it would. still. feel that the soviet files on. the international criminal courts is the place where the west judges the rest probably rejects an arrest warrant for colonel gadhafi insane behavior based tribunals it's just a political tool and has no authority. to use economic crisis nations like greece forces countries such as turkey long been seeking membership to sift their focus works. and boosting the birth rate for breaching women's rights russian lawmakers discuss restrictions on abortion that have good public opinion.

but from our headquarters in central moscow you're watching r t with me and he's now a it's two pm here in the russian capital we begin with libya this hour over the country'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 a tripoli says the actions by the i.c.c. are just a cover for continued nato bombings are to israel for no snow want to see the effects of the airstrikes on the libyan people. the road from the capital tripoli to greg is lined with the aftermath of war towns abandoned as the population fled their own blood and. this is what's left of the civilian airport in the siege of. homes of one of the country's key oil refineries the last plane took off from this

runway just hours before it was hit. says the senate's only hit in the targets of military value say these telecommunications towers something to the west. we destroyed in a time with this is a saying they've been strikes and they've also accidentally. two cars and killed two civilians since there is no t.v. in this area it is written see. it has also been disrupted. there is no water and no. what used to be heaven this man says has become hell i was home now susan familiar. i have nine children and i send them all to my relatives abroad i don't want them to see their mother and such a condition. from least small paul. gas used to flow to europe. we used to produce fuel to send them and you know 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 agents leave their jobs just before the bombs arrive. this runs as you can see there is a sign here in arabic but nato is relieve it through in france 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 humane. regulator's major is where the front line lies dividing the country into two parts into two swear one side is the frequent flashpoint within the rebels and gadhafi forces it's a very important point to quote hasten getting a firm hand on this town mean taking control over the country's economy. all

facilities seem to be a road target that nato bombs never land on while the civilian population can hardly scape. they were like my family i had just gone to 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 for all companies start where friends gathered after work we were eating with my colleagues and there was a boom we knew what that was we ran we tried to help bruce was trapped and the helicopters came to and still object to shoot us as if he didn't want us to save our friends from once journey to another stories or repeating. problem over. the food. to every man every day every day branding a big our civilians but. this country this is from libya well those voices

become more and more frequent is the sound of exploding bombs and warplanes drowns them. out she tripoli. nato is operation in libya has outraged his critics who claim it's the alliance would soon be held accountable for war crimes patrick hayes a london based reporter for the on my magazine spight says the international criminal court's action so how many western nations want to impose themselves on the rest of the wars. this is actually the first time that an international criminal court has actually pursued someone who isn't actually completely black i don't said this lightly but if you look at the previous the five cases of the international criminal court are they going to pursue their investigations they've been in kenya they've been. the central african republic and the democratic republic of congo despite all the other crimes and was the thing going on them

across the world from. the gaza strip the international criminal court has for. points on black people and obviously removing. the focusing on their female but still very much focused on africa 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 mystic 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 politicians. from our scaliger with our so i have this hour not to sing but they preach. the word democracy for around the world. trying to suppress the citizens of this country

for a city in the american state of michigan which citizens say might be. for have to stop and break down local democracy. and the world abandon nuclear power after the disaster of the sima we are still wrapped up the international atomic watchdog a little later in the program. but just as the crisis in syria the result of dialogue once the violence to start it comes as one of russia's top diplomats met with syrian activists here in moscow. smarties peter oliver now joins us live from central moscow peter but can you tell us more about who exactly is involved in this meeting and what are they hoping to achieve here in the russian capital both on the syrian side this group that's been in moscow contains members of the syrian opposition also representatives from n.g.o.s as well as cumin rights groups now they've been in here in the russian capital to try and

ask russia to put more pressure on president bashar al assad's government to stop the violence against his own their own people in syria now they met with because of a top russian diplomats senior member of the foreign ministry also a jensen with a lot of experience in this part of the world now take a listen to what they had to say and put forward russia's side of the. bush the pinion on the subject that's this russia of course will see an end to the violence that's ongoing in syria they want to see that end coming through discussion and diplomacy now he also said that russia would be vehemently opposed to any kind of foreign intervention into syria any kind of foreign military intervention now this comes after russia has been left hugely disappointed by the military action taking place in libya no they don't want to see any kind of situation that we have to be in libya helping in stopping in syria they will be vehemently opposed to any kind

of foreign intervention in this situation right peter oliver following the syrian delegation here in moscow thanks for that. greek trade unions have begun a general forty eight hour strike against new austerity plans which are to go to a crucial vote on wednesday thousands have taken to the streets of athens and are now marching towards parliament great protestors are warning bell time to prevent m.p.'s from entering the building twenty eight billion euro package of spending cuts and tax hikes. well for the country to get more cash from the e.u. ever proved it will mean a new bailout and another tranche of last year's aid packages being handed over otherwise greece quote become the first euro zone country to default on its debt and also some states like watch the are still keen to deliver monetary block others are beginning to rethink their member of their plans as tom barton now reports.

