devastation reigns in colonel gadhafi is former stronghold as libyan pro-government forces keep up their assault but hundreds displaced and children are among the dead . obama paints romney as a novice who is not ready to be america's commander in chief but defines outright victory elusive in the final presidential t.v. showdown. in this debate seen by many as critic calling this election governor romney and president obama were on the same page on pretty much everything i'll be back in just a few moments with more. and four spanish regions are pounded by ratings giant

movies thousands prepare to march in madrid against more looming cuts. thank you for joining our team this tuesday with me. hungry thirsty and forced to flee their homes the people of bani walid in libya are seeing their hometown ripped apart by pro-government shelling women and children are among the dead as loyalist militias try to take the last stronghold of support for moammar gadhafi a year after his fall and ousting the city remains cut off from vital supplies and the violence has sparked mass protests throughout the bia with people demanding an end to the siege spoke to one man in italy whose family is in bani walid he asked us not to reveal his identity because he's afraid for their safety. i spoke with my

family on the last few days and they are telling me that this is. on the last few days they were scared because there were there weren't any safety on this is the road there so they went to the most kill with the other families from the women's and the little kids there were a woman. pregnant woman have a baby there and she's dead because the situation was that he. only has five. but the kind of of the. of the government was that the what happened in between ben wedeman stop but after that a few days i'm going to have came out and he said that it's a war it's a good war against the wall and he said must go inside the new lead in clean and but from who i really don't know this is billions are fallen down every

day but already do it on the count of weapons a little. bit with their craft machines a bullet on the head i don't know what happened els but the few there is a people says the woman right there. it's such a such a mess from the other side from the road of people in the news in the family as a human shelled right there. from on the situation in libya is an editor of tripoli based libya herald of michel cousins joining us live from tripoli thank you for joining us now it's exactly a year into libya supposedly new dawn but what is life like for people where you are today. well it's it's very normal in a way if you go downtown people are concerned about that he will lead the streets are packed traffic in the roads is horrendous you can't move around the seventy cars because it's eve is about to start in

a few days and people are out shopping for that and they're more concerned with that than they are about banding will lead i heard one of your colleagues say just now that there have been mass protests across libya to stop the fighting about and we need to be no protests in tripoli at all people are concerned really about bani walid what they are concerned about as i said is normal life a normal life carries on the streets are full of people the shops of food restaurant people going to restaurants new shops are opening all the time the thing that they are concerned about here at the moment is the lack of water there's been no water for five days now and it's in fact linked to the situation and by anybody because electricity was cut off nearby meanwhile we don't know why so the pumps in the great manmade river which is this artificial river that supplies tripoli and what has happened is the water is now cut off and this is far you know it's been

going for five days if you live five days without water that's that lot that makes life very very tough and people are complaining about that that is the issue for the people here in tripoli and not banning well let me as current leaders are clearly struggling to secure the country i mean armed militias still draw meant people are in fear how does this compare to pre-revolution libya that. well no no no. that's not true to say that people are in fear people are not in fear if people are in fear they wouldn't be going out they wouldn't be going out and even in the evening the streets of food people are going to cafes and the like people there isn't that fear there is a big security problem that is certainly true and people talk about it but there isn't fear but the problem with security if you have all these people with guns these young men with guns and they're in groups and until that issue is solved and there's been no real push to solve it by the by the present government we'll see

what the new government does because we know push to solve it so far that causes a crisis and this issue falls over into criminality so you get young people groups of people who then go out and either for the loot have a political objective or they think the police detective but more often they want money they are being cases of kidnappings an awful lot of carjackings and basic robbery but also what you must remember is that fifteen thousand people were let out of jail by gadhafi during the revolution and they were common criminals they are around at the moment they have guns too oh right well i guess people with guns certainly does not constitute fear michel cousins in tripoli thank you freelance journalist thank you for time. thank you. i came out fighting hand approach that's paid off in most polls but still president obama failed to deal his republican rival edge a sizable blow during their final pre-election face off obama took romney to task

over his inexperience in global matters as on foreign policy achievements but as an educator reports they weigh the candidates actually on the world stage isn't all that different. 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 you think against the premature military action against iran governor romney's a vase if 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 ghana's 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 in the read about saad and make sure that the next government in syria is friendly to the united states they both agreed although they did disagree on whether or not the u.s. should give them some 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 stuff 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 rend syria's an opportunity for us because syria plays an important role 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 vet of 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 avalanche of criticism in washington criticism that came down to this

basically how dare you be flexible with the russians i 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 him more flexibility have to election after election he'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 know 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 chilled is not a four year project it's a long running thing and despite. this administration's more forthcoming official latitude should still stands. but not all of the foreign policy debate was serious as it sounds take barack obama sarcastic retorts mitt romney discover on r.t. dot com how his remarks about horses and bayonets are galloping across the web. the debates between the two main contenders for the white house may be over but there's still plenty of fight left in the selection the so-called third party candidates outside the two main political forces were excluded from official televised debates but refused to stay silent and artie is helping them air their views alongside big picture host tom hartman.

