cross the border tuesday while burkina faso has denied claims it was ready to provide asylum is comes as rebels now control most of libya but as are his daniel bush or a ports all signs suggest it's not over for the violence in libya as the real chaos may be yet to come mohamed his son is one of africa's most experienced diplomats just broke from the libyan capital he says need to bullying has turned into a ghost town there is no police. there is no administration there is no there is no it's called law and order has been replaced by a more crew of rebels some fear that the various groups who've emerged might soon stop fighting each other or force your weapon stores has been raided every man's armed with kalashnikovs if the tribes fight for their independence the country will enter and never ends in civil war with brutal urban guerrilla warfare analysts argue that even rebel leaders don't know where their fighters a from. rebel

heads mahmoud joel was alarmed to find islamist sleeper cells had joined his tripoli offensive vast parallel structure of competence has appeared we have no idea who is in charge of them. hopes of a reliable replacement for more of my gadhafi appeared to be fading libya's rebels remain deeply divided while the chaos from nato is bombing appears to be spreading beyond the country's borders in the turmoil there are fears that religious extremists could be using libya as a base to further their aims in north africa if i'm to new zealand or a good while of a tunisian women got abortion rights twenty years before women and belgium under the last regime divorced women good benefits revived arab religious movements are trying to reverse that the week before the war leaders from barack obama to nicolas sarkozy and silvio berlusconi shook and even kissed gadhafi the rebels got the great carpet treatment in paris but the west will also change tack warning experts

if libya doesn't go for them as planned with some saying the enemy in the so-called war on terror is now on the winning side. a president that. when it finds its arming al qaeda need to go turn on the rebels. according to this man who's just returned from war torn tripoli the message from some locals there is that the conflict may have created a frankenstein's monster. the for europe they warned us that we don't know what we are creating the it will be a free haven of extremist groups which are just on the southern border of europe pull routes from food somalia made the coast. fruits and legally some diplomats will think libya is heading in the direction but what do you have that it is mediterranean would not be safe there will be part it's and there will be all bloat to control it in to make it safe to flinch economy can support.

the new intervention in libya has brought large numbers of new forces to the fall experts fear the sylph may come to regret their emergency the new bush will see brussels artie's website continues following the fate of almost twenty ukrainian citizens who remain in custody in libya as the rebels suspect them of being pro khadafi snipers or other russian embassy was able to negotiate the release of two russians any ukrainian couple a save the group are oil engineers and cooks who have nothing to do with the military check out r.t. dot com for the full story. activists in syria say government forces have used armored vehicles in the besieged city of homs this is the u.n. is calling for more pressure to be put on president assad but professor edmund ghareeb an expert in international relations says sanctions won't necessarily bring down the regime but they will make the ordinary people suffer. in any case what

happened whatever happens the sanctions are clearly a blunt instrument that does not discriminate between the regime and the people and what my end up happening is that the people who probably are going to have the price and the regime especially if we take a look at what happened in iraq or what happened with cuba they are aki experiment is a very good example of this where some of the harshest sanctions ever imposed on any country in history were imposed on iraq and despite that they did not succeed in bringing that regime down. a. public which was hurt severely as a result of the sanctions so this is. i think is going to raise a lot of questions especially some of them political economic and some of course are more. the hughes already imposed sanctions on oil imports from libya on our

website we're asking you what is the true aim of that so far fourteen percent of respondents think that president assad is the target six percent say there really is too liberal voters again the e.u. countries almost a third are you the e.u. wants to please the u.s. around half of those who've taken part say the sanctions hit ordinary syrians to provoke more protests already dot com and have your say. hundreds of thousands of people in italy have protested the government's fresh austerity measures announced on tuesday in a bid to tackle the country's debt crisis the forty five billion euro package welcomed by e.u. includes among other things new tax hikes and raising the retirement age for women a number of violent scuffles between demonstrators and police were reported underlining social tensions in a country struggling to avert financial collapse and as finance expert fabio demoscene tells r t italy's troubles aren't going unnoticed elsewhere in the euro

zone. you tell them don't grow it in would be. a huge blow to the euro zone because italy's not greece you know agrees to three prisms. but it will be the biggest economy in the eurozone it would certainly be a huge blow the current crisis of the euro zone as an offspring of the economic crisis which has been called by the financial markets by the banks and currently what the government is trying to do with they they try to let the majority of the people pay the bill of the crisis and do some homework and you can drum an economy against the majority of the population and we solve the consequences in greece we fall in greece the g.d.p. shrank by nearly five percent steps where rising no faltering and so i think there is no solution you have proof of all to decouple from the financial markets and secondly you have to tax rich people if you want to bring the whole summer. going on like this won't work perfectly and so i believe even germany and france will

