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question. libyans in the capital tripoli rage at the nato bombing campaign which they say is robbing them of both their safety and their fuel supply. all of us on the east where members of the shanghai cooperation organization including russia are getting ready to review ten years of collaboration and draw up a blueprint for the future from the capital i'm tess are sylvia join me in a few minutes for the details. plus washington stepped up efforts to build a base to deploy attack. this by the predator is already being a tourist for killing civilians in afghanistan and pakistan.

international news in coming live from our studios here in central moscow this is now u.s. strikes and advancing. rebel forces are tightening the noose around colonel gadhafi stronghold tripoli civilians in the capital live in constant fear of being killed and a petrol shortage is making their lives even more difficult nato's actions aimed at protecting civilians have succeeded only in stoking people's anger there is more if emotional reports. it may have some of the largest oil reserves on the planet but these days labor is also god some of the longest queues at his pastoral stations the international sanctions imposed on the embattled colonel's regime did not include a few and. that nato is targeting tank if suspected the fuel might be used by gadhafi as military forces with roads closed factories at a stop and foreign workers long since gone from the war stricken country is facing its worst energy crisis ever the new realities ordinarily been drivers now spend

vast amounts of time queuing for fuel a month ago this. country people have been lining up to fill up their cars even days but this line is a little different compared to the gas station at the end of this here is only a marker is a university student and has volunteered here to help organize the process she stamps a few russian books which allow individuals thirty five liters a week she believes it's a great idea to have women only stations. women have too many things to do they don't fight each other world queuing and never shoot into the year is men often do so we're able to serve up to nine hundred cars per day for the lot of. this line is long but others are ruben longer still cheaper than water here just

a few cents for a litter it's just that is often in short supply. if there is no fuel we have to leave our cars and return reentry appears that could be done. it's. women only gas stations is one of many innovations supposed to ease people's lives in a country in cares there are also special problems for ambulances and police cars. but the needle surrounded us but we should move on we try to do our best to help people get by if we give up will die a lot of those seeking to oust colonel gadhafi may have been hoping the hardships will incite people to rise up against their leader but instead it only seems to be fuel in people's hatred towards what they feel is western imperialists. nato damaged our city destroyed our life they told us they want to save people is that the way to save the people tell me this is just a crime. while the warring sides try to find

a way out of months of devastating conflict ordinary people are looking for a way to just leave their every day lives dreaming about times when these nightmare would be with a distant memory. r.t. tripoli. as the coalition is slammed by critics for straying from its un mandate to protect civilians in libya some analysts claim that that was never even on nato's agenda radio host sherman told r.t. the interventions only aim is to divide and conquer with a view to seizing natural resources. as an imperial agenda the un is a fig leaf for pursuing imperial war and in libya as in africa at large they want to carve up the country seizes resources and on a basis of constant military intervention and the population itself is the target its resources will be usurped the ploy for the benefit of foreign oil companies in the one nine hundred ninety s.

that gadhafi regime was controlled by the central intelligence agency and could often be privatized three hundred six companies and libyan oil was handed over to the major oil companies exxon shell the immobile but the uprising was the occasion for the intervention and demonizing khadafi as they had saddam hussein and previously as a cover and pretexts saddam was their man in baghdad for twenty seven years khadafi had worked hand in glove with the cia and with connally's arise from the ninety saw him but they demonize him now to give them cover for engender seizing the oil subsidy in the population the population does not benefit from their natural resources because they had the disposal of foreign corporations on behalf of the united states in the western powers the resources go outward to the foreign corporations that control them the population is a missile rated countries with great wealth but they don't enjoy the benefit of it

because of the class character of the regime and the nature of imperial power that controls and installs these regimes and maintains them. violence is also raging still in syria forcing the u.s. to renew its calls on damascus to halt its crackdown on protests with the white house strongly condemning president assad's actions government troops are said to be pushing rebel forces further from the northern town of sugar after taking full control of the area advances sent another wave of civilians fleeing towards the turkish border according to human rights groups at least eighteen hundred people have been killed since the beginning of the crackdown in mid march and some ten thousand detained meanwhile britain france are pushing for a draft u.n. resolution but russia and china who oppose any attempts to intervene in the syrian conflict have said they won't back the move. vestigal of journalists has told me earlier in r.t. that the u.s. is using your pitch unity to weaken the regime. well it appears that both russia and china are going to show that there will be no u.n.

security council resolution but even i think even if even if one would have been passed i don't think would have much credibility you see but the problem is that the those who support the syrian regime and the syrian government can point to. a very simple fact that is there been many u.n. resolutions for the middle east and they've always been ignored when they apply to israel and also other people say well yes today it will be this resolution but to have any impact tomorrow they will strengthen and the day after that it will be even stronger and so you'll get an incremental move towards some kind of military intervention so people i think are very very suspicious of the reasoning behind the resolution if it falls in the same way as it did in iraq that is foreign intervention destroying the country then you can see it plunging into it into a kind of civil war that we saw in lebanon but on a much bigger scale putting christian against muslim and allowing gays and so on although all the religious sects against each other i think the u.s.

