the russian foreign ministry i like they tell us more about what you know about its role in washington's planned anti-missile shield. well we heard many stories about of the agreements between russia and us and the united states on the missile defense shield we know that there was in the original plan worked out by george w.

bush administration it was scrapped by the obama administration when he came to office in two thousand and nine and there seem to have been lots of agreements reached on to much delight of moscow on that issue but recently we've seen many violations according to the russian foreign ministry of this one first we've seen the disembarkment of. the u.s. pressure of missiles in poland in the town of murong we've heard plans of further construction of radar locations stations in the romania and in poland which is also something not discussed between moscow and washington so all these steps are described by the russian foreign ministry and many experts as something not not discussed between the two presidents president obama and medvedev during their talks in the past several years and experts say that in fact what the pentagon does now is a violation of all the agreements this is done without consent so clearly the war

of words continues and this latest statement made by the russian foreign ministry we'll see what developments we'll have on that clearly moscow wants some answers from from washington and hopefully many experts hope that these answers will come soon and the united the collective security system in europe will be built jointly between moscow and washington but like you said we will most certainly continue to track this development. from kiev thanks for that. well we move to syria now where government troops have stormed the rebel northern border town of. 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 last week meanwhile britain and france are still pushing for a un resolution condemning the brutal crackdown against antigovernment activists in syria russia which opposes any attempts to intervene in the syrian conflict said it

won't back the move before more on this we can cross live to adrian an author and political researcher based in buenos aires thanks for being with us the u.n. is considering the new resolution can tell me the crackdown on condemning the crackdown i should say on anti-government protests however it includes neither sanctions nor military action what's the point then of this kind of resolution will the goalposts be moved later as you see it. well we all went permanently move the goal posts and the united nations let's be very blunt about is is merely an international organization working to promote the interests of its most powerful members notably the united states britain and sort of the western world is concerned also from so in other countries in the european union because just as they are appropriate considering cracking down on the syrian government they have not considered cracking down on the governments of barry or other or each of that point in time when there was

a wholesale and for all strife i think it's very important to understand that the western media unfortunately the give us slices of information every day on for hugely complex problems so that the public opinion is very well informed but understands very little of what is happening we have to see this in the proper historical perspective but what is happening in syria and simultaneously in almost all countries of the middle east and in north africa. we flexed internal problems all countries have internal problems no doubt about it and there is a genuine desire on the part of many people in syria no doubt to get rid of its very fossilized government but there is also external interference notably from the united states and from britain and from france to take advantage of these internal problems to promote their own agenda which might have news speak terminology like promoting democracy but i hardly think that that is the real question there is a hidden agenda and we might even find some of the results of their image and go

after the ongoing build conference that is taking place in say more. violence in syria shows no sign of abating and i spoke to the nato chief on thursday and he said the alliance is not going to intervene in the in syria he was very frank about it do you think will be quoting that back to him as a contradiction in the future. i saw that wonderful interview you made and i think you probably spoke more than he would have liked and well the following days and weeks to come will will tow but i think we have to look at it from the following perspective certainly serious cracking down on rebels who tried to destroy who are trying to rip the country apart irrespective of whether they have genuine grievances or whether they are supported from foreign our own confessed simple. instruments and also the same is happening in libya but i would ask what would the united states of america do if texas were to try to secede from the would be and

what would britain do if siri or scotland were to try to secede from the union or what would france do if norman detroit to secede from the union any country which is sovereign and wants to resolve its own internal problems must take action against the sessions groups irrespective of whether they have. a justifiable grievances or not so here i think we have to be very careful and nato already has a long history of acting illegally as it acted in the one nine hundred ninety nine war in serbia and kosovo where it went in militarily without a mandate from the united nations and committed such atrocities and going bombing belgrade for example in serbia of bombing hospitals schools school buses and even the chinese embassy it seems that mr wilson seems to have forgotten that i take it that means you think nato will in fact intervene in syria i'd like to turn to libya briefly this week reports earlier this week suggested that nato sees colonel gadhafi as

a legitimate target because the years of course head of the military do you think they have that kind of authority to kill gadhafi without bringing him to justice. well it's the equivalent of saying that nato has the authority to kill any head of state all heads of state happen to be the heads of their military whether it be mr obama in america cozy in france or david cameron in britain what nato is telling the world that you have to read this between the lines that irrespective of legal coverage or market irrespective of what they are they are right or wrong and i believe they are permanently wrong they have the power the force the brutal force to impose their agenda their interest and their objectives upon weaker people and what they do have is the count with the support of the global or rather the mainstream media in the west c.n.n. fox news the b.b.c. the new york times the daily telegraph the washington post and with that media coverage promoting psychological warfare upon public opinion they feel that they have all the military resources to impose brutal force so if anything what nato is

