it's a good to have you with us on this saturday this is our team with me rory sushant fierce fighting reported in parts of libya as moammar gadhafi remains at large despite nato support of the rebels and the hunt for the fugitive colonel coalition forces have launched an attack on his last remaining stronghold could after his hometown of septic to pave the way for a full scale ground offensive by the rebels. in libya brings us now this report on the show on a tear inside of the conflict. was that that was . the heavily bible of the khadafi regime is not heretical book in new libya nobody's seen the people nobody cared about this before you. the capital tripoli is a story. people may not know for sure what the future will bring but they

know that the past will never return. everything that might remind people of all decades of dictatorship is be overthrown this is only for dirty things no only for dirty things fees fighting has continued since rebel forces ended tripoli during the week and much of the city bears the scars a war on top of months of relentless bombing by nato knew habitants of the bloodshed emerged when hundreds of bodies were found in a hospital abandoned by starfleet in the arrival of rebel forces with no one clear control many residents now live in fear of anarchy and of armed men from both sides of the conflict. these men proudly shows as a trophy one while he took part in the overrunning of conduct his residence double as a zia when we entered we saw men. and. there's no good saturday anymore. but

the man says he would love to have another prize khadafi has had. was great and duffy supporters were gathering to show their solidarity with their leader says the rebels have and to keep a largish what was celebrated as oh another kind that's where they can all still at large this battle is not yet over there is no snow. tripoli. and i well tripoli is celebrating the end of a dictatorship and lists are skeptical that democracy is next in line for libya journalist pepe escobar told us here at r.t. that al qaida is already effectively in power in the capital gas hall is the defacto military commander of tripoli as we speak i'll give you an ng abdul had a keen bio had and he is there now s.

it he was trained in afghanistan he was struck by the cia after nine eleven he was friends with zarko when he was captured in molitor in two thousand and three he was tortured 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 the window forward february seventeenth movement was hijacked by jimmy took powers by the u.s. military defectors from tripoli everybody was working together including to softly jihad this that's why we don't know what's going to happen next. and while the u.n. is calling for a halt to violence in libya nato allies are already eyeing up the country's vast oil reserves countries who have worked together to break the duffys rule and that racing against each other to secure lucrative energy contracts and as aunties sarah

reports it's led to fears a new regime in libya could easily slide into corruption. half a billion dollars from italy now a whopping one point five billion from the un 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 where. everybody is racing for its lead foreign minister has denied that 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 get daffy 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 in the states which is coming to

an end the borderline between. the problem well for the gadhafi family and the state were not very clear so of it's hard to see how much of this money was a direct in the nation of gadhafi of wealth and how much of it was actually. could be categorized as libyan assets because the 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 kids aping the floodgates to new corruption is now a lot of opportunities and everybody's trying to. you know it's sort of. trying to exploit this war as best everybody could have

oil gas and infrastructure projects to follow as the war torn country rebuilds them . everyone it seems wants a slice of the action a war is nowadays indispensable for the western economies were serving to streets to prosper if you destroy your beauty destroy everything it's like. it's not just it's silly that have been trying to keep the national transitional council. like it or not the many western countries a peaceful libya will mean big business. for you without a lot from moscow still to come for you in the program in the eye of the storm new york is bracing itself for the arrival of hurricane irene as parts of the city are evacuated and public transport is being shut down. russia has introduced a draft resolution of the u.n. security council designed to push the warring sides in syria towards peaceful dialogue moscow says its proposal is based on

a similar statement unanimously passed by the security council earlier this month but the draft could face stiff opposition from western countries who are calling for a change of power in syria has gone into account for its. it looks like we're going to see a battle of two different versions of resolutions on syria the u.n. security council russia is putting forward its draft resolution which will be an alternative to the resolution that the u.s. and european representatives are putting together a 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 two 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 we are forced 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 and boy to the united nations who spoke with us earlier if there are some constructive ideas from our colleagues we're prepared to absorb them 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 our colleagues the u.k. and others it's completely biased leaning exclusively on the syrian government that doesn't have anything about the need for dialogue doesn't cut is your position for dialogue in fact our concern is that it's going to push the the more extreme the more destructive elements of the syrian opposition towards. even stronger efforts in order to topple the syrian government so that's why we don't like at

