it's national criminal court since the place where the west judges the rest tripoli refuses to accept an arrest warrant for colonel gadhafi saying the hague tribunal it's just a political tool in the north or to. the economic crisis in the nations like greece forces countries such as turkey who've long been seeking membership to shift their focus eastwards. and boosting the birth rate breaching women's rights russian lawmakers discussed restrictions on abortion many. street surgeries and legacy of.

international news and comments twenty four hours a day for watching r.t. libya's justice minister says tripoli is refusing to recognize the arrest warrant for colonel gadhafi the international criminal court of the hague gadhafi and his closest allies are accused of ordering a pledge that war crimes against their own people but tripoli says the actions by the i.c.c. are just a cover for continued nato bombings or into the scope of the details namely he's being accused of purposefully targeting can severely ends up killing civilians during the dispersal of the protest of 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. the international criminal court and this is only the

second time in accordance nine year history that such a warrant has been issued for an incumbent head of state the first occurrence happens in two thousand and nine and the man that they wanted or were after was the sudanese president. that this is and has yet to be implemented in reality and the libyan authorities have already said that they will not comply with the i.c.c. is 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 or mark. the i.c.c. did say that the libyan people themselves will arrest gadhafi but of course. he is towards 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 blast have been heard very close to gadhafi compound this was supposed to be an enforcement of a no fly zone in the libya and yet already we're talking about. according to the 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 ago denied being. at 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. texas based radio host alex jones so guilty that it's they should be held responsible for what it's doing in their view they want to try for crimes against humanity that would be like having hitler over the nuremberg trials but not sure yes. european nations are in serbia and now in libya

bombing and killing civilians that's not debated shooting out fishing boats and you have them now admittedly trying to assassinate gadhafi itself an international war crime the i.c.c. has said nothing about the war crimes in iraq and that eight and a half plus year war afghanistan the admitted massacre so this is really a joke the way the i.c.c. carries out trials is a joke and it's a tool basically the anglo-american to establishment to go in and persecute countries. patrick hayes and london based reports online magazine spiked says the actions of the international criminal court so how many western nations want to pose themselves and the rest of the world. this is actually the first time that the international criminal court has actually pursued someone who isn't actually completely black no i don't say this lightly but if you look at their previous five

cases of the international criminal court that they haven't pursued their investigations they've been in kenya they've been. the central african republic and a democratic republic of congo despite all the other crimes and was that are going on across the world from iraq and soon the gaza strip the international criminal court has for a focus solely to this point upon black people and obviously you know they seem to be moving. focusing on their female but still very much focused on africa and there's 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 perspective on the world which is lacking in african countries who are unable to determine their own affairs properly and the guiding hands of the rest and politicians. here with r.t. still ahead this hour not practicing what they preach. export democracy for

around the world. trying to suppress a citizen of this country we visit the poorest city in the american state of michigan which citizens say become a template for just break down democracy. and greek trade unions have begun a general strike against new austerity plans to go to a crucial vote on wednesday some tests or even a warning they'll try to prevent peace from entering parliament twenty eight a package of spending cuts and tax hikes is a key condition for the country to get more cash from the. new data out rather tranche of last year's eight it's being handed over otherwise agree. could become the first country to default on its debt. some states are still keen to join the military others are beginning to rethink their membership plans from gaza but. keep

. turkey is in asia minor not in europe these places not the european union turkey started seeking integration of europe in the one nine hundred fifty s. and was made me you can see that in one thousand and nine that since then france and germany have remained opposed to continue stalling negotiations turkey. and european union. have actually stalled the. relationship for such a long time now that the prague link is tired of it the main reason turks think the europeans don't want immigration. first when they come and still are like the polish plumber there. and second well they threaten us culturally but others see the real fear in paris and berlin as

