nato says it will continue its presence in libya as long as it needs to despite also saying the gadhafi regime is now thinking of the parts. of revolutionary something is growing daily in syria fears around saying that the political crisis may be spiraling into a religious one. palestinian alert israeli defense forces reportedly prepare for an uprising handing out tear gas and stun grenades to sup worse as the you would vote for a palestinian state that approaches. have american oil giant x. and mobile and russia's strike on the story cooperation deal paving the way for joint exploration from the gulf of mexico to russia's vast arctic shelf.

just after ten pm here in the russian capital you're watching r t welcome to the program now nato says it's close to success in libya as the gadhafi regime has fallen the alliance vowed to continue its presence in the region to secure the u.n. mandate meanwhile the one still knows the whereabouts of a fugitive colonel and fighting between rebels and government loyalists continues here gadhafi his hometown of the libyan transitional government is demanding the extradition of the kurds family after they fled to neighboring algeria this comes as the rebels claim to have killed the leaders youngest son although that's not been independently confirmed in a tripoli people are struggling for stability after the rebel takeover i think maybe if it all should our courts. graffiti you around the sea chief claims will continue tripoli the city has indeed changed appearance recently. what used to be

one of the most beautiful on the african mediterranean coast now looks neglected and duty. with fighting still continues in parts of the city and in the rebels and gadhafi forces an army of another kind has taken to the streets. thing here. we have forty one year interval here finished all of this and now i know you clean. all glass in there. with police no longer on the ground armed volunteers maintain something that ordinary residents are very concerned about if there is a gun they say it will fire sooner or later i was. going to be. home to the biggest aquaduct in the world tripoli has been without running water for more than

a week already the new authorities claim is usually technical problems not because of the street fighting. that's not good weapons in the hands of youngsters and professional people some because himself live in middle class now the rhaetian are poor his family lives in a mood house in the center of tripoli but just like every resident is struggling. this is hard i wish clothes like women were doing fifty years ago would hands like this but this battle is nothing new comparing to its behind them some he says. will still don't help us this. water. mill for all but. at least we get rid of. at least we have our freedom and bass voice seems to be shared by many here. although today may not be the best place to live it's dangerous from both humanitarian and security point of view such as a water medicine food coupled with people with guns everywhere and no police but

the residents of the libyan capital say they've been living without fresh air for forty two years of gadhafi is wrong so they get it back nothing else matters there is not an hour to simply leave here. after more analysis on the situation in libya we're now joined by bill van auken who is a two thousand and four us presidential candidate and activist for the socialist equality party thanks very much for being out of program tonight mel what nato plans to stay in libya to secure the u.n. mandate which permitted the operation to protect civilians but it also says that because off the regime is over so where's the threat to civilians. well i think the threat this is though is very clear i mean we are living in a war zone living in an area of humanitarian catastrophe as for nato staying i don't think it has anything to do with that this has been a war from the outset that has been waged for

a definite material interest largely oil geo strategic placement and north africa means of countering the revolutionary peoples that are taking place on the abuse of the borders both the commission in egypt now what will nato do in its standing i mean it says it's protecting civilians yes when we do an air war against civilians it's trained so-called rebels who are now going to implicated in massacres of silence but you can clearly sub-saharan african migrant workers so i think this is a bodes very poorly for the future of libya and i think more broadly that this is a threat to people throughout north africa and indeed across the world ok that we have so many members of the international community having their own say of the situation in libya i mean we have the african union you have russia and then you have the e.u. who's got the loudest voice do you think. loudest voice is maintained by the major powers i mean they have the growth of the media they have the bulk of the money so

the united states britain france and italy to some extent i mean these powers have essentially portrayed this intervention as a humanitarian venture to protect civilian life. this is been a fraud from the outset it's hardly a new excuse for the united states i think you could go back to eight hundred ninety eight and say every war ever waged by the united states by us imperialism has been waged in the name of protecting civilians humanitarianism and democracy and this includes vietnam and similar somewhat similar ventures of the present one such as the contra war and the iraq war where the reagan government backed the rebels who said that they were liberating iraq war to bring up the mocker city and to protect very civilians who are being massacred by the seventies the government such as the mosquito indians this has a long long history those who now embrace this there are some on the left who have been braced as something entirely new that obama has brought us a new kind of warfare to help people are really sort of political amnesiacs. ok