telling the world is we have the armament we're going to impose our agenda on every country in the world whether you like it or not that's why i say what is happening in the middle east it was happening in north africa should be a wake up call for everybody because we might see it soon happening for example in my region of latin america right agents offer and researcher on the line with us from when a therapist thank you very much for your time. we're going to go to greece now the european of european officials are ready to bailout to give greece about the european central bank and the german government are arguing over how to get private investors to contribute just one year after the first payment the next stage comes with conditions calling on mountains to implement even stricter austerity measures for more on the situation around greek dad we're joined by our correspondent sara first who is in athens for us to countries have more and our friends there will be no way to greece will not enforce cuts what's the reactions

on the streets where you are. with us certainly a lot of these places you will starbucks the measures being put in place at least this being the poster child of the debt crisis that we seem to have building a for the last year they do with these tough conditions for that bailout money and the struggles really making sense. that it's very likely the measures will have to be implemented if greece is going to be able to continue this thing international bailout money now all of this on the back of because that was released last week that the sixteen percent of the greek pulls a company out of the job shop and looking. at fifteen to twenty four year olds out so there is a lot of anger way. you can see them in concert around the this is what people have been gathering regulate to protest against the straight measure that we're joined

at the moment by trying to get to. lecture at the university here we know these people start to be. all they going to have any effect with us and the ones we already see in them they do seem to be that the government will this time be any different it will be only if it were going to do so there are going to make matters worse for the past year greece is facing a social disaster. it's on a stare at the program i'm seen before a race which has only resulted now south the situation of living startups are on an extreme rise in unemployment and. they're on a very deep recession and the new program the new the middle there program they're proposing now is just going to it's going just to make things worse it's going to put even more stated to me is that it is a privatization program which is not just privatization it's complete it's complete looting of public companies get into this and it's and the only thing we're going

to see is even more unemployment and even more to ration of living standards the only thing that can be compared to greece right now are countries like chile in the ninety seven to something between us a dictatorship mexico after the debt crisis more on experience more. you know better than me like the shock doctrine in the early ninety's in russia this is this is there is no light at the end of the town of. leaving you think again i think that greece being part of the euro zone these are contributing factors to the problems that euro zone is like a financial and monetary straight jacket it's completely rational when you put countries with different activity levels different going to competitiveness levels in the same money it's like. germany coming out coming out. sort of we are raising our our cost of products they're lowering there but there

may be more productive and more compelling very much for joining us and on that night my colleague daniel fish has been finding out about the feeling in gemini and that there are some people who think that meat would be better out of the usa all together. the euros did leave germany says. he's suing the german government to still fits but it's bankrupt neighbors you can't. save the euro by saving grace on the contrary you have to get rid of greece greece is no longer worth a candidate no longer worth in number of the european country union the nations labeled in delusion by some as the pigs of europe portugal ireland greece and spain must drop the currency now before they drag down other members boards kerber although athens last year raised the pension age to sixty five and could early

retirement of the countries 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 through ring 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 fifteen 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 to keep 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 solve our problems we will have our dept 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 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. and we've got more views on europe's economy later today r.t. talks to the french nationalist leader marine le pen who says the e.u. has become weak and creating the euro was a mistake for interviews coming up next hour. well there's a festive atmosphere here in moscow and across russia today as the country marks twenty one year since it declared its sovereignty followed by the collapse of the soviet union just one year later it held its first free elections which resulted in victory for the reformist president. of reports even today memories of that bumpy road to democracy are still fresh in many 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 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 delay action 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 in moscow two leaders also competed against each other retail gorbachev was the head of the soviet union chosen by communist functionary boris yeltsin was in charge of new southern 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 communist 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 sort. it 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 communists candidate handily with more than half of the votes of the. when he led the resistance to the coup late that out summer 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. i don't have emotions about it i did vote for yeltsin then but i'm 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 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 sided 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. a short break now here in our town and i'll be back with a recap of our top stories. while the kings go mad their people suffer.

how some take advantage of power that was given to them. secret some big dirty money. on our team. in one thousand nine hundred two dr ralph brin straight the university of pennsylvania said what if i can take the gene responsible for growth in human beings and put it into a mouse. drawn all the main risk issues that there is a ninety five percent of all competent scientists in these fields are working for the produces side and only five percent are really genuinely independent. there is not a lot of science that says train genic fish is unhealthy for people to consume which is what the food and drug administration looks at there is a lot.