the man. told her. as colonel gadhafi is remaining troops hold out against government forces and nato air strikes in libya a french president faces a legal battle at home over his country's intervention in the war. as stated showdown at the un as the general assembly gets ready to vote on the status of palestine with deep divisions preparing to crack the surface. was international efforts being stepped up aimed at calming border tensions in kosovo where neither locals nor serbs seem willing to back down after recent bloodshed.

ten 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 stand in three key cities. lead and all under heavy assault for more than a week with reports gadhafi and his sons could be hiding out there in a while the rest of libya is reeling from months of civil war that have 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 over their military intervention in the book the reports just a warning you may find some of the images in this report disturbing. french explorer minister roland says he's ready to defend gadhafi in the international criminal court which is issued a warrant for his arrest but made so we'll have to fill in the code with first libya's deposed leader is it hoity for good reason. if he finds him will kill him

like some states are now claiming the right to kill begins full international law. to. these are moving fridge lawyers to turn against the government because he faces lawsuits over the birth of ordinary people in libya lawyers here in france accuse the prisons of committing crimes against humanity this lawyer calls the libyan war renew vietnam where the u.s. sprayed tens of millions of liters of talk seems old crops in the sixty's and seventy's causing brain disorders miscarriages and birth defects to this day. so 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 the crimes against humanity. first did noid 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 moves and everything is nothing nothing military in another attack how does wife or child or grandchildren were reportedly killed in their home nato is accused of deliberately wage a campaign of terror. their bombing started to dilute your water and food supply up to five months of dating lots of bombs and thousands of dust people will stop supporting the regime because they just can't take it on them on. western leaders a poised for their first big legal challenge over libya if they stop the cases coming to court all together as chicle the it will prove once and for all that western justice really use drug war politicians not the rule of law the noble shortie paris. in syria these four people reportedly killed in crackdowns on

anti-government protests sunday going beilenson the country has more than two thousand. that. people dead in the last few months moscow is stepping up efforts to mediate a peaceful solution to the conflict a team of russian lawmakers is on the ground on a fact finding mission in a country he damascus appears to be committed to democratic reform the kremlin is also circulating a draft resolution at the u.n. urging the warring sides toward dialogue moscow's approach rivals the u.s. backed draft that 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. 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 your most cherished by well what is the opposition there's an opposition within syria's civil society which operates within the confines of the law and which has also done along with the government and then there's a good search and see which is funded and supported by outside forces. this is launched the integrated but it's limits it's a job. this as well as muslim brotherhood. and consequently this search and see is there to destabilize and create a pretext all responsibility to protect nato intervention in syria. stay with us here on our t.v. still ahead this hour our he's military could contribute or ask questions cia director david petraeus his views on the decade long war with al qaeda plus. a chat show turns into a brawl when two russian tycoon spell to find common ground on the touchy subject

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her stance on t.v. don't come. thanks for staying with us here on our team key international financial institutions has confirmed that palestine is now economically strong enough to stand alone as an independent state this as president abbas prepares a bid for the full u.n. membership at a general assembly later this week the move has been strongly opposed by israel and the u.s. claiming it would undermine chances of a return to peace talks artie's marine important has more from new york. if global politics were 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 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 want one or one or more of the permanent members will go along with something the u.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 and initiative the u.s. publicly supported last year 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 good warning of additional collateral damage one of the things that i that i hope the palestinian leadership is concerned 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 but 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 power. any aunts like the vatican enjoy this and does it 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 deals with them pretty badly to the israeli palestinian problem at the u.n. is is mostly theater and this is just one one particularly for a freakish example of this global gathering attracts the security crowds and media madness of a sports championship 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 the. police should not be a member of the un. they want to go on record but the vast majority of the people the world do believe that it's time for the i want you and me a gathering. i like. wonder if this diplomatic strategy leads to anything more than the event itself. artsy

