and have a brain. hello and welcome to the program this is our cheese weekly review i mean you are and we start in libya where rebels have ruled out any possibility of talks with moammar gadhafi aside the national transitional council says all the colonel deserves is a rest no dialogue. has spoken to the rebels and reports 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 killers they want to get our fee 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 news solution use of the period that. duff is information chief has apparently called

a peace headquarters and has said that gadhafi is ready for talks with the rabble to form a transitional government and even appointed his third son sided to lead this 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 well meanwhile the rebels are progressing quite well they're currently controlled in most of the country and including the capital tripoli and they're 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 they go she ran to go in with his supporters there in syria and if. fall they will no be any military operation if only they agreed to surrender if not. will start within the next two days while the people here in

tripoli are struggling because currently the city is facing severe show the show for electricity gas a line magazine and water garbage everywhere on the streets because municipal services happened 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 but the. also try to deal with that from south time now to the streets and organizing kind of. volunteers. for checkpoints so the situation is very hard to call here in tripoli. american military ambition could be one of the reasons the natives campaign in libya according to professor metze in quincy of bethlehem university and he told r.t. that washington is hoping to reinstate space in the country western powers have interest

in libya. most important of course libyan oil and the us used to have a military base in libya. very interested. in military power in libya so in that sense i see a problem in the structure of the libyan revolution and the way that. well clearly the rebels were created by the western powers initially there were a few demonstrations that were being. of course the western powers and the fear. is not just the military power in the areas that they are pushing they have also increasingly put weapons on the ground for the rebels they have also supported them with special forces from britain even the united states but are giving them training and this in some way the legitimate is the rebels because it puts their

foreign imprint on centrally what was before the rebellion like the egyptian rebellion or the tunisian rebellion. looks like the latest to celebrate the end of a long standing following their neighbors in tunisia and egypt but continuing difficulties in the revolutionary optima mean it's still unclear a the people how one what they wanted from the arab spring uprisings. looks at the parallels between the gyptian. the cadets the regime is crumbling. the 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 have been crushed by reality.

you know i love the revolution when it happened i welcomed it that looked at the time we call life at the end of the tunnel we see it's not getting better we have nothing to eat don't tell me about democracy for hungry people it just doesn't matter the egyptians now are not governed by who they chose as their leaders instead it's their army that's in control the army that has strong ties with the us and is 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 mubarak in tripoli the body taking over is the national transitional council also not chosen by the levy in people yet the council has been recognized as the legitimate government of libya by all allies who've been helping oust gadhafi many levy as are outraged by the fact their

foreign powers are effectively making vital choices for them there is too much wealth in geopolitical strategic value to libya to only become reformed in democratic rights a new person. participation by the citizenry the western powers need to implement it western economic and military agenda and therefore the people who will eventually command the political situation in libya and the military situation in libya will indeed be supported and buttress by western powers western powers have thrown all their support behind the national transitional council giving them billions of dollars and weapons to gain control but the rebels are far from being a united group what libya's going to face after that is a period of prolonged chaos nobody knows the outcome this is tribe against tribe this is not democracy against totalitarianism revolutions in egypt and libya have developed under different scenarios in egypt it was an 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 how a crisis similar to the one egyptian is are having. could be facing a fresh break of violence at the hands of the armed mom i'm going to shut down reporting from washington our team. and coming up a little while we're on storm watch that nervously line as tropical storm irene sweeps up the u.s. east coast turning streets of this and many other places into. prime minister vladimir putin has ordered every improvements to russia's space industry after yet another unmanned spacecraft crashed on wednesday their progress have blasted out with cargo for the crew of the international space station before

hurtling boxer in siberia the crash has sparked fears of contamination from toxic fuel that could be dangerous for local people on the environment. has the story for us. the moment it's all 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 a first but then i realized cleans never fly that khloe or quietly then it turned into some white object and i saw that it was sparkling and 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 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 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 are being felt much further afield with the question of how to resupply the international space station proving the most pressing. operation glamorous always keep in mind the possibility of a big cargo space ship not docking to the international space station for some reason so that go on board pairs of water and food supplies to survive on for another three or four months until their. cargo spacecraft arrive to the space station time then maybe on the side of ross cosmos russia space agency the loss has still

