i know what's really happening to the global economy with much stronger for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune in to cause a report on our keep. your morning's headlines and our fear forces continue their onslaught on loyalist towns but as our t.v. discovers in tripoli some are living in fear of those who supposedly liberated the country. and other stories that shaped your past week the u.s. launches its european missile defense plan says three countries sign up those parts of the system russia strongly objects to the proposed deployment calling it a threat to national security. agreeing to disagree london and moscow put aside their political differences the focus on business during 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 service the rights are being piloted by kosovar albanians. and welcome back in a seven to one in moscow russia's capital i'm sean thomas and these are the stories that shaped your past week in libya fighting between market off he's 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 the mortars and snipers to target the opposition fighters meanwhile anti kadafi forces are making slow progress another stronghold nothing from town of syria hundreds of civilians have been caught up in the crossfire with the battles continuing in a few remaining pockets but as are these really a promotion of 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 just find it fearful. and part of the city the rebels' triumphant campaign feels like it's never happened or did so somewhere else. that we will do anything for moammar anyone even if we have to be don't mind us. seven support for the ousted leader dissolves once they see our camera yeah it. was a weird telling me how could you tell the camera why. it's the same situation with others to. go if he's hundred percent good we don't want this revolution we don't know the rebels we want him to go away. without television without their you know real camera here right now no way so i gave her a camera they will send the food to my well oh. you don't know them you call them

the rebels a god fearing man working up the black guy he was arrested a few days ago after hearing here on t.v. don't do that you say you slogans you speeches on the rebels who are out celebration again this week when the head of the national transitional council libya's new authority arise in the capital before large crowds even libyans in no jobs about who's really here. those who don't support mr harper and who we used to see all across the city proudly waving green flags just weeks ago thanking khadafi now trying not to leave their own backyards here their bridge there are. shared. with me. here there is. that. it often is effectively gone then you also have settle

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 bear fear. one youngster finally agrees to talk to her because 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 say so than in favor of gadhafi they can kill us and arrest us of course familiar enough for us but 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 up secret jails for political prisoners known as abu sleen don't let me be the rebels they only represent themselves not the libyan people this revolution started with killings to intimidate through fear of their houses are covered in blogs and list international has recently accused

both conduct his 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 is in store grief notion r.t. tripoli in libya. from 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 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 and less 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 he was ok. and this is something which hopefully will be addressed by the russian delegation it's the stoushes with the syrian authorities who first of all we must clarify what is the opposition there's an opposition within the syrian civil society which operates within the called poison the law which has also done well with because of them and then there's a good search and see which is so funded and supported by both sides forces. this insurgency is launching its agree to put its limits it's a job but it's the law office as well as muslim brotherhood. because that would be

this insurgency is there to destabilize create a pretext all responsibility to protect nato intervention. in syria. 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's. and 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 this week with romania and turkey who also agreed to host sections of the system the u.s. insists it is 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 have proposed building a joint shield instead a suggestion nato has a decline. in is a professor of political science based in paris and thinks america's plans trigger a new arms race. i don't think it's really

a military necessity no one really believed it was a possibility he ran it tanking europe it's 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. 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. these we said all this he would russia that 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 that shield is problematic of god's will 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. 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 it's already working at forty percent capacity. and a crazy clash of the tycoons t.v. debate gets to the russian a billionaire's 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 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 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 to the case which should not hold back their partnership dr patrick fuller who has worked extensively in science and technology projects between ukraine and russia sees real potential. russia's first steps in establishing the new business center at skolkovo establishing what he's going to be i suppose a kind of silicon valley there and british involvement is going to be absolutely key in terms of developing companies developing and helping russian high tech businesses expand outside russia into markets in europe russia remains a kind of allow the weather all kinds of interesting things to be 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 but i think is really key to the interesting future. russia has in store in this area. tensions in northern kosovo continue for serbs. to disputed border crossings they're angry at the deployment of un kosovo customs officials on the frontier which was previously under some control belgrade's a top negotiator called for calm all sides to seek a diplomatic solution. first reports from you know one of the seized points you can see the sign put up by a full force it's a warning to the ethnics the protesters ok for the nato peacekeeping mission it's been working here at the border point with you like they call that both wire fences out they've got the sandbags as well and still

a number of protesters that have been staying at the barricaded 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 few of these control points what they see yes except population here in the north as an extension of kristina's control over the disputed territory now amid concerns repeat of what we saw in july when violent clashes over the course of the making of me 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 with what we've got at the moment is a standoff situation is being called a war with knows because of the checkpoints that the barricades is the serbian protesters and then the capel forces at the actual crossing. the no one wants to

