you're watching the weekly artie's round up of the day's news the main stories from the week with me kevin no internet it's now eleven pm here in moscow in libya fighting between mama gadhafi is remaining loyalists and former rebel shows no sign of letting up and they get a few forces say they're making progress into the city of sirte one of the colonel's remaining strongholds but they're meeting heavy resistance hundreds of civilians have been caught up in the crossfire with battles continuing in the few remaining pockets it's thought the ousted libyan leader who is still on the run and has vowed to die in his country could be hiding in one of several cities cities may well become little tripoli that fell the rebels a month ago shows some sign of improvement but as artie's read financial reports that of those who already want a 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. now who will do anything for moammar and the memoir even if we have to give our lifes. fervent support for the ousted leader does solve once they see our camera in there. like one with a weird 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 i couldn't tell it on camera no no thanks to five pm front of the camera they will send the bullet to my well 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 appeared on t.v. don't do that new 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 large crowds leaving 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 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 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 if we see something in favor of gadhafi they can kill us and arrest us of course money or in the future. 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 dark 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 list international has recently accused both conduct his regime and the one which you placed it of committing war crimes including killings and torture of military prisoners and civilians she is are being felt by some here

that more his in-store. reach notion r t tripoli libya. the syrian leadership says it's committed to political reforms and peaceful change members of russia's about the parliament on a fact finding mission to syria and their talks with president assad after hosting the country's opposition in moscow here last week still more about this had to come of their we're joined by michel chossudovsky from the center for research on globalization. to thank speaking r.t. international's could see russia as it is real the western powers are piling pressure on the syrian regime but turning a blind eye or the other side to atrocities by the opposition i mean can russia and its delegation help shed light on what's really going on do you think. well first of all we must clarify well what is the opposition there's an opposition within the syrian civil society which operates within the confines of the law and which has also dialogue with the government and then there's an insurgency which which is

funded and supported by outside forces. this should see is launched the integrated by islamists which is it's a job as this as well as muslim brotherhood and consequently this sea is there to destabilize and create a pretext for. responsibility to protect nato intervention in syria ok what moscow's saying that the syrian should resolve the crisis themselves at least try to without that external involvement or international pressure in any shape or form where it may come do you think the people of syria can manage without western involvement. first of all i think that there's absolutely no justification for any kind of foreign interference modeled on libya. if there is any kind of action to be taken it should be taken against the nato cause which

are interfering in the internal affairs of sovereign countries they have blood on their hands they present themselves as humanitarians with a view to ensuring so-called pro-democracy movements in various countries in this case syria when in fact those forces are largely integrated by terrorists this is well documented i think what is required. in the wake of the russian delegation suspicion is an investigation into the cause as consequences of this insurrection we have information that nato headquarters in brussels and the turkish i come on i fact drawing up plans for that first military step into syria and we also know that nato is back recruiting

just artists to assist them in their pay in these various countries so what you're saying where i guess maybe like to see a repeat of the libyan scenario where that's all played out you think it'll go that way them. well it would not be the libyan cigar you because syria is a country of more than twenty million people it is that the crossroads of all me show oil producers. it's in the heart of the middle east it's surrounded by by other countries and any kind of military intervention in syria immediately leads to a scenario of escalation and this is something which hopefully will be addressed by the. russian delegation in its discussions with the syrian authorities what is on the pentagon's lloyd board from the ninety's is a military campaign directed against syria which inevitably would also trigger

a much broader conflict with the involvement of israel lebanon and possibly even iran because it affects the strategic point of view the road goes through damascus so we're in a very dangerous weather a very dangerous crossroads and hopefully this mission by by the russian up the hosts of the do about it will clarify matters but it should certainly lead to talk getting those countries which just phones ring this insurrection or i mean it but i mean you you put in a very gloomy picture there taken everything you say but you know russia is calling on both sides to talk in syria what you've been saying there isn't any danger that they're going to talk anytime soon though no well the question is there's an opposition within syria which exists within civil society and then there's an insurrection i'll side there's a there's some form of

