it is just after five pm on monday here in moscow this is r t with me. so we start off with the breaking news the fast moving developments in libya one of the sons is thought to be leading government troops to retake central tripoli rebels who say they control most of the city are allegedly looting private houses on hotels another. is in custody opposition leaders say a large number of their fighters have been killed there are reports that rebels are closing in on cut off his compound but the whereabouts of the remain unknown some rumors suggest it could out he may be in talks with south africa about a possible escape route despite denials from both sides and nato insists it will continue combat air patrols until all government forces surrender following a night of chaos in the capital have been seen in tripoli central square waving the revolutionary flags journalists and. the hotel in tripoli where the foreign press

has been obliged to stage or in the conflict has been looted situation years tense again it's on a. feels like a roller coaster right armed men from volunteers. building young men one of them is hurt they don't want to be terry asked for help to be bandaged up we i want you to national not to let the transitional council and to. fight for pseudo soldiers in here at all we heard gunfighting several hours ago fighting outside it was getting closer we don't want them to storm in year there would be catastrophic and these are not disciplined as everybody knows they're not disciplined force. we have a wider. people here from all over the world from the united states to the people's republic of china to france and myself from you know. tatenda.

and we can be very very bad situation we also have a u.s. congressman you're with us as well and he's going to be on a priority flight and while the rest from what i hear you might get a priority flight out of here evacuation with. four or five other people while the rest of us have to wait. i think to be international community really needs to. cool an effort to get us out of here to the united nations and it has to be something good outside of nato well i don't know if you see the broke into all the rooms. i think they used chairs as ladders skilled in projectors. the school computers it went through reams install things. they didn't seem violent just young men. to take what they could what happened after the beauty of these offices which we want to. be you know which are to do

move you for a new foreign media authority is that some of the journalists who came and started going through the files that. foreign media we're going. to present situation here we know we've been there's been some people becoming known in on people praying. it was a young man right now right. actually telling me you know. you know it's for his safety and i perfectly understand. you need a way out we're all we want a lot of us want to be. meantime frons says the head of libya's opposition is expected empire it's next week to discuss tripoli's future with other international players with a show of confidence that could i think has definitely gone down a bushel now joins us live from paris and a daniel just hours ago we heard the british prime minister cameron saying that

regardless of the u.n. resolution expiring next month of course the resolution on libya the mission is now an open ended campaign what so what's the reaction in france at this point to the latest events in libya. the french defense minister says that has called for a meeting in paris to plan what he calls a road map for libya french france's foreign ministry says that talks are on the way at the highest level and that nicolas sarkozy the french president will meet with djibril the head of the transitional council later today monday france says that the transitional council will need help as it moves forward now as it plans its future it added the libya is a potentially prosperous country but it needs assistance from the west to come through with those plans ok so we get some reaction there from french authorities but daniel what about what's being said by the e.u. and by nato that you know. yes in brussels the you were representatives have said that as the united states seems to be taking

a back seat in these negotiations they see an opportunity to fill that vacuum you admitted that hard work lies ahead and the divisions between the rebel factions means that it will be a difficult time because when there was a single enemy it was very easy for various factions some with very different interests to bond together and now there are fears that this may collapse and there may be a power vacuum france in fact claimed that the mission in libya is over now defense experts here in the european union all concerned by such statements because with the absence of gadhafi in any sort of real power structure there are concerns that there could be an even more bloody civil war emerging the very unorganized nature of the rebellion has allowed many different interests to join nato. and has called on gadhafi to end his career of violence as he put it he said the world is watching and i did notice his role was just to predict civilians and that they will continue

doing that some analysts do see the potential for western powers to divide up libya according to to in particular to the oil interests shares in italy's all giant any have shot up on news that it has sent workers into libya already to work on that country's oil fields and so already some international intervention to secure the richer energy assets of libya and as you as you were saying their concern over nato nato saying is it's continuing it's a humanitarian mission that many analysts in the world say that the nato has gone far beyond a u.n. resolution one nine seven three parties daniel bushell live in paris thank you. all right and let's get more details on this now and discuss what the future might hold for post khadafi libya and the interests the various factions have in it a joint out life by joint research from the start or coalition live in london thank you for joining us today mr e.u. leaders have made it clear they will continue to support the new government some have already deployed ground teams to assess is it possible that could harm the

