the privilege of rebuilding libya countries which bombed the state rushed to destruction. changing thread let's take actually. closer. to western. people became very. very social and they would have supported you. to bring in the. special series of reports. we bring you all correspondents in five days of summer.

twenty four hours a day. libya is currently going through a tough period of post revolution development for its infrastructure was badly damaged by the civil war and nato bombings but now countries which first libyan cities are cashing in on rebuilding them. reports from tripoli. they may have how bring down the house but they were very careful not to burn bridges as libya rises from the ashes of civil war big countries that poured the oil into the fire and now lining to gas sheen undoing the damage the believe that russia benefited more than all others from trading we've got opposition is very widespread here in tripoli and it's simply not true in two thousand and ten most

coal was number seventeen on the least of leave this main trading partners accounting for just zero point four percent of its international trade the countries that had the largest trading volumes with a precisely the one that spearheaded the campaign against the european union the united states and turkey and they're all on their own jostling for contracts to rebuild believe via some of them help to destroy you doing. everything right they did a good. american business is still a bit of an oddity here but it's already catching up construction firm on our richard peters arrived in tripoli just before their prizing to seal a multi-million dollar contract because of his government the war and peter subsequent incarceration threw him off track but now he hopes to make up for it i don't condemn anybody even the people that work for him you don't have a choice here if you don't work for him what do you do die. to reach your companies

also involved in rebuilding iraq in afghanistan after the u.s. led invasion believe beer is familiar turf he even says the country's business potential make shamble all over their post conflict areas there's nothing they don't need here you know if you compare to like the united states everything they need everything we have you know everything there infrastructure has to be totally redone all the all the facilities you know i mean some of the things we are involved you know is executive with golf courses theme parks these people haven't really had any entertainment all these years so now you can imagine getting you know a theme park or a little disneyland americans and the only ones just looking for food called. turkish airlines was the first to resume commercial flights to tripoli and they're now packed with businessman scouting for opportunities. even during get out his time turkey was pretty comfortable doing business in libya and was triple his fourth largest trade partner lost here but many now hold for even better deals

following its early recognition of the rebel authority is definitely to have a stronger political relations with. countries with someone with its confesses please. remember for the business. is not. the only ones who are still far slower wondering claiming their business interest in libya or russia and china both countries for vocal in their opposition to the use of force in libya a stance that has already backfired most russian companies who did business in libya prior to the war are still has it into personal bag but they once losing the most i believe themselves in two thousand and ten day economy grew by about ten percent reaching and the thing like that growth now seems as have a load as building become tree from scratch on a boy car to see. well the arab league monitoring mission in syria is now heading

to the city of hama a focal point of the standoff between protesters and the army reports have emerged that on wednesday six people were killed there in a fresh outbreak of dogs because it comes after observer said they found the situation the flashpoint city problems the wish of james corbett editor of an independent website based in japan doubts of going any possible results. the final report will be a pretty much preordained conclusion that there will be findings that the assad government is not doing enough to to listen to the concerns of its citizens but personally i'm not sure what these more ridiculous about this story be the idea that the the autocratic focus of the arab league states are going to presume to pronounce on the democratic leaning so that the syrian government to work with the international community is supposed to take what they say with any sort of moral authority but clearly these are not people in a position to be lecturing on this but but i think as i say i think the the report

has been pretty much preordained and i would be very surprised to see that that it concludes anything other than the fact that the assad government is to blame for what's going on in syria right now. he spoke exclusively to russia's the u.n. ambassador who said that carrying out promised reforms made into difficult for the assad regime as it's essentially involved in a civil war with extremists version is coming up to the south it has a preview. we believe that there has been there been some extremely troubling reports coming out of syria about excessive use of force by those already is but also telling that everybody must put pressure on. the destructive elements of the of the opposition or various destructive elements which may have found their way into syria that there are violent acts are not going to be condoned by the international community this is a this is a key to finding

