following a fierce fight to control most of the capital three days after entering the city well these are the latest pictures from the compound rebels around the square i work for used to make speeches to the nation exactly where gadhafi is no one seems to know at the moment smoke has been rising over the libyan capital throughout tuesday as a result of pockets of fighting between the two sides casualties are said to be mounting. well into german a london based activist from the war coalition talked to me a little earlier and she believes the only thing libyans want now is to take the situation into the hands we have to remember we've been here before we've been here before without we've been there before with iraq and i think the lesson from both of those and that actually the message that is even coming from many of the rebels in tripoli and elsewhere in libya is that they don't want nato there any more they don't want western troops on the ground and they want to run their own country and

i think it would be very foolish for david cameron or anybody else to believe this really vindicates their foreign policy in terms of the war on terror i think is absolutely out to the libyan people to decide what they do with kathy and with anybody else that they if there is evidence to put him on trial they should they should be dealt with in libya and not in the hague or anywhere else i feel that the whole western intervention around this has been. too they were caught taken by surprise by the average what they're trying to do is to reassert western control. well the question of gadhafi whereabouts is yet to be answered and i spoke to dr going to monarchies a director of the german orient institute based in berlin and he thinks the embattled leader is not likely to run away 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 the still here and we are fighting and he is 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 the truth the first victim of any war so nobody knows what is true in all the different in outs which i don't think that will take him to tunisia and definitely not maybe he might go to the south to tunisia or of the other countries bordering and take a plane from there to zimbabwe or to 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 him even if he stays in his own countries if we remember saddam hussein how long it took to discover him in iraq. and freelance journalist chandan he's told me that

recently he came back from libya saying that gadhafi forces may continue to fight on. nato apache helicopters and jets have literally massacred and blown apart all these were able to get into tripoli look at our images very carefully from zawiya and from tripoli and even western mainstream media is admitting that no civilians are coming out in support of the rebels although all the shockers all the shops all the houses are shut down in zawiya and we shut down in tripoli now the rebels think they've got a guy who's compound last night i had last lines canceled round one went to gadhafi because they said they had mohammed gadhafi and cycle is a press that was like an islamic smiling driving around tripoli so a house like last night tonight is another trap for the rebels in the compound that could thought these forces are allowing all these dozens and scores of rebels into the compound and let's see what happens to like and you know it may be a number of the rebels in tripoli two weeks ago it's been confirmed it was the

british are you concerned about conducted that massacre eighty five civilians including thirty five children nothing to do with protecting civilians everything to do with dominating few libya but what's been clear in the last few days and it's been admitted by the daily telegraph yesterday what's planned all along a week by the nato forces so yes they want to wrap up libya wrap it up nicely presented as a as a successful test case to then roll on syria so it's all dependent on worker gadhafi and his people and resists nato here but if they can with this major way in libya they won't be coming for syria and good luck you can solve said in a speech just under a month ago about his resistance against nato is defending syria and iran as well and journalist richard spencer tells me that the other war going on in libya is between rebels fighting for power when gadhafi is gone.

i'm sorry about that clearly we have lost the sound on that we'll try and bring you that had a little later meanwhile the u.k. is reportedly authorized a clandestine operation to aid 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 bennett has more on this. well again i'm sorry we seem to be having a few sound problems at the moment. we will again try to bring vats from all over ben a little bit later but i do apologize let's continue now with the events in tripoli there may still be fighting there at the moment but the new government is wasting little time in setting up its future cash flow european oil giants given the go ahead by rebel officials are already begun moving in with italian company any which

had close ties to gadhafi spearheading the return and there's always more and it reports this time it 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 is running off to paris to meet with the french president while of course he is one very very important issue 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 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. 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 western powers look at the region and they talk about humanitarianism all 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 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 to resume italian oil giant e n i. it's the first to send back to libya and it's shares rose on their knees french tape towel and. the well as investors hopes they soon be able to resume production in libya but it was right to the libyan people the great fear is that just as they did in iraq that created democracy which british interests or the west's interests or oil companies interests and does nothing for the people of libya nor am it r.t. . france plans to hold a high level meeting next week to discuss libya's political future the top libyan opposition leader has been invited to attend in paris bushell reports now from the french capital. most 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 future so exposed to raising the question what does europe 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 was 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 longer he 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. 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 the money and how it will be used. daniel bushell then the scenes of excitement and jubilant celebrations across libya recalled those in cairo's tahrir square in february but the high expectations after the revolution have given way to disillusionment and dismay he's gone to comics and how the latest events in libya have parallels in history. the cadet he 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 like a light 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 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 libyan people yet the council has been recognized as the legitimate government of libya by all allies who've been helping oust gadhafi many levy and are outraged by the fact that foreign powers are effectively making vital choices for them there is too much wealth and geo political strategic value to libya to only become reformed in

democratic rights and universal participation by the citizenry. western powers need to implement a 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 power. throw all their support behind the legal national transitional council giving them billions of dollars and weapons to gain control but the rebels are far from being a united group 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 totalitarian revolutions in egypt and libya have developed under different scenarios in egypt 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 one egyptians are having libyans could be facing a fresh out of violence at the hands of the armed mom i'm going to check our reporting from washington martin. well the u.k. is reportedly authorized to climb to start an operation to aid 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 i would bet it's 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 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 non-lethal kids 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 supply . rebels with has been non-lethal and therefore not in breach of this un 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 daffy communications post 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 terms as the 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 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 reporter of a bennett there in london the rebels have reportedly put their flags on top of buildings inside the gadhafi compound and raided weapons stores over the part of the city housing the hotel where journalists are staying remains under the control of gadhafi forces those trapped inside the hotel report heavy fighting outside nato forces say they've hit as many as forty targets in tripoli three days of fighting the biggest number in a single location since the operation started in march. well that just to remind you we've got extensive coverage of the developing situation there in tripoli on our website all you have to do is head to r.t.u. dot com for the latest video analysis and opinion and you can also get up to the minute news from libya on our twitter page you can follow us at our t underscore com. well from libya to syria now and the u.n. is increasing pressure on syria where deadly fighting between government forces and

