, when we went to panama, we didn't have a coalition. >> when we went to grenada we didn't have a coalition, there are times where the greatest nation in the world and the strongest nation in the world has to act alone. that is the preference, and the preference is to build coalitions as we have most of the times in the past. i think that president obama may be unintentionally or intentionally conveying the impression that we can never act alone. i don't think that is appropriate, given possible scenarios. i remember a certain candidate in 2008 pointing out that the democratic nomineewas a neofight on foreign policy as indeed he was, based on the last couple of months do you think that this administration has learned lessons about the conduct of foreign policy? >> i do, and i have always believed that president obama is a quick study. i do believe we have, again, a philosophical difference in that the president believes, in my view, or his indications are we are kind of all the same, in other words, that he deemphasizer of american exceptionalism, i happen to be a strong believe never ameri

with us here on r t our top story colonel moammar gadhafi is promising our long war against the coalition military forces which are targeting his troops with air strikes and cruise missiles and in a phone call to libyan state television the leader claims he's opened up weapons depots to the population so they can protect themselves from attack or his policy here is in tripoli which has been the main coalition target. well the latest reports we are receiving say that some forty bombs have been dropped by three american stealth bombers on a major libyan if feels now we have no more information about that at this moment but i can certainly tell you that the mood here in the capital city is incredibly tense and incredibly angry there is a demonstration taking place a short distance from where i'm talking to you from men women and i saw even some children who have come out to protest and condemn the international community's reaction and attacks on libya now we do know that later today sunday we talk decision making body of nato will be holding a meeting to decide whether or not the coalition

the libyan government accuses coalition forces of taking sides far from some came posing a no fly zone it says that they are actively helping fighters on the ground. russia's top general says the coalition's airstrikes on libya have brought no results and it's likely the ground troops will soon be on their way the. hundreds of thousands of people converging on london to cry out against deep government cuts in what's expected to be the largest dome of the country's experienced in years. and japan criticizes the operator of the crippled fukushima power plant which is leaking radioactive water the company said to have ignored warnings about the danger a tsunami would pose. this is from our studios here in central moscow it's now eight pm and seven pm in libya where rebels say they've regained control of the strategic oil town of from colonel gadhafi forces it comes as the country's officials claim over one hundred people were killed in the opening days of the coalition strikes which have now lost it a week meanwhile nato is gearing up to replace the u.s. in leading the campaign. reports n

because of that obviously we've seen the usual suspects come out and stop the war coalition says that the tomahawk missiles which have been used on not in fact precision guided weapons and they'll cause a lot of civilian casualties they also say that they're very critical of the u.n. resolution they say that it's because as it will continue with full scale military assault on the libyan people and that the end result will be not the freedom of the libyan people and the democracy but in fact bearing slave meant by the western world as a result of this c.n.d. to come pain for nuclear disarmament has also come out and said it deeply regrets the government's decision to get involved military and libya says that the last ten years of interventionist wars in that very region have taught the u.k. government nothing at all and in general i think people are saying on the street why are we going to libya when we're not going to other places that is seeing large scale civilian casualties caused by gulf. in the civil war we're seeing a lot of casualties thousands of casualties in the ivory coast

this was a coalition of allies. he was also telling an american audience that the united states is going to pull back. it is not going to do the heavy lifting. the united states will be in a surveillance and support role. wednesday, nato will assume full command and control of the operation. >> many americans have been drawing comparisons with iraq. president obama was very clear in sending a message about that. >> he acknowledged the one obvious difficulty the international coalition faces, the fact that gaddafi is still there, making a martyr of himself and perhaps even reveling in what is happening. obama confronted this question here. if you are going to go in, if you are going to conduct air strikes, why do you not make regime change the objective? barack obama simply said if we did that the coalition would splinter. he would not get support at the united nations. you would have to put in american ground troops. lives would be lost. we all remember iraq. it took eight years to carry out regime change there, wit

