with a look back at the past week's top stories and the latest developments in this is r.t. the un's most powerful body should demand an end to the violence in syria a move all parties into dialogue well that's russia's view outlined by the foreign minister during a meeting with his brazilian counterpart on sunday. we strongly believe it's unacceptable to instigate the syrian opposition to. suggestions just start to die lots this is a call for a speech of the libyan scenario the brics nations will not allow this to happen the un security council will not tolerate how its resolutions are being implemented that russia has sharply criticized the latest e.u. sanctions against syria calling them harmful and ineffective in solving the crisis europe's imposing an embargo and further steps to force president the sad and five month crackdown on protesters the u.n.

claims more than two thousand people have died since the anti-government demonstrations began in march but some including the syrian government say the reports about the conflict are far from reality. i was among the few international journalists there and here's what she said. mass murder scene tarion 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 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 dragan 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 dock 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 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're really prepared for the worst because you have to realize. that hurting large numbers of people into stadiums carries them would alba very macabre macabre association especially in this particular region that uncle satan 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 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. still gunfire did break out between the army and unknown gunmen so some five thousand palestinians left their homes fearing for their lives. we wanted to lead 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 the. syrian authorities have long been insisting armed groups are behind the unrest in syria and it's them who starts shooting first during the history 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 realised 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 achieving serious image as portrayed on major networks even though. syria. across in libya the new interim leaders say they're sure that one of his sons who commanded the military by. was killed in the past week comics gadhafi has reportedly been buried in bani walid near tripoli it's one of the last remaining strongholds of gadhafi supporters and is now surrounded by rebels the loyalists are being given until next saturday to surrender but rebel negotiators say they expect the standoff in the town to be resolved within the next twenty four hours if an ocean is in the libyan capital for. bennett is the name for the tribe populate in this area one of the biggest lee bin tribes and a staunch in the devotion to the embattled colonel its plate a prominent role during the current uprising he libya since the beginning of the

events here in february people from these tribes have been fighting against the rebels all across libya volunteers from this area have been dying for khadafy in misrata things bragger and in other cities they've been all the time ardently supporting the colonel who's provided them with the best weaponry in the past and actually khadafi himself as well as his sons had time and thought to hide in that area and that's why many here on the ground are saying that if the rubbles managed to take this stronghold that was officially mean at the end of the colonel and the regimes for the national transitional council have recently repeatedly been claiming that tripoli is safe tripoli is now secure that rebels there is coming here from and guises soon but so far we haven't seen is find of them here if you live in capitals the situation here is very complicated the streets are literally all the armed rebel fighters with actually

a clear agenda of the interior minister has recently claimed that the national transitional council will soon try to bring these people on that they control but as we can see here they're not quite successful so far here's my report about that . my mother 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 so scared 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 southern 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 fearing revenge from gadhafi loyalists he was among the first at the scene to help destroy the arsenal. i don't want weapons to roll into the hands of my sons or the youngsters i'm concerned were our country will be going with goggles this is a very dangerous thing it's not a toy but with the country in a war with arms it looks like libyan kids have already developed a fascination for the weapons of war. but i like it when i go out and have a real life and will feel bad guys like duffy then you're thorough as you say you go through gathering up weapons through mosques and while police are back on the streets the young gunman demonstrate their readiness to. will give it back to them soon as they ask a stone but many here are afraid that this addiction may have a painful withdrawal 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 of all being is if for many to lay down their arms when the gun has played such a prominent role throughout libya's volatile history written off r.t. tripoli libya. it's been just two weeks since tripoli fell to the rebel forces but the interim government's already being criticized by its own allies a key rebel military commanders calling on the leaders of the national transitional council to resign to being ex gadhafi loyalists political satirist dead ted rowlands say says a new civil war is brewing i have some sympathy for. the lobby and his call to get rid of all the former regime figures i mean it's not much of a revolution if you have former officials from the ex from the government that has just been deposed certainly not you would see any kind of division like that uses in a scenario where revolution is not fully realized and that seems to be the situation

