considerable measures to respond to that so that is not a provocation but in terms of real provocation i think that what is provocative is the united states sending is warships thousands of miles of a from his home homeland into the persian gulf and also waging wars rounding iran with wars in iraq and afghanistan military bases all around iran that is provocative and iran is trying to defend is national sovereignty and territorial integrity. we restore recovering from the brutal civil war that toppled colonel gadhafi last year while there are signs of stability tensions are rising between the tribes and milters that at times together against the regime of boyko filed this report from tripoli early in the week. flying high but still running low almost two months after the lifting of a no fly zone over tripoli the city's airport operates far below its capacity to

the passenger traffic keeps increasing every month as more and more adeline's of putting tripoli back on their flight schedules the tripoli airport is once again buzzing with visitors a feller's have already within service and more expected to follow in the coming months but while flight controllers and customs officials are back of their desks it's still the militia who call the shots here and the rebels themselves admit that the situation is still way to trouble and to cede control to civilian authorities they're no longer flashing their guns to get make it very clear who is in control here the rebel brigades from the western city of the entire captured the airport in late august as the rebels over on the capital the control of this key facility how the town with a population of some fifty thousand rise to national prominence since them is in town militia has successfully styled itself as the state guards of libya's future

the sword for forty two years our country had nothing. just one and same person. now we have a historic mission to overcome the difficulties of the transitional period we can build a new country and that. is one of the top guns in tripoli these days primarily a colonel in the get off his army he still keeps the good offices army cap in his office his subordinates are now holding the deposed libyan leader's son safe will islam. we are against any dictator of history repeats itself we will wage a war but we will let the rule of law decide his fate. didn't god the zintan misrata these libyan c.d.'s one after another rose against gadhafi is regime . their militias now represent and the real axis of power in the country as their very soon their legacy and agendas as this tribes on the only base new tricolor the

prospect of civil war in libya is always there and it always has been there but it has been effectively mastered by the very strong centralized rule of the gadhafi regime but of course now that that has been the stabilized we see this all of the tensions there in the fabric of libyan society coming to the fore another militia commander in charge of tripoli rebels is preparing for an interview it's been a month since he changed his military fatigues for a business suit abdullah maker is now trying to transform rebels under his command into a political force a laptop has replaced every rival as his main tool internet is his new front line of the armed assistant at his door is a sign that political process is still in its very early stages but. we've seen many examples in the past when people's revolutions were stolen and we are very clear that our struggle is far from over gadhafi may still come back in some

other shape or form and in that case will have to take up our weapons and defend our revolution. guns are still a common side on the streets of tripoli of their prevalence has visibly decreased the city's covered with posters calling on the rebels to turn them in the design element of militia has so far failed to translate into national reconciliation the competition among various brigades may have become less visible but not less in towns the nato alliance would like to build up. on any division within the groups or the parties that they have revolutionised against the qaddafi regime and according to my own understanding they would like to see certain provinces being divided inside the state of libya back in the arrival hall is in turn rebels are screening passengers bags on to the posters laughed from the old regime to get out his golden frame portrayed that madness at the airport a year ago is gone he should have he may have glued the libyan society for several

months if he's killing the former unit appears to have died as well. artsy tripoli the president has since first seen protests is reportedly killed near the syrian capital by government forces arab league observers on a mission to the country damascus to stop the bloodshed but there are going to ization threatening to pull out of the monitors chicha they all go in violence and journalist action returns he says the conflict is a powder keg that could ignite the entire region. it's certainly the western media viewpoint that we must believe the we must believe opposition groups it seems that any mobile footage is now except as a source what is no doubt is that thousands of syrian soldiers are dying and they haven't died because of peaceful protests but this isn't a libya syria is a linchpin of the middle east and the united states and other countries some of the

more intelligent people realize that there will be turmoil right across the middle east if anything happens to destabilize the assad government from outside forces but certainly syria the syrian government itself has to step up the pace because it's certainly losing the propaganda battle. and still ahead here this hour the year in brief so we take a look finally just step he'll be a mentor to stories that made the headlines in twenty eleven around the world. in egypt pro-democracy protesters how to count individual in cairo's tahrir square new year's eve in memory of those killed during the uprising that ousted hosni mubarak and while the u.s. says egypt's current rule is have agreed to hold a raise on pro-democracy rights groups and this week soldiers and police stormed offices of nongovernmental organizations including some funded by washington documents and computers were seized as part of investigations into the foreign funding openness ation of the groups accused they really were military using the

