just after seven pm in the russian capital this is r t and we start in libya where fighting between moammar gadhafi is remaining voiceless and former rebels shows no sign of letting up 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 of what missing battles in the few remaining pockets of violence it's thought the ousted libyan 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 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 gadhafi back in power. and months off to tripoli fell into rebels hands those who backed the old regime remain defiant 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 for moammar in the memoir even if we have to give our lifes. seven support for the ousted leader does salt once they see our camera and people there. like one with a weird television how could you tell the camera why. it's the same situation with others two. hundred percent dude 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 where the war room or 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 the head of the national transitional council

libya's new authority arrives in the capital before a large crowds even libyans in no doubt about who's really. those who don't support mr fahd 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. have. it off it is effectively gone then you also have settled down here in the capital tripoli people are chanting that is free country but it seems that there is a police one thing that still remains of all the beer 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 arrest us of course money or enough. 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 killings to intimidate through fear of their homes are covered in blogs and misty international has recently accused both gadhafi regime and the one which replaced it of committing war crimes including killings and torture of military prisoners and civilians theories are being felt by some here

that more his in-store. raef notion r.t. tripoli libya washington was quick to support the revolutions in libya and egypt as a democratic expression of free will and there is now a clamor for syria's regime to step down to that as artie's get education 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 even though iran is not an arab country the arab spring to spread to absolutely. and i think in many ways it's a matter of time before that kind of change. and revolution occurs in the law and under the umbrella of 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 syria to talk and end the bloodshed while america is blaming assad alone i think assad stays just like the darfur number and let's hope that washer assad 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 next to 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 would 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're very uneasy this is about people aspiring for freedom and that's what the libyan people have just achieved oh 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 in 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 and control in these countries let's look at how things have been in the control departments. far idjit thousands protest against the us backed military there that still in power last week objections stormed beasts really embassy and rage by the killings of five egyptian border guards in leave you're watching to see what is little ship is taking over but the country is at risk of plunging into

a 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 herb spring to fulfill its long time goals but the fear is it might end up getting the opposite of what it wishes for an undermining the whole region i'm going to check our reporting from washington r.t. . the syrian leadership says it's committed to political reforms that peaceful change members of russia's upper house of parliament are on a fact finding mission in syria and have talks with president assad moscow who also hosts 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. and 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 on polish soil follow separate deal sealed this week for romania and turkey who also agreed to host sections of the system but 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 nato declined peace campaigner bruce kenya all says the sister represents america's plans to boost its influence in the region. 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 coming years as well as nato expansion throughout. 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 pocono the us is deploying patriot missile defense systems on your i y. and so this is clearly about trying to control the contain both russia and china. well there's a lot more to come for you this hour including the middle east first nuclear power plant iran rushing 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 while italy

looks forward to major budget cuts one the world community with the nation's financial difficulties has decided to go it alone. 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 under solve the issue 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 f.s.b. officer fanatical in london in two thousand and six but david cameron and dimitri medvedev agreed that the case should not hold back the partnership dr patrick follicles worked extensively in science and technology projects between the u.k. adding russia sees a real potential. 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. british involvement is going to be absolutely key in terms of developing companies developing and helping russian high tech businesses expand outside russia into markets in europe russia remains a kind of ally of the weather up calling is an 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 that i think is really key to the interesting future that. russia has in store in this whole area tensions in northern kossovo have been stoked after serbs set up barricades at two disputed border posts

