this is archie's weekly review hello and welcome to the program and we start in libya where rebels have ruled out any possibility of talks of more market down his side the national transitional council says all the kind of disasters arrest not dialogue or he's marie a few notion 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 cut off he 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 news of the peace 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 progress and 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 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 syria and if it's successful 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 sure the show for electricity gas a line magazine and water garbage 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 because there is no police but the. also try to deal with it themselves come now to the streets and organizing kind of armed volunteers to for checkpoints so the situation is very hard very difficult here in tripoli. concerns have been raised over who is to control libya's stockpiles of chemical weapons and other reports rebel functions have been infiltrated by islamist extremists washington admits that cannot guarantee terrorists will not get their

hands on the arsenals but has pledged to try to prevent it from happening glor and it has. tripoli a city in chaos there's constant gunfire both aggressive and celebration and on the outskirts of the capital stockpiles of chemical weapons nato know very little about the people who might come to power. tripoli so now if you've got this cache of weapons of mass destruction that again people really don't know what. and if this is falling into the hands of certain people i mean the situation is potentially disastrous despite the heavy presence of rebels in tripoli the chemical stockpile appears still to be in the hands of what's left of gadhafi 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 abandoning 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 or 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 cry of victory or martyrdom will strike an ominous note to those who know of his weapons potential given the violations of the national territory of libya by nato led rebel forces i think that the idea that he would be beholden to these types of agreements would be off the table at this point and certainly he was quoted as saying in early july that he would be willing to strike out 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 about an option at this point it at any rate but the alternative rebel control of chemical weapons is arguably worse according to many some of the rebel factions

have links to al-qaeda or of 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 for muslim extremists so how the people is going to deal with those people laugh about it move all of chemical i believe their posts will be more problematic than that but. i fear there are some indications nato is considering putting peacekeeping troops on the ground in libya regional experts warned 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 w m d armed islamic extremists lure emmett's or teams london. international observers say the rebels are a weak and divided force which may not be able to properly govern the country but

middle east expert dan glazebrook told r.t. that that's exactly what nato wanted to happen in. this war is fundamentally a war to maintain africa in a subordinate position in the global economy in twenty ten get there we 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 gadhafi when we talk about the rebels that this is a very disparate group of people really who's calling the shots is nato few leaders that we hear about matthew jabril. these are people who have stablished links with western financial institutions are going back over several years so really when we hear these. people bad mouth pieces of nato over a place the libyan state with the same as what's replaced the state in iraq and afghanistan which is a dysfunctional government complete lack of security gang warfare and civil war and this is not

a mistake for nato they would prefer to see failed states and states that are powerful and independent and able to challenge their germany and those who are fighting for nato and in libya and fighting for the t.n.c. really need to understand that this is nato is a vision for their country many to wake up and seeing that they have been used. you're watching us here and coming up a little while we'll staunch the city that never sleeps has been lying low as tropical storm irene sweeps up the u.s. east coast turning streets of the big apple and many other places into rivers while claiming nineteen lives. and find out why some believe france is harsh austerity cuts could lead to british style rivals social unrest. prime minister vladimir putin has ordered a review and improvements to russia's space industry after yet another unmanned spacecraft crashed on wednesday the programmers have blasted out with cargo for the crew of the international space station before hurtling back to earth in siberia

the crash has sparked fears of contamination from toxic fuel that could be dangerous for local people and being warm and jacob grieves the story. the moment it's came crashing down. launched on wednesday from the baikonur cosmodrome three hundred twenty five seconds later the progress craft atop a soyuz rocket plummeted back to earth i thought it was a plane and first i don't but then i realized going never flying there tomorrow or quietly and then it turned into some white object and then saw that you were sparkling and i heard a loud noise it was like three bang this one really loud and two quieter it was due to dock with the international space station on friday delivery of central 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 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 and possibility of a big cargo space ship not docking to the international space station for some reason so that crew on board has enough 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's base agency but the loss has still raised significant alarm bells this story as

a rocket carrying. a crew is slightly different but not much that much the. last progress they're going to want to make sure anything more they could go on about why all happened when they shouldn't say why it was 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 roscosmos says be forced to tighten quality control and hope there won't be a repeat of the problems but 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. j.q. greaves r.t. . north korea's leader has announced beyond young is willing to return to international talks on his country's nuclear program at

a summit with. spent more than three days on a train before meeting the russian president in siberia but they also discussed a possible other treating. 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 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 from there he traveled on the translate beren railway to the buy call region with the republic of video to as his final destination and

a meeting with president medvedev his ultimate goal but before meeting with his current russian counterpart the north korean leader stopped to pay his respects to the first soviet leader this. 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 project 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 a new market for russia the north koreans are not going to be able to pay a. price for gas imports from russia would ever pay but because the building the

pipelines of the pipeline has to be extended into south korea to the south 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 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 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 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 cashman as are about r t. and still ahead this hour journey through russia all the way to the kia region where an unusual festival held in the name of believe in green vegetable isn't attaining adults and children of light. the big cleanup in the big apple is underway as new yorkers deal with the aftermath of hurricane irene which swept through the say she turning streets into rivers and bringing widespread destruction the storm has killed nineteen along the u.s. east coast and caused power cuts affecting millions also shutting new york's public transportation system and subway. from the city. once prepared

