as elizabeth palmer tells us another test for libya's new rulers is to get oil exports flowing again. >> reporter: libya's dictator is almost history but he's left behind a country that needs rebuilding fast, so libyans don't lose faith in this revolution. the billions to do it have to come from libyan oil profits. if all goes well, within just a very few days, oil flow through giant pipelines from the western desert into the refinery and production can begin. the engineers say it's crucial to get this refinery up and running to show libyans they can run their country without qaddafi. at the zawiya refinery near tripoli, engineers are already optimistically back at work. the only wild card is when the oil is going to come, right? >> yeah. >> yes. that's coming soon. >> reporter: libya used to produce 2% of the world's oil. 1.8 million barrels a kay in a country with only six million people. at today's prices, that means they could be very rich. the problem right now, though, is that the oil infrastructure was looted and sabotaged during the fighting, and nobody really knows how bad th

enabling and of libya us or both probably enabling and it continues ok so the moment ago you said that nobody's taken care of the underlying root problem the root cause of this global financial crisis you can now say any misgivings that the root cause the root problem. now that fraud is not being addressed by the commission regulatory. yes you see this all the other various regulatory agencies so if they're not going to take care of the fraud and at what point in the socio economic political chain of command is there a backstop against this in other words we know bernanke the is a fraud you know geithner's a fraud i mean it appears as though barack obama is a fraud so is it is it really a point now of no return where as there's just simply no one is going to step forward as they did in the thirty's you might want to talk about this i guess is by comparison the pechora commission where people address the fraud nomi prins well you know it in the thirty's and that was coming because for what i was doing with a novelty record commission hosted bankers up in front of congress which which ha

got us talk about the role russia could play in libya's politics economy and perhaps some other spheres the old cooperation between libya and the u.s.s.r. and in. a partnership between libya and russia. the first step russia took as libya's partner was to deliver humanitarian aid into the country during the military phase of the political conflict we had talks with the leaders of the national transitional council in benghazi and agreed that the interests of russia would be respected in libya after gadhafi was toppled but all contracts with russia would be preserved and the interests of russian companies are respected if we're going to continue our active work in libya back in their little home heavy. according to earlier statements by the national transitional council and you covered and will respect contracts concluded with the russian federation but we also hear other statements like the one made by one of the new heads of the libyan oil company he doubted russia's position during the voting on security council resolution one ninety seven three saying that russia was more demanding th

money which is now being on frozen and given to the rebel leadership to use for libya russia and. very concerned they've expressed concerns that that money mostly used correctly but it must be fairly and make sure that it is distributed to the libyan people and not used for other aims. by daniel thanks very much indeed our correspondent dana bash reporting live from brussels and. who we heard a little earlier has given us a full interview and to watch that later today here on our. asked to discuss the situation surrounding levy i'm joined by mark almond who's oxford international relations expert a strawman thank you very much for being here with us here on the program so while those friends of libya meeting taking place in paris result in any major decisions over the country's future in your opinion. well i think we have to distinguish between two groups of friends there's a broader group of countries including those who say rush over to her relations with her that we were sure it was going to be and then as a matter of the new regime to our french british the americans on the cor

appeared we have no idea who is in charge of them they tell us hopes of a reliable replacement for more by gadhafi appear to be fading libya's rebels remain deeply divided all the chaos from nato bombing appears to be spreading beyond the country's borders in the turmoil there are fears that religious extremists could be using libya as a base to further their aims in north africa and from two new zealand ordered to qualify but no tunisian women got abortion rights twenty years before women in belgium under the last regime divorced women good benefits revived arab sunni just movements are trying to reverse that. before the war leaders from barack obama to nicolas sarkozy and silvio berlusconi shook and even kissed gadhafi the rebels got red carpet treatment in paris but the west will also change tack warning experts if libya doesn't go for them as planned according to this man who's just returned from war torn tripoli the message from some locals there is that the conflict may have created a frankenstein's monster for europe they warned us that we don't know what we are creating in libya it will be a free haven of extremist g

would come through the complicated multi phased process of political mistrust to remove for them libya can use the negative experience of afghanistan and iraq can draw conclusions from the hard times egypt has survived and the less hard but still bloody past of two newsier i think the best way to accomplish this is to act responsibly right from the serbs to bear in mind that a final decision on what libya is going to become a is one for the libyan people to make not the world's politicians have been playing leading parts recently a national democratic vote will determine us and it should be well prepared and do not carry out this is where the international community and russia in particular is eager to render active support to the libyans those who think that the notion of russian arab friendship as a dated of just passing away with the totalitarian regimes of dictatorships are brutally mistaken nothing of occurred i believe that the term of russian arab friendship and partnership is as up to date as it was fifty years ago but. just talk about the role russia could play in libya's politics eco