your own experts argue the thrust of u.s. policy in the middle east towards palestine derives almost entirely from domestic politics and is influenced by the powerful israeli lobby in washington palestinian politician hot on a shroud he accuses the us of partners. it is ironic this notwithstanding they look at that ups plane as a way of vindication towards democracy and freedom and human rights and human dignity and yet when it comes to the palestinians who are decontextualized removed this is very selective precisely because i think out occupied is that it. is a domestic issue in the us and has enormous influence on because he is. the fates of many politicians and is not treated like any other country isn't has constantly been exempt also because of the part of the holocaust on the history of western guilt over what the jews so in

a sense this has saved. and which was given and demanded a sense of exceptionalism and then tie command and unity and of course it has acted with impunity sort of palestinians were deprived of the protection of the law and israel was given this exceptional treatment particularly because it has a powerful lobby also and the u.s. carriers are broken on the basis of that. and watch the full interview with one of the shroud twenty minutes here on r.t. . palestinian missions at the u.n. have caused much mudslinging across our cross talk show hero bill and guess explore the opticals obstacles that are keeping the two sides from reaching a rasping agreement. from death to forty eight is that israel retains seventy eight percent of palestine and the arabs not the palestinians we're in

a tension of about twenty two percent and that essentially is the sixty seven so the theory is let me be international community that's the internet what the international community support that's an interesting p.s. i. really support this treaty support the sixty seven borders so i think it's fictitious to start talking about the offers that palestinians turn down and i think we should instead start looking towards the future and the future is if the israelis want to have peace they have to begin to recognize the palestinians as equals and this is something that no israeli leader has committed himself to whether it's under the guise of two states or one state all that i want is to be treated as an equal and all that benny morris and all of the other israeli establishment want is to continue to subjugate me there harry here in lies the problem. of debate coming

your way in about an hour here on our team so stay with us. this week and you will discuss serbian back proposals to break a deadlock in northern kosovo where pristina recently seized two disputed border crossings the move sparked outrage among local serbs friday nato led forces helicoptered in un kosovo across the customs officials to the previously served controlled frontier in response of serbs of the roads leading to the crossing belgrade's top negotiator called for urging all sides to seek a diplomatic solution or to sarah ferguson or. i stand of course of those thirty's with e.u. and nato forces on one side ethnic serbian protesters on the other people this is our land territory it's refusing to accept the cost being government's attempts to take control of two border crossings here in the north and protesters are standing firm at the barricades they erected this is the game of nerves and night this side

willing to back down i don't think anyone in the world can come to these people here in the north compelled to give up. go home and accept that you are living in the cost even more 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 roads 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 protesters have vowed that bloke's 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 control it's not going to move until a solutions reached through both sides situation right now is unacceptable back in july violence erupted when the authorities tried to take control of the border posts after qassam prime minister had that she wanted to trade balance servia

conflict resulted in the death of the policemen and now neither side wants to take action for fear it could once again tension. major events are taking place right now considering the console's. population living. as i would say of removing those barricades from from the streets and from the main highways it's not for the it's not a priority or. because the funding criticisms that they preach they need to. vission with regards to cause you like says that the monitoring of the customs kate will bring much needed law and order that the north christine is that's it within terms of an agreement a claim that belgrade strongly. this is a serious incidents in a serious step back in a long road to formalisation or for relationship with krishna a second thing is that once you put across them all three series then you will put

a flag and you will put the count of arms then you will put the so-called kosovo laws and then people who live here will be circled by you something that looks like a state new chemical so there's no talk among serbians of building new raids bypass the checkpoints of course then authorities refused to leave so the time being the border crossing remains bloke's and there are many obstacles the only to be eva come on the rights of finding a resolution therof. closer. but as always more news videos and analysis a click away at r.t. dot com here's what's online for you right now. the lone pine tree standing where a mighty forest once grew has become a symbol of hope in japan after the country was ravaged by natural disasters we've all about it. was an amateur video of an air display that turned to tragedy in the u.s. when it vintage plane crashed into

