today's news and this week's top stories levy is new leaders try to bring calm to tripoli after capturing the capital but the mass of a lot of weapons on the streets means stability could still be a long way off. moscow's slams that new with sanctions on syria while lack of accurate media coverage coming out of the country raises questions are stupid was to blame for the bloodshed. burning controversy ukraine threatens to take russia to court insisting on lower gas prices but the kremlin says it's on solid ground in the latest round of an old battle. chief says it wants to discount on the russian just like most gold stars it has no legal grounds to alter the contract for the latest details joining us from kiev in just several minutes. and

a night of rage in israel hundreds of thousands rally in the nation's biggest protests demanding the authorities turn their attention from security to social justice. in the russian capital you're watching r t i'm marina joshua welcome to the program and even rebels are closing in on one of colonel gadhafi is few remaining strongholds warning his loyalists to surrender time is running out for gadhafi is troops to lay down arms in his home city of sirte where the rebels said deadline and the next weekend could our fee whose whereabouts is still unknown has released a number of audio messages promising a long guerrilla war this week western powers agreed to and freeze his financial assets at a meeting discussing devious future in paris while new rebel leaders are seeking to restore order in the capital tripoli many people there say the. still don't feel

safe because it has seen thousands of looted and seize guns wired to the country and park into untrained hands as art is wary of an option in our 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. of the i didn't even notice until my friend told me that my food was bleeding he pulled the trigger by mistake he was themselves. this is a reality of today's libya for when the rebels triumphant march from the country tons of cut off his captured weapons have fallen into the hands of nonprofessional fighters one of the biggest stories was discovered at the at the slim plops security prison in southern tripoli where inmates were released after nato bombed the area of the do this before there were three envoys refuses to appear on camera

so fear of revenge from khadafi loyalists he was among the first at the scene to help destroy the arsenal. i don't want we're going to fall into homes of my own songs or the youngsters i'm concerned who are going to be growing with ground poles this is a very dangerous thing it's not a toy but with the country it was without arms it looks like livin kids have already developed a fascination for the weapons of war but. when i go out i have real life and all the bad guys and i could se in your thoughts you say the can't even up weapons through mosques and well police are back on the streets the young gunman demonstrate their readiness to. give it back to them as soon as they ask the system 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 of fear of all be easy for

many to lay down their arms when the gun has played such a prominent role throughout libya's volatile history riven optional r.t. fearfully 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 to darby to say but he opposed nato as means of removing him saying principles of international law have been ignored. russia has never proved to the film a libyan regime backing president medvedev clearly stated it could not and should go the way the united nations resolutions were implemented by some nato members and other states and that the principle of the supremacy of law was being disregarded the african union and u.n. initiatives root node leading to an increase in civilian casualties however it was the protection of the civilian population that was set as the major objective of

the security council resolutions implemented by nato. absolutely sure that justice cannot be done using a move from. steven brower front page magazine to leave the fighting will go on in libya for some time to come even if the country's former leader is captured i think even if they do find me this is only a first stage of a multi-stage war in libya and now the tribes are going to fight each other over the oil revenues or the islamicist are fighting as the. national transitional council they already assassinated the head of the military i think there's just the beginning of the process this is really a tribal fight these tribes can be rented not bought by do this and go back and forth and who knows how long it will go on nato is in there. and my call on is this is really a war book 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 if a transnational council starts even a problem there will be more warfare to get rid of these people. what an arty life or a mascot here's what still had for you in the program the international war crimes tribunal turns to r.t. for a copy of an interview with genocide suspect brocken lodge where he made serious accusations against them peacekeepers in the ninety's balkans conflict. and officials in washington have squandered sixty billion dollars in iraq and afghanistan senate report says the money was lost in waste and fraud. russia has condemned the latest e.u. sanctions against syria banning imports of its oil and sanctions piled more pressure on president 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 a real emotional now reports. mass murder humanitarian 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 manipulated and there have been reports about available online that you can watch of the footage that was taken in bahrain and said to be taken in hama and it's showing the same footage and on different occasions with different backgrounds they delete dragoon so there are some very strange things that are going on right now an example of such manipulation is the key supposed to 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 through some of the palestinians got to the stadium their i.d.'s were taken away. their cell phones were also taken away and they're really prepared for the worst because you have to realize that herding large numbers of people into stadiums carries them would alba very macabre macabre association especially in this particular region that uncle spain 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 for more planes and navy ships and spoke with 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 gunfire did break out between the army and unknown gunmen so some five thousand palestinians left their homes hearing for their lives. we wanted to leave so that our kids 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. so did two thousand refugees only to realize there was no air and navy attack taking place on the city. and we felt like we were lied to. syrian authorities have long been insisting armed groups are behind the unrest in syria and it's them who started shooting first during demonstrations prompting bloodshed those statements are all but ignored by the media here. 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 the 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. there is. over a gas prices between ukraine and russia could end up in the courts key of 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. records from the ukrainian capital. we understand that a very harsh words are coming from both sides and right now we understand that the ukrainian president between the court is saying that his country is being humiliated in the course of negotiations over the gas price and by the gas price itself and also says that ukraine might take this whole negotiation process into the international court in stockholm to resolve the case to try to have the two thousand and nine gas deals revised moskos position is that it is ready to take it

