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feeds now in the palm of your. question on the dot com. reviewing the week's top stories on our t.v. dozens killed in libya's capital as nato embarks on its most intense bombing raids to date well there's been heavy fighting as rebels renew attacks on the oil port city of zawiya and in syria tensions rise as the government continues its severe crackdown on the opposition. a u.s. navy vessel in the black sea sparked 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 attorney who is said to sue his government for handing out cash to failing euro zone economies while in countries that have received a cash bail out the prospect of further austerity measures draws protesters to the streets. as even just.

an exchange continued. russia's celebrates the country's declaration of sovereignty and its first free elections that marked the definitive end of the soviet union. seven am in moscow i matras are bring you today's top stories and a look back at the week's news here on r t a fierce fighting continues in libyan port city of misrata where rebels using heavy artillery stepped up their bombardment of khadafi 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 as a week 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 colonel gadhafi over a chess game with the president of the world chess. federation declared he has no intention of stepping down as art is maria for an ocean of records it's the ordinary people who are bearing the brunt of the conflict. saddam has been with you 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 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 lie and. this week in the most intensive error 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 verified but one thing is clear since march nineteenth the live who ordinarily paeans 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 you 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 and we try to live our lives we will 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 what of nato is supposed to target khadafi its 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 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 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 syria's conflict says it won't back the move arab world observers believe some western countries might try to manipulate the u.n. in an attempt to benefit from the conflict. that 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 west the 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 have a multitude of cracking down on the governments of battery or other or each of the point in time when there was a hole so it was for 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 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. a u.s. warship has sailed to ukraine for a joint military exercise in the black sea the arrival of the u.s.s. monterey has already raised concerns in moscow artie's alexei has the details. 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 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 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 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 of moore on now we've heard furthermore plans of building radio locations stations in romania and turkey and in poland so all this. according to the russian foreign ministry is not something discussed between presidents with the bomb 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 to stay with us here on r t still to come on the program and a helping hand or a lever of influence the international monetary fund extends a three billion dollars loan to egypt but some say there are strings attached to the purse aimed at steering the still unstable country where the west wants it plus the united states ratchets up its unmanned attack drone program with and with it some say fears of a play station mentality placing possibly morals when it comes to warfare. 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 looking for ways to involve private investors in the bailout an attempt to handle the crisis the greek government has revealed a series of deep cuts triggering demonstrations across the country r.t. sarah ferguson there. we hear on syntagma square you can see just how many

people that the play by the main. page has began. to make it that it means that by the government that would be speaking to people here that the sanctions many been building for a year they've already been. very very few make it pay that the government have anything by that and say we've been paid. a lot of tension on the street some on a. plane and then they can wait maybe because they have people simply. they think that way but it. might be the case. that the measures will have to be implemented if greece wants to continue i think the international bad money now this comes on the back of the relief they say to fix things and the bulls are out in the field and stopping the fans of fifteen twenty

four year olds the way he's begun to some of the younger people here they think that sending out because they're really liking right on. the goodies but the people of this doesn't think it was. but. he tells them the. thing is that when that price is running in price. right. meanwhile in germany of the source of much of the bailout cash there's a growing anger of what's seen as paying off other people's debts multiple lawsuits have been launched against launched against the government won by the powerful green party who claimed chancellor angela merkel concealed information about the

