world almost the entire lokomotiv team was wiped out in a plane crash as they headed to a match in minsk where an emotional ceremony was held to honor the victims. thousands watched as the now momentous school would have been locomotives opponents symbolically scored own goals as a mark of respect. forty three people died as the plane yacc horney two crashed only minutes after takeoff near the city of jaroslav all it's believed the aircraft failed to gain height and clipped an antenna near the runway two people survived the tragedy are now being treated for serious burns and other injuries one player did narrowly escaped the ill fated journey simply because he didn't board the flight artie's shon thomas was able to speak with him.

the famous bells of jaroslava ringing out for a community grieving a chilling reminder of the tragedy the country with the minds of some of the city's brightest stars. he was known as i knew many of the boys personally what can i say they were scenes i can say this about many of them they were joyful people they loved life and they wanted to live them and they brought so much joy into our lives . thursday marked the start of a three day mourning period as fans of ja slava locomotive gathered and one of the city's central cathedrals i can't describe how i feel it's a very serious loss to me the only thing worse than that would be to lose my family they were like family to me. but as a support group of thousands work through their grief together one man maxime's is dark and is going through his own personal nightmare he is the only member of the

team not on board the fateful flight his coach told him to take the rest and meet the team for the next game in moscow. this is very terrifying for me a hockey team is like a family i lost a family of forty people people i was close to for such a long time. now maxine is supportive of rebuilding the locomotive franchise but he's torn by survivor's guilt that i haven't met their families yet i can't imagine how that'll be this is horrible for me i wasn't thinking about whether i was lucky that i wasn't on that plane. and now he must rely on his community sharing in the grief process so that the healing can begin and as a steady stream of mourners continue to come to this central church to show their support it is clear that this is not just about an accident or a plane crash but it's about the loss of a team something very important to

a community that they will remember forever. thomas. locomotive was also an international team and the grief is being shared throughout europe hundreds gathered in the center of the czech capital prague to remember the last players chanting their names have lighting candles in their memory three czech nationals were aboard all were former world champions type top czech ice hockey official and former national team coach stuck in their letter said the loss was incredible. to talk about we've lost players in their prime but with a hard core of their national team i knew them very well even though they were playing abroad still lee were always trying to get better they can. be didn't just want to be part of a system they wanted to know the details of their positions and how to best school who took a huge interest in what they did i really enjoyed working with them. and morial services also happened in neighboring slovakia where tributes were played at

a sports star sports star power ball demitra people who gathered near an ice hockey in bratislava shared their emotional thoughts. and shocked. because it is a big loss he was agreed it's a little it's going to be fun to see it with even school it is the school to the school. there's plenty more on this story and others on our website among the dead the youngest player of the team who despite being both injured and disqualified wanted nothing more than to be with his sporting brothers a decision that ultimately cost him his life. and the recently married flight attendant who planned to quit the job and have a baby with her touching story and many others a click away at our t.v. dot com. turning now to other news we're covering on r t confrontation between libyan rebels and procrit off the forces showing no sign of easing battles have

been a raging near the towns of search and bani walid two of the few remaining strongholds of the fallen regime forces loyal to the colonel fired for rockets from by you will lead where two of khadafi sons are believed to be leading the armed resistance this despite the interim government seeking to negotiate a peaceful resolution the deadline for gadhafi loyalists to surrender has been extended to saturday as for the colonel himself in his latest audio message the ousted leader claimed he was still in libya and vowed to never leave his ancestors homeland meanwhile life in the libyan capital still struggles after falling into the rebel hands with a celebratory mood dampened by fears of anarchy setting in artie's berea if an ocean has more from tripoli. a city celebrates for more than ten days the labor and capital has been rejoicing in the dictator's fall where he he wanted to hang his quarter here in the central square where his rules for the second anniversary we put our flag instead we once were so

happy without him. it seems in the last two weeks rebel fighters have fired bullets in the air the first shot during this sold in tripoli early august. all revealed phenol very very forward. mr gaddafi. gadhafi is viktor toward. he told old to be more lovely with the people on that we know you will see love him all of us what a player that is and we don't argue that you don't know what they are like when they are care but away from jubilant crowds we meet stars who are not so pleased at the time on leave and tripoli is slim district historically pro khadafi when the rebels arrived his sister was badly injured she's still in hospital in tunisia other one doesn't want to show his face on camera and ceased when a hidden location for the interview he says revolution has brought much fear in its

