oh. look. there's news of the week's top stories on our t.v. a rebel forces fired on against gadhafi loyalists in one of his last strongholds but many in the capital tripoli say they're now living in fear from so-called freedom fighters. washington launches its missile the bounce plots of the eastern europe for three countries signed up to host the u.s. feels even as moscow reiterates that security concerns and calls for urgent talks. get a job to brass tacks in moscow and london agreed differences to stop them doing business with multi-million dollar contract sealed during the first visit by the leader at six years. the tension between serbia and breakaway kossovo reaches a boiling point as this group of border posts are seized by possible since.

just after seven pm in the russian capital this is our g. and we start in libya where fighting between moammar gadhafi is remaining loyalists and former rebels 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 where the same battles and a few remaining pockets of violence it's thought the also the libyan leader who's still on the run and has vowed to die in the country could be hiding in one of the besieged cities meanwhile the capital tripoli that fell to rebels a month ago shows some signs of improvement but as art is really a phenomena reports there are some who already want a u. turn and to see it off the back of our. and months after tripoli fell into rebels'

hands those who backed the all 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. i doubt that we will do anything from our only moammar even if we have to give our lives. seven support for the ousted leader and he solves once they see our camera interview with diane here like the one with a we're going to be so quick to tell about camera why. it's the same situation with others two. hundred percent 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 surprise the front of the camera they will send the bullets in my room all the criminals you don't know them you call them the rebels hey guys do you

remember a black guy he was arrested a few days ago after here appearing on t.v. don't do that eve lads' new slogan is new speeches. the rebels were out celebrating again this week when they had of the national transitional council members new authority i rise in the capital before large crowds even libyans in no doubt about who's really. those who don't support mr fogg those only you and who used to see all across the city proudly waving green flags just weeks ago packing khadafi now trying not to leave their own backyards here there. with. you there is. it after it is effectively gone and you also artists have settled down here in the capital tripoli people are chanting that is

a huge 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 on 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 who can kill us and the rest of us of course money and. a nineteen year old says many of his friends have been arrested recently for making critical statements about the 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 sleen. the 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 by some here that more is in store reflection r t tripoli libya washington was quick to support the revolutions in libya and egypt as a democratic expression of free will and there's no requirement for syria's regime to step down to that as artie's get a check on reports could leave iran out of the cold in its own neighborhood. as nations in the middle east and north africa are torn between the struggle to bring about change and the struggle not to let that change ruin their lives washington views the arab spring as an opportunity to finally see some of its longtime foes crumble you know iran in an arab country the arab spring to spread to absolutely. and i think and many ways and she matter of time before that kind of change. and

revolution occurred in the mines under the umbrella of the 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 condemned countries like russia and china call for both sides in serious talk and in the bloodshed while america is blaming our side alone i think assad stays just like a dog for your number let's hope that russia or a shot is next in line they've overthrown khadafi they're going to have a proxy or client government in tripoli the next step is syria they want to overthrow syrian 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 the arab spring and bashar assad 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 where people are just itching. 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 of venezuela and cuba or wherever people are independent of the dictates of washington but when it comes to syria and iran washington doesn't seem to be just fantasizing about revolutions by throwing its support behind revolution makers and really say washington is seeking to increase its influence than controlling these countries let's look at how things have been in the control departments. far idjit thousands protest against the u.s.

backed military there but still in power last week injection store and peace really embassy enraged by the killing of five egyptian border guards in the near rushing to the leadership is taking over but the country is at risk of plunging into tribal war in 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 herb spring to fulfill its long time goals for 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 out reporting from washington archy. the syrian leadership says it's committed to political reforms and peaceful change members of russia's upper house of parliament are on a fact finding mission in syria and had talks with president assad moscow who also host of the country's opposition leaders last three says the syria should resolve the crisis themselves without external involvement or international pressure to

government demonstrations flared up in march and at least two thousand six hundred people have reportedly been killed in clashes since then russia wants the u.n. to take action to push all sides towards dialogue moscow rejected calls from the u.s. and e.u. urging assad to step down saying he should be given more time to push through reforms. in 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 russia is calling for urgent talks with nato saying that the u.s. program is stuck in the past plans for putting missiles and polish soil follow separate deal sealed this week for the rain yet and turkey who also agreed to host sections of the system where the u.s. insists it's designed to counter possible attacks from states such as iran and north korea but russia sees the plans as a direct threat to its security and have proposed building a joint shield instead as a gesture of needs all declined peace campaigner bruce kenyon says the sister

