libya's pro-government forces continue the seizure of bani walid the last bastion of colonel gadhafi supporters as the country marks one year since his regime fell. for in focus presidential rivals mitt romney talks syria iran and other flashpoints in the u.s. geopolitics. in this debate seen by many as 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. and security is heightened in lebanon following on around sparked by the death of a top intelligence chief putting the country on the brink of sectarian conflict. hello and welcome to our t.v. for the latest news from around the world with me. well libyan government linked militias are stepping up their assault on the country's opposition stronghold bani walid as the country marks exactly a year since the regime of moammar gadhafi officially collapsed the ongoing siege has already sparked mass protests throughout the bia archies arena goal has more and the word of warning you may find some of the scenes we're about to show you to start. people are talking about the shortage of labor food and medical supplies the footage fed by the really shows just what kind of carnage we're dealing with

children young people old people women to maim and dead their arms their limbs torn off half of their faces blown off a lot of these images had to be edited out of the gruesome nature of course you 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 here on after his demise let's have a look at how today's libya is different from libya after moammar gadhafi because it was accused. of his opponents of using chemical weapons against those who disagreed with his regime during the time of the standoff 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 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 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. now a year on after it does seem like none of the 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 john resave political activist from the stop the war coalition says it's the western backed 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 no 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 enormous term stable we know that they were able to get the weapons out of the militias hands we know that the government isn't in control of the capital they're worried about the whole country so i think this shows that the west intervention is simply more arms into the country made it ungovernable after they left solving syria and iran while maintaining u.s. military dominance proc obama and mitt romney locked heads in their final pre-election debate the incumbent president pitted his foreign policy record against the republican candidates lack of one as the challenger tried hard to stay on the offensive but failed according to the polls artist can educate and watch 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 big ring 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 a vase of response to the same question suggested that he doesn't want to go there either and he said i don't want to get into a hypothetical so then on of ganesh then governor romney showed himself as an added we could of the president's policies there he said that he thinks the surge was successful and 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 rid of outside and make sure that the next government is syria is

friendly to the united states they both agreed although they did 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 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 stuff and we have to do so making absolutely certain that we know who we are helping the 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 iran syria is an opportunity for us 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 and the marshes 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 suggested many times resolving the issue by building the shale 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 the liked it 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 latitude they should still stands. to horse debates are stealing the show leaving

third party presidential candidates sidelined and barred from taking part on equal terms but are teams helping turn the tables by offering the alternative names on the ballot a platform for discussion you can watch that debate live on air in america or on our website on tuesday. 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 on our team like over twenty third. and still ahead in the program i highly combustible state lebannon increases its security and its main cities fairing sectarian divisions sparked by the death of a top intelligence official could start

a full scale conflict. to. the ignition. the next international space station crew blasts off we report from the launch site just after this short break. if you're passing through rushes to be a region you really can't call the. thousands of kilometers of unspoilt countryside make up an area where it's still possible to live off the learned such spectacular scenery makes it a paradise for fishermen and provides a business opportunity for hunches. there are defined hunting seasons in russia but lax enforcement means many animals are killed out of the allotted times which can leave young animals orphaned and unable to survive the heart of just us forest provides a sanctuary for the most famous beast in russia it's home to

a group who rescue often bear cubs and raise them when they're old enough to fend for themselves the cubs a target taken to a remote location and released back into the wild but it's not just bears who find a haven here this is wolf island here wolf pups who've been captured by hunters or bought from zoos have a second chance at life and conservationists have a unique opportunity to observe them these walls are all around four months old and they'll stay in this area for up to three years then most will go back to the wild for good just viewing them from the car was an experience in itself but then after a bit of a bumpy ride came an opportunity i just couldn't pass up and this is where i was hoping for when i heard i was coming to a place called. a chance to get up close and personal with the locals and it's these guys going to act as pasta parents for the next generation will come here using the older walls as surrogate parents has already proved

