top stories on our t.v. water and food shortages bring libya to the brink of a humanitarian crisis as the opposition again says it will bottom negotiate with a fugitive colonel gadhafi. enough is enough moscow says the bloodshed in syria must and immediately and why is the opposition not to stray from political dialogue if the truly believes in a peaceful state. tabi you officials once again defend the loss efforts and save the bureau for the death of a teenager and sweeping the continent even as the dawn of the euro zone's already dismal economic growth is likely to slow even further.

is just after eight pm here in the russian capital if you're watching our t.v. now to our top story efforts are underway in libya to try to restore water and electricity supplies in tripoli rebel leaders have asked nato countries to protect their teams trying to repair basic services now they've also once again rejected the possibility of holding talks with more margaret coffey archy's mayor for national is of the capital where a humanitarian crisis is unfolding. what we're hearing here in tripoli from the rebels makes their position absolutely clear they will no be any negotiations with gadhafi and all they can provide him they say is safety and fair trial the rebels information minister mahmoud has said pass it even if gadhafi personally calls him and asks for negotiations he will not never talk to him he has added that at the rebels are not negotiating with the criminals and with the killers and prison not

talks that is a had called in battle colonel gadhafi is government spokesperson most able again has sent a message to the rebels at odds over conduct his readiness to hold talks with the rubbles on forming the traditional government this statement comes just a week after the rebels assault on the libyan capital tripoli as a result they are purchased controlling most of the city they're actually right now controlling most of the country as well the situation here in tripoli i would describe this situation as humanitarian disaster the tripoli council has said that from sixty to seventy percent of all residents of the libyan capital don't have enough water and electricity due to technical problems they say emphasizing that's not related to the fight scenes on the streets the sixteenth faces severe shortages of food and medicine as well and electricity even here in. fear hotel where

we are sustained and where most of the foreign journalists are staying there is no water and this day water free day here in this illustration is very complicated and people are struggling. well for more on the situation in libya i'm now joined by professor you who didn't run then who is a middle east expert professor at the bar university thanks very much for being with us on the program with rebel forces controlling most of the country do you think they will be able to manage the fragile political economic situation. they know all the. new iraq. they do is. read. only organize the. way. a.

day would do all the conditioning there would give them a. significant support their ways ok well another problem did see this of course on the humanitarian side we know that there is a food and water shortage but also a fuel shortage ironically enough oil rich country and what's the future of libya's oil reserves so you think as we know some european countries have already made moves to do business there. that they will be. more than. the. revenue. they. think. the. as well as the with.

a multiple. there is more than a. mate. of oil exporting oil and this is the first goal of the. nation ali. to begin exporting oil in order to best foreign currency and for the. right to rest. seems all the basics needed in order to prevent this relation humanitarian. ok i'm just going to tell you what i do we think even more then. go ahead go ahead ok sorry ok i just wanted to say that. we're sorry we're having a delay here but i'll just like to go back to a point you made about western support earlier how do you think the national

transitional council will build this relationship with the western countries which of course were helping them to fight the gadhafi regime. i would point to disarray in a major process which the developed concurrently one we seem to see. my. this is some of the members. to be very. nice to see. always the more we do where. i do a logical include bases on the other things we build the older sites relations with the west is the only option. helping. to prevent

a excess of nation or save the domestic us so. you know there. would be. reignited with violence libya my sea. be. which nobody really wants ok well thank you very much for analysis there professor you know what it wrote in the middle east expert a professor at a bar in university. hall in about twenty minutes time you can wash artie's interview with a british m.p. who's voted against the intervention and he explains why that's later on r.t. . now russia has once again it calls on the conflicting sides in syria to on the bloodshed and move from the battlefield to the negotiating table and also urged countries opposition to yield to a peaceful solution as it says this is the only way that will lead to democratic reforms it comes as russia's deputy foreign minister has been meeting with the

syrian leadership are visiting has more. russia is calling on the syrian government for an immediate implementation of all promised reforms and forces stationed all facilities between all conflicting parties that is the government and the opposition forces in the country that was a message from the kremlin which was relayed to the syrian government by russia's deputy foreign minister because bugs out of who is in the syrian capital damascus now russia has had a special stance of syria ever since the beginning of the unrest in the country the proposed u.n. draft resolution which will seek to commence very stringent actions against syria is something that russia does not agree with in fact moscow has come up with its own resolution on syria which does not seek to put any harsh sanctions into place by the does call an immediate implementation of all reforms among other things russia has also encouraged the opposition leaders to enter a dialogue with the government something which the opposition leaders until now

