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international criminal courts is the place where the west judges the rest aaa refuses to accept an arrest warrant for colonel gadhafi saying the hague based tribunals is just a political tool one has no authority. easy economic crisis in the nations like greece forces countries such as turkey who've long been seeking membership to shift their focus eastwards. to seeing the birthrate or breaching women's rights russian lawmakers discuss restrictions on abortion and many fear will spur more backstreet sujoy isn't legacy of abandoned children. russian markets opened in the bronx. investors are still cautious due to the european debt crisis join me for a more on this story and the rest of the bulletin on business in twenty minutes.

you know this is our table costing live from the russian capital whelk into the program our top story now libya's justice minister says tripoli. is refusing to recognize the arrest warrant for colonel gadhafi issued by the international criminal court at the hague gadhafi and his closest allies are accused of ordering war crimes to be carried out against their own people but really it says the actions by the i.c.c. are just a cover for continued nato bombings. went to see the effects of the airstrikes on the libyan people. the road from the capital tripoli to bragger is lined with the aftermath of war towns abandoned as the population fled the ball. this is what's left of the port of the siege of. home to one of the country's key oil refineries the last plane took off from this runway just hours before it was hate.

to say so it's only hitting the targets of military value well call say these telecommunications towers so thick to the west of the. destroyed. this is a safe bet to strikes they've also accidentally. two cars and killed two civilians since then there is no t.v. in this area and as we can see the phone lot has also been disrupted. there is no water and no electricity what used to be happen this man says has become. towards home now seems unfamiliar. i have nine children and i send them all to my relatives abroad i don't want them to see their mother who is in such a condition. from the small poor not far from bread to live in gas used to flow to europe. we used to produce fuel to send it to them and now see they destroy it all this is terrible and ridiculous at the same time. the closer you get

to the front line the more you feel it you can hear the war and you can even read it on a tuesday for jobs just before the bombs arrive. this run's house is you can see there is a sign here in arabic that nato is here in libya to enforce and i'll fly zone over the country to protect civilians on the other side there is another sign also in arabic saying that nato can attack any place at any time. any time happened three times over several hours while we were filming. raga labor is major all parties where the front line is dividing the country into two parts into to swear one side is going to put one flashpoint within the rubble of the peace forces it's a very important point to quote the case gets in a firm hand on this town would mean taking control over the country's economy. all facilities seem to be

a rare target that nato bombs never land on while it looks like the civilian population can hardly skate. they were like my family. and slipped with them and plead with their children not to just go into the shop to buy some food and this happened six of them died i couldn't believe it and this used to be a restaurant or all companies staff where friends gathered after work we were eating with my colleagues then there was a boom we knew what that was we ran we tried to help those who was trapped then the helicopters came to and still object to shoot us as if they didn't want us to save our friends from once to return other stories i repeated. that of. being a big deal there were civilians. from this country this is from libya well those

voices become more and more frequent as the sound of exploding bombs and the war playing the drums. r t tripoli. takes a space to radio host alex jones told r.t. that it's nato it should be held accountable for what it's doing in libya. they want to try khadafi for crimes against humanity that would be like having hitler over the nuremberg trials of nazis you've got european nations 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 in that eight and a half plus year war afghanistan the admitted massacre so this is really a joke in the way the i.c.c. carries out trials is a joke and it's a tool of basically the anglo-american e.u.

stablish meant to go in and persecute countries. with lots of haze and london based reports online magazine spiked says the actions of the international criminal court so how many western nations want to impose themselves on 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 i don't say this lightly but if you look at the previous kind of five cases of the international criminal court and the investigations they've been in kenya they've been in sudan and the 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 could see in the gaza strip the international criminal court has for focus solely to this point upon black people and obviously you know they seem to be moving. focusing on gadhafi now but

still very much focused on africa the 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 in the guiding hands of western politicians. while you're with r.t. and they're still ahead on the program not practicing what they preach. the word democracy for around the world but in a home trying to suppress the citizens of this country we visit the poorest city in the american state of michigan which citizens say might become a template for disturbing breakdown democracy. greek trade unions have begun the general strike against new austerity plans which

were to go to a crucial vote on wednesday some protesters are even warning they'll try to prevent m.p.'s from entering parliament twenty eight billion package of spending cuts and tax hikes is a key condition for the country to get more cash from the proof it's a new bailout of last year's aid package. being handed over otherwise greece could become the first country to default on its debt while some states that fear us too keen to join the military block others are beginning to rethink their membership plans based on bought and. ship it and even sank it turkey is in asia minor not in europe turkey's place is not european union turkey started seeking integration with europe in the one nine hundred fifty s. and was made in a new candidate in one thousand knowing that since then from some germany have remained opposed continually stalling negotiations turkey.

