have fled the country and we have received in this report was just off to khadafi information became has claimed that the embattled colonel is in the country and has no plans to leave it anytime soon. meanwhile british prime minister david cameron has called for an inquiry into claims u.k. intelligence agents extradited terror suspects to libya where they were allegedly tortured the allegations surfaced after human rights groups in tripoli found documents outlining m i six and cia rendition programs but former british intelligence officer any machine expects the probe to be swept under the carpet. when david cameron calls for an inquiry into these allegations he's been credibly disingenuous under the u.k. law the inquiries act two thousand and five any inquiry this is established including this in this torture inquiry headed up by subpoena gibson is circumscribed by the very organizations that are being investigated in this case and my five an m i six so it's going to be toothless plus of course the other consideration with this is that subpoena gibson himself is heading up this inqu

the lead military brigade was killed in the past week commies khadafi were reportedly has reportedly been buried in bani walid a loyalist stronghold one hundred fifty kilometers east of tripoli the town is now surrounded by rebels who are set to begin a final assault that comes after revolutionary leaders said on sunday negotiations over a peaceful handover of the town have failed or he's been a financial reports from tripoli. is the name for the tribe population in this area one of the biggest li bin tribes and a staunch in the devotion to the embattled colonel it's played a prominent role during the current uprising he libya's since the beginning of the events here in february people from these tribes have been fighting against the rebels all across libya volunteers from this area have been dying for khadafy in misrata things braga and in other cities they've been all the time ardently supporting the colonel who's provided them with the past weaponry in the past and actually khadafi himself as well as his sons have all the time in thought to hide in that area and that's why many he

khadafi loyalists political satirist ted rall sees a new civil war brewing i have some sympathy for. the lobby and his call to get rid of all the former regime figures i mean it's not much of a revolution if you have former officials from the exit from the government that has just been deposed certainly not you would see any kind of division like that uses in a scenario where a revolution is not fully realized and that seems to be the situation in libya any kind of revolutionary movement is an alliance of convenience but in the end where you end up with what shah masood in afghanistan once said in the one nine hundred eighty s. in the war against the soviets first we kill the russians next we kill each other in libya they can kill there and they have a fifty flee kill the khadafi regime and now they're going to kill each other and still to come this hour. ukraine turns up the heat and its gas are out with russia threatening court action over prices plus. officials in washington have squandered sixty billion dollars in iraq and afghanistan a senate report sides of the money was lost a

the dude was the father of three young boys refuses to appear on camera still fearing revenge from khadafi loyalists he was among the first of the scene to help destroy the arsenal. i don't want weapons to fall into the hands of my sons or the youngsters i'm concerned where our country will be growing with goggles this is a very dangerous thing it's not a toy but with the country at war with arms it looks like libyan kids have already developed a fascination for the weapons of war but. when i grow up i have real life and will kill bad guys like gadhafi then you're thor's you save of gathering up weapons through mosques and while police are back on the streets the young gunman demonstrate their readiness to. will give it back to the soon as they ask a system which many here are afraid that this addiction may have a painful withdrawal the gun has become one of the symbols of the libyan rebels and freedom for a new country though people want more peaceful symbols but fear of all being is if for many to lay down their arms when the guard has played such a prominent role throughout libya's vola

a dictatorship but the ras to areas in tripoli where people like grow police support and khadafi and that was actually correspond of maria for an oceanographer latest from tripoli now i'd like to wish you happy anniversary this one i'm going to vent to you krebs they've changed the world or at least run the global economy to its knees it was after all three years ago today that lehman brothers america's fourth largest bank filed bankruptcy and collapsed under six billion dollars of toxic debt well today we take a look back from then to now and ask a few questions first how things changed second who has been held responsible and most importantly what have we learned are to correspondent maria takes a look at these questions and also some of the disheartening answers. claiming brothers has filed for bankruptcy stocks all around the world are taking it because of the crisis on wall street the more things change the more they stay the same how will lehman's bankruptcy filing really change the landscape of the entire banking industry in two thousand and eight wall street's bad bets and ri

