with a look back at the past week's top stories and latest developments this is our live in moscow libyan rebels say they're pushing on towards tripoli and claim they're now around thirty kilometers away from the capital they have also been reports of sporadic violence within tripoli itself but many people on the ground there say that the situation is much calmer than those that suggested by reports we can now crossed independent journalist lizzy feel and was covering the civil war from tripoli is it good to see you so there have been some reports of fighting in tripoli have you seen that or been able to get any confirmation of that. yes well there have been reports of last night there was some incidents in parts of tripoli which were seemed to have been quite rapidly dealt with y. by the people here by libyan government so then people started to come out into the streets to rally in support of their lead to essentially and then after that there

were a few more incidents it appears as though there have been a few snipers from the rebels shooting from buildings which obviously this is a very i'm talking about a very small number of variables but the issue of snipers shooting from buildings what it does is it creates mass panic and it's very difficult for the libyan police the libyan army and the volunteers here to deal with because of the threats of hurting civilians so it's clear as i was saying in my report last night that this is all part of the strategy to create mass panic i must confusion here. because nato has obviously failed in its military strategy and to create a military solution here so instead what we're seeing is a massive psychological operation going on to try and we can the government the libyan government in that way back behind me life is continuing as normal now again in tripoli the situation seems to seem to have stabilized you know within

a matter of hours affectively the rebels are saying they're advancing towards tripoli your people in the city worried that there might be cool to the blood boffo do you think do they think the rebels will be pushed back. well you know we've been hearing from the rebels and from nato that nato allies the sense of the rebels a day a week or very close to tripoli we've been hearing this for the past five months so the people of tripoli have essentially got used to these claims and don't treat them very seriously we've been hearing that we have is under control that breaker is in country under control but the reality is that what is happening in these areas is that they are coming under intense nato bombardment and leaving the libyan army and the volunteers essentially the tribes and people in libya to move out of the area temporarily while the airstrikes are taking place and then once the airstrikes subside then the libyan army and people move back into research other areas so the question is is how does nato expect these rebels on the ground to

maintain any maintain any so-called capture of an area if they they are so dependent on nato but bombing and obviously like any kind of popular support to secure these towns and cities it's clear that they are not able to do so and the minute that may leave this country then then the two sides of the conflict can sit down and negotiate the libyan government has been calling to calling for and the only obstacle to that diplomatic solution at the moment is the foreign intervention of the u.s. france and britain and the other nato states and the persian gulf states. do you think. will be prolonged off the do you think we might see strikes continue to september. well there is of course the possibility i mean there is a united nations general assembly meeting on september the nineteen way appears as though they are going to call for a resolution to suspend the bombing but as we know in the past nato has not

respected the united nations in iraq in israel or anywhere else so there is the likelihood that that they will the nato is in a real dilemma now because as i said they have failed to secure a military solution. but but then obviously as we know the united states france and britain the arrogance of these these countries they can never just admit that like in afghanistan like in iraq and elsewhere that they got it wrong they expect to secure victory within a couple of weeks they have been unable to do so and this is because of the popular support of the libyan government here and so they are in a lemon now where they can't just back down they need to find a way to exit strategy essentially that's what they need but. they need some kind of a way out some way to save face because it's a highly embarrassing situation for them to own most ten years in afghanistan and now they're losing the taliban killing soldiers by the dozen almost on

a daily basis now they're really in a big mess but of course in libya also one of the reasons why they're so desperate to secure some kind of perception of victory through these psychological psychological operational campaign of confusion through the media is of course because they are pushing for intervention in syria and how can they justify its of the security council and the international community intervention in syria when they have so abysmally failed in securing any of the aims in libya let's remember that of course that aim in libya was supposedly so protect civilians and we have seen that they are murdering civilians here in the thousands and of course now the irony in london that human rights groups are condemning the british government for the arrest and the treatment of those who stood up. against the british government during the so-called wires so really the british government and the western states should take the advice of the leaders of the global south and focus on their own troubles back at home rather than creating mess and more mess in countries like

libya and syria all right thank you so much reporting live from the libyan capital that was independent journalist there's a few of them. and there's more on the violence elsewhere in the region just ahead as a tease but if a national reports on the latest from syria. it is a syrian army i live in the city of there as so near the iraqi border. officials are saying operation is now over that the city has been freed from armed groups as you can see people are welcome in the song just as the waiters. cross border violence a sword in the middle east this week with israel launching airstrikes in gaza which for back with dozens of rocket attacks is really led assault killed fifteen people leading hamas to call off the defacto ceasefire the tit for tat exchanges began

