this is r t it's nine pm here no moscow when i was kevin i went with the top stories tonight for you and 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 the 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 ongoing 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 daniel bush's report. for ejects foreign minister roland you're more 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 point because first libya's deposed

leader is it hiding for good reason. if they find him they'll kill him like bill martin some states are now claiming the right to kill but against all international law. images like these are moving french lawyers to turn against the government because sarkozy faces lawsuits over the birth of ordinary people in libya lawyers here in france accuse the presence of committing crimes against humanity this lawyer calls the libyan war renew vietnam with the us 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 it 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 nato bombs and thousands of deaths people will stop supporting the regime because they simply cannot take it anymore. western leaders of poised for their first big legal challenge over libya if they stop the cases coming to court all together as chickadee it will prove once and for all that western justice really used run by politicians not the rule of law the new bush or

r.t. powers. 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 a team of russian lawmakers kirlian a fact finding mission in syria say damascus appears to be committed to democratic reform the kremlin's also circulating a draft resolution of the un the tamed guiding the warring sides towards dialogue an approach that rivals the u.s. backed proposal though which targets damascus nerds as president assad to step down and spoke to political analysts michel chossudovsky told me the russian delegation has its hands full in syria. any kind of military intervention in syria immediately leads to a scenario of escalation and this is something which hopefully will be addressed by the russian delegation in its discussions with the syrian authorities well first

of all we must clarify well 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 and then there's an insurgency which is funded and supported by outside forces. this is largely integrated by islamists it's a job as this as well as muslim brotherhood. and consequently this sea is there to destabilize create a pretext for responsibility to protect nato intervention in syria. still ahead for you this angry demonstrators seal off the northern crossing in serbia now the e.u. is weighing in to stop protests descending into conflict. and two russian cosmonauts return to the capital or for a nailbiting mission where moscow's star city with the details for you very shortly

. next though the u.n. and the world's key financial institutions say that 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 out is more important to explain as 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 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 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 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 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 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 permanent member or two or three who believe that. palestine should not be a member of the un they want it on record but the vast majority of the people the world do believe that it's time the other you enjoy a gathering all the. way. yet many wonder if this super bowl of diplomatic strategy leads to anything more than the event itself or enough point not artsy in new york. 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 shore he's from the stanley foundation a global peace and justice lobbying group he told me the palestinians are tired of

a drawn out peace process which seems to be going nowhere. 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 frustration basically to bring to bring me issue to another arena even if that a rino can't really carry out her jihad the objective. at least the palestinians. have pretty strongly stated their frustration and their lack. of faith in the process everyone is having trouble maneuvering their way through a time of pretty turbulent change. the u.s. initiative to try as they might it doesn't look like they're going to be able to have. 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

so most and whose influential israeli lobby and its power to steer washington's moves all middle east negotiations is r t he is a bit later. at this i don't like this that was done and then look at that ups plane as a way of indication that the moccasins need them and human rights and human dignity and that's when it comes to the palestinians who had the context to. this is very selective this asked me because i think out occupied is. the mystic suing us and has enormous influence on because he is. the fates of many politicians the us in many ways has changed its policy to accommodate this most extreme government and not only that but it was starting to letter on the quartet to accept this position. by saying to the students and you're. going to change that longstanding policy on the two state solution and of course on

on dress. it has taken a very clear stance on the basis of international law and palestinian diets including that at a certain terminix with by adopting the israeli position and then trying to salvage the throat of the quartet the us is really distorting a legal system as well as political system as well as the human and parrot of achieving a just peace. just some of the fault for much longer it was from palestinian politician and now sharing your views of what statehood recognition will bring the people who say that full interview coming off you not call it already in just over an hour's time. tensions in northern kosovo will be discussed this week in brussels as belgrade's top negotiator called for car merging 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 disputed border post previously under so control in response serbia blockaded all the roads leading to the crossings furthest war in 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 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 it 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 simply go home and accept that you are leaving independent 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 words whatever they can get their hands on really to disrupt the flow of traffic in this area protesters about that blocks will remain in place until a dialogue begins about who manned the border posts and what will happen with the revenue collected from the customs tax. it's not going to move until the solutions reached for both sides of the situation right now is unacceptable back in july violence erupted when the authorities tried to take control of the border posts after closer than prime minister had that she wanted to trade balance serbia the conflict resulted in the death of the policeman and now neither side want to take action the fear it. once again ignite tension considering the major events are taking place right now and considering the concerns of the. population living in.

this i would say that removing those barricades from from the streets and from the main highways it's not for the small with it's not a priority of. security organizations and cause more funding criticisms that they breached then each will position with regards to you lexis said that the monitoring at 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 and a serious step back in the long road to full normalization off our relationship with prishtina the second thing is that once you put the custom officers then you will put a flag then you will put the court of arms then you will put. the laws and then people who live here will be circled by something that looks like. there's now talk among the building you raise by past 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. and you follow more of that ongoing story online of course starting your coleman for the news and extended coverage go to check out today we're going to check out our web site cover stories tonight if you go there this is the fearsome flagship and cried all the russian navy in all its glory now you can get the inside look at the mighty body bag online on our website exclusively set out to come across a whole town in russia's far east is faced with an extraordinary nuisance you are seeing what you think you're saying there are a group of polar bears that invaded the areas attacking the locals at online to find out how residents of combat in the threat to see video of that very narrow escape that lady just like most is a published author of. stride off without a dot com we're going to see more.