colonel gadhafi sons who commanded and elite military brigade was killed in the past week come as khadafi is reportedly being buried in bani walid near tripoli it's one of the last remaining strongholds of gadhafi supporters and is surrounded by rebels the lawyer said until next saturday to surrender but the rebels say negotiations a failed you're about to begin a final assault if an ocean of reports now from the libyan capital. is the name for the tried populate in this area one of the biggest libyan tribes and staunch in the devotion to the embattled colonel it's played a prominent role during the current uprising he libya since the beginning of the events here in february people from these tribes have been fighting against the rebels all across libya volunteers from this area have been dying for khadafy in misrata things bragger and in other cities they've been all the time ardently supporting the colonel who's provided them with the past weaponry in the past ammunition and actually khadafi himself as well as his sons have all the time in thought to hide in that area that's why many he

tony blair snake oil salesman went to tripoli brought in khadafi and his son to pretend that they were part we're giving you our confidence you're part of this game say follow islam you know as nato is dropping bombs on him who is he shouting at sar cosey not a blair he still is a victim of a confidence game or he still believes the guy who sold him out is somehow psycho's he and not tony blair tony blair if push comes to shove he should start selling those nut choppers on late night t.v. you know the guy vince is a famous seller of chomsky's on late night t.v. if you have a retires tony blair you gonna love my nuts watch this so easy one thing i can do one thing and you guys can do with the reason you're going to slap away every day is because it's so easy to clean so the confidence game sold to the west and to the people financing it the taxpayers of the west who think they're getting something is they're told that khadafi and say follow islam are uniquely crazy madman and dictators and killers and of course information is emerged that we were sending people there to be tortured over

are the allegations of cassim azouz the new central bank governor who said khadafi regime raised more than one billion dollars to pay salaries from trading twenty nine tons of gold with local traders in april with the metal then possibly being taken out of the country for resale so they pay some filet of the soldiers in paper because they stole the gold right to raise well this is what cassim azouz the new central bank governor put in by cozy blair cameron and america so he's their guy in the central bank and he saying it looks like could offer he sold twenty percent of our gold twenty nine tons now we're taking at his word that it didn't just go missing because remember we zero hedge others before the as the invasion was happening we said what's going to happen to libya's gold well that offer is still alive let's be a lesson for you out there are thinking of buying gold number one. number two he saw some of those gold for paper and he paid his soldiers and paper so those soldiers are complete idiots and they took paper instead of gold the whole history of gold as we learned from our

witnessing house to house battles with hundreds of civilians caught in the crossfire it's thought khadafi himself who is still on the run could be hiding in one of the siege cities meanwhile life is returning to the sort of normal in the capital but as artie's marie if an ocean reports there are some libyans who already walked off the back. and months after tripoli fell into rebels hands those who back the old regime remain defiant. in parts of the city the rebels triumphant campaign feels like it's never happened or did so somewhere else. i doubt that we will do anything to moammar any memoir even if we have to give all nice. seven support for the ousted leader once they see our camera. here. we are going to be so quick to tell the camera why. it's the same situation with. because if he's hundred percent dude we don't want this revolution we don't know the rebels we want them to go away. we are from television so could you tell it on camera no no playing surprise peeve from the camera they will send the bullet to my head. the criminals you don't know them you call them the rebels hey guy

is also agreed to lift some of the sanctions imposed on the khadafi regime. has more. one of the things that the new resolution envisions is a special u.n. support mission in libya that will be set up for an initial three months to help in what they claim it insists is essentially a political operation it would give advice on restoring security but would cause some trade on efforts to undertake inclusive political dialogue promote national reconciliation and generally help the government in libya organize elections and write a new constitution and that kind of u.n. participation is welcomed by all members this is something that washes amboy to the united nations was talking about saying it's a u.n. responsibility to help create some kind of a law and order system that would put an end to the chaos there as a result of the failure to properly implement the previous u.n. resolution aiming at protecting civilians the country found itself in a full scale civil war with civilians suffering most also the resolution expresses the security council's determination to lift the n

