to be recognized as an independent state. international news or comment live from our headquarters in moscow where it's now just past ten pm and eight pm in libya where british tornado jets of cruise missiles that colonel gadhafi is command and control bunker in his hometown of sirte comes despite nato his 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 but he's more of a notion the reports now from tripoli. he still remains the goal number one for the rebels and since the beginning of the peroration here in the libyan capital tripoli we've been hearing numerous reports and we've been hearing numerous statements by the leaders of the rebels that these whereabouts first as you remember they've announced that they catch captured say full islam gadhafi is son and then it turns

out that he actually hasn't been captured then we've been receiving information that the rebels no way could duffy's here in tripoli and they even sad that they've cornered khadafi and that that's been had lines so many international news channels for quite a while but it actually didn't and with any concrete detail and can create a 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 in june and july when the western part of the country had been controlled by cut off his forces new leaders flags. waving everywhere and all the buildings all the walls covered with graffiti say in arabic english and. range the welcome to new libya welcome to freely meanwhile remind us

of the recent battles everywhere we've seen many tanks burned cars actually we've also got a feeling that the rebels are the only people left in legal recourse that the cities we've been driving through looked abandoned empty like go cities. meanwhile the pentagon says it's monitoring libyan sites containing stockpiles of chemical weapons but cannot guarantee the arsenals will end up in the right hands it's thought they include tons of mustard gas and raw uranium and reports that's causing concern with some rebel factions said to have been infiltrated by islamic extremists. tripoli a city in chaos there's constant gunfire both aggressive and celebration and on the outskirts of the capital stockpiles of chemical weapons nato know very little about the people who might come to power. tripoli so now if you've got this cache of

weapons of mass destruction that again people really don't know what. 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 moammar gadhafi agreed to allow weapons inspectors inside 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 or 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. grievance 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 at any rate but the alternative rebel control of chemical weapons is arguably worse according to many some of the rebel factions have links to al-qaeda 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 knew that the majority of the people who are fighting for muslim extremists or how the people is going to be with those people are about remove all of them and i believe their post will 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 armed islamic extremists. and there is the director and founder of the french center for intelligence studies returned from libya a few weeks ago where he was helping the national council to draft a new constitution but he fears the basis of the document could provoke the rise of islamic extremism in the country. the fact that the article remember one of the. that the shoddy out will be the source of the juridical system of the future levy on one side us 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 a very very very their war and i think the problem is coming from the from the u.s. policy because who we used to seen friends that the secret agreement with the people from. the dead is from. all these forests and the sharia is for you so they are they really want them to get back to leave yeah because they prefer to leave them in iraq and they accept that they do what they want to do in libya. just one condition they want. and you can express your opinion on the situation in libya by going to our website and participating in our latest poll let's have a look at the results so far and screen well today we're asking what's coming up next for the libyan people and so far off if you believe that they face a slow war for years to come the prediction power an oil in their hands time to

line up pockets is the second most popular response and some of you say that diplomats will take it from here and the full victory is you could hear what you have to say dot com to express your point of view. turning to syria now where thousands of people are once again taking to the streets in protest against president bashar al assad's regime the government has responded with force allegedly killing a number of demonstrators. 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 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 on camera who did say that fortunately there is some grain of truth to that the armed gangs which the government to stalking about sort of developed the strategy of when

they come behind the protesters who are protesting 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 are the ones dying and this is this is what's happening according to those people who have been to the protests and also according to the policeman who did 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 amidst the cries for change of government and minutes the cries for reforms to be implemented fortunately there is also 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 of pasta is the possibility of a vid another libyan scenario breaking out in this middle eastern country what the government says is obviously not enough to convince the international consumers and

everybody else along with the world that what they're actually trying to solve the situation gets they have done away with the emergency rule which has been in place since the sixty's but there is more that needs to be done a lot of people are saying that they need jobs they need greater freedoms more human rights which they say are being violated the u.s. has implemented sanctions against the country of russia has been cautious in its approach off the situation in syria russian president has. basically said that it's a syrian problem and the syrians have to deal with it that means that russia does not want to see the scenario which has been playing out in libya to play out in syria and the people who are in the country will have to deal with it on their own without intervention from nato or the united states or any other country. and in addition to reporting there on the way this hour here in our team picking the new president you can notice in the cars you expecting from their leader who will

