about twenty minutes. a very warm welcome to you this is r.c. life from moscow tensions are running high in north and close of a with the breakaway regions all four she's planning to seize control of two border crossings later on friday have blocked off one of the checkpoints well cost of insert these trucks to shut off the road to the other and called for an emergency un security council meeting to try and prevent violence or escalating. followed that is gusher. the united nations security council gathered behind closed doors for hours to debate and discuss growing tensions in northern kosovo serbian foreign minister and his course of our counterpart flew into new york for this our merchant seen meeting that was called for by serbia and supported by

russia now serbia is urging the council to prevent kosovo's ethnic albanian authorities from using force in northern and close of oh that is an area populated by ethnic serbs now kosovo has and now its plans to send its custom officials and security forces to the border up to to take it over violence between as nic serbs and albanians erupted there in july that violence killed one person and wounded several others russian ambassador vitaly churkin says kosovar albanians have threatened to use force ambassador churkin says that nato peacekeepers in the area he believes could be cooperating with the pay of the plans of the kosovar albanians rather than preventing danger from breaking out we have serious concerns about whether the little this is going and the minister getting made it very clear

that the. opposition of european union playing this mediating role in a dialogue between between priest and i and belgrade is maybe put in question so this sudden departure from the past of dialogue at the moment when it was beginning to show some promise promise in our view is completely unjustified unwarranted and that it injures. now it was back in two thousand and eight when kosovo unilaterally declared its independence with the support of the united states and western european countries this is something that was not approved by the security council and russia was one of the security council members that warned there would be escalating tensions to follow for years once the soon unilateral decision was made outside the boundaries of the united nations specifically the security council now

we see years later that this is coming true and this is something that the international community is coolie really has their hands full with and still does not know how to ease tensions but this is this is an international issue that russia serbia and many other countries believe needs to be addressed now before violence escalates and then further more european on many of his later years america's defense shield is good to go you can try to gallop in that sound on the radar bases which washington says only safe. in just a few minutes also. one thousand miles from the north pole. the our team is taking you on a trip to spitzbergen archipelago. where twenty years after the u.s.s.r.

scolar the subregion way of life is still going strong. where the world's most statue of lenin presides over a ghost. it. has become a tourist site for those overcome by the cold war in the style of. the close up special edition on our. rebel forces claim they're advancing in colonel get out his hometown of sirte it's one of the last loyalist bastions several thousand opposition fighters but by heavy and by tanks and heavy weapons have reportedly launched an offensive on the city they managed to reach as outskirts but were met by rocket fire from gadhafi supporters meanwhile britain's prime minister who visited the country along with france's president sarkozy sent a strong message to followers of libya's old regime to give up the fight both leaders warn the natives mission against pro get at the forces will continue as

long as they feel it's necessary which they say is to protect civilians. has more on what some call the political grandstanding of two politicians. these two leaders have become the first foreign hads of state to visit gadhafi freely not surprisingly though these two nato countries have played a prominent a crucial role in the libyan revolution backed by the alliance which eventually led to the fall of gadhafi and to the end all for the almost forty two year long dictatorship here in libya these countries were those pushing for a nato action actually for a military operation here leave it a french war plane was the first to fly in the air campaign the timing of this phase of this very strange because it looks like. a leader is came to tripoli to leave here to take part things celebrations of the rebels while fighting

is still continuing and people are still dying not only are they still remain pockets of it are few loyalists but here in tripoli in the capital this city looks pretty much divided right now we've seen many people all wave in new flags and carrying banners thank you so because you thank you france thank you britain for words what you've done. we dictate the shape but the raw still areas in tripoli where people like rope police important gadhafi and they say they don't trust the rebels because they don't know them and they see them as those who just want to share. is all a. situation even here in tripoli is very complicated and that's why some skeptics say that all these celebration and even this phase it by cameron sikorsky here to tripoli is a little bit premature. there's this time to lift the u.n.

