trouble is the international criminal court issues the warrant for his arrest for crimes against humanity on the hundred day often a dozen bombing of libya more details just ahead israel promises to intercept a fertility bound for gaza backing away from billions rates to punish journalists. also this hour on r.t. it's confirmed fifteen people near japan's fukushima nuclear plant showed signs of radiation exposure last month for those whose government checks have met with and skepticism. about business desk oil declines on concerns about oversupply after the international energy agency decided to release to egypt reserves on the

market will look at the figures in our business bulletin about plans in the. international news and comment live from moscow this is all a t with you twenty four hours a day it appears that libyan leader moammar gadhafi is not only being targeted by nato jets but the international criminal court also has in its sights two judges in the hague of issued an arrest warrant for gadhafi and his close his own eyes on charges of crimes against humanity of course has more. namely he's being accused of purposefully targeting kids civilians of killing civilians during the dispersal of the protest in february of this year the court's decision and the request for the arrest of moammar gadhafi his son and also his intelligence minister has been

issued by a lot of the prosecutors of the international criminal court and this is only the second time in nine year history that such a warrant has been issued for incumbents had the state's first occurrence happens in two thousand and nine and the man that they wanted or were after was the sudanese president. that's a decision has yet to be implemented in reality and the libyan authorities have already said that they will not comply with the disease decision in this case they actually questioned its legitimacy and have remind them that libya. is not a signatory to the rome treaty which has actually set up the international criminal court we have yet to find out how exactly they will go about arresting more of our gadhafi the i.c.c. did say that the libyan people themselves will arrest gadhafi but of course. he is called words remain defiant and say they will continue to fight to the very end and

they basically said they don't particularly care for this particular decision as a matter of fact there were reports of intensified bombing tripoli just this morning there were reports that blasts have been heard very close to gadhafi compound this was supposed to be an enforcement of a no fly zone in libya and yet already we're talking about. according to the libyan government we're talking about hundreds of civilians being killed as a result of the nato airstrikes of course you officials have until not so long guns in the eyes of the fold for exactly this point is kind of a situation which is just hanging in the air and whether this particular latest decision from the i.c.c. whether that will have any effect on the situation in libya remains to be seen. constantine cause in charge chairman of the state dreamers foreign affairs committee explain to our t y d a rush arrest warrants cannot be applied to the libyan leader of the decision of the international criminal court.

is not legal ground in for a libya for the simple reason libya is not a member speed of the court and has long as mr steed's on libya still retore and this decision can not be fulfilled in case the decision of the chords in poor. mr therefore you can never to rule tried to implore as long as he can and their country deeds the intentions on the international community of the old why the security council member states russia included. or to discuss the possible consequences of the i.c.c. decision to bring them a good idea justice i'm joined live by patrick henry's a london based reporter online magazine spiked thanks for joining us there patrick now the warrant is issued but do you think the libyan leader is likely to be prosecuted or is it just an intimidation tactic well i mean i think ultimately

what this does actually in many ways actually shut off any possible escape routes for him so it means that really he's in a place where he's going to have to fight to the very end now and live up to his promise to fight and die on libyan soil so i don't think this helps matters and it certainly doesn't help matters for the libyan people when the international criminal court comes in and basically presumes all four of the other libyan people for taking you know for a meeting out justice on gadhafi this shouldn't be any business of the international criminal courts it should be for the libyan people to resolve their affairs but just saying this could actually prolong the conflict there and you say shut off all escape routes that would encourage gadaffi to stay in power for as long as he can and as some say would lead to further bloodshed. well i think that that's true i mean it doesn't mean that he can no longer decide to perhaps go off to a different country just kind of hide hide away there in a very discreet plan and that means you know he's actually in a place of death where he can't escape so yes i think the conflict could be

prolonged as a result of this but i mean i think fundamentally the thing i find very striking is this one hundred three of the libyan conflict now william hague is making these claims today that the foreign secretary of the u.k. saying that the i.c.c. warrant shows why. he has lost all of its mysie and should basically give up immediately and the idea that the icy seas arrest warrants actually removes any kind of legitimacy from gadhafi i really find horan's really it should be always the libyan people who decides whether to give that gadhafi is legitimate or not so it should be for an international court of law so me tell justice to gadhafi it presumes basically that there are certain people in the world who are incapable of determining their own affairs and they need more civilized countries like the u.s. and the u.k. so actually make decisions about this and so many people who matter so this move won't be greeted by the rebels. with great optimism surely they'll be welcome this

