intriguing story for you if you. see arabic to find out more visit arabic t.v. dot com. live from moscow this is r.t. international tonight libyans are voting for a new parliament but few are expected to turn out to the worst security crisis in years and publica towards the in battle government it says human rights watch reveals shocking details of the abuse of detainees by unaccountable militias across libya we investigate tonight. also the russian lawmakers repealed permission to deploy troops to ukraine in a move to support peace efforts the council of europe tells r.t. it's a positive step. and an iraqi battles with militants over a key oil refinery leave dozens dead now as u.s. advisors start propping up the beleaguered army.

good evening it's nine pm here in moscow my name's kevin know it's very good to have you company our top story tonight libyans are choosing a new parliament amid the worst violence in the country since the revolution three years ago turnout is expected to be low with less than a third of the population even registered to vote since he was toppled the libyan leadership's revolving door as seen heads of state come and go whoever chose this time around will be the country six leader in just two years but the government still holds little sway any way over large parts of the country where breakaway militias are running rampant and there are also fears of a military coup after a rogue general garner the popular support in fighting the militants is artie's pulis leah. there was a time when david cameron and his allies paraded the libyan revolution as

a win for western democracy can write a salute your courage and well we are proud of the role that we played out we know this was your revolution from your bravery a time when tony blair's handshake with colonel gadhafi was conveniently forgotten and maybe now the british prime minister in my twenty fifth get that the libyan democratic project did not turn out quite as planned the method libya is. op and the violence state. political stability. our internal security for its people always out in security in its border the point of entry election is underway but the hand of the rule seems very far away two months ago parliament was overrun by gunmen jihadists militias and gangsters have taken over the streets as the climate of fear intensifies a growing number of libyans look to jennifer leaf or have tar as their savior his

supporters see him as the only man capable of crushing radical armed groups and building a national army the us excel has promised to rid the country of foreign fighters and with strong links to egypt's new president washington considers him a cia asset but not contained with meddling from the far the united states has sparked outrage by seizing a libyan citizen from benghazi but i think that america came in and kidnapped a person and we might have different opinions about him what of this is alleged than scepticism no matter who he is what they can mean and keeping that someone from going gassy with them but america's saying nothing america is not responsible for what happened in libya nor is it responsible for what's happening in iraq today western powers were quick to praise themselves for they were initially if it's in libya and just as fast to disavow all response. ability in being gone see the bombed out ruins from general have times lost offensive are still smoldering

libyans off the street it could feel powerless even with boteach slips in the hands the last time they had of evolution it did not turn out so well police here. the twenty eleven uprising also washington an area of economic instability of libya to all production dropped sharply it's so far failed to reach a pre revolution levels either g.d.p. did rise for a bit but now it's back down again over poor levels of all output and fears of another civil war the director of libya's first think tank told us he believes the country's right for a new conflict the difficulty is whether or not those that are chosen through the elections are respected boy by the collective will of the people whether militias or other on groups you know respect the outcomes of of an actual electoral process symptoms in libya that could. you know result in civil conflict and

conflict among stroy called the works various militias and but in my experience that is. though i would say that's a very very new one it's the conflict that is what it's mainly conflict over financial assets i wouldn't say it's a people who has people who are tired versus town all out onslaught and it wouldn't mimic the revolutionary violence that we saw or three years ago but i would say that there are some dangerous or in the moment. human rights watch is warning of dire abuses in libya the report based on interviews with detainees highlights torture in jails including strip searches and beatings one of its authors says the tough security crisis in the country is no excuse for such violations we spoke to jerry simonson earlier on accountable militias for the abuse. they spoke of being whipped with cables burned with cigarettes kicked in their heads suspended from trees with their feet and torsos whipped over prolonged periods of time women were searched by male guards and abusing intimate cavity searches and in eight of the

nine centers we visited the conditions were appalling in amounted to inhuman and degrading treatment with sometimes hundreds of people crammed into a space meant for just a few different militia who have been integrated into the libyan interior ministry run different centers some guards take bribes to release people and so it could well be that their violence is motivated by which to put pressure on the people to pay money to leave the centers in other cases they don't take any bribes and they just detain people for months and in times over a year in that case it could be that the abuses are simply fuelled by what seems to be widespread alcohol abuse drug abuse by the guards and it could also be down to basic racism which is prevalent in libya what concerns us the most is that these detention centers don't seem to have any purpose even even if people are deported from the centers into neighboring countries that they were involved right back in libya as borders are wide open and so it's very unclear what purpose these centers

