the a. but this isn't libya same a situation in bali walid is getting more dangerous with foreign snipers spotted on rooftops and allegations of chemical weapons being used in the besieged town. the i.m.f. trashes greece's plan to deal with its massive deficit as that use the last line of economic defense celebrates one year in servants. and we will get how the two main

runners in the us presidential race plan to deal with the powerful israeli lobby and tell of the eaves unrelenting gets to bomb iran. a very warm welcome to your home karen tara she joining us friday and it is ten o'clock here in moscow where gangs of foreign mercenaries reportedly from the gulf states and turkey have joined the assault in bani walid in libya this is according to ali for russia's relatives are trapped inside the besieged town which is traditionally loyal to the country's toppled colonel gadhafi regime is currently in egypt and we're discussing his identity over safety concerns. they told something dangerous that. the flood and not the nuclear maybe if it got out of them somewhere else inside the city and you have the media to get it goat

maybe the snow but you know i. don't. know why the world. if you didn't know do today to look if you're going to be a beautiful you know and b. today to talk of that if you think. i don't know how is do how do i not get everything if you will no family get out now on somebody try to come back. then release your belief in to them and dr denbigh would be. earlier claim by libyan authorities that bani walid has been captured is being contradicted by witnesses who say the battle is ongoing there are also reports that pro-government militias have patched chemical stockpiles and use the weapons against civilians more on live from artie's middle east correspondent paula slayer

reports of wide scale killing of armed gangs and militia looting people's homes and patrolling the streets now we are in contact with one who has decided the city when he tells us that they tell him that upwards of five hundred people have so far been killed of course we have no way of independently verifying this information we also don't have the local journalist who is on the outskirts of the city and we're being told by this person that thousands of people have tried to return to in the confusion over the reports of whether or not the city had fallen now we understand that they have been prevented from going back into the city by these roadblocks that dani has set up and that soldiers have been firing in the air causing wide scale panic and as a result thousands of people are now stranded on the desert highway now we also continue to hear these reports unconfirmed as of yet that chemical weaponry is being used reports of phosphorus gas and nerve gas i can confirm that these

militias used internationally prohibited weapons they used phosphorous bombs and nerve gas we have documented all these in videos recorded the missiles they used on the wire transfers raining down from these missiles many people died without being wounded shot they died as a result of gases the world needs to see who are they targeting other really good of his men other children women and old men killed his men the prevent the media from getting into bani walid simply because they fear the press might recall their crimes and terrible deeds. the united nations mission in libya says it doesn't have any more information than what it is being told by the government it points out that it is not in the city of bani walid and it cannot aired any additional information that i took also did not comment in fact refused to comment as to why they were not inside the city now the russian foreign minister sergey lavrov has said that he is not concerned by the fact that the army is inside the city but rather that moscow is concerned why the situation is happening and what russia

wants is for the united nations to provide information in terms of what is really going on in a side now we did ask the united states state department why their story was being ignored in the west and the answer was that it was not being ignored but followed closely but you just need to take a look at the u.s. state department website in your see there that the last time a bunny well it was mentioned was back at the beginning of this year so of course many questions being asked why is the united states and other powers failing to condemn the excessive use of force in the city in the same time why have they not condemned the human rights abuses that are so clearly taking place there the battle for bali while it has lasted for several weeks now but unlike last year's revolution against gadhafi it's yet to capture the attention of the mainstream media author and journalist neil clark says that's because the current situation in libya is an inconvenient truth for those who backed change their. back to get

retrained and we couldn't because the u.k. or us or put on the b.b.c. or c.n.n. we were hearing about what was going to be a humanitarian disaster a great whole kind of we got it all killing lots of people very we're going to have a massive massacre in regards the because of that we were taught to read and today the situation leverage much worse you've got a humanitarian catastrophe taken place the number of people killed to intervene is going to be by between ten to twenty times we've got massacres going on at the moment. and there's silence complete silence here in the u.k. and in the u.s. they got what they want what they wanted they got rid of gadhafi they got to progress the government in power now in tripoli they've taken control of the oil industry this privatization western corporations really you know they don't really give a toss to be honest about what's going on about about human rights abuses about the demonstrations about the country it's time to move on to syria of course.

europe provides a platform for revolutionary sentiment in iran after getting rid of alternative options coming up later this hour in london embraces the launch of a new opposition t.v. station that aims to decapitate iran's government just days after tap on state run broadcast tonight access to e.u. airwaves. greece apparently stands no chance of meeting in stepha so production deadlines according to a preliminary report by the international monetary fund's debt inspectors nevertheless they remain undaunted the ride up will recommend more austerity on top of eighty nine stalled reforms that athens has yet to push through the leaders are also mulling giving greece a time extension to implement cuts but the timing of it all is symbolic on this day one year ago a desperate e.u. agreed on some of its most extreme crisis fighting measures the effects of which as

