foreign mercenaries fighting alongside libyan forces reportedly spotted join the former gadhafi stronghold firsthand accounts from. at least five people killed and dozens injured in a car bomb attack in the syrian capital damascus despite a four day truce agreed between the government and some rebels for the muslim holiday. and the upcoming presidential election in the u.s.

could determine an attack on iran action that america's ally israel is increasingly pressing for. international news and comment live from the new center here in moscow this is. a car bomb has exploded in the syrian capital damascus killing at least five people and wounding dozens of others the attack came on the first day of an agreed truce between rebels and the government for the four day muslim holiday the opposition activists say there have been several deadly clashes with the syrian army throughout the day here some rebel groups like the arcata linked through a front announced they would not observe the cease fire the true sources or rare agreement at the u.n. security council over syria with its members unanimously calling on international

powers to use their influence on all warring parties independent journalist robert harness thinks that there are questions over how serious foreign states are in their commitments. and how sincere the western powers are of course is another matter they are beginning to realize that what they're doing in syria because it's taken so long and been so messy and unsuccessful is beginning to make them look very bad indeed i don't think there's any doubt that the west if ever they have done are losing the argument intellectual argument in this case they're beginning to look very short intervening to look as if all they're interested in is oil and power and it doesn't matter how many syrians get killed now eventually it sinks into the to the political leaders that this actually doesn't make them very good look very good enough to even domestically and eventually people are going to notice so they start moving a little in the security council but how sincere they are i seriously question the

libyan forces are now using for a mercer's in their assault on the town of bani walid the traditional stronghold of the toppled gadhafi regime that's according to sources who spoke exclusively to r.t. the deadly siege is said to be turning more violent just days after washington objected to a u.n. call for a peaceful solution. is in the region. well fighting continues in the besieged libyan city of baghdad where it has been on the go for more than three weeks now we are beginning however to hear disturbing reports that a foreigner troops and snipers could be used in the assault on the city. they told something dangerous that. maybe if it got out of them somewhere inside the city do. you know and. now earlier in the week there were conflicting reports that the city had fallen these reports have proven untrue but not before thousands of bani walid

residents try to make their way back to the city now we are hearing from our sources on the ground that these people have been stopped by word blocks that have been set up by militias at the entrances and exits to the city that there has been firing in the air live scale panic and that thousands of people are on the desert highway look at this. this get this gun and just be able to think now when i don't know when we now. go outside and that they'll know what the we're doing even when i think we're in we're one of the government we want to. get home just or whom. we want to protect all of them. in addition to this our sources tell us that they continues to be armed gangs and militia that opera trolling the streets and are ransacking people's homes we're

hearing reports of homes being bulldozed of homes being looted and we continue to hear these reports over the at the moment and verified of the use of chemical weaponry 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 white phosphorus raining down from these missiles many people died without being wounded shot they died as a result of gases the whole world needs to see who are they targeting other really good of his men other children women and old men killed the his men the united states state department was questioned by our team in terms of why the story is being ignored in the way it's done their answer was that they're not ignoring the story they are following it but you only need to take a look at the u.s. state department website and see that the last time anyone it was mentioned was back at the beginning of the year we support the efforts of the libyan government to get control of militias and to provide security throughout the country including

in bani walid and to do so in a way that. is respectful of the human rights of all citizens and allows humanitarian organizations to get in so we are watching the situation very closely now the libyan army was given the order to use all means necessary to deal with the city and so what they're saying is that all means necessary are being employed to. a message to all of them across libya wherever they are living however strong. the revolution should. show that also we hear from our sources both within the city and elsewhere in europe and north africa people who have. army inside the city that the killings are far from over. and author and journalist neil clark believes the worsening humanitarian situation in bani walid is an inconvenient truth for those

