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really concerned about your problem of. the food while prosecutors in the hague call on libyans to turn over colonel gadhafi for allegedly killing civilians we report from the coastal city of brega recently released to the ground by nato bombs . verging on the brink of default greeks go on strike live pictures here from athens where hundreds of thousands are taking to the streets to march against austerity cuts but an unexpected friend has. also. person in this country have all that authority to praise the united states and not have that authority taking to marcy away from u.s. citizens r.c. looks at how one american town how small states elected officials. and then business russia may cut its budget deficit and return to the black for the next three years but analysts warn that high oil prices up putting the long term financial stability at risk join me for

a full business bulletin in about twenty minutes from now. it's five pm in moscow this is r t coming to you live on the news now with our top story this hour will be a says the international criminal court is just a cover for nato attempts to kill colonel gadhafi and refuses to recognize its legitimacy this came in response to the issuing of arrest warrants for gadhafi and two of his confidants by the hague tribunal and many libyans believe nato leaders should also be held accountable be held to account i should say for their actions. the road from the capital tripoli to brag is lined with the aftermath of war towns abandoned as the population fled the bombardment. this is what's left of the civilian airport in the siege of. home to one of the country's key oil refineries

the last plane to go from this runway just hours before it was hate ballet to space and it's only hitting the targets of military value locals say these telecommunications hours so fifteen minutes west of the tower have to be destroyed in a time now if this is a state they've been to strikes and they've also accidentally burned two cars and killed two civilians since there is no t.v. in this area as we can see phone light has also been disrupted. there is no water and no electricity what used to be have been this man says has become hell what was home now. 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 drug gas used to flow to europe.

we used to produce fuel to send it to them and you know see they destroy it all this is terrible and riddick. it was at the same time. the closer you get to the frontline the more you feel it you can hear the war and you can even read it on the . jobs just before the bombs arrive. this one says as 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 this any time happened three times over several hours while we were healing. regulator's major port is where the front line lies dividing the country into two parts into to swear one side is going to put one flashpoint within the rebels and gadhafi forces it's a very important point as to to quote case getting

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 but they were like my family not just going 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 staff where friends gathered after work we were eating with my colleagues then there was a boom we knew what that was we run we tried to help those who were strapped then the helicopters came to and started to shoot us as if they didn't want us to save our friends. from one street to another the stories are repeated reconsider by our problem i live. in they are not so every man in

every day every day when being a big kid our civilians to prevent another. country this is from libya well those voices become more and more frequent is the sound of exploding bombs and warplanes drones in. tripoli. the chief prosecutor in the hague has admitted that nato forces have no mandate to a rescue daffy and call on his inner circle to assist russia says that it's unclear what impact the court's actions will have on peacemaking efforts in libya. the international commission which visited libya found that war crimes were committed by government forces as well as some of the opposition fighters we hope will be investigation will be fair non politicized and lawful on the political side of the matter i hope this warrants will negatively affect the efforts to bring a peaceful solution to this conflict. the decision to indict gadhafi has

outraged critics who claim the i.c.c. is being used as a political tool patrick hayes a london based reporter for the online magazine spiked says it's up to the people of libya to decide what punishment their leader deserves. just as 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 for if you have a libyan people for taking you know for a meeting out justice on gadhafi this shouldn't be any business of the international criminal court they should be for the libyan people to resolve their affairs with gadhafi the international criminal court is the place where the west judge is the rest at this particular point i think it's very important for the future of democracy in libya that the rebels are able to meet elton deal justice to the former leader get their free and in not have to be put into the hands of

international lawyers to make decisions for them. russia says the crisis in syria should be resolved through dialogue and once the violence to stop it comes as russia's presidential envoy to africa met with syrian activists in moscow are just peter all over has the details. it's important to stress that this isn't an official visit from the syrian opposition although members of the group they do call themselves syrian opposition in attendance here in moscow's also people from n.g.o.s and human rights groups now they've come to the russian capital to call on russia to put more pressure on president bashar al assad the syrian leader to stop the violence in the country now they've spoken with the help of my senior russian diplomats a very experienced member of the the foreign ministry when it comes to this part of the world and he put forward russia's opinion on this because it's in our interests

that there is forums announced by the syrian government are put into action a little dialogue is important for us or we should put an end to all forms of violence and armed clashes assoon as possible the political crisis in syria should to resolved by a political dialogue. saying that russia would be vehemently opposed any form of foreign intervention into the situation ongoing in syria they definitely do not want to see a repeat of the violence that we have in libya at the moment and we're very disappointed with the way that foreign intervention has progressed they said that russia and no circumstances will be backing any form of foreign intervention in syria they want to see peace coming through discussion and diplomacy. by from moscow you're with r.t. still to come this hour fighters or activists israel says the latest aid flights heading for gaza is armed with chemical weapons and plans and plans to use them against israeli solitary case. violent clashes have broken

