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the week's top stories on our team dozens killed in the libyan capital as nato embarks on the most intense bombing raids yet while there's been heavy fighting as rebels renew attacks on the oil port city of zawiya in syria tension is building as the government continues its severe crackdown on the opposition. a u.s. navy 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 debts proves too much for one german lawyer who is set to sue his government for handing out cash to failing eurozone economies while the nations that have received the cash balance the prospect of further austerity measures draws protesters onto the streets. and the reaching. that's

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

a battle at the port left thirty dead and shut down a key supply route to tunisia meanwhile in tripoli the capital hurdle could offer you over a chess game with the president of the world chess federation declared he has no intention of stepping down as the notion of reports it's the ordinary people who are bearing the brunt of the fighting. saddam has been we know has breath of death the doctors have performed any a miracle and the young girl is back home with her family she took her mother's pills to kill herself. if someone wants to kill me and to do it myself but who wants to kill the teenager summers native city tripoli has been under constant bombardment by nato forces for three months day and night forms have been fooling around the city with a population of around a million no one can ever say when or where the next one would land. this week in

the most intensive 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 white but one thing is clear since march nineteenth the law of wouldn't really prince has changed forever son was 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 see what happened but i realized immediately he 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 will nato 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 a 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. turning now to syria where forces loyal to president assad have reportedly gain control over the rebel held town of just sure the attack was meant to quote cleanse

the town of armed rebel groups that have killed one hundred twenty police officers last week meanwhile britain and france still push for a un resolution condemning the brutal crackdown against anti-government activists in syria russia which opposes any attempts to intervene in the conflict says it won't back the move arab world observers believe some countries try to manipulate the u.n. to 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 in the european union because just as they are considering cracking down on the syrian government they must consider cracking down on the governments of better arrangement or other or each of the point in time when there was also in. what is happening in syria and simultaneously 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. a u.s. warship has sailed to ukraine for a joint military exercise in the black sea their arrival of the u.s.s. monterey has already raised concerns in moscow are things like sara share ski reports. 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. 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 order 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 a 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 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 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. stay with us here on r t coming your way in a few minutes one woman's fight for her dead son's family follow the controversy surrounding her grandmother's attempts to become the legal guardian of her dead son's children who are born through surrogate mothers after he died we'll explain all that in a couple of minutes twice. some save us is ratcheting up its unmanned attack drone program and with it fears of a playstation mentality replacing morals when it comes to warfare. before we get to that european officials are close to giving a second rescue package to deeply indebted greece the european central bank and germany's government are seeking ways to involve private investors in the battle out at an attempt to have all the crisis the greek government's revealed a series of deep cuts triggering demonstrations across the country. more from athens. we're here on syntagma square you can see just how many people attend

to the frame by the building. measures that have been paid by the government speaking to people here. really been building for a year they've already been. very. they say that the government has really achieved anything by that and say we've been paid. a lot of attention on the street . and they can raise some. people simply think that way but it certainly seems that that might be the case in that package of a very key measures will have to be implemented if greece wants to continue i think the international band out money now this comes on the back of the relief last week they say that sixteen percent in the polls are out in the field as stepping forty

feet the fans in fifteen twenty four year olds out there what he's begun to some of the younger people here they say they're sending out because they're really fighting right on. the ducks geese but the people of the dozens of doing things. but they come to the game and that's why we came here to tell them that they are incapable of. what many are saying is that we're paying the price is signing in price. right thing you can. meanwhile in germany the source of much of the bailout cash there's a growing anger what's seen as paying off other people's debts multiple lawsuits have been launched against the government one by the powerful green party who claim

