review the latest science. from. the future. for the full story we've got. the biggest issues get the human voice face to face with the news makers on. live from the russian capital the top stories this hour in the capital rage at the nato bombing campaign which they say is robbing them of both their safety and their fuel supply constant airstrikes have led to a sharp petrol shortage in tripoli but thousands of civilians are bearing the brunt of the war. human rights groups for nothing's changing for the better in egypt as the country's military rulers announce they've arrested several thousand people since february revolution. and all eyes on the east where members of the shanghai

cooperation organization including russia are getting together to review ten years of collaboration and draw up a blueprint for the future. but if not more news in less than ten minutes from now in the meantime nato steps up its strikes on the libyan capital as and the former u.s. congresswoman and presidential candidate cynthia mckinney is in the country to see for herself libyans are coping with the onslaught she expressed doubts about whether nato is following international law interview with r.t. is next. former congresswoman and u.s. presidential candidate cynthia mckinney has been in libya working with a non-governmental fact finding mission for ten days already she's here at private expense as are the other members of her team to establish real evidence based facts on the reality of life in tripoli and made mates of bombardments and civil war she

joins me now thank you very much cynthia thank you for having me oh why is fact finding necessary in tripoli i can't remember who it was that said that truth is the first casualty of war but we in the united states serve very well aware that the our country went to war against iraq and encouraged the entire world to code a war with it against iraq nine hundred thirty five times the bush administration lied to the american people in the international community about the reasons for going into iraq and then after the deed was done we had our deputy secretary of defense saying well you know we were in a room and we were just trying to figure out which law of the american people would buy so we settled upon weapons of mass destruction and just like bad the

international community was drawn into a war that has completely decimated destroyed an entire country the country of iraq so now when our government says that they have a responsibility to bomb people in order to save them i think it's important for the american people to understand what the truth is you've mentioned iraq so you do think maybe it could be like second the rock n roll. what i think is libya could become a somalia one in the reaction of people to . the possibility of foreign ground troops here i don't think that is going to be anything that is welcome by anything anyone other than the libyan nato allies who are called the rebels who have been here for

a while already so what have you seen what concerns me is that we have reports that depleted uranium is being used we know that there are the missiles that are coming down the bunker buster bombs that are being used depleted uranium is being used here then everything that we see in grief is contaminated what are these reports come from actually a member of parliament in the united kingdom was the first person who mentioned the possible nato use of depleted uranium that i am aware of and at since that time i have spoken with some experts scientists scientists who are familiar with the telltale signs of depleted uranium use one is how the particulate matter tastes in your mouth if there is a metallic taste and of course since i've been here in the been

a lot lot of bombings i have asked around about the metallic taste one of the persons of i brought with me is an attorney and i asked him he specifically said yes. that he had a metallic taste in his mouth i have not spoken to the libyan scientists who have officially confirmed that but of course if we look at nato and their choice of weaponry we know that nato is used to play. you're raining where in eastern europe they've used it in afghanistan they are probably using it in pakistan and why would they not use it here what will your conclusions be my conclusions will be merely the truth as i see it and of course i just have spoken with the dean of political science at the university also known as nasa university

where two out of tory arms were bombed now why is nato bombing universities why of a bombing compounds where people gathered to express their joy and love and concern for their leader i don't know why nato is choosing these targets but these are civilian targets and when civilian targets are bombed we have criminal activity awesome against dining triply yes we've also been to. spittle and there we were able to speak with people and see their wounds now i was able to see the wounds of the people and they looked very similar to the wounds of the. experience dime weapons that's a dis inner metallic. weapon that was used in gaza now we've heard this massive bombardment from a distance but what's kind of

a factor are you having on the civilian population this is another aspect of the nato operation and mad like to stress this idea of collective punishment because of course we've heard of collective punishment in the context of israel and its treatment of the palestinians but what we are seeing here is a kind of collective punishment as well where nato is preventing. shipments a few all and food and medicine to come in. there have been efforts to actually get medicine into the country that have been denied by nato of course you it is impossible to go on any street and miss the huge queue of sometimes three and four d. of cars that go on for and on and on and on as they queue up to get gasoline from the service station this is

a nato policy and this is also a policy of collective punishment this is targeting the civilian population and whenever you target a civilian population you're committing a crime to be able to speak to people i guess yes i have spoken to people and the one question that they asked me over and over and over again is on a day that is the question why and so when i go back to the states i'm going to try and ask that question why why is this happening certainly it is not for humanitarian reasons because what is being caused by nato is a humanitarian catastrophe what could be a go with a strategy do you think what we have to do if we really want to understand the motivations of u.s.

