in the. nato bombs target market of his bunker in his hometown in libya described claims the coalition is not involved in helping rebels hunt down that's as concerns grow about who will get their hands on the country's weapons of mass destruction. and here in the libyan capital kabul send in special units to and dunk the coffee while they try to establish full control of the city and over the country for more joint even if notion of from tripoli in just a few moments. a wave of fresh air and sea government fury erupts in syria as more of its forces respond with crackdowns claiming that fighting. gloomy forecast for economic growth in france despite the country announcing new

austerity measures of twelve billion euros cuts and tax cuts for the rich. and the republic up cause your vote for a new president through much of the country lying in ruins after years of struggling to make independence from. international news income and life from my headquarters in moscow where it's now just past eight pm and six pm in libya where british tornado jets of five cruise missiles that colonel gadhafi is command and control bunker in his hometown of sirte it comes despite natures previous denials that it would assist rebels in the hunt for the libyan leader and u.n. calls to arrest the leader not kill him all of these were financial reports now from tripoli. gadhafi still remains the goal number one for the rebels and since

the beginning of the commission here in the libyan capital tripoli we've been hearing numerous reports and we've been here in numerous statements by leaders all of the rebels that his whereabouts first as you remember they've announced that they catch captured say for his son and then it turns out that he actually hasn't been captured then we've been receiving information that the rebels know where gadhafi is here in tripoli and they have been sad that they've cornered khadafi and they spin headlines. many international news channels for quite a while but it actually didn't end with any concrete detail and concrete success and today as well we are receiving reports that the rebels have flooded the streets of tripoli trying to hunt down khadafy what we saw while driving from the tunisian libyan border to the capital tripoli differs a lot from what we used to see here june and july when the western part of the

country had been controlled by gadhafi forces. flags. waving everywhere and all the buildings all the walls covered with profit is. arabic english and french are welcome to new libya welcome to freely meanwhile reminders of the recent battles everywhere we've seen many bands and tanks burned cars actually we've also got a feeling that the rebels are the only people left in the because of the speeches we've been driving through loot abandoned angela go cities and the rebels are now facing many many problems. litter is of the rebels have repeatedly been talking about elections and constitutional changes but actually that's that's not easy because if there is a huge problem in libya structure this country is home to at least two thousand tribes and financial problems because the country's economy is structured. have been badly affected following six months of fighting but as far as we know un

pledged to release one point by billions of dollars in aid to help the rebels to rebuild this. country meanwhile there are skeptics who are saying already that will be difficult to control exactly where this money goes and whether this money goes to actually what was supposed to go and actually this is not the only concern about the rebels. tripoli a city in chaos there's constant gunfire both aggressive and celebrate three and on the outskirts of the capital stockpiles of chemical weapons nature you know very little about the people who might come to power. tripoli to know if you've got this cache of weapons of mass destruction that people really don't know what. and if this is falling into the families of 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 these governments that's both good and bad news following a series of meetings in two thousand and three moammar 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 agreed that he wouldn't use all move 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 he's cry victory or martyrdom will strike an ominous note to those who know of his weapons potential given the violations of. national territory of libya by needle and rebel forces i think that idea that human. and so these types of these agreements would be off the table at this point and certainly

he was called as seen 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. but the alternative rebel control of chemical weapons is arguably worse according to many some of the rebel factions have links to al qaida arab 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. people who are fighting muslim extremists how do you think is going to be with those people after that a model of chemical i believe. would be more problematic than that. there are some indications nato is considering putting peacekeeping troops on the ground in libya we general experts warn 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 w m d armed islamic extremists and it. all from our perspective we can cross a live q. from. the director and founder of the french center for intelligence studies joins us from there thank you very much indeed for being with us here in r.t. in our reports suggest that tripoli has seen the worst bloodshed since the beginning of the uprising so it therapy is weak and cornered as they claim how come there's still such strong resistance at the moment. think it's really strong resistance to see you as always a lot of people is going to help because you know last of all the western media they are not we scarcely but they are not against the past month there have been very boring from nato. beings and because this is the book mission are protected in

