dozen rockets from gaza forcing the jewish state to retaliate. it is one pm in the russian capital you're watching r t with me she will begin with breaking news government tanks are shelling parts of central tripoli despite rebels claiming z. are in control of most of the libyan capital meanwhile state t.v. is still a ring fro khadafi programs heavy fighting has been reported near the libyan leader's residence earlier three of his sons were said to have been arrested following a night of chaos in the capital crowds were seen in the city's central square with people waving revolutionary flags dr franklin lamb director of americans for middle east peace who was shot by sniper on sunday says gadhafi may be preparing a massive counterattack. i borrowed a bicycle. here and i rode around for ninety minutes to greece who are checking

out the streets of tripoli which required as they are incidentally right now. coming back i you know. who by. gone were shot in my right leg but i don't know if you can see this news because rush uses the boy with a doctor gave me a permit a sniper on the marriott hotel were huge and i did notice that i got get but i'm fired by her a convoy of twenty two military falls from the government you know a group of fighters and they came by our hotel who had to go away by the bible ma hotel by because she knew the marriott out there is a compound called by powers of five buildings there it's not a. checkpoint and there. to begin where i am what some

people are suspecting here and it's just speculation but i'm getting this feeling myself is that as in other places. the government here if you love her you know rebels there and allowing them to have thorough fun in green square and then very well may be congress talking to journalists says the hotel in tripoli where the foreign press has been obliged to stage or in the conflict has been looted. i got fired at the start of the day while i was putting signs saying christ's made signs of put him in the front of the alltel they fired going to tell they have snipers. we all feel threatened it's less now than before but if the rebels get here we are a lot of us are feel very secure about that there's been looting in the hotel right now i'm in the being in media stories office which is. basically you need

permission to be near. by i took the liberty to come in here to show you the movie so you can see the projector up there was taken and you can see the ladders that they put. they have been going through the rooms of people even the looters young men i don't think they were dangerous at all but the young men who just come and. gone into all the rooms it started collecting things you can see they broke we do orders a lot of doors and again you can see. a lot of steel the projector is computers. this is up in various offices here the next few hours for us you are going to be critical. in regards to tripoli i don't think that fighting is and i think if you more fighting it's been very quiet here that region that might be just shot at the hotel lights. i cannot say for now what would happen but. hopefully to be peace and no bloodshed but nato peace. you know is done all that if

you are bombing here absolutely nato and the leaders you know states have to be held accountable as war criminals if killed civilians in their hoping that we will be safely taken out by an international contingent from the united nations not from nato the british are talking about evacuating this place only for five nationals. only for five if they are not the rest of us. talking to me earlier the white house has hailed what it called a tipping point for the regime of colonel gadhafi but it is a positive sentiment parallels have already been drawn to gyptian celebrations on time very square and the disillusionment that later followed are she's going to reports from washington d.c. and president obama spoke earlier this sunday night saying tripoli is slipping from the grasp of a tyrant also that could offer you must relinquish power once and for all nato

secretary general has made a statement of similar in fact saying they could offer a regime is crumbling and that now the libyans have a chance for a new beginning he also said that the transition must come peacefully and of quote well that part has raised a lot of questions because everything that was going on in tripoli has been very far from being peaceful we're talking about extensive bombings by nato throughout the weekend actually throughout six months there from washington has been a key player in the fight for tripoli that's before as part of nato and as we know at this point nato has done the heavy work the means by which nato has been accomplishing the goal of our staying khadafi have seen many violations of the u.n. resolution from six months ago that authorized the military intervention in light of all those violations it was very unlikely that the u.n. security council would have adopted yet another resolution i'll leave you to come september and september is when the previous resolution runs out so it was crucial

for the rebels and for nato to carry out the operation before the resolution expires when you look at the footage coming from believe it very much reminds of. cheering that we saw in cairo when hosni mubarak was ousted and then the army took over there and the egyptians are still struggling to make their voice heard and many who are afraid that their voices could be ignored by the international community. she countered. morning there either you can trees are again calling on khadafi to officially step down in the face of the rebel storming of tripoli for more on the adults now across europe joins us from london ira what is the reaction in the u.k. to the events unfolding in libya now well it seems like the prime minister just can't get a holiday right now he's cutting short his vacation once again to deal with what's going on in libya and did the same a couple of weeks ago to come home and sort out the riots here in london but he has

