the cum burns from electric shocks and cigarettes heavy bruising and renal failure all this evidence of the continued torture of prisoners say the doctors and now after two inmates died from the beatings the international group has stopped its mission in protest. patients were brought to us in the middle of interrogation for medical care in order to make them fit for further interrogation this is an acceptable our rule is to provide medical care to war casualties and sick detainees not to repeatedly treat the same patients between torture sessions the news comes amidst rising anger with libya's interim government demonstrations in benghazi last week ended with the resignation of a high ranking member of the m.t.c. in the former gadhafi stronghold of bani walid locals pushed out their traditional council forces claiming systematic abuse it started with the very beginning of the rebellion very beginning of the insurrection the second day of the rebellion on

eighteenth of february the african migrants were rounded up locked in a detention center and burnt to death and the n.p.c. expressed support for this time and this is part of the strategy of the west you know divide and rule and that was given the green light of the torture and execution that we're seeing now so this is a recipe for civil war meanwhile the nato operation that brought the m.t.c. to power is by itself raising questions. a high profile international team of human rights activists has been to leave here to investigate some of may two that it bears entity of where with that if you go in the friends and there were guiding the air raids and they addicting them and court have been raping them if you are mandated. approach to the view that. it is very

very accurate in a way that i myself saw the killing of so many people in front of my eyes i saw the killing go fifty one people in front of my eyes being abused was fifteen years old and while all sides and believe in conflict are to blame for violence and violations the human rights activists claim not all of them have been held responsible for their wrongdoing investigating what happened during libya's seven months civil war and the nato campaign to protect civilians this fact finding mission discovered again crimes against humanity but the goal was not to judge but to shed light on what happened and not to repeat the mistakes in recent united nations report has reviewed that up to eight thousand supporters have been held by militia groups in libya right now and with numerous occasions of torture and revenge killings throughout the country hopes of

a new beginning for libya are fading quickly reef an ocean or r.t. . will be as post gadhafi government the national transitional council has so far failed to bring peace and stability to the country later this hour here on our team peter develop his guest on cross talk to great why don't the losers who overthrew the colonel are reluctant to obey their new reader of. who the hell is the n.p.c. who are these people after all these months it's still very opaque who are they. well you know we we know that these are people who who who were privileged and under the old regime and who decided they could be more privileged under a western style regime i think you know this thing about wanting democracy when what is seen as it or you didn't hear it because there's just not do your own leaders where even finished i haven't said anything in your interrupting me.

saying there you have you said. which are simply are not true what my problem. my problem with the m.d.c. is that a lot of the. exiles that have come back and some of my actually lived in the suburbs of langley and that's my issue ok my issue is that these are western syria gets worse as a matter of fact one of the issues in libya's right now that when you talk to libyans they refer to the t.n.c. the transitional council as a government of foreigners and so i think you put your finger right on the rug these are not cronies of gadhafi as a matter of fact most of those people have been arranged out of the t.n.c. has brought in and i'm not even if you were going to. lose a number of them were exiles and so in a sense that is part of the problem and why they are not legitimate is because they really have no standing in the country at this point.

and more angry protests have broken out in poland after the government gave its support to an international anti-piracy treaty activists say the pact known as octal will tell them of online expression poland joined several other e.u. countries in a closed door signing ceremony in japan on thursday alexy ourselves has more. with censorship the end so i counter a few trade agreement known as act which poland signed on thursday has upset many internet users across the country in the small town of lupul in alone several thousand people hit the streets fearing the treaty would allow corporations to crackdown on the freedom of speech online the idea of funding. for publishing the. marriage material. is somehow illogical to me it's like punishing the corporation that produces knifes for. being used to kill somebody that will be used to our internet activity i believe that talking through

the internet email forums form of self-expression this was yet another rally in a whole string of protests held in poland since tuesday large crowds in several cities voiced their anger at the government for signing the document most of the country's government websites were hijacked by the anonymous group they had threatened to reveal sensitive information about the authorities should they go ahead with the act there are certain countries which are very interested. this is. this is job. and because they were strong businesses. for property loss and they want to enforce it all over the world but this doesn't mean that this is good for the people and this is why would we have this protest in poland because people feel oppressed by that essentially actor is about protecting

intellectual property from music and books to pharmaceuticals and clothes similar in form to the stalled u.s. bill so people that also sparked widespread protests however critics say actor was engineered in complete secrecy bypassing government procedures and the criminal punishment it allows alerted many any legit. 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 does something useful murder and genocide this is such an abuse of power. think it's 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. but. if you doubt this

