the clock is ticking for colonel gadhafi supporters to accept an extended deadline for surrender as nato vows to stay in libya to keep pressure on the defined ousted leader of. you an investigation slams a deadly israeli raid on a gaza bound aid for till last year is unacceptable but finds israel's blockade of the region is legal. the international war crimes tribunal asks r t to hand over an interview with former bosnian serb general rock a lot of this as army chief stands trial over alleged crimes of genocide.

ten am and the russian capital you're watching r t. well time is running out for colonel gadhafi and his loyalists to agree to a peaceful surrender the libyan rebels have extended their deadline for his forces to lay down arms to avoid further bloodshed khadafi his whereabouts is still unknown has been recorded recently saying he is ready to fight a long guerrilla war meanwhile nato has vowed to stay in the country until the end of conflict and urged levy is interim authorities to negotiate a peaceful solution western leaders discussing levy a future in paris have agreed to unfreeze gadhafi as assets for the e.u. saying it will lift some of the sanctions imposed on the country parties daniel bushell reports. nicolas sarkozy. gadhafi and his forces remain. as military will continue to fight with the rebels and some.

national transition. and she said that libya's rebels should secure weapons amassed by gadhafi and ensure they are not used to threaten the country's security and in fact the rest of the world says this conference will urge the u.n. security council to bring a new resolution in order to free up billions of dollars of frozen libyan assets and nicolas sarkozy and david cameron have called more countries and more bodies to . the national transitional council russia has become the latest country to recognize the rebels as the official government over libya you know there is concern here that the nato forces and the nato countries will be favored as the rebels assume power there was rumors of a deal that france would get a third of libya's oil reserves africa's largest that's been denied to russia's representative. says that the national transitional council will have to

work with other countries not just those who have helped the militarily formula's the. back of their feet during this conflict it has said during the war that gadhafi should leave power but what the concern is for russia is the principles of international law have been ignored by nato aggression all throughout this meeting leaders to come up with more and more money to try and help libya rebuild the process of rebuilding of the civil war. there as libyan start to plan their power was cut off if you have anyone from a washington based think tank that. sparked dangerous international consequences. the old rule that colin powell called the pottery barn rule if you break it you bought it as we did in the u.s. did in iraq if there is some sort of an internal turmoil and the whole world is

going to look to britain france nato and the united states to to do something about it and of course that will require ground forces people were asking him early on well who are these rebels that we're supporting and everyone just kind of looked at each other because no one really knew who they were and there's been many al qaeda members come from eastern libya where the rebels originated we don't know what will take place he could offer he was bad but he had made his peace with the west given up his nuclear program that is also a bad. example for iran and north korea when they see countries like iraq under saddam hussein libya under when they had these nations have given up their nuclear programs they get invaded or attacked what does that tell iran or north korea tells them that they must build the weapons faster. the e.u. is to place an embargo on syrian oil imports later on friday which will deprive president these main source of cash this as a u.k. u.s.

and france push for harsher sanctions while reports claim that death and torture of hundreds of opposition supporters but as our teaser english who has been finding out nala syrians aren't happy with their government. we are in one of the poorest areas of the city of homes that this is where generally people are said to gather and then proceed on to the center of homes in demonstrations this is where most of the rest happen is you can see this is a very lively area every time something like television happens it's more of an event now when we talk to people they told us the majority live on the rest of the jew problem in the sea happened because of the religious basis they're not against the government they're not for any political matter this is most of the things that do happen in homes most of the controversy that does happen in homes and the problems all the religious basis all the terrorists because really you know we are the sunni muslims they say to you know there have been no takes none that we have seen we did see some army presence we are trying to keep the area under control of

it to prevent the end breasts of their religious groups but other than that it's we haven't seen or heard any shooting we haven't seen any tanks and his wife really seems to be running the way it's usually runs until of course television crews show off and start filming in the middle of the day now we also have been in one of the most dangerous areas of poems about a home right around the time off the new year unfortunately in syria the period after noon prayers are has become somewhat a traditional time for people to take to the streets and for violence to break out but we were lucky there was no violence this time around. i read english the reporting there are you watching are you coming to live from moscow and later in the program great dad is spiraling out of control. logic report claims athens will not be able to meet its bailout obligations. to recession. am or will russia ukraine and european consumers survive another gas route as