didn't do because they repeatedly claiming that they are not snipers and have nothing to do with khadafi regime the russian embassy has managed to release two russian citizens and the ukrainian capital meanwhile. around twenty are the ukrainians are still being held by the rebels. and. the ukrainian embassy refused to take them they said they don't have running water they said that they don't have proper accommodation so they would be better to stink of civil see. even those who have been released by the russian embassy actually right now are not allowed to leave the country and they don't even have paper is necessary to cross the border. that's actually not the first. such story we've been hearing recently about similar incident with the twenty serbian people involved. again the rebels have accused them of been snipers of gadhafi and they detained them but after that they've been transferred to a ton not far from the capital tripoli and since then we haven't heard anything about these people back to you and maria what about the situation in general there in libya what are the latest dev

is a reality of today's libya for when the rebels stray off and march through the country tons of khadafi is captured weapons have fallen into the hands of nonprofessional fighters one of the biggest stories was discovered at the top security prison in southern tripoli where inmates were released after nato bombed the area of the dude was the father of three young boys refuses to appear on camera still fearing revenge from qaddafi loyalists he was among the first at the scene to help destroy the arsenal. i don't want weapons to fall into the hands of my sons or the youngsters i'm concerned where our country will be going with goggles this is a very dangerous thing it's not a toy but with the country in war with arms it looks like libyan kids have already developed a fascination for the weapons of war but. when i grow up i have real life and will kill bad guys like gadhafi then you're thor's you sayville soon start gathering up weapons through mosques and while police are back on the streets the young gunman demonstrate their readiness to. will give it back to them soon as they ask a syste

khadafi is or not but he's a very clever good reason not to manage to survive for forty five years. and i'm sure he took note of her osama bin ladin was corruption and i'm sure he took an order of saddam hussein was captured and i'm sure he's avoiding those mistakes but he will make a new slew. of chinese prime ministers warn you that it must tackle its economic problems it comes just days after a time when officials reportedly attempted to convince the chinese delegations of by italy's debts finances learn from investments company linseed holdings ltd please europe should we just hope for china to come to the rescue. yes precisely seeing is europe's problem speech sought by europeans alone don't think love china last. last resort. in china and they're right europe's. politicians have. their budget deficits by charging your future so no. you can't charge them in two thousand and eleven is a year five of the catcher. several european countries like greece and italy so they got to put their houses in order they have to spend. a half but not spend more again they have. all this guns th

where khadafy loyalists are showing no signs of surrender. the city is one of khadafy's last strongholds and one of the last obstacles between revolutionary forces and complete control of libya. david piper is streaming live from the capital city tripoli. >> two intense battles as rebels try to fight their way into two of khadafy strongholds. the khadafy forces the actually launched a counter offensive against the rebels surrounding the city but they were beaten back. also remembers launched another offensive themselves but they weren't well coordinated and the ground troops got ahold of tanks and missiles and they got to the northern gate they were forced back on fire from khadafy forces which strategically high positions. now, the in the hometown of khadafy, intense fire going on. we are told by the rental sources they remain around khadafy's palace but they are taking heavy casualties, 25 rebels have been killed and 35 injured and they may have lost a rebel canned in the fighting. so taking quite a hit at this time but nato forces are also

have fled the country and we are receiving these reports just hours after khadafi information to bring in has claimed that the battle colonel is in the country and has no plans to leave it any time soon. when we time the syrian regime's accused of having more blood on his hands with government troops allegedly firing at demonstrators in the besieged city of homs that said of the arab league chief visit to damascus with a peace plan to try and solve the syria standoff or for the e.u. though sanctions still remain the solution but as dana bushel reports next the slow introduction could be backfiring william hague britain's foreign secretary says horrific scenes of brutality have forced the oil burner in syria but bizarrely sanctions won't start for over a month. they will kick in only when europeans or firms complete their supply contracts which. and oil fields developed by e.u. energy giants like french to toll on being touched on tribute because sanctions would start. to go on with reduction of oil as a result the e.u. me end up subsidizing the regime they oppose big oil industry can u

have been fighting against the rebels all across libya volunteers from this area have been dying for khadafy in misrata things braga and in other cities they've been all the time ardently supporting the colonel who's provided them with the past weaponry in the past and actually khadafi himself as well as his sons tommy thought to hide in that area that's why many here on the ground are saying that if the rebels manage to take this stronghold that will officially mean the end of the colonel and the regimes for the national transitional council have recently repeatedly been claiming that police say tripoli is now secure but the rebels there is coming here from and guises soon but so far we haven't seen is find of them here if you live in capitals the situation here is very complicated the streets are literally all the armed rebel fighters with actually a clear agenda of the interior minister has recently claimed that the national transitional council will soon try to bring these people under their control but as we can see here they're not quite successful so far. prefer the reporting there ar

