both nato and the rebels have rejected the african union plan on the ground that does not call on him to step aside. he rejects the idea and it looks like things are still deadlocked. that is why many are expecting more nato strikes. they are bracing themselves for another bombardment. what might be another sign of the pressure, this has been announced that eight officers have defected as part of a group of 120 soldiers. although he is under increasing pressure, he has shown many times in the past his ability to survive. and if there is opposition here, you can hear it on the streets. they have not been able to gain the momentum to push him from power. >> protesters said government forces have killed at least 14 people in several towns. civilians reportedly fired back when they tried to enter on monday to quash a anti- government protests. the violence has been described as shocking by the united nations. several people have been injured in northern nigeria, the day after the president was sworn into office. the home city of the vice- president, on sunday, explosions killed 14 people.

seen as the man who has, i guess, given a lot of donations to the african -- countries of the african union? what kind of unbiased position could the au really have? >> mr. gadhafi still remains a very powerful figure on this continent. as you said, he's bankrolled many of the governments here on the african continent. and, actually, mr. zuma's party, the african national congress has received a lot of support from mr. gadhafi in the past when they were fighting against apartheid in south africa they received support. mr. zuma personally has a relationship with mr. gadhafi. you remember in 2006 when he was facing controversial rape charges, he was of course acquitted of those charges, he turned to moammar gadhafi. it's going to be very interesting to see what mr. zuma achieves in libya. of course, many of those watching including the african union are hoping these long-term links between mr. zuma's party and gadhafi will end up with some kind of breakthrough regarding what's going on in libya. >> thank you. mr. zuma's visit comes 100 days after the uprising against colonel gadhafi began. le

things tripoli is willing to consider approaches based on the african union road map for peace they are ready to fully meet the requirements of the un resolution only once and it was necessary for the opposition to make similar moves and for nato to stop bombing turning israel lover of once again stress that nato is actions in libya will be younger solutions over the un security council and that there is no military solution to this call that and even though russia is not a unilateral mediator in this particular conflict it does agree with a road map that was presented by the african union. our citizens have another of our reporting from moscow they're all rebel representatives are also due to come at some moscow across developments there for you and in libya itself a nato air strike soccer security services building in the headquarters of the country and corruption agency these officials claimed the bombing was to destroy piles of corrupted links to the rebel leadership its buildings are close to a residence of colonel gadhafi which is regularly hit by nato that's how it comes out of t

people to go to or slow things tripoli is willing to consider approaches based on the african union road map for peace they are ready to fully meet the requirements of the un resolution only but said it was necessary for the opposition to make similar moves and for nato to stop storming foreign minister lavrov once again stressed that nato has actions in libya go beyond our solutions of the un security council and that there is no military solution to this called it and even though russia is not a unilateral mediator in this particular conflict it doesn't agree with the road map that was presented by the african union. he's entire not because of our reporting from moscow rebel representatives are also due to come to moscow and will keep across developments on that since in libya itself a nato air strike in struck a security services building and the headquarters of the country's anti corruption agency will get down the officials claim of the bombing was to destroy files on corruption linked to the gravel leadership the two buildings are close to a residence of colonel gadhafi which is re

people got to use tripoli is willing to consider approaches based on the african union road map for peace they are ready to fully meet the requirements of the un resolution only but said it was necessary for the opposition to make similar moves and for nato to stop bombing turning israel love ruth once again stressed that nato is actions in libya to be younger as aleutians of the u.n. security council and that there is no military solution to this all day and even though russia is not a mediator in this particular conflict it does agree with the roadmap presented by the african union opposition members are also to come to moscow to hold talks with foreign minister lavrov however the visit has been postponed it was supposed to come to morrow nonetheless they're still coming to moscow they're still willing to talk however many are saying that there's some clear cut reasons why the rebel government doesn't want a ceasefire washington's perfect many leader mahmoud jibril the leader of libya's transitional national council leaves and study in the u.s. for years and on his latest visit to washi

number was frozen motion from tripoli is willing to consider approaches based on the african union road map for peace. over there ready to fully meet the requirements of the un resolution only. used but said it was necessary for the opposition to make similar moves you know for nato to stop bombing relationship. over from foreign minister sergei lavrov has once again stressed that nato is actions in libya go beyond resolutions of the un security council and the only solution to the crisis is a non military one another condition that so we did authorities have said they're willing to fulfill the resolutions of the u.s. a u.n. security council is for the opposition members to also sit down at their to go sheesh and table now the opposition members have said that they willing to come to moscow they were supposed to come to moscow to morrow but they're postponing their visit nonetheless they are going to come to sit down and to talk about what they have to do to find a peaceful solution to have produced that was a dialogue with the. libyan authorities and although russia is not immediate ye