same tactics of repression as the mubarak regime foreign policy analysts dr things the generals want to make sure they hold on to power but people won't stop until they oust him. this is part of the military the supreme council on forces way of making sure. the revenue base if you small do that the type of government they want because that's those are the same generals by the way who work for mubarak. so that's a really basic view is formed of that struggle is going to go to go forward or is that going to be molded and subdued into some role to the military but really the military has to step aside and this is the government while the ones the election are held and the election should be held as soon as possible they will not give up the ball that easily but i think the egyptian people and you know in the

arabs in general mosque the fear from corrupt government and they have the story of the big meet the they will not tolerate another minute that we think that should be the thing all the evidence indicate that despite the sacrifices. world news in brief and first to nigeria where the country's leader has declared a state of emergency in areas hit by a wave of islamist times president goodluck joe borders with neighboring countries after a string of christmas day blasts which killed over forty people and has vowed to crush boko haram militants who claimed responsibility violence has continued since churches throughout the country were first attacked a week ago tens of thousands have fled their homes fearing further conflict. south downs government is sending the army and police to an area at the center of a violent tribal conflict the town of people was at times by thousands of fighters

from a rival tribes torched buildings stole livestock and for schools to flee troops deployed in the region were unable to enforce security in recent months ethnic infighting caused by cattle rustling has left about a thousand people dead. u.s. president barack obama has signed into effect a law which means any person can be detained indefinitely without charge the major defense bill is aimed at dealing with terror suspects and comes with a massive six hundred sixty two billion dollar price tag but critics say the military will now have more sorcery to interrogate people denying them their bicycles or to show rights it without she answered ahead of the program down with knowledge. with the capital of iraq. you know the president of iran it's. all right you know with a name but a jet a giraffe or thought. we sometimes the streets of new york to discount what americans know about their country's policies at home and across the globe. there's

not much new good cheer from economists predicting a return to recession in europe for twenty twelve in fact leaders use new year messages to warn of hard times ahead of in their countries german chancellor angela merkel said europe while facing and was facing its most severe test in decades why . french president sarkozy has warned that the debt crisis blanketing the continent was far from over many governments have been forced to slash their spending to me debt obligations as economic growth in europe has been at a standstill and some analysts believe that the here leaders attends at keeping the eurozone together is only deepening the crisis. you paean leaders are trying to shore up the eurozone by having greater degrees of centralization and more having country like france and germany have the final say in a sense over the budget so those e.u. member states that have excessive budget deficit without really isn't the answer to the problems what's really needed is either

a massive injection of cash into countries like greece and italy to shore up their economies was another option would of course to recognize that the single currency has hurt competitiveness in many nations of the eurozone so really there's a number of options either to transfer funds from the north to the struggling south or course have an orderly break up of the eurozone. israeli military's confirmed it carried out an asse tricon gaza on friday one palestinian was killed in that time which tel aviv claims was aimed at preventing militants from firing rockets into israel the country has been stepping up its ass trying to say recent months leaving dozens dead three years after i think your state briefly invaded gaza military officials are saying they may have to stop what they're calling a city so tense that brokering a peace deal so far prevent first let's but israeli call is gideon levy if instead of it isn't ready trying to avoid hopefully. three years ago israel had the carte blanche and not only the west to allow do this. it

would against the city but we are facing a new egypt and gaza ease in the backyard of egypt and i am no true that egypt will remain indifferent visa via another thing but having said this i'm not sure that this is enough to prevent an attack because unfortunately israeli politicians in general always react in the most racial and logical way the current government of israel has no serious intention about serious dialogue with the palestinians maybe some photo opportunities but not seeing more than these and the palestinian authority has just launched another proposal for israel to get back to the negotiation table they even gave up the precondition of freezing the settlements which is a minimum. condition and they just just symbolic release

