let me on the russian capital you're watching r.t. i'm marina joshie welcome to the program the u.n. has called for restraint in libya and reports of abuses and alleged summary killings by both rebels and gadhafi loyalists the security council has 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 a largely under its control while the national transitional council says it's moved from its stronghold of benghazi to the capital there are reports of heavy resistance by cut off the forces of the colonel's whereabouts still unknown and while get out u.s. air and another radio message claiming he is fighting on the front line nato has denied bringing us reports that it's assisting the rebels in the hunt to find him investigative journalist webster tarpley says even though the war in levy is far from over and nato could soon shift its attention eastwards. dodgy was supposed to

fall in march he has essentially gummed up the works he has assumed the blocking position of be the nato subversion machine and he's kept them tied up for six or seven months if gadhafi 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 a naval station a card 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 movies but i think right now we're looking at a very long war in libya let's compare to die. 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 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 it's monitoring libyan sides containing stockpiles of chemical weapons and is pledging to prevent them from falling into the wrong hands at stop the arsenals include tons of mustard gas and raw uranium as artie's laura reports that's causing concern with some rebel factions said to have been infiltrated by islamic extremist. 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 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 muammar gadhafi 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 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 ominous 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 these 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 your best option at this point 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 of 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 the majority of the people who are fighting muslim extremists so how that the two is going to be with those people are about the movement of chemical i believe the post would be more proper i'm i think than that. if you there are some indications nato is considering putting peacekeeping troops on the ground in libya regional experts warned that 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. while syria is also believed to possess massive stocks of chemical weapons the ongoing unrest in the country coupled with international political pressure is only

fueling fears for global security leonard spector from the center for nonproliferation studies says the weapon as 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 at 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. you're watching r t coming to live from moscow still ahead for you this hour a progress report from the experts tried to establish the cause of russia's unmanned spacecraft crash will look into how it will affect the crew at the international space station who've been awaiting vital supplies. and discover how people in a central russian region are taking the initiative back into their own hands to change their communities for the better. their richest sector of french society

are pledging another three percent of their annual income to help the country battle its deepening debt crisis that's has the french prime minister announces some twelve billion euro worth of cuts alongside gloomy forecast for growth but as our daniel bushell explains the move could be too little too late with fears social unrest could follow. france enjoys a triple a credit rating for now one of the ploys debt ratios among the world's top rated states many investors bet on it to follow the u.s. and be downgraded just repaying interest on its debt this year has overtaken education and defense as the government's biggest spend was just mr circles he's presided over the biggest jump in debt levels in our history books that carry too much water. or. france has gone above the tolerance limits of

hooted prime minister as he explained a new round of spending cuts this week but economists fear things is so bad those cuts go nowhere near enough you can compare it with people saying we're going to buy a lumber genie and they only buy a porsche and they call that austerity doctors warned france these huge debt burden is bringing truly under-investment in schools and hospitals. hitting. winter and. computers. very old. equipment old fashioned. out of the situations explosive say experts and frauds could be next to witness roy it's like those in britain with deprived regions the likely spark the inner part of cities and the suburbs. are certainly segregated to very high extent far more so than say or in germany

so yes unrest could come from the suburbs and spread through nicolas sarkozy's flying a fall from france as he can on budget they taze pacific island of new caledonia with students planning street protests over the cuts he's left the job of presenting them to his prime minister to let them take the. four and hopefully unions students retirees can march directly in protest against their ministers while he's bathing in the sun because these absence 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. the caucuses republican he is electing a new leader following the recent death of its president sarah gave adoption after cancer treatment all comes as a country faces

a number of challenges in the wake of its long fight for the panels from neighboring georgia artie's tom barr joins us from the republic's capitol so home tom as we know it's a very young a state so to what degree is this presidential vote firing the imagination of people their water the expectations. people are going to polling stations across the capital so who manned across the the tiny republic of abkhazia and they're voting for one of three candidates they're currently ones we've asked anyway they're keeping their choices quite close to their chest but they certainly do seem to be turning up in this presidential vote for the future of their tiny republic the reason for this election is the death of surrogate the previous president quite suddenly on may the twenty ninth leaving a vacuum of power at the top and three contenders now want to try and lead their

