managed to take control over the city of bani walid southeast of the capital tripoli once known as the duffys main stronghold and also managed to raise green flag at one of the gates of the town green flag symbol of. duffy's rule and local officials have been refuted about at least five people and to see people killed in this violence we also were receiving reports about violence around tripoli and full of the n t c. who is around the capital for security reasons and also three and to see people who were reputed to be killed in the city open ghazi in the eastern part of leave in ghazi the city which is known to be the stronghold of the rebels since the beginning of the uprising last february we can see that angriness among the libyan population is rising over how and to see is

governing. and we know that from the local officials when the ballance erupted in bani walid local officials asked and to see to send maybe send troops to help them fight against gadhafi loyalists but the army has never been sent there and we also know that following the demonstrations in benghazi when crowds of students have been protesting against low pace of reforms and lack of transparency one of the high profile members of anti c. resigned actually and this resignation was accepted by the chief of anti so so we can see that and to see is trying to. take control of this situation but with actually little success so far. it's very financial reporting right there will there is a more trouble ahead for libya i don't need dialogue can stop the country plunging back into civil war but. from rushers presidential envoy to africa who's just been

to libya he gives us his inside in the next hour here on r t but for now a quick preview of what is just ahead. has to take goodwill from all the sides which were involved in a very long lasting conflict which to my personal opinion the real civil and in some areas of libya of the civil war is not over and the so there is the who deserved area as an area of the sudanese the no man's land it's out of control of the new government forces it's his own of tribes it's zone of uncontrolled arms trafficking so i think that the difficult time for libya will last for where the signal of time if. political elite is not ready to sit at the round table. this is

r.t. live from moscow six gulf states members of the arab league say they are pulling their observers out of syria they're also calling on the u.n. security council to pressure damascus into implementing a peace deal this comes after syria rejected the league's call for president assad to step down summing up a month of its observer mission to the country the organization said all sides in the syrian conflict must lay down arms the pan arab body wants to hand the power to a deputy and pave the way for a unity government with the opposition meanwhile the e.u. has imposed a new round of tough sanctions against the syrian regime but has international pressure piled up it's the people who are feeling the pinch so to you sir firth reports from damascus. trying to shine a light on what's happening in the country the observer mission looks set to continue now for another month but every day here is proving more and more of a challenge to the people. due to the european sanctions in syria to argue in syria

we don't have any tourists we don't have any for most the e.u. has no pace it's eleven consecutive round the sanctions this time putting a travel ban on people and businesses linked with the assad regime this we've been finding out the cascaded sanctions this woman syria's struggling economy actually they are going to shiva syrian people in a way or another i mean if they have governmental sanctions to be imposed by big business with the syrian government not with the people but the power is completely outside this door and the central damascus at the moment and this is one of the main criticisms aimed at the economic sanctions is that this simply affecting the way so every day syrian people in fact most businesses in this area now i depended upon these type of diesel generators that are needed because our cars have become an almost daily part of people's lives where the not everyone can afford the backup

at home with his wife and children and then says when the power cuts out the family simply have to make the generator very expensive costs like. sixty thousand trillion pounds as i know it's not cheap and it's not just families and small businesses that are being affected oil production has fallen dramatically after an exports in by ok and the cost of raw materials here has risen as one official from the chamber of commerce tells us a plummeting currency and rising prices have pushed many businesses to take their trades and money elsewhere in the business. don't put all the money in the business keep somebody maybe. this is. in the market because norm or cash money

for money. and true to recent form halfway through our interview the lights go out . how. i hardly. but you who. stops. around one. afternoon spike cools the dialogue it's been political and economic pressure on the country that's been favored in attempting to resolve the. the arab league observers mission has also made little headway say for that and they say they were there simply to investigate and to reports there have been numerous calls for even more observers to be allowed into the country i think the real issue is that the syrians need to allow in a much much more neutral a much more wide ranging and much more forceful international observer mission if they've got nothing to hide if it's if they're generally not killing innocent

people one of the go to hide the the sanctions impact is heavily contested this need doubt that they are putting pressure on an increasingly isolated government many people in the country it will say made an already desperate situation. even worse. death is syria. and as the screws tighten on the syrian regime russia insists its shipments are legal it's amid reports suggesting that russia will supply to mass chaos with new combat trainer jets and follows a shipload of military cargo which came under question from other countries foreign minister sergei lavrov says the shipment checked all the boxes under international law. you're pretty we believe we don't have to explain or justify ourselves as we're not breaking any international agreements or any u.n. security council resolutions the only items we sell to syria are those not prohibited by international law you certainly sanctions that have been adopted

