today's news and this week's top stories levy as new leaders try to bring calm to tripoli after capturing the capital but the massive flood of weapons on the streets means stability could still be a long way off. moscow slams the e.u. xnu with sanctions on syria while the latter factor of media coverage coming out of the country raises questions as to who's to blame for the bloodshed. gurning controversy ukraine threatens to take russia's record over gas prices but the kremlin says it's on solid ground in a way this round of an old battle. and at night of rage in israel hundreds of thousands rally in the nation's biggest protests demanding that the words turn their attention from security to social justice.

this is are you going to live from moscow with me or even joshua welcome to the program the libyan rebels are closing in on her look at our visa last major stronghold and hometown of syria they say time is running out for the former libyan leader and his loyalists to agree a peaceful surrender but a deadline set for next weekend could offer his whereabouts are 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 rebel leaders are seeking to restore order in the capital tripoli many people there say they still don't feel safe the consequence of thousands of looting and seized guns flood the country and fall into untrained hands as art. rory of the national now 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 foot was bleeding he pulled the trigger by mistake he was himself. this is a reality of today's libya for when the rebels triumph and march from the country tons of conduct is captured weapons have fallen into the hands of nonprofessional fighters one of the biggest stories was discovered at the abu salim top security prison in southern tripoli where inmates were released after a major bomb the area of a dude with a father of three young boys refuses to appear on camera still fearing revenge from gadhafi loyalists he was among the first to seen i helped destroy the arsenal.

i don't want weapons to fall into one hundred of my songs or the youngsters i'm concerned were our country will be growing with ground rules this is a very dangerous thing it's not a toy but with the country it was without arms it looks like live in kids have already developed a fascination for the weapons of war. real life and will kill bad guys like gadhafi then you're thor's you savior of gathering up weapons through mosques and well police are back on the streets the young gunman demonstrate their readiness to. will give it back to them as soon as they ask the system which many here are afraid that this addiction may have a painful withdrawal and the gun has become one of the symbols of the libyan rebels and freedom for a new country though people want more peaceful symbols of fear of all it is if only to lay down their arms when the guard has played such a prominent role throughout libya's volatile history. ribbon optional artsy

faithfully libya this week russia recognize libya's national transitional council as the country's legitimate governing authority said it never want to get up to stay but had this agreed with me it was means of removing him russia's envoy to the alliance told r.t. that this respect towards the warin determination to take control of libya where warring science. it's a classic situation when separate nato countries are waging war and meddling in an internal conflict of a country far away from the it's a zone of responsibility but the airlines as an organisation claims not to be involved classic military propaganda need to use the un resolution as chewing gum probably on purpose to show that the alliance today is equal to the un and tomorrow maybe even more powerful it's a dangerous trend and it is turning into a world policeman that's using un resolutions turning to feed their interests and not taken into account the interest of the people on the ground the rebels are

united on lead by the desire to get rid of gaddafi and as soon as the common enemy is defeated the opposition will inevitably face internal rifts and i'm sure that that will be the moment when some western countries will try to secure some military presence aiming to control the borders or reserves. there is no clear vision yet what lies ahead for libya's new rebel government patrick hayes reporter for the online magazine spiked believes the transitional council's main task is proving its legitimacy to the libyan people. with the transitional government that's being put in place where you have here is a government that's been cherry picked by the west these are people that's on select and it's very well for me to try and win the debate with the libyan people about why they're in any way more legitimate than gadhafi the libyan people still do not have a voice and i think it's fundamental this is well as the security us in libya which of course of course they're trying to do in moments they do win the debate but i mean also fundamentally in terms of securing the country i think is the absence of

that you see from the transitional government the absence of any real sense of what they're going to do next over than just implements the kind of blueprints that the west seems happy with this is going to cause real problems here in some ways actually rather than securing us the country i think is actually in the interest of the transitional government and probably noto as well for gadhafi to remain at large and don't want him captured because that's the one thing they can unite around. it was an article i mean to live from moscow and here's what's still have you in the program the international war crimes tribunal turns to r.t. for a copy of an interview with genocide suspect for he made serious accusations against un peacekeepers in the ninety's balkans conflict. now and the russian villages dying hour will not care why people are leaving rural areas leaving desolate fields and crumbling houses were thriving communities once too.

russia has condemned the latest e.u. sanctions against syria banning imports of its oil sanctions piled more pressure on president bashar asad regime according to the un 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 we go now reports. mass murder. the country on the brink of a revolution this is what you see every time syria pops up in the headlines and 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 manipulated and there have been reports of available online that you can watch of footage that was taken in bahrain to be taken in hama and it's showing the scene footage and different stations with different backgrounds digitally dragoon 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 and what that became the center of the controversy when according to various reports anywhere from several hundred to several thousand people were gathered here and 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 through some of the palestinians when they got to the stadium their ideas 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 them would all go very macabre macabre association especially in this particular region so the state has developed sort of a practice of hurting people in the stadiums and then and then committing mass executions we went to the part of the city which supposedly came under fire from warplanes only 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 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. still got a fire did break out between the army and unknown gunmen so some five thousand palestinians left their homes fearing for their lives. we wanted to leave so that are clear. wouldn't hear the gunshots we hear 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 on the ground and 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 lying to. the syrian authorities have long been insisting rogue armed groups are behind the unrest in syria and it's them who starts shooting first during the most ration

