i. believe it is pro-government forces continue the siege of bani walid the last bastion of colonel gadhafi supporters of the country marks one year since his regime fell. for in focus presidential rivals barack obama and the trouble you took syria iran and other flashpoints and you are struck politics. in this debate seen by many years protocol in this election governor romney and president obama were on the same page on pretty much everything all be back in just a few moments with more. securities heightened in lebanon appalling and worse sponsored by the death of a top intelligence tree to see the country on the brink of sectarian conflict.

international news live from moscow this is r.t. with me our thanks for joining us live in government telling to militias or stepping up the sort of the country's opposition stronghold of bani walid the people under siege say the blockade at cities being pummeled with gas filled bombs and just a word of warning for you find the scenes we are about to show you disturbing the six were made from vital supplies the violence has sparked mass protests libya with people demanding and thence to the sea all this comes exactly a year since the regime of moammar gadhafi officially collapsed. in our ports. he was accused of numerous human rights violations and crimes against humanity he was painted as a ruthless and bloody dictator. who would stop at nothing even at the cost of human

life of his own people if you're wrong after his demise let's have a look at how today's libya is different from the libya of moammar gadhafi because he was accused of mass executions of his opponents of using chemical weapons against those who disagreed with his regime during the time of houston with the rebels in libya he was accused of purposefully cutting off food and humanitarian aid and water supply from citizens from residents of towns and villages which were in the midst of intense fighting let's take a look now as to the democratically elected government of the western media likes to portray it to mean rights watch has said that they have followed conclusive proof of gadhafi associates being massively executed a by the rebels or by the militias affiliated with the new government the results of the alleged use of toxic gas against people holed up in the town of bani walid

are staying with body while we do have to remember that this is the town which has been under siege from pro-government forces for more than two and a half weeks now people are talking about the shortage of labor food and medical supplies in the footage fred body really shows just what kind of carnage we're dealing with children young people old people women have maintained their arms their limbs torn off half of their faces blown off with a lot of these images had to be edited out of the gruesome nature now a year on after gadhafi it does seem like none of this stability or freedom or justice or peace that was talked about are actually in place in libya and that the country remains an abode of chaos. and jury separate x. rays from the stop the war coalition says it's the western banks intervention in libya that's to blame for the lack of any kind of stability we're beginning to see

the fall fruits of the western intervention in libya for over a year ago when the tide recedes when the west's arms are no longer being used you can see that there's a continuation of a civil war that was. happening before. we know that the situation is enormously unstable we know they were able to get the weapons out of the militias hands we know that the government is in control of the capital very quiet about the whole country so i think this shows that the worst interventions to come more arms into the country made it ungovernable after they left. so having syria and iran while maintaining the u.s. military dominance barack obama and me try a new look has in their final pre-election debate the incumbent president pitted his foreign policy record against the republican kind of slack

a one as the challenger tried hard to stay on their fancy but failed according to paul's now he's going to trick and watch the proceedings from washington. this debate showed that the candidates agree on a lot of things on some issues they were almost in sync with one another even using the same words it seemed the occasional bickering that happened between them was more for the sake of the debate rather than about real differences in the policies that they propose on iran for example they couldn't agree more with each other they were absolutely on the same page with regards to putting sanctions on iran with regards to backing israel they were saying exactly the same things but president obama did say something interesting he said he's against the premature military action against iran governor romney's a vase of response to the same question suggested that he doesn't want to go there either he said i don't want to get into a hypothetical so then on of get is that governor romney showed himself as an added we could of the president's policies there he said that he thinks the surge was successful that as the president of the united states he too would bring the troops

home in twenty fourteen something that president obama says he's going to do on syria though they both agree that the u.s. should get outside and make sure that the next government in syria is friendly to the united states they both agreed although they didn't disagree on whether or not the u.s. should give heavy weapons to the rebels in syria that's what governor romney suggested whereas president obama at least seems to recognize the complexity of the situation on the ground take a listen for us to get more entanglement militarily in syria is a serious step and we have to do so making absolutely certain that we know who we are helping that we're not putting arms in the hands of folks who eventually could turn them against us or our allies in the region to a more general point governor romney kept using the word opportunity when talking about the revolutions in the middle east and north africa when talking about syria and it's very telling of the foreign policy that he's suggesting is very

