international news for marty here in moscow is just turned eight pm and six pm in tripoli and so to our breaking news this hour the fast moving developments in libya rebels say they now control most of trip and have taken libyan state t.v. off the air but some reports also suggest that opposition fighters have been looting private houses three of gadhafi sons are now full to be in rebel hands opposition leaders say a large number of their fighters have been killed there are reports that rebels are closing in on his compound but the whereabouts of the colonel unknown some rumors suggest that gadhafi 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 the government forces surrender not have chaos in the capital crowds are being seen in tripoli's central square waving revolution the flags. or journalist mahdi another row who is in a hotel in tripoli where the foreign press have been obliged to stay during the

conflict is afraid for his safety and he says he's been threatened. the situation has gotten more tense more members of the previous hotel staff and security. the media group who is responsible for a ship returned going so obviously because they were fighting volunteers not curious he returned from the fighting. is not a picture of loss in the cockpit and i believe. i can go for it we're going to use . this possibility acting on it for me great now. tell. us c n n for example you know. we did this. threat in my eyes. it's time except it will be censorship to.

the. conflicts in what the western media the us are seeing soon in journey we speak don't they i believe they contacted me you know when the rebels and i believe. the way some of the journalists were not reporting nice for not reporting. for the work of consensus. danger we still threaten the rebels some of the journalists i'll tell you right now some. pretty much. we have snipers sure somebody was sure and they did i'm sorry i cannot go up there for a check and he went to the person sure they left in their car. to come back with the message was we are here you may be i'm letting you know that the messages we're hearing on the ground there are conflicting reports see. what's he going to be very

upset very of shape. shifting in. there are reports of gunfire on the libya border and thousands of libyans are heading in that direction of the moment to flee the fighting between pro and anti could have he forces will for more we're joined on the phone by our correspondent dina going to show she is in tunisia and you know tell us now what is happening close to the border that. well bill. you have just mentioned there has been rather intense fighting reported that. he and rebel forces. from the border with. much now you have also mentioned that the boy they're out in the end if you have been in sort of a break at the plate with the past five months it would have been frankly ok please because they have very good like what. they're told it's actually now with the.

being forces literally attacking just going over out of their way over tripoli i found to get even more confusing now people who president reside near the border on the weekend side say that over the past couple of weeks there have been reported clashes between on the identified armed men and we can border guards the ohss say that. there have been sightings of numerous of vehicles loaded with armed people reportedly reportedly libyans but was no license plate so it's hard to identify exactly who those who those people were now as in the clashes which were reported earlier today to be in the community or as between regions border patrol. and i just want to be in government was there have not been reported and i just thought. already to say that they believe some of the gunman on the inside might

have been injured or wounded so that is what's going on at the border right now for state interest and obviously a sense considering everything that is going on in libya and we will continue to watch this is what i read i read in and bring all the latest to get it right thanks very much indeed a reason for not sound they did something as you say more from you you have more developments that i mean they're going to skydive into news and now britain's want to stand by the facts should transitional government in the days and weeks ahead but so if interest may be the driving force behind london's promises well that's according to joan receipts from the stop the war coalition. got rid of gadhafi and nobody is going to shed any tears for that brutal dictatorship but i imagine that what most people in libya don't want is 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 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 payback and they will be asking for a payback if i were a libyan and i were listening to david cameron's speech or if i had listened to what nato said earlier that they want to assist the transition i mean have a knows what a military alliance supposedly assisting a transition to democracy is all about i would take those remarks as more 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 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 systems of nato that 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 i really believe that that will further divide them. john in london when news of the rebel advance into tripoli was greeted warmly by investors around the world sparking an immediate drop in oil prices and say no the most important question is just how much stability this new government will bring one of the sort of firms has the latest for us. joining us there in italy so what's the rebel takeover of tripoli done to the price of all tell us more on that or are we seeing really is a knee jerk reaction in the oil markets to the events in tripoli we've seen the oil

