as colonel gadhafi remaining troops hold out against government forces and nato air strikes in libya the french president faces a legal battle at home over his country's intervention in the war. statehood showdown at the un as the general assembly prepares to vote on the status of palestine with deep divisions pairing to break the surface. cross international efforts being stepped up to border tension in kosovo where neither locals or nor serbs seem willing to back down after recent bloodshed.

it's eight am in moscow i match reza good to have you with us here on r t our top story in libya government forces are turning up the heat on colonel gadhafi as remaining supporters defiant loyalists are making a last stand in three key cities bani walid and have been under heavy assault for more than a week with reports gadhafi and his sons could be hiding out there meanwhile the rest of libya is reeling from months of civil war that's left tens of thousands dead ongoing nato airstrikes have also reportedly killed a number of civilians by mistake but some western leaders are now facing charges at home for the legacy of that military intervention artie's daniel bushell reports you may find some of these images disturbing. fridge explorer minister says he's ready to defend me in the international criminal court which is issued for his wrist but lisa will have to fill in the clothes first to be. deposed

leader is in hiding for good reason. if they find him they'll kill him like a martyr some states are now claiming the right to kill against all international law. images like these are moving frige lawyers to turn against the government because he faces lawsuits over this award people in libya lawyers here in france accuse the presence of committing crimes against humanity this lawyer calls the libyan war renew vietnam where the u.s. sprayed tens of millions of liters of toxins on crops in the sixty's and seventy's causing brain disorders miscarriages and birth defects to this day are. they using missiles with depleted uranium which causes cancer in tripoli i saw people crippled by nato attacks office workers who have nothing to do with the fighting that's why we're soon president sarkozy for crimes against humanity nato

first denied bombing this residence where thirteen civilians including four children died it then called the place a military command center this journalist went to see what it really housed. videos by the bad guys and cultural things nothing nothing military in another attack how old are weeds wife or child the grandchildren were reportedly killed in their home nato is accused of deliberately waging a campaign of terror on. their bombings targeted the electricity or water and food supply after five months of dealing out of bombs and thousands of deaths people will stop supporting the regime because they just can't take it and along. with the new leaders are poised for their first big legal challenge over libya if they stop the cases coming to court all together as she called it it will prove once and for all that western justice really years run by politicians not. rule of law the new

bill sure o.t. powers. across in syria at least four people were reportedly killed in crackdowns on anti-government protests on sunday young going violence in the country has left more than two and a half thousand people dead in the last few months moscow stepping up its efforts to mediate a peaceful solution to the conflict a team of russian lawmakers on the ground on a fact finding mission in the country they say damascus appears to be committed to democratic reform one is also circulating a draft resolution at the u.n. urging the warring sides toward dialogue moscow's approach rivals the u.s. backed which targets damascus and urges president assad to step down political analyst michel chossudovsky says the russian delegation will have its hands full in syria. any kind of military intervention in syria immediately leads to a scenario of escalation and this is something which hopefully will be addressed by the russian delegation it's the scotians with the syrian authorities well first

of all we must. look is the opposition there's a lot position within syria's civil society which operates within the cold ploys of the law which has also done a lot with the kill them and then there's an insurgency which is funded and supported by outside forces. this is launched the integrated point is that it's it's a job. as well as muslim brotherhood. and consequently this. is there to destabilize and create a pretext all responsibility to protect nato intervention in syria. still much ed for you this hour stay with us including this hour his military analysts question cia director david petraeus is views on a decade long war with al qaeda plus.

a chat show turns into a brawl when two russian tycoons fail to find common ground on the subject of the global financial crisis can't wait to see that one. issue is that so much of an elderly huge music is on top. in the sense of the peace process the palestinians will ask united nations to upgrade their current observer status about a full member state. wealthy british style. market why not. why not what's really happening to the global economy might stronger

the no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune in to cause a report. that will. bring you the latest in science and technology from the realms. we go to the future of coverage. thanks for staying with us here on r t pierre national financial institutions have confirmed that palestine is now economically strong enough to stand alone as an independent state this as president abbas prepares to prepares it to bid for for un membership in the general assembly later this week the move has been strongly opposed by israel and the u.s. claiming it would undermine chances for peace talks or he's marina portnoy has more . if global politics were a sport. the united nations would be the grand arena.

