even rebels have turned they were not offered by more like a donkey but talks on a transfer of one are as they prepare for the final task on the cartels home town. rebels say it's treason not talks that's ahead pulling back to leave your leader for more join the rich nation of from tripoli in just a moment. north korean leader kim jong il travels hardware across russia by train to meet presidents the better they feel young is willing to restart international talks on its nuclear program. russian prime minister vladimir putin has ordered every big shakeup in the russian space agency after the loss of yet another unmanned mission up along stop. twenty dead along the u.s.

east coast hurricane irene haas and through new york causing severe flooding while moving millions of our electricity. this is a review hello and welcome to the program. let's start in libya rebels have ruled out any possibility of talks with monica his side the national transitional council says all the colonel deserves is already dialogue. has spoken to the rebels and reports now from tripoli. we have been able to speak to rubbles information minister here in tripoli and he has made his position quite clear the rebels 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 statement comes after the new solution use it appears that. duff is information chief

has apparently called a.p.'s headquarters and has said that kentucky is ready for talks with the rabble to form transitional government and his even appointed his third son cited 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 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 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 in severe sure the chauffeur electricity gas line medicine and water 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 an acute because there is no police but the. also try to deal with themselves from now to the streets and organizing kind of. volunteers to for checkpoints so the situation is very hard to call here in tripoli american military could be one of the reasons for nato has complained in libya according to a professor at most in bethlehem university and he told r.t.

that washington is hoping to reinstate space in the country. western powers have interests 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 saw in that sense i see a problem in the structure of the libyan revolution and the way that. clearly there are balls were created by the western powers initially there were a few demonstrations of course one thing you. learn of course the western powers in me. because not just their military power and they are pushing they have also increasingly weapons on the ground for their roles they have also supported them with special forces from britain and even the united

states will go giving them printing and this in some way below due tomorrow is that because it puts a foreign imprint on centrally what was before the rebellion like the egyptian rebellion or bit uneasy in rebellion. the latest to celebrate the end of a long standing dictatorship following their neighbors in tunisia and egypt that's continuing difficulties and the revolutionary aftermath i mean it's still unclear people what they wanted from the arab spring uprisings. looks at the parallels between the egyptian and. that the regime is crumbling. believe gravels are cheering. the same cheers and tears could be seen in egypt in february as the nation outstate their longtime leader hosni mubarak but six months on many egyptians say their hopes have been crushed by

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

powers are effectively making vital choices for them there is too much wealth and geopolitical strategic value to libya to look at only become reformed and democratic rights and universal participation by the citizenry. western powers need to implement it western economic and military agenda and therefore the people who will actually command the political situation in libya and the military situation in libya will indeed be supported and buttressed by western powers western powers have thrown all their support behind the leader in national transitional council giving them billions of dollars and weapons to gain control but the rebels are far from being a united group what libya is 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 totalitarian revolutions in egypt and libya developed

under different scenarios in egypt it was an armed uprising that you. it's in libya it's with an insurgency flooded with weapons by the west and those rebels 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 the power crisis similar to the one egyptian is are having libyans could be facing a fresh outbreak of violence at the hands of the armed mark i'm going to shut down reporting from washington our to. your washing our c.n.n. coming up a little while we all storm. a flood of worry that hurricane irene sweeps up the u.s. east coast turning streets in the big apple and many other places into rivers while claiming twenty one. prime minister vladimir putin has ordered a review and improvements to russia's space industry after yet another a month spacecraft crashed on wednesday the programs have blasted out with cargo

for the crew of the international space station before. in siberia the crash has sparked fears of contamination from toxic fuel that could be dangerous for local people in the environment trigger greaves the story. the moment it's kind crashing down. on wednesday from the baikonur cosmodrome three hundred twenty five seconds later the progress craft atop a soyuz rocket plummeted back to us i thought it was a plane in first but then i realized the planes never find their clothes or quietly then it turned into some white object and i thought it was sparkling and i heard a loud noise it was like three bangs one really loud and two quieter it was to joke 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 send it into orbit signal failure here makes 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 siberian altai republic to look for signs of any wreckage amid fears toxic fuel may seek into the surrounding soil and water supply so far they've drawn a blank jewel ready the repercussions of the bush mission of being fails much further afield but the question of how to resupply the international space station proving the most pressing. operation glamourous always keep in mind a disability or car was not talking to the international space station for some reason so they could 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 the loss