a loss of political power and this sort of french german condominium is already under challenge but with the inclusion of turkey in the european union it would be totally impossible to sustain now embroiled in economic crisis the e.u. isn't as strong as it once seemed. turks are starting to do that or lays in joining less with frustration and more with relief frankly given. the state of the european union right now is the inability of taking decisions. fragile situation and the rising racism and islamophobia in many countries. it's becoming less and less attractive turkey is no longer waiting for europe to change its mind instead many speak of the axis of turkish interest shifting from west to east it's pursued

a no problems policy with its neighbors in recent years that sealed impressive results boosting trade and making turkey a leader in regional diplomacy if we want to. combine our. power with. this i think we should get. the bosphorus behind me has long been seen as a bridge between east and west but with turkey increasingly pushed away by europe over here and pull towards the middle east in asia over here turks no longer see all their hopes by looking west tom watson r.t. istanbul turkey. but meanwhile europe is being offered help with his ailing economy by china the chinese prime minister who is on a tour of the e.u. has offered to buy debt struggling nations it's seen as a move to secure supporting europe as well as to curb inflation rest of europe jim rogers an american investor and author. table come to save europe they become the

largest creditor for europe and they're going to have a very major seat at the table that's going to improve their position in the i.m.f. it's going to produce improved their position with the world bank it's going to improve their position it un because you know the europeans are going to have to be more and more friendly to china because china saving america not cannot save them russia cannot save them so europe is going to be more china friendly that it has been in the past going to the europeans to say ok let's be friendly we'll keep you all this money will bail you out you'll be now friendly and supportive of us instead of being so supportive instead of listening to washington so much you know you call us first and if we want more representation at international bodies such as the world bank. you should listen to our case the chinese have huge international reserves they had a largest international credit in the world they have over three trillion u.s. dollars and very various currencies internally yes they've had too much inflation

and they're trying to cool let inflation zero but they're extra on their international situation and lots of liquidity and can do whatever they want. kaiser and his co-host a see how this discuss whether the shock waves from the process of reaching us. there's a common theme emerging all roads are pointing to one culpable source of the catastrophe the big i'm not talking about brigitte bardot but. he actually says that this will be a small at negligible impact of greece defaulting he is telling a lie that's causing incredible global financial damage again i suggest.

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deprived of jobs resources and now it's a government the american city of benton harbor is seeing drastic changes to the way it's run with a new official. granted almost on the streets of local pros these are examines what it means for the state of american democracy. the american state known for its great lakes has seen the middle class he and automotive industry crumble in michigan's poorest city benton harbor more than a quarter citizens are unemployed and elected officials have lost all authority to government as an unprecedented democratic collapse plays out we believe that it's illegal immoral and unconstitutional no one person in this country have all that authority to prove the united states would not have that authority in the face of massive public opposition michigan lawmakers recently reshaped democracy by giving the unilateral authority to officials known as emergency financial manager e.m.f.

see have independent authority to fire elected officials close schools void union contracts sell public property and privatized assets residents like scott elliott say his city could be the start of a changing landscape in american politics people throw around words like oligarchies and all that sort of thing well i mean that's that's what it already is i think that the average citizen is going to have less and less to say about what is done with public assets these decision makers are appointed by the governor to oversee school districts and cities like pension harbor they think financial distress in april benton harbor z.m. out stripped the elected city council of its democratic power leaving a city of eleven thousand struggling americans under the rule of a man they didn't elect their hypocritical you know their ex trying to export

democracy for around the world but in a home they're trying to suppress the citizens of this country at least four other cities including detroit have an emergency manager in the motor city the e.m.f. laid off some six thousand teacher. and it's pioneering plans for corporations to privately run schools funded by public tax dollars go dr martin luther king. said justice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. it is today but it could be in new york. or couldn't be chicago next week then said harbor is one of roughly one hundred cities or how we in michigan reportedly on the verge of fiscal collapse and economic desperation that would leave the way for financial martial law to spread throughout the state critics say that would lead to a deepening demise of democratic rights the us has always claimed to stand. up

for and i r t michigan. but a brief look at some other international headlines for you the. caring for military and ate up appeared to sit still grease organize a space hurdles as israelis wanted to. sneak into the promised and searching for israeli officials and drop threats to ban them and support journalists. a year ago similar to a deadly raid on israel by israel this which the nexus one. for monetary fund is preparing to name its next christine lagarde expected to. the french finance minister would be the first woman to leave the organization and she manages to beat her and the central banker from mexico. head will replace them with . one sex assault charges.

