good to have you with us here on our t.v. 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 key cities bani walid and sob 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 like tens of thousands of ongoing 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 warning you may find some of the images and daniel bushell's report disturbing. 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 will have to follow in the first libya's deposed leaders and hoisting 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 french lawyers to turn against the government because sarkozy 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 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'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 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 books videos spiderman toys and cultural moves and everything is nothing nothing military in another attack or we does wife a child the grandchildren were reportedly killed in their home nato is accused of deliberately waging a campaign of terror. their bombing started to look through your water and food supply after five months of dating not to bombs and thousands of deaths people 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 chickadee it will prove once and for all that western justice really use 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 are going on violence there is left more than twenty five. five 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 urging 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 escalation and this is something which hopefully will be addressed by the russian delegation in its discussions with the syrian authorities well first of all we must clarify well what is the opposition there's an opposition within the

syrian civil society which rates within the confines of the law and which has also done along with the government and then there is an insurgency which is funded and supported by outside forces. this is the launch integrated by islamists it's a job as this as well as muslim brotherhood. and consequently this should 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 teams military analyst for the cia director david petraeus is used on the decade long war with al qaeda plots. chat show turns to a brawl when two russian billionaires fail to find common ground on the subject of

the global financial crisis. wealthy british time it's time to. market. find out what's really happening to the global economy with mike stronger for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines khans a report. from

. don't come. with us here on our key international financial institutions house can confirm 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. explains. 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 they want one 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 power. 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 un you were you mc a gathering i'll be. like. many wonder if this super bowl of diplomatic strategy leads to anything more than the event itself marina point nine artsy new york some experts argue the thrust 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 we accuse the us of hypocrisy. it is ironic this that will stand that look at the arab spring as a way of vindication towards democracy and freedom and human diets and human dignity and yet when it comes to the palestinians we are decontextualized we removed this is very selective precisely because i think out occupy it is it. is a domestic issue in the us and has enormous influence on the. fates of many politicians so it is not treated like any other country is that has constantly been examined also because of the heart of the holocaust on that history and western guilt over what the jews so in a sense this has saved a certain bubble in which was given and demanded

a sense of exceptionalism and then tighten manta 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 but tickler it because it has a powerful lobby also and the u.s. carriers are broken on the basis of that i. you can watch the full interview with palestinian politician hot in the next hour. r.t. coming your way in just twenty minutes we'll be showing people of bell's show cross talk his gas debate what obstacles are keeping israelis and palestinians from reaching a lasting agreement here's a preview. put them down to forty eight visit 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

border so it's not fair it's let me go now this really fits the international community that's the internet what the international community support let's unless you are as i and most israelis i'm assuming really support this go down if you really support the sixty seven border diana go ahead 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 their hair and 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 to 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 has more. as standoff kosovo thirty's with e.u. and nato forces on one side ethnic serbian protesters on the other keep it for us this is our land our territory it's refusing to accept the cause thing government's attempts to take control of two border crossings here in the north the protesters are standing firm at the barricades that they erected is the game of nerves and night this side willing to back down i don't think anyone in the room can come to these people here in the north and tell them give up simply go home and accept that you are leaving independent cost or even more do it the time being the protesters

seem calm you don't have to look hard to see signs of the underlying tensions or 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 to vow 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 control it's not going to move until a 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 down and serbia the conflict resulted in the death of the policemen and now neither side want to take action the fear it could once again ignite tension considering the major

events are taking place right now considering the concerns of the. population living. at this i would say of removing those barricades from from the streets and from the main home as it's not for the small that's not a priority of this security organizations and calls for the funding criticisms that they preach the need to apply. vision with regards to cause if you like says that that the monitoring at the customs gate will bring much needed law and order that the north pristina says the acted within terms of an agreement a claim that belgrade strongly feeds this is a serious incident in a serious step back in the long road to full normalization or far relationship with kristin a second thing is that once you put the custom officers then you will put a flag then 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 something that looks like

a state they simply chemical except there's no talk among the ends of building new rights bypass the checkpoints if the course than authorities refuse to leave so the time being the border crossing remains bloke's and there are many obstacles that will need to be eva come on the rights of finding a resolution sarah first say. from or 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 almighty forest once a group has become a hope of a symbol of hope in japan after the country was devastated by natural disasters more about that a dodgy dot com plus find amateur video of this area destroyed turned tragic in the u.s. when a vintage crew plane crashed into a crowd in reno to find out footage on our you tube truck.