has still raised significant alarm bells this story is carrying. crew is slightly different but not much here. is the progress they're going to want to make sure anything similar could. happen. there's more turbulence of russia's space program back in december when three glow in 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 possibly good news for the six nationals currently on board the international space station especially since after the scrapping of the u.s. shuttle program is now global importance on the success of the soyuz. greaves party. the failure of this year's to market to propel the progress into orbit puts

the entire month space program in question now says now saying the international space station could have to be abandoned if so use launches it on seeing but space x. but. there's no viable alternative to the long serving russian rocket the soyuz is a very reliable vehicle but it's still got a something like a one in fifty a little better than one in fifty failure rate so as long as you're using expendable vehicles this sort of failure is bound to happen you know every fifty years sixtieth flight the soyuz is a more reliable system of the shuttle remember the shuttle did not have an escape system so when it failed the crew were in very serious trouble whereas the soyuz has a very effective escape system so both the rocket and the escape system have to fail before the astronauts are in any danger. north korea's leader has an illness pyongyang is willing to return to international talks on his country's nuclear program at a summit of the rich radiative in young he will spend more than three days in

a train before meeting the russian president in siberia where they also discuss the possible energy do you read outside of a report. 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 when 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 class on from there he traveled on the translate here in railway to the by call region with the republic of borneo to as its final destination and a meeting with president lee the age of his ultimate goal but before meeting with

his current russian counterpart the north korean leader start to pay his respects to the first soviet leader this past the vladimir lenin 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 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 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 solution price for gas imports from russia would ever paid up because the

building the pipelines the part one has to be extended into south korea so it's happened 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 two years because of the fact they are insane as a lot i did with north korea as china is you know president. once said that we must change our river tension from what separates us to what unites us and russia plays a role right now to help lead the world in that direction markedly different approach from some of the other members of the six party talks like south korea and the u.s. was constant sanctioning has failed to bring results and results are what this brief cheat 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 chocks resume for north korea is a chance to recover from recent deaths of 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. and ahead for you this hour a journey through russia over the plate and they came of region where an unusual festival held the name of the lead and green vegetable of entertaining adults and children alike. but now a big pain up and they began to lose and away as new yorkers deal with the aftermath of hurricane irene which swept through the city turning streets into rivers and bringing widespread destruction the storm has killed at least twenty and on the u.s. east coast and the power of factness also shut in new york's public transportation system and subway trains in reno nine bring the small from the city the city wants

the carried away in advance therefore i remain a car it got its way down the eastern seaboard but at this point things seem extremely calm roads we consarn actually looking out of my window in the sun is beginning to come out here in new york city where that does not mean that there are not been any damage from this tropical storm now irene was a hurricane but according to your ologists friend it was making its way down the eastern seaboard once i went through route through north carolina it downgraded to a tropical storm by the time it hit me and we did see sheets of of rain coming down our in the mean time 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 our shortages now on manhattan and all the emergency workers and first responders are dealing with major flooding for the lowly 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 real lying areas approximately three hundred seventy thousand people who live in all those different areas are lot of people evacuated and are logically yorkers chose to stay and our way out of the storm as it made its way to you are right. now will 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. and we are closely following all the developments on the east coast of america in the eye of the storm so don't hesitate to log on to our you tube channel where you can find the very latest on hurricane irene. has elected a new president this weekend for vice president alexander unprovided b two rivals with around fifty five percent of the votes and will now lead the country for the

next five years there has an economy has struggled for almost two decades with continuing tension our trade declared independence from neighboring georgia seventeen years ago and as our. new learned the top faces a challenging task to help the nation stand on its own feet again. he promised to make a posit a stronger state now what it's on the down fall has the power to do so winning fifty four percent of the vote in friday's presidential election out of some 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. i came from crimea to vote he help war veterans like me a lot when we had tough times. alexander unthought was vice 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 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 seems to have changed the early battles for independence led many scholars in the process capital you can see how badly that 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 in clubs agenda. we have to admit it and it is true we see certain growth but it is no no we close in series in this. campaign was monitored by more than one hundred international observers from countries including france austria and israel and i was invited to. have a very quick a reaction from the georgian always says oh no don't go sir but my ideals are any independence and i can protect fully supports what you are doing here in europe

