he's telling. the. dynamic. for a. month. today's news and of the week's top stories colonel gadhafi reportedly offers talks with the rebels to arrange a transfer of power as the opposition and the fugitive leader after taking over the capital tripoli. although kentucky's effectively gun prices of another trying to balance the libyan capital from or join me now from tripoli in just a few seconds. in other news north korea will limit nuclear arms testing and production if international talks on security in the region to resume a pledge made by the country's reclusive leader on a rare trip to russia. and the lack of progress in unmanned a space ship ferrying supplies to be international space station is missing after

crashing over siberia. recapping the top news in headlines from the past week this is r t with some interesting news now colonel qadhafi is reportedly ready to begin talks to transfer power the news comes a week after a decisive breakthrough in libya's civil war when tripoli was the scene of a major battle as the rebels took control of the city from gadhafi loyalists let's get more from artie's maria from ocean who's in the libyan capital now maria thanks for joining us where does this announcement by khadafi spokesman of a possible transfer of power take us at this point. well indeed reality reports that conduct he wants to hold talks with the rebels to form a transitional government even to him cut off his information chief has apparently called a.p. news agencies has quarters in new york and has sad that he is

a ready for negotiations with the rebels to compositional government and he's appointed his third son started to lead these negotiations this news comes just one week after a double successful assault on the libyan capital tripoli which became kind of breakthrough in the libyan six month long civil war and just days after the colonel himself and lounged he would tell you he would fight his dad would never never receive resist with barb and cold libyan people to come and fight against rebels and to die. so no one can say for sure so far with these negotiations would really take place between khadafi and the rabble but many here are skeptics about his intentions because that's not the first time that the colonel expresses his readiness for peaceful solution of this crisis we know that his repeatedly announces fire during these six months but he had broken his wards many times as

well so here he hasn't earned enough trust to now. be sure that these negotiations will take place meanwhile the rebels are progressing quite well they're now claiming that they are control the most part of the country which is actually true including the capital tripoli virtually now are almost completely under their control they're now claiming that they're preparing currently for kind of final battle for an assault or an assault on his native town which is about six hundred kilometers east off for the capital tripoli where we are now. he's thought actually to be his. these last stronghold and the is now stained it is just waiting in nature to help them clear the path towards the soonest down they will advance toward sea. now it is interesting to see how these talks with cut off

these representatives and the rebels could possibly play out but as you mentioned there's been six months of a civil war plus intense fighting in tripoli itself as for the dire humanitarian situation in the libyan capital how are citizens coping there now. well this is your issue on the ground in the libyan capital is very complicated and it is very close to humanitarian catastrophe actually it's the she is currently facing severe shortages of running water electricity few and medicine even here a hotel where we stayed around most of the foreign strongly sustained we have serious problems we have bad right now there is no running water right hotel so people are trying to do with pads they are using public taps to get some water we've been we've seen many of them lining up with their with plastic plastic cans and they use electric generators to produce some electricity and since

the city's support services happen paralyzed streets of the capital people it was full of garbage and people are also trying to cope with that themselves we've seen many of them taken out to the streets in the ring with brooms and the trash bags and clearly in the streets themselves but of course they stadia not enough to deal with that and many of them concerned it and it will take a while for their life to get back to normal all fake people here believe in fear of anarchy because there is no police in the city and began people are trying to do that themselves the order now is maintained by armed volunteers there are checkpoints throughout the city many of them will make every one hundred two hundred meters they are checking all the cars passing by and even in the main

all the drivers are required and we're driving with lights on inside the car to let people at the checkpoints to see who even inside the car and. it's not safe here in tripoli because we are receiving from time to time reports about sniper shooting that's why people are afraid to. they leave their houses and that's why tripoli now looks a little bit and t. and in some districts even. just a piece of good news so far the gravels have been claiming that they've strengthened a hold on the roads from the capital tripoli to the tunisian border known as a major supply route so. they are now controlling all the busts in parts of. the country and the border with tunisia and it expects to improve the situation but so far the station is quite. not optimistic not right what we see here back to you