. relations with syria was on the list of countries that supported terrorism as. sanctions over the years so i don't think it's anything on the hand about i think it's quite straightforward. to a certain extent the u.s. would like to see would like to take the opportunity to be able to kind of weaken. the weaken the regime. around seven thousand people have been arrested under egypt's military rulers since the country's revolution in february the jointer has promised to review military trials of civilians and says it will increase the powers of civil courts however human rights watch dogs are skeptical saying not much has changed since president barack stepped down well discuss this i'm now joined by david kiddie's he's the executive director of advancing human rights and he's joining me live in our new york studio thanks for being with us here on our team now the military government promises it will increase the powers of civil courts now does that actually mean that these people who've been arrested now will get a fair trial. unfortunately i don't think that's what it means

the egyptian government and the supreme council is lacking in transparency there are thousands of people that have been arrested that have been detained without trial some of them indeed have been tried such as dr michael no deal a blogger who was just sentenced to three years in prison for criticizing the egyptian military so these signs don't portend very well for egypt's future there is a tension inside the regime right now and my hope is that the egyptian government supports freedom of speech instead of continuing to crackdown on dissidents and bloggers and those who disagree and insult the military so what sort of proportion of that number of seven thousand would have been arrested for political reasons. it seems that the majority of them were swept up during the protest during those weeks of it and revolt in egypt but going forward there are

a number of cases that have arisen that are very disturbing just one the other day a young american citizen was in fact arrested in egypt on the charge of spying this is the fabric fabricated charge and it would seem that the egyptian military is taking a turn for the worse and instigating foreign enemies and this is of course a classic sign of dictatorship fomenting external enemies and finding enemies and spies and saboteurs in all sorts of places this is what happened to japan in the one nine hundred thirty s. it's what mussolini did i thought hitler did it's what stalin did and if the egyptian military continues on this path of charging people with spying unjustly it doesn't it doesn't look good for egypt's future what about these egyptians are being arrested for political reasons what are they actually calling for what are they speaking out for bearing in mind of course there should be elections soon in september and this is after all an interim government running the country at the

moment. that's exactly right well it varies greatly some have been jailed simply for criticizing the government others have been brought up on spirits charges of quote unquote insulting the military the case i mentioned before of this this young blogger he did no more than question egypt's military and on his blog right skating critiques of the military and if that is indeed an offense that can justify someone going to prison then everyone in egypt is in danger there are many distance and many bloggers who see the egyptian military which is currently ruling as a force for stability as a force that is on their side but increasingly and certainly given the incredible high number of detentions detentions of civilians not tensions of people who have you know tried to undermine the regime but people simply criticizing the military this is a very dangerous trend so the revolution could be described by many as not being

a force for good nothing much has changed since the revolution after one of the biggest complaints against the mubarak government was that he used military courts to silence dissidents and is that is exactly happening now then. there are elements absolutely well it's important for viewers to understand that mubarak ruled for thirty years with an iron fist and he was part and parcel of the military he was a general and the generals that currently rule stood behind mubarak until the very last minute so we were speaking my human rights organization and we were speaking to egyptian dissidents and bloggers who were imprisoned in military prisons and they described incredible torture they described electrocution they described waterboarding they described regular beatings and this was the egyptian military that stood behind mubarak until the last minute so while there have been gains and we hope that egypt has a brighter future ahead of it there are still many many challenges that it still

has to overcome if egypt is going to move. towards democracy and liberalism and openness in the west in fact has a very important role to play in conditioning aid to the military to improvements in human rights just as the jackson family amendment did time most favored nation status to free emigration in the former soviet union you just mentioned the hopes for democracy if this election does happen in september do you think that that really will bring around a new wave of life for the egyptians in that we will see a future of democracy there. i think what we'll see is that whoever rules egypt will have to listen to the demands of the people more than the previous regime with millions of people in the streets of cairo and alexandria it's a force to be reckoned with and there are some troubling signs for example just the other day the liberal party announced an alliance with the theocratic in the muslim brotherhood so what will happen next is anyone's guess but it certainly seems that

