it's just after two pm sunday here in the russian capital you're watching marty now to libya first where fierce fighting rages on between pro and anti gadhafi forces loyal as troops are making their last stand in three cities which are under heavy assault by the relentless fighters who are backing of the country's new government will search. are now witnessing house to house battles with hundreds of civilians caught in the crossfire it's not colonel gadhafi who is still on the run they could be hiding in one of the besieged cities. returning to a kind of normality in the capital but as large as media financial reports some libyans there already want gadhafi back. and months after tripoli fell into rebels' hands those who backed the old regime remain defiant but fearful in parts of the city the rebels triumphant campaign feels like it's never happened or did so somewhere else. that we will do anything from our only moammar even if we have to

give our nice. seven support for the ousted leader to solve once they see our camera it was a bit like the one with a weird television how could you tell the camera why. it's the same situation with others two. 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 we're going to tell the camera no no thanks to five pm front of the camera they will send the bullet to my head oh 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 new speeches. the rebels were out celebrating again this week when they had of the national transitional council libya's new authority arrives in the capital before large crowds even libyans in no

doubt about who's really in. the those who don't support mr fogg those only you 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 they are there. with. you there in. darfur is effectively gone then you also artists have settled down here in the. capital tripoli people are chanting that is free country but it seems that there is at least one thing that still remains of all of libya fear. one youngster finally agrees to talk. tripoli is now under the control of the national

transitional council and we don't feel we have freedom to talk or to express an opinion if we see something in favor of gadhafi they can kill us and the rest of us of course money are enough for. the nineteen year old says many of his friends have been arrested recently for making critical statements about new regime ironically we're talking just a kilometer away from one of the dock is top secret jails for political prisoners known as abu salim. the rebels they only represent themselves not the libyan people this revolution started with the killings to intimidate through fear their homes are covered in blogs and list international has recently accused both gadhafi regime and the one which you place to of committing war crimes including killings and torture of military prisoners and civilians these are being felt by some here that more is in store. roof notion r t tripoli libya

well nato is pledging to keep up its airstrikes to support and to gadhafi forces for as long as it sees fit to live as a new governing body also gets a seat at the u.n. so will the british and french leaders pay the m.t.c. a friendly visit this week but africa analysts about your me as a key with things that swore to do with securing deals securing peace. the national transition council would have never been able to get outside of benghazi if it had not been for the support of the united states as well as the nato forces they have supplied these rebels with arms with diplomatic cover then of course there was the so-called no fly zone over libya which has really been a massive bombing operation against that country of six million people it's a very very tense situation that exists right now all over the country the fact that they have not been able to take over areas in the western part of libya such

as bani walid and sirte and so. it's very much indicative of the fact that this war is by no means settled the visit on a part of cosi of france and david cameron of britain this is an attempt to shore up this. takeover of the most all rich and the most prosperous country on the after the continent that was u.s. space africa analyst where you know me as a keyword there and do stay with r.t. for the latest from conflict torn libya. and moscow's 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 team or the foreign ministry and moscow said on saturday that urgent talks with nato are necessary as well as hard guarantees that russia security won't be at risk warsaw and washington's outline for putting missiles on polish soil follows deal sealed this week with romania and turkey who

agreed to host parts of america's missile defense system the u.s. insists designed to counter possible have talks from iran or north korea but peace analyst bruce god told r.t. that's not what the show is really about. u.s. is using nato and nato expansion as the i think the ploy or the carrot to draw in other countries like turkey and romania making them feel like they're going to be taken care of by the european union. but clearly what we're talking about here is major tensions in the region between the united states' missile defense deployments that are now going into poland. turkey and other countries in the county nearest as well as nato expansion throughout the region we're seeing basically the encirclement of russia at the same time the u.s. is doing the same thing to china with its bases in missile defense deployments in japan south korea token now. the u.s.