a way in advance before i ring begat it's 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 the hurricane but according to meteorologist when it was making its way down the eastern seaboard once it i went through cloud through north carolina it downgraded to a tropical storm by the time it hit manhattan we did see sheets of of rain coming down and the wind became extremely heavy and it was downgraded to tropical storm as you mentioned at this point there's been severe flooding all along the hudson river in manhattan and they in all the outer boroughs of new york city there are however have been power shortages now on manhattan and all the emergency workers and first

responders are dealing with major flooding for the low lying areas south of 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 your 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. then of course we're closely following all developments from the east coast of america in the eye of the storm don't hesitate you know want our you tube channel where you can find the very latest piers arcane i mean. as europe's economic crisis deepens france's imposing harsh austerity cuts of twelve billion euros with the country burdened by the biggest debt among

european countries with aaa credit rating. reports some believe the measures could lead to social unrest. france enjoys a triple a credit rating for now one of the hoist debt ratios among the world's top rated states many investors bet on it to follow the u.s. and be downgraded just repaying interest on its debt this year has overtaken education and defense as the government's biggest spend was mr causes presided over the biggest jump in debt levels in our history books that carry too much water. or . france has gone above the tolerance limit admitted prime minister as he explained the new road of spending cuts this week but economists fear things. those cuts go nowhere near enough you can compare it with people saying we're going to buy a lamborghini and buy

a porsche and they call that austerity doctors warned france's huge debt burden is bringing crudely of drink versus mint in schools and hospitals. getting. into. computers. very old. fashioned. the situation's explosive say experts and frauds could be next to witness riots like those in britain with deprived regions the likely spark the inner part. in the suburbs. are socially segregated to very high extent far more so than in the u.k. or in germany so yes unrest could come from the suburbs and spread through nicholas because these flying is all from france as he budget they tease pacific island of

new caledonia with 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 the ministers while he's behaving in a certain because these absence in this time of crisis writes leading newspaper le figaro may be clever 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. so more international news stories in brief now continues in syria with opposition groups claiming at least five people have been killed by security forces opening fire on protesters believe members have to end the bloodshed and i think that found an envoy to push for reforms in the country and while 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 in syria since demonstrations against the regime began in march. twenty nine people have been killed thirty eight injured 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 violence has decreased in iraq since its peak hours and six and 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 the mediterranean resort frequented by foreigners the bomb went off early on sunday on a beach in the canary in entirely a province popular with german dutch and russian tourists the device was buried in the sand with most of the injured hard by flying styles there was no immediate claim of responsibility but kurdish militants fighting for autonomy in southeastern

turkey have carried out attacks at tourist resorts in the past. for into milan superstar food dollars samuel eto has joined a russian club. for a reported three year deal worth almost twenty six million dollars a year the deal makes the come we were near the strike at the best paid play in the world and what's a massive coup not just for the team but for russia's premier league two. story. to divert from the above to go much and for the next three years most of summer add tows beat games will be in russia this thursday the international cameroon. left into milan and each leave behind flying in to join new club. i'm starting from scratch i've always possible in europe as a player and here i can start a new plus i've played with a bunch of crazies before and he told me a lot about russian football and i do look forward to joining the team at the three time champions league winner and the most decorated african player of all time

lloyd to name pace has made out one of the sport's most prolific goals scorers increased again this still assigning has put this region of russia the north caucasus into the soaker world spotlight this is the innate 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 soap a stone house is being built the story behind this transfer began in january when the darkest on the clock was bought by sally monk getting him off 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 long that legendary brazilian de-fund are 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. make their very big impacts of the development of the game here in russia. i think you were given a very good image of ross affordable because. he is one of the best certain players 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 on the bromwich english club chelsea and transformed a mid-level club into you are a parent powerhouse i should have small enough has also ploughed his million. into english giants arsenal but this time the situation is different here the bid 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 superstars playing for russian clubs are asco men as toes goals in the question are to be reporting

from the north caucasus and let's not join our close down team exploring historic regions and traditions across the world's biggest country. and this time our close up team has traveled a thousand kilometers from moscow to take care of the region so it's famous for her made folk toys and for the annual summer festival devoted to a common green vegetable. garden brings us a taste of beef and. it's the pride of the kirov 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 they called cucumbers in this village of stubbins are the best in the world. so while the players sing folk songs extolling the virtues of the green staple

because only one store where the actual vegetable can be bought a lot of travel ninety 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

decide to give it a try myself. thankee traditionally the care of 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 handicrafts trick tradition describes that artisans was depicted very specific subjects namely present women and probably color down the most. this is not just a trademark a very gentle this is russia's visiting card 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 masters and i suppose the most. before i became a tall maker 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 and. local authorities are hoping master classes

like this one will become a tourist attraction and a recruiting ground for new craftswomen. eager of party cure of region. that's the news for now i'll be back with a recap of the headlines in a month and. would

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you're watching on t.v. great to have you with is a good chunk of the week's top stories libyan rebels have rejected an offer by law they could be to negotiate a trial as the advantage of the double play pen the last remaining stronghold in. north korean travels across a powerful russia by train for a summit with president hamid of that it announcing that pyongyang is ready to resume talks on its nuclear program. a major shake out of the russian space agency is awarded by prime minister vladimir putin up with a crash of the unmanned spacecraft progress after blasting off to deliver food and water supplies to the international space station.