called for restraint in libya amid reports of abuses and alleged summary killings by both rebels and gadhafi loyalists the security council is also agreed to release one point five billion dollars in libyan assets to help deal with humanitarian needs the opposition continues to claim that tripoli is largely under its control while the national transitional council says it's moved from a stronghold of benghazi to the capital there are reports of heavy resistance by khadafi forces with the colonel's whereabouts still unknown meanwhile khadafi has aired and the other radio message claiming he's fighting on the front line nato has denied previous reports that it's assisting the rebels in the hunt to find him investigative journalist webster tarpley says if gadhafi isn't captured nato will shift its attention to countries like syria. it was supposed to fall in march he has essentially gummed up the works he has assumed a blocking position be the nato subversion machine and he's kept them tied up for

six or seven months if gaddafi resistance were to subside which i do not think will happen these military assets that we presently see deployed in the central mediterranean will be moved to the eastern mediterranean and there has been and syria and ultimately iran had better watch out because they're also targets and remember this gets into iran and also russia because of that important naval station to syria which is the base of the russian mediterranean squadron so if it's if it's calming down in libya that simply means that this war will move move east but i think right now we're looking at a very long war in libya let's compare gadhafi to well i don't want to compare him to the omar but you know that was ten years ago mullah omar is still operating with no problems. i think can can go in one better so i don't don't look for gadhafi to

be rounded up any time and even if he is there is an extended family here and there is indeed an extended tribe the tribal organization in libya is ideal for conducting a resistance under these conditions. the pentagon says its monitoring sides in libya known to contain stockpiles of chemical weapons it's fear of terrorist cells and militants could raid the arsenals which allegedly include tons of mustard gas and raw uranium and while the u.s. is pledging to prevent the weapons from falling into the wrong hands doubts being cast over whether they would be safer under nails watch as archie's laura am at reports. tripoli a city in chaos there's constant gunfire both aggressive and celebration and on the outskirts of the capital stockpiles of chemical weapons south east of tripoli mustard gas and other chemical agents which can cause severe blistering and death and to the east hundreds of tons of rule uranium which can be processed and used in

nuclear bombs nature you know very little about the people who might come to power . tripoli so now if you've got these caches of weapons of mass destruction that again people really don't know what's there and if this is falling into the hands of certain people i mean the situation is potentially disastrous despite the heavy presence of rebels in tripoli the chemical stockpile appears still to be in the hands of what's left of gadhafi government that's both good and bad news following a series of meetings in two thousand and three moonwalker exactly agreed to allow weapons inspectors into libya the first step towards abandoning his w m d program in return for a normalizing of relations with the u.k. and u.s. they agree that he wouldn't use all move the material but now thanks in part to nato in support of the rebels he's on the back foot and may feel he has nothing to

lose by disregarding that agreement cry of victory or martyrdom will strike an omen this note to those who know of his weapons potential given the. violations of the national territory of libya by nato led rebel forces i think that the idea that he would be beholden to these types of agreements would be off the table at this point and certainly he was quoted as saying in early july that he would be willing to strike out europe if tripoli was attacked so i think it's a fair assumption to say that if there is that capability that he would be looking at that option at this point it at any rate but the alternative rebel control of hundreds of tons of rule uranium and chemical weapons is arguably worse according to many some of the rebel factions have links to al qaida or a commentator abdel bari atwan says the west got itself into this trouble now it has to decide how it will figure it out and the options aren't attractive we know

that you know the majority of the people who are fighting muslim extremists so how that people is going to be with those people off the movement of chemical i believe their post would be more problematic than that. if you there are some indications nato is considering putting peacekeeping troops on the ground in libya regional experts who are back could be seen by parts of the free libya movement as an act of aggression but having supported the rebel movement nato must now deal with the consequences even if that's w m d islamic extremists. of syria's also believed to possess massive stocks of chemical weapons the ongoing unrest in the country coupled with international konami and political pressure is only fueling fears for global security leonard spector from the center for nonproliferation studies says the weapons seen by president asad as

a symbol of legitimacy have to be eliminated. with assad still in control of the country and his forces still intact with very few defections although we are seeing some defections the items are safe although still in the hands of a very vicious dictator so for the moment i don't think we're seeing any loss of control but as this situation unfolds and as we may have the violence of the kind that we've seen in libya and different factions become armed and perhaps to take on the regime then the chance for chaos and for the loss of control i think will grow substantially what we have to imagine is perhaps a change of government that is done peacefully under international pressure that assad steps aside when he observes the magnitude of the. demonstrations and the pressure that he's now receiving in terms of sanctions and other means and in that environment and then we can get an international team in from the organization for