. the notion of reporting from the libyan capital. as more information becomes available. and sticking with the story the scenes of celebrations this week across libya were reminiscent of those in cairo's tahrir square in february but there the high expectations after the revolution soon gave way to disillusionment egypt had been due to hold its first parliamentary vote in september but the interim government has delayed it citing the need for more time to prepare for it he's going to look at the parallels with libya. could that the regime is crumbling. the levy and rebels are cheering. the same cheers and tears could be seen in egypt in february as the nation ousted their longtime leader hosni mubarak but six months on many egyptians say their hopes is being crushed by reality.

but you know i love the revolution when it happened i welcome that there's a look at the time we call life at the end of the tunnel we see it's not getting better we have nothing to eat just don't tell me about democracy for hungry people just doesn't matter their gestures now are not governed by who they tros as their leaders instead it's their army that's in control the army that has strong ties with the u.s. and he sponsored by washington the military regime the edifice the institutions that were the essence the fundamental essence of the mubarak regime those remain and we can see the thousands of people have been brought to military trial since the end of the popular revolution that ousted in tripoli the by taking over is the national transitional council also not chosen by the libyan people yet the council is being recognized as the legitimate government of libya by all allies who've been helping oust gadhafi and many lidia's are outraged by the fact that foreign powers

are effectively making vital choices for them there is too much wealth and geopolitical strategic value to libya to look at only because we form democratic rights and universal participation by the citizenry. western powers need to implement a western economic and military agenda and therefore the people who will eventually command the political situation in libya and the military situation will indeed be supported and buttressed by western powers western power. said throw all their support behind the leader in national transitional council giving them billions of dollars and weapons to gain control but the rebels are far from being the united group what is going to face after that is a period of prolonged chaos nobody knows we are come this is tried we can strive this is not a marker so you can still call it very revolutions in egypt and libya developed under different scenarios in egypt it was an on armed uprising of millions in libya

it's been an insurgency flooded with weapons by the west and those weapons are still in their arms and they're not going anywhere and many analysts are saying that we could find themselves in a much worse situation than the egyptians because on top of power crisis similar to the wanted jetson's or having libyans could be facing a fresh outbreak of violence at the hands of the armed mom i'm going to check our reporting from washington r.t. . and remember you can also get the latest news on the situation in libya as well as blogs and analysis at our website or to dot com. 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 presidential retreat executive in russia on a rare trip abroad kim jong il rolled across siberia in an armored train also to discuss a vital energy deal for his state struggling economy. was following the 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 evil explains has armored cars and eats chopsticks designed to detect reasons but the fear of ongoing sanctions and tough financial times proved more significant as think kim jong il embarks on a widely publicized trip to russia making. tracks from from young 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 hassan from there he traveled on the trance a beer and railway to the bike call region with the republic of video to as his final destination and a meeting with president mediated 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 pos the idea that lenin 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 against prom delegation at the level of the vice chairman of the board visited the d.p. r. k. yesterday i ordered the chairman of the border like similar to tackle this issue the pipeline which would bring say during axle gas to the heart of asia would mean money for the struggling north korea and a new market for russia the north koreans are not going to be able to pay. the

price for gas imports from russia would we overpay but the cost of building the pipelines in the park one has to be extended in south korea since that was 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 aren't seen 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. this 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 child throws you for north korea is a chance to recover from recent bouts of 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 as are about r t one a day and still ahead for you this hour a storm brewing in new york. the streets of the metropolis and stand empty as hurricane irene it sweeps closer leaving devastation in its way. and france is it feeling the pinch as it gets surges and growth stagnate with fears huge cuts could spill over into a writes. the hunger continues for the wreckage of an unmanned russian space ship

