the lawyers keep up the fight in libya it's a court battle on home soil for the french president over his country's actions in the war. revving up for recognition the palestinian leadership takes center stage in new york to secure stated status where supporting would give clash with a veto wielding u.s. . steps in. to break way cos of a season's checkpoints on the border prompting some cage roads. the russians. to becomes a reality of russian companies not anticipating lucrative deals and calculating losses more in business in twenty minutes.

very warm welcome z. this is see live from moscow now despite a strong offensive from libyan forces get out the loyalists are still putting up a strong resistance this is the country's interim leaders struggled for mccain he said that it all their forces remain locked in battle with supporters of the thinkers of. the making their last stand in several cities and civilians in the affected areas trapped in the crossfire meanwhile the rest of libya is reeling for months of civil war with some estimates of the death toll in the tens of thousands all going nato airstrikes have also reportedly killed a number of civilians with some western leaders now facing possible legal action over their military campaign you may find some of the images of danny bushelful disturbing. french explorer minister rowland jumar says he's ready to defend

me 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 they find him he'll kill him like a lot of some states are now claiming the right to kill against all international law. images like these are moving fridge lawyers to turn against the government because he faces lawsuits over the death of ordinary people in libya lawyers here are frauds accuse the prisons of committing crimes against humanity this lawyer calls the libyan war a new vietnam where 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. 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 soon president sarkozy the crimes against humanity. 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 and everything is nothing nothing military in another attack these wife and child and grandchildren were reportedly killed in their home nato's accused of deliberately campaign of terror. bombings targeted libya's electricity water and food supply after five months of deadly needle bombs and thousands of deaths people will stop supporting the regime because they simply cannot take it anymore. leaders

a poised for their first big legal challenge of libya if they stop because he's coming to court all together. it will prove once and for justice really politicians not the rule of law shorty paris. and across in syriac least four people reportedly killed in a recent crackdown on anti-government protests now going monism the country's thought to have kind of nearly three thousand lives in the past five months. with us and a peaceful solution to the conflict a team of russian lawmakers currently on a fact finding mission in syria the damascus appears to be committed to democratic reform have it's also draft resolution that read this anger it's guiding the warring sides towards dialogue the approach rivals said u.s. backed which targets damascus and i just president assad to step down michel chossudovsky says the russian delegation will have it's time for him and sara. any

kind of military intervention in syria immediately leads to a scenario of escalation and this is something which hopefully will be addressed by the russian delegation it's the scotians with the syrian authorities but first of all we must clarify what is that all position there's an opposition within the syrian civil society which operates within the confines of the law and which has also dialogue with the government and is an insurgency which is funded and supported by outside forces. this insurgency is largely integrated by his limits it's a just this as well as muslim brotherhood. and consequently this insurgency is there to destabilize and create a pretext for responsibility to protect nato intervention in syria.

still ahead this hour general petraeus now is the new job the head of the cia but what about the work still to be done in defeating al qaeda the inside from the chalice to anything that is. actually russian cosmonauts return to the capital after a nail biting mission style city with details. the u.n. and the world's keith financial institutions say palestine strong enough to function as an independent state president 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. 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 in two thousand journalists are in town for the general assembly to beat but in reality five countries are the ones who really matter russia china france the u.s. and britain the permanent security council members with veto power the real power in 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 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 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 it 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 can award nonmember observer status to the palestinians like the vatican enjoys and doesn't need security council approval to do so soon 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 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 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 to go on record but the vast majority of the people the world do believe that it's time for the un you want your n.g.a. gathering always to. highlight. that many wonder if this super bowl of diplomatic strategy leads to anything more than the event itself hurry up

or not r.t. new york. well ever since the arab world around to those being curiosity able why be america's. different from its treatment of palestinians to somebody down to its influential israeli lobby our to say washington's moves on middle east again see it is as i see he is. it is ironic that will stand. look at that ups plane as a way of vindication of democracy and freedom and human rights and human dignity and yet when it comes to the palestinians will be complex to remove this is very selective this actually because. out occupied is a. mistake instrument and has enormous influence on their careers. the fates of many politicians the us in many ways has changed its policy to accommodate this extreme government and not only that but it was to put pressure

