welcome it's nine pm sunday evening here in moscow money as kevin knowing you're watching r t international and libyan rebels are reportedly pushing on towards tripoli although gadhafi forces are denying that the opposition is making any progress it's believed that major clashes have taken place there with the capital's me to get the sound of gunfire as also echoed around the city streets according to journalists on the ground let's try and catch up with the latest cross to dr franklin lamb he's director of americans for middle east peace ease currently in tripoli he's on the telephone let's see if we can catch up with no communications little difficult dr lancry him a very good evening from r.t. we're getting reports of gunfire in tripoli tonight can't describe what's happening where you are. and there are some gun it's now or seven pm in tripoli those bombs on the top of this hotel which is twenty six floors up and you can see plumes of smoke at the

marriott hotel. seems to be on fire at the top. or it's near my hotel i don't know but i i was out in tripoli on a bicycle or ninety minutes this morning and when i came back walking behind it swimming pool of this hotel i was josh and. dr just made a vote is this we were going to find. but there was a suggestion that the doctor was on the mat how about. the people who are preparing here people are looking to write young men on first and others to clean up i think defensive position been going to industrious areas where they are directed i don't know if you heard yesterday there was a report that this hotel that trantor was attacked that was not accurate what happened. there were about eighty men. who were waiting for transportation to go to

. the question bob payment of the money and all the ugliness for two or three hours but then there were. others of. thirty more years. and i'm not sure what their plans are dr there are various reports about how close to tripoli the rebels are some reports saying there was close is around twenty kilometers away is there a real sense that they are getting close to tripoli now what news is feeding through to you and other people living inside the capital is there a sense that these people are coming and that they're succeeding. well i think there's sort of missing thought id and there's tension and it's addressed on all in preparation being made nobody knows who they are but yes i'm in a mainstream media is reporting that they're getting closer and closer and people

are hearing book reports already heard that they were stalled at my house which is . twenty five miles from here so there's preparation being made i would say i don't know if they're going into high gear but you see tourists on those i thought terrorists racing through the streets obviously there are no tires here but they were filled with young men can i think that those vultures are being used to consist of true position defenders of tripoli so yes i would say definitely measures are being taken people are staying inside. other civilians who are very few people now going out you know even me and so i don't see what happens tonight. why do you think there's been no response to the libyan government schools again today for negotiations with nato and with the rebels why do you think there has been no positive response by the libyan government yes this can be no response

because nato has been told to we've talked all rebels actually who want to negotiate ships don't want to kill the libyan brothers and sisters no you don't have forbidden this is the needles campaign based are using their tribal i'm sure in the rebels in. just only as you know me through the bombing been for many people to sort of been over by march probably a little. early to draw it excluding needles or needles project they need to stop being. out of this country so they can call to claim a victory in the rubble of saddam. being used on. and. depending on which way out i think there's going to be honest i didn't need or. didn't. really don't see. why do you know they don't.

ok we very much appreciate your time dr franklin lamb director of americans for middle east peace on the line from tripoli there take care of yourself stay safe thank you. but i learned even ireland how spoke to earlier on news from the independent institute in washington he told me believes that much of the media's pandered to western interests in the way that they reported the civil war. in the western media here particularly in the united states all the western countries the media has sort of been a cheerleader you know. on the on the retreat is almost over so maybe the reports are exaggerated but certainly the western media is hopeful because no one likes khadafi and certainly i'm not defending his human rights record but he was the leader of the country and it seemed like the western countries just took advantage of a rebellion to get rid of him of course they haven't really done that on the side

in syria they've been very slow because israel doesn't necessarily want to get rid of him. because they're scared of what could happen there but why isn't doesn't the same thing apply in libya what could happen there we don't know it's hard to say during war you get report one report on one thing and then it's contradicted by another but i think the rebels think they have the advantage at this point and they're being helped by the nato. bombing and that sort of thing so i think they think they're almost ready to take tripoli. and just let you know later this hour of another update of what's going on in the libyan capital from an independent journalist who's also in tripoli trying to bring as much information as we can as the situation develops tonight. crosspost of violence to sort of the middle east this week with israel launching airstrikes in gaza which pulled back with dozens of rocket attacks the latest reports suggest that egypt has managed to broker a cease fire between the two sides which could come into a fight later later on sunday let's get latest on this fast moving story it's

a night out he's pulled asli is in jerusalem keeping across the developments for us what we know about this possible cease fire paula how much hope is there that the violence is drawing to a close. well kevin we are receiving reports that there are all palestinian militant groups operating in gaza have agreed to a cease fire with israel now the reports we are receiving indicate that her master officials say that cairo has brokered this truce which goes into effect this evening we understand their television was hesitant about making any kind of agreement with the guards operatives and let the militants put down fire first we also understand that it will be the responsibility of her master security personnel to enforce the cease fire not only this is good news but the reality on the ground is that no one here really believes that a cease fire between the two sides will rast and will will really survive the test of time this latest violence started on thursday in