. russia's parliament has revoked three resolution to allow the use of troops in ukraine it follows a request by president putin as moscow moves further in its efforts to deescalate the crisis still gripping ukraine's east the cease fire between ukraine's military and protesters in the east is still in place but it's taking hard work to keep it that way it was declared after a series of consultations between the ukrainian leader and president vladimir putin first activists fighting kiev's authority rejected the idea calling it an ultimatum and an attempt to disarm them but both sides have now agreed to lay down their arms for a week in a move to ease tensions russia's parliament repealed that mandate to send troops to train should. to be a threat to russian nationals the. might the ceasefire last past friday's deadline and school of thought is really cause for london to hear the reaction has been run the world rushes latest move by the mosque is doing as good as new to ease tension see it what does the west make of it all bloody mary putin's telephone conversation

with foreign swollen angela merkel and petro poroshenko ended with all sides agreed on the need to preserve the truce there and also create conditions for proper control of the cease fire agreement and also the president's press service has confirmed that the leaders are welcomed of russia's decision to in fact revoke its option to use its a military force in ukraine they believe that this will be escalate the crisis in ukraine but that's not the view of the u.s. or its allies u.s. secretary of state john kerry in fact has confirmed that a new round of sanctions against russia is being rated in terms of when it will be introduced that remains unclear but he did in fact say that moscow should stop supporting the answer government forces in eastern ukraine or in supplying its military assistance now this is something that of course russia has. gone on talking about the fact that it supports an anti-government protesters in eastern ukraine or in fact it has military on the ground in ukraine period but the words of

john kerry are also been echoed by nato secretary general let's listen and. we are delighted. to. the retraction of powered russia to take action in ukraine that's important it's it's a great step but it could be reversed in ten minutes i can put it in any other way than requests. immediate positive steps from the russian federation to deescalate the situation and engage in a constructive political process. so at this point it seems that european partners are continuing with their all would provide direct that moscow should do more to ensure the peace process in ukraine even though that would

actually mean meddling in ukraine's interim the affairs and. the number of ukrainian refugees meantime in russia is now thought to be more than sixteen thousand many of those lost their homes during kira's military operation in the east region of some areas still cut off most kristie of water across the border in russia the refugees are sheltering in dozens of camps which have been set up by local authorities and volunteers sporadic gunfire back home makes the ceasefire even more fragile ukrainians who have decided to stay fear that they too will eventually be forced to. discuss the crisis with. president of the kinds of europe's parliamentary assembly this crisis has a tremendous impact on the humanitarian side of the people who are displaced to take away the power of intervening military in russia by mr put in them then by the council of the federation is really

a positive step which we welcome we should build on that step as well as the peace plan which was your put to fairness and we had actually on that you ation does the threat of further sanctions actually help the situation. well the i did the sanctions the parliamentary assembly took and i only can speak for the parliamentary assembly of the council of europe we suspended the voting rights of the russian delegation and to take part in the executing body but we did not exclude them on the contrary we want them to to come and to work with us and i was think that is important. hope you stay with this is we continue to follow developments in ukraine on air and online. next britain's former prime minister tony blair is again feeling the heat of a dragging the you'd pay into

a costly war in iraq on a false pretext but if his current position is middle east peace envoy that's rankling senior figures now a group of former diplomats have written to demand blair be fired one of them is retired british ambassador all of a miles we're delighted to say he's on the line with us now mr miles hi there thanks for being on the program we appreciate it there from oxford i believe tonight why do you think tony blair deserves the sack then. there are three reasons the first is simply that he's been in the job for seven years which is low enough for anybody i think and it's difficult to see that he's contributed a great time to a peace process when in palestine the second reason is that i think he's the wrong man for the job and i felt right from the beginning because he was responsible for mulching the war in iraq which was illegal he lied to the british people about it he failed he had the americans president george bush failed to make a plan for what would happen after the war was over after fighting was over and as

