historical hotels have risky culture in the city. because malls. may do as a good up until club district for mr tropicana hutto. turkey expels the israeli ambassador in cults military ties with tel aviv over the country's refusal to apologize for the deadly raid on a gaza last year. that's in response to a leaked u.n. report that blames tel aviv would usually consist of course but still finds that he's made a blockade on gaza is illegal i'll bring you more developments in just a few moments on television. libyan rebels close in on gadhafi is last remaining stronghold with the colonel himself a man on the run we explored one of these secret bunkers to reveal that the fugitives escape route could stretch way beyond the rebels' reach. and starving the regime a new round of sanctions against syria is agreed by the e.u. now it's targeting the country's oil exports which are helpful twenty five percent

of its entire income our top stories this hour. international news and comment live from my headquarters here in central moscow where it's just past eight pm this friday turkey is downgrading its diplomatic relations a minute treat cooperation with israel over to his refusal to apologize for last year's deadly raid on a gaza pound flotilla. nine turkish activists killed and reports suggest a un investigation has condemned the use of excessive force during the incident. in. what we are hearing now from turkey is that it is expelling the israeli ambassador from ankara with immediate effect now this follows is also refusal to apologize for killing nine total that is and who are part of their thirst for to

them attempt to break israeli blockade on gaza we are hearing from the turkish foreign minister that in addition to expelling the israeli ambassador they are also downgrading all diplomatic ties between both countries to the level of second secretary and that they are freezing all military cooperation not initially took he had given the israelis the deadline of the publication of this u.n. report at the time by which they expected and were hoping and were planning for an apology but last night thursday the new york times published the u.n. report that report found that israelis had used to quoted excessive and reasonable force and that the loss of turkish life had been unacceptable the report though did find that the israeli blockade on gaza was not illegal it's that it didn't comply with international law and it did say that those israeli commando units that had stormed the ship and were met with force and had the right to respond with force the timing certainly is significant on september twentieth the palestinian

leadership will be appealing to the united nations general assembly to accept a unilateral declaration of a palestinian state now they're already growing concerns on the ground that they could be violent at this time of the week we were following reports of the israeli army arming settlers there were reports that they were arming them with stun grenades and tear gas so both report rb downgrading of relationships between israel and turkey comes at a particularly bad time when the situation on the ground is already tense and could potentially just be exacerbated even further. by the way you can always access our latest news via the internet by logging on to our web site it is r t dot com online all the time here's a taste of what we have waiting for you there should you log on right now you can watch the full interview. which will be used by the hague tribunal as evidence in his trial that's on our website as well as our huge channel that is you chew dot

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this report. you has a new round of sanctions targeting syria's oil industry and it comes into force only on the fifteenth of november because italy has asked for an extension to allow its existing contracts to be completed the e.u. does import ninety percent of syria's oil which accounts for a quarter of the country's income so. to the country now there's really syria economically libya's oil reserves have been secured over this week because we've seen boy power so experts here say the e.u. can safely go ahead and cut off its syrian supplies without affecting deliveries to europe as well as sanctions the e.u. also plans to expand the list of people. traveled by another four top officials have been added to that list and the u.s. wants stronger u.n. resolution condemning the violence in syria russia is against any resolution of

such kind it insists on social and economic reforms in the country there have been reports western reports that some two thousand people killed since since march in anti-government protests there is. no one's verified most foreign journalists from the country so it's unclear where they're getting that information from some of these are actually anti-government protests the infighting between religious groups in the country our correspondent reports from syria we are in one of the worst areas. this is where generally people are gathered. to the center of homs demonstrations this is where most of the rest happened is you can see it's a very lively area. now when we talk to people they told us that majority. in the city 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 they do happen. that does happen it happens all the religious basis of the differences between the and the sunni muslims in the states if. they're things that we have seen we did see some i mean residents we try and secure area under control or to prevent the best religious groups but other than that we haven't seen or heard any shooting we haven't seen any tanks and life really seems to be running the way it usually runs until of course television crews show up and start filming in the middle of the day now we also have been in one of the most dangerous areas. right around the time off the air unfortunately in syria the period often has become somewhat it's additional 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 mean it was reporting there well let's now return to our top story this turkey