a peaceful way out of the situation some reforms were announced. some of them we are pretty far reaching like changing the constitution and getting rid of the political monopoly of one party even under normal circumstances in any country forms of such magnitude are not easy to implement all that in a situation where. there is an armed conflict being encouraged from various quarters one would see weapons being moved. illegally into syria all that of course becomes a theoretical conversation. hostility between washington and tehran is increasing with the u.s. saying it won't tolerate any potential closure or the strait of hormuz by iran is that it would public threaten to block oil shipments through the vital waterway if the west adopts sanctions against its petroleum exports a senior iranian commander said the move would be easy to implement and while tehran conducts unprecedented

war games they want to move the strait u.s. also maintains a naval presence in the persian gulf and it's made it clear its warships will stop the rains from blocking the passage but more than one third of the world's tanker borne oil goes through political analyst chris bambery believes the west is putting world peace on the line with stubbornness and sanctions. that americans could probably force used in a military way which in the gulf could probably force open the straits of hormuz but that would mean war with iran and that would be a huge huge escalation and would threaten world peace and therefore i think the iranians are really challenging the americans sensing the american weakness we know that both from british sources that there are plans to attack iran and israel is egging on america to attack iran over the question of its nuclear program but i think again in a comparison with iraq in two thousand and three iran is in

a much stronger position iranian nationalism should not be should not be underestimated even opponents armitage about would rally to support iran's given britain and america's history in iran there's a long history of unfortunate british and american intervention in iraq so i think we're witnessing quite a dangerous escalation and it's the sanctions which the west the talk of the importance of iran which is responsible for that situation developing i think we should be clear about that is the west who have racked up this situation every step . well coming out late in the program the trip of a lifetime for russians all this will get you to go to mecca despite being missing . r.t. continues to bring you the main stories of the twenty eleven through the eyes of our international correspondents it's been a tough year for the u.k. which saw its worst on rest in decades of several cities descended into riots looting in austin last smith witnessed the five summer days of chaos.

we first realized what a big story this was going to be in the night. that had been localized. on saturday the six but we were tracking the news and we literally couldn't believe what we were hearing we decided that this was a story that we had to go and. we went initially to the. field where we couldn't see anything it was already dark it was quite late. and then all of us out of the darkness came a group of around two hundred. running across the retail dressed mainly in black. hooded top so and so you couldn't see their faces and gradually we realised

they were smashing everything they could find. for me as a journalist it was an incredible story we were out on the streets every night wearing what i've come to call my riot. black jackets with everything i need in the pocket so that i can get away quickly if necessary it's an uneasy relationship. these. between the people and the police in the states people say and state should know. we really only two of the whole of london was on fire. you would. drive us is an area and you'd be able to see the flames on the smoke rising from two streets away. the riot says had set fire to a car or broken into a shop. or even on one occasion they set fire to an enormous call. house.

arrest grads to different parts of london to. around london following it. almost anywhere that you went in the more areas of london that was new say we went round and also those areas to have a look what was going on there was streets that were just completely. you know certainly for ordinary people but it seemed for the police as well we were talking to the police and it was clear from what they were saying that they had no idea what to do about the situation they just didn't know what to do they were. they eventually settled for the two nights was. just to show that presence and then running away again really purely running away

and it wasn't until the night that they really. controlled. on the second we went to hackney west some of the rest was taking place and it was literally shut down. and the police were not really less than anyone three they had surrounded the town and when you got into the town. people just smashing into shops and grabbing whatever they could. but not just young people. just. the other frightening thing was the effects that it had on society if you had talked to people two weeks before the riots about whether bringing in the tree to take control of the streets was a good idea everybody would have said no it's quite a liberal society when you get down to it but the people on the rise. and