roof notion r t tripoli libya. and us was quick to support revolutions in libya any egypt as a democratic is expression of the people's free will and that it shouldn't stop there with calls for syria's regime to step down to reckon with iran out in the cold and its own neighborhood as are his greatest secure our ports. as nations in the middle east and north africa are torn between the struggle to bring about change and the struggle not to let change ruin their lives washington views the arab spring as an opportunity to finally see some of its longtime foes crumble even though. iran is not an arab country the arab spring. and i think in many ways it's a matter of trying before that kind of change. and revolution occurs in the runs under the umbrella loaf arab revolutions washington is also beating the drums of regime change in syria iran's closest ally in the region violence within the country has been widely can be errant countries like russia and china call for both sides in syria to talk in the bloodshed while america

the remaining pockets of resistance in libya so content and from british civilians the peace in libya told us that because that plight isn't given enough media attention . malcolm x. once said that the media will teach you about your friends your enemies your enemies or your friends i think if empire learned from vietnam some lessons are you don't let the media have free access they definitely learn the lessons from the two thousand and three war of aggression against iraq that's make sure that there's no critical media that the media is on so i'd also add that they learned a lesson about make sure the media doesn't oppose the war make sure there's no prison no controlled things like abu ghraib or prison the controversies to make sure none of the kind of factual humanitarian food out like iraq happened in libya through the media so i think this is the situation we face with the struggle is really on the media front my sources on the ground and i cross check my sources on the ground in libya tell me that bani walid is still a strong resistance against the pro nato forces and nato itself and al

frighteningly some diplomats now think libya is heading in the same direction but what they will do short of that it is mediterranean will not be a safe seat there will be a part of us and there will be bloat to control the mediterranean to make it safe i don't think french economy can support that western intervention in libya has broad large numbers of new forces to the fore experts fear the west itself may come to regret their emergence daniel bushell r.t. brussels. or g.'s website continues following the fate of almost twenty ukrainian citizens who remain in custody in libya as rebel suspect them of being pro the sniper we are the russian embassy was able to secure the release of two russians and a ukrainian couple they say the group is our oil engineers and cooks who have nothing to do with the military. for the full story. stay with the region activists in syria say seven people were killed as government forces used armored vehicles in the besieged city of homs this is the u.n. calls for more pressure to be put on president assad's regime but professor edmund ghareeb an expert in international relations says sanctions won't necessarily bring down the regime bu

but, also, gaddafi has looked to maximize division among tribes in libya by using the backing that he has received from clans around his hometown of certification and farther to the south -- his hometown of sirte. >> what is in it for a country like niger to harbor any member of the gaddafi clan? it's clear there's going to be a new government and a new libya. >> certainly -- i think that uncertainty is the name of the game at this stage probably. we are not really sure how things will play out, particularly in the next few weeks, which is crucial in terms of libya later down the line. interco itself where it's not certain who is in power because the transitional council is still in flux -- in tripoli itself. >> i know that you are far away talking to us, but give us an idea of these desert countries. i presume the borders are pretty poor rest. could a convoy like this have gotten through without nato or someone spotting them? -- the borders are pretty poruous. >> the borders are porous. there are countries along north africa that have had problems in the past been able to police the

frighteningly some diplomats now think libya is heading in the same direction but what they will do that it is military and will not be. there will be part of us and there will be all bloat to control the mediterranean to make it safe i don't think french economy can support that western intervention in libya has pulled large numbers of new forces to the fore experts fear the west itself may come to regret their emergence daniel bushell seen brussels. and staying with the region's troubles russia and france are calling for more dialogue between the syrian government and its opposition to try and be addressed and there's also a warning there there should be no repeat of what happened in libya that's a good meeting between the french and russian foreign ministers are to follow their talks. well surely there is a number of differences in the approaches an understanding of some international issues between russia and france but so the two countries do call each other a long term strategic partners and they are on common ground when it comes to a great amount of international and local problems now i'm talking about syria moscow employers are in fu

