this is r t coming to live from moscow i'm marina joshua welcome to the program and information blackout appears to have descended on the b.s. for hours there has been no significant updates coming from tripoli hotel where the international journalists have been staying is left without electricity and communication or earlier the story took a major twist when colonel gadhafi son made an appearance in central tripoli refuting rebels claims that he'd been arrested during a brief window when power was restored we managed to speak on the phone with an apparent journalist sleezy phelan who saw saif gadhafi herself. so there has been some extraordinary event tonight of course we've been hearing over the past few days that the libyan government is crumbling the opposition have claimed the rebels have kind of a complete control of tripoli but it was not by surprise to the surprise of all the foreign journalists and they were surprised when i found islam showed up at the

hotel. with his convoy and he gave an interview to the judge and he also took some of that done with him for a drive to sixty where they were taken to the area some of them say they saw thousands of people in this in the area and suppose that the libyan government that a number of bodies of people from tribes across the country have come into the capital to support the struggle here against the rebels. very much relaxed in high spirits he insisted that the libyan government and by then say is winning against the rebels and then we also have the news that mohammed gadhafi his brother mama gadhafi the other son who was reported to have been captured has been released by his daughter by the comments gadhafi and he apparently gave a speech on libyan television so of course these events just completely time that section of the wild about what's happening here in the capital on its head.

all along to r.t. dot com for more eyewitness accounts from tripoli. they went through all the. journalists staying in a central tripoli hotel say they have been targeted by rebels get more information from inside don't even capital at r t dot com. journalist and anti-war activist susan lindauer says the libyan regime i fall but that won't bring an end to the bloodshed. i think that it is the end of the regime however i do not think that it is the end of the war i think that that nato has a very serious problem they have arrived at the point of a gun they've been quote democracy to libya through guns and the people of libya are very angry at nato they are not jubilant the rebels who have arrived are celebrating the people are not celebrating with them these people do not like

outsiders they are now preparing to pursue tribal vengeance and vendettas very quietly they will punish those who have attacked them and we will probably not hear very much about that in the in the western media at all but this war is not over and they will now have their blood and they are not going to be eager to reciprocate and reward britain or france or italy they would like to see those countries stay out of their of their of libya and to stay out of their oil as well well the fight is not over in tripoli but carve up of libya's vast oil riches the biggest in africa is already beginning italian foreign minister fired the starting gun saying italy's oil company will play the number one role in the region and as artie's lorimer the reports the service won't come cheap or the libyan people. delivered as a promise but seen by many as more of a threat david cameron says nato will stay while libya makes the transition to

democracy as allied forces lend support to the rebels to take tripoli to stop the war coalition warns libyans not to expect they're getting something for nothing the western powers don't do this without asking for a paper why is it that the head of the t.n.c. is running off to paris to meet with the french president while of course he is one very very important issue 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 with the t.n.c. to further explore those oil riches the british government makes no secret of the fact that its motives in supporting the rebels aren't entirely altruistic last year alone the u.k. exported around forty billion dollars of goods and services to north africa and the middle east but it's black gold that's the key libya has the largest oil reserves

in africa when western powers look at the region and they talk about humanitarianism democracy but they think about oil greg martin says it's impossible not to draw a comparison with iraq he's written a book about the aftermath of the iraq invasion in which he maintains western powers imposed a democracy which played on sectarian divisions that ensured years of tribal struggle but also meant the allies retained control of the oil supply while the u.k. government insists lessons have been learned from iraq western oil firms move into libya even before the fate of tripoli is sealed the great oil grab is already beginning b.p. has a contentious oil and gas exploration contract in libya which the u.k. government will be anxious for it to resume italian oil giant e n i. is the first to send back to libya and it says rose on the knees french to tile and.

also did well as investors hoped they'd soon be able to resume production in libya but it was price to the libyan people the great fear is that just as they did in iraq created democracy which the specific interests or the west's interests or oil companies interests and does nothing for the people of libya nor emmett's. asia times correspondent pepe escobar believes as soon as western countries get leave you know while contracts they'll want boots on the ground to secure them. this is the cover story in this story from the beginning was our two pete responsibility to protect that was the basis for u.n. resolution one nine seventy three there is that bathes of the agreement between the u.s. and saudi arabia we get there is a loser and based on your fake arab league gold nine the countries out of twenty two and you can do any you want with but arena in saudi arabia itself but this was the cover story sold to american and european public opinion especially the chinese

