you're watching the weekly artie's roundup of the day's news in the main stories of the week with me kevin o. into night it's now nine pm here in moscow and first in libya fighting between moamar gaddafi is remaining loyalists and former rebel shows no sign of letting up and to get a few forces say they're making progress into the city of sirte one of the colonels remaining strongholds but meeting heavy resistance hundreds of civilians have been caught up in the crossfire with battles continuing in a few remaining pockets it's thought the ousted libyan leader who still on the run and has vowed to die in his country could be hiding in one of several perceived cities meanwhile the capital tripoli that fell the rebels a month ago shows some signs of improvement but his party is rigged for months now reports the reverse of already want to u.-turn and see gadhafi back in power. 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 memoir even if we have to give our own life's. fervent support for the ousted leader does solve once they see our camera in there. like the one with a weird television how could it tell the camera why. it's the same situation with others to. go if he's hundred percent good we don't want this revolution we don't know the rebels we want them to go away. we are from television so we couldn't tell it on camera no no thanks a 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 a rise in the capital before large crowds even libyans in no doubt about who's really out of. the 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 there is. it off it is effectively gone then you also have several 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 remain. 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 our opinion if we see something in favor of gadhafi they can kill us and arrest 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 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 of their homes 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 roof notion r t tripoli libya. where washington was quick to support the revolutions in libya in egypt as a democratic expression of free world and there's now a clamor of syria's regime to step down too and that is r.t. is going to if you can report 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 could 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 if 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 our side alone i think. just like the darfur number and let's hope that by sure 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 eject thousands protest against the us backed military there that still in power last week objections stormed peace really embassy enraged by the killing of five egyptian border guards in libya

a washington supported leadership is taking over but the country is at risk of plunging into tribal war theory and 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 and undermining the whole region i'm going to check out reporting from washington r.t. . the syrian leadership says it's committed to a political reforms and peaceful change members of russia's upper house of parliament on a fact finding mission in syria and their talks with president moscow also hosted the country's opposition leaders last week says the syrian should resolve the crisis themselves without external involvement or international pressure 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 the you assad to step down saying you should be given more time to push through reforms. moscow's 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 eight russia is calling for urgent talks with nato the u.s. program is stuck in the past plans for putting missiles on polish saw follow separate deals sealed this week with romania and turkey who also agreed to host sections of the system the u.s. insists is designed to counter possible attacks from states such as iran and north korea but russia says the plans is a direct threat to its security in the proposed building a joint shield instead that's the suggestion nato has declined. professor of political science based in paris and thinks america's plans could trigger a new arms race. i don't think it's really a military necessity no one really believed that it was a possibility of you ran attacking europe it's myside still not reach could not

reach western europe i think this takes up surely political washington probably wants to reassure the former satellite countries of the soviet union so it's a political move but hardly a military necessity and also considering the state of the us economy i don't think it's a wise move in financial terms when obama had this reset policy of would pressure at least he was achieving something corp russia and key issued but this new deployment is aware of antagonizing russia which is going to turn into maybe some kind of new arms race which is totally pointless not only because the effectiveness of that shield is problematic a double but also because it's going to cost a lot of money and unnecessarily because frankly i don't think iran is in a position to attack anyone in the west. more week's top stories still to come this

hour including at the launch of iran's first nuclear power plant the russians would share for instance the ready working forty percent of capacity and it's set to go full speed ahead by the end of the year we got the latest on that one. and while it's a leap forward a major budget cuts one sleepy rural community fed up with the nation's financial difficulties is decided to go it alone we send reporters there we've got a story. the u.k. and russia look to put differences aside with a visit to the kremlin by british prime minister david cameron this last week leaders of both countries agreed on resolve 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 alexander litvinenko here in london in two thousand and six but david cameron dmitri rivette of agreed the case should not hold their partnership dr patrick fuller two very thankful for science and religion program in the u.k. and russia sees some real potential in. 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 development companies development is this helping russian high tech businesses expand outside russia into markets in europe russia remains a kind of aladdin's cave whether up all kinds of interesting things to be found 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 but. russia has in store in this whole area. tensions north and kosovo