a result we've seen a dreadful consequence in iraq resulting in in the problems that have become so acute in the last few few days few weeks. and the third reason is that i think he was given the wrong job in the first place in fact i was always very surprised that he accepted the terms of reference he was given because he was not appointed peace envoy he was point appointed to. the to help to develop the palestinian economy what of course nobody is against helping to develop the palestinian economy but that's not actually the problem the problem is the occupation and he's had nothing whatsoever to say about that as a gaza rock as we know tony blair is completely brushing that off he'll say he's a very experienced politician and therefore the best man has got the job you're not alone in what you're saying there are a lot of other people are saying that as well your pay is your message really get through is it going to resign. no i don't think he'll resign he's a he's a very tough operator i think that it's up to the quartet if you remember

he is supposed to be he would be delish of the court. what will he be pushed i don't know i've asked the question myself quite often in the last few years much talk to british ministers about it and i've never had a very satisfactory response as to why britain the new government after all is a conservative government opposite political color from tony blair's why they want him in the job at all but it's not a british appointment he was appointed by in theory the united nations the united states russia and the european union and frankly i can't see why any of them want to see him in the job there's a call to take him and george bush as well to the hague is that ever going to happen what you feel about that is that one step too far. to the international criminal court yeah over a. yes well i think that if we lived in

a world of justice that would happen he would be brought to trial for what he did in iraq but. i'm no lawyer my understanding is that the international criminal courts mandate does not include the crime of which he should be with which he should be charged which is launching an aggressive war that's outside the religion so i think we hold so i'm afraid is not going to be a. real pleasure to be on the program thanks for going out to international. thank you. if you could stay with us to learn how the world's biggest war machine has got totally soldiers and it's also will the u.s. deployed a dole to demonize its biggest ever since we'll tell you about the playground tactics that in the war on terror but after this quick break. language as well but i will only react to situations i have read the reports i'm

like. no i will leave them to the state department to comment on your latter part of the month to say it's ok because are you talking no. thank you no more weasel words. when you need a direct question be prepared for a change when you punch be ready for a battle freedom of speech means little down to freedom to cross. now i. walk.

like. you took a bit of rock just before the break and further to that now iraqi army airstrikes early wednesday reportedly killed at least thirty two people in the strategically important town of baiji that's where government forces are still trying to fend off militant attacks it's the country's largest oil refinery the islamist group isis it earlier claimed it had captured the facility the unrest has already led to the fuel crisis in some parts of the country washington's reluctant to send in troops but more than one hundred u.s. military advisers as the being called are offering assistance british m.p. jeremy corbyn thinks that western meddling has driven iraq to the edge anyway. the growth of the isis forces is a direct result of the overthrow of the entire system around saddam hussein and then the promotion of what has actually turned out to be very sectarian government

in iraq ever since then and also the huge amounts of money that are available for the isis forces so we have what is developing into a very well funded civil war by controlling the oil resources or most of your resources of iraq from the isis forces the present our least the biggest refinery then that has caused panic buying and chaos in the rest of iraq but it also cuts off a huge element of financial support for the government of iraq and the long term instability of the country. very much in doubt because you now have two broadly really just sectarian forces fighting each other that was never the narrative in iraq before the. united states and britain and others invaded it was their rather simply. secular country in the sense that the constitution was relatively secular the outlook is very very grim indeed and this is a consequence of western meddling. look at stories lined up on our web sites

including these capitol hill was at loggerheads over a yet again just months after washington decided to revive its financial support for the african nations something congress and i want to screw up to learn why from us also to governments taking control of mobile devices to spy on their citizens yep sounds like nothing new sadly in the twenty first century does it these days but now a live tally and hacking firms revealed exactly how it's done you can read up on for most. surely louis strikes again the year of power players being called rival players again this time seeking his teeth into an italian jury in their world cup clash so the internet's reacting nice color check it out see dot com for more. there are many ways to wage war boots on the ground maybe air strikes drones or by playing toy soldiers usually the reserve kids this last way was used by the u.s.

