critical austerity package through both houses of parliament the nation's president has promised once the law is passed the prime minister silvio berlusconi will resign with his possible successor being a former e.u. commissioner our correspondent sara firth is in rome with more from there. a lot of the people a lot of the m.p.'s we've been speaking to the last couple of days they want to send a very clear message to the markets to the international community that they can take decisive action now at a very critical moment and its latest story now we saw that they posses reasonably easily today a hundred and fifty six days to twelve and it's expected tomorrow that similar things going to happen in the a final approval will be given in the lower house and not of course with them pave the way for the prime minister berlusconi to step aside as he vowed to do once a reforms had been passed and at that point his thought that the italian president will try to appoint a new hairs and some sort of technocratic government will be formed going to happen

very quickly from what we've been hearing is that the emphasis really head now is on decisive action and the front runner this emerged recently is a man named mary muncie he's a former economic and he says they've noticed among politicians here that among theories and he does it while he's got very close links with brussels he's thought to be the man he can lead the way three this crisis situation is lead now finds itself in by no means is the new government going to be a quick fix to all the problems that it is essential at this moment the some form of action is taken to stand a strong message next week to try and stem a lot of that uncertainty and mistrust and the political guidance here in the country that we've seen from the markets and from the international community and as he said mario monti is a favorite we saw the italian president making quite a clever chesney when he appointed him the standard to the life now that's made him a much more appealing candidate the m.p.'s much more politically viable to take the top spot and we've also seen the top spot in greece taken by former e.c.b.

official you've now got married monti possibly carrying out state the top spot he served for me you commissioner there is definitely concern amongst the public in these countries that what you're saying. as an extension of brussels it really that is what's happening again the m.p.'s that we're speaking to is saying that this technocratic government now is really good it just pushing through these harsh measures just getting them off the ground because they've been long promised and have failed to materialize and that's really what's needed to be seen now from the year is a new leader of course. the entire us each of right now looking extremely uncertain the public very concerned about the loss of savannah say about whether the new government's again to be acting in their country's interest here and it's still got this very harsh reforms that not only have to be passed but they don't have to be influenced say is one thing to put in place. a piece brussels at the quite another

to gain that public support and we've seen in the past and countries like greece a loss of public to really have a very significant impact indeed by no means it's league game to be out of the woods if and when that new government is formed it's expected to happen early as saturday not out of the woods yet there's still a long way to go as a very critical point in the future surface reporting that the new greek prime minister lucas papademos has been sworn in as the head of a unity government the make up of his new cabinet was also announced on state television after the ceremony the former european central bank vice presidents immediate task will be to implement yet more austerity measures in return for continued the payments mr president morsi is valid to do what he can to bring greece's finances under control and promise to keep the country in the euro zone and the director of studies at the paris institute of democracy incorporation believes brussels has escaped much of the blame for the blocs debt crisis. these

people who have taken power in greece and shortly to take our initially have never been elected these are men who made their entire careers through garnering important appointments in cases like the european commission or the european central bank and they have no democratic mandate at all and precisely what is so frightening about what is happening not that it is the european union and the euro enters its death agonies because that's what i think it is is the way in which the european union really is showing and i say this without any exaggeration it's true nature as a dictatorship after all it is europe which has effectively commanded these two prime ministers to leave office. to leave office the moment he suggested a referendum on the debt package and berlusconi had to leave office the moment he said that italians had become poor under the euro so we're seeing really a very ugly development now you're of course the governments are responsible for the crisis but there is

a code responsible element and that is the euro itself they only need bailouts from the european union because they don't have the option of devaluation they don't have the option of managing their own economic and monetary affairs i am absolutely convinced that the euro project is at an end i can't say when it's going to break down but it is written and yes there's been financial irresponsibility in greece initially but the situation has been made worse well catastrophic by their membership of the euro john laughlin there this is r.t. life here in moscow with the twenty four hours a day just ahead for you now in the next few minutes harm to the teeth syrian authorities ring the alarm bells over an increased amount of weapons being smuggled into the country to boost extremist factions fighting the regime. and we delve deeper into the causes of a vicious circle in ukraine where political protests some brawls are a daily reality no matter who holds the reins of power. nato