a national salvation cultural in turkey which doesn't necessarily represent syrian public opinion there are terrorist attacks directed against the christian community and even those in various parts of the country which are well documented syria is a secular society and i think there's a lot of room for progress between the government in opposition forces but this is not what what phone poles have in mind what they want is to d.c. but i so. by funding and supporting and also did some reaction which does not represent a very large sector of syrian public opinion in fact a very small minority ok michelle michelle truesdell ski from the center for research on globalization thanks for joining us on the line tonight from montreal oh very good to get your view on developing news events thank you. moscow's

reiterated his 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's 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 deals sealed this last week with romania and turkey also agreed to host six sections of the system the u.s. insists it's designed to counter possible attacks from states such as a rather north korea but russia sees the plans as a direct threat to its security and had proposed building a joint shield instead that's a suggestion nato has declined asia times correspondent pepe escobar told us the shield isn't a keeping around in check because it poses no threat to the u.s. . some of the best strategists military strategists in the world are in russia and they know that iran first of all they don't have the capital it's just to attack iraq even if they wanted to number two they may be a very hard core regime but they're not suicidal soltis excuse against

ahmadinejad's or against or ayatollah how many from a part of the west is absolutely ridiculous do you know it's basically the sure is against russia. eventually i guess china as well as if china or russia would have any interest in trying to undermine the european union which are excellent markets for bowls and where they sell most of their products in the case of china. pepe escobar there are many more of the week's top stories still to come this hour including the launch of iran's first nuclear power plant the one will be shifted to the really working at forty percent of its capacity and it said to go full speed ahead by the end of the year we got more details on that one for you. and with europe's during a second recession in the face criticism same degree sell its inability to stick to deadlines to keep the bailout money flowing. next though the u.k. and russia looks to put differences aside with

a visit to the kremlin by british prime minister david cameron this week the leaders of both countries agreed 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 f.s.b. officer alexander litvinenko in london in two thousand and six but david cameron and dmitri medvedev agreed the case should not hold back their partnership dr patrick fuller was good to extensively in science and technology projects between u.k. and russia seems 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 is going to be absolutely key in terms of developing countries developing interest is helping the russian high tech business is expand outside russia into markets in europe russia remains

a kind of aladdin's weather 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 hot right. has in store in this whole area. tensions in northern cos of of being stoked after serbs sort of barricades to disputed border posts their own group the deployment of e.u. and kosovo customs officials on the front which was previously known to control both groups talk with called for calm urging all sides to seek a diplomatic solution to syria first is near one of those seas check points this is where she's reporting from there. 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 at the moment but they've made it very very clear that if anyone tries to remove the barricades that they've made that they're willing to defend and there'll be lots more people coming to the defense as well to take a vote of these control points what they see the essex our population here in the north as an extension of prishtina as 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 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 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 bass side those calls the 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. so. 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 at forty percent capacity and the say they should be full by december moscow says it will continue providing help and fuel for the plant until around 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 to round repeatedly denied political scientists to early fertility jad from the university of london told us that without evidence around 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 scored a big win in a snap general election but almost all votes now counted twenty nine percent went to the harmony center party it's the first time a russian supporting political group has led the polls since the former soviet state became independent meanwhile speculations growing that the second and third place latvian rival parties may join forces to keep a pro russian russian women from power about a third of the country's population are russian speakers but many are not citizens and have no voting rights. more news making the headlines now tonight at least sixteen people have been killed after a strong quake struck northern parts of india and neighboring the pole among them were three people crushed when a british embassy compound wall collapsed in nepal dozens of others were injured jumping for windows during the quake several buildings came down roads were blocked and power was cut off across the region. don't expose cards give his first t.v.

interview since charges of attempted rape for against a new york hotel maid were dropped the former international monetary fund chief was questioned on the french channel by an interviewer friend of his wife insisted the hotel encounter did not involve violence but admitted that quote moral failing on his part stress can resign resign meth head in may after he was arrested but the case fell apart in august over doubts his excuse it was credible. security forces opened fire on protesters in the yemeni capital killing at least twelve and wounding dozens reports say over one hundred people were gathered near the state t.v. building and government offices when troops along with snipers on the roofs started shooting witnesses say many of the dead and injured have bullet wounds in the head face and chest but was the first significant crackdown in weeks on the daily protests demanding the president's only step down. in the u.s. investigators are looking into how vintage aircraft lost control and crashed in some interest but take to exhibit

