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chemical weapons against civilians a humanitarian crisis. yet more deaths the reality for the libyan town of bani walid this week. international help as. militias continue to shell the stronghold. some of the images in the report disturbing. these are the pictures the world has chosen not to see dismembered bodies random killings dying women and children for three weeks the libyan city of bani walid has been under siege armed militia gangs patrolled the streets using houses bulldozing properties and shooting indiscriminately if you want if you all most of whom are buying machinery. people

are so concerned for the safety of their families they don't want to be identified . why it was chaotic shiling they fired at harmon's and shouted indiscriminately more than two thousand families have fled seven families are with us at the moment yes they were fled to the valley but they were firing into even that their families who died in the shelling children died too they fired by women and children the straight to the head start of with the order for the army to use all means necessary to rid the former gadhafi stronghold of all his supporters there were accused of kidnappings and murdering a former militia man credited with capturing the libyan leader last year i would nurses and doctors on the scene say people are being fired at with gas folder shells r.t. sources report seeing militia trying to hide and remove bodies of those killed by chemical weapons and i can confirm that these militias used internationally prohibited weapons they used phosphorous bombs and nerve gas we have documented all

these and videos were 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 way it cost estimates more than twenty five thousand people have so far been made homeless refugees who in the confusion of the past few days try to return home after the army announced the city had fallen and they're now stranded on the desert highway in fear and panic look at this. this get this gun and this be able now this sorting out why you don't know one week now this go outside and does it know what the were doing when i was leaving when i think when when one of the government. i saw explosions and rockets about our heads i saw the dad. but the general national council denies the killings despite the evidence to the country where the government force. a place where i

would go of course there will be. small mistakes but the whole picture of the whole thing is being handled better frankly we are taking care of all the family and it's not only the libyan authorities that are in denial western governments and mainstream media have also chosen to be silent prompting the charge of double standards to be leveled at them the west is. letting militias there were. no. criticizing militias the chaotic scenes of a throwback to the long running rivalry between wizards of bani walid and misrata a city khadafi laid siege to they also show the weakness of the new government's authority of a former rebel militias which only to legions but essentially do what they like.

power so it's a leech is a message to all of them across libya wherever they are whoever you are and however strong you are and whoever your backers are the revolution should win. it's dependence came to this oil rich country but little seems to have changed for ordinary libyans many of the crimes gadhafi was accused of are now being laid at the foot of the general national council. the arab spring turned out to be a very cold winter. russia has called on the u.n. security council to urge the libyan authorities to resolve the conflict peacefully the proposal however was blocked by the u.s. which took part in the bombing campaign last year under the guise of protecting its people from. reports. while the united nations has focused much attention this week on the ongoing conflicts in syria and mali russia's efforts to address the destruction taking place in libya

was blocked by the united states washington refused to support a security council statement drafted by russia calling for the resolution of violence in bani walid which has been under siege for weeks the u.s. delegation cited a further need for consultations meanwhile the russian ambassador vitaly churkin says that it's quite strange the u.s. . press statement condemning the use of force in dealing with libya's political problems just one month after i deadly attack in benghazi claimed the lives of four diplomats ambassador churkin said it is difficult in this case to explain the u.s. delegations actions in a rational terms russia's statement calls on the libyan authorities to take urgent steps to resolve the conflict by peaceful means and to preserve the rights of all libyan citizens and also expressed concern about the significant escalation of violence in and around the city of. author and journalist believes the

worsening humanitarian situation. truth for those who through their weight behind. let's think back to february twenty eleven we couldn't because newspaper in the u.k. or us or put on the b.b.c. or c.n.n. without hearing about what was going to be a humanitarian disaster let's hold colonel gadhafi forces were 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 where is much worse you got a humanitarian catastrophe taken place the number of people killed since needing to be has gone up with 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 athlete they got a pro western government in power now in tripoli they've taken control of the oil industry this privatization western corporations moving in and they don't really 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 and i hear on r.t. we are keeping a close eye on the violence around bani walid and we'll be bringing you more reaction on the developments throughout the day here on our say. thanks for joining us here on r.t. today the latest peace effort for syria fell apart this week with at least two tera bombings the largest attack took place in the capital damascus where at least five people were killed and many more injured by a car bomb explosion that happened during a proposed a four day ceasefire to mark the muslim holiday of aida which some rebel groups such as the radical al nusra front rejected outright another call to carry on fighting came from the leader of al qaeda who criticized world leaders for their loose grip on the syrian regime international affairs analyst. says the truce plan