out in greece during massive nationwide strikes hundreds of thousands of workers are protesting ahead of a parliamentary vote on a harsh set of tax hikes and spending cuts twenty eight billion euro worth. are you needed before that you agree to hand grease another cast ballots out it's considered to be the country's last resort to avoid becoming the first eurozone nation to default but both the cards and the high interest bailout are deeply unpopular more than five thousand police have been deployed for the march on parliament we can now cross live to young this viral forecasts who joins us live from athens thanks for being with us he's a lecturer at the university of athens but we're seeing violence scenes in athens as we speak give us an idea of just how unpopular at these latest austerity cuts are. they do percent of the population against what

is being pushed through parliament and even worse than that through our own politicians even those who are voting for those measures do not believe in them they resemble a few square crossing themselves hoping to put a miracle so why is this happening you say there are government officials who don't believe in what they're doing the people are against it why is this happening. it is a shadow hooghly what is happening in athens today is no more than a ploy that is being utilised by mrs merkel the german the german chancellor you know order to manage managed to push through her own federal parliament in berlin a massive new loan for greece the members of parliament in berlin do not buy this strategy either because they've seen the being applied before bailout mark one was passed on a year ago in may of two thousand and ten and it failed spectacularly its logic was false and its up litigation made the problem worse not better so mrs merkel feels

that she needs to exact some pounds of flesh from the greek people you know order to. any resistance that she may have in the bill in parliament and so now what we have is we have a governor. both in berlin and enough and that are pushing for is that they don't even believe in them just not to buy a dime to find out what on earth they're going to do with the latest and greatest. meanwhile i'm very much afraid the deficit is emerging a deficit of political legitimacy both in the service companies like germany and holland i mean the deficit greece and ireland do you think that the government buys what the people are saying that they will continue to protest and are they going to take that into account. the government is on borrowed time don't forget that this is a prime minister who only about ten days ago tried to fall on his sword and missed he was prepared to resign. that hopes that he goes to sleep every night

with out of that he will manage to keep the whole thing together because there's a steady view through parliament today and tomorrow then go to brussels secured a massive new loan come back to i am frankly saying that you seem to get it going to be basic euro this loan and hoping that then the greek summer and the extreme heat that happens here that you have been doing it all goes is going to send everybody could be to use for a few weeks before the political they're more going to turn since september october but. as you see it i mean is greece ready for a default what other austerity measures do you think we can see. there can be no solution for the greek problem in the bend them only of resolution for the us system crisis which is the issue at hand if europe continues to see the to see this as a great problem i'm a very much afraid that there will be no europe in the next year or so but i think the choice we have as europeans is between letting the euro go and returning to our

own currencies or fixing that you're. right yanis varoufakis joining us live from athens thank you very much for your analysis our thank you very much. well the struggle in athens to keep the euro alive has some nations who wanted to join the e.u. questioning whether it's worth it tom barton explains ship it down even sank it to turkey is in asia minor not in europe turkey's place is not the european union turkey started seeking integration with europe in the one nine hundred fifty s. and was made me you can do it in one thousand nine the since then from some germany have remained opposed continue storing 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 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 tom martin r.t.

istanbul turkey. israel says an international aid flotilla is carrying chemical weapons which could be used on soldiers attempting to stop it reaching gaza the israeli defense force has been ordered to prevent the ten ships from making it to the palestinian territories for more on this some time now live by my subpoena from jerusalem who was on a similar. last year do you believe israel's claims that there are dangerous chemicals onboard the flight. no i'm positive there is none nothing. no violent mino tool against israeli soldiers that are about to attack or if they have a few friends including my brother over there. of course to come peacefully into the gaza shores. israeli authorities are blocking and surely will be the ones that docking the flotilla that's a very. human. israeli army and the israeli government to

try to make the peaceful activists as frightening as possible for the public in order to create. public opinion against these people and keep on controlling the palestinians you sound very sorry that you do believe that these will be attacked of course last year there was pretty harsh international criticism when those israeli commandos attacked us flat tell us why do you think that they didn't learn from that last and why do you think the us led tells will in fact be attacked again . this is very wide open the said by the israeli army and the israeli government they will not let that. come to gaza but will kidnap it and it's also what we know from the flotilla of the multi-member other ones before it and the one that i was on in the jewish vote we also were attacked though we were only nine people and we were all israelis or jews and therefore they

didn't use this kind of violence that used against them up the mama they used a different kind of violence less lethal one. but it's all the same they are saying it openly and they will do that it's the same located. for us israelis or for internationals it's not as lethal and dangerous. as it is for the palestinians a palestinian fisherman that wants to go out to fish cannot pass the three miles without getting shot. about twenty five percent of the agricultural land of gaza has been taken by a death zone around gaza strip from the israeli border of gaza into gaza strip killing every culture of person fisherman. seaside or farmer in the land side killing people on a weekly basis on a monthly basis killing there and there have only been reported that one out of that was actually sabotaged while docked at

