the u.n. has declared that in each country, one baby going on october 31 becomes the seven billionth person. there are many tiny candidates. is philippines' contribution dankeeka mae, blissfully unaware of her celebrity status. going in a crowded public hospital in manila, she was greeted with a chocolate cake. family planning is controversial in this catholic country. her mother decided to defy church teachings and practice birth control. this little boy is the chosen one, according to russian state television. but a quarrel is brewing. in the far east of the country, politicians have declared another can of it as the first to be going on monday. russia's regions are competing to show how they are trying to boost the country's shrinking population. india has the opposite problem. the u.n. projects that from 2025, its population will overtake china. india also struggles with a skewed sex ratio because of a cultural preference for boys. in the book are pradesh -- uttar pradesh, they are appointing

the u.n. has declared that any country, one baby born on the 31st of october becomes the seventh billion person. there are many tiny candidates. the philippines' contribution to the 7 billion is dankeeka mae. blissfully unaware of for celebrity status. born into a crowded public hospital, she was greeted to speeches. the family planning is a controversial issue in the country and her mother has decided to defy church teachings and practice birth control. this little boy is the chosen one, according to russian state police. a quarrel is -- russian state television. politicians have declared a another candidate as the first to be born on monday the regions are competing to show how they're trying to boost the country's dwindling population. india has the opposite problem. the u.n. projects that in 2025, its population will overtake china. india also struggles with a skewed sex ratio because of the preference for boys. china is also dogged by a shortage of girls. the government deems the family plann

president to be given more time to reform cities outside the mask is are tired of the regime the u.n. has put the death toll at over three thousand. and ukraine's preparations for the euro two thousand and twelve football championships are under pressure from animal rights activists accusing me of the what he's up.

. >> reporter: the u.n. has become highly concerned about this issue.ecretary-general ban ki-moon visited kiribas in september, the first secretary-general to do that. he planted mangrove trees to help prevent erosion and made an appeal for international support. >> the countries in the pacific island, they are the fronts of the front line states, and i'll carry this message to the world leaders, including general assembly, the negotiation process. >>or developing and advanced nations, there are strong differences of opinion on how to address climate change. this november, the cop17 conference will decide whether the kyoto the procoal will end in 2012. >>> joining us is a uchida from our business desk. >> good morning to you. as the debt crisis continues in the eurozone, the focus is now on italy. major u.s. credit rating agency moodies downgraded the country's sovereign debt tuesday. italy's rating was lowered to a2, down three notches from aa2. moody's said the downgrade is due to a further worsening in the debt crisis and due to concerns about whethe

and the u.n. has asked for a full investigation. on the other hand, he had so terrorized generations of libyans that many saga daffy's grisly end was his kind of justice. people lined up for hours outside this cold storage facility where his body's being held, hoping for a glimpse of it. >> because in libya, people there are somebody who don't believe that gadhafi is dead. >> reporter: now that the war is officially over -- >> we did it! we did it! >> reporter: we're learning more details about how gadhafi lived out his final days. in an interview with al arabiya television, hiss security chief said that gadhafi had been hiding in his hometown of sirte since august, when rebels took over tripoli. but then, he said, as sirte came under attack, gadhafi grew anxious, but was never afraid. also captured and killed in sirte was gadhafi's son, a national security adviser, mutassim. here he is, just two years ago, in washington, meeting with secretary of state hillary clinton, during libya's short-lived reconciliation with america. >> than

the u.n. has also claimed that there are risks that the situation in syria may turn into a full-blown civil war. the warning comes as activists report the death of at least six protesters in demonstrations following friday prayers. daniel griffiths has this report. >> seven months on, more than 3,000 dead. but it's still stalemate in syria. after friday prayers, protesters fill the streets again. they want president assad to go, but they also had another message. president assad blames the guy lens on armed gangs attacking government forces. behind the show of unity, there are rumors of divisions. and some top soldiers have already defected to the opposition, including this senior officer who recently spoke to the bbc. >> we're counting on defections. there are larger numbers occurring every day. but we know that this regime cannot be taken out without using force. we're now preparing for this stage. you understand. >> on friday in its strongest warning so far, the united nations claimed that the

