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global news twenty four seven this is r.t. live from moscow welcome to the program libya's interim government is expected to announce the symbolic liberation of the country of course this following the death of colonel gadhafi on thursday nato says it will wind down its military intervention in libya by the end of the month of course after an alliance airstrike stopped a convoy carrying the colonel in the city of sirte allowing him to be captured alive but the unclear circumstances of how could he ended up dead shortly after have sparked international calls for an investigation some reports suggesting that he was executed in cold blood. and has the latest from the libyan capital. the n.t.s.b. is saying that gadhafi was killed by bullet wounds also conflicting reports as to where exactly those shots were in his stomach in the right side of his head and the left side of his head it's looking very shady and then this brutal video that went
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viral the mainstream media showing it more than twenty four hours constantly of gadhafi whether or not he was dead or alive very unclear at first in the first couple of shots that he did in fears that he's alive he actually goes and touches his head quite some blood away and then there's a time and it seems that he was dead in the later which is the same thing with one of his sons that was captured in syria the first pictures of him standing against a wall smoking a cigarette very clear the alive then the video cards and all of a sudden he's dead so really pressure coming from around the world both from the west and other countries that we've been very critical about neighbors mission here in libya by that something needs to be done about an investigation the u.n. is running on launching an investigation and russia's foreign minister was very clear that russia and many of many countries and officials around the world feel like the way gadhafi was killed in these pictures that we saw were perhaps not the best possible way to go to look at. it the footage shown on t.v.
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proves that he was captured alive and wounded and after that he was killed later there were reports that a convoy carrying the convoy was attacked by nato planes and after that the rebels captured members of that convoy it has been repeated numerous times that nato planes are now 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. as speaking of that no fly zone which is of course how this mission began back in march the u.n. looking into when it will officially and now russia pushing for that mission to end the soonest possible a day when you know it is october thirty first but it has to be said of fischer the nato mission. he's very much alive here in libya gadhafi is body is in a walk in refrigerator now in misrata and already way beyond the twenty four hour mark to have had been buried by muslim tradition the official liberation ceremony
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will take place in benghazi we're hearing it will take place there that of course was the original rebel stronghold where their whole fight for freedom began it will take place there instead of the capital because the security situation here is still very tense just a couple of days ago there was a shootout between m.t.c. troops and feel loyalists alone mostly celebrations have been taking place obviously officials the interim officials are worried that there could be some kind of violence here in the capital very few people obviously were on the streets asking what's next for libya and they couldn't answer that question was so world analysts are certainly looking into what will happen will be chaos here one of the main fears is that libya could break out into some kind of tribal war that there's going to be this the world community has begun to think what will be see happen here in the upcoming months and years. in the tsunami there reporting out from tripoli she's keeping us updated on the developments in libya online as well just head over to all these twitter stream to get the latest from. now as the
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international community tries to get to the bottom of khadafi a leaked video could very well provide the on so that everyone is looking for. so. we grabbed him i hit him in the face some fighters wanted to take him away and that's when i shot him twice in the head and in the chest so he didn't like the idea of taking the cut all alive he also flaunted what he calls could after his bloodied shirt and a golden ring he claims to have taken from the dead dictator the man's comments have not yet been confirmed dr benjamin barber a senior fellow at a u.s. think tank doesn't expect anyone will be held accountable for the killing of the co . gadhafi was clearly executed in fact it was executed twice once by the nato air strike intercepted care and tried to kill him and then once he was caught by the ground forces again executed sufficiently more efficiently it's questions who they expect to hold accountable one individual soldier who in the frenzy of battle did
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the militia from misrata which that individual was a part of the nato forces there you know bombed the caravan and most of the people apparently forty or fifty were killed and just didn't get gadhafi my own guess is that will be a lot of talk here and in the end nothing will happen because everybody inside libya and also outside libya will be basically glad that he's. not alive. and with r.t. and still ahead for you in the program here double trouble british intelligence placing awkward questions after emerges that poisoned former k.g.b. agent alexander litvinenko was also working for m i six. new york has seen yet another series of anti corporate protests which were followed by another round of arrests activists accuse the police of being heavy handed
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towards those who were peacefully expressing their opinion. capital for points. as the numbers of the protests continue to increase so does it seems that heavy handed tactics by the new york city police department we witnessed several arrests about thirty two activists were arrested for demonstrating peacefully outside a police precinct to bring attention to the so-called stop and frisk policy that is widely used here in new york where many innocent civilians can be stopped on the street with very little actual suspicious pas searched and eventually taken to jail if something is found on their physical body. we saw high level high profile activists taken away in handcuffs purnell west carroll dix among others several members of the ministry and several religious leaders were also taken away again just for performing what they say are simply acts of civil disobedience nonviolent disobedience standing peacefully silently in