when they. well i think the rebels. exactly i mean the rebels are quite and there'd be less punch in many ways and often a lot of them now unfortunately once you see who are going to put on a pedestal by the west are people that have been cherry picked high the u.k. and the u.s. exceptional and they've already signed up to certain conditions but i mean what whatever the rebels actually say at this particular point i think it's very important for the future of democracy that the rebels are able to meet tales and deal justice to the formerly to gadhafi and in not have to be put into the hands of international lawyers to make decisions for them that is for them to. sort it out but what about the claim that the libyan government says because it's preoccupied with pursuing african leaders is that a fair criticism well in some ways it's quite an historic moment very because this is actually the first time that the international criminal court has actually

pursued someone who isn't actually completely black now i don't say this lightly but if you look at the previous kind of five cases of the international criminal court they've kind of pursued their investigations they've been in kenya. uganda and central african republic in the democratic republic of congo despite all the other crimes and wars that are going on across the world from iraq soon the gaza strip the international criminal court focused solely to this point upon black people and obviously you know they seem to be moving you know. focusing on gadhafi now but still very much focused on africa as a sense very much seems to be that the international criminal court is the place where the west judges the rest is for the international criminal courts presumes that they can have this kind of civilized legal istic perspective on the world which is lacking in african countries who are unable to determine their own affairs

properly and the guiding hands of western lawyers and politicians. will leave it there thanks very much indeed for your thoughts on this patrick london based reporter for the online magazine spite and thank you. well still to come on the program democracy with a catch the u.s. announcing programs to help existing movements across the globe some suggest it's just a convenient way to overthrow nuisance governments. but still to come before us the flotilla of humanitarian aid ships carrying supplies to gaza is set to depart from greece its reportedly made up of ten vessels with some five hundred activists on board israel warns that its military is gearing up to intercept the aid a model but has dropped earlier threats against journalists that they could be banned or deported for covering the events of these paulus lear has the latest from kind of it appears really count. in came our plans to handle foreign journalists that are on board for that reason for going to suez itself from european waters and

heads towards cause it makes it this week what we do know is that earlier the israeli government press office said that any journalist on board would face the risk would face detention and would also face a band of up to ten years that would not be able to return to israel for at least a decade we are now hearing that the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu first heard of this only this morning monday on the news and he is there to have said it is problematic he has urged his cabinet to rethink it and he's also said of the way journalists are dealt with it's different to the way so-called infiltrators are handled this doesn't know how to answer the question as if and when the israeli government from the finds the second photo it to be in violation of international law which is of course what it found the first votes in the guilty of how will journalists on board be dealt with the security cabinet held an emergency meeting today after that meeting with issued a statement in which the government ministers to those who are determined to

prevent the controller from reaching gaza with as little friction as possible we're talking about ten ships some five hundred passengers on board representing some twenty two countries let's let you know once a repeat of what happened last year and news radio programs are at pains to try and make sure that all they got on the road to prevent the same kind of incident occurring that first attempt happened on may thirty first it was six ships involved they had six cells from thirty and then largest of those ships known as the mahdi mama came in conflict with israeli commandos who were lowered into the ship via helicopters from helicopters there was fighting that ensued both sides many other questions sought in the conflict but the fact is that nine turkish activists who were on board were killed now the israeli government has said again and again that it will not allow any ships where this book seller attempts or another one to actually reach gaza the israeli authorities saying. a system actually saw to through all the goods on board to make sure that there are no weapons no ammunition

there and that one still satisfied that there isn't they will be personally responsible for transferring early goods to gaza it is important to note that the reason why the activists are carrying out the second for telling in as many years in two years is that they do believe that the blockade on gaza is facilitating a humanitarian disaster we are hearing reports of increasing shortages in food supplies in medical supplies in basic items that people need to keep on living and so this is a sit in the tents by activists around the world to draw attention to gaza. and there you can find footage of last year's israeli aid flotilla sold on our web site r.t. dot com there are also plenty of other stories waiting for there including the latest news politics and culture blogs and expert analysis here's what's online for you right now. if you're a vegan part of goblin or no and feel your rights are under represented what a group is going to depend your cause you can find out about russia's growing youth movement for in human rights. and animals are having their rights protected to even

