tonight on our two years gadhafi loyalists keep up the fight in libya it's a court battle on home solve 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 his statehood status where supporting majority could clash with a veto wielding where. the e.u. steps into words car after breakaway kosovo seizes checkpoints on the northern border with serbia prompting serbs to blockade growth. and global stocks are declining as investors speculate that priest may not receive the payment that would help but the void of deep falls more in business in twenty minutes.

welcome this is r t it's nine pm here no moscow when i was kevin zero in with the top stories tonight for you but despite the heavy offenses from libyan forces gadhafi loyalists are still putting up a strong resistance this is the country's interim leaders leaders struggle to form a cohesive cabinet while their forces remain locked in a battle with supporters of the fugitive colonel while the loyalists are making their last stand in several cities with civilians in the affected areas trapped in the crossfire meantime the rest of the year is reeling from months of civil war now with some estimating the death toll in the tens of thousands on going nato airstrikes have also reportedly killed a number of civilians and some western leaders now facing possible legal action over their military campaign you may find some of the images coming up in artie's down the bushes report disturbing. french explorer minister roland

jamal says he's ready to defend. the international criminal court which is issued a warrant for his arrest so we'll have to for him because first libya's deposed leaders of hoyden for good reason. will if we find him they'll kill him like the model some states are now claiming the right to kill but against all international law. images like these are moving fridge lawyers to turn against the government because the phrases lawsuits over the death of ordinary people in libya lawyers here in france accuse the presidents of committing crimes against humanity this lawyer calls the libyan war renew vietnam with the us great 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 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 nato first denied bombing this residence with thirteen civilians including four children died it then called the place a military command center this journalist went to see what it really housed. videos . toys and cultural and everything is nothing nothing military in another attack is wife and child the grandchildren were reportedly killed in their home their toes accused of deliberately wage 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 are poised for their first big legal challenge over libya if they stop the

cases coming to court all together as tickled and it will prove once and for all that western justice really used by politicians not the rule of law and shorty paris. well cross in syria at least four people reportedly killed in a recent crackdown on anti-government protests there the ongoing violence in the country's thought of claimed thousands of. lives in the past six months moscow stepping up its efforts to mediate a peaceful solution to the conflict team of russian lawmakers kirlian 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. that seemed to guiding the warring sides towards dialogue rivals the u.s. backed proposal though which targets damascus nerd's as president assad to step down as opposed to political analysts michel chossudovsky told me the russian delegation has hands full in syria. any kind of military intervention in syria immediately to

a scenario of escalation this is something which hopefully will be addressed by the russian delegation in its discussions with the syrian authorities but first of all we must clarify why what is the opposition there's an opposition within syrian civil society which operates within the called points 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. large the. islam is it's a job as this as well as muslim brotherhood and consequently this search and see is there to destabilize and create a pretext for responsibility to protect nato intervention. in syria. still ahead for you this angry demonstrators cielo for more than crossing. now the

e.u. is weighing in to stop protests descending into conflict. and two russian cosmonauts return to the capital of for a nailbiting mission we are moscow's star city with details for you very shortly. next though the u.n. and the world's key financial institutions say the palestine is strong enough to function as an independent state palestinian president mahmoud abbas is due to request for your membership of the general assembly on friday saying he'll submit a request letter after his speech there but the threat of an american veto still hangs in the air and his report on our explains the u.n. play its position. 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 to 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 and 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 that sadly ironically the majority of the general assembly supports palestinian un membership the assembly alone with two thirds majority in 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 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 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 clouds 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 prominent member or two or three who believe that. the last time should not be a member of the u.s. . they want to go on record but the vast majority of the people the world do believe that it's the i want to enjoy a gathering all the. way. yet many wonder if this super bowl of diplomatic strategy leads to anything more than the event itself. artsy or. concerned of the impact of the un vote washington's been involved in

a last ditch attempt to bring israel and the palestinians to the negotiating table but it was spoke to david shaw is from the stanley foundation a global peace and justice will be a group he told me the palestinians are tired of a drawn out peace process which seems to be going nowhere. if you tell us unions just get stuck in that situation. you know maybe it goes on for another two or forty years and the motive behind this is to be an outlet for that frustration basically to bring me issue to another arena even if that arena can't really carry out her t.v. objective. at least the palestinians. have pretty strongly stated their frustration and their lack of. faith process everyone just having trouble maneuvering their way through a time of pretty turbulent change. the u.s. mission try as they might it doesn't look like they're going to be able to have.