a greek port how possible do you think that is this kind of preparation before the flood teles even take off. this is very possible since we. we know that the people the secret the israeli police is there or the mossad. my brother is seen very very strange fishermen fishermen like that. don't have any fish or fishing equipment. just by the boat in the middle of the night from also it's possible but this is not really the issue israel is trying to sabotage that the issue is that we have a million have palestinians under a blockade very inhumane for more than five years and we have forty four year of occupation of the palestinian people. and the issue that israel is trying to make with the flotilla people being seen as the violence this is crazy because israel is going to attack that the lessons they learned from them are the murder this is what

they see is having more snipers. killing more people smarter pira very sorry to interrupt you thank you very much for being with us on the line from. the u.s. state of michigan is giving up a prized asset to find a way out of its economic woes it's decided democracy is too expensive unelected financial managers have taken the place of elected officials and given a free hand to make decisions unchecked artie's report takes a look. the american state known for its great lakes has seen the middle class seat and automotive industry crumble in michigan's poor city benton harbor more than a quarter citizens are unemployed and elected officials have lost all of florida to gov 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 present a united states and that here that authority in the face of massive public opposition michigan lawmakers recently reshaped democracy by giving you know. lateral of storage two officials known as emergency financial managers m apps 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 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 elect their hypocritical you know their ex trying to export democracy for around the world but 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 to privately run schools funded by public tax dollars well dr martin luther king. said injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere so it's been to harbor today but it could be new york tomorrow or it couldn't be chicago next week benton harbor is one of roughly one hundred cities or towns in michigan reportedly on the verge of fiscal collapse and economic desperation that could pave the way for

financial martial law to spread throughout the state 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. some other headlines from around the world this hour iran state media footage of what appears to be a task of short and medium range missiles the images came amid ten day nationwide military exercises iran's foreign ministry is that the drills are a purely defensive display in light of what he called israeli and u.s. aggression on monday to iran unveiled a hidden underground patch ready to counter possible attacks on the country's nuclear facilities. the international monetary fund is expected to pick its new director french finance minister christine lagarde is the clear favorite if chosen she will become to first female i.m.f. director in history she has the backing of european members who account for nearly

a third of the votes and also russia and china to replace them unique styles kong who resigned after being arrested on sexual assault allegations the guards opponent mexican augustine carstens ram on the promise to give more saying to emerging economies but failed to rally enough support. up next is the business news here in r t with kareena. hello welcome to all business bulletin this all thanks for joining me 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 the austerity measures are being debated in parliament this week. from r.b.c. capital markets believes it's make or break time. the problem in greece is that we've had a lot of political difficulties we've had problems with the statistics which has misinformed both the government and the international community survey they're

living at the eleventh for quite some time but i think we really dodged the five minutes to midnight and there really is no alternative they do have to proceed with this austerity plan there is a risk if they don't push through the storage program we could see much more substantial impact on financial markets with a negative reaction obviously there are contingency plans the question is can they be we will pour to do operation quickly enough to save the financial markets now russia's eyes way towards cutting its budget deficit and returning to the block in the next three years buoyant crude prices could also help reduce that three point six percent gap in the budget to one percent by the end of the year but analysts warn that high crude prices are putting long term financial stability at risk. it's a good thing for russia that the rules come down it was heading up two hundred twenty hundred thirty dollars on brooms in the longer run this would 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 the if the oil prices say averaging one to one hundred dollars this is better global economy grows stronger it's a more sustainable story i'm nuts that's how you can make plans for the future. now let's take a look at how the markets are doing all extends gains in new york on speculation u.s. fuel demand will increase a monday crude prices fell to their lowest in four months the drop came on the heels of last week's announcement by the international energy agency it will release sixty million barrels of oil the move is hoped to counter the effects of hold that exports in the. european stocks are higher this hour as investors focus on the week's on this week's austerity vote in greece the footsies and the black supported by gains for world bank of scotland in london shares of prudential rose over two percent up to goldman sachs upgraded it to buy from neutral while shares at siemens cable and wireless worldwide and tom tom are losing on cautious corporate pronouncements and. trading coming back on monday's losses

investors are hopeful but slightly cautious due to the concerns of the situation in greece now let's have a look at some individual share moves on the my six energy majors among the main gainers helped by strong oil well snap is up almost two percent this hour and electricity sector old u.k. five is edging high on reports it has successfully placed three year bonds hydroelectric company moves hydro it's also supported by a news that the state will sell seven percent of the farm by the year. now russia's electricity expert monopoly into rao is about to pull the plug on it supplies to belarus minsk has failed to pay its bills on time and missed an extended deadline. the supplies will be halted by midnight if bellows doesn't pay its debts of about fifteen million dollars says the comic prices in the country have sparked the problems over payment about ten percent of the electricity is

useless comes from russia. so for now they're back in less than one hour with more here. for. the.