that crashed on wednesday the progress vessel was carrying supplies for the crew at the international space station when it fell back to earth in siberia shortly after launch its crash spread fears had started fuel could be dangerous for locals any environment chica grief takes up the story. the moments it's who 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 or first but then i realized coins never fried their time or quietly then it turned into some bright object and then suddenly it was parked on i heard a loud noise it was like three bangs one really loud and two quieter it was to talk 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 propel the progress out of the earth's atmosphere. teams have be sent to southern siberia altai republic to look for signs that any wreckage amid fears toxic fuel may seek into the surrounding soil and water supply so far they've. all a blank to ready the repercussions of the bush mission of being felt much further afield of the question of how to resupply the international space station proving the most pressing. operational planner always keeping my admissibility or picard was not looking to the international space station for some reason so they could on board have enough of water and food supplies to survive on for another three or four months i deal. with graft or i for the space station

time then maybe on the side of us cause most russia space agency but the loss has still raised significant alarm bells this story is carrying crew is slightly different but not much there. was the progress they're going to want to make sure anything similar could go on that way you want what happened when. life was more turbulence of russia's space program back in december when three globalist satellites the country's alternative to g.p.s. plummeted into the pacific ocean with this latest setback was kosmos is meet force of tides in called sea control and hope there won't be a repeat of the problems possibly good news for the six astronauts currently on board the international space station especially since after the scrappy to us shuttle program has now global importance on the success of the soyuz two griefs r.t. . millions of new yorkers who have chosen to stay in their homes despite mandatory

evacuations are bracing themselves for hurricane irene the deadly storm has already demonstrated parts of the east coast of the u.s. leaving millions of families for a city when important is among those preparing to weather the storm. the big apple looks extremely eerie the streets are and businesses are even that are either have boarded up their windows or put cheap along their windows and you can feel the wind increasing you feel are fraying increasing the rain is coming down like sheets of water and new york city has also been placed under turning to right shoulder five am sunday morning in new york city michael bloomberg did have a press conference stating in encouraging 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 i new york city michael bloomberg for the first time in history issued

a mandatory evacuation of certain parts of new york city up to three hundred seventy thousand people live there all these evacuation zones a lot of people chose to not move chose to stay in their homes but overall there is a feeling of anxiety taking over not just new york but all the surrounding states we did get to speak with some people that were heading to the stores to buy up the life i sat or a little bit of what they have to say i love. my whole life and this is the only real one they really had a major evacuation for so here's to you know something no we don't know the last thing i'm very proud of like going out crying in the in my time in the water like hurting katrina like that hears me the public transportation system in new york city has also been shut down that includes the trains the process is i can

tell you that the city is prepared for the worst most new yorkers are hoping that the story's been overblown that it's being hyped up but i can't imagine that intact in this kind of time a time of economic crisis or city would go and spend so much money and the federal government if this was not a serious. four minutes point well 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 prepared and now it's this circumstance here in new york right now which is more in a porno reporting to us there on the situation of hurricane irene now the richest 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 as archie's daniel bushell explains the move could be too little too late with fears social unrest could fall. from enjoys a triple a credit rating but now puts it one of the choice big three shows among

the world's top rated states. has been told it to follow the u.s. and be downgraded just repaying interest only it's this year has overtaken education and defeated as the government's biggest spend was mr sir causes presided over the biggest jump in get levels in our history books that carry too much water . france is going to. produce took a six year old of spending cuts this week but economists fear things. those cuts go nowhere near enough and you can compare it with people saying we're going to buy lumber gini and they only buy a porsche and they call the terrorist doctors board frauds is huge to its burden is really truly of the reverse meant in schools and hospitals. getting.