embassy of the new government in the eyes of the libyan people if i western powers just continue to stick their noses in places where they're not always perhaps invited. yes i think that's the predominant danger that. faces people in libya they've got rid of gadhafi and nobody's going to shed any tears for that brutal dictatorship but i imagine that most people in libya don't want to swap the rule of gadhafi for that of the western powers and part of the problem here is of course the way in which he has fallen in tunis here and in egypt to the dictators fell at the as victims of a mass popular movement nobody could say that the egyptian youth coalitions or the u.g. double t. the union in tunis here were in the hands of the western powers but that is not something that can be said on this occasion today has been the single biggest day

of nato air operations in the entire history of this intervention so it's quite clear that the t.n.c. will come to power as the proxy use of the western powers and the western powers don't do this without asking for a pay back and they will be asking for a pay back and you can see that immediately why is it that the head of the t.n.c. is running off to paris to meet with the french president the head of egypt and even the military government which is not a government which many who fought in the egyptian revolution want to see in place but even that government didn't run off to london or to paris or for that matter even to the even when you when you talk about that i mean i mean they pay back you know you referring to the mineral wealth in libya the set to be distributed here. well of course start here is one very very important very very important issue it was why the western powers tony blair and others struck a deal with gadhafi in the first place it will be exactly what they're seeking to

continue with the with the t.n.c. to further explore those and those oil riches but that's not the only thing and it may not even be in the short run the most important thing you see the military intervention in libya came exactly at the same time but the same people the united states and their supporters in the side of the regime acted to crack down on the bahraini revolution these were two interventions that were designed to give the west a foothold in the fast developing process of the arab revolutions and they will want to use this government in a new government if it's if it's possible for them they will want to use any new government in libya as a bulwark against the spread of the revolution in the arab world because if there's one thing that's even more important to the western powers than oil wealth in libya it's their entire strategic operations in the middle east as you say geo political strategies being thought of here as well but we know that president obama in washington has said recently just today actually. this is

a turning point now in libya that gadhafi has essentially been put back into a corner but just hours ago british prime minister david cameron declared that the libya intervention is an open ended mission and yet the u.n. resolution one ninety seven three expires next month how do you interpret that. well if i were a libyan and i were listening to david cameron's speech or if i would listen to what nato said earlier that they want to assist the transition i mean heaven knows what a military alliance supposedly assisting a transition to democracy is all about i would take those remarks as more of a threat than a promise that is a direct threat by david cameron that they will use their military and economic weight to gain what they want out of any new government in libya let's talk about this new government as you say the transitional council what is the charge you think of survival for a new government comprised of various rebel factions that don't always see eye eye to. well i think there's very little chance of it surviving in any kind

of stable stable form a less it begins the business of telling the major powers where to get off because if it continues the business of competing among the various elements in the transitional national council for who has the ear of the major powers who is their interlocutor in libya through whose agencies does the aid come through whose agency is the military assistance mediated they will inevitably fall out amongst themselves the only chance of unity for the t.n.c. is that they do what most libyans i believe want them to do and that is to say that the future of libya is to be decided by libyans and by nobody else but they do not require the assistance of nato they do not require the assistance of the major powers that they do not want their resources exploited by western oil companies

that could be a point of unification but if they continue down the line of competing amongst themselves for who has the ear who has the greatest the greatest sway with the major powers then i would really believe that that will further divide them it's already divided and that's why. some weeks ago their military commander was assassinated in a bloody internal feud and that was precisely because they do a lot of themselves to be drawn into this business of becoming the interlocutors of the major powers by now we had an analyst say earlier that the members of the next transitional transitional government in libya is a mixed bag of members and you know here's a here's the west releasing hundreds of millions of dollars to fund this transitional government who knows where that money is going to go it's unlikely it'll go to the infrastructure education and hospitals and so on and so forth does the west know who these rebels are the best funding. no i don't think they do properly know that but even if they they did know it it might be the case that they

don't care because if we look at the money that's been funneled into the karzai government in afghanistan for instance many of that much of that has found its way directly into the hands of mercenary groups indeed into the hands of warlords into the hands of drug dealers the whole point about these kind of interventions is that there can be no stable and legitimate government of the one which has the faith of the vast majority of the people in the country concerned and that stands in stark opposition to those governments that are created by or financed by the western powers you can either have legitimacy among your own people or you can be funded by the imperial powers but you can't do both right and john reese from the stop the war coalition live in london many thanks indeed thank you. members of the european union have once again called on cathy to relinquish power but euphoria over the ongoing assault on tripoli is fading replaced by concern that the new government

