leaders struggle to formica he says cabinet while their forces remain locked in battle with supporters of the fugitive loyalists are making their last stand in several cities with civilians in the affected areas trapped in the crossfire meanwhile the rest of libya is reeling from a month of civil war with some estimates of the death toll in the tens of thousands ongoing nato airstrikes have also reportedly killed a number of civilians with some western leaders now facing calls for legal action over their military campaign i am i find some of the images of daniel bushell's report disturbing. for ejects foreign minister roland jamal says he's ready to defend gadhafi in the international criminal court which is issued a warrant for his arrest but later will have to follow in the colonel's first libya's deposed leader isn't hiding for good reason. if they find him they'll kill him like bin laden 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 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 war a new vietnam with 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. so they're using missiles with depleted uranium which causes cancer in tripoli i saw people crippled by nato attacks on office workers who have nothing to do with the fighting that's why we're suing president sarkozy for crimes against humanity nato first denied bombing 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 books

videos spiderman toys and cultural moves and everything is nothing nothing military in another attack how are we d.s. wife and child and grandchildren were reportedly killed in their home nato is accused of deliberately waging a campaign of terror. their bombings targeted libya's electricity water and food supply after five months of deadly nato bombs and thousands of deaths people will stop supporting the regime because they simply cannot take it anymore. western leaders are 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 years run by politicians not the rule of law the new bush or r.t. paris. but of course in syria at least four people reported killed in a recent crackdown on anti-government protests the ongoing violence in the country

. i have paid nearly three thousand lives in the past five months mosk a stepping up its efforts to mediate a peace in the mission to the conflict a team of russian lawmakers currently on a fact finding mission in syria say damascus appears to be committed to democratic reform the conference also a second into a draft resolution at the u.n. is aimed at guiding the warring sides towards dialogue the approach rivals the u.s. backed proposal which targets damascus and the president asked to step down because columnist and michele does john king 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 this is something which hopefully will be addressed by the russian delegation its discussions with the syrian authorities first of all we must clarify what is the opposition there's an opposition within the syrian

civil society which operates within the cold flows of the law which has also dialogue with the go about and then there's an insurgency which is funded and supported by outside forces. this is largely integrated quite islamists it's a general other school but some like this as well as muslim brotherhood. and consequently this insurgency is there to destabilize create a pretext for responsibility to protect may to intervention in syria still ahead this hour the road blog deadlock in costs about general petraeus now has to come clean off his head of the cia but what about the mess left behind defeating al qaeda get the inside from aussies manage analyst an f. an. anti russian cosmonauts returned to the capital ofter a nailbiting mission where moscow style city with

a deep. the u.n. and the world's key financial institutions say palestine strong enough to function as an independent state president abbas is due to request full un membership at the general assembly later this week even though the threat of an american veto still hangs in the air when a point neither explains the u.n. players positions 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 one of 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 and 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 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 palestinians 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 were you empty a gathering always. yet many wonder if this super bowl of diplomatic strategy leads to anything more than the event itself. artsy new york. ever since the wild erupted there's been curiosity over why american support and rebel movements differ from its treatment of palestinians to some sound with influential israeli lobby and its power to steer washington's news on middle east. it is ironic this that will stand.

look at the arab spring way of vindication of democracy and freedom and human rights and human dignity and yet when it comes to the palestinians we are decontextualized. this is very selective this actually because. out occupied is. that mr sharon. has enormous influence on the. fates of many politicians the us in many ways has changed its policy to accommodate the most extreme government and not only that but it was trying to put pressure on the quartet to accept this position. again by saying palestinian shouldn't go with you on the e.u. by asking them to change that longstanding policy on the two state solution and of course that has taken a very clear stance on the basis of international law. including that.

position and then trying to show the throat of the court the u.s. is really distorting legal system as well as political system as well as the human and better. achieving a. palestinian politician one hundred. views on what state and recognition would bring to have people and they fit into peace here and around twenty minutes time. tensions in northern cause the vote will be the this week in brussels and belgrade's top negotiator called for calm all sides to seek a diplomatic solution the atmosphere in the region is intensified after pushed back by nato led forces placed customs officials on the team disputed border posts previously on the sub control in response serbia blockaded all the roads leading to the crossings. has more on this highly. chart situation. as

