just after five pm here in moscow you're watching r.t. now fighting it continues in libya as rebel forces prepare to storm two of the remaining strongholds held by pro get off the forces loyalists holed up in the town of sirte and bani walid have been given until saturday to surrender however they have vowed to resist despite the deadline colonel gadhafi himself earlier released an audio message claiming he hasn't fled and will never free his homeland despite reports that his supporters have crossed the border into neighboring niger the country's capital tripoli fell to rebels last month but there's no sign of life improving their parties but if a national reports there's just as much fear in the streets as there is the joy of victory. a city celebrates for more than ten days the libyan capital has been rejoicing in the dictator's fall. he wanted to bring his orchard here in the central square

for the second anniversary we report our flag instead we one we're so happy without him. it seems in the last two weeks rebel fighters have fired bullets into the air they were shot during this sold on tripoli earlier in august. libya pheno very very well with. this move. he told the would love me would that be the last we know you see love him. and we don't want to get back to them we're doing all right with them in their care but away from jubilant crowds we meet those who are not so pleased. mom lives in tripoli's district historically pro khadafi when the rebels arrived his sister was badly injured she's still in hospital in tunisia. i've got one doesn't want to show

his face on camera and seized on 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 want our children and when it's done we are afraid and we always wait for something bad when gadhafi was here at least we didn't have to sleep a wink what we do know. up the rahman says he's also wanted change and the brighter future for his country but they sway. people are dying on both sides of the cities destroyed and no one cares do they seriously think that they changed for the better don't want you so just look around is that what you wanted and what is around is a scene of widespread destruction and social chaos the badly damaged buildings matched by the rising stink of garbage and decomposing bodies youngsters roam the streets barely old enough to understand that what they carry are weapons not toys

many shops schools and hospitals are closed while the city's symmetries are growing bigger and bigger. shortly after tripoli going to rebel hands the national transitional council libya's new authority claimed it was moving here from benghazi but weeks have passed and there is still no sign of its presence on the ground zero of order being restored the city is functioning by itself and treading a fine line between freedom and an occasion. river national. tripoli libya. and plenty more still to come this hour including a keeping face palestinians rally for statehood ahead of the u.n. vote valve still peaceful in spite of possible israeli attacks saying the recognition rests on their image. and president obama unveils his half

a trillion dollar jobs. started warning there's no time left for political bickering. now russia will send a fact finding mission to syria to get first hand information on the situation there the decision was announced by the country's presidential envoy to africa. following his meeting with a delegation of syrian opposition leaders in moscow they blame president bashar al assad for the political deadlock in syria saying he's making the same mistakes as libya's leader colonel gadhafi moscow however promises to do what's best for a living scenario in syria telling both sides of the conflict that it's time to move from the battlefield to the negotiating table president medvedev made this position clear in his latest interview peter all of our sums up the main points. president of his viewing the situation in syria in terms of good. seeing this careful consideration must be paid to within the syrian opposition before the

international community. to dealing with the president did have also called on both the assad government and the opposition to bring about an island in the country with. the resolution which 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 that the anti-government protesters in syria are not followers of some refined european models of democracy some of them out to put it straight extremists and some might even be called terrorists your situation is not that simple and we have to take into account the balance of different forces and interests russia may support certain moves but only if they don't boil 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 negotiating table start talks and stop the bloodshed. pose the. sanctions that have been put in place on syria including the most recent ones imposing an oil

embargo saying that more time should be given to the assad government to achieve the promises made to bring about change in the country though president majed if mentioned there that negotiation is important and russia is playing its part as a mediator on friday representatives of the. the syrian opposition are in moscow for talks with top russian diplomats on monday representatives from the assad government will be here to talk to diplomats to try and bring an end to this situation in syria russia of course doesn't want to go see syria go down the same road as what happened in libya with the u.n. resolution that was imposed they're being abused as far as russia. with the international intervention going well beyond the parameters laid out in the mandate they want to see negotiation bring a peace to syria. well to hear president of the sense of you in full you can log on