a successful technique. every year i place infant wolves with one year old wolf cubs whose parental instinct is totally shaped and they take them as their own cubs it's going to continue to take time and money to rehabilitate the wolf's reputation in russia. but the keepers here hope their research and dedication will mean the file and remains a place where visitors can truly understand the call of the wild. back to the program with me and karen tara buddies has caught the real credit ratings of catalonia and four other spanish regions to below investment grade as comes as the spanish parliament begins debating two thousand and thirteen budget spending cuts measures which have already caused thousands to hit the streets in protest

throughout the year make their sound they're all from ray juan carlos university says the political instability makes the future of spain unpredictable the problem is that those cuts are not going to be discussed in the parliament given the absolute majority of the popular party. which is in government now. in the main opposition party that this story is facing a huge crisis center not a crisis so there may be minority parties will have enough more used to gather to support of the people in the street and of course of the main city will be developing by their own dynamics i suppose depending on how many people there are of the attitude. in the wheel is that you know why your listeners three violence would have been maybe that is not the invasion. of the authorities it was proven in the previous when you just a surely bullies when they first went dark the protesters. in lebanon security

forces in full combat gear and armored vehicles are patrolling the capital beirut to force gunmen off the streets clashes continued into tuesday in the country's northern city of tripoli as well where eight people have been killed the unrest was sparked by the killing of a top lebanese intelligence chief last week artie's policy of 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 armed 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 former lebanese prime minister rafiq hariri these two forces have been coming to the fore and we see that happening again now over the assassination back confines 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 involved in this attack on friday you also need to remember that on sunday there was a suicide bombing in damascus itself that lift some thirteen people killed so what we're hearing is more voices saying that this attempt of blaming syria is merely a detraction from who the real culprits are and it is an attempt at essentially just provoking the situation people saying that not since for three kerry was assassinated more than seven years ago has there been such real concern on the

ground here in lebanon that there could be a mother civil war so certainly the mood here is incredibly tense. r.t. dot com right now alex in exile court says the two jailed pussy riot members to serve sentences in remote correctional facility. turkey slams the regime in neighboring syria for being oppressive towards basic. i know but do you think your sell a tank out of the jails more journalists than any nation on earth. and introducing tyler the activist collective anonymous are set to launch their answer to wiki leaks and are giving it thank you many names find out more about the project and hearty dot com. the u.k. is doubling its strong fleet in afghanistan to ten multimillion dollar unmanned and armed aircraft this comes even as london says it's preparing to leave the war zone ahead of the two thousand and fourteen nato withdrawal deadline middle east expert

tariq ali says drone warfare is a hypocritical crime i think it's an emergency measure. they want to have the capability to blast people they don't like whenever they want to without loosing leipsic their own soldiers oh this is always been very a priority they can always find money for weapons for wars but they insist on austerity measures reducing so the result of all workers some the less well off and going down social expenditure innocent lives are lost women are intruder. and they create more havoc then before so or the result is really very gun to productive and they build up a crude in these regions you know on the one hand you have western countries saying terrorism is a threat and on the other hand they launch drone cero on innocents in different parts of the world in africa and now as we're seeing in so clearly sharon tomorrow

who knows where it so but what it does is keep the war feet were going and then people want to react in individual groups of terrorists who want to do it but countries that are doing this so big on pretend that they don't know this is going to be the result it's well attested. bomb attack at a police checkpoint on the border between russia's republics of north the setia. has killed one policeman and wounded four others the blast occurred when police stopped a car travelling from english for inspection the checkpoint was demolished by the explosion the interior minister of russia's republic of north the city of visited the scene where an investigation is now underway. under some other world news in brief for you this hour in iraq police say separate attacks on shia in shia neighborhoods in baghdad have killed eight people and wounded twenty four others the first deaths came after three parked cars exploded in the northwest of the city

later two mortar rounds were fired in the northern district violence is down in iraq since the height of the insurgency seven years ago but sectarian violence is still coleman and al-qaeda linked sunni militant group calling itself the islamic state of iraq often targets shiites. police arrested fifty activists after clashes with protesters and panama's port city of cologne the government of panama sense troops to the caribbean city to disperse the crowd with tear gas and rubber bullets violence erupted over legislation which allows the sale of lands in a duty free zone to private companies but demonstrators believing the city's jobs and revenues will suffer. at least twenty six people were arrested after a violent demonstration outside kosovo government assembly building in the capital this after the prime ministers of serbia and kosovo held a historic first meeting on saturday brokered by the e.u.

