he is ten pm now here in moscow my name's kevin zero in with the top stories for you tonight and despite a heavy 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 a battle with supporters of the fugitive colonel where the loyalists of making the last stand in several cities were civilians in the affected areas trapped in the crossfire meantime 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 and some western leaders now facing possible legal action over their military campaign you may find some of the images coming up or down the bushes report disturbing. for injects foreign minister roland to morse's 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 the comal first libya's deposed leader is it hiding for good reason. if they find him they'll kill him like

bin model 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 president 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 we're going to go there 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 moves and everything is nothing nothing military in another attack how did we do is wife a child the grown children 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 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. or the latest twist of the libyan revolted submerge that colonel gadhafi could have escaped from tripoli a month ago in a state of the art armored vehicle according. reports in britain's daily mail newspaper the mercedes four by four was reportedly provided by the french government with nicolas sarkozy giving the green light for the deal back in two thousand and eight interesting twist this one let's talk about it more than should we with author of the article journalist and political analyst. joining us on the line the from the the villa thanks for being on our team international's could see you tonight now just tell us more about this is it seems than cozy provided colonel gadhafi if what i'm saying is true it is very over getaway car i mean that no what i look at is quite ironic given the france given all the other nato nations wants to see him captured the most. well absolutely it's quite an extraordinary twist in this libyan real rebellion and indeed a huge embarrassment for the french government as it emerges that president sarkozy sold in two thousand and eight

a three point five million pound car took an orchid after which has allowed him to escape it's as you said a state of the old armored vehicle it's equipped with. command a system which allows colonel gadhafi to keep in touch with his forces but it also equipped with a tracking system which makes it impossible for nato surveillance to to pick up any signals and indeed to locate and target the car so it's indeed quite ironic and indeed embarrassing for the french government the deal was struck in two thousand and seven when president sarkozy was then interior minister before that's before he became president a few months later and as soon as he became president he received a colonel gadhafi himself in paris for a five day state visit where he gave him a tour of paris including to the palace of versailles he dined him at the ritz and he allowed him to plant his stand just across the street from the palace and it was

also an opportunity to. strike very new creative business deals president sarkozy was hoping to sell the fighter jets rafal jets of the time but the deal for you fell through and colonel gadhafi was able to buy those jets from russia instead but nonetheless president sarkozy was able to sell him this armored vehicle the cd is called for by for and indeed part of the deal is a twenty five million plus package which also includes provides the libyan government which means we means to keep tabs on positions via by controlling the e-mail system of dissidents what you're saying is huge double standard syria than i don't but would be about it looks like given the french government was all too happy back in two thousand and eight to be in bed if you like with gadhafi until it didn't suit them anymore fair comment. well absolutely especially that

these revelations come in the wake of a triumphant visit lately by president sarkozy in libya where he was very much depicted in the french press as the liberated of libya he was nicknamed sarkozy the libyan and his war was nicknamed sarkozy's war he was portrayed as the savior of libya while at the same time of course his the one who did probably the most to keep the dolphin on as anybody else of course the broader picture is well i guess it's not just fronts other is it i mean nato is selling weapons to gadhafi it's now allegedly providing the and to get daffy fighters with arms it's got a lot of full circle. well very much so the british government is new revelations have come out as well making it clear that. the. tony blair government was very much very close indeed to gadhafi and although and i'm not so

extraordinary revelations came out showing that the m i six which is the british intelligence service were very helpful in handing over political dissidents based in the u.k. to colonel gadhafi to basically get tortured back so these are hugely embarrassing revelations for western countries involved in this military adventure in libya and however to look at it it's very hard to believe that they are getting involved militarily out of the goodness of their hearts but of course as we've seen lately there was a paris conference held where very business interests were discussed and the whole purpose of that meeting was of course to make the military adventure worthwhile and to discuss business opportunities involving the rebuilding rebuilding of libya with energy companies telecom firms and construction companies from britain and france in a very good position to get very lucrative business deals with libya the bigger while

you're on the line there's a very brief you could rip it out of time the rebels are also sort of been providing countries like france lucrative oil contracts in libya what you're calling about fair pay but you think for nato to help in getting rid of gadhafi. well i don't believe that's how world politics work i don't believe in interference in internal affairs but i think it will be up to the libyans to discuss how they want to run their own countries the national transitional council has made it clear that it wants to reward the countries who took the lead role in backing of the rebellion but we also have seen resistance from jihadist movements who have called for the members of the national transitional council to resign and who are making it abundantly clear that they are determined not to lead the west plunder the country's really good have a program and get your thoughts on this very interesting story journalist political

analyst in the below rundown and from london thanks ever so much thank you now still ahead for you this hour on the program angry demonstrators seem to more than cross in serbia now the e.u. is where again to stop protesters settling into conflict we got the latest on that for you. and two russian cosmonauts return to the capital after a nail biting mission with moscow star city with the details shortly. the u.n. and the world's key financial institutions say palestine strong enough to function as an independent state palestinian president mahmoud abbas is due to request for u.n. membership in the general assembly on friday so he'll submit a request letter after his speech there but the threat of an american veto still hangs in the air artie's miniport explains the u.n. players 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 want one or 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 un membership and statehood and initiative the us 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 crowds 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 or 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 up what now artsy new york. tensions in northern kosovo will be discussed this week in brussels as both greats top negotiator called for calm urging 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 on the serb control and response serbia blockaded all the roads leading to the crossings the sarah ferguson more this highly charged situation. as standoff 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 think 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 room 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 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 protestors of the blokes who remain in place until a dialogue begins about who man the border posts and what will happen with the revenue collected from the customs tax. not going to move until the solutions reached for both sides of 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 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 could once again ignite tension concerning the major events taking place right now considering the concerns of the. population living. this i would say of removing those barricades from from the streets and from the main highways it's not for the small that's not a priority of this security organizations and calls for the funding criticisms that they preach the. position with regards to cause you like says the monitoring at the customs gate bring much needed law and order to the north pristina acted within terms of in 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 british the second thing is that once you put a custom officers then you will put

