in the number of anti government protests and clashes between the pro-government forces and the forces loyal to the ousted leader more money could be taken place in different towns all across the bay risks are indeed very high that the country may fall into civil war the most of all and the most deadly incident happened in the town of bani walid. southeast of the capital tripoli once known as duffy's main stronghold the forces loyal to the full mcconnell khadafi managed to take control over the city and did manage actually to raise the green flag at one of the city's . gates the green flag symbolize in khadafi that office rule in this far is the local officials have been reports at least five national transitional council people have been killed as a. as a result we can say for sure what was the reason behind these fallen seraph to

unbundle the what we know that the same day the libyan justice minister announced that the international criminal court had allegedly agreed to let say for this long duffy's song to be tried in leaving and under leave been more although it hasn't been confirmed by young sisi itself but. analysts say that these two the violence and this announcement may be connected just hours later we've been hearing about violence erupted in other parts of the country in the eastern part in the town of bint goes he wants known as the rebel stronghold with three move people killed and later on we've been hearing about the volunteers around people the around the capital so as you can see the situation the bet is very hands and complicated and dangerous thank you maria so as we as we understand here the national transitional council house and somewhere. certain areas production

checkpoints but how else has been to see actually responded to the ongoing violence . one did they said says several take points wrong tripoli following. the clashes reporters there but also we can see that the n.c.c. a warning that the country may fall into civil war with the situation very dangerous trying to calm down for tasks and trying to take control over the tensions and not to load them to escalate further and. we've seen that. protest in benghazi when people have been demonstrating that against and to see if they're expressing their anger when is. lack of transparency and slowed reform pace in the country one of the high ranking profile members are going to see who was resigned so we can see and to see this trying is trying to take control of

the situation but unfortunately so far with little success or thought has broken off from correspondents in the region. meantime a former member of the m.d.c. it says that he had warned of a council that could after loyalists could return to attack but that his concerns were simply ignored journalist patrick hayes says the new government is ultimately failing in his job. the national transitional council itself was very much something that was already chosen by the west not something that was chosen by the libyan people it was very much kind of put in place and then they were kind of helicopter didn't get their feet was gotten rid of so the thing i find very striking here actually is that the n t c isn't doing itself any favors in terms of pro-democracy campaign is also seeing off the. supporters as well warnings for a long time that this could happen in bani walid people are saying very least two months we may get a pro get after the uprising here and the entity did nothing about it so it's not

surprising and it does seem like the m.t.c. is impotence and it's reflecting the needs and desires of anyone in libya at the moment there was a lot of congratulates free talk by cameron sarkozy and a bomber who kept a bit of a distance but was still involved after the fall of gadhafi i think they're going to be very reluctant to admit that what they didn't do was bring about democracy in the country they just basically puts the struggle of the libyan people on hold while they were getting rid of gadhafi. this is artsy now gulf nations are pulling their oblique observers out of syria even though the mission has been extended for another month syria's foreign minister accuses some arab states of joining up for a new conspiracy against the country and of a blatant interference in syria's internal affairs damascus insists it will continue to take all necessary steps to protect the country against the chaos syria's already rejected an arrow brokered a peace plan calling for president assad to step down while the e.u.

has imposed fresh sanctions to further squeeze the regime. of course it's the syrian people who are ultimately bearing the brunt. 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 is proving more and more of a challenge for the people. due to the european sanctions conceiving a good syria we don't have any tourists we don't have any foreigners the e.u. has no one pays its eleventh consecutive round the sanctions this time putting a travel ban on people and businesses linked with the essential regime this we've been finding out the cascaded sanctions this woman syria's struggling economy actually they are punishing the syrian people in a way or another i mean if they have governmental sanctions to be imposed that their business with the syrian government with the people with the power is completely out this door in the center of damascus at the moment and this is one of

