it's news of the week's top stories on our t.v. a rebel forces fight on against gadhafi loyalists in one of his last strongholds but many in the capital tripoli say they're now living in fear for the so-called freedom fighters. washington launches its missile defense why it's into eastern europe with three countries signed up to host the u.s. shield even as moscow writter its security concerns and calls for urgent talks. getting down to brass tacks moscow and longer than the differences shouldn't stop them doing business with multi-million dollar contract sealed during the first visit by a new king leader at six years. and the ethnic tension between service and breakaway cost of a reaches boiling point as disputed border posts are seized by crossing them for

six. watching r.t. coming to you live from central moscow good to have you with us now in libya fighting between want to get off is remaining a loyalist and former rebel shows no sign of letting up and you get off the forces say they're making progress into the city of sirte one of the colonels remaining strongholds but are meeting heavy resistance hundreds of civilians have been caught up in the crossfire witnessing battles and a few remaining of pockets of violence it's like the ousted leader who is still on the run and has vowed to die in the country could be hiding in one of the besieged cities meanwhile the capital of tripoli that fell to rebels a month ago show some signs of improvement this archy's body of the national reports there are some who already want a u. turn to see gadhafi back in power. and months after tripoli fell

into rebels hands those who backed the old regime remain defiant but feel full. and 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 lives. seven support for the ousted leader dissolves once they see how a camera interview with diane. like the one with a we're going to be so quick to 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're from television so we've got to tell your camera no no thanks a five pm front of the camera they will send the book to my well oh the criminals we 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 eve lads' new slogan is news pages. the rebels were out celebrating again this week when they had of the national transitional council libya's new authority a rise in the capital before large crowds even libyans in no doubt about who's really. those who don't support mr fattal's 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 their favorite here. because i. share. with. you the reason. of. it up is effectively gone then you also have to settle down

here in the capital tripoli people are chanting that is a new free country but it seems that there is at least one thing that still remains of all the bear 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. over of gadhafi who can kill us and the rest of us of course money and. 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 his top secret jails for political prisoners known as abu sleen. the rebels they only represent themselves not the libyan people this revolution started with killings to intimidate through fear their hearts are covered in blogs amnesty international has recently accused both could offer 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 by some here that more is in store reflection r t tripoli libya libya's national transitional council this week obtained a seat at the u.n. which eventually recognized the rebels as part of the new resolution easing sanctions but they are still appear to be competing agendas among the armed fighters one of which is weapons control the middle east analyst james down slow things new authorities will face a hard time trying to restore order. it's a really dangerous scenario similar to what happened in iraq in the fall of baghdad very weaponized society people with automatic weapons in their homes as well as the looting of large scale military grade missions r.p.g. is mortars and even materials and components of potential chemical weapons this is

a very dangerous scenario considering the numbers of groups operating in libya present and the fluid nature of the situation so i believe that the transitional national council their first job is of course to finish off fighting in the areas that are still holding out their second job is to give themselves legitimacy by getting the electoral cycle in under under pressure really is to prevent weapons proliferation across the country not a very difficult job. and that was a lot of base middle east analysts james. now moscow has reiterated its deep concern over america's plans to base parts of its missile defense shield in poland some of which could be in place by twenty eighteen and russia is calling for urgent talks with nato saying that the u.s. program is stuck in the past problems for putting missiles on polish soil although separate deal sealed this week with romania and turkey also agreed to whole sections of the system the u.s. insists it's designed to counter possible attacks from states such as iran and north korea but russia sees the past as

a direct threat to its security and have proposed a joint building a joint shield instead as a gesture that nato declined peace campaigner says the system represents america's plans to boost its and forwards in the region. u.s. is using nato and nato expansion as the i think the poor of the carrot to draw you know other countries like turkey ignore me and making them feel like they're going to be taken care of by the european union. but clearly we're talking about here is major tensions in the region between the united states missile defense the points that are now going into poland. turkey and other countries in the coming years 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 with china with its spaces in missile defense deployments and south korea procrit now. the u.s.