a flag then you will put the court of arms then you will put your so-called kosovo laws and then people who live here will be circled by something that looks like. they simply cannot accept this now talk among the ins that building you rates by past checkpoints the cost in authorities refused to leave the time being the border crossing remains bloke's and there are many obstacles that will need to be eva come on the rates of finding a resolution. for the news the extended coverage don't forget check out our websites wealth of information on the if you'd r.t. dot com take a look at some stories we've got online right now we picked a few out for you this is the fear some flag ship and indeed the pride of the russian navy close up now you can get an inside look at the mighty valley to get all its glory on live below our cameras inside for you to take a look. also

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pledged to speed them up and is holding the emergency conference with credit is it comes as eurozone leaders chose to wait until october before ruling on whether to release the next eight billion euro bailout package greece. president obama's laid out a plan to cut the deficit to revive the american economy with the wealthy expected to pay more he said bigger nose and corporations must pay a higher taxes adding that everyone should pay a fair share rival republicans are already refusing to grade the tax hikes by white house believes the public's on its side. rescue work across the isolated himalayan areas in india nepal into bed after a strong earthquake hit the region killing almost fifty people the epicenter of the quake was the northern indian state of say where half the casualties were buried under debris fifty others were injured some critically severe as quakes to strike the region a lot but until now haven't caused any major damage. two russian

cosmonauts are back in moscow after an extended and eventful stay onboard the international space station the return to worth was delayed because of safety precautions after the failure of the progress and cargo ship back in august when out is peter all of us on the case he reports 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 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 they three g. 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 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 those that equipment hindered 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 air for 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 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 under your body 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 r.t.

it's exactly twenty three minutes past ten o'clock at night here in moscow just twenty five minutes away from lead to sports tonight with the union discover who the new team is to catch a russian russian football's a premier li got details coming up for you the business right now with yulia. hello and a very warm welcome to the program russia's interest market is seeing its biggest deal since the crisis number three in the market rest so is buying a twenty five percent blocking stake in its rival of the s.k. the deal is expected to be worth around two hundred fifty million dollars the company's aim to create a joint group named rest of the s.k. . this present in ukraine is one of the five biggest. the second company in the second company you know the media the biggest private insurance group in belorussia so we are already present in. expect that

helpful for our new partners develop this business of course we are looking to eastern europe may be due to the crisis or some other situations to try to get some interesting targets for there because you should be converging projects anyway. look at the market. is mr abramovich that you don't buy shares you buy situations which will try to find interesting situations insurance markets. and french bank b. and p. para bar has decided to quit its retail business and russian clients accounts will be transferred to other lenders and b. and b. will now focus on its consumer credit joint venture with russia sperm bank been preparing a part of 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 months it's a result of

a difficult business environment and to such a ration of the local retail market. that's a look at the markets while the shop low as we could global equity markets and assistance concerns about greek debt crisis weighed heavily on market sentiment and prompted investors to look and listen to profits. stocks are saying king 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 at this hour but it's light comes on the way called wall street's best we can months. and european stocks more to quieting as investors speculated that greece may not receive a payment that would help it avoid default. that's not true meeting with top european finance ministers all the weekend failed to show up jittery investors the foot sea was two point four percent lower shares and all britain's leading banks were forming in germany the tax was down to three percent after a regional election defeat for angela merkel's government added to the markets

recession to. stocks in russia were in the red truck in europe low with most blue chips dipping world one hundred percent the russian currency also lost ground slipping more than one percent versus the dollar in the first minutes of trading on monday reaching this year's lowest level therefore the difference in the drop scale the r.t.s. and the biceps let's have a look at some of the individual show moves here energy majors and banking stocks were also under pressure at russia's largest oil company a one point seven percent lower electricity producer. was also in the red after the company's reported its profit rising fifty eight percent to two hundred thirty billion dollars dollars gold finished up though just marginally its first tough profit has doubled to two hundred seven million dollars and michael stein that it's pretty a financial corporation stop today 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 your 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 rise now. 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. the for ups up the business program for stories you can head to our website r.t. dot com slash business.

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if you watch us run the world tonight thanks for choosing r.t. these are all top stories gadhafi loyalists are keeping up the fight in libya tonight but the country's interim leaders are struggling to form a cabinet this is the french president could face a legal battle in the whole world for his country's actions in the war. the e.u. is calling for carmo be ethnic tension that erupted when kosovo seized two checkpoints on its northern border with serbia it led to serbs book aiding the approach roads meantime belgrade's top negotiators are urging all sides to seek a diplomatic solution. and the palestinians are said to take center stage in new york on friday to try and secure statehood recognition although the white support they getting could clash with a veto wielding u.s. the world's key financial institutions say an independent palestine would be strong enough to cope a little.