in libya any kind of revolutionary movement is an alliance of convenience but in the end are you end up with what shah masood in afghanistan once said in the one nine hundred eighty s. in the war against the soviets first we kill the russians next we kill each other in libya they kill there and they have effectively killed that gadhafi regime and now they're going to kill each other still to come this hour on r t putting pressure on the press british police flex their muscles at the media telling news groups they have a responsibility to hand over right to footage of looters to help make arrests. a story start a company across to israel now where a furious public have been making sure their governments and no doubt about their anger with the largest demonstration in the country's history the social protests have been swelling for two months against the high cost of housing corruption and other living standards. reports now from the biggest rally in tel aviv. this 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 dubbing 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 that people here are saying that it is simply too expensive to live in israel. now one of the new slogan is we're hearing is where were you september third that is a throwback to november the fourth one thousand nine hundred five when the former israeli prime minister yitzhak rabin and robin was assassinated people say where were you then so of course people here saying where are you now with people really

wanting to come to the street and make a change and make their voices heard 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 settlers and trying to convince countries not to support the palestinian move instead of listening to the discounted messes at home. and israeli quality campaign you did open home or told r.t. the people there are demanding more from their government to be a social. security provider. people demanding so she had just did even in a time of political and political tension and even till the attacks that took place in. the country people are questioning deplete your eighty's of the government that this is why are the economies slowly sheen so. much of this

fuel and so little for the many i think people have seen them and that creates no hope in this function in every level that government needs to function on the political front live in terms of the political process the negotiation with the palestinians on no hopes in only sheer and perceive beauty and also in the. economic and social way and you see a government that trying to tell people that what is all that is what they can get and that's the best they can get and in doing nothing all that to improve the life of people this is what brings people in the street into the street they're asking for something. in a few minutes from now the war crimes tribunals turns to us the hague last this channel for all kind of interview with former bosnian serb general recommend that

it is on trial for genocide explaining why as adults. and sort of come young people are abandoning the remote places where they grew up in search of a better future leaving behind deserted towns and villages. but first ukraine's crumbling over its gas bill again with a row over the agreed price with russia threatening to end up in court having trouble paying but merges nationalize energy firm with russia's gazprom to bring costs down the crime and the contract cannot be revised you know naturally and will stand its ground. as this report. very harsh words are coming from both sides and right now the ukraine president viktor yanukovych is saying that his country is being humiliated in the course of negotiations over the gas price and also says that the ukraine might take this whole negotiation process into international court in stockholm to try to have the two thousand and nine gas deals

revised moscow's position is that it is ready to accept any legal action because it is completely confident that justice is on its side and it's ready to fight on the court should this happen saying that until a proper commercial offer comes in the price will stay the same and the negotiations will continue now 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 either a marriage or of the ukrainian gas going up a snap to gas with the russian gas giant gazprom or a purchase by moscow of the transport gas transportation system in ukraine this harsh stance voiced by ukraine sent shock waves across europe many have been worried whether there would be another gas war another disruption of supplies in

three pm 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 russia is no longer so strongly dependent on the 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 by plan is due to be completed pretty much soon the south stream by blind will also be available in the next few years so 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. moscow's red square has been marching to chuen different tune for the past few days the massive annual military to two has been taking place drawing hundreds of armed forces performers from around the world to parade in the capital's iconic center an artesian italia overcover is at the closing ceremony. it is

a very loud and bright gathering of military orchestras from all around the world forty countries a presence on red square today for the sixth day of the annual spa sketch our festival that's been named after one of the kremlin sourish to the savior it's our that's actually overlooking the spectacular show with us right now together with over seven thousand people gathered on the main square over more skate today for the show and many more while watching the live transmission all woods had to home as you can do as well by looking on to our website are live pictures for you there as well as pictures of the previous four days of this spectacular show one thousand five hundred musicians from from europe a cheer from north america from africa alongside each other and set a permanent french singer has become the headliner over this festival for the third year that's very mature she was present at the opening of the specimen this year

and you can see faces and pose young and not so young if this is serious today mesmerized by what's happening on the arts where we saw people taking pictures with musicians orchestras from all around the world and it is truly a great events when military orchestras musicians from different countries gather at the red square for the peaceful and beautiful purpose of music making the festival point sides with moscow eight hundred sixty fourth birthday to this is probably the most spectacular a celebration for moscow that it received on that square right now but to besides that there were seven hundred seventy s. taking place throughout the russian capital today including open air concerts picnics ag submissions you name it hundreds of people are out hundreds of thousands of people are out on the streets of moscow as the city center has been closed for traffic say can simply walk around town and enjoy the beautiful views and the peaceful celebrations that are taking place out of this brazen red squares. and to