welcomed the news that the rebels the national transitional council have entered tripoli and taken large parts of the capital so what's happening here in london is that he the prime minister is chairing a meeting of the national. security council on the view and the question there is what happens next there so they're preparing really now for gadhafi regime to fall and the thing they want to maintain there is the un resolution protect civilians they want to ensure that there is enough provision of food water and power there is no revenge attacks and basically ensure there is a smooth transition. all this is what's happening in the u.k. but what about the other e.u. states has the same rhetoric been heard from them. absolutely all around the leaders a lot in what's going on in libya right now angle and merkel and nicolas sarkozy have all come forward and said this is a good thing that they're calling for gadhafi to leave right now and they're

they're hailing this is the beginning of the end of his forty two year stranglehold on libya there is a you even has said that it's already planning for a post gadhafi libya but the real question is what happens next they say and how do they avoid another iraq there are still pockets of resistance inside tripoli according to the rebel spokes person. should that he or she still control fifteen to twenty percent of the city and now it's a question of how do they avoid another iraq that makes up the subject matter the clegg the deputy prime minister's speech today at the british council he's expected to say that britain will stay the course to make sure that libyans are in control of their own fate and really want britain are making trying to make sure they would not be wrong if you have vested interests there they have pumped. twenty four billion pounds of goods and services into the region and so they're trying to avoid

what happened in iraq. but only time will tell. absolutely ivor bennett thanks very much indeed for joining us this update from london investigative journalist and author of michelle golan says the e.u.'s concern for libya's future has little to do with the interests of the libyans themselves. the key question is indeed oil it is well known that it is a wall for all that these so-called position government has promised to give the old two from. great britain and the united states actually this government does not exist it's to put government and of course it's about our it's always about pork you have many disagreements inside the alarms the airlines crisis the consider themselves the cup of the world and asked. after us live yes

sorry afghanistan libya who are they going to attack the key question is when will the public opinion wake finally and say we don't need these kind of aggressions we don't the killings we don't think of the results as we need a solution to the economic and social problems of europe and united states. well the speculation arising out of what's ahead for rebels when we are interested in your opinion on the matter well you can do that and tell us what you think of the issue at our t.v. dot com so far most of the viewers think leave it will turn into another oil rich colony for members twenty one percent don't believe anything will change at all just under that review will split as an internal struggle for power will start and the remainder of the you are say the country will turn into a democratic state let us know what you think on this issue by looking at your web

site dr falwell been following the dramatic events in the view on air and online through the day so stay with us for that if you can us will be updating. right now though let's take a look there are news militants in gaza are continuing to fire rockets at israel tel aviv claims up to fourteen were launched overnight forcing it was an air strike on sunday from us said it had agreed to cease fire with israel policy your is in tel aviv and she joins us live follow what's happening on the ground now and is the shelling still continuing. well the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu comes to any emergency cabinet meeting this morning three o'clock local time it flooded with a statement in which israel said it would not retaliate harshly to gaza it also said that it would not normally a military operation there now this does follow an egyptian brokered cease fire

that went into effect last night but tell of it does came that their teeth fire started some fourteen rockets have been fired at southern israel the last landed at seven o'clock this morning local time and there are no reports of injuries one of the reasons being given as to why israel is not interested now in a war with gaza despite earlier reports that the political leadership was talking about reacting and reacting hashmi to the. border raid on thursday that started this latest wave of violence is that each is that israel needs all the planes it can get ahead of the palestinian declaration of statehood that's expected to come forward at the united nations next month the relationship between cairo and television is at an all time low after three different border guards were accidentally killed by israeli fire now israel has apologized for this but cairo was considering recalling its ambassador and israelis saying that they are concerned that they've harmed relations with egypt when it needs the diplomatic

support it can get ahead of that september vote now at the same time there have been some one hundred palestinians who have been arrested in the west bank city of hebron israel carried out he is today sunday the largest land ground offensive that it has since two thousand and three there was some one hundred israeli military vehicles that went in and we understand that those a race to our associates or presumed associates of hamas. awesome was declared a cease fire last night so why are these attacks still happening. well i must say that it has agreed to the conditions of the ceasefire it's only me because it insists that israel first agreed to them too from the beginning the hamas leadership has insisted that it was not responsible for that thursday raid but israel saying that it believes that in fact that there's it has some kind of evidences that the rate at the militants came from gaza themselves it is important