will happen given that prime minister to six party holds a majority in the save the government says the agreement is not a threat to freedom but maintained the internet should not be a space of legal. but protesters say they will bring even more people to warsaw central square on friday to stop it becoming law in the space of just three days protests all have managed to gather tens of thousands of people and while there's a still little chance that this bill would not make it through parliament the rallies unlikely to die down lets you assess the r.t. reporting from poland. ten minutes past the hour still ahead for you the fiscal function of the year. the haves and have nots are gathered to sort out a global economy in need of repair we'll have more coming up. but first iran says it's considering cutting off oil supplies to europe preempting an embargo due to

come into force in july so runs lawmakers are set to debate the move already the subject of a draft bill on sunday but it comes after the e.u. imposed sanctions in an attempt to force it back to the negotiating table over its nuclear program iran's president mahmoud ahmadinejad says tehran is ready to return to talks by its opponents need to compromise inspectors from the u.n. atomic watch stocks are set to a. arrived in the iran later in the week. from the campaign against sanctions and military intervention and iran says the country is acting to protect its sovereignty. the grace period that the vision for six months for does go to take place may actually not be that graceful so iran is taking matters into his own hands and the other issue is that it shows the complex city of feeling in the midst of politics and the power that the iranian parliament holds and that is accountable to its people and it's not going to just sit back and watch what's going to happen to the national sovereignty of the wrong i mean it's not the most

ideal situation because iran has to find different customers where it's all about the same time iran is going to be to decrease is dependence on the petro dollar this is a very good thing in the long run this is actually going to lead to more independence for iran as a whole as a nation not just not just one part of the society which is investing in foreign businesses. while the u.s. and europe continue to hit iran with sanctions and strong rhetoric the suggestion of military action against the islamic republic leaves many americans cold aren't you going to actually you can as in the country's capital to gauge opinion. while the obama administration says war with iran is still on the table and washington hawks come up with even harsher statements we should brace iranian regime i think within a year the majority of americans may sense that their opposition to more wars which is reflected in all the recent polls is being ignored in washington residents of

charlottesville in virginia took the matter to their city council which passed the resolution calling on the federal government to end all its wars and avoid starting the new one with hugh grant the biggest threat right now is that we will get jackknifed into a war against iran which would be a disaster for the people of iran and for the. of charlottesville and the rest of our country david swanson is the co-author of the resolution adopted by the charlottesville city council. of popular will as always been against wars unless pushed in dragged by very manipulative propaganda and they have been trying those who want war on iran have been trying unsuccessfully for years to get the american people on board i went out on the street to see how many people i would meet who want the u.s. to attack iran. do you think the us should attack iran no no not at all the last

thing we should do though it's a terrible idea that one of the worst ideas i think i have heard a while yeah that would be horrible yeah because they're good guys but because. i think another war is just a horrific idea but look on the republican side you've got certain ones over there who want to get who just can't wait to get us in war it really doesn't look good at all do you think the u.s. should attack iran yes just one out of more than a dozen interviews and it's not just people on the street but many experts in the security field warn against starting a war with iran including the former acting director of the cia people keep saying that the military option this is still on the table i think it would be a very bad option but the latter one to use one of the big problems with iran is that if you get into a an open confrontation a military confrontation your risk a cycle of retaliation and response. with great difficulty seeing where the end point is the question one may ask is how does washington continue talking wars with

so many americans against them i have a hard time thinking of any example of any issue on which the conduct of our government in washington corresponds with majority opinion war is not some kind of exception the public is against bailouts for bankers the public is against subsidies for energy companies them. against wars the public is against just about every decision made on important issues in washington the fact of the matter is that majority of americans don't want the new wars on their plate poll showed they were opposed to u.s. involvement in libya as well but the government went about it anyway many says that the rift between what americans want and what leaders do in the name of the american people is getting larger i'm going to check our reporting from washington marty. well for more on all our stories you can head to our web site r t v dot com here's what's lined up for you today lunar long sought one republican presidential

candidate comes forward the proposal of making our satellite america's fifty first state plus. the animatronic dinosaurs who thrill and terrify visitors at the australian museum of natural history as it celebrates a milestone birthday following a recent renovation hundred fifty years since opening its doors this museum has seen all walks of life its all at archie dot com. the third day of the world economic forum is getting underway as the business elite prepare to tackle the global financial crisis an attempt to restore economic

confidence the future of china and eurasia is expected to dominate today's agenda along with other vital issues lauren lyster has the latest. well this is really been a floor and that has been captivated by the future of the eurozone crisis and today the schedule absolutely reflect that we'll hear from a number of high level european financial of fish. their souls on the future of the eurozone that outlook for the european union and we'll hear from the head of the e.c.b. mario drug you will hear from other financial officials and i'm sure a lot of people are looking to see what is going to come out of that also timothy geithner u.s. treasury secretary is going to be here to discuss priorities for the united states maybe the united states getting getting a lock a little bit easy for having its problems be at the forefront of the debate on on the global economy and developed economies only because of the situation that europe has and also here number of panels as you said with russian participants on the future of eurasia the global energy outlook and also the outlook for china

