freeboard closing video for your media project free media john darche john tom. taking a look at your headlines this morning in the forces continue their onslaught on loyalists in the towns but as a party discovers in tripoli some are living in fear of those who supposedly liberated the country. and other big news stories of the week from the u.s. launches its european missile defense plans as three countries signed up to host parts of the so something russia strongly objects to the proposed deployment calling it a threat to national security. agreeing to disagree when the men moscow put aside their political differences the focus on business during that the first visit by a british prime minister to russia in six years. and in kosovo ethnic tension is rising after pristina seized two border checkpoints sparking outrage

with a local serbs claiming that there were rights are being violated by kosovar albanians . six o'clock in the morning here in moscow good to have you with us and this is our team recapping the top stories of the 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 a fresh attack on the town of bani walid they are using mortars and snipers to target the opposition fighters meanwhile and i could often forces are making slow progress another stronghold buffy's hometown of syria hundreds of civilians have been caught up in the crossfire with battles continuing in the few remaining pockets but as artie's marie promotional reports there are those who already want

to see the ousted leader back in power. and months after tripoli fell into rebels' hands those who backed the old regime remain defiant it's fearful. and parts of the city the rebels triumphant campaign feels like it's never happened or did so somewhere else. i doubt that we will do anything from our only moammar even if we have to give all nice. seven support for the ousted leader dissolves once they see our camera in there you. go one way we're going to be how could you tell us on camera why. it's the same situation with others to. his country percent we don't want this revolution we don't know the rebels we want them to go away. we'll television without going to the real camera no no way so right now even a camera they will send to my well. the criminals you don't know them you call them

the rebels a guy still remember enough the black guy he was arrested a few days ago after hearing hearing on t.v. don't do that you guys you slogans you speeches. the rebels were out celebrating again this week and they had of the national transitional council the business authority the rise of the capital before large crowds even libyans in no doubt about who's ruling out. those who don't support who so far those only you and who used to see all cross the city proudly waving green flags just weeks ago thanking khadafi now trying not to leave their own backyards here their favorite there. because i. would. feel very good. at.

it off it is effectively gone and you also have settled down here in the capital tripoli people are chanting that is free country but it seems that there is at least one thing that still remains of all the their 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 if we see certain in favor of gadhafi that can kill us and the rest of us of course her owner not tire him. the nineteen year old says many of his friends have been arrested recently for making critical statements about new regime ironically we are talking just a kilometer away from one of the dock is top secret jails for political prisoners known as abu slain though they may have been the rebels they only represent themselves not the libyan people this revolution started with killings to intimidate through fear of their hobbies are covered in blogs amnesty international

has recently accused both gadhafi his regime and the one which replaced it of committing war crimes including killings and torture of military prisoners and civilians these are being held by some here but more is in store roof notion r t tripoli libya. from libya to syria 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 country 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 flared up in march with at least twenty six

hundred people reportedly killed in clashes and with michel chossudovsky says the russian legation faces a tough task in syria with the opposition being extremely diversified. any kind of military intervention in syria immediately so this escalation and this is something which hopefully will be addressed by the russian delegation in 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 hope rates within the confines of the law and which has also done along with the government vendors an insurgency which is so funded and supported by outside forces. this is launched in secreted by islamists it's a job just like this 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 moscow has it reiterated its 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. talks of nato saying that the u.s. program is stuck in the past plans are for putting missiles on polish soil fell a separate deal sealed this week with romania and turkey who also agreed to host factions of the system the u.s. insists it's designed to counter possible attacks from states such as iran and north korea but russia sees the plans as a direct threat to its own security and had proposed building a joint shield instead a suggestion nato declined he's keeper campaigner bruce gagne says the system represents america's plans for boost its influence in the region. he worse is using