is in libya for us with the latest for you. we're hearing from the national transitional council here in the capital tripoli that its troops have apparently entered the city of sirte some five hundred meters east of tripoli duffy's hometown and one of the colonel's last strongholds the n.c.c. report that at least four of its fighters eleven and other reports have been killed during this offensive seven others wounded and also there is information that forty could have loyalists have been captured and see if there is to be reports that this information chief. would have been one of them but this information is very hard to verify a novice until gadhafi is supported by anybody some two hundred kilometers south of the capital tripoli continues while concerns rose over security safety of civilians trapped in the cities and the areas where the clashes between the rebels and the laugh is low and so containing meanwhile the u.n. is expected to ease sanctions against libya visiting the country on thursday british prime minister david c

chris morris is in paris, where leaders have just spoken about their plans for libya's future. give us the latest. >> this evening in paris was all about the symbolism of the leaders of the new, emerging libya being surrounded by leading members of the international community, the message being these are the people we support to take libya into a different future. colonel gaddafi possibly trying to disrupt that with his promise of retribution and further attacks to come. in a way, it increased the symbolism. he was isolated and in hiding. here was a member of the national transitional council being promised further support. let us hear from the british prime minister, david cameron. >> nato continue to implement the security resolutions for as long as we are needed to protect civilian life. the nations here today have pledged a commitment to international law, justice, and accountability. freedom in tripoli is bringing to light evidence of unspeakable crimes. >> the other thing which was said again and again today, and i think the message is going out that this is not the same as iraq

violence saying nato is hitting their homes so you can't chandan joins us now live from london he is from british civilians for peace in libya thanks for being with us this evening locals are saying power and water have run out as well as petrol and other goods and nato is hitting civilian buildings how do you see this timing in with their mission to protect the people. there is no mission to protect the people nato is involved in a war against african an arab country for many different reasons a world which i've gone into before in russia today and other places but my sources on the ground that i cross check my sources on the ground in libya tell me that bani walid is still a strong resistance against the pro nato forces and nato itself and as you mention this sort and also my my my sources on the ground mention that a very important border town between two newseum libya and algeria has been captured by gadhafi as a resistance a town called got and also. between the algerian and libyan border is also surrounded by gadhafi as resistance against nato so really what we have in libya is a situation i came to afghanistan but the

frighteningly some diplomats will think libya is heading in the same direction but what they will do sure that it is mediterranean will not be a safe sea there will be a part of us and there will be all bloat to control the mediterranean to make it safe i don't think french economy can support that western intervention in libya has brought large numbers of new forces to the fore experts fear the west itself may come to regret their emergence daniel bushell to brussels well stay with the region's troubles this time looking at syria it was discussed in moscow to meeting between the russian and french foreign ministers bit earlier both sergei lavrov and his counterpart stressed the need for dialogue between the syrian government and the opposition but the meeting also a few differences in approach to france's seeking tough sanctions on the syrian government while russia wants a more peaceful solution both said they look forward to discussing possible measures at the u.n. general assembly later this month russia's foreign minister stressed that syria must not be a repeat of the libya saying. we're convinced that it's vital today to start you're still in this is actu

there now what has it been speedy acceptance for libya's former rebels has been a long journey for others stay with us to find out how people in palestine feel about the un's recognition of libya's national transitional council. the sense of sorrow and loss. and anger. later in the program we speak to a palestinian a politician who thinks that her people should get fair treatment from that the international community. ethnic tension on serbia's border with breakaway kosovo intensifies following friday's takeover of a two disputed border posts police with the assistance of nato led forces have placed customs officers at checkpoints previously under ethnic serb control locals have tried to prevent what they called the unilateral action of kosovo albanians. reported near one of the seized checkpoints. well we're at one of the border crossings you're ready and right leading up to it remain bloke's by the protesters now we actually can't get too much play so when you go up to the front of that cross thing you're stopped by the ball boy and we can see some of the k. full full says on the ground that we saw

libya. stay with us here on r t still ahead in the program. taking it after nine eleven we continue our special coverage of the chilling tragedy that shook the world plus. confrontation carries on taiwan starts producing new missiles and they're aimed at china's southeastern coast all despite a recent warming in relations. but first russia is willing to support different approaches to resolve the situation in syria as long as they send signals to both sides of the conflict president had better have made his position clear in an interview after the global policy forum in jaroslava for more on the russian's leader's views let's turn to our attorneys peter over for us live here so what exactly did dimitri medvedev say about solving the crisis in syria. well president made yet have warned against viewing this situation in syria in terms of goods and bads and warned that there are elements as far as he could see which is the syrian opposition that the international community. must think very very long and hard very carefully about dealing with now

