they say time is running out for the former libyan leader and his loyalists to agree a peaceful surrender with a deadline set for next weekend could obvious whereabouts is still unknown has released a number of audio messages promising a long guerrilla war this week western powers agreed to unfreeze his financial assets at a meeting discussing libya's future in paris while new raval leaders are seeking to restore order in the capital tripoli mannie people there say they still don't feel safe the conflict has seen thousands of wounded in a seize guns a lot of the country and volunteer untrained hands as artie's murray for national reports. is a libyan rebel he got a bullet in his ankle fighting against gadhafi soldiers in tripoli but with a shot coming from his own side. i didn't even notice until my friend told me that my food was bleeding he pulled the trigger by mistake he was himself.

this is a reality of today's libya for when the rebels triumphant march through the country tons of khadafi is captured weapons have fallen into the hands of nonprofessional fighters one of the biggest stories was discovered at the top security prison in tripoli where inmates were released after nato bombed the area of the dude who's the father of three young boys refuses to appear on camera still fear of revenge from khadafi loyalists he was among the first at the scene and helped destroy the arsenal. i don't think we're going to fall into the hands of my sons or the youngsters i'm concerned with our country will be growing with goggles this is a very dangerous thing it's not a toy but with the country in war with arms it looks like libyan kids have already developed a fascination for the weapons of war but. when i go out i have real life and bad guys like gadhafi in your thirty's you save of gathering up weapons through

mosques and while police are back on the streets the young gunman demonstrate their readiness to. give it back to them as soon as they ask a stone which many here are afraid that this addiction may have a painful withdraw the gun has become one of the symbols of the libyan rebels and freedom for a new country though people want more peaceful symbols but fear that it will be easy for many to lay down their arms when the gun has played such a prominent role throughout libya's volatile history original r.t. tripoli libya this week moscow recognized libya's national transitional council as the country's legitimate governing authority the russian foreign minister said he never wanted me to stay but that he opposed nato as a means of removing him saying principles of international law had been ignored. russia has never approved of the former libyan regime back in may president medvedev clearly stated that gadhafi should go but the way the united nations

resolutions were implemented by someone to members and other states meant that the principle of the supremacy of law was being disregarded the african union and u.n. initiatives were ignored leading to an increase in civilian casualties however it was the protection of the civilian population that was sent as the major objective of the security council resolutions implemented by nato. we absolutely sure that justice cannot be done using a model for methods that are. still around a front page magazine believes the fighting will go on in libya for some time to come even if the country's former lawyer is captured i think in a they do find the daffy this is only the first days of a multi-stage war in libya and now the tribes are going to fight each other over the oil revenues are this law most of us are fighting this. now as we transition

council they already assassinated the head of the military i think that has to beginning of the problems this is really a tribal fight these tribes can be but this can go back and forth and who knows how long it will go on nato is in there like i've written my columns this is really a war about controlling libyan oil supplies they went to war against gadhafi because they thought they were going to cut out of future exploration deals in favor china and india so we had to be replaced now they'll tolerate a transnational council nato as long as they can get the contracts that they wanted they're worth billions and billions of dollars but have a transnational council starts giving a problem there will be more warfare to get rid of these people. well you watching our team coming to you live from moscow and here's what's still ahead for you in the program national war crimes tribunal turns to our team for a copy of an interview with genocide to aspect right to live each word you make serious accusations against u.n. peacekeepers in the ninety's balkans conflict. and officials in washington have

squandered sixty billion dollars in iraq and afghanistan a senate report says the money was lost in waste and fraud. russia has condemned the latest saying against syria banning imports of its oil sanctions piled more pressure on president bashar assad's regime according to the u.n. around two thousand two hundred people have died in syria during the government crackdown against opposition protests since march human rights group amnesty international claims over eighty have been tortured to death in prison but some including the syrian government say the media is twisting their reality as a read english can now reports. mass murder tearing catastrophe a country on the brink of a revolution this is what you see every time syria pops up in the headlines but what is really happening in a country where hardly any foreign journalists are present there's even been the implication that some of the images we're being shown have been digitally nipple manipulated and there have been reports about that are available online that you