and the european union. have actually stalled the. relationship for such a long time now that the turkish public is tired of it the main reason turks think the europeans don't want them immigration. first well they come and steal our jobs like the polish plumber did. 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. for a german condominium is already on the 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 view the delays in joining

us with frustration and more with relief frankly given. the state of the european union right now is the inability of taking decisions the. fragile situation the rising racism and islamophobia in many countries. it's 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's yielded impressive results boosting trade and making turkey a leader in regional diplomacy and if we want to. combine our. power with others i think we should look at. 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 and asia over here turks no longer see all their hopes by looking west tamasin r.t. istanbul turkey but meanwhile europe is being offered help with its an economy by china the chinese prime minister who is on a tour of the e.u. has offered to buy debt from struggling nations it's seen as a move to secure supporting europe as well as to curb inflation that's the view of the chip rogers an american investor and author. they become the savior if they become the large creditor for europe they're going to have a very major seat at the table it'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 at the u.n. 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 than 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 in the international body such as the world bank then you you should listen to i 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 that inflation up but they're extra on their international situation that lots of liquidity and you do whatever they want. in about fifteen minutes time and his co-host stacey heard it discussed whether the shock waves from the debt crisis are reaching america. there's

a common theme emerging all roads are pointing to one culpable source of the catastrophe a b b i'm not talking about brigitte bardot but ben bernanke he actually says that this will be a small negligible impact of greece defaulting he is telling a lie that's causing incredible global financial damage again i suggest waterboarding. but whether the u.s. is feeling effects of the greek problems or not its economy still suffering with massive national debt and high unemployment american the city of benton harbor story to do these financial woes with just a changes to the weights run new officials are being granted almost on the street to the local powers well to these are in the point now where examines what it means for the state of american democracy. the american state known for its

great lakes has seen the middle class hate 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 in the prison the united states and that have that authority in the face of massive public opposition michigan lawmakers recently democracy by giving unilateral authority to officials known as emergency financial managers 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 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 benton harbor facing 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 unless they're hypocritical you know their ex trying to export democracy for around the world but at 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 teachers and it's pioneering plans for corporations to privately run schools funded by public tax dollars well dr martin luther king.

said the injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. so is benton harbor today but it could be new york tomorrow or it couldn't be chicago next week exit harbor is one of roughly one hundred cities or towns in michigan reportedly on the verge of collapse and economic desperation that paved the way for financial martial law to spread throughout the states critics say that would lead to a deepening demise of democratic rights the u.s. has always claimed to stand for. marina porton i.r.t. michigan. but a brief look now at some other international headlines gaza bound carrying humanitarian aid up apparently set sail grease for organizers face hurdles israelis warning it will prevent any attempt to reach its seabrooke eight of the palestinian

territories. it's very officials have dropped threats to ban and deport journalists on board a year ago a similar mission led to a deadly raid by israeli commandos in which nine activists were killed. the international monetary fund is preparing to name its next boss christine legarde expected to win the vote the french finance minister would be the first woman to lead the organization if she manages to beat her opponent a central banker from mexico a new i.m.f. head. who resigned last month over sex assault charges. afghanistan's top banker has resigned and fled the country the head of the central bank who's now in the u.s. claims he feared for his knife after the government interfered in his efforts to expose corruption within the bank kabul to the resignation and that's to treason it also says he was suspected of embezzling money that almost led to the

collapse of the country's largest lender last. well staying with afghanistan where years of war and destruction have triggered the soaring trade in the illegal drugs says the afghan context minister and an interview with r.t. as a preview of what's to come next hour. you can see it for yourself. flourished in the period of the most intensive military hostilities which led to serious destruction security as well as long. as a result the illegal sawing of poppy crops increased we are now facing the most terrible consequences of terror that's why we count on the cooperation of the world community in the struggle against this evil and we want to be. sali are not. a drive by the russian government to raise the birth rate as the lawmakers