raised significant alarm bells this all use a rocket carrying the crew is slightly different but not much that much their. progress they're going to want to make sure anything that is similar they could go on that was all happened where we shouldn't say oh it's like there's more turbulence of russia's space program back in december when three clone a satellites the country's alternative to g.p.s. plummeted into the pacific ocean with this latest setback roscosmos has been forced to tighten quality control and hope there won't be a repeat of the problems would be good news for the six astronauts 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. griefs r.t. . this week north korea announced its residents to resume international talks over

its disputed nuclear plans the news came as the country's needham made a rare trip abroad to meet president dmitry medvedev and discuss among other things a vital energy deal for north korea's struggling economy. 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 poisons but the fear of ongoing sanctions and tough financial times proved more significant 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 sun from there he traveled on the translate beren railway to the buy call region with the

republic of borneo to as his final destination and a meeting with president made a video of 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 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. 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 in the pipeline which would bring siberia natural gas to the hub of asia would mean money for the struggling north korea and an. new market for russia the north koreans are not going to be able to pay. the price for gas imports from russia would we ever pay

but because the building pipelines of the pipeline has to be extended into south korea to 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 lot i did with north korea as china is you know president vaclav havel once said that we must change our ray of 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. whose constant sanctioning has failed to bring results and results are what this

brief 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 talks resume for north korea is a chance to recover from recent data famine and get some much needed food aid but for russia it's a chance to do what everyone else has failed so far catherine as are about r t well on to em. and still ahead for you this hour a journey through russia all the way to the camera return where an unusual festival held in the name of the nina and green vegetables and then detaining adults and children alike. millions of new yorkers decided to stay in their homes as hurricane irene swept through the city bringing partial flooding and power shortages while it's now been downgraded to a tropical storm all public transportation will remain shut through sunday irene is

sweeping out the u.s. eastern seaboard has claimed at least fifteen lives already in reno putting i reports not from new york the city was prepared our way in advance before i remain begat its way down the eastern seaboard but at this point things seem extremely calm relatively calm the sun actually looking out of my window in 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 i remarked to hurricane but according to meteorologist when it was making its way down the eastern seaboard once it i went through plowed through north carolina it downgraded to a tropical storm by the time it hit manhattan we did see shades of rain coming down and the wind became extremely heavy i was downgraded to a tropical storm as you mentioned at this point there's been severe flooding are along the hudson river in manhattan and in all the outer boroughs of new york city there how out in our shortage is now on and how you know all the emergency workers

and first responders are dealing with major flooding for the low lying areas south manhattan as we remember it was in new york city mayor michael bloomberg that order a mandatory evacuation of certain parts of new york city those are wrangled 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 the storm as it made its way to you are right it did turn out to be a lot less than what was anticipated and what was hyped up and at this point it's just about cleanup here in new york. we're closely following the development of reveling on the east coast of america which has been hit by a wave of extreme weather. channel to watch the most recent and most impressive videos from the hurricane site. elected their new

president this weekend legs and will now lead the country that's been exhausted by two decades of tensions declared independence from neighboring georgia and. reports a challenging task lies ahead with a new leader as the next chapter. he promised to make a pause it a stronger state know what x. on their own thought 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 public he helped war veterans like me a lot when we had tough times. alexander was feisty president one the man he succeeds as leader sergei bug option died in office last may the two saw a pause 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 in a declared independence from georgia fear and uncertainty marked life in the country the mood now seems to have changed the early battles for independence led many scholars 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 an clubs agenda. and we have to admit it and that is true we see certain growth but it is no no we need loans and serious 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 a reaction from the georgian always says oh no don't go sir but my ideals so are any general independence and i can know exactly who you support what you are doing

here you know because you are fighting for your summer and geo tone of the independence democracy for in the election observers ignored the threats and gave the poll a clean bill of health these elections have been very well planned and have. not part of a higher threat 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 neighbor in georgia and a legacy of difficulties following independence citizens will be hoping the man they've chosen this president will help herald a new era for their country. r t so cool. check some other international news in breve unrest continues in syria with opposition groups claiming at least five people have been killed by security forces opening fire on protesters arab league members have urged syria to end the bloodshed announcing