the u.n. has been a leader in establishing the human rights of women. in 1979 that established the convention on the elimination of all forms of discrimination against women. this is designed to protect women. president carter signed the document and send it to the senate foreign relations committee for a vote in 1980. to date, 31 years later, the united states is the only developed nation that has failed to ratify the treaty, putting us and the company of somalia, sudan, iran, and zimbabwe. this past month and the halls of congress, we have seen an attack

this notion that the u.n. has is now part of this pro-democracy receipt regime is ridiculous they are jumping on that bandwagon is an opportunity to get in front of it and create this deceptive appearance while at the same time there's a porting the dictatorships that are aligned with them in the united nations and it's part of their empire russia and china vetoed a u.n. resolution for syria seeing through it as a potential cover for another libyan style intervention say may not be any oil this time but there's always an ulterior motive it's important to use as a geopolitical factor right next to israel a country which obviously america and britain and the other western powers strongly support so that would be the altar into a political motive the vetoes of followed by security council war count from america over remarks during the syrian envoy speech but the u.s. promised to be back with another resolution and undoubtedly more dramatic evidence to drive the point home either bennett r.t. london. russia and china

but the u.n. has opened the investigation. under islamic law, gadhafi should have been buried today. it was delayed. perhaps to prove to the country that the dictator is truly dead. >> because the libyan people there is somebody who don't believe that gadhafi's debt. >> reporter: his body is being displayed in a commercial freezer in the town of misral rat that which sustained a brutal onslaught by gadhafi's forces during the uprising. one of his sons died with him. as for gadhafi's one-time heir apparent, saif al islam, whom ill interviewed in february, some reports say that he's been captured. others that he's on the run. it was saif who was reportedly in charge of the money. the massive wealth some estimated at $70 billion, allowed gadhafi to hold on against rebel forces for the past eight months. while some of those billions have been found and the assets frozen, a fortune is still unaccounted for. >> a lot of people looking for that. we saw nato announce by october 31st the mission will end. but so what do we know about t

syrian opposition or in moscow for talks drawing to the point of the crisis which according to the u.n. has already taken the lives of nearly three thousand people. poland's prime minister is on course to become the first in a generation to be reelected exit polls from sunday's elections say donal to the center right party is almost ten percent clear of his main rival but he's already served a full term which included efforts to warm relations with russia our correspondent . following the cap. from what we've seen so far there will be no surprises as to who is going to win the election in poland the exit poll results which were published straight after the polling stations were closed on sunday night suggested that prime minister party the civic platform will garner around forty percent of the votes with their main competitors the party of the twin brother of the of the late polish president lech kaczynski it also will garner around thirty percent with all the votes counted so far these results seem to be proving rather accurate this will not be the straight victory for don't know if he wil

which is a key demand of the leaf and protests that have been raging for seven months comes off the u.n. has warned that the country is plunging into a full scale civil war. the promise of looking at putin's visit to beijing this week saw some massive deals being signed off social watch and of course news but it's no surprise that she tells r.t. about the longstanding and deep relationship between russia and china. coarseness thank you very much for being with us today thank you very much for having me so in your opinion why has china and still remains to greatest mystery for thinkers and scholars because there's too little interest to get a get behind the mystery and how something stays a mystery if you don't have enough interest to to open the curtain. there's also you know somebody said the philosopher german philosopher said that most people do not want to learn something new but want to get confirmation of something they already believe in and i think that's very much the case in china we have a certain picture of china and i wouldn't think exclude myself ten years ago or eleven years a

the somali diplomat at the u.n. has told the bbc any such incursion would be a serious breach of the country's sovereignty. >> what the somali government is doing the best that it can so far, and as you know that, somalia is now in a serious crisis that the government is trying to extend it the rule of law into that area of the country. in any case, there's no reason why another country, while it's the territory of another country, whatever the reason may be, but at the same time, the somali government is very understandable right now on the ground, -- but to take it to that level of invading another country is a different thing. >> our correspondent, will ross, is in nairobi. will, come to the political tension in a moment, but just first want to broader point the problem of kidnappings, very much been in the news in the region. can this sort of military activity actually do anything about that? >> it's a good question, because there have been four kidnappings in recent weeks, and we don't have any concrete proof that