imposed no fly zone in libya which was introduced to save civilians antiwar activists they maintain that maintains role has nothing to do with any humanitarian mission here come the former colonizers of north africa embraced and welcomed by the n.t. see what did france to algeria what did britain do to egypt what it italy and all these countries do to libya before absolutely nothing has been done about them and so if you go but that is the whole point of this nato aggression on libya it's got nothing to do with protection of civilians. in the in the in the rebel slave council as i call it he said he said in his speech to the green square just the other day that the islamist will never take over and you know and he said he said to his rebels do not attack the women and children leave them out of this which is an admission from the m.d.c. it's an admission from his rebels have been attacking women and children now as

persons premier david cameron visits tripoli to celebrate the end of gadhafi forty year rule. looks at how u.k. arms deal is still working flat out. selling weapons could be a moral minefield but not here this is the world's biggest arms fair and a massive earner for the british economy the government's putting its conscience aside as international delegates shop for tanks rocket launchers and the missiles so long as business is being done here it doesn't seem to matter who's buying this is guest list includes countries like saudi arabia and bahrain both regimes that violently suppressed pro-democracy demonstrations earlier this year bahrain was accused of opening fire on its own armed citizens in february saudi arabia sentence national guard in to help driving armored vehicles made by be

a systems the u.k.'s largest defense company its products on display here would be at home in any bond film this tank can alter its temperature changes infrared appearance like the british government gump and he can't change its spots it says there are countries it would sell to but that doesn't include any here if a country's been invited by the british government here it's it's probably going to be on your list of countries who are able to sell to. make sense of. the thing is right to sell to say was regimes like bahrain that have repressed democratic process. i will tell because although. these protesters from the stop the arms fair coalition they are angry it's going ahead despite the recent crackdowns in libya in egypt both former customers of britain using their purchases against their own people we're paying the price now in the mediterranean because we sold

weapons deny all the countries that are now experiencing the arab spring i think it's short sighted it's bad for this country it doesn't make money it makes walls hydrogen to gas this year's shoppers include food. teen countries branded all thora tarion by human rights groups in fact the government came clean on just one day before trade began i'm sure they're very a barest because of the one factory. david cameron was going to be walking around terrier square proclaiming his belief in human rights and freedom and democracy and the next stop was kuwait and it turned out he was travelling with eight company executives but the whole purpose of the trip the strayed one of the big traits or tried to make was weapons straight to the middle east the government says it's tightening restrictions on who can buy weapons that could be used for oppression and he claims an invite here doesn't guarantee an export license but if it does big

business for britain it generated twenty two billion pounds for the economy last year and the case now the second biggest weapons exporter in the world. with money like that up for grabs turning customers away empty handed may prove difficult for bennett r.t. london. now there's also growing concern that syria's conflict is on the verge of a disastrous escalation is on position members get hold of some mysterious weapon shipments itself a discussion in our cross talk at seven thirty g.m.t. . the syrian government has pointed out that the opposition certainly elements within the opposition have been armed by outside forces particularly the united states as well as israel are they claim that they have a confession from a former journal from syria who defected and he's going to be featured on syrian

television are very soon i don't know anyone who believes the syrian government now is the syrians now by the syrian government i don't know any nation in the world who takes over serious word the syrian the syrian government said if they are telling the truth then allow them into syria how are they. into the squares along the myriad media to see the troops moving down innocent people like pacifist people and all roses to soldiers if they don't allow the media because they know they can massacre and torture and brutalize a lot more people if they don't allow the media in nobody believes the syrian government not even in fact the people the syrian government. and. the. americans anti missile plan a few europe has picked up the pace over the last few days a string of agreements with turkey remain potent so all the remaining

a major obstacles the troubled project cleared warsaw and washington also gave a joint statement an ounce of which part of nato a shield would be deployed in poland by twenty eighteen gannett you can have a specific. the police think missile defense agreement signed between the u.s. and poland in two thousand and eight and it's amending protocol of two thousand and ten has come into force this thursday as we speak it in visions the deployment of a land base there some three system in poland and it's part of america's revamped plan to build a missile shield in europe with elements of it deployed in different countries in eastern europe just earlier this week an agreement was signed between in washington between romania and the u. way romania too will host a very good land base this on three interceptors on wednesday turkey and the us signed a similar agreement but that when it was about deployment of of an early warning radar or keep the shield will be unfolding fairly close to russian borders needless

