movie in the rubble so turns out reported offer by wal-mart is offering to negotiate the power transfer as they prepare a final atop all the girls hometown. banks that's ahead pulling back the lead be a leader who will join the rich nation of from tripoli in just a moment. there's a big shakeup in the russian space agency after the loss of another on the magnificent and scientists now rushing to resupply the international space station preventing disaster. north korean leader kim jong il rolls through powerful russia via train for a meeting with president medvedev saying appear pal was a result of international talks that will bring peace to the peninsula. and

tropical storm i release four million people without power along new westminster and seaboard as it slams into new york winds and heavy rain. just after midnight here in the russian capital this is r.t. with the day's news and the week's top stories well we started livio where rebels have given a resolute no to warn our gadhafi is reported suggestion to sit down for talks the national transitional council says that all the colonel deserves is a rest and not dialogue and often the house spoke of the rebels and has more from tripoli. we have been able to speak to the rebels' information minister here in tripoli and he's made his position quite clear the rebels will not negotiate with the criminals the rebels will not negotiate with the killer is they want to get up

here 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 statement comes after the new solution use of the police that. duff is information chief has apparently called a.p.s. headquarters and has said that duffy is ready for talks with the rabble to form. a government and his even appointed his third son sided to lead this negotiations and these news comes just a week after a successful assault by the rebels on the libyan capital tripoli which became a kind of breakthrough in the libyan six month long. civil war well meanwhile the rebels are progress and quite well they're currently controlling 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 cut off his native

town city at the same time the rebels say that the go round to go in with his supporters there in fear and if it's six sash they will no be any military operation if only they agreed to surrender if not try to ration will start within the next two days while the people here in tripoli are struggling because currently the city is facing severe shortage of electricity gas line medicine and water and garbage is everywhere on the streets because municipal services happen paralyzed people trying to deal with it 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 in the. try to do that themselves i know to the streets and organizing kind of. volunteers to put checkpoints. the situation is very hard to go here in tripoli. well

concerns have been very sober who is to control libya stockpiles of chemical weapons with reports of rebel factions have been infiltrated by islamic extremists and washington admits it cannot guarantee terrorists will not get there hasn't the arsenals but has pledged to try to prevent it from happening artie's lower and it has more. tripoli a city in chaos there's constant gunfire both aggressive and celebration and on the outskirts of the capital stockpiles of chemical weapons nature you know very little about the people who might come to power in tripoli so now if you've got this cache of weapons of mass destruction that again people really don't know what's there and if this is falling into the fans of certain people i mean the situation is pretty 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 government 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 of bands of a his w m d program in return for a normalizing of relations with the u.k. and u.s. they agree that 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 agreement he's cry victory or martyrdom will strike an ominous note to those who know of his weapons potential given the violations of. national territory of libya by needle and rebel forces i think that idea that he would be beholden to these types of. grievance would be off the table at this point

and certainly he was called into seeing in early july that he would be willing to strike out in 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. 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 west. got itself into this trouble now it has to decide how it will figure it out and the options aren't attractive we know that the majority of the people who are fighting cricket hard muslim extremists or how the vehicle is one could be with those people who are fairly mobile of chemical that i believe. would be more problematic than that there are very few there are some indications nato is considering putting peacekeeping troops on the ground in libya regional experts warn that could be seen by parts of the free libya

movement as an act of aggression but having supported the rebel movement nato must now deal with the consequences even if that's w m d armed islamic extremists lore and it's our team. that's our national observer see the rebels are a weak and divided force which may not be able to properly govern the country but middle east. told r.t. that's exactly right no two wanted to happen in libya this war is fundamentally a war to maintain africa and it's of all an illusion in a global economy and twenty ten that made a proposal to the african union that was adopted that no african country would allow us based on its soil since that time the u.s. has been desperate to get rid of when we talk about the rebels this is a very disparate group of people really who's calling the shots and nato leaders that we hear about matter who get real real these are people who have links with

western financial institutions are going back over several years so really when we hear these people. that made it. we the same is what separates the state in iraq afghanistan which is a dysfunctional government complete lack of security. and civil war and this is not a mistake made they would prefer to see failed states and states. powerful and independent and able to challenge them to me and those who are fighting in libya and fighting for the gnc really need to understand that this is. their country we need to wake up and seeing that they're being used. and coming up on our t.v. we're on a storm watch the city that never sleeps grades tropical storm irene as it suits up the u.s. east coast pulling through the big apple. now the russian government has ordered a major shake up of the country's space agency after the loss of yet another

