fishel political body set up after the revolution in libya started in the mid february its members are recognized by many countries throughout the world as the only legitimate representatives of libya there is no other being in their new there will be a new. the west be with them oh you are against that they talk about freedom and democracy there is no freedom or democracy they just want to bear all the refugees here say they now finally feel safe but it's not that safe from the side of the frontline either. these people have gathered in the west of tripoli to bury those killed in the air strike code and to leave and government officials a bomb landed on the private compound and flattened they had killing fifteen people including three kids we have been calling for peace and negotiation for months and no one wants to listen to us now we have to pay a very heavy price of. casualties civilian casualties and also military

casualties i think the time has come for the world to understand that this conflict has to come to an end immediately which is very unlikely to happen any time soon when you are dug around in these symmetries still fresh while nato has already claimed that the operation to protect civilians must go on marie for notion of r.t. . libyan leader colonel gadhafi accuses nato of murder after a recent airstrike killed civilians investigative journalist michel caught on who was in libya just a few days ago believes the actions of the alliance are only motivated by money. they killed the mall civilians that the losses from the initials problems their fields most civilians the nato bombings so do real i.d.'s not protect civilians. he's to achieve the economic and strategic interests off there of the west us in

europe i mean the oil i mean the financial reserves of libya i remind that the us is a bankrupt country and also preventing that kind of fear would be a sort of a term to use to do i.m.f. some buying for african development the old idea is to make the public international opinion accept the idea that nato is a cup of the world know that that nato has the right to make walls where they want revisit to be opposed in hospitals and we saw victims of the civilian population is attacked that must be very clear it has nothing to do with him in a chair and war with nato bombs falling on the people and aims to protect and the campaign is losing its initial ally there have been some calls from for a halt to the coalition air strikes. reports on whether nato has trapped itself in

a conflict and can no longer escape. civilian deaths in libya are at last making news on western news networks they say has acknowledged that a number of civilians may have been killed in an air strike last night says it regrets the loss of innocent lives and admits the weapons now function may have caused civilian deaths in tripoli they do acknowledge that one of its airstrikes will of course last night in tripoli and may be to blame for civilian casualties the operation has been going on for three months and according to libyan officials hundreds of civilians have agreed to been killed by nato bombs so why has it taken so long for the major t.v. networks and newspapers to report on the carnage because the big problem with media mass media nowadays is not that they're left wing right wing it's just that they go along with whomever is in power and the whole idea of critical reporting is gone and it's not just media noticing that something is going wrong in libya it's only

a nato member itself has already lost all faith in the operation in fact rome has gone as far as to call for a suspension of all military action and to law adrian to libya france and britain have however dismissed the calls for the sation in need to his relentless pounding of libya need to do is acting under a u.n. resolution to protect civilians but many believe the alliances main aim has always been to oust colonel gadhafi some european politicians from countries backing the campaign say that's not the job for nato but full even people to decide the british public don't really understand why we've been taken into these wars and yes indeed while we bomb them now colonel gadhafi is i murderous vicious dictator in the world and libya would be better off without him but it is our business to go in there of office if the libyans want to have a revolution and get rid of him then good luck to them all others believe the

longer the attacks really be a continue the moon. or difficulties for nato and its political backers the only exit option of nato was to say we will leave when he will even if the free is killed or if they're going to free to leave the power on his own ok they will have an option to do exit but if not the point is there will result achieving nothing which will be for nato and specially for london and for paris it will be hard to get a disastrous nato is admission of killing civilians in recent days and may have made the headlines back home but the expressions of regret have not been felt on the ground in libya unlike the western bombs and missiles which continue to fall killing those lion says it's there to protect in brussels. r.t. . time now for a quick look at what's still had for you in the program in bellerose police

crackdown on protesters taking part in an anti-government demonstration that's being called the silent for evolution. and travel far in question more a new documentary channel from our team brings the best of russia to a global audience. russian aviation experts have ruled out technical failure as a possible cause of the failed passenger jet crash in the country's northwest they are now decoding information from the black box flight recorders to discover what caused the plane to hit the highway on monday night relatives of victims and locals have come together to pay their own way specs near the scene the triple one three four exploded killing many of the passengers onboard eight survivors were rushed to hospital with severe injuries one of whom a ten year old boy later died bringing the death toll to forty five. the u.s. has vowed to change its mission in afghanistan from a row of combat to one of support president obama has confirmed his decision to

pull out a third of ground troops currently deployed in the country by next summer but as going into reports the american leaders decision doesn't have the complete support of his military. let's start with numbers there are around one hundred thousand american troops deployed to afghanistan right now thirty thousand of them were added by president obama two years ago now he says by the end of next year the west is going to pull out those thirty thousand troops the drawdown will start this year with some ten thousand troops expected to be withdrawn by december many analysts say it's not a groundbreaking move from a strategic point of view after all he is pulling out what he added at the beginning of his presidency but ahead of presidential elections coming up next year it might be a face saving week he promised the withdrawals to start this year and he had to deliver the bigger question is what results has his leadership brought so far take a listen we're starting this drawdown from a position of strength. is under more pressure than at any time since nine eleven.

