a very warm welcome see this is our 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 miking he said cabinet while their forces remain locked in battle with supporters of the fugitive colonel who more or less a making their last stand in several cities the civilians in the affected areas trapped in the crossfire meanwhile the rest of libya is reeling from months of civil war with some estimating 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 possible legal action over their military campaign and you may find some of the images of daniel bushell ford disturbing. fringe explorer minister roland jamal says he's ready to defend. international criminal court which is issued a warrant for his arrest but later will have to find the first libya's deposed

leader isn't hiding for good reason. if they find him they'll kill him like been model some states are now claiming the right to kill but 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 renew 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. 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 then called the place a military command center this journalist went to see what it really housed books videos spiderman had toys and cultural and everything is nothing nothing military in another attack. wife a child and grandchildren were reportedly killed in their home nato is accused of deliberately waging a campaign of terror. 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 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. but across in syria at least four people were reportedly killed in a recent crackdown on anti-government protests. in the coming. to have pay nearly three thousand lines in the past five months mosque a step up its efforts to mediate a peaceful solution to the conflict a team of rational make is currently on a fact finding mission in syria damascus appears to be committed to democratic reform and it's also trough resolution of lend that same groups guiding the warring sides towards dialogue the approach rivals said the u.s. backed which targets damascus and just president assad to step down there's gonna. be says the russian delegation will have its hand from i'm sorry at. 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 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 plays of the law which has also dialogue with the government then there's an insurgency which is funded and supported by outside forces. this is largely integrated by islamists it's a job just. as well as muslim brotherhood. and consequently this insurgency is there to destabilize create a pretext for responsibility to protect nato intervention in syria. phil ahead this hour general petraeus now is the new job of head of the cia but what about the was still to be done in defeating al qaeda at the inside the mosque

is military analyst and a few minutes. russian cosmonauts return to the capital after a nail biting mission where a style city with the details shortly. the u.n. and the world's 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 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 and 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 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 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 the other were you and me a gathering always. i like. many wonder if this super bowl of diplomatic strategy leads to anything more than the event itself or enough or not artsy new york. well ever since the arab world around two there's been curiosity able why the american support of rebel movements there differ from its treatment of palestinians to some that's down to its influential israeli lobby and

its power to see a washington's views on middle east again see it is as our see here is. 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. as a domestic issue in the us and has enormous influence on the. fates of many politicians the us in many ways has changed its policy to accommodate this 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 to view on the e.u. by asking them to change longstanding policy on the two state solution and of

course that has taken a very clear stance on the basis of international law palestinian rights including that. so by adopting the israeli position and then trying to show that the throat of. the us is really distorting legal system as well as political system as well as the human and better of achieving a. palestinian politician and. wants to take recognition would bring to the people now the full interview in just over an hour's time. tensions in northern ca survey will be discussed this week in brussels and belgrade's top negotiator called for calm all sides to seek a diplomatic solution the atmosphere in the region intensified after pushed back by nato led forces place customs officials on the two disputed border posts previously

under control in response serbia placated all the roads leading into the crossings . more highly charged to ation. as stand of 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 attempt 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 neither side willing to back down i don't think anyone in the room can come to these people here in the north and cold and give up simply go home and accept that you are leaving independent counsel 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 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 of that bloke's 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 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 ordered to trade balance 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. taking place right now considering the concerns of the. population living.

i would say of removing those barricades from the streets and from the main highways it's not for the small that's not a priority of this. security organizations in course for the funding criticisms that they preach the neutral position with regards to cause if you like says that that the monitoring of the customs kate will bring much needed law and order to the north pristina says it acted within terms of an agreement a claim that belgrade strongly refutes this is a serious incident and the serious step back in the long road to formalisation off our relationship with russia in the second thing is that once you put across them 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 you something that looks like course was think this he became a conservative there's now talk among serbians of building new roads bypass the checkpoints if 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 first say kosovo. we can always find more hard hitting stories on our website r.t. dot com here's a peek at what's online right now for you this is the fearsome flagship and pride of the russian navy and now you can get an inside look at the mighty a very i in all its glory on. the new jersey residents of picking up the full one hundred twenty thousand dollar tower for an m.t.v. show an event they weren't even invited to see what size local time scales rolled up on r.t. dot com or on our you tube channel. if .