the eastern media and we are protected so they have received a lot of money from the west some to do so is not to do this is why they don't take him didn't take any action against kathy but they were not involved with the insurgents for the past week so what happens next eric if it actually does go with the law let's see that there's no future for them and put down their arms or could priests see prolonged guerrilla warfare no i don't think so of course we could have some gear in that war for in the coming months but i think that kathy is no longer the problem the problem is the car also is going to happen in the coming weeks because all the problems between the traffic the people who want to have the power work and all sorts of problems between the western and eastern media are going to increase state by state and fred from the mid september this situation is going to be very very worse so you don't think the n.p.c. will obviously united in opposition against gadhafi will be able to retain that unity and then the national transitional council as new means. to control

libya because most of the people of the m.d.c. are members of the eastern libya they are absolutely not represent a people of the countries and i'm afraid the nation there don't send people there to protect the unity of the country going to see very quickly a partition and a real very very bad situation but you were there though in libya didn't want to stick a couple of weeks ago and you were engaged i understand it work over the draft of a new constitution that sounds quite optimistic to me i mean if you're doing that does that not suggest that people will be getting what they've been fighting for. i'm not sure that because i know that the people they don't know like they're fighting for the other all of the different a group of the c.m.t. and the libyan people are fighting for different reasons that people from eastern libya want to do to fight to find again there are to me. huh. british from the from tripoli you are also at least. one to two to create

a new. radical islamic emirate in libya you have so many different vision in this organization. but it's impossible for the who for to conceal to be responsible government of the divided country and also if you are involved in the constitution are you concerned well of all the translation of it but what about it being implemented and actually being in force i'm talking about normal the way without a police force for example a lot of yes the company in the new you can see something is more important and the fact that the article member of the of the charter of the council explicitly declare out that the sharia will be the source of the juridical system of the of the future leader on one side you have people who are talking about the election about democracy freedom but on the other side they are going back to the strongest

position concerning a radical islamist so i think it's very very very rewarding of course if you're a low elements of which is exactly what the west would want to see there in libya and. the kind of situation but i think the problem is coming from the from the u.s. policy because who we used to see in france that they out of a secret agreement with the able from. just on the jihad is from the old days for arrests and the sharia is for you know so they are they really want them to get back to leave yet because they prefer to have these camps in libya have been in iraq and they accept that they do what they want to do in libya. just fine condition they want to of all the. let me you mention the u.s. their latest media reports at the moment that we're reading are suggesting that get that he had actually been seeking a diplomatic solution in fear of a full scale u.s. invasion quite a while ago. and apparently his efforts were actually ignored by washington do you

see any credence to that and if so why would washington ignore it. it's very difficult to do you see because you have so many different accurate in the in the u.s. policy we don't know exactly who takes the lead and i don't think it's. probably state department thought the other white i was they are different opinion on this on this crisis as we are in france or so but. we believe that they decided not to support get a feeling maybe two years ago and they prefer to stay by step. the situation between face now was not you can hey watch in france yourself when you make a french involvement in all of this and in what way does it benefit in the long run i don't know i think if this situation is going to be if the strain would be as a good situation i think it is good it is very good to be a very good operation for president sarkozy got out. of the french version was only . going to say only he had drive by the person of interest of president sarkozy to

be reelected in two thousand and twelve but we don't doubt that they really instructed interest to get to go into libya this week and just briefly with france involvement with nato of course spearheading that campaign. well although it's not all over yet can this be regarded as a victory for later. yes it's a military victory for nato i say it's a technically tactically and politically a victory for nato a good in my opinion it's a it's strategically speaking it's a defeat because we have seen it's not only. i'm looking for the what if we can we do we do need to do the you don't respect international law and from the beginning they decide not to respect the resolution the. condition resolution and. so i think if we if we're going to when you travel in the i mean in north america and in the third world more and more you are people who are exasperated with the way that the west and western countries are doing what is really wrong with the international

world eric really good to talk to you thanks so much for your considered thoughts on this eric going to say there's a rich and founder of the french center for intelligence studies joining us live in france thank you time thank you. well of course you can express your opinion on the situation in libya by going to our web site and participating in our latest poll and as you can see there on screen today we're asking what's coming up next for the libyan people will so far almost half believe they face a slow war for years to come the prediction power and oil in the hands of time to line the pockets is the second most popular response i can see there at the moment and some of you say that diplomats will take it from here and therefore victory is needed because to hear what you have to say log on to our team got khan. turning to syria now where thousands of people are once again taken to the streets in protest against president bashar al assad's regime the government has responded with force allegedly killing a number of demonstrators are going to go has the latest now from the syrian capital. the reason for the crackdown is the government says it's because there