be followed by at huge laser show later in the evening and many are saying that this is probably the most expensive celebration of moscow's birthday that's taking place this year i know huge laser show is going to be put up our project said so on the wall of the moscow state university the oldest university of russian media already saying that that laser show may make it to the guinness book of records. beating drums to a use of the red square. this week the. military took to. the spectacular standoff. and. gives you a front row seat just. and enjoy the show. that you can see it common for more on what we're covering here check out our website it's all there for you let's take you through what else is lined up at the moment. there

we can hear from the award winning serbian film director about his plans to build a traditional russian village in an ethnic settlement in. also a lot of moments tapping into their own oil supply the people of a small town in georgia who was shocked to find fuel pouring into the. british police have been putting pressure on journalists this week to hand over footage of last month's riots in order to identify looters and action media organizations are resisting the request to protect editorial standards and avoid being seen as evidence gatherers from the authorities across the country approach media groups to voluntarily hand over used and unseen footage that scotland yard said it would obtain a court order to force disclosure of the material if necessary. this would have journalist tony says the police run the risk of compromising fundamental press freedom. i was very disappointed to see that david cameron in the emergency debate

about the riots 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 david camm is coming from on this as far as 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 crowd turning on the journalist they will come again 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 particular in a crime has just taken place and it's very important that both of them are doing it

independently they have got forty thousand they've 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. twenty two minutes past the hour here in russia in moscow let's bring you some more of today's world news in our world update the former head of the international monetary fund dominique strauss kahn has returned to france after searching charges were dropped against him in the u.s. was arrested in new york in may after a hotel maid accused him of attempted rape scanner's put under house arrest but later the case against him was dismissed by a charge as well as having to quit the i.m.f. he faces another sexual assault allegation in france by novelist. iran's first nuclear power plant is now putting electricity into the country's national grid work on the bush if a city began in the one hundred seventy s. but construction stalled until the ninety's when russia sent specialists to

complete it both countries have agreed that spent atomic fuel from the plant will be sent to russia to reduce western concerns that iran could use the materials to build nuclear arms. also the world update this hour tropical storm lee has reached landfall in louisiana in the southern u.s. state of emergency in the region as well as coastal parts of mississippi where evacuations are taking place up to fifty centimeters of rain are expected over the next few days in louisiana including new orleans which is still haunted by the katrina flood disaster in two thousand and five comes less than a week after killed more than forty people. russia's youth being a part of the big cities to make their living but the rural towns they leave behind are dying out as a result and are going to school has more on the generation draining to hear how the few who stay behind a coping. no hot water or stable electricity supplies to the

nearest pharmacy the post office and grocery store are miles away but for tiana some sort or even that is not the most difficult thing to cope with it's having no neighbors that. they used to be so many families living here but then some people died some little while everybody's gone now even the road. it used to be a successful tiny agricultural community where everyone knew each other's names and celebrated birthdays together that has been here all her life but now nearly all that's left of the village are home memories this used to be a collective farm back in saudia 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're 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 turn him out on us here this is fertile land you can stick a pole in the soil here and it will have peppers growing on its one side and tomatoes on the other shore some agricultural 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. it's not the village which is becoming extinct it's 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 there are 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 trying 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 be too long before they fall silent all together. but it will. no doubt. you go to school also r.t.e. central russia. shortly the filmmaker who's taking on some of america's biggest supermarkets that's after the week's top stories in just a few minutes stay with us life here in moscow.

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if you just joined is a very warm welcome this is live here in moscow top stories now. russia is rallying

u.n. security council members to demand an end to the violence in syria and prevent the uprising descending into another maybe an investigating who is really behind the bloodshed and how much is. libyan rebels are poised to crush the last pockets of resistance from kind of gadhafi supporters with time is running out for the loyalists and. israelis of stays and big government protest against the living standards of the three hundred thousand people gathered nationwide to get the government to spend more on social programs instead of settlements on the military. ukraine turning up the heat in his. morning previously agreed prices a cut refusing to make any concessions russia maintains complies with international requirements and cannot be revised trade. and live picture is international.