the full government tells the real brunt the crew me to choose to feel the montagu to tell the world the ruben's hotel for. tonight's headlines and to get a few fighters say they're gaining ground on one of the libyan leader's last stronghold but in the capital tripoli many say it's those claiming to fight for freedom they fear right now we've got the latest from our one of the other big stories of the week washington fires up its missile defense plans for eastern europe with three countries signed up for how the american markets now russia's repeating it security concerns and calls for urgent talks. getting down to brass tacks moscow in london the greek differences shouldn't stop in doing business with multibillion dollar contracts sealed during the first visit by u.k. leader in six years. and ethnic tension between serbia and breakaway kosovo reaches boiling point is disputed border posts are seized by casa the forces.

watching the weekly artie's roundup of the day's news in the main stories from the week with me kevin zero in this morning it's now midnight here in moscow in libya fighting between more mcguffey's remaining loyalists and former rebel shows no sign of letting up and take it off the forces say they're making progress into the city of sirte one of the colonels remaining strongholds but they're 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 in hiding in one of those several perceived cities meantime in the capital tripoli the fall of the rebels a month ago there's some sign of improvement but as artie's mayor from national found there are those who already want the u.-turn and the secret back in power.

and months after the treat will be felling to rebels hands those who backed the old regime remain defiant it's 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 one even if we have to give our lives. seven support for the ousted leader it is solved once they see our camera interview with their. like one with a weird family how could it tell them. 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 to tell the camera no no thanks upright front of the camera they will send the bullet to my

head we're. all the criminals we don't know them you call them the rebels hey guys do you remember the black guy he was arrested a few days ago after here appearing on t.v. don't do that you flags new slogans news pages. the rebels were out celebrating again this week when the head of the national transitional council libya's new authority a rise in the capital before large crowds even libyans in no doubt about who's really. those who don't support mr fogg 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. right. but when. you. have. the government 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 old libya 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 and for. them the nineteen year old says many of his friends have been arrested recently for making critical statements about your 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 men timidly through fear of their hearts

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. the syrian leadership says it's committed to political reforms would please for change meantime members of russia's upper house of parliament on a fact finding mission there and for talks with president assad who is also host of the country's opposition leaders last week says the syrian should resolve the crisis themselves without external involvement or international pressure i think of the demonstrations flared up in march and at least two thousand six hundred people have reportedly been killed in clashes since then moscow wants the u.n. to take action to push all sides towards dialogue russia rejected calls from the u.s. and the e.u. wording assad to step down saying should be give more time to push through from one

to analyst shelters gosbee told me the russian delegation faces a tough task in syria right now but the opposition being extremely versatile for. any kind of military intervention in syria immediately. escalation this is something which hopefully will be addressed by the russian delegation it's the scotians with the syrian authorities well first of all we must clarify what is the opposition there's an opposition within the syrian civil society which operates within book called ploys of the law which has also dialogue with the government and then there's an insurgency which is funded and supported by outside forces. this is largely integrated by islam it's just it's a joke but this as well as muslim brotherhood. and consequently this

insurgency is there to destabilize and create a pretext for responsibility to protect to intervention in syria. reiterated steep concern over america's plans to place parts of its missile defense shield in poland some of which could be in place by twenty eighteen russians calling for urgent talks with nato saying. the u.s. program is stuck in the past plans of putting missiles on polish soil fall a separate deal sealed this last week with romania and turkey who also agreed to host sections of the system the u.s. insists this isn't the kind of possible attack from states such as iran and north korea but russia sees the plans as a direct threat to its security and a proposed bill in a joint shield instead that's a suggestion eight of the plane pierre hurlers a professor of political science is based in paris it also thinks america 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 its nice size did not reach could not reach western europe i think this takes up surely political washington probably wants to reassure its former satellite countries that so you know so it's a political move but hardly a military necessity and also considering the state to the u.s. economy i don't think it's a wise move in financial terms one of the had this reset policy would brush at least he was achieving something corporation with russia and key issues but this new deployment is aware of antagonizing russia which is going to turn into maybe some kind of new arms race which is. not only because the effectiveness of that shield is problematic a duffle 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. there are many more of the week's top stories still to come including the launch of iran's first nuclear power plant the rush to share facilities already working at forty percent of capacity but it's said to go full speed ahead by the end of the year because the latest details on that for you. while italy look forward to major budget cuts one sleepy rural community fed up with the nation's financial difficulties has decided to go it alone we sent a report of their top of story. 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 on resolve 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 sowed over the murder of former f.s.b. officer alexander litvinenko here in london back in two thousand and six but david cameron to me to redevelop agreed that that case should not hold back their partnership now patrick fflick has worked extensively in france to take the lead

from projects between the u.k. and russia he says he feels sees real potential. russia has taken the first steps in establishing the new business center at skolkovo establishing what is going to be i suppose a kind of silicon valley there and british involvement in that is going to be absolutely key in terms of developing companies developing business and helping russian high tech businesses expand outside russia into markets in europe russia remains a kind of allow the ins whether at all kinds of interesting things to be the legacy of the soviet research institutes are 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 but i think is really key to the interesting future but what

