the week's top stories on r.t. a bloodstained end to an era in libya allegations colonel gadhafi was executed by the interim government's troops the country's now bracing for upcoming elections but divisions among the victors are casting a grim shadow on the nation's future. breaking point this week violent clashes erupted in greece as people were hit with more austerity measures all the while the e.u. leaders up against the clock a meeting to try and resolve the ongoing debt crisis. battle over barricades nato forces failed to remove roadblocks by force at the disputed serbia cause of a border ethnic serbs guarded blockade to stop the peacekeepers of. the un historic moment a russian soyuz rocket sets off from a french space base in the tropics carrying europe's first satellite navigation

system it's aiming to become a serious rival to america's g.p.s. . with the top stories of today and all of this week we're watching the weekly on r.t. with me roll reception libyans are celebrating the beginning of a new era with the death of colonel gadhafi was gunned down in unclear circumstances on thursday but the incident sparked international calls for an investigation that locations the alstad libyan leader was executed a leaked video portrays a man boasting that he shot coffee in cold blood during his capture in the city of elections analogy to be held in libya within eight months followed by the formation of a new government and the dropping of a constitution however a future without the colonel looks uncertain as ethnic and tribal divisions emerge . libyans once united in

a revolution and then there's nato which is winding down its military intervention on its members rushed to secure lucrative oil deals with the new libyan authorities and he said no it has details from tripoli. not too long ago it was handshakes and hugs now it's his head and feet and his family and a lot of. foreign involvement factor he was always going to need is a great goal he also played a lot of pain with the western powers. graphic gruesome footage of good after he went viral as news of his death spread after months of being number one and nato hitlist under the banner humanitarian mission. we came we saw he died. and he see claims he was killed in crossfire but edited video begs to differ show here

clearly why being one from his head then clearly did the political and we the footage shown on t.v. proves that he was captured alive and wounded and also that he was killed. while the pressure is growing for an investigation to find out if it downfield died as clinton put it or was executed the u.n. human rights organization should all push not only for investigation or. certainly the lynching of many of the libyan numbers of the. support. but also the bombings that inflicted in libya that destroyed so many of libya's infrastructure and also so many libyan civilians who had died who were killed in the. alliance of prisons claim the mission in libya is coming to really. and the no fly zone will be reviewed at the u.n.

security council but many believe this is only the end of gadhafi and the beginning of a new era of crisis libya is in for a period of horrendous chaos after the needle bombing that's brought parts of libya back to the stone age some say the race for the country's oil has kicked off france is already demanding thirty five percent of libya's gross national gross oil production and i suspect that the people of libya will be furious and outraged that they are paying france for having bought the infrastructure having destroyed the schools the hospitals the the water supply and their country united in hatred for gadhafi might not stand together now that he's gone all these these different groups and that we were held together but one thing that will change. and that's gone away you can redirect their anger at each other and i think of things chaos

ensues and political instability there's a lot of people looking back on libya. and will change you back now and that is not a great celebrations continued throughout the week running the country and it seems few people here are really thinking about the future going to libya without gadhafi it really means for them a country with no leader a lot of weapons and even more oil reporting from tripoli and he's now a r.t. . and if there is a keeping us updated with the latest from tripoli online as well if you are just over swansea's twitter stream you can keep track of her account of events in post could afi. i mean time and seen war activist of brian becker thinks the killing of colonel qadhafi signals a successful western takeover of libya. prime in fact i think this is the act of the nato powers the united states britain and france the former

colonizers and slavers of africa who have carried out regime change in many countries they've done it again they've taken out the leader and replaced them with a new government which will be basically a nato client regime moammar gadhafi would be alive today except for one reason and that is the nato intervention the nato bombing of sirte the nato bombing of cities in complete defiance of their own resolution resolution that said that they were entering libya just to protect civilians it's been clear from the outset that they're killing civilians killing anybody who stands in the way of the real objective of the operation which is to carry out regime change i don't think the n.p.c. really is the force in libya it is there for the time being at least it may be a transitional regime the real power in libya today is the united states britain and france the nato countries that carried out the regime change we see a nato takeover of a country that has the largest oil reserves in the entire african continent the ninth largest oil reserves in the world this is a coup d'etat by western powers against an oil rich african country and i mean time