chancellor merkel concealed information about the ballot this comes as one of the country's top lawyers files a suit to stop the bundestag from doling out any more cash or his daniel bushell has more from berlin. the euro's dead long live germany says top lawyer marcus kerber he's suing the german government to stop its bailing out bankrupt neighbors you cannot save the euro by saving greece on the country you have to get rid of greece greece is no longer worth a candidate no longer working member of the european monetary 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 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 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'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. greeks now agree with germans who say that bit's out of control the question is will weak states quit the euro and reorganize. and bring the single currency dealt with the new bush you'll see in. part of the story of a russian grandmother whose attempts to keep the memory of her late son alive have landed her in a bit of legal and moral controversy or he's oksana boyko has details. it was only at fifty seven that lamar understood the true meaning of having her hands full and accomplished scientists a wife of three decades and also a devoted mother none of these roles capture as busy as she is now her tragedy she became a grandmother only after she'd lost everything else what you just you know the death of my son created a hole in my life that 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 with the help of surrogate mothers two sets of twins were brought into the world. the mars has been left her her scientific career was put on hold yet lamar's says they're all trifles compared to be revenged 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 or parental concerns about raising her grandchildren her main problem now is the reluctance of the russian state to recognize her as the moderator of this children and her deceased son as their

father. hello or believes the law is in their side. but 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. that 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 affleck's of this kind of parenting the work that you would. exercise is employing mechanics ultimately lead to this very ambiguous situation we can 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 cap for people who are willing to adopt children the only cabbage is that a potential parent should be at least sixteen years older than the child and i must case these age difference is almost sixty years this doesn't sit easily in a country where most people become parents before they turn thirty and about raising even two kids is often seen more than a handful for the boy artsy moscow. this week the u.s. launched a number of air strikes including unmanned drone attacks in pakistan and yemen american says the targets were militants but unofficial reports suggest there were also many more civilian casualties than admitted or he's got a cheeky and takes a look at the morality behind robotic attacks 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. used in

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 actually going out to the drug lords and winning the drug war while issues of international law and sovereignty trigger little interest among americans the prospect of having surveillance drones spying all across the us itself surely does us police agencies are asking for drones for domestic surveillance raising the alarm among those who think that could be the end of american freedoms and specially when you when you look at constitutional activities like free speech activities 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 weapons cannon some people are saying lasers will be able to punish the students who are advocating against the government they've already been used in some instances in

the united states and in two thousand and seven protesters in washington d.c. noticed small objects floating overhead it looked like dragon well it turned out they were robo flies developed by the pentagon now surveillance devices as american continues developing this play station mentality killing any intelligence gathering in pakistan people leave in fear that it may be time they could become a target in someone's deadly didio game 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 our team. check out our team dot com for more perspectives including one from u.s. radio host alex jones who thinks abuse of drone technology could lead to terminator style warfare waged by robots all that on line for you plus crowded space the international space station's gets three new residents doubling the number of humans currently in orbit the combined international crew will perform a unique research including attempts to find a cancer here but also be expecting

a farewell this. from nasa as atlantis shuttle the last flight of the current u.s. space shuttle program. top brass top secret we follow the clandestine gathering of the world's power brokers to try to uncover what's actually cooked up behind closed doors at the builder bird conference this and plenty more just a click away. turning now to some other stories making headlines across the globe in the wake of japan's fukushima crisis italy is holding a referendum on whether the country should revive its atomic energy ambitions plans to restart the country's nuclear program by two thousand and fourteen were shelled due to safety concerns after the japanese 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. fear as clashes broke out in southern turkey sunday after results showed a kurdish independence party had won seats in the country's general election celebrations

turned violent and police used water cannons and tear gas to disperse the crowds turkey's prime minister tayyip aragon was returned to power for a third term getting slightly more than fifty percent of the vote his ruling justice and development party fell short of gaining enough seats to call for referendum on a new constitution. filing this news block there's a festive atmosphere here in moscow and around russia as the country marks twenty one years since declaring sovereignty and impressive fireworks display lit up the night sky in the capital the day also marks russia's first free elections that resulted in victory for a former president boris yeltsin back in one thousand nine hundred one truly afterward the soviet union collapsed as are he zero reports 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 wall to should moment in the country's history but 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 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 up all of the use the so provoking unrest and even conflict and more two leaders also competed against each other but there was the head of the soviet union chosen by communist functionaries boris yeltsin was in charge of new silver in 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 arm 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 the coup late that out summer his popularity peaked but over the next decade to 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 you all to 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 while christie 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. be back with a recap of our top stories in a few minutes stay with us here on r.t.

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