expelling the israeli ambassador and causing military ties with tel aviv over the country's refusal to apologize for the deadly raid on a gaza bound for last may well for more on this now that's now across life to guest. for his perspective on the issues. he's the former head of the israeli diplomatic mission to ankara thanks very much indeed for joining us here on r.t. just a few days ago in an interview to this channel you said that he saved israel from another international scandal by not going ahead with another. relations with crucial at the time when the muslim world is torn apart by the uprising so why is there hasn't israel apologized to turkey to secure the strategic partnership. i think it was mainly political considerations of the top israeli

politicians the atmosphere in the israeli public was. against an apology and the politicians felt the also we have the foreign minister that puts the national or is the priority today so it was considerations of the politicians the people of arizona no requirement that to apologize well of course then as a result of not that apology being made yes you say the politicians are trying to keep the israeli people happy but from a diplomatic point of view when you look at the military cooperation that's been stopped doesn't that actually threaten stability in the region well i don't think the stool stability is where it is lost its closest friend in the region in the last two decades which is a strong diplomatic political blow also strategic law because the the army's

used to train together i think in addition on top of the damage to the bilateral relations we have to see if there will be a spillover to egypt and jordan i think this is the moment they quit pickle issue so what then should the politicians do to stop any further deterioration in relations with turkey. if the question is about these wally politicians yes the only thing they can do now in the near future is improving their relations with the palestinians sitting again and trying to reach an agreement i think the issue of the israeli palestinian relations will be the critical issue also regarding their relations with turkey i don't think that by literally something could be done i don't think it's too late to apologize turkey

is not expecting an apology anymore it has decided to pay the compensation to the family. only it's all so i think by literally very little could be done things have to move regionally when you talk about improving those relations between the palestinians and the israelis is that really likely to happen do you really predict there could be an improvement in relations particularly when we see this i did this obviously this initiative to the unity issue in palestine. is it looks with the coalition israelis having the nile and very pessimistic but we're very close to the twentieth of september. this will be a very very meaningful international move if palestine will be recognized mess civilly in the u.n.

this really it will affect these were probably it might affect some of these were early government. i think we'll have to wait until the vote to see the implications of. this vote if it will be overwhelming. on these really political lip dr alan neal thank you so much for your time the former head of the israeli diplomatic mission to ankara thanks for joining us live on r.t. thank you for having me. well to libya now where the rebels are tightening the noose around colonel gadhafi his last major stronghold his hometown said the fugitive leader's forces have been given an extended deadline to surrender which expires next saturday but in a defiant audion message read by syrian t.v. good affy rallied his supporters urging them to fight on against the rebels and nato is vowed to continue its airstrikes on loyalist forces saying the u.n. mandate to protect civilians in libya still stands the coalition is also moving to

release billions of dollars of gadhafi is frozen assets to fund the reconstruction of libya but we can now cross live to london and talk to somebody he's strong the libyan democratic party thanks very much indeed for being with us they're not the new york party has played some support for the national transitional council but the n t c has been criticized for being undemocratic and indeed having links to al-qaeda well with at least some of eighteen months until those proposal actions will actually fulfill the people's expectations in those crucial eighteen months. it's not going to be easy at all simply because as you say there is a there is a problem of legitimacy of the n.t.s.c. was imposed on us libyans. the problem with the other problem with d.c. is that it is. it is a resurrection of the head that really it's led by. ministers

this is creating a political vacuum in libya which. fundamentalists. are capitalizing on. libya's transition to deny the democratic party democracy you know it's not going to be easy this way when it is made. such a quick quickly also you mentioned al qaeda. if it were to exploit that power vacuum that's now being created and it stablish considerable influence does that mean therefore and of course if we bear in mind they could daffy still on the run and declaring guerrilla warfare does that mean that we're going to see maybe a situation like afghanistan or indeed iraq where we'll have to see foreign forces still intervening and taking a big role in its near future. i'm afraid this is a possible scenario i'm afraid however however if we go down the route of legality we can alleviate

a lot of the problem of the problems the. security council of knotted nations to mandate a commission to libya so we have a political mandate and just not just a military one need to by itself cannot solve our problems we need the united nations to help us to for establishing democracy it's not going to be easy at all we recognize the difficulties we have had forty two years of cut off his rule evil rule i should say and the transition we cannot do it on our own we have to have international help russia we would love to see russia but dissipating more directly in this we believe that in the democratic party. in a monti color. where there is a balance of both of power that would be conducive to peace in the world indeed to peace in the arab world it's interesting you saying that the u.n.

