nine am in moscow i met good to have you with us here on r.t. our top story libya's national transitional council is lining up for its place at the united nations a resolution paves the way for them to take over libya's seat at the general assembly although the m.d.c. isn't yet in full control of the country the un's also agreed to lift some of the sanctions imposed on the khadafi regime artie's got a shaky and has more. one of the things that the new resolution in visions is a special u.n. support mission in libya that will be set up for an initial three months to help in what they claim it insists is essentially a political operation it would give advice on restoring security but would cause a trade on efforts to undertake inclusive political dialogue promote national recalls alleviation and generally help the government in libya organize the elections and write a new constitution and that kind of u.n. participation is welcomed by all members this is something that washes ambling to

the united nations was talking about saying it's the u.n. responsibility to help create some kind of a law and order system that would put an end to the chaos there as a result of the failure to properly implemented previous u.n. resolution aiming at protecting civilians the country found itself in a full scale civil war with civilians suffering most also the resolution expresses the security council's determination to lift the no fly zone over the levy an airspace in the very near future well that's a provision put forward by russia and a provision that received the support of all members take a listen. to in libya but channeling the situation into political diplomatically and it's important the council considers lifting the new fly zone over libya particularly as this new fly zone is being violated arbitrarily now in view of the new reality on the ground maintaining the new fly zone no longer makes sense its lifting must be part of the international community's efforts to address the aftermath of the libyan crisis. the resolution would also ease economic

sanctions imposed on libya and make sure of billions of dollars of assets frozen by the security council in february and march are soon available to and for the benefit of the people of libya the general assembly on friday gave libya's un seat to the national transitional council which toppled moment gadhafi although not yet controlling the whole of levy of the rebels but nevertheless represent their country at the u.n. general assembly next week as for the arms embargo imposed on libya there are uncertainties whether everyone at the u.n. security council is on the same page here russia called for removing a ban on small arms supplies to leave you to protect u.n. person personnel diplomats and humanitarian staff but the essence of the french british proposal with regards to lifting the arms embargo is yet quite vague so there might be some tension over the issue there anyway when it comes to concerns over the proliferation of arms in libya and its potential impact on regional peace

everyone seems to be on the same page and the security council has clearly expressed those concerns the amount of weapons in libya that are up for grabs is extruding lee worrying more production is hardly left behind are brimming with weapons and the rebels have helped themselves those weapons may very well wind up in the hands of people who have other agendas then defeating khadafi that's the kind of concern that russia has raised on a number of occasions saying in a chaos like the one unfolding in libya the weapons will inevitably end up in the hands of extremists and terrorists and not just weapons but maybe of nuclear materials that libya possibly has to although many see libya moving into a new era of law and freedom world affairs analyst carmen russell such as can you from the voice of russia isn't so optimistic about libya's democratic future. the problem is that you have so many disparate interest among the rebels that. it's

certainly going to be a tough road and it's kind of interesting that the u.s. really wants to get into this quite as much i mean i think that it has a lot to do with self-interest in terms of trying to keep certain elements in the among the rebels from getting any from taking any power or any real power and of course those are the elements such as you know the more islamic elements so there might be at some point a possibility for real democracy however the problem is is it going to be the democracy that america is going to try to impose on it and that i think is that could be the potentially the real problem how much is the united states and nato and european nations going to be meddling in that democracy on the ground in libya fighters backing the new leadership continue to pound what's left of the old regime as few remaining holdouts civilian casualties are still a very real possibility but the country is quick to condemn khadafi assaults on the rebels back in march seem to have gone quiet as artie's laura emmet explains. david

cameron and nicolas sarkozy surveyed their handiwork the most senior leaders to visit tripoli since their countries began the nato intervention in libya they say their work is not yet done. and. he's right civilians are still being killed but now that gadhafi is virtually powerless the people increasingly doing the killing are national transitional council forces together with nato as they attack bani walid and other gadhafi strongholds on that cameron and sarkozy are silent to paraphrase. some civilians are more equal than others nato insists they're targeted attacks but there are reports of m.t.c. reprisals against suppose it could duffy supporters clearly there are real problems on the ground is a legacy of you will have human rights abuses taking both sides. the

