the beach is a good international house floods achieve every green little bit till. colonel gadhafi is remaining troops hold out against government porches in nato airstrikes in libya the french president faces a legal battle at home over his country's role in the. statehood showdown at the un is the general assembly gets ready to vote on the status of palestine the deep divisions are preparing to break the service. laws international efforts being stepped up to border tensions in kosovo where neither locals nor serbs seem willing to back down after the recent bloodshed. and russian stocks begin the week on the negative note will be all see as my six losing one percent fall on the declining well and as the asian loses ground one that's in twenty minutes time dozens of.

eleven am in moscow i'm at treasury 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 is remaining supporters defiant loyalists are making a last stand in three cities bani walid and solve all 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 nato airstrikes have also reportedly killed a number of civilians by accident but some western leaders are now facing charges at home over their military intervention that's the morning you may find some of the images and daniel bushell's report disturbing. fringe explorer minister rowland jumar says he's ready to defend more i'm a good daffy in the international criminal court which is issued

a warrant for his arrest but later will have to find the comal first libya's deposed leader is in hiding for good reason. if it finds him they'll kill him. 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 the birth of ordinary people in libya lawyers here in france accuse the presence of committing crimes against humanity his lawyer calls the libyan war renew vietnam with the us 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. 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

for crimes against humanity nato first did noid this residence where thirteen civilians including four children died then called the place a military command center this journalist went to see what it really housed. videos spider-man had toys and cultural moves and everything is nothing nothing military in another attack a weed is wife or child a grown children were reportedly killed in their home nato is accused of deliberately with campaign of terror. their bombings targeted the electricity or water and food supply after five months of dealing out of bombs and thousands of deaths people stop supporting the regime because they just can't take it and i'm on the. western leaders of 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 used run by politicians not the rule of law the new bush or r.t. paris. meanwhile in syria at least four people were reportedly killed in crackdowns on anti-government protests sunday i'm going to violence there are more than twenty . of hundred 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 on the ground on a fact finding mission in the country they say damascus appears to be committed to democratic reform the kremlin also circulating a draft resolution at the un aimed at purging the warring sides toward dialogue moscow's approach rivals the u.s. backdrop 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 of escalation and this is something which hopefully will be addressed

the russian delegation it's the scotians with the syrian authorities well first of all we must well what is the whole position there's an opposition within the syrian civil society which relates within the confines of the law and which has also done along with the kill them and then there's an insurgency which is one big and supported point both sides forces. this. point islamists it's the job is this as well as muslim brotherhood. and consequently this insurgency is there to destabilize to create a pretext all responsibility to protect nato intervention in syria. stay with us here on r t still ahead this hour artie's military analyst for the cia director david petraeus is news on the decade long war with al qaeda plots.

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for. the. price of a few songs from feinstein's pressure. for instance on t.v. don't come. with us here on our team he international financial institutions has can have confirmed palestine is now ready and strong enough to stand alone as an independent state this is president abbas prepares to bid for full u.n. membership by the general assembly later this week the move has been opposed by israel and the u.s. claiming it would undermine chances to return to peace talks or he's more important explains. 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 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 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 considered 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 in a word 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 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 the un is 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 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 the. past should not be a member of the u.s. . they want to go on record but the vast majority of the people the world do believe that it's time the annual u.n. z a gathering although. i like. many wonder if this super

bowl of diplomatic strategy leads to anything more than the event itself. artsy. some experts argue the ferocity of u.s. policy in the middle east towards palestine derives mostly from domestic politics and is influenced by the israeli lobby in washington palestinian politician hot on a shroud users in the us of hypocrisy. it is ironic this notwithstanding that they look at that ups plane as a way of indication towards democracy and freedom and human rights and human dignity and yet when it comes to the palestinians we can text to remove this is very select that precisely because. out occupied it is and is a domestic issue in the us and has enormous influence on their careers. the fates of many politicians so it is not like any other country is that has constantly been examined also because of the heart of the holocaust but it's.