prices you say talking almost three dollars in festus thinking that there are some hopes that oil production kids shortly now it's least foreign minister has confirmed that the italian oil company any has sent workers back into libya they've led the way really in sending their workers back there immediately we saw the stock prices rise again as we're staying on the hope that they'll be able to reestablish out from libya now what we've seen is the other big oil companies such as the b.p. have actually passed on the fence at the moment they're waiting for the exactly how this plays out and what's going to happen over the coming days and weeks analysts saying that any and all companies such as any and hateful could be the major winners in post-war libya they were the companies that they were the countries that showed the most support for the rebel forces during this time very much thought that they could benefit now with the current situation you mention only but presumably many others have got their eye on libyan soil and any thoughts about the

future concerning the contenders. really what we've heard from the information manager of the libyan rebel oil is that they said they don't have any problems with western countries western companies italy france the u.k. very cave but they could have political issues with countries like brazil china and russia now if that's to be the case then that could certainly be a major setback for those countries you could see the loss of billions of dollars worth of oil contracts i was speaking to one of the editors today a very large newspaper here and it's the and he's been following the situation very closely and how he described this was like a chess game now between the oil companies between the front countries on the ground there is still an extremely confusing time in libya what's happening in tripoli now there is still a lot of let's see. and say certainly by no means is this game at the moment but

that does spell the potential problems for those countries that the libyan revolution has pointed out but as he said hopes amongst the oil market that there will be output in oil production restored some point in the near future in libya so thanks very much indeed for that live update from room service reporting that. well for more insight across live now to french journalist. go from rome we now go to paris and thanks very much indeed for joining us now from says course has been the key driving force behind the nato campaign to help the rebels supporting the national transitional council but how beneficial is this friendship likely to be for paris in the future. well it begins to place france at the top of the global management table in the european sector wise known as the euro zone number one number two france interests and total oil and gas are invested

in libya and as your reporter just pointing out they should be getting energy costs . they hope from a transitional government more to their price liking even though the consumer will continue to be raked with higher. gasoline prices they stink but if it very well they're getting a lot of publicity out of this remember they were the first country to begin military. due to agree to belittle or even be against gadhafi in libya so they're riding cowboys right now. just to watch here is nicolas sarkozy a rotting cow by over there. opinion of him at the moment. his opinion ratings are the lowest since he took office because his terrible reckless mismanagement of the economy. cozy nonetheless is taking a foreign policy view which we've seen all along since. of playing global

management on foreign policy through nato operations in afghanistan and libya and cote d'ivoire now what you have to look at this. began yes this began as an east west dialogue with the russian foreign minister saying be cautious now we must look it's a north south conflict and south african foreign minister said today they will not recognize the interim government if mr gadhafi is. so we're beginning to see the seeds of a north south conflict as before we saw the seeds of west and cautionary. cautionary statement from the russian foreign minister. can explain a bit and this is the north south conflict. that the south african and indeed let's

quickly talk about the african support for gadhafi the african union hasn't exactly been that thank you very much right thank you very much you see mr gadhafi was a dictator he but he was a benevolent dictator if you know whether you like or dislike and he gave millions to black african health education and agricultural projects he is remembered for doing that he has not seen as black and white as he has seen in the west by his former supporters from the west the black african population particularly in chad all the way down to south africa thinks that he made major contributions for the advancement of education health care and agriculture in africa which were a luddite his money given to those nations were not attacked. at the strings of the international monetary fund the world bank the bank. you mentioned a little about this being a vindication of france's foreign policy victory for the and obviously the

supporters among the nato alliance but the big question for them now is facing what happens next is this transitional government going to turn into an adjustment government or could there be the chance of a power vacuum after all the transitional government there are a lot of different factions there tribal differences religious differences what do you make of that yes i make it this way some of the key players on the transitional government are human rights activists from law but other key players. have been brought in like mr khalid for his daughter who left the khadafi regime in the eighty's and moved to. virginia near langley virginia to get tutored for a return to libya on a projected period like we're now we have another chief man in a transitional government who got his ph d. from paris which is fine but has been tutored in french imperial or geopolitical