tripoli is willing to consider approaches based on the african union road map for peace they are ready to fully meet the requirements of the un resolution only but said it was necessary for the opposition to make similar moves and for nato to stop the bombing prime minister lover of once again stressed that nato is actions in libya will be younger solutions of the un security council and that there is no military solution to this conflict and even though russia is not a unilateral mediator in this particular conflict it does agree with a road map that was presented by the african union and novack of our reporting there from moscow well rebel representatives are also combat some will across the balance there for you but labor in libya itself now a nato airstrike has struck a security services building in the headquarters of the country's anti corruption agency the officials claim the bombing was to destroy files on corruption linked to the rebel leader said the t.v. buildings are close to a residence of colonel gadhafi which has been regularly hit by nato it's hurtful economies after th

already knew that was colonel qaddafi's position and both nato and the rebels had rejected the african union plan on the grounds that it does not call on colonel qaddafi to step aside. he rejects that idea so it looks like things are still deadlocked and many expect more nato strikes. tripoli is bracing itself for another bombardment. in what may be another sign, though, of the pressure on colonel qaddafi's military, it's been announced in italy that eight officers have defected as part of a group of 120 soldiers. but even though he is under increasing pressure militarily, diplomatically, colonel qaddafi has shown many times in the past his ability to survive and, though there's opposition in tripoli, you can hear it on the streets, they still haven't been able to gain the momentum to push him from power. the crisis here could still go on a long while yet. >> andrew north in tripoli. medical staff in the yemeni city of taiz say at least 20 have been killed after government forces opened fire in a protest camp. soldiers reportedly moved in to end a four-month-old sit-in late on sunday night,

une en initiative since the libyan opposition is not to sideline the initiative adopted by the african union. now the -- our position is to anyone who wants to come up with the proposal, initiative, the idea, it has to come through the african union. >> in yemen the tribal leader who has been fighting with government sources announced a cease-fire in front of a huge anti-government protest. he was fully backing the protest movement and he wanted it to remain peaceful. but he said if the president wanted war, he would have war. six italian soldiers had been wouned by roadside tpwhom southern lebanon. it exemployeded while they were driving apart on the convoy on the main road. so far no group said it carried out the attack. travelers will be able to pass freely across the border for the first time in four years. gaza has been under block aid by ziptreerl since 2007. egypt's transitional military government said last month it attended to open the crossing permanently following the resignation of the ousted president hosni mubarak. football's world governing body fifa announced it's going to in

just want to back up real quick and last question just real briefly you know going back to in the african union did try to procure a ceasefire and gadhafi is croutons said that he's on board for a ceasefire no one believes them so in that situation what is the likelihood that the fire will ever be reached and do you think gadhafi is serious that he wants that he would stick with the saying is he was trying to conquer misrata before actually implementing the cease fire the saying is but remember to implement this is a fairy tale because who is going to be for it so badly needs all his major assets in place if he doesn't have rights or syrian ica will not the most important installations it's ok with him so guess what his play for and that's why misrata will so you put into a new space for weeks so now i would say would ever saw. consider a true. story because no it's. interesting i want to wait and see what happens and see if your predictions continue to pan out the way it did with the call for boots on the ground i was asia times correspondent pepe escobar. now voters in the united kingdom are

the african union is not pressing libya leader moammar gadhafi to step down, which is the opposition's key demand. that hardly comes as a surprise that really nothing has come out of the meeting there. >> reporter: there has been a lot of speculation that perhaps zuma given his long relationship with gadhafi might be able to convince him of a soft landing. but that hasn't been delivered. and in fact we haven't had that much from president zuma since he left. we're hearing from the broadcaster, however, that president zuma could not convince colonel gadhafi to step down. indeed what is on the table is no different than what was put to the rebels back in april, a cease-fire and gadhafi overseeing both political reforms and political dialogue. so it's no surprise that the rebels foreign minister has rejected that. and in fact announced that they will be making a push for the capital very soon. >> in terms what have kind of support now that gadhafi has within his own camp, what more can you tell us about the defections that are happening? >> reporter: we saw yesterday a press conversation

so if the african union that mr. representing during these talks with moammar gadhafi wants to negotiate some kind of exit strategy, it's going to be very, very difficult and very limited. gadhafi will want to know if he will be protected from prosecution and i don't think any of the african countries, 31 of them, who are signaturet tci signatory signatories. moammar gadhafi is kudz by the south african government of lying to them when they inquired about the whereabouts of photo journalists anton hamill. hamill disappeared in april and now the south african government has been told by journalists that were with him that he was killed by pro-gadhafi forces. it seems obvious that the gadhafi government would have known about something like that. so relations strained but jacob zuma going to libya, representing the african union that wants a cessation. we'll have to see if he will be able to achieve anything during that trip on monday. >>> pakistan wants u.s. troops out of the country, at least some of them. washington