afghanistan's top banker has resigned and that the country the head of the central bank of the u.s. things in life and government interfered in his efforts to expose. corruption within the break but kabul says abdul retracts resignation announced treason also says or suspect the best new money that almost led to the collapse of the country's largest lender of last year. saying that afghanistan where years of war and destruction have triggered the soaring trade in illegal drugs so says the. minister i don't agree with r.t. there is a preview of what's to come in around the ministry. and see a few some of the drugs production reached in the period of the most intense of military hostilities which led to serious destruction security as well as long. as a result of the illegal so you poppy crops increased we are now facing the most

terrible consequences of terror and that's why we can't look operational the world community will struggle against this evil only one clue to solve. a drive by the russian government to raise the birth rates has led to the lawmakers proposing a bill limiting a pregnant woman's options of abortion just later say they want to reduce the huge number of terminating pregnancies there is criticism that the measures will deprive women the right to determine their own future. when she heard she was pregnant again alina had already been through this erin sections and had two healthy sons to make her life complete along with her diabetes this pregnancy was a huge risk now though she can't imagine life without her sasha my little miracle

i can't even imagine that once i had thought about getting rid of him i've never regretted my decision and then i was able to make a choice freely edge you want to determination and nothing would have stood in her way abortion in russia is available on rick. west up to twelve weeks and is permitted at any stage if the pregnancy would slow mothers life in danger the proposed legislation would and free abortions of state clinics and make women weak for a week before the terminations to think over their decision the morning after pill now available at any pharmacy would also become prescription only. if we managed to avert at least twenty percent of abortions annually we have a clear increase in birth rates instead of a demographic a client with. a qualified psychologist working at one of moscow's maternity hospitals says the stress of an unplanned pregnancy often makes women rush to a decision they might later regret but the reservation task is not to talk

a woman out of abortion just sure who will turn it it's so that she doesn't end up committing herself where with questions like who are all the baby would have been now and what he or she would have hoped like. experts say the only way forward is to give women the security needed to embark on motherhood olga found the help she was so desperate for at a moscow charity. work my husband left me when i was pregnant i didn't have any means to feed the kids our lady had it alone raise another one. however opponents of the proposed legislation believe limiting a woman's choice breaches her rights both health and human my body is my business is just one of their slogans. three shows that being abortions has never had to be before when the soviet union out of all abortions in one hundred thirty six the result was an enormous increase in the maternal death rate and that's what doctors fear most the restrictions on legal abortions will only push women to find risky

backstreet alternatives even if it threatens their health and life for their of those the years living in russia forty percent of women decide against pregnancy and if a woman is determined not to have children she won't and that includes simply abandoning them. like the mothers of these babies who found another way to skate burdens of motherhood these children are too young to understand why they were not wanted. these children didn't choose to come into this world and be deprived of their basic right for parental love one day they might find someone to call their family however the question is whether restricting abortion is will lead to more children abandoned after being warned against their mothers well. gary i wish her well r.t. moscow. where we have plenty more stories like got you online that our website. is

what's available for you right largess a click away to discover the great of america in the cover of the russian agents in the u.s. last year when the supreme fertile management. and moscow may be a long way from the sea but there are still plenty of places to set so from the guide to the city's yawning clubs darting. back to make up your headlines in a few minutes and in just a moment here we'll have the latest business news of katrina stay with us. hello and welcome to the business bulletin here on r.t.