the russians many people in brazil for that matter they're not buying it they know it's a u.s. nato coordinator operation without them there will be no victor just will be a stalemate that will go for ever and we have the international community sort of basically decile emphasis powers taking sides in a civil war so when they knew that they could go on for months or maybe years on that it's ok let's try to take tripoli in one day and they did it because they blow basically going the whole city and the way towards you know what this reminds me of i was there at a time because mission provisional authority in iraq in two thousand and three this is the same seeing we're going to have western goods on the ground and we're going to open up. libya for a hired coup or no holds bar to go capitalism with no rebuts ration of profits you know what let's get their oil was soon as we can the best contracts possible are not that this is completely crazy if this is the way we don't know yet that

u.s. and nato goals we're going to have reracked two point zero. of course while we gauge expert opinion on the story with value your input and fact you can have your say on our website r.t. dot com where we're asking for opinion on what lies ahead for the country assuming a rabble think terry well it seems not many have faith that i'll be left with little more than an oil chest for nato members around a fifth fear of the country will be torn apart in a power struggle nothing. change it all if you are sixty percent and despite it having been a so-called fight for democracy only a minority feel that's what it will achieve so why not have your say click along tartini dot com. cheering crowds in tripoli's green square now renamed larger square left many around the world with a feeling of deja vu back in february egyptians were united in joy and hope for a brighter future when they celebrated the toppling of hosni mubarak now it's

a feeling of disappointment that unites them i just got it she can look so what's ahead for libyans if the change finally comes. the cadets the regime is crumbling. the rebels are cheering. the. same cheers and tears could be seen in egypt in february as the nation ousted their longtime leader hosni mubarak but six months on many egyptians say their hopes have been crushed by reality. you know i love the revolution when it happened i welcomed that looked at the time we call life at the end of the tunnel we see it's not getting better we have nothing to eat just don't tell me about democracy for hungry people it just doesn't matter the egyptians now are not governed by who they chose as their leaders instead it's their army that's in control the army that has strong ties with the us

and is sponsored by washington the military regime the edifice the institutions that were the essence the fundamental essence of the mubarak regime those remain and we can see the thousands of people have been brought to military trial since the end of the popular revolution that ousted mubarak in tripoli the body taking over is the national transitional council also not chosen by the leaving people yet the council has been recognized as the legitimate government of libya by all allies . who've been helping oust gadhafi many leave us are outraged by the fact that foreign powers are effectively making vital choices for them there is too much wealth and geopolitical strategic value to libya to only become reformed in democratic rights and universal participation by the citizenry. western powers need to implement it western economic and military agenda and therefore the people who

will eventually command the political situation in libya and the military situation in libya will indeed be supported and buttress by western powers western powers have thrown all their support behind the national transitional council giving them billions of dollars and weapons to gain control but the rebels are far from being the united group what is 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 totalitarianism revolutions and. developed under different scenarios it was an on armed uprising of millions in libya it's been an insurgency flooded with weapons by the west and those weapons are still in their arms and they're not going anywhere and many analysts are saying that we could find themselves in a much worse situation than the egyptians because on top of power crisis similar to the want to. leave this could be facing

a fresh violence at the hands of the armed mom i'm going to shut down reporting from washington. former bush administration official michael o'brien says once caught no matter what happens to gadhafi it will be the court in the hague pulling the strings. be careful what you ask for you might get it then again you may not the example of egypt when they're not read their pay they didn't get what they were fighting for that may happen in libya as well. it seems that. the west is very there's a there's a bond between the libyan rebels and the western countries there's a lot of input now what will have to do are a lot of you know a lot of interplay i should say but now we'll have to wait and see. the rebels who are still sort of you know exactly who are what are they and how will they did they are they just using the west to get to take over tripoli in the country and get rid of gadhafi and then once that's done they're going to do their own thing and they

don't need the west anymore the hague the international court is very much involved in what's going to happen when they when they capture to darfur which i have no doubt they will so does that mean the people of libya are going to decide his fate i don't really think so i think the international court's going to decide his fate and i sound a little cynical when i say this i think maybe his trial and maybe punishment execution life in prison may be in libya to make it look like the libyan people or are deciding his fate. well we are bringing you more expert opinion on developments in libya and also this hour for you on our team front here fighting we report from believing in border where people fear of the internal conflict is already spilling into tunisia plus. this is what's left from the office of squad in the center of the city all the promise of the show saying it was attacked by extremist groups operating here shortly before the end to the six. party tour

