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international house flooded to change every green little hotel in talk of. please top stories on our team nato launches its heaviest the most punishing those strikes on the libyan capital killing dozens as the rebels complain reliance is ignoring the real frontline meanwhile the chorus of international condemnation over syria gets louder also. an american warship docked in a harbor in southern ukraine to take part in the two war games something the russian foreign ministry is completely not happy about. the reach including. we have even just a stance the matches are placed in exchange for continued bailout money. and it was the day that marked the birth of modern russia celebrating the country's declaration of sovereignty in its first free elections which led to the historic

fall of the if you. will welcome this is r.t. it's just after midnight now here in moscow my name's kevin owen with our news review of the week for you and first this hour libyan rebels on the mediterranean front line of fought with gadhafi forces and attempt to retake the major old port of so we are not far from the capital tripoli and opposition spokesman at the time said thirteen rebel fighters and civilians were killed in the battle offensives prompted the closure of a key supply route from toulouse here scuse me about three months ago rebel forces were swept out from the port by artillery fire intensive shelling from pro-government troops rebel leaders have complained that nato air strikes aimed at supporting the military efforts and focus too heavily on tripoli rather than on the

front lines in misrata and software that's leading to even more civilian casualties as artie's really for not. saddam has been with you know has breath 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 i'd better do it myself. but who wants to kill the teenager. so most 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 lie and. this week in the most intensive error idea that there have been sixty 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 in the military operations supposed to protect civilians but the libyan government has repeatedly protested the innocent civilians have been among the dead the claims have not been independently verified but while thin is clear since march nineteenth the live warden early paeans has changed for ever so much mother will never forget the day when her daughter preferred death to this new life my girl told me before that she saw death as a good thing when i entered her room that day she was lying on the floor there was smoke everywhere could hardly see what happened but i realized immediately it was something terrible this is not fair they told us they want a no fly zone he never said they were going to bomb us he promised to protect us but instead they scariest talking about who they are a block here saddam his father is more precise and the world no longer needs nato

and we try to live our lives we all need our 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. nato has just prolonged its operation in libya to september that means people here face months more terror from the skies one of nature's supposed to targets gadhafi his military arsenal actually landed here in this district it didn't destroy the colonel's compound but it's almost damaged the life 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. will it ever increasing claims of civilian casualties in libya question the humanitarian goals of the alliance but an interview with the nato secretary general anders fogh rasmussen on thursday. asked to clarify how the coalition defines a legitimate 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 bombs are they've seen civilian buildings blown to pieces does that three in a car on a phone or in 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. well you find out how the nato chief handled other challenging questions over libya in a full interview he gave to us today it's streaming on our web site whenever you

like to check it out at r.t. dot com. meantime tensions are also peaking in syria government troops have stormed the rebel northern border town of just with tanks and military helicopters the army has entered the city in order to quote cleanse it of armed rebel groups which killed at least one hundred twenty police officers last meanwhile britain and france are still pushing for a un resolution condemning the brutal crackdown against anti-government activists in syria russia which opposes any attempts to intervene in the syrian conflict is said more about the move and the arab world observers believe some western nations manipulating the u.n. and in attempt to benefit from the country's civil conflict. the united nations. 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 france or in other countries in the european union because

just as they are considering cracking down on the syrian government they have not considered cracking down on the governments of bahrain or other or egypt point in time when there was also and what is happening in syria and simultaneously in almost all countries in 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 fossilised 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. you know the news an american guided missile warship the u.s.s. monterey sailed into the black sea ready for war games with the ukrainian navy but its presence so close to russia's southern borders drawn criticism from moscow the vessel in question is an integral part of nato has proposed missile defense shield

which moscow says creates more threats than addresses. reports. this american warship the u.s.s. monterey carries a high tech and sophisticated and to muscle system called ages and indeed according to the plan of the pentagon worked out several years ago that ships of the u.s.s. monterey's 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 at the desa harbor to take part in the nato war games it is especially