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front of the police precincts now we saw the police actually target a reporter a journalist who had been trying to film the events just like we were the police officers went after him physically at which point several activists and philip tipped them with their bodies to try to protect him and keep him from getting arrested those two activists were then rather violently and taken aback at the police trucks and taken away now what this signifies is that the numbers of these protests continue to grow perhaps putting some sort of fear into the system here where officials don't feel like they can control movement that seems to have spread wide across the world not just here in the united states. reporting right now i mean time israelis inspired by american activists have spent weeks protesting and calling for social justice on the streets of tel aviv but now that the rallies have ended people are left wondering when the reforms promised to them by the government
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will start to emerge artis policy reports. anger outrage and protests on the streets of new york a throwback to the same scenes different streets around ten thousand kilometers away to politicians in the united states exaggerated in the same way as the the this is where they went too far in taking for granted the citizens occupy wall street it wasn't that long ago israelis were calling to occupy what's child boulevard your new mill a bit joined the protests from the beginning she was inspired by what happened in cairo and called her taint tapio corner car but here people were thinking you were praying every evening and people are coming in talking to our as you know watches events unfold in faraway new york she misses the six weeks she lived here and wishes she could be part of the wall street rallies i am very sorry that was where
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i am i reading it right. today said to me how the protests in new york have strong parallels with those in israel in how they came about and why the similarity between the protesters just uncanny. the way they started on facebook the way they chose a location very close to where. the center of power is where the center of greed is for in this case there was street but many are wondering what exactly that struggle in israel achieved recommendations made by government committee still need to be implemented and that could take this looks like any other street in tel aviv but the focal point of a revolution i think its role of the taint the team mate. the bike and the social demands are still waiting to greet me. like many american israelis many is watching the u.s. rallies closely and says they are an inspiration to many in israel he's proud people are taking
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a stand against corruption and greed to protest the struggle and the anger is in the people still and the struggle is still going to go on a view that more and more people around the globe seem to share. tel aviv. with the laugher moscow are still ahead for you this hour the passion behind the protests. that are common to form the whole of both parties i think we want to party parties in new york president lord oftenest finds a uniting message is driving the occupy wall street. british euro skeptics are pushing for the right to vote on a referendum on whether the country should leave the e.u. the peoples a pledge campaign believes the e.u. undermines britain sovereignty and is costing the country too much that i'm on for a nationwide referendum will be discussed in parliament on monday the group is holding a congress in london we can actually across live there now and talk to a david campbell bannerman and member of the conservative party thank you for
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coming on the program today so the people who are pushing for a referendum on britain's e.u. membership and why is the prime minister mr cameron already calling on his party to oppose it. well the promise is actually opposing the vote on monday there's a big vote on monday the first time this issue's been discussed with thirty six years would you believe that's happening on monday and he's whipping the phrases with asking him please preserve these the votes against that particular motion but today isn't a political event passes rather cross support supporting this referendum it's only it's mildly astonishing with that we have reports that anywhere from fifty nine to eighty tory m.p.'s have declared their intention to defy can. and what what kind of message is ascending to the new leadership. well i think it's a strong message of democracy the the motion debates a petition of one hundred forty thousand people who put their name to this petition it's a new system it's come to the house of commons for discussion and debate and it's
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about democracy and there's a strong feeling i think it's getting stronger by the day in britain around europe as well about the european union and what they're calling for is an in out referendum a referendum by all the british people whether we should stay within the european union as a full member or just have a trading relationship like switzerland and norway now how do you think news of this referendum push could be taken by other e.u. members especially those struggling in the eurozone like greece. well it's not calling for an immediate referendum i think that's a very important point i mean the referendum should it be voted for this on like you know unfortunately but if it was voted for it wouldn't really be for a number of years so it's not immediate i think the concern in government is about immediate referendum and i share that support i don't think it's good to have a rest of referendum the next six months or a year. you know because there is
