as get out the loyalists leave the finds in libya it's of course battle on the home soil of the french president over his gun trees around chickens in the world. revving up or recognition the palestinian leadership takes center stage and in doing so secure statehood status where supporting with horses could clash with a visa wielding directs. the e.u. steps in to call off a great great class of a season's checkpoints on the serbian border crossings serves to blockade. cars brushy solved through pipeline project becomes a reality of russian companies are just beijing new lucrative deals on kids is calculating losses more in business in twenty minutes.

a very warm welcome to you this is our sea life from moscow now to start a strong offensive from libyan forces that you know are less are still putting up a strong resistance this is the country's interim leaders struggled for mccain he said count it all their forces remain logs in battle with supporters all the features of colonel little as the making that in several cities the civilians in the affected areas trapped in the crossfire meanwhile the rest of libya's 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 and then military campaign you may find some of the images of damage missiles report to stop. this is really to

defend gadhafi in the international criminal court which is issued a warrant for his arrest but nato will have to follow him because 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 against all international law. images like these are moving frige lawyers to turn against the government because sarkozy faces lawsuits over the birth of ordinary people in libya lawyers here in france accuse the presence of committing crimes against humanity this lawyer calls the libyan war renew vietnam 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. are. they 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 suing president sarkozy for crimes against humanity. first denied bombing this residence with thirteen civilians including four children died then called the place a military command center this journalist went to see what it really housed. videos by the bad guys and cultural and everything is nothing nothing military in another attack how does wife and child and grandchildren were reportedly killed in their home their toes accused of deliberately waging campaign of terror. their bombings targeted libya's electricity water and food supply after five months of deadly need of ones 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 of libya if they stop the cases coming to court all

together as she called it will prove once and for all that western justice really is run by politicians not the rule of law the noble shortie paris now across syria at least four people were reportedly killed in a recent crackdown on government. the ongoing violence in the country. thought to have played nearly three thousand lives in the past five months moscow is stepping up its efforts to mediate a peaceful solution to the complex a team of russian lawmakers currently on a fact finding mission in syria say damascus appears to this is to democratic reform the government is also circulating a draft resolution at the u.n. that's aimed at guiding the warring sides towards dialogue the approach rivals the u.s. backed proposal which targets damascus and urges president assad to step down but unless michaud to the doves 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 in 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 called poise of the law and which has also dialogue with the government then there's an insurgency which is funded and supported by outside forces. this insurgency is largely integrated quite is slimmest it's a joke by this movement so luckless 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

then add the this hour here on r.t. general petraeus has the dark side of the cia but what about the work to be done. to get the inside from all of these military analysts and even it. and russian cosmonauts to the capital all three and railed by some russian nothing south to see the details from. the u.n. and the world's key financial institutions say palestine strong enough to function as an independent state president request full un membership at the camera assembly made to this week even a the threat of an american the same stuff hangs in the air. planes the u.n. planes 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 want one or one or more of the permanent members will 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 and we come back here next year we can have an agreement that will lead to a new member of the united nations an independent sovereign state of palestine

living in peace with israel but this year it's the opposite with washington saying it will veto the palestinian un membership bid warning of additional collateral damage one of the things that i that i hope the palestinian leadership is consider considering is the day after what will happen when after whatever. show we have in the united nations is done. what will change in the real world for the palestinian people. the answer is nothing that sadly ironically the majority of the general assembly supports palestinian un membership the assembly alone with two thirds majority can award nonmember observer status to the palestinian. it's like the vatican enjoys and doesn't need security council approval to do so so no one can veto this decision some believe however the un is the wrong forum for resolving needs your international disputes it's a very dysfunctional situation 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 frights and and deals with them pretty badly to the israeli palestinian problem of the un is mostly theater and this is just one one particularly for a freakish example of it this global gathering attracts the security clouds of 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 i want you n.g.a. gathering always. i like. many wonder if this super bowl of diplomatic strategy leads to anything more than the event itself. r.t. new york. ever since the arab world the raptors in curiosity why americans support

for rebel movements seems to differ from his treatment of palestinians some influential in his power to steer washington the middle east and as i was in his later. it is ironic this that was time to look at the arab spring as a way of indication towards democracy and freedom and human rights and human dignity and yet when it comes to the palestinians we are decontextualized we are regional this is very selective this actually because i think out occupied israel and. as a domestic issue in the us and has enormous influence on because he is. the freights of many politicians the us in many ways has changed its policy to accommodate this most extreme governments are not only that but it was trying to put pressure on the quartet accept this position on the you enter something again