really pessimistic over tone and all of these economic needing even when it comes to china which is growing at a clip still nine percent the line on the agenda about that about china's outlook is why is there pessimism for an economy that's growing nine percent of that really kind of dictates the general pessimism about a lot that's going on in the global economy but we certainly will hear more of what officials think maybe trying to sell their talking points for their respective countries their organizations today there have been some debates on capitalism where we've seen inequality brought up but those are on the first day i should mention the occupy wall street in this case it's occupy davos is here they've been here all week and they're shut out although occupy has been mentioned on the agenda been mentioned by klaus schwab you don't see an invite for those occupy protesters their actions are still limited to outside the doors of the forum and also when i went and spoke with them earlier this week when the forum had started they said that no. or financial ministers or any of the billionaires here have been

to talk to them there so i don't really know how much the discussion reflects any of the concerns of people that are at the one percent in that form. when we get more on the business deals that are being conducted at the world economic forum stay tuned for our financial update coming in just a few minutes. it's official at total of five men will run in brussels march presidential election the country's electoral body has confirmed its sort list of candidates competing for the top post artist peter oliver has the details from moscow. to the central election commission of put the rubber stamp on the five names that will be running for the top job in russia on the fourth of march now those going for president will be glad to meet putin from the united russia party going to be sure gandolfo only communists to get middle of all of their russia vladimir zhirinovsky from the liberal democrats and the independent candidate billionaire because they're all good all four of those five do actually have their

current jobs in office to do they are well but to me a person is a prime minister the rest of the leaders of their respective political parties any help at all could all of this the the the only candidate who doesn't currently hold office sodomy prince but he must be going about his job as prime minister he was in siberia a few days ago in his hometown of st petersburg to day. not so much campaigning as they say is really going about that role of being the pm we have seen as amy how brutal the only candidate that doesn't currently hold office he's in siberia at the moment trying to show his face and press the flesh amongst those who perhaps maybe don't know who he is the. billionaire owner of the new york new jersey nets is he is somewhat of a familiar face in moscow and st petersburg he's going to to the the far east of this all of the far east of the siberia to try and show his face there to make sure you can jog support as for the other candidates we've seen that he should also be

from the lib dems and so to give it a little from a russian speaking in the duma just behind me to say they are the leaders of their respective parties the killing of support in their own way as is was a gun off from the communists so it is starting to slip into next year as we approach that election on the fourth of march. well one of the leaders of the international terrorist organization. has been killed in russia's north caucasus republic of chechnya during a counterterrorist operation he was also the head of the largest underground network in the republic known for carrying out multiple attacks across the north caucuses the man was responsible for an explosion at a local market in september twenty ten which killed nineteen people and injured hundreds the shootout between security forces and militants lasted several hours officials say two other gunmen were also killed in the exchange. will a new wave of violence has swept across syria after a massacre killed dozens in the restive city of homes activists say forces loyal to

president assad were responsible for a barrage of mortar fire and attacks that killed at least thirty people when a separate incident two hundred people were detained as security forces raided searching for weapons and suspects in the town of doma the u.n. security council is meeting in new york today to discuss the nation's ongoing crisis the senior russian diplomat says moscow will oppose the latest draft resolution which will call for president to step down more than five thousand people have been killed since the uprising began last march. some other stories from around the world twenty six people have been killed in a suicide car bomb attack in iraq fifty three others were wounded in the blast which occurred in a mainly she had neighborhood of baghdad more than two hundred people have been killed in similar attacks since the beginning of the year. the u.s. plans to cut one hundred thousand troops in its bid for

a smaller leaner military the restructuring comes as the pentagon prepares for hundreds of billions of dollars worth of cuts over the next ten years the government will continue to spend around eighty eight billion dollars a year on combat operations in afghanistan tensions in the country are still high as the taliban counters western troops often leading to civilian casualties. and to new york where details of a shipment containing sixteen kilos of cocaine seized last week at u.n. headquarters have just been released the package is marked with fake united nations an insignia was shipped from mexico through cincinnati an organization spokesman says neither the u.n. nor anyone located at the headquarters were the intended recipients officials believe it was the bungled attempts of drug traffickers trying to ship narcotics to do us business is next to see with kareena stay with us.

