hezbollah off for the assassination of former lebanese prime minister. up. in the snow. so it's a luxury hotels bangkok's. call. hotel. the imperial. hotel hotel new supply and spawn. hotel the cruise hotel discovery peach hotel. the sea entrepreneur resort. hotel suites hotel. resort and spa. in israel. solomon hotel to. hotel jerusalem. if you just joined us. live here in moscow top stories now a diplomatic dust up between russia and moscow reportedly hits out of the french the libyan rebels saying it was a u.n. resolution on the conflict. over the worse is portugal's dead gets downgraded to junk status with an exploding over where it will end. and japan approves a second disaster recovery budget devastated communities psychological support and fears grow over radiation levels in the area around fukushima. and germany is reportedly planning to sell two hundred tanks to saudi arabia and the human rights concerns in opposition politicians as illegal. that's it for me today. with less than thirty minutes from now in the meantime cross talk looks to lebano

shia movement has belonged to the assassination of the former lebanese prime minister. not. stop stories a diplomacy grab the un security council between russia and france over libya with mosco saying french on the rebels breaches of e.u. on this resolution on the country's. new eurozone crisis that is portugal has created stages of downgraded to junk by moody's rating agency which says lisbon may need a new bailout just two months after getting a nation build enduro one shock waves have been felt across europe with forming and the cost of government boring surging into debt countries for the islands to eat and eat. and despite a new disaster recovery budget of twenty five billion dollars japanese people remain in desperate need not only of financial assistance but also emotional support in areas devastated by the catastrophic us quake and tsunami. there's the headlines up next crosstalk lukes to melbourne and and if international warrants will be a rest of his beloved figures over the s.s. nation of the country's prime minister are an attempt to just it's a simple effo

to cross talk lebanon's trial i'm joined by how a job are in beirut she's a british lebanese journalist and author in jerusalem we cross only he is a writer for commentary magazine and in cairo we have mona evades she is a professor at the american university in cairo ok folks cross talk rules in effect but first let's have a show report on the tribunals findings to date. days ago a united nations tribunal delivered its long awaited indictment of four hezbollah officials in lebanon accused of assassinating the country's former prime minister rafik hariri and a roadside bomb six years ago the indictments now risk reigniting sectarian violence in a country already rattled by decades of bloodshed. political establishment now faces a tricky challenge it needs to find a compromise that both honors its international obligations and prevents a dangerous political split with a shiite has a belong with men currently enjoying great political clout and lebannon this we are today in front of a new reality that requests a wise approach putting the supreme interest of the country civil peace our nati

investigation of the killing of a former lebanese prime minister. came the story. ok mona i'd like to go to you again another issue that's being brought up in this program is that who benefits the most from this crime ok and there's so many different variations here some people say it's the israelis the americans others say it's syria certain factions within lebanon of course has a law you know logically in your mind who benefited from this why it was done. those who benefited is those who go into one to see a stable levanon and this has been going on for twenty five years and we don't know who it is but we know at the same time that there are people who are to be held responsible. until now we don't know who are the real people to sponsor but it is possible that there are other indictments identifying individuals in other countries and that's what we were trying to say earlier there has been speculation that syria could be issued with and it's not clear. that our speculation is that israel could be indicted also so nothing is clear but what i want to see is that b

shia movement hezbollah for the assassination of a former lebanese prime minister this is. the official. from the. video on demand. an r.s.s. feeds with the palm of your. question. welcome back you're watching r.t. live from moscow here's a look at the top stories japanese police arrest a gang of suspected looters thought to be targeting homes and the evacuation zone meanwhile there is concern over the health of those living in the area with more than half the children they're testing positive for radiation. the for russia has released a previously confidential index of people and groups thought to be involved in or funding terrorism in the country the list contains names of foreigners and international organizations operating in the north caucuses. and new sexual assault charges against former i.m.f. chief dominique strauss kahn are filed in france as a new york case against him falls apart. french writer says she was attacked a decade ago but strauss kahn's lawyers say it's slander and. next cross talk looks to lebanon and to whether the political and military group has a

indicted some members of the liberty she a movement has belonged to the assassination of a former lebanese prime minister. downplayed the official ante up location showing phone the i pod touch from the i.q. exam still. one child's life on the go. video on demand on season one old comes an r.s.s. feeds now in the palm of your. question on the call to come. limitations free liquidations free lance for charges free. range and free risk free. prelim gold sleeve broadcast live video for your media project a free media to r.t. dot com. you can. live. live. below and welcome the crosstalk i'm peter lavelle a united nations tribunals has indicted some members of the lebanese shia movement hezbollah for the assassination of the former lebanese prime minister is this special tribunal looking for justice or is it a tool attempting to take advantage of the country's deep political divisions and is levanon the ultimate loser in this legal process. linda can. live. cross talk lebanon's trial i'm joined by how a job are in beirut she's a british lebanese journalist and author in jerusalem we cross all m

