latest news in the week's top stories in r.t. a blood stained end to an era in libya with allegations color gadhafi was executed by the interim government troops. breaking points this week violent clashes erupted in greece as people were hit with more austerity measures e.u. leaders up against the clock to try and resolve the debt crisis. the. battle over the barricades nato forces failed to remove roadblocks of the disputed serbia kosovo border as ethnic serbs guard the blockade to stop the peacekeepers advance. the look back at the past seven days top stories and the latest developments this is the weekly. the libyan interim government has declared the symbolic liberation of the country following the death of colonel gadhafi he was gunned down unclear circumstances were fleeing the city of sirte on thursday incident sparked

international calls for an investigation with allegations the libyan leader was executed and each video for trey's a man boasting that he shot gadhafi twice during his capture claim is supported by a post-mortem which discovered to put holes in the colonel's body elections analogy to be held in libya within eight months followed by the formation of a new government in the drafting of a constitution of the post gadhafi future looks uncertain as ethnic and tribal divisions emerge among libyans once united in revolution and then nato which is winding down its military intervention and its members rushed to secure lucrative oil deals with the new libyan authorities lottie's and he is in tripoli with more. not so long ago it with handshakes and hog now. his family and a lot of tales. of foreign involvements and fact and go he was always portrayed as a great guy you also played

a lot of sports and hanky panky with western. graphic gruesome footage of gadhafi went viral as the news of his death spread after months of being number one nato hit list under the banner humanitarian mission. we came we saw god. have anything to do with your. libya and to see claims he was killed in crossfire but i didn't get to you know begs to differ here clearly writing one from his head then he really did look at those who were going to do the footage shown on t.v. proves that he was captured alive and wounded and after that he was killed. so the pressure is growing for an investigation find out if it's down from the guy as clinton put it or was executed the u.n. human rights organization should all do it not only for investigation.

and certainly the military move many of the libyan members of the. support. but also the bombings that they inflicted in libya that destroyed so many of libya's infrastructure and also so many libyan civilians who died in the who were killed in the. alliance officials claim the mission in libya is coming to hand the no fly zone will be reviewed at the u.n. security council but many believe this is only the end of the dot feet and the beginning of a new era of crisis libya is in for a period of horrendous chaos after the nato by. it'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 that montreal united in hatred for gadhafi might not stand together now that he's gone all these different groups who were held together but one thing and that was a coffee and now let's go on the way you can really direct their anger at each other and i think that's a yes and susan political instability there's a lot of people looking back on libya. fear of. change and we're back now and that is not big celebrations continue throughout the week chrysler country and it seems few people here are really thinking about the future of libya without gadhafi it really means for them a country with no leader a lot of weapons and even more oil importing from tripoli and he's now a r.t.

and he says keep us updated with the latest from tripoli online just head to auntie's twitter stream to keep track of the events in post in libya and jordan based professor hisham gusted told me a little earlier that he thinks the libyans have nothing to celebrate because the in top rising against gadhafi has been hijacked by nato and its mercenaries. it was not the revolution i mean they claimed it was an open question i have studied the revolutions. not only in this part of the world but in history you know historically speaking this cannot be described as a revolution it was some sort of a coup de tat there where you have the military could be backed by nato and actually. nato actually under the pretext of helping civilians are perfect and civilians waged a war against libya both the infrastructure of this state of the institutions and the ordinary civilians reports say that tens of thousands of libyans were killed

now that cannot be described as a revolution it's an occupation and the gangs the armed gangs we've seen what they've done with gadhafi these armed gangs are not revolution i think they're mercenaries. over in syria into colonel gadhafi sparked a fresh wave of anti-government protests calling for president bashar assad to step down dozens more people were reportedly shot there as troops loyal to damascus cracked down on the demonstrators there were three thousand are said to have been killed in the country since march but after you silly reports from syria both sides of the conflict have plenty of blood on their hands. this is the office of the trader it's one of the messages on the wall israel and the u.s. were able to buy you with a thousand dollars says another. this is where several opposition leaders worked like a fire he had been a vocal critic and had spent thirteen years in jail a very bad time he recalls like many opposition members he thinks there's really very little room for me conciliation under the current environment. because