the prohibition of chemical weapons where you would then have the orderly control and maybe eventual dismantling of these weapons they are illegitimate weapons and the international community is our eyes and they need to be eliminated as fast as possible and hopefully the new government that might come in would not look to them as symbols of legitimacy the way assad has had to do up to now. it wasn't actually coming to live from moscow so i had for you this hour progress for riding stablish the cause of russia's unmanned spacecraft crash will look into how it will affect the crew at the international space station have been awaiting vital supplies. and discover how people in the central russian region are taking the initiative back into their own hands to change their communities for the better. the richest sector of french society employers are pledging another three percent of their annual income to help the country battle its deepening debt crisis that's as the french

prime minister announces some twelve billion euro worth of cuts alongside gloomy forecast for growth but as our g.'s daniel bushell explains the move could be too little too late with fierce social unrest could fall. from the sea enjoys a triple a credit rating for now one of the points debts ratios among the world's top rated states many visitors but told me to follow the u.s. and be downgraded just repaying interest on it this year has overtaken education and defense as the government's biggest spend was mr presided over the biggest jump in debt levels in our history books that carry too much water. or. france is going to the tolerance limits of prime minister as the explain did you rolled up spending cuts this week but economists fear things. those cuts go nowhere near enough lead

you can compare it with people saying we're going to buy a lamborghini and buy a porsche and they call the. doctors board for old seats huge tits birds and is bringing critique of dreams this meant in schools and hospitals. and. computers. are very old. fashioned to. the situation's explosive say experts and friends could be next to witness ruin it's like those in britain with deprived regions the like the inner part of cities and the suburbs. are socially segregated to very high extend far more so in the u.k. or in germany so yes unrest could come from the suburbs and spread through. because

these flying is for from france as he turned over budget day to his pacific island of new caledonia with students climbing street protests over the cuts he's left the job of presenting to his prime minister he'll let them take the flak for it and hopefully unions students retirees can march directly in protest against the ministers while he's bathing in the sun because these absence in this time of crisis writes leading newspaper le figaro may be clear both politically but his failure to tackle the country's troubles now could be creating even greater problems for the future don't you see. but caucuses republican a posse is electing a new leader following the recent death of its president sergey bug option after cancer treatment comes as a country faces a number of challenges in the wake of his long fight for independence from neighboring georgia tom barton joins us from the republican capital so who. time as

we know the polls are already open and the vote is taking place on a very significant date for the country what more can you tell us. polling stations are now open across the capital so whom and people are turning up to cast their votes we've talked to a few of them they want to keep their votes close to their chest at the moment only one or two of them said who they were voting for but there seems to be at the moment dozens turning out and it seems to be quite quite a hotting up to be quite a day of voting here a very special day in for abkhazian for cars ians it was three years ago on this day that russian president dmitri medvedev recognized the independence of abkhazia after a war both here and a lot of fighting in south of setia to the east against georgia. also today the reason for this election being held now is the death of the former

president. back on may the twenty ninth his sudden death left a vacuum and there are now three candidates trying to fill that post the first is alexander he is the vice president and he said that he's grateful for russia's recognition of. independence and that that should that recognition should not come in vain that the country should be built up after that recognition the second is the prime minister also says that that recognition is very important but the protection of ford's means that a cause you can now get on with building up its economy for the third is role. he's a former vice president and he's tried in these elections before he's the most critical of what he calls over dependence on russia for a cause he has to plan because years development a lot of international observers have turned up today from the region from the e.u.

and from further abroad and they're going to try and monitor the fairness of this election throughout the day. all time as you know it has ears a very young state what can tell us about the mood among the people there and specifically why did they expect from their future leader. i think it's fair to say that people here are going to expect a lot from their new leader the country at the moment is largely defined by its struggle for independence both in one thousand nine hundred one and two against georgia who wanted to control it after the collapse of the soviet union even though it wanted to break away again in two thousand and eight when all of georgian control of carson territory was pushed out and. became. fully independent in its own mind over that giving that territorial integrity however all our fighting has left its cost many many years of shelling and battles