a vibration that nine dead dozens of bodies and injured some critically when the world and playing slammed into an area in front of the main grandstand. it's sort of mechanical for us to play but you fission is yet to reach a conclusion less than twenty four hours later west virginia another world war two plane crashed killing the pilot. release of two u.s. hikers convicted of spying in a random string perspire you know until a second judge ruling on the case comes back from holiday the man's lawyer was in court again though on sunday trying to complete paperwork for their million dollar bail release the americans reach sentenced to eight years in prison last month after crossing into northern iraq and they say they crossed the border by mistake. the greek prime minister has canceled a trip to the us and made his country's debt crisis george public was due to attend the u.n. general assembly and meet with the i.m.f. chief but said next week was crucial for implementing deficit reducing plans at

home this comes as eurozone leaders choose to wait now until october before ruling on whether to release the next eight billion euro bailout package to greece despite the recently announced property tax athens is being criticized for missing a series of deadlines and failing to implement reforms quickly enough with the deaths in europe spiralling out of control struggling countries notably italy a bit looking for help from the east the france's learn from hong kong based investment holding company says chinese cash isn't an instant solution and europe needs to solve its own problems. sprees accuracy is europe's debt problem my speech saw by europeans are long. child lost lend. last resort. china right europe's. politicians have been. budget deficits by charging into the future so no. you can't charge them in two thousand and eleven is the year that debt finally

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 poor all the stops to gain nascent took in the backing to grow it over its national. situation now i don't have a italy has that much choice. you know if you're looking for more in-depth coverage another exclusive content from russia brought r.t. dot com our web site is the place to be online few tonight these stories going a lot of interest from you facebook may soon do more than just hold back productivity and work why we're going through this story i can tell you u.s. lawmakers are considering a bill that could land social networking fans in jail sounds harsh doesn't it follow more r.t. dot com tonight we got the lowdown also top british t.v. chef jamie oliver being businesslike again is going to big business how about one

who brings his color e bible to jamie magazines in russia with a unique twist of local flavor we gauge the prospects for how that might go down at r.t. dot com and on our you tube channel is playing on there as well don't forget. you might not consider the site of the chernobyl nuclear disaster to be an exotic destination but that's exactly the case for hordes of adventurous travelers who do twenty five years after the world's worst atomic accident the exclusion zone pulls in thousands of tourists looking for a truly unique experience and that is a luxury jet ski reports from ukraine that hazardous holidays are causing more than a little local trouble. these cars were once heavily affected by nuclear radiation now the radiator for a different reason part of an exhibition in key of dedicated to the clear 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 to the contaminated zone around should not 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 their motivations for making the trip have always varied. fuck. you people have different reasons. some want to see what an apocalypse could look like. someone to feel the history. which for some 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 it's what effect it has on them. but since june that this radioactive tourism has been suspended the prosecutor general's office conducted checks and ruled that the emergencies ministry had broken the law with these trips as well as making another 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. we were to the ministry to inform the government of every dollar earned by these trips we know that a lot of money has been made but we have no idea in whose pockets it ended up why not put the money into the budget and use it to solve the problems of. 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 and that's why we can use these large unoccupied spaces to build solar and wind power stations and even grow biofuel there 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. ski r.t. reporting from kiev. in ukraine. the audience. talk show got more than the money's worth in a debate on the financial crisis eleven a fistfight two super rich tycoons came to blows after a difference of opinion right this is billion or so people on screen there is a recording of a discussion for the russians main channels and alexander lebedev the owner of two

british newspaper that's him punched it so you defended himself for he was going to be attacked first i just moms earlier polanski had told them that if he wanted to quote punch him in the face of all this he took that literally lifted angrily stood up as the other business going to tell her to calm down moments later. punch yes punching full of support for the school and then the chair of. the m.t.v. channel which posted the programs preview on its website is planning to broadcast the show on sunday night. no comment moving away from conflicts on this channel of course and the surely we travel to southern russia to take in the best of the krasnodar region beautiful place with its curious traditions and unique food dishes too before the remind you of the week's top stories from our review of the week here on r.t. international broadcasting from moscow. wealthy

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