culture in the city in the sky called small melancon may do as a good up until the club is struck for mr tropicana hotel. tonight on r t is gadhafi loyalists keep up the fight in libya it's a court battle on home soil for the french president over his country's actions in the war. revving up for recognition the palestinian leadership takes center stage in new york to secure statehood status for a supporting majority could clash with a veto wielding u.s. . and the e.u. steps into words carmarthen breakaway kosovo sees as checkpoints on the serbian border prompting serbs to blockade rather. welcomes his r.t. it's now eight pm here in moscow my name is kevin owen with the top stories for you

tonight and first despite a strong offensive from libyan forces gadhafi loyalists are still putting up a strong resistance this as the country's interim leaders struggle to form a cohesive cabinet while their forces remain locked in a battle with supporters of a fugitive colonel loyalists are making their last stand in several cities with civilians in the affected areas struck by crossfire meanwhile the rest of libya is reeling from months of civil war with some estimating the death toll now in the tens of thousands ongoing nato airstrikes have also reportedly killed a number of civilians with western leaders now facing possible legal action over their military campaign you may find some of the images coming up now in total bushels report the. projects foreign minister says he's ready to defend gadhafi in the international criminal court which is issued a warrant for his arrest but later will have to first libya's deposed leaders that hoarding for good reason. if they find him will kill them. some

states are now claiming the right to kill against paul international law. images like these are moving fridge lawyers to turn against the government because that is the faces lawsuits over the birth of ordinary people in libya lawyers here in france accuse the president of committing crimes against humanity his 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. 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 where thirteen civilians including four

children died then called the place a military command center this journalist went to see what it really housed. videos. had ties and cultural moves and everything is nothing nothing military in another attack. is wife or child the grandchildren were reportedly killed in their home nato is accused of deliberately campaign of terror on their warnings targeted libya's electricity water and food supply after five months of deadly need or want and thousands of deaths people will stop supporting the regime because they simply cannot take it anymore. western leaders a poised for their first legal challenge of libya if they stop the cases coming to court all together as chicle the it will prove once and for all that western justice really is run by politicians not the rule of law the noble shortie paris.

well meantime cross in syria at least four people reportedly killed in a recent crackdown on anti-government protests there the ongoing violence in the country is full of claimed thousands of lives in the past six months stepping up its efforts to mediate a peaceful solution to the conflict a team of russian lawmakers currently on a fact finding mission in syria say damascus appears to be committed to democratic reform is also circulating a draft resolution at the u.n. the. guiding the warring sides towards dialogue the approach rivals the u.s. backed proposal which targets damascus knowledge of president assad to step down i spoke to political analysts shelters das he told me the russian delegation had his hands full in syria. any kind of military intervention in syria immediately there was a lot of escalation this is something which hopefully will be addressed by the russian delegation it's the scotians with the syrian authorities but first

of all we must clarify what is the opposition there's an opposition within the syrian civil society which operates within the called poise 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 point is that this it's a job. as well as muslim brotherhood. and consequently this insurgency is there to destabilize create a pretext for responsibility to protect nato intervention in syria. for service shelter starsky speaking to me now still ahead this hour angry demonstrators seal off the northern crossings with me and now that he was wearing in the stop protesters setting into conflict we've got the latest on my developing story and two russian cosmonauts returned to the capital of for

a nail biting mission where at moscow's star city with our cameras we got the details in the pictures from a short. the u.n. and the world's financial institutions say palestine is strong enough to function as an independent state president abbas is due to request full un membership for the general assembly later this week even though the threat of an american veto still hangs in the air of his report 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 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 un's ability to act is limited no resolutions can succeed if proposed by any of the big five case in point the current palestinian campaign for u.n. membership and statehood and initiative the u.s. publicly supported last year we come back here next year we could 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. 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 a 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 the. cost i should not be a member of the us and they want it on record that the vast majority of the people the world do believe that it's time the other or the n.c.a.a. gathering all the. way. yet many wonder if his super bowl of diplomatic strategy leads to anything more than the event itself. artsy or worse talk now to david sure he's on the line from wisconsin in the us he's from the stanley foundation a global peace and justice lobbying group there are things are going on are to internationals much appreciated tonight but what do you think is going to happen of u.n. general assembly later on friday. well i think it's true that there's

a practical matter the palestinians are going to be able to achieve. through the u.n. . but i think the palestinians have come to see the peace process really as a trap and i think that's what they're trying to get out is a. real stage or two state solution you know can only be reached through the peace process. palestinians sort of come to you know have real doubts about whether that process is leading anywhere and whether the israeli side is sincere in trying to reach an agreement but i guess is this is called for decades and they say it's got no or that's what this unilateral move i guess as well surely that there calvi any agreement without some sort of involvement from israel's negotiations no matter how drawn out of those negotiations may be yeah i

think that's the practical reality. if the palestinians just get stuck in that situation. you know maybe it goes on for another two or forty years. the motive behind this is. to be an outlet for that prostration basically to bring to bring the issue to another arena even if that arena can't really carry out her the objective. at least the palestinians have. pretty strongly stated their frustration and their lack. of faith in the process let's look at the u.s. involvement here says it will veto the palestinians been looking for ways to avoid doing so i mean how well do you think washington will be able to maneuver between all one on this desire to make friends in the arab world i don't have there is a waiver in support for israel. but everyone is having trouble maneuvering their way through a time of pretty turbulent change. the u.s.

