amid mass chaos and violence across the country. also reporting this hour russian soyuz rocket successfully makes its very first foreign launch carrying europe's new satellite navigation system on its way to rivalling america's g.p.s. our top stories this hour. international news and comment live from moscow this is r.t. libyans are celebrating the end of the colonel as they turn a new page in their country's history the interim government says gadhafi was taken alive in the city of sirte only to die later from wounds inflicted during his capture but some are now questioning that claim with the u.n. human rights office even calling for an investigation into gadhafi is death bennett has more and his report contains graphic bloody images of the colonel.

this frenzied mob is about as far as it gets from a trial at the hague. but the death of gadhafi is now being cheered around the world yes we came we saw our he died. even by those who champion democratic justice. people in libya today have an even greater chance of to this news of building themselves a stroll and democratic future i'm proud of the role that britain has played in helping them to bring that about and i pay tribute to the bravery of the libyans who've helped to liberate their country we will help them we will work with them a long way from cameron's insistence that gadhafi be put on trial and sisi fighters were even dissuaded from the shoot to kill policy agreeing in august they'll take him alive i don't think you've got particular trial. in any case but i mean

nevertheless the war is basically i guess a kind of summary execution of what may well have been a summary execution is a kind of fairly barbaric into i believe was a very barbaric operation from the start and as a side you know this was no this was never supposed to be about regime change this night of operation but that's that's really what's been the outcome of it the backslapping has been fuelled by this gruesome footage of gadaffi his body splashed across headlines pleaded for the world and the people power is not going to be put back here in libya thanks to the u.s. and its nato allies this video shows gadhafi was still alive when captured but clearly didn't last long some suggest an execution and question why this is now being applauded he was assassinated after he was caught one that this is a very handy as crime against one that man and the other public will see it as such i've talked to people who dislike. this liked. the way he was killed they think

that this those are something of the moral of the so-called revolutionaries this is news also shared by many on twitter there are several posts here already concerned about the coverage questioning the need for such graphic images and why daffy's death dictator or not has been reported with such jubilation the images have been labelled her ific this tweet says the b.b.c. wouldn't have used the images for anyone else another suggestion or having a competition sally bercow a prominent activist in the u.k. says she sees where the same wasn't done for bin ladin back then a bomber refused to release the images saying it could incite more violence or be used as propaganda for gadhafi the vultures are too quick to bennett's r.t. . despite the colonel's death nato has yet to announce the end of its seven month long bombing campaign in libya what started off as a mission to protect civilians quickly targeted a dictator who had fallen out of favor with the west gadhafi never lived to see his

trial for war crimes at the hague and as art is going to judge her reports he could simply have been worth more dead than alive to the alliance. hillary clinton on a surprise visit to tripoli days before the killing of the ousted libyan leader where she was quoted as saying the u.s. hopes to see could off he killed or captured the captured scenario might have put could off in the toppled egyptian leaders true or those of iraq's saddam hussein but a trial over colonel gadhafi would have no doubt feared even more controversy that there still felt that he was very cool and she sure did big european competitors for the u.s. if you went to the hague you would spill the beans about all the dirty deals there are to stuff a real politic between the west in a developing country like libya nobody wanted that libyan transitional government official say colonel could doubt he was cornered grain underneath the road in open

country site near the city of sirte please don't shoot was allegedly heard at the site many who are now similarities to the capture of saddam hussein he was discovered in a small underground fold concealed next to farm buildings near his own hometown but unlike sadam who was captured alive by u.s. forces colonel qadhafi was reportedly shot dead by lead in transitional authorities not without the help of the u.s. and american defense official claimed a u.s. predator drone along with a french fighter jet hit could alpheus convoy thursday morning as they were trying to escape effectively handing them over to the leader in forces on the ground there are still unanswered questions about what happened to the colonel qadhafi how was he killed. but clearly i think water. for external intervention and all of nato.

and they both watching their objective nato's u.n. mandate was to protect libyan civilians but it quickly became to get rid of gadhafi and prop up a government which is now in power only thanks to this. support of the allied forces and i think we'll see. not a new democracy in libya but a new reorganization of the libyan political and economic. institutions to the benefit of those who brought the national transition council to power it will be for the benefit of the united states oil companies for the benefit of the british and the french and perhaps the italian oil companies they're the big winners here in the meantime western leaders are celebrating leave us transition to democracy without putting a single u.s. service member on the ground we achieve our objectives what the u.s. president did not mention in his celebre tori's speech was scores of leave killed the needle strikes widespread violations of human rights are reported in today's libya there is no water. there is no.