dominates the use of night libya and an arrow but the criticizes the airstrikes as a multinational coalition launches an aerial offensive against gadhafi forces and dozens reported killed. has been snatched multimedia he steps up efforts to stop the production forces the libyan leader is handing out weapons to his nation to defend itself and police near him in the capital city of tripoli twenty in a few moments formal. moscow calls for an end to what it terms an indiscriminate use of force by foreign powers in libya and calls for military action to remain within the parameters of the u.n. resolution. they want american says its role in the we're trying to venture will be limited but that's not stop comparisons to the beginning of the two thousand and three iraq invasion. polls show the majority of americans oppose the u.s. involvement in the intervention for more on this joining by nature take out in just a few minutes. this is r.t. it's now nine pm sunday night here in moscow my name is kevin owen and the top story the arab league criticize international strikes against targets in libya fol

so i set out to the arab league criticizes airstrikes in libya as a multinational coalition launches an aerial offensive against gadhafi forces because it's reported killed. as bins national community steps up if it's to stop probably government forces even with things it's nice and to defend itself and once even in the capital city of tripoli to join you know a few moments from will. go calls for an end to what it terms an indiscriminate use of polls like foreign policy in libya and pull civil military action to remain within the parameters of the u.n. resolution. meanwhile america says its role of a military intervention will be limited but that's not stark comparison to the beginning of the two thousand and three iraqi invasion. paul strode the majority of americans oppose the u.s. involvement beneath eventually for more on this join me danny checkdown from washington in just a few minutes. very good evening from moscow you're watching reality news channel it's ten pm here now my name is kevin and the top story the arab league criticized international strikes against targets in li

bothered op risings in the arab world draw little foreign interest questions are raised over whether coalition countries are targeting libya for event rather than to protect its people. also this hour radiation surges to a hundred thousand times about normal of the bush team in the applauses to pound battles to prevent meltdown while struggling to lay thousands of the nami victims to rest. a very warm welcome this is live from moscow now there are conflicting reports about just how far west rebels have advanced with the libyan capital tripoli the opposition claims it controls gadhafi his hometown but reporters think the city is still in government hands let's talk to our correspondents in libya for more on this policy is in tripoli. and you can offer is the main goals you for us are first to you paula the rebels surely have their sights on the capital so where you are now how is the city reacting to the latest gains. of the city is in a state of shock the first reports we got in the early hours of this morning monday actually suggested that the rebels had taken over the city of sirte which is

backed by coalition airstrikes rebel forces in libya claim they've made more ground against colonel gadhafi is false and. tripoli accuses the international community of taking sides and says as far as coalition partners go far from protecting civilians they're harming them on policy in the capital city join me in a few moments formal. russia's top general says the coalition's air strikes on libya have brought no results and it's likely the ground troops will soon be deployed. and hundreds of thousands of people have converged on london to cry out against the government cuts in the largest demo the country's experienced in years . and criticizes the operator of the crippled fukushima plant which is leaking radioactive water the company said to have ignored warnings about the danger a tsunami with. this is a lie from last few days here in central moscow it's not nine pm and eight pm in libya where rebels are claiming they've made further advances on the east of the country they say they've retaken another oil town after we getting control of the strategic oil hub of the beer from colonel gadh

backed by coalition airstrikes rebel forces in libya claim they've made more ground against colonel gadhafi forces. tripoli accuses the international community of taking sides and says as far as coalition partners go far from protecting civilians they're harming them on policy in the capital city join me in a few moments for more. russia's top general says the coalition's strikes on libya have brought no results and it's likely that ground troops will soon be deployed. hundreds of thousands of people have converged on london to try out against deep government cuts and the largest demonstration the country's experienced in years. this is our team here in the russian capital with twenty four hours a day libyan rebels are claiming they've made further advances on the east of the country they say they've retaken another oil town off to regain control of the strategic oil hub of from colonel gadhafi forces it comes as the country's officials claim over one hundred people were killed in the opening days of the coalition strikes which have now lost a week or two's paula slim now reports from the c

