holiday is the food aid goldman turns to remember the grimly it used to be the unsecure to the world the ruben's original. libyan rebels have turned down reported offer by moammar gadhafi to negotiate the power transfer as they prepare a final of toc on the colonel's hometown. the rebels say it's treason not talks that's had full impact of libyan leader joining rich notion of from tripoli in just a moment. in other news there's a big shake up in the russian space agency after the loss of another unmanned mission with scientists now rushing to resupply the international space station and prevent a disaster. both korean leader kim jong il rolled through how cold russia by trying for a meeting with president medvedev same time gang wants a resumption of international talks that will bring pieces of the plane into. that

hurricane irene leaves three million people without power along the u.s. eastern seaboard as it slams into new york bream high winds and rapidly rising sea levels live pictures from the big apple as it braces for the worst of irene. live from moscow you're with our team on news now a with our top story we begin in libya where rebels have given a resolution no to moammar gadhafi is reported suggestion to sit down for talks the national transitional council says prison not negotiations is in store for the fugitive colonel let's cross live to our g.'s room the notion of who is in tripoli and joins us you've spoken to the rubbles what exactly happened i told you about

gadhafi suggestion. well indeed we have been able to speak to information minister here in tripoli and he's made his position quite clear the rabble will not negotiate with the criminals the rebels will not negotiate with the killer is they want gadhafi and they're running after him street after street district after district and as soon as they catch him they will throw him to jail this is what the rebels position. this statement comes after the new solution user the p s. news and that. duff is information chief has apparently called headquarters. headquarters in new york and has said that gadhafi is ready for talks with the rabble to form resists government and his even appointed his third son sided to lead these negotiations and this news comes just a week after a successful assault by the rebels on the libyan capital tripoli which became kind

of breakthrough in the libyan six month long. civil war and. dramatically changed the situation here leader and his days after and one. himself claimed that he will fight till his friend called people to come and fight and to resist and not to give up and to die with here well meanwhile the rebels are progressing quite well they're currently control in most of the country and including the capital tripoli and they are now claiming that they are preparing for what they call this final battle an assault on could have his native town stiff which is six hundred kilometers east of the capital sheeple who they say they are now waiting for nato to clear the path for them and so this is done they will. advance towards. at the same time the rebels say that they go round we go in with.

supporters there and. it's exactly where they will no be any military operation if only the wheat and north ration will start from been in the next two days we are also receiving information from been guarded from the eastern part of libya where rebels leaders say that it will take for them more than take days to take control over. the city or of course if they will be operational. but frankly this is the political instability having on the every day life right now what are people telling. while the people here in tripoli especially in. everyway in specially in tripoli are struggling because currently the city is facing severe shortage of electricity gas a line that is seen and water garbage everywhere on the streets because municipal

services happen paralyzed people trying to do with themselves they are taken out to the streets with brooms and. trash bags trying to clean them they also now live in in fear of anarchy because there is no police but also try to do that themselves from now to the streets and. kind of. volunteers to for checkpoints so the situation is very hard to call here in tripoli. back to you. for national live from tripoli thank you very much for that update. journalist neil clark says nato allies are rushing to do business in libya spreading reports the worst ever. what is very clear is happening here is the rebels are trying to teach this to the international world trying to make out their complete control of the country because it's finished the war is basically over and

everyone supports them the situation is rather walk a complex than that it's a very very divided society along tribal lines and if you doubt the regime which was secular good managed to hold the country together for a long period and now we're going to see tribal warfare breaking out and it's very clear that he still has lots of support in the west is of course that you have no support and everybody's got the opposition but it isn't true what nato is going here basically is transform a situation where there was. into a full scale civil war the western powers who are. really want to get their money back and they want to get money they want to profits this whole enterprise it's not about humanitarian intervention that was entirely bogus this was all about. and installing a new regime which would hand out the contracts to western companies and would be much more meaningful to two american it's. flight from moscow here with r t coming up we're on hurricane watch the city that never sleeps has turned into of ghost

town you can see here this is as hurricane irene sweeps up the u.s. coast was closing in the new york city. the russian government has ordered a major shake up of the country's space agency after the loss of yet another unmanned mission a progress resupply craft failed to reach the international space station and burnt up in the earth's atmosphere six crew members aboard the i r sas will now have to ration out the food and water they have last night he's taken greets reports. the moments it's who came crashing down. last on waves three 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 at first but then i realized coins never fly there or quietly then it turned into some bright object and then so it was partly and i heard

