the u.n. is calling for a halt to violence in libya as the rebels are advancing on colonel gadhafi his hometown of sirte with aerial support from nato british tornado jets have fired cruise missiles at his command and control bunker in the town regarded as gadhafi its last stronghold the nato bombings come despite previous statements from the alliance that it wasn't assisting rebels in their hunt for gadaffi there's also been intense fighting near tripoli is international airport parties where if a notion of who is in the capital says many there are now living in fear of anarchy . they're battling. the five zero. hendy from a look at the from anything that's. nobody's seen these people nobody cared about this before you. she fully. and then she i think she.

was. everything that minds in line think that all cage a dictatorship is being tried and it was this is only for your good things only for do you think good fees fighting has continued since rebel forces ended tripoli during the week and much of the city baz this cause a war on top of months of relentless bombing by nato and new evidence of the bloodshed emerged when hundreds of bodies were found in hospital abandoned by starfleet in the arrival of rebel forces he no one came in many. many came and demand some they change and. give them a lot i say right out of the shell what is there anything when i'm there i'm an artist of the night and i see that in that you have about it when we interview so many ways and. there's no good time for you anymore. the man says

to him. don't. you know it was great. just like other men to show their solidarity with their leader is the bible said and to keep its margins what was that greatness another kind that's. still at large this battle is not yet over your emotional. tripoli. well meanwhile the race for libya's vast oil wealth is gathering momentum states who work together during massive nato airstrikes are now working against each other in the battle to secure lucrative energy contracts but as our team sarah ferguson reports it's led to fears that a new libya or new regime i should say in libya could easily slide into corruption . half a billion dollars from italy now a whopping one point five billion from the u.n. all that until three hundred million dollars from turkey is discussions

a bound about the future of the case could daffy libya is the money that's been talking the loudest governments have a strong interest in. opening up business and. everybody is racing for its lead foreign minister has denied there's a race on with france to be the first on the ground to restart business in libya but the italians have me clear their eagerness to maintain the extremely close trade ties they enjoyed and they deduct the regime but as the money begins to flow to help the national transitional council as it takes power the big question mark remains a very exactly who these fast funds belong to the. states which is coming to an end the borderline between wealth the problem for the good office family and the wealth of the state. very clear so it's hard to see how much of this money

was a direct in the nation of darkness wealth probably wealth and how much of it was actually . could be categorised as libyan assets the gadhafi family were often accused of using libya's riches as their own personal pocket money now there are concerns that the unfreezing of libyan assets without effective monitoring in the floodgates to new corruption is now a land of opportunity everybody is trying to. you know it's sort of. trying to exploit this war. everybody believe could have oil gas and infrastructure projects to follow as the war torn country rebuilds everyone it seems wants a slice of the action a war is now what is indispensable for the western economy it's worse for

industries. you destroy europe because it's like. it's not just italy that have been trying to keep the national transitional council on side like it or not the many western countries a post-war libya will mean big business there for the land. now while there are hopes of democracy in the new libya many analysts say the reality is likely to be very different as the rebels have been infiltrated by islamic extremists journalist pepe escobar says al qaeda is already at effectively in power in tripoli. gass hole is that the fact of the military commander of tripoli as we speak i'll give you a name phil had keane bol had and he is an al qaida yes it he was trained in afghanistan he was struck by the cia after nine eleven he was friends with zarko when he was captured the most lesion two thousand and three he will store today in bangkok you know one of those extremely rendition cia prisons in

bangkok he was sent back to the libyans he made a deal with saif al islam in two thousand and nine he was released and now he's the military commander of trip from the beginning when the whole february seventeenth movement was hijacked by tomato powers by the u.s. military defectors from tripoli everybody was working together including to soften jihad this that's why we don't know what's going to happen next. journalist pepe escobar there commenting on the current situation in libya. first diplomatic efforts to end the ongoing violence in syria have been made by russia as it introduced its own drams un resolution moscow is calling on both sides in the country to engage in dialogue and for president also to speed up promised reforms or he's going to can is across the latest developments. it looks like we're going to see a battle of two different versions of resolutions on syria at the u.n.

