i and 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 he 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. but fringe explorer minister roland jumo says he's ready to defend gadhafi in the international criminal court which is issued a warrant for his arrest but nato will have to first libya's deposed leader is in hiding for good reason. if they find him they'll kill him like bin ladin some states are now claiming the right to kill against all international law. images

like these are moving fringe lawyers to turn against the government because he faces lawsuits over the birth of ordinary people in libya lawyers here in france accuse the presence of committing crimes against humanity this lawyer calls the libyan will renew vietnam with the u.s. sprayed tens of millions of liters of talks in sold crops in the sixty's and seventy's causing brain disorders miscarriages and birth defects to this day. so they're 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 seeing president sarkozy for crimes against humanity. first did noid bombing this residence with thirteen civilians including four children died it then called the place a military command center this journalist went to see will to. really housed books

videos spider man toys and cultural moves and everything is nothing nothing military in another attack. a child a grown children were reportedly killed in their home accused of deliberately we campaign of terror. bombing started to do it through your water and food supply up to five. thousand people stop supporting the regime because they just come to you could send them on i didn't lead as a poised for their first big legal challenge of libya if they stop the cases coming to cool tool to give a. it will prove once and for all that justice really used politicians not the rule of law. across in syria at least four people were reportedly killed in crackdowns on anti-government protests on sunday the ongoing 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 problems also circulating a draft resolution at the u.n. and urging the warring sides toward dialogue moscow's approach rivals the u.s. backed wrath which targets damascus and urges president assad to step down political analyst michel chossudovsky says the russian delegation will have its hands full and syria. any kind of military intervention in syria may get lead to a scenario. and this is something which hopefully will be addressed by the russian delegation its discussions with the syrian authorities first of all we must clarify well what is the opposition there's an opposition within the syrian civil society which is. rates within the confines of the law which has also

dialogue with the go on them and then there's an insurgency which is funded and supported by outside forces and this is largely integrated by islamists it's a job. as well as muslim brotherhood and consequently this. is there to destabilize and create a pretext for responsibility to protect nato intervention in syria. still much ed for you this hour stay with us including this our military analysts question cia director david petraeus is views on the decade long war with al qaeda plus. a chat show turns into a brawl when two russian tycoon 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 in the world is that you should be sitting on top. in the absence of the peace process the palestinians will ask the united nations to upgrade their current observer status about a full member state. wealthy british style. market why not. find out what's really happening to the global economy with mike stronger for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines kinds of reports. we'll. bring you the latest in science and technology from the realms of.

the future covered. thanks for staying with us here on r t key international 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 full u.n. membership of the general assembly later this week the move has been strongly opposed by israel and the u.s. claiming it would undermine chances for return to peace talks artie'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 descend 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 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 and one of one or more of the permanent members won't go along with something the un's ability to act is limited 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 can 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 bid warning of additional collateral damage one of the things that i that i hope the palestinian leadership is consider 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 that 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 crowds 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 or you enjoy a gathering over. many wonder if his super bowl of diplomatic strategy leads to anything more than the event itself arena point not artsy new york. 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 palestinian politician han ashrawi accuse the us of apocrypha see. at this ironic this that would stand then look at the arab spring as a way of vindication. on human rights and human dignity and that when it comes to the palestinians we have the context to realize that. this is very selective this actually because i think out occupy it is. a domestic issue in the us. and has enormous influence on the. fates of many politicians so it's not like any other country is a has constantly been exempt also because the heart of the holocaust is. western guilt over what to do so in a sense this has saved

a certain. sense of exceptionalism and immunity and of course it has acted with impunity so the palestinians were deprived of the protection of the law was given this exception and it meant but they can do it because it has a powerful lobby also and they. may have broken on the basis of that. full interview with palestinian politician coming your way in about twenty minutes . this week the e.u. 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 the e.u. and kosovo customs officials who previously served controlled frontier in response

serbs blocked all the roads leading to the crossings belgrade's top negotiator called for calm urging all sides to seek a diplomatic solution r.t. sorry for thousand more. as stand kosovo thirty's with e.u. and nato forces on one side ethnic serbian protest is on the other keep it for us this is our land territory which it's refusing to accept because think government's attempts to take control of te border crossings here in the north dakota test is astounding fun at the barricades they erected it is the game of nerves and night willing to back down right. i think that anyone in the world can come to these people here in the north and tell them give up. go home and accept that you are leaving independent cos or even more doing the time being the protesters seem calm you don't have to look hard to see signs of the underlying tensions here or along the roads here in the north you come across these makeshift roadblocks servian

people using gravel rocks bits of wood whatever they can get their hands on really to disrupt the flow of traffic in this area protesters about that blocks will remain in place until a dialogue begins about who man the border posts and what will happen with the revenue collected from the customs tax. not going to move until a solution is reached for both sides the situation right now is unacceptable back in july violence erupted when the authorities tried to take control of the border posts after closer than prime minister that she wanted to trade down and serbia the conflict resulted in the death of the policemen and now neither side want to take action for fear it could once again ignite tension. major events are taking place right now considering the concerns of the. population living. this i would say of removing those barricades from the streets and from the main