was doomed to fail so. the government didn't see in syria is formed. it including the united states. or turkey itself or they leave the country just like kate france germany is providing her so european folk-lore we know they're waiting to procure the us will they don't want repeats they want to remove the government of syria from brazil but for the us so. the rebels believe that they've got the momentum to get the support from the outside world that they say that they're not going to abide by these states but it's because they haven't been pressured by the also like them perhaps they have even been told not to support it's for myself to come for you just a little bit later in the program here on r t if i will tipping the scales heavyweights from the world of boxing and politics make their way to parliament as voting starts in ukraine. now tens of thousands of protesters filled the streets

of italy and spain on saturday in anger over tough economic measures being forced upon them the show of discontent turned ugly in a northern italian town where police used tear gas and batons to disperse the crowds. sara furthur reports the struggling public is still determined to get their voices heard. getting back at a stereo say people lazy year are continuing to fight against this a measure instead of biting deeper and deeper into the public and private purpose of many usa nations caches with police breakout in the north of italy thousands marched against the government in the capital right in the movies and see munty day similar scenes we witnessed in the trades they spend his time not only nice to rally against never ending government cuts but we feel like we are now under a percentage by our government that they are doing this that we are no we don't

agree with them and we are telling them on the diamond but they don't listen as it is start youngest spread across year thousands of people have taken to the street and it's not just in madrid for in greece to italy big you're using countries and small this is the year a crisis that doesn't discriminate affecting people of all ages and from all walks of life here in spain the unemployment figures now top a whopping twenty five percent this the younger generation that's been hit the hardest in the stats for the country you see the heart of the sixteen to twenty four year olds in the house of work everything using preceding unemployment over to . the firms to train the processing in people here police offices. dividing the protesters from the governments that more and more like rowing to live with that of g.t.

you'll find many of them joining the marches even lower enforcement a feeling the pinch the need amongst many protesters is greg craig dean head many times before and still they tell us nothing seems to change. is actually not to cut back spending but to invest more in the economy to invest in growth to make sure that there are jobs and the only way to. really get out of this is to grow your way out not just cut your way out of that so one of the main arguments of the people here is that if you actually listen to the people who are not too good for the national interests from abroad you will come up with a lot more sensible and a lot more rational response to this crisis a dogmatic insistence on austerity cuts in successive governments across the isolated from their electorate and amongst the euro members themselves divisions a widening a explains witnessing fierce independence leave the castle a new year in the basque country those demanding freedom and electing separatist

politicians meanwhile greece is fighting an upsurge of radical nationalist sentiment is leading to the grave of far right and fascist grapes scenes like these make it hard to believe that earlier this month the e.u. was awarded the nobel peace prize bringing stability and unity to the previously want to own continent some protesters are calling it a social muska with a massive euro white strike planned for later this month it seems as long as things continue as they are they'll be named keith here thursday are seeing. more and more news to come in just a couple of minutes have you can stay with us here not say. green party candidate jill stein was arrested for trying to enter the presidential

debate at hofstra university and now i know why there's never a third party candidate at the debates because the cops left the cuffs on them when they try to get in we all know we have a two party system so why do we lie to ourselves and pretend it's not that way it's the lying that bothers me it's the illusion that you have the freedom of choice when there are only two real options cut out the games just make the two party system the law of the land just make the two parties part of the government make their inner workings transparent and bound by the law and make it clear to every american that there are only two real ladders to climb to power stop lying to me and to everyone else about this democracy stuff what forty percent of the country are independents with virtually no representation either cut the lies and make the two party system the law or make your lies become true by letting the candidates like jill stein and gary johnson have a simple conversation with obama and romney on t.v.