nato and nato expansion as the i think a quarter of the characters who draw in other countries might certainly ignore me thinking them feel like they're going to be there or by the european union. but clearly we're talking about here is major tensions in the region between united states missile defense deployments are now going into poland. turkey and other countries in the county leaders as well as nato expansion throughout the region we're seeing basically the encirclement of russia at the same time the u.s. is doing the same thing to china with its spaces in missile defense the points in japan south korea hoping now. the u.s. is deploying patriot missile defense systems on your side why and so this is clearly about trying to control me contain both russia and 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 to take the lead and is already working at forty percent capacity. and a clash of those tycoon's t.v. debate gets to russian billionaires. 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 progress it was the first official visit to russia by british prime minister in six years asides it 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 litvinenko in london in two thousand and six david cameron and dmitri medvedev agreed the case should not hold back their partnership dr patrick for like we do is work extensively in science and technology projects between the

u.k. and russia sees real potential. 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 developing countries developing is this helping russian high tech business is expand outside russia into markets in europe russia remains a kind of aladdin's whether up 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 that i think is really key to the interesting

future but. russia has in store in this hallway area. tensions in northern kosovo continue after serbs set up barricades at two disputed border crossings they're angry at the deployment of e.u. and kosovo customs officials on the frontier which was previously under certain control well grades top negotiator called for calm urging all sides to seek a diplomatic solution archie sara furthur reports from near one of the city's checkpoints. you can see the sign put up by the capel forces it's a warning to the ethnics the 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 sound bags as well and still a number of protesters that have been staying at the barricade at these disputed border points not so many of them and they've made it very very clear that if anyone tries to leave the barricades that they've made that they're going to defend and lots more people coming to the defense as well to take

a vow of peace control point what they see the population here in the north as an extension of prishtina is control over the disputed territory now amid concerns repeat of what we saw in july when filing clashes over the course the government making a plea to try and take place resulted in the death of the policeman is actually relatively quiet here what we seen is a huge number of. putting out. what we've got at the moment it's a standoff situation is. because of the checkpoints that the barricades is being processed and then the capel forces at the actual crossing ok no one wants to make these and although the word has been quite diplomatic from what we've heard of both sides there's 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. for its reporting

very. weak. point 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. the plant will be working under its supervision and all the spent fuel be shipped back to russia for reprocessing western nations have repeatedly expressed concern that iran's nuclear program. and is aimed at developing an atomic bomb in charge he runs a nice political scientist of the fatah one 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 or put pressure on iran if you cannot

control or influence a country you might go for isolation and weakening of the country in the best way to do that is through economic sanctions 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 a lot of party representing the large ethnic russian minority has captured the most votes in the country's snap a parliamentary election with almost all ballots counted about twenty nine percent

of the vote went to the harmony center party is 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 last may 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. more news making headlines for you tonight. at least twenty people have been killed after a strong earthquake struck northern parts of india and neighboring parts of nepal among those were three people crushed when a british embassy compound of all 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 in that 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 people's question is on a french channel by an interviewer who is a friend of his wife insisted the hotel encounter did not involve violence but admitted a moral failing on his part. 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 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 roofs started shooting and they say many of the dead and injured have to behead face and chest was the first significant crackdown in weeks on daily protests demanding presidents i lay stepped out. with 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 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 the pilot. 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 complete its paperwork for their million dollar bail or release the americans were each sentenced to eight years in prison last month after crossing into northern iraq basically across the border by mistake when i did interview. on two other news now the palestinians are getting ready to head to the u.n. and ask for a full state recognition this is despite america's announcement that it will veto

any such bit. russia supports the palestinians a bit while some e.u. states are calling on talks with israel to be resumed meanwhile relations with its neighbors have soured turkey has already expelled israel's ambassador and military ties with the jewish state over a refusal to apologize for the deadly raid on a gaza bound a flotilla last year anger is also flaring in cairo after several egyptian border guards were killed by israeli forces political commentator you have made our thanks israel is failing to see the world is changing around. israel now is getting worse from the notion that it needs rational democratic allies in in the region and this isolation now taking place because israeli coalition israeli decision makers on the political level are choosing even to to if you will delete those close allies by refusing to apologize for turkey for what has been

