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economy in the kinds of reports on our. they're doing the week's top stories on our teeth dozens killed in libya's capital as nato embarks on its most intense bombing raid yet but there's been heavy fighting as rebels are in new attacks on the oil port city of zawiya in syria tensions rise as the government continues its severe crackdown on the opposition. a u.s. naval vessel in the black sea sparks outrage from moscow and claims it's a prelude to the planned nato missile defense shield for europe. forgiving others their dead too much for one german lawyer who said to sue his government for handing out cash to failing euro zone economies while in countries that have received a cash balance the prospect of further austerity measures measures has drawn protesters to the streets. and the point. that's even

just. in exchange to continue paying out money. russia is celebrating the country's declaration of sovereignty and its first free elections that marked the definitive end of the soviet union. five am in moscow i'm at treasure bring you today's top stories and a look back at the week's news here on r t a fierce fighting is continuing in libya in the libyan port city of misrata where rebels using heavy artillery ramped up their bombardment of gadhafi troops pro-government forces responded with heavy shelling killing at least six and wounding sixteen others the fighting comes amid insurgents' fresh attempts to retake zawiya another major oil for an earlier battle

in the port left thirty people dead and shut down a key supply route to tunisia he while in tripoli colonel gadhafi. or a chess game with the president of the world chess federation declaring he had no intention of stepping down as r.t. is worried if an ocean reports it's the ordinary people for bearing the brunt of the cards that. saddam has been we've been there has breath of death the doctors have before danny a miracle and the young girl is back home with her family she took her mother's pills to kill herself. if someone wants to kill me and bill to do it myself. but who wants to kill the teenager. summer's 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 airstrikes 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 one thing is clear since march nineteenth the live wouldn't really prince 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 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 his

but instead they scariest talking about who they are of obamacare said of his father is more precise and the world no longer needs nato 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 all september that means people here face months more terror from the skies one of nato is 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. turning now to syria where forces loyal to president bashar assad have reportedly gain control over the rebel held town of just. he attacked was meant to quote cleanse the town of armed

rebel groups that killed at least one hundred twenty police officers last week meanwhile the u.k. and france are still pushing for a un resolution condemning the brutal crackdown against anti-government activists in syria but russia which opposes any attempts to intervene in the syrian conflict says it won't back the move arab world observers believe that some countries might try to manipulate the u.n. in an attempt to benefit from the 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 from so in other countries and the european union because just as they are considering cracking down on the syrian government they have most consider cracking down on the governments of better arrangement or other or each of the point in time when there was also. what is happening in syria tediously in

almost all countries in the middle east and 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. amid ever increasing claims of civilian casualties in libya many are questioning the humanitarian goals of the alliance in an interview with nato secretary general anders fogh rasmussen on thursday my colleague and he said now i asked him to clarify how the coalition defines a what's a legitimate target. actually the u.n. security council resolution goes beyond a no fly zone cording to the un 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 the gadhafi in a car on a phone or in a hospital on a phone constitute a command center for your purposes when you say any. i would like to stress that we are not targeting individuals we hate. military. targets. and of course control centers can be used to plan and organize attacks against civilians show amount of control centers military targets you can find out how the nato chief responded to other questions over libya in his full interview on our teeth coming your way in a little more than an hour or any time on our teeth dot com. a u.s. warship in ukraine for a joint military exercise in the black sea the arrival of the u.s.s. monterey has already raised eyebrows in moscow like sara chefs the reports from q

two. this 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. 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 in that 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 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 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 it 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 on now we've heard furthermore plans of building radio location stations in romania and turkey and in poland so

all this. according to the russian foreign ministry is not something discussed between presidents with 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 so 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 or. and coming your way in a few minutes when killing looks like a video game the u.s. right it's unmanned attack drone programs and with it grow fears about playstation mentality replacing morals when it comes to warfare. three months from the start of the fukushima nuclear crisis in japan and we look at how government efforts to downplay the contamination have provoked a massive display of public rage. but first as european officials are close to

giving a second rescue package to deeply indebted greece the european central bank and the german government are seeking ways to involve private investors in the battle out in an attempt to handle the crisis the greek government has revealed a series of deep cuts triggering demonstrations across the country r.t. sara for of has more from athens. when here on syntagma square you can see just how many people. in the fray can call them in building began. by the government. building they've already been. very very. big say that the government has really achieved anything by that and say with. a lot of tensions on the street. they can raise. raising because people simply don't think that way but it

certainly seems that that might be the case in that package of a very few measures will have to be implemented if greece wants to continue i think the international bad out money now this comes on the back of the relief last week they say that sixty percent of the bulls are out in the field i still think forty feet offensive fifteen twenty four year olds out there what he's begun to some of the younger people here they say i bet turning out because they really like things right on. the docks goodies but the people of the doesn't do anything. but they conduct and that's why we came here to tell them the. thing is that we're paying the price is coming in price.