find a story of a monument to a dog that's raised thousands of dollars to help stray animals across russia. or not on our website now the japanese government is starting radiation checks on millions of people living near the stricken focus human nuclear plant it's been revealed that fifteen people living over forty kilometers from the facility showed signs of internal radiation exposure when examined last month i was artie shaw and thomas pointed out many no longer trust the safety warnings. in a culture that is generally non-confrontational and obedient when thousands take to the streets of tokyo against nuclear energy it is a serious sign of discontent if after this crisis it is true that the people are more conscious and we need to take advantage of it this is the first time since the second world war the japanese people have no trust in the government he watched the coastal city devastated by the earthquake the tsunami and on the edge of the

radiation exclusion zone is starting on the long road to recovery but the people living here say the government just isn't doing enough from the thirty horror like iraq the day they said different things not perfect or they said different things and the government is that different things. they're not together the or part of the country last year they are apart but some believe it is too early to tell what the real dangers of the situation or scientists know that large doses of radiation given in one blast is a significant health threat but they say there isn't enough information about long term exposure to lower doses of radiation and the types of damage it can do if you check it here or the radiation level and then you could get breeze and then you take water you always will have different values because it's so close and so changing so you can hardly say but it's really exceeds what

a normal person would have a five year one of the frightening things about this entire incident is that there are no concrete boundaries that can clearly guarantee your safety one example is this looks like a beautiful watch green valley behind me but in fact this is the very head of the twenty kilometer exclusion zone that the government has set up in fact we tried to get a little bit closer but were escorted out by a police officer and attacked our personal now although this is supposed to be a safe area the radiation levels here are still brain seven and ten times higher than normal weather for misinformation or mis understanding that people who live in the affected areas don't always take the proper precautions here a volunteer works to clean up toxic radioactive hot spots with hardly any protection at all a problem good some say is compounded by government propaganda accentuating the benefits while neglecting to inform about the dangers of nuclear waste. the first thing the government should do is let the citizens know the real cost of nuclear

energy until now the priority has been to profit from energy the p.r. machine of the government has been emphasising the benefit of nuclear energy and the citizens have been brainwashed to believe it now in the wake of an international crisis and there are allegations that the government and the power companies have working on a deal to help each other and at the mean. has been blown off the t.v. channels need the money from advertisement and the nuclear energy companies pay a lot with this money they cannot survive and provide produce and i have to shut up about the situation the newspapers have this problem as well a move that if true keeps the important information hidden from the people ceding fisa for those in charge in japan showing thomas. the u.s. state department's plans for spreading democracy around the world have been greeting would be greeted with speculation that washington is planning a program of regime change it will provide finance and technology to opposition groups but the attach strings could be used to stare other states where america

wants them as. their reports. the u.s. state department now generously hands out cash and technology to dissidents throughout the world its bureau of democracy human rights and labor has announced the request for proposals on how to foster a change in a number of countries in the middle east and north africa as well as cuba the u.s. claims the best of intentions saying it wants to strengthen independent civil society groups in those countries it's just in really another form of provoking regime change they're just trying to do it under a different guise under a different facade saying that somehow i'm with the best of intentions they're promoting democracy but in reality it's just promoting us agenda among other things the state department is financing the creation of stealth wireless networks that would enable activists to communicate outside the reach of governments in countries like iran and syria and libya according to participate in the projects other

programs include a so-called internet in a suitcase a powerful portable wireless transmitter that activists can use to set up their own networks in order to circumvent state control but at the same time american companies provide authorities in bahrain saudi arabia and kuwait with the technology to effectively block websites those double standards system everybody should be fully aware of and understand. us united states government and austrian regime change that's one central pillar of our technology is not all the u.s. provides to instigate change in certain countries some opposition movements get a direct cash supply for example we can leaks cables show that the state department has for years secretly funded syrian anti-government groups in general to create a world that is more aligned more specifically more control

away with. of the united states i'm now looking at the state department website that promotes grants for those willing to bring about change in communist cuba and here is one of the requirements i'm going to read this it is preferable for these personnel to speak spanish fluently solid understanding of the cultural context and have prior experience on the island in order to maximize their a fact witness in this unique operating environment and quote sounds very much like recruiting agents but instead of doing it the traditional secretive way the u.s. knows they're right out in the open on their website health most often comes with strings attached many say opposition leaders in libya who now get financial and political support from washington are sure to get instructions on how to return the favor essentially if you're. consistent with. the u.s. government even that's necessarily. going to shut down our t. washington d.c.

