in the. today's news and the week's top stories colonel gadhafi reportedly offers talks with the libyan rebels to a range of transfer of power and meanwhile there are fears the country's civil war could see its chemical weapons falling into the wrong hands. although it's off these effects of a gun crisis of another kind and both libya's main cities joining with an option of from tripoli in just a few moments. north korea will limit nuclear arms testing and production if international talks on security in the region resume a pledge made by the country's reclusive leader on a rare trip to russia. and a lack of progress an unmanned space ship ferrying supplies of the international

space station is missing after crashing over siberia. it is at twelve noon on sunday here in moscow this is r t certainly glad to have you with us it's the week that a decisive great through arrived in libya's civil war when tripoli was the scene of a major battle between the rebels and forces fighting for longtime leader colonel gadhafi with his whereabouts still unknown cut off he is reportedly ready to begin talks to transfer power meanwhile the situation in the capital tripoli remains dire due to shortages of basic essentials as artie's marie financial reports. but the rebels reports that there now control the most of the libyan capital and it seems that there are facing the battle of another kind of a humanitarian one the situation here on the ground is very complicated and this is

very close to humanitarian catastrophe because the city is now facing severe shortages of running water electricity castle and medicine people use public taps throughout the city to get some water we've seen many of them lining up with plastic cans try to do all the cross at tripoli and also they use electric generators to produce some electricity since the city's municipal services have been paralyzed series of full of garbage and people are trying to clean themselves trying to do something with that in the evening since and some are done live here usually stars in the evening in the evening they come out to the streets with brooms and trash bags but of course they say that their times are not enough to deal with this situation and many of them concerned that it will take a while for their life to get back to normal people here in tripoli also live in fear of anarchy there is no police in the city and here people are trying to deal

with this situation in south of the order now here in the libyan capital is maintained by armed volunteers the right checkpoints every one hundred two hundred meters the rebels have recently announced that they've been there hold on the road from tripoli to the need to metion border known as major supply routes which extracts t. help improve the situation but so far the picture is not bright at all the rebels are no i claiming that the year preparing for an assault on khadafi is native town siv which is about six hundred kilometers east of the capital tripoli and this city thought to be his last stronghold and they say they are now waiting for nato to help them to clear the path we've been hearing air. planes during the day and night and recently we've heard from nato that it had carried out several air strikes meanwhile. is undergoing we've recently been hearing numerous reports from the

rebels leader is that they know cut off his whereabouts and they've been several reports that gadhafi had been cornered still we don't have any sign of kentucky. maria for national reporting there from tripoli side libya meanwhile the pentagon says it's monitoring the libyan sites containing stockpiles of chemical weapons and is pledging to prevent them from falling into the wrong hands it's thought the arsenals include mustard gas and raw uranium as are 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 celebrate three and on the outskirts of the capital stockpiles of chemical weapons need to know very little about the people who might come to power in tripoli you know if you could cache of weapons of mass destruction that people really don't know what's there and

if this is fully going to the fans 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 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. he wouldn't use all move the material but now thanks in part to nato support of the rebels he's on the back foot and may feel he has nothing to lose by disregarding that agreements cry victory or martyrdom will strike an ominous note to those who know his weapons potential given the violations of. national territory of libya by

needle led rebel forces i think that the idea that he would be beholden to these types of peace agreements would be able at this point and certainly he was quoted as saying in. early july that he would be willing to stray go to 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 it 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 qaida or a commentator abdel bari atwan says the rest got itself into this trouble now it has to decide how it will figure it out and the options aren't attractive we knew about you know the people who are fighting muslim extremists or how their people is going to be with those people are about to move all of them and i believe there. will be more proper and i think now that. i think there are some indications nato

is considering putting peacekeeping troops on the ground in libya we do know experts warn that could be seen by parts of the free libya movement as an act of aggression but having supported the rebel movements and they too must now deal with the consequences even if that w n d islamic extremists. and remember you can also the latest news on the situation in libya as well as blogs and analysis at our website argued a car. it emerged this week that north korea is ready to return to international talks over its disputed nuclear plans with no preconditions the announcement came as the country's reclusive leader met president in russia on a rare trip abroad conjuncture all rolled across siberia in an armored train also to discuss a vital energy deal for his state's struggling economy as i was following a visit. a man of mystery north korea's kim jong il prefers to stay

