down to business billion dollar energy deals between russia and china spearhead a major financial form instant petersburg how to push the world economy forward to . more hostility the u.s. congress threatens to block washington's campaign in libya that's not been in full swing for ninety days without lawmaker approval. and the founders of palestinians are left scraping for a living as israel withholds money into the government of a fifth as it could be used to fund terror attacks.

so you're watching our t.v. accosting live from the russian capital welcome to the program the supply of energy will remain at the very center of russian chinese relations that was the message from president dmitri medvedev off the talks with china's hu jintao in moscow the country's hope to hunt around gas deals with buttons of donors and to st petersburg for the city's international economic forum. and always following the three day business brainstorming event. the economic forum is in full swing here in st petersburg top business executives global innovators and world leaders all gathered together to debate about some moves forward economically and environmentally on various levels it's considered that this year the big players are hosts not sanctioning up. because while the euro and dollar are struggling severely these two

countries are not only developing separately but dynamically in their bilateral cooperation in fact it's come out statements from both sides recently but china and russia can say that they've not only overcome the consequences of the economic crisis of two thousand and eight but they have beaten the record bubbles pre-crisis levels and that can allow them to set ambitious tasks to further intensify our bilateral trade and cooperation it would look at other issues on the world stage russia and china sea ice why the very differently from the west when it comes to international crises take libya both of their reservations about the u.n. resolution is expected back both in strongly oppose any kind of intervention in syria which recently is seeing more and more unrest in both countries are also going to certainly it's expected encourage other leaders here to deal with the arab uprising only lawful and peaceful means president is basically ends up china

subsumes out met in moscow before coming to this forum and they discussed there how china and russia believe that the u.n. has to play a bigger role states of course including the security council and just give you an idea of how russia china relations are developing the two presidents have already met twice this year not including this forum they're expected to meet at least twice more at upcoming summits and will both be giving speeches at this year's economic forum which we will call our cast live for you here on r.g.p. and it's i think it's fair to say that it's expected that we'll hear some very common themes from both china and russia. well the energy analysts in the told r.t. the tween the world's biggest energy. world's energy producer can come soon enough . china also be a hugely important trade partner for russia in energy terms and in general trade these are two countries that for many decades shared

a political ideology least to some extent they share the longest land border in the world to be much much greater partners than they are now if we look ahead russia is extremely keen to do. gas resources in the east of the country who knows anywhere other than asia just doesn't make logistical or economic sense so really this is about russia spreading its wings you know everybody who can explore anything is looking at the asian market because that's where the growth it's i mean this is a. this is a very sensible and understandable move on the part of both countries. yes energy analyst julian the there given his take on the strengthening russian chinese guys. the u.s. president is under fire for congress so the military campaign in libya which is

continuing this by not having approval lawmakers bomber has rejected accusations that the war is being broken arguing that america is playing a supporting role through data which makes it legal i think kerry has more. u.s. lawmakers are saying that president obama has to either stop waging war in libya or ask for congressional approval the lawmakers claim that the military action will violate the nine hundred seventy three powers resolution if it does not and by friday and they mean this friday ninety days after the intervention began under the u.s. constitution to wage a long term war the president needs to get authorization from congress analysts say the obama administration will certainly find a way to get around the requirement by referring to his right as commander in chief as well as certain legal speed you know to this day the administration has refused to say when it comes to their actions in leadership they call it kinetic military action but it was written as

a result of that kinetic military action civilians are voluntary day is a group of international observers is now in tripoli including the former u.s. congresswoman cynthia mckinney we spoke with her a few days ago she said be heard and be counted eighty nine glassed in just one day those are still dealing in neighborhoods eighty nine bombs dropped in just one day there is a lot of concern that the voices of those who are cropping that who are in tripoli go unnoticed in the international community but here in the west it seems the voices of the majority of americans those who oppose the u.s. military involvement in libya also go unnoticed by the white house the administration continues to stress the good cause that they pursuing the via but some analysts say the administration also seems to be in denial when it comes to the will of their own people regarding the issue as well as constitutional procedures legal experts say there is not much congressman can do to force the president will comply at least with the u.s. constitution because there are ways to get around ways the obama administration

