the red cross warns of the dire humanitarian situation on the ground. and watch or and it being that they are living in a difficult conditions they are a lot of children and women also pregnant women so this situation is dire we are very concerned. and broadcasting live direct from the heart of moscow this is r.t. shaun thomas with you glad to have you along with sneak a look at your top stories nato troops in a northern kosovo have bulldozed a barricade that was set up by serbs near the border area that's after all journalists were forced away barbed wire brought in along with a promise to shoot to kill anyone trying to cross that artie's alexy i have sent this report. now the latest developments in the ongoing dispute at

a border crossing between. serbia is that the case for troops have brought in bulldozers and demolished the serbian barricades this was the closest barricade to the border post between kosovo and serbia the case for volunteers have pushed men from the manmade barricade which was down close to the border crossing the quay for troops have set up a perimeter and they say that should anyone try to break it should try to penetrate into the zone into the border crossing they will shoot to kill and some of them are even pointing their weapons towards journalists towards the serbs who are stationed here this particular checkpoint was in the spotlight of the major violence on tuesday with more than eleven men injured in those clashes has now been removed or under control of the k. four forces. now eleven men still remain in hospitals with different wounds despite that the k. four forces and nato claimed that they used only rubber bullets and tear gas

grenades to pacify the crowd most of the people injured have gunshot wounds we managed to speak to the doctors in the hospitals and they confirmed this information to us that surgeries were performed on these men to remove bullets from their bodies some say this may ask you late into a serious violence in particular the russian foreign ministry has already expressed deep concerns over the situation saying that it could destabilize the things in the already stressed region the melting pot which is in the balkans and indeed everyone is watching how developments. are. reporting there are no political analyst alexander in belgrade told us that nato peacekeepers are more likely to revive the war than to bring peace. they've totally and openly stepped out of the u.n. mandate and they're really really now just like during one nine hundred ninety nine during the bombing when there were the air force for the albanian separatists are

now acting as their infantry so this is what we have this is a clear breach of the u.n. charter and of the resolution twelve forty four all they're doing right now is that they're actually. the stabilizing the situation there are so we bring in conflict. everything was reasonably peaceful until they gave the green light for our albanian special police forces to forcibly take the administrative border back in july and ever since then they've been giving them full support so they're encouraging actually the government in prishtina. headed by caution toci wanted for various charges from organ trafficking to drug trafficking and they're encouraging him to more violence that they're not a peace factor at all they're total factor of war and the stabilization. artie's alexy airships he is continuing to monitor the situation in the region you can read

his latest updates from kosovo through our twitter stream it is one of his the latest posts he says that the serbs he has spoken to are determined to stay to the bitter end follow us on twitter we are r t underscore calm. and we will be following this story as it develops and bring you the latest updates from the spot . russia's president says he's not seeking a second term because prime minister putin is more popular in an extensive interview with the russian media dmitri medvedev stressed that next year's election result is not pre-determined and that it's up to the people to choose their future peace cannot have the details. meeting with you to explain that this is a decision was made basing on two major aspects the first one is that him and prime minister vladimir putin share their views on most social economic and political policies and the second aspect according to the president is based simply on logic

the reason we needed says that various polls show that he was self enjoys a positive approval rating among the voters but it's prime minister vladimir putin who is truly the most popular political figure in the country and that's why it's of why it all in order for the current policies to go on for a report to become the next president but even if they did stress that this was simply a recommendation and it's still going to be up to the people decide who becomes russia's next leader whilst there will be other politicians from other parties who of course also to pour in this election next march are the choices made by the people and these are not mere words you top saluki true any politician and any political force may lose an election what you mean everything has been determined that the people decide who they should vote for whose popularity is greater this is

what democracy is about the president also talked about another major recent political event which is the sacking of finance minister alex equal do the president now saying that this was a matter of political discipline and also perhaps that he couldn't just got bored on this position but me that he didn't stress that due to the extremely high level and caliber of the sequel to me as an economist as a professional he will have no problem finding another job in order to serve his country in the future. and we will bring you the highlights of president medvedev interview later this hour but you can watch the full version of the conversation on our website r.t. dot. now ahead for you on our team in europe some money masters are in greece to look over the books as the debt racks up. but the people there are at breaking point after salary slashes and tax hikes from a government trying to prove it's

