live from our studios in central moscow you're watching r t with me and he said now it's six pm here in the russian capital five thirty pm in tehran and global oil prices are spiking as the e.u. says it's agreed in principle to ban imports of iranian crude the sanctions could come into a fact by the end of january unless iran backs down on alleged nuclear weapons program tehran has responded to the sanctions with threats to block oil trade through the crucial strait of hormuz leading to continue leading to a continued denmark in the persian gulf american warships are awful present in the region with a mission to prevent any hindrances of passage political analyst christophe or still think e.u. is paving the way war against iran with the help of the un's nuclear watchdog and a biased media. on paper so to say they're not moving their troops but this is going to happen in washington as we know is constantly every day war gaming the

whole globe so for them that's no surprise at all but the stumbling block is that iran wants to talk to the western powers the you re presented by catherine ashton is not ready for talks but they want to have their agenda followed step by step and that means that a letter written by ashton. has to be answered first the iranians right now don't want to answer in the way the west wants to hear so this is a real stalemate but overall i can say the situation is pretty serious since the with trying to misuse the peaceful nuclear program. which is peaceful so far they're not building a bomb definitely they're using fraudulent reports by the i was there twice i spoke to the diplomats this is a big scandal and they're using this in fact to you know build a war case against iran with the western populations through our misguided media

a very dangerous situation. meanwhile iran's president has reiterated his support for a step by step plan proposed by russia aimed at resolving the nuclear stalemate the comments by mahmoud ahmadinejad were made in a phone conversation with his russian counterpart to me. under the new plan know what new unilateral sanctions would be applied to be wrong and said it will respond to questions on its nuclear program one by one for each point cleared another set of existing sanctions on tehran would be eased or lifted altogether this proposal first made in washington in july last year hasn't so far found much support in the west. we'd like to hear your opinions on this story head to the forum section of our web site r t v dot com to get involved these are just some of the viewpoints i'm going to go through here on what's happening in the region so far one viewer says the west can do without iran's oil in the long run is just provoking tehran to

give an excuse for another military strike. while another poster is hopeful at least one of the sides will be sensible enough to back out of an all out conflict because it could mean nuclear war. another opinion is that the us will attack you run as soon as possible to set the machine in motion for america's presidential election which of course is coming up later this year and another poster argues that iran it won't have the courage to carry out its threats and start a war saying the west should go ahead and impose those sanctions or go to the forum section of our dot com to see more opinions and have your say. that of libya's transitional government has admitted the country could be sliding into civil war he says it's unlikely and likely outcome unless the n.t.s.c. manages to take control over militias and disarm them this follows a recent skirmish between armed groups in tripoli streets that left four dead

meanwhile the country's justice system remains a source of concern with thousands remaining behind bars without ever having been charged some avoid reports. the it was one of the first amnesty of the new libya hundreds of men and women many of them sub-saharan immigrants released from a makeshift prison most of them spent several months in captivity for the crime of being in the wrong place at the wrong time. you know we are releasing those who didn't commit serious crimes those with blood on their hands will be waiting for the prosecutor's decision when you have the richest were eager to pain the release as a goodwill gesture both the determination and the parole seemed entirely arbitrary some of the dictator's supporters as these people to be just work for government agencies and others happened to be domestic helpers or government workers and now equal before the law rather before the absence of it they are all still in prison

was triple his top detention facility under gadhafi the tories for its mistreatment and arbitrary killings of inmates but while all of its prisoners rest sat free in late august as the rebels over in the capital dozens possibly even hundreds of makeshift prisons sprang out around the country according to u.n. estimates up to seven thousand allowed to get out there loyalists are being held there a little chance for justice a fair trial. just a year ago the place used to be a school today demain last i'm being told here is that during the transition to democracy quick reactions are a must while many in the new libyan government held positions of power under gadhafi those who failed to jump on the bandwagon early enough and now finding themselves behind bars. now in libya there are about a thousand people in detention and the problem is they haven't had any legal review