security council where she is putting forward its draft resolution which will be an alternative to the resolution that the u.s. and european representatives are putting together the letter has already being dubbed as sanctions resolution the u.s. and european leaders want to put more pressure on the syrian government whereas the russian version of the resolution makes very important points first of all it cost to the syrian government to expedite the implementation of the reforms that president assad has announced in order to effectively address the legitimate aspirations and concerns of the syrian people and second it urges the syrian opposition to engage in political dialogue with the syrian authorities about what reforms to carry out in the country the syrian opposition definitely could be more forthcoming in that direction so a very important difference there the washroom draft resolution does not put pressure on just one side it calls for dialogue it calls for restraint on both sides and here is more on that from russia's ambroid to the united nations who

spoke with us earlier if there are some constructive ideas from our colleagues. but of course simply you know marrying the two would be like two different species from two different planets so what we have seen from. colleagues and others it's completely by is leaning exclusively on the syrian government that doesn't have any . of the need for dialogue doesn't go to your position for dialogue in fact our concern is that. the more extreme the more destructive elements of the syrian opposition towards. stronger efforts. of the syrian government so that's why we don't like at all what. to achieve by that the resolution of propose an alternative to keep the security council involved but the devolved into positively for months russia has been pointing at the problem with the attitude the west of the west towards the dramatic

developments in syria moscow says that attitude has been exclusively about exerting pressure on one of the parties namely the syrian government and president sought which effectively sends the wrong message to the syrian opposition prompting them to believe that if they remain insistent in the situation keeps getting critical the west will come to help them you know the way it happened in libya the russian resolution calls on the syrian authorities to allow unhindered access to international humanitarian agencies and to fully cooperate with the un commissioner for human rights now as for how the resolution how far the resolution can go both russia and the u.s. have veto power as we know along with china the u.k. and france and that means whatever resolution comes out at the end of the day it has to be acceptable for at least all of the five permanent members of the u.n. security council if they don't agree there is going to be no resolution. it's

coming up to eleven minutes past the hour still ahead on our to a gathering storm door braces the town for historic hurricane irene evacuations from the city as well as airports and public transport being shut down. and a pentagon report says china will be a leading world military power within the next decade to find out why washington is so concerned. but first the people of the caucuses republic of a positive i have elected a new leader it's been. confirmed the country's vice president alexander has seen off the challenge of two rivals in the presidential election there is much at stake for the country which needs to rebuild after its long fight for independence from georgia but artie's tom barton is there and now joins us live from the capital sukhumi tom how big a victory is it for the new the elected leader. former vice president alexander is now the president of the tiny caucasus republic

of cars here the central election commission announced that he took fifty five percent of the one hundred two votes cast and they put voter turnout at a high seventy two percent that's virtually the same as in the last presidential election in two thousand and nine there were some minor complaints from the other two candidates the prime minister and another former vice president but those were nothing earth shaking really and there were no reports of any disturbances before this announcement. now in electing a president of course the people were voting for the republic future but one of the main challenges facing. mr on crab is going to face a lot of questions and a lot of expectation from the people that the economy really needs to be built up on the infrastructure that really comes all the damage that economy has come after

a long struggle of causes for independence from georgia that started after the break with the soviet union and culminated in two thousand and eight in russia recognizing the independence of abkhazia few of the countries in the world at the moment recognize the independence of a cause and georgia still thinks it is considers that part of its territory however none of those political. considerations are really very important here because people really want to focus on building up the economy so damaged in the vicious fighting with ga all over all those years before the famous former soviet holiday resort industry will need to build up as will the growing exports in the fruit which abkhazia is still very famous for and once those both those things are built up people hope that up cause it will really be able to stand on its own two feet

again right tom barton reporting live from home across the thanks for that. the fallout from the mass riots across england has pushed prison populations there to a record high even so they've still found space to tell a world war two veteran incarcerated simply for recording a court hearing but as artist laura emmett reports there could be other motives behind his imprisonment. british prisons are full to bursting the courts are working overtime sending young people to jail for their role in the recent riots in england when it's best to leave prison they'll be languishing alongside eighty five year old norman scar he plied the arctic sea cheering the second world war serving his country taking essential supplies to the soviet union on the most dangerous journey in the world and now he's serving six months in prison on the whim of

