britain and france push for a u.n. security council resolution condemning the protests in syria.n yemen, protestors take to the street of the capital to call for a new transitional government. welcome to bbc news, broadcast to our viewers in america on pbs and across the globe. a grim warning for afghanistan. u.s. lawmakers fear its economy will collapse by 2014. and aiming for the imf top job, france's finance minister khristine the guard says she is satisfied letting china drum up support for her bid. ♪ >> hello and welcome. the chief prosecutor of the international criminal court says he is becoming more convinced that colonel gaddafi's using rape against libyan rebels. a team has found evidence that suggests the libyan leader has even provided his soldiers with the viagra. on the ground, rebels have made their first attempt to move out of the city of misrata. they are moving south and east and west. they have sustained heavy casualties as colonel gaddafi's forces fought back. >> to shouts of "god is great" rebels fought back against colonel gaddafi's forces. >> we are on the

britain and france push for a new u.n.ecurity council resolution condemning the suppression of protest. and u.s. lawmakers fear an economy will collapse when forces leave in 2014. welcome to our viewers on pbs and around the globe. coming up, a potent symbol of power, china's first aircraft carrier takes to the seas. four more could be on the way. hello and welcome. the chief anchor at the international criminal court has said he's becoming more convinced that colonel gaddafi is using rape as a weapon against rebels. luis moreno-0 campo said he has received evidence that shows colonel gaddafi even gives his soldiers viagra the trook moved forward to the south, east, and west and sustained heavy casualties as gaddafi's forces fought back. >> to shouts of "god is great," rebels in misrata start to fight back against gaddafi's forces. "we're on the front line now. we don't need any help because we're ready to defeat gaddafi and his supporters and his this the heaviest fighting around the city since gaddafi loyalists were beat

other forms of support or possibly arms covertly so there is no doubt that the three countries britain france and america who are waging this war under the disguise of nato of course wish to see the rebels seize power by force and overthrow gadhafi yes you mentioned nato there does seem hell bent on a military solution while ignoring a peaceful initiatives expressed by both russia and the african union was that. absolutely again nato like the main belligerent powers of which of course it is nothing but an instrument has said in its most recent official communiques that the purpose of this war is to effect regime change is to overthrow the government and quite obviously they know that that can only occur by force so indeed nato is proving to be a force for war while the regional countries the regional organizations the african unity and also russia have called for peace on the other hand we must be careful about using the word nato this war is being fought by britain france and america they use nato is a fig leaf but nato itself is of course much bigger and there is not unanimity in nato only

made for war in libya it completely contradicts it there is no doubt that the three countries britain france and america who are waging this war under the disguise of nato of course wish to see the rebels seize power by force and overthrow gadhafi we must be careful about using the word nato this war is being fought by britain france and america they use nato as the fig leaf but nato itself is of course much bigger and there is not unanimity of nato only a few days ago the italian foreign minister said that there should be a ceasefire in order to allow humanitarian aid through so i think that this latest news from france will possibly increase tensions within the coalition although i repeat that the war is being waged by three countries using nato as a disguise. u.s. secretary of defense robert gates has announced his retirement after almost five years in the job but with three ongoing wars involving america his replacement former cia director leon panetta isn't expected to make dramatic changes to pentagon policies and each camp has a story. whoever's in the white house in the pentagon it's

made for war in libya it completely contradicts it there is no doubt that the three countries britain france and america who are waging this war under the disguise of nato of course wish to see the rebels seize power by force and overthrow gadhafi we must be careful about using the word nato this war is being fought by britain france and america they use nato as the feedly but nato itself is of course much bigger and there is not unanimity in nato only a few days ago the attorney and foreign minister said that there should be a ceasefire in order to allow humanitarian aid through so i think that this latest news from france will possibly increase tensions within the coalition although i repeat that the war is being waged by three countries using nato as a disguise. the assets of former ukrainian prime minister yulia tymoshenko have been frozen by prosecutors she stands accused of abuse of power and experimenter is accused of stealing highly unprofitable gas deals with russia in two thousand and nine these are said to have a price ukraine around four hundred million dollars investigators clai

made for war in libya it completely contradicts it there is no doubt that the three countries britain france and america who are waging this war under the disguise of nato of course wish to see the rebels seize power by force and overthrow gadhafi we must be careful about using the word nato this war is being fought by britain france and america they use nato is the. nato itself is of course much bigger and there is not unanimity in nato only a few days ago the italian foreign minister said that there should be a ceasefire in order to allow humanitarian aid through so i think that this latest news from france will possibly increase tensions within the coalition although i repeat that the war is being waged by three countries using nato as a disguise. pakistan has urged the us to shut down and leave an air base in the country southwest the facility has served as a launching pad for washington's drone attacks against militants on the volatile afghan border a pakistani political analyst thinks the only way to stop the violence is to end the war on terror one of the main reasons for the for the

