in belgrade one such protest resulted in a clash with the police. this is a poster from a demonstration we held several years ago calling from a lot it's to be handed over to the hague tribunal it reads our years are not for wasting to the hague. activists from the serbian. people who committed crimes in the former yugoslavia to be handed over to the hague tribunal this petition campaign is just one example of the frequent activities on the streets of belgrade to support the movement. these young people make no distinction between muslim and criminals they feel tensions in the balkans died down once all those wanted by the hague tribunal brought to justice. country in the territory of the former yugoslavia has its own version of history each of them has its own. heroes and criminal if you think this is a very bad situation it is a breeding ground for future conflict. with. the serbian government has now handed over all the main serbs wanted by the hague tribunal in the proceedings in the run how judge the last suspect on the wanted list was captured

as belgrade still consider the course of a breakaway. part of serbia independence in two thousand and eight but this is still a very very controversial issue he'd be putting a lot of pressure on belgrade to normalize ties with course of a what we've seen from my in the situation here today and over the past couple of months is that this is really a very complex very divisive issue and certainly it's a long wait for it's going to be resolved he returns times where your sort of first were of course the station with your help to bring the best coverage on this story how to serve first reporting from intervention in kosovo thank you very much. energy news now european energy joins from signed up to bring the long planned south stream gas pipeline a step closer to reality the pipeline would run under the black sea and be another means of pumping russian gas directly into europe just like the nord stream network that was opened earlier this month i teased to be travelling has got the latest on this from such. the fact that gazprom has signed t

serbia and russia and to take a few of these control points going ahead despite the warnings from belgrade i'm from russia that this could really lead to further agitation. to further full support of their risk of more in sort of the story get the opinion and thoughts of political analyst alexander provigil using the one from belgrade himself very grieved province. these customs post what are the implications for serbs on both sides of the border now that. well the implications are very bad they're horrible the fact since one thousand nine hundred nine when nato has come in on a peacekeeping mandate so-called we've had over two hundred fifty thousand serbs absolutely. swept out of course of all clans and the rest of the serbs that remain know that if they're inside an albanian controlled territory they will probably be driven out as well so that's why they're doing what they're doing because this is a fight for their lives in fact and their existence and their future so is it so your thought this it this situation's going to ramp up a lot in the next couple of days that. well you know this

region has introduced customs control on its border with serbia that's a move strongly opposed by belgrade local serbs have been trying to prevent it by blocking roads leading to the two border posts and hundreds of them of protest against the move in the northern city of mitrovica our correspondent sara firth is they'll be catching up with her just a little bit later on in the program meantime political analyst alexander private says the nato led mission in kosovo assisting the breakaway republic in installing customs controls is violating the original un mandate. ok for meeting nato have absolutely overstepped their mandate their un mandate is clear they're supposed to be neutral down there they're supposed to be keeping the peace they're not supposed to be taking anyone's side they're clearly taking the albanian side the secession is the government increased tonight the capital of kosovo and so this is bound to stir trouble and they've openly sided with them together with the western countries the western powers that are sitting in the security council so caution toci has a lot to thank

we need to know that the request of belgrade and. now no final decisions were really made from that there are a lot of countries that were unwilling really to make a statement russia and belgrade warning that this need to take away this repatriation could really prefer a further bloodshed our correspondent sara first seen there now we're inviting you've been inviting you all night tonight to tell us what you think about this developing story the questions on our web site the question is what do you think belgrade should do about kosovo this is what it's telling you so far let's take a look at the map again the majority of you saying the best way is to simply take it back from the albanians it was the majority seventy eight percent last year has gone down a tad this is still around ten percent of you suggesting recognizing cos the vote in jordan the e.u. again a similar amount think the belgrade should repair trade all service and still the smallest amount of in the minority saying said we should build a concrete wall of the border wh

region has introduced customs control on its border with serbia that's a move strongly opposed by belgrade local serbs have been trying to prevent it by blocking roads leading to the two border posts our correspondent sara first is it one of them. well we're at one of the border crossings you renny and the road leading up to it remain bloke's by the protesters now we actually can't get too much play so when you go up to the front of that cross thing you're stopped by the buffalo we can see some of the k. four forces on the ground there in a bit i'm not sure how much but you can see you can also see of course the smoke in the background now we go to places we could and it does look like there's some sort of fire happening on the other side of that but we couldn't get any information from the cable forces that with earlier today we saw helicopters coming across and . you like helicopters dropping off some of the police forces to these crossings but it's very unclear as yet whether any of the people being dropped off all right actually the ethnic albanian cause of a police forces we haven't b

an emergency meeting notes at the request of belgrade russia no final decisions were really made for not there were a lot of countries that were unwilling really to make a statement russia and belgrade warning that this need to take away the sort of thing we sure could really provoke further bloodshed. political analyst alexander pov it says that the nato led mission in kosovo assisting in the breakaway republic in installing customs controls is a violent violating of the un mandate. ok for meeting nato have absolutely overstepped their mandate their un mandate is clear they're supposed to be neutral down there they're supposed to be keeping the peace they're not supposed to be taking anyone's side they're clearly taking the albanian side the secession is the government increased tonight in the capital of kosovo and so this is bound to stir trouble and they've openly sided with them together with the west turning on countries of the western powers that are sitting in the security council so caution prachi has a lot to thank for as far as they're concerned we have the security council