four days ago following a series of attacks in which eight israelis were killed near the egyptian border israel pin the blame on a gaza based group called the popular resistance committee although it's denying responsibility israeli government is reportedly considering a ground offensive inside gaza but as artie's pull the report from tel aviv many there believe the escalating violence could be used to divert attention from israel's domestics problems. thousands of people are marching here in tel aviv hoping to handle the memory of the victims of violent demonstrations are happening not only here in tel aviv but also in to listen and a number of cities around israel in stark contrast to the protests we've seen happening in the past month the mood here is very somber people are very serious in terms of what the latest wave of violence because now talking to protesters they say that they are not surprised by this recent spate of violence many telling me that they've been expecting at the some time they believe that israeli prime

minister benjamin netanyahu and his government. gone to as an excuse to bring people. around here people are young many of them. and. it happened they would have to go to the front and white people have very strong in that they are still going to be demanding issues of social justice they really are protecting. a living they're talking about education they're talking about health services they talking about security people here think that not only do they want these demands but they also want the israeli prime minister. to step down the television. to britain now where two young men have been handed a tough jail sentences for their facebook posts which called on others to write none of the messages actually lead to any trouble and the men said they've been meant as a joke the jail terms of sparks a wave of public condemnation accusing judges of overreacting on t.s.i.

for bennett as the story. four years behind bars for the riot that didn't even happen jordan black sure and perry sutcliffe kenan were banged up for inciting disorder on facebook no one turned up after their invitation to riot which they later said was a drunken joke but now they face sentences even tougher than most looters and i worry is that it is an imbalance a four year sentence for example would normally be given to somebody for a previous bodily harm for holding someone up with a knife or even for. some form of sexual assault so it seems to me that that there is a danger that the courts are moving into disproportionate territory and that actually devalues our response to more serious crimes that governments encourage courts to dish out harsh sentences by using the public disturbance as an aggravating factor it's meant this man anderson fernandez could even be sent to

jail for theft of just two scoops of ice cream because like this one denying bail to most offenders and ignoring any claims of previous good character of the one thousand two hundred seventy seven people charged so far two thirds have been reminded in custody that's way up on last year's rate for serious crimes just just ten percent some offenders even being made homeless is their punishment with local governments taking away their houses but many say it's all simply cause more harm than good i think this is a very unwise the move to remove people from housing interim move benefits because actually if we are seeing that some of the crime that we saw on the streets was an expression of people not feeling part of the city not feeling part of our communities then these measures are actually going to push people further away from society further away from our communities and far more likely to commit crime the facebook case is the first sign of the government's desire to crack down on social media sites like twitter were applauded by the west for mobilizing the masses in

the arab world but they were also instrumental in the u.k. riots so now the prime minister wants it to stop. we are working with the police the intelligence services and industry to look at whether it would be right to stop people communicating via these websites or services when we know they are plotting violence disorder and criminality when social media fueled revolutions in egypt and tunisia britain called it democracy but now the shoe's on the other foot when troubles closer to home i'm very conscious. you know that. we would be the force to. the. country's. prime minister says this is where britain fights back but it's this fighting fire with fire could only fan the flames of civil disorder after bennett's artsy london

. now with our team still ahead the knights of the sky. for the crowds on the ground this is an exciting spectacle but that's not quite the emotion that's going through my mind at the moment because i'm about to see what happens from inside the cockpit. all the frills and some spectacular stunts from the final day of the max international air show in moscow. syrian state media have condemned u.s. and european calls for president assad to step down saying the move is part of a conspiracy russia's also refused to back the calls saying as sad should be given more time to implement pre-processed reforms this comes in the wake of a crackdown on anti regime protesters but as r.t. as many of national reports while the west sees the government's action as oppression some in syria see it as liberation. job is done the city liberated there is or in lease of the country has become the last syrian city

in left up to clear an extremist structure have been terrorizing its citizens for weeks the military claim is that it's bandits blocked the rights put up barricades it became a city we were hiding we were just like hostages. soldiers of the syrian army i live in the city of the so near the iraqi border. officials are saying operation is now over that the city has been freed from armed groups as you can see people are welcome in the soldiers as the waiters but while tanks have been trying to make their way through jubilant crowds thousands of kilometers away in the white house a decision has already matured president bashar al assad is the one who's terrorizing the syrian people and that should and. the transition to democracy in syria has begun and it's time for assad to get out of the way not everybody has agreed there moscow has insisted that assad should be given time to implement