moscow and kiev battle it out over an a g price. to you later in the program before that the international war crimes tribunals. has asked r t to provide a unique interview with former bosnian serb general which the channel managed to obtain the interview was recorded shortly after the alleged massacre in srebrenica in ninety ninety five which is now standing trial in the hague speaking to journalists the ex army chief made serious allegations against un peacekeepers in bosnia and he said no way has the details. what was an archive of never before seen video footage of that interview before archie published it summit to weeks ago very serious claims there and really that's what makes it so shocking that the tribunals missed this what could be very important evidence in the trial archie of course will fully cooperate and hand over that video footage to help with the

ongoing proceedings in the hague i just want to give you an idea of what exactly was said in that interview one of the strongest statements as we see it and i'm quoting here is instead of disarming the muslim formations as they had committed themselves to doing the united nations forces trying go safe areas into terrorist and fundamentalist bases where our villages and towns were attacked now malott it also goes on to say that he believes the un was smuggling weapons into demilitarized zone so you can see the severity of these claims and how they could possibly be very important evidence and again shocking really that the hague tribunals missed this stuff first off because it was filmed in one thousand nine hundred five just after the serbian it's a massacre which is one of the atrocities that melodic shiz is being accused of why he's standing trial in the first place and second of all it was filmed by a western t.v. station is available the bosnian are costs of very surprising that this video footage which could certainly be

a very important moment and very important material in the trial dismissed by the tribunals and its eighteen years of existence the tribunals has faced harsh criticism about it being biased it's fierce his critics go on to say that it's a political show not a court of law and this is going to not weaken those claims and by this i mean of course this latest news that the tribe you know mr what could be very important evidence and part of the fact the reason i should say and what these critics base their facts on is that seventy percent of the indictments that the court has issued have all been against serbs and when you look at. who is been tried over the past almost two decades you could say when you look at the serbs side in the other non serb generals or officials that have been tried a lot of them have been given much lesser sentences find some of them have even been acquitted and again this latest if you will missing of evidence by the tribe you know is not going to help in criticism that the hague is in fact biased.

correspondent isa now reporting there. a u.n. investigation has declared that israel used excessive force during its raid on a gaza of bound aid flotilla last year however the report of cain by the new york times found that israel's blockade of gaza is legal nine activists were shot dead by commandos who had been ordered its organ turkish ship well let's now get more from our correspondent paula sleazier. the u.n. report basically puts the blame on both sides saying israel should have been more restrained in dealing with a forty or at the same time it faces legitimate security threats from gaza. yes the most significant findings of this u.n. report deal with the way the israeli commando units handled the raid on board the mother that was the largest missile that took part in that particular and it was

the missile on which nine turkish citizens were killed to quote the report it said that the israelis have behaved in an excessive and reasonable manner and at the loss of life was an acceptable what is it has evidence that points to the fact that those who have been killed were shot multiple times in the back and at close range and it criticizes the papers that the israeli submitted for not adequately accounting to this the report also says that the way the crew and passengers were dealt with these rate dealt with by the israeli after the raid was what they call significant mistreatment it says that they were physically mishandled it says it was intimidation harassment and that they belonging and justifiably confiscated but on the other hand the court also says that israel's controversial blockade on gaza is not illegal it is it does comply with international law and admits that the israeli soldiers had thought of that ship defaced significant organized and

a violent resistance that did require them to respond in a violent manner to protect themselves. also in this regard is the timing this u.n. report comes out it's crucial for the palestinians isn't it. well later this month on the twentieth of september the palestinian leadership will be appealing to the united nations general assembly to accept the unilateral declaration of a palestinian state so certainly the timing of this report is significant now throughout the week there have been reports of these weighty government in the israeli army. and many an israeli think is who live on land that will potentially become part of a palestinian state now the israelis have been criticized for inflaming the situation by all means if this is trying to create a situation that will ultimately lead to violence the palestinian leadership has been accusing. of trying to present them in a bad light ahead of the september vote because of course israel is against it and

trying to muster up as much support as a can internationally for countries not to support the palestinian security and of statehood. ok paula thanks very much indeed for bringing us more on this for us the reporting there. meanwhile the u.s. congress is considering a bill introduced by a republican lawmaker that were cut off american funding to any u.n. body that recognizes statehood ministration astonishingly opposed to the bill saying it would undermine america's international standing. across events in new york. this proposed legislation was put forth by. him and she's the chairman of the house foreign affairs committee and she is also a staunch supporter of israel part of this legislation calls for the u.s. to change the way that it's financing the united nations it wants her bill calls