opportunistic with regards to syria he basically said that the u.s. should take advantage of the crisis in syria to deliver a defeat to syria's of. because syria plays an important role in the middle east particular right now syria is iran's only ally in the arab world it's their route to the sea it's the route for them to arm hezbollah in lebanon which threatens of course our ally israel and so seeing syria remove assad is a very high priority for us the candidates did mention russia on a few occasions although there was no specific question about russia of course that hot mike moment came up the one between president obama versus this spring when the u.s. president suggested that he would be more flexible to discuss america's missile defense plans in europe after the election and for that remark the president has come under an avalanche of criticism in washington criticism that came down to this basically how dare you be flexible with the russians or want to talk to them about security issues and governor romney during this debate has made

a similar point of clear eyes on this i'm not going to wear rose colored glasses when it comes to russia or mr putin and i'm certainly not going to say to him i'll give you more flexibility you have to election actually election you'll get more backbone the missile defense shield in europe is a longstanding sore point in the relations between the two countries moscow has suggested many times resolving the issue by building the shill together but to no avail the only response russia has been getting from this administration was don't worry it's not against you but then they listen to candidate romney who calls russia an enemy and virtually every statement on russia that candidate romney has made so far has actually played into the concerns that moscow has with regards to this schildt because russia then says ok president obama we believe you but what if maybe not this year but four years from now so along with the mindset of governor romney is elected president how is he or she going to use those military bases so close to the washroom borders because that shield is not a four year project it's

a long running thing and despite this administration's more forthcoming official law to tud the issue still stands. so two holes debates are stealing the show leaving third party presidential candidates sidelined and barred from taking part on equal turns but he's helping turn the tables by offering their alternative names on the ballot a platform for discussion and you can watch the debate live on a in america on our website les sound cheese day. this presidential election is not just about obama and romney there are also third party candidates on the ticket and they will influence its outcome see a debate among this nation's major third party candidates right here r t i over twenty third.

in lebanon security forces in full combat gear and armored vehicles have been patrolling the capital beirut to force gunmen off the streets then west was spawned by last weekend's clashes between police and protesters over the killing of a top lebanese security chief at least seven people have been killed and dozens wounded in battles on reports. there were sporadic clashes in the northern lebanese city of tripoli this between two neighborhoods one that supports the syrian president bashar assad and another that supports the opposition and the other day and continuing until now we have seen on gunmen from both sides patrolling the streets and this has stoked fears of an increase in sectarian tensions events in syria have brought to the fore the sectarian lines that lebanese suffer from its border to the for both their allegiances and tensions you have essentially the march eighth bloc that is led by hizbullah that supports the syrian

president bashar assad backing it out with the march the fourteenth movement that is seen as western backed it's also a movement that supports the syrian opposition ever since the assassination in two thousand and five of the formalisms prime minister rafik hariri these two forces have been coming to the fore and we see that happening again now over the assassination back on friday of this high ranking lebanese intelligence officer but what people tend to forget is that it is not in syria's interest to have been of involved in this attack on friday you also need to remember that on sunday there was a suicide bombing in damascus itself that left some thirteen people killed so what we're hearing is more more voices saying that this attempt of blaming syria is merely at the traction from who the real culprits are and it is an attempt and essentially just provoking the situation people saying that not since we're figuring he was assassinated more than seven years ago has there been such real concern on the ground here in lebanon that they could be

a mother civil war so certainly the mood here is incredibly tense. but on the international space station. gracefully. it is a way of life traditionally the people are. herders though in many ways they. are also highly skilled and organized. depending. on the day we found this particular camp they were settled near the