designs so yes there is going to be a big big rift in this transitional coalition if you will that will we will we therefore see nato continue. its military mission is due to expire in september what are your thoughts about the nato occupation farther on or its involvement i should say. my thoughts are listening to general rasmussen the commanding general of nato is just riding cowboy also on this invasion because he finally thinks he has a winner after losing in afghanistan and iraq he thinks nato can get into war and war contractor business quite well by continuing in libya and he shall dictate western global management decisions france and germany and the u.k. as the military arm he is so police there. he has no designs on wanting to leave because he thinks right now he's riding high on western opinion and

corporate press and western leadership like the white house like they like ten downing street it's very interesting to hear your perspective on all of this thanks for your time and thank you for sharing your thoughts on this matter thank you. thank you for asking. it's mostly good there joining us live in paris where the french president nicolas sarkozy has announced that he'll hold a conference with the leaders of the libyan transitional government later this week daniel bushell brings us now more from paris. 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 level and that nicolas sarkozy the french president will meet with du bruel the head of the transition later today france is that the transitional. as it moves forward now as it plans its future it added to libya is

a potentially prosperous country but it needs assistance from the west to comes through with those plans to 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 at their feet 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. bushell there in

paris that now the white house has held the rebels advance into tripoli saying the situation is that tipping point and that he's going to church kind joins us live with more reaction from across the atlantic dan what else are we hearing there. well from the latest here the u.n. secretary general has called on colonel gadhafi forces to cease fire immediately and make way for a peaceful transition and that the u. when he said stands ready to provide all possible assistance to believe he also said that the u.n. is going to hold a meeting on the recent developments in libya with representatives from the e.u. the arab league and african union as well as other organizations well the regime is falling apart that's obvious to everyone with the enormous help of nato and their airstrikes in the meantime washington a key player in this fight so take that full force says they are in close contact with the rebels leadership and that the west will support and direct quote

president obama at peaceful transition to democracy well everything that was going on in tripoli this weekend was anything but peaceful we're talking about extensive nato bombing of the city before the rebels made it to the central square of tripoli we've seen the rebels cheering all night that very much reminded of what we saw in cairo when hosni mubarak was ousted but up until now the people in egypt are not governed by who they chose as their leaders and that's just one example of a revolution that ended up with people not getting what they wanted and then leave those who took over and that is the transitional national council have not been chosen by the libyan people get the council has been recognized as a legitimate power in the game by all allies has been helping the many libyans are outraged by the fact that foreign powers of essentially made those very important choices for them just briefly and finally the u.n. mandate for nato mission in libya expires in september not going to go it was

a crucial time for the alliance to topple gadhafi by this time. bill the work has been going on for six months it took many lives and a lot of criticism nato is facing a deadline in september when a resolution for strikes has to be renewed and given all the violations that have taken place it would be very hard to get everyone on board for extending the campaign with what we see on the ground in libya right now it looks like the nato has met the nato forces have met the deadline it's important to note that colonel qadhafi had very few friends in the international community after what he had done to its people and the whole of the international community has been united saying that he must go he must step down all of the u.n. security council members shared that you including russia but many say the way that nato has been accomplishing the goal of toppling khadafi went beyond the u.n. resolution from six months ago which authorized the military intervention some say

it went far beyond the resolution was designed to protect civilians but many innocent civilians have been killed by needle strikes during those six months and also the funneling of weapons to libyan rebels as has been done in violation of arms embargo imposed on you as far as the rebels are concerned they are far from being the homogenised. united group there there has been internal fighting going on of them but many experts are saying that the fight being in charge of leave here should be of no surprise to anyone considering what's at stake and here we're talking about a nation that has the richest oil reserves in africa ok going to thanks very much indeed for that live in washington d.c. . william engdahl the author of full spectrum dominance to turn democracy in the new world order has told us a little earlier of the he thinks the struggle for libyan oil is the real bottom line of the whole nato operation. it's simply an insurgency being supported