you. down the official auntie happily cation. i pod touch from the top still. watch on t.v. on the. video on demand. on a set speed now with the palm of your. call. america's former top commander in afghanistan david petraeus is getting settled into his new role as to rights of the cia but it's a position he's taking company. can i have going to sell things to try things actions mean he's defending the organizations outdated strategy instead of pushing

for reforms. during the joint session of the senate and the house intelligence committee did it get it to the tenth anniversary of nine eleven attack on the united states general david betray us 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 term actually turned into a very successful attempt to protect the agency view regarding various cia role these. and its affiliates activities all around the world there was a high expectation of a general petraeus would challenge conventional visit. theories and minds

at plainly instead as the speaker of the agency he. good years a good ten years old views agency threats and challenges the intelligence community. in the united states. being blamed as the main cause of june crash in northwestern russia wanted to plant one three four came down killing nearly all on board the interstate aviation committee concludes that the crew failed to go around and attempt a second landing had descended to below a safe altitude it also points out that the navigator was partially drunk while guiding the captive and of the copilot had been removed from controlling the aircraft during its final descent the crew were also given incorrect weather forecasts about low cloud of fog and visibility and reports of the pilot ignored on board data designed to assist

a safe landing fifty two people were on board the ross air flight from moscow to petrova goss forty seven of them died. you can quick look now at some other news headlines this hour and at least twenty people to be a child were reportedly killed by pro regimes like his firing from the rooftops yemeni capital. hundred twelve were treated for gunshot wounds the attack comes a day after twenty six protesters were shot dead in the new clashes between president nor less and opposition supporters it was the bloodiest crackdown in hook's against the daily protests demanding the end of will russia called on both sides and a dialogue saying it's the only way out of the ongoing crisis. the taliban claimed responsibility for a deadly attack that took eight lives of the pakistanis to see of. a suicide bomber detonated a vehicle packed with explosives near the house of a senior police official it's believed the intended target was the chief of the

crime investigation department who was on most of the victims were local police guards posted outside his house. continues across isolated himalayan areas from paul and tibet after a strong quake hit the region killing almost fifty people the epicenter of the quake was the more than indian state to kim where halt the casualties were buried under daybreak and fifty others were injured some critically several f. quake struck the region this year but until now cause 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 deeply the japanese public was affected by the march the nami which led to radiation it's a crisis for some one hundred thousand people who live near the fukushima plant to flee the area. two russian cosmonauts back in moscow off to an extended and

eventful stay on board the international space station they returned was delayed due to sage precautions following the failure of the progress and cargo ship in august. ports from the space center. but two russian cosmonauts the returns 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 and 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 there are three key 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 with water with 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 them conduct those experiments that were going on up in space to make our lives here on earth all that better unfortunately the loss of that equipment hindered 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 joy i beg your pardon was the last time for it now the cosmonauts are saying that this was a 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 while alexander some a could. get used to life back here on earth they recognize the the celebration it was your garbage first flight fifty years ago from star city beach to all of a party. in just a few minutes follow an expedition to discover what ancient sixty's buried beneath

the pan a frosty russian spy after the business of your. hello and a very warm welcome to the program spell 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 they're expecting an avalanche of construction contracts and russian pipe producer says it's going to be a boot time for the company. the loss of that award i brought here to still have 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 providers with orders for the next two to three years. that's how a quick check on the markets all is close to a one week loans but collation 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 brant are losing about one dollar at the sound. and european stocks are declining as investors speculated that greece may not receive a payment that would help it avoids default at soft releasing but the top european finance ministers over the weekend failed to show up jittery investors if it sees two percent lower shares and all britain's leading banks are pulling germany in germany the dax is down under three percent after a regional election defeat for angle markets government added to the market in session to. stocks in russia in the red truck in europe while with most blue chips dipping or old profit percent the russian chorus is also losing ground looking more than one percent versus the dollar in the first minutes of monday's trading this year's lowest level therefore the difference in the crop scale and they are just in the minds of let's have a check on some of the individual show moves in the my six energy majors and

banking stocks are under pressure russia's largest oil company was never just point six percent lower russia's number two bank to be is up two point three percent and electricity producer russia also in the write off target the company's fast net profit. is reported rising fifty eight percent to two hundred thirty million dollars. of rubble is being battered on the currency markets dipping to its lowest level against the us dollar for the year and lists up putting 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 and still went strong earnings season strong it's bad for the senators the war you know in research center surprised a non-issue or said sister please. leave her with ted the reason the will start is

to precede seeing other soldiers feel that at least this is why some people see that. we go. our way over the world is that because of financial turmoil maybe this is the last. resort will to believe we. live in london for all this institution in russia is relatively steve. it's probably not that the bill has to be a deal. it's not certainly sleep. while it rushes insurance market is seeing it's because dill says the crisis number three in the markets rests i was buying a twenty five percent booking stake in its rival fi s.k. while the tale of expected to be worth around two hundred fifty million dollars the company's integrated joint group named rest so we escaped analysts say the new company will be the country's second biggest insurer. but for the business bulletin

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. it's. this is. the fight in libya but the country's interim leaders are struggling to form a cabinet meanwhile the french president could face a legal battle at home over his country's actions in the war. palestinians are set to take center stage in new york this week to try and secure statehood recognition although the wide support they getting would clash with a veto wielding u.s. the world's key financial institutions say an independent palestine would be strong enough to carry. on the e.u. is calling for calm the ethnic tension that erupted when kosovo seized two checkpoints on its northern border with. caging the approach roads meanwhile.