now at four thirty pm here in the russian capital with r.t. a recap now the top stories heavy gunfire is heard near the rixos hotel in tripoli where around thirty five journalists are reportedly being held by government fighters in the rebel controlled compound is meantime thought to be crawling with snipers. north korea will consider halting a nuclear test if six party talks resume so says the country's elusive leader on a rare trip to russia. iran files a lawsuit against russia over its refusal to supply b s three hundred mobile a missile systems to iran says they don't fall under

a un resolution preventing weapons imports. and russian investigators say they now know who ordered the murder of investigative journalist anna politkovskaya as follows the arrest of a former senior russian police officer suspected of organizing the crime. after the civil war in libya rages on many say the country could go the way of egypt and up with a dissolution society in patient for reform but some believe it could be much much worse and it talks to newspaper editor abdullah party of one for his views on it the recent events. i'm talking to abdel bari atwan who's the editor of the lungs and based pan arabic newspaper al could be he is obviously going to be about libya and he says that there's a huge potential for libya to turn into another afghanistan i missed out on thank

you for talking to you today now explain to me what the factors are at play or comparable between libya and afghanistan. there are a lot of similarities here between or afghanistan we have been nato intervention military intervention because through this intervention is not actually sending troops on the ground but. we rather. like to say. like afghanistan the other point is you know libya. could put a failed state like what happened in afghanistan nobody can predict what will happen after definitely no better would be removed from power because he actually increased and he hasn't got back up abilities but the big question is you know what positional council which is the representing that incredible will be able first to contain their differences in their visions and it's their second whether it is

capable to run the country. to keep. the united states that seems like an excellent. issues but let's talk about the more specifically first of all where do you think it's. going to do you think you'll fight to the bitter end if it is a very cunning despite to many people in their words you know describe him as a crazy man. and my life is you know i should have a question whether we like it or not he believes very well we don't know where he is actually hiding it took the need to under american fifteen years to find. them and kill him i don't know how many months how many weeks how many years and you know that it will take them to benefit i think and kill where about he's hiding he could be in

a lousy barracks military barracks and pretty poorly he could be. where his hometown he could be and sub in the south where. it's there you know his stripes are actually sick and weak so we don't know but they're frantically he's still alive and definitely used to libya for his son his sons actually to to be in libya to be in itself i think this is a clear indications that could be there it would be in people it's and as far as the mood on the ground carries what do you think well happen when and if the rebels catch him will they kill him or they talk about the international criminal court what you think will happen it is a huge question is we don't know what will happen if he is captured we have our very bad experience when a variable actually try to capture the five units the chief of staff or army you know. and his bodyguards bodies also so maybe the same thing what

happened to put their feet we know that there is a you know a sense of revenge spitting on the rebels and libya's so it pains who is lupul capture him if he's. not take care of the little groups that are secure or he could be shot dead you mentioned. is really his favorite son and was the heir apparent how much power do you think he will to make that he still actually popular among the loyalists of his father average american his father supporter and so he is an important figure he knows how to communicate that would be meet with the media itself he's still a very prominent character among khadafi interact but there fijian so whether he has military power i don't believe so he has some political power but you know i don't believe prevaricating team will survive and i think the most he

can actually try to negotiate for a safe exit for him and for his family exactly. presence or not it's libya is obviously keep it securely because up till now the rebels have really been united by a common hate. how likely now do you think of violent splits in the transitional council is i think the problem after about three posts come back here could be more actually problematic the problem before there are fewer before the removal of comparatively cheap because there is a huge slit split among the rebels themselves and the factions who are participating in this fight or at least. there are united by the hatred toward carefree but if. he's killed i think you know now we will turn against each other and we know there are some brigades you know who are fighting with their bills. but the muslim groups. they wouldn't fight with the secular and the same time even if

used to talk to those sarah seculars or those that actually liberals are being considered. part of there was some conspiracy so maybe those people will turn against each other but also we knew that you know the majority of the people who are fighting. extremism or actually you know people who believe that the. cynics they can be so how the people is going to deal with those people after about remove all of our big going to legitimize been considered them eligible illegitimate after. future leave so there are huge question marks here. personally i believe the post would be more problematic than that. david cameron's been talking about sending british troops to libya as a peacekeeping force but will that be enough to keep a lid on what is potentially

a nation at war if david cameron sent. it's. army or the personnel on the banner of keeping peace in postscript i fear this will be seen in libya sort of the arab world as a foreign intervention exactly bachata to afghanistan and iraq and this would complicate the whole situation it could actually make some of those muslim extremists among the better able to turn against. us and also to nato so now we are fighting because they are feeling it troops after being finished the truck actually might. or french troops who would be sent to you know and all that and and post got there figure out so it could be a huge mistake from from conference and from so busy trying to actually send troops