wake. there is no peace there is no safety in the city we don't let our children side when it's dark we are afraid we always wait for something bad when gadhafi was here at least we didn't have to sleep awake like we do now. up till rahman says he also want to change and a brighter future for his country but not base way. and people are dying on both sides of the cities destroyed and no one cares do they seriously think that they changed it for the better don't lie to yourself just look around is that what you wanted. and divorce is a round is a scene of widespread destruction and social chaos the badly damaged buildings matched by the rising stink of each and decomposing bodies youngsters roam the streets barely old enough to understand that what they carry our weapons not toys

many shops schools and hospitals are closed while the cities symmetries growing bigger and bigger. shortly after tripoli fell into rebel hands the national transitional council leave his new authority claimed it was moving here from benghazi two weeks have passed and there is sealed no sign of its presence on the ground zero of all the being raced towards the city functioning by south and treading a fine line between freedom and anik a. rich notion of. tripoli libya. stay with us here on r t still ahead in the program. a decade after nine eleven we continue our special coverage of the chilling tragedy that shook the world plus. confrontation carries on taiwan starts producing new missiles and they're aimed at china's southeastern coast all despite a recent warming in relations. but first russia is willing to

support different approaches to resolve the situation in syria as long as they send signals to both sides of the conflict president medvedev made his position clear in an interview after the global policy forum in jaroslav all from are the russians leaders views let's turn to our teams peter all over. the world leader so what exactly did dimitri medvedev say about solving the crisis in syria. president made yet have warned against viewing the situation in syria in terms of goods and bads and warned that there are elements as far as he can see which is the syrian opposition that the international community. must think very very long and hard very carefully about dealing with now the president calls on both sides both the opposition and the government in syria to bring about an end to violence in the country and said that russia always has been is and always will be a friend to the syrian people. i believe the resolutions we would

approve to send a strong message to the syrian regime should in fact be addressed to both sides things aren't just black and white and the anti-government protesters in syria are not followers of some very fine european models of democracy there are different groups within the opposition some of them which put it straight extremists and some might even be called terrorists the situation is not that simple and we have to take into account the balance of different forces and interests russia may support certain moves only when they don't bow down to the one sided condemnation of the government and president assad we should send a strong message calling on all the conflicting parties to come to the negotiation table stop the talks and stop the bloodshed to use is also in russia's interest because russia has always been serious friend and other countries have close economic and political ties that that's why we continue to look for solutions to the situation in syria. it is for the long. haul the statement from president

medvedev comes as russia's takes aim to step up its role as a mediator in the syrian crisis a little later on on friday the top diplomats from russia in the area mikhail margelov will meet with members from the syrian opposition and on monday he will also have a meeting he remarks goes well with a top aide from president bashar is could have a government so meeting with both sides says am up for russia as they take this role as mediator in the syrian crisis now the reason they're doing this the reason they're doing is stating don't want to see syria turn into a same situation as what we see. in libya where by a u.n. resolution was used beyond the mandates of the you administration would step beyond by its a national aids of results to get and it wants russia still is unacceptable violence they will try do their best to make sure that that type of situation isn't repeated in syria all right artie's here all the reporting live for us in moscow thank you.

you can see the full version of that interview president medvedev gave to euro news television on our website r.t. dot com. the images from nine eleven are still chilling even ten years after the attacks shook the world they triggered the so-called war on terror but in the country that's been at the forefront of that war it can be hard to find people who remember why foreign troops arrived in the first place we continue our special coverage of the nine eleven ten year anniversary with this report from afghanistan. helmand in southern afghanistan is the province that was borne the brunt of the fighting between the taliban and coalition forces what would afghans in this war

torn province think about nine eleven and its consequences. while on patrol with the marines i get a first opportunity to ask a couple of young afghan men what they know about nine eleven but. they never heard about can you show them a few more and can us them do they know where it is even we don't know if that's because because you're a former you never heard about anything that were. not done with. the two young men and clearly never heard of nine eleven. but maybe the elders of the local sure would have more to say yeah no you see you. just can see the smoke from the buildings and that's a that's only thing i can say when you guys show this picture. so i think it was a call what if i just got here i would be surprised but having been here now for six months this is premised stone ages where we are. what do you think about their reactions. so they want the guy who said it was kabul was clearly never going to