policy we have to go back to what ray mcgovern who is a former cia analyst had to say and he described u.s. policy is being driven by i and l. now parts oh i am l o for a whale i for israel ellis for just sticks and so he described the logistics as those logistics that were needed by the neo cons to carry out. their policies on behalf of israel and if we look at the behavior of the nato allies in libya the so-called rebels what we see is they open up a central bank so that means that of course the banking system that is independent here in tripoli and benghazi that banking system will be tied to the international banking system they also have concluded agreements with

israel now what are those agreements one of those agreements is to provide a base for israel in libya tonight the secretary general rasmussen told us he just a while ago there are only hints in targets of military value do you accept that no absolutely not a university military you certainly the murder of. his son and grandbabies is not of military value i went to that house i saw the swing set foods vall said that the journalists there and there was nothing of military value there is just. innocent people does that mean restlessness military people are telling half truths i think there's nothing of the truth what's receiving here seems a bit personal now would make you know my watch i can only repeat what the nato

leaders have said and they have said that. colonel gadhafi is a legitimate target this murder and i don't think that there's anywhere that murder is permitted this is targeted assassination this is extrajudicial killing. this goes against international law international humanitarian law international human rights law every aspect of it. of the law and so now has nato become a murder machine a targeted assassination this could a few know that other thing well i don't know what he knows. he probably knows far more than you and i. and i plan to meet him. well if that were to be made available to me i would probably take advantage of that and my

last question if gadhafi leaves and it looks like he will have to no matter what what will he leave behind well i think that's a question that is more appropriate for the people of libya i know that i am here on a fact finding mission and soley to understand the truth to transmit the truth . as i see it because the international press largely are not telling the international community the truth thank you very much. for being with us. one stream can see from. you is mr millet.

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it's. top stories this hour libyans in the capital rage at the nato bombing campaign which they say is robbing them of both the safety and their fuel supply constant airstrikes have led to a sharp petrol shortage in tripoli where thousands of civilians are bearing the brunt of the. human rights groups fear nothing is changing for the better in egypt as the country's military rulers announce they've arrested several thousand people since february revolution. the rise of east where members of the shanghai cooperation organization including russia are getting together to review ten years of collaboration and draw a blueprint for the future. but we've got more news for in less than fifteen

minutes from now meantime kate is here with a major sports update on what is proved a key night for a former chelsea manager. hello welcome to the sport is what's going on. rude awakening when it is scientists tearing manager after watching his side concede a late own goal in one little defeat at one car while talk about the leader's taste our place to second place country on a crunch night in the russian premier league. and fighting back serena williams wins her first competitive match after a year long injury lay off the pair to defend her wimbledon crown. for the first blow and brutalize has been fired as coach of chechen side direct after his charges lost their latest game with a last minute own goal of an car this tuesday night's saturday on a young chick was the guilty man in what was the worst case scenario for the dutch trainer who was given an ultimatum to either win this game or go couldn't serve

less than five months out of his eighteen month deal with the club and failed to impress the bosses during the stand off in just three out of thirteen league games in charge the forty eight year old is now leading after the club posted on their website on monday that anything but a win would send it packing bottles where there's a program of matches taking place this tuesday a top of the table back or is underway just outside the state's gulf coast joint leaders and cheat but it still goes between fans and boston's likely is the red sox while elsewhere for different players from target the champions in each other across the aisle from time to. get the gods to late goals gave managers not much of a three one with against it seems like that no trick twice a former champions repeat what entertains another moscow as the dark place called that relates because. well earlier in the day spartak moscow will hold a disappointing ronald or a tom jones super broke away from tom's defense that starts out in charge after

twenty minutes and they look to how it won the game before communicate blasted in the last gasp equal. eyes at one side their share of the spoils of both the spot approach the lake up in the state is young side that experience. well in the meantime set up substitute danny didn't score in the senate go first before the game is a piece but excited didn't show their record signing will stay on for another four years the portugal midfielder and a paper to extend his initial deal which set the champions back a staggering thirty million euros three years ago while it's in each county has been crowned champion on the stage in the way for the super cup the russian cup and the russian see the cup. i mean russia football captain and they are shopping admits his national team but not being playing well but he insists they still have a great chance of qualifying for next summer's european championships he also midfielder was speaking at a charity event in siberia following russia's recent goldstraw with cameroon and friendly. first everyone wants to qualify for euro two when it's well first of all

the players do and of course i will stand because ukraine in poland a close to russia and who worked hard to achieve this but let's wait until september and october frankly we're not playing in our best moment but we're still among the leaders of the group tough questions with a message only island and slow where gary head and the fate of a place at the european finals will be decided in these matches. by the end of this month we'll learn a former russian coach and setting will after all what center english premier league side chelsea the russian and london club has been managed just that second colorado lottery last month but the blues are racing to appoint a new boss with the summer transfer window wide open in england and the former acting coach is touted as the front runner for the job the team's chief executive running all eight saying it's time to announce the new coach his night as far as the manager is itself. this is going well. but no relation of the time it is ok.