mission a progress resupply craft failed to reach the international space station and burned up on the earth's atmosphere all six crew members aboard the i assess will now have to ration out the food and water they'll have left artie's agrees has more . of the moments it's came crashing down. launched on wednesday from the baikonur cosmodrome three hundred twenty five seconds later a progress craft atop a soyuz rocket plummeted back to earth i thought it was a plane a first i didn't then i realized planes never fly there close quietly then it turned into some bright object and then saw that it was far from one i heard a loud noise it was like three bangs one really loud and two quieter it was due to dock with the international space station on friday delivering essential supplies to 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 propel the progress out of the earth's atmosphere. teams have be sent to some siberian altai republic to look for signs of any wreckage and it feeds toxic fuel may seep into the surrounding soil and water supply so far they've surely blank but already the repercussions of the bush mission are being filled much further afield with the question of how to resupply the international space station proving the most pressing. operation planners always keep in mind the possibility of cargo space ship not booking to the international space station for some reason so they go on board pairs of water and for supplies to survive on for another three or four months until their cargo spacecraft arrives to the space station time then maybe on the side of those cosmos

russia's space agency the loss has still raised significant alarm bells this or you as a rocket carrying the crew is slightly different but not much to. the progress they're going to want to make sure anything that is similar could go all out all have. a lot of life there's more turbulence of russia's space program back in december when three colonus satellites the country's alternative to g.p.s. plummeted into the pacific ocean with this latest setback was kosmos has been forced to tighten quality control and 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 to sell for the scrapping of the u.s. shuttle program there's now global importance on the success of the soyuz. greaves r.t.

. this week north korea announced its readiness to resume international talks over its disputed nuclear plants the news came as the country's leader made a rare broad to meet president dmitry medvedev and discuss among other things a vital. struggle. a man of mystery north korea's kim jong il prefers to stay out of the media spot like 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 poisons but the fear of ongoing sanctions and tough financial times proved more significant as kim jong il embarked 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 her son from

there he traveled on the transept here in railway to the i call region with the republic of as its final destination and a meeting with president lee did if 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. is one of the biggest in the world and by stopping here kim jong il has made sure that the entire world knows 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 that you men get down to business but let's look at as far as i understand the democratic people's republic of korea is interested in the implementation of this trilateral projects in which the russian federation and south korea will also take part the pipeline which would bring siberia 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. a solution price. would. cost to build a pipeline so the pipeline has to be extended. south korea north korean market but the foremost 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 large with north korea as china is you know president vaclav one said we must change our real 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 but 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 tracks 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. and still ahead for you this hour breaking the back of the caucasus football club has passed for a new super striker making him one of the world's highest paid players. the millions of new yorkers decided to stay in their homes as hurricane irene swept through the city bringing partial flooding and power outages a wall it's now been downgraded to

a tropical storm all public transportation will remain shut throughout sunday i read it is sweeping up the u.s. eastern seaboard and has claimed at least fifteen lives are these latino portnoy reports now from new york. the state wants the carried away in advance therefore i rename it got its way down the eastern seaboard but at this point things seem extremely conference we consarn actually looking out of our way down the sun is beginning to come out here in new york city but that does not mean that there has not been any damage from this tropical storm now irene was a hurricane but according to meteorologist when it was making its way down the eastern seaboard once it i went through the house through north carolina it sounds great it's where tropical storm ida time hit manhattan we did see sheets of hover rain coming down the wind became extremely heavy i don't see how great it's a tropical storm as you mentioned at this point there's been severe flooding all along the hudson river in manhattan and in all the outer boroughs of new york city

there our out here in our shortages now on manhattan all the emergency workers and first responders are dealing with major flooding for the low lying areas how many i mean as we remember it was in new york city mayor michael bloomberg that border a mandatory evacuation of certain parts of new york city there was a rattle lying areas approximately three hundred seventy thousand people who live in all those different areas are a lot of people evacuated and a lot of new yorkers chose to stay and are way out of this storm as it made its way to your according to what we are all just are saying this storm has now passed new york city is heading towards where we're not really newport rhode island in new england and it could even become a little bit greater as it cleans laments and heading that way right. now to be a lot less than what was anticipated and what was hyped up and at this point it's

just the cleanup here any or. all of course we're closely following the developments unraveling on the east coast of america which has been hit by a wave of extreme cold weather a lot more matter. child's watch the most recent and most impressive videos found her kids like. a europe spreading debt crisis is threatening to draw in frats as the government announced new a sturdy measures earlier this week amid concerns it could lose its aaa credit rating or the new deficit reducing package will see some twelve billion euros worth of cuts possible tax hike for the rich as archy's down a bushel explains the move could be too little too late but fears that social unrest is just around the corner. enjoys a triple a credit rating but now putting one of the choice ratios among the world's top rated states many investors bet on it to follow the u.s. and be downgraded just repaying interest only this year has overtaken education

and difference as the government's biggest spend. because it's presided over the biggest jump in levels in our history books that carry too much water sink. francis called of the. admitted prime minister yours as explained to you rolled up 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 a lamborghini and buy a porsche and they call the austerity doctors warn frauds these huge kids burden is bringing crudely of grievance mint in schools and hospitals. getting. into. computers. very old.