is deploying patriot missile systems oh yes i was and so this is clearly about trying to control the contain both russia and china. there's a lot more to come for you this hour including the middle east first nuclear power plant iran's russian share is already working at forty percent of capacity and such a go full speed ahead the end of next year. and all italy will explore its a major budget cuts one of the world community that often with the nation's financial difficulties decided to go it alone. but the u.k. and russia look to put differences aside with a visit to the kremlin by british prime minister david cameron this week the leaders of both countries agreed that unresolved issues shouldn't stand 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 nations soured over the murder of former epis be officer alexander litvinenko in london in two thousand

and six but david cameron and dmitri medvedev agreed the cases should not hold back their partnership. who's worked extensively of science and technology projects between the u.k. and russia sees real potential. 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 the russian high tech business is expand outside russia into markets in europe russia remains a kind of aladdin's weather up kinds of interesting things to be on the make a sea of the stuff you research institutes and 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 that i

think is really key to the interesting future but what russia has in store in this whole area. tensions in northern kossovo have been stoked after serves set up barricades of two disputed border posts but they're angry at the deployment of e.u. and kosovo customs officials on the frontier which was previously under sort of control well growth talk negotiator call for calm urging all sides to seek a diplomatic solution r.t. sarah ferguson one of the scenes checkpoints. you can see the sign but a full force is a warning to the ethnics protesters ok for the nato peacekeeping mission it's been working here at the border points with you like they call the above wire fences out there to sandbags as well and still a number of protesters that have been staying at the barricade at these disputed border points not so many at the moment or 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 take a vote of these control points what they see the ethics the population here in the north as an extension of kristina's control over the disputed territory amid concerns. of what we saw in july when violent clashes over the course they got the making of me to try and take these posts resulted in the death of a policeman is actually relatively quiet here what we've seen is a huge number of. ideas turning out at these barricades that what we've got at the moment is a standoff situation is being called a war because the both the checkpoints of the barricades is the serbian protesters and then the capel forces at the actual crossing ok no one wants to make a move and although the words have been quite diplomatic from what we've heard on both sides those calls the calm for peace but of course the actions does seem quite

different than it still seems to be a lot of hostility between both sides that needs to be resolved artists are for reporting their political analysts on exciter poverty the nato led mission in kosovo is violating the un mandate i feeling to me tragedy. ok for meeting nato absolutely overstepped their man being 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 the secession is the government increased in 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 of course the independence for years now and they're actually thinking

that they are entering the endgame now and they're actually doing a hard push for it right now. and this week iran's the first nuclear power plant went online and the only facility of its kind in the middle east the russian built reactors are now working at forty percent capacity and should be at full power in december moscow says it will continue to provide help and fuel for the plant until iran takes full control in twenty fifteen months or nations of longer be worried about the countries that's on the program claiming it's a cover for making nuclear bombs a charge of terence repeatedly denied political scientists always put all of their charge from the university of london told r.t. that without evidence iran has a smile as much 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 a lot of party backed by the large russian community there scored a big win in a snap

a general election with almost all votes now counted twenty nine percent went to the harmony center party it's a first sign of russia supporting political through has led the polls since the former soviet state became independent meanwhile speculation is growing that the second and third place locked into rival parties may join forces to keep a pro russian winner from power about one third of the country's population are russian speakers many are not civil citizens and have no voting rights. more of the top stories from around the world nine people are confirmed dead in their daughter for a tragedy as investigators look at how a vintage aircraft oscar fold and crashed into spectators dozens were injured some critically with the world war two plane a slot into a box seat area in front of the main grandstand i would stop at a mechanical failure is to blame about the official inquiry hasn't yet reached a conclusion a similar incident happened in west virginia when a plane crashed and burst into flames killing the piper. barack obama is to lead

to raise the minimum tax rate on americans who earn more than a million dollars a year u.s. media reports obama will call his proposal the buffett rule reference to billionaire warren buffett who has repeatedly raised a problem in the past it's designed to ensure the rich are taxed at the same rate as middle income earners contribute to reducing the country's deficit it's thought the president will publish more details on monday. then as well as cancer stricken president says he will return to cuba for a fourth and probably final round of chemotherapy hugo chavez underwent surgery in june through hoover to mark over a full details of his condition and treatment were known. to recover and promises he will run for re-election next year that's inspired wider concerns for his health . the former chief of the international monetary fund is to give