of the country which man i believe is following and maybe use food stamps our special report on the aftermath of the military operation in the syrian city of hama is coming up later this hour. france plans to hold a high level meeting next week to discuss lidia's political future a top libyan opposition leader has been invited to paris to attend well arty's danio bushell joins us from the french capital with more hello to you daniel so to what extent is the e.u. involved in what's going on in libya at the moment. home most every e.u. states has now declared it wants to take an active role in libya's development while at the same time saying it wants the libyan people to decide their own future so experts here are raising the question what does your want does it want to continue interfering in libya's affairs or let them democratically decide their own future even poland's foreign minister has said that poland wants to take part but

france has really taken the lead president sarkozy will meet the rebel leader mahmoud jibril on wednesday in paris defense minister general de long says that they will build a road map for the future of that country diplomats here are explaining the e.u. and nato see an opportunity now to play a leading role in the future of north africa with america the united states taking a back seat for the moment for political reasons over in washington nato had done this for gross must and says they will continue with their mission of protecting civilians in libya german leader angela merkel says she will freeze libyan assets as quote court fees money must be secured in the name of the libyan people but it's very unclear who will control that money and how it will be used because the rebels were united with a single goal of getting rid of gadhafi if that is now the case they have very

little else in common and defense experts here in the european union do in fact fear there could be an even more bloody civil war in libya if they fail to find the various factions failed to find common ground. all right daniel thanks very much indeed for. reporting from paris first. russian foreign minister sergei lavrov says there could have been a last bloody resolution to the libyan crisis by both may and cut off he didn't allow it to happen. we have always wanted a quicker outcome and it could have been faster but a number of factors prevented this from happening including could refuse position told allies they could do if you insisted that negotiations were only possible to him later as actions were also an obstacle to the far exceeded the mandate issued by the un security council. baris dog off from the institute of arabic studies at

the russian academy of sciences says the rebels could never god so far without the alliances the wrecked help. i personally think this is a special operation by nature for several months there was still meet and then within forty eight hours the rapid advance on tripoli we had a long time ago reports that some special forces could be on libyan soil and based in government to be reports on the heavy shelling of tripoli from the air and rebel paratroopers descending from helicopters it looks like a coordinated efforts of fighting in libya is reported to have reached the country's border with tunisia where heavy gunfire as been heard to asia has beefed up its army presence in the frontier area as a libyan infiltrators have allegedly crossed the border are to your spot of the arena the loucheux is at the spot for us. well violent clashes have been reported along with unusually been border over the weekend it all started on friday when local resident has reported that near the town. reportedly several vehicles with

libyan license plate carrying arms men have been spotted afterwards clashes have been erupting throughout the weekend between the tunisian border patrol and the even men we can talk with certainty about their identity now you have to remember that it was in tunisia where the events of the so-called arab spring have started transfer to transpire this year with the ousting of the tunisian president and the unrest which started in tunisia has essentially been caught like a fever throughout the middle east and the northern africa and the result is that what we are seeing in the capital right now now back then in the spring of this year thousands were fleeing from tunisia to europe in order to escape the mayhem which was going on here and now a similar situation is happening to libya but now libyans are fleeing thought over the border with tunisia into tunisia and of course what we could be witnessing is

yet another human catastrophe in the region with thousands of refugees trying to escape from me how of course we do not know whether or not those refugees will try and make their way into europe which dealt with that crisis and now may be facing another one with the ongoing clashes in libya. now just to remind you of got extensive coverage of the situation in tripoli on our website. to r.t. dot com for the latest video analysis and opinion and you can also up to the minute news from the region on our twitter page so follow us at our t.v. underscore. fighting between protesters and government forces continues in syria as well the city of hama has witnessed some of the most severe clashes but a few days ago the army withdrew and our teams were international as travel to the city to assess the aftermath of the violence. the city of hama around two hundred

kilometers north of the capital damascus religiously conservative sunni dominated city it's been one of the centers opelousas tensions here in syria for many years in one thousand nine hundred eighty two during the current president bashar assad's father ruling the city saw a bloody massacre according to amnesty international over ten thousand people were killed there in the regime's crackdown on the city's sunni population but during this conflict this city has been among the last to join the national opera's in the army were moved into in july and withdrew ten days later i t. is now going there to see how things are on the ground after the army left the city and to try to find out exactly what happened there during a ten day military operation. the way to hama goes through homs the city where activists have been reporting dozens of civilians over the last few months of violence. the closer we get to the more dramatic this to becomes

checkpoints appear along the highway. at the entrance to hama all the cars are checked but that's not the only reminder of the recent unrest. rishon the city of hama became infamous after it appeared in an amateur video posted on you tube showing dead bodies thrown to the ousted river. accompanying this video sad these were residents of hama killed by security forces while syrian t.v. reported they were policeman. despite the president's photo and all military operations against anti-government protesters they've recently been reports about the army still being deployed in several cities across syria including hama. this is what's left from the office a squad in the center of the city of hama officials say it was attacked by stray missed the roads operating here shortly before the armor and the city they say that