seems to be using extensively most congressmen now criticize president obama for as they say ignoring congress but capitol hill observers say it's mostly cuticle that the lawmakers are playing the score points by snubbing. presidential candidate who actually thought the majority of them will vote for more military spending as they always do but there is a small bipartisan group of congressmen ten people in it who went further than. they sued president obama on the grounds that he's violating the constitution but everybody here knows that the lawsuit is certain to be dismissed on procedural grounds because the u.s. supreme court has determined that members of congress do not have standing to file such suit and this is where it hits a dead end and it makes me wonder whether or not u.s. lawmakers actually have that capacity to effectively represent the people. group of u.s. lawmakers has not filed a lawsuit against barack obama over military action in libya washington's

credibility on the future of the great attorney pain can only briefly damage the congress forced on gun operations for its own soldiers says there's a little confusion over exactly what's happening in libya. white house doesn't make the arguments that many of its supporters make that the war powers act does not apply much less the constitution because this is neither a war nor hostilities this is something else this is a military operation that doesn't rise to the level of hostilities which is absolutely absurd the war powers act was written in one thousand seven hundred three very intentionally and clearly to encompass all military engagement simply imminent threats of us still it is our mission in dennis to soonish was the painting of former lawyer from the reagan white house he was defending obama and he asked this guy twice never got any answer if there were two thousand and missions over the united states by a foreign nation in many of them were dropping bombs would there be war would be

hostilities he could have gotten congress to authorize war in libya it would have been quite easily done he could have done it in a sixty day gap after he started the war he chose not to presidents want and this president is no exception the power to make wars on your own. russia's envoy says libya needs a national reconciliation not a meeting that colonel gadhafi loyalists in tripoli as part of attempts to mediate a cease fire with nato raids continue unabated with the continuing aerial bombardment of the often stronghold for national has details from the libyan capital. after meeting with the libyan prime minister and foreign minister here in tripoli russia's peace mediator because the governor has said it could office people are actually ready for peace negotiations but this could only happen if need to talk sport in their country recently nato has dramatically intensified its matrix we see here in libya just ahead of her heels first visit to libya as peace

mediators have been ghazi to actually launched the most intensive fire race yet since the beginning of the operation in march and today carol we just had over gallops arrival to tripoli we've been hearing massive bombardment over knowledge. of this officials has been able to speak to are saying that this must be stopped and only that they go she should start. as you tripoli is expecting to see an immediate cease fire and for a peace process can begin it's all to refusing to discuss the departure of colonel gadhafi from the political scene there is a dialogue going on between the warring sides but for those talks to be going to result she believes there's a cease fire must be put in place and the international mediators need to keep regulating the process one thing is clear russia is very welcome as a mediator both in tripoli and in benghazi that we will keep working together michael mcgurk has also stressed that russia's role in mediation peace here in

libya is very important but the african union and actually all leave is neighbors are also playing a. important role in bats and leave there is actually welcoming aggravate his peace efforts russia has always been concerned about matriculation here in libya moskos position has always been clear that nonviolent negotiation is the only way out of this crisis of this protracted conflict russia has never supported the u.n. security council resolution which authorized intervention and russia has repeatedly criticize. launching a major operation here you need to keep old actually extremely exhausted after months of devastating war which has already taken many many lives and has actually completely destroyed the country's infrastructure they're getting more and more angry and they just want to get their life back. out as

a quick look at what's still ahead for you on the program to track them and to try . somebody carbons wells coldest continent. will. review the latest in science and technology from the realms. we've dumped the future covered. issues that so much about the experience and image using a lot of people at various bureaus in crisis will be with this year's. wealthy british style it's time to rise. to. market.

scandals find out what's really happening to the global economy for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines you need to cause a report on our chief. america's top military commander says al qaeda is a new leader will be found and killed just like osama bin laden's new top man i'm an army that's been second in command since the terror group was founded in the late eighty's but terrorism experts says that no matter who's in charge of the writer washington will still use the perceived terror threat as an excuse for military action. a man's up worry was the main fear efficient osama bin laden thought in broad strokes it was a means of quarry with a mob in the nitty gritty and some people even said he was the brains behind the movement so in that sense they'll be

