in the. tonight's headlines anti kadafi forces continue their onslaught on the loyalist towns but as archie discovers in tripoli some are living in fear of those who supposedly liberated the country. and in the other big news of stories of the week the u.s. launches its european missile defense plans as three countries signed up to host parts of the system russia strongly objects to the proposed deployment calling it a threat to national security. agreeing to disagree london and moscow put aside their political differences to focus on business during the first visit by a british prime minister to russia in six years. and in kosovo that tension is rising after first you know seized two border checkpoints trucking outrage with the

local serbs claiming their rights are being violated by kosovar albanians. recapping the top stories of the week this is r t live from moscow glad to have you with us in libya fighting between moammar gadhafi remaining while lists and former rebels shows no sign of letting letting up troops loyal to the ousted leader have launched fresh attacks on the town of bani walid they are using a mortars into snipers to target the opposition fighters meanwhile anti could off the forces are making slow progress on another stronghold cut off his hometown seared hundreds of civilians have been caught up in the crossfire with battles continuing in the few remaining pockets but as artie's marouf emotional reports there are those who already want to see the ousted leader. a month

after tripoli fell into rebels' hands those who backed the old regime remain defiant but fearful. and part 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 momar even if we have to give our own lives. seven support for the ousted leader dissolves once they see our camera it was a. like it was a weird feeling is how could you tell the camera why. it's the same situation with others two. hundred percent good we don't want this revolution we don't know the rebels we want them to go away. we are on television so we're going to tell the camera no no thanks the right need from the camera they will send the bullet to my room the criminals you don't know them you call them the rebels ok

guys do you remember enough the black guy he was arrested a few days ago after hearing hearing on t.v. don't do that you say you slogans peaches. the rebels were out celebrating again this week when the head of the national transitional council in his new authority to rise in the capital before large crowds even libyans in no jobs about who's ruling out. those who don't support mr harper's only and who we used to see all across the city proudly waving green flags just weeks ago thanking dollface now trying not to leave their own backyards here there. right. with. your very. eyes. that africa is effectively gone then you also have settle 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 beer fear. one youngster finally agrees to talk to her husband 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 who says i'm in favor of gadhafi they can kill us and the rest of us of course running around the fire them as the nineteen year old says many of his friends have been arrested recently for making critical statements about a 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 down in libya rebel street only represent themselves not the libyan people of this revolution started with killings to intimidate through the fear of their harley's are covered in blogs and list international has recently

accused both darpa's regime and the one which replaced it of committing crimes including killings and torture of military prisoners and civilians these are being held by some here that's more is in store reflection r t tripoli libya libya's national transitional council was granted a seat at the u.n. earlier this week the united nations that new resolution easy sanctions imposed during the khadafi regime and promised assistance and rebuilding the country and as james gonzalo middle east analyst thinks libya's new authorities will face a hard time trying to restore order. it's a really dangerous scenario it's similar to what happened in iraq in the fall of baghdad a very weaponized society people with post matter weapons in their homes as well as the looting of large scale military grade. our b. g.'s mortars and even materials and components of potential chemical weapons this

is a very dangerous and considering the numbers of groups operating in libya at present and the fluid nature of the situation so i believe that the transitional national council their first job is of course to finish off the fighting in the areas that are still holding out that afi their second job is to give themselves legitimacy by taking the electoral cycle in under undergrad and her job really is to prevent weapons preparation across the country that's a very difficult job. to syria now where the leadership of the country says it's committed to political reforms and peaceful change members of russia's upper house of parliament on a fact finding mission in syria and i've had talks with president assad last week moscow hosted the country's opposition leaders the kremlin insists that the conflict in syria should be resolved without external involvement and international pressure previously russia rejecting calls from the u.s. and the region assad to step down saying he should be given more time to push through reforms and type government demonstrations flared up in march with at least

two thousand six hundred people reportedly killed in clashes analyst michel chossudovsky says the russian faces a tough task in syria with the opposition extremely diverse of. any kind of military intervention in syria immediately leads to a scenario escalation and this is so big which hopefully will be addressed by the russian delegation in its discussions with the syrian authorities well first of all we must clarify well so is the opposition this is not positioned within the syrian civil society which operates within the called wise of the law which has also dialogue with the goldmans and then there's an insurgency which is so funded and supported point both sides forces. this is launched the integrated point is that it's it's a job but it's a lapis as well as muslim brotherhood. and consequently this insurgency

