tonight an artist 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 where a supporting majority could clash with a veto wielding u.s. if. he steps in to urge karmas to break away kosovo says the checkpoints of the northern border the serbia prompting serbs to blockade roads. welcome says r.t. it's eleven pm now here in moscow my name's kevin zero in and first tonight despite

a heavy offensive from libyan forces gadhafi loyalists are still putting up a strong resistance this is the as the country's interim leader struggle to form a cohesive cabinet while their forces remain locked in a battle with supporters of the fugitive colonel loyalists are making the last stand in several cities with civilians in the affected areas trapped in the crossfire meantime the rest of libya's 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 in daniel bushell report just. french explorer minister rowland jamal says he's ready to defend good murphy in the international criminal court which is issued a warrant for his arrest but later will have to. first libya's deposed leaders that hoity for good reason. if they find him will kill them like martin some

states are now claiming the right to kill against all international law. images like these are moving fridge lawyers to turn against big government because the 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 u.s. sprayed tens of millions of liters of talks in zog 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 soon president sarkozy for crimes against humanity and 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 by the bad guys and. everything is nothing nothing military in another attack these wife or child or grandchildren were reportedly killed in their home was accused of deliberately wage a campaign of terror. their bombings 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 big legal challenge of 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 drug war politicians not the rule of law the noble shorty paris . but now the latest twist in the libyan revolt

a merger of colonel gadhafi could have made his recent escape from tripoli in a state of the art armored vehicle according to. britain's daily mail newspaper the mysterious fall by falls reportedly provided by the french government with nicolas sarkozy giving the green light for the deal back in two thousand and seven i spoke to journalist and political analyst in a blue room dining she told me the news is a huge embarrassment for the french leadership right now it's equipped with. a system which allows colonel gadhafi to get in touch with his forces but it's also equipped with an anti tracking system which makes it impossible for nato surveillance to pick up any signals and indeed to locate and target the car so it's indeed quite ironic and indeed in barrison for the french government the deal was struck in two thousand and seven when president socceroos he was then interior minister before that 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 presence aka's he was able to sell him this armored vehicle the mercy of his car four by four and indeed us part of the deal is a twenty five million plus package which also provides the libyan government with means to keep tabs on oppositions by controlling the enough system of dissidents 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 liberate of libya he was nicknamed sako z. the libyan and his group was nicknamed. he was portrayed as the savior of libya while at the same time of course his the one who did probably the most to get gadhafi in on as anybody else. a lot more ahead for you this hour on r.t. angry demonstrators sealed off from all the in crossings with serbia now the was wearing a stop protest ascending into conflict got the latest. and. two russian

cosmonauts returned back to the capital offer a nailbiting mission and we are at moscow's star city for the details about to shortly. he. the official ulti allocation joyce called touch for me i. shall see you on the good. video.

calls and r.s.s. feeds now in the palm of your. call from. the u.n. on the world's key financial institutions say palestine is strong enough to function as an independent state palestinian president mahmoud abbas is due to request full un membership at 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 port an hour 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 will 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 and initiative the u.s. publicly supported last year 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 it 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 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 this global gathering attracts the security crowds and media madness of a sports championship 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. past should not be a member of the us and they want it on record but the vast majority of the people the world do believe that it's time the i want to enjoy a gathering all the. way. yet many wonder if this simple form of diplomatic strategy leads to anything more than the event itself very artsy any. well concerned of the impact of the un vote washington's been involved

in a last ditch attempt to bring israel and palestinians to the negotiating table earlier i spoke to david shaw he's from the stanley foundation a global peace and justice lobby 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 prostration basically to bring to bring me issue to another arena even if that arena can't really carry out her achieve 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.

mission try as they might it doesn't look like they're going to be able to have. tensions in northern kosovo be discussed this week in brussels as belgrade's top negotiator called for calm logical signs to seek a diplomatic solution the atmosphere in the region intensified after pristina but by nato led forces placed customs officials on the two disputed border posts of the previously put on the said control now in sports said we have located all the roads leading to the crossings furthest more of this highly charged situation. as a stand of kosovo thirty's with e.u. and nato forces on one side ethnic serbian protesters on the other. this is our land territory. refusing to accept the cost being government's attempts to take control of two border crossings here in the north protesters are standing firm at the barricades they erect is the game of nerves and night side 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 leaving the band and cost you one more do it for the time being the protesters seem calm you don't have to look hard to see signs of the underlying tensions 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. this is to remain in place until it dialogue begins about who man the border posts and what will happen with the revenue collected from the customs tax control . 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 posts after constant prime minister that she wanted to trade down and serbia

the conflict resulted in the death of the policeman and now neither side wants to take action for fear it could once again ignite tension. in place for. considering the concerns. population living. i would say of removing those barricades from the streets and from the main highways it's not for the small of it's not a priority or. the funding criticisms that they preached on each group. zation with regards to cost you like sister monitoring it because the skate bring much needed law and order that the north christine is active with in terms of an agreement a claim that belgrade strongly. this is a serious incident in a serious step back. to formalisation or for relationship with krishna the second thing is that once you cross them off then you will put

a flag and you will put the court of arms then you will put. laws and then people who live here will be circled by something that looks like. the chemical structure does not talk among serbians the building you rates bypass the checkpoints because then authorities refused to leave the time being the border crossing remains bloke's there are many obstacles that will need to be a come on the rates of finding a resolution sarah first cause. well for the news an extended coverage don't forget our website so i was up and running for you r.t. dot coms the place to be for that is a few stories of my culture right tonight if you go there this is the fearsome flagship on the pride of the russian navy you're looking at the reactor where we've been allowed to go inside bring the pictures of what it's like would like to check it out said r t dot com tonight and you have to believe your eyes on the next story a small town in russia's far east is faced with extraordinary nuisance you know

what you're seeing there is a polar bear a group of them have invaded the area they're attacking locals head online while websites find out how residents are contacting the threat then we get our you tube channel to last me seclusive video there of a very narrow escape and off she teaches. the official policy of your hong kong from the.