to our website that's our dot com and there you can also find more opinion as well as a timeline of the syrian uprising well right now we continue our special coverage of the tenth anniversary of nine eleven. terrorist attack that 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. argy remembers the attacks and its aftermath. a look back at nine eleven. all those pictures stunned the world and even a decade on that leave few unmoved well the repercussions of that tragic day are still being felt today in the form of the now maligned war on terror and yet it seems for the majority of the people who bore the brunt of the worlds theory in the aftermath of the attacks nine eleven is just another day this report now from

a. helmand in southern afghanistan is the province that was borne the brunt of the fighting between the taliban and coalition forces. 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 this little boy if you. can you show them a few more and can us them do they know where it is even if we don't know if that's because because you're a former you never heard about that we're. talking. to young men and clearly never heard of nine eleven. but maybe the elders of the local sure would have more to say you know you see you. just can see the smoke from the buildings and that's that's when you think you can see it when you go. sure that's picture guys saying it so i think that was

a call but if i just got here i would been surprised but having been here now for six months this is pretty much the stone ages where we are and what to do about the reactions decimating so that all the guy who said it was kabul was clearly never going to kabul and you just shows you how isolated they are even in their own country you will beat them on them without understand a. thing i would i'm not going to tell you but don't kid out that america is going to send come to this point and get the airplane from here to attack in the united states but you know how that much. of it was nice to go from iraq to then here is a lot easier to understand you know why you're here and what do you see at that picture you know it's good picture remind yourself this is what you're going to see after looking at it in this particular wearing the uniform of care in the right. to beat back the former head of the truck what we're doing i mean the american saying we're going to help you decide one funding ended this or ask how many funding and this is going to help you where is the help but not the way down with this is going

to give it to our kids going into the fighting and they do it to their own kids in a day but i don't and they didn't. i do sympathize or understand what some are saying is 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 there's a bird house yourself are you to care about somebody you know six thousand miles away. so i can understand that i just set it up i felt that i never thought to ask those questions of anybody here and 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 abilities to nine eleven with the afghan police and even some of the translators working with the u.s. military if you go that is for you to sit on i have no idea about syria if you haven't seen the full. survey taken in twenty ten by the international council on security and the. found that ninety two percent of afghans and other afghan

provinces had no idea what nine eleven was with american troops that start withdrawing this year it seems likely that they will leave afghanistan without the vast majority of afghans never having really understood why they came in the first place from afghanistan. and on our web site r.t. dot com recalls how we came up with the idea of filming that story he remembers when a u.s. soldier told one village elder how the united states amount of the moon to be greeted by laughter and disbelief well it's on a path to discover just what else i don't know we've got more of the stories with pictures at our dot com and all this is part of our continuing special coverage at the time that a verse really of nine eleven. how the world's eyes hockey community remains of mourning with the loss of almost the entire like a motive team after their plane crashed on wednesday well the. pictures now on your screen capture the moment a huge ball of smoke rises into the air as the plane burst into flames forty three

people died when the yak forty two crashed on takeoff near the city. it's believed the aircraft failed to gain height clipped about ten and here the runway a team player and a crew member survived the tragedy and are now receiving specialist treatment in moscow while another player narrowly escaped the ill fated flight simply because he didn't board the plane thomas was able to speak with him. the famous bells of jaroslav ring out for a community grieving a chilling reminder of the tragedy the country with the minds of some of the city's brightest stars. 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 they brought so much joy into our lives. thursday

marked the start of a three day mourning period as fans. gathered and one of the city's central cathedrals question 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. but this is very terrifying for me the 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 is torn by survivor's guilt that i haven't met their families yet i can't imagine how that'll break or 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 and something very important to a community that they will remember forever. thomas are. like a motive was a squad with international star players and the song for the young men is shared throughout europe in the czech capital people gathered to remember the last players three czech nationals were on board and all were former world champions hundreds have been laid flowers their names to the capitals of their memory stop check ice hockey official and former national team coach said the loss is appalling.

