has a seat at the united nations which officially recognized the former rebels in a new resolution easing the sanctions imposed during get off his regime provision was also made for financial assistance from the un for rebuilding in the country or it is going to check out has the details. one of the things that the new resolution envisions is a special u.n. support mission in libya that will be set up for an initial three months to help in what diplomats insist is essentially a political operation it would give advice on restoring security but would concentrate on efforts to undertake inclusive political dialogue promote national reconciliation and generally help the government in libya organize elections and write a new constitution and that kind of u.n. participation is welcomed by all members this is something that washes and going to the united nations was talking about saying it's a 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 implement the 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 called forward by russia and a provision that received the support of 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 induced the new reality on the ground maintaining the new fly zone no longer makes sense it's 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 it can serve 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 u.n. seat to the national transitional council which toppled moammar gadhafi although not yet controlling the whole of libya the rebels nevertheless represent their. country at the u.n. general assembly next week as with 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.s. 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 the 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 out for grabs is

extremely worrying more production is far on the left behind 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 could offie that's the kind of concern that russia has raised on a number of occasions saying in a chaos like the one on folding in libya the weapons will inevitably end up in the hands of extremists and terrorists and not just weapons but maybe nuclear materials that libya possibly has to. palestinians are determined to have their state officially recognized so how do they feel about libya's former rebels being given instant official status. the sense of sorrow and loss not frustration and anger later in the program we speak to palestinian politician. thinks or people deserve fairer treatment from the international community. the no fly zone over libya remains in force as nato and former rebels back the new

leadership's push into the few remaining get off the enclaves alliance airstrikes reportedly hit residential buildings in the town of sirte but the countries that were quick to condemn attacks by the colonel's troops back in march seem to have gone silent as artie's explains. david cameron and nicolas sarkozy surveyed their handiwork the most senior leaders to visit aaa since their countries began the nato intervention in libya they say their work is not yet. born with a mission and kill civilians. 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 all matt cameron and sarkozy are silent to paraphrase george orwell in animal farm some

civilians are more equal than others nato insists that targeted attacks but there are reports of m.t.c. reprisals against suppose it could daffy supporters clearly there are real problems on the ground there's a legacy of such a conflict that you will have human rights abuses taking on both sides i think the rebels the national transitional council have promised to hold their own forces to account and i think that that is a process that we will see from now it doesn't seem to be have. 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 says the rebels are all guilty of unlawful killings and torture it takes pains to point out that gadhafi forces committed some terrible atrocities but also documents a brutal killing 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 nato and to tackle what it describes as crimes by the forces of the new government civilian deaths are seemingly assured. cameron and sarkozy were quick to condemn gadhafi for killing innocent libyans in the lead up to nato is no fly zone being imposed but no such rhetoric spin aimed at the n.t. sea in fact it's quite the opposite britain's sponsored un resolution to ease sanctions against libya and against the national oil corporation in particular getting the oil flowing again laura emmett's altie london ethnic

tensions on service border with breakaway kossovo intensify following friday's takeover of two disputed border posts well cost of a police with the assistance of nato led forces have placed customs officers at checkpoints previously under ethnic serbs control locals have tried to prevent what they call the unilateral action of kosovo's albanians artists are for reports now from near one of the seas checkpoints. well we're at one of the border crossings you ready and the roads leading up to it remain bloke's by the protest is now we actually can't get to the much place when you go up to the front of that cross thing you're stopped by the bar blown we can see some of the case full force is on the ground there we saw helicopters coming across and still did 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 only for the time being in an observatory role now of course

the plan is for them to eventually take over control and that's what much of this dispute rests on now amid concerns of a repeat of what we saw in july when violent clashes over the course think of the making of me to try and take these posts 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 ethnic servants 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 at the checkpoints at the barricades is the serbian protesters and then the k. full force is at the actual crossings themselves ok no one wants to make a move the case full force is they want to make a move to break up the barricades to fair sparking violence and to set in protest is for exactly the same reasons they don't want to be provoking 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 few of these control points going ahead despite the warnings from belgrade i'm from russia that this could really lead to further agitation. of poverty and political analyst from belgrade thinks the nato led mission in kossovo is violating the u.n. mandate by siding with christian are on the border crossing issue. ok for meaning 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 i mean one side they have clearly taken the albanian side the secessionist government and preached another the capital of course of all we have the security council we have five states each with veto power we have three western states and two non western states so really if the west decides to support any unilateral action. you can't stop it so it's not surprising they've been