region has introduced customs control on its border with serbia that's a move strongly opposed by belgrade local serbs have been trying to prevent it by blocking roads leading to the two border posts and hundreds of them have protested against the move the northern city of metro it's correspondent sara firth has the latest from there. those two disputed border crossings remain blogs tonight as the ethnic serbs have barricaded the roads leading up to them protesting of course the cost the government the take place and now we're here in mitch of it which is the ethnic lee divided town and the bridge head that divides the north and south in parts of the town and the southern albanian parts it's a day that barricade had around three thousand serbs turned out to man that barricade and we saw a very similar thing happening to the teacher at points that one would driving in we were one of the checkpoints and from the other side we could see smoke and the case full force is on the ground and what we've heard is that earlier today. ok full forces and your legs were airlifted by helicopter to these

breakaway region has introduced customs control on the border with serbia a move strongly opposed by belgrade a local serbs have been trying to prevent the move blocking roads leading to the two border posts and hundreds of them are staging a protest in the northern city of mr bates out to protest against kosovo's plans police said nato led troops have been deployed to the two sites but a survey of claims international representatives are only making the situation worse as they are siding with authorities. on the bush of mollett a historian who specializes in the balkans believes that the move violates the u.n. mandate which is meant to be a force i can't peacekeepers who are actually supporting it there's an economic component to it as there have been theories did touch each government needs all the revenue would can possibly get but there's also a political component to the sense that he had framed this as attempts to establish sovereignty as he calls it over the entire province and this is this has been the interpretation it's been backed by four and quit to the group of five countries tha

the obedience some percentage us of recognizing kossovo and joining the e.u. a little less than belgrade should repack treat all serbs and forget about it and the minority says serbia should just build a concrete wall at the border but what's your take on the story log on to r.t. dot com and have your say. now in libya fierce fighting is underway for the few remaining strongholds of one market off these loyalists rebel forces claim they've launched offensives on serious and bloody well backed by tanks and heavy weapons as well as a nato air shield are these many of the national is in libya with more. we're hearing from the national transitional council here in the capital tripoli that its troops have apparently entered the city of sirte some five hundred four meters east of tripoli that are his hometown and one of the colonel's last strongholds the n.c.c. reported at least four of its fighters eleven and the other reports have been killed during these offensive seven others wounded and also there is information that forty could offer loyalists have been captured and see if there is to be

and belgrade to try to stop events spiraling out of control. and we are at star city outside moscow where two russian cosmonauts just came to life on earth after a nerve wracking reentry. the un and the world's a key financial institutions say palestine is strong enough to function as an independent state palestinian president mahmoud abbas is due to request full un membership at the general assembly on friday saying he'll submit a request letter after his speech there but the threat of an american veto still hangs in the air artie's more important i explained the u.n. players positions. if global politics were a sport. the united nations would be the grand arena. and september would be opening season nearly two hundred of the world's most powerful and not so powerful players descend on new york city gathering in one room for a week's worth of speeches and a chance to grandstand on the international stage that's nearly ten thousand delegates and two thousand journalists are in town for the general assembly debate but in reality five countries a

proposition of european union playing this mediating role in a dialogue between between pleased and belgrade is a maybe put in question so this sudden departure from the best of dialogue at the moment when it was beginning to show some promise promise in our view is completely unjustified unwarranted and very dangerous now it was back in two thousand and eight when kosovo unilaterally declared its independence with the support of the united states and western european countries this is something that was not approved by the security council and russia was one of the security council members that warned there would be escalating tensions to follow for years this is an international issue that russia serbia and many other countries believe needs to be addressed now before violence escalates and then further all artes been here who are increasingly isolated serbs in kosovo won't be able to rely on belgrade's help serve in canadian documentary maker but his mother gorski says they're at the mercy of foreign puppet tears because serbia won't jeopardize its chances to join the e.u. . it's very nai

or call where the question is what should belgrade do about kosovo what you think about that this is what you are telling you so far thanks if you have taken part so far the majority of you still saying the best way out is to simply take it back from the albanians but be on the graph there again around ten percent of you still suggesting recognising kosovo and joining the e.u. a little less of you again thinking belgrade should report trade all serbs and just forget about it and the minority say said we should just know the concrete wall the border it was good to hear your thoughts you can let us know it r.t. dot com. in libya fierce fighting is underway for the few remaining strongholds of one look at duffy's loyalists rebel forces claim they've launched offensive on certain bani walid backed by tanks and heavy weapons as well as a nato air shield. is in libya with the latest. we're hearing from the national transitional council here in the capital tripoli that its troops had apparently entered the city of sirte some five hundred kilometers east of tripoli but off his hometown and o