have been refusing to do but says the government has been delivering words least trying to deliver in some of its promises like for example the implementation of freedom of speech just on sunday a new law has been passed in syria which does allow for foreign journalists to come into the country in order to report what is going on on the ground here and that has not been done and up until now and because of that a lot of reports which have been coming from syria have been somewhat confusing and the r t crew has gone into one of these one of the talons which has seen some of the largest confrontations between the government and the opposition forces in order to see what is actually happening there and we brought back this report latakia who is a special significance for syria and for the president bashar lost and his father is from a village near the city in which the population is predominantly just like the rest of the province the protests began here in march of this year this is one of the main buildings this is one of the main squares in the city of latakia with the syria itself headquarters located on the rights in the middle of its syria tell us

a company. the telephone company which was owned by one of the cousins of the president and the process has expressed their hatred towards the regime by looting the place and then burning it violence returns of a talkie again just a couple of weeks ago claiming more than thirty lives and to government protests broke out in the sunni part of the city officials said they were battling with armed groups which they say have infiltrated the area now what's the story here the story goes according to the protesters according to the opposition answer majority of the main western media sources is that there were a warship stationed right here in this bay and they were selling the sunni part of the town which is all along the coastline right over there and the middle of that part of the town is the palestinian camp but you have to keep in mind that according to the u.s. administration who were obviously monitoring the situation there were no warships stationed in this day on the seventeenth of august or earlier on the surface it

seems to be life as usual but once you take a closer look signs of unrest come through so we got to the sunni part of the town and there are no signs of any fire coming from the side of the seat we're supposed worship's work there differently signs of battle you can see by the bullet holes in the walls of the. store the control thing they are forces so. some buildings were damaged. some people unwilling to speak on camera gave us views critical of the assad regime saying the government is to blame for failing to deliver on the promises of reforms this they say forced the people out of listerine it's storing up protests the reluctance of people to be interviewed may not be surprising given that we were accompanied by unarmed military escorts throughout our trip from attack in syria. r.t. . oh here with our to you there is plenty ahead for you this hour including

surviving on scraps of u.s. carmakers who. received bailouts are now reaping the rewards more and more locals in detroit are forced to deal in scrap just to make ends meet. and a real out of this world experience a russian built orbital hotel is due to be put into space in just five years for those with cash to splash on a perfect view. speaking at a special economic summit in brussels the president of the european central bank has defended europe's bailout driven survival efforts amid why didn't divisions on managing the debt crisis all talks focus on halting the spread of contagion even as the e.u. commissioner warned that growth in europe is almost stagnant economy would slow even further well officials also called it critical to work out fresh problems stemming from a finland's demands for collateral from greece a move that could derail a second one hundred sixty billion euro bailout for the country and for more now

i'm joined by dr christian right from the economics department of the university of wired sciences in frankfurt thanks very much for joining us tonight now for from the very beginning i mean it was on likely that anything revolutionary would be said at the meeting basically for fear of upsetting they call markets but can they can you afford to ignore the worsening situation without doing anything drastic. well actually they've made quite a secret all this beating so as a matter of faith i don't expect them to come up with a real surprise for us. in a way i expect them to all of this cover up the whole thing and then try to have some that's a grass growing over the whole situation until everybody is going to forget as. if they have the raw it's time to take the appropriate measures they should have excluded greece at the very beginning else this crisis over the years old they should have taking some rules the rescue money to cushion these for the population

of greece and this would have been a very strong sign. well the hold that everybody is really serious about which is strong ural. however there's of course a slight chance that they come up with something revolutionary and be the announcement of euro bonds i don't hope that this will take the case. because it would actually be a step in the completely wrong direction. from the beginning on there was a mistake in the euro construction and that is that everybody in the for your arrival on the other countries. they do is they made the situation but they just sort of rejected the euro bond said today didn't they so that's not going to be a realistic solution given their reaction it is not. that is true about that they denied it for the whole time so maybe they have rejected it today. i don't think that for a very long time or at least the threat is that they are going to go with it