medication even oxygen in the hospital they don't have the situation in syria. because i've seen it i can assure you. if you send. through to the city you know it's it's it's disaster it's a catastrophe. libya is now brimming with weapons experts sake's premiss of most likely gotten their hands on the vast former east left on tainted eggs for levy a transition to democracy the people who are now in power there have not been chosen by the libyan people and many libyans fear that when the time comes to vote their choice will have already been made for them i'm going to check our reporting from washington our team. moscow has raised questions surrounding the circumstances of colonel gadhafi his death russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov says nato role in the incident should face scrutiny along with the alliance his entire mission in

libya well let's get more on this from our correspondent in our he's joining us live in moscow so i understand some tough statements coming from russia's foreign minister criticizing the actions of the alliance there in libya. while foreign minister said that smaller qaddafi's regime has long lost its legitimacy but moscow will be pushing for an international investigation to be held looking into the circumstances of. these deaths since according to the videos published on spread across the world from libya show that the international war may have been violated since there are various international human rights conventions including the geneva convention which clearly state that all prisoners of war have to be dealt with special attention have to be provided with medical aid if they are in need of it and these videos don't really show if one was given this necessary assistance

russia also says that it will be pushing for an international investigation looking into nato role in this entire operation as well. to go to look at those movies and it's the footage shown on t.v. proves that he was captured alive and wounded and after that he was killed later there were reports that a convoy carrying the kano was attacked by nato planes and after that the rebels captured members of that convoy it has been repeated numerous times that nato planes only have a u.n. mandate to ensure a no fly zone over libya and the convoy wasn't posing any threat to civilians on the ground and could be a legitimate target so nato actions pose a number of questions as well alliance members also stressed that when they began the campaign in libya. the goal was to protect civilians i'm not to get rid of gadhafi but now they're saying different things saying maybe achieve their goal in

libya although the u.n. security council never set out with such goals so. it's not only russia but the united nations also wants to see an investigation to be held to looking into the circumstances of fees death there are several versions and really a lots of questions at the moment into how it really happened according to some reports that he was wounded after he was captured by the rebel forces other reports suggest he was moved before that then died after all these moves some reports suggest that he was lynched by. rebels and. there's also information that gadhafi may have been killed by his own personal bodyguard so as a last sign of respect to his boss a soldier definitely there are lots of questions at the moment that we should need answering but russia also says that it will be closely monitoring watching tell the situation unfolds in libya now hoping that the new will be able to build

a proper effective political system in the country and finally bring peace to the libyan people. thanks very much indeed you got up and going on talking to us live there in moscow one of colonel gadhafi sons were tossed and was also captured alive in sirte only to be declared dead shortly after he was interim government claims he also died off his wounds but the latest video you're seeing now clearly shows that the late would test him gadhafi casually smoking a cigarette as he leaves it gets a wall i understand we can bring that video to you now which i'm referring to at the moment and understand that yes we can now see it regardless he was soon portrayed after sitting there having a cigarette as we can see now a little later he was seen sprawled out on the floor completely lifeless. now let's get some more reaction now from laos shas de he's a political analyst and visiting fellow with the heritage foundation joining us

live in washington understand thank you very much indeed for being with us now some reports suggesting the apparent lynching of colonel gadhafi and one of the sons of how the libyans now vented enough to start rebuilding their country. well these cases study indeed have been a demonstration of contain hate through these people. fear his regime. i don't think the reprice oh sorry going to end of know as it always happens to me for a change or for a team change in the violent way or we for revolution are going to be all there reprisals carried out like let's say against suspected therefore america. sub-saharan africans for instance would be see there or similar he said that it was so that we have switched their uniforms you know for civilian clothes on they tried

to escape or against follower so four feet or even a member so if society perhaps yes of collaborating with the regime that we're in for months of the secret police will. be the source and see shown that has taken place in other parts for instance he took part in central and eastern europe but not in such a violent way at least not being hungary or poland or of the czech republic perhaps or will mania. here in libya i think there is such. electrified the. atmosphere because so full of the violent to a new regime has to be toppled so. quickly also nato is expected to announce its end of the operations that would it not then be obliged to continue particularly bearing in mind this an hour you've just painted there a future problem yes well they say they're going to wait and see what's the