sponsoring kosovo independence for years now and they're actually thinking that there are entering the endgame now and they're. doing a hard push for it right now well there's a lot more to come for you this hour including down to earth as are still a very basic question. what. well not be able to get the basics then life ok it's been like that since creation is it worse or better it's probably about the same as it always was so newspapers you wouldn't have a job if this didn't happen we have the streets of new york to find out how much its people are feeling the pinch of rising poverty. and who expected to find a statue of lenin in the arctic tourists are flocking to a surprising relic of the soviet past. i have passionate address palestinian president mahmoud abbas has vowed to seek full state

recognition at the u.n. security council next week and that's in spite of a u.s. promise to veto any such bit it also deals a blow to israel which may now have to give up the territories it's off for decades now some settlers accuse israeli government of using them as pawns in a land dispute here's our policy or. he was wanted to meet us here in one of israel's bustling cities he wants to talk but not in his own statement where he's seen as a troublemaker they are afraid to talk because they're for or. 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 west bank settlement now years on he wants to leave but can't because he's property has hard in value since he bought it for. the world

from the so no war because the government doesn't want the people of the west bank after the. agreement with the we have to show that it's full of people and the people doesn't want to live peace is one in two states has pointed out that the government does everything it can to keep them in most of the land here it's there and difficult but that hasn't stopped the building on it in a two month loan constructs and has begun on more than two thousand projects here in the west bank municipalities get extra money from the ministry of education for extra teachers or extra money from the ministry of infrastructure for more interest means less payment by the settlers these were the biggest incentives that are not written anywhere in the book just a myth suggests prime minister netanyahu spends nearly a billion dollars a year just to keep the statements going but that has to come from somewhere and

tens of thousands of israelis did the math the answers brought him onto the streets in numbers never seen before in israel's history but netanyahu has no plans to leave the statements but godless of what it does to his economy alter the peace process there is no political debate. things are about whether it's right or wrong just doing it. we know about many certain moments and the eastern part of the ferns where you have a lot of apartments which are empty as palestinians head off to the united nations the israeli army digs in around the signalman is and with women the way the prospects of peace seem as likely as binney rise actually leaving the west bank police fear r t class suburb palestinian politician had on a shrug of palestine to serve recognition more than some other nations that gained there with ease. sense of sorrow and loss not station and anger that

others instantly get recognition instantly those who won't even as prepared as we are and who haven't lived for sixty three years under brutal military occupation get recognition get statehood get support get an understanding from the international community and yet we are constantly preventing from getting a response by the israeli occupation of american administration that clearly. imperatives of justice i think it's about time that palestine joins the community of nations as an equal and there's no longer treated as subhuman species right. here is old finance ministers have delayed until october the decision on another handout of rescue cash for greece they don't think that the country is doing enough to cut its massive debt greece was scheduled to receive eight billion year alone at the end of september after says it will run out of money next month and won't be

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

worse actually with like big manifests three thousand people many first day because it's too expensive they're living in israel that's baloney what's baloney properties on the rise you don't believe it is what's poverty. well not be able to get the basics in life ok it's been like that since creation is it worse or better 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 effects and all. yes because i work with the not for profit organization that takes care of women but we're seeing lots more women who don't have health insurance when you don't know 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 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. 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 and it's not even in russia it's of the town of balance for the arctic circle which lies i mean a region archipelago called a spitzbergen a vibrant soviet settlement grew there after mining rights were granted in the nineteenth twenties but when communism collapsed so did the community there and a third of her special reports of finds out how an old soviet dream still provides a means of survival and is also helping preserve the past. it's the legacy no one should be proud of heaps of scrap metal littering 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 life to tell the story that back in soviet times when norwegians were visiting barons were they also an express. and how prosperous this was well times have obviously kenya where they saw it lags they still attracting a region tourist to bear and work i would cons much native cash that's why when. our goal is common as was uncovered here a few days ago instead of throwing it away the local administration decided to paint the new and put it at variance work central square communism had long stopped being a lifetime goal but is rapidly becoming the means of livelihood the rusty soviet heritage has suddenly become a hard to reach 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 where you could have some problems with. the tourists from here both this thing goes but now we have a new roof. and they were working. from. back in the nine hundred eighty s. daryn's work was a burgeoning mining community the soviet union was determined to maintain at all costs strategically located halfway between north america and western europe the spitzbergen archipelago is part of norway but a special status that allows other countries to set up industrial bases here in the . well of the cold war it served as the u.s. is sars western most outpost now it's one of the soviet union slask preserved relics. burns but 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 site for western tourists and i think it could be even more appealing for russian travelers to keep its presence on spitsbergen russia is still maintaining a coal mine here but and trams of profit is far behind local souvenir shops. memorabilia is a big hit the defunct are in curtain still helps keep the money flowing because it's a russian thing your words you can't put in rubbles you're on the ground you are the local administration is increasingly under pressure to bring the infrastructure up to more than standards these modernization efforts and not very popular with tourist operators if you come into a very authentic place like. 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 their repertoire the audience called all they wanted to hear was a song comfortably familiar. sound like ours see there is borg spitzbergen archipelago. well that wraps up our special coverage from a spitsbergen but you can still find this and other reports we have on the northernmost outpost of the soviet union at r.t. dot com and also online for you right now a soft landing and a warm welcome home for a team of space travelers will return to earth for a six month stint. international space station. and the air show tragedy in the u.s. as a seventy four year old stunt pilot. the spectators got the full story.