they send an envoy to push the reforms in the country meanwhile president assad has endorsed a new media law supposedly allowing freedom of expression and dropping penalties against journalists the united nations says two thousand two hundred people have been killed as serious as demonstrations against the regime began in march. twenty nine people have been killed and so to eight hundred by a suicide bomber who blew himself up inside baghdad's largest sunni mosque during prayer is early in the day a series of bomb attacks in the city left six people dead and wounded seven bought as has decreased in iraq since its peak in two thousand six hundred two thousand and seven but attacks remain common at least one hundred fifty people have been killed by extremists in the country in july alone. and in turkey an explosion that has injured fifteen in a mediterranean resort frequented by foreigners the bomb went off early on sunday on a beach in a camaro entirely a province popular with german dutch and russian tourists the device was buried in

the sand with most of the injured heard by flying stones so that was no immediate claim of responsibility but kurdish militants fighting for told me in southeastern turkey have carried out attacks at tourist resorts in the past. former into milan superstar footballer samuel eto has joined a russian club for a reported reported three year deal worth almost twenty six million dollars a year do you make the strike at the best paid player in the world and what's a massive coup not just for the team but for russia's premier league to. story. and for the next three years most of summer add to those big games will be in russia this thursday the cameroon international left into mellon and. the behind flying in to join new club and. i'm starting from scratch i won all the trophies possible in europe as a player and here i can start a new plus i've played with a bunch of crowds before and he told me

a lot about russian football and i do not forward to joining the team is a three time champions league winner and the most decorated african player of all time pace has made one of the sport's most prolific goalscorers increased and yes this still assigning has spoke of this region of russia the north caucasus into the soaker world spotlight this is the in the says. it seems that until recently few side of russia had heard off but which is now making sports had lines across the globe and it's in this unlikely setting that i team of world service das is being built the story behind this transfer began in january when the druggist on the clock was bought by sally monk giving him of a locally born businessman and one of the richest men in russia he valid to turn on gene to a contender hoping to transform the republic's image in the process a handful of promising acquisitions followed among them legendary brazilian de-fund

about the cardless the current captain of the club the fact that one of the best players in the world will be playing and there are some families will. america very big impacts of the development of the game here in russia. i think we're give a very good image of russian football because. it is one of the best parts inquests here is not the star of the past russian money in european football is nothing new back in two thousand and three russian businessmen are more in the bromwich bought english club chelsea and transformed a mid-level club into a you are paying powerhouse i wish it was small enough has also ploughed his millions into english giants. arsenault but this time the situation is different here is the bit is to make a little known russian football team known across the world this deal may heralds a new reality in the european game where international football superstar us

playing for russian clubs are ask all men as those goals in the bush no r.t. reporting from the north caucasus. and knowledge join our close up team exploring historic regions and traditions across the world's biggest country. and this time our close up team has traveled around a thousand kilometers from moscow to the camera region it's famous for her made for toys and for the annual summer festival devoted to a common green vegetable garden brings us a taste of and. it's the pride of the cure of region that 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 stubbins are the best in the world.

but while the players sing folk songs extolling the virtues of the green staple there's only one store where the actual vegetable can be bought and i've travelled eighty kilometers to be in this queue 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 pickling season the cucumbers are harvested but in brine. and mixed with. the recipe to what makes them special is a strictly kept secret but the magic ingredients are deal garlic and horseradish but the truly unique part of the local pickling process is that the sealed barrels are dumped in the river for six months it's said that the cold water gives them

a subtle shawqi 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 decide to give it a try myself. thank you traditionally the kirov region has been known for its dim covered toys base an ancient pagan day tease these clay figurines have been handmade here for hundreds of years the handicraft strict tradition describes the artisans most depict very specific subjects namely how people present women and i'm probably color down the most. this is not just a trademark of our region this is russia's visiting card it won't do 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 masters and i suppose the most. before i became to make i thought 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. local authorities are hoping master classes like this one will become a tourist attraction and a recruiting ground for new craftswomen. eager of nerve party care of region. and then years from now back with a recap of the headlines hard place. and

i gather this is and these are the week's top stories libyan rebels have reported. there's a big shakeup in the russian space agency for the of another unmanned mission but scientists now rushing to resupply the international space station and prevent a disaster. north korea be taking the young male role through russia by train for a meeting with the president saying he wants a resumption of international twelve that will bring peace to the peninsula. tropical storm irene leaves a million people without power along the u.s. east and so.