prompting bloodshed those statements are all but ignored by the media. and 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 and 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 court t.v. syria. the rift over a gas prices between ukraine and russia could and up in the courts kiev has been trying to negotiate a discount on the prize and pays for the fuel but says it's ready to stand its ground in front of any international body well let's get more from our who is in kenya. already alessi cell are we on the brink of another bitter dispute about gas between the two countries. well certainly this dispute looks very much serious and

it reminds us of the events of several years back the gas row which left most of the european continent without the supplies the russian gas when ukraine suspended it now we understand that a very harsh words are coming from both sides right now we understand that the ukrainian president viktor yanukovych is saying that his country is being humiliated in the course of negotiations over the gas price and by the great gas price itself and also says that. the ukraine. might take this whole negotiation process into international court in stockholm to resolve the case to try to have the two thousand and nine gas deals revised but wender stand also that . position is that it is ready to take care to accept any legal action because it is completely confident that justice is on its side and it's ready to fight on the courts should this happen saying that until a proper commercial offer comes in the price will stay the same and the

negotiations will continue no the essence of this dispute this time is that ukraine has been very much unhappy with the price it is paying for the russian gas and right now it plays up to four hundred u.s. dollars which is a market price for one thousand cubic meters of gas and it wants a lower price once a discount at the same time mosco says that any commercial offer would justify the discount something like should that be there or merger of the ukrainian gas monopolist enough to gas with the russian. who are purchased by mosco the transportation gas transportation system in ukraine now ukraine tried to find a very interesting way to have the context of wise by liquidating the gas monopoly nothing as the one which was signing the contract between keefe and moscow in two thousand and nine but most school firmly replied to that saying that even if the company will be liquidated then all the contacts will automatically pass on to its successor so even if not the guy seizes to exist then it would mean that the

contracts will have to be revised only if the not the gas company will be merged with gazprom then there could be any talks of a possible revision of the contracts so definitely the war of words is very harsh this time and we are certainly in the deep of a very certainly i have to do you very serious crisis now well as he while the two sides are trying to sort out here issues what about in european consumers of russian gas have been affected as well by the disputes in the past and should they be worried they'll be left out in a cold this time again. well certainly this harsh stance voiced by ukraine sent shock waves across europe many have been worried whether there would be another gas were another disruption of supplies in g.d.p. and continent but for the time being we're understand that the russian energy minister said that something like what happened in two thousand and nine will not happen this time that there is still enough time to find a proper compromise solution besides the situation itself is pretty much different

from the events of two thousand and nine russia is no longer so strongly dependent on the transportation gas transportation system in ukraine to deliver its gas supplies to europe we know that several new pipelines are being built i right now the north stream pipeline is due to be completed pretty much soon the south stream pipeline will also be available in the next few years so the situation is different and all this all the statements all the rhetoric coming from moscow should reconsider the european consumers that the gas war of two thousand and i will not repeat again even if there will be serious gas called the gun possible suspension of supplies to ukraine coming in the next several months or maybe starting next year. when i see things from much indeed for bringing us to something he's here cesky reporting from here. hundreds of thousands of israelis have taken part in the largest of a series of protests that have rocked the country for months now demonstrators are angry at the high cost of living and want the government to revamp its social

policies are his policy years 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 largest that this country has ever seen now for weeks organizers have been talking to the million man march they were really hoping that a million people would turn out on the streets of israel though we are hearing figures of some three hundred and fifty thousand that's three hundred fifty thousand in ten cities way 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. 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 disc on child molesters and. now one of the new surrogates we're hearing is where were you september third there is a further back to november the fourth ninety ninety five when a former israeli prime minister yitzhak been ever been was assassinated people say where were you then of course people here 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 has been planned for some time although the vibe here is quite hyped up they no doubt is some disappointment that meet million man march was not reached. israel is also facing a wrist on a global stage as turkey prepares to challenge its blockade of gaza and 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 a report into the attack which killed nine turkish activists it found that israeli commandos used excessive force one awarding the ship but also concluded the blockade of gaza is illegal 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 acted in self-defense goran founder of the israeli institute for regional foreign policy says the loss of such an important ally turkey will be severely felt. this is exactly the situation could be ongoing negotiations of the past month between israel and turkey with the movie confusion and to avoid unfortunately really the idea that it's putting presented an opportunity for israel to manage its relation to the turkey turkey moving forward with syria and more coordination with