they haven't had access to a lawyer they haven't been brought before any independent judicial panel or judges so that's what we're calling for now is a quick and promptly legal review and rebuilding the justice system the treatment is even more brutal outside tripoli the tell not to run a good the gadhafi forces used to launch attacks against misrata is still a ghost town many of its former residents live in refugee camps and even their extraordinary renditions by militia are common this man says he was tortured for several days before finally being released. to you until you confess to things you haven't committed like entering homes or looting it's a grueling dilemma many of these mothers and wives have to confront to pray for their loved ones to be rotting in a prison with torture being officially acknowledged i do hope for their death children need their fathers and women need their husbands the government isn't doing anything to find them if they're dead we want to know where they are more

than a month since his capture is most famous prisoner still doesn't have access to a lawyer and while many dollars say full islam's ability to have a fair trial he still appears to be better off than many of his countrymen at least thanks to the limelight he's not running a risk of being executed like his father while many still are. artsy tripoli. meanwhile in syria over five hundred fifty prisoners involved in the anti regime up . arising there have been released according to state t.v. it comes as arab league officials say the government has pulled out heavy weapons and tanks from civilian areas something activists had previously said was untrue while opposition groups also accused masochists of misleading the league's observers by taking them to areas loyal to the government as pressure builds on syrian authorities the country's foreign ministry slammed the u.s. for interfering that's after washington sent an envoy to the arab league for talks

on the latest developments but for more on this let's now talk to political analyst and journalist dr omar and he joins us live on the line from beirut thanks for being with us these moves by the syrian government seem to be a significant breakthrough but opposition forces deny any steps forward have actually been made where do you think the troops the truth might lie. well first let us wait for the report of the observers the arab observers that have been. sent to syria from the arab league in cairo have been working for the past week and there are additional numbers of observers entering syria they are under a lot of pressure apparently there are some american pressure there are pressures by some arab countries that are pro-american on the observers to actually affect the way they will draft their reports these observers the city and officials have been given the or service access to all locations in syria today the observations are visiting the prison in that. they have access to police stations they have

access to a different localities in the in the different neighborhoods where there was a lot of tension there were some leaks now let's let's just note this important element that there was some. or some alleged leaks on the on you tube and on some of the media that the observers were with criticizing the syrian authorities for the way the syrian authorities handling the situations and were saying that the syrian army is has been shooting at the old service later on the head of the orbs or. who is a. sudanese officer. gave a statement denying all the alleged leaks and saying the be of service commission has not issued its report yet it will be head off to do your service or group will be back in cairo on saturday and on sunday they would be a meeting now let's hope that there wouldn't be any strong pressure on the

americans and let's hope that they will let this commission do its job independently and will make the truth come out and the truth i think to answer your question is that there are. gunmen shooting at the army there are some groups of gunmen. you are creating chaos in syria they are profiting from the movement the movement of people to protest for basic rights and they have rights and it is true that there are some legitimate demands on the part of the syrian people but it's such a big shame that some western powers and some foreign intervention in syria in affairs is using these people and using the demands of these. political objectives and that's a very destructive move on the part of the united states and its allies in the region also the head of the free syrian army has reportedly called on the arab

league to withdraw its monitors from the country does this mean opposition groups are not actually interested in international peace efforts and of course peace in syria is this not what the first thing on the agenda is for the syrian free army about. well you know i have a problem with the saying the syrian free army it is a group of. soldiers and officers who have deserted the syrian army and who are supported by western powers and by the americans and by nato in order to create chaos in syria and to show that the syrian government is incapable of preserving law and order in syria so they would do everything in their power and their supporters to actually make sure that the report of the out of monitors or be observers is reported to advance. the interests of the powers the western powers that have been calling for regime change in syria if you know the pressure that

they put it is it's based on doubt if they realize or if they feel that the monitors and the observers. noting the violations by the demonstrators by those desert then they will call for the withdrawal of the monitors and they would say that these monitors would under pressure from the authorities if they will feel that the monitors i've been trying to see mr nashashibi i just want to make sure we touch on on one thing we've been reporting today which is first of all damascus slamming the u.s. for interfering in their internal affairs but also washington sending an envoy to the arab league something to mask like i said sees as a big step in their internal affairs what's your take on that. well that's exactly what i was saying what i was leading to yes the americans are interfering to make sure that the report of the monitors is to their interests or that the minute they