a fit for another bailout shot of money medicine. and how the egypt overthrow proved underwhelming thousands are back in cairo's main square archie looks into why egyptians feel their revolution is going nowhere. in libya thousands of civilians have fled the coastal city of syria as the fighting between forces loyal to the interim government and pro get off the groups continues heavy shelling and tank fire has been heard on the eastern and western fronts and nato planes that were seen flying overhead a red cross official in tripoli says the internally displaced people or i.d.p.'s are being driven out of their homes by a lack of food and medicine. by the situation in surge we have heard accounts of i.d.p.'s about. water and electricity being cut of and a lot of difficulties with the with the water supplies with with the access to food

and access to medical supplies and medical health services we have not been able to have the guarantees from all the sides all the parties to the conflict so we have no idea of what's going on right now in the city of sirte unfortunately what we do know is that there are a lot of i.d.p.'s coming out people are fleeing from the city of sirte passing through that are bridge and many of these i do p.'s have choosing to remain around as closely as possible to their home town they are living in difficult conditions there are a lot of children and women also pregnant women who have difficult access to medical care so the situation is dire we are very concerned especially about their health situation right now and if there is

a grim outlook for the procrit office supporters robert perry from the online investigative magazine consortium news says those who backed the colonel have no chance in the new libya because no one will protect them. it seems that the goal now is to simply wipe out what's left of gadhafi forces and to bring the country under the control of the former rebels who are now recognized as the official government of libya in other words the people of the state of the civilians happen to be on the side of khadafi are not going to be protected they're going to be punished how far they go with that it's unclear there may be efforts to negotiate some final surrender but clearly there's a great deal of suffering going on and these civilians are not being protected there is evidence even going back to the very beginning that the eastern part of libya was a hotbed of islamic radicalism some of these people have been connected to al qaeda one of the leaders who was killed recently it was

a libyan and he came from this general area and now we know that one of the leaders of the rebel forces that took tripoli was also considered very close to al qaeda and was indeed and detained by the united states for some time before he was allowed to go free so it appears that the people with the guns on the side of the libyan rebels are now the government are people who have this very mixed background and it's not clear how that also sorts out when you get down to the point of once the country's under the control of this of this force which side of this force will will be predominant. international debt inspectors are having trouble visiting key ministries in a greece because angry workers are occupying them in their latest anti austerity protest the delegation is in athens to decide whether greece is fit enough for another slice of bailout the government last chance to evade collapse later this month the decision was suspended earlier over doubts that the country is doing

enough to reduce its enormous debt leaders have pushed through pension cuts and extra taxes to try and please their creditors but the public remains convinced that the relentless austerity policy is only making things worse. euro lawmakers commitment to the currency project has brought pain not only to the struggling members but to those who bail them out as well that's the view of william dartmouth who's a european parliament member for the u.k. independence party as far as the greek people are concerned adherents to the single currency means higher taxes lower government expenditure and cuts in their standard of living and also for and also even even for a country like germany in fact specifically a country like germany at here's the single currency it means massive transfer payments paid to countries in southern europe and what's happening is that the germans are no longer putting up with it we shouldn't be where we are now and it is

because of the fanaticism all of this european elite and we should look very carefully at what they have to say in the future these are guilty men and they are discredited and what is very worrying is that as my as my father used to say to me when i was a young man he said if you make a financial guarantee the nature of five financial guarantees is that they get caught and there is a limit to how much even a country like germany can produce and of course a country like france is actually much much less and there will be a long term question marks over the credit credit worthiness of france and germany if the multiple trillions of your is which are required are actually paid up and called on. and while the greeks and the eurozone take another belting over bailouts across the atlantic it's the epicenter of finance that's in the firing line as r t reports online right now. the occupy wall street movement jumps just keeps building now the unions are getting in on the nationwide weekend a wake up call to cold corporate greed plus. u.n.

great britain great britain the u.k. is singled out as a europe's worst place to live in a new quality of life find out why it's abysmal for brits the details are at are two dot com. thousands of egyptian activists are back in cairo's main square to take part in a protest that they are calling reclaiming the revolution the crowds feel let down by the transitional military council and are angry it is taking so long to institute democratic changes participants want the emergency laws and once used by x. president hosni mubarak to be revoked they are also calling for more open election laws as political parties are threatened to boycott november's problem entry election parties and he said now reports from the streets of cairo. we knew that change would come to egypt a new chapter of freedom and democracy don't judge

a book by its cover when reading post mubarak egypt it's between the lines where you'll find a new chapter hasn't been published ended or slightly revised we still have the supreme council of the all important those. who have been. in any sense getting this country towards democracy barak may be gone but his policies are not that hosni mubarak's case is ongoing at this tribe you know new figures from human rights watch claims more civilians have been forced to face military trial for the last six months. some twelve thousand during the entire thirty year rule of mubarak average civilians are giving five to you know seven years in prison a lot of torture has occurred since scaf has come into power. actor doesn't clown around when it comes to the supreme council or skaf he has taken part