. baltimore america's democracy spreading programs are now joined by jeff friesen he's an independent researcher and historian in the u.s. thanks very much indeed for joining us well the u.s. says it's helping democratic opposition movements abroad but the question is who decides who is democratic and who gets. well it's not about democracy at all i mean there's one thing that i've learned is that the united states foreign policy. and power a lot of the idea that somehow it was benevolence that there is a caring grandfather figure here in the united states who wants to help. one countries become better it is it is a job and i think that if you have. this idea that there is something positive coming with democratic regime changes that's that's not true at all so

therefore explain what they hope to get in return for this what they hope to get in return is to establish a greater empire. i think you know i'm not being overly cynical at all when i say that there's there's nothing but military power and force at work here and if they don't like somebody in particular country they're going to get rid of them one way or together and this is just a new technique of how to do it. the idea of. bombing somebody into submission is kind of old hat. the new idea is to say hey guess what it's christmas and we're going to give you a great big present it's called democracy but in fact the leaders that they put in are corrupt and they have only one thing in mind and that is how the u.s. interests well we just saw in that report from going to take on that the u.s.

state is openly recruiting activists in cuba one of the other likely targets that. well syria right now is on the hot burner and you know there's a russian naval base there that makes that a real interesting situation for the entire planet because here we have a direct conflict with the q superpowers obviously iran is that is the key they try to do what they called a color revolution couple of years back in iran during the election process there and failed to do so it was called the green revolution and my gosh you know i think that if they can take over iran i think the whole ball game is going to change and so i mean if if you have syria and iran both shiite. as a bloc and they're looking to break that apart and create a new middle east israel likes to say you know. greater middle east but tempered

with that but that's just looking from an historic perspective that don't post attempts to spread democracy in parts of the world suggest future success is very likely with this initiative. i have to agree with you i think the go ability of the population extreme there's no doubt that people have good intentions there's no doubt they want things to be more democratic but what they don't realize is that the i.m.f. is going to come in and restructure their economy to suit the world bank and be the ministers of finance and this is this is not something that they understand it. and so as long as the united states continue to settle a feel good idea without any real substance then i think people are going to continue to fall for it and that's that's a shame because we're certainly hoping. that the people get something

real something that actually will change their lives for the better and not just fall for. what we call. advertising slogans like we did here in the united states where we've got a promise and things got worse hope and change there's your slogan so as long as people will fall for slogans and. quote unquote democracy. then. i think that success will continue and i'm afraid for different country because they need to know what's really going on jeffries and thanks very much indeed for showing us your thoughts on this in the put it was such an historic in the u.s. joining us live there in his webcam in portland in the usa thank you the man who blew the cover of a group of russian agents in the u.s. last year has been found guilty in absentia of treason and desertion by a moscow court intelligence cannot xander party have fled the country before the

scandal last june which saw ten agents including anna chapman arrested i think catherine is out of a has been following the proceedings. this very high profile case has been deemed top secret and classified so most of the proceedings that took place in moscow's military court were held behind closed doors and every shred of evidence and witness statement that was submitted throughout the course of the trial was also classified and top secret but we do know that alex either party has been stripped of all of his military ranks and achievements and found guilty of treason and sentenced to twenty five years in prison of course at the moment that really doesn't affect his life that much because of course he's not in russia courting to the court he's most likely hiding somewhere in the united states and he left for the united states just a little over a year ago and according to information voiced in the court room that was a complete surprise to everybody including his wife she found out that her husband

had deserted her family and her country from a text message which he sent to her saying mary i'm sorry i hope you find a way to forgive me this isn't for a while this is for ever extended i see it has been working with u.s. intelligence officers for at least a decade out of those people whose cover he blew and chapman perhaps one of the most famous and media. liked characters she picked him out of a photo lineup saying that this is in fact the man that she met with in the united states according to her statement she felt somewhat uncomfortable after her meeting with him and contacted her superiors in moscow which then confirmed her suspicions but of course by then it was too late and ten people were sent out of the united states being found guilty of being unregistered agents of a foreign government and turns out of the i'll be back in

a few minutes to update from the top stories. with the latest business. hello and welcome to business here in r.t. thanks for joining me russia needs to diversify its economy is or production is not expected to grow in the next decade finance minister if he could and says the key challenge is to create an environment to develop non energy sectors of the us that would mean. research role in companies and give way to private investments but government is going to sell most of its shares and he enterprises in the next three to five years this released by national energy telecom and transport troops russia's biggest airline air flight is the latest company settle for privatization according to russia's finance minister the sale take place within the next three to five years the state calls around half the company and the size of the stake to be privatized is yet unclear the government has to sell

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