the british government faces a revolt by anti european m.p.'s who want out of the trouble to you as the summit in brussels degenerate into petty spats over the union's debt crisis. libya's new rulers order an investigation into colonel gadhafi his death and promise to introduce islamic law and build a democracy on the ruins of a once prosperous nation. a leak plugged of wiki leaks suspends its whistle blowing the corner by american financial institutions refusing to accept donations bad credit cards it's kind of bells to fight the financial blockade. and the business of the movies ratings agency has downgraded its outlook for the russian banking sector from stable to negative or in that other majors is the news about twenty. international news and comment live from moscow this is r.t.

within twenty four hours a day the british parliament is preparing to vote on whether to hold a national referendum on its continued membership of the european union the debate was forced out of more than one hundred thousand people signed a petition demanding a say the vote will be binding but prime minister david cameron is a staunch supporter of the e.u. and faces a rebellion in his own party from sixty conservative m.p.'s a defined government orders and will support the idea cameron is urged the dissenting tories to reconsider saying this is a delicate time for the e.u. and nigel farage only pain from the u.k. independence party believes that far from being a uniting force the e.u. is quickly becoming a catalyst for conflict between nations. i want a europe where we cooperate together work together and sign agreements together not a europe where we hand over the ability to make those decisions to a group of unelected bureaucrats and only argument of peats which now the e.u. supporters of fall back on because all their other arguments frankly have failed

look what kept the peace in europe after ninety forty five was not the u. i didn't come alone but many many what kept the peace with late so example the states cooperate together and i would also argue the fact that we had a nuclear deterrent and history shows you that if you take away from people their democracy their ability to govern themselves if you corral them together into new states without their consent half of it leaving the peace the question now in a deep recession and without employment of a seventeen year high is not can we afford to leave the it's can we afford to stay the whole eurozone project is that what it's done far from bringing people closer together it's pushed people further apart not just for sarkozy being rude to cameron we now have the greeks abusing the germans they now bernie you flags in athens openly with swastikas drawn on them and we have the germans slagging off the greeks as being lazy and useless and the irony of this project is far from us all

becoming friends together in this new european house actually we're beginning to argue and bicker in the most extraordinary way you can all take twenty seven different countries with twenty one different languages all with their own different histories and different forms of government you cannot take them and force them into one unitary form of government without first getting their approval that approval has never been given and the european project actually is dying as we look at it may take many years just as a soviet union dead but it's dying as we look at it because right across europe the voters are saying we don't want this model we reject it. nigel ferrars there coming up later in the program this hour six reports the health of egypt's former leader hosni mubarak is shrouded in mystery sources suggest a heart attack has left him in a critical condition but his lawyer denies those claims. but first to libya

where the new leaders have ordered an investigation into the death of the former leader moammar gadhafi following mounting international pressure this is libyans erupted in celebration after the announcement their country had been completely liberated and there are plenty of questions over the cost of what they now call freedom artes and he said now he has this report. certainly people celebrating across the country as the official so-called liberation was announced on sunday and celebrations vary widely here in the capital tripoli and very few people when we go i'm asked them what they want now from the end to see whatever comes in right now the organization promising elections within a few months of analysts are saying that of course is not cause for sure thing because the population is very heavily armed even at the celebrations although there were lots of games and things for the kids to do there there's a lot of weapons out on the streets at least as i've been seeing here in the capital and so their next step now is of course to disarm the population because

there are fears that first of all there could be conflict between different tribes across the country i mean within the end to see another officials these were the rebels that began this fight for freedom in benghazi earlier this year that there would be a power struggle in fact between them and most of those leads were very well armed so that's one of the security one of the security challenges that the country is now facing among other things much of the country has been destroyed there are tremendous challenges let's not forget that pre war in libya had one of the best living standards on the entire continent some people say that in fact it had the best in terms of life inspect the expectancy child mortality rates there were great social benefits you see you're in style health care program and so once the dust settles and people start realizing for instance sixty percent of the country right now doesn't have one you want are you going to rush on to the conflicts at least

here in the capital i'm sure it's much much worse in other parts of the country there's no wanting water and it's about starting to happen so they were planning to travel she was one of the country's main i water systems which was completely destroyed and still being disputed who destroyed it whether it was nato worked exactly what it was but this is. one of the problems that people will be facing and then in terms of the actual political situation here and like i said elections promise is eight months but that of course is not sure and just this announcement from the head of the mt sea state that the weight easy the political life the country distorts beyond this is something that experts were afraid that they were out it was the country without that happy is going to take a much more hard line islamic groups. recently reporting there remember you can keep track of unease in the libyan capital just by taking a look at twitter feed and we can see that in her latest posts there on screen