right. meanwhile in germany the source of much of the bailout cash there is growing anger at what's seen as paying off other people's debts multiple lawsuits have been launched against the government won by a powerful green party who claimed chancellor merkel concealed information about the bailout this comes as one of the country's top lawyers file suit to stop the bundestag from doling out any more cash or he's daniel bushell has more from berlin . the euro's dead long live germany says top lawyer markus kerber he's suing the german government to stop its bailing out bankrupt neighbors you cannot save. by saving greece on the country you have to get rid of these greece is no longer worth a candidate no longer worth the member of the european 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 warms kerber although athens last year raised the pension age to sixty five and could early retirement other 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 jail sixty seven it's not possible to declare why other people should go with six to 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 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 dept restructured those who gave money for high interest rate with 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 at risk on this athens takes the painful cost cutting medicine prescribed by the e.u. and the. if greeks no agree with. out of control the question is will week states quit. and bring the single currency down with the new bush you'll see. me this week the u.s. made a number of airstrikes including unmanned drone attacks in pakistan and yemen america insists the targets were militants but unofficial reports suggest there were many more civilian casualties than first admitted our he's got a cheeky on found out that the morality behind robotic attacks is being

increasingly called into question. 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 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 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 u.s. government has more to do with u.s. control over mexican territory actually going out to the drug lords and winning the drug war while issues of international law and sovereignty trigger little interest among americans the prospect of having surveillance drones spying all across the u.s. itself surely don't you as 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 protesting some are governmental act and they'll be chilling free speech should your old will be equipped with some sort of weapons 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 look like dragonflies it turned out they were robo flies developed by the pentagon surveillance devices as america continues developing this play station mentality killing an intelligence gathering in pakistan people in fear that it may be time they could become a target in someone's deadly deal and maybe hearing but you last hear 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 our mark to. check out our website r.t. dot com for more perspectives including one from u.s. radio host alex jones who apparently thinks of busa drone technology could be the start of a terminator style of warfare one waged by robots all that online including this crowded space the i.s.a.'s gets three new residents doubling the number of humans out of the international space station the combined crew will perform

a unique research including attempts to find a cancer cure. probably expect also be expecting a farewell present from nasa shuttle atlantis the last half hour flight of the current u.s. space shuttle program plus. top brass and top secret you follow the clandestine gathering of the world's power brokers and try to uncover what's actually going on behind closed doors i feel and you'll build a bird conference all this and more a click away. turning now to japan where the stricken fukushima nuclear plant continues leaking radiation while a different kind of fallout public anger spills onto the streets huge crowds turned out across japan yesterday demanding an end to the country's use of nuclear power protests come on the heels of revelations that the government had covered up the true extent of the radioactive contamination following the fukushima catastrophe tens of thousands of evacuees from the area surrounding the plant still live in temporary shelters and instead of getting the same people the sympathy they deserve

many are suffering from discrimination even from their own government according to dr robert jacobs from the hiroshima peace institute. there are still people living in areas where there's high radiation and there's children going to school in areas where there's high radiation and so there's been a reluctance to move as quickly as possible and a lot of people from the area who even people who were born there but who live in tokyo are experiencing discrimination in japan by people who consider them toss of the contaminated even the radiation is not transferable to other people but there are a lot of problems ahead if i can give you one quick example in august there's a very important holiday in japan called in which everyone returns to their hometown because the spirits of ancestors come to their burial places where their ashes are in turn and the family won't come to them these people the exclusion zone will not be able to observe this will they just holiday and welcome their the spirits of their ancestors who return obongo when people find that their own able to cheery all day or so million obligations for decades because they can. return to

these areas people tend to blame themselves even if there are structural reasons so there needs to be some work done to help people through not just the radiation exposure but the social breakdowns that follow radiation exposures and communities turned out of some other stories making headlines across the globe in the wake of the fukushima crisis italy is holding a referendum on whether the country should revive its atomic energy program plans to restart the country's nuclear program by two thousand and fourteen were shelved due to safety concerns following the fukushima incident germany recently took the decision to phase out nuclear power completely by two thousand and twenty two switzerland has opted for a similar route. fierce clashes broke in southern turkey on sunday after results showed a kurdish independence party had won seats in the country's general election celebrations turned violent and police to use water cannons and tear gas to disperse the crowds turkey's prime minister tayyip erdogan was returned to power for

a third term getting more than fifty percent of the vote his ruling justice and development party fell short of gaining enough seats to call for a referendum on a new constitution. there is a festive atmosphere here in moscow and across russia as the country marks twenty one years since it declared its sovereignty and oppressive fireworks display lit up the night sky above the capitol the day also marks the country's first free elections there resulted in a victory for reformist care president boris yeltsin back in one thousand nine hundred one shortly afterward the soviet union collapsed as artie's even never imports and even today memories of the bumpy road to democracy are still fresh in many people's minds. june twelve nineteen. millions voted to make boris yeltsin russia's first president to should movement in the country's history but that this was the first free election 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 p. 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 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 proved 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 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 laid 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 it's been good i don't have any emotions about it but i did vote for you all to nan 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 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. back with a recap of our top stories in a few minutes stay with us here on r.t. .

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