welcome back it is five a one in the russian capital moscow this is r.t. and this is a recap of the stories that have shaped your past week 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 fresh attacks on the town of bani walid they're using mortars and snipers to target the opposition fighters meanwhile anti gadhafi forces are making slow progress another stronghold clucky from town of seared hundreds of civilians have been caught up in the crossfire with battles continuing in a few remaining pockets. of the notion of 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.

in parts of the city the rebels triumphant campaign feels like it's never happened or did so somewhere else. now that we will do anything to mom our only moammar even if we have to give our own lives. seven support for the ousted leader to solve once they see our camera there. was a weird telling me how could it tell us on 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'll throw televisions so we're going to tell the camera no no thanks to five pm front of the camera they will send a bullet to my head oh the criminals we 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 hearing hearing on t.v. don't do that you sags you slogans news peaches. the rebels were out

celebrating again this week when they had of the national transitional council libya's new authority arise in the capital before large crowds even libyans in no doubt about who is ruling out. those who don't support mr fahd those only you and who we used to see all across the city proudly waving green flags just weeks ago backing khadafi now trying not to leave their own backyards here they are for it there are. ties. with many. of. the darfur is affectively gun then you also artists have settled down here in the capital tripoli people are chanting that is here free country but it seems that there is at least one thing that still remain. all the. fear. while the

youngster finally agrees to talk. tripoli is now under the control of the national transitional council and we don't feel we have freedom to talk or to express an opinion if we see something in favor of gadhafi they can kill us and arrest us of course money or enough for. 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 dock is top secret jails for political prisoners known as abu salim. the rebels they only represent themselves not the libyan people this revolution started with killings to intimidate through fear of their homes are covered in blogs and misty 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 these are being felt by some here that more his in-store. regional should not t. tripoli libya. and on 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 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 flared up in march with at least twenty six hundred people reportedly killed in clashes analyst michel chossudovsky says that the russian a 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 it's 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 the job the school but some of this as well as muslim brotherhood. and consequently this should see 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 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 of her putting missiles on the 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 plans as a direct threat to its security and had proposed building a joint shield instead a suggestion nato has declined. times correspondent pepe escobar says the shield is in danger of keeping iran in check because it poses no threat to the u.s. . some of the best strategy is military strategists in the world already russia and they know that iran first of all they don't have the capital it's just to attack

iran even if they wanted to number two they may be a very hard core regime but they're not suicidal so this excuse against ahmadinejad or against it how many from a part of the u.s. is absolutely ridiculous do you know it's basically the shield is against russia and it's eventually i guess china as well as if china or russia would have any interest in trying to undermine the european union which are excellent markets for bowls and where they sell most of their products in the case of china. 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 developing working at forty percent capacity. and a clash of the tycoon t.v. debate gets to russian billionaires hot under the collar. in.

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 unresolved issues shouldn't stand in the way of progress it was the first official visit to russia by a prime minister from britain in the six years the sides signed a multibillion dollar deals in science innovation and trade relations between the two nations soured over the murder of former f.s.b. officer alexander. must say that david cameron and dmitri medvedev agreed to the case we should not hold back we have partnerships dr patrick who's 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. establishing what is going to

be i suppose a kind of silicon valley there and british involvement is going to be absolutely key in terms of development companies development in helping russian high tech businesses expand outside russia into markets in europe russia remains a kind of a. whether all kinds of interesting things to be found the legacy all the research institutes 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 i think is really key to the interesting future. russia has in store in this whole area. tensions in northern kosovo continue after serbs set up barricades had two disputed border crossings they are angry at the deployment of e.u. and kosovo customs officials on the frontier which was previously under serb

control belgrade's a top negotiator called for calm urging all sides to seek a diplomatic solution or to 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 a peacekeeping mission that's been working here at the border points with you like they go there bob why offenses are they got the sand bags 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 few 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 the government making of me to try and take this place resulted in the death of a policeman is actually being relatively quiet here what we've seen is a huge number of the serbian ethnic serbians turning out at these barricades what we've got at the moment is a standoff situation is a war with no it's because the basic checkpoints at the barricades is the serbian protesters and then the case full force is at the actual crossing of the no walls to make a meet and all day the way it's being quite diplomatic from what we've heard and based sites those calls for calm and for peace but of course the actions the scene quite different and there still seems to be a lot of hostility between both sides that needs to be resolved to surface reporting for us there are no political analyst alexander pov of the nato led mission in kosovo is violating the u.n. mandate by failing to maintain neutrality. ok for meeting nato have absolutely

overstepped their mandate their un mandate is clear they're supposed to be neutral down there they're supposed to be keeping the peace they're not supposed to be taking anyone's side they're clearly taking the albanian side these the session is the government increased tonight is the capital of kosovo and we have the security council we have five states each with veto power we have three western states and two non western states so really if the west decides to support any unilateral action. you can't stop it so it's not surprising they've been sponsoring closely independence for years now and they're actually thinking that they're entering the endgame now and they're actually doing a hard push for it right 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 full energy generating capacity by the end of the year moscow says the plant will be working under its