hey if there indeed extremists then this should show through at the debates right there's nothing scary about competition in an election but that's just my opinion. please speak to language. programs and documentaries in arabic it's cool here i'm. reporting from the world's talk specifically or people interviews intriguing story for you. troy arabic to find out because it arabic t.v. don't call.

for the week's top stories here on our t.v. this is the weekly let's turn our attention now to the united states where this week could fail to bring any clarity as to who's likely to be the next president of the democratic and republican candidates are effectively neck and neck some diversity was brought into the race though by third party debates which offered a different slant on some of the key issues early on t.v. was one of the very few media outlets taking any notice and here are some of the highlights the president has assumed dictatorial rights to put us in prison at his pleasure without charge or without trial we are on the road toward to him and that's not an exaggeration the biggest threat to our national security is the fact that we're bankrupt we need to retrench rather than trying to be the policeman of the world we put an end to the use of drones and

actually lead not to lead this development of a new arms race but then an international treaty and a convention to permanently the use of drones we're printing and borrowing money to the tune of forty three cents out of every dollar we spend. six dollars is bearing. add jobs and say oh we could well be like germany after world war one. well the final face off for the third party presidential candidates will be brought to you exclusively by odds here that will be in a week's time the two front runners came together for the third debate this week focusing on the issue of u.s. foreign policy with those who were expecting a tough clash of words were left rather disappointed barack obama and mitt romney once again displaying some striking similarities and antiwar activist brian becker predicts u.s. policy will at the end of the day stay the same no matter who is at the helm. u.s.

foreign policy regardless of whether the party in the white house is the republicans and the democrats is consistent based on principally the military industrial complex and big oil i think if we take the debate and the reflective positions of the two candidates and staged it as a theatrical production we would we would borrow the words of william shakespeare and say it's much ado about nothing fundamentally the two candidates represent a foreign policy based on the new empire the american empire that superceded the british empire at the close of world war two i think the candidates have to be very careful because while they want to position themselves as the best defenders of the empire the best defenders of the military industrial complex they also have to recognize that the american people are sick and tired of war after war after war and sick and tired of having the national treasury drained so that tens of thousands hundreds of thousands of public sector workers jobs are lost but the

military coffers keep growing and growing. our special coverage of the u.s. presidential campaign will continue on air and online certainly introducing a fresh perspective on the race every week now starting this coming monday will be exploring america's domestic policies and challenges in depth if you can do stay with us for that. what lies ahead for you will the movement mobilize calls for a new american who stands for the its nine percent us election is close. to twenty million on our two. just turning a for twenty sunday afternoon here in the russian capital this is ott say a high profile pakistani politician imran khan has been interrogated by u.s. officials over his and own views and pulled off a plane to new york he had to explain the details of his campaign against deadly american air strikes in pakistan the former cricket star has asked for an apology but as a teaser reports washington remains an unrepentant about his controversial program

. killing the civilians of one country in the name of security of another the united states has been doing just that for over eighteen years and pakistan. there are terrorists holed up in those mountains who murdered three thousand americans they are plotting to strike again federally administered tribal areas burn bright red on the map that's where u.s. drone attacks have been killing thousands of people claiming the majority of them are militant extremists a study led by scholars from new york and stanford university's found that only around two percent of the total number of deaths were militants among the remaining several thousand victims of don't attacks hundred seventy five children the fact of the matter remains the u.s. has been carrying out military operations in a country that it is not at war with and the international community says almost nothing about actions which are illegal but international standard advice is to

have the opposite either stuck. in the sentence from the talks the financial aid was worth one hundred sixty the watch. to us since the rights to the arts was. that in the day islamabad and washington were all smiles each seeking to benefit from cooperation centered on dealing with the persistent problem though there was a cool off in the relationship in the one nine hundred seventy s. when pakistan began working on its nuclear bomb the valves were. removed in the wake of the two thousand and one world trade center bombing and the ensuing terror presently however there seems to be no love lost in his doing strikes. on strikes. again. it's not just the buzzing of the drones however that threatens pakistan's integrity but was great as one of the greatest