all what. to achieve by that resolution and propose an alternative to that to keep the security council involved but that they have a 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 assault which effectively sends the wrong message to the syrian opposition prompting them to believe that if they remain insistent on 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. what is going to check on their former washington d.c. what you without a lot from moscow now a british man who challenge the judiciary system in the u.k. to expose corruption within the courts is losing his battle norman scarth an outspoken world war two veteran has lost an appeal against a six month jail sentence for recording a court hearing without permission but as authors laura miller pours the eighty six year old is determined to fight on with his campaign for transparency. british prisons are full to bursting the cool so working overtime sending young people to jail for the role in the recent riots in england if they're sent to leeds prison they'll be languishing alongside eighty five year old norman scar he played 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 sea. x. 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 season covering 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 bombings 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 gag those who disagree with them that's why m.p. john hemming suspects the judge was trying to shut him up we have in theory in this country something called freedom of expression not just 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 law and they're acting for him normally the porter the for his case here to the boil court of justice but they don't feel justice is being served to heaven meanwhile claims 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 jailers still drawing on every day and every call the islamist

college riders school. 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 lower and it's london and now a quarter past the hour here in moscow major cities along the eastern seaboard of the united states including new york bracing themselves for the wrath of hurricane irene it's expected to flood parts of lower manhattan as public transport including the subway will be shut down for the first time ever despite it weakening to a category one storm forecasters say it remains a stream a dangerous and president obama has warned it could be historic. as more from the big apple. 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 pm 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 low 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 a halt 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 in 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 wind and 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 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. it is more important i write that when i said i had for you here on our we invite you want to journey a thousand kilometers away from moscow to the region here our close up team reports on the how the region is leading the way in a pioneering project to find homes for orphans. the pentagon has

issued a report warning that china is on track to becoming a leading military power by two thousand and twenty but beijing has called the document distorted it claims the country's expanding a military capabilities could potentially destabilize the balance of power in asia over the past year china has developed a new stealth fighter aircraft carrier and has made a record number of space launchers however beijing says these are natural growth in the tech and technology advances and not directed at any third parties an expert on asian and military affairs called the helen says the u.s. is nursing its own interests in making a fuss about china. there's a lot of hype going on right now in the united states and and some of that is 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 too there's a push to cut the military budget that arms companies and the military are sure

digging in their heels and so there is trowing up this kind of chinese bugaboo aircraft carriers this missile which can sink aircraft 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 and americans 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. this is r t let's check out some other news from around the world in our world update here a twin suicide bomb attack has killed at least four people and wounded twenty in southern afghanistan police officers and civilians were among those injured by the explosions or the taliban has claimed responsibility meanwhile hundreds of afghan militants swept across the border into pakistan and attacked several security checkpoints killing up to twenty six they then to continue to seize other areas

triggering further clashes with security forces. yemen is experiencing a sharp rise in the number of famine in somalia refugees flooding the country thousands are choosing to cross the gulf of aden on overcrowded boat instead of seeking shelter in neighboring countries kenya being the largest host country and also suffering from famine has already received nearly half a million somalis the drought has put about twelve million people at risk across ethiopia kenya djibouti and somalia. to algeria now where a suicide attack on a military academy has killed at least eighteen most of them trainee offices up to twenty others were injured it happened in the city of shell and reports say up to two bombers set off their explosives soldiers were breaking their ramadan fast although no one's claimed responsibility similar assaults have been blamed on the regional arm of al qaida. the former georgian republic of has

elected a new leader following the death of its president alexander. saw off two other candidates to the top seed chill now occupy for the next five years and is r.t.s. tom barton reports there's been some big business to take care of in the little country. former vice president alexander un viber is now the president of the 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 voted turnout at a high seventy two percent all of this was made necessary by the death of the previous president surrogate by a gap which on the twenty ninth of may he died suddenly leaving power vacuum in his place there because young people are going to expect a lot from mr primarily building up cars use ruined infrastructure after a long struggle for independence from georgia three years ago russia recognize the