it's hard even to talk about we've lost players in their prime but with the hard core of their national team i knew them very well even though they were playing abroad still they were always trying to get better they cared i didn't just want to be part of a system they wanted to know the details of their positions and how to best score they took a huge interest in what they did i really enjoyed working with them. people also gathered to remember the former national team captain. also died in the crash while hundreds of candles have been lit in his memory of a hockey stadium bubbles' friends say the thirty six year old was planning to quit hockey to spend more time with his family. it is difficult to talk about it i worked in your it's lovely to have the best time of my career that this past spring i flew with all those people by the same plane which is a huge shock when i became the head coach of the slovak national team pavel sent me a text to me he sent me anytime i wanted he was a great person and

a great talking to was a legend just like ice hockey in my head i had a picture that sometime in february or may next year i would start trying to convince him to return back to the national team should i still cannot believe it i knew pavel for years everybody will miss him he was a great person a great player a great team leader recently we said goodbye to him as a national team leader now we're saying goodbye to him as a great person. and in the belorussian capital mince where the locomotive team was heading on that fateful flight. a special commemoration ceremony has been held thousands of fans packed into the stadium to remember those who perished in wednesday's disaster. and with burns to ninety percent of his body the only surviving local motive player of that plane. remained a conscious after the crash and insisted on seeing his relatives the player is still in intensive care where his condition is critical you can check our website

for the latest updates on his health and hear the story of his miraculous survival told by the police officers who rescued. now president barack obama has presented his much anticipated jobs act to congress the ambitious program aims to reverse the country's troubling unemployment statistics it also calls for almost half a trillion dollars in funding and came with a blunt warning to republicans to stop the political circus and pass the measures artie's get it you just can't has more. president obama addressed the lawmakers he put forward measures to create jobs and stimulate the sluggish economy the us 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 a level million jobs new jobs to. to get back to the pretty 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. 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. and while republicans make the case that obama's latest proposal is simply too expensive critics say there shouldn't be price concerns when it comes to addressing america's unemployment that's according to richard escala senior fellow with the campaign for america's future it's very very late in the game you know this country needs three things right now it needs jobs jobs and jobs don't mix up spending cuts with just say hey look i'm worried about spending right now this country is sick let's give it the medicine it needs to get better we'll worry about our medicine budget next week after we got to keep the country better let's not complicate matters america you need work we're going to give it to you that's what i stand for if the other guys don't you decide who you like next november if the republicans don't vote for this and they probably won't then it's clear that they want to sell the country out for their electoral chances next year. meanwhile the economic shuffles are also

happening across the atlantic reeses given balance in the sure it almost sixty countries until later today to decide whether they will accept its debts debt exchange offer athens has threatened to cut the deal unless it gets at least ninety percent participation which would give the country a short cashflow relief efforts to further rescue greece took a hit after athens admitted it won't be able to meet its deficit reduction deadlines. in egypt crowds are gathering again in cairo so are here square urging interim military rulers to accelerate democratic reforms and announce a concrete timeline for handover to civilian rule you're also demanding to put an end to military trials for civilians the million man that protests billed us correcting the path of revolution is likely to become one of the largest demonstrations as of february uprising where the ruling military council said it would allow peaceful protests but would not tolerate any violence. turkey's vowed

to. court over its blockade of gaza it already cut all military and trade ties with television after it refused to apologize for killing nine turks last year they were part of the humanitarian flotilla that tried to break through the blockade well israel had been posted in two thousand and seven after hamas came to power and the palestinian authority the turkish prime minister promised that in future the navy will have scored eight ships traveling to the gaza strip. well people of the west bank are also standing up to israel as they can pay for statehood ahead of the u.n. vote on palestine space at the end of september well massive coordinated rallies are planned across the region and the leaders of the demonstrations say they are determined to keep them peaceful even if israeli forces move in and try to stop them palestinians have vowed to carry on until they achieve sovereignty and u.n. membership however washington says it will veto the bid if it's put to the u.n. security council that's the spy it support expected for most other member states