to make this takes massive out now nato and the u.k. specifically is talking about democracy by the libyan people how realistic you think that it is talking about democracy it is very easy here option actually practicing democracy there it is a very complicated process of democracy kind of actually there are people in or in iraq or afghanistan they're not proceed as a culture. and process first you have to start this process and a country like libya you know for the last forty years never had a you know not a party system they never had the parliament they never had an institution is a democratic institution or any institution and so to just talk and walk let a process actually take a long time but it is very sweet talks about democracy and we know that under the banner of democracy in the west and have been going up against the island. look

what happened for example in august and we are going to disagree that tenth anniversary of that invasion and occupation or canister of the worst part thought. came true true to reinstate all of our imports in the beginning ten years ago we went there to remove taliban from power. to destroy their infrastructure and now it is you know there are throwing the polls there are talking to taliban and they want to have. said from afghanistan. or they are losing seven billion dollars a month the same thing in iraq you know now iraq is a completely different story and then you know that democracy in iraq is very valuable democracy do you think the rebels basically sold off oil when they accepted rest and radically support their finitely the need to bombardment played a major role in the success of the variable to capture most of the suitcase. to advance toward tripoli so. because you would believe there was

a deal struck between i believe. that meatballs and britain and france in particular we know nato is not a charitable organization we know. france there are looking for contracts for all and they are not for business and the media is destroyed completely undercut by for the general there is no infrastructure at all so i believe that lead is very lucrative there you know that we want to share how much. business actually was a grete by the powers and even consisted of council. companies especially with them france we don't know yet but they're frantically that need to is looking for a price and they lead the future government should pay and will pay a very heavy price for it is not. but the police service you know definitely there

is something behind them. i suspect that nato would like to have military bases there. i suspect that you know british and french company is looking for exploration contracts abdel-bari atwan thank you very much. as you know was sixteen years old when kind of these miners that's not so chancellor should not be punished for his crimes. no rational person and i. have been punished. will be honest. most hours must be executed for the real. punishment this is not.

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the headlines on r.t. and heavy gunfire is heard near the rixos hotel in tripoli it's where around thirty five journalists are reportedly being held by government fighters under rebel controlled could off the compound meantime is thought to be crawling with snipers. north korea will consider holding a nuclear test if six party talks are resumed so says the country's inclusive leader on a trip to russia and. iran of files a lawsuit against russia over the fusil to supply s. three hundred of mobile and missile systems tehran says they don't fall under a u.n. resolution preventing weapons imports. time russian investigators say

they now know who ordered the murder of investigative journalist anna politkovskaya it follows the rest of a former senior russian a police officer suspected of organizing the crime. and sports is next with kate. hello on the wednesday afternoon sports updates and these are the talk still is. heading to russia cameron strike a sunny lots are you prepared to join jamie after the premier league club agrees to transpose in samoa. last hour in trento top level and i am spain's thirteen months reign as the world's best football team. and to the hilt the russian cycling team got to celebrate success at the tour explained the mother i know with stage four in the mountains refers to football and some us who will undergo a medical this wednesday as he prepares to join russian premier league side andre

the darkest on top have agreed to buy the current striker from him to milan for a fee of thirty six million dollars if the thirty year old is past fit he is set to sign a three year contract due to arrive in russia on thursday to meet his new team mates they include brazil legends are about to call us and recent signing richard call from chelsea that you could even play at rostov on saturday the african star has been offered hof a million dollars a week after tax which would make him the world's highest paid player and he was caught by billionaire soon for the northern tranny very and at that time the local tycoon said he was prepared to do what was necessary to make the club a force in football angy apparently fourth in the russian premier league. club contrast with angie who have apparently limitless funds and not a russian top flight side is about to go bankrupt that's the time train that they cannot even afford the trip to clear snow melt off next month which means saturday's against talking to people last. losing four games in

a row their bosses according to sponsors to step in as the players have endured almost three months without pay. everybody will be a part of the group stages of the champions league this wednesday evening but they have a mountains of time as they host me on in the second. leg of their playoff but the it's men need to i was in a three one deficit from the first game and i'll have to do that right back because i'm in injured there's also a doubt over the fitness of midfielder sire well that is also an awesome awesome banger his depleted side have tried to use in a.z. and ne is only after a one in the rain at the emirates in the first leg the gunners are without midfielder samir nasri for agreeing to sell the twenty four year old to manage the city of course for one million dollars his imminent departure follows that status as fabregas to barcelona arsenal also. injured however will be able to sit in the dugout for the time after apparently reaching a touchline ban last week wait to have suspended a further ban while an appeal will be held off the match and the frenchman is

confident his side can reach the group stage for a fourteenth season in a row. we want to pull from. one. game we know to play. but you should both play. well in contrast huge and easy have only reached the champions league group stage once and that was five years ago and although they finished fourth in syria our last season they have also lost key players notably alexis sanchez to barcelona that's their preferred seeing their chances against arsenal who have failed to win the two games in english premier league. the other games this wednesday playing field will hold a two away goal advantage as they have twenty after a two two first leg draw out of sync copenhagen have an uphill task despite making the last sixteen last season they need to overturn a three one deficit against czech champions into