to remember that gaza is in a state of your listeners and hamas has no control over all the palestinian groups operating there having said that though the hamas leadership has gone underground we understand that they still in hiding for fear that israel will carry out some kind of targeted attacks now the mid east quartet that comprises the u.n. the e.u. russia and the united states has issued a statement in which it condemns the israeli airstrikes it also condemns that initial attack on thursday in fact in a statement they said they said they court that those day of tech cowardly terror attacks that have been planned in advance now the russian foreign ministry has also said that it is very concerned about this latest wave of violence it has urged both sides meaning israel and gaza to show restraint and to adhere to the cease fire we're told just as we speak we're hearing the latest from reuters israel and hamas agreed to gaza truce which is under way of course we'll be hearing more on this

throughout the day but in the meantime thanks very much for updating us on what's happening there policy or talking to us from tel aviv for. well the escalation of violence comes amid the ongoing social unrest in israel and the country's been gripped by a massive protests for over a month now with people demanding prime minister netanyahu steps down our correspondent paula sleazier is keeping across the developments for us the air as well and she's posting her comments on our twitter page that's at r t underscore com well one of her latest posts there says that protesters are planning a million strong march in two weeks time she spoke to some protesters who fear the israeli government could launch and new war to distract attention from the social problems so you can keep up to date with the situation in israel on our twitter page or underscore com. was british courts busy

dealing with riot cases human rights groups have been crying foul over the sharp disparity between crime and punishment some judges have been accused of overreacting at its not for the first time among those now spending time with the looters behind bars as a war veteran this crime was recording a court hearing and searches lore and reports the reason behind us punishment is not that simple. british prisons are full to bursting the courts are working overtime sending young people to jail for their role in the recent riots in england and if they're sent to leeds prison they'll be languishing alongside eighty five year old norman scarth he plied the arctic sea cheering the second world war serving his country taking essential supplies to the soviet union on the most dangerous journey in the world and now he's serving six months in prison on the whim of a british judge his crime recording

a court hearing he said he did it because he's hard of hearing but the judge didn't accept that it was a very harsh sentence and i believe it was because season covering the corruption that the judiciary you see them frown upon a scarth is no stranger to the legal system he won a case in the european court of human rights banning secret hearings yet still some cases in england all heard behind closed doors and recording and taking photographs is forbidden unlike in other e.u. countries scarth attends demonstrations where he shouts about corruption in the police and judiciary saying lawyers police and the courts are in cahoots and regularly persecution gag those who disagree with them that's why m.p. john hemming suspects the judge was trying to shut him up we having theory in this country something called freedom of expression that is people's right to speak out about what they see as wrong as long as they're telling the truth and i'm very

worried this is an attempt to gag an elderly gentleman may not always be right but he has a right to be here luckily for scott he has friends with knowledge of the law and they're acting for him normally the support of the for his case here to the boil court of justice but they don't feel justice is being served to heaven meanwhile claim to being denied it then chill medication in prison. according to reports conditions in leeds prison. the war veteran can't get any exercise because he's unable to walk for the entire hour allocated scott also says he's being denied access to a lawyer by his jailers description going on every day before leaving the job. norman scarth has vowed to keep fighting to expose corruption just as he fought all those years ago to keep fascism out of his country the irony is the country he fought for is now the one he's fighting against laura and that r.t.

london now is the u.k. government is determined harsh justice will help man has broken society author owen jones says it's the lead which sets the bad example for those committing crimes his full interview is coming up next hour. or most expensive cities on the planet the minimum wage in the country is just not enough to live on you call for puerto family with it these are huge social problems which are being addressed and we have these problems at a time when people at the top richer than ever so yes we have the bankers he plunged the international crisis we are the politicians he stole from the taxpayer we recently have a new international scandal where police were being bribed by journalists what happened is more disorderly that all raw but example of being set by the top. returning to our top story now government tanks are shelling parts of central tripoli despite rebels claiming they are in control of most of the libyan capital meanwhile state t.v.