say many thanks for that arsene selects yet reporting for us from belgrade. now in just a few minutes the palestinians u.n. membership moves towards the next stage while those where they ignore the international condemnation was being branded as counterproductive construction plans in palestinian territory. what chunk of spaceways means the i said screw having to come up with some emergency maneuver. of the wheels the timing of the un security council of the palestinian statehood bid faces a vote at the group's admissions committee on friday in the meantime israel has further antagonize most of the global community by authorizing more secular homes in disputed east jerusalem however the threat of an american veto on statehood still hangs in the air report nies across what's happening in new york. so far there is about six security council members on record that have thrown their support behind the palestinian bid a total of nine out of the fifteen countries need to support the application and there has to be no vetoes none of the veto wielding members of the

that there were a lot of countries that were unwilling really to make a statement russia and belgrade warning that this need to take away the sort of thing we should could really perfect further bloodshed. surface reporting that european and giants have signed up to bring the long planned son stream gaspipe on a step closer to reality the pipeline would run under the black sea and be another means of pumping russian gas directly into europe just like the north stream was opened earlier on this month to be to move his latest from sochi. the fact that gazprom has signed the shareholder agreement with its european partners companies from france italy and germany means that russia isn't the one step closer to realizing the transportation of gas from russia underneath the black sea to bulgaria and then eventually to austria and italy so directly to european consumers and this one step gives it an extreme advantage over rival project in the bucco pipeline which is outlined to deliver gas from central asia to europe and this has spurred concerns from europe for european authorities about the

dick: and now the -- the 24-year-old from belgrade, 24-year-old from belgrade, four points from the title. dick: last four games plus this one giving up only two points djokovic as he's closing in on another big one. one. -- big win. john: it's the first time that nadal's looked absolutely resilient as if he doesn't have anything left. took four hours to do it. took four hours to do it. one last stand. john: ball's wide. dick: after four hours and nine minute, djokovic arrives at championship arrives at championship point. dick: 3-4 for djokovic. dick: punctuating this season, this man. 6-2, beating nadal in the finals. a rare fete in itself. and tonight laboring but had the goods when it counted to a four-set victory and the u.s. open title with it. and we'll get his reaction and nadal's. enjoy the ceremony. enjoy the ceremony. don't wand irtoo far away. whoa, watch out, little man. ♪ [ male announcer ] when you take away the worry, it's easy to enjoy the ride. hey, bud. hey, dad. [ male announcer ] introducing cadillac shield. the most comprehensive suite of owner benefits offered by an

will try yet again as it has done time and over again because really the true shimon belgrade is at the same time running with it is in hunting with hounds on the one hand they claim they want to preserve claim to cross will only other when earth with western pressure they just cave in and capitulate so i don't think there is any potential for spreading conflict for the simple reason that belgrade is effectively only able and willing to protect serbian national and state interests i thought of that if it sat foreign affairs editor a corner magazine in the us that's big enough. now we're just a few minutes away from hearing how free speech does seem to come at a cost these days even marks of liberty like through the cheney ballot time there not anyone speaking their mind the one hundred to three hours coming to. the u.n. security council is considering the palestinian the ministrations membership the stated it leader officially submitted a united nations application last week israel and the united states strongly oppose the idea a lot is going to pour nies following because they'll t

lead to serve the caving the approach roads meanwhile belgrade's top. all sides to see if the promotes it solution. and the palestinians are set to take center stage in new york this week to try and secure states have brekky all the wide support they can touch with us the world's key financial institutions and independent.

about with political analyst alexandra speaking to us from belgrade. well we'll be following this story as it continues to develop and we will bring you the latest updates from the sols. russia's president but explaining why he's not seeking a second term need to be a bit of stress that he embodies or approach and have common goals and that huge popularity among russians will help achieve them should he return to the presidency next year but better outlined his reasons than an extensive interview with russian media and how an overcomer has the details from moscow. neve spoke about the upcoming race for the presidential seat in russia explaining why he thinks prime minister putin is the best man for the job well first of all he says. he's more loved in the country than he did it himself. when it comes to achieving common goals there's no such thing as a power struggle and it's up to the people of this country to decide who they want to see as their president regardless of what. things is best for the country himself in that respect he emphasized that al

law and order that the north pristina says they acted within terms of an agreement a claim that belgrade strongly. this is a serious incident in a serious step back in the long road to formalisation off our relationship with krishna the second thing is that once you put a custom officers then you will put a flag then you will put a court of arms then you will put. the laws and then people who live here will be circled by something that looks like. they simply cannot accept this now talk among serbians of building. by past checkpoints because been authorities refused to leave the time being the border crossing remains bloke's and there are many obstacles that will need to be overcome on the rates of finding a resolution sarah first cause. well for the news extending coverage don't get to check out our web site r t v dot com let's take a look at a few stories we've got on line few right now tonight this is the fear the summer flagship and indeed pride of the russian navy pilot she now you can get an inside look at the mighty body and know its glory on live there are cameras inside there so

and belgrade to seek a diplomatic solution to the intense standoff in northern kosovo.