make a meal and although the words have been quite diplomatic from what we've heard on both sides there's calls for calm and peace but of course the actions the scene quite different than this bill seems to be a lot of hostility between both sides that needs to be resolved. first reporting for us there now this week also saw iran officially launch 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 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 charged denies political scientist ali told the new job from the university of london told r.t. that according to all of 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 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. moving on to lobby and now 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 about twenty nine percent of the vote went to the harmony center party it is the first time in two decades that a pro russian political group has dominated the elections meanwhile there's regulation that the second and third place lothian 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 and paul among those were three people crushed when a british embassy compound wall collapsed in nepal dozens of others were injured

jumping from windows during the quake several buildings came down roads were blocked and power was cut off across the region. germany extra khan has given his first t.v. interview since tuesday charges of attempted rape against a new york hotel maid were dropped the former international monetary fund 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 admitted a moral failing on his part struck on resigned as i.m.f. and in may after he was arrested the case fell apart in august over doubts his excuser 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 roof started

shooting but this is to 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 sell a stick that. in the u.s. investigators are looking into how a vintage aircraft lost control and crashed into spectators at and nevada air show killing nine people dozens of others were injured some critically when the world war two planes landed in the area in front of the main grandstand on saturday it is thought a mechanical failure is to blame a 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. beliefs of two u.s. hikers convicted of spying in iran there has been postponed until a second judge ruling on the case comes back from holiday so many that lawyer was in court again on sunday trying to complete the 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 they crossed the border by mistake it's just. eurozone that 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 and starman for greece i think is being criticized for this in a series of deadlines and a failing to implement reforms quickly enough despite introducing a new property tax in greece says that without even help it will run out of cash by mid october but financial journalist johan van overtveldt believes the only way to rebuild it shattered economy is for greece to abandon new york. but the greek economy is in an outright depression now tb is 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 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 did a greek and rescan escape from this situation unless there's a somewhat orderly exit from the eurozone followed by a huge devaluation of the new agreed currency i think we have passed the point now where we can argue that we can safely meet with india's eurozone leaders 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 than three strikes spain. meanwhile italy's parliament has approved 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 ivor bennett discovered there is one town that is unwilling to take it lying down. welcome to filipino a small town in the middle of italy but also claims to be an independent principality and to prove it it's even started printing its own money the man on a new note says town mayor lucas a lot now self proclaimed prints you're the field thank you so everyone dreams of being a prince when they're a little boring and so did i now i get to live that dream. bulleting nose going solo in protest over government plans to slash council funding he wants all towns to merge having the number of local authorities with a population of just six hundred thousand zero and it's may appear the chop.

they will get a terrible idea because it makes no economic sense we have everything here to be autonomous and besides it is a neighboring towns or 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 he leans a furious with the cuts accusing the government of punishing those already at their poorest even some of silvio berlusconi's own allies now oppose them with amendments piling up but filipinos fed up the term and to be the next san marino a constitutional republic within italy that has no national debt a rare thing in europe and 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 on legal tender they just see vinnie's but the plan is for two theory 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 slow 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 course attracting new people it's still. far from being a p.r. stunt to latino 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 guillotine is the source of rose water supply and the mayor is threatening to cut it off to be doesn't get what he wants other than its artsy guillotine it's really. well 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. back to earth with a bump and get the latest on the international space station crew going to arrive home this week after completing their five month mission and. 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 a whole lot more at r.t. 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 the thousands of tourists looking for a truly unique experience and as artie's alexy actually 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 kiev to take you to the clear rubble 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 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 a contaminated zone around chernobyl itself over the past decades tourists have been floor can hear more than ten thousand of them each year that's why forbes magazine named the dead zone one of the world's most exotic two respects the nation's. i look sons a former resident of the ghost town of pretty guys 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. fuck you can

you people have different reasons. someone to see what an apocalypse could look like a predator some want to feel the history but. 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 i mean 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 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 is only 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 that your noble zone will never again be inhabited where experts say it could still serve other purposes. to contamination or seizures almost 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 a little bit of 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 could always land will remain closed to the public until then but the debate remains very much open. sea from kenya and chernobyl in ukraine.

i can see it now. a wonderful and noble deal coming soon to a travel agent near you well in the audience a russian talk show got more than their money's worth when a debate on the financial crisis ended up in a fist fight two super rich tycoons came to blows have to difference of opinion this is a billionaire say they polonsky out every cording of the discussion for one of russia's main channels and alexander lebedev the owner of the two british newspapers punched him saying he was defending himself claiming he thought he was going to be attacked first just moments earlier polanski had told me a bit over that he wanted to punch him in the face in the additive angrily stood up as the other businessman attempted to calm him down moments later attacking punching polonsky twice and sending him sprawling from his chair the n.t.v. channel which posted the programmes preview on its website as the show on sunday night was. interesting to be on t.v. in russia thanks for being with r.t.

i'll be back with a recap of the headlines for you in our review of the week in just a moment. let's

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