international news and comment live from moscow where it's just past eight pm in tripoli six pm where there is breaking news that libyan rebels are reportedly inside colonel gadhafi tripoli compound and firing into the air in celebration after fierce fighting they now claim to control most of the capital three days after entering the city but still no one seems to know where gadhafi himself is hiding while on this footage from the capital we can see explosions there possibly caused by nato bombing raids casualties are said to be mounting after intense fighting or both electricity in tripoli has been restored after hours of a blackout colored after his son saif made a surprise public appearance proving wrong reports that rebels had captured him let's get the latest developments on the libyan conflict from these militia she is on the libyan. border so what are the latest reports we're getting from the

libyan capital. well the latest reports as you have just mentioned is that there is celebration on the ground of the libyan leaders of the libyan leader gadhafi compound. and apparently the libyan the libyan opposition are claiming that they have entered the compound are now celebrating the fact that if taken over the colonel stronghold however we have to keep in mind that the reports coming from the libyan opposition have been to say the least somewhat confusing over the past couple of days they have claimed to have arrested or apprehended gadhafi son who then made a surprise appearance showing that he was alive and well and definitely not been captured by the by the rebels they have also been giving countries reports as to whether they have entered and have captured most of tripoli then about several hours later they go ahead and say that they are actually pulling out of tripoli

because they consider it not to be safe there and all of this turmoil is happening and never ending fighting in the mid nato bombing nato continues to bomb the libyan capital and say of course that he is not to their target at the same time they have been aiming at his compound they have been aiming at command and control obviously those. all of those are places very closely connected to the libyan leader also during the mayhem that's been literally taking over and ruling the day in the libyan capital journalists are finding themselves probably in probably the toughest situation of all they have been essentially barricaded in a hotel in the center of the libyan capital of the do not know what's going on the understand that it's definitely not safe to get out as far as we know according to some of their accounts their brewing in order to make their lives a little bit better because they have no idea what's happening they do report of gunmen showing up at the hotel the also do not know who the gunman are and of

course during this entire time as you have also. the mentioned the whereabouts of colonel gadhafi are no there have been rumors that he might have left libya but of course gadhafi the leader himself showed a face and obviously explained that he's not going to leave his country and he's going to stay there. for as long as possible and of course he continues to be defiant in saying that he's not giving up at the same time you also have rebels saying that they're very close to victory and very very confusing reports of where bouts of what exactly is happening in the libyan in the live in capital now of course there are also some. some. of turbulent things happening at the border with tunisia where apparently libya apparently libyan armed men have been entering scuffles with the tunisian border patrol we do not know whether those have been deadly scuffles we some of the libyan men are believed to have been wounded

at the same time you also have thousands of refugees pouring from libya into tunisia they're all saying refugee camps in the south of libya and the authorities here believe many more are to come as the fighting in the libyan capital continues and so the situation possibly could possibly could take turn for the worst because you may be looking at another communitarian catastrophe is the libyan. libyan rebels continue to. to try and take over the libyan capital and nato will continue to bomb tripoli and this is the situation that we're facing on the ground in tripoli right now ok thank you very much indeed for that update and those who are talking to you we're bringing pictures from tripoli. as i say these are live pictures as we're hearing reports that the daffy's compound is indeed being stormed

by the rebel fighters. now for more on the latest developments there in tripoli i'm joined live by dr lackies director of the german or an institute based in berlin thank you very much indeed for joining us well it's certainly a confusing situation at the moment we're getting conflicting reports from the rebels first they claim the capture of gadhafi sons and then what appears to be leading a counterattack and then for almost two days they were saying they are in control of the capital there that also turned out to be untrue and now we're hearing those reports of the gadhafi compound being breached and indeed we're getting live pictures of what seems to be happening there at the moment it's very difficult to know what's going on it is very confusing what do you make of the latest situation now. appearing the rebels were in a situation to advance more. to the compound in which gadhafi might still be i mean he would be there in the bunkers and the underground bunkers

and not not on the surface so during the last of the rebels have advanced somewhat to that part of the city the southwestern part of tripoli and i think we said that up to twenty percent of the city were still are still in the hands of the soldiers and militia who are defending gadhafi so are you saying you are convinced that gadhafi could well be in a bunker in that compound being stormed at the moment by those rebels if that's the case we could be witnessing the last moments of gadhafi regime. well yes you know gaddafi is very erratic in his behavior and it's very difficult to say what will you do i mean his son and the television yesterday said no no my father you still here and we are fighting and he's not the man to run away like the other dictators did but on the other hand side i'm quite sure that he must have an