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 over twenty third. spain's government is finding itself cornered from all sides. for. three. and a condition. international space station crew. from the launch site right after the break.

the stunning beauty of reindeer gracefully dancing across the arctic tundra more than just a scenic image it is a way of life for some traditionally the nets people are nomadic reindeer herders and though in many ways they lead a simple and rustic life they are also highly skilled and organized in their trade . another weekend preparing food and living around their need for a response to some religious depending. on the day we found this particular camp they were settled near the coast of the ta to see here for families work together to manage nearly a thousand reindeer herding reindeer is not just a job for the men it's people in fact they say it's a part of their entire culture heritage and way of life and back they say that they can use almost every single part of the reindeer to help them survive. it. there is a means of transportation. equipment and clothes and with the.

life in the tundra is harsh and so before winter hits many of the children are helicoptered to the center of the district for boarding school. students learn different languages utilize modern technologies through specialized grant programs and even learn arts skills all within a protected environment the school was founded to. a scientist who wanted a better way of life for his people but even with the most progressive ideas and education many say they don't want to trade the modern life. i have returned to the time 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.

back to our king with me karen terrill well another financial blow for spain as ratings giant moody's slashed the score of four of its regions including catalonia while to two notches that's as spain central bank says the country's economy keeps shrinking but speculation it might ask the e.u. for a lifeline the government is desperately searching for ways to keep spain afloat with more cuts debated in the parliament for the next year's budget thousands are expected to come out in protest against the plans in madrid with people angry over every mounting austerity political communications professor viktor sampedro says spain's political crisis means there is no real challenge to the policy of cuts. there girl is that those are not going to be discussed in the parliament given the

absolute majority of the popular party. which is the government now. in the main opposition party with the stories for you see huge crises and internal crises so many minority parties have enough to the city to take the industry to the course of events that you will be developing by their own thang nomics i suppose depending on how many people there are there are to toot . in the wheel is that you know by your news news three the unions would have been bad maybe that is not the invasion. of the authorities it was proving the previous when you just a surely the police when they first went dark the protesters there's a massive military presence and. city's in lebanon as the army tries to restore peace after days of unrest the violence was sparked by the killing of

a lebanese intelligence chief in beirut last week clashes continued into tuesday in the country's northern city of tripoli where eight people have died here's artie's falsely or. 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 it's both to the fore 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 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 finding 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 lift 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 at essentially just provoking the situation people saying that not since her figure really 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 turkey promotes itself as a regional leader and freedom but in fact it's imprisoned more journalists than

china or iran and american media watchdog exposes turkey as the world's leading jailer of reporters who criticize the government for covering that story online now . i mean exactly ten years on from the moscow theater siege that left one hundred thirty dead r.t. brings us firsthand accounts from survivors and hears from victims relatives you'll find it all at our two dot com. more of this hour's world news in brief for you now a series of deadly attacks have hit shiite areas of the iraqi capital for parked cars exploded northwest of baghdad killing seven people and leaving sixteen injured another attack struck a northern district where two mortar rounds are reported to have landed killing two and wounding several others it's not known who is behind the attacks but the iraqi capital shiite areas have previously been targeted by al qaida linked sunni militants. it plays out a hospital in southern taiwan has left twelve people dead and seventy others

injured patients died of smoke inhalation as the fire swept through a nursing home located all the second floor of the building most of the victims were bedridden and couldn't escape the fire emergency services quickly brought the blaze under control though the cause of the fire still unknown. the american tara has become the first head to visit the gaza strip since the islamist group hamas came to power there five years ago she come on to been coffee all tiny plans to launch a building project worth two hundred fifty four million dollars focusing on the reconstruction of destroyed palestinian territories qatar one of the richest countries in the persian gulf has recently become a major source of funding for the gaza strip following the deterioration of relations between hamas and syria. the u.k. is doubling its drone fleet enough gana stern to turn a multimillion dollar unmanned and armed aircraft that's even though 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 lives of their own so this isn't always being bad priority they can always find money for weapons or wars by thieves system austerity measures reducing salaries so for workers some the less well off and cutting down so should be expended trip innocent lives are lost women and children die and they create more havoc than before so all the result is really very come to productive and they build up a trade 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 terror on innocents in different