the libyan government accuses coalition forces of taking sides in something posing a no fly zone. to be helping the fighters on the ground. russia has a top general says the coalition strikes on libya have brought no results and is likely to ground so soon be on their way. hundreds of thousands of people are converging on london cry out against. the country's experience in europe. and in japan emergency teams are battling to stabilize the crippled fukushima nuclear plant amid reports that a highly radioactive water is leaking from. it's just after six pm here in moscow you without. libyan rebels say they've regained control of the strategic oil town of. his forces it comes as the country's officials claim that over one hundred people were killed in the opening days of the coalition's strikes which have now lost in one week meanwhile nato is gearing up to replace the u.s. and leading the campaign. now has the latest from the capital tripoli. the capital city of tripoli is essentially in lockdown we're hearing now that within two days fuel supplies here might very well run out we're

last night for the fifth night, the coalition bombed the capital tripoli. these pictures broadcast this morning on libyan television show military vehicles burning, but the government insists that civilian areas have been hit and that eight incidents have been killed. and the libyan television maintains these pictures showed it injured civilians. today, authorities took journalists to a funeral ceremony for civilians, whom they say were killed in coalition attacks. this, like so many other things, is impossible for us to verify. colonel gaddafi is still promising supporters they will win. a few days ago they must have wondered if that was true. the coalition's intervention so far has not been nearly as devastating as many people here expect it. -- expected. as another night of bombings begins and there are air strikes on the edges of town, opinion here is starting to shift again. if the coalition cannot prevent colonel gaddafi from taking back the town, then they are starting to hope that he may be able to stay in power here after all. >>> the united nation

tonight on r t the arab league who criticizes strikes in libya as a multinational coalition launches an aerial offensive against gadhafi forces with doesn't support appear. as the international community steps up efforts to stop code government forces the libyan leader is handing out weapons achieve his nation to defend itself and i mean the capital city of tripoli join me in a few moments from all. moscow calls for an end to what it terms an indiscriminate use of force by foreign powers in libya and calls for military action to remain within the parameters of the u.n. resolution. meantime america says its role in the military intervention in libya will be limited but that's not stop comparisons to the beginning of the two thousand and three iraqi invasion. polls show the majority of americans opposed the u. i think the intervention for more on this join me down in just a few minutes. hello this is r.t. it's eight pm sunday night here in moscow my name is kevin zero in on the top story this hour the arab league criticized international strikes against targets in libya following repor

last night, the coalition bombed capital of tripoli. these coalitions broadcast this morning on libyan television plainly showed military vehicles burning. the government insists that civilian areas have been hit and 18 civilians have been killed. libyan television maintained that these pictures showed injured civilians. today, the authorities here took journalists to a funeral ceremony for civilians who they say were killed in coalition attacks. this, like so many other things, are impossible for us to verify? colonel gaddafi is still promising his supporters that he will win. a few days ago, they must of wondered a bank that was true. the coalition intervention has not been as devastating as many people expected. as another night of bombing begins and there have already been air strikes on the edges of town, and opinion is starting to shift again. if the coalition cannot prevent colonel gaddafi from taking back the city, then they are started to quote that he may stay in power here after all. >> they are speaking to ban ki- moon. he m

backed by coalition airstrikes rebel forces in the claim they've made more ground against colonel gadhafi his forces tripoli accuses the international community of taking sides and says as far as coalition partners don't fall from protecting civilians they're harming them on policy in the capital city join me in a few moments formal. russia stop general says the coalition's air strikes in libya have brought no results and it's likely that ground troops will soon be deployed. and hundreds of thousands of people have converged on london to cry out against deep government cuts in the largest demonstration the country's experienced in eight years. it is four am in moscow you know with r t twenty four hour news live from the russian capital libyan rebels claim they have made further gains towards the east of the country after regaining control of the strategic oil hub of from kind of good office forces have also retaken another oil town helped whether by western airstrikes which government officials say have killed over one hundred people archies fall asleep has the latest from the capital tri