thrown. computers. old fashioned. out of the situations explosives experts and frauds could be next to. roy it's like those in britain to prove regions to loiter . in the suburbs. are socially segregated. and far more so than in the u.k. or in germany so yes unrest comes from the suburbs and spread through nicolas sarkozy's flowing of fall from france as he turned over budget day to his pacific island of new caledonia with students climbing street protests over the cuts he's left the job of presenting his prime either stop he'll let them take the flak for it and hopefully unions students. can march directly in protest against their

ministers well he's behaving in a certain because these absence in this time of crisis brought leading newspaper le figaro be clear both politically but his failure to tackle because she's troubles now could be creating even greater problems for the future don't you see paris. don't forget you can watch the news you want when you want it and are to dot com here's a taste of what we've got mined out for you right now. a personal account of nine eleven is banned a former f.b.i. agent who claims the cia could have started the attacks is prevented from publishing his upcoming inside story. and attacks from the deep third man is mauled by a shark in russia's far east find out more about the search for the sea predator and are. now time for our close up series where we continue to take you want to journey across the vast and varied landscape of russia.

this week we've been in the very heart of the european part of russia the city of kid of famed for its stunning scenery and countryside it's also known for its popular handmade toys which represent the country on postcards and in summer it attracts so tourists from all over the world from one highly unusual first of all as r.t.c. got a lot of reports this region so far not very well known outside of russia i mean even inside russia is going to try and stop after one thing and this is cucumbers the most rational of vegetables so if you look behind me what you are seeing is a cucumber festival people thousands of them coming here all day think you can buzz in a fresh pickled or whatever else and this is something of an initiative we'll see what

it takes off but we're not saying that over the last fifteen years this turtle is getting bigger and bigger and this year it's turned international with people coming in from all over the world just a sample of the special clippers which are local speciality but more of that in my report it's the pride of the cure of region annual cucumber festival the governor himself invited journalists from all across russia just to showcase the region's tourist potential organizers here make the bold claim that a pickled cucumbers in this village of its target are the best in the world. but while the players saying folksongs extolling the virtues of the green staple has only one stalwart actual vegetable can be called. trouble eighty kilometers to be in this queue i'm curious to know what it is that makes them so special but i'm a bit disappointed i wasn't allowed to buy more disheartened by the long wait we

decided to. locals it's the middle of the pickling season if you can get the harvest the button brought in. and mixed with. some of the recipe to what makes them special is a strictly kept secret at the magic ingredients are deal garlic in horseradish. but the truly unique part of the local picking process is that it's sealed barrels are dumped in the river for six months it's service because water gives them a subtle chalky flavor luckily we found some pickles left over from last year's crop all the stalk of cucumber has made me quite hungry for the local delicacy so decided to give it a try myself. traditionally the killer of region has been known for its toys base an ancient pagan beatty's these clay figurines have been and made here for hundreds of years the handicraft strict tradition prescribed but

artisans was depicted very specific subjects namely present women and improbably colored elements. this is not just a trademark of our region this is russia's visiting card the well. the toys can only be made by women and apprentices have to perfect their craft for years before they can be called. the most they were before i became making the same things over and over again would be boring but actually they always turn out different and once i have most of the traditional t.v. i my grandchild. local authorities are hoping master classes like this one will become a tourist attraction and a recruiting ground for new craftswomen there is also a massive craft fairs that promise to go thousands now there's even a family statue in the city square but that was paid for by mobile phone operator

with my journey of the men. been covered toys and pulled myself up on the local pickles but whether this is enough to turn to cure a region into a tourist destination well that's another question altogether i was standing next to him he's been living in russia for five years and he's got his own very popular video blog dedicated largely to tourism so. what do you think is the future but there isn't the places one thing is a disk. describing sort of like the problems and one of the big things is price and there's there are there's like no information about things in russia lot of russians have no idea what's happening even one person said that there's nothing to see in russia nothing to see in the biggest country in the world there's got to be something you know all the other. thing is too is for a lot of russians they just don't think wash is cool and i feel totally the opposite i love this place and so i want to see that that's another thing with through blogging like people like me are you know how many people have written me like tim and i know that you know i can be have something be proud of you know less

feels good absolutely well thank you very much that's and i've been speaking to tim kirby he's got his very popular video blog about terrorism about how we might see an improvement in the situation for people who want to travel inside russia. and i'll be back in a few moments to recap the week's top stories for you stay with us.