the main criticisms aimed at the economic sanctions is that this simply affecting the races every day syrian people if i missed businesses in this area now i depended upon these types of diesel generators that are needed because our guys have become an almost daily blow people's lives to the not everyone can afford to back up at home with his wife and children. and then says when the power cuts out the family simply have to make do generator is very expensive it costs like. sixty thousand three hundred 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 export 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 of money don't put all the money in the business keep somebody maybe maybe. this is the. market because norm or cash money for money. entry to recent form halfway through our interview the lights go out. oh. yeah. i have. but your who. stops in our old one. spy cools it's been political and economic pressure on the country that's been favored in attempting to resolve the us the arab league observers in the shin has also made little headway safe then 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 a much more forceful international observer mission if they've got nothing to hide if it's if they're genuinely not killing innocent people then one of the the the sanctions impact is heavily contested is 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. damascus syria. and meantime russia insists that its shipments to syria are legal it's amid reports suggesting that moscow will supply new combat training jets and follows a shipload of military cargo which came under question from other countries foreign

minister sergei lavrov says that 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 un security council resolutions the only items we sell to syria are those not prohibited by international law certainly sanctions that have been adopted unilaterally and imposed by the us the e.u. and some european countries cannot be viewed by us as legitimate for russia's actions generally unilateral sanctions always undermine collective efforts with regards to iran and syria or any other situations. here with r.t. and still ahead of you in the program here one sided limits. very disappointing in fact discussed stayed at home the banks from that you are the faces extradition to the u.s. on charges of breaching copyright to a british american treaty that's being slammed as unbalanced. and no pay no

spray the american embassy workers letting. people drown because they fear lawsuits. eleven minutes past the hour here iran has apparently found a way to stay in business despite a new oil embargo and a freeze on its bank assets announced by the india has reportedly agreed to pay iran in gold for its oil instead of u.s. dollars reports suggest iran's bigots customer china could follow suit parties prius rita is in new delhi with more details. 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 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 july 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 iran 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 the 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 things sions are an obsolete form of sort of punishing a country and it's actually going to be counterproductive 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. well india's been quick to take advantage but what other consequences could be used banned on iranian oil have now that's the question we're asking you today on our web site if you log on to our dot com you can take part in our latest world wide poll this bring up the numbers here and so far more than half of you believe that china will buy all of iran's oil at

a cheaper price less than a quarter thinks it's europe's economy that's going to suffer eighteen percent say the embargo will make russia the number one oil supplier to the e.u. and just a minority here say it will hamper iran's nuclear program to go online and participate have your say so you don't call. a vigil is being held at moscow's international dome idea to the airport exactly a year after the deadly bombing in the arrivals hall people are bringing flowers and lighting candles for the victims of the tragedy a suicide bomber blew himself up killing thirty seven people investigators identified the man as a twenty year old from russia's republic of training by islamist terrorists in the north caucuses seventeen militants linked to the attack were killed in special operations last year four others have been detained and investigators are about to charge them but one of the world's most wanted terrorists. who claimed

responsibility for the bombing is still on the right. but faces extradition to the u.s. for setting up a website giving people free access to movies online is not a crime in britain but in america he could get up to ten years behind bars it's because of a controversial treaty between the two countries originally intended to extradite terrorist suspects. bennett found out the deal is putting many british citizens in an extremely vulnerable position. 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 but counters copyright infringement in the u.s. for the judge that was enough for richard's mother it was devastating. very telling

. you about the gulf states you know the fact that you brigid site t.v. shack 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 i've heard all about but i'm just going to go with the other side anyway so. all that work that we. know although he would there when he's not sure if you were there last time before he said made a good strong argument that all went out the window completely. you know giving him no no we can't be able. to pull. 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 or a smaller partner in the governing coalition but what i argue for is that the position of a british citizen should be no worse than that of an american to and at the moment you think it's in bonds record i'm in no doubt that it's out of bounds richard was a innocently 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 artsy london. all right before we have to retreat with the business news let's do the r.t. world update now some other international headlines in brief for you this hour starting with iraq a wave of car bombings has killed fourteen and wounded more than seventy across the iraqi capital the blasts occurred mainly in shia areas of baghdad threatening to

revive sectarian conflict in the country the violence has dipped in iraq for the past few years attacks are still common more than two hundred people have been killed there in a month since the u.s. military withdrawal. and those soldiers have reportedly being killed in a southwestern somalia after a suicide bomber detonated a lorry full of explosives outside a government building the base is used by ethiopian troops who entered somalia last month to help the country battle an al qaeda linked militant group insurgents now control many areas of somalia. so he has a slam to france for passing an armenian genocide bill cleared both houses of the french parliament under the new law people who deny the mass killing of armenians by ottoman turks nearly a century ago but faced up to a year in prison a media says one and a half million were killed in the massacre but turkey claims the number is much