to say there's always been an irritant in the relations between washington and moscow the worth of words on missile defense has been going on for quite some time now with washington saying we need powerful missile interceptors against a possible attack from some dangerous states they usually namely ran in north korea and moscow saying why we need them to septa's for weapons at those ropes they just don't like russia and russia views america's missile defense plans as an attempt to breach that very precious parity principle that was said by the start treaty russians have been quite persistent for years you know saying it's ok if it's not against us those two together in this believe missile shield in europe together and the response they get is always a no you know they say they will cooperate but not on equal terms. from the owns that all of the project russians voiced concern that the shield may upset europe's delicate military balance investigative journalist said that the ask about moscow has every right to be worried. some of the best strategists military strategists in

the world are in russia and they know that iran first of all they don't have the cap abilities to attack iran even if they wanted to number two they may be a very hard core regime but they're not suicidal so this excuse against ahmadinejad or against the ayatollah how many from the part of the u.s. is absolutely ridiculous they know it's basically the shield is against russia and eventually i guess china as well as if china or russia will to have any interest in trying to undermine the european union which are excellent markets for bowls and where they sell most of their products in the case of china. some of the world's all the main news right now double selected its first female prime minister telephoning schmidt's victory ends the decade long leadership of the story of the anti immigrant a popular party campaign primarily focus on the country's struggling economy which

stirred public anger at the previous government's policy blunders it was a close run election though and she now faces a tough task in forming an effective government with every slim majority. deteriorating relations with longtime ally israel where in evidence on thursday night during a year of league football match between the country's national teams about turkish protesters gathered outside while others boycott of the game still masses of riot police it's over israel's refusal to apologize for killing nine girls eight activists in the last years to tell their ways recently cut military ties with israel and expel top that tomorrow. talks six smoke from a chemical plant fire in australia's capital's or ten kilometer exclusion is they're being enforced there are no serious injuries reported that people in canberra are being told to stay indoors and schools are closed the city was rocked

by a series of explosions and witnesses were claims soaring hundreds of feet into the air as a cloud over the capital. now imagine a humanity where you want for nothing lives easy and work is plenty one such place did exist in a remote russian outpost but not anymore it's not even a place within russia's borders it's actually a norwegian archipelago called spitsbergen it once embodies the soviet dream a system without money but where everyone's needs were provided for in a series of special reports for ati visited what was meant to be communism's example of a bright future. it's one of the busiest colonies in the arctic. the brits called the island to search of food for their young noisy and disorderly like old big families the seagulls are the last reminder of the one family atmosphere that once permeated this arctic island becky eighty sounds coming from this

building were just as yours as they are today only instead of cries there are children streaks and laughter this apartment block was built specifically to house families and while adults were out working kids were left to their own devices running down hallways and banging doors local residents usually referred to this building as the crazy house across the street was a female dormitory nicknamed paris given russian women dying infatuation with everything french. it further away was a male dormitory also known as london supposedly for the gentle manners of its inhabitants during its best here is the settlement house more than a thousand people today it's a ghost town but the spirit of communism is lurking in that band and buildings. this settlement was called fire a myth because of the cube like mountains surrounding it thirty years ago it had

the highest living standards soviet people could dream all salaries two to three times higher than in the mainland free food around why bring social life in many ways it was a task for the brighter future that soviet people were trying to build. the ranks northernmost statue of lenin peering into the nearby glacier. most of the parents residents worked at a coal mine it was never very profitable it maintained for the sake of keeping the soviet presence at the strategically placed archipelago not only an outpost this western most soviet settlement was also an ideological show window but it capitalists rivals and no resources for spirit to cut a dash a concert hall a library a rock band and even this size olympic pool people here reliving the true salvi a dream you have the best hopes the almost overnight when the soviet union fell

apart all of a sudden people of realized the perfect life was just bad political parliament based on faulty economy and shaky ideology and if you your is the former paradise turned into a desperate hole people who are used to eating caviar for breakfast have to turn to hunting to put food on the table. one of the families packed and laughed abandoning parra made in all its grandstanding glory this pillar was erected here with march palm on the settlements thirtieth or fortieth anniversary only to become of the grave stone decades later when the last batch of coal was extracted from the local line workers just laughed and here it was their way of raking over the coals for the life that always seemed too good to be true on a work of art see pirated spitzbergen archipelago. a russian man spacecraft has