by saying here are the statements from both of you on the e.u. by asking them for a change of longstanding policy on the two state solution and of course that has taken a very clear stance on the basis of international law and palestinian rights including that i've never mentioned so by adopting the israeli position and then trying to salvage the throat of the quartet the u.s. is really the starting legal system as well as political system as well as the human and credit of achieving it. i was palestinian politician sharing her views on what state of recognition would bring to her people with an interview say just over an hour's time. about tensions in northern kossovo will be discussed this week in brussels as belgrade's top negotiator called for calm all sides to seek

a diplomatic solution the atmosphere in the region intensified after pristina balance by nato led forces customs officials on the two disputed border post previously under-served control in response to all the roads leading to the crossings r.t. sara for his more on this highly charged situation. as stand of kosovo thirty's with e.u. and nato forces on one side ethnic serbian protesters on the other before us this is our land territory which it's refusing to accept because then 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 rooms and night side willing to back down i don't think anyone in the world can come to these people here in the north and tell them give up. go home and accept that you are living in the ground and course 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 all 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 about the blocks will remain in place until a dialogue begins about the man the border posts and what will happen with the revenue collected from the customs tax. not going to move until the solutions reached for both sides of this situation right now is. acceptable back in july violence erupted when the authorities tried to take control of the border posts after closer than prime minister has but she wanted to trade down and serbia the conflict resulted in the death of the policeman now neither side wants to take action for fear it could once again ignite tension. in place.

considering the concerns. population living. i would say of removing those barricades from from the streets and from the main highways it's not for a lot of. security organizations across all the spending criticisms that they breached on each will position with regards to cost you look so said that the monitoring it because instigate 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 in a serious. long road to full normalization of our relationship with krishna thing is that once you cross them off then you will put a flag in the court of arms then you will push. the laws and then people who live here will be recalled by something that looks like. the sea became

a perception there's now talk among serbians of building you by pass the checkpoints because then authorities refused to leave the time being the border crossing remains blocks and there are many obstacles that will need to be overcome on the road to finding a resolution. you can always find more hard hitting stories on our website r.t. here's a peek i was online right now for you this with pearson flying ship and right. now you can get. all its glory online. new jersey residents of picking up a hefty four hundred twenty thousand dollars town for an m.t.v. show and event they were even invited so you will see what's called local time there while the. checkout channel exclusive content.

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a position he's finding comfortable according to recent. things the transactions mean he's defending the organizations outdates instructed to instead of pushing for reform. there into jordan says. the senate the house intelligence committee. we did it to the tenth anniversary of nine eleven attack on the united states general david petraeus the newly minted cia director and general jim clapper director of national intelligence presented their views general petraeus from the outset emphasized he was presenting the agency view on the terrorist threat but would look like a slip of turn actually turned into a very successful attempt to protect the agency view regarding the cia role these. guys and its affiliates activities all around the

world there was a high expectation of the general petraeus we challenge conventional visit calcified 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. is being a plane just the main cause a crash in northwestern russia wanted to blow one three four came down killing all on board and estate agent that the crew failed to round and attempt a second thing had to send it to another website and change it all think points out of the navigating with partially drawn while guiding the captain and the copilot had been removed from the ad during its final descent approval think of the medical

costs low cloud and his ability on the records of the pilots ignored onboard data designed to assist the same day fifty g.b. yousef life must go to. forty seven. let's get a quick now at some other world news in brief this hour and twenty three having a child were reportedly killed by pro regimes like those from the rooftops in the yemeni capital sanaa hundreds more were treated for gunshot wounds it comes a day after twenty six protesters shot dead and we need clashes between president a lawyer and opposition supporters and a lot is crackdown and i think there's been daily protests and on the end of the falaise rule russia wants both sides answer to it saying it's the only way out of the crisis. cash strapped greece has been given an ultimatum to streamline budget