the egyptian rulers have to recognize now that they cannot continue to flout the desire and demands of the people for change for reform and for openness so that there isn't definitely any way of predicting an overall majority they could be some sort of coalition and that maybe of course could promote further instability that because it may not be what the egyptian people want if it's still some sort of question over the way the country is going to go and if there isn't an outright majority rule. will civil society under hosni mubarak was more or less destroyed this is thirty years of a brutal dictatorship so gyptian today are now learning how to form coalitions they're learning how to undertake real electoral campaigns their working together for the first time without necessarily the fear of a single dictator cracking down and summarily imprisoning all opposition members so this is a new experience for egyptians and it's impossible to expect overnight results and it's unrealistic to expect that egypt will turn into

a liberal democracy overnight. but that said there is indeed science for hope and science for optimism peppered with science of despair and pessimism it's a minefield right now and it's anyone's guess which way this is going to go really interesting talking to you david joining us there live in new york thanks for your time on r.t. . well heads of state from some of the east's key power players are descending on kazakstan at the moment for an annual summit of the shanghai cooperation organization founded ten years ago the c.e.o. brings together countries including russia and china but others are also invited such as iran and afghanistan to work on common threats and challenges to our studios in the capital. they are going to be reflective to begin with they're going to look back at the past ten years look at that collaboration the cooperation and see if they've actually achieved something so they want to assess that and then come up with objectives new objectives for the future now the six member states

including of course china russia will kick off the summit to morrow that's wednesday and joining them will be the heads of state of india and pakistan that have observer status here at the summit now it's interesting because all three of them do want to become full members but there are some hurdles to be overcome in iran's case for example it has un sanctions against it and the c.e.o. is looking forward to adopting a u.n. resolution improving the relationship between the u.n. and the s.d.o. having more cooperation so this could be an obstacle but nevertheless iran is here as an observer and they are also involved in the dialogue afghanistan is also here but if you want to send is here as a guest of the c.e.o. however afghanistan has also applied for an observer status and they were saying that at the end of this summit it is expected that they will come up with a decision whether or not of ghana's side will indeed become an observer it is an important part of this region and they do want to talk about post nato afghanistan what is the future of ganesan after the nato forces do withdraw in the future and

this ability of that country of course is essential to disability of the region for this specific summit they do want to give ample time to economic and financial issues they do want to come up with a special account so to speak now china for its part has already given ten billion dollars committed ten billion dollars for member nations should they ever need it this is by no means that trying to compete with other groupings in the world they want to be a part of the global dialogue and that is exactly what they're going to try to come up with one voice relation in regard to the issues that are affecting the world today especially what's happening in the middle east and north africa and of course let's not forget the meetings on the sideline it's interesting to see what bilateral agreements will come out of the summit on wednesday. reporting that u.s. officials say the cia is stepping. the construction of a military base in the persian gulf which will house unmanned attack drones the be used to strike targets in yemen which is officially an american ally in the war on turf well for more i'm no joined live from the u.s. capitol by correspondent john. go on why would washington want to attack one of the

noise. well now they decided to task the cia with chasing down al qaida yemen and that marks a major escalation of america's covert war in yemen which is not really covert it's one of the undeclared wars that the u.s. is waging against terror but up to this day in yemen it's been the u.s. military that was running the show that was carrying out the drone strikes sort of in cooperation with the yemeni counter in counter terrorism units but now amid the power vacuum and all the political turmoil in yemen the cooperation is falling apart and courting to u.s. officials because the cia operates on a different legal authorities than the military the cia will have greater latitude to carry out strikes no matter what the political climate there greater latitude in other words they don't have to ask anybody's permission to go in the country the

yemeni leader who is now out of the country have to months of violent popular revolt against him and his government for many years had been supported by the u.s. in exchange for letting americans go after all hiding in yemen and as we can. often covering up for the u.s. drone strikes you know the cable shows that the yemeni authorities would claim they carried out this riots and not the americans we have to remember that scores of civilians were killed in those strikes so the support of the yemeni authorities was much needed for the u.s. to carry on with the operations on the other hand the government of hourly sali who'd been in power for some thirty years was so unpopular in recent years among the people of yemen that many analysts say it was only due to the u.s. . port that sally had stayed in power for so long so for years sally needed the u.s. and the u.s. needed solid but now with the political turmoil there the u.s. will continue to bomb yemen whether or not they have the permission to do so from

the people of that country many would observe of course that america's unmanned drones are supposed to be high precision weapons but the reputation doesn't exactly live up to that image doesn't it. well pakistan is one example of a popular revolt against the cia drone strikes thousands of civilians were killed by u.s. drone attacks even though the country's parliament has the mandate to to stop the strikes and i mean pakistan's parliament the country's leadership continues to allow the americans to carry out the operations over the leadership to they criticize the killing of civilians but they do little to stop it many analysts say their support for the bombings will continue as long as they continue to receive billions of dollars from washington people there are furious in one year you are strong killed seven hundred civilians in pakistan and they netted only five actual military leaders numbers that some experts are giving are the former chief