have been armed groups infiltrating syria from a very southern countries including places like iraq or saudi arabia and they say those armed groups are behind it are behind those who are protesting against the change of the regime now we did speak to some people who would not talk to us from camera who did say that fortunately there is some grain of truth to that that the armed gangs which the government just talking about have sort of developed the strategy of when they come behind the protesters who are protesting. the the current regime and they start shooting and then the armed forces the police are starting to shoot back as a result of these protesters who are stuck in between a rock and a hard place and they're the ones dying and this is this is what's happening according to those people who have been to the protests and also going to the policemen who do not like i said who do not want to talk on camera so in fact the

situation in syria is very volatile and it's basically hanging by a thread because unfortunately and this is the cries of for a change of governments admits the cries for reforms to be implemented unfortunately there is also a secretary and violence which is starting to come up and is starting to shine through unfortunately there has been a lot of religious tension in the country as of late and this is a country which is not used to that so what we're facing right now at this point is is a pos is the possibility of another a libyan scenario breaking out in this middle eastern country. if you're most going the way this is picking the new president you can find out what voters in the republican because you are expecting from the new leader who will succeed the late president. europe's spreading debt crisis is threatening to drop in france as the government announces new austerity measures amid concerns it could lose its triple a credit rating and you deficit reducing

package will see some twelve billion euros worth of cuts plus a three percent tax hike for the rich because it is daniel bushell explains the move could be too little too late with fears social unrest is around the corner. france enjoys a triple a credit rating but now to treat one of the joys debt ratios among the world's top rated states many visitors 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. mr so causes presided over the biggest jump and levels in our history books that courage too much water. france is going to the tolerance limit it's a prime minister i see explained the new road of spending cuts this week but economists fear things are so bad those cuts go nowhere near enough and you can compare it with people saying we're going to buy lumber gini and they only buy

porsche and they call that heresy doctors warn frauds these huge hits burton is bringing crudely under-investment in schools and hospitals. getting. into. computers. fashion. 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 in the or in germany so yes unrest can come from the suburbs and spread through nicolas sarkozy's flying a fall from france as he can all project day to his pacific island of new caledonia

with students climbing street protests over the cuts he's left the job of presenting them to his prime minister to let them take the. for hopefully unions students. can march directly and protest against their ministers while he's behaving in a certain sort because these absence this time of crisis rights leading newspaper le figaro may be clip of politically but his failure to tackle because troubles now could be creating even greater problems for the future of. the pirates. world news in brief for you now it's a very new twenty minutes past the hour first we go to nigeria paper at least sixteen people have been killed after a car bomb attack outside the united nations main office in the capital of bridges and dozens were injured witnesses say a car drove through the security gates as guards tried to stop the vehicle and smashed into the building which houses nearly four hundred employees at last

happened in the same area where the u.s. embassy and other diplomatic posts indicate it but they say islamist militants could be behind. france prime minister has formally announced his resignation paving the way to the country six leader in five years as move follows nationwide criticism of his response to the devastating earthquake and tsunami that took place in march and triggered a nuclear crisis at the fukushima plant the twin natural disasters claimed the lives of more than fifteen thousand people with survivors complaining about slow recovery efforts new leader of the ruling democratic party will most likely become japan's next prime minister will be chosen on monday. at least fifty three people have been killed in an arson attack at a casino in the mexican city of monterrey a gunman burst into the venue sprayed it with fuel and set it on fire one hundred staff and customers were present at the time many people were trapped inside and choked on smoke authorities suspect the attack which was one of the deadliest for

several years was connected to organized crime. but the voting has come to a close in a car which is electing a new leader following the death of its president so you back up she passed away in may having led his country for more than six years in a struggle to retain hard won independence from georgia. is in the cards in capital for us. three candidates have stepped in to try and take his place the vice president the prime minister and the former vice president all of them at the moment strong contenders it's not known well whether there is a lead contender at the moment as far as russia is concerned russia plays a big role here in helping to maintain the stability of the region they say that none of those no those kinds of this really of a very russian know very particularly over pro russian they wouldn't really have a problem with any of those candidates having having one so it's yet to be seen