immediately genuinely felt that bringing in the army would have been a good idea and that using water cannon on the streets of london and other cities which would have sorted the problem of out immediately so people became very draconian jaring those times very sort of were oppressive and they would have supported a government to bring in the army to. the studies are being done now into why the riots happened and a variety of reasons have been put forward maybe it's to bad relationship with the police in these impoverished areas particularly amongst the black you say that they are stopped and searched by the police sometimes multiple times a day for having done nothing some people say that because young people in england particularly feel that they have no prospects there's no jobs for them unemployment amongst young people is running at twenty five percent now they've got. two things

remain true and so i see no reason why this kind of thing wouldn't happen again. what in the report in our testimony series is coming up tomorrow but if you missed any of them they're all available to watch right now it's called. she's high spirited and fearless more than a century old a woman from russia's north caucasus has fulfilled a lifelong ambition by traveling three thousand kilometers as a pilgrim to join the. set out to discover her amazing life journey. this is the largest annual pilgrimage in the world and also considered a religious duty that must be carried out at least once in every muslim's lifetime . as the only kello of islam that happen strictly at a certain time in place from the aides to the twelfth day of the last month of the

islamic calendar. for my demand taking part has been a lifelong dream and what a long life it's been. i've done a lot in my life this house where i live now i built myself i've never asked for anything special only to help me go for the. her relatives say she was born in nineteen zero one through the repressions of the nine hundred forty s. when she was almost starving in kazakstan and working in the cotton fields to a hard life back in russia laboring on construction sites in north she always dreamt of the harsh to america even when in later life she lost her sight she never lost hope. for years she was tellin me every day how much she wanted to go i was afraid the trip would be too much for her but i knew how important it was so one day i thought we should just do it. among her relatives and she has four

children and searching grandchildren no one really took it seriously but without even letting on to anyone else her grandson mogami and and his wife started preparing the trip of a lifetime in her home village our very one knew about her dream but few believe that she would out for make it to mecca when her neighbors found out that she had actually been on the ash the news spread across the area far and wide. first a few georgian before taking a six hour bus journey to medina there they joined hundreds of thousands of pilgrims all similar tenuously converging on mecca for the week to perform a serious of rigorous rituals a testing time for people in their prime let alone someone who has an true to their twelfth decade. she had a difficult life but was always strong both physically and emotionally that's why maybe she killed with a trip she's an example for me in our family and. you know almost everyone here in

north caucasus knows about her her strong drive from lack of financial only made her dream come true but also proved if there is a well there's always a way mind you the question you are reporting from the north caucasus. but there's always more news comment analysis on our website at r.t. dot com check out what's there a right now for scoring big these two teams of elephants the last possible shooting part of the three day elephant festival held in check out who won the job i talked to the doctor. also and. i want to call on the doubt the most inconsistent budget spending which is about the defense ministry to spend a small fortune snowflake carnival costumes this kind of a details on the website.

the trial of egypt's ousted president resumed on wednesday after a three month break gyptian journalist or some of the hosni mubarak's hearing is an attempt to divert the attention of protesters from their battle against the current leadership. there is definitely a sense among especially among protesters that this trial is a mock trial basically designed to cool down the public opinion one of the reasons they are losing popularity is that the islamists like the mainly the muslim brotherhood did leave. because they're now move busy with the elections and the muslim brotherhood strategy now is to bring change through the parliament for other

than through the street. so really remains in the square now is activists with the moves socialist tendency. who did not do very well in the elections and they see they still perceive the street. the main lobbying. platform. well looking at what else is making headlines around the world now we begin in north korea the. crowds have gathered to pay tribute to him. the second day of mourning for lately the day of mourning follows wednesday's funeral service like kim jong il son and successor came. thousands of people in tears lining the streets wednesday and sent them on for well. since one thousand nine hundred forty four in the midst of them.