initiative try as they might they have been trying to reach some of those differences it doesn't look like they're going to be able to head off. now. palestinian authority president mahmoud abbas has made a speech saying that he's intent on carrying through if it did come to pass if the palestinian statehood was recognized what would that lead. well that's it it doesn't then automatically in magically become a functioning state as we've been saying it can only only achieve that through an agreement with israel but then the question is you know with the palestinians having shaken things up which is their intention. you know do you see you know good results or bad results and you know that's not clear the danger is that in the

israelis recognize that the situation the status quo in terms of cooperation between the israeli government in the palestinian authority is actually pretty good only some right very important security cooperation and so you know any danger of. sort of undercutting the palestinian authority puts that at risk and so there will be a question of cutting off funds but that could really have some some bad unintended consequence so let's try and focus on the anything positive that might come out of this do you think this shake up as you put it it is going to be enough to get both his palestinians back together around that negotiation table or is that just wishful thinking. well there is not a there's not a lot of history that. is rewarding. here's hoping in some ways the two sides are closer in their positions than they've ever been and you know this is. this is

a challenge where everybody sees the solution and has for quite a long time but the question of how to get there and how to make those final moves toward each other and reach an agreement is very tough pretty good of you to start the program david show for the stanley foundation for global peace and justice thanks ever so much thank you. tensions in northern ca civil will be discussed this week in brussels as belgrade's top negotiator called for calm urging all sides to seek a diplomatic solution the atmosphere in the region intensified after prishtina backed by nato led forces placed customs officials on the two disputed border posts previously under the control and response said we have located all the roads leading to the crossings not sisera firth has more in this highly charged situation . kosovo thirties with e.u. and nato forces on one side ethnic serbian protesters on the other for us this is

our land our territory it's refusing to accept the cause think government's attempts to take control of two border crossings here in the north the protesters are standing firm at the barricades they erect is the game of nerves and night sides willing to back down i don't think anyone in the world can come to these people here in the north to give up. we go home and accept that you are living in the band of 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 there 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 protest is a value to remain in place to live dialogue begins about who man the border pastes 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 was unacceptable back in july violence erupted when the authorities tried to take control of the port a place after closer than prime minister had seen that she wanted to trade down in serbia the conflict resulted in the death of the policeman and now neither side wants to take action the theory could once again ignite tension. in place for. consoles. population living. as i would say removing those barricades from the streets and from the main highways it's not for . the funding criticisms that they preach. your position with regards to cost you let's just said that the monitoring it because instigate bring much needed law and order that the north pristina acted

within terms of an agreement a claim that belgrade strongly. this is a serious incident in a serious step back along the road to formalisation or for relationship or fish the second thing is that once you cross them officers then you will put a flag then you will put the call to arms then you will put so-called possible laws and then people who live here will be circled by you something that looks like. a chemical so there's now talk among serbians that building you bypass the checkpoints because bin 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 rates of finding a resolution. well for the news extended coverage of get to check out our web site r c dot com let's take a look at a few stories we've got online for you right now tonight this is the fear some

flagship amandeep pride of the russian navy pilot she now you can get an inside look at an icy body i don't know its glory on live below our cameras inside there so i want to take a look at that if you fancy also this is a close call for a small town in russia's far east is faced with an extraordinary nuisance when a police what you're seeing there a group of polar bears has invaded the city it's attacking the locals that lady had such a close to escape she just about manage this together head off head online to r.t. dot com to find a residence of combat in the thread and to see video of this amazing survival. but more news making headlines tonight at least twenty people including a child were reported killed by pro regime snipers firing from rooftops and again many capital some are hundreds more were treated for gunshot wounds it comes a day after twenty six protesters were shot dead in clashes between presidential worthless and opposition supporters in the bloodiest crackdown will be daily protests demanding the end of president silage with russia was both sides went to

talk saying it's the only way out of the crisis now. cash strapped greece has been given ultimatum to streamline budget cuts if it wants to avoid going bankrupt early next month the international monetary fund is rounded on athens for falling behind on reform targets saying tax hikes are the best option this comes as eurozone leaders chose to wait until october before ruling on whether to release the next eight billion euro bailout package to greece. thirty six people have been killed at a pub in the central african nation of good rudi it's reported that the attackers crossed the river from congo and descended on the bar west of brody's capital on sunday night the only survivor of the slaughter said the men in fatigues burst into the venue before opening fire after the instant the country's president declared three days of mourning. president obama has laid out a plan to cut the deficit and revive the american economy with the wealthy expected to pay more he said corporations must pay higher taxes that would mean everyone