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a lot of sensitivity about the eurozone however in a few years' time i think that's a different ballgame but i think the euro is in serious trouble we could have serious ramifications if there's no deal as the next few days which seems likely and i think it opens up the whole issue of that of membership of the european union right across the european union we've spoken to several other members today all of the people the people's pledge council the and a few of them are saying that the referendum will never happen and even if it did it would take years as you were saying just a moment ago but if it following the e.u. crisis told that are going on right now in brussels if the u.k. has to pay more money for a bailout you think that could strengthen the chance of a referendum. i think it will i think generally the british people are getting more and more fed up at the cost the bailout costs we're not even a member of the eurozone and yet we've had to put in twelve billion pounds that's a lot of money and they're probably going to ask for more enough we have to pay for
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the i.m.f. international monetary fund separately from the year as well and i think what's happening things are tough and bersin the tough around the you around the world and people are looking very hard now at the costs and we are a huge net contributor to european union we don't get much out of it we could get the same kind of trade benefits with a free trade agreement like norway and switzerland and so i think people really reexamining the whole nature of our relationship with the european union so in ultimately what you're suggesting is that england's relationship with the e.u. costs more than it's worth but i don't any p.t. really want to see an end to the e.u. if britain eventually at some point did quit do you think others might follow. i think others may well follow but i think it's a decision of nation states i think what's probably more likely is you're going to get a hard core of the aging within the european union based around germany in a high success economy is that want to stick together want a single currency wants
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a single financial arrangement i think that you know that europe will go ahead but i think it will leave a lot of european union nations on the edges and having looser more flexible arrangements i think that includes britain with the european union so i think what's happening is very fundamental change our whole look of the european union now earlier earlier we heard from the u.k. chancellor of the exchequer george osborne saying that the eurozone debt crisis is a real danger and he's opposed to the idea of these constant bail outs for example greece i just got approved the next bailout of eight billion euros and he compares that to using a plaster to cover up a large wound he says in. no short term fixes what could be the long term fix do you think for the eurozone. i don't know if there is one i think if you try and force a gather very divergent economy is with governments with different attitudes towards
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public finances and deficits i don't think greece really has a personal will to to bring in the real cuts necessary to dres the taxes sufficiently we see in greece to really sort the problem out and i think what is probably happier for everyone is we just admit the honest truth this doesn't work maybe other countries like germany should go forward with belgium and others say to a tighter eurozone economy and leave others out of it because the thing that will save greece is devaluation if they recreate the drachma it will make it very cheap to go on holiday greece better for shipping it will stimulate their economy will be very hard it's not easy but i think that's the only route turn out and that's a much healthier route over time for countries like greece and others i think as well who are trapped within the euro zone. and i think that's really the only realistic way forward david campbell. member of the conservative party many thanks . thank you. as an inquest into the death of former russian
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agent alexander litvinenko was granted by the u.k. his widow admits that he was working for british intelligence along stretching investigation was launched five years ago when litvinenko died of radiation poisoning in london. bennett now reports on how recent discoveries could harm britain's reputation. according to britain this is a man on the run and very lugovoy hasn't left russia since two thousand and six because of an international arrest warrant he's accused of murdering alexander litvinenko in london almost five years ago both former k.g.b. agents but lugovoy says he's got nothing to hide so as a critic. nobody really expected me at the pre inquest hearing even though british officials claim that i'm hiding from justice my lawyers annoy found out about it by sheer chance had we not found out about it i think the british press would have
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accused us once again of hiding from justice. league of always lawyers last week echoed calls from a live in yonkers widow for a full inquest which is now finally been ordered but that's prompted yet another twist in a case already steeped in intrigue at all the. my lawyers and i put ourselves food as an interested party so live in yonkers we go was forced to admit her husband was a paid agent of m i five an m i six but he worked for britain's intelligence and not just as a consultant she had no other choice she realized if i get involved in the inquest this will be revealed anyway because i know a few facts that will force the british court to ask m i five an m i six a few questions. until now marina litvinenko has always denied any such link she says he was out of loyalty to her husband she refused to speak to us they said mission leaves m i five facing awkward questions in an inquest they were the only party trying to limit and they did take it for granted that they can just
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brush embarrassment country carpet and as i said if it had been consulting for them or working with them and he died in highly. the tourist circumstances on their patch then you have of course they would be our questions about not offering protection to people and also not offering protection to the london public you know if the. traveling into ten left across the city living in kid died a slow and painful death caused by the lethal radioactive substance polonium two ten the unsolved case has been the thorn in the side of british russian relations with moscow refusing to extradite abundance chief suspect but some claim britain's pursuit has blurred the line between fact and fiction there's a whole host of unofficial allegations. how we go from my death which however horrible to an accusation that mr lugovoy was responsible is