on the quartet to accept this position on the you entered the gate by seeing other students from both of you on the e.u. by asking for a change of longstanding policy on the two state solution and of course on better that has taken a very clear stance on the basis of international law and rights including that are permanent so by adopting the israeli position and then trying to salvage the throat of the quartet the us is really distorting legal system as well as political system as well as the human and ballot. being addressed. palestinian politician honey. wasn't his recognition would bring to the people now the full interview just and. tensions in northern cause we discussed this week in brussels and belgrade top gracey to call for calm on all

sides to seek a diplomatic solution the atmosphere in the region intensified after machina backed by nato led forces case customs officials on the team disputed border pains previously under control in response all the roads leading to the crossings. more highly charged situation. as stand of course of those thirty's with e.u. and nato forces on one side ethnic serbian protesters on the other people for us this is our land our territory it's refusing to accept the cause think government's attempts 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 neither side willing to back down i don't think that anyone in the world can come for these people here in the north and tell them give up. go home and accept that you're

living in the problem cos they won't 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 words 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 control it's not going to move until the solutions reached for both sides the situation right now is unacceptable back in july violence erupted when the authorities tried to take control of the border posts after closer than prime minister had that she wanted to trade down and serbia the conflict resulted in the death of the policeman and now neither side want to take action for fear it could once again ignite tension.

considering the console's. population living. 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 this. the security of these racial because of all the pending criticisms that they breached the neetu a position with regards to cause if you like says that the monitoring at the customs gate will bring much needed law and order that the north pristina says they acted with in terms of an agreement a claim that belgrade strongly. this is a serious incidents in a serious step back in our long road to formalisation or for our relationship with krishna the second thing is that once you put a custom officers down you will put a flag and you will put the court of arms then you will push the so-called course of the laws and then people who live here will be circled by you something that

looks like. they simply cannot accept there's no talk among serbians of building new raids bypass the checkpoints if the cause been authorities refused to leave the time being the border crossing remains bloke's and there are many obstacles that will need to be overcome on the rates of finding a resolution so our first course of. you can always buy more hard hitting stories on our website r.t. dot home he said people was online right now for you this is the fiesta and flagship and pride of the russian navy and now you can get an inside look at the mighty a very are in all its glory on the. new jersey residents of picking up where the four hundred twenty thousand dollar tower for an m.t.v. show an event they were even invited to see what size local time scales rolled up on r.t. dot com or how you know. if

. you go to the. the official. called talk from the. video. on the dot com. america's former top commander in afghanistan david petraeus is

getting settled into his new role as director of the cia but it's a position he's taking company according to. kelly again a crucial things to try as his actions mean he's defending the organizations outdated strategy instead of pushing for reforms. during the joint session of the senate of the house intelligence committee did it to the tenth anniversary of nine eleven it was the united states 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 innocuous wimple it actually turned into a very successful attempt to protect the agency view regarding various cia

role. and its affiliates activities all around the world there was a high expectation of the general petraeus challenge conventional wisdom fied theories and minds 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. being blamed as the main cause of the genes that crashed in northwestern russia and it all came down killing all on board the interstate aviation committee complete that they failed to go around and attempt a second. ascended see below as they found the team it also points out the navigating with partially drunk counts here and of the capon it happened. in the

carrying its final the sense that he will think if an incorrect about no clout and visibility and reports of a pilot ignored on board painted designed to assist. the rough life and death of a boss. and. i can quick look now at some other news headlines this hour and at least twenty people beating a child reportedly killed by pro regimes like his firing from the rooftops yemeni capital at sanaa hundred twelve were treated for gunshot wounds it's how it comes a day after twenty six protesters were shot dead in the new clashes between president nor lists and oppositions of course as it was the bloodiest crackdown against the daily protests demanding and will russia calls on both sides and dialogue saying it's the only way out of the ongoing crisis. that's claimed responsibility for a deadly attack that took eight lives for the pakistanis to see of corrupt chief