landed in cousin stan bringing three members of the international space station crew. during the early six month mission they took part in what's been one of the tenses times in the history of the i assess what aussies. troll for us in the mosque a region morning. they're very glad to be back all they tell us why it's been such a tricky mission for a long board. oh unfortunate we seem to have just lost peter all over there we will try to get him back you he's with the i assess in the mosque a region bringing us news of our spacecraft has just landed back from kazakstan we will try to reconnect with peter seen as we can but right now though let's get some business updates with you again. thanks alex that's right time to delve into the world of business and russia's next olympic venues gunning for gold in the race to secure foreign funds the tenth

international investment form is under way in sochi with thirty five countries looking to put money into russia our own which we do think is there for us. unlike the previous years of the international investment forum when the main topic was looking for factors of growth coming out of the global financial crisis this year it's all about risk assessment it's become a tradition for putin to inaugurate the main day of the forum with his speech is expected to shed some light on the macroeconomic state of affairs in russia and that's where the ruble is going to go how inflation will be tackled them how are the countries going to be covering it's a budget deficit it's also going to provide some ideas on minimizing the impact of the sovereign debt crises in europe and the united states we're expecting a lot of deals to be signed a major one we're waiting for is the signing of the shareholder agreement between gazprom and european partners on the south stream pipeline project which will be delivering gas from russia underneath the black sea to bulgaria and then eventually

to italy and to austria now gazprom will be getting a fifty percent plus one share stake a controlling stake in the project if things anymore get twenty percent france's e.d.f. and germany's winters hole will get fifteen percent each and of course one of the main topics of the day is transforming sorcery which will be hosting the winter olympics and twenty four team into a major investment destination to provide opportunities for growth in the whole region in the long run. yes have a look at the markets now whereas on their eyes on easing concerns about the european debt how weather just pointing jobs data from the u.s. our lives. the game's brand plant is close to one hundred and thirteen dollars per barrel and the w.t. straining at eight hundred nine dollars. asian stocks are trading strongly in the block as several central banks have decided to boost dollar to quit in europe the

move has eased some fears of another credit crunch as europe struggles to contain its sovereign debt crisis exporters are trading in the course of territory with toyota up more than one and a half percent in tokyo financials also edging higher with mitsui financial group up along three and a half percent. and an hour ahead of the opening bell here in moscow russian equities saw a big jump on thursday after many futures expired rose of the two percent while the mizen stand almost one point five percent figure for high of the troika dialog believes the markets will see some correction on friday but not much. after a very strong us to the. day i expect some weakness there's definitely some stocks went up just simply technically so i would expect some profit taking to be. expected to drop or actually i think we're coming closer to twenty twenty first of september when investors expect something very positive from for. you for the you

know some kind of new stimulus measures for american economy and the situation can change dramatically and they can go shopping up so we will probably sort of corruption but it's won't be deep. ok that wraps up the business bulletin and we'll bring you more on the tenth annual investment forum and next business program that's in less than one us time.

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damage that are done not just human damage but damage to the physical environment in which the battlefield takes place tremendous amounts of damage done by earl bombs by napalm boy you can forcibly whether it's hard solid factory marine mammals or it's the burning oil fields here in iraq or against destroyed pork. yes in the pacific for purposes. of the geneva conventions of nineteen forty nine states that there shall be taken in the war to protect. against widespread long term and severe damage the united states although it is accepted almost all of the provisions of protocol one has taken exception to that.

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south down here must a been seen in the un's most powerful body from the stalemate of the tensions that . and serbians northern border crossings the breakaway region a. group that seems set on seizing the checkpoints even using violence. of the british and french new details of the more we see they want to libya u.k. tanks and weapons continue to strengthen all the arabs against. russian spacecraft touches down on board and three international space station crew members to one of the tensest missions in its history. next to the first special report white collar criminals who.