succeed the late president reagan. still to come to first europe's spreading debt crisis is threatening to draw in france as the government announces new austerity measures amid concerns it could lose its aaa credit rating the new deficit reducing package will see some twelve billion euros worth of cuts plus a three percent tax hike for the rich resulted daniel bushell now explains the move could be too little too late with is social unrest is around the corner. france enjoys a triple a credit rating for now one of the toys 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 causes presided over the biggest jump in debt levels in our history books that carry too much water . or. france has gone above the tolerance limit admitted prime

minister as explained you rolled up spending cuts this week but to call them is fear things. those cuts go nowhere near enough you can compare it with people saying we're going to buy a lamborghini and buy a porsche and they call that austerity doctors board for all these huge debts burden is bringing crudely of the reverse mint in schools and hospitals. hitting. current. computer. equipment fashion. the situations explosive say experts. and friends could be next to witness routes like those in britain deprived regions like the inner part of cities and the suburbs. are certainly

segregated to very high extent. or in germany so yes from the suburbs and spread through. because these flying is full from france as he turned over to his pacific island of new caledonia with students climbing street protests over the cuts he's left the job of presenting a bill to his prime minister let them take the flak for it and hopefully unions students. can march directly and protest against the ministers in the sun because these absence in this time of crisis rights leading newspaper le figaro may be clip of politically but his failure to tackle the country's troubles now could be creating even greater problems for the future. we will world markets have taken in their stride the news that u.s.

federal reserve chairman ben bernanke has said no new steps will be introduced to boost the economy well let's cross live now to all this is testifying more rain is there not exactly what the markets were hoping for there wasn't no it wasn't bill investors were really hoping to hear about ben bernanke they were announced new measures that would help the u.s. economy and one of those measures would be a third round of money printing because last year at the same meeting was when he announced that two and investors were hoping that that would help change things around so but even though this is one thing is for investors the markets did bounce back european markets did close in the red but the limits of their losses and american markets and made a complete comeback and they're now trading in positive and of course russian markets also closed in the black. but i have all the figures for you n business shortly ok thanks a lot marina yes more from marina little later this is our t.v. coverage you live from the russian capital time now to update you on more world

news this hour in our world update first to nigeria where at least sixteen people have been killed after a car bomb attack outside the united nations' main office in the capital of a butcher 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 the blast happened in the same area where the u.s. embassy and other diplomatic posts are located and police say islamist militants could be behind the attack. japan's prime minister has formally announced his resignation paving the way for the country's sixth leader in five years his 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 between natural disasters claimed the lives of more than fifteen thousand people with survivors complaining about slow recovery efforts a new leader of the ruling democratic party who 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 government burst into the venue sprayed it with fuel and set it on fire around 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 also the world update seven states along the east coast of the u.s. including new york have declared an emergency in anticipation of the arrival of hurricane irene hundreds of thousands of both locals and tourists have been evacuated from its path president obama has alleged americans to take precautions and to follow evacuation orders the storm traveling from the bahamas has already caused havoc in the caribbean as we can. slightly on friday but forceful winds of up to one hundred ten miles per hour are still forecast. and they're voting has come to

a close in a cause which is electing a new leader following the death of its president. passed away in may having led his country for more than six years during which time it managed to gain international recognition and is in the capital for. 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 most of those candidates really are a very anti russian all very particularly over pro russian they wouldn't really have a problem with any of those kind of it's having having one so it's yet to be seen what will happen tomorrow as to who will win this whole contest watched also by many international observers at the moment of cars 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 the fact that georgia's calls for people for observers not to come to watch these elections georgia still considers. to be part of its territory for an on on some deaf ears twenty seven countries worth of deaf ears we talked to one of those foreign observers earlier a representative of the swiss couple. when i was invited to. have. a very quick reaction from the georgian always says oh no don't the girls are about my impression is good they can exactly. you support what you're doing here you know because you're fighting for your silver into your to independence democracy appreciates of the context of this country the people are fighting for the freedom

