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but first strike in libya as a french a war plane hits a military target the international community has no fines and has begun. world powers agreed to use all necessary military means to stop any aggression from colonel gadhafi. live from our studios here in central moscow this is r.t. with you twenty four hours a day just past nine pm here in the russian capital eight pm in libya where a french fighter jet has fought on a libyan military vehicle it's the first reported strike since the french president ordered planes to patrol the skies over the city of benghazi to prevent attacks against civilians and violence from government troops reported to have carried out attacks on the rebel stronghold let's get the latest from artie's paula slit who's in the capital tripoli for us paula french planes as we're reporting of carrying out the first attack over libya what are you hearing there. well we've received confirmation of that army french ministry there confirming that one of their planes has struck they've turned a military vehicle now what we understand at this stage is that miracle w

this is our secret live from moscow breaking news this hour a french fighter jet is part of the libyan military think it's the first reported strike since planes began patrolling the skies of libya to enforce the u.n. sanction no fly zone pro-government forces reportedly advance into the rebel stronghold of benghazi despite the clearing a cease from. world leaders meeting in paris agreed to use all necessary military means to stop any aggression by colonel gadhafi the french president says their forces ready to intervene against any threats to our own civilians including tanks and armored vehicles. and engine is a locked in a desperate battle board meltdown in japan's tsunami damaged provision of power plant teams struggle to restore electricity despite being exposed to the dangerously high levels of radiation. would not a summary for you in less than fifteen minutes from now in the meantime not imagine now explores the influence of russian culture in the french capital stay with us for that. hello and welcome to one of the most loved and visit cities in the world paris pittsburgh grea

french fighter jets begin patrolling the skies over libya to enforce the u.n. sanctions a no fly zone that's as pro-government forces reportedly advance on the rebel stronghold of benghazi despite declaring a cease fire meantime dismisses the u.n. a no fly zone resolution. that world leaders meeting in paris agree to use all the necessary military means to stop any aggression by colonel qadhafi the french president says his air force is ready to intervene against any threats to on armed civilians including tanks and armored vehicles. and engineers are locked in a desperate battle to avoid a meltdown at japan's tsunami damaged fukushima power plant teams are struggling to restore electricity despite being exposed to dangerously high levels of radiation. right tom nothing sporting news you know is here. great to have you with us this is sports today i mean these are headline. ice capades eyed blondes win again to force a deciding game in their consonantal hockey quarterfinal tie with scouts in petersburg. d.j. in dublin are gearing up to clinch their first six na

up next martin anders explores the influence of russian culture in the french capital stay with us. well i welcome it's one of the most loves and this is cities in the world powers basically great celebrate the culture and architecture here and throughout the centuries as many russians and the great it's across the cultural links between the super countries became stronger and stronger today paris is part of russian history and culture and that's what i'll be exploring on the space program paris has always held a special attraction for russians many have believed for centuries it is the cultural center. and with breathtaking architecture. a perfumed wine in style because she's thinking maybe some truth in that. but let's not include tacky souvenirs. because the emperor piece the great streets of france the seven hundred seventy two in the front gates was the since been a constant stream of russian immigrants. moving inside this is the same style and. she can be raised magnificent shanley's a model who weighs no wonder these interviews often use the locations. museum i'm an education

british french and u.s. warships converge on libya prepping to launch a decisive strike on colonel gadhafi as forces and libya's internal affairs claims its maintaining its ceasefire while the rebels say they are still being bombarded. washington is accused of cherry picking where it intervenes rapidly mobilising for libya while innocent civilians die and other nations torn by internal strife syria yemen and bahrain witnessing pro-democratic protests that are being crushed by authorities while the u.s. and others look the other way. the radiation risks grow in japan as struggled as this country struggles to save its crippled nuclear site eight days after the nation was overwhelmed by the powerful earthquake and tsunami over seven thousand people have been confirmed dead thousands are still missing. up next martin enters explores the influence of russian culture in the french capital stay with us. well i welcome it's one of the most loved and this is cities in the world paris basically great fellow look at th

french warplanes destroyed tanks as they begin patrolling the skies of libya to enforce the un sanctioned no fly zone. over libya but bush is still seeking naval blockade join me in this here in a few moments based on the. necessary military means to stop any aggression from colonel gadhafi gauges the international reaction to. strong words from world leaders who say gadhafi must be stopped from international civilians all the details from europe coming up. and the white house is wary of being seen as the driving force behind the military actions i'm going to check and i'll be back with more in just a few moments. from our studios here in central moscow this is r.t. with twenty four hours a day just past ten pm now in the russian capital and in libya where the first shots have been five there in the country as foreign forces begin to enforce a no fly zone by the u.n. french fighter jets have attacked a libyan military vehicle and destroyed several tanks in another strike we're just learning it's the first actions since the french president ordered planes to patrol the skies over the city