and its major allies britain france to accept any kind of ceasefire with colonel gadhafi because they have repeatedly said that any settlement can only follow is leaving office leaving power on the other hand we have signs that in fact there are fact channels between gadhafi and the rebels some of the rebel leaders who were in discussions with the nato leaders last week have said that they also talked with some and some. have a problem that is in charge of the bombing of the politics on the ground in the bench will be decided by libyans who are not necessarily the nato leaders would like so you don't think the congress would go for something like that even if it would stop the blood sad. mr ahmed can you hear me well it's a good oh. he's trying to really play a public relations or is saying who are the people who are. i want to have a cease fire i want him because he's pushing in a sense trying to put the onus on the nato leaders now at first the nato leaders could sneak there at any pressure from the little country that would be a pressure this rachel and that as this bombing campaig

anti-government protesters but so far russia has effectively been blocking that proposal put forward by france and britain parties were important is across the latest developments. following two hours of closed door consultations with the u.n. security council members france and britain did not corner enough support that they clearly needed for this resolution that they introduced to be adopted in that resolution introduced by britain and france calls for a condemnation against the syrian government for our crackdown on anti-government protesters that has taken place over the past three months the resolution the draft resolution proposed by the u.k. and france as i mentioned also urges countries to not supply weapons to damascus and also on syria to iowa to comply and to work with the u.n. human rights organization now why this is a big effort on the part of these european countries to try to get the international community to clamp down on syria following three months of under us but as we've been reporting other countries veto wielding countries such as china and russia have spoken out against adopting

made for war in libya it completely contradicts it there is no doubt that the three countries britain france and america who are waging this war under the disguise of nato of course wish to see the rebels seize power i force and overthrow gadhafi we must be careful about using the word nato this war is being fought by britain france and america they use nato as the figley but nato itself is of course much bigger and there is not unanimity in nato only a few days ago the italian foreign minister said that there should be a ceasefire in order to allow humanitarian aid through so i think that this latest news from france will possibly increase tensions within the coalition although i repeat that the war is being waged by three countries using nato as a disguise. an egyptian court has ordered a probe into fresh clashes between police and protesters in cairo hundreds of people were injured as more riots swept through the country activists are angry at the interim government is saying there have been no improvements since hosni mubarak was toppled in february but for more this let's talk to journa

made for war in libya it completely contradicts it there is no doubt that the three countries britain france and america who are waging. it's war under the disguise of nato of course a wish to see the rebels seize power by force and overthrow gadhafi we must be careful about using the word nato this war is being fought by britain france and america to use nato figleaves but need to itself is of course much bigger and there is not unanimity of nato only a few days ago the attorney and foreign minister said that there should be a ceasefire in order to allow humanitarian aid through so i think that this latest news from france will possibly increase tensions within the coalition although i repeat the war is being waged by three countries using names who isn't a surprise. the russian court has found that some scientology literature distributed in russia is illegal writings by l. ron hubbard the founder of the church have been extreme mist and anti social might now are to sara for a to south side the scientology headquarters here in moscow sara scientology has never had an easy existence in russi

made for war in libya it completely contradicts it there is no doubt that the three countries britain france and america who are waging this war under the disguise of nato of course wish to see the rebels seize power by force and overthrow gadhafi we must be careful about using the word nato this war is being fought by britain france and america the use nato is the. but nato itself is of course a much bigger and there is not unanimity in nato only a few days ago the italian foreign minister said that there should be a ceasefire in order to allow humanitarian aid through so i think that this latest news from france will possibly. increased tensions within the coalition although i repeat that the war is being waged by three countries using nato as a disguise. for most five years he's been the man at the helm of the us military and responsible for the billions of dollars that have flowed into the pentagon's coffers from washington now secretary of defense robert gates is retiring leaving behind three wars and an ever growing defense budget but with the director of the cia stepping into his shoe

britain france as well as arab states writer and filmmaker patrick henderson believes this move won't help broker peace in the war torn country i don't see how funding the rebels or arming the rebels is going to decrease civilian casualties in fact what we've seen is the opposite by anyone's guesstimate up to one thousand civilians have already died under nato airstrikes thousands of sorties of already been flown and thousands of cruise missiles have been fired there is going to be a lot of collateral damage obviously the western countries and the allied forces have not learned their lessons from iraq and afghanistan they're actively funding arming providing logistical support on the ground boots on the ground already in military advisers from the u.k. from france from italy and also cynthia mckinney congressman from from the u.s. reported that the israelis also have military advisers in benghazi so it's a total circus a nation building circus. this week assault continuing classes between protesters and government forces in syria as the country faced double pressure from the west brit