may not have the or thorough he needed to bring and maintain peace artie's i bet it is following the reaction from london. an address the press he said it's clear the end is in sight now and get that food regime is toppling around in those he stressed the need for a smooth rapid transfer to a new democratic leadership in the country that will be the national transitional council that really recognize from the just move leadership of libya they already have a diplomatic representation here in london. and he said the need for that is obviously so that the libyan people can be in charge of their own fate and that's the main goal he stressed however at the same time as all of that he did acknowledge that nato forces will remain in the country for quote as long as it takes so clearly he is prepared for it to take longer than the maybe desirable david cameron the prime minister did also say that britain is prepared now to release the frozen assets and give them back to the libyan people however there is some are certainty of who that

will go to and how that will be used exactly the other uncertainty is of course kidnapping himself his exact whereabouts is still unknown there are confirmed reports that he is still in tripoli france germany and italy of all back to britain's claim that this is the end the beginning of the end they're all heralding it is a new beginning but it's not over yet i mean there's still twenty for approximately twenty percent of tripoli is under the control of the forces that's according to the rebels themselves and despite all that the e.u. is already saying it's got the wheels in motion and is posted down however we have been here before i will tell you this brooke areas situation it would pose dictatorship. of course with iraq unlike iraq iran libya is sitting on this vine. asked oil wealth and that complicates matters. severely but unlike iraq here in libya the coalition are saying that they've got this foundations government

already in place this national transitional council already recognized by britain france germany pretty soon that will be keen to avoid another nick clegg the deputy prime minister has already said that they are in the long haul they saying they have learned those lessons and that is to let the insurgents revenge killings to try and achieve this smooth transition. bennett right there the white house meantime is hailed the rebels advance into tripoli saying the situation is at a turning tipping point president obama once again called on the libyan leader to acknowledge reality and give up power immediately as the u.n. mandate for nato's military mission there expires next month some are suggesting the timing of the battle for tripoli is no coincidence. president obama spoke earlier this sunday night saying tripoli is slipping from the grasp of a thai randall's so that must relinquish power once and for all nato secretary

general has made a statement of similar in fact saying that 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 that we can actually throughout six months there from washington has been a key player in the fight for tripoli that's flora's 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 building in light of all those violations it was very unlikely that the u.n. security council would have adopted yet another resolution on libya 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 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 leave who are afraid that their voices could be ignored by the international community now he's gone into account right then and there will be following the dramatic events in libya on air and online throughout the day so if you can do stick with us. iran has started to move equipment used to enrich uranium for nuclear fuel to an underground bunker that until two thousand and nine was a secret the. the nuclear facility is carved into a mountain offering better protection from any possible attack iran's top nuclear fission centrifuges have already been moved but they are taking their time to observe what he called technical standards that's iran says it has informed the

international atomic agency about the view of more on this we're now joined from tehran by professor marandi from the rather from the lebanese capital you were in beirut excuse me so what do you think other real reasons behind this transfer of nuclear equipment well this is nothing new the new facilities that are being opened were were being built for years and the reason was because the united states and its ally israel were constantly making threats against iran again against international law that they will bomb iran and bomb iran's nuclear facilities the iranians if there were if there were no american threats to its sovereignty and to its independence the iranians had no reason to even take these facilities into any underground facility in the first

place so it's basically to protect the people who work there the workers the scientists and the ordinary people who are involved with the program and also to prevent the united states from making or the zionist regime for making a stupid decision to attack iran so it to preventive measure as well as a preventive measure here iran would move nuclear facilities by road deep into a mountain because of threats as you were saying by israel and america but given the international anxiety over iran's nuclear program i mean how do you think this could affect relations with the international community could it could it could it seem devious in some form or another suddenly washington might be prone to think such a thing. well the united states and the western european countries and governments are not the international community they like to think they are but that euro centric world is coming to an end especially now that the united states and its partners have failed throughout the middle east and their economies are in very