western guilt over what to do so in a sense this has saved a certain bubble in which was given and demanded a sense of exceptionalism and then tighten month and immunity and of course it has acted with impunity so the 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. you can watch the full interview with palestinian politician. in the next hour. your r.t. coming your way in just twenty minutes will be showing your lavelle's show cross talk his guest bay what obstacles are keeping israelis and palestinians from reaching our roster greenman here's a preview. from death to forty eight is it israel retain 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 there is let me go national international community that's the internet what the international community support let's and this is there yes i. really support this really support the sixty seven border 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 gay hairy here in lies the problem.

is we will discuss serbian back proposals to break a deadlock in northern kosovo where pristina recently seems to disputed border crossings the move sparked outrage among local serbs friday nato led forces helicoptered in un kosovo customs officials to the previously served controlled frontier in response service blocked all the roads leading to the crossings belgrade's top negotiator called for calm urging all sides to seek a diplomatic solution or to be sorry for more. as a stand of kosovo 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 cause think government's attempts to take control of two border crossings here in the north but protesters are standing firm at the barricades that they erect is the game of nerves and night sayit

willing to back down i don't think anyone in the world can companies people here in the north can give up. we go home and accept that you are living in the ground and course 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 or longer right here in the north you come across these makeshift roadblocks serbian people using gravel rocks bits of words whatever they can get their hands on really to disrupt the flow of traffic in this area protesters about the 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 the solutions reached through 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 had that she wanted to trade balance serbia

conflict resulted in the death of the policemen and now neither side wants to take action for fear it could once again ignite tension considering the. place for. considering the console's. population living. as i would say of removing those barricades from the streets and from the main home as it's not for a priority or for. the pending criticisms that they preached on you tube. vission with regards to cause you like says that the monitoring at the customs kate will bring much needed law and order that the north christine is that they acted within terms of an agreement a claim that belgrade strongly receipts this is a serious incidents in a serious step back in a long road to formalisation or far relationship with christine the second thing is that once you put across them officers then you will put

a flag then you will put the count of arms then you will push the so-called kosovo laws and then people who live here will be circled by something that looks like a cross will state the c.p.u. camel consumption there's no talk among serbians of building new raids bypass the checkpoints if the course then authorities refuse to leave so the time being the border crossing remains below and there are many obstacles that only come on the rights of finding a resolution. because they are you can always find more news blogs and analysis a click away at r.t. dot com here's what's waiting on line right now. in a single pine tree standing where i'm ninety forest once a group has become a symbol of hope in japan after the country was devastated by natural disasters more about that if you doubt what's behind amateur video of this area destroyed turned roderick in the u.s. on a vintage plane crashed into

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. former u.s. commander in afghanistan david petraeus is getting used to his new role as the cia director but archie military analyst here going to khrushchev thinks the official stance on his intelligence means he's defending an outdated strategy of his organization instead of trying to reform it during the joint session of the senate or barrels intelligence committee. did he cave 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 slip of tone actually turned into a very successful attempt to protect the agency's view regarding the cia

role these. and its affiliates activities all around the world there was a high expectation of a general petraeus would challenge conventional visit and calcified theories and minds plainly instead as the speaker of the agency he promulgated yet again ten years old views of the agency and the threats and challenges there and teligent community is facing in the united states and out of some other stories making headlines across the globe in yemen security forces had opened fire on anti-government protesters in the capital sanaa leaving at least twenty six dead tens of thousands of activists had gathered near the state t.v. building and government offices along with rooftops neighbors started shooting defense ministry said trouble started when protesters threw petrol bombs at forces

and blame and it blamed the leading islamised opposition party for opening fire with the deadliest crackdown by the regime in recent months. car bomb has exploded near the house of a senior police official of the pakistani city of karachi killing at least eight the attack targeted the chief of the crime investigation department who was unharmed most of the victims were members of the local police force were posted to guard his home and officials blame the pakistani taliban for the attack. a strong earthquake tallying six point eight on the richter scale has claimed at least fifty lives along the india nepal border among those killed three people crushed when a british embassy compound wall collapsed in the nepalese capital kathmandu dozens more were injured dumping from windows during the tremor several buildings came down and power was cut off to the region the epicenter is believed to be somewhere in the himalayan state of sixteen which got the most violent shocks. and former