independence of abkhazia after a war away to the east in south the city and fears that the georgia may attack cause here as well and that was just the end of a long struggle for independence which started after the collapse of the soviet union and left a lot of the young republics infrastructure in ruins primarily the famous once famous soviet holiday resorts along the coast here that will need to be built up and also the agriculture and fruit growing industries also very famous here but now very weak and if mr and can build up both of those things he'll help this young republic to stand on its own two feet again. right there are now let's join our close up team travels all across the world's largest country of course russia exploring its historic regions and a thousand year old traditions. today

we continue exploring a russian keep it off region it's about one thousand kilometers from moscow but the area isn't just known for its folk art and museums and theatres here family comes first and locals try to help all all find kids to try and find a home and it's not easy to go to reports even children with physical mental and psychological disabilities don't end up feeling abandoned. being a personal tragedy and a difficulty to overcome being an orphan is also a social problem and russia there are thousands of thousands of orphans but in fact most of them have parents all relatives outside of the orphanage but these people simply do not want to look after them all cannot be trusted to do so so this is something that needs to be solved on a social level where the general social problems that cause these children to be taken away and how can they be tackled so it's not necessarily something that either an individual or for the job or 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 all of them a new home and that's what they're trying to do as you can see more appalled. in russia it's hard enough to find a new family for healthy olson's it's even harder for children like these all of them serious physical mental all psychological disabilities. but here at all finish number one they manage it well 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 before six. 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 the orphanage 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. that has occurred but it doesn't matter how good the facilities are here or what care the children receive we are all of the staff here still know than an orphanage is no substitute for a family a quick straw poll shows as much work here. 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 i've only so much of an

orphanage can do to solve the problem of adoption that cost them and not only adopted four children from orphanage number one but also sits on an adoptive parents committee yes the newbie i think the problem is the social attitudes towards the youth 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. alona who's fourteen says she was betrayed by her parents and those who promised her doctor never did then she finally found. 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 not tenderness more love i'm happy. with the last. 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 either ordinary. region. more news or videos and updates are waiting for you

on our website that's common as check out some of the items waiting for you there right now are born in atlanta killed in memphis made in china learn more about the controversy spoke over the american icon of martin luther king's monument in washington which was designed sculpted and put together in the far east. and a third shark attack has left a twenty six year old man ravaged in russia's far east just hangs on for a swimming ban was lifted. authorities in colombia have given in to the demands of hundreds of women after they went on a sex strike earlier this month they spent thirty eight days sworn off sex sitting in a highway to get local road construction work started this week lori hafen it's also known as the resident is asking people in new york for what would they be willing to do to abstain from.

in the strike of crossed legs colombian women with help facts to get a road paved what issue would you withhold sex for this week let's talk about that right now the economy we need to do something about that so. it will get better gas . that also i think it's he says too big to still make six we've been friends maybe for world peace or to end hunger or something like that nothing nothing no i don't think so. the deficit. in congress has that is so if american women stopped having sex do you think it would change things here we would solve the deficit crisis very quickly going to do it was going to do and if the only way to get their men motivated i can understand it or get me on the show pretty quickly is there any thing that you would withhold

sex for are you kidding no i think it's an effective tactic. it certainly works there yes good for them do you think it would work anywhere in the world yes i think men and women interact the same way everywhere do you think it would work if men without socks to get something done no i mean if it were a cure i think it's a little crazy but i mean hey you got to do what you got to do is no crazier than going to war and shooting people to get things done that is very true whether or not you agree with these women tactic the bottom line is i got the job done with no violence needed. here without a law for moscow i'm wrong to show up next the headlines after a short break.

welcome back he was from moscow with me rule research headlines now libyan rebels already storm. under a nato air shield in a desperate effort to find a fugitive colonel that's a european governments start their own fight for oil deals in the country. a draft resolution a deal is a brewing at the u.n. security council as russia and the west proposed two different approaches to tackling the escalating crisis in syria. a peaceful dialogue in the conflict one country while the u.s. and europe want a change of power in damascus. a world war two veteran who is leading a campaign to expose corruption in british courts losing his battle to his appeal against a six month.