kabul and it just shows you how isolated they are even in their own country go he demanded without understand. jane how come when you know you don't think you know you're going to america afghanistan come to this point and get the airplane from here to attack in the united states you know how much. it was nice to go from iraq to then here is a lot easier to understand you know why you're here and you're so you have that picture you know it's good picture remind yourself it's what you're there to see the afghans looking at it in this context while wearing the uniform of carrying a rifle. to your back that was of course much harder to tell what we're really going to make and saying we're going to help you to discern one building and to destroy us how many buildings and they say we're going to help you where is the help. can work your way down what they're saying to give it to our kids are going to fighting and they do it to their own kids pen and paper to write down and read and write. i do sympathize or understand what you know some were saying it's even

just from the weather we've had recently people losing their homes and nobody to help them so you know when you have when you can feed yourself or earth how yourself are you going to care about somebody you know six thousand miles away. so i can understand that i just started up out of the top of the list with i never thought to ask those questions of anybody here that's why we're here amazingly in a country where for ten years a war has been fought with nine eleven as its root cause and justification it turns out not only with the villages oblivious to nine eleven with the afghan police and even some of the translators working with the u.s. military but you don't know that is for you to say there are no i am not no i don't want to syria but you have seen these pictures before. the survey taken in twenty ten by the international council on security and development found that ninety two percent of afghan men in helmand and other afghan provinces had no idea what nine eleven was with american troops that start with during this year it seems likely that they will leave afghanistan without the vast majority of afghans ever having

really understood why they came in the first place adam plots from afghanistan for no. we'll continue our special coverage of the nine eleven anniversary throughout the next couple of days with reports and analysis on the legacy of the attacks and the decade of the so-called war on terror so stay with us. turner became synonymous with pure evil. the senseless slaughter of almost three thousand people stunned the world. and it all seemed like a nightmare. ten years on. r.g.p. remembers the attacks and its aftermath. a look back at nine eleven. taiwan has moved to step up its long running confrontation with china the taiwanese government has decided to bring forward mass production of new missiles that are capable of striking targets on its neighbors southeastern coast this despite

a recent warming of relations between the two for more on this i'm joined by dr benson wong from the department of government and international studies at hong kong baptist university. good to have you with us dr so what's prompted taiwan to change its plans about the system that's referred to as ten thousand swords well because. it would be president of the national and the terminal it's all right he wanted to share with his friends stand towards the men on fridays there is some pull by producing the rest. mind depressed in the end the show his willingness to the interest of to try was in turn some bird to restrain. so what does or rather taiwan has a long enjoyed military support from the u.s. but we know that china is the largest share holder of u.s. treasury securities do you think washington could be putting good relations with

beijing at risk. well because debate you are far and p. also would concede a very important factor that there is. indeed. a relationship between. the american and chinese size to be maintained in the home on the of course the sions because the american frog he relies on the chinese. and he's securities. to support the us the current is so right not things that we should be ready from the menu changes between the right ken and the age of varieties because of the kind i wanted. a recent awaking these cables suggest that china could offer to eliminate its missiles targeting taiwan if the us stop selling weapons to the island does that mean that china is ready for a compromise to settle this conflict well because the trust of fergie has you can

see the feeling of wills of the persian people to brace an army state there will be ace a very strong opinion from the people's liberation army. to take a concrete actions to deal with the independent of taiwan's by some concrete action like. position somebody with meso respond. and straight probably starts to go to the independence dependence of it-i was saying dare you should you should not doing something go beyond the boundary of the transit authority so we have i don't think the tribes of the transit authority would take really obvious ash until we moved the. targets to the tower. all right thank you very much for your perspective dr benson wong from hong kong baptist university and. turning now to some other stories

making headlines across the globe the first funerals have been held in new delhi two days after a massive briefcase bomb exploded outside the city's high court twelve people were killed in the blast dozens more wounded indian authorities detained three men for questioning in the continuing investigation into the blast the court bombing was the first major attack in india since twenty six people were killed by serial blasts in mumbai in two thousand and eight. a senior british judge has revealed the findings of his inquiry into the death of an iraqi man eight years ago muso was working at a hotel when it was raided by u.k. troops who took the man to a british base where he sustained at ninety three injuries and died six soldiers were cleared of wrongdoing at a court martial in two thousand and seven seven served a year in jail becoming the first convicted british war criminal in the military operation in iraq. the deadly legacy of war and its appalling illness that it can

cause for servicemen even long after they've arrived home all explored in our exile report coming your way later. when you look for a new. president barack obama has presented his much anticipated jobs act of congress earmarks more than four hundred billion dollars for putting people back to work but some critics say it's too little too late or he's got reports. president obama addressed the lawmakers he put forward measures to create jobs and stimulate the sluggish economy and the u.s. has seen several years of massive job loss unemployment remains over nine percent