standoff kosovo thirty's with e.u. and nato forces on one side ethnic serbian protesters on the other before us this is our land our territory it's refusing to accept the cause thing government's attempt to take control of two border crossings here in the north the protesters are standing firm at the barricades 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 counsel 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 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 a valve that blocks will remain in place until a dialogue begins about who manned 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 of 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 has 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 consuming. pick and place for. considering the concerns of the. population living. i would say of removing those barricades from from the streets and from the main highways it's not for the small that's not a priority for security organizations and. the finding criticisms that they

breached the neutral position with regards to cause if you like says that that the monitoring of the customs gate will bring much needed law and order that the north pristina says it acted with in terms of an agreement a claim that belgrade strongly. this is a serious incident in a serious step back a long road to formalisation or for our relationship with russia in the second thing is that once you put a custom officers then you will put a flag then you will put the court 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 course most think they simply cannot accept it there's no talk among serbians of building new roads to bypass the checkpoints in the course of an authorities refused to leave so the time being the border crossing remains bloke's and there are many obstacles that will need to be overcome on the road to finding

a resolution so our first course of i know you can always find more heartening stories on our web site r.t. dot com his appeal was online right now for you roughly a.d.h. experts who use virtual and live simulations to uncover the cause of the forty page crash which killed forty four people it's a. new jersey residents are picking up or have the four hundred and twenty thousand dollars tab for an m.t.v. show in event they weren't even invited see sea world says local taxpayers browse our home or on our you tube channel. if. you.

the official. video. america's foremost top commander in afghanistan david petraeus is getting settled into his new role as director of the cia bob it's a possession he's taken to to come to play according to. things that has his actions that mean he's defending the organizations days and saturday instead of pushing for reforms. joran says. of the senate 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 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 a slip of turf 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 a general petraeus would challenge conventional visit fied theories and minds

at plainly instead as the speaker of the agency he promulgated yet again the ten years old views of the agency and the threats and challenges the intelligence community is facing in the united states now pilot error is being blamed as the main cones of genes that crashed in northwestern russia. three full came down killing. the interstate aviation committee concluded that the crew failed to go around and attempt a second landing and had to send it to a safe altitude and it was a point of navigation to try the captain and the pilot had to move from controlling the aircraft tearing its final to send the cruel thing given in current weather the . cloud of fog and visibility on the reports and upon its ignored on board data designed to assess a safe landing fifty people on the rough half life of moscow at the forty

seven. now some other world news and at least twenty people including a child reportedly killed by pro regime snipers from rooftops in the yemeni capital sanaa hundreds more were treated for gunshot wounds the attack comes a day after twenty six protesters were shot dead in clashes between president loyalists and opposition supporters it was the bloodiest crackdown on weeks against the day in protest of modern the end of salaries role russia called on both sides to enter dialogue saying it's the only way out of the ongoing crisis. the taliban have claimed responsibility for a deadly attack that took eight lives in the pakistani city of karachi the suicide bomber detonated a vehicle packed with explosives near the house of the senior police official it's believed the intended target was the chief of the crime investigation department who was on had most of the victims were local police guards posted outside his

house. rescue work continues across ice ages a malarious in india nepal and sabbat after a strong earthquake hit the region killing almost fifty people the epicenter of the quake was the northern indian state of stickin where half the casualties were buried under daybreak fifty others were injured some critically several earthquake struck the region this year but until now cause no major damage. sixty thousand people have marched in take a demanding an end to japan's reliance on atomic power six months after its worst nuclear accident chanting slogans the demonstrators stressed how deep the the japanese public was affected by the march to nami which led to radiation leaks the crisis for some one hundred thousand people who live near the fukushima plant to flee the area. to the russian cosmonauts and back in moscow after an extended an eventful stay onboard the international space station their

return to earth was delayed due to safety precautions following the failure of the progress and cargo ship hocussed. all of our reports from moscow install cities by santa. the two russian cosmonauts the returned back to worth on friday have been talking about their experiences while on board the i.s.a.'s but they were up there for nearly six months so as you can imagine with only four days to get used to life back on earth it has taken some getting used to. i was afraid my first moves on earth would be clumsy and difficult but it turned out to be not that bad controlling my body was challenging i wanted to turn around but i could only walk straight despite my intentions it's much more stressful to land on earth than to leave orbit it was a very eventful six months that they were on board the international space station this three g. incidents that occurred while they were up there they were they were of course there for the progress module that crashed that was heading up to supply the i s s

