battle ground tripoli heavy fighting goes on in the libyan capital as rebels. backed up by nato airstrikes. secret assistance british intelligence has reportedly planned the endgame for could have his regime guiding the rebels and push on tripoli. e.u. oil giants flock back to libya on a red carpet laid out by a self-proclaimed new government keen to reward those who helped to oust gadhafi. libyans explode in jubilation anticipating could have peaceful skepticism of that it may be too early to celebrate it seems just as a widespread. worldwide

news and live from moscow this is artsy with me roll recent show explosions have been heard near the libyan leader's compound as the fight for tripoli rages for a third day but no one seems to know where colonel gadhafi is heavy clashes between the rebels and government forces have been reported in central parts of tripoli including around a hospital in the footage here from the time we can see explosions possibly caused by nato bombing raids casualties are said to be mounting after intense fighting overnight over the course of the tripoli has been restored after hours of a big blackout colonel gadhafi saif made a surprise public appearance proving wrong reports the rebels have captured him he entered the hotel where foreign journalists are holed up earlier we did manage to speak on the phone with independent journalist lizzie phelan who saw saif gadhafi herself. creepy hearing over the past few days that

a libyan government is crumbling a position of playing the rebels are claiming they are in the control of tripoli was not surprised as a surprise of all the foreign journalists there it's a place where i felt like so dock at the hotel. which. i gave an interview he also took some of the time live with him for a drive. where they were taken. by some of them say they saw thousands of people in this area and supporters and media and government and that a number of his people from tried to cross the country have come into the capital to put this struggle here against the rebel side and is very much relaxed in high spirits he insisted that the libyan government and volunteers are winning against the rebels and then we also have the news that mohammed gadhafi his brother and mom adopted at the time he was reported to have been captured has been released by his

other brother ahmed gadhafi and he apparently gave a speech on libyan television socialist these events just completely. this is that. of a wild about what's happening here in the capital on its side. meantime brian back up here is an anti-war activist i believe that nato is actions in libya are an investment in the future reconstruction of the country feature foreign bases. the nato forces that liberally stoked them in stimulated it armed the civil war that ended up destroying big parts of the country and then bombed huge parts of the infrastructure knowing that that infrastructure would be later rebuild probably by western corporations making lots of money you would have to then strip nato of any positive performance in in oppose khadafi libya i think in fact if nato stays there will have a noble humanitarian sounding sort of excuses and pretext for their role but

ultimately it's the dominate this country remember before he came to power in one thousand sixty nine the us had the realist air force base the british ship two major air bases in libya it wasn't just oil it's about military bases it's about control of what was a vital u.s. and british spear of influence. over u.k. support to go through as a kind stein operations through the assault on tripoli intelligence agency allegedly and so that ensued libya to coordinate rebels actions during the push to more u.k. ministry personnel said to be on standby in the mediterranean that's quite a lot about what he's i've read it more details on this and we've heard reports of a sanctioned a covert missions into libya previously what are we what are we hearing this time. well more of the same really it seems the british did have a bigger hand in all of this than it originally led so on the press here today reporting that a whole team of intelligence officials have been operating in the country for some

time now. ever since it became clear that the rebels would need some help if they really were going to topple gadhafi so people like spies m i six officials former s.a.'s offices to giving military advice and also nonlethal heat now it's important to note here that the u.n. mandate that nato is operating under in the country does not include a provision for ground troops and so the u.k. foreign secretary william hague has been quick to stress that. they've been supplying rebels with non-lethal and therefore not in breach of this u.n. resolution however these missions have been very covert clandestine. so as not to cause any diplomatic issues and also in these reports that. intelligence officials have been planning for some time now this assault on tripoli so as to cash exactly on the back they've been smuggling weapons fighters even

fighters even and old and also telecommunications equipment to secret weapons around the capital and then on the weekend following the bombing campaign from the air of daffy communications posts they got the go ahead for the final march on tripoli itself so the british government actually knew this was all on the cart for some time now but obviously they were surprised that they had everything happened so quickly yesterday so the british government putting weapons and certain tips and trash sites as a dump areas around the libyan capital for the rebels to pick up on a six years as you were saying involve the s.a.'s involved spies involved if indeed the situation goes off course for nato allies or is there a risk of a full scale ground invasion. well i don't think it'll be a full scale ground invasion that's certainly not the terminology the british government seizing however i can see that it does already have two hundred troops ready to be deployed from cyprus as peacekeepers should the situation the

transition they want descend into anarchy so they're prepared for that and also six hundred more marines actually also stationed in the mediterranean ready to be deployed in what the government terms of the role of supporter looking monetary and cause so clearly downing street at the moment refusing to rule out the use of what could be almost one thousand ground troops should the situation call for it clearly there is some contradiction there to this idea of handing over control to the libyan people so they're in charge of their own future and clearly the british and also other european states are not that confident just yet that this transition will be as peaceful as they all want it to be. a government they live in london thank you. for there may still be fighting in tripoli but the new self-proclaimed government is wasting little time in setting up its future cash flow european oil giants given the go ahead by rebel officials have already begun moving in with italy's a company which had close ties to gadhafi spearheading the return is at war and of