a persian while glastonbury saw him go to austria to play strong grass after a long monsters like draw. volunteers a supercycle well we're through to the group stage by beating these were back of three one three two one hundred by a new make up also three. arteries and pulse is really katrina overall and i like zagreb also qualified to despite losing two nil to swedish champions now almost they scraped through all three of the two legs belgian champions in game three the lucky beehives got on penalties to progress a spanish side there are also safely through after prancing about from their first leg defeat to danish some of the fans are. now spain maybe the reigning world and european champions but they're no longer the number one football team in the world according to the latest rankings that's on a ghost in the netherlands and that's take top spot for the first time ending spain's thirteen months well at number one after the spanish lost to italy in a friendly and the netherlands game against england in this transaction both popular fellows derides two places to number four germany are third in the table

which is based on results over the last four years you're going to scoff at american success means they're up to this result for six russia have got five places to thirteenth. moving on a russian cycling team got two should have claimed their first win at this year's tour of spain after their spanish rather than what i know won the grueling four stage in the mountains in fact the stage was too tough for songwriters tour de france green jersey winner mark cavendish was i able to keep up with the person that crossed the mountains between barbara and sierra nevada and he abandoned the race with forty kilometers left however there were no such problems for a no he caught up with the leaders over the last few kilometers and in the end it was a fight for the line between himself and chris sorenson it's like the banks on god but that you two should land enough to win by three seconds or no takes me over the disparate jersey. turabi understanding champion south africa have

announced a tried and trusted squad for the upcoming world cup johnson it's what i can recount and after reading the signs of victory in two thousand and seven eighteen members of that winning side have been included in the thirty man squad wing the odd lot and been gunning was the only real shock inflation and south africa's first game will be against wales in wellington on september the eleventh springboks will then also face namibia fiji summer and hosts new zealand in group d. which is a tough call according to sit. there with the british changing for games and so forth you know with well so it's it's probably a ball you have to treat with but we. agreed to go get some rest and not trip too much about namibia but i mean the risks that are going to get a political move will challenge. here as history. so that we can see the booking of the molecule and you don't want to create for yourself now

a major sports team red bull are leading the way in the formula one season and they have also paved the way i will be the circuit of the americas next year consultant and former driver david coulthard got back behind the wheel to test out the dirt track in texas and in just under fifteen months they be on the f one calendar the circuit in the state capital of austin is set to host the last one race of the twenty two all season and it's hoped this will raise the profile of the high octane sport in america. that are a sport that has been play for thousands of years polo over the last century it all but i did that completely in russian but now it's being revived with help from sports from star power has often tina but what's gone on ian has more. horses count among the most trusted friends of mankind in wildlife but this is why polo is one of the most and popular sports this game was first played in persia more than two thousand years ago and has only slightly changed since then. it still takes the

same skills to score goals with a long handled maillard on the field that's twice as big as a football pitch. the most important thing in polo is probably the so-called chemistry between the man and the horse they should be sympathetic to each other also it's crucial to learn the equitation in childhood although even adult persons who come to the sport late can reach pretty good results in terms of training hard every day back at the turn of the twentieth century was quite a popular sport in russia but after the revolution the tradition was broken it was only brought back to life several years ago and the most new poll club which was established in two thousand and six by like syria dunga is now one of the major centers for the sport it also hosted the russian open championship which was being held for the sixth time you need a lot of players you need a lot of horses you need a lot of competition as in any sport you need to practice practice practice you

need to invest invest invest and so far we're doing what we can but it's all private and it's all based. on of the players themselves and their money. and in terms of price horses are like cars it's not only about how expensive it is it's very important to choose the one that suits you in this respect you should always take an expert's advice as to the price it will be from eight to ten thousand dollars saying origin tina and up to five hundred thousand dollars it's emotions and i think human resources are always a crucial factor in this respect call in russia as a competitive advantage to traverse the brothers to grandmasters from the sports powerhouse urgent teena this time around glamorous russian fans of this elite sports have got unique opportunity to get up close with their known for a short master class on the secrets of polo and witness the rush. open finals where

the tournaments top player and a hundred left his team beluga to victory. however there is still a lot to do to me question paul competitive on the international arena is low now because it's new it's a new sport here here and we need a lot there were. a lot of want to shine and we need. people to come to know what is bordeaux because a lot of people don't doesn't know what he is. but i think he's improving. with a publishing deal with this he's possible to come more prepared to play polo has never been only about winning and losing with another member of the winning team russia's school full of book titian or me how you were a dunker being the best proof of it you see acupressure the first the better you treat your horses the better they perform i don't care if i lose or win i just enjoy it it's a team sport and first of all it team here means the horse and the rider and that's

the best thing about it. and that idiot which often thieves the best is wait for success. over what in your own are see most of the region. and that's all the sports. twenty years ago the largest country. suitably sensible. must have been each. of which began a journey. where did it take them.