both. and this is the arab world erupted there's been curiosity over why america's support of rebel movements they're different from his treatment of palestinians now that the sun goes down who's influential israeli lobby and its power to steer washington's moves or middle east negotiations is r t here is a bit later. it is dominic this notwithstanding that look at that ups plane as a way of the indication that the moccasins need them and human rights and human dignity and that comes to the palestinians we can thanks to. this is very selective this left me because. it is. the mystic. has enormous influence among. many probably since the us in many ways has changed its policy to accommodate this most extreme government not only that but. lesser under what accept this position. and

again by saying that the students i'm going to. ask you to change that longstanding policy on the state solution and of course under. it has taken a very clear stance on the basis of international law and palestinian rights including that act with a permanent so by adopting the israeli position and then trying to salvage the throat of the three that quartet the us is really distorting legal system as well as political system as well as the human and credit of achieving a just peace. just some of the fault for much longer it was from palestinian politician who manish tewari sharing your views on what statehood recognition will bring people say that full interview can have you not call it already in just over an hour's time.

tensions in northern cos of all will be discussed this week in brussels as belgrade's top negotiator called for carmody all sides to seek a diplomatic solution the atmosphere in the region intensified after pristina backed by nato led forces placed customs officials on the two disputed border posts previously under control in response to blockaded all the roads leading to the crossings of the syria furthest war on this highly charged situation. as stand of course of the thirty's with e.u. and nato forces on one side ethnic serbian protesters on the other before us this is our land territory it's refusing to accept the cause think government's attempts to take control of te border crossings here in the north the protesters are standing firm at the barricades that they erect is the game of nerves and night this side willing to back down i don't think anyone in the world confronted these people here in the north and called and give up. to go home and accept the cue

leaving the problem cos they will not do it for the time being the protesters seem calm you don't have to look hard to see signs of the underlying tensions here or along the roads here in the north you come across these makeshift roadblocks serbian people using gravel rocks bits of wood whatever they can get their hands on really to disrupt the flow of traffic in this area protesters of that 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 will not going to move until the solutions reached through both sides the situation right now is unacceptable back in july violence erupted when the authorities tried to take control of the border place after constant prime minister had that she wanted to trade baron and serbia the conflict resulted in the death of the policeman and now neither side wants to take action the fear. once again ignite tension. major events

are taking place right now considering the concerns of the. population living. this i will say of removing those barricades from the streets and from the main highways it's not for the small it's not a priority or. security organizations in causal offending criticisms that they preach then each will position with regards to cost you look says that the monitoring it because the skate pretty much needed lure an alternate north kristina's 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 with krishna a certain thing is that once you put across them officers then you will put a flag of arms then you will push. the laws and then people who leave here will be circled by something that looks like. the sea became

a fixer is now to commence building new raids bypass the checkpoints if the course then authorities refused to leave the time being the border crossing remains blocks and there are many obstacles that will meet the eva come on the rates of finding a resolution so our first. and you follow more of that ongoing story online of course starting your coleman for the news an extended coverage go to check out today we're going to check out our web site cover stories that white house ride tonight if you go there and this is the fearsome ship and cried all the russian navy in all its glory now you can get an inside look at the mighty body bag online at our website exclusively it's about to come to small town in russia's far east is faced with an extraordinary nuisance you are seeing what you think you're saying there a group of polar bears is invaded the area is attacking the locals i don't want to r.t. dot com to find of her residence or combat in the thread to see video of that very

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on com. five will do stories making headlines right now at least twenty people including a child of the free being killed by pro regime snipers foreign from rooftops in yemeni capital sanaa hundreds more were treated for gunshot wounds and comes a day after twenty six protested shot dead in clashes between presidential system opposition supporters and a bloodiest crackdown for weeks the daily protests demanding again the presidency is ruled russia wants both sides to enter talks saying it's the only way out of the crisis. facing bangladesh a classic protest is demanding the release of senior members of the country's largest is it was party activists many carrying sticks and throwing rocks fall with riot officers and several vehicles alike fifty people were reportedly wounded and dozens arrested the five to ten days when his party members would challenge the trans against humanity in the country's one hundred seventy one war of independence