should be involved in some way by overseeing the future democratic process and indeed overseeing those elections but how impartial would that be seeing how the nato led coalition used the u.n. mandate to protect civilians in libya to help bring about regime change. well we don't want nato to dictate our politics but we need we. do our politics but we need to the united nations help libya as a state it was established by the united nations one hundred fifty one and now libya libya as a state it. is in a difficult position. we don't want libya to become a failed state this is why we in the democratic party insist on. a bigger rule role for the united nations you see don't call it become a failed state but what about the dangers of little becoming a puppet state of course the nato led coalition help the rebels with air strikes

massive cash injections now moving to release something like fifteen billion dollars of frozen assets now that does it not obligate the rebels to actually reward the west with military political and economic benefits we don't want to be a puppet state this is why we are asking we are seeking democracy we want democracy so we can have our self-determination and we need our friends in russia and china to help us in that perspective i am pleased to say that the international community is beginning to see. that our proposal for a bigger role for the united states the united nations is going to help us. are not . ultimately would alleviate. taking control of libya and indeed of north africa or you know the chill from the libyan democratic party obviously going to be taking part in those elections in eighteen months but do you

really feel that when the country so young after over forty years of a good half is regime do you really feel that even though it could be an elected government that that will actually guarantee the future and stability of the country bearing in mind there are many many different interests tribal factions at play here in the future. there will be difficulties of course there is still there he hasn't been caught yet. still supporting him we don't approve of what they're doing of giving ultimatum or. when we come to meet them or something like that we don't want more bloodshed we want negotiations with these tribes. and we envisage. are all for russia to play in this respect great to hear from you thank you very much indeed somebody moloch spokesperson of the libyan democratic party joining us live

there in london thank you. kind of gadhafi remains a man on the run two weeks after rebel forces overran tripoli his whereabouts are unknown and some reports suggesting maybe even a fled abroad but the rebels believe he is still in libya hiding in one of his numerous secret bunkers where if an ocean i went to ground for r.t. to gauge the scale of the challenging hunt for gadhafi. what's been hidden from the eyes of the public for many years remaining just one of the legends about the colonel that came every level once the rubble took tripoli here it is the answer and keep it up is the ground city. the go down the sign in arabic at the hatch says the rats this way this is what people in the call khadafi believe in his run away under the ground hiding from the rebels. there is no sound here of celebrator a shootings above ground it's dark and humid and scary some believe

that could taffy had the bomb shelter argues that it was a facility for the new cabinet his intelligence service some rooms look like living rooms like this one. others just like prison cells yes there were more exciting findings i had this incredible rooms here i just packed with electronics of all kind. look at this it looks like professional equipment for surveillance a very very old james bond type gadgets and bound in maze in how many with most similarly never having been used shelves with cases blair and brown little and big cases from the paul till the ceiling for six hours there.

it's quite old one. this seems to be a briefcase recorder and just next door piles of all do and video recordings apparently taken but it is not isn't a day to find it implies to play all the tapes looks like some of the secrets will never be revealed. as this is a video recording of the interrogation of agent allison guy and here's his name both people as we've found here classified marked top secret well that's interesting but book about legal and illegal eavesdropping methods bugs amongst us it was from here that the libyan big brother had been in its residence carefully no one can say for sure how far these and the grant tunnels through but i believe for

kilometers and kilometers some claim one of the corridors leads to the airport let's try to. that's not easy ok. here we are. the answer is looks completely different the roster is here but technology where we emerged in the city it's good to talk about either way we spent a while at the ground it's not easy to recognize the area but let's ask the guys in the car. for money. i demand. that money. well get in the money as far as i know this is more than fifteen minutes drive from but as is here where we started our hidden journey which is at least twenty twenty five kilometers and this is just a fraction of what's buried there under the ground well while the kids are the