highways it's not for the small that's not a priority for security organizations and calls for the funding criticisms that they preach they need to a position with regards to cost if you like said that the monitoring of the customs gate bring much needed law and order that the north pristina says they acted with in terms of an agreement a claim that belgrade strongly refute this is a serious incident and the serious step. along the road to formalisation or for relationship with christine the second thing is that once you put them off then you will put a flag then you will put a call. then you will push the so-called laws and then people who leave here will be circled by something duke looks like. the c.p.u. chemical so there's no talk among the ins of building new raids bypass the checkpoints if the cars than authorities refuse to leave the time being the border

crossing remains below and there are many obstacles that will need to be eva come on the rates of finding a resolution. say. we're 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 stand they were a mighty for and become a symbol of hope in japan after the country was arriving by natural disasters read all about it on our t.v. while you're at it check out our youtube channel at youtube dot com slash r t where you can find all more including this. video of a vintage plane crashing at a reno air show in the u.s. killing nine people wounding dozens follow our latest updates also you can visit our facebook page for more. he.

the official. from the. video. and. now in the palm of your. on the dot com. 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 of the house intelligence committee did it get to the tenth anniversary of nine eleven attack on the united states that 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 on the terrorist threat but would look like innocuous slip of tone and actually turned into a very successful attempt to protect the agency view regarding the cia role these. and its affiliates activities all around the world there was a high expectation of the general betray us would challenge conventional visit calcified theories and minds at langley instead as the speaker of the agency

he promulgated yet again ten years old views of 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 have opened fire on anti-government protesters in the capital sana'a 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 threw petrol bombs at horses and it blamed leaning islamist opposition parties for 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 indian a. paul border among those killed three people were crushed when a british embassy compound wall collapsed in the nepalese capital kathmandu dozens more were injured jumping from windows during the tremor 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 sikkim which got the most turbulent shots. former i.m.f. chief had good has given his first t.v. interview since charges of attempted to rape against a new york hotel maid were dropped dominic 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 urge read 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 why would we want 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 to tycoons came to blows out a recording of a talk show for one of russia's main channel the now this is a property developer of stargate polanski in the middle and media mogul alexander lebedev on the left there 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 levitt if he wanted to quote punch him in the face the words planted an idea apparently in led to his mind and then he was the one who decided to throw down on his rival check this out. it was.

and t.v. channel aired that show on. sunday night well throughout the day here on r t will be heading to our teens are driving to russia as a region in the far east while i may evoke a sense of remoteness and also captivates people within sneak 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 busy on the. lie hidden in the permafrost. to those who deal with them restored times are still. you can watch the full program on russia's true courage in the next hour here on r t next is the business update with dimitri.

i don't welcome to business barely dry on the deal that puts the seal in the south stream gas pipeline and already russian companies are rubbing their hands with glee they're expecting an avalanche of construction contracts and pipe producer says it's going to be a boom time for the company. approach to look at the stage of technical design so it's difficult to give any details but of course we are engaged in the project under getting prepared for it so if she would provide us with the readers for the next two to three years. of the really small 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 correct myself will bypass ukraine and reduce its ability to leverage discounts and with the possibility of no gas to transfer to europe kiev says it 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 it. sacred at the markets now oil is falling to a one week low on speculation that fuel demand will fall to signs of weakening the growth in the you're in the u.s. and in europe investors are digesting a four percent drop in fuel use in the world's largest consumer group of course of last week nights weed is down more than one dollar this brant is down ninety five cents a barrel. agent 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 cut step while financials are the worst performers with h.s.b.c. holdings shedding over two percent commercial bank of china dropping three percent the sector lost ground of the e.u. talks over escalating debt crisis in greece ended with little progress on saturday

tokyo is closed for a public over big. trading in russia will begin one a half hours on friday where the my six closed in the red with industry stocks among the main moves 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 us mark rubenstein from i've seen measurable believe the fed meeting will define the sentiment in the coming week. the expectations are rising very high and disappointing the federal reserve is going to come up with some new measures to boost the economy and at the same time that's of course should boost the asset prices there can be nation of measures that could come up with and of course the markets would love to see there are a straightforward and honest middle of q e three but i don't think that's going to happen and i think a more likely it's going to become

a nation of steps but all of this steps are going to be meaningful and important so the market is likely to be in anticipation earlier part of this week and likely to move sideways business will be back on fifteen minutes time with an update the headlines in its.

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may hold out against government forces and nato air strikes in libya the french president faces a. little by little at home over his country's intervention in the conflict lawyers claim nicolas sarkozy should be held to account for crimes against humanity committed during the bombing of libya. international efforts being stepped up to calm border tensions in kosovo where neither locals nor serbs are willing to back down after recent bloodshed one person was killed when kosovo sees two serbian border posts in july. it's a stated showdown at the un as the general assembly prepares to vote on the status of palestine with deep divisions preparing to crack the surface the u.s. and israel remain in vehemently opposed to giving the palestinians a seat at the board.