fading libya's rebels remain deeply divided while the chaos from nato bombing appears to be spreading beyond the country's borders in the turmoil there are fears that religious extremists could be using libya as a base to further their aims in north africa and function is a part of what the nation women got abortion rights twenty years before women in belgium under the last regime divorced women got benefits revived errantly just movements are trying to reverse that like before the war leaders from barack obama to nicolas sarkozy and silvio berlusconi shook and even kissed. the locals got the brit carpet treatment in paris but the west will also change tack war next but if libya doesn't go for them as planned with some saying the enemy in the so-called war on terror is no one winning side. a place not. when it finds its army now kind that need to turn to rabbits. according to this murder who's just returned from war torn tripoli the message from some locals there is that the conflict may have created a frankenstein's monster for europe they warned us that we don't know what we are creating libya it will be a free haven of all the extremist groups which are just on the southern border

libya. remind us of a recently overthrown dictatorship are suppressed what used to bring nightmares to some for decades is now a cause for. the problem. is curly hair we call him because his hair is so long and he doesn't cut it and they are ugly actually but some are not smiling believe in the past gadhafi freedom is nothing but the mirror as a crime has been the rest of three times in the last two weeks rebels interrogated him and took his documents the reason the twenty seven year old copilot says is his family's ties with gadhafi his regime we cover his face and change his name and supposedly free libya this man is afraid of being thrown to jail again or even killed you can say about wars about gadhafi but you can say about about wars about and about to be a national icon for what they are talking about democracy this is not democracy a crime says libya didn't get rid of a dictatorship but only fell into another one of the rebels' weapons in a city where the gun has become a common accessory just like a cell phone and where one can only cross the town's numerous checkpoints with an obli

in libya where by a u.n. resolution was used beyond the mandates of the you administration would step beyond by its a national aids of results to get and it wants russia still is unacceptable violence they will try do their best to make sure that that type of situation isn't repeated in syria all right artie's here all the reporting live for us in moscow thank you. you can see the full version of that interview president medvedev gave to euro news television on our website r.t. dot com. the images from nine eleven are still chilling even ten years after the attacks shook the world they triggered the so-called war on terror but in the country that's been at the forefront of that war it can be hard to find people who remember why foreign troops arrived in the first place we continue our special coverage of the nine eleven ten year anniversary with this report from afghanistan. helmand in southern afghanistan is the province that was borne the brunt of the fighting between the taliban and coalition forces what would afghans in this

transitional council is officially controlling the situation and it's legitimate power here in libya and we're using you mentioned bani walid as well as sirte in terms of places where the rebels actually do not have control i think this is important to point out because it's very different than some of the accounts that we've seen some of the video that we've seen you know celebrations going on there talk a little bit about. you know the fear that still exists on both sides and also your take on the national transitional council. and to what extent do you think they are a unified front. and you're absolutely right the timing of this space it is very strange because it looks like. a leader is came to tripoli to leave here to take part in celebrations of the rebels while fighting is still continuing and people are still dying from both sides as huge as sad indeed but. even more interesting is that not only throughout lead here they still remain pockets of. loyalists but here in tripoli in the capital this city looks pretty much divided right now we've seen many people all way have been business you fl

of pollution so i think we cannot isolate the presence of the nato or link it only to libya i think nato and the us can come from other interests in the area of evolution in egypt and to miss one of them so i think nato will not leave will not leave libya we all know one of the one of the important visions for this war was a military base to have them in the big. forget the americans and the british. and the beginning of the seventy's after the revolution and they want to come back and when they find that it's not all that it they want to stay it's that agenda that i want to. thanks very much indeed for sharing your views with us here on the program mario francine joining us from brussels thank you. for the e.u. is to place an embargo on syrian oil imports later on friday which will deprive president main source of cash this as a u.k. u.s. and france push for harsher sanctions while before explained to death and torture of hundreds of opposition supporters russia is strongly opposed to a u.n. resolution against syria foreign minister sergei lavrov has blamed the international community for creating

