yet. this week. 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 losing houses bulldozing properties and shooting indiscriminately if you want to you almost of.

people are so concerned for the safety of their families they don't want to be identified. it was chaotic shiling they fired at harbors and shouted indiscriminately more than two thousand families have fled seven families are with us at the moment yes they were led to the body but they were firing into even their their families who died in the shelling children died too they fired by women and children straight to the head it started with me well that's what the army to use all means necessary to get the former gadhafi stronghold of all his supporters there were queues of kidnappings and murdering of former militia men credited with capturing the libyan leader last year i would nurses and doctors on the scene say people are being fired at with gas pulled the shells r.t. sources report seeing militia trying to hide and remove the 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 red cross is to me it's 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 with this thing now why you don't know one week now this is the outside and does it know what the were doing when i was leaving when i think when we're in one of the government. i saw explosions and rockets of our heads i saw the dad. but the general national council denies the killings despite the evidence to the contrary where the government force

a. place where there would go as high that of course they will be. flown mistakes but the whole picture of the whole thing is being handled better for the. 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 let's think back to kerry trying to learn we couldn't because 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 that's whole kind of we got all the killing lots of people and today the situation agrees much worse a great humanitarian catastrophe taking place we've got massacres going on at the moment and china's complete silence here 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 be generous 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 a year since independence 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 a reminder that for many the arab spring turned out to be a very cold winter here r.t. beirut. well russia has called on the u.n. security council to urge the libyan authorities to resolve the bani walid 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 civilians from gadhafi. this report from new york while the united

nations has focused much attention this week on the ongoing conflicts in syria and mali russia's efforts to address the death and destruction taking place in libya was blocked by the united states washington refused to support a security council press 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 to the u.n. churkin says that it's quite strange the u.s. would block a 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 embassador churkin said it is difficult in this case to explain the u.s. delegations actions in a rational terms now russia has dropped her 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 that also expressed concern about the significant escalation of violence in and around the city of miami will lead. keeping a close eye on the violence around but he will lead we'll keep you up to date with developments in and around the perceived. it's good to have you with us here on r.t. today the latest peace effort for syria fell apart this week with at least two tera bombings and a large attack took place in the capital damascus where at least five were killed and many more injured by a car bomb explosion that happened during a proposed four day ceasefire to mark the muslim holiday of aid which some rebel groups such as the radical al nusra front rejected outright another call to carry on fighting and came from the leader of al qaeda who criticized world leaders for that loose grip on the syrian regime international affairs analyst. says the truce

plan was doomed to fail. people remain insurgency in syria is full of. it including the united states. or turkey itself when they leave the country it's like ok france germany is providing the audience with her so they're really on top for we know that they're providing procure that's will they don't want repeats they want to remove the government of syria from brazil but from the outside. they are 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 the states or it's because they haven't been pressured by the outside powers like them perhaps they have even been told not to support this use for. and are still to come for you just a bit later in the program on our unconditional apology that washington is unwilling to offer a high ranking a pakistani politician was pulled off a flight to new york and questioned by u.s.

officials about his views on unmanned drone attacks. sudan points the finger at tel aviv saying an explosion at a khartoum weapons factory was a surgical and strike by israeli jets. ten minutes past the hour moscow time tens of thousands of protesters filled the streets of italy and spain on saturday in anger. tough economic measures being forced upon them the show of discontent turned ugly in one northern italian town where police used tear gas and battens to disperse the crowds results sarah further reports the struggling public is still determined to get its message across. getting back at a stair it's a people lazy year to continuing to fight against this and measure is the fight and deeper and deeper into the public and private purpose of many usa nations clashes with police break out in the north of italy of thousands marched against the

government in the capital reign in what was dubbed anti monte de some of the scenes we witnessed in the great west bank has turned on the us to rally against never ending government cuts we feel like we are number of percentage by our government but they are doing things that we are not we don't agree with them and we are telling them on the diamond but they don't listen as they are sturdy anger 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 is a 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 you see preceding unemployment poverty. the ferns.