a three pronged attack that left eighty's rabies did not its all responded almost immediately with a strikes and those strikes have been continuous since thursday there have been more than a dozen palestinians killed they have been more than eighty grad and cause some rockets that have rained down on southern israeli towns killing one israeli and injuring many more so certainly the these things on the ground is there both sides are incredibly angry both sides are incredibly distrustful of the other and one of the sentiments being expressed here in israeli circles today is that the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has been preparing for a war with gaza for some time and every what happened on thursday was just the perfect opportunity to carry out the assault that we've seen. other ties in with the current domestic problems of being raised in israel this very weekend we saw the marches on the streets you have more people protesting about the way that. a lot of the government's domestic policy right now there is some cynicism isn't

there about the timing of these. assaults that went on across the weekend at the same time as they were demonstrating about the problems within israel. well there certainly are some cynicism here in israeli circles when you talk to demonstrators they say that they're not surprised by the latest spate of violence many believe that netanyahu was just hoping for something like this to happen because he has a prime minister that is very strong armed security issues on issues of what is called terrorism here in israel rather than on addressing socio economic internal problems so for more than a month now you've had tens of thousands of protesters in all the major cities in israel they marched again last night and whereas before the slogan was a call for social justice they added a new slogan yesterday saying a call for a cease fire now the protesters that i've been speaking to are adamant that they will not let this latest spate of violence detract the netanyahu government from addressing their concerns they plan there by the first weekend in september they'll

have a million man march they believe they'll get a million israeli citizens to the streets so that's almost one sixth of the population here so this certainly is a lot of disgruntled israelis about domestic issues and if anything ironically this latest spate of violence that they say has made them even more determined to make sure that netanyahu and his government addresses the concerns. of these correspondent joining us live in jerusalem thank you bring us up to date on that moving story tonight. in britain next two young men have been tough jail sentences for using facebook to encourage violent riots the jail terms indeed were praised by prime minister david cameron but nonetheless they've been slow and boy human rights groups as being too over the top of his other brother has more now on how the policy of zero tolerance has taken hold in the u k. 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 charge so far two thirds have been reminded in custody that's way up on last year's rate for serious crimes which is 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 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 to mobilize. 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 she needs britain called it democracy but now the shoe's on the other foot when troubles closer to home i'm very conscious we knew you know the. movement we would be the force to. the authorities a country's. prime minister says this is where britain fights back but it speeds this fighting fire with fire could only fan the flames of civil disorder after bennett's artsy london. later in the program the football transfer set to break all records find out who is expected to come while highest paid player by moving to

a big spending team in russia's premier league. next the collective economic government that's the latest measure proposed by top e.u. leaders in their bid the whole market turmoil and reverse the stagnation across the continent but the latest ideas a little support among investors who say it's come as too little too late and i'm glad merkel and nicolas sarkozy rejected the idea of euro bonds favored by the markets and seen by many as the best way of emerging from the debt crisis and according to international consultant and former belgian m.p. lot of an os the entire affair was a p.r. boost for a politician. who went to london biggest economies of the european monetary union get together that is of course always meaningful is on a logical level need these meetings tend to draw the line of should be the euro zone countries in general so we're limited to say dear is. it should be taken by the other countries they're not going after the ones that cost the crisis they're

not going after the ones that have the money that as we lost in this crisis i mean why not talk about the raising taxes on those people who i know talking about putting social demands on these bailouts for the banks who merkel and sarkozy are facing huge problems with their popularity in the in the polls so i think it's also new with the image of building etc not so much rita finding a real solution. and yet another blow to the eurozone the blocked second one hundred sixty billion euro bailout greece may be under threat now that's because athens is agreed to provide finland with collateral in return for its contribution to the financial rescue package but that spot of indignation among the other fifty donors some of which are now also demanding collateral to. ever agree on that greece is incapable of handling such guarantees and the professor of applied economics patrick told the lack of direction in the e.u. isn't helping a battle in the crises either. there's obviously

a lot of uncertainty about the eurozone and what will happen because the eurozone summit wasn't very conclusive or helpful in that respect so that's a great deal of uncertainty which is worrying the markets about the situation of banks in europe and i think that will be resolved but it may take some time to resolve it that's the problem meanwhile markets are very nervous and the eurozone will be will take time to sort itself out either the euro will break up or they will produce a fiscal union with big transfer to bail all these countries out nobody really in a quite knows which but that won't be resolved any time soon i think what it is happening what is happening is that the western economies the richer economies are having a harder time of it because you know all the growth if you like in vail ability of raw materials is being taken by countries like china and india and brazil and so

that's leaving very little scope for the richer countries to grow their groaning under these very high oil prices you know which depress their incomes and make them much more cautious professor patrick been for joining us on the line from cardiff earlier on now back to a top story tonight there are reports of gunfire on the streets of the libyan capital is get the latest so only see now on the phone from tripoli and talk to independent journalist lizzie feel and she's joining us again the c.v. . lizzie for you good evening. again i know the situation is very fluid way you are it's difficult to stop exactly what's going on in different parts of the city but it does doesn't it seem to like the fighting has reached the streets of tripoli. yes well again we've seen the fight begin with a few snipers. and then we had a call by the rebels in the city which are essentially religious schools which obviously a member called that we had i think the group where calling on people to come and