a suicide bomber detonated a vehicle patch with explosives that houses a senior police official it's believed the intended target was the chief of the crime investigations apartment who was on her most of the victims were local police guards posted outside his house. right continues across isolated himalayan areas in paul and tibet after a strong current hit the region killing almost fifty people here at the center of the quake was a northern indian state as to kim where heart the casualties were buried under daybreak and if the others were injured some critically several earthquake struck the region this year but until now calls no major damage. sixty thousand people have marched in tokyo demanding an end to japan's reliance on atomic power six months all to its worst nuclear accident chanting slogans the demonstrators stressed how deep the japanese public was affected by the not tsunami which led to

radiation leaks the crisis all saw one hundred thousand people who live near the fukushima plant to flee the area. two russian cosmonauts are back in moscow after an extended and eventful stay onboard the international space station they returned was delayed uses age of precautions following the failure of the progress and cargo ship then all bets are the same result of a report from moscow star city space center. the two russian cosmonauts that returns back to worth on friday have been talking about their experiences while on board the i s.-s. they were up there at the needed 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 julie my body was challenging and i wanted to turn around but i could only walk straight despite my intentions it's much more stressful to land on earth and to leave a was a very eventful six months that they were on board the international space station

this three key incidents that occurred while they were up there they were they were course there for the progress module the crash that was heading up to white the i s s with water with oxygen and they talked about how that affected them on board we spoke a 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 it was intended to help them conduct those experiments that were going on up in space to make our lives here on earth all that better for to the loss of that equipment can get those experiments now they were also up there for the final talking all the nasa space shuttle and station plants is stopped on the eighth of july and left on the joy a big part of the last time for it now the cosmos are saying 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 your reason night the twelfth of april fifty years since you could go and set off to become the first man in space now 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 affair this is what it was the cause more to say. 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 you were to go in with our countrymen our ship was called to go and so the flight was filled with a holiday spirit so while alexander some of under the abolishing could get used to life back here on earth they recognize the the celebration it was your car it's

first flight fifty years ago from star city piece of a party. just a few minutes following this into this cover what i think these are buried beneath the panel. in the business. hello and a very warm welcome to the program but instead of 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 pipe producer t.m. kay says it's going to be a boom time for the company in the us with a lot of water broken if you still have the stage to take you can design so it's difficult to give any details but of course we are engaged in the projects undergo to be prepared for eight. years we were going to true years. past so

a quick check on the markets all is closed one would clone speculation that fuel demand will falter amid signs of weak economic growth in europe and the u.s. investors are digesting a four percent drop in fuel use in the world's largest consumer of crude reported last week both light sweet and brands are losing about one dollar at this hour. and european stocks are declining as investors speculated that greece may not receive the pavement that would help it of which to force that south for a meeting with the top european finance ministers of the weekend fail to shore up jittery investors thought see as two percent lower shares and all britain's leading banks are calling germany and germany the dax is down under three percent after the regional elections of the two angled marco's government added to the markets uncertainty. stocks in russia are in the red truck in europe while with most blue chips digging around profits and the russian chorus is also losing ground sticking more than one percent versus the dollar in the facts but as of monday's trading

this year's the lowest level there for the difference in the crop stale and they are just in the might six let's have a check on some of the individual share moves in the mice it's energy majors and banking stocks are under pressure russia's largest oil company lost me after this point six percent lower russia's number two bank we should be is up to. three sons just to produce it russia also in the rush off to other companies net profit. is reported rising fifty eight percent to two hundred thirty million dollars. of rubble is a battle in the currency markets dipping to its lowest level against the u.s. dollar for the year and lists up putting it down to negative sentiment in the market if. any good driver says the fall in value would have a positive impact wrench in currency very large that the oil. price and still went strong currency. it's better for the senators

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company's entry grated george group named bresso fear scaife police say the new company will be the country's second biggest insurer. that props up the business bulletin for stories you can log onto a website or join me for another business of days unless someone else time to stay with us. wealthy british style. sometimes it's because. of the. markets why not.

find out what's really happening to the global economy in the kinds of reports on our. in two thousand and ten especially economic zone for industrial production was established in russia somalia region with a total area of six hundred sixty six as. its investors are granted exclusive tax and customs benefits which includes the five it exempted from profit seeking lambs and transport taxes as well as an income tax reduction to fifteen point five percent of the special economic zone operates as a fleet customs own which enables manufacturers to market their products in russia free of information seems to some our region ses.