in syria the death of colonel gadhafi sparked a fresh wave of anti-government protests calling for president bashar al assad to step down dozens of people were reportedly shot dead of troops loyal to damascus a crackdown on the demonstrations over three thousand set of being killed in the country since much chance or a study of reports from syria both sides of the conflict have plenty of blood on their. this is the office of the traitor it's one of the messages on the wall he's rail of the us were able to buy you with a thousand dollars says another. this is where several opposition leaders work like i've been as is i was hired he had been a vocal critic and had spent fourteen years in jail a very bad time he recalls like many opposition members he thinks there's really very little room for reconciliation under the current environment. because troops are withdrawn to their barracks no clear voice is going to

change that i know of. yes listening to people. he insists peaceful protesters were forced to respond to attacks by security forces and the acknowledges that now it's simply not black and white responsibility for the violence goes both ways. service killing civilians some civilians killing. soldiers they are son was one of the first soldiers killed since protests began in the country he was killed in daraa on march twenty three. all foreign media acknowledged that too many of the army and national guards have lost their lives so how can some people save its own group states exist he could next the civilians and only members like my son how could only members kill other members this is impossible the media that says it is plain lying. and

very analyze the problem the moment. there is confusion about what's really going on information is taken by each side and used to defend their position so if you're hearing the arguments from one side you'll likely believe that amid this atmosphere of confusion and misinformation the cause for reforms continues what's in there in very forms this is another question whenever a new legislation is made we see an escalation of the security situation in syria because in the by the guns. we cannot. put the blame on the government as are in some circles trying to provoke a bit of voices from both sides are calling for dialogue to sit down and talk to the serious themselves agree that if this crisis is to be resolved that foundation of trust should be first laid out but with each threat order syria will spoil the rising and already widening political gap does or so you r.t.

a mask. ok ten minutes past the hour here in moscow and coming your way shortly but a class gap devouring the u.s. . dozens of people arrested across america for peaceful lanty call for demonstrations i'm going towards the so-called one percent. report on why nato warnings and gas is on it's enough to get ethnic serbs to remove their barricades next to the disputed serbia called. you are watching the weekly on r.t. european leaders agreed on crisis talks in brussels are aimed at resolving the region's debt crisis and keeping another recession they're expected to tell banks to accept the greek debt will never be paid in full and instead should raise a new capital to deal with the losses this week with clashes broke out in athens where people fed up with yet more austerity measures vented their anger at the

surface with their. presence of become a regular occurrence theory behind the priceless things the growing public anger because of their say what that means to the people here in the country has been cut from their wages fire out thirty percent in most cases on top of. the cantons the public spending unemployment here in the country is cripplingly high within the americans of a new generation of timeless businesses reading these things have affected everyone here in going. after. that. and just. all sort of vibrant of the nation of the people who will fight peacefully because we want our lives.

the young and the people from all walks of quick life to end the today protest largest squeezes seen since the crisis began one and they say violence to the true third place revives it wasn't just the anger once again boiling eva with fights breaking out not just with the police but amongst the protesters themselves rick society is facing a social disaster for the past two years we've received austerity package after austerity package people are beyond third breaking point they cannot stand it anymore. this is just a phrase has is with an appetite for change and if they cost some top government officials did applies for the position then the saying he thinks that in asia business struggling with his conscience he's not the only one speaking to police major after the protests at the start of the month tell me if the pressure teeth of the riot police involved in these events you know this school of business it is

very hard to describe the feeling. of the policeman because they are to a social and professional group who are suffering where the economic on either side of the government has to take and sometimes it is really hard for them to take part in these protests as a working people but once more they had to take to the streets to place back protesters even days he wanted to make their points peacefully arrested and yet in the area they need to be watching this very closely because this is it is a problem that affects great picture i cannot thank the entire you're right but you can see what the people in the country right now are willing to go right now have wanted but the people here are going to have to wait a while longer see if anyone for now be ready to listen. now it's been hailed as an historic middle east prisoner exchange for their one thousand palestinians being swapped for just one israeli soldier following

a massive campaign for his release gilad shalit was freed after being held for five years in captivity by hamas but his homecoming has left many jewish families feeling better as part of. their. if you date me i love him he comes here to a place that looks after israeli soldiers who are alone in the country who come from difficult backgrounds to being here is often more of a comfort to him and the youngsters he hopes because it brings him and that little bit closer to his son majesty he disappeared one year before gilad shalit was taken hostage we have subs over and over again with government in the country are not doing enough from our lady on others the media you know one has the option to give to the show. there are at the moment seven israeli soldiers who've been kidnapped or who are missing in action now majesty disappeared while hitchhiking to his army base major one of our it was captured twenty five years ago after a craft was shot down of eleven on these of the last pictures of him alive taken in