shia movement hezbollah for the assassination of a former lebanese prime minister. it's now half past the hour here in moscow you with on see a quick summary now of the headlines japanese police arrest a gang of suspected looters thought to be targeting homes in the fukushima nuclear evacuation zone meanwhile there's concern over the health of those living in the area but more than half of the children that testing positive for radiation. pressure has released a previously confidential index of people and groups to be involved in all funding terrorism in the country the list contains names of foreigners and international islamist organizations operating in the north caucasus. and a new a sexual assault charges against a former i.m.f. chief dominique strauss kahn are filed in france as the new york case against him full. part of the french writer says that she was attacked a decade ago but lawyers say it's slander and they will say you. know what i do stay with us here on this cross talk and this time the guest will be looking to lebanon and whether the political and

they forced me to run away and now they spit on my case we meet a fool myself a lebanese soldier who claims israel for suggesting they can help fight hezbollah a decade inc a. very warm welcome to you this is our scene live from moscow not a firestorm surrounding me but murdoch's media empire is spreading as related arrests and resignations continue even the british prime minister has been forced to face palm and to explain why he employed in eggs these court edits into his administration or this is the demise of john the sean or ignites debate over another high profile death of the heart of a different drama that reports. another political scandal erupts another whistleblower diaries sean hoare was the first former news of the world journalists to go on the record to allege that phone hacking was endemic at the paper and that its editor andy colson actively encouraged it paul was found dead in his house on monday setting the bloke a spear into a frenzy of comparisons with the case of dr david kelly why isn't the sean hoare story bigger reminds me of how dr david kelly was bumped off

me now is a shame they forced me to run away and now they spit on my face we meet a former south lebanese soldier who blames israel for forgetting to help fight hezbollah for attacking. both come to georgia's witch hunt for alleged spies gathers pace says the photographer is charged with espionage for russia plead guilty to local journalists though say the confessions were forced to send a clear message to the rest of georgia's media community to pick that story apart a bit more but later a few. tripoli refuses to negotiate over colonel gadhafi stepping down that use was revealed by libya's foreign minister during a meeting with his russian counterpart here in moscow and his country is at the foreign ministry with the latest. well according to russian officials it was actually the libyan side that asked for this meeting which gives diplomats in moscow cautious optimism because of course it signifies to them that those in power in libya don't actually want to continue the military ongoing military conflict and are attempting to seek diplomatic solutions to the problem according to the liby

many lebanese do support the tribunal. they want to know who killed ravi -- rafik hariri but others are spirks. they say the tribunal is a tool being used by the western israel to hit out at their political enemies. owen bennett jones, bbc news, beirut. >> french journalist held captive in afghanistan have been talking about the release. >> one of two of the hostages released on wednesday by the taliban has told the bbc he believes a deal was done to secure their freedom. he suggested that at least two afghan prisoners are freed. the taliban said earlier that several of their members had been released from jail. back on french soil at last, the two journalists arrived at a military air force on thursday morning after their 547-day ordeal as prisoners of the taliban in afghanistan. the two men said the conditions they were subjected to were grim. but insist they were never abused. >> we haven't been mistreated, beaten or attacked. but we were locked up for 23 hours and 45 minutes out of 24 hours. we could go to the toilets

me now is a shame they forced me to run away and now they spit on my face we need a former south lebanese soldiers who blames israel for getting those who helped fight hezbollah over a decade ago we've got his story. next though tripoli refusing to negotiate over colonel gadhafi stepping down that news was revealed indeed by libya's foreign minister during a meeting with his russian counterpart here in moscow catarina is there a visit the foreign ministry. well according to russian officials it was actually the libyan side that asked for this meeting which gives diplomats in moscow cautious optimism because of course it signifies to them that those in power in libya are attempting to seek diplomatic solutions to the problem russia of course proposed itself as a mediator and has basically said that it will try to do everything possible to bring about a cease fire and a diplomatic solution to the conflict in contrast to the military intervention and how did a lead by nato troops which russia believes is simply prolonging the so-called policy of isolation and of course the recognition by som

they forced me to run away and now they spit on my face we need to pull myself lebanese soldiers and planes that israel will be getting those who helped fight has well over a decade ago. a very warm welcome to you this is live from moscow now as the phone hacking scandal in britain continues to unfold on a daily basis and storm clouds gather over prime minister david cameron his close connection to the embattled group at murdoch's a new movie around pirates has even facing some difficult questions and pollin today along with a new mori poll given cameron his lowest popularity rating since comments upon what rumors circulated in the story it's our only my last resort and it takes a look at an aspect of the case for some reason seem so accidental. given by another political scandal erupts another whistleblower diaries sure who was the first former news of the world journalists on the record to allege that phone hacking. was endemic at the paper and then its editor andy colson actively encouraged it hall was found dead in his house on monday setting the blogosphere into a frenzy of comp