a continuum i think the west was. was wrong footed by what was going on in the middle east and i think they're very keen to have a foothold there now certainly al qaeda in the arabian peninsula is one of the most active ideological groups there but the yemeni yemeni president ali abdullah saleh who was injured recently he used al qaeda as an excuse to get funds from the united states and then use those funds against another group in a local dispute and in the same way that i think that the united states can attack drone attacks in certain areas and claim that's fine we go for al qaeda so our influence there shouldn't be questioned so i think we should be slightly cynical about those claims. that israel is also using it terrorism fears to withhold money from palestinians tax and customs fees collected on behalf of the palestinian autonomy are supposed to be used to pay wages over several times israel has refused to one day with the cash saying it could be used to fund the attacks and this person who reports with hamas now likely to enter

a unity government alongside fatah palestinians are even less likely to see their money. i look our other week gods the palestinian ministry of finance his job is to check everything that comes into this building but he has no control over what goes out at least of all his salary which is paid by the ministry and sometimes comes long overdue my salary comes later it's like my life starts i simply can't do anything i have a wife and four children to feed and when i don't get paid on time it makes lots of problems for me and my family. ironically the ministry gets its money from the israeli government it comes in the form of customs and tax treaty said television been collecting on goods arriving at israeli ports and distant palestinians the arrangements and one thousand nine hundred three as part of the oslo accord even tell of it control of the international borders between israel and the palestinian territories but the money transferred each month to the palestinian ministry of finance which uses it to pay wages except now we're talking about seven hundred for

a. paper stand in favor of. one of them and then they were free the situation you could feel. the palestinians fear their tell of of could again choose to withhold tax money like it did last month israelis argued every right to do so if they suspect the money could be used for buying weapons the salaries of hamas terrorists paid for the same. sold idled welcome for. the. palestinians insist the monies for ordinary workers it is. sore because on one hand it's a punishment but on the other it's a punishment it's a collective punishment that would only weaken the modern parlance within the palestinian society and play into the hands of the extremists the relationship between hamas and fattah is a turbulent one could both groups are trying hard to work together ahead of

september's planned declaration of statehood no doubt israel will be working even harder to. should it feel its interests are threatened policy r t women are. more stories on life in the past in autonomy you can go to alton dot com for news and videos are always online games because it will. cost of a case cuban born x. cia agent going to multiple comings is one of the kids who is sitting. in this from his country that says sentences on the truth crimes come from. flash mobs become a way for the russians to voice their discontent with government policy if they see last question is for peaceful actions more all to the outcome of the introduction the best move is no huge huge of. it is easy it is.

easy. to. sit. down the official ante allocation your own phone or my pod touch for me or you choose our story. showed she lives on the good. video on demand keys my old girls. and streets now in the palm of your. question on the call sheet dot com. some other stories from around the world no syrian security forces have expanded their source in the northwest of the country a point of tanks around several towns is forced more people to flee raising the

estimated number of refugees to almost nine thousand and. uncertainty journo abound ki-moon has urged the president to start killing people. activists say more than fourteen hundred have died since i think of the march. released court papers show that so many. told police that the diplomatic community has to take new york's j.f.k. airport the former head of the international monetary fund was arrested on suspicion of sexual it and tell me last french fries the article has been released on bail if ace is to reason. to. huge loss to watch the israeli city of new york city has already killing or injuring fifty police initially suspected terrorists or explosion is the result of

a gas leak or a residential building rescue workers say it was a miracle that anyone left to get out of the building and i. work on the frozen continent of antarctica has always been a male dominated environment which means when a woman arrives to ply her trade it's still something of a novelty so it's easy to track down an intricate filmmaker to ask what drew her to the ends of the earth. as a filmmaker oldest if an overt likes the penguins and seals but for her antarctica is about something much greater still that helps. even though it seems like this is a naked land make it still was empty cliffs nothing special snow like anna snow but what happens inside of you when you are here for the whole year and there are moved from all other external factors is a very valuable experience. seeing through an antarctic winter is serious business and so every member of a winter team has a specific purpose and they rely on each other to make it through olga is one of