what what will happen tomorrow as to who will win this whole contest watched also by many international observers at the moment a cause is independence it's recognized by only five countries in the world but there are representatives of twenty seven countries here to watch these elections some indication perhaps of the interest in the elections here and also of the fact that georgia's calls the people for observers not to cover what she's elections georgia still considers. to be part of its territory for known on some deaf ears twenty seven countries worth of death is we talked to one of those foreign observers earlier a representative of the swiss. when i was invited to. have a very quick reaction from the georgian always says oh no don't the girls are over my impression is good it can be exactly the support what you're doing here you know

because you're fighting for your syringe your brand and your press he appreciates the context of this country and hours of the people are fighting for the freedom georgia still claims a cause and south set it to the east to be part of georgia and so technically at least there is still a threat military threat to the into. of this small caucasus republic there's also five thousand russian troops helping to protect. so in both the sense of its territorial integrity and in terms of its economic strength the country has a long way to go it's hope that the next president will go a long way towards fulfilling those dreams. of a more new stores and videos you can go to a website it's r t don't come on line all the time here's what's there at the moment should you know go on the prosecution because of alleged victim who suffers a serious blow as a judge rules that statements the russian made before his extradition to the us

were coworkers. and also that on the website to the core read all the details in the news at the washington monument the world's tallest but it was cracked when a quake shook the eastern seaboard of america. well we have a recap of our top stories we shortly before that the business news with marina max . hello and welcome to the business here on i see the markets have been waiting with bated breath for the chairman of the federal reserve to outline how. the u.s. economy and by implication of course of the world economy but ben bernanke's speech

from jackson hole proved to be an anti-climax he signaled knowing your moves and that the fed would not be cranking up the princeton process for two or three of the last fall and investment strategist for our capital believes bernanke he did a good job. if i fail to disappoint both the pessimists timely optimists and given that the given that the the world's financial markets are really been focusing on this speech now for most of this week to get it just about right and i don't leave from our kids moving very rapidly in one direction of the other was probably the balance you wanted to get actually i think we're going to switch a look to where the problem really exists right now which is in europe so they'll be watching europe next week and to see whether bond markets in europe continue to react as badly as they have been in recent weeks if that happens then without putting piece standing behind to make some positive statements and i think you could see some further weakness of the markets what mr bernanke he was pointing out

in the speech actually is that now you need to see something more from the government from fiscal policy you need to see help with mortgages in the u.s. you need to see structural reforms it's not enough just to print more dollars and help the hope that by printing more dollars you're going to print your way out of the current mess the problem in the us is fiscal and structural and i think that's where this debate and he is hoping that the government will now focus. but let's have a look at the markets we'll start with the well one says there are mixed feelings fears hurricane irene could disrupt refinery production on the east coast of the last goal this came in slightly as the fab has coughed marks of monetary easing some late september early on had earlier traded as high as eighteen hundred dollars an ounce when expectations were nine to put himself further economics than the u.s. and the us economy. tell us about what's happened what gives us stocks they opened the lower part of ben bernanke and speech they have now made

a comeback and wrestlers have also been reacting to it all because they were up on consumer sentiment which turned out to be slightly higher but still sells out rifle faith in the u.s. and we see that dow has now slipped back into the right one and a half percent. when the european stocks closed in their right they managed to recover some of the losses after the cuts chairman said the central bank has tools if necessary to bolster the economy and let's take a look at what's happening here in russia well both the my sex and the arts yes up close in the black the arts yes at a point eight percent on my six at a just over one percent this is a look at something the vigil share moves on the my sex fertilizer and crowing game one percent effort almost tripled first half net profits meanwhile still maker and run cables down the company post a thirteen million dollars net profit in the second quarter of the year but it was well below expectations and the other theories are serious thought it was in the

most it's a sad story after posting a sixteen percent rise in second quarter profits but there were also below forecast . brochures export duty on the oil will increase six dollars to four hundred forty four dollars per ton in september on thursday prime minister putin signaled bush's new products exploit the regime and this is intended to increase investment in refining and hope avoid a repetition of the few shorts averse we saw earlier this year. that's all the business news for now the headlines are next with bill. the.

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