troops must be withdrawn. it is going to seem that i don't know. think. 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 sponsibility for the violence goes both ways. killing civilians but some civilians killing. soldiers they are son was one of the first soldiers killed since protests began in the country he was killed the on march twenty three. war foreign media acknowledged that too many of the army and national guards have lost their lives so how can some people see that on groups didn't exist he kidnaps the civilians and only members like my son how could only members kill

other members this is impossible and needed it says this is plainly lying. and therein lies 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 hear only arguments from one side you'll likely believe them i mean this atmosphere of confusion and misinformation because for reforms continues what's the enduring very forms this is another question whenever a new legislation is made we see an escalation of the security situation in syria. but we cannot absolutely blame on the government as i mean some circles trying to propagate of voices from both sides are calling for dialogue to sit down and talk the syrians themselves agree that if this crisis is to be resolved the foundation of trust for the first lay down but with each correct order syria this

small rise in an already widening political gap that's are still you are damascus. coming your way this hour in r.t. the class gap devouring the u.s. . as dozens of people arrested across america for peaceful anti corporate demonstrations anger towards the so-called one percent keeps on growing. that story still to come but meanwhile european leaders have been holding crucial talks in brussels and resolving the region's debt crisis and keeping another recession at bay they're pushing on banks to accept that the greek debt will never be paid in full and instead they should raise new capital to deal with the loss it's not as daniel bushell as more. the national debt of greece will reach one hundred eighty one percent of g.d.p. next year and of course completely unsustainable banks and so they're not charities so they're obviously resisting these moves they say that if. the loan is just like

that then the market will simply draw up that's why you leaders knew there wouldn't be an agreement process meeting and already before this summit took place was saying that there would be an extra extraordinary summit by wednesday and that we've received leaders have agreed to create a european economic government with regular eurozone summits to enforce it is to control countries like italy there's been a blazing row here between prime minister silvio berlusconi who reportedly refused any more national lives there and see measures also the public road between france and germany is worrying investors france wants a big bailout ports it's already a ton to billions of euros but it wants more. potential any potential failures in the eurozone. they could be more countries next where it's germany germany's angela merkel is well aware that there's

a german taxpayers will have to pay for any such bailouts and german officials here are saying this whole euro zone project is starting to look like a single one way flow of cash from berlin to southern europe. differently of course they are having to put up a very difficult cuts in public services in greece enforced by in force as our correspondent sara first reports from athens. greece at that time there right there it's very very. tight this is why they. say. that people here and they say that's being cut and that why it is i have been in a state on top of that right. cantons the public. i find out here in the country is cripplingly high within your margins of a new generation of homeless these measures really these things have affected

everyone hearing going. on. and. there are young. girls some five months of the nation of the people who are going to fight this for me because we want our lives. the young and the people from all walks of life to institute a protest and largest police a scene since the crisis began one of the nice violent swift christmas cards but it wasn't to be the anger once again boiling a there with fights breaking out not just with the police but in the playtest is in cells the greek 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. and it's not just the phrase has is with an appetite change the debate was passed on top government officials did applies when to position them to say he thinks that in asia business struggling with conscience he's not the only one speaking to police major after the protests at the start of the month tell me the pressure t. for the riot police involved in these events in the school of business it is very hard to describe the feelings of the police crime because they are true a social and professional group of course suffering great economic measures that the government has to take sometimes it is really hard for them to take part in these protests as a working people but once more they have to take to the streets to push back playtest is even they still wanted to make their points p. . splay arrested yes and the i think it's going to be watching this very closely because this is the disapproval that affects great didn't think you a should not affect the time that you can't see what they find they can actually

right now we're going to great friends that have that point. the people here again have to wait a while longer see if anyone can now be ready to listen. to. these one hundred one she will street protesters were arrested by police during the occupied chicago demonstration for refusing to leave a city park this comes two days after dozens of protesters were arrested in new york activists say police responded to their peaceful rallies with unnecessary force every month since the protests against cats and corporate greed erupted in the u.s. so he's got a check on explains the expanding gap between rich and the poor could have consequences for the country. a class war seemed impossible in a country where being wealthy is part of the national green go to scotland march on wall street and in other parts of america protesting against the system that they claim works only for the benefit of a few super rich individuals and corporations many ask whether america is facing