diverted and the case of libya the concerns as you know a lot of the rebels were until fairly recently also we go that is being in the with al qaida in some cases so there's some more use to what they might do with. you know when i was called to call carriage of the market which is always taking an interest in what happens in libya and once you get support for the revolution of any sort you tend to lose control of some of the individuals within it now prior to the uprising russia was one of the main suppliers of us to libya. but as far as i know it was not the only one and some of the countries that are now waging a campaign and military campaign against colonel gaddafi are also supplying weapons to his regime quite openly yes because it's interesting isn't it that if you look at the the moral record to the west of these things is not awfully good we seem to him to be. iraq and libya because they've got something we want i don't see anyone having any great desire to go and invade syria and disperse the president also maybe he's got nothing nobody wants so i think that's where the real politic comes into play but yes there was a decision taken for whatever reason to sup

libya. stay with us and to check what's happening in the country divided with both sides are ready to fight to the bitter. loss of europe's financial bosses tighten their grip on greece demanding it sticks to its bailout deal. israeli security forces are given clearance to shoot palestinian protesters preparing to march in support of their bid for state recognition tel aviv has also armed settlers in the west bank claiming of the need for self defense parties a policy or have the details. in some quarters there is talk of a third intifada that some will say it will be as bloody and as violent as the first two seculars of whom there is some four hundred thousand living in a land that has some two and a half million palestinians in the west bank all great in themselves for violence as is the israeli army and the israeli police now for several months the israeli army has been preparing in an operation because operation some the seeds and it's now in the final stages of putting the finishing touches in place to this end we're being told that they have the most hated lime around every settlement

are reporting for us and they're now the head of nato says of the alliances military intervention in libya will not end with the capture of colonel gadhafi on the front line rebel forces are waiting for the green light to crush one of the last remaining pockets of resistance supporters rebel negotiators say ceasefire talks in the town of bani walid have broken down but the country's interim government is certain there's still hope for a peaceful solution the national transitional council says two of the colonel sons who had been blocking the surrender of bani walid have now left the area unclear a number of gadhafi loyalists are holed up in the town one hundred fifty kilometers from tripoli they'd earlier been given until saturday to lay down arms more loyalists are making a stand in hometown of syria and several other areas as well but as a notion of reports the battle for there could prove decisive. they've been preparing for this operation for quite a long time with nature helping them clean path towards. facilities in the area by the way lead has always been known as a stronghold and p

governing authority of libya speaking shortly after the announcement russian foreign minister sergei lavrov said russia has never wanted to get out the to stay but it poses major use methods to remove you get it was going on. moscow has recognized the national transitional council as the sole legitimate power in libya and according to russia's foreign minister says the very beginning of the conflict russia has been stressing that it's up to the libyan people to decide in which direction they want to see their country moving in and who should be our of but it's the masses with which these deem forced from power which are raising a lot of questions here in moscow and i've seen it going you know that russia has never approved of the film a libyan regime back in may have clearly stated that get back to should go the way the united nations resolutions were implemented by some nato members and other states and that the principle of the supremacy of law was disregarded the african union and u.n. initiatives renewed leading to an increase in civilian casualties however it was the protection of the civilian population that was set as the major objective of the security cou

libya. stay with us here on r.t. still ahead in the program president obama is answers four hundred billion dollars jobs package with critics saying it won't be of many of any help given that stricken economy or the country's unemployed plus. seeking membership palestine building up for september vote that could grab a long awaited status as he went. but first russia is willing to support different approaches to resolve the situation in syria as long as they send signals to both sides of the conflict president medvedev made the position clear in an interview after the global policy forum in europe or he's critter all over brings us more of the russian leaders point of view. president made yet of his war against viewing the situation in syria in terms of good. seeing the careful consideration must be paid to sit within the syrian opposition before the international community . to dealing with the president give also called on both the assad government and the opposition to bring about the ends of violence in the count

of the individuals within it now prior to the uprising russia was one of the main suppliers of us to libya. but as far as i know it was not the only one and some of the countries that are now waging a campaign a military campaign against colonel gaddafi are also supplying weapons to his regime quite openly yes because it's interesting isn't it that if you look at. the moral record to the west to nice things is not awfully good we seem to him to be. iraq and libya because they've got something we want i don't see anyone having any great desire to go and invade syria and disperse the president thought so maybe he's got nothing no what he wants so i think that's where the real politic comes into play but yes there was a decision taken for whatever reason to support the libyan uprising even though the same countries did go to the security council and get a resolution which in parts imposed an arms about later and went a long long way beyond those terms of reference you could argue the bombing campaign itself was pushing the envelope so what countries said we actually talking about apart from r