in people here police offices. dividing the protesters from the governments that more and more they grow into low youth that of g.t. you'll find many of them joining the march is even lower enforcement a feeling the pinch the need amongst many protesters is greg craig dean had many times before and still they tell us nothing seems to change. is actually not to. invest more in the economy to invest in growth to make sure that there are jobs and the only way to ultimately. 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 it is if you actually listen to the people who are not too good for the initial interest from abroad you will come up with a lot more sensible a lot more rational response to this person a dogmatic insistence on austerity has seen successive governments across the

isolated from their electorates and amongst the euro members themselves divisions a widening spain's witnessing fierce independence leads catalonia in the basque country those demanding freedom and electing separatist politicians meanwhile greece is fighting in upsurge of radical nationalist sentiment is leading to the growth of far right and fascist groups things 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 matter with a massive euro wide strike planned for later this month it seems as long as things continue as they are there will be no peace here so if there are to be. police in greece have arrested a journalist who published a list of the country's political and business elite holding swiss bank accounts

there was a blow accuses the greek government of failing to go after tax evaders while at the same time preparing to push through more belt tightening measures for the struggling population professor of economics are going to support it fuck it says politicians are reluctant to investigate because of their own personal involvement . elite. investigative unit bordering greece has been arrested for effectively selling a public interest but the vast majority of the elation fear. politicians use are simply. to expose the network of court action which in was glad to extend good politicians and businessmen for fifty years during this crisis where it is being imposed upon the vast majority of workers who'll have no old alternative but to pay their tax politicians of.

pointing fingers at that we can members of fixer say saying no you have not been a good x. you've been back to sector and that it will state to now to do this coming out of their tax evasion and about the fact that tax evasion is again played fairly skillfully and as it has been happening for the last thirty or forty years now lived a peculiarly keen to be idle in the face of such a list we are coming to you live from the heart of moscow this is r.t. certainly hoping you can stay with us we'll be back after a short break. flying north with me in this old soviet work course of a helicopter is dr van amir brodsky and his team from the region's medical aviation service we head across ever more barren tundra higher and higher into russia's

arctic far north until eventually we see our landing spot river arrive in this tiny village after crossing hundreds of kilometers of snow a wilderness as a boy here suffering favor and the doctors are going to see what they can do. inside a small building not one but two babies and their parents are waiting for us the doctors inspect them but can't make a diagnosis and decide to bring them to a regional hospital for better care spread lana doesn't like taking her baby away from home but she's been before and agrees to go that's the usual practice with those who live in a they keep mothers with their newborns in hospital for a month. on the way back another stop to check on the health of some native minutes reindeer herders out in the tundra it can take many hours to reach the nearest village so a medical problem simply fixed here in the tent that. they used to be but now we

can go to civilized places so we call for emergency help. back at hospital other patients helped by the air ambulance are being treated the service costs forty million dollars a year to run and there's been controversy with some claiming that locals exaggerate or make up health problems and use the helicopters as a free taxi service accusations vladimir firmly dismisses your brother is not true usually the calls are perfectly justified sometimes we even reproach locals for waiting too long before calling us he's been working as a doctor now for forty three years but vladimir has come. the diva now after he retires his helicopter doctors will remain a lifeline to the peoples of the russian far north.