national transitional council have promised to hold their own fighters to account and i think that is a process that we will see from now it doesn't seem to be happening yet the african union alleges that transitional forces are hunting down and killing black africans on the assumption that gadhafi recruited them as mercenaries that's borne out by reports by amnesty international which that is the rebels are guilty of unlawful killings and torture it takes pains to point out that gadhafi forces committed some terrible atrocities but also documents a brutal settling of scores by rebel forces including the lynchings of gadhafi soldiers meanwhile daffy's hometown is one of the last holdouts a letter purportedly from the colonel himself begs the u.n. security council to protect sirte from being pounded by. to tackle what it

describes as crimes by the forces of the new government civilian deaths all seemingly assured. cameron and saul crazy were quick to condemn gadhafi the killing innocent libyans in the lead up to nato has no fly zone being imposed but no such rhetorics being aimed at the end t.c. in fact it's quite the opposite. such a draft u.n. resolution to ease sanctions against libya and against the national oil corporation in particular the oil flowing again. western enthusiasm for liberty and independence faces a tough test. in getting their u.n. recognition although a yes vote is by no means a certainty israel is already. has a lot of. territory.

if. the team is taking on a trip to spitzbergen archipelago. where twenty years after the collapse. life is still going strong. for the world's northernmost. goes. to so it. has become a tourist site for those overcome by the cold. the close up special. those have been police assisted by e.u. forces have taken over two border crossings with serbia in the north of the breakaway region the locals are mostly ethnic serbs and they've been trying to prevent the takeover by blocking roads to the checkpoints and staging protests for

more. well we're at one of the border crossings you're ready and the right leading up to it remain bloke's by the protest is now we actually can't get too much play so when you go up to the front of that cross thing you stop by the bubble and we can see some of the k. for full says on the ground that we saw helicopters coming across and. you like helicopters dropping off some of the police forces to these crossings also the albanian cause the police they've only actually got to. each of the checkpoints at the moment and that for the time being in an observatory role now of course the plan is for them to eventually take a the control and that's what much of this dispute now amid concerns a repeat of what we saw in july when violent clashes over the course of the government. to try and take place resulted in the death of a policeman is actually being relatively quiet here today what we've seen is

a huge number of the serbian i think it's turning out at these barricades but what we've got at the moment is a standoff situation is being called a war of nerves because of both the checkpoints and the barricades is the serbian protest is and then the case full force is at the actual crossing themselves at the no one wants to make me take a full force if they want to make a move to break up the barricades the fear is sparking violence and the serbian protest is for exactly the same reasons they will. prevail in violence so we had the u.n. security council calling an emergency meeting at the request of serbia and russia and no final decisions were really made from that there were a lot of countries that were unwilling really to make a statement take a verse these control points going ahead despite the warnings from belgrade i'm from russia that this could really lead to further agitation and. political analysts alexander says the nato led mission in kosovo assisting the breakaway republic and installing customs controls maybe violating a un mandate. ok for meeting nato have absolutely overstepped their mandate

their un mandate is clear they're supposed to be neutral down there they're supposed to be keeping the peace they're not supposed to be taking anyone's side they're clearly taking the albanian side these the session is the government increased tonight in the capital of kosovo and so this is bound to stir trouble and they've openly sided with them together with the western countries the western powers that are sitting in the security council so. touchy has a lot to thank for as far as they're concerned we have the security council were we have five states each with veto power we would have three western states in two man western states in the security council with veto power so really if the west decides to support any unilateral action. you can't stop it and you can't give a mandate to the un to do anything about it because either the united states great

britain and france will put a veto veto to it so it's not surprising that they've been sponsoring this course of the independence for years now and they're actually thinking that they're entering the endgame now and they're actually doing a hard push for it right now. there's always more. here's what's a click away right now. satellite heading home. just yet we'll tell you where experts think. they're going. to use. more about our facebook page. facebook.