who threw their weight behind last year's armed revolt in libya let's think back to every twenty eleven we couldn't because the newspaper in the u.k. or us or put on the b.b.c. or c.n.n. without hearing about what was going on in libya a humanitarian disaster it's whole kind of a gaffe it's horses killing lots of people there were dangers of a massive massacre in benghazi and because of that we went to war that that was a reasonable war and today the situation was much worse but a humanitarian catastrophe taking place the number of people killed since needing to be has gone up but by between ten and 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 really good happy they've got a progress to government in power now in tripoli they're taking 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 the fact that demonstrations are banned throughout the country it's time to move on on to

syria of course we're keeping an eye on the situation in the town getting firsthand accounts on the ground there we'll continue to bring you the latest as the fighting goes on. israel's calls to bomb iran and the u.s. presidential debate making support for television a tough issue for the candidates sanders artie's going to china explains president obama and his rival wrongly a no walking a tight rope with less than two weeks left to the next day a red line should be drawn right here the line beyond which lies war with iran. many thought benjamin netanyahu his message at the un general assembly this all 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 that the tension in the media peaked when president obama practically referred to israel's warmongering as noise that he's trying to flush out any pressure that i feel is simply 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 strong 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. let's not go into hypotheticals of the nature of 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 when 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. systems that iran should not obtain a nuclear weapon by redline is iran may not have a nuclear weapon iran is a nuclear nation is unacceptable to united states president obama said exactly the same. way nine standing ovations to these three week 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 on you know on israel and palestine but in fact when he came down to hard political realities has backed off but will he's 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 this 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 little earlier i spoke to former cia officer philip giraldi and he believes the u.s. is now closer than ever to changing its policies. the fundamental challenge is

whether our foreign policy particularly over the last eleven or twelve years has been effective in terms of making the united states more secure and the united states more respected i think you would have to conclude that that has not been the case so there will have to be a radical rethink whether the basic policy of u.s. intervention in many places in the middle east and elsewhere has been a good idea and i think the conclusion will have to believe that the united states will have to certainly kill the trench from that kind of policy i think the possibility of there being some kind of political shift to the united states is much stronger now than it has ever been because there is a lot of disillusionment in terms of how the two parties have managed the economy i mean basically we have a right now a small a a large government republican running against a larger government democrat there's not a whole lot of difference between what each would do and in terms of foreign policy

they're very close i think a lot of people are actually very much disillusioned with this which accounts for the fact that candidates like ron paul were as popular as they were i can see a split developing probably in the democrat in the republican party and possibly republican in the democratic party in terms of foreign policy and other issues where you're going to have these issues emerging in a much more forceful way in the future you know the u.s. presidential candidates will have their second debate next tuesday sharing more ideas and alternative ways to handle america's foreign policy comes to vote online as you watch this final round between gary johnson and jill stein brought to life by the america i know web site. we both agree we agree we bring the tax rates down i feel the same as the president do. you agree let's go back to something the president and if you get older every choice upsets

you wondering how to avoid forward romney and obama agree on so many things remember you do have other options come november circus tune in to see the second round of debates between the major third party candidate october thirtieth. the iranian opposition has a new voice on the airwaves a london based television channel the founder of t.v. a businessman and leader of an anti-government movement says its primary goal is regime change into iran the launch came on the heels of a burnham more than a dozen state run the rain in t.v. and radio stations in the european union. takes up the story in london we witnessed the launch of a brand new and very different iranian news channel this studio belongs to t.v. now from the fossey 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 many opposed to the current government that

he says that he wants to help the iranian people to capital eight the current regime denies having any financial backing or any seal of approval from international organizations or western governments they cannot believe. the british government will back. regime how they can be against t.v. for the change of dictatorship as i see they want to put this regime by on the news in fact it's the very emergence of a new oppositional iranian television channel in britain teamed with 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 britain press t.v. very early on the first country in the world and iranian television news channel

they're only too glad to welcome a propaganda channel run by as it were the one percent does no one in iran even those opposed to it but even those opposed recently to the islamic theocracy in iraq would support this outfit t.v. its founders say that 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. more news from r.t. after this quick break stay with us for that.

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 then guess what you have censorship sorry to say it but that's how it is i don't mind a country saying that there are 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 the light in me and tell me that you live censorship free when you don't it's your choice you let the iranian channels back on the air or come out of the closet and admit you believe in restricted speech but that's just my opinion.