a british judge his crime recording a court hearing he said he did it because he's hard of hearing but the judge didn't accept that it was a very harsh sentence and i believe it was because she's a recovering the corruption of the judiciary you see them frown upon a scarth is no stranger to the legal system he won a case in the european court of human rights and banning the secret hearings yet still some cases in england all heard behind closed doors and recording and taking photographs is forbidden unlike in other e.u. countries scarth attends demonstrations where he shouts about corruption in the police and judiciary saying lawyers police and the courts are in cahoots and regularly persecution those who disagree with them that's why m.p. john hemming suspects the judge was trying to shut him up we having theory in this country something called freedom of expression that is people's right to speak out

about what they see as wrong as long as they're telling the truth and i'm very worried this is an attempt to gag an elderly gentleman may not always be right but he has a right to be here luckily for scott he has friends with knowledge of the deal and they're acting for him normally stop supporting the for his case here to the boil court of justice but they don't feel justice is being served to heaven meanwhile claim to being denied essential medication in prison. according to reports conditions in leeds prison are bad the war veteran can't get any exercise because he's unable to walk for the entire hour allocated scott also says he's being denied access to a lawyer by his jail as the schools are going on every day and every fall the islamist militants. norman scarth has vowed to keep fighting to expose corruption just as he fought all those years ago to keep fascism out of his country the irony is the country he fought for is now the one he's fighting against laura and that

r.t. london. well across the atlantic new york is bracing itself as approaching hurricane irene has forced the mayor to order evacuations from the city despite a weakening to a category one storm forecasters say it remains extremely dangerous and president obama had warned it could be historic public transportation including the new york subway will be shut down for the first time ever an important gauge of the mood in the metropolis. more than eight million new yorkers are preparing for what's expected to be a dangerous and possibly disastrous hurricane on its way to new york city this hurricane is expected to hit new york by nine p. saturday evening parts of the city was was filled with crowds of people as you saw officials evacuating new yorkers from parts of areas that were deemed

extremely dangerous for the first time in history the new york city mayor ordered mandatory evacuation of what he called lone rise areas these are areas all throughout new york that are very close to the water as of twelve pm all public transportation will come to one hall it's also been recommended to anyone that lives above the tenth floor to evacuate from their building now up until this point new yorkers were really taking these warnings and these forecasts seriously because the last time this city experienced our hurricane a very heavy and dangerous hurricane was in one thousand nine hundred thirty eight but as we saw saturday we saw the winds picking up we saw many people rushing to the supermarkets rushing to the stores to stock up on good stuff up on food stock up on water some engineers believe that the infrastructure of new york city because

it is so old may not be able to withstand the powers of the winded there may be flooding. in tunnels of new york city some airports may be flooded homes possibly even flooded and or destroyed so at this point everybody is preparing for the worst and bracing themselves hoping it's not going to be as bad as forecasted but if it is it is not clear what will be of new york come monday. well there's still plenty ahead for you here on our team including family matters our fourth of team reports on how an orphanage in the care of regions helps children with physical mental and psychological disabilities find new homes. the pentagon has released a report warning that china is on track to become a leading world military power in less than eight years the u.s. document says that by building aircraft carriers missiles and developing cyber warfare beijing could potentially destabilize asia but khan how and in an expert on

military affairs believes america has its own interests in creating the fuss around china. there's a lot of hype going on right now in the united states and and some of their views because they want to raise the chinese up so they were big danger that way we can keep a large military footprint in asia but it also has to do with internal matters to push to cut the military budget that arms companies and the military assure digging in their heels and shoulders trowing up this kind of chinese bugaboo aircraft carriers this missile which can sink your craft here it's not even been tested keep in mind they have one aircraft carrier which is one half the size of american aircraft carriers american millikan's have an nimitz class aircraft carrier so even if they built one or two or even three more aircraft carriers they're nowhere

near the level they would need to challenge the united states to fence. calls from khan helen and they're an expert on asian military affairs russia's far east to see its third shark attack in the space of ten days after a man was savaged while swimming in pacific waters the victim was taken to hospital with his forearm badly injured and suffered wounds to the body the man had to find a swimming ban on parts of russia's east coast brought in after two other recent incidents the first recorded shark attacks in the country's history last week saw one man lose both his forearms trying to protect his wife while in another case a sixteen year old diver leg was severely lacerated a hunt for the shark or sharks is under way. a look now at some other stories making headlines around the world hundreds of afghan militants have hauled the border into pakistan and attacked a number of security checkpoints killing up to fifteen they then seized other areas