which demonstrators say undermined kosovo status a breakaway region declared independence from serbia in two thousand and eight following bitter conflicts during the breakup of yugoslavia. a new three man crew is speeding its way to the international space station they say you spacecraft is heading for orbit after a successful lift off from the baikonur cosmodrome our correspondent lucy coffin of witness the launch from the middle of the kazakhstan desert and i think a lot of money. there you go exploring it up and blam thing off. well. absolutely incredible. thing if. you're me. just trying to slip really feeling your pain

in your blood everywhere my eyes in fact are tearing up it is an absolutely amazing sight to behold the ground my heart is beating quite quickly but us are off into space and hopefully into orbit and quite so united on two days in fact they should be if all goes well reaching the highest that's where they'll be spending the next six months of their lives it's been a really incredible few days of preparation for this mission we got to launch the rocket that rolled out of the train tracks in the early hours of the morning really incredible to see this nonsense piece of machinery up close in person to really understand what decades of hard work and scientific research has been able to accomplish in sending a human being off into space something that i can certainly say it's a wonderful to watch from afar but i would certainly be a bit terrified of being inside that machine for these men are not they've been training for years for this moment. all right dimitri joins us from the business

desk with russ knapp following up the piece we have a new richest russian person who could that be to enter and that would be the former well actually right now he's still a shareholder in t. n.k.v.d. vic sort of x. about he becomes number one with the round seventeen billion dollars of wealth he's replaced under shadow spano and that's as a role snafus basically agreed to by up t m k v p in its entirety now russia's largest oil company c. and k.b.p.s. been coned by b.p. and its russian partners. now the end of the day b.p. will get twelve billion. dollars in cash and twenty percent just a little bit less than that in rosneft stock for half of the fee the other half will be bought from. for twenty eight billion dollars providing around one the half billion dollars to the main shareholders like victor vaxevanis is the man. all right let's now take a look at what's happening on the markets ross dept is feeling a bit better than the rest of the markets down just point one percent while as you

can see both the artist my six are declining one half percent this is on the back of lower oil prices they're now declining to around eighty seven dollars per barrel for brant to work for light sweet crude now over on the currencies market we are seeing the russian ruble continuing its decline losing another half a percent versus the dollar and that's as banks are getting ready to basically fetch this whole sum of forty billion dollars that ross staff will be needing in alone to make this huge purchase and in the year we are seeing the footsie of the dax declining within one percent and basically all around declines of following asian markets in their footsteps and not much to say actually volumes are pretty low today. all right around half a billion dollars has been arrested in accounts of the former c.e.o.

of russia's fifth largest lender the bank of moscow now underway but i dean and his colleagues are accused of embezzling billions of rubles from the moscow city budget as artie's nick pool reports. a little for you seems to be catching up with all that i bought it in the form of c.e.o. by moscow and is that he dimitri achoo leaning over four hundred million dollars worth of assets have been frozen in origins accounts in switzerland belgium and luxembourg the sums involved are almost exactly what is alleged to have been foreign is stolen from the city holds budget during a series of property deals with relating the bats rina the former mayor of moscow is why i voted in the lead in a believed to be in london at the moment earlier in may they applied for political asylum but this was the noise both of them wanted by interpol. all right now around fifty five minutes time my colleague not

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working stacy herbert. x. kaiser from that list is sounds like it's not but you know who the tough love is for cameron it's time to mug oh goody david cameron will distance hug a hoody 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 walk around 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 you choke off from the source the evil elements that are corrupting society you say there's at the head of the river of corruption is for the four horses of the paper apocalypse barclays h.s.b.c. lloyds and royal bank of scotland those are the four horsemen of the paper apocalypse david cameron they're coming to town and you're there in your shabby burberry outfit by the wayside by the roadside going yo yo i'm david cameron only you know what you need to get serious my man bro if you understand that you know just forget about the plugs worry about the.