debt the bailout is comes as one of the country's top lawyers files a suit to stop the blondest dog from doling out any more cash or daniel bushell has more from berlin. the euros did long leave germany says top lawyer marcus kerber he's suing the german government to stop its bankrupt neighbors you can save so you grease on the contrary you have to get rid of these grease is no longer worth a candidate no longer with 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 wards kerber. things last year raised the pension age to sixty five and could early retirement of the 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 up 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 always sixty five which are certainly not responsible for the debts and deficits running portugal greece in the pic states raise the age when when the greek people retire. sorry all three people well 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's revolting close 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 debt restructured those who gave money for high interest rate will 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 bit's out of control the question is will weak states quit the euro and reorganize or stay and bring the single currency down with a new bushel. this week the u.s. made a number of airstrikes including unmanned drone attacks in pakistan in yemen american system targets were militants but unofficial reports suggest there were many more civilian casualties than first admitted artie's guide and she found out the morality behind the robotic attacks is increasingly being called into question this so that when a u.s. drone hits 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. thus 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 us has for years been using them in another of its undeclared wars against drug traffickers in mexico the mexican government allows us 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 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 roll be equipped with some sort of weapon so can and 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 dragons well it turned out they were robo flies developed by the pentagon surveillance devices as america continues developing this play station mentality killing and intelligence gathering in pakistan people leave in fear that it may be time they could become a target in someone's deadly video game and maybe hearing the last year that with the rapid expansion of supply 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. checking our website our team dot com for more perspectives on the story here's what's also online right now. crowded space the eye assess 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 cure for cancer and also be expecting a farewell visit from nasa as atlantis shuttle the last ever flight of the current u.s. space shuttle program. and top brass top secret we follow the clint destine meeting of the world's power brokers try to uncover what's actually going on behind closed doors at the builder bird conference all this and plenty more just a click away. international monetary fund plans to lend egypt three billion dollars to help stabilize the country some experts have voiced concern that it may become an instrument of western pressure policy or has more. as if the international

monetary fund doesn't have enough on its plate it's agreed to loan three billion dollars to cairo a move critics say is absurd but i think this is a bribe that the west is trying to give to the regime lest the new one lest it turns against the west but cairo is insisting the money will help stabilize the country's finances especially now with mubarak gone and the country going through a transitional period but observers say it's the same spin with only slightly different marketing these agreements are being made with traditional transitional governments and these transitional governments have. become a primarily outer figures of the old regime they composed primarily because from your regime for example samir radwan the finance minister in egypt has been negotiating this loan was a mubarak appointee obama's promise in cairo a billion dollars more in loan guarantees and on top of that another billion in debt cancellation while french president nicolas sarkozy has committed the g eight

to providing up to ten billion dollars in direct aid it's a commitment the west says it's making to help each actions get back on the feet united states and the west are trying to reduce the damage caused by the revolutions very are. considerable financial contributions gyptian economy and the perfect way is through the i.m.f. which is heavily influenced by the united states for. many many years the i.m.f. has been considered as an orm of american foreign economic policies this regime that is unstable. would could be considered is a waste of money on something that is very shaky what's more it comes with particular strings attached. and that the deal could in fact spell trouble i

believe is a major blow to treasury if they expected really low and the money except the worst trouble. a country. that is just starting to western bank is ready to or equal. the regime no way around it country what most egyptians fear is that the money will get used up long before it reaches the pockets believing it's likely to be only a small elite as well as international banks who benefit from the loans the last time the i.m.f. injected a large amount of money into egypt was twenty years ago but since then the number of rejections of living below just two dollars a day doubled in february this year the i.m.f. praised the mubarak regime sound fiscal management in egypt as far as libya went it's the ultimate for the economy remains stable but just days later mubarak was all stood and tripoli was engulfed in anti gadhafi demonstrations so it's no

surprise of many say the base of the i.m.f. rates the country the closer the country is to having a revolution highlighting just how wrong the organization can be policy r t tel aviv. turning now to 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 ambitions plans to restart the country's nuclear program by two thousand and fourteen work shelved because of safety concerns following 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. fierce clashes have broken out 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 had to use water cannons and tear gas to disperse the crowds turkey's prime minister tayyip erdogan has returned to power

for a third term carrying more than fifty percent of the vote his ruling justice and development party fell short of gaining enough seats to call for a constitutional referendum. finally in this news block as a festive mood in moscow and across russia as the country marks twenty one years since declaring sovereignty an impressive fireworks display lit up the night sky in the capital the day also marks the country's first free elections that resulted in a victory for reformist president boris yeltsin back in one thousand nine hundred one charlie afterword the soviet union collapsed as r.t.c. were all good i've never ports even today memories of the bumpy road to democracy are still fresh in many. june twelve nineteen. millions voted to make boris yeltsin russia's first president to shouldn't movement 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 but it turned election took place the soviet union had less than a year to live but no one knew how it would disintegrate its fifteen republics began to declare it's over and she won. by one while staying a part of the u.s. 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 communists functionaries boris yeltsin was in charge of nearly 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 through the you can stand up to the communists 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 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. 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 now 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. moscow me back with a recap of our top stories in a few minutes stay with us here on r.t. .

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