find out what's really happening to the global economy for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune into gaza report on our. tonight's headlines and i get off the forces continued their onslaught on the loyalist towns but as our t.v. discovers interplay some are living in fear of those who supposedly liberated the country. and the other big 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 of objects to the proposed deployment calling it a threat to national security and. agreeing to disagree london and moscow put aside their political differences to focus on business during the first visit by british prime minister to russia in six years. and in kosovo i think tension is rising after pristina sees two border checkpoints sparking outrage with local serbs

claiming their rights are being violated by kosovar albanians. for a one in moscow with a recap of your week's top stories this is r.t. i'm john thomas glad to have you with us in libya fighting between moammar gadhafi remaining loyalists and former rebels show no sign of letting up troops loyal to the ousted leader have launched a fresh attacks on the town of bani walid they're using mortars and snipers to target the opposition fighters meanwhile anti coughing forces are making slow progress at another stronghold his hometown of seer hundreds of civilians have been caught up in the crossfire with battles continuing in few remaining pockets as archies marie financial reports there are those who already want to see the house that leader back in power. and month 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 moammar even if we have to give our lives . seven support for the ousted leader to solve once they see our camera and believe there. was a weird television how could a telephone camera while. it's the same situation with the others to. his hundred percent good we don't want this revolution we don't know the rebels we want them to go away like hell television without going to the real camera no no thanks right gave her the camera they will send the food to my room 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 hearing hearing on t.v.

don't do that you said you slogans new speeches. the rebels were out celebrating again this week when they had as a national transitional council a business authority arise 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 packing khadafi now trying not to leave their own backyards here there. the old i. was. here the rest. of. it after it is effectively gone when you're thirty years 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 they've been fear. one youngster finally agrees to talk to her because tripoli is now on the control of the national transitional council and we don't feel we have freedom to talk or to express an opinion to say something in favor of gadhafi they can kill us and arrest us of course minor enough for. the nineteen year old says many of his friends have been arrested recently for making critical statements about the 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 slain though that may be the rebels they only represent themselves not the libyan people this revolution started with killings to intimidate through fear of their highs are covered in blogs amnesty international has recently accused both darpa's regime and the one which replaced it of committing war crimes including

killings and torture of military prisoners and civilians theories are being felt by some here but more is in store reef notion r.t. tripoli libya. 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 are on a fact finding mission in syria and have had talks with president assad last week moscow hosted the country's opposition leaders the kremlin insists the conflict in syria should be resolved without external involvement and international pressure previously russia rejected calls from the u.s. and urging assad to step down saying he should be given more time to push through reforms anti-government demonstrations and flared up in march with at least twenty six hundred people reportedly killed in clashes and with michel chossudovsky says the russian delegation faces a tough task in syria with the opposition being extremely diversified. any

kind of military intervention in syria immediately leads to a scenario of escalation and this is something which i hope really will be addressed by the russian delegation and it's discussions with the syrian authorities but first of all we must clarify what is the opposition there's an opposition within the syrian civil society which rates within the call why isn't the law which has also dialogue with the go about event is an insurgency which is funded and supported by outside forces. this is the launching integrated point islamists it's a job just. as well as muslim brotherhood. and consequently this insurgency is there to destabilize and create a pretext for responsibility to protect nato intervention in syria.

washington was quick to support the revolutions in libya and egypt as a democratic expression of free will and there is now a clamor for syria's regime to step down too and that as r.t. is going to chicken reports could leave iran elma cold in its own neighborhood. as nations in the middle east and north africa are torn between the struggle to bring about change and the struggle not to let that change ruin their lives washington views the arab spring as an opportunity to finally see some of its longtime foes crumble even though iran is not an arab country the arab spring to spread to actual . and i think in many ways it's a matter of time before that kind of change before and revolution. and under the umbrella of arab revolutions washington is also being 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 assad stays just like a fair number and let's hope the pressure 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 syrian x. they 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 to predict the arab spring would spread all across the world what this is all about is the arab spring and by sure assad is next and even places like china russia and other places they are very uneasy this is about people aspiring for freedom and that's where the libyan people