is still layering the programs although levy unravels claim they have almost total control of the capital earlier to have cut off the sounds were arrested including saif al islam who is his closest ally and aid following a night of chaos in the capital crowds were seen in the city's central square with people waving revolutionary flags. now a look at some other. world news in brief here in r t syria's president has once again sat is regime is not in danger of collapse and the government is able to deal with was the current unrest in the country statements were made in an interview broadcast on state t.v. human rights groups say more than two thousand people have been killed in the government's crackdown on protesters since march on. washington has said it's disappointed by iran's decision to sentence two american citizens to eight years in prison the pair were found guilty of spying in a legal entry into the country and three americans were arrested in july two

thousand and nine when they were hiking on the iran iraq border one of them was later released on bail they say they accidentally strayed into iran but iranian authorities claim they were working for american and intelligence agencies. well brings us up to date here in our t.v. business news is next. hello and a very warm welcome to the program global indices the trying to catch your breath after last week's panic buying investors are waiting for clues from the federal reserve as it prepares to announce father quantitative easing measures. there will be some kind of stimulus measures coming along because clearly on they can't really use interest rates anymore but it's a bit at the level there and it will be probably taken posted by the market but focuses first always still be on europe so that's going to be the key after that comes i think the problem for for the third of them but. the fact that they've now fixed the interest rates at zero twenty five up to two thousand and thirteen and

just looking backward i mean six months ago the outlook for us was much more rosy and this means that you know how can you believe that you will have the same environment supporting you know such a low interest rate in six months or even twelve months time i think that looked at me over something that could become quite a problem problematic issue. time to check up on the numbers brand current has dropped more than two dollars on monday to trade at one hundred six dollars a barrel the slump is due to the potential resumption of exports from opec members as a six month civil war there appear to quote be close to an end is hovering at eighty two dollars a barrel. and a quick look at the precious metals gold has jumped one point nine percent to one thousand eight hundred eighty seven after touching an all time peak at one thousand eight hundred ninety four as a flight to safe haven assets continued and silver is also up it's gaining more than two percent the sound. and with the bears aggressive return the european

markets have halted their recent decline the footsie has made a u. turn into the black gaining one and a half percent the solid texas up over half a percent gains both into says came just five losses in asian markets and in the day and on wall street on friday. now the russian indices a mixed some of the r.t.s. a slightly retreated from earlier losses however it's still in the red and the my six is a third of a percent up to some. time to check up on some of the individual show moves on the my six month energy majors the still trading in the ragin with the courage minute. financials mannish some gains. of around one tenth the sound actually flat out in the rules because continuing to lose ground. it's great to get a low investment grade well that's because of its shareholder dispute and to delay in posting last year's financial positions. meanwhile steve jacobson from sikes

a bank believes the current volatility is a good chance to cash in. if you look at value investing from bottom of investment obviously this is very very good science but you have to remember that investment is always based on the degree to which it's taken so what is important to note now for investors median sure in the long term is dead there are several good stocks across the globe where you can buy and buy them a reasonable prices but you have to cater for the fact that liquidity the banking side of things will be increasingly under pressure you probably see the banks and you're having to be recapitalized to some extent some of the u.s. banks also going through the same exercise so would you have is to balance the good value in stocks with the lack of liquidity and it's just i think what you need to do is just to average yourselves in don't commit fully here don't get to just words either but you know by five percent of the cast for the full year this month five percent next month an average yourself into a good position in my opinion that's the way to play. russia's blending news

sweeping and to smoking laws which will seriously damage the profits of tobacco companies in the country the government is planning to hugely increase tobacco duty which will see the price of a packet of twenty quadruple to about two dollars well it's also going to bring legislation to ban smoking in public places such as strong as a night clubs hotels and airports t.v. advertising will also be banned the sale of cigarettes restricted to the largest stalls only currently pots have a russian man and one in six women smoke the new rules are being introduced to try and impress the help of the russian population which has one of the los life expectancies in the industrialized world. and finally the russian companies specializing in payment service is negotiating to put its street in western europe and the united states r.b.c. data reports kiwi is in talks with mobile phone operators orange vodafone and

telefonica to try to come in and russian streets and can be used to playing phone bills utilities the internet and even talk packages. it's all we have time for now you are up to date more news on our website r.t. dot com slash business.

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welcome back you're watching r t coming to you live from moscow and breaking news story here on our t.v. government tanks are shelling parts of central tripoli despite rebels claim media are in control of most of the capital it follows a major nato back to advance that according to the government saw thirteen hundred people killed three of gadhafi sons have reportedly been arrested imbalance of heavy fighting are said to have been seen near the colonel's residence in tripoli. meanwhile massive celebrations are in full swing in the center of the rebel stronghold of benghazi but experts who draw parallels to the events in egypt warn of the disillusionment that will likely follow. and you know other news a short ceasefire between israel and hamas comes in and once again tel aviv claims up to fourteen rockets were launched from gaza overnight forcing the jew or states or its failure rate with an air strike.