forces loyal to the full moco know to duffy 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 symbolizing khadafi. this rule is far is the local officials happen recruitment least five national transitional council people have been killed we can see for sure was the reason behind this violence in front of all the we know that the same day the even justice minister announced that the international criminal court had allegedly agreed to let say for the slum to duffy's son to be tried in leaving and until even more although it hasn't been confirmed by the i.c.c. itself but analysts say that the violence and this announcement may be cannot just hours later violence erupted in other parts of the country in the eastern part in the town of been guns he was known as the rebel stronghold and later on we've been

hearing about the ball and around people there on the capital they've said so several checkpoints are 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 fatah says and trying to take control over the tensions and not to haul them to escalate further. we've seen that. protest in benghazi when people have been demonstrated against and to see if the m.d.c. just trying is trying to take control of the situation but unfortunately so far with little success but his roof a notion of well last week human rights groups in the middle east presented extensive evidence of war crimes they say carried out in libya by allied forces during last year's war i spoke to investigative journalist samara suff who says many libyans feel the revolution was hijacked and the disappointed with its. the

thing about revolutions is they're not simply passive events there is a whole awakening of a population in the middle east but also libya and people saying well this is not what we have not rising for and the victims themselves you know the victims the new victims the old supporters of the old regime saying well you talk about democracy where is our inclusion in this so you get the sense there is this fracturing the new is very how can i put it has made people very very unhappy it seems there's a reintroduction of tribalism and touches networks and so on and so you know. that there is a lot of disquiet in every corner of libya at the moment it's a truism but there's no such thing as a clean war and civil war is the most brutal and so you so you can imagine. nato but i need to imagine nato really pushed the envelope and they broke the resolution they were there to defend civilians that was the mandate and they were they essentially became the rebel rebels air force and so they were attacking in the you know almost total annihilation of very messy very brutal and i think

there's quite a lot of acts of revenge taking place as well. gulf nations are pulling their arab league observers from syria even though the mission's been extended for another month the saudi dominated gulf cooperation council also wants the un's most powerful group the security council to put new pressure on damascus to end the bloodshed syria's foreign minister accuses some arab states me tom of joining an international conspiracy against his country out of a blatant interference in syria's internal affairs damascus insists it will continue to take all necessary steps to protect the country of what it calls chaos syria's already rejected an arab brokered peace plan calling for president assad to step down while the e.u. has imposed more sanctions to further squeeze the regime resulting sort of first reports next is the syrian people who are 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 here is proving more and more of

a challenge for the people. due to the european sanctions in sweden argued syria we don't have any tourist we don't have any foreigners the e.u. has known pays its eleventh consecutive round of sanctions this time putting a travel ban on people and businesses linked with the assad regime is we've been finding out the cascade of sanctions has swamp syria's struggling economy actually they are pushy the syrian people in a way or another i mean if they have governmental sanctions to be imposed i built a business with the syrian government not with the people but the power is completely outside this door in the central damascus at the moment and this is one of the main criticisms aimed at the economic sanctions is this simply affecting the low every day syrian people and that most businesses in this area now i depended upon these types of diesel generators that are needed because it was i think on an

almost daily part of people's lives here the not everyone can afford the back up at him 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 buy 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. the market because norm or cash money for money. and true to recent form halfway through our interview the lights go out . how. i hard. but your who. stops. around one two hours after more spike cools the dialogue is being political and economic pressure on the country that's been favored in attempting to resolve the crisis 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 new doubt that they are putting pressure on an increasingly isolated government that the many people in the country it will say made an already desperate situation even worse. r.t. damascus syria. still ahead spreading the web washington is coming down hard on copyright is treated like terrorists and drug smugglers as one of the leading players in the fight for digital freedom tells our. next though rand's apparently found a way to stay in business despite a new e.u. oil embargo an asset freeze india is now reportedly agreed to pay around in gold for its oil instead of u.s. dollars reports suggest arounds the biggest customer china could follow suit that is pretty straight as in new delhi with the latest. 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 each ally 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 in washington is trying to do russia has also said that it wants to continue trading with the run using domestic car and seize instead of u.s. dollars obviously the point of the e.u.