his first t.v. interview since charges that he attempted to rape a new york hotel they will drop the many assaults god will appear in the french channel later on sunday being questioned by a friend of his wife about the resigned as i have had in may after his arrest but the case was closed in august because of doubts over his accuser's credibility. also faces allegations from a friend that he tried to rape her in two thousand and three. three e.u. energy corporations tied up a twenty five billion dollars gas supply contract this week over nine hundred kilometers south stream pipeline will deliver russian gas directly to european households it took four years for moscow to strike a deal on constructing a pipeline and now it will take about the same time to build it previous routes ran into trouble over disputes with transit countries like their roosts and ukraine the so-called a south stream will carry gas directly into europe avoiding potential conflict with third party nations but despite the new deal energy analysts julian

lease as europe is still wary of becoming too dependent on russian resources. nobody in europe is suggesting that russia will not be a major and probably three major supplier of gas to europe now and in the future that's not seen dispute. what europe is trying to ease to add. variety to sources of gas supply it doesn't want to be can now legally own russian gas in exactly the same way that it doesn't really dependent on north african gas or indeed on nazi gas what it seeking to do is a standpoint of balance between a variety of suppliers delivering gas through a rockier routes and nobody is disputing good. variety russian will ease and will continue to be the most important. it greek prime minister has canceled

a trip to the us of may the country's worsening debt crisis george papa dreyer was due to attend the u.n. a general assembly or meet with the i.m.f. chief that sat next week was crucial for implementing deficit reducing plans at home now this comes as yours are leaders choose to wait until october before ruling on whether to the beast the next eight billion euro bailout package to greece despite a recently announced property tax athens has been criticized for missing a series of dead lies and failing to implement reforms quickly enough greece is without e.u. help it has only enough cash to last until a better job or a financial journalist will have that over developed says the only way for greece to rebuild that shattered economy is still really clear out. of the greek economy is in and out right depression now keep 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 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 safely greece within the euro zone we will ask 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 portugal maybe ireland and of course i'm not even mentioning here that would be an enormous problem countries like spain. meanwhile italy's parliament has approved fifty four billion euros of cuts to try to keep europe's third largest economy afloat well the package includes changes to pensions slashing government spending as well as

a new tax on the rich but as i've read discovered there is one town that isn't willing to take it lying down. 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 a 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 flitting ohs 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 a for 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 debt one hundred twenty percent of g.d.p. the second highest in europe and unions are furious with the cuts accusing the government of punishing those already at their poorest even some of silvio berlusconi's own our eyes 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 methinks the town can live off its natural resources of wood and water 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 so. in this sleepy town but shopkeepers hope the new money will bring new cash to. ensure 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 track 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 villa tino's 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's artsy filipino it's a league of our latest news as well as exclusive photos and videos to check out our website our team dot com and here's one from one for you right now facebook may soon do more than hold back the activity at work as he was lawmakers consider

a bill that could land a social networking parents in jail find out why our teeth dot com. and british top chef and part of their media personality jamie oliver is bringing his coronary bible the caning magazine to russia by about every march more online at our to our car as well as to track. now the scene of chernobyl nuclear disaster may not seem an appealing tourist destination but adventurers are flocking to prove otherwise so out of five years after the world's worst nuclear accident the exclusion zone still holds and it was of tourists looking for a truly unique experience as art is an executive chef who reports from ukraine the hazardous holidays are causing more than a little local trouble. these cars were once heavily effected by nuclear radiation now the radiator for a different reason part of an exhibition in the key of dedicated to the clear

rubble 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 for those craving for the firsthand post-apocalyptic experience looking at the exhibition here has not been enough and there is an adventurous alternative you can terminate zone around should not 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 as one of the world's most exotic tourist destinations. alexander a former resident of the goldstone of prepared has been organizing these stories for several years he told us not visitors are always fascinated by what they see although all their motivations for making the trip have always varied. talk to.

you people have different reasons but 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 but 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 emergencies ministry had broken the law with these trips as well as making an unhealthy profit every tourist to his own has been playing around a hundred us dollars to do so equating to a multi-million dollar revenue every year. we were to the ministry to inform the governments 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. that the

ministry is defined as it stuck by the law it claims these troops are a vital way of educating the world on how to avoid such disasters which are not bill's own will never again be inhabited but experts say it could still serve other purposes. to decontamination procedures almost harmful there 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 that 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 but the debate remains very much open. alexi rashad ski on sea for you from kenya and should mobile in ukraine. well short leave me here why cultural heritage has increasingly fallen prey to social law grass around

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