can watch of footage that was taken in bahrain and said to be taken in hama and it's showing the same footage and on different stations with different backgrounds digitally drubbed and so there are some very strange things that are going on right now an example of such manipulation is the case of palestinian refugees in the coastal city of latakia the stadium in the dark it became the center of the controversy when according to various reports anywhere from several hundred to several thousand people were gathered here most of those people were palestinian refugees who came from the palestinian refugee camp in the sunni quarter of latakia now according to the opposition forces and to some of the palestinians when they got to the stadium their i.d.'s were taken away their cell phones were also taken away and they really prepared for the worst because you have to realize that herding large numbers of people into stadiums carries somewhat of a very macabre macabre association especially in this particular region so the

uncle saying has developed sort of a practice of hurting people in stadiums and then and then committing mass executions we went to the part of the city which supposedly came under fire from warplanes and navy ships and spoke to the refugees to find out what happened. some people walking around the neighborhood yelling there will be shelling from sea soon and everyone has to get out i didn't go anywhere just stayed in my house i can see the bay from my window and there was nothing in there aside from the usual patrol boats still gone the fire did break out between the army and unknown gunmen so some five thousand palestinians left their homes fearing for their ally. we wanted to leave so that our kids wouldn't hear the gunshots we hid in our house and when there was a break in the fighting we went to the stadium we stayed there for three days then came back. so did two thousand refugees only to realize there was no air and

navy attack taking place on the city. we felt like we were lined to. syrian authorities have long been insisting armed groups are behind the unrest in syria and it's them who starts shooting first during demonstrations prompting bloodshed those statements are all but ignored by the media. syria is fighting a media war and it's losing it. the syrian government might have realized its mistake of banishing foreign journalists from the country a new media law has overturned that ban but there is no guarantee it will go a long way towards changing series image as portrayed on major networks even those carty syria. they don't national communities urging president assad to stop the bloodshed and step down but political scientist dr not a harsh way says she doesn't believe asa will resign and even if he does it would only bring more serious problems. president assad will never step down that's one

thing let's not forget the nuts remind all the west and all the surrounding arab countries that's going against him right now he will never step down this is a dream that will never come true sectarian violence for sure if that's if that will happen which you will never do we're going to see a turmoil not only in syria we're going to see and all the surrounding countries lebanon jordan sudie cut out all the gulf areas everything it's going to turn upside down so again i'm saying this is playing with deep fire so they have to think twice about what's going to happen but the thing is they're not thinking right see the worst this is not their first mistake this is their their the the hundreds mistake that they've been doing so far what they did in libya russia will never ever allowed to happen in syria. the rift over a gas prices between ukraine and russia could and up in the court has been trying

to negotiate a discount on the price of pace for the fuel but moscow says it's ready to stand its ground in front of any international body as i was here cesky reports he was now desperately trying to reduce its hands on its neighbor when the two thousand and nine disruption to european suppliers sparked when ukraine blocked transit of russian gas and hit the continent gave a collective sigh of relief but the issue has remained a thorn in the side for. it is pushing hard for a discount from the current market price of four hundred us dollars four thousand cubic meters. we made ourselves clear if they want cheaper gas can integrate with us into a common economic space if they don't want got can give us a good commercial offer like selling their gas transportation system to us they don't want any of those only discounts however it seems ki of is already looking

for an alternative escape route it has signed an eight hundred million dollar contract with royal dutch shell to explore its reserves of shale gas but experts warn about the danger to public health with the boy just chill 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 who claim it's a commercial secret but that water laced with chemicals ends up in drinking water so shale gas development poses a serious threat to the environment and health care apart from being seen as unsafe it is also described by many as too expensive and can hardly replace natural gas. we're watching the situation and we think that locally it's very viable but it will remain a local gas supply it's impossible to extract gas at a loss for long and if you look at the shale gas suppliers right now you'll see that most of them are losing money experts say shale gas reserves in ukraine may be

the biggest in europe but it may take up to a decade to develop them never the last key of claims next year it wants less russian gas slashing the amount it plans to buy by more than a third and that violates the two thousand and nine deal and could see europe's energy supplies once again on shaky ground another tussle 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 alexy recess. see reporting from kiev in ukraine. hundreds of thousands of israelis have taken part in the largest of a series of protests that have rocked the country for months the demonstrators are angry at the high cost of living and want the government to revamp its social policies are following what appears to be the largest anti-government rally in the