much lower but the bill still needs to be signed off by president sarkozy before it becomes law. ok now twenty minutes past the hour here in moscow where the priority for emergency crews should be to save lives but in the united states it's being outweighed by raul's over rules and fees for firefighters standing by as homes go up in flames or watching a man drowned because of fears they might be sued nine one one responders a standing aside instead of standing by as a guy in a church or counterpoints. jeanne chronics house burned down to ashes as firefighters stood by and just watched they refused to save mr cranks home because he hadn't paid a seventy five dollars fire fee that the county requires i thought they'd come out and put. if you hadn't by decision the five dollars but thrown 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 belle 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. if they so they were all saying. 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 anybody that's not inside the city limits so far fortunately service that we offer. 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 than like there's no sense of this like shared responsibility for the individuals in that community in california police and firemen watch the 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 pay 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 i shortly here on the program we explore ways to wipe out the dangers of civil wars in some arab countries first there was

a promise to make sure the business. thanks henri the rally in oil prices has poor as traders await the next move in the escalating this people tween iran and the west tehran has responded to the ears decision to impose an oil embargo by threatening to close the strait of hormuz twenty percent of the world's crude supply passes through it however hot him on to pick from platts believes the warning and the embargo should be seen as bargaining points the ward being also says that there would be a review in me so there almost means that i am ready to do something in july but i can change my mind in me 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 that would 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 the location of west africa or even russia will now go to europe so europe can always switch place the oil that's not the issue the issue is the level of pain. of the statistics that unemployment in russia fell at the end of last year the jobless rate dropped twenty basis points from november to six point one percent in december according to a survey by bloomberg analysts to expect the rate to be significantly higher growing to six point six percent. look at the market figures now as fluctuating above ninety nine dollars a barrel in new york for light sweet speculation the u.s. stockpiles again last week is weighing as those worries about iran meanwhile brant led to do is just about one hundred ten dollars a barrel down fifty four cents. european stock markets are down as the greece

ended so private creditors continues negotiate over the terms of a hoped for debt swap deal in britain the footsie is down more than one percent lead by miners and banks we have awards banking group shedding more than four percent this hour germany's dax is also down one point three percent led by commerzbank and that's down around four percent to three percent a loss for siemens which reported drop in fiscal first quarter profit. loss in markets of somewhat improved from the last two years is down four point point six percent to three quarters of a percent loss on the my sex a banking and energy stocks are among the main decliners p.t.b. is down half a percent lukoil is shedding one point six the company is planning to invest more than one billion dollars in oil rich trips to top fields in size. area chemical group up cohen is among the gainers but it's up around one percent reported almost

five percent increase in production for the year twenty of the. financial worries of european banks are affecting their businesses abroad one of germany's biggest lenders commerzbank could be leaving the russian market and selling a fourteen percent stake in one of the top fifteen local lenders a promise whereas the sale is a part of an end for to increase its capital by roughly five billion euros in order to comply with new european legislation all right business r.t. will be back in around fifty five minutes time with plenty more i'll see that.

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this is also your life or from oscar time for your headlines now a fresh round so. violent attacks in libya and colonel gadhafi loyalists clashed with supporters of the new regime in several cities all across the country at least five were killed in the former leader's old stronghold of bani walid. and gulf states withdraw observers from syria as a troubled country rejects an hour a brokered peace plan calling for president assad to go meanwhile the e.u.

slaps more heavy sanctions on damascus. and india reportedly finds a way to buy iran's oil despite the e.u. embargo it's set to paper black gold with the yellow card reports suggest iran's biggest customer china could follow suit. now here on r.t. an in-depth look at the ongoing strife in the arab world and a few possible solutions. are not so he speaks to russia's main envoy to africa and that of mikhail margelov the conversation is now. you know my idea of chairman of the foreign affairs committee of russian federation calls and also presidential envoy to africa.