cuts if it wants to avoid going bankrupt early next month the international monetary fund has rounded on athens for falling behind on reform targets saying it acts hikes aren't the best option for this comes as euro zone leaders choose to wait until october before ruling on whether to release their next eight billion euro bailout package to greece. thirty six people have been killed at a pub in the central african nation of good indie it's reported that the attackers across the river from congo and descended on the ball west of brandy's capital sunday night in the survivor the slaughter said that men in fatigues burst into the venue before opening fire after the incident the country's president declared three days of mourning. rescue work until news across isolated himalayan areas in india nepal 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 the casualties were buried under debris the others were injured some critically several earthquake struck the region this year but until now no major damage. two russian cosmonauts back in moscow after an extensive and eventful stay on board the international space station their return was delayed due to safety precautions following the failure of progress and col gay shit it all going to well arty's all of the reports now from moscow stance that the space center. but two russian cosmonauts that returned back to work on friday have been talking about their experiences while on board the i.s.a.'s and 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 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 i 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 the crash 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 it was intended to help and conduct those experiments that are going on up in space to make our lives all better fortune at the loss of that equipment those experiments now they will also up there for the final docking all the nasa space shuttle and station plants is docked on the eighth of july and less money to join

a big part of the last time for it now the cosmonauts are saying this is a very very sad experience it was quite similar in their eyes to when the mir space station finally fell out of commission 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 you 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 and it was a real international affairs this is what it was the cosmonauts was saying. it's especially nice to know that countries other than russia respect 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 under the abolishing could get used to life back here on earth they recognized the the celebration it was garbage first flight fifty years ago from star city peter all of a hearty on the way cross or salman's where they are recognizing an independent palestine will make any material difference if will refuse to accept it now they that's been me. welcome to the business program try on the deal that puts the seal on those songs from gas pipeline project and a range of russian companies are rubbing their hands with glee expecting an avalanche of construction contracts at russian pipe producer t.m. kay says it's going to be a boom time for the company goes with the group here just to look at history to take mccall design so it's difficult to go to any details which of course we are

engaged in the projects are getting prepared for it so extreme providers we were for the next two to three years. let's have a look at the markets now well it's sharply lower as we could global equity markets on specific concerns about greek debt crisis weighed heavily on market sentiment and sponsors investors to looking for some profits. because stocks just sinking in early trading fears that greece's debt crisis is worsening the dollar is losing just under two percent and the nasdaq is one point four percent in the red this hour but it's light comes on the way wall street's best we can months. and european stocks are declining as investors speculated that greece may not receive a payment that would help it of which default that's after a meeting with top european finance ministers over the weekend failed to show up jittery investors think it's two point four percent lower shares and all britain's leading banks are pulling and in germany the dax is down more than three percent.

that softer a regional elections of people angle more goals government which added to the markets instruction to. stocks in russia are in the right track in europe low with most blue chips dipping around half of the russian christie is also losing ground slipping more than one percent plus the dollar in the first minutes of trading on monday this year's lowest level there for the difference from the drop scale on the arches in the. it's that some a look at some of the individual share moves in the my six energy majors in banking stocks were under pressure russia's largest world company was next was one percent lower electricity produced that you won russia was also in the red after the company's reported its first net profit rising fifty eight percent to two hundred thirteen million dollars bucking the trend was called as gold it's top net profit has doubled to two hundred seven million dollars michael stands at creative financial corp wraps up today straight for us. today russian equities have extended

friday's losses and it's more concerns about for global economic recession here been growing risks in the euro zone and the absence of visible solutions right now in the domestic market we see substantial weakness in the ruble which is now trading at the lowest level since december of last year despite the stubbornly high oil prices and despite the very solid macro economic data which was released in the last couple hours showing a big year in year improvements in retail sales improvements in fixed capital formation and a decline in the unemployment rate that said rubel weakness is positive for the export oriented companies such as lukoil rising up all your school steel companies but it is not negative for the domestically or in from companies including spear being the retail operators as well as the mobile operators michael's time for what creature they're wrapping up the day straight for us russia's insurance market is saying it's because deal since the crisis number three in the market resto is

buying a twenty five percent blocking stake in its rival the s.k. deal is expected to be worth around two hundred fifty million dollars the company's aim to created joint group names rests over the escape. the goal of this deal is of course because each of those a company. may be a real gold all other positions join clear but in the city of fight fear so expect it to be the one big company on the one brand to believe it will be called the biggest company for russian market. ok that's the chart today for more stories launched a website our business. culture

is that so much of an elite huge music israel apparently trying to tell their friends in the absence of a peace process the palestinians will ask the united nations to upgrade their current observer status so bad a full member state. is . in the.