represents america's wants to boost its influence in the region. u.s. is using nato and nato expansion as the i think the ploy of a 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 united states missile defense deployments that are now going into poland minute turkey and other countries in the coming years as well as nato expansion throughout the region we're seeing basically encircling the russia at the same time the u.s. is doing the same thing to china with its bases in missile defense deployment central and south korea talking now. u.s. is deploying patriot missile defense systems over time on and so this is clearly trying to control the contain both russia and china and there's

a lot more to come for you this hour including the middle east the first nuclear power plant iran russia to build their facility is already working at forty percent of capacity and some to go full speed ahead by the end of the year. and of all italy will store it's a major budget cuts and one of the world community of the nation's financial difficulties has decided to go it alone. the u.k. of russia look to put differences aside with a visit to the crowd one by british prime minister david cameron this week the leaders of both countries agreed to undersell vishu shouldn't stand at the way of progress it was the first official visit to russia by a pretty prime minister in six years relations between the two nations soured over the murder of former f.s.b. officer i'd like saddam to think. two thousand and six but david cameron admitting that he had ever agreed that the case should not hold back the partnership thought a profit for fools worked extensively in science and technology projects and it's

in the u.k. after russia sees a 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 out saluting he 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 aladdin's weather up all kinds of interesting things to be the legacy of the soviet research institutes and the 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 always. tensions in northern kossovo have been stopped after serbs set up barricades the two disc water posts they're angry at the deployment of e.u. and kosovo customs officials on the frontier previously under a sort of control of all groups top negotiator call for calm urging all sides to seek a diplomatic solution arkansas for a prisoner at one of the seas checkpoints. you can see the sign put up by hateful forces it's a warning to the ethnics protest is ok for the nato peacekeeping mission has been working here at the border point with you like they call the above wire fences that they've 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 ethics of population here in the north as an extension of kristina's control over the disputed territory now amid concerns. of what we saw in july when violent clashes over the course the government making of me to try and take place resulted in the death of a policeman is actually relatively quiet here what we've seen is a huge number of serbian ethnic serbians turning out at these barricades that what we've got at the moment is a standoff situation is being called a war of nerves because of both the checkpoints at the barricades is the serbian protesters and then the capel forces at the actual crossing themselves no one wants to make a move and although the words being quite diplomatic from what we've heard of sides there's cool calm and peace but of course the actions these seem quite different and there's still seems to be a lot of hostility between both sides that needs to be resolved r.t.

sara for a reporting their. partner says the nato led mission in kosovo is violating a u.n. mandate by healing to maintain neutrality. ok for meeting nato absolutely overstepped their man being very un mandate it's 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 being inside these the session is the government in prishtina the capital of course of all we have the security council we're we have five states each with veto power we have three western states and two man 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 course in the pendants for years now and they're actually thinking that there are entering the endgame now and actually doing

a hard push for it right now this week iran's first nuclear power plant runs on line in the only facility of its kind in the middle east now the russian built reactors are working at forty percent capacity and should be at full power by december moscow says it will continue providing help if you offer the plans until iran takes four control in twenty fifteen western nations of long been worried about the country's atomic program claiming it's a cover for making nuclear bombs a charge tehran repeatedly denied medical scientists are leaflets all that it offered the university of london told r.t. but without evidence iran has a smart 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 sense economically 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 to lobby in our party backed by the large russian community there scored a big win in a snap general election with almost all votes now counted twenty nine percent went to the harmony side of party it's the first time a russian supported political group has left the polls since the former soviet

state became a deposit meanwhile speculation is growing that the second third place you know rival parties rajoy forces to keep a pro russian winner from power about one third of the country's population are russian speakers but many are not citizens and have no voting rights. and now for more of the top stories from around the world nine people are confirmed dead in the nevada air show tragedy as investigators look into how a very aircraft lost control and crashed into spectators dozens were injured some critically when the world war two slot into an area in front of me being grandstand it's thought a mechanical fault is to blame but efficiently why we hasn't yet reached the conclusion a similar incident happened in west virginia when a plane crashed and burst into flames killing apartment. rock obama is a level of raised minimum tax rate of america's who earn of more than a million dollars a year u.s. media reports obama will call his proposal the buffett rule of reference to