also you military support not surprisingly that these two leaders have become the first to visit khadafi free libya these two countries france and britain have played a crucial role in the currently with the revolution because of course he has said that nato will continue to fall mainly beer and ministry facilities. here in libya till the rebels take control over the whole of the country fighting still continues over at least for gadhafi stronghold including. the colonel's hometown city some six hundred kilometers east of the capital tripoli and bani walid in the south pole. meanwhile russia's foreign ministry has announced today that they will call for a no fly zone to be lifted saying this it's no longer aimed at protecting civilians just ahead of these two leaders visit here to tripoli the head of the national judicial council mr fogg has pledged that both sikorsky and cameron will be safe he's mentioned that because the security situation in the country here in the capital tripoli remains a very tough very difficult very complicated and still while there still remain several pockets

you and who we used to see all across the city proudly waving green flags just weeks ago back in khadafi now trying not to leave their own backyards here there. was. a very. tough it is effectively gone when you are thirty eight have settled down here in the capital tripoli people are chanting that is new free country but it seems that there is at least one thing that still remains of all the beer here. one youngster finally agrees to talk what tripoli is now on the control of the national transitional council and we don't feel we have freedom to talk or to express an opinion if we see something in favor of gadhafi who can kill us and the rest of us of course money and for the nineteen year old says none of his friends have been arrested recently for making critical statements about a new regime ironically we're talking just a kilometer away from one of the dark is top secret jails for political prisoners known as abu salim. the rebels they only represent themselves not the libyan people this revolution started with killings to intimidate through fear of their hands are covered in blogs

will be brought to court and then go on the nato powers is to carry out regime change so that the khadafy government is gone once and for ever and that there will be a new government that will not necessarily be more democratic or more humane but will be an ally or i would say in fact a proxy a client perhaps a puppet of western powers in this country that has the largest oil reserves in all of africa the ninth largest oil reserves in the world i think that real goal of the nato powers is that take control over libya's vast resources which we know are a great treasure. consideration over the palestinian statehood bid has kicked off at the un security council if the application is sent on to the admissions committee at least nine of the fifteen members must say yes to approve palestine joining the international body united states is still threatening to veto all recognition european parliament has endorsed the palestinian request for statehood calling the bid legitimate meanwhile israel has again provoked criticism from much of the world community by authorizing even more settler homes in

and still while there still remain a several pockets all over the leave here where still held by khadafi forces even in the capital it's not equally clear how by by the rabble zur not all the districts here in libya is supporting when you are forces here's my report about that. and months after tripoli fell into rebels' hands those who back the old regime remain defiant but feel full. in parts of the city the rebels triumphant campaign feels like it's never happened or did so somewhere else. that we will do anything from our only one our even if we have to give our lifes. seven support for the ousted leader dissolves once they see our camera and they're. like what we're going to be ok to tell the camera why. it's the same situation with others two. hundred percent good we don't want this revolution we don't know the rebels we want them to go away. we are from television so good to tell you on camera no no thanks a friday in front of the camera they will send the bull to where. the criminals you don't know them you call them the rebels hey guys do you remember the black guy he was arreste

him. >>> moammar khadafy may be hiding but he is not staying quiet. an audio message appeared on syrian tv today vowing not to surrender. >> we are not cowards. libyan people are brave. >> the message is seeing as blow to rebel forces that had hoped for a peaceful surrender. they gave the town until sort surrender and they have extended deadline for a week. >> a stunning milestone in iraq, august is the first month since the 2003 led invasion of the iraq begin that no american forces have died. according to the associated press not a single serviceman or woman were was killed in iraq last month either in combat or non-combat situation. >> batch mastering is in a recall. consumer product safety commissions the jell can ignite unexpectedly and spatter in a burning pot. the company says 65 people have been burned, more than half suffered second and third-degree burns. two people have died from their injuries. >> the risk is a tip overs, we have some explosion, a suggestion where it was poured into the flames and splashes on the clothing on the person. sh