. prison in iran guy have it disappeared fourteen years ago he was last seen at his army base one kilometer from the syrian border. it's infuriating it's an acceptable that after fourteen years the government still has nothing to tell us our demand is that the government bring us any information alive dead here in lebanon and syria just bring us what they've brought us nothing. to solution his son is still alive and while she's pleased gilad is coming home she's disillusioned a new government that made it possible for him but not for her son. it's about media attention p.r. how do you lot stanley succeeded in marketing their son we saw it as a family this was a girl as we thought it was enough the guy was an i.d.f. soldier in uniform but we were wrong very very wrong.

this is a country that depends on its army for its survival is an unwritten code that every soldier who goes to war must be taught back home that's of the heart of the free gilad shalit campaign for nearly two years his brain his family and a little cantata here in front of the prime minister's office every morning when the time yahoo clip his home he was reminded about the soldier who could not attend to his beloved by. the government and the country are not doing enough for my son and the rest of those missing in action it is important for us to bring our soldiers home rather spiritual sanderson's to war when you chinoy. everything possible to get them back or it's done just that in the case of gilad shalit but at what cost will militants now be empowered to kidnap and not an israeli soldier and will israel be willing to pay this price again policy on our team.

this is the weekly on arts here now at least one hundred and wall street protesters were arrested by police during the occupy chicago demonstration for refusing to leave a certain city park comes the two days after dozens of protesters were arrested in new york activists say police responded to the peaceful rallies with necessary force it's been over a month since the protests against a fact cats and corporate greed erupted in the united states and as aussies nature kind of explains the expanding gap between rich and caught could have dire consequences for the country. a class war seemed impossible in a country were being wealthy is part of the national dream but it's thousands march on wall street and in other parts of america protesting against the system that they claim works only for the benefit of the few super rich individuals and corporations many ask whether america is facing a class war better time when the rich are getting richer while the little class is

class a class war is being waged in america today unfortunately the world saw it is winning the so-called one percent of winners are the nation's top corporations which this year the economy is very slow growth as nanda last may record profits the things to various loopholes cooperations pay little or nothing in taxes the corporations say they need the tax breaks to be able to invest more in to hire more america's second largest energy producers chevron is now lobbying not to let the government tax them more and to my question how many americans this chevron hired since the tax breaks were introduced in two thousand and four the c.e.o. of the company said they were up slightly a few thousand in our up stream business over the years but not significantly not significantly on our chevron payroll a few thousand jobs for the billions of dollars in tax stimulus that the government gave them economists say married his largest corporations are. sitting on more than

three trillion dollars and not investing in the economy unemployment in the us remains over nine percent where we live in a nation where corporations could profit off the child dying at the same time with their parents in a bankruptcy to their trying to pay for these kids medical bills. what does that say about our country the wall street answer to people's rage antique you'll still be nobody held a job but as one of the protesters tried to put a word of objection call an old on hold on it's not your show i'm talking to these people hold on i'm not talking to you you might be due to personal success and money have always being part of the american dream. the aspiration to become rich is equally ingrained in american society and widely promoted by pop culture but those who took to the streets have made it clear that the situation on the rich

are getting richer and the poor are getting poorer it's not their idea of the american dream in fact it could be the end of it and the beginning of a class war i'm going to check our reporting from washington r.t. . still ahead for you in the program here on r.t. a legendary launch a russian soyuz rocket set off from a french spaced space in the tropics just this week carrying the e.u.'s first satellite navigation system high into. the hours forty minutes past the hour here in the russian capital nato led peacekeepers trying to remove roadblocks in northern cause of i have been prevented by servants who sat on the roads guarding the disputed cause of border crossing to set up the barricades back in july stock was a vote from extending its control over the part of the country populated mostly by ethnic serbians. the national reports on the continuing standoff. as months of tension between serbs nicole byrne and coursers continue roads in northern cause

they remain closed for some serbs are fortifying their barricades and see themselves again his victims of history these cartoon reads we defeated your grandad we defeated your father's will win again local serbs compare the nature led peacekeeping force in kosovo ok for the fascist occupiers of the past they all then why do they think they can come and take our land serbia's our home we don't want to live in albania look how they aren't we have nothing but flag and free from god some two hundred meters away they took a four soldiers keep watching i would be free to move my dogs playing agreement which i did all this in the last two weeks but if that is not to be reached i have to be on my own i have to fall back on my own needs.