now russia's foreign minister says the international coalition is that d.l. signed the limits of the un resolution on libya thirty eleven all fizzles a demanding independent verification and reports of civilian casualties in the foreign forces assault. from the very start russia has been a reluctant participant in the what is going on in libya at the moment what worries the foreign minister right now in his statement he says that it appears that coalition forces are taking sides in his worries come amid a nato statement saying that they will stick to the books and do what is stipulated there no more no less well let's look at the un resolution it says there that it authorizes all necessary measures to protect civilians will their words all necessary measures could be open to interpretation but protecting civilians is definitely stated there as the goal and so what worries the a russian government is that the offensive is going beyond just protecting civilians that the coalition forces taking sides is clearly not stipulated well let's hear more from the foreig

claims more civilians were killed in the nineteen coalition strikes in the south of the country let's cross live now to all of these policy if the latest on what's happening there paula what do you hearing about the situation with regard to casualty. well the libyan state television as indeed the tripoli government are reporting that the number of civilians who have been killed in these push is strikes now read. one hundred the latest we're hearing from him who is the government spokesperson here is that three young men were killed in a fishing harbor not far from the city of sirte that last night sunday came under a strikes he says that these are clearly civilian casualties we're also hearing from him that some twenty nine people were injured in the town of bin jawad these are members of a peace coalition we actually saw from tripoli. benghazi and again the government insisting that these kind of attacks these kinds of injuries on civilians and poor coalition air strikes have made it possible for rebels to recapture their strongholds and they will not change on the nature when it tak

if we tried to overthrow moammar gaddafi by force of a coalition with splinter. we would likely have to put u.s. troops on the ground to accomplish that mission. or, risk killing several civilians from the air. the danger faced by our men and women in uniform would be far more and also a responsibility of what comes next. to be blunt, we went down that road in thiraq and things source of incredible sacrifices we admit we're hopeful for their future. regimen changes took eight years, thousands of americans lives, i wreck lives and a nearly one trillion dollars. that is now something i can afford to repeat in libya. thousands of lives of a wreck and the bulk of what we can do, and will do. his support the aspirations of the people of libya. we have intervened to stop the massacre. we will work with our partners/allies to maintain the safety and stability. we will deny the regimen arms, cut off supplies of cash, assist the opposition, and work with other nations to hasten the bay when moammar gaddafi loses power. it may not happen overnight-the day-and a weakened mo

is not able to shoot down any planes of the coalition forces the pentagon says u.s. fighter jets along with the french warplanes have carried out strikes on qaddafi's ground forces as well there have been reports of civilian casualties caused by the attacks there are lots of questions as to how long the operation is going to last also as to the limits of the intervention will it be enough for the coalition forces to just bizarre or will they go beyond that call and what will be the outcome of the libyan regime change or what those are the questions everybody is asking and many of those questions remain an answer although the pentagon says they are not going after it could go off easy but the wording of the u.n. resolution that was passed on thursday is basically all inclusive short of occupation of course there's little purpose of intervention is protecting civilians from combat his attacks but what everybody's talking about is the means shooting down kidnappers fighter bombers and attacking these other military assets is one thing it was authorized by the resolution

tripoli accuses the international community of taking sides and says as far as coalition partners go far from protecting civilians they're harming them on policy in the capital city join me in a few moments for more. russia stop general the coalition's strikes on libya have brought few results meaning a ground offensive posts likely soon despite assurances from nato there's no such intent. and hundreds of thousands of people have converged on london to cry out against the government and the largest demonstration the contras experienced in years. a very warm welcome here with r.t. it is five am in moscow libyan rebels claim they have made further gains towards the east of the country after regaining control of the strategic oil hub of jobs from colonel good office forces they have also retaken another town helped by weather by western airstrikes which government officials say have killed one hundred people are just fall asleep has the latest from the capital tripoli. the rebels have taken the town of edge ws which is a strategically oil important town in eastern libya it is some one h

but now coalition bombs are reported to be killing libyan civilians. the west is resorting to heavy bombing and civilian casualties are of little concern. that could increase regional hatred towards the west after. the. resistance from. critics say the western led military alliance is simply taking one side in what's an internal civil war where rebels seek to overthrow an internationally recognized government western forces should be prosecuted not just for civilian deaths but also for killing libyan conscripts i don't know why. people. when they. see me. as nato chiefs arrive to plan the next stage of the bombardment of libya there are growing calls for them to be held accountable for what they describe in war speak as collateral damage but which in brutal language means the death of innocent civilians the coalition no admits it's haunting gadhafi the original reason was only to impose a no fly zone the trouble is the more civilian deaths their bombing causes the more they risk being accused of the same crimes as gadhafi himself. forty crossing. syria