in nigeria church leaders say the christian community is losing confidence in the government's ability to protect the christians have called the recent assaults a declaration of war against them in nigeria. and say they would respond appropriately to provocation the future it comes just days after militant islamist group boko haram attacked churches on christmas day killing dozens the group wants to impose islamic sharia law across the country which is split between the christians in the south and muslims with. a series of explosions in gulf warehouses and nearby homes at least twenty people including four foreign fighters one hundred others were injured the blasts occurred as crews battle flames that started in on its warehouse before splitting officials are still to spot the blaze and subsequent explosions. off three years ago she

ations bosnia's government has finally agreed on the prime minister according to build upon entering the bosnian croat leaders say no party got what it wanted the government couldn't. budge it should see a government in place on explode. the recent us census data suggests nearly half of americans are officially poor because of us economy prepares to step into another year of hardship marks kaiser and stacey herbut on those they blame for the tough times the food program is coming up next. the bank j.p. morgan gets congress to change laws on the fly to suit their needs as a predatory terrorist. bad thing i would think so hey let's call the white house. and nobody's home at the white house this guy is out golfing .

all data space and he's going to coming out right now. it's twenty two minutes past ten am here watching business on our t.v. as twenty eleven comes to an end to business r.t. looks back at the highs and the lows of this here today we're focusing on the russian stock market and of course of the looks at how bears came to replace the bulls. oh. it's been a roller coaster ride for investors the c.e.o. with markets being bashed by micro and political events like the unrest in the middle east and the earthquake in japan the server debt crisis in europe the u.s. rates in downgrades quantitative easing and bank recapitalization uncertainty

regarding u.s. and china growth high volatility and low confidence leading to a flight safety then we had an vassar's trading in the seas rather than individual stocks and finally trading volumes by historical comparison now let's take a closer look and see how the r.t.s. was affected we can already see some major drops throughout the year and this is the investor reaction to standard and poor's downgrade of the u.s. credit rating both the my six and the r.t.s. people two thousand a record for the biggest one day fall prices for oil russia's key export also sang a five month low and we can see that figure a year in august the low point came on october fourth as a russian stocks closed more than five percent in the red and there's been little in the way of recovery since trade has been highly volatile domestic issues have

also played a part following allegations of fraud in the parliamentary election in the summer thousands gathered on the streets to protest the political uncertainty call some investors to head for the exit as we can see by the numbers for that period right here now in the end the r.t.s. has lost around twenty percent since the beginning of the year we can see where it started and all the way where it went down and analysts forecast an even deeper fall in two thousand and twelve but after such a turbulent year any predictions about the next twelve months must be taken with. a large pinch of salt though international issues are likely to continue to dominate son simmons on the home front with the russian economy is expected to consume needs to grow and flotation will moderate further and the governments will press ahead with its massive profits as a program though this may seem like the recipe for success the truth of the matter is we've already seen how easily russia is dragged down by negative external

factors so that's what investors will be looked into. and let's not take a look at the markets oil first it's getting to the seventh session on supply concerns light sweet is that more than i did i know how dollars a barrel and brant does it almost one hundred eighty dollars. and now on to equities asian shares are narrowing their losses but they remain deep in the red in sympathy with european and u.s. forces that close down on wednesday mornings remain pretty thin though as many traders take days off between christmas and new year's technology exporters among the main losers in tokyo pioneers down one point seven percent and in hong kong property shares are under pressure. here in moscow the markets are starting their trading sessions and the indices are in the red again which is no surprise considering what's happening with global equities the r.t.s. is now losing around three quarters of a percent while the my sexes want to negative. it's been

a bad year for moscow drivers the capital suffered multiple kilometer traffic jams year round not to mention those notorious mid-summer and we can't stand still the city hall says public transport is the solution that is open ninety five kilometers of bus lanes it now plans to introduce contraflow systems on seven highways and build around three million parking spaces in the city the deputy mayor blames the deteriorating traffic on three hundred thousand new cars that hit all school roads annually and this time of the year of this situation is even. worse as people drive in from the regions to go shopping. with more than a million calls into moscow from the region every single day and they're not just from the moscow region they're coming from all over russia but before the new year holidays the amount of cars increases by no less than forty percent moscow is in gridlock at this time of the year five years ago it would be the same now.

that's all from the business team but i'll be back in about fifteen minutes if that .

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