in the mean time, britain and france are stepping up political pressure. britain plans to send the revised drafts, although this is largely a more malt. and a vote is not imminent, as we understand. and the french foreign minister has been talking up the issue on a visit to washington and the united states. he has been saying it is incon seeveable the council remain silent while the violence in syria is worsening. >> the president of yemen, ali abdullah saleh is seriously wounded. the news of the gravity of his injuries come as clashes are reported. military officials say they have killed 30 people they describe as militants. >> i think there is no question now that the condition president saleh is in is very grave indeed. his officials say he got away with mere scratches. that certainly does not seem to be the case. a u.s. government official that i talk to ed -- talked to here in washington said he has a collapsed lung, he has 40% burns on his body, he has shrapnel in his body that needs to be removed. president saleh is widely believed to have diabetes,

killed since the beginning of the crackdown in mid march and some ten thousand detained meanwhile britain france pushing a draft u.n. resolution but russia and china who oppose any attempts to intervene in the syrian conflict i said they won't back the move let's talk more on this with investigative journalist simon sufi's joining me live in london as i was just saying the violence in syria doesn't show any sign of abating and britain and france are getting more vocal about what's going on there in syria do you believe a u.n. security council resolution rebuking the regime will be passed and if so will it have any effect. well it appears that both russia and china are going to sure that there will be no u.n. security council resolution but even i think even if even if one would have been passed i don't think would have much credibility you see but the problem is is that the those who support the syrian regime and the syrian government can point to. a very simple fact that is there been many un resolutions for the middle east and they've always been ignored when they apply to israel so they can p

nato reportedly acknowledges targeting the libyan leader of all france and britain continue to push forward a resolution against the president of syria are two books of the fate of civilians on the ground called off in the west so-called democratic. and russia will resume imports of events through both as soon as safety guarantees are provided this is one of the outcomes of high level talks for nato as missile defense plans on moscow's a possible w t o members were also discussed. but from our studios in central moscow you're watching are two with me and he said now wait it's four pm here in the russian capital our top story graced former russian military officer and nationalist movement icon has been shot dead here in moscow yuri begun of have spread eight years in prison for kidnapping and killing a chechen teenage girl officials on the scene of his murder however don't believe it was an act of revenge but an attempt to ignite ethnic tensions artie's peter although for joining us live now from the crime scene peter this happened just a short while ago take us through exactly what happened

once the israelis advanced for the suez canal zone britain and france would issue an ultimatum to israel and egypt to cease fighting and accept french occupation of the canal zone. if as expected egypt rejected the ultimatum britain and france would begin bombardments of egypt on october 31st followed by planting but remember this was secret. it was not in the newspapers. what was in the newspapers was the soviet union had sent troops into budapest, hungry. killing dozens of protesters. eisenhower knew nothing of the secret meeting in paris. that day intelligence advisory committee chaired by cia director john foster dulles that war was not imminent and for the revision of intelligence. the committee ignored an fbi report that an unnamed country was considering military action against nasser. on monday, october 29th, eisenhower, campaigning in florida, boarded his plane for richmond, virginia. the note said the israeli army had attacked egypt and israel's forces in 25 miles of the israeli canal. back in of the white house that night and a greek and profane eisenhower ordered secretary du

britain france as well as some of the arab states but as r.t. is marie ivanovna reports of the only thing some libyans have received are injuries inflicted by nato. that someone has been who they know has breadth of their doctors have performed any a miracle and the young girl is back home with her family she took her mother's pills to kill herself. if someone wants to kill me and bill to do it myself. but who wants to kill the teenager. summer's native city tripoli has been under constant bombardment by nato forces for three months day and night poms have been falling on the city with a population of around a million no one can ever say when or where the next one would land. this week in the most intensive where radio there have been sixty eight airstrikes in just ten hours attacks against civilians must start daffy must go and the libyan people deserve to determine their own future nato has frequently claim success and the military operation is supposed to protect civilians but the libyan government has repeatedly protested that innocent civil