protesters have been raging for almost six months now the human rights council has ordered an investigation into alleged violations the u.n. says over two thousand protesters have been killed during the uprising well for more on the situation there in the country i'm joined by a political analyst kamel who is in the lebanese capital in beirut at the moment thank you very much indeed for joining us now if u.n. investigators discover there have been violations jury the crackdown what then what can be done about it. well obviously it's a very complicated issue and we know there was been using all their resources to have been the syrian regime and we seen that american sanctions followed by the european sanctions and they are using now their international court or the international human rights to find violation on my my as they will use

this window to put more pressure on syria to asian obviously it's been very difficult for the syrian because various international interference by western power and there is some element from the arab from the arab regimes they want they want to change in syria and when they didn't come for that change we noticed that there has been coordination between between some country in the west and some arab country too probably pushing for regime change in syria we heard that from the obama administration will heard that from. france and britain and germany and we've seen some calls from the so would these and the qatari and other country in the region and obviously. haven't been away from hosting the opposition in turkey. but i think the situation in

syria despite the effort by the regime is going through very difficult time but it's interesting that president assad he seems to be responding to some of this pressure by just recently hosting foreign journalists in the city of hama showing them the situation that he's already made several concessions to protest as well anyway help calm the situation not just in syria but also appease any of the outside external pressure he's getting at the moment. i think the president of syria who's the winner all he can do i think he's he's he's a he's a his mind is a reformer he wanted to reform reform does not. should not come expand of the security of the country there is a lot of fundamentalist in the country there is a lot. in that country and actually they waging

a huge war against the security apparatus in the country yes there is some casualty from the syrian but there was a lot of casualties from the security forces in syria and in some instance we see a lot of smuggling. of arms into syria and there isn't some little wars going on being. together should look very carefully about what happened in syria because somebody is praying and sponsoring the policy of. syria. i think president assad he spoke very clearly couple of days ago he wanted to reform not because he's formed because the country need reform but i think that if i had be just ask you know what why is it then you are saying that he is a reformer and he wants to reform but the protesters the people of that you

rejected any gesture towards any measure of reform there and indeed if he does show some form of reformation when it be too little too late to keep the population happy. this at this point the external external promises from the west from the obama administration and. obama administration is scattering to republican in the house and in the senate and basically. our country one. of two to change that's why funneling money and weapons. to these people who finding the regime fall my estimate it doesn't matter what president assad does in common days or months if he doesn't control the securities in his country these as collusion will continue because somebody is pushing the

pollen from outside and do as much damage as there is. to that actually helping the allies in syria all right so if his regime is destabilized and he does lose control and the picture you paint for the future is complete chaos many are saying it'll develop into civil war so in what way would the west benefit from a country that is hurtled into a complete turmoil and into. a civil war. well i didn't say it's total chaos but there we have we have a. problem in some part of the country and i think he's trying to handle it but as he try there is always somebody smuggling more weapon into the country i think doesn't it doesn't mean that if the west wanted to change the regime in syria then regime in syria cannot change now this is

a regime in syria was elected by the syrian and i think president bashar al assad is the largest majority. backing him at this point because nobody wanted to live in chaos and disorder and i think that recipe the formula by the west of our country is calling for disorder and war being some of the criminals restabilizing the country i'm not saying there is there is a genuine movement in syria that is taking place right now one they want to change the president said with these people but there is other element who actually adar izing the country expand of the safety and security in that sense out of. the one who are sponsoring them. this is part of the regional power because

obviously there is some people did not like. of president bashar assad and said a very clearly he supported the resistance and some people don't like that or right just very briefly what's happened in libya this is the unthinkable from assad's point of view but really is it a lesson for him and could it in fact spell extremely precarious and dangerous future for him from what he's seen is happening to gadhafi just very briefly. i think it's two different situation and leave nobody really like. boring people who wanted to see gone. to a different situation i don't think this one minute fast. but i would say if the situation in damascus is. different the months that could be crucial for president bashar assad but i don't think he will survive this.

difficult experience ok thank you so much that's all we've got time for a couple was and thank you very much indeed for joining us. you're welcome. other news now here in r.t. this is. the former head of the i.m.f. has been cleared of criminal sexual assault charges but a new york court. has the details. 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 sofitel 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 all these charges against him have been dropped however this order is on hold because

the defendant. has appealed for a special special product 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 the u.s. media jumped on dominique strauss kahn as if. public enemy number one had been finally captured this man was run through the ringer basically all the headlines of all the major newspapers essentially had him guilty and mocking him skits were made about him that shows here in the us 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 but at this point we should also mention there is a civil suit that has been filed. 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. well we'll keep you updated on all the latest developments in libya in less than hoffa from now. with a recap of the top stories in just a few minutes so do stay with us live here in moscow.

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if you just joined us a very warm welcome. breaking news this hour from libya hundreds of rebels event of the libyan leader's compound the opposition claims to be in control of most of the capital however the whereabouts of colonel gadhafi remain on. the un stepped up pressure on syria ordering an investigation into possible rights violation rights during a crackdown on anti-government protests. prosecutors move closer to closing the case on the killing of russian journalist anna politkovskaya the suspected organizer of the murder has reportedly been arrested in moscow. and also reporting this. column the former head of the international monetary fund has had sexual assault charges against him dropped in new york who told me to make out again.