sorry shape i think that era is beginning to end the iranians are working with the international community the international atomic energy agency despite it being highly influenced by western powers. knows about the insulation they visited the installation the iranians built it and announced it within the framework of international law and so there is no problem in that respect the only problem is that the united states feels it has the right to impose its will upon others and to threaten countries with military strikes and this was. to prevent that from happening of course i think now it is becoming more and more clear that the united states simply does not have the ability to attack iran the iranians are much stronger today than they were in the past and the united states and its allies are much weaker than before now in just about two weeks or so ago we had the chance to sit down and have an exclusive interview with the iranian leader mahmoud

ahmadinejad he said the nuclear weapons are a weapon of war the last century and are obsolete therefore iran has no interest in any nuclear weapons so how would you read that. well i think the very fact that there has never been any need any evidence whatsoever to show that iran's nuclear program has been anything but peaceful even early on when there were very intrusive inspections throughout the country by the i.a.e.a. and the americans were feeding them all sorts of so-called intelligence there was absolutely no evidence provided or revealed that the iran's nuclear program had any aspect of it that was in any way or form military so the program itself is a part of iran's drive to do to move towards high tech industries and you see that iran has developed all sorts of industries that have so far been in the hands of a very few countries for example satellite technology. nanotechnology.

technology you're saying again the nuclear energy is out of energy purposes in technological purposes but if i may be running low on time here do you think that it's just a coincidence that the transfer of a nuclear equipment to this mountain facility comes with the change of regime in libya does iran possibly fear it could face a similar uprising do you think. not at all i think there is no comparison to the iranian of this moment republic is highly popular among its own population if you look at polls carried out by americans in iran you'll see that the iranian elections in the past have shown the republic to be contrary to what western media and western officials like to say and like to think that it is highly it is solid it is strong and it has popular support the problem really is that american allies in the region in the region are much weaker than before the united states is losing influence in the region but the reason why this move is taking

place is because the facility is finally ready it's been being it has been built they began building it years ago and it's now ready and it's an investment and the iranians are going to make use of it professionals i admire and your life for us from beirut thank you all right a time now for the business news kareen is here. hello welcome to our business update this hour the russian car as he continues to retreat after it saw heavy sell off last week the uncertainty about the global economy is pushing investments or safe havens peter weston from absalom says the ruble still housefull for weakness. really the ruble is held hostage to what happens with the dollar and with all prices and given that we feel is going to get worse before it gets better i think we're going to further weakening and that could be some further sort of accelerated by the populations responding to the shift in their savings into hard currency and plus that we could see continuation of capital flight but

you know hopefully passing oktober we should have hopefully again call me a situation that might give some additional fuel to fuel for the commodity prices and therefore the currency. as a collective markets now despite a negative opening the full sea has made a u. turn into the black getting over to two and a half percent the south the dax is up one of the percent gains for both and this is again some despite losses in asian markets earlier today on wall street on friday and the russian and the seas are off the style the early losses were the ati has been one percent of them isaac's up one point three percent and a quick look at precious metals sell for example it's been over. two percent to half percent this hour and gold is up more than one percent that's after touching an all time peak one thousand eight hundred ninety four dollars a pop to say it's going to. russian banks have seen

a wave of customers buying gold bullion futures or promissory notes but hard cash gold coins has more. the banks say they've sold more gold to private investors in the last month than they did in the rest of the year the reason is clear gold has risen almost four hundred per cent over the past and yes' and more than thirty percent this year alone and in crisis times it's physical gold gold and the gravity that gives a certain reassurance that paper money or a stock certificate just can't some experts fear in about a year demand for gold may i'll strip supply as central banks and hedge funds and now the public are looking into physical gold as a sure way of weathering the market storm but it's no surefire investment some analysts predict it could hit the record levels of three thousand dollars per ounce gold resin next year others are arguing it's a bubble and will lose

a half of its value soon even so investors are still willing to bet gold will come through shining. its all the business up that for no bucks of about would about twenty minutes to.

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five thirty pm here in the russian coupled with a recap of our breaking news for you this hour libyan. rebels reportedly gained control of the capital after a major nato backed advance but sources in tripoli. say that. with reports that one of his son is currently leading troops into the heart of the city. opposition supporters rejoice forty year old regime is nearing a dead end the skeptics point to the bitter disillusionment that followed the fall of egypt. and the international reaction. to outright caution and concern over the likelihood of an unstable rebel government by competing interests. i know those are the headlines here and stay with us it's the first part of our special report.