before he left for south africa, the president said that the colonel was prepared to sign up to an african union ceasefire proposal, but we already knew that was his position. of nato and the rebels had already rejected the union plan on the ground, that it does not call on him to step aside. he rejects that idea and it looks like things are still deadlocked. that is why many are expecting yet more nato strikes. tripoli is bracing itself for another bombardments. and what may be another side of the pressure on the military, it has been announced that eight officers have defected as part of a group of 120 soldiers. even though he is under increasing pressure, he has shown many times in the past his ability to survive. and where there is opposition here, you can hear it on the streets. they still have not been able to gain the momentum to push him from power. the crisis here could go on a long while yet. >> explosions and gunfire have been heard for a second night. the exchanges between government forces and a rival tribes. medical staff said at least 20 people were killed when government forces o

africa's president has flown to libya to talks with muammar qaddafi and another attempt by the african union to end the unrest in libya. zuma is due to mediate talks between the rebels and qaddafi, who has not been seen in public for over two weeks now. observers have given this latest effort little chance of success. rebels insist qaddafi must quit before a truce can be agreed upon. taliban suicide bombers killed five afghans on monday in the western city her ott. it is a joke to the nofingse security there. the area around has been labletted safe enough for the government to take control from nato but it seems that thinking may be premature. on monday international troops paid tribute to soldiers killed in another attack over the weekend. >> the germanyen soldiers in afghanistan observed a moment of silence for their fallen comrades. led about a single drummer, a guard of honor accompanied the soldiers' coffins to a plane for transport back to germany. american, norwegian and hung gar yain troops saluted as the soldier gansz their final germany. the german foreign minister is visiting indi

zuma has represented the african union.o now says that they have conducted more than 3300 strikes in libya since march. >>> we want to bring in national security contributor, fran townsend, who has been doing reporting on libyan defections. as a member of the external advisory committee, last may he visited high-ranking officials from the libyan government. all kinds of things come to mind. first of all, the defections. important? >> very important and very timely. look, we've seen multiple nights of bombing, right around gadhafi and his compound. the generals are clearly feeling the heat. there had been an effort to encourage and foreign minister and before that he was head of the intelligence. the head of the nato countries have been working on defections to get eight generals who brought out more than 100 of their soldiers across the tu neesh shan border and defected to the italians is a tremendous blow to morale and a huge cash of intelligence that nato would be able to gather from them gadhafi's movements and morale wh

biggest companies corporations or africa all happened to be in libya libya was pushing for the african union to unite under its wing and it was the financial backbone of africa until these but this bombing started libyan banks were amongst the biggest investors across the world in fact the first step of this war was to take libya's money by freezing its billions of dollars of assets in north america in europe they've already set up. an oil corporation in eastern libya based in benghazi a national bank based in benghazi they want this conflict to last they're no rush to end this war they are keeping a strategic stalemate between benghazi and tripoli they are doing this to make them both depended on the united states the e.u. and nato as the arbitrators of libya who will decide the fate of the libyan people . stay with us here on our t.v. lots more headed your way on the program including this. one take a look at whether young people in russia and europe are learning any lessons from the tragic events of the second world war. from rehearsal to reality a russian rocket prepped for liftoff from

biggest companies corporations or africa all happened to be in libya libya was pushing for the african union to unite under its wing and it was the financial backbone of africa until these but this bombing started libyan banks were amongst the biggest investors across the world in fact the first step of this war was to take libya's money by freezing its billions of dollars of assets in north america and europe they've already set up. an oil corporation in eastern libya based in benghazi a national bank based in benghazi they want this conflict to last they're no rush to end this war they are keeping a strategic stalemate between benghazi and tripoli they are doing this to make them both depended on the united states the e.u. and nato as the arbitrators of libya will decide the fate of the libyan people. you always want to weigh for you americans who say they have nothing to hide. i believe that you should be able to. carry a firearm in any manner you choose the us. with the most gun owners you know they want the rights or bring their firearms our interview. something they saw troops in the s

and we have seen this week that a piece mapped out put forward by the african union was rejected by the rebels because it didn't include making death and his family leave libya how much support do you think there is for ousting outside benghazi washington and london i think it's very mixed and i think you can see that by the fact that there are very few ground attack craft fighters being committed by the of the u.n. mission allies and i think that's very telling. i think and there's no shortage of countries willing to put in fighter aircraft which would be all that would be needed to instigate and the flies that when it comes to ground attack aircraft i think very few nations have put that forward i think that tells its own story as you said earlier this is another military intervention in another muslim country with natural resources have we learned nothing from our past mistakes well you know as you know i voted against the iraq war i voted against afghanistan when we had the opportunity for it and i think we have got to be very careful before you commit troops to battle. you've got t

