this is our see live from moscow now despite a strong offensive from libyan forces gadhafi loyalists are still putting up a strong resistance this is the country's interim leaders struggle to form a cohesive cabinet while their forces remain locked in battle with supporters of the three leaders of colonel well the loyalists are making their mark in several cities with 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 for their military campaign you may find some of the images the democrats will report to step. projects foreign minister roland jamal says he's ready to defend gadhafi in the international criminal court which is issued a warrant for his arrest but nato will have to follow in the first libya's deposed leader is in hiding for good reason. if they find him they'll kill him like bin

ladin some states are now claiming the right to kill against all international law . images like these are moving french lawyers to turn against the government because he faces lawsuits over the birth of ordinary people in libya lawyers here in france accuse the prisons 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. wife or child and grandchildren were reportedly killed in their home nato is accused of deliberately waging a campaign of terror. their bombings targeted libya's electricity water and food supply after five months of deadly needle 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 now across syria at least four people were reportedly killed in a recent crackdown on anti-government protests the ongoing violence in the country . thought to have trained nearly three thousand lives in the past five months mosque a setting up its accolades 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 be committed to democratic reform the kremlin's also say creating a draft resolution in the un the same group guiding the warring sides towards dialogue the approach rivals the u.s. that proposal which targets damascus and the president asked to step down on this michel to the gulf ski 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 and its discussions with the syrian authorities first of

all we must clarify what is the opposition there's an opposition within the syrian civil society which operates within the confines of the law and which has also dialogue with the government then there's an insurgency which is so funded and supported by outside forces. this insurgency is largely integrated quite is slimmest it's a job others but it's a lot because as well as muslim brotherhood. and consequently this insurgency is there to destabilize and create a pretext for responsibility to protect it's made to intervention in syria to lead the this hour general petraeus has a new dawn to head of the cia but what about the work still to be done. to get the insight from one of the military analysts in a few minutes. and russian calls to the capital officer and many old biting mission

. dolphin see the details. the un the world's key financial institutions say palestine strong enough to function as an independent state president abbas is due to request full un membership at the general assembly later this week even though the threat of an american veto still hangs in the air on t.v. reporter explains the u.n. plays positions. if global politics were a 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 on one of 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 but 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 major international disputes it's a very dysfunctional situation and actually the un really isn't the one isn't really the venue even for this the un only gets the sort of hype aspects of these fights and and deals with them pretty badly to the israeli palestinian problem at the un is mostly theater and this is just one one particularly for

a freakish example of it this global gathering attracts the security crowds and immediately 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 not artsy new york. and i haven't since the hour of wild iraq today it's been curiosity why americans support for rebel movements seems to differ from his treatment of palestinians some that's down to its influential in its power to see

a washington's move the middle east. as. it is ironic that. look at the arab spring as a 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 precisely 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. again by saying you understood and shouldn't go to 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

that after. so by adopting the israeli position and then trying to salvage the throat of the quartet the u.s. is really distorting legal system as well as political system as well as the human and better of achieving it. i was palestinian politician her sharing her someone stated recognition would bring to her people the full interview just over an hour's time. now tensions in northern kosovo 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 backed by nato led forces customs officials on the two disputed border post previously under serb control in response to all the roads leading to the crossings

r.t. sara for his more on this highly charged situation. as standard of kosovo thirty's with e.u. and nato forces on one side ethnic serbian protesters on the other it before this is our land our territory it's refusing to accept the cause thing government's attempt to take control of two border crossings here in the north the protesters are standing firm at the barricades they erected is the game of nerves and night this side willing to back down i don't think anyone in the 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 brandon course or they will not do it for the time being the protesters seem. 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 protestors of the blocks will remain in place until it dialogue begins about who man 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. acceptable 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 major events are taking place right now considering the concerns. of population living. i would say of removing those barricades from from the streets and from the main highways it's not. not

a priority of. security organizations in course for the funding criticisms that they breached the neutral position with regards to cause if you look at that the monitoring of the customs gate bring much needed law and order to the north pristina says they acted within terms of an agreement a claim that belgrade strongly. this is a serious incident in a serious step back. a long road to full normalization or far relationship with krishna second thing is that once you put across them officers then you will put a flag then you will put a court of arms then you will put. laws and then people who live here will be circled by something that looks like. the sea became a picture there's now talk among that building you bypass the checkpoints the course of an 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

road to finding a resolution sara first. you can always find more hard hitting stories on our website home here's a peek i was online right now for you with pearson flank ship and bride of the now you can get the mighty valley in all its glory online. residents of a hefty four hundred twenty. and then t.v. show. even invited. local time. exclusive.