course this time it's a services won't come cheap. 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 and stop the war coalition warns libyans not to expect they're getting something for nothing but western powers to do this without asking for a paper why is it that the head of the is running off to paris to meet with the french president well of course he's one very very important issue was why the western powers and tony blair and others struck a deal with in the first place it will be exactly what they're seeking to continue . to further explore those all riches to purchase government makes no secret of the fact that it's motives in supporting the rebels aren't entirely altruistic last

year alone in the u.k. export it 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 western powers look at the region they talk about humanitarianism all democracy think it'll break 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 retains 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 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 all jayanti n i. he is the first to send back to libya and he says rose on the knees french tea towel and all three of the all three 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 that creates a democracy which serves british interests or western interests for oil companies interests and does nothing for the people of libya nor emmett's r.t. london. meantime asia times correspondent. believes soon as western countries get libyan oil contracts they'll want boots on the ground to keep them secure. this is the cover story the story from the beginning was our two people responsibility to protect their as the basis for u.n. resolution one nine seventy three there is a b. the of the agreement between the us is saudi arabia we get

a resolution based on your fake arab league world nine countries out of twenty two and you can do any you want with the reno or in saudi arabia itself but this was a cover story sold to american in european public opinion especially the chinese the russians may be brazil for now they're not buying it they not use the us need to coordinate our operation without them there will be movie traditional be a still nato will for ever and we have international community sort of these equally atlanticist powers he can sides in a civil war so when they knew he could cool for months or years on end it's ok let's try to pick tripoli in one day and they did it because they bore these are good people in the whole sea and the way towards you know what this reminds me of i was there at a time because the russian provisional authority in iraq in two thousand and three this is the same seeing we're going to have a western boots on the ground and we're going to open up. libya for

a hard core nor hold for our capitalism with no regrets relation or profit so you know what let's get their oil western as we can the best contracts possible are not that this is completely quit if this is the way we don't know yet u.s. and nato goals we're going to have we rack two point zero. now france plans to hold a high level meeting next week to discuss libya's political future a top libyan opposition leader has been invited to attend and peris bushell reports from the french capital. every e.u. state has now declared it wants to take an active role in libya's development while at the same time saying it was the libyan people to decide their own futures are exposed they are raising the question what does europe want is 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 was to take part france has really taken the lead president sarkozy will meet the rebel leader mahmoud jibril

on wednesday in paris defense minister gerard longer says that they will build a road map for the future of that country diplomats here are explaining the e.u. and nato is the 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 head on this fall grows most and says they will continue with their mission of protecting civilians in libya german leader angler merkel says gadhafi is 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. he's done a bushel right there scenes of excitement and jubilant jubilant celebrations across libya recalled those from cairo's tahrir square in february but the high expectations are for the revolution have given way to this illusion mentor and dismay he's garnishes you can now look at how the latest events in libya have

parallels in history. could that the regime is crumbling. the levy and 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 is being crushed by reality. but you know i love the revolution when it happened i welcomed the flute but the time we call life at the end of the tunnel you see it's not getting better we have nothing to eat just don't tell me about democracy for hungry people 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 u.s. and is sponsored by washington the military regime the other first institutions that were to be as since 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 in tripoli the guy taking over is the national transitional council also not chosen by the league in people yet the council is being recognized as the legitimate government of libya by our allies who've been helping oust gadhafi many lidia's 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 look at the only become reform going to credit grades and universal participation by the same. summary. western powers need to implement a western economic and military agenda and therefore the people who will command the political situation in libya and the military situation will indeed be

supported and buttressed by western powers western powers have thrown all their support behind the league in 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 in the beginning this is tribe against tribe this is not democracy against the taliban revolutions in egypt and libya developed under different scenarios in egypt it wasn't an 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 one egyptian they're having libyans could be facing a fresh outbreak of violence at the hands of the mom i'm going to shut down reporting from washington our team and fighting in libya as reporters who have

reached the country's border with tunisia where heavy gunfire has been heard in recent days the. creases presence along the front here amid reports that libyan infiltrators illegally crossed the border from the ridiculous i was right there on the spot for us. 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 of dues reportedly several vehicles with the 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 off the tunisian president and the unrest which started in tunisia has essentially been caught like

a fever throughout the middle east and the north africa and the result is that what we are seeing in capital right now now back 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 all over the border with tunisia into tunisia and of course what we could be witnessing is it another human catastrophe in the region with thousands of refugees trying to escape to 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. he's a really good listener right there well just to remind you we've got extensive coverage of the situation in tripoli on our website i just it was who r.t. for calm for goodness video analysis and you can also get up to the minute news

from the region on our twitter page i just follow us that r.t. underscore. the unceasing violence in syria between protesters and government forces has drawn the attention of the u.n. human rights council it has ordered an investigation into alleged violations the city of hama has witnessed some of the most severe clashes and that maria financial trouble there to assess the aftermath. the city of hama around two hundred kilometers north of the capital damascus religiously conservative sunni dominated city it's been one of the centuries of religious tensions here in syria for many years in one thousand nine hundred eighty two during the current president bashar asad father ruling the city saw bloody massacre according to amnesty international over ten thousand people were killed there in the regime's crackdown on the city's sunni population and here in this conflict this city has been among the last to join the national art prize in the army were moved into in july and withdrew ten