aria epstein was a soldier at the time and says the lebanese soldiers who helped israel were left behind almost like sitting ducks and that's. if we're soldiers knew little about us leaving they for sure knew even less there was some sort of selection the commanders were brought here but i'm sure if you were a driver not much was done for you. some seven thousand solved lebanon army soldiers crossed into israel those who were left behind were tried jailed and sometimes killed as traitors for was an ashram was one of those who got out alive he'd been working with israeli intelligence hoping to recruit lebanese spies i did not want to run here i wanted to die fighting with the israeli intelligence almost forced me to call i was told you know too much but the way they treat me now is a shame they forced me to run away and now they spit on my face six months ago i'm not a lawyer found for was living in a tent on the street he was hardly surviving on the few hundred dollars a month the israeli government gave him i feel ashamed. in my country. that dripping not only the case before was not ji

they forced me to run away and now they spit on my face we meet up to my south lebanese soldiers and complain israel is getting a day to help fight hezbollah over. russia's markets mommas to lose most of this theme by the closing of wednesday's trading session posting gains within half a percent of the energy sector that was held before make others experts join me in twenty minutes time for more on the markets latest was. very warm welcome to you this is the line from the phone hacking scandal in britain continues to unfold on a daily basis storm clouds over prime minister david cameron his close connections with the embattled from murdoch's media empire has seen him facing some difficult questions in parliament today and with a new maori poll giving cameron his no with popularity bracing for his coming so. remiss as a canadian this story could bring him down meanwhile our season four and it takes a look it's an aspect of the case that doesn't seem so much then for. another political scandal erupts another whistleblower diaries sean hoare was the first former news of the world journa

the special intelligence forces have not given me any help since i've been here recently israeli lebanese border and that's parents used to be known as a good friend but in the last eleven years since the israelis withdrew from lebanon the situation has deteriorated and this one is close to good friends has since become close friends and through its task israel's forgotten friends seem condemned to fade if a peek at the family will more than likely never see again policy r.t. and is wrong even on border. well the american the space shuttle program going to officially end with the return of atlantis from its last mission on thursday there are some that say the country's dream of space exploration is now over the position rejected however by robert williams of the stink of stronger and the man behind the hubble space telescope he says the golden era of space research is in its prime when you can see the full interview with him in fifteen minutes time. we're going through difficult periods now in the past few years but when i talk about the golden age of astronomy i talk about the the space

the tribunal handed over four names to the lebanese authorities. the names are secret, but the process is not. lebanon is now meant to arrest and detain the suspects. the new lebanese prime minister has said he will deal with the trend -- tribunal accusations in a responsible way. >> today, we are confronting a new reality. i call upon all of us to consciously unite for the greater good of the nation, our safety, national unity, and determination to deal with the situation realistically and responsibly, keeping in mind that indictments are not conclusive and any accusations need solid evidence. every individual accused is innocent until proven guilty. >> the prime minister faces conflicting pressures. the big western powers want him to respect the tribunal. hezbollah is a powerful force within his government. it believes its members now face are rest, and it wants the prime minister to reject the full legal process out of hand. this is the hezbollah leader speaking last. >> it is a mistake to think we will allow the arrest or detention of many fact

force me to really weigh the spillover effects the needs of former south lebanese soldiers in flames israel to getting days to help fight hezbollah over a decade ago. on global markets assuring a sigh of relief welcoming progress reached on raising the debt ceiling announced by president barack obama warned out stay in business even for. a very warm welcome to you this is the life from moscow as the phone hacking scandal in britain continues to unfold on a daily basis storm clouds are gathering over prime minister david cameron his close connections to the embattled report murdoch's media empire has seen him facing some difficult questions in parliament today nor emmett's has moved from london. cameron is becoming more and more deeply implicated in this scandal as time goes on and in fact it's been revealed that his chief doss allegedly also scotland yard's not to brief the prime minister on the phone hacking investigation people are asking whether that was willful ignorance and they're also saying that it could be extremely serious for the prime minister if it turns out that that wa

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. >> a united nations court has issued arrest warrants with the assassination of the former lebanese prime and stir. he was killed in february of 2005 when his motorcade was hit by a car bomb in beirut. members of hezbollah are expected in involvement of the assassination. >> it has been more than six years since hariri 's assassination. now the u.n. tribunal has turned over indictments to lebanese authorities which include a west warrants for four people suspected in the car bombing. -- include our arrest warrants for four people suspected in the car bombing. lebanon is request, the tribunal set up by u.n. security council resolution four years later. this is the firirst wld court with jurisdiction over the crime of terrorism. this presents a test for the newly formed government in lebanon. the prime minister avoided spelling out how he would handle the issue or whether arrests would follow. >> we will deal responsibly and realistically with the indictments. these are accusations, not a verdict, and they require irrefutable evidence. >> the indictments are thought to include people