billionaire warren buffett who has repeatedly raise a problem in the past well it's designed to ensure the rich are taxed at the same rate as middle income earners and contribute to reducing the country's deficit and it's thought the president will publish more details on monday. the release of u.s. hikers convicted of spying in iran has been postponed until the second george returns from holiday on tuesday the manslaughters says he was in court again on sunday trying to complete the paperwork on their million dollar bills you for two american hikers were each subsumes last month to eight years in prison where they say they mistakenly crossed into iran while hiking in northern iraq. before the international monetary fund chief is to give his first t.v. interview since charges that he attempted to rape a new york hotel maid were dropped from each falsecard will appear either for later

on a sunday being questioned by a friend of his wife rather resigned as i have had it made after his arrest the case was closed in august because of doubts over his accuser's credibility. also faces allegations from a french author that he tried to rape her in two thousand and three. russia and three e.u. energy corporations tied up a twenty five billion dollars gas supply contract this week the nine hundred kilometers south stream pipeline will deliver russian gas directly to european households well it took four years for moscow to strike the deal on constructing the pipeline and that it will take about the same time to build it previous routes ran into trouble over disputes with transit countries like a builder rusev ukraine now the so-called south stream will carry gas directly into europe avoiding potential conflict with third party nations despite the new deal energy analysts julian leeser as europe still wary of becoming too dependent on russian resources. 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 in dispute. what europe is trying to do is to add. variety to sources of gas supply because we want to try and include the on russian gas in exactly the same way that it doesn't want. on north african or indeed on not cigarettes what it seeking to do is use can find a balance between a variety of suppliers delivering through karate or roots and nobody is disputing good among actually russian will ease and will continue to agree with the most important. the greek prime minister has canceled a trip to the us where the country's worsening debt crisis george papa gray was due

to attend the un general assembly at meeting of the i.m.f. chief but said that next week was crucial for ever mounting deficit reducing plants at home this comes as years of leaders choose to wait until october before ruling on whether to release the next eight billion euro bailout package to greece despite a recently announced property tax athens is being criticized for missing a series of bad lies and failing to employment reforms quickly enough with the debt in europe spiralling out of control struggling countries of the elite have been looking for help from the east but for the hardcore base of better holding company says chinese cash isn't and it's not solution and europe needs to solve its own problems. is precisely saying is europe's debt problem must be solved by europeans are long don't think last child the last lend. the last resort. china be under right europe's. hala teachers

have been paying budget deficits by charging her future sooner or later you catch up with them in two thousand and eleven is the year that finally catches up with several european countries like greece and italy so they cut to put their houses in order they have to spend. what they have but not spend more than they have it has to do poor author stops to paint nation to clean their packing to grown over its national debt. situation right now italy has spent much choice. just a reminder for all the latest news as well as exclusive photos and video check out our website our dot com here's what's online for you right now facebook may soon do more than hold back productivity at work as u.s. lawmakers consider a bill that could land a social networking virus in jail just find out why and i'll join you dot com.

and a better stop shop for the popular media personality jamie oliver is bringing his coronary part of all of the j.v. magazines to russia and you'll find that much more online at our dot com and on future chatter. the scene of chernobyl nuclear disaster may not see what appealing tourist destination but a bunch of us are flocking to prove otherwise twenty five years after the world's worst nuclear accident that they exclude and so on is still pools of thousands of tourists looking for a truly unique experience as artie's alexei to shift the reports from ukraine the hazardous holidays are costing more than a little local trouble. these cars were once heavily affected by nuclear radiation now all the radiation were different reason or have an exhibition in q you did it due to the clear rubble in one nine hundred eighty six chernobyl fallout over the years the normal museum in ukraine's capital kiev has become one of the top tourist

attractions especially in april this year when the world markets going through fifth anniversary of the disaster but for those craving for the first hand the privilege to experience looking at the exhibition here has not been enough. and there is an adventurous alternative to the contaminated zone around chernobyl goodsell 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. so you can you hear people have different reasons. somewhere 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 i mean 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 emergencies ministry had broken the law with these trips as well as making i don't know healthy profit every tourist of the zone has been paying around one hundred u.s. dollars to do so equating to a multi-million dollar revenue every year what. we were to the ministry to inform the governments of every dollar earned by the strips we know that a lot of money only we have no idea. why not with 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 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. but you can see contamination procedures almost have a theory as acceptable levels of radiation and that's why we can use these large unoccupied spaces to build solar and wind power stations and even grow biophilia where the 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. alexy russia's ski r.t. reporting from kiev and children in ukraine. with us here on our t.v. coming up the first part of our special report on how war impacts the environment but first our matter of the week's top stories that's after a short break. in

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