out of the media spotlight the great leader as he's officially known at home constantly fears for his life which is why you avoids planes as armored cars and eats chopsticks designed to detect reasons but the fear of ongoing sanctions and tough financial times proved more significant as kim jong il embarks on a widely publicized trip to russia making tracks from pyongyang in a special armored train gifted to kim's father by stalin the leader crossed the border with russia and made his first stop in the far eastern town of cross arm from there he traveled on the trance a beer and railway to the baikal region with the republic of video to as its final destination and a meeting with president medvedev his ultimate goal but before meeting with his current russian counterpart the north korean leader stopped to pay his respects to the first soviet leader this lost of lives in that leg and is one of the biggest in

the world and by stopping here kim jong il has made sure that the entire world knows that what might have been russia's past is still north korea's future as kim jong il's press service scrambled for their multitude of motion picture cameras to document the great leaders every word the two men get down to business. but let's look as far as i understand the democratic people's republic of korea is interested in the implementation of this trilateral project in which the russian federation and south korea will also take part some technical matters are going to be settled now some time ago gazprom delegation at the level of the vice chairman of the board visited the d.p. r. k. yesterday i ordered the chairman of the board alexy miller to tackle this issue of partnering which would bring say very natural gas to the hub of asia would mean money for the struggling north korea and a new market for the north koreans are not going to be able to. a sufficient price

. from russia would we overpaid on the cost of building the pipelines on the part when it has to be extended into south korea so it's a south korean market but the formal state of war between north and south korea is a huge obstacle and this is yet another situation where russia has an advantage bush is in the perfect position to play this role because of their closer relationship with the united states over the past years because of the fact they are insane as allied with north korea as china is you know president obama. once said that we must change our ray of attention from what separates us to what unites us and russia plays a role right now to help lead the world in that direction markedly different approach from some of the other members of the six party talks like south korea and the u.s. was constant sanctioning has failed to bring results and results are what this

brief trip to russia appears to have achieved with kim jong il's announcement of a desire to return to the talks and implement a moratorium on production and testing of nuclear weapons if the shots resume for north korea is a chance to recover from recent data famine and get some much needed food aid for russia it's a chance to do right now. everyone else has failed so far catherine is there about r t will on the day still ahead for you this hour a storm brewing in new york. the streets of the metro police the stand empty as hurricane irene sweeps a closer even devastation in its way. and france is it feeling the pinch of debt surges and growth stagnate with fears huge cuts could spill over into angry riots. the hunt continues a for the wreckage of an unmanned russian space ship that crashed on wednesday the progress vessel was carrying supplies for the crew of the international space

station when it fell back to earth in siberia shortly after it slow much its crash spread fears that toxic fuel could be dangerous for locals and the environment she could greaves takes up the story. but the moment it's came crashing down. launched on wednesday from the baikonur cosmodrome three hundred twenty five seconds later the progress craft atop a soyuz rocket plummeted back to earth i thought it was a plane first but then i realized queens never find that or quietly then it turned into some bright object and then suddenly it was sparkling and i heard a loud noise it was like three bangs one really loud and three quieter it was due to dock with the international space station on friday delivering essential supplies to the six crew members on board rocket malfunction has been blamed for the unsuccessful launch as a craft ascended into orbit a signal failure here makes the third stage in the sequence and this part of the

rocket was an activated as a result it failed to ignite and propel the progress out of the earth's atmosphere . teams have be sent to southern siberia altai republic to look for signs of any wreckage amid fears toxic fuel may seep into the surrounding soil and water supply so far they've drawn a blank but already the repercussions of the bush mission of being fills much further afield of the question of how to resupply the international space station proving the most pressing. operation glamorous always keep in mind a possibility or a big car was not talking to the international space station for some reason so they could all board pairs of water and food supplies to survive on for another three or four months until their. graphs are right for the space station time then maybe on the side of ross cosmos russia space agency but the loss has

still raised significant alarm bells is the use of. the crew is slightly different but not much there. well that was the progress they're going to want to make sure anything that is similar could go on about what happened. why it was more turbulence of russia's space program back in december when three glow in a satellites the country's alternative to g.p.s. plummeted into the pacific ocean with this latest step backwards cosmos is the force of tides in quality control in hope there won't be a repeat of the problems possibly good news for the six nationals currently on board the international space station especially since after the scrapping of the u.s. shuttle program is now global importance on the success of the soyuz to greece r.t. millions of new yorkers who've chosen to stay in their homes despite mandatory evacuations