russia has in store in this whole area tensions nor the cost of a. set of barricades had to disputed border posts they're angry at the deployment of e.u. and kosovo customs officials on the front which is previously under the control well a great top negotiator called for car merging all sides to seek a diplomatic solution i think sarah firth is near one of those seas checkpoints. you can see the sign by the cable forces it's a warning to the ethnics protesters ok for the nato peacekeeping mission that's been working here at the border points with you like they call that volved wire fences up to go to 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 ethnic said population here in the north as an extension of kristina's control over the disputed territory now amid concerns of a repeat of what we saw in july when violent clashes over the course of the government making of me to try and take this place resulted in the death of a policeman it's actually been 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 of the checkpoints of the barricades is the serbian protesters and then the cable forces at the actual crossing themselves ok no almost to make a move and although the words have been quite diplomatic from what we've heard in place side those calls the calm and for peace but of course the actions these seem quite different and there still seems to be a lot of hostility between both sides that needs to be resolved. so first this week

iran's first nuclear power plant went on line the only facility was kind in the middle east the russian built reactors are now working a forty percent capacity and should be at full power by december moscow says it will continue providing health and fuel for the plant until around takes full control in twenty fifteen western nations of all the word there but the country's atomic program claiming it's a cover for making nuclear bombs that's a charge to round repeatedly denied political scientists tell a fatality jad from the university of london told r.t. that without evidence iran has as much right to peaceful nuclear energy as any other nation. and we have now a decades long standoff between iran and the west and over the iranian nuclear program this has been very hyped up. the nuclear issue for political reasons in order to be able to garner support or put pressure on iran if you cannot control or influence a country you might go for isolation and weakening of the country in the best way

to do that is through economic sanctions canonic sanctions if we just listen to the most authoritative source when it comes to analyzing the iranian nuclear program which is the international atomic energy agency and if we read their reports we see that there is no evidence for any weaponization and also this is confirmed by numerous. 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. in latvia a party about one of the large russian community there scored a big win in the snap general election with almost all the votes now counted twenty one percent went to the harmony center party is the first time a russia supporting political groups led the poll since the former soviet state had independent people speculations growing at the second and third place latvian rival

parties may now join forces to try to keep a pro russian winner from power about a third of the country's population of russian speakers but many of the i have no voting rights and did not citizens. one is making headlines tonight at least sixteen people have been killed after a strong earthquake struck northern parts of india and neighboring nepal among those with three people crushed when a british embassy compound wall collapsed in nepal dozens of others were injured jumping from windows during that quake several buildings came down roads were blocked and power was cut off across the region but. the express card has given his first t.v. interview since charges of attempted rape against a new york hotel maid were dropped the former international monetary fund chief was questioned on a french channel by an interviewer is a friend of his wife insisted the hotel encounter did not involve violence but admitted a quote moral failing on his part stroh's can resign desire meth head in may after he was arrested but the case then fell apart in august over doubts his accuser was

credible. security forces fire on protesters in the yemeni capital killing at least twelve and wounding dozens reports several hundred people were gathered near the state t.v. building and government offices when troops along with snipers on the roofs started shooting when it is said many of the dead and injured had bullet wounds to their head face and chest it was the first significant crackdown in weeks on with daily protests demanding that president saleh step down. in the united states of westgate is looking into how vintage aircraft lost control and crashed into spectators in a virus ship killing dozens of others are injured some critically when the world war two plane slammed into an area in front of the main grandstand on saturday it's thought of mechanical fault to play with you fish an inquiry has yet to reach its conclusion it's been a bad luck week two less than twenty four hours later in west virginia another world war two plane crashed killing the pilot. police of two u.s.

hikers convicted of spying in iran has been postponed until a second judge ruling on the case comes back from holiday events lawyer was in court again on sunday though try the complete paperwork for the million dollar bail release the americans reached sentenced to eight years in prison last month after crossing into northern iraq for their part they say they crossed the border by mistake. the greek prime minister's canceled a trip to the united states as his country's debt crisis worsens george carlin driver was due to attend the u. n. general assembly and meet the chief of the international monetary fund but he says you know needs to stay home to deal with greece's deficit euro zone leaders decided to wait until october before ruling on whether to release the next eight billion euro bailout package for greece despite a recently announced property tax athens has been criticized for missing a series of deadlines and failing to implement reforms quickly enough he says without e.u. help it's only got enough cash to survive until mid october but financial journalists you're an overdeveloped says the only way to rebuild that shattered

economy is to leave the euro. the greek economy is in an outright depression now keep shrinking at the moment at seventy eight percent on an annual basis unemployment is officially at sixteen percent but in reality it's more close to twenty five percent what we hear from people from the i.m.f. informally is that the budget situation is out of control so there's no way that greek and greece can escape from this situation unless there's a somewhat orderly exit from the eurozone followed by a huge devaluation of the new greek currency i think we have passed the point now where we can argue that we can see from greece within the euro zone greece will ask let's see if it can be organized in an orderly way but the risk is of course that there will be contagion in the direction of countries like for example portugal maybe islands and of course i'm not even mentioning here that would be an enormous