no surprise the generals only means a military once the status quo northern course of the remains the standoff between k. four soldiers and the local serbs of millions is no closer to resolution but people from both sides of the barricades are glad to avoid any further violence away from media hostility is common place this twenty three year old syrian man was with his father when he was shot just three weeks ago visiting an old ben and village in courses south west thirds of minority living in time and place i was waiting for him in a car i saw him coming out of your being in cafeteria they are her children she acts and my dad fall down i was to him but i was worried a guy immediately i didn't even say goodbye to him. w. bush shows us his wounds he was shocked when his father's killers try to eliminate the only witness i will never return to their place they'll treat me i'm worrying

about my family and myself in a separate incident just last week another in our series was killed in a confrontation with a local these two men together with their friend mere drug they follow the big family went to sea which used to be serve land now owned by ethnic albanians since serbs fled after nature's nine hundred ninety nine bombing of yugoslavia they were stopped by the new occupier we talked for five minutes then he said he needed to come back to his car to take in some form but came back and stand with a kalashnikov do you want your man back he shouted and started firing at us we are drug was killed. the man who just lost their france they there is only one reason he was killed. just because we are serbs periods eleven years after the end of major conflict here and despite the presence international peacekeepers violence seems to be still part of everyday life for some in this troubled breakaway

province and there is little sign that change or if nationality kosovo. all right it's good to have you company so here are three let's go to some other world news for you in brief now a seven point three magnitude earthquake has struck eastern turkey it's epicenter was located about thirty kilometers northeast of. close to the border with iran but there are no immediate reports of injuries but a local news agency said that several buildings have collapsed but the tremor was also felt in iran and georgia we will bring you the latest developments as soon as we get them. to colombia now where at least ten soldiers have been killed in an ambush by rebels in the country's northeast it comes just before a nationwide election was planned for next week last thursday another attack on colombia's border with ecuador left ten soldiers dead after their vehicles hit roadside bombs are both incidents are being blamed on active left wing foreign

rebels despite the group being the focus of a recent army offensive. a larger german spacecraft rose at the satellite that it has made an uncontrolled reentry into the atmosphere after being deactivated in space over a decade ago scientists have not been able to communicate with the satellite or before its reentry and are now trying to determine its location it comes a month after a nasa satellite plunged back into the atmosphere our space enthusiasts worldwide are following the latest developments on the search for the fallen telescope online micro blogs. well other astronomers though have been glued to the progress of a russian soyuz rocket that was launched on friday from a space space in french guyana but it's carrying the first parts of a european satellite navigation system high into orbit. which. recorded the launch of a new era in russian space history the first ever liftoff of

a soyuz rocket in the west confirms this position as the leader in the field it's one thousand seven hundred successful takeoffs way ahead of any other rival so when the french led team began plans to send galileo satellites into orbit it was first choice when we needed medium. from here and we immediately thought of show you galileo is europe's new worlds it's america's g.p.s. navigation system promising much greater accuracy and reliability with so used to launch it the e.u. is confident say u.s. is one of the best launch. on the size so we put together the best competitive and together we can be the best and beat all the old all the open and the soyuz and it's just simply have had to be specially adapted to handle the challenges brought by the tropical climate for croyle from its sister sites in

russia's north and the steps of kazakhstan the soil to needed some work including clearance of one hundred twenty pictures of jungle forest for the launch under a new agreement soyuz is to send many more satellites for europe into orbit from the site with much of the equipment being built in russia and then shipped to french going on oh a massive boost for the russian space industry and as for the future well speaking only about ranger graham and crew. there's a contract country of fifty or so years gagnon. maj and fifty or so years which means that for the minimum six seven years both summer and the moscow factories they will be fully engaged in their lots of work to do this success cements the reputation of soyuz as the world's top space launch program but it also turns a new page in relations between the european union and russia c.d.o. e.u.

figures with their two and expressed optimism for the new corp the two galileo satellites into the albeit without a glitch so the cheers of the launch team and guests in russian soyuz means duty and both the e.u. and russia will be hoping the project will indeed be a new union of interests and close a partnership the new bushell r.t. french wailed. i don't any half past the hour here in moscow now is the occupy wall street movement going to change the face of america that's the question we're asking in our interview in just a few minutes time a first of the week's top stories in just.