headlines british french and u.s. warships converge on libya preparing to launch a decisive strike on colonel gadhafi forces and libya's internal affairs version claims it's maintaining a cease fire while the rebels say they're still be a part of. what washington is accused of cherry picking where it intervenes rapidly mobilising for libya while innocent civilians die and other nations torn by internal strife and. radiation risks grow in japan struggles to save its crippled nuclear site days after the nation was overwhelmed by the powerful earthquake and tsunami. next martin anders explores the influence of russian culture in the french capital. hello i welcome it's one of the most loved and this is cities in the world powers basically great a love of the culture and architecture here and throughout the centuries as many russians and the great it's across the cultural links between the simple phrase became stronger and stronger today paris is part of russian history and culture and that's what i'll be exploring in the

are now a time for us to explore the influence of russian culture there in the french based . hello and welcome to one of the most loved and this is cities in the world powers basically great to look at the culture and architecture here and throughout the centuries as many russians emigrate it's across the cultural links into the same countries became stronger and stronger today paris is packed full of russian history and culture and that's what i'll be exploring on the streets program paris has always held a special attraction for russians many have believed for centuries it is the cultural center. and with breathtaking architecture by opera food wine in style it gets you thinking maybe some truth in that. the it's nothing clue tacky seaven is. it is the emperor piece the great streets of france the seven hundred seventy five in the front gates was the since been a constant stream of fresh immigrants. moving inside this is the city of costs. taking the rooms magnificent chandeliers and models why is no one to listen to is often used to locations. amusing and an educational in

paris agreed to use all necessary military means that to stop any aggression by colonel gadhafi the french president said his air force is ready to intervene against any threats to civilians. and russia says it regrets the decision to militarily intervene in libya it's calling for the end of bloodshed in the country and urged gadhafi forces. to hold talks. now to line things up a bit we're going to head to moscow out with more numbers coming up next right here on r.t. . hello and welcome to one of the most loved and is the cities in the world powers basically great battle of the culture and architecture here and try to centuries as many russians emigrate it's across the cultural links between the sea countries became stronger and stronger today paris is packed full of russian history and culture and that's what i'll be exploring in the space program paris has always held a special attraction for russians many have believed for centuries it is the cultural center. and with breathtaking architecture opera food wine in style it gets you thinking maybe some truth in that. but let's not include

this is our team breaking news this hour libyan tanks and armored vehicles have been destroyed in french airstrikes and these are the first reported attacks since planes began patrolling the skies of libya to enforce the u.n. sanction no fly zone pro-government forces have reportedly advance on the rebel stronghold of benghazi despite the cleric a cease fire. of the. world powers meeting in paris agreed to use all necessary military means to stop any aggression by colonel gadhafi russia meanwhile says it regrets the decision to intervene in libya. we're just remind you can always log on to our web site that is our dot com for more coverage of what's happening in libya . well now it's time here on r t two. i'm sorry i'm not too sure exactly what we are doing next but i thought we were going to give you an update on the further development there libya in the meantime let's have a break now and join martin andrews who is in paris for his special edition of must go out but with a french twist stay with us for that. hello and welcome to one of the most loved and this is cities in the world pa

the french do not want nato. wants nato.s no the united states is largely the 800 pound elephant in the room when it comes to the capacity we can bring to bear in libya, at least in the air. host: why go forth with a mission that does not have a clear understanding for who was responsible for what? guest: i think in some respects the president had hoped that while he acted belatedly, stopping the slaughter of what would have occurred at the united nations security council not voted to impose a no-fly zone on the country would have resulted in the human catastrophe. they have 1 million people. it would have resulted in thousands of people probably being killed. in some respects the president can declare mission accomplished and leave, because we did stop the slaughter. if the french want to take the fight all the way to the shores of tripoli, i say let them play. president sarkozy, wants to lead the fight, let him lead the fight. host: you spent some time in the white house. what questions do you think he is askin

defense ministry has confirmed that some twenty french planes have been used in that have been hard hitting tanks and military personnel vehicles now that operation has been concentrated largely in the rebel held town of bin ghazi and the latest word there from rebel fighters is ekadasi forces have been pushed to the in outskirts of what we know though in terms of u.s. assistance is that already they have launched a very true strikes we know that there were three submarines and twenty five american ships at this point in the mediterranean and that u.s. tomahawk missiles have landed in the west of the country in tripoli and in misrata now libyan state television has been reporting small the last few hours that there are heavy civilian casualties it says these are happening here in the city of tripoli and i continue that we have heard a few ambulances driving past it is there also happening in the town of bint ghazi they also say that there's been a strike on fuel stores in misrata now the british air force has joined the operations it's not yet clear exactly what they will be doing b