well now with that in libya for now really looking at the situation they have the n.t. see any risk representatives of the opposition what will happen when libya faces of election if indeed it faces one. well who knows when that will come and who is the n t c and this is a self appointed body spent elected by no one it includes people who were in that office government as recently as february it includes various people who work with western intelligence agencies and includes those lumps i mean and it does not appear that the n.p.c. n.p.c. has control they have yet to set foot in in tripoli and the man who call yourself the military commander of tripoli is a former al-qaeda operative the hotch. potch is a man who worked with the mujahideen when the united states was backing the is enormous in afghanistan against two who overthrew the soviet back government in one

thousand nine hundred eighty then went on to establish the libyan islamic fighting group. then hooked up with al qaida set up training camps in afghanistan was there when the united states invaded in two thousand and one finally was caught by the united states tortured and imprisoned and sent back in two thousand and four but a few weeks from last year as part of that it's going to make amends with some of the as anonymous and then he says he set up is moving again this time with us back i mean i think when one looks at this and when the american people who are not being told who the united states is back and look at this they have to wonder what have the last ten years been about coming up to the anniversary the tenth anniversary here in new york of september eleventh we've been told for ten years that the greatest threat to the american people is al qaida and justify two wars two aggressive wars on the basis that we had to fight al qaeda to prevent it from establishing new bases and now the united states and legal the britain and france

is training arming and providing air cover for al qaeda in libya i mean i don't think they know where this will go i don't think we know who goes with libyan people and quite frankly i think they may be unleashing forces that will prove very very troubling for the american people ok well thank you very much for your analysis is that thank you bill van auken who's a two thousand and four us presidential candidate and activist for the socialist party. now you're watching r t and there's plenty ahead for you this hour including war contracting that's for the u.s. senate committee finds thirty billion dollars of taxpayers' cash wasted or stolen by contractors in afghanistan and iraq warning that as much again is still at risk . balling growing violence in syria shows no signs of abating a more brutal battle may be on the horizon nourished by a series of fierce political clashes the fragile sectarian balance has started

crumbling as artists of you know delusional reports serious religious minorities are under threat. cutest in syria start out with political slogans. but when violence breaks out people come to blows over issues of faith not politics . but more than four thousand years of history damascus like the rest of syria has been home to multiple faith for centuries but with a new precinct political unrest name we are starting to wonder whether this could upset the delicate balance of religious tolerance in the country for know who that is and during the quiet comfort of her home like most christians in the country it's a life she's been used to since her childhood but i was growing up in a place with christians jews muslims and everyone got along just fine was to do actually but it's not like this everywhere more than seventy percent of syrian population are muslim and just like christians most muslims here belong to different branches of the religion take for example the president himself was shot

on our side is a follower of the elwood branch or islam who are a minority among a predominantly sunni population so some of those dissatisfied with the current regime spread there in most of the towards the brits if someone with a problem with the government. some people believe this because of the gene belong to the stick and we have the instincts and this can be a bloody battle indeed i don't know why my son was killed he was just working in a shop and his killers knew that he was not politically active but he also knew he was an alawite and they must have been the reason for his murder so she violence is something that's new to syria where religious minorities have a special status largely because the country's leader is himself a member of such. protected by law which allows us to live according to our customs since the protests started a lot has changed and it's strange for us it must be coming from the outside.

whoever is rocking the boat of syrian religious tolerance they aren't reaching their goal just yet reeling attitude on the streets is still that of acceptance but if political unrest worsens the lives of many religious minorities in syria could be at stake you can go to mass because. other israeli defense forces reportedly preparing settlers for the vast uprising of palestinians expected after the u.n. votes on a palestinian statehood in september all the preparations include handing out tear gas and stun grenades to civilians are his policy or has more now on how israelis are bracing themselves for what they see as imminent arrest. the israeli army is preparing for what it's calling operation summer thieve it is preparing for september when it's widely expected that the united nations general assembly will vote in favor of establishing a palestinian state now the army has identified ridge lines around if we settlement in this country and what this means is that as

a palestinian protesters approaches to them and at first they will be fired at a tear gas saving continue to approach closer to the settlements soldiers will be given the order to fire at the feet and use any other kinds of means they feel is necessary to disperse in a crowd the army does seem to be disparate it has been holding intensive training for internal security establishments within the system and skin cells it's also giving specific orders on what's interesting to do if people approach the borders if indeed the roads are blocked if they fear that someone has infiltrated the community it is also a growing fear here there comes a tinder they will be shortages in fuel and gas and groceries particularly within this is one instance of this sickness has been given instruction to stock up and now the working assumption of these ready defense establishment is that comes of can that they will be fine and they will be confrontations between israelis and palestinians they will be what is being termed here public disorder what we're