close supervision and all of the spent fuel will be shipped back to russia for reprocessing western nations have repeatedly expressed concern that iran's nuclear program is aimed at developing an atomic bomb a charge tehran denies political analyst. 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. and we have now a decades long standoff between iran and the west. over 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 and 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. numerously and on numerous occasions by the u.s. intelligence services and very recently so as well so the world has to face that iran as other developed countries has a nuclear program which is peaceful according. to all the evidence that we have. in a lot of ia a party representing the large ethnic russian minority has captured the most votes in the country's snap parliamentary election with almost all ballots counted all 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 is speculation that the second and third place levy and 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 mourners it making headlines for you tonight at least twenty people have been killed after a strong earthquake struck northern parts of india and neighboring nepal among those that 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 the former international monetary fund its chief was questioned on a french channel by an interviewer who is a friend of his wife he insisted the hotel encounter did not involve violence but it made it 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 over 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 have bullet wounds in the head face and chest it was the first significant crackdown in weeks on the daily protests demanding president someday step down. in the u.s. investigators are looking into how a vintage aircraft lost control and crashed into spectators at a 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 is a thought 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 plane crashed killing the pilot in that accident. the release 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 demands a lawyer was in court again on sunday trying to convince the plead paperwork for their million dollar bail out release the americans were each sentenced to eight years in prison last month after crossing into northern iraq and they say it crossed the border by mistake. euro zone leaders have delayed a decision on paying out the next batch of emergency loans to greece as the country struggles with its huge deficit the greek prime minister has canceled a trip to the u.s. to deal with the worsening debt crisis european finance ministers will now wait until october before deciding when to release of the next eight billion euro bailout installment for greece athens is being criticized for missing a series of deadlines and failing to implement reforms quickly enough despite

introducing a new property tax greece says of that without e.u. help it will run out of cash by mid october but financial journalist johan van overtveldt believes the only way to rebuild its shattered economy is for greece to bed the new euro. the greek economy is in an outright depression the g.d.p. is shrinking at the moment at seven to eight percent 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 see nice within the eurozone greece to let's see if

it can be. organized the only way but the risk is of course that there will be contagion in the direction of countries like for example or to go maybe ireland of course i'm not even mentioning here that would be an enormous problem countries like spain meanwhile italy's parliament has approved a fifty four billion euro of cuts to try and keep europe's third largest economy afloat the package includes changes to pensions slashing government spending and a new tax on the rich but as i ever bennett discovered there is one town that isn't willing to take it lying down. welcome to filipino a small town in the middle of italy that 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 it wants small towns to merge having the number of local authorities with a population of just six hundred village tino and its mayor a for the chop was a. terrible idea because it makes economic sense that we have everything here to be autonomous and besides neighboring towns are at least thirty kilometers away so it's not practically possible it wouldn't even save that much money regional administrations do nothing we should get rid of them instead italy's in deep debt one hundred twenty percent of g.d.p. the second highest in europe but unions 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 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 aren't legal tender they're just souvenirs but the plan is for two theory to to be worth one euro and for this to be the only currency they could be spent in the shops and restaurants here business is always been. in the 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. people. far from being a p.r.

stunt 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 tino is the source of rome's water supply and demand is threatening to. if he doesn't get what he wants. well if you're looking on for more coverage from russia or italy and abroad r t dot com is the place to be here's what's online for you right now. the highest award for the deepest voices coming russian. take the top prizes at a leading operatic contest plus. life behind bars for some money spinner for others to find out private prisons in the u.s. love having a full house all that and a whole lot more at our to dot com. well you might not consider noble an ideal

holiday destination but hordes of travelers go there looking for adventure twenty five years after the world's worst atomic accident exclusion zone pulls and thousands of tourists looking for a truly unique experience and. the reports from ukraine hazardous holidays are causing more than a little local trouble. these cars were once heavily affected by nuclear radiation now they radiate for a different reason part of an exhibition in key of dedicated to the clean rubble the nine hundred eighty six chernobyl fallout over the years the church of mobile 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. 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. a former resident of the ghost town of pretty bad has been organizing these tours for several years he told us that visitors are always fascinated by what they see although all their motivations for making the trip have always varied. look. you people have different reasons. some want to see what an apocalypse could look like kind of some want to feel the history. which for some it's their childhood like the atmosphere of the soviet union has been preserved but for me it's more important not why they come here 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 i don't know healthy profit every tourist to the zone has been paying around one hundred u.s. dollars to do so equating to a multi-million 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 has been made but we have no idea in whose pockets it ended up why not put the money into the budget and use it to solve the problems with. the ministry is defined it says it stuck by the law it claims these troops are a vital way of educating the world on how to avoid such disasters the chernobyl zone will never again be inhabited but experts say it could still serve other purposes. due to decontamination procedures almost half of the area has acceptable levels of radiation that's why we can use these large unoccupied spaces to build solar and wind power stations and even grow biofuel there where the emergencies

ministry has now filed a lawsuit in a bid to resume tours through the contaminated zone and the court is expected to start hearings in mid september ukraine's thirty kilometers a nuclear wasteland will remain closed to the public until then but the debate remains very much open. reporting from kiev and children in ukraine. or disneyland i know. which one i would pick the. more the money's worth when a debate on the financial crisis ended up in a fist fight to super rich tycoon this came to blows after a difference of opinion. at a recording of a discussion for one of russia's main channels. with. two british newspapers. saying he was defending himself claiming he thought he was going to be.

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