french jets have attacked libyan military vehicles and destroyed several tanks and u.k. prime minister david cameron has confirmed the british air force is also in action and the u.s. has fired ship based cruise missiles at libya's air defenses but french president ordered planes to patrol the skies over the city of benghazi to prevent attacks against civilians and that's where government troops have reportedly been kerry. out attacks throughout. all russia has said it regrets the decision to take military action in libya well for more developments there let's now cross live to paula who's in the capital tripoli paula we're learning that french planes have carried out the first attacks over the country what is the situation now. well the situation is certainly heating up the breaking news that the united states has launched its first cruise missile strike along the coast we understand that they are also going to be targeting libyan airfields now they're starting to fly in the face of what we were hearing just a few hours ago from the united states we understand that they

education but i have preserved my russian as well and my family so we speak both french and russian from. the area of money and i think in paris has for decades been popular among russians gatherings of artists musicians and writers taking place in various cafes in this city one such venue is cafe clarity on which was established the beginning of the twenty first century popular as a meeting place for intellectuals it's how to speak has attracted many famous guess including russian artist alexander yeah all of it was inspired to create the. next stop the delights of classical music as we arrive at the saggy rachmaninoff russian conservatory satisfy two of the most illustrious persist with imperial russia. contract man of. the county to choose many nice clean streets. to students of various levels and ages it also regularly holds concerts by prestigious musicians from across the globe. raphael conservatoire was founded in the ninety's twenty's after the successful sacking of seasons rachmaninoff and self as the first president and for decades this house has provided a cultural link w

next martin anders explores the love affair between moscow and paris taking in the sights of the french. hello i welcome to one of the most loved and visit cities in the world powers basically great fellow look at the culture and architecture here and throughout the centuries as many russians emigrated to france the cultural links between the sea countries became stronger and stronger today paris is part of russian history and culture and that's what i'll be exploring on the six program paris is always held a special attraction for russians many have believed for centuries this is the cultural center. and with breathtaking architecture. a perfume one in style to keep thinking maybe some truth in that. but let's not include tacky seaven is. it is the emperor piece the great streets of france seven hundred seventy eight in the front gates want to see spain a constant stream of russian immigrants. moving inside this is the to me of costs and. taking the rooms magnificent chandeliers and models the one decent is often used to locations. a museum i'm an educational institutes. welcome it's o

following air strikes by french fighter jets, u.s. and british naval vessels launched 110 tomahawk cruise missiles aimed at 20 tar guess along libyan's coast. president obama stressed it would not involve u.s. ground troops. the strike comes two days after the u.n. security council okayed the establishment of a no fly zone over libya. we have all fronts covered. we want to start with jim maceda. >> reporter: lester, what unfolded in libya today was implausible days ago. it has left the regime stunned, but defiant. late this afternoon a squad of fighter jets took off destination benghazi, libya. the military intervention had begun. later the u.s. fired 110 cruise missiles as well, hitting 120 air defense systems. earlier in the day they punched through anti-gadhafi rebel defenses. intense fighting killing many civilians. the violence too much for many who fled in their cars heading east to the egyptian border, their hopes of getting military help crushed. >> we are disappointed that everybody left us, we are left alone with this killer

security council french and british fighter jets are in action above the north african country the french air force has denied earlier reports from libyan state t.v. that one of its fighters had been shot down meanwhile over one hundred cruise missiles have been launched from american and british navy ships and submarines in an editor a. and hitting twenty different sites forces loyal to the libyan leader have carried out a series of attacks throughout the day on the city of benghazi the main rebel base russia has said it is it regrettable that military action has been taken it also has called for an end to the bloodshed and to have heard all sides it would be at the start talking. follow all the latest developments in our in libya on our twitter and facebook pages we've got links to all of our videos and regular updates as well. as. he has. he has. the. same. question we are going to be sticking with libya as information becomes available i'll be back with a recap of our top story in just a few minutes stay with us for the list. as my name is daniel smith this is joining us on the phone