is the. the official location. from the. video. feeds 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 cia director but our team military analyst you have any cruise job 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 the house intelligence committee. dedicated 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 tongue 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

a general petraeus would challenge conventional visit them and 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 and out of some other stories making headlines across the globe in yemen security forces have opened fire on anti-government protesters in the capital meeting 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 it's 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 who 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 sikkim 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 dropped dominic strauss kahn was questioned on a french channel by an interviewer who was

a friend of his wife he insisted the hotel encounter didn't involve violence but did at mit to a quote moral failing on his part he took to the airways 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 is ways to deal with the global crisis that has gripped the world but a pair of russian billionaires took the debate to a whole new level the two tell you coons came to blows at a recording of a talk show for one of russia's main t.v. channels this is property developer sergei polonsky and sitting to his left is media mogul alexander lebedev who owns two british newspapers businessmen were wrangling throughout the program about this about the situation got out of hand after polanski told levitt if he wanted to punch him in the face those words pointed to the dia apparently and love it as mind and he was the one who stood up and here's what happened next.

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 dmitri. a lot of you know when welcome to business r t the ink is barely dry on the deal that puts the sea on the south stream gas pipeline and already russian governors 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. the approach here is 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 moved her voters with orders for the next two to three years. 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 and my have to close part of its network ukrainian energy minister yuri boyd says their price should be slightly above two hundred dollars per thousand cubic meters a key of pays for gas from russia currently ukraine is paying almost double that price. so to the markets now while it is falling to a one week low and speculation of your demand will falter made signs of a 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 pulled in last week. in the more than one dollar the sell brant is holding up at one hundred eleven and all the. asian stocks are falling on monday with fresh concerns about

a possible greek default and that's on speculation that europe is losing patience with the country's effort to cut its debt pile financials are some of the worst performers in the hong kong with h.s.b.c. holding shedding over two percent commercial bank of china dropping around three sector lost ground after you talks over escalating crisis in greece and with little progress on saturday and in tokyo stock exchange is closed public. talks in russia are taking off to asia with the most blue chips dropping or more than a 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. on the my psychology majors and thank you so soft feeling the pressure which is not just to a company rules now this will be one percent to stop and then the burbank and v.t. be down more than one percent so these people move to their.

as the greek issue remains on hold investors are mostly relying on news from the united states mark rubenstein from i've seen metropole believes the fed meeting will define sentiment in the coming week. and the expectations are rising very high and disappointing that the reserve is going to come up with some new measures to push the economy and at the same time that's of course should push the asset prices there are a combination of measures that could come up with and of course the markets would love to see they are a straightforward element of q e three but i don't think that's going to happen and i think a more likely it's 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 in anticipation earlier part of this week and likely to move sideways and russia's insurance market is seeing it's the biggest deal since the crisis market leader ressa was buying a twenty five percent blocking stake in its rival vs the deal is expected to be

worth around two hundred fifty million dollars the company's aim to create a joint group called wrestle vs cake and the save the new company will be the country's second largest insurer. my business will be back in around fifteen minutes time with an update the headlines are next. coming in to. question is that so much given to each musician to try and talk to friends in the

absence of a peace process the palestinians will ask the united nations to upgrade their current observer status about a full member state. the limits to just simply. the ban. on. wealthy british style. sometimes the tightening.

markets why not come to. find out what's really happening to the global economy. mike stronger. global headlines. more news today violence flared up. these are the images. from the streets of kandahar. today.

as colonel gadhafi remaining forces hold out against nato against government troops and nato air strikes in libya the french president faces a legal battle at home over his country's intervention in the war. should be held to account for crimes against humanity committed during the bombing of libya. international. tension in kosovo where neither locals nor serbs seem willing to back down after recent budget. proposal to end the deadlock sparked by the violent seizure of two border post by kosovo in july. statehood 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 of the u.s. and israel in.