she's tweeted pictures of residential areas in tripoli shattered by a nato bombardment. your opinion on the main story on screen we can see that the vast majority believe it could have his death was because he could have exposed dirty dealings in libya by western governments and corporations fourteen percent think that nature just run out of money to more aerial strikes almost the same amount of responders believe it could have used to blame for the hatred that many libyans had beforehand. you can see that others are saying that he was killed because many members of his former subordinate slogans are called express your point of view because if. we're allowed to get more ideas about what the future could hold for libya i'm joined live now by political blogger call shero in london thanks for joining us now live is currently the ship has ordered an inquiry into his death achieve anything or is it just a symbolic move. it's obviously

a symbolic move and i don't quite understand why are there bothering but let's go back a little bit in order to understand the context of what has happened because i don't think anyone has a conclusive answer about this whole. killing. affair and just to say that is been cynically exploited by all kind of sides on the one you have the cheerleaders in the west from our motorcycles the two camera wanting to take credit for something they never had any hand in and on the other hand you have you any brigade the hague brigade who insists that you must have been sent to the hague to be tried depriving bolivians of their sovereignty of their right for self-determination so against this background against i think the accusations against the n.p.c. that he was behind it and replying defensively and trying to say that it would be an investigation shows that people have too much faith in the m.d.c. which is quite obviously not in control of the situation on the ground in libya at

the moment and that's one of the kind of the signs of what's what's going to come next not just. turn it would have been a trial had he survived but would a trial not of open up and stirred up more of those tensions or would it have actually brought closure. no i mean the problem in this kind of language and using the language of psychotherapy is where romanticizing situations there are clearly political and listen this is not even a normal political conflict this is war and in it wasn't pleasant to see and it was done in very rough circumstances but let's stop looking at it as if it's a normal. situation it's war and all these things happen in war ok because let's let's quickly see what the impact this has on the n.t. see the violent nature and questioning nature good of his death and indeed reports of fifty three gadhafi loyalists have apparently been executed by m.t.c. fighters he were rights groups are clearly concerned about this what does that

actually tell us about the way the m.d.c. has control of the over the country and the obviously the near future of how the n.p.c. be and will be able to control the country country until those promised elections. well i don't see that there's a sign that they're actually in control and in fact you can see the tension between the empty sea command and some of the more islamist groups on the ground and in fact if you see some of the fighters in the ground they have the characteristics of islamist fighters but the long. history of from afghanistan on war it's saw this illusion that the n.p.c. has full control on the ground is not actually correct and i would say that the events that we are seeing them could be personal be the norm around or forward but it's nothing for us from the outside part of its size morally but just to say in the political terms the entity is quite obviously doesn't have control and so therefore that which a short should not nato then continue its mission rather than being talking about

pulling out its mission by the end of october absolutely not nato shouldn't have interviewed from the beginning and the west shouldn't have recognized jump to recognize the n.p.c. as the legitimacy of the system at the present because of libya as i've maintained and because they have went in and made their own fuel situation even more and more the interfered in the power dynamics we wouldn't have known how it would have developed within libya i'm not saying this only gadhafi would have kind of emerged victorious but maybe another party in libya could have presented their evolutionary explanation. for change better that and down there in d.c. that still has a lot of former gadhafi associates and cronies within you but that's really the nub of the problem ok what about the idea that they want to build the future of libya and islamic influenced government is that something that the west really wanted to happen i mean is that good news or bad news for libya. first of all

we should kind of take everything with a pinch of salt i think if you like the advantage that islamists now everywhere not only in libya or but other parties maybe there are moderates the in the case of our organization and not political in other words the kind of whatever nucleus secular secularist party is is really good in organizational terms so nothing has been concluded what we need to question is why would need to have their say on all this and why would it include fear to crying or allow one side to emerge. and their control of libya are not going to get you should be discussing over here just very briefly elections in tunisia yesterday does that not give your claim isn't that the same can happen in eight months in libya just very very briefly i absolutely don't i have full faith that it could happen but the kind of the link would need countries that are interfering in libya it needs to be cut off now cultura thanks very much indeed for your thoughts cultura joining us and in london. more

speculation surrounds the health of egypt's former leader hosni mubarak and the reports that he's in hospital fighting for life after suffering a heart attack but his lawyer denies those claims are not his middle east correspondent has the details on this. the official word from the hospital that is looking after the former egyptian president hosni mubarak is that he is suffering from heart problems that there has been an increase in his blood pressure but nothing more serious than that now since august the international medical center has both looked awesome about it can also kept him there as prisoner they were officially what it is that despite rumors he has not been moved into intensive care and i mention this because there are certainly a lot of rumors circulating in the privately owned egyptian newspaper here has quoted hospital staff who say that his heart stopped beating for a few seconds this coincide with probably must be heard that he was clinically did ask you speaking to our sources on the ground in cairo and they say that since late