and september would be opening season nearly two hundred of the world's most powerful and not so powerful players to send on new york city gathering in one room for a week's worth of speeches and a chance to grandstand on the international stage nearly ten thousand delegates and two thousand journalists are in town for the general assembly to debate but in reality five countries are the ones who really matter russia china france the us and britain the permanent security council members with veto power the real power in the united nations resides in the security council and it requires a consensus among the five permanent members and as long as the one by one or one or more of the permanent members won't go along with something the u.s. ability to act is limited and no resolutions can succeed if opposed by any of the big five case in point the current palestinian campaign for u.n. membership and statehood an initiative the u.s. publicly supported last year when we come back here next year we could have an

agreement that will lead to a new member of the united nations an independent sovereign state of palestine living in peace with israel but this year it's the opposite with washington saying it will veto the palestinian un membership did warning of additional collateral damage one of the things that i that i hope the palestinian leadership is considering is the day after what will happen when after whatever. show we have in the united nations is done. what will change in the real world for the palestinian people. the answer is nothing sadly ironically the majority of the general assembly supports palestinian un membership the assembly alone with two thirds majority can award nonmember observer status to the palestinian. it's like the vatican enjoys and doesn't need security council approval to do so so no one can veto this decision some believe however the un is the wrong forum for resolving

major international disputes it's a very dysfunctional situation and actually the un really isn't the one isn't really the venue even for this the un only gets the sort of hype aspects of these fights and and deals with them pretty badly to the israeli palestinian problem at the un is mostly theater and this is just one one particularly for a freakish example of it this global gathering attracts the security clouds and media madness of a sports championship but when it comes to practical outcomes scoring more than a symbolic victory could be unlikely even if there is a permanent member or two or three who believe that. palestine should not be a member of the un. they want it on record but the vast majority of the people the world do believe that it's time the other way you n.z. a gathering all the. like. wonder if this simple

diplomatic strategy leads to anything more than the event itself marina point nine artsy. some experts argue the thrust of u.s. policy in the middle east region towards palestine derives almost entirely from domestic politics and is especially influenced by the powerful israeli lobby in washington a palestinian politician hung on a shroud he accuses the us of ocracy. it is ironic this is not a stand that look at that explained as a way of vindication towards democracy and freedom and human rights and human dignity and yet when it comes to the palestinians we are decontextualized we removed this is very select that precisely because. out occupied isn't it and as. a domestic issue in the us and has enormous influence on. the fates of many politicians so it's not heated like any other country is that has

constantly been exam also because of the heart of the holocaust on that history western guilt over what they did to the jews so in a sense this has. a certain bubble in which was given and demanded sense of exceptionalism and then tighten immunity and of course it has acted with impunity so the palestinians were deprived of the protection of the law and. given this exceptional treatment particularly because it has it for lobby also and the us. broken on the basis of. full. interview with palestinian politician coming your way in about twenty minutes . it is we will discuss serbian back proposals to break a deadlock in northern kosovo where pristina recently seized two disputed border

crossings the most part outrage among local serbs friday nato led forces helicoptered in un kosovo customs officials to the previously served controlled frontier in response serbs water all the roads leading to the crossings belgrade stop negotiator called for karma urging all sides to seek a diplomatic solution or to sarah for it has more. as stand of course of those thirty's with the e.u. in a take full of his on one side and nick serbian protesters on the other of course this is our land territory it's refusing to accept the cause then government's attempts to take control of te border crossings here in the north the protesters are standing firm at the barricades they erected this is the game of nerves and night the sides willing to back down i don't think anyone in the world can come to these people here in the north and cold and give up simply go home and accept that you leave an independent course and they will not do it for the time being the

protesters seem calm you don't have to look hard to see signs of the underlying tensions here all along the right here in the north you come across these makeshift roadblocks serbian people using gravel rocks bits of wood whatever they can get their hands on really to disrupt the flow of traffic in this area created this event that blocks will remain in place until a dialogue begins about who man the border pastes and what will happen with the revenue collected from the customs tax control we're not going to move until a solution is reached for both sides of this situation right now is unacceptable back in july violence erupted when the authorities tried to take control of the border place after close. the prime minister has seen that she wanted to trade balance the conflict resulted in the death of the policemen now neither side wants to take action for fear it could once again ignite tension considering the major

events taking place right now. considering concerns. population living. as i would say of removing those barricades from the streets and from the main highways it's not for the small. security organizations in causal offending criticisms that they preach they need to position with regards to cause they you like says that the monitoring it because the skate bring much needed law an alternate to the north pristina acted within terms of an agreement a claim that belgrade strongly but this is a serious incident from the serious step. along the road to formalisation or for relationship with krishna the second thing is that once you cross them off then you will put a flag you will put the cause of arms then you will. the laws and then people who live here will be struck. by something duke looks like. the sea became

a perception there's now talk a month building new raids by parts of checkpoints it's because then authorities refused to leave the time being the border crossing remains bloke's and there are many obstacles that will need to be eva come on the right of finding a resolution. with more news videos and updates on our website r.t. dot com here's what's a click away right now. a lone pine tree standing by the forums once a group has become a symbol of hope in japan after the country was ravaged by natural disasters read all about it on our t.v. while you write a check out our you tube channel like youtube dot slash r.t. or you can find out more including this. video of a vintage plane crashing at a reno air show in the us killing nine people wounding dozens of our latest updates also you can visit our facebook page for more.

