the stories that shaped this week the blockade of the libyan town of bani walid grew more deadly reports of chemical weapons being used against the remaining population we bring you witness accounts from the battle scene. tens of thousands in the show bank in italy in spain calling on their governments to stop enforcing austerity measures which they call a social massacre. plus the final presidential debate between barack obama or mitt romney fails to give either the lead third party candidates to fight a media blackout to suggest alternatives policies.

that are not back at the past seven days top stories on the latest developments this is the weekly on r.t. the apparent use of chemical weapons against civilians humanitarian crisis stranded refugees a more deaths the reality for the libyan town of bani walid this week the residents there are calling for international help pro-government militias continue to shell the former gadhafi stronghold. has been a gathering eyewitness accounts from the besieged town and you may find some of the images in the following report graphic. 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 looting houses bulldozing properties and shooting indiscriminately you want your most of whom are buying machinery but 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 without at the moment yes they were fled to the valley but they were firing into even their their families who died in the shelling children died too then fired by women and children the straight to the head it started 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 misses 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 the bodies of those killed by chemical weapons 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 or 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 with fiji's who in the confusion of the past few days tried 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 good this gun and this be able now with this thing now when i don't know one week now this neighborhood go outside and know what they were doing when i was leaving when i think when we're in one of the government. i saw explosions and rockets about our heads i saw the dead. but the general national council denies the killings despite the evidence to the contrary where the government for third. place where i would go of course they will be. flown with

but the whole picture of the whole thing is being handled better for. 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 let's think back to carry twenty eleven we couldn't because in the u.k. or u.s. or put on the b.b.c. or c.n.n. we are hearing about what's going on in libya a humanitarian disaster. occurring lots of people a day situationally very much worse you've got a humanitarian catastrophe taking place we've got massacres going on at the moment and. that's complete silence here the chaotic scenes of a throwback to the long running rivalry between wizards of bani walid and misrata a city gadhafi laid siege to they also show the weakness of the new government's authority over former rebel militias which oh it illegal but essentially do what

they like to all 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 policia r.t. beirut. russia is called on the u.n. security council to urge the libyan authorities to resolve the bani walid conflict peacefully the proposal have blocked by the u.s. which took part in the bombing campaign last year under the guise of protecting civilians from then leader moammar gadhafi. reports 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 but 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 ambassador 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 bani walid. keeping

a close eye on the violence room bani walid and we'll keep you up to date with developments in and around the siege tell. the latest peace effort for syria fell apart this week with at least two terrible things 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 four day ceasefire to mark the muslim holiday of ied 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 criticize world leaders for their loose grip on the syrian regime international affairs analyst says the truce plan was doomed to fail but the government insurgency in syria is far and. worse it including the united states. or turkey itself or they leave the country

kate france your money is providing support so they were even thought for we know that they're providing talk to cure than us will they don't want really heats they want to remove the government of syria from bowral for sure but sure there are so. they believe in the rebels believe that they've got the momentum they've got the support from the outside world and it will be so you know they're not going to abide by these states where it's because they they haven't been pressured by the outside powers the back them perhaps they have even been told not to support this use for this is the weekly here in r.t. coming up a little later in the program this hour it pulls off to fundamental elections in ukraine suggest president got it covered his party has the advantage but it may have to form a coalition to return to power our reporter in kiev will bring us the details. the first tens of thousands of protesters filled the streets of italy and spain on saturday and 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 buttons to disperse the crowds because of the surface reports the struggling public is still determined to get its message heard. hitting back at a stair it's a people over a year of continuing to fight against this a measures that are biting deeper and deeper into the public and private purpose of many resignations clashes with police broke out in the north of italy of thousands marched against the government in the capital reign in what was dubbed anti monte de similar things 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. we don't agree with them and we are telling them on the diamond but they don't listen as hysterically anger spread across year thousands of people have taken to the straight and it's not just in madrid for in greece to italy big