actually i would hope chancellor merkel would take a much bolder position against her she really is completely against it but on the other hand i have the impression that it is only a question of time until they corner her until she gives up ok let's talk about what the head of the i.m.f. christine lagarde has said that she wanted that europe maybe on the brink of a mother back in crisis now this is again something that brussels had denied today do you think these concerns are valid. i mean if you talk about the whole situation is always a question of what the investors want and what we should want for the future so if you look at the current investors they of course would be more than happy to see an even stronger. countries if they actually would also like to see the euro bonds about on the other hand as i said this is absolutely the wrong direction

and. therefore to think it is just always it's right for us all right just following up on what you're talking about euro bonds commissioner for economy said that there are effects could impede europe's ability to expand its borders but where else is the e.u. have to expand i mean would it's a risk any more underperforming economies you're talking about eurobonds here. i mean if if you talk about the zone as a whole. actually i would even say extending the borders schools in the wrong direction if if you think about what could happen i would rather expect that in the very long run as they should and possibly it will split the eurozone into different parts more than cells ok let's take take a look at the bigger picture here now there's a growing difference on how you readers and how to tackle the crisis the opponent find as minister rudd to put an impending collapse how much worse could it get.

if you look at. the moment rises in the united twenties you can see that there was a very similar situation as we can see you know that's basically an extended phase of inflation the inflation here is quite hidden as it was by the way in the nineteenth twenties. and the use of calls always leads to a situation where you have all of a sudden a crisis and i have the impression but just for a loan being the situation all of the phases of inflation that this sudden cries is built only to be exacerbated table thanks very much for analysis there dr christopher bright from the a frankfurt technical university thank you. so if you missed any of our stories you can always find them on our website that's r t v dot com and here are some of what's there on my right now after playing havoc in the u.s. tropical storm irene crosses to canada but many think it's lost most of its power

after biting the big apple. and starving in the space astronauts on the us will have to tighten their belts after a cargo ship carrying vital supplies burns salt in the atmosphere remaining food and water and now has to be rationed as investigators try to figure out just what went wrong. all of the u.s. car industry was on its knees it took government intervention to avoid a fatal crash but while the automotive giants are once again reaping the rewards of sales people living in the country's car capital have gained nothing well detroit is home so america's big three car companies but more and more of its residents need a life on the margins of society as art is muddied up ortmeyer found out. this

was once a city that symbolized america's innovation and manufacturing might. but today detroit is the third most violent city in the u.s. with unemployment estimated at up to fifty percent according to officials a once glamorous motor city now has more people living in poverty than cars on the streets home foreclosures continue flight to the suburbs which takes the tax base away from the city and there's more and more of bad the decline in the school system. is making people leave the city and so there's no money here really in that there are no jobs here and as the u.s. census points out a quarter of a million people have left detroit in the past ten years the economic scars of this once vibrant city are impossible to escape roughly sixty thousand vacant buildings

and thirty five thousand abandoned homes lined the streets of detroit hollow shells of america's former middle class which have ignited an industry of scrappers people who strip these properties of copper wire and steel pipes as a means of income. scrapper swap ruins for profit yards like this just five miles out of detroit scrap yard owner albert talat says he sees new faces every day want to live with money they get the kind of survive peterboro agree that making everything gonna help even more hellish is the side of the city looting itself landmark buildings and foreclosed homes are good for survival go around their way to do a little scale or to salute the grower in addition to scrappers an increasing number of cash crops working americans. are trading goods for greenbacks. guy in the lexus and gets the suit and tie and low brass lamp and you know he's not

into the league like recycling. bro short of money the u.s. president promised things would be better for america's car making capital after the two thousand and nine fifty billion dollar bailout to general motors and chrysler automakers are in the midst of their strongest period of job growth in more than a decade since g.m. and chrysler emerged from bankruptcy the industry has created more than seventy five thousand new jobs for the first time in six years ford g.m. and chrysler are all operating at a profit g.m. has reported sixty three quarterly profits in chrysler's revenue is said to be up by thirty percent nearly fourteen billion dollars from last year what about bill in the people out bell about the corporations who bailed out the banks and doesn't mean a whole lot because the people who are in the city still don't get those jobs those jobs are still being outsourced in this once great industrial beacon of american