ship it will even so get turkey is in asia minor and not in europe is not european union tricky started seeking integration with europe in the one nine hundred fifty s. and was made a candidate in one thousand which knowing it since then firms in germany have remained opposed continually still in negotiations turkey. and european union. have actually stalled. the relationship for such a long time that the turkish public is tired of it the main reason turks think the europeans don't want them immigration first will they come and steal our jobs like the polish plumber did. and second will they threaten us culturally but others see the real fear in paris and berlin as

a loss of political power and this sort of. frey german condominium is already under challenge but with the inclusion of turkey in the european union it would be totally impossible to stay and 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 less with frustration and more with relief frankly given. the state the european union right now is the inability of taking decisions. fragile situation the rising racism and islam a phobia 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 interest shifting from west to east it's pursued a new problems policy with its neighbors in recent years that's yielded impressive

results trade and making turkey a leader in regional diplomacy we want to. combine our. power with others but i think we should do. the course for us 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 for looking west so martin r.t. istanbul turkey. the next hour max kaiser and his co-host stacy herbert discuss whether the sokrates from the e.u. debt crisis reaching the u.s. . there's a current merging all roads are pointing to one culpable source of the catastrophe being i'm not talking about brigitte bardot but ben bernanke but 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 boarding. but whether the us is feeling the effects of the greek problems or not its economy is still suffering with massive national debt and high unemployment the american city of baghdad harbor is trying to deal with these financial woes trust changes the way it's run now officials are being granted almost under strict powers parties are an important ally. examines what that means for the state of american democracy . the american state known for its greatly has seen the middle class speed 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 an illegal immoral and unconstitutional no one for us and in this country have it authority to prove the united states and not 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 am maps 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 oligarch me and all that sort of thing or 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 budget harbor facing financial distress in april then to harper's young mouth 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 they're trying to export market chief around the world put it 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 process to. actually run schools funded by public tax dollars well dr martin luther king. said and justice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere so. they. could be

new york tomorrow or it couldn't be chicago next week they consider harbor is one of roughly one hundred cities or towns in michigan reportedly on the verge of fiscal collapse and economic desperation that could be 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. artsy michigan. but look they're adamant economic turmoil for an american city and on the website there's plenty more on this topic let's take a look at what's on the line for you right now at our team tough cop. to find out why experts are predicting that financial doomsday is looming for the whole of the you asked as soon as the second of august prompts. fires and floods are threatening

nuclear plants in america with fears that four million people actually live within range of a potential tomic disaster are to dot com for more details. to japan where the president of tepco the company operating the crippled fukushima plant has apologized for the disaster earlier this year the company has come under fire at a meeting with shareholders for not doing enough to deal with the situation meanwhile workers have begun to install a protective cap at the first reactor and that preventing radiation from spreading efforts to cool the reactors are continuing as a key water recycling system has again been launched the ongoing crisis has left europe divided over the future of nuclear power francis promised further investment germany plans to stop all of its nuclear plants the former head of the international atomic energy agency says despite the risks there's no way the world kind of bound in nuclear energy. this illusion is going to face it is not going to

shut down your credit energy because it provides what you percent of your peers to demand and. possibly more in the future and companies like india like china you know there is no option but to continue to use all available social behavior including the approach and the fact that germany is working out the france is going to increase well these this is a question of the psychology in different countries you know people are they get to accept a certain degree of risk was that are saying you know that i was saying that we were going to walk away but that would be interesting to see how the government is going to substitute the twenty percent that over you say that comes from drug nuclear energy. well look now at some world news in brief for you this hour iran has tested medium range missiles as part of a ten day real it says the missiles are intended to protect the country from possible threats from israel and the u.s. forces in the gulf on monday iran released footage of its underground launch pads

which can't be detected by satellites to iran is facing international pressure over its nuclear program which the u.s. claims is intended to build nuclear back up. activists from scandinavia who are part of the folks who are hoping to make its way to cause us say their ship has been sabotaged the vessels propeller was reportedly cut off while docked or it will take a couple of days to repair i thought it was due to sell to gaza sort leave with israel warning it will prevent any attempt to breach the sea blockade of the palestinian territory a year ago a similar mission led to the deadly raid by israeli commandos in which nine activists were killed and. the international monetary fund has parents named its next boss with christine lagarde expected to win the vote french finance minister would be the first woman to leave the organization if she manages to beat her opponent a central banker from mexico the new i.m.f. head will replace strong resigned last month over sex assault charges. drive