you're using countries and small this is a euro 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 if you look at the stats for the country you see the heart of a sixteen to twenty four year olds and house of work everything using christian and employment poverty. the first class is in people here police offices. dividing the protesters from the governments that more and more they growing to live with that of g.t.a. you'll find many of them joining the march is even lower than foresman a feeling the pinch the need amongst many protestors is great they've been here 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 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 national interests from abroad come up with a lot more sensible a lot more rational response to this person a dogmatic insistence on austerity less in successive governments across the isolated from their electorates and amongst the euro members themselves divisions a widening spain's witnessing fierce independence movement 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 seems 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 massacre 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 the r.t. . police in greece have a rest a journalist who published a list of the country's political and business elite holding swiss bank accounts the whistleblower 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 yanis varoufakis says the politicians are reluctant to investigate because of their own involvement. a leading. investigative unit bordering greece has been arrested for effectively selling it against us but the vast majority gives a good look relation fear. politicians are simply.

keen to expose the network of court action which in was glad to extend good politicians and businessmen for fifty years now during this crisis with these being imposed upon the vast majority of workers who'll have no old alternative but to pay their tax bill additions of a job that is pointing moralizing fingers at that we can members of critics or say be saying oh you have not been free rein get tax you big banks it is why it is such a identical state to now the do this coming out of their backs arrangement about the fact that tax evasion is again played very skillfully by that age and as it has been happening for the last thirty or forty years now i live a peculiarly keen to be idle in the phase of such

a list. you're watching r.t. it's the weekly more news ahead for you after a short break. 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. if they are 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. will come to the. previous owners cowards this month food is the center of our universe the tides are forever while the sun's rays can be fickle innovative construction methods last cause as well as environmental damage for brave new

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more news today valan says once again fled up the phone these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada. china corporations rule today. this is the weekly life here in alexey in the polls have closed in ukraine in parliamentary elections which could pose problems for the country's president. exit polls suggest that his party is leading the vote but has no overall majority the opposition is planning to impeach the president if they win enough seats another battle to form coalitions may decide the final outcome. chef ski is in ukraine's capital kiev. as it stands the five boxes which are making it into the parliament

they will most likely form new coalitions and likely that the ruling party will continue having its majority as it having the last two or three years or so the whole position has been saying that as soon as it gets the majority in the new parliament it will be featured residents on the goal of it's the biggest question now and the biggest simply is whether the former boxing champion. for his own political party has managed to get very impressive results according to the exit polls with about fifteen percent whether she will be able to the fully willing to join the opposition and the opposition which is led by the jail to hold the prime minister of ukraine. thus they will have the majority in parliament and they will be able to impeach the president but that is the result of the proportional receipts in parliament the situation may change if the georgia recedes provide us with a tree for the ruling party but so far so clear within the next two or three days

we are expecting of course changes to happen if the current polls that simple results prove to be correct in the long run but i will certainly be waiting what the official results will be and we will deliver them to our to suicide as we get them within the next several days. to the us now where this week failed to bring any clarity as to who's likely to be the next president the mccracken republican candidates are effectively neck and neck some diversity was brought into the race by the third party debates which offered a different slant on the key issues in the altie was one of the very few media outlets taken any notice for 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 need to put an

end to the use of drones and actually lead not to lead this development of a new arms race but to lead in an international treaty and the 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. sixteen trillion dollars is bearing down on us and as johnson say are we could well be right germany after world war i. and the final face off for the third party presidential candidates will be brought to exclusively by altie 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 some frank ideological exchanges were left disappointed with barack obama or mitt romney once again displaying striking similarities u.s. foreign policy analyst explains the reasons behind that. one of the mistakes that

people make is that they think that this is a debate between two men and i think what's important to do is to see who basically are the groups of advisors and hoop of people behind the president and the groups of people behind romney who are really the same people that the iraq war and the called the new conservatives they want a much more aggressive foreign policy that americans don't want that a majority of americans don't want to fight a war with iran seventy percent of them don't want to do it unilaterally americans want to cut military spending that's what the whole show so what what romney had to do was to sort of back away from a lot of those positions except on military spending and seem much more reasonable and sort of centrist if he sort of plays out what's really in his cards i think it into scaring a lot of people and they end up losing votes and so that was part of what was going

