the officials claim they control the country's last harbor gadhafi supports bani walid he has spoken to locals appealing believe national help to escape for the atrocities by government forces. separatist movements across europe take inspiration from scotland success in securing permission for a referendum on independence. and in our special coverage of the u.s. presidential race to focus on foreign policy and the pentagon course the looming threat of the saadat.

new so russia and iran the wall this is with me. hello and welcome to the program. starts in libya where government forces claim to have taken bani one leaves the last bastion of colonel gadhafi supporters in the bia but locals caught up in the weeks of violence plaguing to the international community for help policy as more and you may find some of the following pictures just stepping. we continue to receive contradictory reports as to what is happening inside bani walid on the one hand we're hearing from pro-government sources that the city has fallen and that it is in the hands of the army but we're hearing exactly the opposite from our own sources and those are people who have family inside the city and who hearing firsthand information now it's taken us almost three days to make contact with

a local resident of the city that also gives you a sense of whether or not the statement that the situation is under control is in fact accurate. the situation is very difficult the city is almost completely destroyed residents are buried in the rubble many among the victims are children and the elderly there are even more children and elderly using your channel we're appealing to the whole world our city is dying what's happening in bani walid everyone just attacked it is just armed forces where is there a legitimate government they announce a country of law a country of justice where are they why can't we see them now where cross international has said that some twenty five thousand people have fled the city to neighboring with cams this is more than a quarter of the population we also continue to receive and there are five reports of the use of poison gas and also indiscriminate shelling by me while a television is also ball cost of almost nonstop pictures of dead and dying

children we have spoken with a man who has family inside the procedure town he went on to say there are people i extract for it and there is no government for a very large. no or. most of them. because. food reducing for everything they use machinery. from far. beating guys is. brilliant. and. for. earlier this month the libyan government ordered its army to use all necessary means to deal with and what

we continue to see is a situation that all accounts remains dire indeed on a tuesday the united nations security council russia did put forward a draft statement that called for a peaceful resolution to this ongoing crisis now the united states blocked this and the response from russia was that the blocking was a behavior that was difficult to explain particularly in light of the fact that four american embassy officials were killed in the country last month so you do have fingers being pointed at both the united states and others in the international community and accusing them of double standards these are countries and capitals that on the one hand are so quick to blame the syrian president bashar assad but are very slow to take action when you have a crisis like is like what is happening in bani walid. and spoke to a member of libya's ruling general national congress and he asked mohammed sayah

how the government justifies the deaths of the civilian population in bani walid. for you. and your colleagues this is you would have to take the full picture we are taking care of the family every single family. been taking out of. houses and everyone we've spoken to. them we've spoken to families at least two families and this and that is not the case there is an intense amount of pressure there still. you see where the government forces attacking a place where there are outlaws hided of course it won't be easy it's like a thirty second operation there will be some small mistakes but the whole picture of the whole thing is being. perfectly we are taking

care of all the family all the all the really all the women houses are ready for them food everything we're not getting the pictures. that there's been reports of chemical weapons being used to fight. a fax from doctors purportedly in the city which says victims are suffering from toxic gas poisoning if you got any comment on . this. these are lies these are lies i trust the guys who are over there trust our forces there are muslim there are human values are very high i have lots of trust and confidence there will never have been these things being used during the days of the dictator of the monitor he did use lots of things like this but for our forces all of them they have forward against these things they have values they have they will never break the

rules. there were. staying with libra in our world a man wanted in connection to last months of time called the u.s. embassy and then gone as that which claimed the lives of the ambassador and three other americans is reported killed in a shootout in cairo meanwhile attorneys in court centers the leader of radical islam his group and shari'a again prison for instigating the dead less old people have demanded to know everyone responsible for that attack on trial. israel and hamas has reportedly reached an official truce after several days of deadly air tanks egypt is said to have helped mediate the negotiations the violence erupted on monday when rockets began flying into israel from gaza there was a purple wave well as tries killed at least four christine. lebanon's main opposition bloc has called on the current government to resign this comes after

violent clashes erupted last week over a car bomb that killed a top security treaty and the growing sectarian divide also u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton says syria could take advantage of any political vacuum in neighboring lebanon the government in beirut is dominated by syrian politicians and the sunny sunni led opposition. meanwhile inside syria the u.n. brokered cease fire is in jeopardy even before it officially takes effect on friday damascus has pledged to stick to the agreement mediated by a peace and more luck to brahimi but some rebel groups say they will keep fighting regardless and international affairs analyst. the armed opposition is confident of continued foreign support for ongoing bloodshed. we don't think elements insurgency in syria is fond of. it including the united states with. turkey itself or they leave the country just like kate france your money is

providing intelligence support so they really don't talk for we know that they're providing token jordan us will near real forces be invited by the syrian opposition . as they mention and. they don't want repeats they want to remove the government of syria from both president bush or the assailant but. they believe that the rebels believe that they've got the momentum they've got the support from the outside world and if they say that they're not going to abide by the states or it's because they haven't been pressured by the outside powers the back them perhaps they have even been told not to support this use for. regions striving for independence all over austerity torn europe have fresh inspiration their breakaway campaigns scotland's deal with london to hold her independence referendum has office has others ready to follow including the likes of catalonia safa examines the trend. it's a changing in europe nationalism bred by ways of crises has swept across