unilaterally and imposed by the us e.u. and some european countries cannot be viewed by us as legitimate to russia's actions generally unilateral sanctions always undermine the collective efforts with regards to iran and syria or any other situations. you without a lot from moscow are still to come for you this hour in the program when fear of lawsuits comes at the cost of human life but how rescue services in the u.s. coming under fire after a number of cases where they looked the other way during emergencies. the e.u. has banned the import of crude oil from iran in response to its nuclear program the latest round of sanctions prohibits any new oil contracts while allowing for existing deals to run in told july but iran is apparently finding ways to keep business pumping report says iran will keep supplying one of its biggest customers out of india but will get payment in gold instead of dollars preassure reports from

new delhi. india actually has already bought iranian oil using gold instead of u.s. dollars and this is extremely significant because every year india actually spends twelve billion u.s. dollars on iranian oil and now actually beijing is also saying that it might want to jump on board with the new delhi and also look into some sort of agreement with iran to continue to get oil new delhi and beijing actually account for forty percent of the imports of iranian oil the e.u. only counts for twenty percent obviously we've been talking about all week about this oil embargo that the e.u. announced on monday that they're hoping to roll out and put into place by chalabi first and obviously if new delhi and beijing find a way to continue trading with iran using gold instead of u.s. dollars this would severely hurt what the european union and washington is trying to do russia has also said that it wants to continue trading with the run using

domestic currencies instead of u.s. dollars obviously the point of the e.u. oil embargo would be to bring iran back to the negotiations table over its nuclear program obviously iran has consistently maintained that this is a peaceful nuclear program the west believes that they are potentially developing nuclear weapons so in response to the was announcement on monday that it will place in oil embargo on iran and iran has said that it's going to shut the strait of hormuz which is actually where twenty to thirty percent of the world's oil supply shuttles through in the united states is that it will absolutely not allow that to happen even sort of alluding to the fact that it could potentially use military force to make sure that that strait stays open moscow has also said that think sions are obsolete form of sort of punishing a country and that it's actually going to be counterproductive and another interesting thing to note here is that if beijing and new delhi continue to trade

with iran with gold it's actually going to increase the value of gold. decrease the value of the u.s. dollar as the global reserve currency. are he's pretty shrewd reporting want to be always and you should in your opinion today we're asking you about the e.u. ban on iran's oil if you log on to r.t. top com you can take part in our latest global web poll that's a look at the numbers here they come from our web site so far over half of you believe it will give china all of iran's oil and much much cheaper less than a quarter thinks it will bring you observe corn and lead to a halt around nineteen percent say it will make russia the number one oil supplier to the e u and as we can see here a minority believe it will actually hamper iran's nuclear program to go online have your say while you're there on the web site have a look at some other stories we have for you there right now is such a big trouble for big ben russian developers could be called in to help stop london's iconic parliament buildings from sinking. and learn how some

candidates in the south carolina primary have received the support of almost a thousand dead voters all the details and much more at r.t. dot com. in about ten minutes time it's the business here on r t but for now british students fate hangs in the balance as he faces extradition to the u.s. it's due to the controversial agreement between london and washington that allows america to demand anyone be handed over to its justice system simply on the grounds of reasonable suspicion as artie's of a bad report so a treaty originally designed to deal with terror suspects now appears to have gone far beyond its initial it. from running

a website in his bedroom with links to pirated movies to up to ten years in a u.s. federal prison richard o'dwyer is the latest victim of the u.k.'s controversial extradition treaty with america his actions aren't even a crime in britain that count as copyright infringement in the us for the judge that was enough for richard's mother it was devastating. harry going to impact the gulf states i don't think that you brigid citv shank was seized by u.s. authorities last year this is what you see on the home page now he didn't host any illegal videos itself but posted links to where users could find them u.s. prosecutors claim richard banked two hundred thirty thousand dollars in advertising revenue from the site although he's never been to america they claim his actions had a direct consequence is there to be treated unfairly slightly. here because he was

just pro extradition for well after it all about but i'm just going to go with the other side anyway so. all that work that we put in. there and all the he would there when he's i'm not sure if you were there last time before when he said with a good strong argument that all went out the window completely clean or giving him no no we can't be held. accountable. the u.k. u.s. extradition treaty was signed in two thousand and three supposedly to bring international terrorists to justice but many feel it's unfair to british citizens it makes it far easier for america to extradite someone from the u.k. than the other way around so far extraditions of five to two in america's favor veteran british m.p. simming campbell's leading a review of the treaty by his party the smaller partner in the governing coalition what i argue for is that the position of