arches american national reports have proved somewhat underwhelming. measures approved by european union leaders these day in ago were designed to tackle the debt crisis the german chancellor angela merkel described as europe's worst economic crisis since the end of world war two e.u. has spent months hammering this package out of the venture it was proclaimed in false hopes to first save greece by writing of powerful feats that which are mounted that at that time again to one hundred sixty percent of the countries did. and the second aim of this package was to protect other european countries from this financial instability too and for that purpose it was decided that to more than double the european union bailout fund also known as european financial stability facility we've been hearing skepticism already that but a year later it's clear that not only has the crisis not drawn back but also the

european financial climate has worsened with more and more countries now joining greece and experiencing financial economic fallout like spain or hole to go experts say the raw several reasons behind this fiasco and one of them is some countries squandering in tough economic times they're still continuing to spend too much cash on military sector rather than on social needs and greece is a very good example here of this very bad tendency let's take a look at the greek people are making their anger towards government spending cuts very clear. one area where greece continues to spend big when it comes to weapons seven billion euros last year alone spent on defense considers that it's it's facing a threat from turkey. and that we need to maintain a. credible military forces that threat and one of the key places where greece

shops for its defense needs is germany. does make up around fifteen percent of billions arms exports the most in europe despite germany's repeated belt tightening mantra of course is export earnings from germany of nato interests and so it's just being done then this not being talked about so much every once a while the topic pops up but it's just being done and politicians in germany are not really questioning it with greeks enduring a dire financial plight. with little sign of reprieve is there an element of hypocrisy in germany calling for kurtz while encouraging greece to buy its weapons . not all of berlin's elected representatives buying into their gun peddling government's priorities for them social spending cutting is the first you know thing that comes to their mind for me as a green the first priority that comes from my wife's cutting of defense sector as a proportion of its national earnings greece spends almost twice as much as any of

the e.u. member on defense compounded by less than transparent cumin process in a reputation for corruption i think there is in the lead in greece both within the all its course fear as well as the. weaponry that does keep specific percentages and briberies it never a single cell of arms with former defense minister. in custody facing charges of stealing government cash it's easy to see why big money for the military gets people riled especially when economists estimate that if greece had cut defense spending over the past decade to similar levels of fellow e.u. states they would have saved around one hundred fifty billion euro more than their last bailout peter all of a r.t. so while politicians in greece. over what to do next in russia it's all about what

not. cracking down on stupid the russian parliament moves to filter out bills that have no hope of passing in an effort to clamp down on populism you can read more of the bills that have angered lawmakers on our website arteaga. also online no southern comfort for you election monitors texas threatens to arrest international observers if they dare set foot in polling stations on voting day. and we've got more on the upcoming presidential vote for you in just a few moments. nineteen iranian channels have been banned in the countries that's called iran for not tolerating free speech among other things well played lads well played i love the smell of hypocrisy in the morning personally

a bit of censorship doesn't bother me that much because there has always been censorship and there were always be censorship if there are any words or symbols or opinions that could get you bumped off the air or legal trouble in your country the guess what you have censorship sorry to say it but that's how it is i don't mind a country saying that there is something so antithetical to their way of life that it must be banned i'm fine with that that's your business in your country and you should be able to protect your culture and your values but don't lie to me and tell me that you live censorship free when you don't it's your choice you let your reading channels back on the air or come out of the closet and admit you believe in restricted speech but that's just my opinion.

today violence is once again flared up. these are the images. from history channel that. show you corporations rule the day. culture is the same or different each visit israel a minute more when living in a tribute and dangerous neighborhood this is one being living on speak the assassination of the country's top security official and a political. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else you hear or see some other part of it and realize that everything you thought you knew you don't know i'm tom harpur welcome to the big picture.

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channel has been launched in london a founder of a ha says his goal is to overthrow president mahmoud ahmadinejad the new arrival is being embraced in europe as a success for freedom of speech even the talk around itself is denied a voice in the new after nineteen of its state run stations were taken off air artie's polly boycott takes up the story. in london we went to the launch of a brand new and very different iranian news channel this studio belongs to t.v. now from foss the rocket translates to freedom and that could give an indication of the political agenda behind the new t.v. station in fact its founder is so very opposed to the current government that he says that he wants to help the rainy and people to capitated the current regime denies having any financial backing or any seal of approval from international

organizations or western governments cannot believe. the british government will back the regime hard it can be a t.v. for the change of dictatorship. they want to put this regime on the news in fact the very emergence of a new oppositional iranian television channel in britain teamed with the involuntary departure of press t.v. from the u.k. that's led some to question whether the brits with all their love of trumpeting free speech and balance are doing so very selectively obviously. very early on the first country in the world. television news channel there are only. a propaganda channel as it were the one percent does no one in iran even those opposed to. even those opposed was only doing it islamic theocracy. would

support this outfit t.v. its founders say that they're inspired by events like the arab spring and television channels like al-jazeera and al-arabiya in fact they say that unlike in libya and afghanistan they want to promote political change from within and it looks like perhaps because of their oppositional political agenda nobody here is stopping them. london israel's plans for iran go far beyond banning or supporting t.v. channels and tell of eve's top ally the united states will have to choose whether to back or block them as archie's going to reports for the next u.s. president it will ultimately be a choice between israel support and the good of his own people a road alone should be drawn right here the line beyond which lies war with iran and many thought benjamin netanyahu is message at the u.n. general assembly this fall was addressed not so much to the international community