in its war on terror as artie's miniport meyer explains it's one market is a lucrative industry generating a reported eighty four billion dollars in global revenue and it makes sense everywhere around the world boys generally make kids happy except when the cia gets involved according to the washington fulls this by even see concocted a plan in two thousand and five to develop some of didn't live in demon dolls aimed at scaring children and their parents all to instill fear in. families that would cause them to turn away from the real terrorist the twelve inch figurines were painted with heat dissolving material designed to peel off and reveal a red faced demon like creature with pure c. and black facial markings the code name for the project was devil eyes the plan was to distribute the toys to changer in afghanistan and pakistan where the cia was

trying to win hearts and minds the cia claims only three prototypes were developed before the project was canceled however a source tells the washington post that hundreds of bin ladin demon action figures were developed and sent to karate in two thousand and six although the cia did not move forward with the covert operation one of the demon figures reportedly remains the agency's headquarters reporting from washington d.c. marina point are two. middle east. two things that are better ways of fighting terrorism scaring children with toys. psychological war or fear is. a weapon in any struggle in modern the war but it's not the only. factor that defines these kinds of. measures that usually the secret service or intelligence community dates in five

think terrorism however since these action figure those words that act as two children who try to create live music in the sub conscious. than is. monitored or. certain i believe maybe a different approach like investing in education of these children would yield much higher results. some of the world news headlines now there's been a string of bomb attacks to report targeting rush hour commuters in cairo at least eight people have been injured the homemade explosive devices were used in the blasts which happened inside four metro stations and a court that caused widespread panic as you can imagine the first such attacks in cairo since last month's presidential election. israeli forces have arrested a further seventeen palestinians overnight as part of the ongoing crackdown on the west bank meanwhile in gaza the air force bombed seven targets in response to

militant rocket fire at israel the previous day the region see an increase in violence and three israeli teenagers went missing in the west bank hundreds of palestinians have already been detained during the search operation. a new king of spain's already got family issues less than a week of to being crowned of course now upheld charges against his sister princess christina over tax fraud money laundering her husband allegedly embezzled millions of euros in public contracts with his business partner if she goes to trial the princess could face up to eleven years prison. bombs killed twenty one people in a shopping center in nigeria's capital a boogy the country's been ravaged by a spate of recent terrorist attacks by the islamist group. in april alone the organization carried out bombings that killed over one hundred people in the capital. greenpeace can also turn red in the face the organizations campaigns for less air travel to cut carbon emissions

usually but a greenpeace executive now it's been revealed just flowed from luxembourg to amsterdam and back on a daily basis at the charity's expense since twenty twelve well let's forget the cost of that for a moment financially but look at what it's doing to the world let's take a look at what effects the travels of had on the environment a commuter managed to over seven tons of carbon dioxide emissions that's equivalent to three tons of recycled waste or for look at another way one household annual electricity consumption right now or they wrote a book about greenpeace policies he believes often their words don't match their actions. most observers are. critical is especially when you hear executives defending it as as a compromise between you know the needs of a business and impacting the environment which is basically exactly what. others not to do but i assume that what people are upset about is greenpeace is very public about condemning others for their decisions and their you know sort of

environmental impact and then in private or behind closed doors is sort of doing whatever the person that we think is best or personally benefits down and that's where you see charges of obviously of piracy you know greenpeace because it has a no will mission or because they think they have a noble mission they are somehow. you know above the rules or can do whatever they think is right and that kind of relativity creates the problems like we're talking about now. next live update from a thirty five minutes not just over half an hour your child says no so this is your chance to get live interactive in this now i shan't be a but before but off the break america's making a multi billion dollar withdrawal from a french bank aaron aides next that i was behind that massive following right after this break.

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a pretty big deal and we'll look into its implications on the global banking system then call in roses on the program today colin is sitting down with me to discuss the u.s. economy are we finally thawing out after a brutally origin start to the year will discuss coming right up and in today's big deal edward harrison and i are talking about the current conflict in iraq and the potentially imperiled the oil markets you won't want to miss a moment to it. our lead story today american banking exceptionalism in the framework of the b.n.p. dispute now.