for a one in moscow with a recap of your week's top stories this is r.t. i'm sean 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 could off the forces are making slow progress at another stronghold his hometown of sere hundreds of civilians have been caught up in the crossfire with battles continuing in few remaining pockets but as artie's marie financial reports there are those who already want to see the ousted leader back in power. and months off to 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 i know that we will do anything to mom our only moammar even if we have to

give all nice. seven support for the ousted leader to solve swan's they see our camera bag here like there was a weird television how could it 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 like we are all television without the american you know your camera no no thanks all right gave her a camera they will send the food to my well or oh the criminals you don't know them you call them the rebels hey guys do you remember enough the black guy he was arrested a few days ago after here appearing on t.v. don't do that you flags new slogans new speeches. the rebels were out celebrating again this week when they had of the national transitional council

libya's new authority i rise in the capital before large crowds even libyans in no doubt about who's really here. 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 there are prayers there are. shared. with many. of. the darfur is effectively gone then you also artists 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. 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. in favor of gadhafi they can kill us and arrest us of course minor enough for. them 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 darkest top secret jails for political prisoners known as abu sleen. the rebels they only represent themselves not the libyan people this revolution started with the killings to intimidate through fear their hobbies are covered in blogs amnesty international has recently accused both gadhafi regime and the one which replaced it of committing war crimes including killings and torture of military prisoners and civilians fears have been felt by some here

that more is in store. regional should not t. tripoli libya. now where the leadership of the countries has its 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 that the conflict in syria should be resolved without external involvement and international pressure previously russia rejected calls from the u.s. and e.u. 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 escalation and this is something which hopefully will be addressed

by the russian delegation and its discussions with the syrian authorities first of all we must clarify 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 go about event isn't and such and see which is funded and supported by outside forces. launched integrated by islamists it's a job as this as well as muslim brotherhood. and consequently this insurgency is there to destabilize to 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 has artie's going to church or can reports could leave iran 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 absolutely. and i think in many ways it's a matter of time before that kind of change before and revolution occurs in the law and under the umbrella of arab revolutions washington is also beating the drums of regime change in syria iran's closest ally in the region violence within the country has been widely condemned countries like russia and china call for both sides in syria to talk and end the bloodshed while america's blaming arsenal known i think assad's days just like the darfur number and let's hope that bashar assad

is next in line they were overthrown qaddafi they're going to have a proxy or client government in tripoli the next step is syria they want to overthrow syria next to take advantage of any movement that exists in syria to overthrow the assad government now they have a more democratic government a more humane government but a government that is allied with the united states and after syria the next target will be iran itself watching regimes go down one by one american politicians are filled with new hopes and aspirations some went as far as to predict the arab spring would spread all across the world what this is all about is the arab spring and bashar assad is next and even places like china and russia and other places they're very uneasy this is about people aspiring for freedom and that's what the libyan people have just achieved oh that's wishful thinking on the part of john mccain but it speaks volumes to where the real orientation is in washington not just of the republicans but the democrats too so they would like to overthrow the

government in china they would like to overthrow the government in russia they would like to overthrow the government in venezuela and cuba or wherever people are independent of the dictates of washington but when it comes to syria and iran washington doesn't seem to be just fantasizing about revolutions by throwing its support behind revolution makers and really say washington is seeking to increase its influence and control in these countries let's look at how things have been in the control departments. so far is it thousands protest against the u.s. backed military there that still in power last week egyptians stormed peace really embassy and rage by the killings of five egyptian border guards in libya a washington supported little ship is taking over but the country is at risk of plunging 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 yet washington seems to be using the herb spring to fulfill its long time goals but the

fear is it might end up getting the opposite of what it wishes for and undermining the whole region i'm going to shut down reporting from washington r.t. . moscow has reiterated its deep concern over america's plans to base part 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 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 states 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 a suggestion that nato declined here is a professor of political science based in paris and thinks america's plans could

trigger a new arms race. i don't think it's really a military necessity no one really believed that there was a possibility of iran attacking europe its me 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 this union so it's a political move but hardly a military necessity and also considering the state of the us economy i don't think it's a wise move in financial terms one of barmah had this reset all this he would brush at least he was achieving something corp 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 totally pointless not only because the effectiveness of the shield is problematic 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 west. 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 the capacity. and a clash of the tycoon said t.v. debate gets to russian billionaires hot under the collar. the 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 to 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 the 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 in two thousand and six but david cameron and dmitri medvedev agreed that the case should not hold back their partnership dr patricia fflick who has worked extensively in the science and technology project between the u.k. and russia sees real potential for. russia's taken the first steps in establishing the new business center at skolkovo establishing what is going to be i suppose a kind of silicon valley there and british involvement in that is going to be absolutely key in terms of development companies development and helping the russian high tech businesses expand outside russia into markets in europe russia remains a kind of ally the weather all kinds of interesting things to be found the legacy of the soviet research institutes and the first right 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 what russia has in store in this whole area. tensions in northern kosovo continue after serbs set up barricades and two disputed border crossings they're angry at the deployment of kosovo customs officials on the frontier which was previously under-served control belgrade's top negotiator called for calm urging all sides to seek a diplomatic solution further reports from near one of the seas checkpoints. 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 call that bob why offenses out there got the sun bikes as well and still a number of protesters that have been staying at the barricade of these disputed