for him to call where the next minute he was going to agree. with all those things in the usual way. next we've got to do the bidding decision to those who are. good. but elsewhere christiane or another says he's staying at rail madrid and the speculation of a big money transfer to manchester city which can wind up with a spanish radio station i am not going i give you my word today i would sign for another ten years was well madrid however when asked about tomorrow's the twenty six year old was more non-committal adding that no one knows a pious feature last season analysis of the spanish league record by scoring for seagulls israel is second to barcelona straight year. oh me what red bulls formula one champion sebastian vettel has been training with another red bull team this time the new york soccer side including their former aston walsall and starting area andre his team. currently top of the major league soccer eastern

conference this is in no small thanks to henri has been banging in the goals meeting seven in eleven matches but despite his magic touch the french are still delighted that was how i'm training which rebels f one stop shopping after coming second in sunday's canadian grand prix and only battles appearance will inspire the players to make some silverware. that's all you want you want to win i know i would seem here we didn't win anything you're so you know having him around and he's going to bring us a bit of luck to win something and force you know we're far from being successful. we're trying to follow the example guys to see him come over here and see what they do is the first time i actually you know had. an idea with a professional players and on the field and it's amazing you know it's small things that you probably don't see from the outside but how they move and how quick they are and you know we didn't want to step compared to me obviously or just the whole be football player. plan is now and with women starting next week former world

number one serena williams has successfully returned to action after almost a year out and she came from behind. in the first round at the grass court event at eastbourne it didn't look like a winning come up with serena at first as the american can only take one game in the first set that she was able to turn things round to seal it one six six three six or next up the serena is russia's world number three viewed as one or over beat the local team in large part heather watson six three six three. while there was a major plot at the unicef open in the novel and bringing us under strain open champion kim clijsters went pressuring out of the second round in straight sets at the hands of italian qualifier will mean a pop brandy. now i stocky and the stanley cup finals will go right down to the wire after boston beat vancouver five two on monday signed the best of seven series that's really a piece that means wednesday's game in vancouver will be a dramatic winner takes all contest the can acts are looking for their first

championship title or the grins are going to end a thirty nine year title drat. you know this is a it's a great feeling about art and i we came to play and it's coming down to one game and this is what we dream of and you really are kids playing street hockey and. you know you're in game seven so we're going to go up there and and we're going to go way down the line like they are happened. there's nothing we can do about it we've already turned the page on that and we're going back home and we've got this great opportunity in front of our fans behind us and we're going to make the best of it now after finishing fourth of the cheering winter olympics in two thousand and six russia slips to the low point of thirteenth in the winter sport rankings after a disappointing display at last year's ranking of games though according to russia's sports minister of italy might call the situation is heading for use in the season russia's winter sports have already had a major overhaul since those games in canada and in the run up to the next olympics

in the resort of sochi in twenty fourteen last year eight out of eleven heads of various sporting federations were let go and if the country doesn't improve their medal tally next year more heads will roll but hopes the measures now in place should ensure russia will become one of the leading countries with such a program about. our immediate goals are very clear and we have in place a very comprehensive preparation program and next year we have to rise to least six place in the world winter sports rankings if that doesn't happen it will be a cause for alarm if the system doesn't work this year it will mean that the problems are rooted even more deeply than we thought. and finally russia's first ever formula one race may be set to grace the olympic city of sochi in three years time or lots of high octane action is always on offer here in moscow a spectacular drifting event was the latest to entertain the adrenaline junkies in the city and. on the drivers he's still around and the city track.

as is seen in one of the fast and furious films. appropriately subtitled tokyo drift this motor sport is big in japan but the whole world is now a cheer in a tone and moscow is no exception the russian capital provided all it takes for a good hot race and spectacle of side sleeps and smoke and wheels these events be just one of the five stops on the calendar for the russian for serious and eventual winner georges depend on loves it don't for the last. like the track very much it's a demanding one because it's rather narrow and this makes it risky an interesting especially when it comes to tandem drifting and you can drive both ways which allows for many different configurations while drifting so the track is good and then again it is in moscow. well stepping down is a muscovite and could be somewhat prejudiced but it was a side for sore eyes watching him steal his car in

a final deal of nissan's elect topic was about his silver for his rub abundant effort drones rent a photo of the only driver who trusted his fate to local a manufactured cars to even the made in japan tag didn't see if we missed and he's missed on from plenty of trouble. it was a very hard fought victory on the opening day i brought my gear box and my third transmission came unstuck if we didn't sleep all night changing to give oaks and adjusting the car but also broke a new one touring the morning practice and so i had to complete a grace without any third transmission so it was tough was with his domestic appetite satisfied at least for now stepan are now plans to show off his skills in a race in england and then he should be back to russia for two more drifted sessions incented his book unorganised and then it's back to moscow a month later. as well for me.

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