. people are going to want a lot from the next president primarily rebuilding and restructuring the country after a long fight for independence from from georgia since the collapse of the soviet union right up until two thousand and eight when the independence was recognized by russia however all that fighting has left its main industries tourism and culture in a pretty poor state and that's could be the main priority for the next president to try and get this country economically at least back on its feet georgia still claims. to be part of georgia and so technically at least there is still a threat a military threat to the integrity of this small caucasus republic there's also five thousand russian troops there 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. reporting now now it's time for our latest close up series where we venture to undiscovered parts of russia. and today we're in the kit of region had snow caves around a thousand kilometers east of where i'm sitting here in moscow in the city of get off is a renowned cultural center famous for its own art and in a ray of museums and theaters as we explore the region are explains how communities there are taking matters into their own hands in tackling local problems. they got what they asked for two slides a sandbank and it be child might not seem like much but for a small community in the cure 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't get a place in 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 until 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 late. for fear of a brick if people who were consulted over those it was our decision to build it and i think as a result people look after this property properly the idea of micro projects was thought up 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 round houses to collect the cash nearly two hundred micro projects will be built in this region by the end of the year just a little on your 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. 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. the village of color cheeky 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 built there it turns more that need to be repaired. one 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've never artsy care of region. well for more news stories and

videos go to our website it's not a dot com here's more on line there right now at the moment the prosecution in the case of alleged russian arms dealer rick to boot suffers a serious blow as a judge rules that statements he made before his extradition to the u.s. were coerced. we saw a lot of you the moment rocked to the core you can read all the details in the news at the washington monument the borders of this was cracked when a recent earthquake shook the eastern seaboard of america. for nearly twenty four minutes past the hour with a recap of all news in just a few minutes for you in the meantime business news is next with marina.

hello and welcome to business here on r t the markets have been waiting with bad old breath for the chairman of the federal reserve to outline how it would rescue the u.s. economy and by implication the world economy but some ben bernanke speech from jackson hole proved to be anything but what they expect that he signaled no new moves and that the fed would not be cranking up the prints in prices for q e three bots overall and that if investment strategist that far in the capital believes bernanke you still did a good job. he failed to disappoint both the pessimists and the 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 not leave markets moving very rapidly in one direction on the other is probably the balance you want to get actually i think they're going to switch and 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 markets in europe continue to react as badly as they have been in recent weeks if that happens then without standing behind to make some positive statements and i think you could see some further weakness in the markets what mr bernanke he was pointing out in his 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 is 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 the current mess the problem in the us is fiscal and structural and i think that's where. the government will now focus. and let's take a look at the markets so oil prices are mixed this hour following fears hurricane irene could disrupt the fire production on the east coast of the wife's. golders green and spread out over eighteen hundred dollars an hour and some that's the

supply of the five but enough talks of monetary easing too late september a second look at what's happening over in the last stocks opened lower ahead of ben bernanke and smith's only calling the plot to have made a comeback says land and that serves have also been reacting to all this that all consumer sentiment which turned out to be slightly higher but still shows our lack of faith in the u.s. economy. the european stocks closed in the red they managed to recover some of their losses after the fed chairman said the central bank has to also if necessary to poll. of the economy. let's take a look at what's happening here in russia both the mindsets and the arts he has closed in the black the r.t.s. added points a percent and the my six out of just over one percent let's take a look at some individual share moves on the my sex for allies or acar on day one percent after almost the triple first half in the profits the last film maker m.k. was down and that's after the company posted thirteen million dollars that profit

in the second quarter of the year but it wasn't well below the expectations of another still made this sort of star wars in the positive territory after posting a sixteen percent rise in second quarter profits also below forecast. for sex for duty on the oil will increase six dollars to four hundred forty four dollars per ton in september on thursday prime minister vladimir putin also signed russia's new oil export duty. this is intended to increase investment in refining and help avoid of repetition of the fuel shortages that was see earlier this year. that's all the business is for now for more stories head to our web sites are to dot com slash business in the meantime is the headlines with bill.

their childhood was overshadowed by this tragedy. they still feel the fear they faced. and remember every second of this nightmare. it will remain in their memories and hearts forever. and you saw.

a little angel. last time the close up team was reached where the gold rush still gets people hiked up. this time far she goes to cure old region. where the local government is giving power back to the people. where every orphan will be adopted. the locals turn their land into a tourist paradox wellcome. should close on on are.

not from god this is a. new stores this is nato paul who's target mammadov his bunker in his hometown in libya despite claims the coalition is not involved in helping the rebels from becoming such as concerns grow but who will get their hands on the country's weapons of mass destruction. a wave of fresh anti-government fury erupts in syria as lawless forces respond with crackdowns claiming that fighting. over two thousand people said you've been killed in clashes since. and gloomy forecast for economic growth in fall become true announcing you are starting measures of twelve billion euros concent tax hikes for the rich but fear is mounting could lead to public outrage.