of one hundred prisoners to get back to the goetia table it would be to say no. the beginning of twenty two hour hasn't been very festive for the occupy wall street protesters with around seventy eight spending the night in custody in new york they were arrested just a few midnight after demonstrators took to the streets of the big apple on new year's eve and they tried to return to the plays where it all started over three months ago zuccotti park but were stopped by police on the public would illusions or they protesters were undeterred and marched through lower manhattan the occupy wall street movement since its formation has spread across the u.s. and to other countries to. the formation of the protest group. and social equality and announced to rule by the ridge was one of the remarkable milestones of twenty eleven and a nice and now it looks bad how are some of the other big developments of the past

year. two thousand and eleven could easily go down as the most eventual year in years the killing of bin laden after a decade long manhunt libya's gadhafi after months of nato bombing and the death of north korea's kim jong il don't even begin to illustrate twenty eleven. times shows the protester as person of the year and although there were different slogans signs and demands of solutions twenty eleven will ultimately be remembered as the year people came out onto the streets the arab spring bloomed into a european summer which harvested an american autumn from cairo to california moscow to madrid to her ear to occupy global rallies shared common themes but one thing stood out in the middle east and north africa alone it was protests that lead

down one road regime change. tunisia and egypt got rid of their dictators without war but libya was not so lucky nato allies began a humanitarian mission with a fierce bombing campaign the critics called it a mislabeled invasion to take down gadhafi for benefits the only reason they're interested in with libya is about the oil you hear anybody screaming and yelling about all those people last week they were killed in the ivory coast or who sudan gadhafi was brutally killed in october as the world watched the graphic video go viral thousands of civilians were killed over months of bombing and that's twenty twelve neared syria found itself in a similar set up for intervention russia and china fearing a repeat of the situation in libya a civil war intensifies this is a wreck. that that that wrecked. between the u.s.

and nato on one side and russia and china on the war you know on the other side much more david was in libya protests continue in egypt libya syria and many more arab countries as the year ends. the battle to save the drowning single currency left to board rooms and banks in twenty eleven and flooded the streets of europe most commonly and violently in athens greek debt became the centerpiece of the euro crisis protests ranged against desperate austerity cuts to qualify for i.m.f. bailout germany and france bond for influence in the debt rating so i think we will see an exit of greece given the situation in which the greek economy find itself has become really unavoidable draining the economy of big euro brother germany can't go on forever greece and italy are now led by unelected brussels backed technocrat leaders who are trying to curb the crisis coming into

a new year critics say twenty eleven that allowed or bust was the beginning of the end for the single european currency there's every chance the euro is going to crash. london burned for days in the summer of twenty eleven what began as a peaceful protests demanding justice over the death of a twenty nine year old man who was shot by police turned into days of riots and left authorities helpless talks of possibly bringing out the military bars to shops were looted car set on fire and windows smashed across the u.k. the police the job center all the banks everything that's happening in the recession you know there's a lot of anger about that social experts also through a felt multicultural programme and racism into the mix. so the police institution. will probably institutionally

racist as well the riots faded but the problems are still passing some say only a spark is needed to set the public off again. occupy wall street became a household name in the us and around the world when the protests began in september if you were talking about mainstream media stayed silent until seven hundred people were arrested on the brooklyn bridge and that was truly based in the end of his roots of american politics but. there are a disorganized a look but there's one of the protesting nobody seems to know but negative coverage didn't stop us from spreading from small towns to huge ports occupied was not going anywhere raids on camps heavy handed police and burning pepper spray only helped

occupy grow read their message of the need for economic equality and you know end to corporate greed their slogan became we are the ninety nine percent and they are the rich the one percent from oakland to boston the more people occupy the more. talladega became more and that in the in the. scenario if you're right on the right there are are police forces have been militarized they are working more in cooperation with the pentagon they're buying and being given military surplus the quick meant that has been kind of designed for use in war and this is something that needs to treating the public as you would treat an enemy a public that has promised to come out in full force in twenty twelve.