last night there's been a lot of movement in front of the hospital but over her hospital start talking amongst themselves that he has been moved into intensive care and that the situation now is very very critical as you can well imagine it's very difficult to determine right now what is the real situation in terms of mubarak's health we've also hearing reports that it was when he saw pictures on television in terms of what happened to his friend one legacy in libya he got such a shock from those pictures that triggered this latest reaction the former egyptian president has been plagued by poor health for many years in june this year his lawyer said that he had stomach cancer and that it was now spreading i spoke to that in a way a short time ago he now says that mubarak's health is fine but certainly we know that he has high blood pressure there's been reports of hypertension there was a report of a heart attack earlier this year so the state of mubarak's health will continue to be a hot issue for some time to come. policy reporting there still to come on the program

the walls. of america's not just the b. want to circle equally balanced global powers america must lead the way we report on why some forces in washington are eager to bring back the very. as of the cold war. the internet whistleblower wiki leaks is suspending operations to focus on raising money instead it's fair to julian assange said a financial blockade imposed by american financial institutions has cut off most of the websites funding bodies other bennett was at this news conference in london. your future survival. was to temporarily suspend all publishing operations in order to direct all. resources into widening the blockade and raising funds because of this financial blockade suns revealed in that press conference of ninety five percent of their fund raising has dried up

since that look they came into force on early december this stock funds going through stop the stock donations and they've been running on cash reserves is just a matter of time really until that ran out and the companies involved typical like visa master card pay pal bank of america and they're all that financial block it all happened about a week or so after what's being referred to as cable gate when wiki leaks released all those. secret cables from u.s. embassies and the diplomatic service julian signs that he's calling this as a u.s. base concerted political attack and it's not from the government though they have actually seen this to be without any lawful grounds as has the u.n. high commissioner for human rights he says he's condemned the blockade instead science says it's being carried out by politicized u.s. financial companies now they have actually pursued legal action they've opened previous occasion action in a number of countries where they have publication deals that iceland denmark the

u.k. the e.u. us australia as well they've also lodged a complaint with the european commission a decision on that is to need november as to whether visa has broken any rules here but until that there's really nothing they can do because they've simply run out of money. losing wiki leaks to an unlawful financial blockade would be a blow to the freedom of speech but others will carry on because that's the view of dollars at the long he's the president of the national union of journalists in britain. it's a very murky affair because there were other very beginning of the situation questions about what members of the u.s. government had suggested or companies like amazon which was the first strike action against wiki leaks because they were hosting the site now but there may have been asked by individuals within the u.s. government obviously this is these acts have been taken outside of any legal process or the start of any international political agreements yet they seem to have the ability to shut down

a website that some governments find troubling. it's very unclear exactly what the motivations behind them and it is it's deeply unsettling it would be a loss to the media and a loss to freedom of speech if it disappeared but i don't think this will be the end of it we did see one of the first attempts were made to shut down mirror sites appeared all over the world because the information simply wants to come out so i'd be hopeful that actually if unfortunately wiki leaks was forced to close down that we would see other sites seeking to do the same kind of thing and getting around the restrictions of wiki leaks places now time talk to some other international headlines this hour it's a very nearly nineteen minutes past the hour here in moscow tanks and artillery have allegedly been firing at buildings in vehicles in syria's central province of homs you're watching a matter for each released by an anti-government group which alleges this is the result of the shelling it claimed cars and houses were targeted randomly. but it descends and see uprising against president assad's regime began in march. ever two

hundred seventy people have been killed and hundreds more are feared dead after a seven point two magnitude earthquake hit eastern turkey the highest number of casualties reported in the city's system van where dozens of buildings collapsed on top of residents trapping them in the most powerful earthquake in over a decade for turkey which lies in one of the world's most active seismic zones. but it served in kosovo have rejected demands from service president to remove roadblocks they had set up on disputed border crossings that each held a five hour long talks with local cause of a serb leaders but failed to persuade them the border crisis began in july after cause of an police and customs officers seize two checkpoints with the help of forces in response local serbs blocked the roads leading to the crossness. russian american ties are improved greatly since barack obama took power at least that's washington's official rhetoric but there are also political groups in the us that are pushing for aggressive moves and not only towards russia but he's got a car and finds out what stirring the hawk's nest. the cold war is long over but