oil embargo would be to bring iran back to the negotiation 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 worth 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 obsolete form of sort of punishing a country and that 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. and decrease the value

of the u.s. dollar at the global reach their current. priority doing the math and reporting from new delhi will soraya. as an independent researcher and rights issues in california she told me the pressure on iran's going to have to do with the country's nuclear program she thinks america is pushing for regime change in iraq and america needs a compliant iran just to t.j. clearly one is very important is resource rich and it really has helped russia and china a buffer against western imperialism so it is important to washington to take out the regime in iran and install a puppet that the siding with american power structure and american and wish us in the region has done nothing to do with the nuclear issue will include war has been going on for thirty two years american israel have unleashed the terrorists in iran they've been taking out people they've been killing them and sanctions are out

warfare there's no doubt about it so this is nothing new and they will continue to do that but i think iran has become well experienced in being able to fight off these forces in these covert actions and america and israel the western allies now europeans are only harming themselves and confident iran will eventually sit by. thoughts there of all rich independent research and writer joining us a bit earlier on tonight in california. vigils been held at moscow's don't we deliver international airport it's exactly year now since the deadly bombing in the arrivals hall there people lay flowers the lit candles the victims of the tragedy where a suicide bomber blew himself up at the time killing thirty seven people as well investigators identified the man as a twenty year old from russia's republic of english trained by islamist terrorists in the north caucasus region seventeen militants linked to the attack were killed in special operations last year four others have been detained there about to be

charged but one of the world's most wanted terrorist dr morrow for claims he masterminded the bombing is still at large and we've got more details about how the attack was planned and carried out available on our website r.t. dot com as well while you're there plenty of other stories to course right now in fact new guidelines and you could see drug smugglers and street dealers were revealed avoiding prison even if the court with heroin or cocaine got the lowdown on the poor. and it happened monday due to hit this wednesday they say the largest outburst of solar radiation in six years hits the earth threatening communication and power blackouts a moderate of the said we'll have more details on anyway on our web site rather handle iraq. u.k. student faces extradition to the united states for setting up a web site giving people free access to movies online now it's not a crime in britain but in america he could get up to ten years in prison this because of a controversial treaty between the two countries originally intended to terror

suspects result is over bennett found that the deals putting many british citizens in an extremely vulnerable position right now. 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 us for the judge that was enough for richard's mother it was devastating. perry's more experience in fact the gulf states i don't think that you rigid 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 direct consequences there to be treated unfairly so i. guess because he was just pro extradition for a while 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 but 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 go. to the. 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 of an american to and at the moment you think it's slander and i'm in no doubt that it's out of bounds richard you are so innocently caught up in something which was never intended to deal with people like gary mckinnon the 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. well it seems what it is working flat out to get its hands on alleged copyright violators around the globe the founder of file swapping website mega upload day two was arrested in new zealand just last week that's based company could face extradition to the u.s. . this is founder of the swedish pirate party told me believes the anti-piracy bills being pushed through congress will violate basic human right. very concerned i mean any legislation must be founded in the public opinion of what's right and wrong when you have a copyright industry that's talking about extraditing

a person who has done nothing but linking to t.v. shows extradition that something useful murder and genocide as this is such an abuse of power i think is time is more than ripe for a serious review of what we want with copyright law and it's certainly not calling out just terrorists the corporate monopoly has come up with freedom of speech and given monopoly for the entertainment industry and the values that we achieved during the enlightenment freedom of expression freedom of speech that as a politician it's obvious that the latter has precedence if a business cannot sustain this model in the face of civil liberties it's the business model of the business that house and change not all civil liberties. reading us news headlines around the world first international monetary fund the

i.m.f. swarm of the global economy is in grave danger from a euro zone spillover europe said to be headed for a mild recession this year which the i.m.f. says will cause a worldwide financial slowdown and even emerging markets won't be immune meantime trading has been volatile because of worries that the deal with greece's private investors could fall through. egypt is to partially lift its decades long state of emergency from wednesday a year now after the start of a popular uprising that ousted president mubarak but the draconian laws will still be applied in cases of what's described as quote thuggery rights groups claim that will still be an extensive police powers remain alone them to justify cracking down on them straight is. the prime minister has made it to the french parliament for clearing what is called a. discriminatory and racist bill that murders freedom of thought the law would see people get up to a year in prison for denying the mass killing of armenians by alterman turks nearly a century ago media says one of

a half million were killed in the massacre but turkey claims the number is much less the bill still needs to be signed off by president sarkozy to become a long. it's coming up to midnight twenty one moscow time next an in-depth look at the ongoing strife in the arab world and a few possible solutions may be too few sophie shevardnadze speaks to russia's main envoy to africa. here on out. it will.