covertly by u.s. financed arm shipments into the rebels and in order to simply carve up the oil fields and get it into western hands rather than in libyan state hands which khadafi held firmly to that i think the real underlying issue in this whole nato bombing of libya i think it suits some of the western oil interests especially the british and the french who are fighting like you know like puranas over grabbing the most you see oil fields for them for their own companies that it suits them to have chaos because then they can control the terms of oil exploitation much better and ever since and it's been the most brazen violation of international law that we've seen it's incredible to me that. the international media doesn't debate some of the some of the legal aspects of this and i think what what libya's going to face after that is a period of prolonged chaos nobody knows the outcome this is as i said at the

beginning this is tribe against tribe this is not democracy against a tallit arion is a. well moscow believes that gadhafi has no option but to resign and that a change of power in libya could pull the country out of crisis however it says that foreign interference in libya's internal affairs is unacceptable russia also hopes the takeover will put in place a legitimate power which will stick to its economic commitments towards a concert in concert of the chairman of the state duma foreign affairs committee says that even if the opposition wins infighting is around the corner. the national committee assistance committee is not united it consists of different tribes ethnic groups political forces which will start fighting each other i'm afraid. mr. know of the future government of libya heading had these foreign supports will

be very very grateful and. very helpful to these counties these group of need to countries for them to receive the future for the rebuilding of the economy of libya neither china nor russia they have no chance to have the same equal. treatment of the countess which helped the opposition in libya to be in this week. and we'll be following the dramatic events in libya on air and online throughout the day so do stay with us here on r.t. now i'll be back with the latest headlines in just a few minutes from now before that we have the business news with kareen. my. hello and welcome to our business update this hour we stop with oil prices are falling sharply sliding as leading rebels appear to be on the verge of ousting they could off the regime and christine

just coronato from standard and poor's says brant crude is likely to hit the one hundred dollars per barrel mark. well if you needed to affect this particularly with brenda because it is more sensitive to what's happening in the region board before it to calm down but you have to realize that the thing seemed libya have not actually been resolved. khadafi the forces good steel play for counter-offensive so things have not been resolved but if things do get settled then we will see prior the price of grain coming down but we must not forget though that the price of oil is also something that investors and other people used to say hey chicken steamed fallacious in the us we've seen the price come down with new shoe of libya but then grinds the dollar so it's going to have a mix effect that will think brant if the situation in libya falls apart doesn't fall apart will probably trade down to one hundred. let's look at the figures now

crude of futures turn lower attracting those losses grand crude on the heels of an apparent regime change in libya bring down one dollar fifty four cents to trade at one hundred seven dollars a barrel. hollering eighty two dollars a barrel. rather quick court process metals gold careening closer to one thousand nine hundred dollars an ounce of the fight to see if it's continues and so over is gaining nearly two perceptor stock now stocks in the us are higher but come well off an initial rally nesters keep tabs on libyan and game traders are also looking ahead to a speech of third chairman ben bernanke on friday energy majors are high u.s. listed shares of italy's any biggest producer of libyan crude jumped eight percent french all conglomerate total also rose it's now up to you how sad and world over three percent here's europe where most of the markets and in the black books and finished over a percent higher led by gains of world feel services from from the petro fact after

a strong first half update well rising silver and gold prices helped lived there's no oil but the debts and the. moderate gains lose in point one percent. here in russia markets and then in the black but not too high in reality has gained a quarter of a percent while the my xox finished nearly point four percent now here's a look at some individual cheval some isaacs most energy majors bounce back colonial also those were false we have up to a point one percent of mining stocks were also on the rise the bt be up one point seven percent and probably metals among the main gainers adding nearly six percent on strong and gold prices. that's a business up at this hour by do join me in about forty five minutes from now so long here.

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news this hour rebels claim to control the libyan capital after a major nato back to advance their reports three of colonel gadhafi sons have been captured by the opposition but keep the location of the libyan leader is still unknown. opposition supporters rejoice hoping the forty year old regime is nearing a dead end but skeptics point to the disillusionment that followed the fall of egypt's dictator. and the international reaction ranges from euphoria to outright caution and concern over the likelihood of an unstable rebel government torn apart by competing interests. when it's not just the justice system under scrutiny following riots there are other bennett has been talking to the british author jones about the problems in society that the unrest has exposed.