may have finished its bottom. mission in libya but now there is a full scale western invasion and the g. corporations are queuing up to do business with the new government which is rewarding the military victory with lucrative oil and gas contracts bodies laura smith looks at how the harvest of war is being raped. first british bombs tourists apart now british companies will get paid to put it back together libya is open for business and u.k. firms are being encouraged to join the gold rush is a relatively wealthy country with oil reserves and i expect that there will be opportunities for british. companies to get involved in the reconstruction of libya philip hammond is urging c.e.o.'s and sales directors to pack their suitcases and head to the north african country the u.k.'s bill for its part in the nato intervention in libya is estimated at just under five hundred million dollars but

according to the u.k. department of trade and investment the value of contracts to rebuild libya in areas ranging from electricity and water supplies to health care and education could amount to puts of three hundred billion dollars over the next ten years and the british government will make sure it takes an leading role in that just as it did in the war and that's raising more questions about the u.k.'s motives in playing such a big role in the recent conflict john hillery of war on want says it has shades of post-war iraq when companies from countries involved in the allied invasion were awarded all the best gigs. we destroy. journalist john pilger says there was evidence of battering before nato even got involved transitional council told the french.

they were given charge over to be fired it was shown recently. the u.k. department for trade and investment already has started on the ground in libya ready to welcome british companies. awarded contracts wanting to get in on the action shell and b.p. shares rose on the news they were talking to the transitional government and generic firms and mark macdonald also reportedly keen but if the latter refused to put up a spokesman when asked preferring instead to send basic statements which critics say is a new tactic to avoid defending their ethics it's better than the half of them involved in any form of public discussion of why that walk around the world. so far the conflict in libya looks like an excellent investment half a billion dollars to oust a dictator with

a return of three hundred billion in business contracts when it's all over now the humanitarian goals no longer need to be touted wall suddenly makes great business sense nor a smith r.t. london nato may have to perform an in-house legal review of all of its operations in libya which resulted in civilian casualties but as prosecutors at the international criminal court warned that any allegations of the a lot of crimes in the country would be examined quote impartially in dependently war to talk more on this board buy from you by human rights experts you on mariner she's from hunter college there in new york no nature always claim to be on a humanitarian mission in libya so could those civilian casualties be justified as long as they save more lives were lost. that's not exactly the calculus under international humanitarian law but that's roughly the idea that the purpose of the you're allowed to kill

civilians incidental to the military aims so if there were civilians that were collateral damage that were accidentally killed in the conflict that in itself is clearly not a war crime you know what needs to be examined is did nato take proper precautions to protect the lives of civilians during its military actions in the area but of course they would say look we did not deliberately target civilians accidents do happen that time of conflict in no way did we target them in the same way as good as his forces did so is it not. realistic to think that they would be tried in the i.c.c. for. i think at this point there is no evidence showing that nato deliberately targeted civilians so that i mean the point of an investigation would not just to not only look at the question of deliberate targeting it would look to to see that nato took the precautions necessary to

protect civilian life so even if nato was going after military forces that khadafi government forces and it was indiscriminate in its attacks or did not properly make efforts to protect civilians that still could be considered violations of international humanitarian law and from what you understand what you think there is to be investigated yes just to interrupt from what you understand do you think they could be prosecuted for this that there is enough evidence for that. at this point no i mean i think it's unlikely but that is the point of an investigation to consider whether you know to collect evidence and see whether crimes were committed but certainly at this point no human rights groups are very concerned about a series of extra judicial revenge attacks taking place by revolutionary fighters now that gadhafi is gone what does that tell you about the current leadership at

the moment what are your concerns now. i think it shows very clearly that the central leadership is weak and you know that the way in which khadafi himself was killed clearly it was a mob action. it was you know militias following no rules of military discipline and probably not under a central leadership so the real concern now is you have these irregular armed groups these regional militias that are not part of any kind of integrated command structure and are carrying out attacks both insert khadafi s. hometown and in neighboring towns and really not following the rules of international humanitarian law or human rights norms well as a human rights activist yourself ah you powerless to do anything about it just how we see is it for you to monitor the situation we've seen human rights watch in syria monitoring the situation but you just put your finger on the point whereby

this has no central leadership in the fact is there really a rule of law at the moment that will bring these people to justice. well the central government has promised an investigation into khadafi skilling so far we've seen no sign that a really. serious and objective investigation has been carried out but you know it's still early on to make that judgment so we'll see but you know clearly there is a problem with a lack of central power a lack of real military control over these militias and i think that's the main challenge facing the new government will they be able to either integrate these irregular militias in true unified military command or will they demobilize them will they be able to disarm these you know these new revolutionaries. rehabilitate them and employ them but right now you have you know libya is awash with guns it is