but to washington netanyahu would like to be able to communicate to the world that . the israelis are ready which he has to attack and that it will be done with the full support of the united states and he's not getting there the tension in the media peaked when president obama practically referred to is world's worst mongering as noise that he's trying to block out any pressure that i feel empowered to do what's right for the american people and i am going to block out any noise that's out there pledging full and unconditional support for israel is part of any presidential election campaign in the u.s. the possibility of war with iran needs a new dimension to this election season the israelis will attack the iranians they will attack it's just a matter of when so americans must decide which presidential candidate can better manage the situation despite campaign big kring president obama has thrown allies

like israel under the bus the last debate on foreign policy has shown the candidates hold almost identical views on the issue what if the prime minister of israel called you on the phone and said our bombers are on the way we're going to bomb iraq what do you bob it is let's not go into hypotheticals of that nature our relationship with israel my relationship with the prime minister of israel is such that we would not get a call saying our bombers are on the way what i've sent young men and women into harm's way i always understand that that is the last resort not the first resort of course a military action is the last resort as far as red lines for iran i understand and share this or not you know who's insistence that iran should not obtain a nuclear weapon my red line is iran may not have a nuclear weapon iran is a nuclear nation is unacceptable the united states president obama said exactly the same thing. twenty nine standing ovations to these three me prime minister's speech

before congress among other things showed just. how powerful these really lobby is in washington despite president obama's support of a two state solution for israel and the palestinians his party members at their convention this fall called for moving the capital of israel from tel aviv to jerusalem it remains evident that there is no daylight between the two parties of israel obama was the guy who gave the impression with his cairo speech and others that he was willing to begin to renegotiate america's policy. you know on israel and palestine but in fact when he came down too hard political realities has backed off but will he back off when israel decides to attack iran whoever is elected as america's next president will have to walk on the same raise the weight which is between it's world that is itching to bomb iran and the american people

don't want another costly and devastating war based on phony red lines in washington i'm going to check on with differences between obama and romney hard to distinguish archies helping other candidates have their share of air time next tuesday live on artsy catch the clash between joel stein and gary johnson the winners of thing last round of the third party debate. we both agree we agree we had to bring the tax rates down i felt the same as the president did. you agree let's go back to something the president agree on there do you agree that voters have a choice perhaps you wonder who to vote for when romney and obama agree on so many things never you do have other options come november sixth tune in to see the second round of debates between the major third party candidates october thirtieth . at some other international headlines and pray for this hour at least one person has been killed and over forty injured in

rooms capitol lima during a protest against the government's decision to move a local wholesale market demonstrators allegedly attacked police with. clubs and rocks forcing them to defend themselves the authorities have to use concrete blocks to prevent vehicles from entering the market. the tropical holiday island of bahamas is the latest victim of hurricane sandy where people have been forced to shelter from violent winds and torrential rains the storm has left a trail of devastation across the caribbean claiming twenty one lives along the way cuba haiti and jamaica have all fallen in its path florida is believed to be the next stop for the hurricane which is now reportedly starting to weaken. and the beaches next to the business news so how did the russian markets begin trading today well as was expected care and they started on a negative note actually the trend for pretty much most of the week. now declining well more than a half a percent more than one percent even for the arts yes this is on the back of very

low oil prices which stand just above eighty five dollars per barrel on demand concerns and financial companies are some of the worst form of. declining one percent this out well let's take a look at what's happening with the ruble it's also weakening very much tied up with the oil prices you can see it's around a third of a percent to the dollar. to the euro well the euro is losing out to the dollar of negative came out in europe well in other news not helping the russian ruble european bank for reconstruction development has upgraded its growth forecast for russia now the bank expects the country's economy to search for eight point two percent this year something developed economies dream of however the anticipated results could be shadowed by high inflation levy are the expected to be official targets and reach six point eight percent by the end of the . pride in asia we are seeing the nikkei and the hang seng declining more than one

percent to this is on the back of worries about tech stocks especially some so and which has despite reporting very good third quarter results have been plunging more than two percent for the session and of course of course higher yen and lower oil prices mean. do it for major exporters in japan and over in the united states part of my only positive session however apple was one of the worst form is down more than one percent for bad for quarter earnings for us all right i'll be back in fifty five and a sign to tell you more in the business world and cutbacks doughty the debate show cross-talk to stay with us.

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follow in welcome to crossfire computer about living in a turbulent and dangerous neighborhood and this is long been lebanon's fate the assassination of the country's top security official and the political fallout that has followed again reveals just how fragile this country is with those powers in forces determined to see the end of assad in syria will be destroyed lebanon in the process. to cross-talk lebanese mayhem i'm joined by claude saw me in beirut he is a journalist author and political analyst specializing in middle east politics also in beirut we have omar now xabi he is the director of the research unit and in washington we cross to gareth porter he's an investigative historian and journalist or a gentleman crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want if i go to you first in washington everyone knows lebanon is a very fragile country so in whose interest the most this time round.