counterinsurgency strategist for the u.s. state department has estimated their draw attacks kill fifty non targeted person for each intended target nonetheless we now see the rapid expansion of the cia drone war garner thanks very much indeed for that update that's going to come from the u.s. capitol in washington thank you. well more on some of the top stories from around the world in our world update to some of the stars of the democratic government compound just north of baghdad has left nine people dead and seventeen injured two car bombs went off outside the building during a weekly provincial council meeting in the bronx cleared the way for suicide bombers to enter the compound causing two further explosions. the japanese cabinet has approved a plan to help the operator of a nuclear plant of dollars in compensation to victims of the disaster tepco will now receive government subsidies as well as contributions from the private sector firms been waiting for official approval to begin making payments to those affected

by the japanese parliament has been critical of the way tepco has dealt with the crisis triggered by an earthquake tsunami three months ago. the international monetary fund was shortlisted two candidates to lead the board french finance minister christine legarde and mexican central bank chief. will fight it out for the top position with a strong credentials but the guard is seen as the favorite if she's going major support it comes after the resignation of dominic straus current quit amid a sex contested race to succeed him and later this month. a court sentenced a local near nazi group leader. and his accomplice. to life in prison ruling that they pose an exceptional threat to society other members of the group receive penalties ranging from suspended sentences to eighteen years in prison the gang members were convicted of hate crimes including murders and illegally possessing weapons they were responsible of staging attacks from foreign students and killing

citizens of senegal north korea and stand there were serve their terms in high security prisons and the founder of the neo nazi gang dimitry but all because it was killed in the standoff with police in two thousand and six if they were to say the gang has been active for eight years. well that just remind you to find out more about the stories we're covering here on the screen go to our web site it's r t dot com regular updates interviews and videos are always available for you online . call them to. you foreign policy chief catherine ashton and is it is in israel's best interest to allow free passage across the border with gaza and that interview for you is on our website. click on any time like plus. the world's press a very classical music contest russia's charge called ski competition will get underway on tuesday moscow's newly renovated conservatory but many other videos of different stories we're covering had to free video dollars you don't call them

there you can even down in the. free. free. free. free. free. download free blog video for your media. free media party dot com. well i'll be back with a recap of our top stories for you just have a five minutes from now in the meantime kareen is next with the business. hello and welcome to our business boston this hour fox wagon is stepping up its presence in russia's flourishing car market it says green it is agreed to join to produce new cars which makes the volgograd total investment will be up to two hundred million euros with

a german company contributing more than. if i will assemble folks wagon and skoda models and the first vehicles are due to roll off the production line this autumn. now let's take a look at oil climbs a valve ninety eight. dollars a barrel as wall street rallies that economic news improves over the gains are being limited by reports china is taking quote the steps to comfort place and which could slow its economy us dogs jump out the retailers had better sales in may than economists had predicted stocks are also boosted by higher than expected chinese industrial output meanwhile u.s. president barack obama has warned if the country doesn't raise its debt ceiling ceiling another global financial crisis could happen. european equity markets and in the black with swedish heavyweights leading the gains shares of renewable energy corp soared seven point four percent in oslo after u.b.s. upgraded the from two to neutral from sell shares of finnish mobile group two point

two percent after the company said it is reached a deal with apple that will end the long running legal dispute between the two companies. and here in russia markets closed with both key indexes slightly lower up the r.t. has dropped just a notch analyze its last point fourteen percent. and here are some of the individual share moves although my six bank plan is tie off to announcing that profits more than doubled in the first five months of the year energy majors among the biggest losers despite the relatively strong well priced and conking coal producer spots cash and lower on news of a production halt at one of its mines. russia's equity markets are in for a subdued couple of weeks but. capital believes fertilizer stocks could see some interest if you take. three to six months perspective but probably a focus on fertilizer soroka. within the reason of emanating capitalists

to essentially. here in the heart of the global background is positive the fundamentals of the company so strong so if i were to select one sector probably pick up the fertilizers a cruel and total credit. as another fertilizer producer force i grow as confirmed plans for initial public offerings in london and moscow the company is being valued at up to eighty billion dollars with fifteen percent of its shares for placement says it needs money from mergers and acquisitions. and facebook could raise up to one hundred billion dollars and a possible initial public offering reports say the giant social networking websites i.p.o. is inevitable and looks set to be held in the first quarter of two thousand and twelve recently rawson search engine yandex successfully generated one point three billion dollars in its own i.p.o. . that's all from me and the business team here on our team but don't forget you

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