we are highlighting the top headlines of the week here on our t.v. screen to have you with us today let's turn our attention now to the united states where this week failed to bring any clarity as to who's likely to be the next president of the democratic and republican candidates are effectively now neck and neck some diversity though was brought into the race by the third party debates which offered a different slant on the key issues only r.t. was one of the very few media outlets taking any notice or some of the highlights for you. the president has assumed dictatorial rights to put us in prison at his leisure 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 need to 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 banned the use of drones we're printing and borrowing money to the tune of forty three cents out of every dollar we spend. dollars. and as governor johnson say are we well be like germany after world war one. the final face off for the third party presidential candidates will be brought to you exclusively by our in a week's time the two front runners came together for the third debate this week focusing on u.s. foreign policy but those who were expecting a tough clash of words were left rather disappointed with barack obama and mitt romney once again displaying some striking similarities and war activist brian becker predicts that u.s. policy will just 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 or 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 in 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. and our special coverage of the u.s. presidential campaign will continue on air and online introducing a fresh perspective on the race throughout the week starting this coming monday we'll be exploring america's domestic policies and challenges in depth do stay with us for the. what lies ahead for occupy will the movement mobilize calls for a new america who stands for the ninety nine percent us election please guide monday october twenty ninth on r.t. now twenty minutes past the hour moscow time the high profile pakistani politician imraan khan has been interrogated by u.s. officials over his anti drone for years pulled off a plane to new york yet to explain the details of his campaign against deadly american air strikes in pakistan the former cricket star has asked for an apology but his arteries are nicholas carr reports washington remains unrepentant about its

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 eighty 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 burned 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 their own attacks hundred seventy five were children the defect 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 by international standard that seems to

have no options either stop the. attacks. was. something. that in the day islamabad and washington were. all smiles each seeking to benefit from cooperation centered on dealing with a persistent taliban problem though there was a cool off in their relationship in the one nine hundred seventy s. when pakistan began working on its nuclear bomb the vows were renewed in the wake of the two thousand and one world trade center bombing and the ensuing war on terror presently however there seems to be no love lost in this match and on strikes. counterproductive but there. are 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 this as a 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 in the 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 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 giving a lot of money to their government but is at the same time taking away the country's sovereignty and killing its people in islamabad it in english go. to remember you can always go to walk to dot com to find more stories or pictures and analysis as

well as catch up on anything you may have missed on a let's have a quick look and see what's the lineup for you for this hour howling halloween for the u.s. east coast two hurricanes merge to form frank and storm put up to sixty million people in harm's way it is predicted to become america's worst. in one hundred years. i report the story of one chinese man who received more than one hundred thousand dollars after suing his wife because she gave birth to an ugly baby. a report from an american based monitoring group says an explosion at a sudanese weapons factory was a surgical airstrike blamed on israel and promised to retaliate declined to comment but accuse sudan of having a key role in an iranian backed arms shipping network political analyst dr mohammed audible sather things the identity of the aggressor is plain to see. this is not

the first attack again a sudanese territory. it has happened before the war ended on gaza at the beginning of two thousand and nine there have been a number of attacks against sudanese territory and it is largely to say that israel is the country that is responsible for such attacks again is. my understanding also is that after the war again is gaza the previous american administration and the previous israeli government it is your understanding to fight terrorism right on its source is israel is the country that is interested in fighting against other countries who are allegedly supplying hamas with weapons and supporting hamas politically to a northern nigeria now to get to the r.t. world update will start there with a car bomb blast at a catholic church has claimed the lives of seven people and wounded several others

it happened as people were holding mass similar attacks have been carried out this year by the islamist group boko haram which wants to impose sharia law in the country. tsunami threatened hawaii has seemingly been spared severe damage after a warning of possible disaster was downgraded by the way it was caused by a powerful earthquake near the canadian coast it was supposed to hit the island earlier today prompting many to evacuate the area but it's now expected to happen once it was. the cargo spacecraft dragon has undocked from the international space station just ahead of its return to earth it has to be moved to a safe distance away from the eye assess before it can begin its journey it was dragon's first contract admission to the space complex where it was delivering over four hundred kilos of food and supplies. all right and i just a couple of minutes here on r.t. we talked to u.k. based economist mark littlewood about what he thinks should be done to help to heal

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any time. 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 prerequisites littlewood why austerity measures so necessary well what we actually need is to get the economy back into some form of balance we are living a normal sleep. and actually all of the talk about austerity in the united kingdom is somewhat misplaced and that what.