the us a defect that such an agreement between israel and turkey when there was a very close the. is quite a blow to their leaders and for important especially in the month in which he is expecting a very difficult diplomatic development at the u.n. because of the palestinians so now. let's one foot in the region in a very important and muslim country in nato member and e.u. and it's very important engine approved is the no in north for we had for quite some time. now outside r t dot com of interesting stories and video so here's why we've got for you today a former policeman charged with murder of a prominent russian journalist pleads guilty and agrees to cooperate with us. gaiters in revealing new details about the complicated case. also why americans are no longer a majority in the country with a rise in the hispanic black and asian population and

a number of big cities all this and much more. in a rare move the un corps turned to our team this week for this instance in a trial of a former bosnian serb general accused of genocide in the ninety's all kinds war of war crimes tribunal asked for a copy of a unique interview aired by r t in which lot it made serious allegations against un peacekeepers during the conflict and as any so now we reports the hague might have overlooked an important piece of evidence in the case. what was an archive that never before seen video footage of that interview before r t 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 a lot 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 they hate tribunals this this type of first off because it was filmed in one thousand nine hundred five just after the seventies 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 our costs are very surprising that this video footage which could certainly be a very important moments and very important material in the trial was missed by the tribunals and its eighteen years of existence the tribunals has faced harsh

criticism about it being biased its fiercest 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 because 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 being tried over the past almost two decades you could say when you look at the serb side and 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 upgraded 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 bias and he's in our reporting there now let's take

a look at some other stories from around the world. former international monetary fund chief dominique strauss kahn has returned to his native france is the first time he has gone back after be detained in the u.s. for several weeks on sexual assault charges the former presidential hopeful was acquitted in new york he now faces another allegation of decent self interest in bernard french novelist. he's the fans' minister general julio passes a replay or has died of heart failure of the seventy five year old politician served under raul castro in a rebel army and was an iconic and revolutionary figure for cubans he was also vice president of the council of state q the supreme governing body is that has drawn attention to the aging leaders still running the country. anguished police are putting pressure on the media to hand over all used and on used food from last month's riots to help identify looters prime minister david cameron call them broadcasters and the press to take responsibility and this is the yard by releasing

the material voluntarily but media groups have opposed the request saying they don't want to be seen as an evidence gathering arm of the police scotland yard said of the teen a court order if it has to but investigative journalist tom dawson says the police could make journalists a target for future rioters. but i was very disappointed to see that david cameron in the emergency debate about the rights was actually saying and i quote the media . has a responsibility to hand over pictures and i think this is absolutely appalling thing to say that's the sort of thing you would expect in a police state where the police can go down to the independent broadcasters and just demand footage demand details of people who've been taking film this kind of thing then go around potentially raid their homes too so i don't know where they become is coming from on this cause i know we live in a liberal democracy and we've got a free and independent press the other thing is ultimately what's going to happen

in a demonstration situation if you're going to have the crown turning on the journalist they will come back even possibly lynch camera people thinking and if this goes through quite rightly in this case thinking that these people are actually this they're filming evidence for the police and this is an absolutely unacceptable situation police in the media are trying to do a similar thing in certain circumstances particularly crimes just like that it's very important that both of them are doing it independently they have got forty thousand they told us hours of c.c.t.v. footage to go through and it seems to me that maybe they're getting a bit bored with doing that and they're actually trying to actually co-opt the press in britain to be evidence gatherers for the police and that would be a horrendous thing if it ever takes place. the lights of a big city and a prospect of a better life as persuading young people in russia villages to abandon their homes across the whole country is going up found out the man's absence from rural russia leaves those stay for the struggle to survive. no hot water or steidl

electricity supplies the nearest pharmacy post office and grocery store or miles a week for thirteen or some sort or even variety is not the most difficult thing to cope with it's having your neighbors. know that it will be used to be so many families living here but then some people died and some level people who everybody is gone now even the roads. used to be a successful tiny i recall troll community were everyone knew each other's names and so agree to piece together that young man has been here all her life with no nearly all the work to produce the memories. this used to be a collective form back in saw good times and now it looks more like ancient ruins rather than something which actually functioned not so long ago it's astonishing especially knowing that we are just around two hundred miles away from moscow.

as a hobby sygate travels around the country and explores deserted towns and villages he says he's used to seeing tumbled down barns and abandoned houses even in these areas known for centuries for their great harvests. this is fertile land you can stick a pall in the soil here and it will have peppers growing on its one side and tomatoes on the other sure some other cultural facilities are still left in some areas but mostly the lands and abandoned. official figures show that over three thousand villages in russia became deserted last year alone many small schools and hospitals have shut down there's simply no one to educate or treat anymore life in the countryside is no longer attractive especially for young people who are fleeing to cities looking for a better life when you need you know it's not the village which is becoming extinct

is the youth reasons for self motivation people are leaving their villages for big cities but they often don't know what to do there so they can find a job or a family build a life. of course there are examples of successful forming businesses in russia but experts agree they're only a drop in the ocean and aren't enough to motivate the youth to work and live in the real community and as many try to survive in cities looking for work the countryside is dying out although some traces of life still exist here and there it may not need to long before they fall silent all together. but. how did. he go it was going off or to central russia. for the hearing r.t. with hard to u.k. opposition m.p. for his views on. foreign wars with after

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