nation's history. it is the climax of nearly two months of social protests here in israel the launches that this country has ever seen now for weeks organizers have been dropping by the million man march they were really hoping that a million people would turn out on the streets of israel though we're hearing figures of some three hundred and fifty thousand that's three hundred fifty thousand in ten cities where here in tel aviv is the main focal point various speakers as well as artists have been addressing the crowd the rallying call remains that of social justice with people here demanding that the netanyahu government change its focus away from issues of security to issues of social justice the people here saying that it is simply too expensive to live in israel for. the and yet instead of concentrating on domestic problems israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has been focused on the international stage on september the twenty eighth palestinians will go to the united nations to declare a state and it in yahoo has responded by arming sitters and trying to convince

countries not to support the palestinian move instead of listening to the discounted messages at home. now one of the new surrogates we're hearing is where we use the tape but food that is a throwback to november the fourth one thousand nine hundred five when the former israeli prime minister yitzhak bane ever been was assassinated people say where were you then so of course people here are saying where are you now with people really wanting to come to the streets and make a change and make their voices heard this is the last social protest that is being planned for some time although the vibe here is quite hyped up there no doubt is some disappointment that the million man march was not reached. israel is also facing a rift in the global stage as turkey prepares to challenge its blockade of gaza the international court of justice it comes amid a dramatic slump in relations ankara expelled israel's ambassador and severed all military ties over its refusal to apologize for last may's gaza flotilla raid on

friday the u.n. investigation published there according to the attack which. killed nine turkish activists it found that israeli commandos used excessive force when boarding the ship but also concluded the blockade of gaza is legal turkey has however pointed out that the findings are not binding and it's the hague that should rule on the matter israel insists it in self-defense dr allawi of the former head of the israeli diplomatic mission to ankara says israel has to make peace with the palestinians before turkey becomes a friend again it. is what it is lost its closest friend in the region in the last two decades we choose a strong diplomatic political blow also a strategic blow because the armies used to train together i think in addition on top of the damage to the by letter relations we have to see if there will be a spillover to egypt in jordan i think this is the moment the critical issue if the

question is about these welly politicians the only thing they can do 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 the lead truly something could be done i don't think it's too late to apologize so i think by led to a leave very little good to be done things have to move regionally. our web site r t dot com never runs drive interesting stories and videos but here's what we've got for you at the moment a former policeman charged with murder of a prominent russian journalist anna politkovskaya weaves guilty and agrees to cooperate with investigators in revealing new details about the complicated case.

also why americans are no longer a majority of the country with a rise in the hispanic black and asian population in a number of big cities all this and much more at r.t. dot com. grief and sorrow could be seen all across the north caucasus town of beslan this week as a mark the anniversary of russia's deadliest terrorist attack hundreds gathered at a school in the center of town were a group of extremists to ground a thousand people hostage seven years ago visitors were laying flowers and lighting candles remembering over three hundred thirty victims of the three day siege more than half of those killed in the assault were children your deal began in september first and the latest and last of rather for fifty one hours and fifteen minutes the exact time of a mourning period that has been held annually ever since well on the last day of the commemorations why balloons were released into the skies one for every victim.

in a rare move the un court turns to r.t. this week for assistance in the trial of rock oblige a former bosnian serb general accused of genocide in the ninety's balkans war the war crimes tribunal asked for a copy of a unique interview aired by r t and which wattage makes serious allegations against u.n. peacekeepers during a conflict and as unease in our reports the hague my i have over looked at important piece of evidence in the case. what was an archive never before seen video footage of that interview before r t published it some two 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 turned those safe areas into terrorists and fundamentalists bases from where our villages and towns were attacked now malott it also goes on to say that he believes the u.n. 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 in the bosnian archive so 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 it's eighteen years of existence the tribunal 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 and same send by this i mean of course this latest news that the tribe you know missed what could be very important evidence and part of the fact the reason i should say and what could 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 it disserves side in the other non serb generals or officials that have been tried a lot of them have been given much lesser sentences and some of them have even been acquitted and again this plague is if you will missing of evidence by the tribunals is not going to help in criticism that the hague is in fact bias. but he's now reporting there it's italy is facing grave warnings over the state of its finances