for washington to choose voluntarily choose the programs they want programs that it wants to fund and contribute to currently the united states is the biggest contributor and financier of the united nations comprising about twenty two percent of it's the un school budget and paying for twenty five percent of its peacekeeping missions now this bill proposed by ross layton also calls for all the funding to the peacekeeping missions to stop and halt until reform is put in place those peacekeeping missions also include the u.n. relief and works agency which aids palestinian refugees and instill also says that while finding four u.n. agencies or programs that support palestinians and membership to the united nations would end immediately now. did accuse. of scheming to get membership in the united nations while not recognizing that

israel's right to exist she has openly said that of course the timing is not a coincidence she introduces this bill in this legislation to stop seeking membership at the united nations this bill proposed by a u.s. congresswoman puts the u.s. at a very weak position it takes away its credibility at the united nations because clearly this extends far beyond diplomacy this looks more like arm twisting. russia is marking the pain of the business on tragedy went over three hundred thirty people died after terrorists. took over a school in the republic of north the city is seven years ago hundreds gathered at the school to lay flowers and light candles in memory of the victims more than half of whom were children people also brought bottles of water remembering how around a thousand hostages suffered from severe dehydration during the three day siege the

period of mourning began on september the first and will last for fifty one hours and fifty minutes the exact duration of the ordeal. but you know it's the life of moscow in our website r.t. dot com has more stories for you any time you want and here's a taste of what's online right now a railway accident causes a toxic leak in russia's rules with clouds of roman gas covering the city. and over three hundred thousand dollars in taxpayers' money funds a questionable public service in washington d.c. as a cash goes towards opening a strip club find more on this and any other stories on our team. grave warnings ring out in greece as a budget watchdog releases an internal report saying the country's debt is now out of control the committee said athens is slipping on its interest payments and could

lose all benefits from the second the e.u. bailout james midway from the new konami's foundation says the greek economy is a fact it will be going down the drain. the cat is out of the bag and to be quite honest the statement is quite close to simple statements of the facts greece cannot applause to believe repay its debt under under current circumstances the growth isn't there the debt is far too big and that simply no earthly way is going to be repaying this on any causal time scale certainly not by twenty twelve which was the original call of hope of the other european nations of the divisions that are in place right the way across europe now with countries completely unable really to agree on any kind of way forward absolute mess other than the essentially troy been tested and tried and failed methods here which essentially is give a bit of a bailout to certain countries then impose austerity measures we've got to bear in mind that this bailout isn't really about helping the greek economy and certainly not the people of greece who suffered under austerity now for you know eighteen

months of the most dreadful kind huge cuts in public spending in services and people's wages rising unemployment and no real prospects for the future that's what they're actually means they're the bailouts really are always about trying to support the european financial system rather than supporting say the greek economy we certainly i think in the early stages of disintegration of europe the deep rooted structural problems inside the euro system the imbalances that built up for the last ten years or so i'd be surprised to see the euro continuing in its present form given the situation we're in at the moment it's a delicate yet highly explosive issue of russian gas dominating relations between moscow and kiev right now ukraine wants to renegotiate the deal signed by the country's prime minister yulia timoshenko back in two thousand and nine and slash the price it pays but russia says its neighbor are first nothing in return and as alexia's haski reports keith has led it to a slippery slope. for the past two months angry chance have been filling essential

key of streets from dusk till dawn. their slogans are different one says former prime minister yulia tymoshenko must be jailed others protest against her standing trial in the first place but both camps are united in their unhappiness about the price of place for russian gas one set in contracts signed by tymoshenko two years back. we need to revise the contract we need to make it more suitable for the two countries interests we don't need discounts and preferential treatment we need a fan price ukraine currently pays up to four hundred u s dollars for a thousand cubic meters of russian gas that is no longer within the country style budget so kiev has been pushing hard for a price drop so that is the need for a cheaper gas but some sources say to me even take legal action against moscow to

get the two thousand and nine deal changed so we often hear examples of similar lawsuits in germany and italy but in those cases there were flaws in the contracts in our case the contract makes perfectly legitimate it needs to be fulfilled all these warnings of a lawsuit like me even tends to be our major partner the response from moscow suggests key if it's not being persuasive enough. we need incentives clear if he wants cheaper gas and integrate we consume a common economics piece you don't want that can give us a good commission offer like selling their gas transportation systems they don't want any of those only discounts are installed at negotiations keith is looking for another escape route is her signed an eight hundred million dollar contract with world art shell to explore its reserves of shale gas potentially the biggest in europe but experts are skeptical saying it can hardly be considered