are just a cheap 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 of 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 are pain in the control departments. so far eject thousands protest against the us backed military there that still in power last week egyptian storm peace really embassy and rage by the killing of five egyptian border guards in libya washington what is little ship is taking over but the country is at risk before launching into tribal war syria the opposition

includes those with radical agenda so the aftermath of the so-called arab spring remains very murky and difficult it washington seems to be using the herb spring to fulfill its long time goals but the fear is that it might end up getting the opposite of what it wishes for and undermining the whole region i'm going to shut down reporting from washington r.t. . 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 russia is calling for urgent talks with nato saying that the u.s. program is stuck in the past plans for putting missiles on polish soil follow separate deals sealed that this week with romania and turkey who also agreed to host sections of the system the u.s. insists it's designed to counter a possible attack from state such as iran and north korea but russia sees the plan as a direct threat to its security and had proposed building

a joint shield instead the suggestion that nato acquired here is a professor of political science based in paris and thinks america's planes could trigger a new arms race. i don't think it's really a military necessity no one really believed it was a possibility if you ran it exactly in europe its nice size did 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 to the us economy i don't think it's a wise move in financial terms one of. this reset all this leave with russia at least he was achieving something called gratian russia and he issued well this new deployment is aware of any type in a thing russia which is going to turn into maybe some kind of new arms race which

is totally pointless not only because the effectiveness of the shield is problematic it doubtful 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 last. and 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 at forty percent of capacity. and a clash of the tycoon city debate gets to russian billionaires hot under the collar . and the u.k. and russia look to put differences aside with a visit to the kremlin by british prime minister david cameron this week the leaders of both countries agreed 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 and sides signed multibillion dollar deals in science innovation and trade relations between the two nations soured over the murder of former f.s.b. officer alexander litvinenko in london for god's sake david cameron and dimitri medvedev agree the case should not hold back their cars or ship dr patrick reflect who has worked extensively in the science and technology project between the u.k. and russia 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 the russian high tech businesses expand outside russia into markets in europe russia remains a kind of aladdin's weather of 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 and that i think is really key to the interesting future but how russia has in store in this always area. tensions in northern kosovo continue after serbs set up barricades and two disputed border crossings they're angry at the deployment heavy un 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 or actually said further reports from near one of the seas checkpoints. you can see the sign put up by. warning the ethnics protesters ok for the nato peacekeeping mission has been working here at the border

points with you like they call that barbed wire fences are sandbags as well and still a number of protesters that have been staying at the perry kate at the border point and also many of the men and they've made it very very clear that if anyone tries to remove the barricades that they've made that they're willing to defend and they'll be lots more people coming to the defense as well to take a vote of peace control points what they see the ethics relation here in the north as an extension of kristina's control over the disputed territory now amid concerns repeat of what we saw in july when filing over the course. to try and take place resulted in the death of the policemen is actually relatively quiet here what we've seen is a huge number of. turning out at these barricades but what we've got at the moment is a standoff situation is

a war with no checkpoints at the barricades. and then the capel forces at the actual crossing at the no one wants to make me and although the words have been quite diplomatic from what we've heard a base side this calls for calm and for peace but of course the actions do seem quite different than this bill seems to be a lot of hostility between both sides that needs to be resolved. for reporting for us there now this week iran officially launched its first nuclear power plant the only facility of its kind in the middle east completed with russia's assistance the plant is expected to reach its for energy generating capacity by the end of the year. the plant will be working under its supervision. and fuel will be shipped back to russia for reprocessing western nations have repeatedly expressed concern that iran's nuclear program is going to tommy. demise. from the university of london told r.t.