as other violent uprising in the arab world draw little foreign interest questions whether coalition countries that are targeting libya brevet control of them to protect its people. also this hour radiation the surges to one hundred thousand times above normal that the focus should be nuclear plant as japan battles to prevent a meltdown while struggling to lay thousands of tsunami victims of. a very warm welcome this is live from moscow now there are conflicting reports about just how far west rebels have advanced towards the libyan capital tripoli the opposition claims it controls gadhafi. by reporters say this is he is still in government hands well earlier i spoke to our correspondents who got to the paulist lee he's in the capital tripoli. city is in a state of shock the first reports we got in the early hours of this morning monday actually suggested that the rebels had taken over the city of sirte which is not only a strategic city but it has a great symbolic value for the regime this is of course gadhafi is home town it's about six hundred kilometers to the south of tripoli it

russia's a top general says the coalition's strikes on libya. and it's likely the ground troops soon be on their way. hundreds of thousands of people are converging in london. the government cuts in what's expected to be the largest the country's experienced in years. in japan emergency teams battling to stabilize the crippled fukushima nuclear plant and reports that highly radioactive water is leaking from its reactors. here with live from moscow libyan rebels say they've regained control of the strategic oil town of from colonel gadhafi forces it comes as the country's officials claim that over one hundred people were killed in the opening days of the coalition strikes which have now lasted one week meanwhile and nato is gearing up to replace the u.s. and leading the campaign. the latest from. they should be in lockdown we're hearing now that within two days fuel supplies here might very well run out we're also hearing of shortages in food and water now for seven straight nights the city has come under fire from those airstrikes from the coali

instead, we have been joined by a strong and growing coalition. this includes our closest allies, nations like the united kingdom, france, canada, denmark, norway, italy, spain, greece, and turkey. all of whom have fought by our sides for decades. and it includes arab partners like qatar and the united arab emirates who have chosen to meet their responsibilities to defend the libyan people. to summarize then, in just one month, the united states has worked with our international partners to mobilize a broad coalition, secure an international mandate to protect civilians, stop an advance army, prevent a massacre, and establish a no fly zone with our allies and partners. to lend some perspective on how rapidly this military and diplomatic response came together. when people were being brutalize in bosnia in the 1990s, it took the international community more than a year to intervene with air power to protect civilians. it took us 31 days. moreover, we've accomplished these objectives consistent with the pledge that i made to the american people at t

further developments in libya this morning coalition warplanes will resume patrolling the no fly zone as heavy anti-aircraft fire is heard in the capital tripoli despite his regime declaring an immediate cease fire. the arab league holds an emergency summit you can cry about they say they signed up for a no fly zone and that's protect civilians and doesn't kill them to join me point to see if i'm to be completely. mosco calls for an end to what it is an indiscriminate use of force by foreign policy in libya and calls for military action to remain within the parameters of the u.n. resolution. and in the u.s. iraq obama still insists there's only a limited role for american forces but that isn't stopping song from drawing parallels with two thousand and three invasion of iraq. polls show the majority of americans oppose the us from the intervention for more on joining me. in just a few minutes. guessing live from our studios in central moscow this is our jeanne where it is just after seven o'clock in the morning just after six o'clock in the morning in tripoli where in the last few hour

further developments in libya tonight coalition warplanes resume patrolling the no fly zone as heavy anti-aircraft fire is heard in the capital tripoli describe it all his regime declaring an immediate cease fire. the arab league holds an emergency summit in cairo they say they signed up for the no fly zone that protect civilians and often children join me for to see a fun trip to. moscow calls for an end to what it terms an indiscriminate use of foreign policy in libya and calls for military action to remain within the parameters of the u.n. resolution. and in the u.s. prague obama still insists there will only be a limited role for american forces but that isn't stopping some strong parallels with the two thousand and three invasion of iraq the. polls show the majority of americans oppose the u.s. involvement in the intervention for more on this joining granted check out in just a few minutes. broadcasting live from our studios in central moscow this is archie we're glad to have you with us in the last few hours the libyan army has been ordered to observe an immediate cease fire in