together with the pakistanis we have taken more than half of all kinds of leadership and thanks to our intelligence professionals and special forces we killed osama bin laden the only leader that al qaeda has ever known here in the us the pressure president obama faces with regards to afghanistan mostly has to do with the enormous war spending and the number of casualties among american troops president obama was elected as a war and ended up waging more wars and spending more of taxpayers billions on inconclusive battles overseas that's what a lot of americans are frustrated about what doesn't get enough spotlight here it is actually the results on the ground if you listen to american military officials they are cautiously talking about progress fragile progress as they put it but various reports on the ground say insurgency is growing among the afghans the systematic killing of civilians by nato strikes doesn't help experts say many of

those now fighting against the allied forces in afghanistan are not a car that they are not terrorists they are fighting against who they see as invaders after one of the recent strikes that killed a significant number of civilians including children even the u.s. backed afghan president karzai had to make a harsh face saving statement warning nato that if they continue killing civilians the whole of the afghan population will treat them as occupiers we have to understand that the image of karzai is of a poppet leader doesn't get him it doesn't get again him any popularity at home so he has to take a stand here is what he said a few days ago people can no longer tolerate the attention there. in that one do. unilateral action industry got what some find worrying is that these upcoming troop withdrawals the u.s. has actually stepped up airstrikes including growing strikes in afghanistan is thought to be part of this twenty first century intelligent war strategy you know

when you have no troops on the ground no. deaths of your soldiers to justify at home so it becomes possible to wage a war without having to face all these accountability issues so many afghans are worried that less troops doesn't necessarily mean less bombs on their homes it's a common thing in the us media for example when they talk about the war losses they just give nato losses very rarely do they mention the number of afghan civilians killed and that number is so many times higher experts say apart from civilians killed another thing that contributes to growing insurgency in afghanistan is the failure to effectively deal with the drug issue since the invasion in two thousand and one drug production there has increased enormously and it's known that some of that vast drug trade income goes to terrorists so many see america's war on terror as a double edged sword when it's fighting and provoking terror at the same time. that is she can reporting there well not everyone believes the u.s.

will ever leave afghanistan for good we spoke to afghan activist and former m.p. mulai joy who says that despite the promises a trail of military bases will remain. i think. this honest politician who continued. enough going on in my country just lawyer from one hand telling publically to our people and people that they will leave afghanistan by mid off to thousand and eleven or two thousand and twelve but from another hand they are talking because he's publicly she was talking to us on the military bases that are going to start so. that they leave afghanistan i know my people. called for a while lot of taliban patient forces i think the people of us i don't know what they're going to work my people that democracy never come by a completion democracy never come by military invasion democracy never come by

cluster bomb by white phosphorus by mustard car by bumping our wedding parties. and watch the full interview with afghan activist my joy in just over an hour here on our t.v. . the second bailout for greece is crippled economy will dominate a meeting of leaders in brussels on thursday and that's while the greek prime minister pushes for even more cuts at home which are a condition for the new cash over the last week a steady proposal saw thousands of angry protesters fill the streets of athens blogger michael snyder warns that economic troubles in greece could trigger and new wave and the global financial meltdown. but the greek crisis has the chance to be another lehmann brothers moment because what you have in greece is a situation where they're just kicking the can down the road if greece defaults it's not going to just a thank reese is going to affect all of your. banks all over europe are very much exposed to greece and banks in europe are very highly leveraged for example when

lehman brothers collapsed they were leveraged thirty one to one which was absolutely horrible now german banks actually hold a lot of greek debt and there are leverage thirty two to one at this point so greece goes down it's going to have a ripple effects across the entire world and there are experts all throughout the financial industry that are warning that this could set off another two thousand and eight style crisis. you can find more views and personal experiences of events in greece that's on our website find it at here's what else is online at the moment . and the european commission puts an end to washington's move to axles personal data on passengers flying between europe and the u.s. saying the proposed plan is illegal. and a legendary russian the lion tamer a roar as his way to a world record for a new trick that was two years in the making find out how he landed in the guinness book of records at home. police in belarus have reportedly detained up to

four hundred fifty people at a series of anti-government protest rallies dubbed the silent revolution the demonstrations against president bush and his policies took place in cities across the country including the capital minsk protesters chosen not to chance alone dozens or hold placards after posts and social networking sites including facebook and twitter call them belorussians to rally silently everyone state the country currently faces its worst financial crisis in the years after its currency was significantly devalued a few weeks ago police say the protests were not authorized and disturb the public order. syria has lashed out of further e.u. sanctions saying it will ignore europe's presence on the world map the e.u. made its move in response to their ongoing crackdown on anti-government protesters former british ambassador to syria basil eastwood says people in the country are

divided over president alassane but that there is a strong desire for a political process. there were great hopes that he would lead to a better future he still retains some of that popularity particularly with the urban populations in damascus and aleppo the second big city which have done relatively well out of his economic liberalization. but in the countryside and amongst the intelligentsia i think there are now no hopes that he can bring about reforms opposition activists are starting to talk about the need for. a political process what they said at a conference in turkey two weeks ago was that the president should step down and that the vice president should hold the ring pending new elections on the basis of a revised constitution now that is the start of of