country in place the first alexander is the vice president he says he's very grateful for russia's recognition of cars years independence in two thousand and eight and he thinks though that should not be in vain that this tiny and young republic should try and stand on its own two feet surrogates shambo is the second can do that. he said that also that he is grateful for the recognition that the country's got and they can use this chance to try and focus on building up its economy role how jim the third candidate is a former vice president and he's the most critical of what he sees as over dependence on russia many international observers have come to try and look at this election to see if it's fair and how it's being conducted from the region from europe and from further abroad we got a chance to speak to a representative of the swiss parliament who was here earlier. when i was invited

to. have a very quick reaction from the georgian always says oh no don't go zero but my impression is good can exactly you support what you're doing here you know because you're fighting for your so far into your tone of independence democracy appreciates the context of this country than ours the people are fighting for the freedom. well john speaking of people and looking ahead in a sense what hopes are spinning on their new leader. but i think marina they'll be hoping for quite a lot one refers to one of the things they'll be her hoping for refers to what a member of the swiss parliament just said is that georgia didn't want many observers to come there trying to stop them and he was referring to the fact that georgia still thinks. it was part of its territory that also.

matches in with this being a very special day for many cars ians it is this day three years ago that russian president dmitri medvedev gave his recognition to this to this tiny republic in the caucasus and the real catalyst for that was in august two thousand and eight when george attacked another small republic to the east of here south of setia georgia didn't attack. in that war but georgian troops were pushed out of cars in territory however that comes at the end of a very long and a very bloody struggle for independence for a cause you're really starting after the collapse of the soviet union in one thousand nine hundred one and to this area was a battlefield for a long time and the result of all that fighting is the immense damage to the infrastructure of this this small republic a lot of the people here are going to want their next president to help build that back up again it used to be a very famous soviet holiday resort and it's very famous for growing fruit here

those are two major sectors in the economy that are going to need real pumping up despite the five hundred million dollars in the past three years of aid from russia they're still very weak because we need the new president whoever he may be to try and bolster that and make sure this country doesn't just rely on the fact that it had a struggle for independence. tom thanks very much indeed for bringing us the subject from. reporting there. you're watching r.t. live from moscow and we are broadcasting very twenty four hours a day plus you can watch the news you wind. when you wanted on our web site r.t. dot com but here's a quick look at what we've got lined up on line for you now. new york police and the cia are slammed for racial profiling and discrimination as it emerges they collected intelligence on muslims in undercover operations. as superstar

signing cameroon stride girls some yell at those arrives in russia to join dagestani side with a half day celery to boot all the details about r.t. dot com. and emergency crews have so far failed to find the wreckage of the unmanned russian spacecraft that crashed on a 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 launch it crashed in southern siberia triggering fears it's toxic fuel could be dangerous for locals and the environment so far there are no reports of any such damage investigators 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 are to sean thomas now takes a closer look at what exactly happened with the progress spacecraft and the implications of the crash for the isis crew. 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 and then they communicate with that third stage and it's that third stage which propels the 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 the necessary items for every crew member on board. sean thomas reporting there let's take a look at some other stories from around the world a state of emergency has been declared in many parts of america's east coast were 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 battered the bahamas and the caribbean causing huge destruction as well as flooding and power cuts. an attack on a casino in northern mexico has left at least fifty three people dead and twelve injured armed man broke into the building in the city of monterrey and doused the facilities with a flammable liquid witnesses said the heard three explosions before the fire started it was one of mexico's deadliest attacks since president calderón launched