promised changes his recent decisions to release political prisoners repeal emergency law and allow peaceful demonstrations have indicated the right direction but external pressure could still bury a fragile transitional sort of reforms will give sources to syria it will make the country stronger but syria's enemies don't want syria to be strong america for instance they're sick and tired of a strong syria and they want to weaken it they don't want reforms they need instability and chaos across the country is only supportable and their pressure works for it with contradictory reports about policemen and security officers killed across the country and the army's continued crackdown on protesters despite president assad's pledges to the un to stop military operations the syrian people no longer know who to trust and what to believe. with a country at the crossroad again the on themselves with patience raef notion r.t.

syria. journalist new york clock says the west is not really interested in peace and syria is more interested in gaming further influence in the region. u.s. and its allies really want is regime change in syria and they're not really genuinely interested in ending the terrible situation and having dialogue between both sides and that's the reason it's happening today because we had to present a sad said he was going to introduce a multi-party system in syria he said operations against the opposition. and what do we get instead of us saying well that's good that's a good move we get these calls for him to step down and the great crime of the assad regime in those countries and is really is its foreign policy it's friendly with iran has good links with russia and the aim of the game is to try to remove assad from power and install another kind of regime. in syria to have a more protest in line. collective economic government that's the latest measure

proposed by topi you need is in the bid to hold market turmoil and reverse the stagnation across the continent but the latest ideas have found little support among investors who say it's come as too little and too late angela merkel and nicolas sarkozy rejected the idea of euro bonds favored by the markets and seen by many as the best way of an aging from the debt crisis political analyst and author william and dol believes there's little real substance to the latest measures that i think the collective economic government that merkel and sarkozy are talking about is really a desperate political ploy to try to create the illusion of stability where the underlined stability doesn't yet exist there is no political will not in germany nor in the rest of the eurozone countries for as surrendering national sovereignty to a collective entity that has any decision power so it's simply a shimmer that's been thrown out there to try to calm the markets the alternative

really is is to get steve will export market relations and i think above all with russia that the central asian republics china and the rest of asia in the middle east and if that is created then you can have a growth vector that leads you out of this debt impasse that the eurozone countries are in without that and so long as as the dollar system dominates international financial relations that moody's standard and poor's do the rating on sovereign debt for european union countries and that there is no independent european credit rating agency and there isn't is no. growth perspective not only austerity but there is no up to this crisis. and in yet another blow to the euro zone the block second one hundred sixty billion euro bailout for greece may be under threat athens as agreed to provide finland with collateral in return for its contribution to the financial rescue package but it sparked indignation among the other fifteen

donors some of which are now also demanding collateral and those however warned greece is incapable of handing out such guarantees the e.u. commission says it will now investigate whether finland's actions were appropriate . while world markets continue to tumble on bleak economic news worldwide the blame game is still in full swing from bickering u.s. political parties to investors and credit rating agencies few major players have escaped unscathed but as artie's lower list the reports some may find themselves suffering from more fallout than others breaking news the united states has just lost its top notch triple a credit rating from it was the downgrade heard round the world in a strong reaction to the rating downgrade called us well it's dead standard and poor's took the u.s. from straight aaa student to one notch below for the first time ever bad marks were

handed down for the nation's debt and politicians inability to agree on reigning it in a tea party downgrade in a lot of it has to do with the failure of the present united states i think this is a tea party problem the greater in chief says the u.s. is becoming a bit more unpredictable in terms of the conduct proposed to some of the other governments that we still work response from the downgrade or that help to ratchet up that the yeah tricks of the debt ceiling debate with the help of the other ratings agencies of course stealing the show from bickering politicians with their eyes on the debt deal they may be missing really a larger concern because there is growing evidence today that the u.s. credit score is going to get hit now that the u.s. has gotten hit just how much does s. and p's mark actually count well not much according to some like investor jim rogers but it's not because the country isn't broke america is going down the tubes where the largest debtor nation in the history of the world it's because of the

source these let rating agencies have been wrong about nearly everything for the past ten or fifteen years don't pay any attention to them so just how does the report card stack up for the major ratings agencies themselves they are s.n.p. moody's and fitch let's assess test one. in the mortgage crisis of two thousand and eight these are the same agencies that rated the toxic sub prime dead aaa so i mean how do we take them with any level of credibility after that. well let's see if they get any from tess to the too big to fail banks and insurers during the financial crisis they missed many of the big bankruptcies they gave high investment good ratings to lehman to bear stearns right to the very end g. they gave a aaa rating to toll almost the day it collapsed good grades for firms that collapsed or were bailed out because of bad debt in fact the financial crisis inquiry commission said the three credit ratings agencies were key enablers of the financial meltdown and this brings us to test three ethics ratings agencies are