proposing a bill in the meting a pregnant woman's options of abortion legislators say they want to reduce the huge number of terminated pregnancies but there's criticism that the measures will deprive women of the right to determine their own future. as the details. when she heard she was pregnant again and i had already been through to see sarah in sections and had to 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 there's a lot over there i look at my little miracle and i can't even imagine that once i had thought about getting rid of him i've never regretted my decision later i was able to make a choice freely had she wanted a terminations nothing would have stood in her way abortion in russia is available on request up to twelve weeks and is permit it at any stage if the pregnancy puts the mother's life in danger the proposed legislation would end free abortions in

state clinics and make women wait 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 decline. that's 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 my task is not to talk a woman out of abortion just sure who the alternatives so that she doesn't end up terminating herself where with questions like who are all the baby would have been now and what he or. she would have looked like. experts say the only way forward is to give women the security needed to embark on motherhood all her found the help she was so desperate for at a moscow charity is that they will go my husband left me when i was pregnant i

didn't have any means to feed the kids our ready head let 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 that bit about cynical about history shows that being abortions has never went to a baby born when the soviet union outlawed abortions in one nine hundred thirty six the result was an enormous increase in the maternal death rate and that's what doctors fear most that 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 escape the 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 abortions well lead to more children abandoned after being born against their mothers well. sorry i wish her well r.t. moscow. we have plenty more stories lined up here on live on our website at r.t. dot com. what's online right now or discover the fates often than the cover of a russian agents in the u.s. last year including the famous and the chapman. from last may be a long way from the sea but there are still plenty of places to set sail from check out guide the city's your teen club that's at r.t. dot com. where just

a few moments the business news with katrina. hello welcome to aunty's business bulletin russia is on its way towards cutting its budget deficit and returning into the black in the next three years boy and crude prices could also help reduce a three point six percent gap in the budget down to one percent by the end of the year but analysts warn that high crude prices are putting the long term financial stability at risk. it's a good thing for russia that they will come back for it was heading up two hundred twenty hundred thirty dollars on brooms in the longer run this will be

a boom and bust cycle we saw in two thousand and eight you do not want to see this again in russia much more sustainable for the world economy if if the oil prices say averaging nine to 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 future. rushes and crissy the export monopoly into rao is about to pull the plug on its supplies to bella routes miscarries failed to pay its bills on time and missed an extended deadline the supplies will be halted by midnight if valorous doesn't pay its debts of about fifty million dollars as the economic crisis in the country has sparked over the the problems rather overpayment about ten percent of the electricity batteries uses comes from russia. now let's take a look at the markets oil is struggling to narrow down monday's losses which sent crude prices to their 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 movie's hope to counter the effect of halted exports from libya. and across asia the markets are mixed with the hang seng down by a point one percent this hour resting sentiment is optimism is optimism that the greek parliament who voted in favor of more austerity measures to avert a default banking sectors and exports are among the gain it's mitsubishi financial group is adding around a percent in tokyo petro china is gaining almost two percent in hong kong. and in moscow the obvious and then my six of us into the black tuesday coming back from monday's losses though investors continue to be cautious due to concern over greece's debt crisis. now let's have a look at some individual moves on the my six energy majors are higher helped by slight gains in oil price. thanks are also in the black with bank up just a notch in mining poly missile is among the main gain is the stronger gold prices

supporting the stocks. are low oil prices hit the minute she any stock energy stocks in russia but mark o'connor says that explains that some of the majors will still be favored by investors boid by future tax reforms. it's an interesting environment right now because as you see oil coming off the structural trade that has been happening in the oil and gas sector especially the oil names. they have had a run at the beginning of the year for what we think was not the right reason the real catalyst in the industry is actually the reforms in the upstream namely the sixty sixty six and we favor be upstream names that are going to be you know less affected towards the downstream raising of the taxes so we favor names that may have more exposure to the upstream and less the downstream so the names that cross and you have taught me of a certain extent and also for a different calculus so those are more or less the names were a favor and at the moment. the international financial corp is buying 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 worth around seventy one million dollars the i have see will advise the bank on launching a new financial product it will also lend trans capital bank of around eighteen million dollars for this program the banks other institutional investors hear a pin bank for reconstruction and development will keep its state of around twenty two percent. and that's all the business for this hour we'll be back with more in just under an hour's time stay with us for headlines next. the.

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