a loud noise it would like three bangs one really loud and seemed quiet or 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 meant the third stage in the sequence in 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 out-i 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 are being felt much further afield with the question of how to resupply the international space station proving the most pressing. operational planner always keep in mind the possibility

of a big cargo space ship not booking to the international space station for some reason so they go on board pairs of water and food supplies to survive on for another three or four months until their cargo spacecraft arrive for the space station time then maybe on the side of ross cosmos russia's space agency but a loss has still raised significant alarm bells this or you as a rocket carrying. a crew is slightly different but not much to. the progress they're going to want to make sure anything similar could go on about what happened. to flight those more turbulence of russia's space program back in december when three cloner satellites the country's alternative to g.p.s. plummeted into the pacific ocean with this latest setback was kosmos is be forced

to tighten called the control in hope there won't be a repeat of the problems that'll be good news for the six nationals currently on board the international space station especially two thousand for the scrapping of the u.s. shuttle program has now global importance on the success of the soyuz j.q. greaves r.t. . this week north korea announced its readiness to resume international talks over its disputed nuclear nuclear plans the news came as the country's leader made a rare trip abroad to meet presidents nutrients beta and scotts among other things a vital energy deal for north korea's struggling economy artie's katrina as are reports. 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 he avoids planes has armored cars and eats with chopsticks designed to detect reasons but the fear of an 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 class on from there he traveled on the translate here in railway to the by col region with the republic of borneo as its 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 cost of life is one of the biggest in the world and by stopping here kim jong il has bates' 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 in the pipeline which would bring say korea natural gas to the hub 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. price them from russia would ever paid out because the pipeline so the pipeline has to be extended into south korea so it's not the 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 a lie with north korea as china is you know president obama. once said we must

change our river attention from what separates us to what unites us and russia plays a unique 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 march for human production and testing of nuclear weapons if the charts resume for north korea is a chance to recover from recent doubts of famine and get some much needed food aid for russia it's a chance to do what everyone else has failed so far catherine as are about r t. still ahead this hour on r t a journey through russia all the way to the cure

a region where and yes. well first of all how in the name of elaine and green best of all it's entertaining adults and children alike. but first millions of new yorkers who decide to stay in their homes are bracing themselves for the full force of hurricane irene well probably transports and shot down a lot of rain now been downgraded to a tropical storm the weather is rapidly deteriorating with the hudson and east rivers overflowing and threatening to flood the big apple the hurricane is sweeping up the u.s. eastern seaboard and has claimed at least ten lives already parties were important is in new york businesses are either have boarded up their windows or are cheap along their windows and you could feel the wind increasing you feel the rain increasing the rain is coming down like sheets of what are new york city michael bloomberg did have a press conference stating and urging all new yorkers just stay away from their

windows move away from their glass windows because he says that winds are going to pick up speed friday new york city michael bloomberg for the first time in history issued a mandatory evacuation of certain parts of new york city 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 and you did get to speak with some people that were heading to the stores to buy up supplies saturday here's a little bit of what they had to say. this is the only real one to really. read your graduation or so here's three of you know something no we don't know but one thing i'm here out of going out right in the in my turn the water like hurricane katrina like that me the public transfer station system in new york city has also been shut down and that includes the trains or buses. to tell you that the

city is prepared for the worst most new yorkers are hoping that the story's being overblown that it's being hyped up but i can't imagine that in time 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 storm and at this point we're waiting for scene it seems a little bit like a movie where you know you don't know what's going to happen but you're just prepared and that's the circumstance here in new york that's right now. but we're keeping a close eye on developments around the line on america's east coast you can check out some live images broadcasting here from new york and get more from our website r.t. dot com so what is the extreme weather that's been unleashed on part of the past. europe spreading debt crisis is threatening to draw in france as the government announced new austerity measures earlier this week amid concerns it could lose its

aaa credit rating the new deficit reducing package will see some twelve billion euros worth of cuts plus a tax hike for the rich but sergeant daniel bushell explains the move could be two people too late it's fear social unrest is around the corner. enjoys a triple a credit rating but now the treatment of the noise ratio is among the world's top rated states. has been told to follow the u.s. and be downgraded just repaying interest only this year has overtaken education and defended as the government's. causes presided over the biggest jump in debt levels in our history books that carry too much water. france is going to the toll road. to produce to pay your i see explained to you rolled up spending cuts this week but the call to be spear 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 that austerity talk to small frauds these huge tits burden is bringing critique of drink versus mint in schools and hospitals. getting. into programming. computers or very old. equipment. fashion. the situation's explosive say experts and frauds could be next to witness riots like those in britain proved regions like the inner part of cities in the suburbs. are as socially segregated to very high standard for more so than in the u.k. or in germany so yes unrest come from the suburbs and spread through nicolas