awash with irregular groups and it is awash with really you know forms of mob justice souter of great concern obviously are as you paint there remain to be seen and no doubt you'll be keeping an eye on it it's very interesting to hear your point of view in your concerns human rights expert john mariner from hunter college in new york thank you very much for your time thank you so much. know russia is calling on the syrian opposition to stop aligning itself with extremist gangs which are smuggling weapons into the country only triggering more violence this comes amid an increase in the legal shipments of arms ammunition and military supplies from neighboring lebanon over the last few months professor of international relations mark almond says syria falls victim to lebanese political games. the people doing the smuggling may be doing it for money but of course somebody is paid and i think there is ground thinking that in lebanon for instance the explosive situation there is being made worse by the fact that one faction of

politics the a sunni muslim factions or two with former prime minister hariri also backed by the saudis for its interests see the full of the syrian regime because it's its rival and it supports its rivals has on the christians in lebanon who don't wish to see a revolution in syria bring to power a sunny fundamentalist regime which will likely be hostile to the religious minorities and so we are seeing that are cynical people who do anything for money we're also seeing people who say the way to paris with. their own security council is reviewing palestine's bid for u.n. membership in new york the motion was filed in september too much euphoria in the west bank and the deciding vote may come as soon as next week. weighs up palestine's chances palestinians have resigned themselves to the fact that it's unlikely they going to get the two thirds majority they need in the united nations security council for the statehood bid what this means is that they will not become full members of the united nations and the united states will not be forced to

exercise its veto right there are eight countries amongst the security council who have indicated that they will vote in favor of the palestinian bid these include russia china india south africa brazil levanon nigeria and gabon both the british and the french have announced that they will abstain from the vote there they will abstain alongside portugal and bosnia while germany and colombia might either abstain or vote against it alongside the united states now this really leaves the palestinians with two options the one is that they can still next week demand that the security council vote on the statehood bid this will force those countries who are not supporting it to publicly justify their position and the palestinians might go ahead with this although they know that they are not going to get that admission into the security council the other option and that seems likely is that they still take the bird to the general assembly what this will give them

is upgraded observer status although they will not become full members of the international body this it seems a lot of pressure going on behind the scenes the palestinians have accused the united states of meddling and putting pressure on other countries not to support statehood but you just need to look at the united kingdom as one example and here the foreign secretary william hague has said that it is to quote him tactical judgment why the u.k. is abstaining from this bid now the palestinians were lying. the british to support the bid and the foreign secretary has now been accused of being hypocritical and abdicating responsibility when you mention the eunice co admission to the palestinians immediately following that the united states canada and israel withdrew all stopped giving funding to the bodies so much so that you miska has had to suspend temporarily its activities now that kind of pressure comes while israel continues to build settlements in occupied east jerusalem and the occupied

territories so certainly while the palestinians a short time ago had a lot of euphoria that the international community would back the bid for statehood this kind of pressure going on behind the scenes seems to be paying off. their senior kosovan politician has gone on trial for atrocities carried out against prisoners during the kosovo war at the end of the ninety's the prosecution says he along with eight other military officers who were also in the dock tortured and killed serbs the christian cards a former nato officer and author who is writing a book apologizing to the serbian people but leaves the a large shares responsibility for those crimes in cost of war. we basically took charge of the whole thing curative situation. and there are what two hundred fifty thousand serbs a normal binion's were ethnically cleansed from the territory of course of. we went to war. very hard. we basically gave them the are

you there. or you would have to accept unconditional. and help. in order to facilitate the nato infrastructure so this was. basically. occupation. and. like any sovereign nation. instead of accepting nato powers all over their territory just turned twenty minutes past the hour in the russian capital let's have a quick look at some other international headlines in brief now israeli troops used tear gas and water cannons to drive away palestinian protesters and foreign activists in the west bank been demonstrating against the seizure of israeli settlers of a local spring which has long been a bone of contention between the opposing sides in a separate incident dozens of palestinians gathered near the settlement of

a top claiming the land has been illegally occupied by israelis. poland's independence day celebrations turned violent when hundreds of protesters attacked police in warsaw and these ten officers were reportedly injured some seriously in the clashes police were forced to use tear gas and water cannons to disperse the crowds after coming about ahead of stones bottles and firecrackers situation was only brought under control after hundreds of people were detained. now the russia close up team continues its journey across the biggest country on earth and we're about to join them right now. today is another chance to discover more of the black sea coast of the southern cross nadar region where people's love of nature is reflected in all walks of life there from saving animals who become street photographers slaves to turning rubbish