haue few problems in the near future. protests have also swept across spain ahead of crucial vote by the country's senate on amending the constitution to limit national debt as follows the parliament bowing to e.u. pressure and adopting the initiative last week but unions and rights groups say the debt cap could decimate the welfare system and hurt the most vulnerable writer and journalist miguel and so morocco believes it's the markets that should be made responsible for spain's current predicament and not its people the markets are not rational and they are driven usually by fear sometimes by greed and they just think they feel that the spain could be like greece or like ireland or like portugal because. country within the euro so so they tend to lump together countries that are very different but they resemble each other because they are part of the periphery and i think that's the that's the real recently is

just a psychological perception and then again it's true that the growth in spain cannot meet growth not very good so that in the long will be a problem for that we don't have that problem now but we may have it in the future that is true with the financial turmoil raging across europe calls are growing for the worst hit economies to abandon the euro and return to their old national currencies but german economic analyst michelmore osce tells r.t. only the only solution to the crisis is if the stronger economies leave the euro zone. there is another solution that the weak countries exit but a strong country has to exit if germany for it for example pulls out of the euro the whole problem with be solved means that we will have then as strong a currency germany can live with it the others then will have a devaluated council this is exactly what they need it means also that the debts that they have will be devaluated this is that what they mean and what this is what

they mean need and so the situation is why so verse or not the strong ones have to pull out but the germans have to put all. one country that hasn't been hit by the crisis so far switzerland has done the currency markets the country central bank has devalued the swiss franc by pegging it to the embattled euro effort to stop deflation protect its exports and promote tourism and u.s. economist paul craig roberts tells r.t. that by doing so is what so and has deprived the world of the last safe haven currency which the swiss try and eliminate it as a safe haven because the government's not going to. let only use go the only safe haven where the two reserve currencies themselves are in question here are the two main reserve currency in the euro and both are in a situation where the world is losing. and so nobody has come. in the reserve germans what happens to then

a monetary system so if people state people keep looking for safe haven goals that will prices have to continue to rise. the next believe big blow to the euro zone could be coming from an unexpected source as we find out later today later today and leads to dishing of crosstalk. yes i do. and everybody knows that the next ones that go into crisis spade france portugal and the u.k. but the german situation is actually worse and he said he maintained by the belief that it's rather most stable i think it's too soon to write the a bit you are for the euro collapse of the euro would be a disaster for german business for german banks and ultimately for the same german taxpayers who we're talking about right now. hope for a better country but not as part of the united kingdom there's a strong sense of national identity in wales which is help fuel calls for it to

achieve independence following similar calls farther north and skoll it but artie's laura amid reports the debate is continuing to rage over whether welsh ambitions are driven by economic sense or emotion. welcome to wales part of the u.k. and a proud nation with its own language and customs and the latest voice to call for independence applied comrie which means the party of wales has always argued the country could be better off without the u.k. and it seems increasing numbers are starting to see their point of view our economy has been run from london with the interest and priorities of the south east of england to the fore an independent will be able to chart a different course based on our needs and priorities wales is a long way from declaring independence but it's no longer just a pipe dream people here voted overwhelmingly earlier this year in favor of handing the welsh assembly full law making powers that was considered

a turning point in welsh nationhood and plights couldn't read the party of wales have undoubtedly taken heart from the surprise victory of the scottish national party that victory in may gave the s.n.p. an outright majority in the scottish parliament which has many powers devolved from westminster the party's promise to hold a scotland wide referendum on whether to declare independence according to plied comrie that marks the turning of the tide for a unified u.k. . i believe are beginning to to use the word independence in in a welsh context which they say they wouldn't have done in a few years and as activity valid sizing the people in where's it going to seem that they're to scotland becomes independent the next logical step is for we're just becoming dependent to of course separatism is nothing new to the british isles and the thousands of victims of the troubles in northern ireland are testament to

how high feelings can run both in the present day and for centuries past while national sentiment may not be a new phenomenon the reasons for it have changed over the years. it is and in these current turbulent economic times money talks scotland has oil and gas but while wales was a proud coal producing nation its minds are now closed and it's got some of the highest unemployment levels in the u.k. because of that the older generation is reserved when it comes to independence but young people are filled with national fervor for them independence is less about money and more about nationhood and identity wales needs to be independent because it is a great country and we do we do and of like being is really patriotic i think more patriotic than england definitely have a lot of culture that we shouldn't forget just seem to be a bit better here at the moment that you can get free prescriptions. education

seems to be a bit better. as it's going to build on that support providing not just emotional reasons why wales should be independent but concrete economic reasons too and it says wales does have resources particularly land and sea green energy if the scots vote for independence wales might not be far behind. fifteen minutes past the hour here in moscow on our team still ahead on the program . this is an attempt to psychologically brainwash the serbian people deserve what they get and what they get is going to be very bad bosnian serb army general said mr twenty seven years behind bars some to question the hague tribunal once again. david petraeus former military commander in iraq and afghanistan will now be america's top spy or a some experts figure to make up for failings of u.s.