hearing from the army and from the various reports that are being bandied about is that they anticipate that they will be marches by palestinians to main roads into internet junctions between main streets that they will be coaches held outside communities it will be the destruction and the damaging of any kind of symbols that are associated with the israeli government and to this in the army is also preparing for the worst case scenario which is essentially violence and any kind of terrorist activities. or more other possible reasons and consequences of the israeli defense forces urgent preparations were tried live by our account he's an israeli peace activists. and the director of special projects of rabbis for human rights organization thanks very much for being on the program with us so its policy is recognized in september that technically leaves israeli settlements on four and last is the i.d.f. even have the right to arm and train against palestinians that.

well already settlements are illegal according to fourth the convention. i should add that is says this is nothing new because the army already has security personnel in most every settlement. one can even say that this is better that they're going to have in addition to their lethal weapons tear gas but the problem is even today these security officers. often overstep their bounds abused their authority sometimes the army will fire. i mean they're paid by the army to do it. to do this defense work sometimes the army will to acquire them if they overstep their bounds sometimes they don't and we have many many incidents already . where. where they abuse their authority and so we have to wonder what's going to expect especially since. we could even be the dangerous

impling prophecy and nobody really knows what's going to happen in september whether it things are just going to die out with a whimper where there will be a third intifada. and but if you start getting people of the mindset that we could be in these conflicts of. creating those conflicts and sasha when do you think that israel will face consequences if it doesn't end up propelling palestinians from their recognized land after all. well we were. we were starting to become a recognized state of the united nations and of course we have all the issues of united states veto it what have you that would trigger additional international mechanisms i guess most of the world already considers the occupation to be. illegal so they have many things that israel is doing in the context of the occupation but yes this could trigger further sanctions further.

complications i guess from israel's point of view. the problem of course again is that as long as israel is creating is controlling the facts on the ground. it end up being a tempest in a teapot. and if that happens that can only make it escalate into more. rage exploding also the palestinians and i think that two years ago already i was seeing signs that we were close to thirty people out of i think the prime minister minister of a sort of the united help channel that energy into state building and if nothing really happens that really makes any difference on the ground. who knows where all the released anger and frustration is going to go ahead i just want this are an opinion you know that that has come out considering that all the controversy of

such proper operations could it be argued that this these are just provocations on israel's part and that we want to publicize it much ahead of the vote. well as certainly israel has been doing everything it can. to. legitimize this whole idea of the vote. with the called the unilateral option i also in the best of all worlds would prefer to go should peace agreements on the other hand everyone can guess that the quartet had promised the palestinians that they by two thousand and eleven one way or the other there would be a palestinian state. so yes israel would like in any way it can. to cast dispersions of the various pact that palestinians are aspiring for

independence all right another opinion it has been voices that rounding up particle palestinian threats seems like a convenient diversion given the economic troubles on the economy what political protests in israel has been facing what do you think. well there were rumors floating for a while. the people of israel would move to end the tent protests which were also very active in these internal israeli social protest reparations for september. i think that i don't know if it is a terrorist diversion i think there is genuine certainty. on everybody's part and i also when i speak to palestinians. don't really know what's going to happen of september. so i wouldn't go too far in criticizing

this or plot but. but i certainly. do think that rather. than seeing. the palestinian. aspirations for independence are legitimate and i see this as a healer great tradition where we have no position where the border should be or water or two or ten state solution but. i think it's very problematic that there rather than. try to welcoming the fact that the palestinian authority is trying in a positive way to do stapling to prepare for defenders creating the structures this is going to put its israel rather choose to see that as a threat. i thank you very much eric ascherman an israeli peace activists and the director of special projects at the rabbis for human rights organizations. and the last few months have proven a disheartening for america in afghanistan in july and august being the two

deadliest for u.s. troops since of war began a decade ago well that comes as a senate committee into wartime contracting has found thirty eight billion dollars of taxpayers' money missing or stolen by contractors and the final report claims the money was squandered due to poor planning a lack of oversight and outright fraud by u.s. contractors and federal employees it also warns that another thirty billion could be wasted unless tough measures are taken the findings are now to be presented to congress as a cash strapped washington prepares to trim defense spending to tackle its enormous debts but american economists of radio host richard wolffe says russia's the government are undertaking are insufficient. for two to three years now president obama has been saying that his program to deal with unemployment is to provide incentives and stimulus for the private sector to hire people that clearly has not worked and what we need is to have the courage to break in there and have the government really do something we're ninety was throwing up his hands and saying