a lot of hala sort of coalition says its efforts in libya are proving successful the witnesses record further violence against the rebels what's the situation from your perspective what whiteness very moment we are hearing reports of new in strikes the american army has confirmed that it used the two stealth bombers to drop some forty conventional bombs were not here not worthwhile goods but we do understand that among them were libyan air fields at the same time we know that american warplanes are refueling may loading with weapons that american bases in italy were also being told that pushed planes on a process of taking off now the international community says that this is the first phase of what they want in a nazi phase operation we understand that it has been successful we're being told that the no fly zone is effectively in let's go now to suppose in a moment our five countries the united states bush and find canada and it's only for the moment the united states is in charge but it has made the point that very silly wants to hand over command and control to other nations now we

the libyan government accuses coalition forces of taking sides from simply imposing a no fly zone it says they are actively helping the fighters on the ground. and as we look at live pictures right here hundreds of thousands of people often verging on london crowd against the government and what's expected to be the largest the country's experienced in years again live pictures right here from london. and in japan about battling to stabilize the crippled fukushima nuclear plant amid reports that a highly radioactive water is leaking from two of its reactors. worldwide news live from moscow this is art. well libyan rebels say they've regained control of the strategic oil town of from colonel gadhafi forces it comes as the country's officials claim that over one hundred people were killed in the opening days of the coalition strikes which have now lasted a week meanwhile nato's are gearing up to replace the u.s. in that lead in the campaign let's go let's get more on this now from our to fall asleep who's waiting for us in tripoli so paula we've heard about continued explosions are fro

further developments in libya tonight coalition warplanes that was zooming patrolling the no fly zone as the heavy anti-aircraft fire is heard in the capital tripoli this describe these a regime declaring an immediate cease fire. the arab league holds an emergency summit in crime road they say they signed up for the no fly zone and that protect civilians and doesn't kill them joy needless hear from tripoli people also calls for an end to what it terms an indiscriminate use of force by foreign policy libya and calls for military action to remain within the parameters of the u.n. resolution. and in the u.s. were obama still insists there's only a limited role for american forces but that isn't stopping the summit from drawing parallels with the two thousand and three invasion of iraq. polls show the majority of americans oppose the u. i think intervention for more on this joining me to check out in just a few minutes. broadcasting live from our studios in central moscow this is r.t. we're glad to have you with us let's take a look at the latest in the libyan conflict in the last few hou

>> we are not communicating with the coalition on the ground. we -- i misspoke. we are not communicating with the opposition forces on the ground. we are still seeing the same reporting in diplomatic channels, but when it comes to opposition forces and our military forces, we are not communication. >> it looks like, according to according to what we're hearing, what will happen to the change in command? >> because the change is still ongoing through what the command structure will be and what it will look like, and because of the nature of the partners enjoying capability and come to bear, they will be supporting missions here in the next couple days as they are bedded down and redy to get on the air tacking border. i would see it being phased over time. the slope of that phase needs to be worked -- we still need to do more work on it. >> so you think it could take two weeks, three weeks, a month? any idea at all? >> i would not hazard to guess that at this point. i think we will have more clarity on that as the days progress. >> one follow-up. the french say the

the fears are that the coalition forces could be going beyond the u.n. authorized no fly zone measures and russia has called a security council meeting behind closed doors to once again weigh in on the situation and to look at the results of the intervention there are lots of questions on the table as to the limits of the intervention really and now for the coalition forces which is sharm could be the question that everybody is asking here is could the officer target now the pentagon says no in fact the defense secretary robert gates said targeting gadhafi goes beyond you are you guys you should not be here and the u.s. is are meant to stick to the resolution but the thing is that the wording of the resolution basically is all inclusive short of occupation we've heard criticism from the arab league they say the military operation has gone beyond what the arab league backed also the head of the early says all we wanted was civilians protection and not more civilian deaths we know that he was really crucial for western powers to have arab countries assista