ideal for henry ford pioneered the famous model t. production schools police and fire stations now stand a band get as many americans are reduced to dealing in scraps see if you'll take our just to make ends meet her in a fortnight hearty detroit. now for those eager for a break from down to earth troubles a russian company has come up with the perfect solution in just five years time they're planning to open a hotel in space and though the price tag is astronomical as daddio pushkov i found out for some of the chance of having the ultimate retreat is worth it. there is getting away from it all and then there's this the first ever hotel floating in space could be the ultimate escape and according to its creators this is new space fantasy stance from a boy in europe which will launch the commercial space station in twenty sixteen and receive our first guests and twenty seven seamless designed to host seven

guests at most it is likely to become the most exclusive hotel in the world tell you that the hotel will be far more comfortable than the current international space station used by cosmonauts and astronauts the guests will be able to enjoy an individual cabin a shower cubicle instead of a sponge balls those aboard the ice says have to do with toilets with flowing and instead of water due to weightlessness visitors will only be able to sleep in the bags attached to the walls where there's a choice to sleep or is some type of the only as for the food it is promised to be delicious cook with the wood was your own as it will be a super deluxe trip everything has to be top level. just getting there will be an adventure in itself two days onboard a russian so you spacecraft and a chance to rub shoulders with real astronauts to the hotel movie used as an emergency retreat in case of a crisis on the international space station i think everybody grab the chance if

they if they get it to go to space it will be in the future. making the first steps now thirty three year old leave guinea want to contest to become the country's first space tourist and maybe lined up for nothing more than a suborbital flight that fee says it's just a start so much to both of them start all boys dream of this you feel well if you felt like there are so many restrictions that can prevent you from old space for example health or money and that's certainly something that is likely to become a stumbling block for most well as the cost of the trip at the moment the estimate price for twenty seventeen starts at about sixteen million dollars. it is a really rich individuals or corporations interested in their own species research it's also been interesting options for states which drones have a national space program but we can offer them a really good deal on

a luxury room in one of the world's leading hotels certainly has its advantages having to choose between sleeping that equally or sleeping here i'd certainly go for these questions but there's one thing about space hotel but even the most luxurious place on the planet won't be able to meet and that is the only from the window after all that's what most people go there for the view of planet earth in all its beauty. over r.t. moscow. and our suffer this hour as a business update with yulia. hello in the very warm welcome the pessimism about the prospects for the world economy is also being felt in russia but economic ministry has lowered the country's growth forecast for this year by a much point one percent and that's despite raising its forecast for the average or price action investment is growing slower than expected while increasing

consumption is mostly being met by imports ministry expects to growth to continue to slow until twenty fourteen one was a disappointment after two thousand eight thousand russia was at the counter it's taking too much time to return to put prez's growth rate just remind the present specialist ronnie's seven eight the sound to be grossly the year old was where do we were some growth which is relatively beautiful you compare a russian developed country but it's still you know for the sounds of your own view which is not earth they're much impressive in russia's least as noble investors do compare russia will probably count less i think as a result will diminish face saying oh is that most likely the positive surprise and it will come off to the polls and fourteen because it was a time when all of the cabinet were directed to bring the money more from a cleveland changes the business climate and basically to be ready to invite international or a russian investment to stimulate economic growth. plaguing the world's financial

markets pushed capital outflow to five year high last week from our morning performing fund research say for investors took almost five million dollars out of the country about so close all the total emerging markets also driven period. and let's have a look at the markets oil is climbing on a rebound in u.s. consumer spending in july we trust by the most and five months easing two years that's another recession may be coming traders see the report as a sign that and if you demand for oil and gasoline brooke we've out looking at precious metals gold is lower the sol losing forty three dollars trading at one thousand eight hundred three dollars for hours and silver is also down trading around forty one dollars for outs just stocks opened high on monday after data showed americans spent more than expected last month and finally european stock markets and of the session lower cotyledon was then does london markets were closed

for a couple of holiday and a great day for russian markets which close at their highest close in two weeks the archie has gained four and a health percent and the mice it's added three and a half's look at some of the individual share moves of the rise its banking stocks were among the best performers was up five percent truck maker come oscar was in the black as well as the company positive three point five million dollars and that growth against almost thirty million dollar losses in austria generating company two was also on the rise after posting the six percent jump in fast it's. another business update in less than one last time don't forget for more analysis you can log on to our website r g dot com slash business.