stoked off to serve sort of barricades at two disputed border posts they're angry at the deployment of e.u. and kosovo customs officials on the from too which was previously under control but a great talk negotiator called for calm sides to seek a diplomatic solution in the week or two sort of first went to one of those points 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 has 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 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 population here in the north

as an extension of christina's control over the disputed territory now amid concerns repeat of what we saw in july when filing clashes over the course think of the making of me to try and take this place 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 servants 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 case full force is at the actual crossing themselves but no one wants to make a meal and although the words have been quite diplomatic from what we've heard on base sides there's calls for calm and for peace but of course the actions the scene quite different than there still seems to be a lot of hostility between both sides that needs to be resolved. correspondent. this week iran's first nuclear power plant went on line the only facility of its kind in the middle east the russian built reactors are now working

a forty percent capacity and they say they should be at full power by december moscow says it will continue providing help and fuel for the plant until around and take full control of it in twenty fifteen western nations those belong worried about the country's atomic program claiming it's a cover for making nuclear bombs that's a charge that repeatedly denied political scientist early fertility judge from the university of london told r.t. that without evidence ran out as much right to peaceful nuclear energy as any other nation we have now a decades long standoff between iran and the west and over it 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 and if we just listen

to the most authoritative source when it comes to analyzing the iranian nuclear program which is the international atomic energy agency and if we read their reports we see that there is no evidence for any weaponization and also this is. numerously and on numerous occasions by the u.s. intelligence services and very recently so as well so the world has to face that iran as other developed countries has a nuclear program which is peaceful according. to all the evidence that we have. in latvia a party backed by the large russian community there is scored a big win in a snap general election with almost all the votes now counted twenty nine percent of the harmony center party. came through that it's the first time russia supporting political groups led the polls since the former soviet state became independent mito speculations growing with the second and third place latvian rival parties may join forces to try to keep the pro russian women from power about one

third of the country's population of russian speakers but many are not citizens and they don't have voting rights. more news making headlines tonight at least nine people have been killed after former quake struck more than parts of india and neighboring nepal among those were three people crushed when a british embassy compound wall collapsed in nepal dozens of others were injured jumping from windows during the quake several buildings came down across the region causing widespread power cuts and roadblocks. in the u.s. investigators are looking into how a vintage aircraft lost control and crashed into spectators in the nevada air show it killed nine people dozens of others were injured some critically when the world war two plane slammed into an area in front of the main grandstand on saturday which thought a mechanical force to blame but the official inquiry is yet to reach a conclusion and less than twenty four hours later in west virginia another world war two plane crashed killing the pilot. security forces have opened fire on

protesters in the yemeni capital has killed at least twelve wounded dozens of others reports say over one hundred people were gathered near the state t.v. building and government offices when troops along with snipers on the roof started shooting witnesses say many of the dead and injured have bullet wounds in the head face and chest it was the first significant crack the early weeks of the daily protester money presidents and step that. the release of two u.s. hikers convicted of spying in iran has been postponed now until a second judge ruling on the case comes back from holiday the man's lawyer was in court again sunday trying to complete paperwork for their million dollar bail release the americans were sentenced to eight years in prison last month after crossing into northern iraq and they say they crossed the border by the states. russia and three event e.g. corporations tied up a twenty five billion dollar gas supply contract this week the nine hundred kilometers south stream pipeline will deliver russian gas directly to european households it took four years for moscow to strike the deal to construct the

pipeline and it will take about the same time to build it previous routes run into trouble over disputes with transit countries like better or worse and ukraine the so-called south stream will now carry gas directly into europe avoiding potential conflict with third party nations despite the new deal the energy analyst julian leases 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 its sources of gas supply it doesn't want to be 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 nazi gas what it's seeking to do is to