feel that the monitors visiting areas that show that the syrian army is using some excessive violence against the demonstrators that they will be in favor for the monitors and that's the pressure they want to put differently government also had some of the statements in the past days this is a continuation. of the other countries also the. american and they are pressuring the other believed to have been a force to their interests all right dr ornish on the line with us on the line from beirut thank you very much for your analysis thank you staying in the region prosecutors in the trial of ousted egyptian president hosni mubarak have called for death by hanging for him and his close associates they justify their request by arguing that mubarak was personally responsible for every protester death during the country's revolution well the eighty three year old is currently suffering severe health problems let's not talk about this latest development with radio host

and author stephen leatherman who joins us via broadband from chicago thanks for being with us mubarak is by all accounts close to death we've seen him going to his trial laying down in a bad he has to be carried out to court each time he comes to the hearing in that hospital bed what sort of message do you think prosecutors are trying to convey with this call for the death penalty i think really going to. believe being the. move for. it will result in the process let me make a couple of points. mubarak was able with washington years ago he supported washington mostly but he supported washington are no.

big one of causing the war on a record two thousand and three america wanted him removed the street protests of the one hand a very legitimate very real egregious a real but i new scenes washington manipulating washington is manipulating the entire process that's going on in the region and i believe history thought it was going on as washington is saying a prince all over it what they have a mother you know i'm not sure oh well you know i think they have been married a muslim. politically with the military regime continuing to run the country for washington also in the violence and instability to justify its hegemony in the region and the military you want to be in egypt is a fall guy in mubarak years of all he's very conveniently because he's also the fall

guy which was so that yes there will be life in prison. it always makes little difference but i think to them it sounds better to people on the street i don't think they'll fall for i was going to say about the people i mean i've been in egypt several times this year and the anger is most certainly real they don't want the military in power agreeing with what it seems you talk to some critics saying that this case is being dragged out to draw public attention away from the current situation you don't think it's going to work but then what what are we going to say happen we have the last round of elections coming people continuing to come out in the streets of mubarak heading back to court every couple of weeks or so. well i think people are more concerned about getting the agreements taken care of they haven't been addressed same things or worse no wonder the military junta and note

also the people running the country the same ones closely allied with novara what use of. tiring to get of the military and those around him who keep people who is sane people because all agreements are certain people are objecting to and i agree with you the street protests them very very legitimate even though people don't realize to be manipulated for western interests to create stability to create violence to get the military to react against them to justify washington continuing instability role in the region and human clerics many expire before any sentence is harry but then the regime i think mistakenly feels they think they can bamboozle new people they know what's going on they don't want their military running the country as you say they want to civilian get out of it but i

think we're going to get this a civilian government like with the west they will not address the grievances they have a long way to go before they really get to just the state of service and of course there's going to be parallels drawn with saddam hussein his own unceremonious hanging caused outrage is this demand motivated by a desire for justice or political revenge. well i think it's motivated by keeping the status quo or washington wants the status quo who are really used to our egypt and it will be military people will be rich the ones that in new ones can ship has been run by military people for decades but barrett was a general and of course the generals are running things but it was the billions who were allied with them a part of the military regime it's been a very important now why washington so washington just very concerned what was

going on in egypt aside from israel egypt and saudi arabia america's two closest allies and they want to be sure the people running these treaties are a liar bull client leader is client states and mubarak is not in any but even if you were as it doesn't matter because it's all he's said he's casting new people are coming into play a washington wants to be sure that the ones who end the power of people they could rely you know and so they want to get rid of mubarak and they will get rid of him but i think the protests will go on and the people won't be fooled the violence will continue to struggle there's a long way to go but just briefly stephen most revolutions of course involve a great deal of blood said a lot of different sides is it fair to pin it all on one man who is obviously sick eighty three years old is this real justice. oh not at all not at all he was the