a british citizen should be no worse than that the real american to us and at the moment you think it's impounds flanker i'm in no doubt that. those brits are daughters of innocent they caught up in something which was never intended to deal with people like him gary mckinnon is case is another that's left british m.p.'s crying out for change the asperger's sufferer has been fighting extradition for seven years he's wanted for hacking into pentagon files that he claims he was searching for evidence of u.f.o.'s a recent parliamentary debate on the treaty was so one sided in favor of changing it that a vote wasn't even needed but what's happening in there is still not enough to stop richard o'dwyer is pending extradition his case is certainly highlighted the need for something to be done but any changes could be too late for him his case is now in the hands of home secretary theresa may who has been accused of abandoning plans to change the treaty richard and his family will get the chance to appeal the

decision at a higher court but their options are rapidly running out either bennett r.t. london. today marks one year since the deadly bombing of moscow's dome idea of a thirty seven were killed in the blast carried out by a single suicide bomber the international arrivals hall investigators later identified the bomber as a twenty year old from russia's republic of english atta trained by islam. terrorists in the north caucasus region seventeen of militants linked to the attack were killed in special operations last year four have been detained but one of the world's most wanted terrorists doc who model who claimed responsibility for masterminding the bombing is still on the run. let's go to the our to world of it update for you here's some other headlines in brief from around the globe start with iraq it's where a wave of car bombings of killed fourteen injured more than seventy of the blasts occurred in mainly shia areas of baghdad the latest attacks come just after the

u.s. removed its troops from the country last month at least one hundred and seventy people have been killed in sectarian violence since that military withdrawal. turkey has vowed to retaliate after the french senate approved of the old make me the prime to deny the massacre of armenians by the ottoman empire in one nine hundred fifteen was a genocide both houses of the french parliament have passed the bill which still has to be signed off by president sarkozy in order to become law the proposal is set to make the denial of genocide and war crimes recognized by french law punishable by up to a year in prison how many years as a one and a half million people were killed in the massacre turkey says the figure was much lower rejects the term genocide. to kenya presidential candidates will stand trial at the hague on charges of crimes against humanity the men are buying

up for prominent kenyans accused of orchestrating a deadly wave of violence following the country's two thousand and seven election more than twelve hundred people were killed during the country's post-election clashes with more than a half a million forced to flee their homes no date has been set for these trials. and the to the philippines where fifteen people have been killed and three others wounded after a gunman opened fire on several boats in the southern philippines government officials believe the men that may have been attacked by rival fisherman after they strayed into the fishing grounds of the region is a stronghold for islamist rebels although the authorities have ruled out militant involvement. fireman standing in by the houses burn police watching while people drown a spate of incidents in the united states has sparked concern over what kind of society it is becoming as artie's gun nature can reports sticking to the rules and fear of litigation appear to be trumping care and compassion. jeanne chronics

house burned down to ashes as firefighters stood by and just watched they refused to save mr chronics home because he hadn't paid a seventy five dollars fire fee that the county requires i thought they'd come out and put it out if you hadn't but i do said the five dollars but as the house went up in flames the cryonics were begging the firefighters to make an exception saying they were ready to pay whatever it took to put out the blaze but they were told it was too late things my mother and my mother's my grandmother's my great grandmother's were all there in the house same happened to be keep bell from tennessee firefighters stood by and idly watched her trailer home burn because she too hadn't paid the seventy five dollars fee no one said they were in fact dispatched that day so they were only say. in the us fire policy varies from state to state from county to county in south fulton tennessee if you

don't pay you're out of luck and anybody that is not inside the city limits of self interest service that we offer it of a except it will go down behind numerous similar incidents lies a problem rigid local rules versus the responsibility of the government to help its citizens when they're in trouble or rather versus basic human compassion we're really poor in terms of humanity i mean when it's seventy five dollars that is the more important thing and i get in a situation like this it just shows you that we've become far too concerned about about every single dollar you know and also that it just shows it's really kind of it's an all about me you know we just don't live in the community anymore there's an ick there's no sense of this like shared responsibility for the individuals in that community in california police and firemen watched a man drown saying they didn't have proper certifications for water rescue which would leave them open to possible lawsuits if they attempted to save him city officials blamed the incident on budget cuts so as the more. then an hour long