is there to destabilize create a pretext for responsibility to protect nato intervention. in syria. moscow has reiterated its a 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 or. calling for urgent talks with nato saying the u.s. program is stuck in the past plans for putting missiles on polish will follow separate deals sealed with this week with romania and turkey who also agreed to host sections of the system and u.s. insists it's designed to counter a possible attack from states from uganda and north korea but russia sees the plans as a direct threat to its security proposed building a joint children scare and suggestion that nato declined asia times correspondent pepe escobar says the shield isn't aimed at keeping iran in check because it poses

no threat to. some of the best strategists military strategists in the world very russia and they know that he run first of all they don't have to catholic religious to attack iran even if he wanted to number two he may be a very hard core region but they're not suicidal so this excuse a guest. or a gives their family from a part of the west is absolutely ridiculous and do you know it's these if the shoe 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 poles and what they saw most of their products in the case of china. many more of the week's top stories still to come this hour including the launch of iran's first nuclear power plant. built by russia it is the

first operational nuclear power station in the region and is already working in forty percent of capacity. and. tired of the public spending cuts in italy the mayor of one italian town has unilaterally declared independence from rome and chose to go it alone. and u.k. and russia looked 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 fs b. officer alexander need to be in the ngo in london in two thousand and six for david cameron and the dmitri medvedev agreed to the case should not hold back their partnership dr patrick fuller who has worked extensively in science and technology projects between the u.k. and russia sees real potential. russians so he can look first steps in

establishing the new business center at skolkovo establishing what is going to be i suppose a kind of silicon valley where. british involvement is going to be absolutely key in terms of developing companies developing the business and helping russian high tech businesses expand outside russia into markets in europe russia remains a kind of aladdin's weather out 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 and that i think is really key to the interesting future. russia has in store in this whole area. tensions in northern kosovo have been stoked after

serbs so the barricades that 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 belgrade top negotiator called for calm urging all sides to seek a diplomatic solution archy's itself for reports from near one of the seas checkpoints. you can see the sign put up by full force it's a warning to the ethnics that protest is ok for the nato peacekeeping mission has been working here at the border points with you like they call that both wire fences that they've got the sandbags as well and still a number of protesters that have been staying at the barricade border point 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 the takeover of these control

points they see the essex our 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 violent clashes over the course the making of me to try and take place resulted in the death of a policeman is actually relatively quiet here what we've seen is a huge number of. turning out at these barricades what we've got at the moment it's a standoff situation is a word no checkpoints at the barricades. and then the capel forces at the actual crossing over no one wants to make a move and although the words being quite diplomatic from what we've heard on base side those calls for calm and for peace but of course the actions these seem quite different than this seems to be a lot of hostility between both sides that needs to be resolved. first reporting for us there now. first nuclear power plant the only facility of its

kind in the middle east completed with russia the point is expected to reach for energy generating capacity by the end of the year. the plant will be working under its close supervision and all the spent fuel will be shipped back to russia for reprocessing western nations have repeatedly. press concerned that iran's nuclear program is aimed at developing an atomic bomb a charge to deny us political scientist. from the university of london told r.t. that according to all the evidence iran has the right to carry on with its peaceful nuclear program. we have now a decades long standoff between iran and the west. 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 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. a new 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. in the lobby of party backed by the large russian community there's scored a big win and it's not a general election with almost all votes now counted twenty nine percent want to be harmony central party it is the first time

a russia supporting political group has led the polls since the former soviet state became independent meanwhile speculation is growing that the second and third place a lot of you know rival parties may join forces to keep a russian the winner from power about one third of the country's population are russian speakers but many are not citizens and have no voting rights. more news making the headlines for you tonight. at least sixteen people have been killed after a strong earthquake struck northern parts of india and neighboring appall 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 roads were blocked and power was cut off across the region. strauss kahn has given his first t.v. interview since charges of attempted rape against a new york hotel maid were dropped from

a former international monetary fund chief was questioned on a french gentleman by an interview worth it was a friend of his wife he insisted that the hotel encounter did not involve violence but admitted a moral failing on his part. resigned as i.m.f. head in may after he was arrested but the case of fell apart in august overbalances accuser was credible. security forces have opened fire on protesters in the yemeni capital killing at least twelve and wounding dozens of reports say over one hundred people were gathered near the state t.v. building and government offices when troops along with snipers on the grooves started shooting witnesses say many of the dead and injured have her with wounds in the head face and chest it was the first significant crackdown of reads on the daily protests demanding president. stepped out. in the u.s. investigators are looking into how a vintage aircraft lost control and crashed into spectators at in nevada air show killing 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 it's not a mechanical fault is to blame but the official inquiry has yet to reach a conclusion less than twenty four hours later in west virginia another world war two veteran crashed killing the pilot. the release of two u.s. hikers convicted of spying in iran it has been postponed until a second judge ruling on but case comes back from holiday remains a lawyer was in court again this sunday trying to complete paperwork for their million dollar bail release americans were sentenced to eight years in prison last month after crossing into northern iraq and they say they crossed the border by stand against. the greek prime minister has canceled a trip to the u.s. as his country's debt crisis worsens georgia pop and drew was due to attend the u.n. general assembly and meet the chief on the international monetary fund but he says