days later he 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's happening 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 it the more dramatic there is to becomes checkpoints of here along the highway. at the entrance to hama all the cars. but that's not the only reminder of the recent unrest. this mission the city of hama became infamous after it appeared in an amateur video posted on you tube showing the bodies thrown to the r.c. river commons i company in this video sadly these were residents of hama killed by security forces while syrian t.v. reported they were policeman. just going to presidents photo and all

military operations against anti-government protesters they recently been reports about the army still being deployed in several cities across syria including hama. this is what's left from the officers caught in the center of the city of hama official says it was attacked by extremist groups operating here shortly before. the city they say. that. the armed groups that 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 are behind these barricades there were armed people not peaceful demonstrations and there were clashes between them and the troops. while the governor is sharing his views on what's happened a crowd gathers outside his residence his slogan sound neutral first.

to the changes in seconds. what people start saying gives a completely different picture we live to about for months in the upper. city before the first persian rug after the army into the city we see. everybody is afraid afraid afraid of move afraid of the government for the rest of the fed giving officials though not all responsibility on the people themselves they have the right spots these people just don't want to give the government trying to do reforms the reforms cannot go through in such an atmosphere. our journey to hama has been part of a so-called syria is fine to it but no matter what his initial goal was it turned out to be very different from its name. r.t. camera syria. right an hour twenty three minutes past the hour here in moscow let's check out some other world news for you improve this hour prosecutors have asked

the judge to drop sex assault charges against the former international monetary fund chief dominique strauss kahn they say they doubt the credibility of the thirty two year old so maybe allegations called the evidence are inconclusive trust carnot quit his job after facing charges of attempted rape this made. so he says six days of across the border air raids have killed about one hundred kurdish rebels in northern iraq the shelling started last wednesday i was after a turkish soldiers were killed in a bush by the kurdistan workers party the group is considered a terrorist organization by turkey the us and the e.u. the kurdish people have been autonomy within iraq but not within turkey. ok one of the business with very. hello and welcome to prisoners here on r.t. without food prices are trading high on tuesday supported by uncertainty in the bia

on monday a former top libyan official said the country could restart oil production within months market watchers claimed every need supplies could ease the bullish sentiments on the markets but for someone to back there from plants is a little production once off so the growing global demand for oil. i believe in production the. return of the oil is roughly in the range of four give or take a million barrels per day so in the bigger scheme of things you doesn't change things that much but he has to be bullish sentiment sought by the nation as a production comes back some of the bullish mis course a way from the marketplace but please note that international prices have really been over one hundred dollars so from our fundamental point of view in terms of the manned burning of oil continues to grow saw the basis for the market

collapse are not really there any of the central banks flood the market will equal then we're in another environment. then kristin this got an a from standard and poor's believes it's also got least a year for libya to get back on tap i think it will take about a full year before production he said its peak lead 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 haven't been heard 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 up for twelve months before they reach peak. russian energy companies may face a tough time restarting operations in the bia rebels hailing the end of the gadhafi regime warning that russian firms may lose lucrative oil contracts russia's gas

from that and half never have invested hundreds of millions of dollars in oil and gas exploration in libya but they had to suspend operations after the uprising broke balance earlier this year but let's take a look at the figures oil prices are climbing up as fighting in libya continues and in suspension of a fall in u.s. stockpiles of w c i is holding out about eighty five dollars per barrel and the brand blends is over one hundred eight dollars this hour and a quick look at precious metals after hitting and now they're all time high of one thousand nine hundred dollars per ounce this morning gold is losing ground and silver is also lower it's losing over one and a half percent this hour let's take a look at stocks in europe and they are extent in monday's rally track in the overnight gains on wall street and in asia that taxes are over one percent and the footsie is just a little bit behind but there's no special catalyst for buying so traders it's and

it's you may be short lived let's take a look at what's happening here in russia the markets are higher supported by stronger crude the arts yes is gaining point three percent this hour and my sex is on the notch let's take a look at some of the individual share moves on the my sex this program shares are seen gains and that's selling used russia's biggest lender is considering the acquisition of two major banks and holdings meanwhile energy stocks are among the best performers with lukoil gaining over a percent and metal miner problematical is also supported by record high gold prices. the latest plunge in the markets could force russia that's for volleys its privatized program one of the most anticipated deals all of the autumn the sale of the. seven point six percent stake in sperm bank is now under threats the country's biggest 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 assets

not a good choice earlier this they boosted its privatization program a once again over two hundred billion dollars by twenty eight seventeen. and same with banks china's second largest lender plants in a subsidiary in russia china construction bank will invest one hundred fifty million dollars in sort of project this will allow the firms to get every detail license plate away and its home market by company lately focuses on mortgage operations is this it is contrary to and not progress that the banks that recently caught sweet soul business in russia. now it's all business news for now for more stories you can head to our website r.t. dot com business in the meantime states and for the headlines of henri.

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