tragedy unfolded authorities stood there and did nothing this is the part where rules and regulations defy logic that was the end result of body washing up to the shore. so you think it's horrible how can we allow that to happen in the us is a very litigious society we have more lawyers per capita per capita than any other country and i think the world and so you know when you have to worry when you're a rescuer and you have to worry about a lawsuit and you cannot rescue a person as a result i mean that's that's really a problem if the firefighters had rescued the man even saved his life but somehow maybe broke a rib or hurt him in some other way you know they stand to be sued in court and that's just the way our system works even after the serve brought raymond zack's body closer to the shore firefighters refused to get in the water and retrieve the corpse so they waited until

a passer by volunteered to do the job the logic you don't get anything unless you paid makes sense to a lot of americans but when you have money and rules on one side of the scale and humanity the human urge to help on the other and money wins this is when one gets the says that something is wrong with the way the system works i'm going to check on reporting from washington our team and it's time now for corrina with the latest business update. it's twenty four past three pm here in moscow welcome to business the rally in oil prices has paused traders await the next move in the escalating dispute between iran and the west tehran has responded to the eaves decision to impose an oil embargo by threatening to close the straits of hormuz twenty percent of the world's crude supply passes through it however hauled him on to pick from plants the belief that the warning and the embargo should be seen as

a bargaining points. the warbling also says that there would be a review in may so there are almost means that i am ready to do something in july but i can change my mind in may i don't think anybody wants these things to happen because europe right now is very weak financially economically and the last thing that europe really wants is a confrontation because there will be even more disruptive for the economy here the oil that was supposed to come to europe from iran will go to a shell oil that was going to asia from all that location start west africa or even russia will now go to europe so europe can always replace the oil that's not the issue the issue is the level of pain. let's look at the numbers now all us fluctuating above ninety nine dollars a barrel in new york speculation the u.s. stockpiles again last week is weighing against those worries about iran. is trading

at over one hundred ten dollars per barrel european stock markets are a lower as greece and its private courage is continue to negotiate over the terms of a hope for debt swap deal in britain the footsie slip point eight percent lead by miners and banks lloyds banking group are shedding four percent germany's dax is over a percent in the red as well led by commerce bank that is down four percent and a three and a half percent loss for siemens which reported a profit in fiscal first quarter profit. here in russia markets are trading lower at midday out here is losing just under over half a percent the miles it is shedding over a percent let's take a look at some individual share moves on them isaac's most of the blue chips are lower with banking and energy stocks the main decliners p.t.b. is losing a half a percent down one point seven percent companies planning to invest more than one billion dollars in the oil rich trips to the field in siberia and chemical group background as among the gainers but only just. up point one percent it's reported

an almost five percent increase in production for the year two thousand and eleven michael steiner about because his says that the upcoming davos economic forum a-bomb a speech at the u.s. corporate results will keep investors busy all week long given the improved outlook for the oil price because of the iran news that we saw yesterday and given the very low valuations for russia generally and the fact that many of our clients continue to see fund flows into the russian dedicated funds we think that the market will gradually melt higher that's it investors will pay attention to global events and this week there are a lot of them investors will look at the f one c. meeting coming up president barack obama's speech in his state of the nation's address in addition we've got the world economic forum and more than one hundred twenty companies in the united states are releasing their fourth quarter financial results so will be quite a busy week on the external side and then here at home in russia investors in play

close attention to macro data most notably the unemployment report in russia for december in addition to industrial production figures on the corporate side will also see operating updates from metals and mining companies including natural polish and m.k. they've done as it was of european banks are affecting their business abroad one of germany's biggest lenders colors bag is leaving the russian market at selling a forty percent stake in one of the top fifteen local lenders promise as a bank the sale is part of an effort to increase its capital by roughly five billion euros in order to comply with the new european legislation. that's all the business news for this hour join us in less than fifteen minutes from this is art.

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in-store charges free. range month free. free. to tide free. old free broadcast quality video for your media projects and free media don carty done tom. you with off the law from oscar time for your headlines new violence in libya gadhafi loyalists clash with interim government forces in several cities across the country all of this as fears grow of a slide back into civil war. as the u.s. and europe slap iran with tough new sanctions tehran reportedly gets around them by ditching the dollar and will now use a gold for oil transactions. plus a derived data for being

a one sided the extradition laws between the us and the u.k. designed to help bring terror suspects to justice faces fresh calls from britain it appears as a one way street to american jails. because report is next. i am max kaiser this is the kaiser report oh that was the starting i think tomorrow this is the major global swap meet for dealers of weapons of mass financial destruction and they compare notes on how to destroy each other's economies for fun and for.