not in the minds of some influential american lobbies and politicians because so long magazine has looked into the expense records of one lobby group in washington and revealed three years it has courted groomers to adopt distinct anti russian standpoints by arranging interviews with them and paying for their trips and dinners one of those reportedly wooed by the lobby called henri and strategists is their only named allie lake from the washington times he wrote as series of pieces undermining the reset between russia and the u.s. one of his articles focused on allegations that russia asked for a minute last year's explosion near the u.s. embassy in georgia accusations he took from georgian investigators of course as it turns out the lobby that approached mr ali is officially contracted by the georgian government we try to get in touch with mr lake he never responded put and only say it's not so much the georgians agenda that a lobby like orian strategies is pushing forward rather that of lushington hawks

the head of orient was in each to former defense secretary ronald rumsfeld he actively rooted for the war in iraq then he was an h. two senator john mccain well known for his hawkish foreign policy views senator mccain never concealed his desire to see russian leaders overthrow and not just russia dictators all over the world including bashar assad maybe even mr putin. and maybe some chinese maybe all of them maybe a little bit more nervous because clearly the people of libya rose up we assisted them this group of people. has a large number of institutions that they work through they have a large number of think tanks they have law firms they have magazines they have newspapers to push this idea of the supremacy of the united states washington has never been short of who are mongers the most visible one these days is the republican presidential candidate mitt romney he already has. they deliver tough

words to the likes of ukraine pakistan and china he also called for boosting america's military spending ending the reset with russia and unfolding a robust missile defense program in europe america is not destined to be one of several equally balanced global powers america must lead the world round these pitching himself as the candidate of the military industrial complex hoping that paid by. america's best military industry will be first to benefit from the strong rhetoric because more hawks some of the biggest corporations are transnational corporations that make weapons that benefit from an ideology that states that the united states most exercise military supremacy and have an endless arms race and those big companies are tied to the biggest banks on wall street there is a military industrial complex and it is facilitated by having a pretext for endless war so when president obama said will push the reset button

with russia this whole lobby and growing industry say well no that's bad because any relaxation of tensions means less of an excuse to produce more and more weapons the u.s. is the world's number one weapons producer and exporter and countries like georgia are looking to become the next market for american weapons we are quite familiar with u.s. politicians influence groups in washington that call for the end of the reset with russia but it's not just one where tensions are being ramped up the same people are doing a lot of fear mongering against countries like china iran believes this pretty long actually while experts agree the only side that could possibly benefit from a potential confrontation is america's military machine definitely not the people in those countries involved i'm going to check our reporting from washington our team in about ten minutes from now he will be inviting you on a trip to one of the old a siberian cities that'll be coming right up in the business news with the tree stay with us for that.

most uniform welcome to the program moody's has cut its forecast for russia's banking system from stable to negative but in the course of found out what's been pushing the country's lenders on the pressure. this is pretty much a common or facto what is going on at the locally he says that grim economic outlook and internationally and the high volatility of financial markets will weaken the operating environment in russia and the map and the fact that the banking sector and what they mean by that is ever documented in liquidity in the system as well as growth rates of lending and the g.d.p. the estimate for two thousand and twelve is now two point eight percent which is a drug problem one percent from previous forecast and more and not the big factor it is of course russia's economic growth the pending a mainly on oil prices analysts say that due to increasing risks to global energy

demand there is now more pressure than ever and will move these also says a negative factor will be felt on asset quality and the credit growth but some analysts here believe that europe will solve this problem soon which will spur growth back onto world markets and they also point out that the russian and banking sector there is a private much strong european debt issues and this in a good position financially they also say that russian banks have ample opportunity to attract liquidity and maintain financial stability with internal and external resources while i'm not a factor that i can and five all these opinions is a wednesday's meeting in euro point leaders would be looking for a plan to solve that crisis and that boost growth so it's safe to say that this is a not the last time the crystal ball gazing will be over. answered monica about her from relations capital warns the impact from moody's outlook reassessment could be

significant if it is followed by individual rate cuts right now the market has already priced in as a negative outlook for the system so. this is not going to. share prices for that matter however if falls are these reasons for our explain the real bents this is actually more likely to have an impact on one thing else but even that once again i think is already priced in our banks are less dependent on the european situation and there co-exist first test at our banks who don't expect all of these developments here as a capital base if everything goes in line is our base case then we don't think capital is going to be affected well and europe from your. question mark and some on. my let's take a look at the markets this hour top the german opposition lawmakers say the e.u. bailout plan will be leveraged up to one point four trillion dollars now in london

votes again one percent driven by nine and financial stocks down to for gas is up somehow percent and the banking group barclay's is two point two percent higher. here in russia the markets continue their rally and optimism about europe steal the r.t.s. game for you know how to send a nice next two and a half percent which stops were the drivers of the growth on the my side while majors were on the rise and higher crude was near gaining more than four percent noisemaker was high as nickel production in the first quarter increased twenty three percent compared to the second and retailer seven continents is that in almost twelve percent after releasing an impressive boost in first half measure profits. so for now the headlines are next on how to stay with us. the.

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