because you are fighting for those who are in geophone of the independence of democracy for election observers ignored the threats and gave the call a clean bill of health this election cycle for a while climes. operating at the highest level as well as the results of the outcome has meant another positive step for democracy in the region according to the election monitors the new face a stiff challenge is leading this country with a hostile leader in georgia and a legacy of difficulties. so citizens will be hoping that they've chosen the president's health care the new hero for their country. that's not check some of the international news stories in brief unrest continues in syria with opposition groups screaming at least twenty people have been killed by security forces opening fire on protesters i read these are urged to see right to the budget itself and then boy to push for reforms in the country president

assad has endorsed a new media north of possibly allowing freedom of expression and talking penalties against journalists the united nations says two thousand two hundred people have been uprooted theorists is going on stations against the regime began in march. twenty nine people have been killed and thirty eight injured by a suicide bomber who blew himself up inside baghdad's largest sunni mosque during prayer is that 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 in two thousand and six and two thousand and seven but at times three main problem at least two hundred fifty people have been killed by extremists in the country in july alone. and in turkey an explosion that has a hundred fifteen in a mediterranean resort of frequented by foreigners the bomb went off sunday on a beach ok mary you know talia problem is popular with german and russian tourists the device was buried in the sand with most of the injured by flying stones and

there was no immediate claim of responsibility but kurdish militants were torn in southeastern turkey carried out attacks at tourist resorts in the past. all right now let's 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 clear a bridge or explain this made toys for the annual summer possible diverted to a common green vegetable a good idea brings us a taste of the bands. it's the pride of the cure of region. cucumber festival the governor himself invite a journalist from all across russia just to showcase the region's tourist potential organizers here make the bold claim that

a play called cucumbers in this village of the studs are the best in the world. so while the players sing folk songs extolling the virtues of the green staple there's only one store where the actual vegetable can be pulled out of trouble 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 pickle in season if you can there's a harvest to put in brine. and make some of. the recipe to what makes them special is a strictly kept secret but the magic ingredients are gill garlic and horseradish. but the truly unique part of the local pickling process is that a sealed barrels are dumped in the river for six months at service because water

gives them a subtle chalky flavor luckily we found some pickles left over from last year's crop all this talk of cucumber has made me quite hungry for the local delicacy so decided to give it a try myself. tanky tradition need to cure of region has been known for it's them covered toys base an ancient pagan they see these clay figurines have been handmade here for hundreds of years the handicrafts trick tradition prescribes that artisans was the pig very specific subjects namely present women and improbably color down in malls. this is not just a trademark a very general this is russia's visiting come out the well to 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 those are the most. before i became tong maker thought making the same things over and over again would be boring but actually

they always turn out different and once i have not of the traditional t.v. 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. of. cure of region. that's the news for now we're back with every kind of a headline showing. nearly

a billion people in the world for going country every day. in the united states even our trash cans are full of the food you just have to go get it all of these perfectly good eggs because one was cracked in even get all over the other ones just thrown away nothing she's from a german oh yes we're leaving my cup of coffee. in the dumpster at one am this morning three pm this afternoon on the grill take just made a mint one doesn't come straight egg whites. delicious

breakfast for the family make some toast for about a week every year in america we throw away ninety six billion pounds of. and. this is nature and discover its beauty. communicate with the wild under. test yourself and become free and. see what nature can give you. i got out of the military in ninety six and six i got no because the things i saw the things i was doing and that's the reason he said we were given for doing that

there was a personal protest. during the vietnam war american war movement emerged that alter the course of history this movement didn't take place on college campuses but in ferrets and on ships penetrated elite military colleges like west point and spread throughout the battlefields of vietnam yet today few people know about the g.i. movement against the war in vietnam. after the army and we always said free the army or fun travel and adventure but it really meant the army. wealthy british style stock. market finance can.