join them and we just had a press conference by the head of the intelligence here in libya who has accused the way. that. during the so-called war that he i think. i was it shoot on the ground. troops on the ground and of course they have been brought in weapons to them and sending them by the imam think these groups and we've seen in recently an interview. with. a very famous. i mean the terrorist. really the hypocrisy of the west every day is becoming clearer. and in the early days of this crisis we were hearing that the so-called rebel revolutionary i said they. really. did make the force is becoming clearer what this

group thought by libya i mean the the west is really a nightmare situation. had the intelligence said that you think the west essentially against the way and these portions i mean that's like i think the leader abdel parking lot was he is actually leaving nato i'm calling may throw. the ball. by them. i mean for areas like tripoli at the moment. and it's not clear what they will be losing actually do you sense that this is the most stressful time yet as far as the residents in tripoli are concerned maybe as far as kill gadhafi is concerned we heard you mentioned just now the call to arms if you like over the tannoy you know we've also. various civilians have been armed

with guns eccentrics said to me given arms trading over the last week or two by the gadhafi government and the gadhafi regime just in case it's needed do you get the sense that this is the most tense time yet in this ongoing civil conflict yeah i think it probably is the most current. that. really the next few days will be crucial. for the government and they eyes that they had. not. the beginning of their car and nearly every interest. point perfectly. clear that the market the rebels in the i'm not going to have an easy time government is confident that they are they you have the situation and and that within the next day i will think that. people if he spoke just

a bit earlier on this dr franklin he's also in the capital with you. i was asking him why he thought the nato and the rebels hadn't got back to the gadhafi government requests today to negotiate he gave us his answer why do you think they haven't got. because you clearly have no interest in peace but clearly only interest is. that of the country to the west and they also have the long standing it that the racist agenda against gaddafi has approached being christian for united for crime has been making investments for the development of workers can become more dependent on europe and the west than ours and they are really against this so. that the government that it be in government in the beginning of the christ this morning for the course. they

complete by that possibility from the beginning i went straight for the military option which. would be extremely problematic for them i mean i was about as i mentioned really really strong and i know that i could be after them a few weeks. even for a course that. was not. rising on the floor looking for what if. stabilize. do you think a president of that we're going to. prevent i don't know of our private members arriving on the shore that there really it may be then they're going to be in government it's really going to have a nightmare situation escalating just across the mediterranean extremely complicated pointing out live from tripoli independent journalist lucy feeling things being on artie's appreciated. let's focus on syrian

state media there's condemned the u.s. and european calls for president assad to step down in the week saying the move is part of a conspiracy russia's also refused to back the calls saying assad should be given more time to implement promised reforms this comes in the wake of a crackdown on anti regime protesters but as our national reports while the west sees the government's actions oppression some in syria see it as liberation. job is done the city liberated there is or in the east of the country has become the last syrian city the army left after clearing off extremists that have been terrorizing its citizens for weeks the military claim is that these bandits blocked their rights put up barricades it became a gay city we were hiding we were just like hostages. soldiers of the syrian army i live in the city of near the iraqi border. has a say in operation is now over there 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 end. 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 fragile transition to sort of a sort of reforms will give forces to syria it will maybe 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 not responsible and there pressure works for it with contradictory reports about policemen and security officers killed across the country and the army is continuing crackdown on protesters despite president assad's pledges to the u.n. 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 or if notion r.t. syria. let's take a minute or two and a look at big sports story the world of football is abuzz with news of a new dream team possibly gathering here on russian soil that's a. russian republic of dagestan are expected to sign the superstar striker some your at all from the italian side into milan it is indeed a coach nervous more the deal that could well prove

a story for russian football. the transfer of the interim millon striker has taken some time but according to the latest reports samuel eto has said goodbye to his italian teammates and is set to become a player of the un she must allow football club some atl will undergo medical examination within the next two days and on monday he is you to sign a contract with the dagestani football club in the and you will pay over sixteen million euros for the next three years for the sez he year old attack and this move will make semel and so the most highly paid football player in the world in the space of a few months of the biggest any football club has made headlines all across the world by buying leading international football players and this happened after a of the biggest son in club was bought by the locally born businessman and also one of the most richest men in russia thirty monkey muff and now he's spending millions of euros in a bid to make of this

a club which is situated here in russia's north caucasus known all across the world the team has already legendary brazilian about the carlos i'm also interested. and my new single and now its own fans a russian tri cones i'm not only funding money on the development of those remote clubs like it was done earlier but i'm on the bottom of each one he bought chelsea but also on the development of the russian football and to the signing of out so will bring of the biggest on the club on to a new level in the international world of football so of course photo but in a coach you know the reporting coming up for you a special report on covering the problem of domestic violence in the united states that's on every shortly before battle recap our top stories head loads in just a few minutes time. you're watching our two international from moscow.

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