priority in the country with one roof was that is he like we've just seen that could prove an incredibly difficult task. are to tripoli libya. russia was marking the dark seven year anniversary of the business tragedy when over three hundred thirty people most of them children died in the terrorist attack on a school in the republic of north asensio memorial dedicated to the victims of the attack was officially unveiled today thousands gathered at the site of the tragedy to pay their respects to those killed in the assault the morning to. september the first in what used to be the school's gym where the hostages were held for three days without food or water to last for fifty one else and fifteen minutes the exact duration of their own people will be concluded on september the first it was the ceremony the city of angels the cemetery where the victims. now before the business news let's update you on other headlines from around the world at this stage of the day in

a world update fighting erupted in sudan's blue nile state it's the third time clashes have flared up in the disputed border area since south sudan declared independence in july officials say soldiers attacked several parts of the state capital the muslim including a government residential building about three hundred thousand people a third their homes in the neighboring south kordofan region the decades long war for south sudan's independence has claimed thousands of lives. militants have kidnapped around thirty of pakistani boys you mistakenly cross the afghan border while picnicking in the tribal border region into the place on thursday when the children aged twelve to eighteen had been celebrating the second day of the muslim holiday he'd some of the group managed to escape and ran back to alert local authorities both sides face a challenge in securing the disputed two thousand four hundred kilometer stretch of the border between the two countries. the us federal agency is prepared to follow a multi-billion dollar lawsuit against leading banks for misrepresenting the quality of mortgages sold during the housing crisis that led to the sub prime debt

scandal which last home loan giants fannie mae and freddie mac. more than thirty billion dollars resulting in a massive government thank you america could be the biggest loser with j.p. morgan chase and bank also among those facing action. brings up to date as promised the business news is next here we'll stay with us for. no time for your business update ukraine is preparing another move in the gas dispute that's become a chess game with russia the country's prime minister says he wants to close down its gas not only not to cut parties like theater shots we have the details. ukrainian gas monopolist natural gas company will cease to exist that is according to the ukrainian prime minister he stated that in the next several weeks they will find means to rest the company and liquidate the figure in its

present form and we also understand that ukraine's president also said that by the first of october the company will be completely restructured renamed and all of its duties will be delivered to several different companies we understand partly enough to get us monopoly of them and after gas company will be merged with the russian gas giant gazprom and we've already heard confirmation on that from the head of the gas from company that is very interesting especially given the fact that ukraine has been pushing very hard to change the gas deal of two thousand and nine being unhappy with the price that here is currently paying to moscow for the russian natural gas so some experts suggest that so rapid liquidation of the natural gas monopoly can be somehow related to the fact that ukraine has been trying to alter the two thousand and. thirteen similar from russia's national energy

security breach of the existing contract between russia and ukraine. to europe. if they said that now i gots to go go and look it's meals that there is no illegal to subdue up. to your. rule or ukraine or you will be news of your grand big lives and of course russia will stop our exports to europe and supply as the ukraine so with music you know the second guess we'll. have a look at the markets now oil has slightly researchers from earlier losses though still down significantly this hour on speculation that slower job growth in the us make hurdle fuel consumption in the rolls the largest economies around client is trading at one hundred thirteen dollars per barrel while the. eighty seven dollars . and euros talks to shop in lower pushing the dow jones industrial average next week after the labor department reports payrolls remained unchanged in august the

dow is down nearly two percent while the nasdaq is losing one and a half a cent. of european stocks fell sharply on friday as few stocks survived a broad based sell off of data showed us job growth for ground to a halt in august heightening concerns the economy could fall into recession germany's dax index was the worst from off with europe's main indices only three percent. of russian stocks were deep in the red at the close of play cracking cura from peak u.s. no i'm just pointing to those jobs let's have a look at some of the individual show moves in my six energy majors were among the main loses this hour and we crude trying to make a t.m. kate the company's fast topknot profits could triple two hundred fifty eight million dollars on clothes gold was not going strong a precious metals. and other business i'll do it unless someone else time and you can find more analysis.

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