bewildering given the fact that all the previous seabreeze war games in odessa have seen only small u.s. u.s. ships take part in these war games 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 in some way a violation of the agreements reached between washington in moscow and moscow over the new missile defense plan in europe the initial plan of the george w. bush administration of missile defense shield in europe was scrapped by the obama administration in two thousand and nine and you plan was proposed and agreed between russia and nato but what we've seen so far what we've been seeing recently described by the russian foreign ministry and many experts as a situation when words do not match actions now first we've had american patriot missiles dispatched in the polish town off more wrong now we've heard furthermore

plans of building radar locations stations in romania and turkey and in poland so all this. according to the russian foreign ministry is not something discussed between president obama between russia and nato so clearly the war of words continues and it is interesting to see whether there will be any reaction on the latest statement by the russian foreign ministry published on sunday that the concerns raised by the statement and the direct accusation of washington of not keeping its promise and trying to build a collective security system in europe together and doing it only in one way order . correspondent in ukraine bring us up to date on that developing story tonight now coming up in a few minutes one woman's fight for her dead sons family a grandmother to be the legal guardian of the late some children launches a crusade against russian law and social attitudes we find out if she succeeds a bit later in the program. next though as european officials ready the next slice

of greece's bailout the european central bank and the german government are arguing over how to try to get private investors to contribute to just one year after the first payment the next stage comes with conditions calling on athens to implement even stricter austerity measures r.t. sara first in greece for us where protests against the cuts have not relented. place to spain the face the child of the debt crisis we seem to think of building a the last year they deal with the tough conditions for that bailout money and the struggle really looking set as the fire that is very like a key measures will have to be implemented if police is going to be able to continue existing international bailout money now all this on the back of it is the belief last week that sixteen percent of the greek what pulls i currently have to jump way head cut missed by you can see the main plant around me this is why people

have been gathering every kill a surprise has against the states the states imagine that we're joined at the night by the nikkei this heat and electricity in the heading point now these people states measures being. are they going to have any effect will be only effects they're going to have this is going to make matters worse for the past year greece is facing a social disaster it's on a stereotype program and seen before in greece which has only resulted in the south that the ration of living standards are under an extreme rise in unemployment. and . they're on a very diverse nation and the new program the new middle term program they're proposing now that's going to it's going to just make things worse it is a privatization program which is not just privatization is completely new it's a complete losing of public companies utilities and assets and the only thing we're going to see is even more employment and even more to ration of living standards

it's a question of face leaving here if they don't get i think that greece being part of the euro zone these are contributing factors to the problems that the euro zone is like a financial monetary straitjacket it's completely irrational when you put countries with different activity levels different context competitiveness levels in the same money michael. this has been finding out about the feeling in germany and that there are some people who think that we might be better out of the eurozone what together. the euros did long lived germany says top lawyer marcus kerber he's suing the german government to stop its bailing out bankrupt neighbors you cannot save so you are saving greece on the contrary you have to get rid of greece greece is no longer worth a candidate no longer worth the number of the european union the nations labeled in

the region by some as the pigs of europe portugal ireland greece and spain must drop the currency now before they drag down other members warms kerber. things last year raise 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 but if you want cash in future you must work longer the statements caused rule ring greece but they're not happy in the e.u. 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 always sixty five which are certainly not responsible for the debts and the deficits run in portugal greece in the pic states raise the age when when the greek

people retire. sorry all three people what we have to work along as well germans or wrote boiling point anger which could spill out onto the streets the powerful greens are now suing merkel's government claiming it hid facts about bailouts from the public people in germany i ask you do we have to pay these so we have to give answers and the answers we don't get from our government even the ruling party is revolting klaus pizza will she 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 will have our depth restructured those who gave money for high interest rate would lose some of their money and they can qualify again for the euro maybe after ten fifteen years greece protests the euro's