f.c.c. call him that if you will but the people around here especially the military school they were just was culpable as he was on the worst of the policies and since he was ousted whereas. things are gotten worse. there were thousands of people in military prisons being tortured it being killed if i only saw those three you see anything ever went on. into your garden really one day but it went from the frog into the fire and i think you know i have to say a lot of what you just said you do hear from protesters on the streets in cairo three and one man radio host and author live but that's the a broadband from chicago thanks for that. well marking one of the lowest moments since the onset of europe's debt crisis more than two years ago the greek

government has now publicly threatened to abandon the euro the warning came from prime minister lucas papademos only go see asians over one hundred thirty billion euro bailout package drag on the pm warning that the greek economy could enter an uncontrolled collapse as early as march if more cash isn't secured but creditors and greeks are at loggerheads with bankers refusing to write off any more debt while unions say they won't make any more austerity cuts or the hope now is that a fiscal union will act as a last line of defense against the debt crisis but that is something that leaving a condom as has little faith in my system it is that this europe will not be able to form such a political union there is too much hatred. to the countries two different. countries are too attached to their own self and to have different styles have a hard time working together on international issues think of iraq the union in europe is not all that strong and is forced if you walk around brussels you feel

like european union is for real but as soon as you are away from brussels and walk around to the country the rest of europe you see the grocer is far away from from that. and it's not real reality that people live with. that was a condom as aureole climber in his full interview is coming your way in just over ten minutes time. well with the e.u. mired in its debt debacle you might think that germany which has been bankrolling the block survival effort would be the most concerned but among many people there a bigger source of wary is the political system which many say has gone stale and no longer represents ordinary citizens. in the reports it's led to an interesting phenomenon the rise of the country's pirate party. it looks like an ordinary

scene at one of the many bars in berlin except there is one thing which makes this party totally different from all the others the parties they must get out of. the pirate part of germany that's right this is an annual meeting of a political party and all these people are alone it's eighteen thousand members across germany like me treat who is tired of the mainstream and i was really disappointed in. all this the same way. and the firefighter was in a different one of the key differences apart from the style in general is a software system called liquid feedback allowing ordinary germans the opportunity to propose policies online the pirate stand for more transparency and freedom on the internet but when it comes to core issues like the economy and we don't have currently a stand on this this crisis maybe we'll have after the. next federal convention

but this wasn't a problem at the previous election for the berlin state parliament when the port party managed to win nearly ninety percent of the vote securing fifteen seats most people who are. just something something fresh and we like because many germans believe that politics are cross to this time as the big players struggle with big economic and political issues but part party doesn't even have one official stance on the eurozone crisis or the arab spring nevertheless it continues gathering more supporters i mean a coincidence or an alarming signal for me stream politicians the free democrats party which is anger merkel's federal coalition porter is the first to feel the change of heart from voters who actually lost and will invent along with another four local votes across the country mainstream politics is also losing attractiveness. there's often too little distinction or distinctiveness between

different parties from different fields or areas sometimes it's in difficult to tell the difference between conservative and social democrat experts say the part party's key success tool is the internet and see it as the new driving force changing politics similar to the way it was influenced by t.v. a little half a century ago so unless the mainstream parties adapt and change their tactics it may not be too long before they could find themselves on the margins is going to of or d. in germany. still had no way to sports news and a recap of our top stories after this short break.

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inappropriate for public they can easily be. casualties of war ok. i wish she would have never happened but it has. been a war a t.v. camera becomes an unnecessary what destroys their own safety all foreign nationals including journalists and inspectors should leave. and this clear what happens with such witnesses i got on my site. ready. to. play. merciless shooting. more news today violence has once again flared up. these are the images the world

has been seeing from the streets of canada. china operations are today. here with r t live from moscow our top story is prices at record highs as the e.u. says in the bargo on the rainy and crude may come by the end of the month despite fears over its impact on the global economy. they do some prosecutors call for death by hanging for former president hosni mubarak ousted from power by public protests early last year parties have already been accused of attempting to divert public attention from criticism of the country's military rulers.