according to all the evidence iran has the right to carry on with a peaceful nuclear program program. 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 confirmed by 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 latvia a party representing the large ethnic russian minority has captured the most votes in the country's snap problem entry election with almost all ballots counted now about twenty nine percent of the vote went to be harmony central party it's the first time in two decades that a pro russian political group has dominated the elections meanwhile there's speculation that a second and third place latvian rival parties may form a coalition to keep harmony from forming the next government about one third of the country's population are ethnic russians but some are still classed as non-citizens and have no voting rights. more news making headlines for you all tonight. at least twenty people have been killed after a strong earthquake struck northern parts of india and neighboring nepal among those where three people crushed when

a british embassy compound vaclav stay in nepal dozens of others were injured jumping from windows during the quake several buildings came down roads were blocked on the power was cut off across the region. dominique strauss kahn 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 cheesed was questions on a french channel by an interviewer who was a friend of his wife he insisted the hotel encounter did not involve violence but admitted a moral failing on his part resigned his i.m.f. head in may after he was arrested but the case fell apart in august after doubts his accuser was credible. security forces have opened fire on protesters in the yemeni capital killing at least twenty six 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 but this is say many of the dead and injured have been written in the head

face and chest was the first significant crackdown in weeks on the deadly protests demanding that president saleh a step down. in the u.s. investigators are looking into how a vantage aircraft lost control and crashed into spectators that in nevada air show killing nine people dozens of others were injured some critically when their world war two plane slammed into an area in front of the main grandstand on saturday it is thought and 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 plane crashed killing a pilot. the release of two u.s. hikers convicted of spying in iran have has been postponed until a second judge's ruling on the case comes back from holiday the men's lawyer was in court again on sunday trying to can plead paperwork for their million dollar bail release the americans were each sentenced to eight years in prison last month after

crossing into northern iran they say across the border but a mistake. the greek prime minister has canceled a trip to the u.s. as his country's debt crisis worsens georgia papam drew was due to attend the u.n. general assembly and meet the chief of the international monetary fund but he says he needs to stay home and deal with greece's deficit eurozone 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 is being criticized for missing a series of deadlines and failing to implement reforms quickly enough greece says without any you 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. the greek economy is in an outright depression now g.d.p. is shrinking at the moment at seventy eight percent on an annual basis unemployment

is officially at sixteen percent i think reality is 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 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 say feast with india's eurozone leaders will ask a 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 portugal maybe ireland and of course i'm not even mentioning here that would be an enormous problem but countries like spain. the audience that i russian talk show got more than her money's worth when a debate on the financial crisis ended up in

a fist fight to a super rich tycoons it came to blows after a difference of opinion is that billionaire sergei polonsky had a recording of a discussion for one of russia's main channels alexander yet because the owner of two british newspaper newspapers punched him saying he was defending himself claiming he thought he was going to be. just moments ago and i wish he had told me he had it over he wanted to punch him in the face. and really stood out as the other business going to turn on him moments later attacking punching a hole onscreen twice and sending him sprawling from his chair in t.v. channel is hosting programs korean you want to website every sunday no. that's right if you're looking for more coverage from russia and abroad r.t. dot com is the place to be here's what's online for you right now.

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museum in ukraine's capital kiev has become one of the top tourist attractions especially in april this year when the world mark 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 it not bill itself over that was 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. aleksandr former resident of the ghost town of pretty good 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 very focused a good you can you even have different reasons for. someone to see was an apocalypse could look like the kind of

you are someone 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 multiply they come here you know it's what effect it has own them. but since june that this radioactive tourism has been suspended a 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 on his own has been paying around a hundred u.s. dollars to do so equating to a multi-million dollar revenue every year which i'm sure. we were to the ministry to inform the government of every dollar earned by districts and we know that a lot of money and money was all we have no idea. why not put the money into the budget and use it to solve the skills problems but. the ministry is defined it says it's stuck by the law it claims these troops are a parts

a way of educating the world on how to avoid such disasters that your noble zone will never again be inhabited but experts say it could still serve other purposes. utility contamination procedures almost have a period as 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 biophilia where the emergencies ministry has now filed a lawsuit in a bid to resume tours to 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. elixir said ski r.t. forty from kiev and should not will get ukraine. seems like the perfect romantic getaway well thanks for being with r.t. i'll be back with a recap of the headlines for you in our view of the week in just a moment.

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