in pakistan. castro releases been given alternate and will force people budget cuts if it once was all going bankrupt and the international monetary fund the i.m.f. frowned on athens for falling behind on reform targets the country's finance ministers pledged to speed them up and it's all of the murders of hundreds was quite a cause now it comes as eurozone leaders chose to wait until the road before ruling on whether to release the next eight billion euro bailout package to greece. president obama has laid out a plan to cut the deficit and revive the american economy was a wealthy expected to pay more he said bigger news and corporations must pay higher taxes that in everyone should pay a fair share rather than republicans would be refusing would have agreed the tax side police the public's on its side. rescue work across the isolated areas in himalaya in the importance about continued has been a strong earthquake there it's killed almost fifty people the epicenter of the

quake was the northern indeed state of sackey where half of the casualties are buried under the dead brick fifty others were injured some critically several of the quake struck the region every year but until now cause no major damage. to russian cosmonauts are back here in moscow after an extended and eventful stay aboard the international space station the return to worth was delayed though because of safety precautions after the failure of the progress m cargo ship in august of his people all of the reports from moscow's star city space center. 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 but they were up there at the 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 could surely my body was challenging and i wanted to turn around but i could only walk straight despite my intentions it's much more stressful to land on earth than to

leave us over the very eventful six months that they were on board international space station this three g. incidents that occurred while they were up there they were they were course there for the progress module that crashed that was heading up to supply the i.s.a.'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 them conduct those experiments that were going on up in space to make our lives here on earth all that better unfortunately the loss of that equipment when did those experiments know they were also up there for the final talking all the nasa space shuttle and station lances docked on the eighth of july unless bonnie joy i beg your pardon is 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 into 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 release 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 affair this is what it was the cause not to say. 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 in was our countryman our ship was called to go and so the flight was filled with a holiday spirit so well alexander some under the abolishing could get used to like

but here on earth they recognize the the celebration it was garbage first light fifty years ago from star city peace after. what you discover what ancient secrets lie buried underneath permafrost and russia's far east great program coming up in a couple of minutes after the latest live business news though with you. that's right time to get the latest from the world of business and russia's insurance market is seeing it because jill says the crisis number three in the market rests those buying a twenty five percent blocking stake in its rival vs the deal is expected to be worth wrong two hundred fifty million dollars and the company's aim to create a jewish group named rest so. paris is present in ukraine we are one

of the five big biggest companies sinew pray in we as a second company in the second company in armenia the biggest private insurance group in belorussia so we are already present in the server and we expect that as the culprit for our new partners we'll develop this business and of course we are looking to the eastern europe maybe due to the crisis or some other situations to try to get some interesting targets for there because it should maybe be converging projects anyway we'll look at the market and we will try to as mr abramovich the you don't buy shares your buy situations which so will try to find interesting situations insurance markets. front bank p.n.p. perry bar has decided to quit its retail business in russia i answer can't be transferred to other lenders and b. and b. will now focus on this consumer credit joint venture with russia's prime. entered

the russian market five years ago engineer blanch is set up one hundred fifty branches but it only managed to open twenty six several foreign lenders have pulled out of the country and recent months it's a result of the difficult business environment and the saturation of the local retail market. that's a look at the markets now. lower as we could global equity markets and persistent concerns about greek debt crisis weigh tally on market sentiment and from just investors to lock in recent profits. your stock saw sinking own fears that greece's debt crisis is worsening the dollar is losing under two percent and the nasdaq is one point four percent in the right this hour the chip slide comes in the way wall street's best we can months. and european stocks are declining as investors speculated but not receive a payment that would help it avoid default that's after

a meeting with top european finance ministers over the weekend failed to show off jittery investors see its two point four percent lower shares and all britain's leading banks were falling in germany the tax was down under three percent after a bridge election to pay for angle merkel's government added to the market uncertainty. and russia in the red stripe in europe low with most blue chips to figure out how the percentage of the close the russian currency is also losing ground slipping more than one percent versus the dollar thoughts minutes of proving on monday reaching this year's lowest level therefore the differences in the truck scale of the r.t.s. and of isis let's have a look at some of the individual should moves here energy majors and banking stocks were under pressure russia's largest oil company ross never was one point seven percent lower. angelica's the to produce the e.u. and russia was also in the red tops of the company's reported its first net profit rise in fifty eight cents to two hundred thirty million dollars dollars gold

finished up though just marginally its first top net profit has doubled to two hundred seven million dollars michael started as creative financial corp reps not just 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 just by 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 luke will rise now wholly it's called the steel companies but it is not negative for the domestically oriented companies including spear being the

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