to accept any legal action because it is completely confident that justice is on its side and it's ready to fight on course should this happen now the essence of this dispute this time is that ukraine has been very much unhappy with the price it's paying for the russian gas and the right now pays 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 ukraine investment office now after gas with the russian girl joining us from war purchased by moscow of the transported gas transportation system in ukraine now ukraine tried to find a very interesting way to have the context revised by liquidating the gas monopoly enough to guess the one which was signing the contract between keep in moscow in two thousand and nine but most go for me to reply to that saying that even if the

company will be liquidated then all the contracts will automatically pass on to its successor so even if nothing got seizes to exist then it would mean that the contracts will have to be revised will certainly this sense 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 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 city. the way she itself is pretty much different from the events of two thousand and nine and russia is no longer so strongly dependent on the transportation gas transportation system in ukraine to deliver its gas supplies to europe and 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 all this all the statement 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 conflict and possible suspension of supplies to ukraine coming in the next several months or maybe starting next year. reporting there now hundreds of thousands of israelis have taken part in the largest of a series of protests that have rocked the country for months and demonstrators are angry at the high cost of living and once the government's to revamp its social policies are these 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 launches that this country has ever seen now for weeks organizers have been touting 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 crowds the rallying call

remains that of social justice which people here are demanding that the netanyahu government change its focus away from issues of security to issues of social justice that people here say 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 a palestinian move instead of listening to the disc on children messes. up you know one of the new surrogates we're hearing is where were you came back to that is a further back to november the fourth ninety ninety five when the former israeli prime minister yitzhak being 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. for more on the implications of the social unrest we can now talk to in who's an analyst of the israel health cars like the bus and thank you very much for being with us on the program now first off are the ongoing protests in israel as signed arab spring has now reached the juristic. well i think we are living in the region in the middle east what's going on in the region has had its impact here but we must recognize that the demonstrations on the social oppressed people in israel is really very different from what's going on in the neighboring arab countries and israel is a democracy and regimes are changed here through the ballot box and out on the streets but the protests here are about social and economic policies a sense that israel is heading in the wrong direction that the gaps between rich

and poor are growing that it's harder to make ends meet and it's really an uprising of the is really middle class. self taking part in that protest so actually the protest there is a demanding how valid are the social concerns of the demonstrators. the social concerns are extremely valid and the gaps between rich and poor in israel have grown from a society to thirty years ago was one of the most egalitarian in the world today to the seconds of gaps between rich and poor only after the united states we have a problem of increasing privatization a philosophy that our prime minister of here's two and what we've seen privatized in israel over the past years are serious social services which should provide to be provided by the government in education health and welfare we have teachers who are hired by private associations social workers who were hired by nonprofit organizations in order not to give them their social benefits and it has

a cost of living keeps going up and people earning two salaries and two family households with the cost of education health and welfare cannot make it to the end of the month. mr baskin who's concerns are exactly brassiere i mean are the concerns of the palestinians being addressed and also the presence there is taking place now as you said the protesters. are sad about the lack of affordable housing in the country do you think this could trigger the government to further expand settlements. it could but i think that we've heard a lot of voices in israel when asking the protestors and those who are leading them where should the money come to pay for all these social services and to close the gaps to answers that come up quite often is one take money away from the very high military budget and the other is to transfer money which is going from the settlements in the occupied territories to building inside of israel proper so