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people including a child reportedly been killed by pro regime snipers far away from rooftops in yemeni capital sanaa hundreds more were treated for gunshot wounds it comes a day after twenty six protested the shot dead in clashes between presidential rival stand opposition supporters in the 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. police in bangladesh have plastic protesters demanding the release of senior members of the country's largest is that this party activists many carrying sticks and throwing rocks fall was riot officers and several vehicles were like fifty people were reportedly wounded and dozens of arrested the five detained islamist party members were charged with crimes against humanity to the country's one hundred seventy one war of independence in pakistan. cash strapped leases been given ultimatums when forced deeper budget cuts if it once was all going bankrupt. the international monetary fund the i.m.f.

surrounded on athens for falling behind on reform targets the country's finance ministers pledged to speed them up but it's all of the most recent conference with creditors now it comes as eurozone leaders chose to wait until october 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 with the wealthy expected to pay more he said bigger news and corporations must pay higher taxes adding that everyone should pay a fair share up rather than republicans were very refusing would have agreed as attack sites the white house believes republics on its side. rescue work across isolated areas in himalaya india nepal and tibet continues there's been a strong earthquake there it's killed almost fifty people the epicenter of the quake was the northern indian state of sackey where half of the casualties are buried under the debris fifty others were injured some critically several earthquake struck that region every year but until now cause no major damage. two

russian cosmonauts are back here in moscow after an extended an eventful stay onboard the international space station their return to earth was delayed though because of safety precautions after the failure of the progress m cargo ship in august at his paper all of a report from moscow star city space center. 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 bad 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 are three key incidents that occurred while they were up there they were they

were of course there for the progress module that crashed that was heading up to supply the i s s with food with water with oxygen and they talked about how that affected them on board we spoke a great length about it from here on the earth but they were saying it's 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 are going on up in space to make our lives here on earth all at best unfortunately the loss of those that equipment hindered those experiments now they were also up there for the final docking all the nasa space shuttle in the station but lantus dropped on the eighth of july and left on the joy i beg your pardon was the last time for it now the cosmonauts are saying that this was a very sad experience it was quite similar in their eyes to when the media space station finally fell out of commission a real end to a chapter in space exploration history 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 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 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 an 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 peace to all of r.t.

. if we invite you to discover what ancient secrets lie buried underneath the permafrost and russia's far east quick program coming up in a couple of minutes after the latest live business news though with you here. that's right time to get the latest from the world of business and russia's insurance market is seeing its biggest deal since the crisis number three in the market rests i was buying a twenty five percent blocking stake in its rival. the deal is expected to be worth one two hundred fifty million dollars and the company's aim to create a joint group named rest so. aristos present in ukraine is one of the five biggest companies in ukraine as a second company in the second company and. the biggest private insurance group. to present. expect that

for our new partners develop this business and of course eastern europe maybe due to the crisis or some other situations to try to get some interesting targets for their position maybe be converging projects any way we'll look at the market and we will try to as mr abramovich says that we don't buy shares or buy situations but we'll try to find interesting situations insurance markets. front bank being prepared by 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 this consumer credit joint venture with russia's burbank been prepared by 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 and recent months it's a result of a difficult business environment and such ration of the local retail market. that's a look at the markets now oil is sharply lower as we could global equity markets and persistent concerns about greek debt crisis weigh tabouli on market sentiment and investors to look and recent profits. your stock saw sinking on fears that greece's debt crisis is worsening the dollar is losing under two percent on 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 that greece may not receive a payment that would help avoid default that software a meeting with top european finance ministers all 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

every child action defeat for angela merkel's government added to the market uncertainty. has stopped us in russia in the road struck in europe while with most blue chips to figure out how the percent of the close the russian currency is also losing ground slipping more than one percent versus the dollar thoughts minutes of trading on monday reaching this year's lowest level therefore the difference in the scale of the r.t.s. and the rise it's 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 and. because the chip produced the e.u. and russia was also in the right adopted the company's reported its first net profit rising fifty eight percent to two hundred thirty million dollars dollars gold finished up there with just marginally its top net profit has doubled to two hundred seventy million dollars michael started creature of financial corp brett some days straight for us. today russian equities have extended friday's losses

from its more concerns to 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 despite the very solid macroeconomic 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 this is positive for the export oriented companies such as lukoil rise now it's called the steel companies but it is not negative for the domestically oriented companies including spear bank the retail operators as well as the mobile operators. that's it for now europe today to join me for another business in less than one last time so just stay with us.

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from moscow this is r t is kevin owen here tonight with the top stories for you and gadhafi loyalists are keeping up the fight in libya but the country's interim leaders are struggling to form a cabinet meantime the french president could face a legal battle of hope over his country's actions in the war. the palestinians are set to take center stage in new york on friday to try and secure statehood recognition although the wide support they are getting could clash with a veto wielding u.s. financial institution say an independent palestine would be strong enough to cope. and the e.u. is calling for calm over the ethnic tension of the rutted when kosovo seized two checkpoints on its northern border with. blockade in the approach road meanwhile belgrade's top negotiators urging all sides to seek a diplomatic solution. next to the program to take a frozen.