palestinian president mahmoud abbas vowed to seek full state recognition at the u.n. security council next week it's a blow to the u.s. which leverage a diplomatic way to do you rail the big. veto but that's not halting worries from growing in israel with the very real possibility it may have to return lands its occupied for years. more. jimmy was wanted to meet us here in one of israel's bustling cities he wants to talk but not in his own city home and where

he's seen as a troublemaker they are afraid to talk because of the talk there for. the for me or for my drove but beneath won't be shut up he says he's tired of being used as a pawn by the government fifty years ago the state made it easy for him to buy a house he didn't have the money so they offered him a cheap one the only catch it was in a way spanks his home and now years on he wants to leave but can't because he's property has harvard in value since he bought it so. going to help. form the same no or because the government doesn't want the people. the west bank after the ones have agreement with the we have to show that it's full of people and the people doesn't want to live b.b.c. is one in two states it's one town but the government does everything it can to keep them in most of the land there and difficult but that hasn't stopped. in the

long two months no construct and has begun on more than two thousand projects here in the west bank community polities get extra money from the ministry of education for extra teachers or extra money from the ministry of infrastructure for more infrastructure means less payment by the settlers these were the biggest incentives that are not written anywhere in the book is to mr jeffs prime minister netanyahu spends nearly a billion dollars a year just to keep the stations going but that has to come from somewhere and tens of thousands of israelis did the math the answers brought them onto the streets in numbers never seen before in israel's history but now twenty are who has no plans to leave the statements for godless of what it does to his economy all to the peace process there is no political debate. in israel about whether it's right or wrong just doing it and we know about many certain moments and the eastern part of the

fence where you have a lot of partment which are empty as palestinians head off to the united nations the israeli army digs in around the statements and with them in the way the prospects of peace seem as light as binney was actually leaving the west bank police e r t. a palestinian politician says palestine deserves sovereign recognition more than some other nations who one there is more easily. sense of sorrow and loss not station anger that others instantly get the recognition instantly those who want even as people. and who haven't lived for sixty three is true to them and that the occupation you get technician get state get support get them understanding from the international community and. constantly prevent things from going to these things by the israeli occupation by an american administration that the place to see. that it's

a just and so even when southern sudan. and here we are. trying to get the minimum requirements of the nights that other people take for granted and yet we are constantly being rejected i think it's about time that palestine joins the community of nations as an equal and there's no longer treated as a subhuman species it's. turned out of some other stories making headlines across the globe an air race has ended in tragedy in the after war two era plane crash into spectators killing at least three people including the pilot dozens of others have been reported injured many in critical condition the eighty year old pilot of the mustang fifty one is thought to have lost control of the aircraft at the event in reno. a storage facility where about twenty gas tanks

has exploded in the capital of peru no serious injuries were reported in authorities believe the leak may have been caused by the blast may have caused the blast a firefighter at the scene said he was shocked at the site that had a license because it was inappropriately located in a residential area gas tanks are widely used in movie at homes for cooking. thousands of soldiers marines and police marched through mexico city as part of independence day celebrations scores gathered adds a color. where despite the intense drug related violence still plaguing the country there was heavy security due to fears of gang attacks but no incidents have been reported so far. euro zone finance ministers meeting in poland say they're delaying a seven billion euro bailout payment to greece they feel they were left with no choice after i missed several deadlines economists around the world are far from happy accusing the e.u. of needlessly jeopardizing greece and pushing it into default the struggling country says it will run out of cash next month and will be unable to pay the

interest on its debt the last few months have been plagued by indecision among leaders on how to deal with debt which is now one and a half times the size of its economy but it's not alone and the effects of the global financial squeeze are being felt everywhere as laurie harkness found out on the streets of new york. as the global economy continues to struggle poverty levels continue to rise are you feeling the effects this week let's talk about that. well let me see i moved out of manhattan back to my house in central jersey which was i abandoned two years ago. work so you know basically i'm just living a day by day this is the wrong place to talk about because here everything is so expensive so. it's weird but how is it in israel we have a lot of people but it's ok you feel like it's getting worse than it is getting

actually with like big men and three hundred thousand people. because it's too expensive they're living in israel that's baloney what's baloney that is on the rise you don't believe it is poverty. not be able to get the basics in life ok it's been like that since creation is it worse abed it's probably about the same as it always was. so you're not buying it. so why would people manufacture such baloney sell newspapers you wouldn't have a job if this didn't happen have you felt the impact at all. yes because i work with the for profit organization that takes care of women and we're seeing lots more women who don't have insurance when you do or what do you think would happen if a middle class disappeared. i don't think that's ever going to happen i think things are going to get more expensive and there's not going be any more american dream