are bracing themselves for hurricane irene the deadly storm has already devastated parts of the east coast of the u.s. leaving millions without electricity when a port is among those preparing to weather the storm. the big apple looks extremely eerie the streets are empty businesses are either have boarded up their windows or put cheap along their windows and you can feel the wind increasing you feel the fraying increasing the rain is coming down like sheets of water and new york city has also been placed under a tornado watch sold at five am sunday morning in new york city michael bloomberg did have a press conference stating and urging all new yorkers to stay away from their windows move away from their glass windows because he says the winds are going to take up speed friday new york city michael bloomberg the first time in history issued a mandatory evacuation of certain parts of new york city up to three hundred seventy

thousand people live here all these evacuation zones the wind of people chose to not move chose to stay in their homes but i told her all there is a feeling of anxiety taking over not just new york but all the surrounding states and it did get to speak with some people that were heading to the stores to buy up supplies i sad a little bit of what they had to say i love. my whole life this is the only real one they really had. for so here's to you know something though we don't know the whole thing arms around is like going outside in the in like tons of water like hurricane katrina like that for me the public transfer station system in new york city has also been shut down that includes the trains the buses i could tell you that the city is prepared for the worst most new yorkers are hoping that

the stories being overblown and it's being hyped up but i can't imagine that in this kind of time a time of economic crisis where city would go and spend so much money and the federal government if this was not a serious stuff. or minute this point we're waiting it seems a little bit like a movie where you don't know what's going to happen but you're just repaired and now it's this circumstance here in new york that's making tight right now parties more important are reporting there from new york now you are with archie coming up a new president but old problems. as the people of in the caucuses make their choice at the ballot box we look at what lies ahead for the new leader and as his republic struggles to rebuild after winning independence from georgia. the richest a sector of french society is pledging another three percent of its annual income this week to help the country battle its descent into debt as growth slumps france has also announced some twelve billion euro worth of cuts but is our keys getting

a bushel explains the move could be too little too late with fears that social unrest could follow. france enjoys a triple a credit rating but now puts it one of the choice debt ratios among the world's top rated states many investors bet on it to follow the u.s. and be downgraded just be paying interest on its debt this year has overtaken education and defense as the government's biggest spend was mr sir cause he's presided over the biggest jump in get levels in our history books a curry too much water sink. france has gone above the tolerance limits admitted prime minister a six year old of spending cuts this week but economists fear things so bad those cuts go nowhere near enough you can compare it with people saying we're going to buy a lamborghini and they only buy

a porsche and they call that austerity doctors warned frauds these huge debts burden is bringing crudely under-investment in schools and hospitals. and. computers. very old. fashioned. the situations explosive say experts and frauds could be next to witness roy it's like those in britain with deprived regions the likely. part of cities in the suburbs. are essentially segregated stand for more so in the or in germany so yes unrest come from the suburbs and spread through nicolas sarkozy's flying a fall from france as he can all point to pay to his pacific island of new

caledonia with students climbing street protests over the cuts he's got the job of presenting them to his prime minister he'll let them take the phone. for it and hopefully unions students. can march directly in protest against their ministers while he's behaving in a certain. absence in this time of crisis writes leading newspaper le figaro b b clip of politically but his failure to tackle because troubles now could be creating even greater problems for the future and you will see paris the people of the carcasses republic of cars here have settled upon their choice of who they want to leave their fledgling country vice president alexander won the presidential vote beating two rivals he will succeed. who died recently from illness after playing a crucial role in a long and bitter struggle for independence from georgia democratically has more.