his offensive against drug cartels five years ago. japan's prime minister has announced his resignation clearing the way for the country's sixth premier in five years now to caen has been under fire for his response to the massive earthquake and tsunami earlier this year and the radiation crisis that followed among the potential successors are the current foreign finance and trade ministers and you premier will face a number of challenges including rebuilding from the devastation of problems caused by the strong yen which is holding back economic recovery. witching hour to live from moscow now it's time for the latest in our close up series where we explore undiscovered parts of russia. and today we are in the kirov region it's famous for its natural beauty and

stunning countryside as we explore the region are to have explains how people there are taking matters into their own hands as they tackle local problems. social logical surveys regularly show that russians are more concerned with practical problems with social issues 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 politically pressing problems of infrastructure problems of providing services so here with a limited budget they have come up with an innovative way of solving the most pressing issues they got what they are asked for two slides of sand bank and it beach i might not seem like much but for a small community in the kunar of region they've become a leisure hotspot there 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 so the regional government introduced a local initiative scheme when they heard of it the village club together and applied for a grown from a special fund with the beach was laid. the thing is a pretty fifty people who were consulted over the decision to go there and i think as a result people are crafted this property properly. of micro projects jointly by the world bank and the cure of administration they provide about two thirds of the money while local citizens have to fund the rest often go around houses to collect the cash nearly two hundred micro projects will be built in this region by the end of the year. we want to change people's attitudes instead of expecting things done for them we want them to take initiative we are giving power. this might look like a women's institute meeting in a village hall. all 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 these projects the unlike other projects the financing of the road is completely transparent we know were admirable has gone. the village of color chickie has just over a thousand residents several hundred of them petty criminals serving their time in a labor colony that has one poorly stuck shop and for every road that builds good turns more that need to be repaired. or 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 either i'd never. hear of region. i

we are out today for the moment let's see what's happening in the world of business . hello and a very warm welcome to the business program there were hours 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 killing watching the federal reserve's annual meeting in jackson hole they'll be looking for him step the money printing press will once again be start it however to mccutcheon from a vocal gold believes the fat has fired its ammunition and all it's got left blanks . all of the money has already been printed there's already massive cash reserves both outside the us on a corporate level as well as at the federal reserve bank. and their own balance sheet when they bought up all 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 commie doesn't pick up then they go 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 what's already been said. which brings us to the markets oil prices a flat just fears that harken i read could just drop refinery production on the east coast of the u.s. goal just to positive this salvo was still how do you for a weekly declines not think its longest winning streak and for here is shutting down to half a percent and across asia starts trading in a tight range and that's just seem to be unwilling to make strong moves ahead of the us federal reserve conference. brush with dial security is down two percent in

tokyo in hong kong strong earnings report boosted industrial and commercial bank of china up over three percent. let's see what's happening in europe and of course everyone isn't just beijing found very few speech in jackson hole at six pm moscow time and as you can see the sea the decks are flat the sea which had been boys in the past three sessions by speculation that the u.s. may opt for further stimulus into the economy on thursday let's see what's going to happen to the kids today richard. parsons same picture here in moscow both the r.t.s. and the my six slightly in the red top to seeing some gains in the first minutes of trading. let's have a look at some of the individual sure moves on the market six most oil majors are down the solid well this point eight percent in the red wild is written off a cent and still make a serious dollars also down just by posting

a sixteen percent rise in second quarter profits. russia turns out to be quite a hot sport when it comes to advertising media agency korat says the country's advertising market will grow seventeen percent this year that's three times faster than the global one and lists note that companies all over the world are cutting spending on promotion well that's because of uncertain time but russia is an exception with growth rates before we all costs. ok that's it you're up to date more business news in lost time.

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don't come. welcome back you are watching our team live from moscow these are the top stories the u.n. calls for restraint in levy amid reports of abuses an 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 our fear is public outrage could soon spill out into the streets. and in the caucuses republic of a posse is electing a new leader in a vote triggered by the death of its president a lot as a stake for the new head of state as a country still recovering from its long and violent struggle for independence from georgia. i'll be back at the top of the hour.