. the armed groups at the building on fire and killed at least twenty soldiers who were inside the building at the time of the attack. the only came to remove barricades behind these barricades there were people not peaceful demonstrations and there were clashes between them and the troops. while the governor's sharing his views on what's happened a crowd gathers outside his residence their slogan sound neutral first. but the changes in seconds. what's people saying gives a completely different picture we lived about for months and our for. this for the most pleasure right after the army distribute we see. everybody is a fair and free of the free of hope for the governor for the rest of the third giving officials though put all responsibility on the people themselves they have

the right spots these people just don't want to give the government time to do reforms the reforms cannot go through in such an atmosphere. i would journey to hama has been part of a so-called syria is trying to work that no matter what its initial goal was it turned out to be very different from its name. or if notional r.t. how much syria. well i'll be back with a recap of our today's top stories in a few moments after the business news with us. hello and a very warm welcome to the business program continued fighting in libya has surprised some in the market well prices edging up again that's after they dropped sharply the day before and hopes that a swift end to libya's civil war would bring the country's oil exports back to the market whether christian says corona from standard and poor's says it will take the

country at least a year to get back on tap i think it will take about a full year before production its peak levy is currently producing around less than one hundred thousand barrels which is about nine percent of the previous capacity now we understand from any which is the largest producer in the country that so far as they know installations have been hurt but still you cannot just turn it on you have to build up the pressure and you have to start gradually so it will probably take a four twelve months before they reach peak russian energy companies may face a tough time restarting operations and libyan rebels hailing the end of the gadhafi regime warned russian forums may lose all contracts russia's gazprom may have turned turd never to have invested hundreds of millions of dollars in oil and gas exploration in libya but they had to suspend operations after the uprising broke out earlier this year. ok let's have

a look at those figures oil prices the highest price you can rebuild continues and in anticipation of a fall in u.s. current stockpiles brant plant is trading at one hundred nine dollars per barrel while. at just under eight to six dollars per barrel of course you can't see the figures on the screen but try to see what's happening to the precious metals off to hitting another all time high of one thousand one hundred dollars but this morning gold is losing ground and silver is also lower it's trading at forty three dollars . see what's happening in asia stocks finished high here following overnight gains on wall street sentiment was also given a slightly better than expected preliminary manufacturing activity data from china and stocks in europe extending monday's rally tracking overnight gains on wall street and in asia gaining turned a half percent. no special catch

a list for why so traders a pivotal may be short lived. and here in russia the markets are extending guess the days by stronger approach time to check up on some of the individual show moves on the right since burbank is getting around two percent it's considering that position of two major banks in poland and it just stocks are among the best performers with wall snapped gaining over to set the mind of all the metal is also out supported by record high prices. well the latest plunge in the markets could force russia to revise its privatization program and one of the most anticipated deals with the sale of the seven point six percent stake in spirit is under threat truth because the lender has lost over twenty percent of its market cap since late july analysts say the current market situation is not favorable for selling any essence of the good slice earlier the state boosted its privatization. program to

gain over two hundred million dollars by twenty seventeen. and staying with banks china's second largest lender plans to open a subsidiary in russia china construction buying will invest one hundred fifty million dollars into the project this would allow the firm to get a retail license straight away in its home market the company mainly focuses on the mortgage operations well as decision that is contrary to a number of western banks that recently cut retail business in russia. ok that's all we have time for know your up to date well stories you can. see our website our two dot com slash business.

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welcome back you're watching r t here's a look at the top stories one of gadhafi sons considered by many as his father's successor appears in tripoli in front of supporters despite rebel claims he had been detained when they stormed a city a day ago the information about these arrests was also confirmed by the international criminal court this has added to the confusion over who is in control of the capital as both government and insurgent forces insist they have the upper hand. also doubts are cast over whether a rebel victory would act. leave the libyan people in control of the earth destiny as experts point to egypt were those who fought for the revolution and it up with the governments they didn't choose and this. still rages on western oil companies have already started circling around the violence torn country once again.