long. latest news in the week's top stories about these remaining supporters put up fierce resistance in the real libyan cities where the people of tripoli who still support the ousted hurl say they are gripped by fear and base repression. as nato moves ahead with pressure agreements on putting u.s. missiles in eastern europe there are security concerns at the kremlin they call for urgent talks. moscow and london sweeten their sour relations as david cameron makes the first trip to russia british prime minister in six years. was peacekeepers in kosovo on high alert as ethnic tension in serbia's breakaway republic reaches a boiling point.

nine am in moscow i match reza bring you today's top stories and a look at back at the week's news here on r t turn first to libya where fierce fighting rages on between pro and anti kadafi forces loyalist troops are making a last stand in three cities under heavy assault by the relentless fighters who are backing the country's new government bani walid and sabol now witnessing house to house battles with hundreds of civilians caught in the crossfire it's got cut off he himself who is still on the run could be hiding in one of the siege cities meanwhile life is returning to the sort of normal in the capital but it's our he's worried if an ocean reports there are some libyans who are already washed it off. and months off to tripoli fell into rebels hands those who backed. remain just find

it's peaceful in parts of the city the rebels triumphant campaign feels like it's never happened and we do. so somewhere else. that we will do anything from wal-mart anymore even if we have to give on ice. seven support for the ousted leader it is solved once they see our camera there. was a weird family how could you tell them. why. it's the same situation with others to. go if he's hundred percent good we don't want this revolution we don't know the rebels we want them to go away. we are from television so could you tell your camera no no face it right the front of the camera they will send the book to my room the criminals you don't know them you call them the rebels hey guys do you remember the black guy he was arrested a few days ago after here appearing on t.v.

don't do that you flags new slogans use peaches. the rebels were out celebrate and again this week when the head of the national transitional council libya's new authority arise in the capital before large crowds even libyans in no jobs about who's really here. those who don't support mr fogg and who we used to see all across the city proudly waving green flags just weeks ago back in khadafi now trying not to leave their own backyards here there. was. a very. tough it is effectively gone then you also have to settle down here in the capital tripoli people are chanting that is new free country but it seems that there is at

least one thing that still remains of all the beer fear. one youngster finally grew. talk. tripoli is now on the control of the national transitional council and we don't feel we have freedom to talk or to express an opinion and to say something in favor of gadhafi who can kill us and the rest of us of course money or in. the nineteen year old says many of his friends have been arrested recently for making critical statements about a new regime ironically we're talking just a kilometer away from one of gadhafi is top secret jails for political prisoners known as abu salim though they may be rebels they only represent themselves not the libyan people this revolution started with killings to intimidate through fear their harley's are covered in blogs amnesty international has recently accused both conduct his regime and the one which replaced it of committing war crimes including

killings and torture of military prisoners and civilians these are being felt space some here that more is in store. roof notion r t tripoli libya. and us was quick to support revolutions in libya any egypt as a democratic is expression of the people's free will and that it shouldn't stop there with calls for syria's regime to step down to reckon with iran out in the cold and its own neighborhood as are his greatest secure our ports. as nations in the middle east and north africa are torn between the struggle to bring about change and the struggle not to let change ruin their lives washington views the arab spring as an opportunity to finally see some of its longtime foes crumble even though. iran is not an arab country the arab spring. and i think in many ways it's a matter of trying before that kind of change. and revolution occurs in the runs

under the umbrella loaf arab revolutions washington is also beating the drums of regime change in syria iran's closest ally in the region violence within the country has been widely can be errant countries like russia and china call for both sides in syria to talk in the bloodshed while america is blaming our side alone i think. just like a dolphin or not let's hope that russia is next in line they were overthrown khadafi they're going to have a proxy or client government in tripoli the next step is syria they want to overthrow syria they take advantage of any movement that exists in syria to overthrow the assad government now they have a more democratic government a more humane government but a government that is allied with the united states and after syria the next target will be iran itself watching regimes go down one by one american politicians are filled with new hopes and aspirations some went as far as to predict the arab spring will spread all across the world what this is all about is that europe

sprang and russia is next and even places like china and russia and other places they are very uneasy this is about people aspiring for freedom and that's what the libyan people have just changed. that's wishful thinking on the part of john mccain but it speaks volumes to where the real orientation is in washington not just of the republicans but the democrats too so they would like to overthrow the government in china they would like to overthrow the government in russia they would like to overthrow the government invent. wailing cuba or wherever people are independent of the dictates of washington when it comes to syria and iran washington doesn't seem to be just seen as sizing about revolutions by throwing its support behind revolution makers and only say washington the seeking to increase its influence and control in these countries let's look at how things have been in the control department so far it thousands protest against the us backed military there that's the only power last week injections floor and peace really embassy and