the european central bank says it needs to stick to its forty five billion euro stary plan if it wants to avoid collapse key measures have so far failed to pass through parliament and the e.c.b. could stop buying up government bonds to put pressure on rome financial journalist van overtveldt says it's the entire eurozone system that is flawed. we at the moment have a monetary union here in europe that has really very important structural handicaps and. handicaps we have in our situation that has become a full blown crisis that is threatening. the further existence of this euro zone don't have commissions met to have a structurally healthy monetary union and unless we do same thing about that we will have one crisis country after another there is so much political capital

invested in this project that it's very hard if not to say impossible for the politicians who are at the moment running the european council to give give up on the idea of a monetary union so it's a question of politics if you look at it from the economic point of view we have a little situation that is a lot more doubtful than the politicians like to admit the end of the euro if we go down that road it's still not sure but the chances are increasing day by day in my analysis it will be germany that as we as we say it will put out the light. what unites us now take a look at some other stories from around the world former international monetary fund chief dominique strauss kahn has left the u.s. to return to his native france he had been held under house arrest in new york for six weeks on sex assault charges that were later dropped however the former presidential hopeful faces another allegation of indecent assault from french

novelist tristen bernard in paris. all twenty one people on a chilean military plane which went off radar friday afternoon are dead after several attempts to land the plane crashed in the pacific killing all aboard four identified bodies personal belongings and pieces of wreckage have been collected along the coastline of chile's remote one for nine days island the country's president joined a mass to mourn the victims. cuba's defense minister general who you casas has died of heart failure the seventy five year old politician served under raul castro in the rebel army and was an iconic and revolutionary figure for cubans he was also vice president of the council of state supreme governing body his death has drawn attention to the aging leaders still running the country. the us has lost around sixty billion dollars in waste and fraud in iraq and afghanistan

over the past decade the u.s. senate commission into wartime contracting has estimated this week's report claims the money was lost for a poor planning a lack of oversight and outright scams by u.s. contractors and federal employees a pal also suggested implementing stricter measures to control spending to prevent even more money being wasted in the future and assistant editor at antiwar dot com john glaser says this report is not the first one of its kind but like previous findings it's unlikely to stop the pan against body weight. this is just one report in the field of many describing. profligate waste in the american empire there's been previous reports about u.s. aid going directly to fund the insurgency that is the taliban who are ostensibly there to be fighting there is a report out done by the center for public integrity that investigates the pentagon's practice of the no bid contracts for defense industry corporations which

is ballooned to a one hundred forty billion dollars problem in two thousand and eleven so this kind of ways does just wide spread throughout the wars i'm concerned about there not having there not being enough of an effect from these reports the recommendations within the report sort of have the air of usual washington type advice build another bureaucracy to watch over for oversight in this department you know hire an inspector general so on and so forth i'm concerned that the recommendations of this committee although their analysis of waste is very valuable and concerned that their recommendations won't even take place or if they do they'll be wasteful still . well shortly we follow an event a filmmaker as he takes on someone america's biggest supermarkets and that's after we cap of the week's top stories in just a few minutes. to

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some. grand hotel emerald. circles photo olympic gold. ski planet. go twenty two. for. today's news and there was a week's top stories. to bring calm to tripoli after capturing the capital of the massive flood of weapons on to the streets stability can still be a long way off. moscow slams the newest sanctions on

syria aimed to put pressure on president assad over his crackdown on protesters but doubts over the accuracy of media coverage coming out of the country are raising questions about who's to blame for the bloodshed. ukraine threatens to take russia to court and its push for a discount on gas prices at the kremlin claims it's on solid ground in a looming battle saying i have no legal ground. and hundreds of thousands rally across israel in the nation's biggest anti-government protests the demonstrators demand the authorities turn their attention from security to social justice. all next the story of an american filmmaker who searched through supermarket waste and salvage thousands of dollars worth of goods.