he promised to make a pause it is stronger state now it's on the run but has the power to do so winning fifty four percent of the vote in friday's presidential election out of two rivals has given him a clear mandate with some citizens of the small caucus republican willing to travel a long way to support their man as i came from crimea to vote for our he helped war veterans like me a lot when we had tough times. alexander was vice president one the man he succeeds as leader surrogate gosh died in office last may the two sought haws independence recognized by russia and the number of other countries in two thousand and eight with both men helping prevent war with georgia at the same year for almost two decades after a pause it declared independence from georgia in one nine hundred ninety one military conflict along with fear and uncertainty marked life in the country the mood now seems to have changed the early battles for independence left many scars

in a policy as capital you can see how badly the parliament building was damaged cleaning up the rubble and getting things back in order will probably be the toughest part of the job for the new president keeping good ties with russia and restoring the economy will be the top of on clubs agenda. we have to admit it and it is true we see certain growth but it is no no we loans and series and this is. the campaign was monitored by more than one hundred international observers from countries including france austria and israel and i was invited to. have a very prepare reaction from george i was says oh no don't go there about my ideals or any independence and i can't exactly support what you're doing here you know because you're fighting for your summer and geo tone of the independence democracy for an election observers ignored the threats and gave the call a clean bill of health and. the elections are

a well planned and have been operative at the highest level as well as the result the outcome has meant another positive step for democracy in the region according to the election monitors the new man faces stiff challenges in leading his country with a hostile labor in georgia and a legacy of difficulties following independence citizens will be hoping the man they've chosen as president will help herald a new hero for their country. r.t. support and don't forget you can watch the news when that you want when you want at r.p. dot com here's a taste of what we've got and up for you right now. a personal account of nine eleven is banned a former f.b.i. agent who claims the cia could have stopped the attacks is prevented from publishing his upcoming story. and attacks from the deep a third man is mauled by a shark in russia's far east find out more about the search for the sea predator at archie dot com. on to some other international news in brief

for you now. in syria two more protesters have reportedly been killed by security forces with activists saying there was sporadic shooting in separate cities it comes as it's close ally iran has reaffirmed its support for president assad but said he should answer the legitimate demands of his people the arab league has decided to send a mission to the country saying it will no longer be silent on the crackdown against protesters over two thousand people have been killed since anti-government demonstrations that began in march. at least five people have died in brazil after a triumphant popular with tourists the railed in rio de janeiro more than thirty others were injured some of them critically after coming off the tracks the tram skidded down a street before crashing into a lamp post investigators are trying to find what caused the accident it's comes two months after a french tourists died falling out of one of the trams as it was crossing

a bridge. that as well as president hugo chavez has announced he will start a third round of chemotherapy at home instead of cuba where he had two previous courses of treatment chavez underwent surgery in june for a malignant tumor in his pelvic area the exact nature of his cancer has not yet been disclosed chavez who's been in power for over a decade is his party's only candidate for the twenty twelve presidential election . this week the four time african player of the year samuel eto agreed to a historic deal with russian team of. coal are making him one of the highest paid players in the world and the arrival of the superstar striker is a massive coup for russia's premier league and puts firmly on the map as one of the global game's most ambitious clubs but he's not even. the story. this group of people don't like and for the next three years most of samurai at bay

games will be in russia this thursday the cameroon international left in. a melon and each leave behind flying in to join you club under which color. i'm starting from scratch is possible in europe as a player and here i can start a new plus i've played little bridge across before each told me a lot about russian and i do not forward to join the team atto is a three time champions league winner and the most decorated african player of all time low lightening case has made out one of the sport's most prolific calls scorers increased and yes this still assigning house of this region of russia the north caucasus into the soccer world spotlight this is the in the. it seems that until recently few outside of russia had heard off but which is now making its words have lines across the globe and it's in this unlikely setting that i'd seen world service starts is being built the story behind this transfer began

in january when the goddess tony clark was appalled by silly months getting him of a locally born businessman and one of the richest men in russia he vowed to turn genes to a contender hoping to transform the republic spinach in the process a handful of promising acquisitions followed among the legendary brazilian to found out about the cardless the current captain of the club apart from one of the best wares in the world will be where i am there are some families will. america very big impacts of the world i'm told of the game here in russia. i think it will give a very good image of ross and football because. it is one of the bastards in question is not the star of the past russian money in european football is nothing new back in two thousand and three russian businessman from one abramovich bought english club chelsea and transforms a mid-level club into

a you were paying powerhouse i should know smart have has also ploughed his millions into english. giants arsenal but this time the situation is different here is the date as to make a little known russian football team known across the world this deal may howell's a new reality in the european game where international football superstar spring from russian cops are asked common at telescopes meisner which now r c reporting from the north caucasus and i'll be back to recap the week's main news in just a few moments stay with us.

if you. feel. the atmosphere. to.