led coalition. there was no diplomatic diplomatic activity this is an absolute war of aggression it's just another war and the world should really be frightened of the nature of nato and american power attacking their own dictators well there's a popular uprising components of the uprising where the rebels attacked there's also a genuine genuine this is an insult there's also islamic radicals proxy forces there were backed by the united states during the cold during the cold war and there is cia backed forces the front for the national review these are also part of the so-called rebels and they're backed by other western agencies like the national endowment for democracy works and personally they're so this is really a very manipulated so-called conflict the people of libya the real true free popular uprising people of libya are going to suffer the most and it won't be very long once they get done with get out and before the people the true popular uprising realizes that they have no control over th

just why gadhafi is regime declaring an immediate cease fire in the past few hours a multinational coalition is continuing to enforce a no fly zone above the country. the arab league holds an emergency summit in cairo they state signed up for a no fly zone that protect civilians and that's what killed him join me please feel free to be completely. false go calls for an end to what it terms an indiscriminate use of force by power of powers in libya it calls for military action to remain within the parameters of the u.n. resolution. meanwhile america's says its role in a military intervention will be limited but that's not sort of comparisons to the beginning of the two thousand and three iraq invasion. polls show the majority of americans opposed to you i think both men in the intervention for more on this join me down in just a few minutes. welcome this is r.t. it's one i am now here in moscow my name is kevin zero in and in the last few hours the libyan army has been ordered to observe an immediate cease fire in the fight against rebels but heavy anti-aircraft gunfire is nonetheless been he

led coalition against colonel gadhafi forces grows kamel in libya with more air strikes and cruise missiles voices against the intervention also getting louder. head of the arab media rails against. states against its targets. for. russia condemns the indiscriminate use of force in libya or over sixty people have reportedly been killed by coalition bombs stay with r.t. for the developing reaction in moscow. washington maintains its intervention will be limited even though it's behind most of the pain the drops on the basis of this product and permits into consequences for civilians as it did in iraq and afghanistan. also the japanese imports get with global cold shoulder. radiation leak meanwhile the number of dead from the great disaster rises to more than eight thousand. this is our team with the very latest world news well straight to libya now the u.s. britain and france are pressing ahead with their campaign of air attacks on the bit where it's the sixty four people have been killed during the strikes maybe in military chiefs ordered a cease fire on sunday evening across to tripoli whe

themselves or his policy or joins us live from the capital tripoli with more hello paula so the coalition says its efforts in libya are proving successful but we're also hearing reports that violence against the rebel population continues in the country what are you here. will be on camera pulls off a new set off being carried out on the ground we will see can we pull to the ministry planes are being loaded with weapons and american bases in the city and that pushes planes on the way to libya now the american army has come through and that it dropped some thirty complaints. the bombs from b. two stealth bombers not yet clear what was the exact target of those bombs but certainly amongst them was the libyan air fields we're also being told that western put coniston satellites out firmly keeping an eye on the southern part of the city of set where there are ten tons of mustard gas now the american army has said that the first phase of this operation is complete it says it is well satisfied that a no fly zone is firmly in place that there hasn't been any libyan helicopters or aircraft in the

the libyan government accuses coalition forces of taking sides from some team posing a no fly zone. actively helping the fighters on the ground. hundreds of thousands of people are converging on london to cry out against the government expected to be the largest demo of the country period in you. and in japan emergency teams are battling to stabilize the crippled nuclear plant amid reports the highly radioactive water is leaking from. live from moscow now libyan rebels say they have regained control of the strategic oil town of. forces comes as the country's officials claim that over one hundred people were killed in the opening days of the coalition's strikes which have now lasted a week meanwhile nato is gearing up to replace the u.s. lead in the campaign. now has the latest from the capital. the capital city of tripoli is essentially in lockdown we're hearing now that within two days fuel supplies here might very well run out we're also hearing of chill teachers in food and water now for seven straight nights the city has come under fire from those airstrikes from the coalition t