intelligence that's coming your way later this hour. before we get to that though the central russian city of jaroslav is turning into a global think tank this week with a third global policy forum inviting the best minds. to come up with solutions to some of the world's thorniest problems this year it's multiculturalism multiculturalism that will be among the main focal points of a concept that's recently gotten some severe blows in europe global security traditionally on the table with nato is planned withdrawal from afghanistan and russia is bringing up the question of how to keep the region safe artie's a nice and now way is in the she joins us now live. alone and so a major security issue being raised there in the form what are some of the proposed solutions. well the solution really is to reform an organization which of course exists and is working very intensely in russia and in this part of the world in central asia which is the collective security treaty organization russia's if you will answer to nato and the idea is to really build on that organization so

that when u.s. troops and nato forces leave afghanistan this is a good example in twenty fourteen they're planning to withdraw that security organization will become big enough and widespread enough about our media and other central asian partners to deal with security issues especially when it comes to terrorism and the afghan security situation which is much closer to russia and the surrounding countries than states say to the united states so that's going to be the debate on the table in one of the security sessions today how do you live past afghanistan after the west nato withdraw from there another major part of the forum is dedicated the problems of multi-ethnic societies there's a lot of discussion there tell us more about that. it isn't especially within this year we've seen a lot of criticism of the multicultural system in europe and and people saying that it's not working you also have debate of political correctness and a balance there of how much you can say we've seen these riots in the u.k.

we've seen it not working in places like scandinavia i was there myself this year and a lot of people are complaining that the multicultural culturalism system the system of adoption and how it's working is just not going in the right direction and this is something that russia has a lot of experience with there is a lot of people that immigrate to the country and russia hopes that it can share its experience with the european countries i think it's fair to say that exclusively european problem at least in the last couple of years in russia hopes that out this really the theme of the forum this year is the modern state in the age of social diversity so it really is about multiculturalism and how these countries experts and analysts can all share their ideas about how best to make it work or how maybe to take a few steps back and fix the way that the things that are wrong with it and why it's not working in the world today are right artie's needs and i live for us in the r s level talk to you again soon. our team will bring you the full picture of

what's going on after global policy forum in euro slow evelyn isa will be live with us throughout the day speaking with the top thinkers and speakers so stay with us. to other news on our t.v. defense team a former yugoslav army general paris it says they'll appeal the verdict of the he tried to and all this after the military leader was sentenced to twenty seven years in prison for war crimes paris which was convicted of abetting atrocities during the balkans war in the one nine hundred ninety s. including the massacre of eight thousand muslims in srebrenica he's one of the several ethnic serbs military officials on trial at the hague balkans expert marco gossett says the west wants serbians to feel guilty for the whole of the yugoslavia war. well we know how those trials are going to go because the script for those trials has been written in advance but i think we need to look actually take a look at the real picture here of what parachutes was accused of doing because he was accused in effect of crossing. illegally declared all the borders that had been

declared by the c.s. by the diktats of western governments particularly germany running the e.c. at the time and subsequently by the us of a these these governments declared that yugoslavia borders would no longer exist i would be replaced by borders smaller of the secession so this was at the expense of yugoslavia's largest people but i think there is an effort on the part of western governments to persuade the serbian public that in some way they are guilty absolutely for everything how they feel they deserve to be treated worse than the rest of the world that they should be punished that they should be imprisoned that their territory should be carved away from them this is an attempt to psychologically brainwash the serbian people that they deserve what they get and what they get is going to be very bad sadly i don't see too much opposition to this policy on the part of the serbian government which really has a responsibility which it has not exercised to say that the description of the war

has been one sided biased and incorrect later today another controversial figure of bosnian serb military on trial at the hague is explored in our exile reports. worldwide manhunt for him listed for since. one million new world on the streets count. for the went. live. on r t. david petraeus america's former top military commander in iraq and afghanistan has now become the country's top spy he's taken over as the director of the cia replacing leon panetta who's become defense secretary former u.s. air force lieutenant colonel karen quite koski believes patris will serve as