emergency exit from his bunker system and can escape if he still should be there it might also be you know unfortunately as we see truth is the first victim of any war so nobody knows what is true in all the different denotes nevertheless if you did escape from that bunker how long could it be actually on the run bearing in mind he wouldn't be able to take a plane because there's a no fly zone imposed over the country there are his chances of perhaps setting up camp somewhere else. well it's very difficult i don't know i don't think that will take him to tunisia and definitely not maybe he might go to the us to tunisia or of the other countries bordering and take a plane from there to zimbabwe or to very few countries north korea where he would be still accepted as a host so it's very difficult to see and it might take some time to discover it even if he stays in his own countries if we remember said the same hold on it took

to discover him in iraq dr going to as we are talking we are bringing dramatic pictures there from tripoli now i'd just like to ask your opinion we understand that british intelligence has indeed been very much involved in carrying out the latest push on tripoli by advising the rebels does this imply the moment and even from the pictures we're seeing at the moment that we could actually have an effect for him boots on the ground as part of this operation despite what nato is saying. well there are no soldiers no fighting or combating so. on the ground i'm quite sure that as you rightly said there might be some advisors soldiers or former soldiers we don't know exactly who advise the rebels how to make an attack against this heavily guarded headquarters or presidential place of gaddafi now the question is at the moment we're witnessing as i say seems all of

what could well be the attack i'm not too sure of the geography of this but we're seeing euphoric scenes that young man in the streets there in tripoli we're hearing the same time reports of the compound being attacked now what happens after this though are there concerns that one does go that there could be similar scenes that we saw in afghanistan and iraq over the lack of north or the post the fall of a regime. well this can always happen and cannot be excluded so it is a very very important that the western countries supporting the rebels or the arab league as such it will come in immediately or once the war is finished or their lives lucian is finished and to settle things so to stabilize the country and to to look at the situation the law and order situation and i think the fact that there are so many foreign journalists and media around is also

a very good thing which will prevent the rebels you know to take revenge showed to do things which nobody wants them to do are you concerned then we've seen the rebels united in opposition but whether they stay united in government bearing in mind the tribal factions the religious differences do you really think there could be a chance of the country developing into further chaos after this. this cannot be excluded it's always possible that after the victory so to say the rebels will then start fighting among themselves on the other hand side many of the leaders. yes of the national transitional council and all this. you know have a lot of experience in government have been former ministers and i think with the right expertise and advice they could do the best seeing sitting together in a democratic way and then have everybody else give them a say and try also to find ways how to give all the different groups

a share in the building up of future libya dr going to just finally and briefly as we've been talking i know that you haven't been able to see the live pictures that we're getting there from tripoli indeed very dramatic it seems that the rebels are indeed making huge progress and it seems that perhaps the compound is definitely being attacked just briefly do you think we are now at the end of gadhafi regime and that despite all the conflicting reports in the past that this could well be the end. well. let's hope so so that we could avoid further bloodshed further victims from both sides and among civilians especially but i'm not so sure we have to be very careful even if they will take over bubble and then find out that it's not any more there but has left this place maybe taking refuge with his tribe and this or in other places the search will go on but finally then

yes we have to see we have to say then also that the regime has no chance whatsoever to to cling to power because once they have taken this over i think gaddafi is gone and one way or another the troops will stop fighting nobody will fight for a fun term for something where they are not sure so i think it can develop very fast but mind you it might take another couple of days so we we should be very careful with our assessment while it's very interesting to hear what you have to say thank you so much for your time particularly what seems to be a very dramatic moment there major developments happening there usually it's good to share that moment with you and get your thoughts thank you very much dr gupta more like director of the german institute based in berlin you wake up well the u.k. has reportedly authorized a clandestine operation to end the assault on tripoli covert intelligence agents were allegedly inserted into libya to coordinate rebels actions during the push and

more u.k. military personnel are said to be on standby in the mediterranean all these are the bennetts has more on this. it seems the british did have a bigger hand in all of this than it originally let 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 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 officers to giving military advice and also non-lethal aid 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 has been non-lethal and therefore not in breach of this u.n. resolution however these missions have been very covert clandestine and off the

grid 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 catch gadhafi on the back they've been smuggling weapons fighters even fighting and also telecommunications equipment secret weapons around the capital and then on the weekend following the bombing campaign from the air of strategic 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 cards for some time now however it did concede that it does already have two hundred troops ready to be deployed from cyprus as peacekeepers should the situation the transition they want to send into an akita 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 has a role of support for the humanitarian 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. 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 see it that this transition will be as peaceful as they all want it to be artie's either bennett there. may still be fighting in tripoli and just to remind you of the latest developments there that rebel forces reportedly entered the libyan leader's compound after heavy fighting and we saw some live pictures there from tripoli a little earlier but in the meantime 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 italian company any which had close ties to gadhafi spearheading the return and there's