coalition forces carrying out attacks on their b.s. a colonel gadhafi himself is not a target despite a strike on his compound and from the institute of democracy and cooperation in paris questions those claims i'm sure it isn't in the plans of the allies to have such a ground force or occupation i think that they think to the extent that they have thought about this at all that the matter could be settled with an air campaign however i think they have gravely mistaken and i think that this escapade will end in catastrophic failure and my fear is that the european leaders and the americans who have pushed this attack on libya think that a quick bit of bombing will sort the matter out but in fact i think they will find that it will last far longer than they gamble for the british prime minister the french president the american administration these people who are so happy to let bombs fly on countries that almost at the drop of a hat they are determined to get the outcome they want which is the overthrow of colonel gadhafi of libya so i

, have we ever led the coalition, are we still leading the coalition?n will we stop leading the coalition? >> we were prains pal actor in the first phase of the m.s.g. mission because of our unique casts and capabilities that were brought to bear in creating the environment necessary to force the no-fly zone and creting an environment where cities like benghazi could be -- >> but a principal actor leaves of question of someone else leading. >> there was no question we were leading in the first phase. >> first among equals? >> it's a partnership but in the first several days were finding a majority and doing most of the missions. others were as well than ratio has been shift dage by day. to answer the second part of your question, today as i speak, the authority command and control authority for the enforcement of the no-fly zone is being shifted to nato. it will no longer be a u.s. lead. there's an agreement before the command and control over the rest of the mission, civilian protection mission, there's an agreement at a political level and military pl

country's armed forces has declared immediate cease fire bit aerial attacks from a multinational coalition targeting gadhafi forces with dozens reported killed and . the arab league holds an emergency summit in climate they say signed up for a no fly zone that protect civilians and doesn't kill them join me please hear from to. moscow calls for an end to what it terms an indiscriminate use of force by foreign powers in libya and calls for military action to remain within the parameters of the u.n. resolution. this is america says its role in a military intervention will be limited but that's not soft comparisons to the beginning of the two thousand and three iraq invasion. polls show the majority of americans opposed the u.s. involvement in the intervention for more on this joining bandaging check out in just a few minutes. hello this is r.t. it's eleven pm sunday night here in moscow my name's kevin owen and in the last few hours the libyan army has been ordered to observe an immediate cease fire in their fight against rebels it comes on the second day of an international aerial campaign

further developments in libya tonight coalition warplanes will resume patrolling the no fly zone as heavy anti-aircraft fire is heard in the capital tripoli this despite get out he's at regina's declaring an immediate cease fire. the arab league holds an emergency summit in cairo they say they signed up for the no fly zone that for takes civilians and doesn't kill them joy need to see if it should. also go calls for an end to what it terms is in distributed use of force by foreign powers in libya and calls for military action to remain within the parameters of the u.n. resolution. and in the u.s. barack obama still insists there will only be a limited role for american forces but that isn't stopping some from drawing parallels with the two thousand and three invasion of iraq. paul from the show the majority of americans oppose the u.s. involvement in the intervention for more on this joining check out in just a few minutes. from our studios in central moscow where it is just after three o'clock in the morning just after two o'clock in the morning in a tripoli where we bring you up with th

a result of gadhafi is crimes against his own people criticizes the coalition forces for recklessness over civilian casualties. so in the news this week hundreds of thousands of britons marched in london and raised over huge cuts protests also gripped the e.u. as many are angry at the storage the cash flows into the bombing. and in japan the operator of the focus. denies reports that radiation levels reached ten million tons the claims made to the immediate evacuation of emergency workers. back at the week's top stories and the latest developments this is live in moscow libyan rebels are advancing west towards the capital tripoli off to further gains in the east of the country and they claim they won back control of several strategic towns from pro gadhafi forces meanwhile nato is ready to replace the u.s. and leading the coalition's campaign where we can now cross tripoli paula snare is there for the libyan rebels have advance westward towards tripoli as we're reporting at the moment bring us up to date on their progress. well throughout most of sunday we saw these rebel fighters adv