a once united union scotland is just being confident the historic rights of cheese whether or not it wants to remain as part of the united kingdom in the next couple of years they're not the only ones across europe right now and there's a growing movement thinking nationhood from catalonia to venice scotland being leading the way the year its independence week is. these are some of europe's richest regions each steeped in their own unique identities and cultural pride along with the cape belgium spain and italy have all seen a rise in cools the separatism that could be set to retool the map of europe. in venice recently thousands took to the streets to demand a referendum on the start listing an independent venetian republic. here in venice or it's it's almost explored it all so there were thousands of people who have gathered in a region or government they were gone presented them

a resolution. signed by thousands of british to have a referendum for independence of any favor in spain in the sight of catalonians marching on mass in barcelona to call for home rule is becoming more and more familiar catalonia says a people with a long history have language and identity and it has been struggling for the last thirty years to be recognized and to do there are. other areas a stain in italy a seeing similar an easement it's a sentiment that stretches all the way to belgian with the separatist need flemish alliance triumphing in the dutch speaking flanders region the rapid momentum gained by these need wins seems to have been fueled primarily by the economic crisis has swept year at leaving richer regions less willing to put their money in the hands

of essential is government but there are several regional results the main reason is economic is there we are being. in your situation we're in a situation worse than a colony because there's a worse factory in italy it's the highest in the world and our services are extremely poor when you build your nation. from our regional resources each year and that's comparable to run two million people out of a population. of people is the right. way but the union orientated voters have also a strong points to support their case if successful in their beds the present dependence leaders will have to deal with way more than just control of their own economies questions of the membership and border security arrangements could muffle discontent come a referendum. and these are the realities

a scottish faces face as safe there is the any nation with the right to vote on the issue but those in support remain adamant that going it alone is the way forward with strong industries like the beaming tourism sector in scotland pulling spirit to scotland this established as the european leader in wildlife terms of its was over one hundred twenty seven million pounds a year to the scottish economy and it's a growing sector scotland is a very successful country as it is a group become more successful when it can stand on its own feet and her violent times a year ago i was really quite sure what life ahead but one thing seeing certain that scotland's recent success is only going to strengthen the calls of those who are demanding their rights to serve. scotland. and subsequently the sour naughty accusations flying towards the government he sees are

all the time he needs on fun trip and causing explosions near the capital khartoum tel aviv remains indifferent to the brain. the variety that takes your breath away to reading across the scholars is a mohnish who do know the biggest salt lake in europe and more than two hundred species of birds but are also on the verge of extinction on these islands in the south of russia they find shelter before migrating to other parts of the world paladins as well as other species of the monish who do low feed and face these words are waiting for their parents to bring them food to the best cash for them is in a small areas a lake with the water is relatively fresh as fish cannot survive in the salt of the

month and the lakes getting salt every year the monish the dealers and all too fishel reservoir which was filled in the nineteen fifties in the areas hot climate the water evaporates quickly and the local stores natural sultanate steaks over a possum birds the drying out of the lake cool so threatening one of the world's biggest populations of most things. there are four hundred of the animals here the area is a protected. it's a place of peace and calm in recent decades dozens of canals have been dug around here to cultivate the local staps broad grassy plains this may be useful for humans but it does badly hit many species of the animals here for instance so i guess antelopes just some forty years ago there were more than two million. living in asia in the world but now people brought the species to the brink of extinction

this region has been full thousands of years but now in a relatively short space of time it's my brain diversity of creatures sweat and old farms by men and nature itself. what will change when america picks its president i made muslim rage working the iran tight rope pushing china and russia as occupiers under spreads the two parties still dictate. the selection of close guy every number fifty on our team. but.

this is the welcome back. so i would less than two weeks left before america votes were bringing a special coverage of the race for the white house as the presidential frontrunners play their foreign policy caught in the latest attempts to woo voters the front of the stock cyber threat warning the threat of

a potential poll home orchestrated by hackers from abroad that his partner has. america's military invasions interventions and targeted attacks have traditionally been deployed on the battlefield yet today a significant shift in technology has created a brand new terrain for warfare the internet which most people use for communication research and entertainment is being dubbed the battlefield of the future in an era of hackers and viruses computers are something of a weapon in the emerging world of cyber war a virtual world where military strikes are invisible and everyone online remains vulnerable earlier this month u.s. defense secretary leon panetta warned that america faces the possibility of a cyber pearl harbor if online security is ensuring things the even greater danger

facing us in cyberspace goes beyond crime and it goes beyond harassment. cyber attacks. perpetrated by nation states or violent extremist groups could be as destructive as the terrorist attack on nine eleven while the pentagon is looking to expand washington's ability to respond to cyber attacks. it's also developing procedures that allow frontline troops to have a new generation of cyber weapons at their fingertips and the army's cyber effects request format otherwise known as surf is a system that allows combatants to request cyber fire operations from the u.s. cyber command some operations could include infiltrating an unclassified network inside of a ground force headquarters to disrupt their communications what the military is trying to do know is to embed computer experts when you're dealing for example with