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session of the senate of 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 view regarding the cia role. and its affiliates activities all around the world there was a high expectation of the general betray us would challenge conventional visit

calcified theories and minds at plainly instead as the speaker of the agency he promulgated yet again the ten years old views of the agency and the threats and challenges the intelligence community is facing in the united states senate is being blamed as the main cause of genes that crash in northwestern russia one to two one three four came down killing. board the interstate aviation commission thinking that the crew failed to go round and attempt a second thing and send it to. the team it also points out of the navigator with possibly drunk while guiding the captain and the copilot had been removed from the child in the act prompt during its final descent the crew will think given the right weapon costs about the low clouds and disability on the reports of the pilots ignored on board data designed to assist the same fifty two people who said life

must go to petros that all forty seven of them died. let's get a quick look now at some other world news in brief this hour and twenty three moving a child were reportedly killed by pro regime snipers from the rooftops in the yemeni capital sanaa hundreds more were treated for gunshot wounds it comes a day after twenty six protesters were shot dead and we need clashes between presidential loyalists and opposition supporters in the largest crackdown immigrants there's been daily protests demanding the end of president falaise will russia wants both sides and to talk 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 tollgates saying it tax 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 brandy it's reported that the attackers across the river from congo descended on the ball west of brandy's capital sunday night then the survivor the slaughter said that men in fatigues but into the venue before you putting fire after the incident the country's president declared three days of mourning. rescue work continues across isolated himalayan areas in india in the poor 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 home of the casualties were buried under daybreak fifty others were injured some critically several earthquake struck the region this year but until now cause no major damage. two

russian cosmonauts back in moscow after an extended and eventful stay onboard the international space station their returns was delayed due to safety precautions following the failure of the progress and colleague a ship in august well aussies are all of a report now from moscow stances the space and. 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 there's 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've spoken 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 unfortunately the loss of those that equipment indeed those experiments now they were also up there for the final docking all the nasa space shuttle in the space shuttle atlantis docked on the eighth of july and left on the joy big part of the last time for it now the cosmonauts are saying that this was a very very sad experience it was quite similar in their eyes to when the mir space station finally fell out of commission 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 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 have flown under your body to 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 peter all of our team on the way crosstalk examines whether recognizing an independent palestine will make any material difference if key countries will refuse to accept it now they know it's bringing the best. welcome to the business program the ink sparely dry on the deal that puts the seal on the stream gas pipeline project and already a russian companies are rubbing their hands with glee expecting an avalanche of construction contracts at russian quite producer tim kay says it's going to be a boom time for the company. with a little approach here to still look at 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 so you remove providers with orders for the next two to three years. let's have a look at the markets now oil is shopping

a low as we could global equity markets and the systems concerns about greek debt crisis weighed heavily on market sentiment and sponsors investors to looking for some profits. u.s. stocks the sinking in early trade and fears that greece's debt crisis is worsening the dollar is losing just under two percent of the nasdaq is one point four percent in the red at this hour but it's light comes on the way wall street as best we can months. and european stocks are declining as investors speculate that the greece may not receive a payment that would help it avoid default that softer a meeting with top european finance ministers over the weekend failed to show up jittery investors. two point four percent lower shares and all britain's leading banks are holding and in germany the dax is down more than three percent. that softer a regional election defeat for angela merkel's government which added to the markets and such until. stocks in russia are in the red truck in europe low with most blue

chips dipping are on top of the russian chorus he is also losing ground slipping more than one percent versus 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 r.t.s. in the. it's let's have a look at some of the individual share moves in the my six energy majors in banking stocks were under pressure russia's largest oil company was snapped one percent lower electricity produced on rochelle's was also in the red after the company's reported its first net profits rising fifty eight percent to two hundred thirty million dollars bucking the trend will go to its top profit has doubled to two hundred seven million dollars michael standard quick to financial corp wraps up today's trade for us. today russian equities have extended friday's losses and it's more concerns of both the global economic recession given the 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 price 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. is positive for the export oriented companies such as lukoil rosneft coleus gold steel companies but it is not negative for the domestically oriented companies including spear bank the retail operators as well as the mobile operators. michael stein from what creative wrapping up the days straight for us russia's insurance market is saying it's because dale 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 created joint group name to rest so. the goal of this deal is of

course a crazy form of the company. exam may be a real goal to other appreciations jointly but in three of five years i expect it to be one big company under one brand. called the biggest company in the russian market. ok that's up to date from all stories log onto our web site r t dot com slash business. the book. the book. the little.

culture is that so much observant and there's a huge music israel opposed to trying to play the front i mean i'm seeing some peace process the palestinians will ask the united nations to upgrade their current observer status for about a full member state. is it's. in the. above. the but.

it's all false now or a mosque a this is all soon get down to the lesser keeping up the fight in libya but the country's interim leaders are struggling to form a cabinet meanwhile the french president is facing legal battle at home over his country's actions in the bomb. palestinians are set to take center stage in new york this week to try and secure statehood becky. they should. support they getting the clash with the veto wielding us the world's key financial institutions say an independent palestine would be strong enough. and the e.u. is calling for calm maybe the ethnic tension of iraq to call space seems to checkpoints on its northern border with serbia led to the k.g.b. approach roads meanwhile belgrade's top like you stated is all sides to seek a diplomatic solution.