he needs to stay home and deal with greece's debt and deficit eurozone leaders decided to wait until october before the ruling on whether to release the next eight billion euro bailout package for three despite a recently announced property tax athens is being criticized for missing a series of deadlines and failing to implement reforms quickly enough to agree greece says without help it only has enough cash to survive until mid october but financial journalist johan van overtveldt says the only way to rebuild its shattered economy is to leave the euro. and the greek economy is in an outright depression the g.d.p. is shrinking at the moment seven to eight percent on an annual basis unemployment is officially at sixteen percent with you. 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 free currency i think we have passed the point now where we can argue that we can safe release within the eurozone greece will ask the let's see if we 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 cortical maybe ireland and of course i'm not even mentioning here that would be an enormous problem down through strong spain meanwhile italy's parliament has approved fifty four billion euro of cuts to try and keep europe's third largest economy afloat a package includes changes to pensions slashing government spending and a new tax on the rich but as ivor bennett discovered there is one town that isn't willing to take it lying down. welcome to philistine a small town in the middle of italy it also claims to be an independent

principality and to prove it it's even started printing its own money the man on a new note says town mayor lucas a lhari now self-proclaimed prince i guess everyone dreams of being a prince when you're a little boy and so did i now i get to live that dream. going solo in protest over government plans to slash council funding he wants small towns to merge having a number of local authorities with a population of just six hundred billion teano and it's a mayor of a chop. that's a terrible idea because it makes or if you know examples we have everybody has to be autonomous and besides neighboring towns are at least thirty kilometers away so it's not a practice possible it wouldn't even save that much money regional administration to do nothing when he should get rid of them instead of italy's in debt one hundred

twenty percent of g.d.p. the second highest in europe but he leans a 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 the term and 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 aren't legal tender they just souvenirs but the plan is for two theory to be worth one euro and for this to be the only currency they can be spent in the shops and restaurants their business is always been so. in the sleepy town shopkeepers hope the new money will bring new cash.

but yeah we are 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 me peoples of the town. far from being a p.r. stunt filipino means business and berlusconi knows it he's visiting the town later this month to stave off the rebellion and he'll have a fight on his hands realty knows the source of rome's water supply and demand is threatening to cut it off if he doesn't get what he wants given it's. still it's a no it's a leak. if you're looking for more in-depth coverage and other exclusive content from russia and abroad are to dot com is the place to be here's what's online for you right now. the highest award for the deepest voices up and coming russian baritones and basses take the top prize at the leading operatic conference contest

a loss of. life behind bars or for some end of money spinner for others to find out why private prisons in the u.s. we love having a full house about a whole lot more right here on our q dot com. you might not consider a chair a noble and ideal holiday destination but hordes of travelers go there looking for adventure twenty five years after the world's worst atomic accident exclusion zone calls and thousands of tourists looking for a truly unique experience and as artie's alexy reports from ukraine the 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 rubble 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 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 it contaminated zone around chernobyl 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 prepared has been organizing these tours for several years he told us that visitors are always fascinated by what they see overall their motivations for making the trip have always varied. so critical you can you people have different reasons. somewhere to see what an apocalypse could look like or a crowd of you 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 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 an unhealthy profit every tourist to his own has been paying around a hundred u.s. dollars to do so equating to a multi-million dollar revenue every year was. weirs the ministry to inform the government of every dollar earned by the strips and we know that a lot of money is only what we have no idea in whose pockets it ended up being why not put the money into the budget and use it to solve the sills problems but. the ministry is defined it says it stuck by the law it claims these troops are a parts a way of educating the world on how to avoid such disasters which are nobody's own

will never again be inhabited but experts say it could still serve other purposes such as the utility contamination procedures and most have the areas acceptable levels of radiation that's why we can use these large unoccupied spaces to build solar and wind power stations and even grow biophilia. 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 forty from kiev and should normal in ukraine. seems like a lovely destination. for a vacation i'll be back in a moment with a recap of the headlines and our review of the week stay with r.t. .

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