he said companies while their forces remain locked in battle with supporters of the fugitive colonel their lawyer listen making sound in several cities with civilians in the affected areas trapped in the crossfire meanwhile the rest of maybe is leaving for months of civil war with some estimated the death toll in the tens of thousands ongoing and nato airstrikes have also pulled the number of civilians with some western leaders now facing possible legal action over their military campaign you may find some of the images down a bushel report to stop. the fringe explorer minister roland jamal says he's ready to defend gadhafi in the international criminal court which is issued a warrant for his arrest but nato will have to follow in the colonel's first libya's deposed leader is in hiding for good reason. if they find him they'll kill him like bin laden some states are now claiming the right to kill them 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 president 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 toys and cultural and everything is nothing nothing military in another attack how does wife a child and grandchildren were reportedly killed in their home nato's 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 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 used run by politicians not the rule of law the new bush or r.t. paris and across in syria at least four people were reportedly killed in a crackdown on anti-government protests the ongoing violence in the country's thoughts. after a nearly three thousand lives in the past five months mosque

a stepping up its efforts to mediate a peaceful solution to the complaint a team of russian or make is currently on a fact finding mission in syria damascus at pains to be committed to democratic reform the comments all same segments and prof presidential api ran that same good guiding the warring sides to with the approach rivals a u.s. backed proposal which targets to mount scopus president assad to step down less michel to the dusky says the russian delegation will have its hands probably in syria. any kind of military intervention in syria immediately leads to a scenario of escalation and this is something which hopefully will be addressed by the russian delegation and its discussions with the syrian authorities well first of all we must clarify what is the opposition there's an opposition within the syrian civil society which operates within the confines of the law which has

also dialogue with the government and then there's an insurgency which is funded and supported by outside forces. this insurgency is largely integrated by islamists it's a job the school but it's a lot of business as well as muslim brotherhood. and consequently this insurgency is there to destabilize to create a pretext for responsibility to protect nato intervention in syria. still ahead this hour general petraeus job as head of cia but what about the work still to be done in defeating al qaeda get the inside praties military analysts and . team russian cosmonauts return to the law for a nail biting mission where moscow's stasi with the details. 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 they said this week even though the threat of an american veto still hangs in the air on his way to put not explains the u.n. plans position. 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 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 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. 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 anywhere you n.z. a gathering always on my life. yet many wonder if this super bowl of diplomatic strategy leads to anything more than the event itself marina point nine r.t. new york. well ever since the arab world erupted there's been a curiosity about why the americans support or rebel movements that differ from its treatment of palestinians. down to the mental israeli lobby and its power to stand washington's views on middle east negotiations. it is ironic this that was. look at the arab spring way of vindication towards 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 i think out occupy it is. a domestic issue in the us and has enormous influence on. the fates of many politicians the u.s. 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. in the game by saying to the students and both of you on the e.u. by asking them to change the longstanding policy of the two state solution and of course that has taken a very clear stance on the basis of international law palestinian diets including the terminix 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 better of achieving it . i. that was palestinian politician sharing these on what state had recognition would bring to her people with a full interviews here and around twenty minutes times the same for the house. tensions now in northern kosovo will be discussed this week in brussels as belgrade's top negotiator called for calm as you all saw is to seek a diplomatic solution the atmosphere in the region intensified after push teena backed by nato led forces place customs officials in the two disputed border posts previously on the sub control in response serbia located all the roads leading to the crossings on the surface of this mall on this highly charged situation. i stand of course of those 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 costing 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 room can come to these people here in the north and tell them give up. go home and accept that you are leaving independent. 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 words whatever they can get their hands on really to disrupt the flow of traffic in this area protesters have vowed that bloats will remain in

place until it dialogue begins about home on 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 said that she wanted to trade balance serbia conflict resulted in the death of the policemen and now neither side wants to take action the theory could once again ignite tension on conserving major events are taking place for. 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 for security organizations and calls for the funding criticisms the. they breach the neutral position with regards to cost you look to said that the

monitoring of the customs gate will bring much needed law and order that the north pristina says it acted within terms of an agreement a claim that belgrade strongly. this is a serious incident in a serious step back in the long road to formalisation or for relationship with regime 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 so-called kosovo laws and then people who live here will be circled by something that looks like course was theory they simply cannot accept there's now talk among serbians of building new roads 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. close if. you can always find more hard hitting stories on our

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the official. video. and. america's foremost afghanistan david petraeus is getting settled in days new role as director of the cia it's a position he's taken to come to the according to. going to crucial things but tries his actions mean he's defending the organizations outdated strategy that of pushing for reforms during the joint session of the senate and the house intelligence committee. did it get to the tenth anniversary of nine eleven

attack on the united states general david petraeus the newly minted cia director and general jim clapper the director of national intelligence presented their views general petraeus from the outset emphasized that he was presenting the agency view on the terrorist threat but would look like a slip of tone it actually turned into a very successful attempt to protect the agency these regarding various cia role these. and its affiliates activities all around the world there was a high expectation of the general betray us would challenge conventional wisdom calcified theories and minds at plainly 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 pilot error is being blamed as the main cause of jeanne's the aircraft in northwestern russia on a typical three four came down the killing nearly all on board the interstate aviation committee concluded that the crew failed to go around and attempt a second landing and had to send it to. the teams it also points out of the navigation is partially wrong one died and the captain and that became pilot had been removed from training the air profiteering to its final descent the crew were also given incorrect medical costs from a cloud of fog and visibility on the report says the pilots ignored on board data designed to assist i think my fifty two people on board the usef fly from moscow to petros of all its forty seven. that's a quick look now at some other world news this hour and twenty four