situation on the ground i guess nato is referring to the possibility that there might be still some die hard fighters loyal. to the. leader. in order to try to keep order any and separate let's say the fight terrorists or anybody who would try to exercise that you know remains. it's over a bench against suspect that leads to gadhafi loyalists that would need troops on the ground and need to really ruled out from the beginning so it's kind of a difficult situation on that one can only hope the national transitional council. is going to try to exercise some sort of control over its fighters and they probably starting their core weeks arifin four weeks old be a transitional government so perhaps that's going to try to hope you know it to bring some normalcy but when you talk about the m.t.c. exercising control over its fighters what about the nature in the way that gadhafi

was killed what would that perhaps do to the reputation and indeed the cause of the m.t.c. well to some degree i would think the way it seems to me that's my personal opinion that gaddafi was based on the footage that we have seen it he was taken a life then he was killed he was killed by his captors they took a he's shirts away they they dragged him they took pictures with his dead body i said trophy so it's clear to me at least to he was a murderer he wasn't a victim of a crossfire be you can be loyal eastern. the rebels on your allusion or it's not just ask you quickly the u.n. human rights office we're hearing today calling for an investigation into his death what difference will that make it is that something that is necessary at this stage when it mattered well yes to some degree but what i got was going to say said the transitional national national transitional council it would show that because of the ruling sharon would barely have heard in the old sort of theory those fighters

. it's more of perhaps would indicate that in these instance i mean the advance of . it was just control and the rebels who were there to place you know on time it was decent people doubt that you know they acted freely. to conceal all. these people there would be capture that would be killed so it shows that the building have the control over these traitors one can only hope the later on once things settle down they might be able to exercise they don't know about the united nations intervention well they can say yes. you know what are they going to do if they really should but people who kill their field say well you know it was at the moment it was a friend see. i don't think there is nobody is going to be condemned unit that's my ok thanks very much indeed for your thoughts on that from the us political analyst

thanks very much indeed for your time thank you thank you. the news of monograph is death shook the world raising many questions and we tackle the unanswered issues on our website r.t. dot com. has put an end to the eight month standoff but as the new libyan government celebrates the untold numbers killed in the conflict cast a dark shadow over their victory you can warn that an r.t. dot com. also online the suspect responsible for the murder of a football fan last year which sparked violent protests across the russian capital now faces life imprisonment those stories and plenty of others available at r.t. dot com. great labor unions are threatening more strikes next week a day after the parliament passed a new round of austerity measures and made violent protests on the streets of athens one hundred fifty thousand people came out in a two day national strike to voice their anger not see sarah firth is in the greek capital. prosensa become

a regular occurrence theory behind the five sensing the growing public anger of austerity what that means to the people here in the country has been cut to their wages by around thirty percent in most cases on top of that. the pensions the public spending unemployment here in the country is cripplingly high and we seen the emergence of a new generation of homeless these measures really seem to have affected everyone here in great oh i've been. here almost up to that good. and us to our young and. old survival of the nation of the people who will fight peacefully because we want our lives calm by. the young and the rose and people from all walks of greek life joins the today

protest largest greece is seen since the crisis began one of the most violent through forward push very far it's but it wasn't to be the anger once again boiling over with fights breaking out not just with the police but amongst the protesters themselves british society is facing a social disaster for the past two years we've received austerity package after austerity package people are beyond their breaking point they cannot stand it anymore. using leaders had announced an agreement an arrestee policy would be decided as a nice summit this week and that's now been pushed back in its internal disagreements yes nother play to the credibility but they continue to search and see if they can provide a solution. so what we people are going to are becoming poorer and poorer they're seeing public sector services call ups in hospitals schools universities

they're facing an extreme deterioration of their living state of their living conditions and it's not just the protesters have enough to take a change they did they was eventually passed some top government officials did a pays when a position then the saying he'd paid for the next year it was now struggling with his conscience he's not the only one speaking to police major after the protest at the start of the month tell me at the pressure today for the riot police involved in these events. it is very hard to describe the feelings of the policeman because there are two a social and professional group who are suffering by the economic measures to government has to take sometimes it is really hard for them to take part in these protests as working people but once more they had to take to the streets to piss back protesters even they said he wanted to make their point peacefully the rest of europe and the i think it's going to be watching this very closely because this isn't just a problem that affects great it is

a situation that affects the entire year and so you can see what the people in the country right now are willing to go through to have their voices heard the people here are going to have to wait a while longer see if anyone's now be ready to listen. in. europe to successfully launched its first satellite navigation system into space using a russian soyuz rocket as a carrier the e.u. made satellites will later become part of galileo now that's a system promising to rival america's g.p.s. technology and artie's daniel bushell witness the new ones from the space space in the tropics. a historic moment for russia's space program with the first takeoff of the legendary soyuz launch in the west despite torrential rain which began just voice minutes before liftoff everything went perfectly as planned there were cheers from the crowd as they watched the rocket roys into the sky it was second time lucky with the launch postponed for twenty