only a few women to have ever been allowed to be a part of this experience. olga ended up on our team was a big bonus for us as the first time such an intelligent young woman with such high professional objectives for the being on the winter team she stephanie made her existence heck last year of course there were some difficulties and attractive girls with fifteen men for eleven months so it wasn't difficult to manage the. experience in wintering of building a house and gave her a true rare opportunity to experience and document life here in antarctica now she's working to expand on her project and find an audience for her work. right now and putting the finishing touches to the second part of the film the first one is already finished its cold weather in the winter the second part will probably be called this season and it will feature of the antarctic summer brought back each day to debut her documentary olcott invited some special guests the same antarctic

winter team who are the subject of her film a fact that makes her slightly nervous you know she watches. i love and respect them they're close and dear to me and they have says he's bad ground knowledge they know people in the film they know their winter season firsthand they have been through this themselves my good will of course when you put off leash as for the thoughts. those who have seen the film. there's still makes a big impression on you there may be some shows that expose unprofessional for actions by a couple of members of our team but the show that the way it was showed the way she saw as you looked or spectacular. but you need to look into a world that is inaccessible to most in antarctica sean thomas our team. whether on the world's tallest continent artesian thomas found lots of unusual stories and came back with some spectacular footage for his blog at r.t. dot com. within

a month. in one of the most extreme environments on the planet this is antarctica and people have to be aware that they are far away from civilization sean thomas discovers what makes antarctica so special and attractive for many the wildlife in antarctica. and from the. expedition to the bottom of the earth. just a few minutes must go out to take to the heart of the russian capital where old mansions buildings and twenty first century skyscrapers business update with country. hello and welcome to the but this has been here on r.t. we start with one of the most important russian economic events of the year and some petersburg international economic forum.

the city of st petersburg has always been called the window from russia to europe but with the economic forum underway it's really become the windows of the whole world sees tatiana fully a cover has the details about the second day of the forum. the presence of russia and china will kick off the second day of the forum with a keynote addresses after a meeting on thursday we trim it better than nugent's house and surprised that the growth of trade between the two countries although that couldn't hide an absence of three long awaited deal over a gas supply contracts from space is now expected to be signed later in the year before the deadlock of the crisis is the result in the meantime both leaders will be doing their best to persuade delegates to invest in emerging powers so far this year russia has been a stay of the capital outflow something all these companies here i can to reverse.

russia's major financial corporation systemic is set for energetic expansion the company is planning to spend five billion dollars to buy businesses ranging from agriculture to chemicals the c.e.o. says seven mikhail sherman outlines the cornerstones of their strategy of special strategy very simple we have to return the cost of equities the course we have to which now are too small to two percent so that's the primary kind of expecting though we have to do whatever it takes in terms of for investing in the project something has to give existing assets to do it just kind of because our two key markets are russia is a primary market for ninety percent of the investment is concentrated and see which is sad because look at what it is to close up the markets you can afford to it's a bulls expand the existing businesses that we operate in all some different.

alcoa the top aluminum producer sees a big future for the metal with an average growth rate of six point five percent annually the company wants russia to take a big person that development and the vice president says they are trying to make that happen. we have a strong business and russia has been here since two thousand and five best of seven hundred fifty million dollars in the market you see we see growth in this market so we're we're going to we're going to focus on marshall and what we're trying to do in russia now is increased productivity just make sure that you know both our plants reach a level of productivity that is consistent with what we were seeing a womb you know growing in the brand growing we look at a market like china. demand growth fifteen percent in two thousand and eleven seen a market like washer where you see the man growing probably eleven or twelve percent this year so it's double digit growth really is

a lot of substitution going on copper wire you change them to move in and there's a lot of lightweight vehicles trucks and cars where you have to meet new emission gas standards so a lot of people are shifting to limit and. now let's have a look at how the markets are performing oil prices have dropped slightly again today after the major loss of two days ago the uncertainty off the commodities market is a reflection of investors fears that greece's debt troubles are far from us up. asian markets are down again friday with the nikkei half a percent in the red energy companies were also hit by weaken crude oil prices with japan's index corp down two point nine percent and banks are among the main losers in hong kong with agricultural bank of china down one point seven percent. and russia starts drops the lowest closing price and more than a week old concerns also about the greek debt crisis because energy majors were among the main losers as all dropped in the advanced in

a month gazprom net fell one point five percent banking stocks were also a lot with small banks lending one point two percent. and that's all the business news for now will be back in just under an hour with more stay with us the headlines next.

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