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screens don't talk t.v. dot com. is continues here on our t.v. one in four people are no officially out of work in spain as unemployment in the debt ridden country reaches another record the grim news comes as madrid's transport workers go on strike out into a sixth day of protests in the capital against austerity cuts as another epicenter of the e.u. crisis greece looks likely to miss its promised deficit deadline the phone calls from the international monetary fund's debt inspectors comes a year after leaders applauded what they considered a key deal to save the earth and what is refreshing to reporters. members approved by european union leaders this day year ago were designed to tackle the debt crisis that 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 and it

was hoped to first save greece by writing of powerful for its that which amounts that at that time again to one hundred sixty percent of the country's g.d.p. 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 skaftason already than 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. all to go. now critics at other news making headlines around the world at this stage of the day a four year jail term for the former italian prime minister silvio berlusconi has been reduced to just one more aimed at tackling overcrowding in prisons and

a scone has been convicted of tax fraud the trial dealt with the purchase of rights to show us films on an attorney and t.v. channel owned by a skinny media mogul wasn't in the courtroom and is expected to appeal against the verdict for his conviction is the first for berlusconi his criminal proceedings are ended in acquittal. to the statute of limitations but i do want to you don't call him for a range of expert analysis and opinion on this developing story. violence during the religious holidays been reported from northern afghanistan forty one people have been killed and fifty wounded after a suicide bomber dressed in police uniform blew himself up in a crowd outside a mosque the province's top officials were inside the building but escaped this office as soldiers and civilians including five children were among the dead there one has claimed responsibility. time now for a market update now with katie and it's a challenging session for wall street this friday it is that she bill and it's not

she quite a surprise really considering that the g.d.p. for the u.s. increased for the third quarter so we get into the figures much faster than expected but as you can see we are looking kleis the euro is dropping off to the german finance minister reportedly said there are doubts on whether greece will meet the bailout requirements international pressures took their toll on the markets here in moscow so let's see what the close that time this friday as you can see firmly entrenched in negative territory we're going to stay with finance finale get over to washington with loyalists capital account. which is slow often enough and knows that to ride

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good afternoon welcome to capital account i'm lauren lyster here in washington d.c. basie your headlines for october twenty fifth two thousand and twelve c.e.o.'s are ringing the alarm on deficit. there were some of them ringing the bell top exactly including those but eighty of them total from big you at corporations that congress a letter asking for a thin thimbles type approach to reigning in the u.s. deficit the budget deficit three dollars in spending cuts in dollar of tax increases what would be the impact of this or other. possible scenarios for dealing with the u.s. debt and deficit simon the kaleb edge of ideas capital is here to talk about it and speaking of deficits according to the financial times japan's finance ministry will hold crisis talks with bond dealers tomorrow as politicians there are at odds over

a bill that's needed to allow billions more in borrowing to finance the country's deficit sound familiar japan is often brought up when talking about a country the u.s. is ability to run deficits will discuss the lessons for the u.s. and new g.d.p. numbers from the u.k. if you put stock in them they show the countries rebounding from recession growing by one percent is this growth a reflection of better days to come or is it just the result of one off the lympics summer spending we'll talk let's get to today's capital account. we all know the drill the us has been running trillion dollar budget deficits

amounting to more than sixteen trillion dollars in national debt with no plan that the markets have deemed credible to significantly rein in spending let alone balance the budget c e o's are trying to act like they want to do something about it they wrote congress asking for a simpson bowles type solution of spending cuts paired with the tax code overhaul eighty of them signed on and there's an argument this over spending cannot go on for ever and that the day of reckoning could be near but then you look at a country like japan one last decade turn to two was the country's government proceeded to rack up debt levels over two hundred percent of g.d.p. yet there's been no cataclysmic explosion in the bond market the yen has actually seen a dramatic appreciation in its value viz a viz the dollar since the two thousand and eight financial crisis in fact the government of japan can borrow for thirty years at less than two percent according to bloomberg that's a better rate than the u.s. .