over three thousand civilians have been killed by theory and security forces march in response the u.n. has threatened tighter restrictions with u.s. senator john mccain even raising the prospect of libyan stand military intervention but as artists are see their reports by the government and opposition have blood on their hands. this is the office of the traitor it's one of the messages on the wall israel and the u.s. were able to buy you with a thousand dollars says another. this is where several opposition leaders work. higher and you have been a vocal critic and have spent fourteen years in jail very bad time he recalls like many opposition members he thinks there's really very little room for reconciliation under the current environment. because troops. with their backs believe voices or sheen play no role. it's a mystery to. us he insists these were protesters were forced to respond to attacks by security forces and the knowledge is that now it's simply not black and white responsibility for the violence goes both ways. killing civilians some civilians killing. soldiers may our son was

president barack obama calling it a strong reminder of america's leadership and the world of the u.n. has expressed concerns about that obvious death however london based journalist and author of the says it should have been more involved in monitoring events from the beginning. bit late for the united nations human rights council in the beginnings of this war they relied on media reports and i hope to get on to the media manipulation of the war because they should have been relying on u.n. fact finding missions the u.n. human rights council report will no doubt be delayed and we'll see what happens as to what the americans think. the u.s. secretary of state thinks about beginning frank prisoners of war i'm going to tell you that on the mainstream media and no one is saying that nato and its allies want to get. a prisoner of war as international crime i presume into the criminal court will be on the heels of all those major leaders who are being responsible for this you know that they're presumably liberalism will be brought to be attempted to be brought because we've got to remember that

this notion that the u.n. has is now part of this pro-democracy russi regime is ridiculous they are jumping on that bandwagon is an opportunity to get out front of it and create this deceptive appearance while at the same time there's a porting the dictatorships that are aligned with them in the united nations and it's part of their empire russia and china vetoed a u.n. resolution for syria seeing through it as a potential cover for another libyan style intervention so they may not be any oil this time but there's always an ulterior motive our partners in the u.n. security council do not rule out a replay of the libyan scenario you although they said more than once that they clearly understood syria is very different to libya russia will continue resisting attempts to legitimize unilateral sanctions through the u.n. security council that aim to overthrow political regimes the u.s. was not created for that it was opposed to vetoes of followed by security council walkout from america over remarks during the syrian e

supporting capital says it's ready to wait for cities outside damascus want the president gone the u.n. has warned that the country is on the brink of civil war with three thousand from the killed and. twenty twelve football championships comes under fire from animal rights groups they're accusing the government of burning stray dogs. while europe is drowning in debt and russia seems to have the worst of the world's financial troubles. whether it's the best time to invest in the country all the money that's right now here out. great. things. come to. some to be a little. moscow. hello and welcome to on the money when the business of russia is business i'm peter lavelle foreign investment has been a divide is the key factor in helping drive russia's economy forward with the foreign investment advisory council tracking a raft of global business women in recent moscow on the money looks at the progress russia has made and the issues russia still needs to cockle to boost its profile with international investors. to discuss the investment climate in russia i'm joined by glenn waller here in the

after seven months about the regime demonstrations and over three thousand killed in crackdowns the u.n. has warned that syria is heading for a full blown civil war with rumors of army defectors joining the opposition the gap between the two sides in the conflict appears to be widening as artie's it tells us earlier reports while people in the capital are calling for dialogue other parts of the country are demanding an end to the rule of president assad. well here in the center of the syrian capital it is very quiet today it's a day off for most people but of course beneath that calm as the conflict in the country goes on between the government and its supporters and the opposition now what it one thing is clear that when we try to approach people here and bring up the issue of the cause they could almost always carries him to a heated debate a very emotional discussion depending on the stand that they take who knows and she took me seriously i see the good points not all positions we don't know who they are yet syria is under attack for it but we will not give up in the in the hard dimock i

so this is i guess kind of obvious but the u.n. has said that by twenty forty newspapers are going to disappear and are all going to be replaced by digital versions and this was the un intellectual property agency's chief who said that in an interview but he says that in the u.s. the actually be gone by two thousand and seventeen that's not that far from now you think that by twenty seventy we're not going to have a new york times or you know washington post people decide to still pick up there with their you know hands be able to feel and get the ink smudge all over their fingers i think all of the sunday new york times but i actually think it's possible that the monday through friday it could be gone pretty soon i mean how many people roughly our age do you know that read a newspaper regularly i read one if i pick one up at the airport with i'm traveling maybe otherwise i'm on line looking at the paper you know but here in d.c. today there's kind of a resurgence of the newspaper because you've got all these free papers that they hand