been a while their forces remain locked in a battle with supporters of the fugitive colonel 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 movie 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 with 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. for injects foreign minister roland jamal says he's ready to defend good their free in the international criminal court which is issued a warrant for his arrest but nato will have to point the comal first libya's deposed leader is in hiding for good reason. if they find him they'll kill him like bin ladin and some states are now claiming the right to kill them against all international law. images like these are moving fringe lawyers to turn against the

government because he 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 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. first did noid 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. wife or child the 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 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 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 by politicians not the rule of law the new bush or r.t. powers. well now the latest twist of the libyan revolt emerged that colonel gadhafi could have made his recent escape from tripoli in a state of the art armored vehicle according to reports from britain's daily mail newspaper and they say these four by fours reportedly provided by the french

government with nicolas sarkozy giving the green light for the deal back in two thousand and seven as opposed to journalist and political analyst danny she told me the news is a huge embarrassment for the french leadership right now. it's equipped with. command a system which allows colonel gadhafi to keep in touch with his forces but it 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 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 president sarkozy was able to sell him this armored vehicle the cd is called four by four and indeed 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 e-mail 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 deliberate 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 get gadhafi in on this as anybody else. a lot more ahead for you this hour on r.t. angry demonstrators sealed off the open crossings with serbia now the rich were going to stop protesters settling into conflict got the latest on map and. two russian cosmonauts returned back to the capital after a nail biting mission we are at moscow star city with the details about two shortly

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on the dot com. the un on the world's key financial institutions say palestine is strong enough to function as new dependent 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 off for his speech there but the threat of an american veto still hangs in the air port explained as 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 one on 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 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 palestinians 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 u.n. they want it on record but the vast majority of the people the world do believe that it's time the un we were you enjoying a gathering all we have was i like. many wonder if this super bowl of diplomatic strategy leads to anything more than the event itself we're in a point now artsy in new york. well concerned of the impact of the u.n. vote washington's been involved in a last ditch attempt to bring israel and the palestinians to the negotiating table earlier i spoke to david shaw is from 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. then you know maybe it goes on for another two or forty years. look at the motives behind this is. to be an outlet for that frustration basically to bring to bring me issue to another arena even if that arena can't really carry out her to the objective. at least the palestinians. are 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. tensions in northern kosovo be discussed this week in brussels as belgrade's

top negotiator called for calm and you'll signs to seek a diplomatic solution the atmosphere in the region intensified after prishtina backed by nato led forces placed customs officials on the two disputed border posts that previously but on the said control now in response said be blockaded all the roads leading to the crossings. more in this highly charged situation. i stand of course of those thirty's with e.u. and nato forces on one side ethnic serbian protesters on the other. this is our land our territory it's refusing to accept the costing government's attempts to take control of two border crossings here in the north the protesters are standing firm at the barricades that they erect is the game of nerves and night side willing to back down i don't think anyone in the room can come to these people here in the north to give up simply go home and accept that you are leaving the band and 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 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 have 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. not going to move until the solutions reached 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 down and serbia the conflict resulted in the death of the policeman and now neither side want to take action for fear it could once again ignite tension considering major events are taking place right now and

considering the concerns of the. population living. i would say of removing those barricades from the streets and from the main highways it's not for the priority of. security organizations in course for the funding criticisms that they preached on you tube. zation with regards to you lexis said that the monitoring at the customs gate bring much needed law and order that the north pristina says they acted with in terms of an agreement a claim that belgrade strongly. this is a serious incident and a serious step back. along the road to formalisation off our relationship with krishna second thing is that once you put a custom officers then you will put a flag then you will put the count of arms then you will put 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 building you bypass the checkpoints because bin 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 so our first cause. well for the news and extended coverage don't forget our web sites are always up and running for you r.t. dot com is the place to be for that these are a few stories that might catch your eye tonight if you go there this is the fearsome flagship and 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 of invaded the area they're attacking locals head online to our web site to find out how residents are calm but in the threat that we get our you tube channel to be seclusive video there of

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on the dot com. for news stories making headlines tonight at least twenty people including a child reportedly being pro ranging snipers who fired from rooftops in 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 seles rule russia wants both sides to enter talks saying it's the only way out of the crisis. cashcard greece has been given an ultimatum to force deeper 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 with creditors 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 and as a corporation is must pay higher taxes adding that everyone should pay a fair share rival republicans though are already refusing to agree to the tax hikes but the white house really was the public's on its side. at least in bangladesh clashed with protesters demanding the release of senior members of the country's largest is in this party activists many carrying sticks and throwing rocks falls is what offices and set several vehicles are like fifty people reportedly wounded and dozens arrested and the five detailed 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 worth was delayed because of safety precautions following the failure of the progress and cargo ship in august it is peter all of the reports from moscow star city space center. the two russian cosmonauts the 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 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 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 that 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 fortunately the loss of those that equipment hindered those experiments now they were also up there for the final docking all the nasa space shuttle and the space ship but lantis docked on the eighth of july and left on the if the joy i beg your pardon is 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 through 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 well alexander some a good deal of underbody 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 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 more than a couple of minutes south of caught up in the latest business from moscow live next thank you mayor.

well 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 blocking 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 name to rest. is present in ukraine we are one of the five biggest companies in ukraine the second company in the second company and. the biggest private insurance group. to present. and expect that helpful 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 there because you should be converging

projects anyway we'll look at the market and we will try to as mr abramovich to you don't buy shares or buy situations which we will try to find interesting situations and insurance markets. french bank being 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'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 saturation of the local retail market. let's have a look at the markets now or lose shopper low as we could global equity markets and systems concerns about greek debt crisis way tablier market sentiment and investors

to lock in recent profits. tundras stocks last sinking in own 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 right for dupes like 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 that would help it avoid default that softer a meeting but stopped short of p. and finance ministers all the weekend failed to shore up jittery investors the first c. was two point four percent lower shares and all britain's leading banks were falling in germany the debts was down under three percent after every choice lection defeat for government added to the market uncertainty. stocks in russia are in the red truck in europe low with most blue chips are on top of the simply russian currency was also losing ground sleeping more than one percent versus the

dollar in the first minutes of trading on monday reaching this year's lowest level there for the difference in the drops on the r.t.s. in the my six as you can see 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 ross nets was one point seven percent lower than it was that to produce that russia was also in the red top to the company's reported its first top net profit rising fifty eight percent to two hundred thirty million dollars on to pull those goals finished up though just marginally its top net profit has doubled to two hundred seven million dollars now michael stein at this critical financial corp reps up 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 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 said rubel weakness is positive for the export oriented companies such as lukoil rosneft coleus gold 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 all we have time for know you are up to date for more stories you can log on to our website r t dot com slash business.

culture is that so much diminished visitation by taxpayers of friends in the absence of a peace process the palestinians will ask the united nations to upgrade their current observer status to that a full member state. versus them is. to.

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a. man to work with. i think for a long time this notion in america that bigger was better was simply an undisputed fact in the twenty first century smarter it's going to be better general motors simply became too large for their own good and so many brands that they couldn't even keep up with they just basically became a dinosaur. hi

there thanks for using r.t. from moscow tonight it's kevin owen here with our 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 at home over his country's actions in the war. also reporting tonight the use calling for calm over the ethnic tension that sum up to when kosovo sees two checkpoints on its northern border with serbia. blockading the approach roads belgrade's top negotiators are urging all sides to seek a diplomatic solution. and 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. the world's key financial institutions meantime say an independent palestine would be strong enough to cope.