is deploying patriot missile defense systems on their i want and so this is clearly about trying to control the contain both russia and china. more of this week's top news still to come including this story at the launch of iran's first nuclear power plant the russian built pushchair facility has successfully wired up to a rather national grid with a deal to send spent fuel abroad so it can't be used to make a nuclear weapon. and the south stream steams ahead european energy majors sign up to the second project to get russian gas directly to europe but some still want to keep their supply options open while explained later in the program. the u.k. and russia moved to patch things up between them with a visit to the kremlin by british prime minister david cameron this week well the leaders of both countries agree that there are resolved issues shouldn't get in the way of progress it was the first official visit to russia by a british prime minister in six years relations between the two soured over the

murder of former f.s.b. officer aleksandr litvinenko in london in two thousand and six but david cameron and dmitri medvedev agreed the case should not hold back their partnership dr patrick bullock who's worked extensively in science and technology projects in between the u.k. projects between the u.k. and russia sees potential ahead. russia's 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 is going to be absolutely key in terms of development companies developing helping russian high tech businesses expand outside russia into markets in europe russia remains a kind of aladdin's whether all kinds of interesting things to be the legacy of the soviet research institutes 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 i think is really key to the interesting future. russia has in store in this whole area. serbia's border with breakaway cost of zero mount belgrade chief negotiator is urging for call on both sides to find a diplomatic solution where violence broke out after costs of a police backed by need to force us to go over to the disputed border post previously under-served control r.t. sarah ferguson one of the sees checkpoints. you can see the sign put up by the k full force it's a warning to the ethnics protest is ok for the nato peacekeeping mission who's been working here at the border points with. they go there bob wire fence is out there but 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 but 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 there'll be lots more people coming to the defense as well to take a vote of these control points what they see the essex our population here in the north as an extension of kristina's control over the disputed territory now amid concerns of repeat of what we saw in july when violent clashes over the course of the government making of me to try and take these places resulted in the death of a policeman is actually being relatively quiet here what we've seen is a huge number of. ethnic serbians turning out at these barricades but what we've got at the moment is the standoff situation is being called a war of nerves because at both the checkpoints at the barricades is the serbian protesters and then the capel forces at the actual crossing themselves but no one

wants to make a move and although the words being quite diplomatic from what we've heard on both sides those calls for calm and for peace but of course the actions the scene quite different than this though seems to be a lot of hostility between both sides that needs to be resolved. political analyst on xander pov it says the nato led mission in kossovo is violating the u.n. mandate by failing to maintain neutrality ok for meeting nato has 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 any one side they're clearly taking the albanian side these the session is the government in prishtina 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

causal 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. iran's first nuclear power plant went online on monday the only such facility in the middle east while the russian built reactors are working at forty percent capacity right now and should be at full power in december moscow says it will continue providing health and fuel for the plant until iran takes full control in twenty fifteen western nations have long been worried about the country's atomic program claiming it's a cover for making nuclear bombs which terrazas people e denied political scientists told them their job for the university of london told r.t. that without evidence iran has the same right to peaceful nuclear energy as any other nation. we have now a decades long standoff between iran and the west. over the iranian

nuclear program this has been very hyped of. 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 is through economic sanctions canonic sanctions 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. and still ahead for you this hour the italian town that wants to run from

the world. battered by the rest of italy's floundering economy once the rural communities decided to go it alone. and taking on exclusion acts gershon noble tourists are in danger in their health from holiday despite the radiation risk. in la via a party backed by the large russian community there won a majority in a snap parliamentary election with almost all votes now counted the harmonies party won twenty nine percent is the first sign of a russian supporting parties led the polls in the former soviet state since it became independent but speculation is growing that rival lapid politicians may form a coalition to keep the pro russia party out of government about one third of the country's population are russian speakers many of them are non-citizens and have no voting rights. russia and its key european gas costs are sealed

a twenty five billion dollar energy deal this week the soon to be built south stream pipeline will pump russian gas straight into europe all year round all moscow was spent the last four years agreeing the details with its partners who want guarantees of nonstop supplies the flow have been disrupted several times in the past along current pipelines due to rouse between russia and the transit countries ukraine well south stream will deliver gas along the bottom of the black sea bypassing any possible political barriers now german or french and italian firms have now signed up to the project which is due to be completed by twenty fifteen energy analysts julian elise says europe is still wary of becoming too dependent on russia. nobody in europe is suggesting that russia will not be a major and probably the major supplier of gas to europe now and in the future that's not seen dispute. what europe is trying to do is to add.