find a balance between a variety of suppliers delivering gas through variety of routes and nobody is disputing that among that variety russia will ease and will continue to be the most important the great prime ministers cancel the trip to the u.s. or made the countries worsening debt crisis george pub and rare was due to attend the un general assembly and meet with the i.m.f. chief but said next week was now crucial for implementing deficit juicing plans at home this comes as heroes and leaders choose to wait until october before ruling on whether to release the actually billion euro bailout package to greece despite a recently announced property tax athens has been criticized for missing a series of deadlines and failing to implement reforms quickly enough with the debts in europe spiralling out of control struggling countries notably italy about looking for help from the east the france's learn from a hong kong based investment holding company says chinese cash isn't it into the solution and europe needs to solve its of problems. is

europe's debt problem my speech saw by europeans along. of china allows to lend. lend last resort. china right to europe's. politicians have been paying their budget deficits by charging into future so no. you can't charge them in two thousand and eleven the year debt five really catches. several european countries like greece and italy so they've got to put their houses in order they have to spend. what they have not spend more than they have italy has to do all the stops to gain five nation took in the packing to roll over its national. situation now i don't have a italy has that much choice if you're looking for more in-depth coverage of all

the news stories we're showing you here an exclusive content from russian or abroad r.t. dot com is course the place to be our website this is what's online for you tonight a couple stories we picked facebook may soon do more than just hold productivity at work that's because lawmakers are considering a bill that could land social networking fans in jail your facebook fans what do you think about that the web site r t dot com take a look that will interest you i'm sure it will. also top british t.v. chef jamie oliver brings his calorie bible the jayme magazine to russia i was like going to go check out the details and much more naughty dot com i know you choose to. the side of the chernobyl nuclear disaster may not seem the most appealing of tourist destinations to most of us but twenty five years after the world's worst atomic accident the exclusion zone does pull in thousands of tourists looking for a truly unique experience. the reports from ukraine now the hazardous holidays are

causing a little local trouble to 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 up of the nine hundred eighty six chernobyl fallout over the years the chernobyl museum in ukraine's capital kiev has become one of the top tourist attractions especially in april this year when the world marked the twenty fifth anniversary of the disaster but for those craving for the firsthand post-apocalyptic experience looking at the exhibition here has not been enough and there is an adventurous alternative the contaminated zone around should not bill itself over the past decade 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 goes down 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. look. 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 but it was 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 i don't know 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 urge 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 world's problems. 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 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 biofuel there are 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. ski

r.t. reporting from kiev and to normal in ukraine. next to the audience a russian talk show. got a little more than the money's worth one a debate on the financial crisis ended up in a fist fight we got the pictures to super rich tycoons came the close after a difference of opinion looking at what it was saying that alexander lebedev the owner of to finish newspapers to punish fellow billionaire from the county has been put on stage during a discussion from one of russia's main channels now said it was defending himself you thought he was going to be attacked just one of the earlier remarks because control or whatever he wanted to publish it in the face swell or go level of anger stood up as you can see as the other business type of comment of the moment. and. calling into the fair fortune n.t.v. channel which posted the programs preview on its website is planning to broadcast the show on sunday listen for a look at the ratings as well as i have i'm fortunate to carry on.

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no in here tonight from the headlines rebel forces fighting against gadhafi loyalists saying they're making progress into one of his last strongholds the city of sirte but many in the capital tripoli say they're now living in fear of so-called freedom fighters. the other big stories of the week washington launches its missile defense plans into eastern europe with romania turkey and poland signed up to host the u.s. shield but moscow reiterate security concerns and calls for urgent talks. moscow and london agree differences shouldn't stop when doing business during the first trip by paid media here to russia or the six years multi-million dollar contracts were sealed during david cameron's visit. to definite tensions between serbia and breakaway kosovo reach boiling point as disputed border posts is seen as by cossack and forces.