paid by the investment firms they grade and moody's and s. and p. are publicly traded which means they may be more driven to increase profits for shareholders raising this debate right now you have the companies that are being judged paying the bill and they could like i'm around in a big old berkshire the mr buffett also pointed out the market requires it because these ratings agencies have been around forever so they're in shrine by government regulations which oh yeah they have a stake in test for objectivity frank legislation the financial reform has restrictions on rating agencies and the rules that are yet to be written and they carry huge deal about what those rules end up looking like saw it wouldn't surprise me if they were trying to curry favor with certain politicians in fact they've spent a combined total of one point seven six million dollars this year lobbying washington over the regulations which brings us full circle to the downgrade of u.s.

credit the u.s. was downgraded by s. and p. because of government debt berman where the government ran up that debt in part because it bailed out the big banks and a.i.g. back in two thousand and eight remember the one saddled with all of those bad mortgage bonds which the ratings agencies graded triple a when in reality they were a d. or. which makes you wonder if the ratings agencies themselves deserve a downgrade lauren lyster r.t. washington d.c. . with the declassified rather soon fifty fifth integration fight has made its international debut at the max shown in a moscow this week and older woods now the final day of the show a lot so spectacular performances all still to come as aunties teso silly reports we're here the last day of the max two thousand and eleven air show now i'm drenched as you can see and i'm also going deaf but definitely today it's in full swing already it's like ten things happening at the same time you still have the crowds coming close to these massive be striving to get as close as they can get

and also of course we still have the air show the aerobatic seems giving us a side today we're expecting to get the russian knights as well as the swifts to show us their performance and inside the tents you can see the exhibits where it really is a feast for those yes of aviation now for the last five days today's a six day we've seen some pretty impressive launches we saw the t. fifty the first russian of this generation stealth fighter launching its first public debut and we saw what it back into with the air this will go against you have twenty raptor out of the u.s. air force now that's on the military side on the civil aviation side saw the launch of the fs twenty one but that is a mid-range play that will go against the likes of the airbus a three twenty is still a prototype but will be interesting to see it once it is out there in the field now also we saw the big chance to be a three eighty the boeing a dreamliner and of course the savoy super jet and when you see those massive plays you just hope that the eleven hour flight will be lot more comfortable for us

passengers now as for me these are really big it's too big for me actually i've been looking at some small planes and there's one that really caught my eye let's take a look. well as you can see i found myself a toy business long enough for me that this is how i like it you know sitting in a. watching aerobatics in performing in the air it's like i have my very own simulator but i wouldn't dare not even if my colleagues on barton is braver than i am we actually went inside well it's very aircraft with aerobatics see one. engine check. instruments check. runway check and then it's takeoff for the russian aerobatics display team. their nine first class pilots have performed over two hundred times in the past nineteen years but they all had to start somewhere. andre is training to join the team he thinks he's

nearly good enough now but still remembers his first flight as a solo pilot. without any warning they told me i was going to do the next flight on my own i had no time to be scared there was no longer an instructor who wanted back it was unforgettable takeoff you're on your own controlling the plane then when you land you've done it. the as moves are always trying to hold them anew this they practice most weekends thinking of new tricks and practicing old ones however even with years of flying and training experience between them it never becomes easy because most smokers when you leave the cockpit you can squeeze a gallon of sweat from your suit what your knees are shaking for because it's extremely different stressful and anyone with you will. so with that gut wrenching fear ringing in my ears i was told it was my turn for the crowds on the ground this

is an exciting spectacle but that's not quite the emotion that's going through my mind at the moment because i'm about to see what happens from inside the cockpit. we did the loop the loop all the planes just meters apart. if. if if if. but when it came to the fountain i nearly blacked out. white faced but not defeated i returned to. ok to. be ok. ok ok ok ok ok ok if. the for but i could also see some of the streams that go for. the birds get the news

from you know the might be for the crowds but serial acrobatics aren't a shoot to the pilots it's always a difficult job that terrorists go. so next time you look up at them speeding planes spare a thought for the pilots in some way. from bottom on take. very brave that on bottom that's plenty still ahead including the sport around fifteen minutes but i'll be back with a recap of our top stories in just a few miles. closer

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