that a french fighter. it has fired on a libyan military vehicle and that is the first reported strike since the french president nicolas sarkozy said his country's planes are now over the city of benghazi preventing any attacks against civilians but world leaders have been meeting to discuss the situation in paris and our europe correspondent daniel bushell has more. president sarkozy made the announcement after the summit as you say attended by the big guns of world defense the decision has been taken at the top level u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton among them denmark and canada will supply fighter jets to the effort to get silly france and spain will provide air bases for support in the region while other arab states saudi arabia qatar jordan and the united arab emirates have said they do back the deployment of a no fly zone over libya near space and the main role along with those arab states will be played by the two k. and france u.k. leave it they've cameron says that he fully backs the deploy

russians have been fascinated with french culture for centuries. explore the busy streets of the capital and you'll soon come across various places that will catch your eye. to moscow one of the several streets names off the major european cities. around the corner there's a russian restaurant don't keep any rest a file copy a little further a remarkable vision hidden within the school buildings of the neighborhood a quaint impressive the docks cathedral this is the alexander nevsky cathedral in the nineteenth century there were thousands of russians living in this area and with the donations of many of us believe us around the world this place of worship was built and finally opened in eighty six he was and today still one of the most popular about churches here in paris. he was here picasso married older kuvo in nineteen eighteen and showed up in an kandinsky were both on a tear. after that death's. door should press here with it it's a very beautiful place i like coming here and sure i could do as much as i can buy shoes here it feels closer to

security council french and british fighter jets are in action above the north african country but french air force has denied earlier reports from libyan state t.v. in one of its fighters had been shot down meanwhile over one hundred cruise missiles have been launched from american and british navy ships and submarines in the mediterranean hitting twenty sites forces loyal to the libyan leader have carried out a series of attacks throughout the day on the city of benghazi the main rebel base russia has said it is regrettable that military action has been taken and it has also called for an end to the bloodshed and has urged all sides in libya had to start. now i'll be back with a recap of our top story in just a few minutes stay with us for all the latest. the. machine would be so much brighter if you knew about sums from funds to crash and some of. these stunts on t.v. don't come. from. more news today violence is once again flared up. these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of chatter that. shine corporations are on the day .

and it was settled by the french and it remained french until after the french and indian war. that is in 1763, britain acquired canada. why didn't it come into the american revolution? well, the greater part of the people in canada in that part where french and they were catholic. and i've already expressed the rather powerful anti-catholic sentiment is very important in the 13 colonies. i could understand very well the french canadians didn't want to come into this revolution. the canada we know was people who went to nova scotia, some went to quÉbec, largely. so it was a result of the revolution that the canada we know is predominantly a british .. and subsequently there was something called -- canada invited in to settle their territory. you can well imagine a population that had a substantial component of loyalists might not have been the most excited about joining the united states. >> host: to e-mails about slavery. this is from noel in fairfield connecticut. can you tell how many and which philadelphia convention delegates were also slaveholders? and from tim anderson i

french military is. asked to perform a big exists the british called for mistrial and this little exists size in perth exactly what is happening now but the same people and. the same strategy so all was clearly decided at the beginning of november of course also out of that i'm very sorry for you but we're going to spend our interview there thank you very much for being with us live on the line from beirut this this evening terry miss on the founder of the international n.g.o.s. now as the crisis in libya unfolds the revolutionary guard for egypt is subsiding but many fear the return of the old guard and question whether the new leaders will bring about the changes they want for. more from cairo. several weeks have passed since they've evolved but it seems the wheels of the old political machine are still turning we start now oh everything usual revision didn't finish here we need change we need you'll be able. to govern ourselves. now that would be. used to be an anchor on egypt's national state run rad

what about the french concern? why'd you think nato leading the operation would befriend the arab league morton united states? >> at france has always had some discomfort putting the political part of nato under an american command. they see nato as american-lead. they fear that a nato operation would be more difficult for the arabs to swallow. they would want something that looked more independent. we do not know if they actually felt that way. that is one of the reasons why we are reaching an agreement between the french, the turks, and the americans about giving control to nato. >> do you think united states or anybody will be concerned patsy uae will be sending some forces to enforce the no-fly zone. doing this to protect civilians in libya. taking action in bahrain against anti-government demonstrators. >> there are some sensitivities about what is happening in the broader middle east. why are we intervening in india -- libya but turning a blind eye to other places? the other issue that the nato command struct

one final location the artist painting outside as you hear the soft soothing sounds of the french come . in and it's not a mostly hands but a famous russian song tend to be empty meaning victory day and the things that most intimate celebrate it defeated the nazis in nine hundred fifty five but. legend has it that two russian soldiers visited a cafe here they were cervix treme fans an athlete shouted out the words mr meaning fast in russian locals believe that's how he threw company received this name wow i love it a lot one of my favorite places in the world it's a bit of a it was a gets it once you're here it's well worth the effort from the kids and kozik up a possible beguiling cabarets same the whole area was extremely popular with russian immigrants and still is the russian tourists today. in crystal clear weather like this because it helped put up with the hours enough to my day of exploration the connection strong bond between france and russia is only to obvious . when the russians have such an association with the city from being involved with university education in creating