video on demand. now in the palm of your. dog's kong. for top world news stories making headlines tonight at least twenty people including a child holden being like proracing snipers were fired from rooftops of the yemeni capital sanaa hundreds more were treated for gunshot wounds there comes a day after twenty six protesters were shot dead in renewed clashes between presidential loyalists and opposition supporters. in the bloodiest crackdown weeks have been daily protests demanding the end of president celis rule russia was both sides when the talks saying it's the only way out of the crisis. castro greece has been given an ultimatum to force people budget cuts if it wants to avoid going bankrupt early next month the international monetary fund surrounded on athens for falling behind on reform targets the country's finance ministers pledged to speed them up and is holding an emergency conference for 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 to greece. president obama has laid out a plan to cut the deficit revive the american economy with the wealthy expected to pay more he said bigger nasm corporations must pay higher taxes adding that everyone should pay a fair share rival republicans are already refusing to agreed of a tax hike but the white house believes the public's on its side. at least in bangladesh plus the rest is demanding the release of see members of the country's largest is in this party activists many carrying sticks and throwing rocks for is what offices and set several vehicles are like fifty people reportedly wounded and dozens arrested now the five detained islamist party members were charged with crimes against humanity during the country's nine hundred seventy one war of independence with pakistan. two russian cosmonauts back in moscow after an extended an eventful stay on board the international space station the

return to words was delayed because of safety precautions following the failure of the progress and cargo ship in august peter all of the reports from moscow star city space center. the two russian cosmonauts that returns back see with on friday have been talking about their experiences while on board the i.s.a.'s and they're up there and he six months so she can imagine with only four days to get used to light 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 a room but i can only walk straight despite my intentions it's much more stressful to land on earth than to leave orbit pose a very eventful six months that they were on board the international space station there's three key incidents that occurred while they were up there they were they were of course there for the progress module that crashed that was heading up to supply the i s s with water with oxygen and they talked about how that affected

them on board we spoke at 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 are going on up in space to make our lives here on earth all that better for shoot a lot of that equipment can get those experiments now they were also up there for the final docking all the nasa space shuttle and space ship but once it's dropped on the eighth of july and left on the joy a big part of the last time for it now the cosmos are saying this is a very sad experience it was quite similar in their eyes to when the media space station finally fell out of commission real and into a chapter in space exploration history 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 now that was of course hugely celebrated on board the space station 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 they were the cause not to say. well it's especially nice to know that countries other than russia respect this holiday we received lots of warm wishes and greetings russians we took pride to do to go in with our countrymen our ship was called to go and so the flight was filled with a holiday spirit so while alexander stomach was under your body to get used to life back here on earth they recognized the celebration it was your garbage but supply fifty years ago from star city peace to all of our team. on the way tonight crosstalk examines whether recognizing an independent palestine will make any material difference if key countries are going to refuse to accept it or that we

recover them in itself we caught up with the lakers business from moscow live next year. a very warm welcome to the business program russia's insurance market is saying it's because dil since the crisis number three in the market rest was buying a twenty five percent block in stake in its rival the s.k. the deal is expected to be worth around two hundred fifty million dollars and the company's aiming to create a joint group named rest of the. this present in ukraine is one of the five biggest got pretty soon you pray in the second company in because it's the second company in armenia the biggest private insurance group in below russia so we are already present in the server and we expect that is 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 you should maybe be converging projects anyway we'll look at the market and we will try to as mr abramovich says that you don't buy shares your buy situations but so will try to find interesting situations insurance markets. french bank b. in p. para bar has decided to quit its retail business and 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 by 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 the such ration of the local retail market.

let's have a look at the markets now or lose sharply lower as we could global equity markets and assistance concerns about greek debt crisis weighed heavily on market sentiment and prompted investors to lock in recent profits. i'm sure stocks are sinking in own fears that greece's debt crisis is worsening the dow is losing under two percent and from the stick is one point at some percent in the right the jeep's light comes in the wake of wall street's best week in months. and european stocks declined as investors speculated that greece be not receive a payment but would help it avoid default that's after a meeting but not sure if he and finance ministers over the weekend failed to shore up jittery investors foods c. was two point four percent lower shares and all britain's leading banks were falling in germany the dax was down under three percent after every choice lections a fee for angle bottles government added to the market uncertainty. stocks in

russia are in the red floor with most blue chips dipping or on top of percent the russian currency was also losing ground sleeping more than one percent versus the dollar in the first minutes of craving on monday reaching this year's novice level therefore the difference in the trough scale one of the best in the my six as you can see here and let's have a look at some of the individual moves in the my six energy majors and banking stocks were under pressure. russia's largest oil company roster that's one point seven percent lower but it's just that to produce that you on russia was also in the red after the company's reported its first top that profits rising fifty eight percent to two hundred thirty million dollars from supporters gold's finished up though just marginally its top net profit has doubled two hundred seven million dollars now michael stein as a critic i mentioned corp reps are pretty straight for us today russian equities have extended fridays losses and it's more concerns for both the global economic

recession given the growing risks in the euro zone in 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 your improvements in retail sales improvements in fixed capital formation and a decline in the unemployment rate that said rubel weakness is positive for the export oriented companies such as luc world was not always called the steel companies but it is not negative for the domestically or in companies including spear being the retail operators as well as the mobile operators. so we have time for know your up to date for more stories you can log on to our website r.t. dot com slash business.

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