we wore to it oxygen and they talked about how that affected them on board we spoke with great length about it from here on the earth but they were saying is terms of food water and supplies too much however it did affect them in terms of their experiments that they were doing that was equipment was being carried on the progress module that was intended to help conduct those experiments that are going on up in space to make our lives here on earth all that better unfortunately the loss of those that equipment indeed those experiments now they were also up there for the final docking all the nasa space shuttle in the station but lantus dropped on the eighth of july and left on the air for joy a big part of it was the last time for it now the cosmonauts are saying that this was a very very sad experience it was quite similar in their eyes to when the mir space station finally fell out of commission a real end to a chapter in space exploration history now the main celebration of their time when

the on board the international space station was of course you recent night the twelfth of april fifty years since you could go and set off to become the first man in space that was of course hugely celebrated on board the space station the internet. space station containing people from japan people from america of course russians as well during that celebration so they were it was a real international affairs this is what they were the cause not to say. well it's especially nice to know that countries other than russia respect to this holiday we received lots of warm wishes and greetings like true russians we took pride that yuri gagarin was our countryman our ship was called to go and so the flight was filled with a holiday spirit so well alexander some a could. get used to life back here and they recognize the the celebration it was your car its first flight fifty years ago from star city beach to all of us to. now in just a few minutes an explanation as to why the u.s.

is ready to block a palestinian state recognition at the u.n. that's after the business yeah. hello and a very warm welcome to your business update they 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 expecting an avalanche of construction contracts and russian quite produce that t.m. case says it's going to be a boom time for the company. i brought you to still live at this stage of technical design so it's difficult to give you any details but of course we are engaged in the project under getting prepared for it. with orders for the next two to three years. but so a quick check on the markets or let's close to a one week low on speculation that fuel demand will falter amid signs a weak economic growth in europe and the u.s. investors are die just in

a four percent drop in fuel use in the world's largest consumer of crude reported last week lights which is dropping just cents this hour and branches losing four just cents. and european stocks are declining as investors speculated that greece may not receive a payment that would help it avoid default that saw three meeting but top european finance ministers all the weekend failed to shore up jittery investors one point six percent lower shares and all britain's leading banks are falling in germany the dax is down two and a half percent after regional election defeat for angela merkel's government added to the market uncertainty. and follow stocks and russia are in the red truck in europe low with most blue chips dipping around half a percent the russian currency is also losing ground slipping more than one percent versus the dollar in the past minutes of trading reaching this year's lowest level therefore the difference in the scale in the r.t.s. and the white sox that's now have a look at some of the individual share moves in the might six energy majors and banking stocks are under pressure at russia's largest oil company will soon after

its point two percent lower contra stop lenders burbank is point eight percent in the red and the twister produced you on russia is also in the right after the company first net profit rising fifty eight percent to two hundred thirty million dollars. while the rival is being battered on the course the market's dipping to its lowest level against the us dollar for the year and lists are pushing it down to negative sentiment in the market even so you dive it says the fall in value could have a positive impact. president clinton seemed very much the. right still when a strong earnings season strong it's bad for the senators. warned on the research sector surprisingly long mr a said sister. was leaving her with several reasons legal status to receive seen other soldiers feel that at least

that's why some people say that. we've got. to move elizabeth that because of financial turmoil maybe this is obviously the last. resort a little to believe we. live in london probably this institution in russia it's relatively steve. it's probably bad that the it has to be a deal. it's not certainly sleep. and finally of russia's insurance market is seeing its biggest deal since the crisis number three in the market rests i was buying a twenty five percent booking stake in its rival the s.k. while the deal is expected to be worth around two hundred fifty million dollars the company's aim to create a joint named rest so vs cape analysts say the new company will be the country's second biggest i'm sure. that wraps up the business bulletin for stories you can head to our website or to dot com slash business or join me for another business update in less than one last time so do stay with us.

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here in moscow this is. the fight in libya where the country's interim leaders and struggling to form a company has meanwhile the french president could face a legal battle at home over his country's actions and. the e.u. is calling for calm over the ethnic tension that erupted when so very soon these two checkpoints on its northern border was led to the caves in the approach roads meanwhile belgrade's top negotiators will side seek a diplomatic solution. on the palestinians and said take center stage in new york this week to try and secure recognition of the wide support they're getting group hamas for the veto wielding u.s. the world's key financial institutions say an independent palestine would be strong enough to carry.