and i'll be back shortly with a recap of the headlines but first the business news with you. hello and a very warm welcome to the business update three e.u. energy majors have agreed to take a fifty percent stake in russia's project the natural gas link will go on to the black sea and then on to italy and austria it's a meeting europe's growing energy demand italy's any will get a twenty percent stake while germany is whole and the french firm will each get fifteen percent. of the signing will three saw a stream pipeline deal spells bad news for ukraine when completed russian gas supplies to europe will bypass ukraine and reduce its ability to leverage just counts and with the possibility of no gas to transfer to europe of says it might

have to close part of this network separately crane has reportedly agreed to buy gas from turkmenistan as an alternative to russia whether the only way for kiev to get deliveries from turkmenistan is via russian pipelines. all the brightest minds in russia are celebrating five years since the opening of the school of a business school the project is aimed at creating leaders and helped them build businesses that will become international powerhouses bring of course is there for us. i want is banking on this place as it's seen as the platform to bring this generation on super nors it all began when the russian business elite got to gather and decided to create a school that would rival the most famous business schools in the world like the harvard hundreds of millions of dollars later and their idea is now a reality it's no secret the country is like in the high fliers and instead of imports in them the school believes in teaching russians how to think outside the

box and this is where their approach comes in the organizers a believe in students taking part in the real projects and analyzing. business activities in countries with rapidly growing economies present it in madrid if it is convinced that this project is exactly what russia needs to meet his goals of modernization and a lot of international companies are already backing the project we intend to continue to remain to be committed to skolkovo because we think it has an important role to play in transforming the business environment in russia in combination with . the innovation city. be a major. source of renewed innovation and growth for russia so the fifth anniversary celebration is not only a good opportunity to show the world full force spoke of what has come but so unite the business elite once again and discuss how to make it even better and one of these ways is how to attract foreign investors we can gain components first

really participate. in approaches helping russia become more international and more be part of the world economy the second a killer more was going on russia using the school the key players that can learn about doing all of the business. and the fur diving with. each other and business people in connection with each other even better than yon has just announced that he will be stepping down as the president of skolkovo and fill his shoes it will be a rational board a former chairman of the bank and current board member of the financial group and this is again to show that skolkovo values different opinions and different styles of leadership and this trying to become the best in the industry. in course of the anniversary events of school of a business archie spoke to the head of russia's second largest still make

a similar style look similar to shove explains how the current market turmoil is affecting his business in the u.s. . all the moves in the united states and other parts of the company is for the moment even managed to increase prices slightly later states is so far the recapitulation of course me we are getting signals from capital markets which are a warning. for us. to see that even if some of the problems but we will forward his opinion. that's all the business news for now for more stories you can log onto a website r.t. dot com slash business.

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r t live from moscow and here are the top stories today libya's national transitional council is given a seat at the you went after the security council adopts a new resolution which also eases sanctions imposed during get off his regime but his new authorities are still fighting for control over some cities including that off his hometown of syria. meanwhile there's another bid for u.n. recognition with the palestinian president vowing to launch a bid for statehood despite a new west promise to veto it and that's a some israeli west folks out there say they're ready to leave the area but that their government won't let the. growing tension a service border with breakaway kossovo of the standoff of disputed checkpoints following their seizure by.