in protests since day one and still has scars from being detained because the books were much worse he said very long they told me i had to stick it humbly from it after that i was shot for the study and beaten with a bat on the head over least only because i'm well known now most of that's leave the country for thirty years according to you know if i have to seek asylum but all stay and fight for freedom like mubarak skaf gets the supported needs to rule egypt from abroad and the aid that we get from the u.s. that one point five billion a year that easier to see is from from the usa and most of it entirely goes to the to the supreme court to the to the army you know the scouse and while the west coast history books will change for the better the arab spring is a massive opportunity to spread peace prosperity democracy egypt sions

are left reading the writing on the wall in many areas it's the same as before don't want to run from areas it's getting more worse and he's now i r t. and i'll be back to update you on the main stories in a few minutes but on our t.v. now dmitri medvedev explains why he's stepping aside from next year's russian presidential election.

mr president last week a major and long awaited event happened in politics at the united russia convention you suggested that lattimer putin should run for president what was the primary motive behind your decision usually presidents see korea elections you're a politician and politicians are ambitious people what was your ambition in making his decisions. but. my biggest ambition is to be useful to my country and my people this may sound a bit pretentious but it's true unless you have this ambition you shouldn't go into politics but you should focus on something else instead of politics or government service we both belong to the same political force both putin and dmitri medvedev were nominated for the presidency first him then me under the current model of power by the united russia party. was number one in the united russia slate and

yours truly is this time. so we really represent the same political force we belong to the same political force and the views of very close so sharing the same views should we compete against each other should we argue and fight with each other i've read a few pieces by political analysts the basically say why don't they go into the political arena and vow to fight each other to the end they have an open rivalry but that's not the way it happens anywhere in the world it lets people who represent the same political force always decide between themselves who will run for that office in some. countries they use primaries for this purpose but we don't have much experience with primaries or on a ship although we have seen positive examples in some countries the decision is made simply by at a party convention or by the leaders themselves can you imagine barack obama competing with hillary clinton you may remember that they both saw the nomination

that would be impossible they both belong to the democratic party and their decision was based on who would get better results and this was also how we made our decision. of course it's nice to know that people trust me as president and that my approval rating is quite high on the current circumstances when you but i also know that prime minister putin undoubtedly remains the most popular politician in our country at this point is that somehow people tend to forget about that what we are after is a political result we want to win the elections with the parliamentary election in december and the presidential election on march not just to satisfy our ambition is what it's for every responsible person should have an ambition to serve their country i strongly believe that that's where you stand and that unless. or speaking of your plans for two thousand and twelve you've had quite a few interviews in recent months you hinted that you did not rule out the question of running for office why was that was he genuinely feel this way at the time or

you simply didn't want to break the news to the decision you made together with putin as head of the time that should carter. ship it did not let me tell you and of course all our people absolutely frankly we are dealing with practical politics and practical governance issues everything may change in his life lydia putin and myself are holding the top two posts that of president and prime minister and we must basically be a backup for each other because we're ordinary people after all therefore when i said i did not rule out such a possibility naturally i was not cheating anyone to life could have taken an unexpected turn but we did have a certain understanding between us what it sees this a president now a few words that are the united russia convention as it astounded me first third a huge number of participants which i'm sure we are learning from our foreign colleagues exactly it looks foreign to me with all the cameras banners and flags at the same time the atmosphere was very warm friendly and i would even say intimate

then to crown it all to a very respected figures appeared and said they had agreed on how to distribute two top jobs in the government between them many people watched theirs and said it has all been decided already well spent money on the elections was the point of their actions if everything has been decided. was well that's how it got here slimness english was first of all i agree that the atmosphere of the convention was very warm now about those ideas you mention that i consider them absolutely irresponsible misleading and even provocative what are you talking about the election campaign has just started so let's ask ourselves a simple question what if our people reject us with medvedev and putin what will happen to these decisions by the convention these decisions are merely the parties recommendation to vote for those people that's all what you mean everything has been determined let's imagine for a second that we've reached an agreement with these ugandan of the deme is it and of ski said again that on off and others that they will not run whereas we the big

time politicians will come would have really been an imitation not liked by. they will they will take part in the elections both in december and march they will take part in the state duma election and they also have presidential ambitions so let the people decide who they should vote for whose popularity is greater but only our people can make a final decision by voting for a candidate or a political force or turning them down this is what democracy is about yes democracy still mr president many people felt like everything has been decided that it is that they were only bored for a few hours until it's equal doing with cell how much of good is resignation was a matter of discipline it was like and how much of it was his differences you did you really have serious differences with the finance minister she was the point but it didn't achieve the situation with mr cooder it is a matter of discipline in government service that's all there is to it but you know we don't have a coalition government to glacier but yet we are a presidential republish it's not