rage by the killing of five egyptian border guards in the lead here or washington supported leadership is taking over but the country is at risk of plunging into tribal war syria the opposition includes those with radical agendas so the aftermath of the so-called arab spring remains very murky and difficult yet washington seems to be using the arab spring can fulfill its long time goals but the fear is it might end up getting the opposite of what it wishes for and undermining the whole region i'm trying to shake our reporting from washington our key. moscow was reiterating its deep concerns over plans to house u.s. missiles in poland following the announcement that parts of the defense shield could be in place by twenty eight teams the foreign ministry in moscow said saturday that urgent talks with nato were necessary as well as hard guarantees that russian security won't be at risk warsaw and washington's outline for putting missiles on polish soil close deals sealed this week with romania and turkey who

agreed to host parts of the u.s. missile defense system american says it's designed to counter a possible strike from iran or north korea from the onset of the project russia's voiced concern that the shield be upset europe's delicate military balance investigative journalist escobar says moscow has a right to be at war. some of the best strategists military strategists in the world already russia and they know that he run short stop goals they don't have to capitally just to attack iraq intern if they wanted to number two he may be a very hard core regime but they're not suicidal so this excuse again is the job or it is that how many from a part of the us is absolutely ridiculous we know it's easy to the sure he's against russia and eventually i guess china as well as if china or russia would have any interest in trying to undermine the european union we are excellent

the markets for goals and where they sell most of their products in the case of china stay with us here on our key still to come by historic launch of iran's first nuclear power plant a russian built we share facility is successfully wired through iran's national grid with a deal in place to send a spent fuel abroad so it can be used to make atomic weapons plus. south stream steam ahead european energy majors signed up to a second project to get russian gas directly into europe but some still want to keep their supply options open we'll tell you more. but first the u.k. and russia made moves to patch things up between the two with a visit to the kremlin by british prime minister david cameron this week leaders of both countries agree that their unresolved issues shouldn't get in the way of mutual progress it was the first official visit to russia by a british pm in six years relations between the two soured over the murder of former f.s.b. officer alexander litvinenko in london in two thousand and six but cameron and

between medvedev agreed that the case should not hold back a partnership dr patrick forward who worked extensively in science and technology projects between the u.k. and russia says there is potential ahead. russia has taken the first steps in establishing the new business center at skolkovo establishing what is going to be i suppose a kind of silicon valley there and british involvement in that is going to be absolutely key in terms of developing countries developing business and helping russian high tech businesses expand outside russia into markets in europe russia remains a kind of allow the ins weather up all kinds of interesting things to be found the legacy of the soviet research institutes and a first rate mathematics science and engineering education system means that there are all kinds of people ideas intellectual property that remain in russia to be

discovered and exploited them that i think is really key to the interesting future that hot russia has in store in this whole area. as ethnic tensions on serbia's border with breakaway kosovo belgrade's chief negotiator is urging for current on both sides to seek a diplomatic solution violence broke out after kosovo police are backed by nato led forces took over two disputed border posts that were previously under serb control or he's sorry for of course more. you can see the sign by the cable forces it's a warning to the ethnics protest is ok for the native peacekeeping mission has been working here at the border point with you like they go there vald wire fences up they got the sandbags as well and still a number of protesters that have been staying at the barricade of these disputed border points not so many at the moment and they've made it very very clear that if

anyone tries to remove the barricades that they've made that they're willing to defend and they'll be lots more people coming to the defense as well to take a vote of these control points what they see the ethnic serbs population here in the north as an extension of kristina's control over the disputed territory now amid concerns repeat of what we saw in july when violent clashes over the course the got the making of me to try and take place resulted in the death as a policeman is actually relatively quiet here what we've seen is a huge number of the serbian i think serbians turning out at these barricades but what we've got at the moment is a standoff situation is being called a war is knows because of both the checkpoints of the barricades is the serbian protesters and then the capel forces at the actual crossings themselves but no one wants to make a move and although the words have been quite it really mattered from what we've heard on both sides this calls for calm and for peace but of course the actions these seem quite different and there still seems to be