a replacement for natural gas well to mention continuing concerns over its safety with chilled gases extracted by hydro fracking that means special chemicals around into the water to break up the rock formations the components of these chemicals are kept secret by the companies in the united states and claim it's a commercial secret dark water laced with chemicals ends up in drinking water so shale gas development pose a serious threat to the environment and health. experts say shale gas reserves in ukraine will take up to a decade to develop there over the last give claims next year it wants less russian gas slashing the amount of plants to buy by more than a third that's in violation of the two thousand and nine deal which could lead to drastic consequences for another thoughtful over gas price between kiev and moscow left many warring in europe that there will be another gas war and another disruption of supplies into the european continent but the russian energy minister reassured that the events of two thousand and nine will not happen again and that

there is still enough time to find a compromise solution let's see russia r.t. reporting from kiev in ukraine. are starting to look at some other stories from around the world in one thousand one hundred people most of them children have been killed by floods heavy rains in the southwest of the country caused the river to overflow and a dam to collapse damaging three graders and some burning buildings and i hear a. red cross said more victims could still be found in remote areas that rescue teams have not yet reached. to tell you business man and his wife have been arrested for blackmailing prime minister silvio berlusconi over his alleged artie's body prostitutes the police say the couple received around five hundred thousand euros it was gone he admits paying the money but insists he was just helping a friend in need italian prime minister is currently on trial for allegedly having sex with an underage prostitute both berlusconi and the girl deny the accusations.

well in just a few minutes our moscow team explores the most poetic parts of the russian capital well that's coming your way before kareena will update us on what's happening in the world of business. welcome to business here and out he thanks for joining me the pressure is rising in the latest gas dispute between russia and ukraine keefe wants russia to sell its fuel at a lower price and moscow says that this college is possible but only if you crane joins a regional customs union or sells its pipeline to russia in the meantime ukraine is trying to cut dependency on russia's gas supply it's preparing to go on i.p.o. with a gas division of state wrong nuff because it hopes to raise up to ten billion dollars from the offering over analysts believe the expectation is too optimistic ukraine's prime minister says the country needs cash to develop its own gas production thursday keep also agreed with shell which want to develop cost stella took. some

of the markets now all is losing ground on concerns about the global demands of the best as expect u.s. jobs report to signal the economy is weakening also as a limited by report saying the strengthening storm in the gulf of mexico shocked into the six percent of output and we keep producing region brands blend is trading at one hundred fourteen dollars per barrel while w.t. eyes closed eighty nine dark. ages stocks trade lower tracking a negative for national wall street investors are cautious ahead of key u.s. jobs report later in the day tech stocks are among the worst performers with sony down more than four percent carmakers are also lower and u.s. sales of to go to on the phone all this shows if they go down well two percent of honda is losing two percent here in moscow markets fell in early trading session reality has a nice mix and losing over a percent this hour on thursday trading was choppy ever just as we're digesting

a raft of data on manufacturing activity in the united states and europe amid mounting concerns over growth in developed economies. in these currency weren't very difficult. pretty. difficult to see with a bed number thirty six number is good or a good number is but. if we see kind of bad numbers in the years on friday just you the markets contribute positively because more and more investors will be sure that it will definitely know something on the contrary if we see going to good numbers something called. the seat will will come i would expect very high volatility but the change of the mood of the markets in differently here. but some call made after the us has seen its sales rise twenty three percent since the beginning of the year on the face of it that sounds good for the total russian market has grown

twenty percent in the same period the company is managed to keep pace with. with a boost from the government's cash for clunkers program sales of new models have improved and those getting longer in the to perform way now with sales of four hundred thousand vehicles that are still russia's biggest producer have several empty. staying with the car industry there seems to be an end to cooperation between russia's vehicle makers dollars and its lease fee at the time car giant has split from its local partner after five years of turn production and will run its business independently from next year the ad is now going to launch a new factory to produce one hundred twenty thousand cars a year eighteen months ago the two companies were on track to build a new assembly plant for. those that could have produced a third of a million cars a clear but it's not to be had sollars a society to its twist fortune with detroit try for.

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