we're talking about millions of people living jobless in this country congress might cut off unemployment benefits starting next year and the jobless in america will find themselves in an even more dire situation president obama in his address called for the congress to extend benefits for the unemployed he also suggested tax incentives for small businesses another measure he put forward is giving money we're talking about one hundred forty billion dollars to states and local governments so that they can keep you know the teachers and firefighters employed also hire infrastructure workers so that those workers can go out and spend money and keep the consumption going although experts are saying that the stimulus plan obama is suggesting will not really bring the u.s. economy out of the woods because it will create in the best scenario around one and a half million jobs but it takes eleven million jobs new jobs just to get back to the pre recession level there's a lot of skepticism out there in congress many lawmakers are not happy with obama's

spending plans while obama is not happy with the lawmakers unwillingness to compromise what's frustrating to many here is that this package of one hundred forty billion dollars in direct stimulus is being debated so fiercely where is the bill giving nearly a trillion dollars a year on defense purposes and on wars gets passed easily and quietly that surely leaves many americans really frustrated about their representatives on. business news next with dmitri stay with us here on our team. thanks matt the gas dispute between russia and ukraine is reaching breaking point kiev insist on lower prices while moscow says the existing contracts are first this has the potential to de generates into another gas war which could result in supply disruptions to europe but if that were to happen that's on the meet the road skolkovo as energy center warns it could be the end of ukraine's role as a transit nation any new conflict between russia and ukraine will be the last

conflict for ukraine as a transit countries so after that one of our russia will invest all money necessary to build cells dream the next line north three may be something else just awful he looked great and i'm sure that you agree and pollutants are also realizing these three but so far these there was short term games are much more important to them they don't want to look even for the next two three years i'm not speaking about ten twelve it's never the less true that common sense of where we. play its role by the end of the day we will have normal agreement between russia and ukraine working . the first time gazprom has managed to acquire an energy retailer in europe it's buying a fifty one percent stake in the czech gas and electricity company or s.p. energy the european union has been trying to resist the expansion of gazprom into the retail segment of the market so will be able to supply transit and sell gas.

move to the markets now start with commodities traditionally oil is on the rise moderately though. barack obama proposed a jobs act worth more than four hundred billion dollars to jolt the troubled u.s. economy brant blend close to one hundred fifteen dollars per barrel west texas crude is around eighty nine dollars but our. move to stock markets asian shares are mixed this hour in hong kong stocks are supported by chinese data showing consumer inflation cooled slightly in august financials are on the rise with h.s.b.c. up one percent then they caved just a notch in negative territory following a revision of japan's april juno gross domestic product to a lower level construction linked. in tokyo. one half hours ahead of the opening bell here in moscow russian markets out of thursday's trading session on a positive note second strong session in a row the r.t.s. gaining a one third of

a percent nice six point six. so far september has been a month of respect for the stock markets compared to a heavy sell off in the previous month or however it is too early to celebrate and chris we've heard from troika dialog believes stocks are at risk of having an even bigger slump in october. a told result was the most dangerous months in global equity markets historically that's when investors confidence capitulate and we're heading into a very similar and therefore dangerous period in this october you know the confidence is clearly very fragile if the economic indicators in early october are bad we are vulnerable to another october style selloff and i think particularly when we start seeing the third quarter financial results from the u.s. banks i think that's going to be a very critical period if those numbers are bad or if the banks you know start talking much more negatively than they have been about the environment i think that could undermine confidence and we could have an october crash so we're very

vulnerable to an october crash this year more than any other year in the last ten years so we just have to remain cautious then all right businesses he will be back in around fifteen minutes time with an updated headline the next an ati. please.

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eight thirty am in moscow these are your r.t. headlines grief in the air memorial services held in russia and across europe for the victims of wednesday's plane crash that killed almost all of one of the. russia's greatest ice hockey team is forty three people died as the plane crashed moments after takeoff near the city of sloane. president medvedev has urged both sides of the conflict in syria to come to the negotiating table and interview after the global policy for many hours labile the russian leader also warned against a one sided approach and confirmed russia's willingness to help and the bloodshed. and in libya fierce confrontation between rebels and proceed on the forces resume with battles raging near two of the few remaining strongholds of the foreign regime of the fall and rather this comes just a day before saturday's deadline for gadhafi loyalists to surrender. next moscow out explores the niceness routes in moscow for a gentle stroll where the indian.