parliamentary elections were the push behind tens of thousands of people coming out onto the streets of moscow after allegations the december duma vote was raked. up the protest at least fifty thousand strong the largest in recent history call for free and fair elections and remains peaceful ruling party united russia lost popularity in the vote with official results putting their numbers at almost fifty percent but experts say a sixteen percent drop from two thousand and seven should be taken as a warning i think a lot of people wanted to punish. russia for having power for so long maybe not doing everything they could protest organized by vast groups of opposition members are set to continue in twenty twelve next year russia along with the u.s. and france holds presidential elections which makes it a safe bet people will be out on the streets in twenty twelve in europe america and

around the world and he's now way r.t. moscow. and normandy buttons that show twenty eleven waiting for you on our website and also that you see how the world celebrate is the arrival of twenty twelve so you'll find some spectacular footage of new year's celebrations around the globe. and the end of the years so will u.s. troops way but how to. expose the implications and consequences of nine years of conflict. and a look at the uprising demos and desirous of trying to leaven a thing through the eyes of our correspondent so here that testimony is. witnesses. to history in the making. testimony. ten stories that shapes two thousand and eleven. the man and woman are hoping to

become the next president of the us appear to spend as much time demonstrating that ignorance of the world as they do their political credentials and it's the same churkin i found out that could just be a reflection of society. it's three agencies of government when i get there that are gone commerce education and the what's the third one there let's see he's looking to to actually fire tens of thousands of federal workers and eliminate an entire cabinet level position he can even remember its name asked me who is the president of you beki beki beki beki stan stan i'm going to say you know i don't know do you know it's not the fact that he doesn't know it's the fact that he doesn't think he should look it up so you agree with president obama. the basic knowledge of those attempting to spearhead a country can leave much to be desired would be this leave americans choosing their

politicians and their country's potential future let's find out. for some reason i don't know anything about libya do you know what is back and stamina no i do not know what the pakistan is backing for now. do you know the us is an airbase there. or do we know about libya and i want you to spell libya. yes do you know the united states was involved in a war with libya. ok. you know why. i know absolutely nothing. about new mexico is that a state or a country what is that. card every time you think. it's all been under bush. actually.

come on it was not that long ago you vote cheney who is the vice president of the us. you know i have no idea i know it's. the my president. cheney so was secretary of state not kindly to rice telling them we would be fools and nice to ignore their purpose and their plan some countries are at the top of politicians list to attack her belief am literally but how much do people really know about those faraway places. with her. it's her idea was the president. you know the president of iran is no capital capital of iran do you know the capital city of iran. negative if you guys know what iran is oh yeah what's the capital of iraq here's. the president. before president he just died about the capital of around the capital yes i do but

it you're asking me i can't tell you that either but secret come on i've always called him and. it's not libya it's next to anything he gets a. little something if the president of iraq iran iraq all right you know his name but a jet a giraffe or something when it comes to picking a future for the you was choosing what comes next may be tough without the knowledge of what has gone on in the past and even the very present it is this it should not be your. sport a bit later this hour and find out why english soccer team manchester city's new yes liberations have been extra special but headlines are next in just a few moments here on our.

the close up team has been to the good stuff. birthplace to the most ambitious football club in the world and. now our g goes to the far east where the timber industry affects the legendary siberian

tigers where the ancient native community loses its way in the modern world. and where the country's mental well starts its way across the ocean quickly welcome to the hamas creature russia blows up on our t.v. .

welcome this is the headline. u.s. president barack obama signs a bill imposing new tough sanctions on iran targeting the central bank and financial sector in response to iran threatens to cut on a crucial supply route there were a fifth of the world's oil flows. also a new wave of violence around since syria with demonstrators claiming schools more have been killed by security forces are illegal to serve as react with hearing saying they may pull out and was then a mission to broker peace. and while the world welcomes the arrival of twenty eleven twenty twelve i should say with fireworks and champagne almost seventy occupy protesters have to wish your child

a happy new year in custody and they were arrested just before midnight attempting to return to zuccotti park the place where the occupy wall street movement tries to come to out of the three months ago. so twenty eleven was packed with world changing events and i call it kevin owen spoke to russia's ambassador to the u.n. be tiny churkin who gave he's views on tackling some of the biggest international issues. the un security council rejected russia's proposal to investigate civilian deaths from strikes in libya what are members avoiding or just simply case the ongoing conflicts and i wore important. well first of all it was not rejected the start of the mother is a member of the security council delegations and the russian delegation or is the new do they have some clarity about civilian casualties as a result of.