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is ludicrous i mean it's all looks very fishy joy an unbiased observer but the diet that we are being fed in britain through the media. short circuits a lot of that this is where it all began the millennium hotel in central london and it's what happened in here remains the biggest question mark living in commit lugovoy for breakfast here but they he fell ill and that's when he's alleged to have been poisoned forensics did find the contaminated teapot but the link from that to move forward is still unproven it's hoped the coroner's inquest will determine once and for all what exactly went on behind these walls something c.c.t.v. missed the police say they have new evidence but won't disclose it until they conclude their own investigation as for lugovoy he says he'll answer any questions they've got not in person of course but via video link i've been it r t london. now at twenty two minutes past the hour here in moscow the russian foreign ministry
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has compiled a number of american officials blacklisted from visiting the country which comes in response to a similar lineup of russians banned by washington from entering the u.s. the role was sparked by the death of businessman sort of magnitsky in a russian jail two years ago where he was being held on tax evasion charges the u.s. blamed moscow for the death and is now refusing to grant visas to several russian officials moscow says the americans it is now blacklisted in response are suspected of crimes against russian citizens in america including kidnapping and torture moscow warns it may extend the list which has not been publicly released unless washington drops its sanctions against russian officials. are now time for some other headlines from around the world for you this hour time for the world update here to the saudi arabian throne prince sultan bin abdul aziz al saud has died he was in his eighty's and in two thousand and four diagnosed with colon cancer the crown prince was traveling abroad for medical tests at the time of his death it
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brings into focus the health of saudi arabia's aging world especially king abdullah who's now eighty seven officials say funeral services will be held in the capital riyadh on tuesday. so his troops reportedly killed thirty two kurdish rebels near the iraqi border and hundreds of soldiers also pursued fighters in northern iraq the clash in turkey's. came after the government launched a massive anti rebel operation involving ten thousand troops. with the kurdistan workers' party or p k k it's killed tens of thousands of people since it began in one thousand nine hundred four. the un security council has unanimously adopted a resolution calling for yemeni president ali abdullah saleh to immediately step down it also strongly condemns excessive use of force against anti-government protesters the first monday since the arrest began in january says the leader must trance. power to his deputy and the escalating violence it was criticized by human
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rights activists saying it opened the way to granting immunity for the president protesters claim is clinging to power and pushing his country into civil war. well with the occupy wall street movement supporting its one month anniversary now many are wondering what exactly has united so many people in protest oftenest our resident in new york went to the center of the action to ask people what brought them together. a month into the occupy wall street movement is there a unified method this week let's talk about that there isn't a centralized message a lot of people say that's the problem and i think that's actually a strength that we currently have. as a movement were we're just over a month old. october seventeenth was our one month anniversary and and i think it's it's early to to be issuing any statements or anything along those lines any any
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sort of movement major movement or revolution or anything like that throughout history has issued a statement within the first month it feels a little absurd to me to expect there to be one core message when this is a movement that's wanting to be inclusive that wants everyone to have a voice and everyone has their own life they have their own struggles is it i mean today's world is the sound bite no one has tended to aid the world and they need a sound bite or they're off of the current dominant paradigm and where looking to give examples of what alternative paradigms could exist a lot of people don't seem to really understand why they're here they can articulate it so you know if this sort of makes them think about why they're here well there in the alternative do you think that that's a problem with the movement is that there isn't a unified message not necessarily i think there's a profiling theme to it everybody is disenfranchised with something you're saying education and health care some guy over there just said shipping jobs out of the
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country to the stuff we part of it i mean there's not one thing like i said it's not just one thing and there's a bunch of different reasons of the part of the two i mean i definitely agree with that the fact that there's shipping jobs in the country we don't need anymore so so how would you sum it up in one clear sentence what the messages here. political and economic reform the whole of both parties i think we want to party so it seems like everyone here feels like there is a unified message and that is there isn't a unified message which. and more coverage of the protests that are shaking up the united states waiting for you on our web site. go there as well including one marine. and army sergeant becomes an unintentional spokes person of the wall street movement. at all it's.
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a russian soyuz rocket from a french space in the tropics to be used against him since it's become a rival of america's g.p.s. . he is coming to you live from moscow coming your way shortly we discover whether people are happy with hollywood movies dominating the big screen or perhaps the hungry for alternative spotlight off of the headlines next.
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all right welcome back you with. your headlights. look ahead to a country. with a shady circumstances a. blood stained shadow over the nation's future. government claims he died in a shoot out video shows a man. executing. dozens of. demonstrations as the occupy wall street movement grows stronger and more people all across the world. for another round of crisis talks. pushing for a nationwide referendum. bill dog is here in half an hour's time but first. challenge hollywood.

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