he. the official. called touch from the. one shown on the. video. feeds upon if you want to. call. former u.s. commander in afghanistan david petraeus is getting used to his new role as the

director of the cia artie's military contributor though thinks the official stance as intelligence chief means he's defending an outdated strategy of his organization and so trying to reform it during the joint session of the senate or the house intelligence committee. to the tenth anniversary both nine eleven attack on the united states general david petraeus the newly minted cia director and general jim clapper the director of national intelligence presented their views general petraeus from the outset emphasized that he was presenting the agency view that terrorist threat but would look like a sweep of turn actually turned into a very successful attempt to protect the agency's view regarding the cia role. and its affiliates activities all around the

world there was a high expectation of the general petraeus we challenge conventional visit calcified theories and minds at play we instead as the speaker of the agency he promulgated yet again ten years old views old the agency and the threats and challenges the intelligence community is facing in the united states turned out as some other stories making headlines across the globe in yemen security forces had over the fire out anti-government protesters in the capital leaving at least twenty six dead and injuring dozens tens of thousands of activists had gathered near the state t.v. building and government offices when troops along with snipers stationed on rooftops started firing the defense ministry said the trouble started when protesters and petrol bombs at forces and it blamed leading islamist opposition

parties are opening fire it's the deadliest crackdown by the regime in recent months. strong earthquake measuring six point eight on the richter scale has claimed at least twenty lives along the india nepal border among those killed three people were crushed when a british embassy. in the nepalese capital katmandu dozens more were injured jumping from windows during the trever several buildings came down the roads were blocked and power was cut off across the region the epicenter is believed to be somewhere in the himalayan state of sixteen which got the most turbulent shots. a former i.m.f. chief had good has given his first t.v. interview since charges of attempting to rape against a new york hotel maid were dropped strauss kahn was questioned on a french t.v. channel by an interviewer who was a friend of his wife he insisted the hotel encounter didn't involve violence but admitting to quote a moral failing on his part he took to the airwaves to apologize to france and said

it was something he would were great all his life strauss kahn resigned as i.m.f. head in may after he was arrested but the case collapsed in august over doubts over his accuser's credibility. turning to i would we would to what is by far and away my favorite story of the day ways to deal with the global financial crisis have caused many disputes all around the world but russian billionaires have taken this debate to a whole new level two tycoons came to blows out a recording of a talk show for one of russia's main travel and now this is property developers started polanski in the middle and media mogul alexander lebedev on the left they are the owner of two british newspapers now the businessman had been arguing throughout the program but the situation got out of control after polanski told love it if he wanted to quote punch him in the face the words planted an idea apparently in lead to his mind and then he was the one who decided to throw down on his rival check this out.

just because. he says. and t.v. channel aired that show on sunday night well throughout the day here on ars he will be heading to our directing to russia as a region in the far east well that may evoke a sense of remoteness and also captivates people with can see meek and pristine nature coupled with stark contours of coastal regions and mountains see a landscape that's changed a little since explorers first discovered it in the seventeenth century. in the form. where human life is ruled by nature. the. planet is curiously does or rather. lie hidden in the us. to those who deal with them. are still there because. you can watch the full program on russia's

region in the next hour here on our team up next is the business update with a meter. i don't want welcome to business barely dry on the deal that puts the seal on the south stream gas pipeline and already russian companies are rubbing their hands with glee they're expecting an avalanche of construction contracts and russian producer t.m. case says it's going to be a boom time for the conduct. of the group. so it's difficult to give any details because of course we are engaged in the approach getting prepared for it so extreme as we were to support the next two to three years. really all the signing of the south stream pipeline deal spells bad news for ukraine when completed russian gas supplies to ukraine will bypass russian supplies

to europe myself will bypass ukraine and to reduce its ability to leverage discounts and with the possibility of no gas to transfer to europe he have says they might have to close part of its network separately crane has reportedly agreed to pay russia the price of german by the current deal until the country's review. the markets now while it is falling to a one week low on speculation that fuel demand will fall to signs of weak economic growth in the us in the u.s. and in europe investors are digesting a four percent drop in fuel use in the world's largest consumer of group was in the last week nights weed is down more than one dollar this brant is down ninety five cents per barrel. page and stocks of all your monday as fresh concerns about a greek default that's on speculation that europe is news impatience with the country's efforts to kind of step while financials are the worst performers with

h.s.b.c. all the shouting over two percent commercial bank of china dropping three percent and sector lost ground of the huge or so escalating debt crisis in greece ended with little progress on saturday tokyo is closed for a public over break. trading in russia will begin one of the half hours on friday very nice legs closed in the red with industry stocks among the main news however there were some exceptions like banks burbank was up almost zero percent at the close. as the greek issue remains on hold investors are mostly relying on news from the u.s. not rubinstein from i've seen the measure of all believe the fed meeting will define the sentiment in the coming week. the expectations are rising very high in this point the federal reserve is going to come up with some new measures to boost the economy and to the same time that's of course should boost the asset prices there can be nation of measures that the fed could come up with and of course the

markets would love to see there a straightforward element of q three but i don't think that's going to happen and i think it more likely is going to be a combination of steps but all of the steps are going to be meaningful and important so the market is like it should be anticipation earlier part of this week and likely to move sideways business out he will be back and i think even as time with nothing the headlines are next.

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