border points not so 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 there'll be lots more people coming to the defense as well to take a vote of these control points what they see the essex population here in the north as an extension of kristina's control over the disputed territory now amid concerns repeat of what we saw in july when filing clashes over the course. to try and take place resulted in the death of a policeman is actually relatively quiet here what we seen is a huge number of serbian. 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 is the serbian protesters and then the case full force is at the actual crossing. but no one wants to make a meal and although the words have been quite diplomatic from what we've heard on

base side those calls for calm and for peace but of course the actions the scene quite different than there still seems to be a lot of hostility between both sides that needs to be resolved or to surf earth 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 moscow says the plant will be working under its provision that all the spent fuel will be shipped back to russia for reprocessing western nations have repeatedly expressed concern that iran's nuclear program is developing an atomic bomb charged iran denies political scientist. from the university of london told r.t. according to all the evidence iran has the right to carry on with its 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. cording to all the evidence that we

have. party representing the large ethnic russian minority has captured the most votes in the country's snap parliamentary election with almost all ballots counted now about twenty nine percent of the vote went to the harmony center party it's the first time in two decades that a pro russian political group has dominated the elections meanwhile there's speculation that the 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 were three people crushed when a british embassy compound wall collapsed in the hall 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. so many 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 a cheese whiz questions on a french channel by an interviewer who is a friend of his wife he insisted the hotel encounter did not involve violence but admitted a moral failing on his part strauss kahn resigned as 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 witnesses say many of the dead and injured in the head face and chest it was the first significant crackdown in weeks on the deadly protests demanding that president saleh step down. in the u.s.

investigators are looking into how a vantage aircraft lost control and crashed into spectators at a 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 to have it has been postponed until a second judge's ruling on the case comes back from holiday the men's a 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 iraq they say the across the border by mistake. the greek prime minister has canceled a trip to the u.s. as his country's debt crisis worsens georgia pup and 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 that next three billion euro bailout package for greece despite a recently announced property tax i think is being criticized for missing a series of deadlines and failing to implement reforms quickly enough greece says without e.u. help it only has enough cash to survive until mid october but financial journalist johan von overdeveloped says the only way to rebuild its shattered economy is to leave the euro. the greek economy is in an outright depression the g.d.p. is shrinking at the moment at seven to 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 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 safely least within the euro zone greece will ask to exit 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 core to gold maybe ireland and of course i'm not even mentioning here that would be an enormous problem countries like spain. the audience at a russian talk show got more than their 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 a recording of a discussion for one of russia's main channels alexander good bit of the owner of

two british newspaper newspapers punched him saying he was defending himself claiming who thought he was going to. trust him on the shoulder and he had told him that he had bit of he wanted to punch him in the face. and really stood out as the other business going to tempe home him moments later attacking punching twice and sending him sprawling from his chair into the channel which closed the programs pretty when you want to website the show on sunday you know. if you're looking for more coverage 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 bassi faces take the top prizes at the leading operatic contests plus. life behind bars for song and

a money spinner for others find out why private prisons in the u.s. and love having a full house about them a lot more at our to dot com. well you might not consider chernobyl an ideal holiday destination but hordes of travelers 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 and. the 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 clean rubble of the one nine hundred eighty six chernobyl fallout over the years the 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 sure the noble 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. alexandre former resident of the goes down a 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. look. you people have different reasons for. someone to see what an apocalypse could look like kind of 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

why they come here you know 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 the zone has been paying around one hundred u.s. dollars to do so equating to a multimillion dollar revenue every year what. we were to the ministry to inform the government of every dollar earned by these trips we know that a lot of money 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 but. 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 have the area has acceptable levels of

radiation that's why we can use these large unoccupied spaces to build solar and wind power stations and even grow biophilia 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 kilometers and you can see a wasteland will remain closed to the public until then but the debate remains very much open. reporting from kiev and your normal in ukraine. seems like of the perp. to get away well thanks for being with r.t. i'll be back with a recap of the headlines for you and our view of the week in just a moment. wealthy

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to have you with us. forces continued. summer living in fear of those who supposedly liberated country residents of the capital claim civilians have been arrested for expressing. and the other big stories of the u.s. launches its european missile defense plan three countries signed up to host parts of the system russia strongly of jacks to the proposed deployment calling it a threat to national security. agreeing to disagree. political differences to focus on business during.