there's a conflict here this government of israel today is a right wing religious supporters government which supports the continuation of building settlements and there will be conflict here but their social movement has not been about the occupation it is not the unit of the israeli public opinion conflict in the big demonstration in tel aviv last night not one word was mentioned about how this didn't you know israeli conflict with the occupied territories in jerusalem two speakers didn't mention it and got applauded from the public but it's not a demonstration about war and peace it's a demonstration about social and economic policies well as in our prime minister benjamin netanyahu has been criticized for taking time to campaign against the upcoming vote on palestinian statehood instead of tackling social problems at home so what's your view on this. well i think that if the government of israel is making a big mistake by not seeing the september twentieth un session as an opportunity for israel mr ten year old it officially supports the two state solution with

a lot of students are trying to do is to preserve the the validity the viability of a two state solution by bringing it to a decision of the international community in a time when they believe they cannot make any progress in bilateral negotiations with israel so i think that the government of israel is making a big mistake by not capitalizing on the opportunity of trying to come up with an agreed upon you with the resolution which could serve as the grounds for. negotiations with the palestinian delineation of borders mortalities rerunning jerusalem on security arrangements this could happen first instead we have a situation where israel the united states and some other european countries are trying to oppose the palestinian move and i fear that this might lead to another round of violence. the israeli palestinian conflict thanks very much indeed for being here that's in the program and sharing your views with us. and watching our

team coming to you live from moscow and remember our website our team dot com never runs dry of interesting stories and videos here's what we've got for you at a moment. a former police man charged with murder of a prominent russian journalist pleads guilty and agrees to cooperate with investigators in revealing new details of a complicated case. also why americans are no longer a majority in a country where the rise of the hispanic and asian population in a number of big cities all this and much more is available at our t. dot com. grief and sorrow could be seen all across the north caucasus town of beslan this week as a marked the anniversary of russia's deadliest terrorist attack hundreds gathered at a school in the center of town where a group of extremists took around a thousand people hostage seven years ago visitors were laying flowers and candles remembering over three hundred thirty victims three day siege more than half of

those killed in the soul were children the ordeal began on september the first and lasted for fifty one hours and fifty minutes the exact time of the mourning period that has been held annually ever since the last day of the commemorations my believes were released into the skies one for every victim. of a rare move the un court turned to r.t. this week for assistance in the trial of former bosnian serb general accused of genocide in the ninety's balkans war for war crimes tribunal asked for a copy of the unique interview aired by r t in which a lot of serious allegations against un peacekeepers during the conflict and as an isa now reports the hague might have over a local important piece of evidence in the case. what was an archive never before seen video footage of that interview before r t published it summit 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 terrorist and fundamentalist 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 shows 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 miss 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 some very surprising that this video footage which could certainly be a very important moments and very important material in the trial dismissed by the tribunals and it's 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 same send by this i mean of course this latest news that they tried to you know mr 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 being tried over the past almost two decades you could say when you look at the service side and

then i'll go and serve 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 latest if you will missing of evidence by detroit you know is not going to help in criticism that the hague is in fact. and he's now 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 it's the first time he's come back after being detained in the u.s. for several weeks on sexual assault charges though the former presidential hopeful was acquitted in new york now faces and no other allegation of indecent assault from tristen but on a french novelist. all twenty one people on a chilean military plane which went off rater a friday afternoon our dad after several attempts to land the plane crashed in the pacific killing all aboard for identified bodies personal belongings and pieces of wreckage have been collected along the coastline of chile's remote juan fernandez

islands the country's presidents joined a mass to mourn the victims. he was the fans minister general julio. has died of heart failure and seventy five year old politicians served under ronald castro in a rebel army and was an iconic and revolutionary figure for cubans he was also vice president of the council of state supreme governing body is death has drawn attention to the aging leaders still running the country. the u.s. is 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 through poor planning a lack of oversight and outright scams twi us from trappers and federal employees but 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 pentagon so. this is just one report in a field of many describing such 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's 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 and twenty 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 concern that very active in the nation's won't even take place or if they do they'll be wasteful still. that's it for me for now i'll be back shortly with a recap of our week's top stories here on our team.

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