visit to moscow by libyan government envoys last week russia declared its support for your web and african union mediating efforts representative said that the gadhafi regime is ready to withdraw from conflict areas but only when the rebels drop their welcomes and nato stops bombing moscow says the alliance carrying out its campaign in libya has so far failed to act in accordance with the un resolutions. and still have for you this hour the eviction of moscow's dolphinarium it could mean an end to a unique therapy that's helping disabled children across moscow to find out more in just a few minutes. the government opposition in georgia vows to overthrow president mikheil saakashvili by wednesday thousand strong protest against what demonstrators call a criminal regime have to greasy in a vice like grip for a third day in a row police tried to the source of demonstrations with tear gas and rubber bullets over russia as the arms of the clock down saying it's a direct violation of human rights on monday the crowd marched to the headquarters and georgia state television demanding that the rally be b

and african union mediating efforts to represented him said that they are ready to withdraw from conflict areas but only when the rebels drop their weapons and nato stops bombing moscow says the alliance carrying out its campaign in libya so far failed to act in accordance with the un resolutions. coming up in the program we'll look at how harsh sanctions against syria and its closest ally iran could spell further disaster for the arab world in just a few minutes. now the government opposition you george. overthrow president mikheil saakashvili by wednesday thousand strong protests against what them straight as a calling a criminal regime have to police in a vice like grip referred to in a row police try to disperse the demonstrations and tear gas and rubber bullets russia. saying it's a direct violation of human rights among the crowd marched to the headquarters of georgia state television demanding that the rally people like president saakashvili him self is in hungary and seems to be in no hurry to interrupt his visit a position needed you know burjanadze told r.t. that despite every d

and african union mediating efforts exactly representative said ready to withdraw from complex there is but only when the rebels drop their weapons and nato stops bombing moscow says the alliance carrying out its campaign in libya has so far failed to act in accordance with the un resolutions. government opposition in georgia vows to overthrow president mikheil saakashvili by wednesday thousands strong protests against what demonstrators call a criminal regime of tbilisi in a vice like grip for a third day in a row now police try to disperse the demonstrations with two a gas and rubber bullets russia slam the clout that i'm saying it's a direct violation of human rights on monday the crowd marched to the headquarters of the georgia state television demanding that the rally be broadcast by president sarkozy from insulting hungaroring seems to be no hurry to interrupt his visit the opposition leader in a burjanadze told to the people are very to fight until. yesterday night we were waiting serious serious publications and we knew that it was their readiness from special forces to break

quickest ends to the bloodshed in libya and switching to political negotiations we support the african union initiatives aimed at a ceasefire and the beginning dialogue in reaching a national reconciliation. sergei lavrov there reiterating of course russia's position once again and offering to step up as a mediator now to further that effects the russian foreign minister will be meeting with representatives from general alfie's government in moscow and hopefully attempting to enforce once again the necessity of this an immediate cease fire and an end to the conflict ongoing conflict in libya we know that representatives from the rebel government were also supposed to be present in moscow that visit is not going to happen now and according to my colleague and they check out in washington there are some clear cut reasons for why the rebel government might not actually be interested in an immediate cease fire. washington's were perfect many leave here mom or djibril believe lidia's transitional national council leave been studied in the u.s. for years and on his latest visit to washington he di

an african union that mediating aphids and adrian perhaps from the university of kent in the u.k. says that diplomatic efforts from russia could be key to finding a solution. we haven't really seen enough evidence that the gadhafi regime is prepared to go down its weapons and stop its own campaign and of course it's very difficult with claims and counterclaims but for the moment i think the gadhafi regime lacks any credibility no one in the regime. at the moment i think can be trusted and in that sense it's very hard to see how this can come about with more pressure from something like russia on that are saying will be able to move in the direction of thought that the rebels will want to visit moscow in order to increase their own international legitimacy of course we know the rebels have been seeking diplomatic recognition from around the world but just getting recognition from from the west from countries like france and others won't be enough they know they need the support of security council permanent members like like russia and ultimately also china so to thought they have

and african union mediating efforts that representatives said that they're ready to withdraw from conflict areas but only when the rebels drop their weapons and nato stops bombing moscow says the alliance carrying out its campaign in libya so far failed to act in accordance with un resolutions. this is r.t. coming up on the program with me covello a look at how harsh e.u. sanctions against syria and its closest ally iran could spell further disaster for the arab world analysis of a few minutes. before that both government opposition in georgia vows to overthrow president mikheil saakashvili by wednesday thousands strong protests against what demonstrators call a criminal regime of tbilisi in a vice like grip for a third day in a row police try to disperse the demonstrations with tear gas and rubber bullets russia's slammed that clamped home saying it's a direct violation of human rights on monday the crowd marched to the headquarters of georgia state television demanding that the rally be broadcast live presence occasionally himself in times in hungary and sings in no hurry to interrupt hi