lives without electricity. this is a review hello and welcome to the program last let's start in libya where rebels have ruled out any possibility of talks with momma gadhafi aside the national transitional council says all the colonel deserves is a rats known dialogue. has spoken to the rebels and reports now 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 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 his 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 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 they go she should run to go in with his supporters there in syria and if it's successful they will no be any military operation if only they agree 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 in syria show the show for electricity gas a line medicine and water garbage is everywhere on the streets because municipal services happen paralyzed people trying to deal with it themselves they're. 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 do that themselves come now to the streets and organize in kind of. volunteers. for checkpoints so the situation is very hard difficult here in tripoli. and could be one of the reasons for nato is complaining to leave their according to a professor at most in bethlehem university and he told r.t. that washington is hoping to reinstate its place 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. in military power in libya saw . a problem in the structure of the libyan revolution and the oil. well clearly there are balls were created by the western powers initially there were a few demonstrations of course. none of course the western powers and they thought . it was not just their military power and that they are pushing they have also increasingly weapons on the ground for their roles they have also supported them with special forces from britain even the united states without 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. libyans are the latest to celebrate the end of a long standing dictatorship following their neighbors in tunisia and egypt but continuing difficulties in the revolutionary aftermath i mean it's still unclear if the people one what they wanted from the arab spring uprisings began at a chicken looks at the parallels between the egyptian and. the kid after the regime is crumbling. the libyan rebels are cheering. the same cheers and tears could be seen in egypt in february as the nation out sit 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 welcome that. that looked at the time like a light 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 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 the edifice the institutions that were the essence 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 mubarak in tripoli the body taking over is the national transitional council also not chosen by the libyan people yet the council has been recognized as the legitimate government of libya by all allies who've been helping oust gadhafi many leave ians 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 let it only become reformed in democratic rights and universal participation by the citizenry the western powers need to implement a 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 a levy a 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 totalitarians the revolutions in egypt and libya have developed under different scenarios in egypt it was an armed uprising that you.

it's 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 libyans could find themselves in a much worse situation than the egyptians because on top of power crisis similar to the wanted gyptian is are having libyans could be facing a fresh outbreak of violence at the hands of the armed mob i'm going to shut down reporting from washington our to. you're washing r.t. and coming up a little while we'll store was a lot of worry that hurricane irene sweeps up the two i think both turning streets in the big apple and many other places into rivers while claiming twenty miles. 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 blotted out what cargo for the crew of the international space station before heading back to earth in siberia the crash has sparked fears of contamination from toxic fuel that could be dangerous

for local people and the environment jake aggrieved 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 a first but then i realized goings never fly there 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 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 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 of being felt much further afield with the question of how to resupply the international space station proving the most pressing. operation planners always keep in mind that 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 but the loss has still raised significant alarm bells this story is

a rocket carrying. crew is slightly different but not more that much there than the one that was the progress they're going to want to make sure anything similar they could go on that was all happened well it should say. there 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 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 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. greaves r.t. . the failure of this so years of 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 don't say but space x. that. 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 bit of the money in fifty failure rate so as long as you're using expendable vehicles the sort of failure is bound to happen you know every fifty years to sixty it's 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 announced pyongyang is willing to return to international talks on his country's nuclear program at a summit where the rich read about have been young males spent more than three days on a train before meeting the russian president in siberia where they also discuss the