a political discussion if anybody wanted to take it up but there is obviously no sign whatever of anybody in the regime wanting to take up that sort of idea at the moment. well now to some other world news we're covering today the far right dutch politician tried for inciting hatred and discrimination has been cleared of all charges he had reportedly described islam as a fascist religion that allows terrorism and hold for the koran to be banned welder's insisted his comments were not directed at muslim believers and they formed a legitimate political debate the verdict was broadcast live on dutch t.v. . the federal reserve has cut its forecast for us economic growth it now estimates the economy should grow up to two point nine percent this year that's lower than earlier predictions central bank also warned of high unemployment fed

reserve chief ben bernanke he said the worsening economy has been sparked by soaring energy prices and reduced japanese production after the quake and tsunami. three people have been killed in the central peruvian city of after students clashed with police and other twenty two were injured while protesting against the building of a new head of versity which they believe will cause an existing one to lose funding protesters blocked a highway and hurled rocks at police in tampa to clear the row the riots began on tuesday when protesters burned a local government building. now for trial lovers who want to explore the world's biggest country are set to take you on a round the clock journey into the heart of russia history culture of nature and science all explored by a new documentary channel launching on thursday discover watched as a new vision of russia prepares to go global. they travel through snow and rain and

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don't want welcome to business european cucumber will soon be back in russian supermarkets the government is lifting its ban on vegetable imports from the e.u. imposed following the outbreak imports may resume by the end of this month however there are certain conditions producers will have to fully certify the health of their vegetables russia has been under pressure from europe to lift the ban saying it had to add protectionist measures as part of its ambition to join the w t o. i think we have to close the chapter here we should be a bit debases for much deeper corporation and collaboration between russia and the u.k. european union in the state of the seven three and five percent of the issues which is very important. for the movement of russia into the w.t.

. russia and iran may jointly develop energy prospects in resource rich bolivia says iran's petroleum industry the corporation could help significantly increase russia's presence in south america bolivia has the second largest gas reserves in the region russia's gazprom is already working in the country as part of a project to develop to vast newly discovered deposits in the south. oil is still down light sweet and brant still shedding more than a dollar a barrel as you can see there more than one hardboiled correction comes after overnight gains so which was seen after a u.s. government report showing a decline in the country's crete supplies last week european markets are trading session in the red for the down point seven percent the dax will point nine percent miners are down the down ten glencore losing two percent banks are also a drag with lloyds down almost reclusive. here in russia negative picture

also ten point eight six point four percent main losers here are energy stocks if you look at those lukoil is down half a percent banks have managed to recover some wants burbank is up just by a notch and apple is up point six percent the company was named the best east european airline at the ongoing. plans. russia's equity markets are stuck in a low as global events continue to dampen investor sentiment but mark rubenstein of metropole life c believes there are a couple of stocks worth taking a closer look at. russian market looks. very inexpensive at this point but hey the sentiment rules the market but there are couple names i think that might be hard hard to resist one is very bank very simple but i think it's a combination of trade investment idea at the same time in the metals sector it's

been done of course as well and we are seeing good values there we want to highlight the several stall and which is the company and that is completely brought equally integrated and this is it's a big big one of the biggest advantages we know we expect coal prices to move higher but given the full integration. to integration of several style that should not affect its margins on the company also looks inexpensive on multiples trades with about ten to fifteen percent discount to other still make us in russia small group sign up from mental poll i've seen business tsotsi will be back in the fifteen minutes time with an update the headlines the next.

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a report on our. welcome back to join us you're watching live from moscow these are the top stories continues its bombardment in support of libyan uprising the opposition held cry out against alleged atrocities committed by. rebel forces meanwhile cracks emerge in the coalition strategy in libya with countries that back to the intervention now casting doubt over the mission. president obama confirms his decision to withdraw ground troops currently deployed in afghanistan one third will be pulled out by next summer but people in a war torn country fear that fewer american soldiers will not mean less bombing of their homes and intensified u.s. drone attacks. the second bailout for greece is crippled economy takes center stage

at a meeting of e.u. leaders in brussels on thursday and public anger grows as the greek prime minister pushes for even more cuts at home to secure financial aid. while next we talk to those who still remember nazi germany's first a fancy against the soviet union which took place in the city of brest in modern. brest fortress today it's on the territory of the sovereign republic of belarus formerly the soviet republic of belarus a fortress was once the westernmost outpost of the soviet empire each day schoolchildren in the town of brest take part in a ceremony by a local monument to commemorate what happened there. on june twenty second one hundred forty one german fascist forces invaded the soviet union a ration of war the defenders of the breast fortress found themselves in a dead end situation it is here that the myth about the invincibility of the german

army was broken after the end of the war and the fortress as a name became synonymous to perseverance courage and belief in victory for years to come. the early hours of june twenty second nineteen forty one german artillery unleashes a massive barrage from the breast garrisoned. german warplanes some ultimately dropped hundreds of bombs on the fortress soon after infantry assault groups launched the initial ground attack. is one of the officers in charge of the fortress defenses. often visits the monument to her father on the outskirts of rest.