coast of the sea here four families work together to manage nearly a thousand reindeer herding reindeer. people. and way of life and they say that they can use almost every single part of the reindeer to help them survive. a deer is a means of transportation. with. the life in the tundra is harsh and so before winter hits many of the children are helicoptered to the center of the. boarding school. students learn different languages utilize modern technologies through specialized grant programs and even learn arts skills all within a protected the school was founded. a scientist who wanted

a better way of life for his people but even with the most progressive ideas in education many say they don't want to trade them. modern life. i have returned to the tundra and i actually like it here if you're outside there's fresh air fresh water looks at the site you can see deer it's a joyful sight. a sentiment that hopefully ensures that russia's northern reindeer will have caretakers for generations to come. to the. original solar power this month the moon is the center of our universe the tides are forever while the sun's rays can be fickle innovative construction methods life costs as well as environmental damage the brand new turbines boost

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a city to disperse the crowd with tear gas and rubber bullets violence erupted over legislation which allows the sale of land in a jew free zone to point to companies with demonstrators believing the state is drums and revenues will suffer. the u.k. is set to double the size of its foreign cities have got to stand by a patch saying five o'clock for combat and surveillance the government hasn't an hour. yes whether the aircraft will remain there after twenty one native. returned claims its drones have only killed four civilians since two thousand and eight but admits it has no way to prove it so the u.k. bureau of investigative journalism says however major grown. major drone strikes have actually killed hundreds. at least one to six people were arrested after a violent demonstration outside kosovo's government assembly building in the capital this after their prime ministers of serbia and kosovo held a historic first meeting on saturday brokered by the e.u. with demonstrators say undermined kosovo state as

a region declared independence from serbia into thousand date following bitter conflicts during the break up of yugoslavia. now a live online blog from hundreds of kilometers about thirty two goldfish in orbit just some of the features of the next shift at the international space station in just a few hours the new crew blastoff on a shiny new soyuz craft and with final preparations underway lisa casanova had a chance to meet those strapping in for the ride. they're arrived in baikonur like the rest of us an ordinary airplane landing on the tarmac but their departure is the kind that many only dream about. blasting off into the heavens for mission control it's now a routine trip but for these men it's their first mission to the international space station and their debut journey aboard a soyuz rocket. a day before liftoff russian cosmonauts levinsky is going to tell

real can and us astronaut kevin ford met the press. each of us has piloted an airplane we've only sent rockets down now will have to fly up into space inside i'm not feeling i think is when we simply won't forget to be at the top of this giant missile construction and beneath you is so much power that even thinking about it is a bit terrifying. it's a fear their families know all too well this is not. of course it's worrying we're nervous after all this is their first flight to space. there's no question i think that every man must have a purpose for which is tribes and one here choose this girl who finds happiness but in reality i think amounts to happen as they explain when he chooses goal and has close ones waiting for him at home. but for now in space three colleagues already on the await their arrival now says decommissioning of its space shuttles leave

russia soviet designed so use craft as the only means for international astronauts to reach the space station and for the countries involved it's a world away from the bitter space rivalry of old we work together we're starting to learn the best of both ways so again by cooperation were achieving something that's better than any one of us could do individually. it will take about two days for the soyuz rocket to reach the station where the team will live and work for the next six months their first week will be a busy one i don't think of. every week. we will last long tasks include a space walk to repair station equipment as well as returning the world's first commercial cargo space ship back to earth but intense training has prepared them for the tasks ahead getting that rocket off into space may be an act of precise science but here in baikonur tradition and faith play a role to a tree planting ceremony is one of the many soyuz crew traditions each crew member

also signs a wall here in baikonur space museum meanwhile in accordance with local custom a russian orthodox priest has blessed the rocket and the media. were both up in the heavens and here on earth the space program is one of the few things that brings countries together at a time of global unrest for backup crew astronaut chris cassidy that's exactly how it should be when you're up on the space station you look down on the plane and you see the beautiful browning clouds but no borders there and i think that's the most indicative of how the space program has. lucy catherine of r.t. baikonur. and just don't miss our look into the future of space tourism of one of the industry's piny is. friends and relatives of the one hundred people who died during the terrorist attack on a moscow theater are remembering their loved ones tuesday makes the tenth