on there he was trying to move more toward obama and so there wasn't a debate our special coverage of the u.s. presidential campaign will continue on air and online introducing a fresh perspective on the race starting this coming monday we'll be exploring america's domestic policies and challenges in depth do stay with that. what lies ahead for occupy will the movements mobilize calls for a new america who stands for the ninety nine percent u.s. election a close guide monday october twenty ninth on r.t. . to other international news now here on r.t. at least five people have been killed and twenty five wounded in a powerful blast outside a sunni muslim shrine in northwest pakistan a senior police officer was mungo's injured no one has claimed responsibility so far but some militant movements including the taliban have been blamed for previous attacks of this kind. of. charges eastern city of lingo has put

a halt to plans to expand the chemical plant weeklong process is the latest in a series of rallies against the pollution caused by factories in the country there were loud cheers when an official statement was read out announcing the move although the protests were mostly peaceful there were reports of violent scuffles and attacks on police. the east coast of the u.s. is brace for horror concernedly which is due to hit on monday night it's already left over sixty people dead in the caribbean widespread destruction is expected with all schools in new york to be shut down. that brings up to date for the moment here in art in just a few moments from now we are rubble the story of the infamous russian theater terrorist attack that was ten years ago and we meet some of those who were held hostage our special report coming away next on r.t. .

remains in this tree even for specialists how a voice can produce several sounds it warms the to do the means the art of throat singing comes naturally picked up like a language. a language of communicating with nature it said that's where throat singing originates from the unions believe not only animals but also all surrounding objects like reverse forests and even stones of souls by imitating the sounds they believe assumes to capture the power of nature. was. there are special instruments that accompany the singing give gainey says there is

even a legend about his instrument a gill it says once there lived a poor shefford who had the best horse that won every competition but jealous people killed it on the horse was revived as an instrument. those that have suffered a fall is because of the spirit of the horse coming to his dream and said make an instrument from a tree the sounding board from the leather of my face the strings. and to remember me make an engraving of my head part of the instrument he did so i called the instrument again which means come back and this melody only instrument is called. to fly as one of the most famous groups in the republic there. next goal is to tour broad they say for you or peons it's difficult to pick up and saying so i ask them to teach me and see if i can do it. cheerleader the senior.

chair and oh you voted that was sure to say can you know who was you think gary are oh. but now to be part of the song and not the actual fruit singing which i wouldn't even try to repeat. so maybe you have to be born here to be able to sing like this i thought so until i met chooks like it vini and i don't even speak their language but she is from japan. most says to modern minds from two hundred years ago until sappy here she's not planning a professional singing career she keeps practicing just because it's become part of her nature.

my name is alexandra. ten years ago i acted in the musical north and i was on stage the day that the terrorists stormed the theater. i was lucky i survived stella become an actress i began to value life more to value times to value the love of those close to us. the conclusion i've reached is to be generous in love and kindness. i will overcome all difficulties i believe in good.

footage. alexandra first took to the stage when she was only three and a half years old by the age of thirteen the young actress was playing one of the major roles in no one doest. i. played in her childhood gradually developed into serious dramatic characters. becoming a professional actress alexandra still enjoys playing in children's comedy shows. ten years ago the audience received the performance of the nord-ost musical just as warmly critics even deemed it the first russian show to be worthy of a global stage the popularity of the musical exceeded expectations as producers

introduced theatrical techniques that had successfully been used on broadway and in the west end the story about adventurous about friendship and love packed out the theater. but. the cast would never. to a group of terrorists stormed a central mosque. forty one male and female. two of the floors with explosives they demanded pull troops out from the chechen republic and threaten to shoot ten hostages for every terrorist killed there in moments hundred sixteen people from cast and audience were taken hostage according to official statistics one hundred thirty people were killed in the attack ten of them were minors. lost two of its.