a nato official says it's perfectly justified in targeting of the libyan leader meantime france and britain continue their campaign against the president of syria party looks at the fate of civilians on the ground caught up in the west's so-called democratic. russia will resume imports of vegetables as soon as they guaranteed to be infection free that as well as n.a.t.o.'s missile defense plans and moscow's move for w t o membership all on the table during the latest high level talks. just after eleven o'clock on a friday night here in moscow you without see a reception a disgraced former russian military officer and a nationalist movement icon has been shot dead here in moscow. spent eight years in prison for kidnapping and killing a chechen teenage girl authorities have boosted security in the capital to head off a possible nationalist march as police say the murder may have been an attempt to ignite ethnic tensions controller has the latest. yury put down of a hugely controversial figure here in russia being a highly decorated military officer the commander of a tank regiment during the

nato reportedly had knowledge is targeting the libyan leader about france and britain continue to push forward a resolution against the president of syria are two books of the fate of civilians on the ground caught up in the west so-called democratic mission. and russia will resume imports of e.u. perhaps the poles as soon as safety guarantees are provided this is one of the outcomes of high level talks for nato as missile defense plans and moscow's possible w t o membership were also discussed. it's five pm in moscow this is our to coming to you live on the snow way with our top story a disgraced former russian military officer and nationalist movement icon has been shot dead here in moscow's during the dawn of had spent eight years in prison for kidnapping and killing a chechen teenage girl officials on the scene of his murder however don't believe it was an act of revenge but an attempt to ignite ethnic tensions are just peter all over has the latest details. putdown of a hugely controversial figure here in russia the hunt being a highly decorated military officer the commander of a

nato official says it's perfectly justified to deliberately target the libyan leader while france and britain continue their campaign against the president of syria party looks at the fate of civilians on the ground caught up in the west's so-called democratic machine. russia will resume imports of e.u. vegetables as soon as they guaranteed to be infection free and that as well as nato is a missile defense plans are moscow's move for w t o membership all on the table during the latest high level. just after eight pm on friday here in moscow you with r.t. . now a disgraced former russian military officer and nationalist movement icon has now been shot dead in moscow. had spent eight years in prison for kidnapping and killing a chechen a teenage girl if the shoe was on the scene it was murder however i don't believe it was an act of revenge but an attempt to ignite ethnic tensions. as the latest details. yury put down of a hugely controversial figure here in russia being a highly decorated military officer the commander of a tank regiment during the second chechen war he was stripped of all of

rebellious armed groups which killed at least one hundred twenty police officers last week britain and france are still pushing for a un resolution condemning the brutal crackdown against anti-government activists in syria russia which opposes any attempts to intervene in the syrian conflict said it won't back to move for more on this we can cross live to adrian saw gucci an author and political researcher based in those stories thanks for being with us the u.n. is considering a new resolution contending the crackdown on condemning the crackdown i should say an anti government protests however it includes neither sanctions nor military action what's the point then of this kind of resolution will the goalposts be moved later as you see it. well you went permanently move the goalposts and united nations. is is merely an international organization working to promote the interests of its most powerful members notably the united states britain and eyesores the west the world is concerned also france or in other countries in the european union because just as they are appropriate considering cracki

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. >> if you look at the speech and our actions in libya, you can see them saying, britain, france, you wanted to take the lead on this -- certainly gates himself was very skeptical of that mission. obama made the decision we would support it but not lead it but they're already asking for more help. gates slammed them for that, saying, it's an 11-week air war and you can't keep your munition stockpiles funded. so the alliance is in a bad place right now. the europeans are mad about afghanistan because they are really there to be by our side. they don't believe it's in their interest to have ground troops in afghanistan and we're in the libya operation because we said we would support it but we don't see it in our national interests, either, so there's a divergens of perception. gwen: and leon panetta becoming the secretary of defense. >> welcome to this job. he said i walk hand in hand with robert gates. they're cut from the same cloth. i think he will support and be similar to gates, being cautious about pulling too many troops too fast, so you don't threaten the gains you made in the

france and britain seek u.n. action over syria's brutal crackdown on protestors for russia warns it will not allow another foreign intervention into our internal affairs. plus britain steams ahead with plans to expand its nuclear facilities in concerns that terrorists could be behind the sites gets. top stories in business opec is meeting in vienna to increase production quotas for the first time since two thousand and eight to push through prices lower germany for full business politics twenty minutes from now. one pm here in the russian capital this is our table the world news and much more welcome to the program. well to the be the first where nato bombardments continued throughout the night and what has been the most intense coalition since. march warplanes reportedly for the tripoli more than sixty times killing food to go in people what's the latest in the capital right now refer. to a traumatic night where you want to use up to date what's happening. well exactly you're absolutely right it has been tough a