a lot of hostility between both sides that needs to be resolved. iran's first nuclear energy plant went on line monday the only such facility in the middle east the russian built reactors are working at forty percent capacity and should reach full power in december moscow says it will continue to provide help and fuel for the plant to iran takes full control and twenty fifteen western nations are worried about the country's atomic energy program claiming it's a cover for making nuclear bombs which tehran has repeatedly denied political scientist alley photo with a jihad from the university of london tells r.t. that without evidence iran has the same right to peaceful nuclear energy. we have now a decades long standoff between iran and the west and over the iranian nuclear program this has been very hyped up. the nuclear issue for political reasons in order to be able to garner support to put pressure on iran if you cannot

control or influence a country you might go for isolation and weakening of the country in the best way to do that this through economic sanctions it cannot make sanctions and if we just listen to the most authoritative source when it comes to analyzing the iranian nuclear program which is the international atomic energy agency and if we read their reports we see that there is no evidence for any weaponization and also this is. numerously and on numerous occasions by the u.s. intelligence services and very recently so as well so the world has to face that iran as other developed countries has a nuclear program which is peaceful according. according to all the evidence that we have. stay with us here on r.t. still to come the italian town that wants to run from rome but up with battered by the rest of italy's economy one sleepy rural community deciding to go it alone.

taking an exclusion x. version need to show noble tourists who are risking their health for a holiday despite the radiation risks. but first russia and its key european gas customers sealed a twenty five billion dollar energy deal this week the soon to be built south stream pipeline will pump russian gas straight to europe year round basco spent the last four years agreeing the details with its partners who want guarantees of nonstop supplies flow had been disrupted several times in the past along the current pipelines due to spats between russia and transit countries belarus and ukraine so syria will deliver gas along the bottom of the black sea bypassing possible political barriers german french and italian firms have now signed up for the project which is due to be wrapped up by twenty fifteen energy addle as julian lease says europe still wary ago of becoming too dependent on russia notably in europe suggesting that russia will not be

a major and probably three major supplier of carrots to europe now and in the future it's not seen dispute. what europe is trying to do he's to add. variety to sources and can supply it doesn't want to compete on the pulley dependence on russian parents in exactly the same way that it doesn't really dependent on north african or indeed on nazi guess what he's seeking to do is east employment balance between a variety of. delivering gets through the run to your roots and nobody's. among mandarin see russian will he's and will continue to be because the most important. the greek prime minister has canceled a trip to the u.n. general assembly meetings in the u.s. to deal with his country's worsening debt battle greece only has enough cash on hand to see through the next few weeks eurozone finance ministers are for an hour

sitting on the eight billion euro second bailout payment to countries do they say greece has fallen behind on spending cuts targets and missed a series of deadlines greece will now have to wait till october to find out whether it will get the second loan athan says that it's on the verge of being unable to repay the interest on its massive debt for some experts though it's too late to save the greek economy and say it must exit the euro zone for its own good. the greek economy is in an outright depression now keep the shrinking at the moment seventy eight percent on an annual basis unemployment is officially at sixteen percent but in reality it's more close to twenty five percent what we hear from people from the i.m.f. informally is that the budget situation is out of control so there's no way that greek. can escape from this situation unless there's a somewhat orderly exit from the eurozone followed by

a huge devaluation of the new greek currency i think we have passed the point now where we can argue that we can say families within the eurozone greece will ask you let's see if it can be organized in an orderly way but the risk is of course that there will be contagion in the direction of countries like for example court to go maybe i will and of course i'm not even mentioning here that would be an enormous problem countries like spain. across the ionian sea italy's parliaments agreed to a fifty four billion euro package of cuts trying to stop the rot from engulfing europe's third largest economy the secular state includes changes to pensions reducing government spending and taxing the rich but it's a step too far for a summit hellions darkeys i bet it reports on a town that's turned its back on iran. welcome to filipino a small town in the middle of italy it also claims to be an independent principality and to prove it it's even started printing its own money the man on

the new note says town mayor lucas a lhari now self-proclaimed prince i guess everyone dreams of being a prince when you're a little boy and so did i now i get to live that dream filipinos going solo in protest over government plans to slash council funding he wants all towns to merge having the number of local authorities with a population of just six hundred filipino and its mayor of but the chop. it's a terrible idea because it makes no economic sense we have everything here to be autonomous and besides the neighboring towns are at least thirty kilometers away so it's not practically possible it wouldn't even save that much money most regional administrations do nothing to get rid of them instead italy's in deep shit one hundred twenty percent of g.d.p. the second highest in europe but unions