and such backing could provide crucial leverage for resolving the settlement issue with according to a cuban eldar chief political commentator for the newspaper. the fact that one hundred thirty or one hundred forty members will raise their hands in favor of recognizing palestine. a sovereign state will mean a lot for for israel for the patient for the settlements since even if the un does not accept them as full members one hundred thirty or one hundred forty countries will say the israeli occupation is unacceptable they will be able to become members of international organizations such as the nasco which means. they will have something to say about the israeli control over their holy sites in east jerusalem in the old city of jews and. and i believe that this will be

a kind of a snowball it may start kind of a process that may end up with more isolation of for israel was more sanctions israel is losing the support of the international community and the palestinians are getting more and most simplicity of russia has marked seventy years since the beginning of one of the longest and deadliest seizures in the history of world war two the level ground blockade spitter all over talk to those few who survived the eight hundred seventeen day where. this is where the blockade began on the eighth of september one thousand nine hundred forty one german troops arrived here occupying the city of. the last land connection to leningrad cutting off the city supply of food and military equipment. and you can watch peter all of us interviews with the survivors in full on our website r.t. dot com well for now it's not your business with marina.

hello and welcome to business here on our c now in the wake of the plane crash president dmitry medvedev has called for widespread preform of the aviation sector although the cause of the disaster is not yet known the industry has recognized problems such as poor maintenance aging facilities and weak regulation well part of the overhaul is likely to include a radical reduction and the number of airlines they raise one hundred thirty allies in russia and out of this one hundred thirty tan execute eighty five percent of transfers so brave ten to six require and i mean one hundred twenty even more so before this one hundred twenty both of you and then i mean even town it's quite a lot so there should be a probably five to seven airlines in russia three or four really watch

competing with foreign airlines and. we do know me be really relying on governments of board because regional transfers are not that profitable so this is this team to reach who should more. in the second look at the markets will start with oil prices there are down as investors fear of bomb was proposed which is worth more than four hundred billion dollars is just too little too late to drop the troubled u.s. economy the w. close to eighty eight dollars per barrel of all the brunt blent is close to one hundred forty two dollars per barrel. over europe stocks are trading in the red zone led by losses for carmaker porsche following a delayed so it's merger with volkswagen. the stock is seven point seven percent lower this hour meanwhile hollow. oil is up twelve percent after the company said it discovered oil off the coast of french guy and up. and here in moscow losses are

steep in the arts yes and the my stocks are now down over one percent some profit taken with oil turn in lower and european markets losing let's take a look at some individual share moves on the my sex spur bank is lower after posting a one hundred fifty five percent increase in net profit for the first eight months of the year and that's on the russian accounts and standards non-performing loans have continued to decrease their level and they're still double the market average but bucking the trend this policy is gold on stronger pulling in place. then still no police service has officially given the go ahead to the merger of russia's two main stock exchanges the r.t.s. and the my sex the decision was widely expected following earlier leaks and this removes the last obstacle for the my sex to take a one hundred percent stake in arts yes the joint company already plans to carry out an i.p.o. in twenty thirteen. russia's ninth riches businessmen has also blocking

stake in europe's largest tour operator see you all right. now owns twenty five percent of the company haven't taken advantage of the plush air price see you all eyes revenues have been severely hit by the political unrest in the middle east and north africa. that's all the business news for now i'll see you next hour. when you look for nuclear winter against cool hope. in human blood measured in barrels. when your brain is most. new i did. more of that.

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to the smaller regions for more information log on to invest and some are of that all you. welcome back you're watching r t and these are the headlines as libyan rebels prepared to storm some of the last pro but often strongholds people in tripoli take milk comfort from their new. rulers as fears of anarchy drowned out triumphant crowds. as america's decade long war in afghanistan winds down but many of those punished for the atrocities of september eleventh two thousand and one are still unaware over old what might eleven towards. the world's ice hockey community grieve the loss of the locomotive team after it was all but wiped out in a plane crash in russia city of yet us level just one squad member survived with many stars of international hockey among those who perished.