a lot easier and that reports this time its services won't be quite as 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 to stop the war coalition warns libyans not to expect they're getting something for nothing but 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 will of course start his one very very important issue which is 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 it's motives in supporting the rebels aren't entirely altruistic last

year alone 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 but they sink 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 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 towel and. we 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 that creates a democracy which. the west's interests or oil companies interests and does nothing for the people of libya nor emmett's polity. the scenes of excitement and jubilant celebrations across libya recalled those in caro's tahrir square back in february but the high expectations after the revolution have given way to disillusionment and dismay all it is going to come looks at how the latest events in libya have parallels in history. 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 loved the revolution when it happened i welcomed it 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 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 that 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 levy in people yet the council has been recognized as the legitimate government of libya by all allies who've been helping oust gadhafi many levy as 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. was to be. ours need to implement a western economic and military agenda and therefore the people who will really 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 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 totalitarianism revolutions in egypt and libya have developed under different scenarios in egypt it was an on armed uprising the new leader 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 violence at the hands of mom i'm going to shut down reporting from washington r t. twenty two minutes past the hour now to other news and. the former head of the i.m.f.

has been cleared of criminal sexual assault charges by a new york court well for more on this i'm now joined by our correspondent marina. marina so give us the latest details of what happened. well bill as you mentioned khan has been cleared of all sexual assault charges that were filed more than two months ago and in a nutshell the prosecutors say that the accuser in this case thirty three year old nafissatou diallo is not a credible witness according to prosecutors they say that the accuser former cleaning lady at the self itself hotel here in new york was untruthful with investigators in virtually every interview prosecutors say she lied in matters great and small and that the problem in this circumstance is her credibility those lies according to prosecutors and according to what's been reported is that in. immigration papers there was a fabricated story of rape that occurred in her homeland of guinea that she spoke

about and then later said she made it up there was also transcripts that were that were recorded and found by prosecutors of a conversation that case accuser. with an ex-boyfriend in prison after she made allegations of this sexual assault indicating that she was interested in dominic strauss kahn's money there was also reports that this is a woman who has also cheated on her tax returns there were just fact after fact of dots that were. sort of crossed and connected that prosecutors say she just lied and she cannot be put on the stand as a credible witness with her own accusations of course this thirty three year old hotel maid accused dominique strauss kahn the former head of the i.m.f. of sexually assaulting her on may fourteenth he was pulled off a plane as he was about to leave new york city and arrested and so now after being

on home arrest for six weeks after wearing a and they will bracelet since being arrested he is he has been dropped of all these charges against him have been dropped however this order is. on hold because the defendant. has appealed for a special special project prosecutor in this case now the judge already denied that request for a special special prosecutor but we do have to wait and see what the appeals court says but as we know now the judge has dropped all this case of sexual assaults against dominique strauss kahn the one that has caused a scandal here in the u.s. and around the world. and just looking back to when this all started it seemed the u.s. media found him guilty before the case even officially started. they certainly did bill the u.s. media jumped on dominique strauss kahn as if public enemy number one had been finally captured this was was was brought through the wringer basically

all the headlines of all the major newspapers essentially had him guilty and mocking him skits were made about him i think shows here in the us he was not given an opportunity to actually prove his innocence in the work of public opinion we did see that in just a matter of a week dominic strauss kahn lost his job as head of the i am mouth he was his reputation was was completely dissolved. and then you know he was just basically a running joke and this is a lot for the for the media in the u.s. that is always absorbed with salacious sexual scandals particularly when it comes to wealthy people or high profile politicians and at this point we do see some reports coming out from journalists themselves saying that they owe dominic strauss kahn an apology because this is a man that was not given the opportunity to even state his claim before the as you

mentioned he was found guilty in the court of public opinion but at this point we should also mention there is a civil suit that has been filed by ms diallo against dominique strauss kahn and many are imagining he will settle out of order if he wants this problem to just go away and that would require probably a good sum of money but at this point he's been pretty much vindicated on all these sexual assault charges. marina thanks very much indeed for that live update from new york. and these six russian servicemen who are being killed and twelve others wounded by an explosion at a military base in southern russia the blast reportedly happened during the disposal of obsolete. in a train bus to get as i'm looking into what all safety procedures were followed more details on that for you as soon as we get it. twenty eight minutes past the hour now here in the russian capital i'll be back with the

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if you're just joining us a very. top story breaking news this hour. where we're bringing you life pictures hundreds of reports of the end of the libyan leader's compound and heavy fighting continues. to be in control of the capital of the. remains. being backing up the forces with. the city. at the moment. and of course we'll keep you up to date with the developments in libya with all the information as we get.