to be confirmed but if the research deal if the research an agreement between the rebel forces and khadafi is forces. that that actually would mean a breakthrough and we also receiving reports that scores of the libyan army as they call have reportedly crossed the frontier border into niger and many believe that khadafi himself could also be in monday and good also. have fled the country and we have received in these reports just. information breaking has claimed that the colonel is in the country and has no plans to leave it and it's time soon. the head of the anti can often campaign america's cia was enlisting the colonel's security forces to question terrorism suspects the deal allowed intelligence agents to circumvent safeguards against torture by transporting supposedly insurgents to libya the allegations surfaced after human rights groups in tripoli found documents outlining cia and m i six rendition programs to bar and war activists standard new york based journalist says u.s. intelligence is not to be trusted. the u.s. cia is very skilled at this information and it's interesting he

khadafi could be making this move? >> it is very volatile and dangerous for the transiction government. 250 cars or trucks -- with gold and money and full of very dangerous -- libyans. i talked about that. stay inthink he'lls tay i chad and niger, he may go to burkina faso. he may get a good reception for the -- from the leader, who is a disciple of ghadaffi. he may continue longer than anyone anticipated. >> burkina faso say that they have not offered asylum to col. ghadaffi. and perhaps, echoing the words of niger, not going that far, but saying they recognize the transitional council. this is a difficult time. >> it is very difficult for those bordering libya, niger and chad. because of those groups -- and the families brough tthet them . they are very armed. there is no government that can withstand an assault by these mercenaries. the transition council wants stability. ghadaffi will be a major headache. >> i spoke to you four weeks ago regarding your family in bengazi. a lot has changed. how do you see them, the

fierce resistance from khadafi supporters was also continued fighting near the city of sirte three khadafi loyalists have been killed one rebel fighter reported dead prebble cut off his audio messages claim to be still in libya despite reports of his family and some associates crossing the border into not nice hair. meanwhile interpol has issued red notices for the colonel and his son saif al islam. syrian protesters say a levin people were killed in new anti-government rallies across the country friday thousands of demonstrators appealed for international help in the face of a bloody crackdown by security forces more than twenty two people twenty two hundred people thought to have been killed since march in the uprising that's called for president bashar assad to step down. and a state of emergency has been declared in the u.s. states of new york and pennsylvania after torrential rains from tropical storm lee caused massive flooding some towns were submerged does a river burst its banks with water also appeared to be toxic at least seven people reported killed and more than one hundred th

have fled the country and we have received in these reports just how is off to khadafi information chief moose's breaking has claimed the battle colonel is in the country and has no plans to leave it any time soon. reporter than i head of the campaign american cia was in listing the colonel's security forces to question terrorism suspects that deal allowed intelligence agents to circumvent safeguards against torture by transporting supposed insurgents to libya well the allegations surfaced of the human rights groups in tripoli found documents outlining cia and m i six rendition programs to get some thoughts on this now from don't do barn antiwar activist and new york based journalist don't think that was so much going on the program with us tonight are you cynical are used by the emergence of these documents well i'm not surprised that they're being presented you know go back to even the period after the fall of the soviet union this so-called verona documents the u.s. cia is very skilled at this information and it's interesting here because the attempt is to play this in front of arab a

as they are reporting their libya's rebel forces have surrounded the colonel khadafi held desert town of bani walid southeast of tripoli saying talks with the former leaders loyalists have failed good obvious troops have been given until saturday to surrender with the rebels now preparing a file assault for more i'm joined by our. is in the summary it looks like down for gadhafi is remaining troops in media and was a rebel forces still assisted by nato airstrikes the question is why is it taking so long. well fighting in the area known as bani walid southeast of the capital tripoli continues despite the recent claims by the new government's interior minister to take control over what's thought to be cut off is made into the last stronghold within twenty four hours this battle is indeed very important for the rebels actually for both sides this is the size of one in terms of engine is six months long conflict here in libya the rebels need it because taking control of this area would officially mean the end of the regime and the colonel's fall they've been preparing for this operation f