there's no more white picket fence and not everyone to be able to own their own home really jump coming from a. feelings for the land they try to build a house for themselves and try to get. that they can touch and not saving too much money now so that the problem i have people just lost touch with the earth and important things i think so. because a lot of people think money is the best you can have whether or not you personally feel the effects of a rising poverty level the bottom line is it seems like this trend isn't going to reverse anytime soon. finally in this new block if you're curious as to how it felt to live in the u.s.s.r. there is one place where the soviet spirit is frozen in time in the arctic circle it's not even in a rush of barren spur which lives in a norwegian archipelago called spitsbergen

a vibrant soviet neighborhood grew there after mining rights were granted in the one nine hundred twenty s. even today russia operates a consulate there making it the world's northernmost diplomatic mission but when communism collapsed the community went with it little change since parties are on a boy found out. it's a legacy no one should be proud. keeps of scraps natalie cheering pristine arctic landscape building stilton over their foundation pipes spewing black smoke over the snow covered peaks the traces of the soviet industrial activity on the spitzbergen archipelago don't make a pretty picture if the guiding principle here is the worse the better local like to tell the story about back in soviet times when norwegians were visiting barons were they don't want to. be and how prosperous this settlement was well times have obviously a change when they saw a black guy say it's still attracting new region tourists or barons work i would

then commerce much needed cash that's why while. our goal is common as was uncovered here a few days ago instead of throwing it away the local administration decided to paint the venue and put it at barron's work central square communism have long stopped being a lifetime goal but is rapidly becoming the means of livelihood the rusty soviet heritage has suddenly become a hawk tourist destination for older generation of western tourists and while the tour guides are too young to have any memories of the cold war they're more than happy to cash in on this theory of types of a bygone era we have some problems with. here so tourists. this thing goes but now we have a new roof. line of. work. from. back in the nine hundred eighty s. there was a burgeoning mining community the soviet union was determined to maintain at all

costs thirty degree located halfway between north america and western europe bergen archipelago is part of norway with a special status that allows other countries to set up industrial bases here in the . love the cold war it served as the u.s. is sars west in most outpost now it's one of the soviet union slask tentacled preserved relics. it is essentially a picture of what would have happened to the soviet union if it was cut off from any financial support for two decades it's a curious sign for western tourists and i think it could be even more appealing for russians trying. to keep its presence on spitsbergen russia still maintaining a coal mine here but trams of profit is far behind local souvenir shops. memorabilia is a big hit the defunct barn curtain still helps keep the money flowing guys it's a russian so you know so what's you can't buddy rubbles for liquor on the.

euros the local administration is increasingly under pressure to bring the infrastructure up to more than standards these modernization efforts on not very popular with tourists if you come into a very authentic place like non-sport i think it should stay the way it is that would be my wish i mean that's the part of the a little you know authentic tradition here. i should not i would not like to have it in a shiny condition to be honest the fact that change even for the better is not always good for business something that even a local band has become attuned to when they try to add morning russian songs to the repertoire it left the audience called all they wanted to hear was a song come from within their. time like r.c.u. there in support for going out to california. and on the way max and stacy look at

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markets finance scandals find out what's really happening to the global economy with max cons or for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune into kinds a report on our. decades back in time one thousand miles from the north pole. the iraqi team is taking you on a trip to spitzbergen on compelling go to for twenty years after the us is ours collapsed the soviet way of life is still going strong. for the world's one northernmost statue of lenin presides over a ghost town where the soviet heritage has become a tourist site for those overcome by the cold war in the style of.

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a. month. she had life as a new government gets ready for its un seat and the old regime has cash there are fears that of wavering support for the former rebels may lead to more civilian casualties. in kosovo police peacekeepers seized two checkpoints on the northern border with serbia ignoring locals protests and warnings of escalating violence. palestinian leaders defy u.s. pressure and vowed to launch their un recognition sparking an israeli government move to silence dissent in occupied territory settlements. report up next with max and stacey looking at what the u.s. government knew.