feats of the fight against terrorism is that the nation of islam of bin laden was a military operation carried out in secret and without knowledge of the pakistani authorities. then came the killing of twenty four pakistani soldiers and a u.s. led air strike forcing islamabad to close down the nato supply route for seven months it was reopened only after an official apology from the u.s. secretary of state with pakistan itself calls to cut off cooperation or submission as many see it to the u.s. get louder with every passing week pakistanis believe the united states may be getting a lot of money to the government but he's at the same time taking away the country's sovereignty and killing its people in islamabad. r.t. . what i do remember you can always go to watch dot com to find any more stories

are pictures and analysis as well as a catch up on anything you may have missed on the air now a quick taste of what's lined up for you at our web site for this hour. how are we in for the u.s. east coast a monstrous storm borne from merging hurricanes would set to hit new jersey next week is predicted to become america's worst storm in one hundred years. and we cover story of one chinese man who's received more than one hundred thousand dollars off the suing his wife and wife because she gave birth to an ugly baby. ukraine is electing a new parliament with a new voting system in place certainly allowing some room for surprises as. the reports of former boxing champion and his party may end up with enough political weight to make or break the opposition. after what was the most expensive election in the history of silver in ukraine worth more than two billion dollars polling

stations of opened across the country. million voters in ukraine will elect its new parliament the outcome of this election is very much unpredictable mainly because it's a completely new voting system and the result of the election may go either way there are many independent candidates which are not belonging to any party and they eventually could have final say inside the parliament and will be able to choose which alliance of parties there will be joining in the new coalition a coalition which can actually spell big trouble for the current president because the opposition in ukraine has already declared to the president if they gain a majority in parliament in one way or another the biggest dark horse of this election is the former boxer who is now finished his career heavyweight champion of the world. he made a surprising rice through the political ranks in ukraine just a year ago imagine his party less than two percent of the votes now different

opinion polls put his party second place and many say that it will be klitschko who will eventually have the final say in the forming of a new coalition inside the parliament certainly we'll we'll be bringing all the latest results in this rather interesting vote as we get them. reporting from kiev now a russian cargo ship with eleven crew members has been reported missing in the waters off the country's far east and the vessel was in the sea of a halt when a radio connection was lost although the crew members did manage to launch a distress signal to the emergency services russian officials say the ongoing storm in the region is seriously complicating the rescue mission making the situation critical the cargo ship was loaded with or from a mine in the country's far east. there are. two more civilians are being killed in riots rocking the peru. capital of lima bringing the death toll to four since unrest began on thursday further twenty seven others have been injured according to

police while over one hundred have been detained and the violence began when police moved to shut down a sprawling open air market over hygiene concerns and rampant crime but merchants and workers refused to look to relocate saying the space they've been allocated is too small and the rent is too high. a car bomb blast at a catholic church in northern nigeria has claimed the lives of three people and wounded several others it happened as people were holding mass similar attacks have been carried out this year by the islamist group which wants to impose sharia law in the country. ok you know just a couple of minutes here on r t we talk to a u.k. based economist mark little word about what he thinks should be done to heal europe's ailing finances this is our duty. if you're passing through rushes to veer region you really can walk on the wild

side thousands of kilometers of unspoilt countryside make up an area where it's still possible to live off the land such spectacular scenery makes it a paradise for fisherman and provides a business opportunity for hunters there are defined hunting seasons in russia but lax enforcement means many animals are killed out of the a lot of times which can leave young animals orphaned and unable to survive the heart of just u.s. 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 have 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 what i was hoping for when i heard i was coming to a place called wolf i had a chance to get close and personal with the locals and it's these guys are going to act as pasta parents for the next generation will come here using the older walls as a surrogate parents has already proved a successful technique. every year i place in front walls 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 wolves 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 cool of the wild. i'm

with mark little words the director of the institute of economic affairs he says that austerity measures aren't a recipe for economic growth but they are a prerequisite littlewood why are stairs the measures so necessary but what we actually need is to get the economy back into some form of balance we are living a normal sleep beyond it's and actually all of the talk about austerity in the united kingdom is somewhat misplaced and that might be the political rhetoric but if you actually look at the numbers it is the british government's intention to add six hundred billion to the national debt over the course of this parliament that's to say they're going to spend six hundred billion pounds sterling more the.