a straight jacket which blocks traditional ways to boost your economy like devaluing the currency or adjusting interest rates even greece's european commissioner says that the country's membership of the common currency is that 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 the bits 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. next to a story of a russian grandmother who's attempts to keep the memory of her late son alive have landed her in a legal and moral controversy. the details. it was only at fifty seven that lamar 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 to just you know the death of my son created a hole in my life that will never close but the birth of my grandchildren certainly provides some solace is god's gift to me the mar son died of cancer three years ago but before his first chemotherapy session doctors conserved his sperm but the help of surrogate mothers two sets of twins were brought into the world. where the mars has been left her her scientific career was put on hold yet lamar's says they're all trifles compared to do 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 pulled me out of this abyss of despair. with her large family support lamar's says she has no financial parental concerns about raising her grandchildren the main problem now is the reluctance of the russian state to recognize her as the moderator of these children and her deceased son as their father. he lowered believes the law is in their side you absolutely huge according to russian law there are no limits on who can become appearing through the use of surrogates motherhood's of course cases like this one are still very unusual in russia that's why some registration offices or court officials may be confused and refuse to register children but the law is definitely in our favor. the mara is the third woman in russia who use the sperm of her deceased son to continue the family's lineage yet whether it is due to her age or the share number of children involved her story a good many russians questioning the affix of this kind of parenting to work that

you would. side as employment can excel to lead to this very ambiguous situation we can really tell the difference between a son and a grandson there are so many orphans in russia so she wanted to be a mother she could have easily realized her maternal instincts i think ultimately it's a very selfish drive to pass your genes no matter what. but 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 caps 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 the muskies this age difference is almost sixty years this 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. this week the u.s. made a number of strikes including unmanned drone attacks in pakistan and yemen the american system targets were militants but other official reports suggest there were many more civilian casualties and admitted a lot he's got. the morality behind robotic attacks is becoming increasingly called into question these days too. this 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 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 realm of warfare a new room of breaking 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 just 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 that'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 an 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 you. u.s. spy planes despite public discontent there's a lot of concern that the use of these drones by the us 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 a 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 look at constitutional activities like free speech activities that 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 your old will be equipped with some sort of weapon sound cannon some people are saying lasers will be able to punish the students who are advocating against the government they have 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 dragonflies turned out they were robo flies developed by the pentagon now 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 their 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 our mark

. as a festive atmosphere of moscow and around the country marks twenty one years since it declared its sovereignty just one year later it held its first free elections which resulted in victory for the reformist president boris yeltsin shortly afterwards the soviet union collapsed it's not easy go of the reports now even today memories of the 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 the day after we left behind a totalitarian state and had a new job of building a democratic society that respected the rights of its people by the time the lection took place the soviet union had less than a year to live but no one knew how it would disintegrate its fifteen republics began to declare sovereignty one by one while staying

a part of the year ceasar provoking unrest and even armed conflict and moscow two leaders also competed against each other michel god which i was the head of the soviet union chosen by communists functionaries boris yeltsin was in charge of a new sovereign russia and promised reform but calling for an open election yeltsin challenged the authority of the communist party over russia. with this victory in the election yeltsin prove that you can stand up to the communists establishment in an open and public manner he did not cut back room deals or try armed 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 communists candidate handily with more than half of the votes. when he led the resistance to a hardline a coup that at summer his popularity peaked but over the next decade. 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 good 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 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 that well kristie is not perfect and some inside the country said they still yearn for the soviet union but one thing is very hard to argue against as a result of these changes twenty years ago russians are wealthier of more personal and political freedoms eager of all to see moscow. looking ahead for you in just a few minutes and i we talk to a possible candidate for next year's french presidential elections and the woman who believes that france is in danger of being colonized by its own former colonies but the sport ahead for you to this hour here on our team from moscow with me kevin oh in this early monday morning the thirteenth of june as it is.

more news today violence is once again flared up. these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of.