parts of the world in africa and now as we're seeing in south korea sharon tomorrow who knows where it so what it does is keep the war feet were going and then people want to react in india between groups of terrorists want to do it but countries that are doing this so they can pretend that they don't know this is going to be the result it's well attested and you three man crew is speeding its way to the international space station right now and say a spacecraft successfully blasted off from the baikonur cosmodrome in kazakhstan where artie's lisick off and off witness the launch might make a lot of money i think right there he does firing it out. and blasting off. what. in fact they should be. spending the next six months but they're alive but they're really incredible

preparation for this mission we got to watch the rocket rolled out of the train in the early hours of the morning really incredible to see this massive piece of machinery up close and personal not to really understand what decades of hard work and scientific research has been able to accomplish and finding a human being on think is something that i don't certainly think is so wonderful to watch from afar but i would certainly be a bit terrified of being inside that machine these men are not they've been training for years for the moment now it's impossible to tell what each man was thinking but it is absolutely certain the moment that neither of these men will ever forget and the condition. for me to. see. and it to us is next with the business for us after buying up b.p. is one of the biggest deals in the energy sector ever in our minority shareholders

benefiting from it well they still well and not just from the merged companies market value rosneft who plans to pay a quarter of its profits in dividends that's according to its head eager set and as for the dividends for t.n.t. these shareholders it's a different story more on that in just a minute and also said rosneft will work with the piano variety of new projects as partners versus the third largest oil company t n t v p has been cool owned by b.p. and this russian partners are at the end of this a v.p. will get twelve billion dollars in task and twenty percent in ross nast stock for half of t.n.t. b.p. ross now. will buy the other half of the company from a car for twenty eight billion dollars the deal will result in rosneft becoming the a largest publicly traded oil company in the world controlling about fifty percent of russia's oil exports but. from

a rand cap says this does not reverse the government's call for privatization. first of all even in this particular transaction it was enough to go. on the board five point seven percent i think the government has committed and reconfirmed the recently plans for. privatization is in the in the economy including oil and gas so i think this is an intermediate step. to create the aimed at the value that will be potentially sold off so i don't exclude privatizations in the future and the thing overall trend should not be. materially changed from after this deal actually i am staying with the energy sector russia's gas monopoly gazprom on tuesday has launched one of its biggest projects the bovine and of a field has proven gas reserves of five trillion cubic meters gazprom plans to emulate struck around one hundred forty million cubic meters of gas from the field

that's equal to its entire volume export into your cheer. and less now see what's happening on the markets first going to russia and the definitely not a pretty picture there pretty have to be losses of more than two percent for the r.t.s. . b.p. is certainly under a lot of pressure losing about seventeen percent this hour and that's after shareholders were told that they won't get any dividends once the company companies merged into ross sniffed on the currency market the ruble trading lower to the currency basket this hour of the euro is shedding value to the u.s. dollar and in europe we're also seeing some a loss is in fact pretty healthy losses as you can see more than one and a quarter percent each and u.s. futures are pointing to a lower opening on wall street investigators have pros and cost a billion dollars in foreign accounts and former bank of moscow c.e.o.

i'm very but i deem he's accused of embezzling billions of rubles from the moscow city budget r t's and they report. it's a little funny seems to be catching up with on that i bought it in the form a c. by moscow and is that he dimitri achoo leanin over four hundred million dollars worth of assets have been frozen in origins and found in switzerland belgium and luxembourg the sums involved are almost exactly what is alleged to have been fortunately stolen from the city walls budget during a series of property deals with related about serina 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 denied both of them are wanted by interpol. and that's the latest from us and business see back here in the fifty five minutes kyra thank you natasha after the break spotlight zeroes in on the fight against fake trade

underway at customs stations world want stay with us. the motion would be so much brighter if you knew about someone from feinstein christians. who threw stones on t.v. dot com. 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 r t october twenty third.

over a decade of north almost terrorist attack. ex hostages blunders into their lives and after the tragedy. still gives try to cross out the past. because there's who share the wreckage.