well we'll just wait basically and hope that the economy comes back which in a basic way has been the policy now for three years and the fact that it doesn't work seems not to be a sufficient frightening prospect for these politicians and leaders to do something but i think you're making a terrible mistake because the costs of this delay of not doing anything are very very severe and are impacting the majority of the american people in ways that are going to have impact on our country for years into the future it's the desire of those who have made a bundle over the last forty years to get through this crisis without paying the price and to put the burden of the bailouts of the banks of the crisis itself on the mass of people to have the conversation always about shall we cut social security shall we take away medicare shall we take away medicaid to have the whole

conversation about the burden on the mass of the people rather than on themselves and their kind or tried outs and mobile and russia's rust you have to have signed a historic cooperation deal paving the way for further ensure exploration and development in the gulf of mexico to russia's that arctic shot artistic artisanal spells out the details of the deal. this is quite an impressive deal which should open brand new opportunities both for russia's biggest oil company at all and for u.s. energy giant exxon mobil first of all the two companies will be jointly developing the all fields on a russian arctic shelf they've already talked about some really impressive figures they're planning to invest three point two billion dollars in oil exploration but according to prime minister vladimir putin who was present at the signing of this strategic cooperation agreement between the two companies he said that in the future disfigure could become over a hundred times bigger which is

a really good news for us since the company has been looking for a partner to develop the oil fields in the arctic shelf for quite some time of the last set of negotiations with british petroleum fields and out of all the global energy giants out there exxon mobil has managed to make the most adequate proposal also under this agreement the american energy giants will also take part in the development of all fields on the black sea and according to russian officials this project of the black sea project could grow in the future and. it will be part of at least six now oil development projects in the united states and in the gulf of mexico so this is a great opportunity for the two companies to exchange their experience and no house in the oil development business. more on this deal in our business school attack coming up next.

hello and a very warm welcome and of course we started with a huge deal between russia's role snapped and us x. mobile the crimps will help to significantly increase crossness presence in the u.s. markets will also draw a line and long lasting quest for a partner to develop the russian arctic shelf it was thoughtless of all it from butcher buying believes the deal has a strategic importance for the country's energy sector. generally this is something bad will raise the attractiveness of russia as well and. with the universe so to say until recently for a century all of last year the. month of russia's stock market was plagued by uncertainty including in the tax year there were other problems and now you finally have several drivers aligned recently there was this announcement of why don't we

have a decision on the taxation and the oil and gas sector so there is greater visibility and now there's a deal i think for there will attract interest. and will really make the will and gas sector especially in this relatively high oil price environment really one of the more interesting searchers within russia's equities space which brings us to the market's branch heard rose to the highest level in more than three weeks as markets wait a sharp drop in consumer confidence against the threat of cuts you know that's another tropical storm that formed far from london that. has a quick look at precious metals now go on which is up again following its worst weekly performance in two months last week so what is also higher the. stocks are flat as you can see on the news consumer confidence has thawing in august and a rally in britain's banking stocks in short the footsie one hundred it's close to

three percent higher today. where as you said it is well extending in just his biggest monthly drop in almost nine years. and the russian stock markets made two attempts that growth on tuesday but both were unsuccessful invest sixty eight it was pulling the release of four u.s. better economic statistics by the day's quarters as a result the market closed with minor changes for the day time travel look at some of the individual show who's in the my sights gasper one was low that's just by post. strong first quarter results. the report says signing a huge corporation deal with that small justice task. that's just spiked reports that russia's biggest lender has boosts net profits more than two fold richey to and billion dollars. market started off pretty positively and what we've been seeing happening today is the positive momentum that was driven by speculation that

the fed may in some way be able to accommodate security three all that three three wouldn't be necessary because the u.s. economy appears to be strong enough so that it's not needed those in the trickle and make you don't try to put the ball back in obama's course on the economy and that's quite smart on the markets now are starting to look at that and then the second story is the market as it moves away from a speech is starting to look again in europe and it's starting to price possible fluctuations in europe through next week. that wraps up the business goals and call for more analysis the stories you can always head toll website archie dot com slash business and join us for another business update and lesson one last time so stay with us. to.

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