on its territory have left the infrastructure very damaged and its industry weakened once a very famous soviet holiday resorts and famous for its exports of fruit these industries are now a shadow of their former selves and they're really going to need to be rebuilt and find new markets for those industries in order for there to truly be able to stand on its own two feet. all right our thanks very much indeed for bringing us this update from. reporting there. watching r.t. coming to you live from moscow and we're here for you twenty four hours plus you can watch the news you want when you want to on our web site which is r t dot com here's a quick look at what we've got lined up for you there now new york police and the cia are slammed for racial profiling and discrimination as it emerges they collected intelligence on muslims and undercover operations. at a superstar signing cameron striker samuel eto arrives in russia to join doug a

stunning side with a hefty salary to boot all the details at r.t. dot com. emergency crews have so far failed to find the wreckage of the a manned russian spacecraft that crashed on wednesday experts say parts of the progress vessel could have burned in the atmosphere while falling down the space ship was carrying supplies to the international space station when it malfunctioned shortly after a launch it crashed in southern siberia triggering fears stocks fuel could be dangerous for locals and the environment so far there are no reports of any such damage besta gaiters and experts are now looking into what could have caused the incident the government ordered the tougher control of space ships after the second rocket failure in russia in less than a week when r.t. is shown thomas now takes a closer look at what exactly happened with the progress spacecraft and the

implications of the crash for the isis group. here you can see video of that rocket falling from the sky and right now there are crews which are flying over southern siberia looking for that rocket what we do know is that there was a sensor failure in the second stage of that rocket and the third stage failed to ignite which gave it the inability to make it to orbit the first two stages usually launch of the exact same time in fact they always launch at the same time in the community with that third stage and it's that third stage which propels. progress craft up out of the earth's atmosphere so that it can then be in orbit and then synchronize with the international space station in terms of what does this mean for the international space station and the crew on board we should note that there is no routine to space flight there is always an inherent danger but there is no immediate threat to the crew on board right now because they have enough supplies right now we are told that they have about three months of regular supplies left as

well as an additional emergency thirty day supply of food and water and necessary items for every crew member on board sean thomas reporting there well let's now take a look at some of the stories from around the world a state of emergency has been declared in many parts of america's east coast where hurricane irene is on its way authorities in new york have ordered evacuations from low lying districts while in north carolina around two hundred thousand people have already fled earlier in the week the hurricane battering the bahamas and the caribbean causing huge destruction as well as flooding and power cuts. and it's going to a casino in northern mexico has left at least fifty three people dead in twelve injured our man broke into the building in the city of monterrey and doused the facilities with a flammable liquid witnesses said they heard three explosions before the fire started it was one of mexico's deadliest attacks since president calderon launched his offensive against drug cartels five years ago. japan's prime minister has

announced his resignation clearing the way for the country's six year and five years now the con has been under fire for his response to the massive earthquake and tsunami earlier this year and the radiation crisis that followed the chancel successors include the current foreign finance and trade ministers and you premier will face a number of challenges including the building from the devastation and problems caused by the strong again which is holding back economic recovery. you're watching r t coming to live from moscow time now for the latest in our close up series where we explore undiscovered parts of russia. well today we are in the care of region it's famous for its natural beauty and stunning countryside as we explore the region artie's eager abroad explains how

people there are taking matters into their own land hands as they tackle local problems. social logical surveys regularly show that russians are more concerned with practical problems with social issues that are with abstract freedoms in a region such as the care of region one of the poorer regions of russia want to get subsidies from moscow these practical problems are particularly pressing problems of infrastructure problems of providing services so here with a limited budget they've come up with an innovative way of solving the most pressing issues they got what they asked for two slides a sound bank and it be child might not seem like much but for a small community in the kunar of region they've become a leisure hotspot they used to be no one here it was abandoned now when the sun is out you can get a place. this type of project only cost five thousand dollars but it was no money in the local budget to build safe access to the lake and still the regional

government introduced a local initiative scheme when they heard of it the village club together and applied for a grant from a special fund with the beach was laid. off if a brick if people who were consulted over those was our decision to build it and i think as a result people look after this property properly. day of micro projects it was thought of jointly by the world bank and the cure of administration they provide about two thirds of the money while local citizens have to find the rest often go round houses to collect the cash nearly two hundred micro projects will rebuild in this region by the end of the year. but we want to change people's attitudes instead of expecting things done for them we want them to take initiative we are giving power to the people this might look like a women's institute meeting in a village hall in fact the participants are thrashing out the details of a new road there is heated debate about the quality of the works and whether the