breaking news this hour french fighter jets begin patrolling the skies of libya so in force the un sanctioned a no fly zone. pro-government forces oppose you advance on the rebel held town of pain donkey just fine declaring a cease fire has colonel gadhafi rejects all calls for you in no fly zone. world leaders meeting in paris to use all the necessary military means to stop any aggression colonel gadhafi. president sarkozy or is the entrance of french fighter planes on libyan airspace to join us later for the details. engineers are locked in a desperate battle to avoid a meltdown at japan's of tsunami damaged fukushima power plant the struggle to restore electricity. in terms of the cooling systems to be functioning some very small traces of radiation now being taken in tokyo said. it we've got a live from moscow french military jets are already over libya to enforce the u.n. backed no fly zone foreign powers meeting in paris saying they're ready to do whatever it takes to stop colonel gadhafi targeting civilian areas reports from libya suggest forces loyal to gadhafi are carrying out attack

reports have confirmed that some twenty warplanes are already on libyan airspace from the french side which has been most active in this started with the summit are now in military action they've sent referrals fighter jets mirage fighter jets also surveillance aircraft they said. their key concern is to enforce a no fly zone over libya airspace in effect grounding colonel gadhafi is jets and helicopters and their number one concern is the civilian population in than around the area of paying ghazi to that effect the first military operation will be to enforce the no fly zone over the east of libya where the rebel strongholds are one hundred one hundred fifty kilometer area it comes after a decision at the paris summit where it was decided that the powers would go in and it was attended by the heads of the united nations the head of the league also the emir of qatar several foreign ministers of arab nations for example morocco and the united arab emirates arab states saudi arabia qatar jordan and the united arab emirates have said they do back the deployment of a no fly zone over liby

also here, the french ambassador gerard araud. i am pleased to have both of them here to explain exactly what happened at the u.n., what the resolution says, and what might happen. welcome. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> rose: tell us exactly what the united nations security council is saying and what forces operating on the resolution are prepared to do? >> well, first i tnk it's demanding an immediate cease-fire to qaddafi, and today president obama, president sarkozy have reinforced this demand by asking qaddafi to stop the attack against benghazi, to evacuate three main cities out in the west of the country, and to restore water to the population. he is try to playing a game, qaddafi, so we want to set conditions which are not negotiable. so, first, cease-fire. secondly, we need peace, you know, to enforce the cease-fire. so there is not only the no-fly zone because everybody is speaking about the no-fly zone zone, but there is also a paragraph 4 which is saying the international community, which means the states which volunte

is there something the french know that we don't know or are the french still a nuclear waste and some island in the south pacific and what's the deal well actually they're dumping nuclear waste into the english channel seriously absolutely the french reprocessing facility at le hague has been dumping nuclear waste from the separation of plutonium and uranium and the radioactive signature of leg has been found in the arctic circle in the arctic ocean so they're contaminating the whole they're intimidating you know all the way up to the our ocean is where it's been picked up and what with all the brunt of the actual nuclear waste is being hauled off into siberia so they're not managing it it is better than nationally of siberia it's you know interim storage for ever. this is in sensually it is a passing of a colossal liability a toxic liability for epic periods of time there don't. be fooled by this myth it to say that the french have dealt with the nuclear waste issue is like saying nuclear power is the peaceful way out of or it's too cheap to meter these are all a set of primitives th

you're right. >> french revolution. >> so the french revolt, the french get rid of their king, the french even i abolish slavery. however, the revolution consumes it in violence. has any of you ever heard of the guillotine? the guillotine, if you think of the french revolution, you think of this big knife going -- they were consuming themselves in violence so a general was put in percentage of france. does anyone remember his name? >> famous french general. >> famous for being short. >> napoleon? >> napoleon. napoleon take over in france, and he says, wait a second, hold on a second. that's not a good idea. so he decides that he wants to make -- he's going to feed his empire, he's going to get a lot of money for france by going back to hispaniola, he's going to make this island the sugar center of the world. and in order to do that, he buys the middle of america to feed haiti. anybody remember one or more revolution? >> important revolution not far from us. >> 1804. 1804, a date you need to know. >> the american revolution? >> nope, 1804. >> the haitian revolution? >> very good, very good