be how my deal chairman of the foreign affairs committee of russia's federation calls an also presidential envoy to africa it's great to have you with us thank you for having me here so we'll start from the latest and leave me out of the country has been swept with violent protests and government crises you as an expert what is your version what's going on has nato led to lacasse failed in the country been to tripoli it was on the twenty first of december last year. i had the chance to meet with all the main players with the most awful drill even with the prime minister with the foreign minister with the oil and gas minister and i spent the whole day in tripoli and i still have a feeling that i was in a very fragmented city. three or four militias hating each other competing with each other sometimes shooting each other and it seems like the pieces of. political

puzzle the mob get together we see life get back to you know it has to take time and it has to take goodwill from all the sides which were involved in a very long lasting conflict which to my personal opinion was a real civil war and in some areas of libya this civil war is not over in the south there is the whole desert area as an area of well to the certain extent no man's land it's out of control of. new governmental forces it's says zone of tribes it's a zone all of controlled arms trafficking so i think that the difficult time for libya will last for quite a significant period of time if need be a political elite is not ready to sit at the round table that's actually which russia was proposing last summer which african union was proposing last summer which president of south africa jacob zuma will be proposing on the twenty ninth and thirtieth of january in

a disability that the african union summit african union summit to my mind may play a very positive role in putting that roundtable in the center of tripoli or any other libyan city in order to inspire the process of national reconciliation that's all political talk shows if you look at the last five of an ordinary libyan guy was he better off before or now before the ordinary libyan guy it's very difficult to say because there are ordinary libyan guys and big guys the ordinary libyan guys in tripoli and ordinary libyan guys and desert living with their tribes and these are very different ways of living some people when you talk to them and dream about the so-called dubai scenario they want to see libya as a mediterranean resort with a five star hotels because you know isn't all that stuff. but some people love thinking about the purity and islamic identity there are so many competing different points of view you can probably see today that you can find in libya even

within one family total unanimity of views what are the chances that his son safe our islam will actually get a fair trial a lot will depend on that that would show the new face of libya actually i think that new libyan government and the new libyan judicial system should show that it really share is the values of human rights rule of law and democracy in the new libya and that was my message when i was talking to most of the juliette in tripoli on the twenty first of december i also asked him about the initiative of the i.c.c. in hague to bring the case of a system nation of warmer khadafi to international criminal court actually his response was a very reserved and after that they said that it's very important to show to the international community that. does not have anything in common with the previous regime let's talk about syria now that's been top place for a while now what makes syria different from other countries that have been subject

to the. arab spring and at this point how big is a site's support base because we don't hear much about that syria is different because syria is a cornerstone for political settlement in the middle east and the geo strategic role of syria is sorry to say that and but don't want to insult anybody but it's more important than more crucial than geostrategic role for the international stability of many other countries were covered by so-called arab spring that's why dealing with syrian peace we have to play political chess but not american football can i ask you about the arab league i mean isn't it are they in a position to actually make demands. yes i sat ship stepdown isn't their role really mediate rather than look i demand anything like that but i think that their role is to mediate that's what the secretary general is saying and that's what he's

proposing though to mediate to build bridges what is important to mention here is that we are protecting syria but not the syrian regime we are protecting syria as the country we are protecting syria as a nation we want to help syrian people and syria as a country so you bring up a very important point because at this point if you look at it from the outside it does look like a full fledged war that's been going on for a while do you think a regime change in syria in order to protect the syrian people it's reasonable i seriously think that today the syrian political elite has to understand that the civil war will not lead to any political solution it will produce more blood from both sides it will produce more hatred and it will make national reconciliation more and more difficult i think that i was here in friends from all the camps involved in this fight should look at iraq

a scenario should look at the libyan example should look at other sad example spenders along with world of us have examples in africa we seriously think of that the civil war can all be a political solution how much thank you very much thank you so much indeed. easiest nature and discover its beauty. the bees. communicate with the wild and learn the. test yourself and become free. to. see what nature can give you.

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