taking place and hoping to get away with what has been done against them certainly push for forward in mew in israeli in which in the people in. country who continue to support fashion on the series while the world around them in their near east and it is is really changing powerfully and redlich. three energy corporations have secured a twenty five billion dollar gas supply contract with russia this week now russian gas will be delivered directly to the european household through the south stream pipeline has been negotiating a deal for more than four years and it will take just designed to construct the pipeline existing grass roots have a run into trouble after disputes with transit countries like bellerose and you claim despite the new deal energy analyst julian elise as europe still fears becoming too dependent on russian resources nobody in europe is suggesting that

russia will not be a major and probably three major supplier of gas to europe now and in the future that's not in dispute. what europe is trying to ease to add. variety to its sources of gas supply it doesn't want to be overly dependent on russian gas in exactly the same way that it doesn't want to leave dependent on north african gas or indeed on nazi gas what it seeking to do is east and trying to balance between a variety of suppliers delivering gas through variety of routes and nobody is disputing variety russia will ease and will continue to be the most important. 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 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 that without 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 abandon the euro. and the greek economy is in an outright depression keady be shrinking at the moment at seventy eight percent on an annual basis unemployment is officially at sixteen percent but in reality it's more close than 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 did a greek and greece can escape from this situation unless there's a somewhat orderly exit from the eurozone followed by a huge devaluation of the new greek currency i think we have passed the point now where we can argue that we can safely meet with india's eurozone greece will ask let's see if it can be organized in an orderly way but the risk is of course that there will be contagion in the direction of countries like for example portugal maybe ireland and of course i'm not even mentioning here that would be an enormous problem but then three strikes spain and if you're looking for more coverage from russia and abroad archly dot com is the place to be here's what's online for you right now. back to earth with a bump and get the latest on the international space station crew that arrived home this week after completing their five month mission and. a life behind

bars for some and a money spinner for others find out why private prisons in the u.s. love having a full house and all that and a whole lot more. well true noble might not seem like 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 as artie's oleksiak cesky reports from ukraine and the 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 kiev dedicated to the clear rubble the one thousand 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 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 the reason adventurous alternative to the contaminated zone around should know bill itself over the past decades tourists have been flocking here more than ten thousand of them each year that's why forbes magazine named the dead zone one of the world's most exotic tourist destinations. aleksandr former resident of the ghost town of pretty guys has been organizing these stories 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. talk to. you people have different reasons. some want to see what an apocalypse could look like. someone to feel the history of. the summit'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 but

what effect it has on them. but since june this radioactive tourism has been suspended a prosecutor general's office conducted checks and ruled that emergencies ministry had broken the law with these trips as well as making and on healthy profit every tourist to his own has been paying around one hundred u.s. dollars to do so equating to a multi-million dollar revenue every year. we urge 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 problems. that 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's zone will never again be inhabited but experts say it could still serve other

purposes. lead to the contamination procedures on the area as 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. the emergency's ministry has now filed a lawsuit in a bid to resume to or stupid contaminated zone and the court is expected to start hearings in mid september ukraine's thirty moments in your wasteland will remain closed to the public until then but the debate remains very much open. sea reporting from kiev and should not go in ukraine. and nothing like the sound of a geiger counter to your nerves on vacation well 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 fistfight. better to have super rich tycoons can get lowers after a difference of opinion this is a billionaires idea polonsky had a recording of

a discussion for one of russia's main channels and alexander yesterday of the owner of two british newspapers punched him saying he was defending himself claiming he thought he was going to attack first just moments ago that polanski had told you have it over he wanted to punch him in the face it would have angrily stood up as the other business been attempted to calm him down moments later attacking or punching polaski twice and seven sprawling up from his chair interview channel which posted the programs because he wanted to rub site there the show on sunday much. less. punks instead of billionaires or thanks for being with our team on the back with a recap of the headlines for you in our review of the week that's coming up in a moment right here on our team.

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