a class war better at a time when the rich are getting richer little course is collapsing class war is being waged in a good today unfortunately the world saw it is winning the super called one percent of winners are the nation's top corporations which this year the economy is very slow growth of non the less made record profits thanks to periods loopholes plenty of these corporations pay a little when not being in parts of the corporations say they need the tax breaks to be able to invest more and 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 has chevron hired since the tax breaks were introduced in two thousand and four the sea. oh of the company said age there were up slightly a few thousand in our upstream business over the years but not significantly not significant on our chevron payroll a few thousand jobs for the billions of dollars in tax stimulus that the government

gave the economy say marriage has largest corporations are sitting on more than three trillion dollars and not investing in the economy unemployment in the us remains over nine percent when we live in a nation where corporations can profit off a 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 he killed wall street will be nobody held great jobs but as one of the protesters try to put a word of objection we call it all done all done it's not just shrug my teeth i'm talking to these people hold on i'm like took it to you you can feel my blood talk me through your personal success and money have always being part of the american dream the rich the aspiration to become rich is the fleet ingrained in american

society and widely promoted by pop culture but those who took to the streets have made it clear that the situation when the rich are getting richer and the poor are getting poorer is 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 in the program this hour an r.t. report on like nato releasing tear gas plant enough to get ethnic serbs to remove their barricades next to the disputed serbia kosovo border. for that let's update you on other international news making the headlines this hour in our world update a seven point three magnitude quake struck the city of bam in eastern turkey close to the border with iran authorities claim at least eighty five have been killed and over one hundred fifty injured after some eighty buildings collapsed in the area including several hotels and a student dormitory have been reports of power loss destruction to telephone lines and even a prison break out in the quake hit region free military planes have taken off in the capital ankara for van carrying aid and supplies with the red cross at the

scene and aftershocks are also felt in iran armenia and georgia the turkish prime minister is on his way to the affected region. after president hamid karzai said his country would back pakistan if it ever went to war with the us a statement that contrasts with his harsh criticism of his nation's eastern neighbor during the u.s. secretary states recent visit to kabul clinton and karzai had accused the pakistan government of providing safe haven to terrorist groups launching attacks in afghanistan. to colombia now where at least ten soldiers have been killed in an ambush by rebels in the country's northeast comes just before a nationwide election is planned for next week last thursday another attack on colombia's border with ecuador left ten soldiers dead after their vehicles hit roadside bombs both incidents are being blamed on active left wing rebels despite the group being the focus of a recent army offensive. millions have to museums of course their ballots in the

country's first election since the toppling of president ben ali in january the first results are expected on monday with islamist party in order poised to claim a lone share of the vote let's cross live now to the to news and speak with local journalists. thanks very much indeed for being with us i understand i'm just reading at the moment something like seventy percent of voters turned out for these elections was that sort of number expected well according to the hind dependent elections committee they were actually optimistic today they were expecting a high turnout but when i went in and interviewed local people in downtown tunis before yesterday they were actually kind of kind of pessimistic because there was a lot of defamation and a lot of negative press online by bloggers and other activists who thought that the elections wouldn't actually the turnout of the elections today or at the polling stations would be very low but actually on the contrary seventy percent is a great number and i don't think that people here in tunisia have ever been so happy it is a celebration right now in the city you were

a freelance journalist just how has the media affected the campaign running up to these elections. well basically behind a committee for elections also known as the i.s.i. which is actually co-chaired by mr b. who is actually the chair of the committee and the president at the same time he actually stated in several press conferences this month that media restrictions were quite high they were afraid that international media would intervene with regards to propaganda are basically publicizing or overly publicized a particular political party that's why every single journalist international and local has to credit their paper work if they were going to cover the voting stations or the voting polls today in tunis and outside of tunis as well in the rule areas if you are caught overly. basically reporting a political party you will be fined and i heard rumors i don't know if i can actually i don't have