anniversary of the north sea a group of armed militants seized a moscow theater during a performance of north all star russia's first homemade big budget musical over nine hundred people were taken hostage around a hundred of them children of terrorists and mines the entrances to the complex and demanded the removal of federal troops from russia's southern chechen republic police sealed off the theater and began three days of negotiations on october the twenty six russian special forces bombed the gas into the building and storms the theater killing all the militants and freeing the people but many hostages died later due to exhaustion dehydration and a lack of oxygen and for more russia's supplies during the north also hostage crisis more child documentary on the event at nine thirty am g.m.t. here. right now dmitry is here next with the business news and to be true russia's ruble continues to drop after falling to two weeks alone why is this happening well this is happening because russian banks apparently are realize

that they will soon need a lot of money and a lot of money in dollars specially given that we've got this huge deal of rosneft . which is worth sixty billion dollars and for two years there will need to drag as the syndicated low fifteen bags and this is why we are seeing the ruble as you can see there continuing to drop over together over two sessions it now has dropped around one percent all coming back to the deal russia's third largest oil company. has been co owned by b.p. and its russian partners at the end of the day b.p. will get twelve billion dollars in cash and twenty percent in stock for half of the other half of the company will be bought from the russian partners a lot for twenty eight billion dollars. now following the signing of this deal russia's government has come under criticism basically for gaining even more

control as a result in the oil and gas sector but that legend from cap disagrees with that statement first of all even in this particular transaction the rules nafta is selling about five point seven percent stake i think the government has committed and reconfirm the recently its plans for a further privatizations in the in the economy including oil and gas so i think this is an intermediate step. and created aimed at adding value to the assets that will be potentially sold off so i don't exclude privatizations in the future and i think overall trend should not be. materially changed from after this deal actually . all right well let's take a look at what's happening on the markets this. beginning two and a half percent in the previous session is now dropping but if we look at what's happening in europe we're seeing a. positive movement just at the opening these are basically the first minutes of

trade you're seeing that has come back to the russian markets as i said was never right now is declining point four percent which is very much in line with the markets which are dropping out yes my stopping within half a percent on the lower oil prices would just come which have come below ninety dollars per barrel in the previous session and now if we take a look at asia there the session is says been pretty flat and quiet with the nikkei gaining right now with just north as you can see there on the back of a weaker yen and that means stronger action. and that's all we have time for this hour stay for more insight into what's driving the world economic headlines with max comes.

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what will change when america picks its president amid muslim rage working the iran pushing china and russia as occupy anger spreads the two parties still dictate their future to a selection of close guy. on our team beginning of july twenty second. north of last terrorist attack. next hostages blunders into their lives and after the tragedy. still gives try to cross over the past. because their future.

backstabs are welcome to the kaiser report and most another black day for the banking industry oh wait i say day i meant decade bank stores have been very busy crashing global markets defrauding investors miss about is an taxpayer is ripping off the elderly reading global interest rates overthrowing governments and sponging off the taxpayer. these ever get the sense that soft love for bank stars just isn't working stacy herbert. max kaiser from that list sounds like it's not but you know who the tough love this for cameron it's time to mug oh could be david cameron will distance hug a hoodie image on law and order tomorrow and promised to seek retribution against

law breakers he mentioned nothing about the pinstripe wearing a hoodie right he said that red retribution is not a dirty word says david cameron referring to those who he sees in society as being lawbreakers and yobs and yet the city of london the sponsors david cameron is rife with yobs he is in fact king of the obs david cameron he should be aware he's king of the chads and king of the he should be wearing one of those burberry caps backwards and what the right number ten downing street of cordingley because he's a gangster bangsar supporter he says retribution is not a dirty word but he's lying there because he is the one that tells us it's time to stop bashing banks toure's yeah well i think it's time to dig in and bass some banks are in a way where.