triggering further clashes with security forces there were casualties on the militant side but it's not known how many meanwhile in southern afghanistan for civilians were killed and twenty injured after a suicide car bomb exploded outside a bank. and this was the militant group has admitted responsibility for the deadly attack on the un's headquarters in the nigerian capital. it happened on friday when a car rammed through two security gates spice guards opening fire at least eighteen people were killed in the suicide bombing while dozens were injured some of them critically the powerful blast destroyed the lower floors of the buildings. mexico's government is offering a two point four million dollar reward for information about a deadly raid on a casino the attack in the city of monterrey left fifty people dead and many more injured dozens were trapped inside and choked when gunmen burst into the venue sprayed it with fuel and set it on fire authorities suspect the attack was

connected to organized crime. now we continue to explore russia in the latest of our close up series looking at life in all the corners of the country. and this week we're taking you a thousand kilometers from moscow to the city of heroes it's a place full of community spirit where for many people family comes first and as our. reports the city is leading the way in a pioneering project to find homes for orphans. apart from being a personal tragedy and a difficulty to overcome being an orphan there's also a social problem and russia there are thousands of thousands of orphans but the fact most of them have parents or relatives outside of the orphanage but these people simply do not want to look after them or kind of be trusted to do so so this

is something that needs to be solved on a social level general social problems that cause these children to be taken away and how can they be tackled so it's not necessarily something that an individual orphanage for an individual part of russia can provide but then the same in the care of region to try to say ok we're being dealt with all these orphans we're receiving all these people but at least all we can do is find them a new home and that's what they're trying to do as you can see my report. in russia it's hard enough to find a new family for healthy all phones it's even harder for children like these all of them diagnosed with serious physical mental or psychological disabilities. to tear at kira's orphanage number one they manage it while in russia there are currently a hundred and fifty thousand children who haven't been adopted here ninety eight percent of all orphans find a new family the four to six. so many orphanages exist by themselves in isolation

we are reaching out to the potential parents and the authorities and working with them the first course of action is to try and place the children back with their biological parents who often give them up scared off by the diagnoses that often it shows that with the right care these children can lead normal lives the parents have to prove their attitude has changed for other potential adopters their educational courses and ongoing medical support all basics in the west but hardly universal in russia yet staff say these on the main reasons for their success you missed. it. doesn't matter how good the facilities are here or what care the children receive we all of the staff here still know than an orphanage is no substitute for a family a quick straw poll shows as much. but i don't think there are three of us here me and my two sisters we really want to be adopted by the same family but not everyone

wants three kids to orphanages track record is anything to go by they'll soon find a family there may care for a new families for these children are commendable but others only so much of an orphanage can do to solve the problem of adoption that cost them and not only adopted four children from. but also sits on an adoptive parents committee yes. i think the problem is the social attitudes towards the children it's not a case of money where an average family all of the state support is really there you just have to love the children themselves a loner who is fourteen says she was betrayed by her parents and those who promised to adopt her and never did then she finally found a home visit your group when you're in the home you are always just a part of the group but here in the family you are needed by someone there is more tenderness more love i'm happy. with alaska. so

often it does make an effort to connect with the world outside and adoption becomes more widespread and society will be more happy endings like this one. well artsy dot com always has a lot more stories and analysis for you here's a taste of what's lined up right now france is finding it hard to crunch the numbers as growth plummets and debt surges find out why it's planned government cuts could soon said rioters to vent their anger on the streets. and it was an engine trouble or armed hijackers that forced a plane to turn back at a moscow airport but a passenger breaking into while i strip tease find out more about the unexpected in-flight entertainment. dot com. well shortly our moscow out team explores the most spectacular found displays in the russian capital that's after the headlines coming up after this short break.

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a report. here with r t a live from moscow our top stories this saturday libya's rebels and nato are closing in on colonel gadhafi is hometown where it's believed he might be hiding meanwhile western governments waste no time interfering big business in the war torn country. russia puts forward a un resolution calling for dialogue to broker peace in syria the document is to counter what is proposed by the u.s. and european states which moscow says siding with anti government protesters. and a british chords accused of trying to gag a world war two veteran the eighty five year old has been jailed for reporting a court hearing by activists who claimed the real reason was speaking out against corruption in the tradition.