by the russian government to raise the birth rate lawmakers proposing a bill limiting a pregnant woman's options over abortion legislators say they want to reduce the huge number of terminated pregnancies but there is criticism that the measures will deprive women of the right to determine their own future very has the details. when she heard she was pregnant again lena had already been through jesus here in sections and had. to make her life complete along with her diabetes this pregnancy was a huge risk now though she can't imagine life without her son this might have been a little miracle ok. you can imagine that once i had thought about getting rid of him i've never regretted my decision later i was able to make her choice freely edge and want to determination nothing would have stood in her way abortion in russia is available on request up to twelve weeks and is permitted at any stage if

the pregnancy puts the mother's life in danger the proposed legislation would end free abortions and state clinics and make women wait for a week before the germination to think over their decision the morning after pill now available at any pharmacy would also become prescription only it's a good number of those with the dreaded if we managed to reverse at least twenty percent of abortions annually we have a clear increase in birth rates instead of a demographic decline would that yana a qualified psychologist working at one of moscow's maternity hospitals says the stress of an unplanned pregnancy often makes women washed in a decision they might later regret but the way as a veggie my task is not to talk a woman out of proportion just sure how they'll turn it is so it she doesn't end a currency herself where with questions like who are all good it 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 olga found the help she

was so desperate for at a moscow charity. that my husband left me when i was pregnant i didn't have any means to get 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 and i believe is my business is just one of their slogans the other history shows that they're you bush's has never wanted to be. when the soviet union outlawed abortions in one hundred thirty six the result was an enormous increase in the maternal death rate and that's where 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 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 rights for parental love one day they might find someone to call their family over the question is whether restricting abortions will lead to more children around and after being warned against their mothers will. carry r.t. moscow. but that wraps up the main news block you're an r.t. business was next with katrina after a short break. hello

and welcome to our seas business the clock's ticking down on greece's judgment day the country will default in july if the e.u. doesn't provide a new bailout new austerity measures are being debated in parliament this week and i'd rented from r.b.c. capital markets it's make or break time. the problem in greece is that we've had a lot of political difficulties because of problems with the statistics which are misinformed both the government and the international community so they've been living at the eleventh for quite some time but i think really that is the five minutes to midnight and there really is no alternative they do have to proceed with this. there is a risk if they don't push through the storage program we could see a much more substantial impact on financial markets with a negative reaction obviously there are contingency plans but the question is can they be on board to drop ration quickly enough to save the financial markets russia

is on its way toward its budget deficit and returning to the black in the next three years buoyant crude prices could also help reduce the three point six percent gap in the budget down to one percent i 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 were brown was heading up two hundred twenty hundred thirty dollars on brands in the longer run this would be a boom and bust cycle we saw in two thousand and eight and do not want to see this again in russia much more sustainable for the world economy 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 future. let's take a look at the markets now oil is starting to close the gap on monday's losses which sent crude prices to their lowest in four months the major 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 halted exports from libya. european markets are mixed this hour with investors wary of the greece's debt crisis the footsie is out point three five six and the dax is down i don't want a tip of the saint in moscow the r.t.s. and the my six are trading in the black coming back from monday's losses so investors are hopeful they continue to be cautious due to concern of the situation in greece and let's have a look at some individual share moves on the my six energy majors are higher helped my slight gains in oil banks are also in the black let's back up just a notch in the mining sector poly metal is among the main game is with stronger gold prices supporting stocks. are all price has hit many energy stocks in russia but. explains that some oil majors will still be flavor favored rather by investors boy by future tax reforms. it's an interesting environment right now

because as you see all coming off the structural trade that has been happening in the oil and gas sector especially the oil names. they have had one at the beginning of the year for what we think was not that right recently a real catalyst in the industry so actually the reforms in the upstream mean to the six to 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 play word games and we have to go with more exposure to your stream and less about stream so the names that cross in years that nearest to a certain extent and also probably for a couple years so those are more or less the names were flavor and. russians and the export monopoly into raul is about to pull the plug on its supplies to bella ruse means can't fail to pay its bills on time and missed an extended deadline this applies will be halted by midnight if bellaver is doesn't pay off its debt of about

fifty million dollars minsk says the economic crisis in the country has sparked problems over payment i want ten percent of the electricity batteries uses comes from russia. 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 the headlines next. if. you.

feel. the limited. to a few hours sleep. it's. good . to feel. if the beef. thanks.