variety to its sources of gas supply it doesn't want to become overly dependent on russian gas in exactly the same way that it doesn't want to become overly dependent on north african gas or indeed on north sea guess what he's seeking to do is to find a balance between a variety of suppliers delivering gas through variety of routes and nobody's disputing goods among that variety russian will ease and will continue to be the most important now the greek prime minister has canceled his trip to the u.n. general assembly meetings in america to deal with this country's worsening death battle recently has enough cash to see it through the next few weeks and years of finance ministers are for now sitting on the eight billion euro second bailout payment they say the country has fallen behind that it's bad it cuts targets and has missed a series of deadlines greece will now have to wait until october to find out

whether it will get the second blow abbott says that it's on the verge of being unable to pay the interest on its massive debt for sub exports it's still late to save the greek economy at it must exit the years are for its own good. but the greek economy is in an outright depression now g.d.p. is shrinking at the moment seven to 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 greece 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 safe within the euro zone greece will have to act 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 cortical maybe ireland of course i'm not even mentioning here that would be an enormous problem countries like spain and across the ionian sea adelies parliament has agreed to fifty four billion euro package of cuts to try and stop the rot from the gulf europe's third largest economy well it includes changes to pensions reducing government spending as well as a tax on the rich but it's a step too far for some of your bets discovered in a town that's turned its back on rome. welcome to filipino a small town in the middle of italy that 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 they'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 it wants small towns to merge having the number of local authorities with a population of just six hundred phila tino and its mayor for the chop was a. terrible idea because it makes 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 we should get rid of them instead of italy's in deep debt 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 determined to be the next san marino

a constitutional republic within italy that has no national debt a rare thing in europe the 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're just souvenirs but the plan is for two theory to it 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 so. in this sleepy town but shopkeepers 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 attracting 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 source of rome's water supply and that may is threatening to cut it off if he doesn't get or do you want either bennett artsy filipino. over on air and online around the clock at r.t. dot com where we have more of the stories you're talking about like grabbing the bull by the horns in lower manhattan as hundreds protest at the banking system of many jobless said homeless for the demo dubbed occupy wall street. also walk a line of being seen to be greener world barfi day is ahead of russia's log for me to get drivers to ditch the wheels that saddle up for slightly. all the places you might expect to appear on the list of the world's most exotic tourist destinations that your 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 different driving them away. 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 rubble 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 the contaminated zone around should noble itself over the past decades tourists have been floor can hear 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 former resident of the goes down a pretty good 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. fuck. you people have different reasons. some want to see what an apocalypse could look like. someone to feel the history of. their childhood like the atmosphere of the soviet union has been preserved but for me it's more important not why they come here you know it's what effect it has on them. but since june that 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 paying around a hundred u.s.

dollars to do so equating to a multi-million dollar revenue every year. we were to the ministry to inform the government of every dollar earned by these trips we know that a lot of money has been made 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 with. the ministry is defined it says it stuck by the law it claims these troops are a vital way of educating the world on how to avoid such disasters the chernobyl zone will never again be inhabited but experts say it could still serve other purposes. due to decontamination procedures almost half of there has acceptable levels of radiation that's why we can use this watch on a composite spaces to build solar and wind power stations and even grow be a fuel there emergencies ministry has now filed a lawsuit in a bid to resume tours 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 but the debate remains very much open. reporting from kiev and in ukraine. now. more international news in brief for coverage for you today the nevada show tragedy claimed nine lives as investigators look into how a vintage aircraft lost control and plugged into spectators dozens more were injured the world war two era plane slammed into a box seat area in front of the main grandstand it's thought mechanical problems are to blame well there's also been a similar incident in west virginia what a vintage plane crashed and burst into flames killing the pilot in that incident no spectators were. in israel is ailing president says he will return to cuba for a fourth and possibly final round of chemotherapy hugo chavez another what surgery

in june to remove a tumor although it's not known for what type of cancer he's being treated for now chavis says he plans to finish his treatments soon and promises to run for reelection next year despite water concerns please help. it's a rock obama will announce sudden monday that there will 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 towards the country's plan to reduce its deficit in the long term us media is reporting that obama will call this proposal the buffett rule referring to billionaire investor warren buffett who has repeatedly raised the issue in the past. now in a few minutes the u.s. a woman in charge of the world's heritage tells us how antique thieves are jeopardizing global culture that's after a recap of the week's top stories and today's headlines coming up in a few moments. we'll

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welcome back here's a recap of the latest news and the week's top stories here on our t.v. get off these remaining supporters put up fierce resistance at three libyan cities while his remaining supporters in tripoli say by fear and repression loyalist forces are deeply attraction. but it often is whereabouts let me know. as nato seems ahead with fresh agreements on putting america's eastern europe there are security concerns at the kremlin and a call for urgent talks. turkey are poised for those elements of the fed shield which moscow feels good and neutralize its nuclear arsenal. moscow and london good deals before differences with david cameron secure a multimillion dollar contract for the first british prime minister to russia in six.