counterinsurgency you want people who know how to do forensic work on a laptop if you capture somebody how to dump his cell phone how to prevent your drone your backpack drone from being interfered with i mean nearly everything even down to the to the squad level and the platoon level is starting to have hacker encounter hacker issues but it's not only tactical implementation that the u.s. is looking at allegations have emerged that washington has already launched its first offensive strike in two thousand and ten the first weapon to be made entirely out of code targeted he runs a nuclear program a computer virus known as stuxnet infected tehran's enrichment facilities but the capability to turn up the pressure inside iran's nuclear reactors switch off the oil pipelines and tell the system operators that everything was normal the attack destroyed nearly one thousand of iran's six thousand centrifuges according to

reports the virus was a joint collaboration between the us and israel more destructive things experts however warned that was. growing involvement in cyber warfare could come back to haunt the u.s. it's a double edge sword which you use against your enemy is of eventually going to work its way back to you everybody's looking for deniability if you. do a flame or any of the other variants it's the norm of what they can prove who did it or how you did it you can do so you were really shocked this is happening. this soft power dimension to new u.s. policies in the digital world is reflected in its desire to win hearts and minds of the online community last year the u.s. spent nearly twenty million dollars to help foreign citizens access online material and social media meanwhile the u.s. government is working hard to spy on internet communications not just on its own citizens but foreign nationals as well america's largest overseas eavesdropping

base is in britain and the top secret facility carries out a whole range of military diplomatic and commercial surveillance the beginning of a new global battlefield where viruses replace drones and how hers may be calm some of the highest ranking officials in the u.s. military what may still sound to some like science fiction is fast becoming a virtual reality maureen up or not i r.t. new york saddam is accusing israel of being behind a series of huge explosions that a call to arms fire true which killed two full fighter jets reportedly carried out an air raid on a plant which taliban believes as providing rockets to hamas and gaza israeli officials have ignored the accusations and offered no comment but political analyst dr mohamad says it's clear who's to blame this is not the first attack again and. it has happened before the war ended on gaza the beginning of two thousand and nine

there have been a number of attacks again to the news territory and it is largely to say that israel is. the do that is responsible for such a slogan is. my understanding also is that the rule again is goes all the prove you know someone is going to lose to the previous israeli government it is your own understanding too far to the zoom right it's. time now for business of days with natasha's looks like u.s. banks are in trouble again absolutely and this time it's one of the big ones all the details in just a moment but first let's jump straight to the equity markets let's take a look at russia it's actually opened above the line at the moment again just about a quarter percent for the r.t.s. on the back of higher oil prices crude is snapping out of it so longest losing streak in five months and that's despite the fact that we're about to face the biggest surplus in about four years on the currency markets the dollar showed some

strength against the single currency this hour the ruble started the day just a notch lower to the turn to boston at the moment though it is trading mixed asia is recovering from a four day losing streak some companies certainly on the nikkei of feeling the pinch from their weak earnings and that includes sharp and nintendo on wall street overnight stocks ended lower for a second day in a row as pretty much same old disappointing earnings the u.s. fed reserve kept the interest rates unchanged little said it would keep buying about twenty five billion dollars worth of mortgage backed securities the market is really ramped up and more trouble for u.s. banks the united states is suing bank of america for one billion dollars the justice department has alleged the bank committed fraud by selling defective mortgages to the states those toxic mortgages were brought by government backed mortgage finance firms fannie mae and freddie mac. this scheme has allegedly resulted in about a billion dollar

a losses for taxpayers and in countless disclosures foreclosures i should say this is the latest in a series of similar cases and that's the latest. on the business desk coming up next to archie we talked to a french politician and and an outspoken anti e.u. advocate of francois a solution new who talks about the problems france faces as a result of stay in the eurozone. sigrid laboratory to mccurry was able to build

a most sophisticated robot which fortunately. found anything tombs mission to teach the creation why it should care about humans and. this is why you should care only. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so. you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else you hear sees some other part of it and realize everything is. welcome to the big picture. side. radioactive fallout of government betrayal

of the government. everything lauded and lauded and claude how can the truth be revealed if there's no official evidence there was indeed a very bright day to the service make a search who will given no problem protection and to the people of this country generally because of radioactive full. the secrets of the tests exclaims.

here with me today is a french politician former presidential candidate and now the head of the popular

republican union here in france prosper thank you very much for being with us thank you for inviting me mistress or not one of mr lyons complained slogans was change is now that was the most important slogan actually of to help contain and actually now we see lots of changes indeed here in france but unfortunately not always for the better so where is france go in right now. this situation is complicated at the moment and we'll get even more so it's not just in france but all euro zone countries look at what is happening in greece italy spain portugal arland france is somewhat better off than those in the south but the situation here is grave unemployment has surpassed the three million mark and things will continue to worsen why is this happening because our economic policy is bound to create recession cycles the central strategy is to cut government spending apparently in.