i.m.f. chief has given his first t.v. interview since charges of attempted rape against a new york hotel maid were drunk dominic strauss kahn was questioned on a french travel by an interviewer who was a friend of his wife he insisted the hotel encounter didn't involve violence but did admit to a quote moral failing on his part he took to the airwaves to apologize to france and said it was something he would regret all his life strauss kahn resigned as the i.m.f. head in may after his arrest but the case against him collapsed in august over doubts over his accuser's credibility. finally there's new block time to have a little bit of fun there's ways to deal with a global crisis that has gripped the world but a pair of russian billionaires took the debate to a whole new level the two tycoons came to blows out a recording of a talk show for one of russia's mean t.v. travelers this is property developer sergei polonsky and sitting to his left is media mogul alexander lebedev who owns two british newspaper business men were wrangling throughout the program about this about the situation got out of hand

after polanski told rabbit if he wanted to punch him in the face those words pointed to the via apparently the love it is mind of he was the one who stood up and here's what happened next about. just throwing money at each other instead along the way crosstalk takes a look at whether recognizing independent palestine will make any material difference if key countries refuse to accept it first though the business news with me. and loser in the room will come to business see the ink is 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 the russian pipe producer d.m.k. says is going to be a boom time for the company. i brought here to look at this stage of technical

design so it's difficult to give any details but of course we are engaged in the projects under getting prepared for it so it's going to as we were to secure the next two to three years. of the really the signing of the south stream pipeline deal spells bad news from ukraine now when completed russian gas supplies to europe will bypass ukraine and reduce its ability to leverage discounts and with the possibility of no gas to transfer to europe here says i'm i have to close a lot of this network ukrainian energy minister uni boyd says their price should be slightly above two hundred dollars per thousand cubic metres a kia pays for gas from russia currently ukraine is paying almost double that price . so to the markets now well is calling for a one week low and speculation of your demand will falter made signs of world weak economic growth in europe and u.s. investors are digesting a four percent drop in fuel use in the world's largest consumer of crude pulls in

last week. is down to more than one dollar this hour brant is holding up one hundred eleven and all the. asian stocks are falling on monday and fresh concerns about a possible greek default and that's on speculation that europe is losing patience with the country's ever took a step while financials are some of the worst performers in the hong kong with h.s.b.c. holding shedding a two percent commercial bank of china dropping around three sector lost ground after e.u. talks over escalating crisis in greece ended with little progress on saturday and in tokyo circuitry is closed door. talks in russia are taking off to asia with the most blue chips dropping on one of the percent this hour and that's the beginning of the trading week of course russian currencies also losing ground it slipped more than one percent versus the dollar in the first minutes of trading take a look at some of the main movers. spondee my psychology majors and thank you so

soft feeling the pressure was lodged to accompany rose and this will be one percent countries talk learned burbank and bt be down more than one percent so these people move to their. as the greek issue remains on hold and this is a mostly relying on news from the united states not rubinstein from might seem natural believes the fed meeting will define sentiment in the coming week. the expectations are rising very high and disappointing that the reserve is going to come up with so you measure to boost the economy and at the same time that's of course should boost their asset prices their communication of measures that the fed could come up with and of course the markets would love to see their history for the knowledge made of q e three but i don't think that's going to happen and i think it more like there's going to be a combination of steps but all of this 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 and rushes insurance market is seeing it's the biggest deal since the crisis now could lead to a wrestler was buying a twenty five percent blocking stake in its rival vs he was expected to be worth around two hundred fifty million dollars the company's aim to create a joint group called the rest of us kate and the save the new company will be the country's second largest insurer. business will be back in about fifteen minutes time with an update the headlines are next. at the. same in the.

culture is that so much given to each musician trying to deflect any absence of a peace process our studios will ask the united nations to upgrade their current observer status so that a full member state. in the book. to the limits. just say the beasts . subsists.

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