a child reportedly killed by pro regime snipers from the roof tops in the yemeni capital sanaa hundreds more were treated to. the attack comes a day after twenty six protesters were shot dead in the clashes between president loyalists and opposition supreme actually it was a bloodless crackdown in the weeks against the daily protests demanding the end of salaries will russia called on both sides and to dialogue saying it's the only way to end the going crisis. the taliban have claimed responsibility for a deadly attack that took eight lives of the pakistani city of karachi a suicide bomber detonated at their goal packed with explosives were the house of the senior police official it's believed the intended target was the chief of the crime investigation department who was on most of the victims when local police guards posted outside his house for. rescue work continues across isolated

emulate areas of india in the pool and tibet after a strong earthquake hit the region killing almost fifty people the epicenter of the quake was the northern indian state of the kim where half the casualties were buried on the day parade fifty others were injured some critically and several earthquake struck the region this year but until now cause no major damage. sixty thousand people have marched in tokyo demolishing and japan's reliance on atomic power six months off its worst nuclear accident challenging slogans the demonstrates just how deep people jackals public was affected by the march tsunami which led to radiation it's a crisis for some one hundred thousand people who live nearby the fictional plans to flee the area. two russian cosmonauts a back in moscow off to an extended and eventful stay on board the international space station they were turned delayed due to safety precautions following the failure of the progress emma called

a ship it all gets all of our reports from his style cities by santa. the two russian cosmonauts the returned back to earth 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 bird 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 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 food 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 that was intended to help them conduct those experiments that are going on up in space to make our lives here on earth all that better fortunately the loss of those that equipment indeed those experiments now they were also up there for the final docking all the nasa space shuttle and the space ship but lantis docked on the eighth of july and left on the joy a big part of 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 media space station finally fell out of commission a real end to a chapter in space exploration history you know 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 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 summer could. get used to life back here on earth they recognize the the celebration it was your car its first flight fifty years ago from star city piece of art to. now in just a few minutes an explanation as to why the u.s. is seemingly ready to block the palestinian state's recognition at the u.n. but before that i've got

a business update with the war. thanks alice that's right time to delve into the world of business something's 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 and russian pipe produce a t.m. case says it's going to be a boom time for the company. i brought here to still live at this 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 it's removed providers with orders for the next two to three years. let's have a check on the markets or as low as we could global equity markets and persistent greek debt crisis weighed heavily on market sentiment and says investors to walk in recent profits. u.s. stocks are sinking in early trade and fears that greece's debt crisis is worsening

the dow and the nasdaq up both down about two percent of the sour and the dips light comes in the wake of wall street's best we can months. european stocks are declining as investors speculated that greece may not receive the payment that would help it avoid default a meeting with top european finance ministers all the weekend failed to show up jittery investors if it sees two point four percent lower shares and all britain's leading banks are pulling in germany to stand with and really help to send a regional election defeat for angle marco's government added to the market uncertainty. on stocks in russia in the right track in europe low with most blue chips dipping ever on top of the cent the russian currency is also losing ground sleeping more than one percent versus the dollar in the thoughts minutes of trading this year's lowest level there for the difference in the sale on the r.t.s. m i six let's have a check on some of the individual shareholders on the my sets energy majors and

banking stocks under. russia's largest oil company of all sniffed is one percent lower interest to produce a new one. is also in the red off to the company's top net profit was rising fifty eight percent to two hundred thirty million dollars bucking the trend has pulled us gold its past top net profit has doubled to two hundred seventy million dollars. while the ruble is being battered on the currency markets dipping to its lowest level against the us dollar for the here i'm a stop pushing it down to negative sentiment in the market even so spare banks in a good dive assess the full in value could have a positive impact. president currency very large the hands on the oil. right and still when it was strong currencies are mostly strong it's bad while the senators the war and on the research center surprisingly long mr a said sister complained of course leave her with ted the reason the will start is to reseize seen this so

there's spiel that at least this is why some people say that city needs we've got. holloway over the ruble as we did because of the financial turmoil maybe the laws leave bad. recent ruble to be. for the moment probably this institution in russia is relatively is a t. ball is probably not bad that the bill has the video and it's not it's only three months five world summit. on russia's insurance market is seeing its biggest deal since the crisis number three in the market rest so is buying a twenty five percent blocking stake in its rival the s.k. the deal is expected to be worth around two hundred fifty million dollars the company's aim to create a joint group named rest sophia skate. the goal of zeus' deal easier. because you should move the company. maybe even real. two other christians joined

but in three of five years expected to be one big company the one brother. holds the biggest company in the russian market. that wraps up the business bulletin new york today as local until website r.t. dot com slash business.

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it's all past our mosque a this is all ten gadhafi loyalists are keeping up 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 obey his country's actions in the. the calling for calm over the ethnic tension that erupted when somebody sees two checkpoints on its northern border with. lead to serve the caving the approach roads meanwhile belgrade's top. all sides to see if the promotes it solution. and the palestinians are set to take center stage in new york this week to try and secure states have brekky all the wide support they can touch with us the world's key financial institutions and independent.