a furious with the cuts accusing the government of punishing those already at their poorest even some of silvio berlusconi's own allies now oppose them with amendments piling up but filipinos fed up the term and to be the next san marino a constitutional republic within italy that has no national debt a rare thing in europe but methinks the town can live off its natural resources of wood and water but currently profits go to private companies there are constitutional hurdles but since autonomy is not illegal it could just be a matter of time at the moment these notes aren't legal tender they just souvenirs but the plan is for two theory to be worth one euro and for this to be the only currency they could be spent in the shops and restaurants here. business is always been slow in this sleepy town but short of keepers hope the new money will bring new cash. i'm sure that once we start using the new currency

the economic situation here will significantly improve it will have a positive effect on tourism of course the trying to meet people to the town. far from being a p.r. stunt filipino means business and berlusconi knows it he's visiting the town later this month to stave off the rebellion and he'll have a fight on his hands filipinos the sorts of rome's water supply and that may is threatening to cut it off if he doesn't get what he wants other than its artsy fillets ino it's really. were you can find all our coverage and much much more around the clock at our tea dot com here's what's a click away right now. rocking the ball by the horns in lower manhattan as hundreds of protest of the banking system that's left many jobless and homeless with a demonstration god occupy wall street what's. being seen to be green world carfree day coming up and russia's even the largest in eco week to get drivers it gives the wheels and saddle up for cycling.

over all the places you might expect if you're on a list of the world's most exotic tourist destinations there sure noble nuclear disaster site makes a surprising appearance twenty five years after the world's worst nuclear accident the exclusion zone seems to be pulling people in rather than driving them away but as artie's alexy our share of the reports from ukraine the hazardous holidays are a double edged sword. these cars were once heavily affected by nuclear radiation now the radiator for a different reason part of an exhibition in key of dedicated to the clear out of the nine hundred eighty six chernobyl fallout over the years the chernobyl museum in ukraine's capital kiev has become one of the top tourist attractions especially in april this year when the world marked the twenty fifth anniversary of the disaster but for those craving for the firsthand post-apocalyptic experience looking at the exhibition here has not been enough. and there is an adventurous

alternative to the contaminated zone around children or bill itself over the past decades tourists have been flocking here more than ten thousand of them each year that's why forbes magazine named the dead zone one of the world's most exotic tourist destinations. alexander a former resident of the ghost town of prepared has been organizing these tours for several years he told us that visitors are always fascinated by what they see although all their motivations for making the trip have always varied. you people have different reasons. some want to see what an apocalypse could look like. someone to feel the history but. for some it's their childhood like the atmosphere of the soviet union has been preserved but for me it's more important not why they come here it's what effect it has on them. but since june

this radioactive tourism has been suspended the prosecutor general's office conducted checks and ruled that the emergencies ministry had broken the law with these trips as well as making an unhealthy profit every tourist to the zone has been going around one hundred u.s. dollars to do so into a multi-million dollar revenue every year. we urge the ministry to inform the government of every dollar earned by these trips we know that a lot of money is in me but we have no idea in whose pockets it ended up why not put the money into the budget and use it to solve the problems. that the ministry is defined it says it stuck by the law it claims these trips are a vital way of educating the world on how to avoid such disasters which are not all zone will never again be inhabited but experts say it could still serve other purposes. but due to decontamination procedures almost half of the area has acceptable levels of radiation that's why we can use this large spaces to build

solar and wind power stations and even grow be a fuel there the emergencies ministry has now filed a lawsuit in a bid to resume tourist to the contaminated zone and the court is expected to start hearings in mid september ukraine's thirty kilometer nuclear wasteland will remain closed to the public until then with the debate remains very much open. look serious and ski on see it was you and jim norbu in ukraine. so you know some other stories making headlines across the globe the nevada air show tragedy has now claimed nine lives as investigators look at how we've been to aircraft lost control and plunged into spectators dozens more were injured when the world war two era plane slammed into a box seat in front of the main grandstand it's not mechanical problems are to blame it was also a similar incident in west virginia when a vintage plane crashed and burst into flames killing the pilot no spectators there were hurt. venezuela's ailing president says he will return to cuba

for a fourth and possibly final round of chemotherapy who go shot as underwent surgery in june to remove a tumor although it's not known for what type of cancer he's being treated as says he plans to finish his treatments soon and promises to run for reelection next year despite wider concerns for his health. and it's thought barack obama will announce monday that they'll be a tax hike for americans earning more than a million dollars a year it's designed to even out the tax burden between the wealthy and middle income earners and work toward reducing the country's long term deficit and us media is reporting that obama will call his proposal the buffett rule referring to billionaire investor warren buffett who was repeatedly raised the issue in the past . coming up in our special report horrible wars that leave our fragile ecology struggling to survive after a recap of the top stories stay with us here on r.t. .

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