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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 but artie's military contributor thinks the official stance as intelligence chief means he may be defending an outdated strategy of his organization and instead of trying to reform it during the joint session of the senate there are barrows intelligence committee. did it to the tenth anniversary of 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 on the terrorist threat but would look like innocuous sweep of stone and actually turned into a very successful attempt to protect the agency view regarding various cia

role these. and its affiliates activities all around the world and was a high expectation of the general betrayals we chillen cerm eventually visit council fied 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 sanaa leaving at least twenty six people dead tens of thousands of activists had gathered near the state television building and government offices when troops plus the neighbor started shooting the defense ministry said trouble started when protesters the petrol bombs at least i don't blame the leading islamist opposition

party for opening fire first it's the deadliest crackdown by the regime in the recent months. a car bomb has exploded near the house of a senior police official in a pakistani city of karachi killing at least eight he attack targeted the chief of the crime investigation department who was unharmed most of the victims were members of the local police force who. posted to guard his residence officials blame the pakistani taliban for the attack. a strong earthquake tallying six point eight on the richter scale has claimed at least twenty lives along the india nepal border among those killed were three who were crushed when a british embassy compound wall collapsed in the nepalese capital kathmandu dozens more were injured jumping from the windows during the tremor several buildings came down roads were blocked and power of this cut off across the region the epicenter is believed to be somewhere in the himalayan state of sick heem that got the most

turbulent shots. of the former head of the i.m.f. has it 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 pressed and on a french child by an interviewer who was a friend of his wife he insisted the hotel encounter didn't involve violence but admitted to a quote moral failing on his part took to the airwaves to apologize to france and said it was something he would regret all his life. stepped down as i.m.f. head in may after he was arrested but the case against him crumbled over doubts over his accuser's credibility. not my favorite story of this run down those ways to deal with the global financial crisis that have caused many disputes around the world but a couple of russian billionaires took this debate to a whole new level and to tycoons came to blows during recording of a talk show through one of russia's main channels and this is a property developer surrogate to his left is alexander lebedev a media mogul and the owner of two british newspapers and businessmen who are

arguing throughout the program but the situation got a hand after polonsky told limited that he wanted to punch him in the face with those words planted an idea in the negatives mind and here's what happened next. billionaire is behaving badly and well plenty more coming for your way this hour including an interview section and some of the world sports but first our business up tape with me. not as much action in the world of business going on as we just saw in the m.t.v. channel's program but still the 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 russian pipe producer t m k says it's going to be

a boom time for company. and that's the approach here is to look at the stage of technical design so it's difficult to go to any details because of course we are engaged in the projects under getting prepared for it so. for the next two to three years. the signing of the south stream pipeline deal spells bad news for ukraine when completed russian gas supplies to europe will bypass ukraine and reduces ability to leverage discounts and with the possibility of no gas to transfer to europe you have says and i have to close part of it's not work separately ukraine has reportedly agreed to pay russia the price of turbaned by the current you until the countries will get. moved to the markets now we start with commodities will is falling to a one week low on speculation that fuel demand may fall to signs a review going growth in europe and u.s. investors are digesting a four percent drop in fuel use in the world's largest consumer group reported last

week light sweet as the climbing one dollar thirty one cents per barrel this brant is just over one hundred eleven days but. asian stocks also falling on monday on fresh concerns about a possible greek default that's on speculation that europe is news impatience with the country's efforts to cut its debt pile financials are some of the worst performers with h.s.b.c. holding shedding more than two percent national bank of china dropping around three percent said the last round of the e.u. talks over escalating debt crisis in greece ended with little progress on saturday in tokyo the stock exchange is closed for a public holiday this is the opening picture in russia stocks are taking off asia with richard's dipping around have a percent at the opening of non-base trading session in moscow russian currencies also losing ground slipping more than one percent versus the dollar in the first minutes of trading. as the greek issue remains on the holds investors are mostly relying on news from the united states not rubinstein from the metropole

believes the fed meeting will define the sentiments in the coming week. the expectations are rising very high and disappointing that the reserve is going to come up with some new measures to push they can to me and at the same time that's of course should boost the asset prices there can be a nation of measures that the fed could come up with and of course the markets would love to see there a straight forward an element of q e three but i don't think that's going to happen and i think a more like is going to be a combination of steps but all of the steps are going to be meaningful and important so the market is likely to be anticipation earlier part of this week and likely to move sideways for more business news you can always log on to a website that's also you know comb forward slash business and you can join me in around fifteen minutes time i'll be here with an update of the headlines are next on our team to stay with us.

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