into art tom blanton has been delving deeper. all your life i have new need to find construction materials. now a bit of paint and i'll turn this battle into something beautiful. some critics might call nina's art complete rubbish and they'd be totally right everything you see in her gallery is made from litter much emotions aside we are covering our living space with litter we need to have contributed to is good for me to use this waste creatively her friend alexei provides some creative accompaniment also using rubbish as instruments with a pickle i started with just one barrel i was invited to

a festival before i even had time to work on my instruments so i just experimented i just walk around listening to things and what sound they can make nina collects her rubbish from the coastline the winter and spring storms bring her home greatest harvest. i come to the seashore every day no matter whether weather or the time of year it's all the same to me recreation inspiration conservation but it's not just pieces of rubbish but got a second life one month old lee and the hair has just been rescued from captivity but she'll have to spend the rest of her life here recovering of a special center where as nina rescues pieces of rubbish the staff at this park rescue far more vulnerable things most of these animals were formally kept by street photographers who let people pose with them for money. they're kept on drugs so they remain tranquil have their teeth pulled out so they can't hurt people and starved so they remain small this is it that go if we take circus bears who have

finished their usual life it's not a secret that they could well be made into sausages many of the animals we receive we just can't save they've been treated as just a commodity. big cats like rameses lord arthur and homer here make up most of the parks residents there isn't the money to give them as much space as they would have in the wild but at least here they have some exercise a good diet and the veterinary care they so often need. in the park workers try to do something to save the situation so do i will try to save the earth from the savagery of people so we are colleagues really. from plastic bottles to lion cubs saving the planet can come in many shapes and sizes here on the black sea coast they might be rubbish to some but not to everyone.

tom barton party. at having exactly twenty five minutes past the hour here moscow time love the latest business news with. hello and a very warm welcome to your business update russia's entry to the world trade organization would obligate the united states to establish normal trade relations but barack obama has called for a cold war era provision which restricts american businessmen from working with certain countries to be abolished the jackson family commandment is suspended every year with russia but is still formally remains on the statutes basically u.s. companies don't benefit from the question of russia from the lower tariffs and the improved administrative procedures until the u.s. congress repealed strikes valid. interest for appealing jackson verdict in the us but it's a matter for congress not the administration so obama can't promise it but i think

that to a very likely to see a repeal of tax and violent following russia's deputy accession. and president medvedev says russia's economy is in a stable position compared to other g. twenty nations he made the statement while visiting the far east. so. that any economic situation in our country looks better than many european countries disappoint recent difficulties we have managed to achieve fairly rapid g.d.p. growth this year it will reach for to fall a half percent in europe and the us g.d.p. growth who wrote a one percent this year we will also have the lowest inflation in the last twenty years of around seven percent but i cannot say we are protected from danger we need to cut our dependence on fluctuations in commodity prices and develop the industrial sector. let's take a look at how the markets are performing stocks were railing across europe on friday after the tele said it approved an austerity package raising optimism that

the euro area second most indebted country will contain the debt crisis. but here in moscow the markets were mixed at the close amid lack of confidence the european debt crisis is being or sold the r.t.s. was flat to positive and the my supposed point three percent here's a look at some of the individual share moves in the minus six energy majors and banking stocks swallow up well giant book oil dropped on speculation it fails to find oil or gas of ghana the speech finished lower over one percent of those gold also saw was despite higher gold prices. a russian court has tendered major b.p. away and its legal battle with minority shareholders in its russian oil venture t m k b.p. the court rejected two claims for around sixteen billion dollars minority shareholders say they suffered financial losses by being excluded from a strategic alliance between draw sniffed and b.p. to explore the arctic for oil that deal was blocked by b.p.

as russian partners untamed b.p. on the grounds it breached their shareholders agreement the minority shareholders say they will appeal the four object. that's it for now you're up to date for more stories log on to our website our two dot com slash business.

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this is top stories now the italian senate approves it's. helping to stem a growing consensus that the euro zone's third largest economy is falling to the ravages of the euro crisis. and is expected to push for a vote on his un statehood even if it loses it wants the bids opponents to justify their decision which it believes will be dictated by the u.s. . and western corporations descend upon oil rich libya seeking to exploit the riches left following. the mission. in fifteen minutes from now in the meantime is next and for those of you eager to come to the russian capital for a business we have the ultimate goal stay with that here on.