russia is on its way towards cutting its budget deficit and returning to the black in the next three years but in crude prices could also help reduce that three point six percent gap in the budget down to one percent by the end of the year but analysts warn the high crude prices actually long term financial stability at risk . it's a good thing for russia but they were. setting up drones and for two hundred thirty dollars on brooms in the longer run this will be a boom and bust cycle we saw in two thousand and eight do not want to see this again in russia much more sustainable for the world economy if the if the oil prices say averaging ninety one hundred dollars this is better global economy grows stronger it's a more sustainable story and that's that's how you can make proper plans for the for the future. russia's electricity export monopoly into round has pulled the plug on its supplies to ballard routes that's after minsk has failed to pay bills on time and missed the extended deadline the outstanding debt amounts to fifty million

dollars since its economic crisis in the country that sparked the problems with payment but despite pledges to pay off the debt by monday no money has been received so far valorous makes about ten percent of its out of trees that he needs through russian supplies. now looking at the markets we'll is struggling to narrow down monday's losses which sent crude prices to the lowest in four months the drop came on the heels of last week's announcement by the international energy agency that it will release sixty million barrels of oil the move is hoped to counter the effect of hundreds of exports from libya across asia the markets are mixed the hang saying is down five point three percent point point zero three percent rather this thing sentiment though is optimism that the greek parliament will vote in favor of more austerity measures to avert a default banking sectors and exporters are among the gain is with mitsubishi financial group having a round of the saints in tokyo petro china is also gaining almost two percent in hong kong. and in moscow the r.t.

it's trading sessions kicks off in the black coming back from monday's losses the mice it will open shortly that figures seeing there is from monday's close both markets finished in the red though on monday on the negative sentiment of the european debt jitters. russian stock markets have been largely negative at the start of the trading week marco concepts from a treaty investment bank says gasol from a slew of annual general meetings this week will keep investors busy. we have a quiet week and we're waiting for a lot of a.g.m. june comes to towards the end and we don't expect any fireworks per se we have we don't know but just having these meetings and proving you know people don't send elected new boards we've seen a few positive developments in the boards and more market friendly people have come on the boards and you saw the impact of that and it was on us for the rest of the week we're just waiting for again the greek and then us data as well and it's been on and off in the last couple of weeks so you know any positive news coming out of

the u.s. will foster a bit global growth and the picture in general because europe it's moving to worse be a bit more forgetful and how do we go forward. the international financial corporation is lying seven point seven percent of russia's trans capital bank the private sector arm of the world bank will buy in through an additional issue of shares with around seventy one million dollars the i have seen will advise the bank of launching a new financial product that will also lend france capital bank of around eighteen million dollars for this program the banks other institutional investor the european bank for the construction and development will keep its stake around twenty two percent. but investors are gathering in moscow to brainstorm ways strategies in russia the event is being held by rene so it's covered so much has been investing in russia for twenty years business artie's dmitri medvedev course the company's c.e.o. stephen jennings to find out how the investment climate has improved over the years . obviously twenty years ago there was no market there was literally no market no

infrastructure no capital markets no private sector companies so to try to change has been vast but i think the point is every every phase russia has helped before relative to expectations one of the perplexing things is this is a perpetual somewhat negative attitude from the west towards russia but if you look exposed the results have been very favorable over a long period of time given the current market conditions do you think right now. is a good time to invest in russia is a very interesting time in russian s. it's a very cheap but not much more expensive than pakistan which is clearly ridiculous russia's as a strong track record in large scale privatisation i won't be surprised if it's bigger if it goes further than people talking about i think will be progress and building the moscow financial center where would you invest today in what sectors of russia's economy you know there's still an enormous potential really across the board and natural sources there are a large scale assets that is still not being with within corporate structures or

being necessarily being managed well across all the so-called music because the economy with its financial services retail consumer like manufacturing and this is the highest return significant market in the world over the last ten years by a very considerable margin it's a market that's pretty open to foreign investors for fifteen years by strategic and financial investors so there's ample opportunity the market is very liberal and in my view will continue to see strong returns and it's all of business for this hour we'll be back with more in just under an hour's time stay with us the headlines next. the.

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