they're angry at the deployment of e.u. and kosovo customs officials on the frontier which was previously under-served control of all boats top negotiator call for calm urging all sides to seek a diplomatic solution artists are for this near one of the seas 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 that's been working here at the border points with you like they go there bob wire fence is out 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 of the men 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 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 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 filing clashes over the course 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 the serbian ethnic serbians turning out at these barricades but what we've got at the moment is a standoff situation is being called a war of nerves because the base the checkpoints at the barricades is the serbian protesters and then the case full force is at the actual crossing themselves but no one wants to make a move and although the words have been quite diplomatic from what we've heard and based sides those calls for calm and for peace but of course the actions the scene quite different and there still seems to be a lot of hostility between both sides that needs to be resolved r.t. sara for of reporting there are political analysts on excite their pov it says the nato led mission in kosovo 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 the secessionist 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 of course for the independents for years now and they're actually thinking that they're entering the endgame now and there are actually doing a hard push for it right now this week iran's first nuclear power plant went online and 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 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 a charge tehran repeatedly denied political scientists are before told that the university of london told r.t. that without evidence iran has 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 economic 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 they are scored a big when the snap general election with almost all votes now counted twenty nine percent went to the harmony center party it's the first time russia supporting political group has led the polls says the former soviet state became independent meanwhile speculation is growing that the second third place locked in a rival parties may join 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 air show tragedy as investigators look into how a vintage aircraft lost control and crashed into spectators dozens were injured some critically when the world war two playing a slot into an area in front of the grandstand and it's thought a mechanical fault is to blame but the official why we hasn't yet reached a conclusion a similar incident happened in west virginia when a plane crashed and burst into flames killing apartment. rock obama is the level of raised minimum tax rate in america is who earn 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 raised 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 judge returns from holiday on tuesday the manslaughter says he was in court again on sunday trying to complete the paperwork on their million dollar bail deal the two american hikers were each sentence last month to eight years in prison well they say they mistakenly crossed into iran while hiking in northern iraq. the former international monetary fund chief is to give his first t.v. interview since charges that he attempted to rape a new york hotel maid or dropped. god will appear at a later on a sunday being questioned by a friend of his wife the man resigned as i have had it made after his arrest the case was closed in august because of doubts over his accuser's credibility scott

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 that nine hundred kilometer south stream pipeline will deliver russian gas directly to european households while it took four years for moscow to strike a deal on a struct in the pipeline and now it will take about the same time to build it previous routes ran into trouble over it disputes with transit countries like bell abuse and 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 julia least says 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 three 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 a legally dependent on north african gas or indeed on north sea guess what it's seeking to do is to point a balance between a variety of suppliers delivering gas through variety of routes i'm nobody's disputing good among them variety russian will ease and will continue to be the most important. the greek prime minister has canceled a trip to the u.s. amid the country's worsening debt crisis george papandreou was due to attend the u.n. general assembly and meets with the i.m.f. chief but said that next week was crucial for implementing deficit reducing plants at home this comes as euro zone 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 deadlines and failing to implement reforms quickly enough with the debt in europe spiralling out of control and struggling countries notably italy have been looking for health of the east but one of the hong kong based investment holding company says chinese cash isn't an instant solution and europe needs to solve its own problems. europe's debt problem must be solved by european long. love child. of last resort. china and right europe's. politicians have the. budget deficit by charging future. child care in two thousand and eleven the year. five will be.

several european countries like greece and italy so they got to put how. they have to spend what they have but not spend more than they have to do poor all the stops to gain five nation two can get back into. the situation right now italy has that much choice. just a reminder for all the latest news as well as exclusive photos and video check out our website r.t. dot com here's what's on the line 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 as social networking in jail just find out why dot com. and a british top chef at a popular media personality jamie oliver is bringing his calling area. magazine to russia and you'll find that much more online at r.t.

dot com and on. the scene of chernobyl nuclear disaster may not see what appealing tourist destination but adventurers are flocking to prove otherwise twenty five years after the world's worst nuclear accident that they exclude still pulls in thousands of tourists looking for a truly unique experience. or ports from ukraine the hazardous holidays are costing more than a little local trouble. these cars were once heavily affected by nuclear radiation the radiator for a different reason or an exhibition in. the clear rubble. over the years the 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 first post-apocalyptic experience looking at the exhibition here has not been enough. and there is an

adventurous to turn it into the contaminated zone around should know bill 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 a former resident of the ghost town of pretty bad 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. to see what an apocalypse could look like kind of you are so meant to feel the history but of course 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 i mean that'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 another healthy profit every tourist to the zone has been paying around one 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 and money is all 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 but. 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 the area has acceptable

levels of radiation that's why we can use these large unoccupied spaces to build solar and wind power stations and even grow by a little later where the emergencies ministry has now filed a lawsuit in a bid to resume tours through 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. sea reporting from kiev and should not go in ukraine. well to stay. with us here on our team coming up the first part of our special report on how war impacts the environment for a certain matter of the week's top stories that's after a short break. in

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welcome back here's a recap of the latest new sound the week's top stories on our t.v. rebel forces fired on against gadhafi loyalists saying at the same progress it's one of his last fall bolster the city of sirte but many in the capital tripoli say they're now living in fear of so-called freedom fighters. washington launches its missile defense plans into eastern europe and it will be a near turkey and poland has signed up to most of us feel that moscow rate security concerns and calls for urgent. moscow and london agree differences a shouldn't stop of doing business during the first trip by a u.k. leader to russia in six years multi-million dollar contracts for silda during david cameron's visit. tensions between the serbia and kosovo reach boiling point as disputed border posts.