should pay their fair share it's why the republicans are really refusing to agree this close for the white house believes the public's on its side. the work continues across isolated himalayan areas in india nepal and tibet after a strong earthquake in the region so far it's killed almost fifty people the center of the quake was the more than indian state of sticky and well half the crowds will tease very very fifty others were injured some critically several earthquakes struck the region this year but until now cause no major damage. two russian cosmonauts about here in moscow after an extended an eventful stay aboard the international space station their return to earth was delayed because of safety precautions following the failure of the progress and cargo ship back in august. peter all of the reports now from moscow of star city space and. the two russian cosmonauts that returned back to worth on friday have been talking about their experiences while on board the i.s.a.'s and they were up there and he'll be 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 to do to be not the bird joly my body was challenging and i wanted to turn a room but i could only walk straight despite my intentions it's much more stressful to land on earth than to leave war it was a very eventful six months that they were on board the international space station they three key incidents that occurred while they were up there they were they were course there for the progress module the crash that was heading up to supply the i s s with water with oxygen and they talked about how that affected them on board we spoke a great length about it from here on the earth but they were saying is terms of food water and supplies too much however it did affect them in terms of their experiments that they were doing that was equipment was being carried on the progress module it was intended to help. those experiments that are going on up in

space to make our lives here on earth all that better unfortunately the loss of that equipment indeed those experiments also up there for the final looking all the nasa space shuttle and station lantis docked on the eighth of july and left on the joy big part was 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 me if 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 set off to become the first man in space now that was of course hugely celebrated on board the space station the internet. space station containing people from japan people from america of course russians as well during that celebration so they were it was

a real international up there and this is what it was 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 through russians we took pride the duty to go in 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 body seemed to get used to life here on earth they recognize the the celebration it was your car it's first like fifty years ago from star city r.t. . it was twenty five. with you know and you can discover who the new team is the culture of russia's football's premier league that's coming up but after the latest live business right now with yulia. hello and a very warm welcome to the business update russia's insurance market is saying it's because jill says the crisis number three in the market rests i was buying

a twenty five percent blocking stake in his rival the ask a deal is expected to be worth around two hundred fifty million dollars the company's aim to create a joint group names rest so vs kate. is present in ukraine one of the for if it be just got pretty soon you're a separate company. because it's the second company you know. the biggest private insurance group in belorussia so we're already present in your sister. expect that visit helpful for your work needs to be developed this business of. eastern europe maybe due to the crisis some other. trade to some interesting targets for there because you should be converging projects any way. the market. is mr abramovich so that

they don't buy shares to buy situations which will try to find interesting situations insurance markets. front triangle p. and p. para bar has decided to quit its retail business in russia clients accounts will be transferred to other lenders and b. and b. will now focus on its consumer credit joint venture with russia's burbank been prepared part entered the russian market five years ago and initially planned to set up one hundred fifty branches but it only managed to open twenty six several foreign lenders have pulled out of the country in recent thoughts as a result of the difficult business environment and the situation of the local retail market. that's a look at the markets now where the shop will always work a global equity markets and systems concerns about greek debt crisis weighed heavily on market sentiment and profits investors to lock in recent profits. and u.s. stocks are sinking on fears that greece's debt crisis is worsening the dow is losing

under two percent and the nasdaq is one point four percent in the red the sound as it started comes in the way wall street best we can months. european stocks are declining as investors speculating that greece may not receive a payment that would help it. avoid default that's not true meeting with top european finance ministers over the weekend failed to show our future investors thought see it was two percent down while the text was just under three percent. stocks in russia in the red truck in europe low with most blue chips dipping around the top of the sun the russian currency is also losing ground slipping more than one percent versus the dollar in the thoughts minutes of trading on monday reaching this year's lowest level therefore the difference in the drop scale on the r.t.s. and the mice it's as you can see almost have a check on some of the individual share moves in the my six energy majors on banking stocks more under pressure russia's largest oil company of course next lost

one point seven percent and interested producer on russia was also in the red after the company's reported to pass health net profit rising fifty eight percent two hundred thirty million dollars dollars gold finished up zero just marginally its top net profit was doubled has doubled to two hundred seventy million dollars michael started as retail financial corp website the trading day straight for us. today russian equities have extended fridays 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 and that's weakness is positive for the export

oriented companies such as lukoil rise now it's gold steel companies but it is not negative for the domestically or in from companies including spear bank the retail operators as well as the mobile operators. michael stein from what chris a financial corporation has just wrapped up the day straight for us some that wraps up the business bulletin you can head to our website archies up com slash.

mission is. a good education free in-store charge free. free. free. free. gold free bhansali videos for your media projects a free meal john darche john tom. is a cave to. the disease.