a parliamentary one with goggles our government is the president's government it implements the president's policies on it but if you don't agree you should step down because that's the only way it can be that it's a tough rule but i'm very strong about it and i will insist on it in the future and i'm sure that whoever is the head of state and future they will follow the same principles as for mr cooder and it seems to me that perhaps he stayed a bit too long in his job and was bored so in fact he came to see me in february or march and said he was aware that it made no sense for him to work in the future government because he'd been finance minister for a very long time naturally he knew nothing about our understanding with mr putin and the recommendations we were going to give at the conventions does he did not have any illusion that's why his remarks amazed me anyway the decision has been made that's for alexi good or in future he's a good professional with a lot of experience so he will find a good job and a way to be useful to the state police. which. mr president you're the only person

at the top of the united russia federalists how much are you personally going to be involved in campaigns. who else or what else will united russia u.s. for its complain and do you expect tough competition to or in this campaign it is that no one is. indeed i am at the top of the united russia list which the party asked me to do this and it's a serious choice for me at the same time let me remind you that i am still president and i have a lot of responsibilities both domestically and internationally person actually are not going to take a vacation and i will not occupy myself with any special campaign activities i will be performing my duties of the same time i'm sure there will be tough competition competition will be tough but hopefully proper and we have the necessary legal mechanisms to ensure that we. speaking of society mr president he quit his dismissal or the united russia convention all of that didn't go down

well with the russian goes here as an act of internet user do you feel any pressure from the global is fear have you applied to any of the comments posted to your account lately or would you like to apply to them right now. is what you're you know if i literally felt the pressure it would be very difficult for me to work as president of the same time you're right to say i pay a lot of attention to the internet but there are people who start saying that's terrible democracy is over and then there are people who cheer and say finally you should be even tougher on them i think the fact that the internet the blogosphere the social networks react to politics is a good thing it means there's a vivid feedback to what we're doing reactions vary but this difference of opinions is one of the elements of direct democracy the modern twenty first century democracy of course internet polls and their results are not legally binding for governments nor do they accurately reflect all public opinion it's great that they're all those different opinions and i believe that the authorities should react to what's going on in the blogosphere else without giving in to its pressure

of course the government should be up to date and it should pay attention to appear . expressed including those expressed by the internet it's a must for any politician of any level in the world today she watched. possibly ever to know mr president he noticed one alarming trend with our society lately namely that the public has been turning its back on politics turning its back on the government and no matter how successful some individual companies or managers could be there is a distinct feeling that some people have been in their jobs for too long what needs to be done for new strong individuals to appear in this country because obviously it fitted him into that exist shell. first let me say a few words about the weariness i've been thinking about it quite a lot mr dougherty of you must remember how our people myself included perhaps you to although you're a long time media professional used to watch news bulletins in the early one nine hundred ninety s. we were glued to the screens hours of political broadcasting overshadowed

everything any movies or t.v. series i think that's a clear sign of poor living standards the better our life is the less attention people will pay to them because they are more or less happy with their life however they should not become indifferent they should go to the polls and vote for this or that political force this is the constitutional duty if you will of every citizen who is not indifferent to the destiny of their own country their homeland now what concerns the need for the new faces you were talking about i'm fully with you on this it's not only about stagnation stagnation is always dangerous and may lead to very bad consequences what's crucial is that those in power should eventually muster up enough strength to leave it to somebody else such changes should not happen abruptly with everyone resigning at once waving their hands in farewell with putin and me saying goodbye wear off there must be continuity we must know who succeeds us at the helm of the state however there must be a renewal and

a very serious one and if i become in charge of forming a new government it will be a totally reshaped go. and a government that will feature fresh faces this is what i believe to be of paramount importance so now you are. into mr minturn if thank you for this interview but she. is he.

and broadcasting live direct from the heart of. moscow this is r.t. glad to have you along the take a look at your headlights. on the warpath at nato troops in kosovo impose a shoot to kill policy after bulldozing barricades erected by angry ethnic serbs over the seizure of a disputed checkpoint trouble reignited in the region after pristina sent in troops to take control of a border post leading to serbia two weeks ago. president medvedev it says he was a key factor in backing him for president in two thousand and twelve particularly since as they stand for the same policies he was explaining his much publicized withdrawal from the race and during an interview with the russian media.