a specific source but we heard rumors that not only will you pay a fine as a journalist it will revoke you of your journalistic license well as we're talking we're seeing pictures of two museums going to the polls costing the votes but of course they were faced with choosing from something like over sixty polls these thousands of candidates sixty six story ok sixty six sixty six poll if you thought it surely is pretty confusing for someone who's never actually voted before. indeed people here were actually quite troubled at the voting polls today i witnessed myself they were actually delaying their choice behind the booth because you know you're not allowed to accompany tunisia and while they are casting their vote. the local international journalists were filming outside of the voting booth could sell that there was a lot of hesitation people were asking the same questions again i'm i'm confused i don't know there's just too much information so i do feel that there was a lot of information being digressed today but i think people just went with their

gut feeling and voted for the political party that just basically had the best economic plan terms of business productive any and of course unemployment which is a big issue here and that party at the moment seems to be the islamist party that's being tipped as the favorite tell us what we know about this group and if islamists do come from power and tunisia what does that say for the future. basically i've been covering a few features and stories with another i wasn't allowed as a journalist accredited by a high independent committee for elections to interview the head or leader of another group which is also mr russia there's a new sheet or actually even interview political candidates because that would be a violation of the journalistic code set by the committee but what i could gather from logistic members other voters from what i understood even from the brochures and leaflets that i read that they do have a concise plan which is

a long term plan which i believe is from two thousand and twelve to two thousand and sixteen where they do promise. of generating nine hundred fifty thousand jobs here in tunisia if they were to win a majority because it's just briefly those who want to be a secular society are concerned that all religions should be treated equally to think that they have something to fear. well they sure did they retreated online bloggers and all their facebook pages they partially contribution a very negative facebook page saying they also meaning leave and go away nada and other political parties have been slamming and negatively publicizing a lot of. propaganda negative propaganda against another group but one another in response answered so this is quite normal during any public sphere that there is always going to be positive and negative press but they have assured the people that there is nothing to fear with regards to women and males working side by side

and they actually think it's quite comical because they do have female candidates running for the for the seats in a constant assembly from another and one of them is not even built her name is in the side of the him and she is unveiled as well so that is also a liberal woman who actually works quite closely with another group. thanks so much for your thoughts for. all we have time for thanks very much indeed for joining us live thank you for having thank you. think. of the news now and later the peacekeepers trying to remove roadblocks in northern kosovo have been prevented by serbians use out on the roads guarding the disputed because of a border crossing so set up the barricades in july to stop kosovo from extending its control over the part of the country populated mostly by ethnic settings reflection reports on the continuing standoff. as months of tension between serbs nicol been and of course worst continue roads in northern cos they remain closed

for some serbs of fortifying the barricades and see themselves again this victim of history these cartoons reach it if it is your granddad's we defeated your father's will we again local serbs compare the nature peacekeeping force in kosovo ok for the fascist occupiers of the past. i don't really think they can come and take our land seriously as our home we don't want to live in albania hollywood out on the lookout they aren't we have nothing but flag and faith in god some two hundred meters away a major case for soldiers keep watching i would prefer the peaceful solution by talk by the green ink jet it all is in the last week but if that is not to be reached i have to be on my own i have to fall back on my own needs. some of them are. going to be no surprise the generals only means

a military once the status quo in northern kosovo remains the standoff between k. four soldiers and local service avila's is no closer to resolution people from both sides of the barricades are glad to avoid any further far away from media glare hostility is commonplace. this twenty three year old syrian man was with his father when he was shot just three weeks ago visiting an old bed in impulses south west third as a minority living in tiny enclaves and i was waiting for him in a car and i saw him coming out of your cafeteria and i heard gunshots and my dad fall down and i was to him but i was worried he died immediately i didn't even say good bye to him. w. bush owes us his wounds he was shocked when his father's killers tried to eliminate the only witness i will never return to the place. i'm worrying about my family

and myself in a separate incident just last week another unarmed serb was killed in a confrontation with the local these two men together with their friend mir drug they follow the big family went to see what used to be served land now owned by ethnical variance since serbs flare ups nature's nine hundred ninety nine bombing of yugoslavia they were stopped by the new occupier we talked for five minutes and he said he needed to come back to his car to take console from what came back and stand with a kalashnikov do you want to run bucky shouted and started firing at us drug was killed at the scene. the man who just lost their friends 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 break with

province and there is little sign that's like change refinish r t course of. that brings up the big moment i'll be back with the main stories of some of the main stories after a short break stay with us tonight in the.