sarkozy's flying a fall from france as he turned over to his pacific island of new caledonia the students climbing street protests over the cuts he's left the job of presenting them to his prime minister he'll let them take the flak for it and hopefully unions students retirees can march directly and protest against their ministers while he's paving in the sun because these absence in this time of crisis writes leading newspaper le figaro may be clear but politically but his failure to tackle the country's troubles now could be creating even greater problems for the future don't you see paris. coming up to twenty minutes past the hour let's take a look at some headlines from around the world every unrest continues in syria with activists claiming government forces have opened fire on protesters in some cities killing at least two people it comes as the arab league announced it will send an

envoy to the country to hold talks with president assad and seek an end to the violets meanwhile iran has reaffirmed its alliance with syria but warned that also listen to his people's legitimate demands more than two thousand killed since anti-government demonstrations began in march. a series of overnight bomb attacks as well six people dead and injured at least seven in baghdad explosions targeted a police patrol in one of the city's neighborhoods one half of the cow. officers officials say at least two hundred fifty people have been killed by extremists in iraq in july alone. to brazil now where at least five people have been killed and more than thirty others injured after a tram popular with tourists in rio de janeiro after coming off the tracks and skidded down the street before crashing into a lamppost it's not yet know what caused the accident and if any foreigners were among the casualties becomes just two months after

a french tourist guide if only out of one of the trams as it was crossing an aqueduct she didn't move you. because he is elected their new president this weekend alexander on crop will now leave the country that's been exhausted by two pack case of tensions after it declared independence from neighboring georgia and stored seized in his vaults give reports a challenging task lies ahead for the new leader as the next chapter for a cause hugo daunce. he promised to make a pause it a stronger state now it's on the one quote has the power to do so winning fifty four percent of the vote in friday's presidential election head of two rivals has given him a clear mandate with some citizens of the small caucuses republican willing to travel a long way to support their man as i came from crimea to vote for our help war veterans like me a line when we had tough times. alexander was feisty president

one the man he succeeds as leader sort of gave a gobshite died in office last may the two soft paws in independence recognized by russia and a 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 a fear and uncertainty marked life in the country the mood now seems to have changed their early battles for independence led many scholars in a pause as capital you can see how badly the parliament building was damaged cleaning up the rubble and getting things back and although it 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 an flubs agenda. and we have to admit it and it is true we see certain growth but it is no no we loans and series investments. the campaign was monitored by more than one hundred international observers from countries including france austria and israel and i was invited to.

have an earthquake or reaction from the georgian i was his oh no don't go there about my ideals or anything like independence and i can what exactly do you support what you are doing here you know because you are fighting for your summer and geo tone of the independence democracy for an election observers ignored the threats and gave the pool a clean bill of health those elections are a well planned and have a. not for the guys 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 and leaving his country with a hostile neighbor 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 that is below r t support. now it's time for the latest in our close of series where we've got search areas of russia where few have

traveled before. this we were in the care of region located around a thousand kilometers east of moscow the city of kirov is remount is a renowned cultural center famous for its felt arts and crafts well in the summer the region is housed to an annual festival celebrating a common green vegetable arsene joins in the fun. it's the pride of the kirov 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 pickled cucumbers in this village of stubbornness are the best in the world. so while the players saying folksongs extolling the

virtues of the green staple has only one stalwart actual budget people can report the appeal of trading eighty kilometers to be in this case you know i'm curious about what it is that makes them so special i tend to be disappointed i wasn't allowed to buy more disheartened by the long wait we decided to take our search for the locals it's the middle of the pickling season when you don't know if you can do the harvest the put in brine. and mix with. the recipe to what makes them special is a strictly kept secret the magic ingredient is our deal garlic and horseradish. but surely part of the local pink process is that a sealed barrels are dumped in the river for six months it's said that the called 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 i

decided to give it a try myself. thankee traditionally the kirov region has been known for its them covered toys base an ancient pagan beatty's these clay figurines have been handmade here for hundreds of years handicraft strip tradition prescribe the artisans was depicted very specific subjects namely present women and improbably colored animals. this is not just a trademark of our region this is russia's visiting card it won't go well stick notice the toys can only be made by women and apprentices have to perfect their craft for years before they can be called. those of the must be flown became to make 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 teachers i my grandchild's and. local authorities are hoping master classes like this one will

become a tourist attraction and a recruiting ground for new craftswomen. cure of region. well in a few minutes you can watch our special report on the death penalty in the united states after star break i'll be back with the headlines and then i reports coming up for.

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