hello and welcome to our business update the software for joining me we go to our top story the devils economic forum is displaying signs of a split personality this year the likes of the i.m.f. david cameron and george soros warning of potential catastrophe while on the other side a number of heavyweight industrialists who think much of the rescue work has been done all the while there's an ongoing discussion about how to remodel capitalism to create a fairer world now to discuss how to form a spotting out i'm now joined by the top berman head over investment banking at troika dialogue hello to you sir thanks for joining the program so how would you describe the mood in davos regarding the next twelve months on the line between terrified and cautiously optimistic. we haven't seen anybody to serve for your davos it's been in. an opportunity for some of the world's leaders politically and commercially to come together and share some ideas about how to

resolve the crisis not only in europe but some of the other global problems that we face today having said that i think most people and i'm certainly i'm cautiously optimistic about a resolution of some of the issues that we're facing in europe today but i have not seen anybody who would display signs of terror i think this is been a great opportunity for dialogue and frankly for to push forward some of the solutions that are going to be important for europe over the next months but in general has the forum done anything to diffuse the idea of this economic meltdown in europe that we're talking about all the time. i think it's played an important part in you know the purpose of the forum and frankly the the reason people commit the time and effort to come here is really doing gauge in dialogue it's a really i think quite a unique opportunity for some of the leadership of across europe across the world in fact to come together and share ideas in an open and frankly very constructive way so i i think that a lot of the solutions that have been that we talked about over the last weeks and months this is been an opportunity to move those ideas forward and whether there

are concrete outcomes is probably less important than the fact that a lot of the leadership of the world has come here in order to actually focus on these issues and again i think it's a been a very very constructive dialogue now looking at your company right now we see that it is looking to expand beyond the us that can you tell us about those plans than and i mean who have been talking to at the forum about this. well if in fact the there are no concrete plans to expand beyond russia or the c.i.s. countries right now troika has just been acquired by spare bank we've just joined the leading financial services group in emerging europe we have an enormous amount to do just in our home market which is really russia and the c.i.s. countries so our focus first and foremost is going to be on our clients and our home market in the future there's certainly the potential to expand but that's not our immediate priority our immediate priority is to provide a first class banking service to our clients in russia and in the c.i.s. region but just just quickly if you are looking to the future what markets are of

most interest to you. well i think in terms of public markets the equity market is very interesting today rushes a market where i think valuations are very very low or house view it's worth the dialogue is that we could see the r.t.s. closing up over fifty percent this year and historically russia is traded very cheap relative to other major equity markets in the world so i think there's a very positive sentiment around russian equities today and i also think there's a tremendous opportunity more in the corporate side for some of russia's leading companies to look abroad assets are very cheap in particular in the euro zone today and i'd be very surprised if a lot of the leadership of russian companies still believe it is to expand their franchises outside of russia c.i.s. and into the euro zone ok berman head of investment banking and tracker dogs thank you very much for your time thanks for thanks very much thank you very much for. and let's have a look at the markets crude is heading for a weekly gain in three on signs of economic recovery in the u.s.

the international monetary fund though warns of a twenty to thirty percent oil price spike if iranian exports are disrupted brant blend is trading at over one hundred and eleven dollars but value is above one hundred dollars a barrel here being stock markets a mix this hour u.k. stocks head lower with heavyweight barclays following the european sector south on worries over the sovereign debt crisis mining stocks are also lower as precious and base metal pressed prices fell shares of rio tinto is losing over one percent here in russia markets are trading flat struggling for direction and the r.t.s. is pointing downwards while the mars six is up just enough not to let's check out the biggest movers on the rise experiment is higher helped by news about its products ization energy majors are losing ground despite strong or price gazprom is down and the mackay continues to slump metal giant has increased production by seven percent in two thousand and eleven. and currencies the ruble is lower to the dollar and made weakening global demand for risk and some profits. taking the head

of the weekend the russian currency is also losing ground to the euro this hour and the dollar has dropped against the. sell the business news i'll be back about fifteen minutes with more health. we'll do the. this month by particles that make up the fabric of the universe find

what you're looking for in the deep siberian forest prevent a fire with the help of lasers in fibers pull out your tablet of a new gaming religion and let the teacher begin all of that here in novosibirsk technology on day just here on r.g.p. we've got the future covered. the line from moscow words three thirty pm the headlines shocking revelations in an already troubled post gadhafi libya as human rights groups accuse the military of torturing detainees to death a mystery international is ringing the alarm and doctors without borders has already pulled out of the city of misrata in protest at the atrocities.

poland witnessed this further protest against the government's signing of an international anti-piracy pact designed to enforce intellectual property rights activists on the streets a view agreement known as our bill in french on their internet freedom and lead to online censorship. laws to rein iran considers banning oil sales to europe preemptively eaves decision to stop importing oil from the country in july but as war rhetoric against tehran as collates in the last ordinary americans voice their opposition to any possible military confrontation. now peter the value of his cross talk gas debate what's in store for the new libya that's next.