possible energy deal of his country and 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 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 beer and railway to the by call region with the republic of video 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 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 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 ghastliness are about r t. still ahead for you this hour a journey through russia over later they came of region where an unusual festival held the name of the nina green vegetable it into taking adults and children alike. but now a big pain up in the big apple is under way as new yorkers deal with the aftermath of hurricane irene which swept through the city turning streets into rivers and bringing widespread disruption the storm has killed at least twenty one on the u.s. east coast and caused power concept is also shut to new york's public transportation system and subway and marina forty nine bring the small from the city the city was prepared our way in advance before i remain 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 are not been any damage from this tropical storm now i really was a 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 harvard rain coming down and the wind became extremely heavy i was downgraded to 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 are how out in power shortages now on manhattan 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. and we are closely following all the developments from the east coast of america in the eye of the storm so don't hesitate to no one tell you to channel where you can find the very latest on hurricane irene. has elected a new president this weekend for vice president alexander and b. two rivals with around fifty five percent of the votes and will now lead the country for the next five years that has an economy has struggled for almost two decades with continuing tertian after he declared independence from neighboring

georgia seventeen years ago and as. poor as the new one of the top faces a challenging task to help the nation stand on its own feet again. 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 had of two rivals has given him a clear mandate with some citizens of the small caucuses republican willing to travel a long way to support their man as i came from crimea to vote for our public he helped war veterans like me a lot when we had tough times. aleksandra unquote up 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 and clubs agenda at that but out of a bargain we have to admit it and it is true we see certain growth but there 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 those are about my ideals or any american independence and i can exactly you support what you are doing here you know because you're fighting for your summer and geo tone of the independents

and democrats seem poor in 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 the high stuff 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. let's not check some of the international news stories and brief unrest continues in syria with opposition groups screaming at least twenty people have been killed by security forces opening fire on protesters arab league have urged syria to the direction they send an envoy to push for reforms in the country president assad has endorsed a new media will supposedly allowing freedom of expression and dropping penalties

against journalists the united nations says two thousand two hundred people have been crowded seriousness demonstrations 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 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 in two thousand and six and two thousand and seven but attacks remain calm and 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 frequented by foreigners the bomb went off early sunday on a beach ok mary tallia probert is popular with german dutch and russian tourists the device was buried in the sand with most of the injured hard by flying stones and there was no immediate claim of responsibility but kurdish militants fighting

for tournament in south eastern turkey carried out attacks at tourist resorts in the past. and right now let's join our close up team explore your story 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 kingdom of region so it's famous for one hundred toys and for the annual summer festival devoted to a common green vegetable garden brings us a taste of the brand. 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 because 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 surge 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 a 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 decided to give it a try myself. banky traditionally the cure of region has been known for its dim covered toys base an ancient pagan day teas these clay figurines have been handmade here for hundreds of years the handicrafts trick tradition describes that artisans was depicted very specific subjects namely how people present women and i'm probably color down to most of them. this is not just a trademark a very gentle this is russia's visiting card you 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 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 experiment. local authorities are hoping master classes like this one will become a tourist attraction and a recruiting ground for new craftswomen. eager of nerve. cure of region. that's the news for now back with a recap of the headlines shortly. nearly

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a week every year in america we throw away ninety six billion pounds of food. i am sick of nature and discover it. leaks. communicate with the wind and. test yourself and become free and. see what nature can give you see. the military in one thousand nine hundred sixty six i got over because the things i saw the things i was doing and this reason we were given for doing it was a personal protest. during the vietnam war an antiwar movement emerged that altered

the course of history this movement didn't take place on college campuses but in berets and on ships the penetrated elite military colleges like west point and it spread throughout the battlefields of vietnam. today few people know about the g.i. movement against the war in vietnam. after the army will always set free the army or fun travel and adventure but it really meant to be our. wealthy british style stock. market. scandal. find out what's really happening to the global economy with mike stronger for

a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune into cars a report on. great to have you with that secretary told the week's top stories libyan rebels have rejected an offer by the lawmaker duthie to negotiate a transfer of power as they advance toward the kind of his last remaining stronghold. of north korea needed to go beyond told the poles and train for a summit with president medvedev announcing that pyongyang is ready to resume talks on its nuclear program. and also a major shake up of the russian space agency is ordered by prime minister vladimir putin after they chronicled the unmount face program itself to the long string on to deliver food and water supplies to the international space station. and hurricane irene haas killed at least twenty not just.