four hours after the european side reported a mine a valve problem in its ground operation just a few hours before liftoff europeans here have been full of praise for the hundreds of russian engineers who've worked through the night to make sure everything goes well it caps over a decade of a unique oshie ations to get so used to it spaceport here in french guiana in the middle of the south american rain forest they've cleared one hundred twenty years of jungle so the soyuz can recreate as exactly as possible the conditions that it's like an old base home to so many successful soyuz launch is it comes as the united states retires much of its space launch program meaning that the world increasingly relies on russia and its book it launches for travel it's been an exciting time for many foreigners who get to see the celebrated launch a close up for the first time deputy prime minister sergei ivanov has been here to witness the launch he's delighted not just with the way everything has gone but

also the future it guarantees for russia's space industry. and that was our correspondent daniel bushell reporting from french guyana let's check out some other world news now for you before the business news. testers poured into the streets across syria after friday prayers calling for the end of president assad's regime and cheering the death of former libyan leader moammar gadhafi reports say at least fourteen people were killed after security forces opened fire trying to disperse demonstrations in the cities and hama the ongoing uprising in syria started in march and has claimed the lives of an estimated three thousand people. washington has warned pakistani leaders that they will act unilaterally if necessary to end the militant threat us secretary of state hillary clinton said the country will face serious consequences if it continues to tolerate safe havens for extremist groups relations between the two nations deteriorated after the u.s. killed osama bin laden on pakistani soil something is not a bad slammed as

a breach of its sovereignty washington is going to tackle insurgents for years especially the haqqani network responsible for a series of recent attacks in neighboring afghanistan. and spain's prime minister has welcomed the decision by the separatist group its armed campaign as a victory for democracy the country's politicians have previously rejected similar announcements by the organization on thursday as i said it had halted its struggle for an independent basque state a key demand from the spanish government groups for decade long campaign of violence has left over eight hundred dead. well. that brings up to date for the moment here r.t. as promised us going to bring all the latest from the world of business next stay with us for that. thanks bill time to gel into the world of business and the e.u. leaders say the eurozone bailout fund discussion on sunday would be followed by

a second meeting no later than wednesday global investors into supporting the currency union to increase the funds pri power to fight the crisis. capital is sure the decision won't be asfast as many expect. i think that. with european birth we will be long people are priced in a lot of positive stuff before these meeting but i don't think that there will be a break for the. seventeen nations trying to hear of the one voice there will always be december at least one. let's have a look at the markets now current prices are feeling a little impact from the death of leaving only you know gadhafi although it could lead to an earlier than expected to restore ration of libya's oil exports brant blend is trading at over one hundred and ten dollars a barrel and light switches just under eighty eight dollars a barrel as you can see from the crowd. stocks are rising on speculation european

leaders are moving closer to a deal to contain debt crisis bank of america and morgan stanley all in a rally following games in the european lenders donal's is high on reports u.s. store sales increased. and european stocks are rallying as policymakers discussed unleashing one point three trillion dollars in funds to help contain the euro as debt crisis as they seek to break a deadlock between germany and france. and in russia the markets were high at the close of the country's filmmakers rebounded on commodity demand won't be heard by europe's debt crisis does not take a look at some of the individual show moves on the biceps no rules clinical last one percent on speculation the governmental commission is going to check whether its four and a half billion dollar buyback is in line with the russian legislation although metal gained point two percent which was the company's last day in the russian markets moving full listing to london starting from next week. and to do on the

best performance as the company is considering a buyback of its shares from the market. today was quite of. the main draw i was in the market remains the same for quite a long way in. questions are for almost every market but is spent whether the european officials will agree on measures to break with that krises imposts else or they're questioning whether the european central bank will provide additional liquidity to banks in respect to seoul for different types of face of back security it's until this question unresolved markets remains unpredictable. that's all for the business team for now will be bringing you another update and let's them while some time so do stay with us for that.

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to have you with this is obvious is. the missing link the u.n. calls for an investigation into the death of me off the gruesome footage in the media fails to pinpoint exactly when the else did libyan leader lost his life the country's interim government claims he died from wounds sustained during his capture in the city of sirte on thursday. but his western leaders cheer the couple's demise claims so much that they secretly relieved gadhafi won't be spilling the beans about his previous statements were.