problem countries like spain who are italy's parliament approved fifty four billion euro of cuts to try and keep europe's third largest economy afloat the package includes changes to pension slashing government spending and a new tax on the rich but i was going to discover there's one town that is not willing to take it lying down. welcome to filipino a small town in the middle of italy but also claims to be an independent principality and to prove it it's even started printing its own money the man on the new note says town mayor lucas a lhari now self-proclaimed prince i guess everyone dreams of being a prince when they're a little boy and so did i now i get to live that dream filipinos going solo in protest over government plans to slash council funding he wants mall towns to merge having the number of local authorities with

a population of just six hundred village tino and its mayor of the shop but. it's a terrible idea because it makes no economic sense we have everything here to be autonomous and besides the neighboring towns are at least thirty kilometers away so it's not practically possible it wouldn't even save that much money most regional administrations do nothing we should get rid of them instead italy's in deep shit one hundred twenty percent of g.d.p. the second highest in europe but unions are furious with the cuts accusing the government of punishing those already at their poorest even some of silvio berlusconi's own allies now oppose them with amendments piling up but filipinos fed up determined to be the next san marino a constitutional republic within italy that has no national debt a rare thing in europe the methinks the town can live off its natural resources of wood and water but currently profits go to private companies there are

constitutional hurdles but since autonomy is not illegal it could just be a matter of time at the moment these notes on legal tender just souvenirs but the plan is to theory to be worth one euro and for this to be the only currency they could be spent in the shops the restaurants here the. this is always been slow in this sleepy town but shopkeepers hope the new money will bring new cash. i'm sure that once we start using the new currency the economic situation here will significantly improve it will have a positive effect on tourism of course attracting more people to the town. far from being a p.r. stunt to latino means business and berlusconi knows it he's visiting the town later this month to stave off the rebellion but he'll have a fight on his hands filipinos a source of rome's water supply and that mayor is threatening to cut it off if he

doesn't get what he wants i've given it r.t. filipino italy well if you're looking for more in-depth coverage of all the stories we've got here why not take a look at our web site r t dot com plenty there for russia as well think of living stories facebook may soon do more than just hold back product of a deal at work rushing through this is the u.s. one lawmaker is they're considering a bill that could land social networking fans in jail could affect us all many of us on facebook we're dealing with that thing on our website. also. called mary fair top british t.v. chef jamie oliver bringing this is their food bible the jamie magazine the russian with a unique twist of local flavor want to have that. palatable we'll find it again one of the prospects for it r.t. dot com the cost of getting there our you tube channel. if you want to consider chernobyl an ideal holiday destination but hordes of travelers do

go there looking for adventure twenty five years after the world's worst atomic accident the exclusion zone pulls in thousands of tourists looking for a truly unique experience as art is alexia a jet ski reports now from ukraine the hazardous holiday is of course it was on a little trouble too. these cars were once heavily affected by nuclear radiation now the radiator for a different reason part of an exhibition in key of did it catered to the clear up of the one 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 markets 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 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 girls down of pretty eyes has been organizing eastwards for several years he told us that this there is are always fascinated by what they see although all their motivations for making the trip have always varied. talk to . you people have different reasons for. someone to see what an apocalypse could look like for someone to feel the history. of their childhood like the atmosphere of the soviet union has been preserved but for me it's more important not why they come here but what effect it has on them. but since june that this radioactive tourism has been suspended the prosecutor general's office conducted checks and ruled that the emergencies ministry had growth in the all these trips as well as making i don't know healthy profit every

tourist to his own has been playing around a hundred us dollars to do so equating to a multi-million dollar revenue every year. we urge the ministry to inform the governments of every dollar earned by these trips we know that a lot of money only we have no idea in whose pockets it ended up why not put the money into the budget and use it to sort the problems. the ministry is defined as it stuck by the law it claims these troops are a vital way of educating the world on how to avoid such disasters which are not bills only will never again be inhabited but experts say it could still serve other purposes but 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 are the emergencies ministry has now filed a lawsuit in

a bid to resume tourist to 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 with integrate remains very much open. alexy russia ski r.t. reporting from kiev and to normal in ukraine. the audience had a rough. more than the money's worth when a debate on the financial crisis ended up in a fistfight two super rich tycoon kind of blows after difference of opinion right here we go this is billionaire so good there is a recording of a discussion from one of russia's main channels and this is alexander the great the owner of the british newspapers when he punched the other one saying it was defending himself thought he was going to be attacked first just moments earlier seen as a falsely told they're going to quote come to the place close it is literally a level of anger really stood up as the other prisoners want to tend to the car loans later attacking him punching polaski twenty seven sprawling from the chair

this. t.v. channel which posted the programs preview on its website splendid broadcast the show sunday night's all because most of you. ok here rather more can see it simply had to say on this channel shortly we'll hear why cultural heritage is increasingly falling prey to social unrest around the world our latest interview coming up shortly about that though my name is kevin just before that program about the week's headlines in a few moments here on r.t. international from moscow.

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