fashioned. out of the situations explosives experts and frauds could be next to witness routes like those in britain with. regions like the inner part of cities and the suburbs. segregated to very high standard. in the u.k. or in germany so yes unrest from the suburbs and spread through nicolas sarkozy's flying a full front as he chatted on budget they say his pacific island of new caledonia with students planning street protests over the cuts he's left the job of presenting them to his prime minister then take the flak for it and hopefully unions students retirees can march directly and protest against the ministers while he's paving in the sun because these absence in this time of crisis wright's

leading newspaper le figaro may be clear both politically but his failure to tackle the country's troubles now could be creating even greater problems for the future of the new bush you see paris. and still ahead for you this hour a journey through russia all the way to victory region where an unusual festival held in the name of a lean and green vegetable that are too many adults and children alike. and now it is some news that made headlines today across the world all the rest continues in syria with activists claiming that government forces have opened fire protestors in separate cities killing at least five it comes as the arab league announced it will send an envoy to the country to hold talks with president assad and some end to the violence we rile iran has reaffirmed its alliance with syria but warned that assad should listen to his people it's legitimate demands more than two thousand have been killed since anti-government demonstrations began in march.

a series of overnight bomb attacks has left six people dead and injured at least seven at the iraqi capital baghdad explosions targeted a police patrol in one of the city's neighborhoods and more than half of the casualties were officers officials say at least two hundred fifty people have been killed by extremists in iraq in july alone. now a superstar football striker has joined the russian north caucasus squad. some well at zero eight cameroon native a four time african player of the year will reportedly receive ten million euros a season of his arrival is a massive coup for russia's premier league and puts it firmly on the map as one of the world's most ambitious clubs are these medieval question of what has the details. of the bubble go in my hand for the next three years most of summer at tell those big games that will be in russia this thursday the

cameroon international left into milan and each leave behind flying in to join new club. and starting from scratch i want all the trophies possible in europe and. player and he reconstructing you plus i've played with a bunch of crazies before any told me a lot about russian siebel and i do look forward to joining the team at joe is the three time champions league winner and the most decorated african player of all time loitering pace has made out one of the sport's most prolific calls scorers in recent yes this still signing has spurred this region of russia the north caucasus into the soccer world spotlight this is the in need says. it seems that unsold recently few hours side of russia had hurried off but which is now making sports headlines across the globe and it's in this unlikely something that i'd seen off world superstars is being built the story behind this transfer began in january

when the darkest on the clock was bought by still a month giving him of a locally born businessman and one of the richest men in russia he found to turn on gene to a contender hoping to transform the republic's image in the process a handful of promising acquisitions followed and that legendary brazilian to fund the cardless the current captain of the club the fact that one of the best wears in the world will be where. there are some families will. america very. good products look at the growth of the game here in russia. i think it will give a very good image over us all because summer is one of the best bets are where's there's a lot of the star of the past russian money in european football is nothing new back in two thousand and three russian businessmen and i'm one of them want each bought english club chelsea and transforms a mid-level club into you were a parent powerhouse are you sure smart have has also ploughed his millions into

english giants arsenal but this time the situation is different here is a bit is to make a little known russian football team known across the worlds. steel may herald a new reality in the european game where international football superstars playing for russian cops are ask common telescope's mice not question our t.v. reporting from the north caucasus. and now it's time for the latest in our close of series and this week we're in the kirov region located around a thousand kilometers east of moscow right now for its folk arts and crafts and this summer it also hosts an adult first of all celebrating kong agree that stubble are. the thought. it's the pride of the curate regent annual cucumber festival the governor himself

invite a journalist from the new across russia just to showcase the region's tourist potential organizers here make a bold claim that a pickle keep this religion of its job and all the best in the world. so while the players sing folk songs extolling the virtues of the green staple there's only one store what actual vegetable can report you're going to generate income homages to me in this character you know i'm curious about 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 take our search to the locals it's the middle of the people in figuring out the little if you can with the harvest that put in broil. and make some of. the recipe to what makes them special is a strictly kept secret at the magic ingredient of our deal garlic and horseradish.

but the truly unique part of the local pickling process is that the sealed barrels all dumped in the river for six months that serve the big called water gives them a subtle shorty flavor luckily we found some pickles left over from last year's crop all the stalk of keep has made me quite hungry for the local delicacy so i decided to give it a try myself. thank you traditionally the kirov region has been known for its them covered. base an ancient pagan beatty's these clay figurines have been handmade there for hundreds of years handicraft strict tradition describes the artisans was the big 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 if you want the well to take notice the toys can only be made by women and apprentices have to perfect

their craft for years before they can be called milestones yet i started the my store before i became tommy 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 motifs i my grandchild and. local authorities are hoping master classes like this one will become a tourist attraction and a recruiting ground for new craftswomen. either i'd love to hear of region. about sulfur and i'll be back in a few moments with a recap of the top stories to see with us.

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