government but there is also external interference notably from the united states and from britain and from france to take advantage of these internal problems to promote their own agenda which might have news speak terminology like promoting democracy but i hardly think that that is the real question there is a hidden agenda and we might even find some of the results of their image and go after the ongoing build conference that is taking place in say more. violence in syria shows no sign of abating and i spoke to the nato chief on thursday and he said the alliance is not going to intervene in the in syria he was very frank about it do you think will be quoting that back to him as a contradiction in the future. i saw that wonderful interview you made and i think you probably spoke more than he would have liked and well the following days and weeks to come will will tow but i think we have to look at it from the following perspective certainly serious cracking down on rebels who tried to destroy who are trying to rip the country apart irrespective of whether they have genuine grievances or whether

that's what france's foreign minister is saying about the crisis in syria. britain and france will ask the 15-member security council on wednesday to condemn a wave of government crackdowns. russia earlier blocked one draft resolution, despite reports that over 1,000 people have died amid the unrest. on tuesday, it appeared that for one syrian diplomat, the violence had last become too much. someone claiming to be lami lamia shakir, syria's ambassador, said she was resigning because of violence at home. later she denied she ever intend dodd resign and accused the broadcaster of misrepresenting her. >> translator: it's the poisoning of information, misuse of identity and fabricating facts of which i was a victim. and part of a campaign of misinformation by france 24. it falsifies videos. >> well let's get the latest now with cnn's arwa damon. to remind you that international news organizations like cnn have been denied permission to report from syria. we want to begin with this syrian ambassador report. what are you hearing? >> well, motia, it's been a very diz ar st

happen to you karen with this movement and so on so i think it's a very very dangerous move by britain and france interfere in the syrian revolution because both countries have a very long history in this region palestine lebanon and syria itself and i think it will be seen very much as western interference in. syria. in addition syria's been accused by the international atomic watch talk of building a covert nuclear reactor and failing to supply necessary information about it syria insists it's a non-nuclear military site but the agency is demanding more evidence and threatening sanctions some critics believe washington and allies are using the allegations as a tool for regime change in the country now that the syrian regime is under fire this. file has to be opened so that the international community the u.s. gets the u.n. and the way to accuse syria of violating international law so they can take the matter to this community council so that we can apply more pressure just yet again . on the international institutions for political objectives whether it's a guy or whether it's this cutie counci

is accuse colonel gadhafi of war crimes alleging the rebels are guilty of similar abuses while britain france of deployed low flying combat helicopters to the country moves operations closer to the ground in concerns over an imminent offensive because russia's foreign minister to warn that pushing the boundaries of the u.n. mandate in libya may lead to future resolutions losing their credibility. when we expressed our opinion over this escalation of the military operation we think what's happening is a shift towards a ground operation this would be very regretful because the violations of the security council resolution already taken place are more than enough to think about it to choose to all of us decisions. nato hoped for a quick results in libya but that never happened and he was journalist patrick hayes says that means plan b. is likely bombing the regime into submission the situation is getting worse for the west in libya i think when they first thought they could sweep in two months ago and have basically gone the country into the into democracy they thought this was going to be quite

what we are seeing the generalized change promoted by the united states britain france and even israel behind the scenes in north africa. as a whole will now be coming very likely to latin america so i would not be surprised to see a wave of u.s. promoted regime change in various countries in latin america from their point of view a logical country to start moving. to another has very close ties with iran a growing movement a very strong movement blue united states at the top level to declare and classified as a quote unquote terrorist state apparently the global power elite operating from the united states and from britain which said on global regime change as they move i believe closer and closer to a more formal world government well similar talk about the us fostering regime change has appeared after the state department announced its new programs aimed at spreading democracy around the world it's going to provide finance and technology to opposition groups but it only appears to apply to those countries which the u.s. would like to see the leadership toppled are just going to coun

it's a very very dangerous move by britain and france to interfere in the syrian revolution because both countries have a very long history in this region palestine lebanon and syria itself and i think it will be seen very much as western interference in the internal affairs of syria we have to remember the revolution the revolutionary process that is taking place in the middle east is one in which ordinary people are taken time to take control of their societies so this is an internal struggle if you like for the future direction of syria and they feel there's a sense now that from president sarkozy of france is moving like a demon to try and. place france back in the side a position of power inside the middle east and i have to repeat we have to remember that france had control over syria in from the end of the first world war and there was a very very long struggle of syria to get rid of the french for independence and so the idea that this is somehow some kind of benevolent force coming in to help the syrian population i think that's very little ice so i think it's a very unwise move