washington's p.r. man to hide the intelligence community's shortcomings this is a smooth operator who has a great reputation in the media here in the united states so he's popular he's seen as on in. the congress like something and i think in many ways he is a great agree cover for what the cia is continuing to do and what it will continue to do he has a way of making really bad things look good by his. experience in iraq and afghanistan he has made it look successful even when it's not been successful at all i mean he doesn't stand up to washington he just takes what they've given me and kind of wraps it in new wrapping and it sells he's almost like an advertising dream so the cia has a terribly bad reputation and has done terribly bad things and continues to increasingly become involved in military operations military style operations that

is you know not constitutional it's not part of what the cia should be doing i expect the trace at the cia will be able to spin that for media consumption as a good cia he will make it look good even though i don't think fundamentally will change anything he'll probably continue it exactly as it has been going i think the d.c. establishment will love what he does at the cia and you know we will hear much more and hear negative things like we really should i mean i think he is the perfect imperial cia director. take a look now at some other stories making headlines across the globe the trial of ousted egyptian president hosni mubarak over the killing of protesters in february is set to resume in cairo the hearing will be held off camera unlike previous sessions monday the court adjourned the trial after the hearing after hearing the testimony of several witnesses before the session scuffles broke out between pro and anti mubarak protesters outside the court leaving ten people injured.

british lawmakers are considering a recall and the chairman of news corp james murdoch for further questioning over the phone hacking scandal a day earlier two former employees of the country company suggested he misled m.p.'s about his knowledge of widespread hacking at the company james murdoch has maintained that until recently news corp thought the illegal phone hacking was limited to one reporter who was jailed in two thousand and seven murdoch and his father rupert have already faced a committee of m.p.'s over the issue in july. there's no next with dmitri stay with us. thanks mom good morning and welcome to business the wife of the former mayor of moscow is quitting russia's construction business a mid-sized lender been bank boards ninety five percent of you know number two in his firm and co wells burbank to the rest of the company has been valued at one point two billion dollars but given its debts the value of the deal could be about

two hundred million dollars but today became the richest woman in russia with a three billion dollar fortune during her husband's stewardship of moscow. luzhkov was fired last year by president medvedev over a lack of trust he often claimed his wife's business success had nothing to do with his running russia's biggest city. russia make sport as much as twenty million tons of grain this year the agriculture ministry says august shipments of broad climbed to a record of two point three million tonnes russia was the world's second biggest exporter before halting sales last year due to severe drought now the country is trying to regain its share of the global market by offering the largest discount on the grain in four years this makes russian grain cheaper than french australian supplies and turns shipping to distant countries viable. so you look at the markets now while

it's back up with nymex and brant crude both forty one cents per barrel around half a percent that's ahead of an energy department report which is expected to show a decline in stockpiles as the tropical storm is threatening production in the gulf of mexico. asian markets are rallying with the nikkei up one point seven percent following a couple of negative sessions that's despite a drop in u.s. markets overnight dropping the yen is helping japanese exporters with three point four percent and sony gaining employment. here in moscow trading will begin around one half hour's time the russian markets extended previous. losses actually managed to correct the point one percent of my stocks half a percent. of the session. russian equities are continuing to feel the pressure from weak us and. believes this wary sentiment will remain during wednesday's training we're likely to see today is continued volatility

markets fundamentally the markets across russia yes quite sweet on the back of the external events it would be seen from europe and the united states however having said that we could see a technical bounce and perhaps towards the end of this week today is a very important day with the german constitutional court ruling on the fact whether or not it's constitutional for germany to inject funding into the euro zone prefilled but also to morrow we'll see a very important announcement by obama on the current situation of the jobs in the united states and we could expect some positive surprises a bomb would announce a fiscal stimulus package which no one is currently pricing in the market the consensus is priced in only the monetary stimulus at this point. he will be back in around fifteen minutes time with an update matters next with the headlines.

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headlines a number of khadafi loyalists including his security chief flee libya for a neighboring me share with the whereabouts of the colonel himself still unknown this is concerns girl over what kind of regime could replace her. anger at austerity plans spilled into the streets of italy and spain with governments preparing to tighten belts even further to calm the markets and save the faltering euro meanwhile switzerland stuns currency markets by taking its crying that used to be a monetary safe haven to the euro. and the central russian city of jaroslav all turns into a global think tank as the world policy for get started there culturalism and global security among the most pressing issues expected to come up at the meeting. next week take an in-depth look into the eurozone debt troubles the interview coming up . i'm joined by professor of the university of months.