builders are falling behind. unlike other projects the financing of the road is completely transparent we know where every rouble has gone. village of kind of shaky as just over a thousand residents several hundred of them petty criminals serving their time in a labor colony it has one poorly stuck shop and for every road it builds dirt turns more that need to be repaired. the micro project will not solve its problems but it is a start now the government can't just rely on its citizens to come up with a solution for every single infrastructural problem that faces russia but in a place where major decisions are often made with little consultation for the foreseeable future this program is a good idea. the person next to me is. a local journalist so you should be well aware of the main issues the main problems in this region we've just seen some of the social issues that the problems they tackle but in your view what are the most

serious what are the most pressing issues that face the kind of reaching all world in my opinion the problems of young people are really serious in our region because young people can't find and i mean interrupt with a good salary for example according to my own experience it was very difficult for me to find a job and of course that's why people have been your schools and try to maybe begin a better life they moved to another seat just to moscow to simply does go on. to big cities. they think it would be better for them so they said you work as a journalist is the dream job in your region. different your obs i work as a way to as a promoter i solve different things but now i work as a journalist and i can say that it's my choice and it does work for me and i think

. one of the best parents for need to work here because there are no good jobs here for young people. at least looks like a. few lucky elsewhere in the world difficult to make your region but but you're coping thank you thank you. and brings up today here in our tale let's see what's happening in business will heal you. hello that's right time for your business update ciro hour is approaching for ben bernanke you to outline his vision of how to save the u.s. from slipping back into recession the markets will be cutely watching the federal reserve meeting in jackson hole they'll be looking for hints that the money printing press will once again be stunted whether to mccutcheon from a vocal gold believes the fed has fired some a nation and all it's got left a blanks. all of the money has already been printed there's already massive cash

reserves both outside of the us on a corporate level as well as at the federal reserve bank. and their own balance sheet and they bought up all of the mortgages and everything else back in two thousand and eight so no matter what they do they're really sort of a rock and a hard place if economic activity picks up in the u.s. in philosophy picks up money starts moving more and more and there's a lot more money than there was three years ago that's inflationary if the economic cami doesn't pick up then they have to print more and more money to cover the the budget deficit shortfalls they have which again is inflationary so they really don't have much choice the only thing they can do is raise rates but if they do that they're going to kill all the homeowners in the u.s. who are underwater on their mortgages so there's really not much more bernanke you can say frankly on friday than was already been so. how does the market saw anticipating ben bernanke you speak let's have a look at those figures oil prices a trading flat to negative despite fears that are can i really could just dropped refinery production on the east coast of the u.s. and gold just fly out to balls to some of those still heading for weekly decline

snapping its longest winning streak in four years silver is setting up one percent . across asia stocks are trading in a tight range investors seem to be unwilling to make strong moves ahead of the us federer is that conference some buy and saw pressure with dial security is down over two percent in tokyo in hong kong strong earnings report industrial and commercial bank of china it's the three of the three percent. and one hour ahead of the opening bell in moscow the russian markets and trading session in the red both my supposed one percent as you can see. russia which is have been struggling to find any positive momentum. gas from banks all eyes of course will be on the fed's comments on fighting evening. go thinking in any sharp movements will happen just because more or less. all the market is expecting nothing sensational to come out

of the given day or the night and in that circumstances with all the will if you will to look at this month and other things sort of apples to end of august people of occasions and then these nine eleven coming as well which some people in the way off so i think before all that will pass the way the markets will be lazy to say the least of course you can expect some you know some news or all kind of you but i think you should not be a major dreamt up words of don boards. at least since you'll know next two weeks from now. russia turns out to be quite a hot spot when it comes to advertising media agency qur'an says the country's advertising market will grow seventeen percent this year three times last of them the global one and lists note that companies sold the world to cutting spending on promotion because of in certain times while but russia is an exception with growth rates before me forecasts. that's all the time for now you're up to date more

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welcome back to what you know if you live from moscow these are the top stories the u.n. calls for restraint in libya amid reports of abuses and alleged summary killings by both rebels and gadhafi forces there's also concern the country's chemical weapons could fall into the wrong hands in the bloody civil war. france struggles to balance the books as stagnating growth and surging dad bring about government cuts there are fears public outrage could soon spill out into the streets. and the caucuses republican because he is electing a new leader and that vote triggered by the death of its president a lot is at stake for the new had of state as a country still recovering from its long and violent struggle for independence from georgia. those are the outlines now.